Assimilate All Talents

Chapter 3: Siphon

"What?!" Sol exclaimed as he looked at the notification screen.

Immediately opening the status page, Sol saw what he had striven for the last 4 years.

Name: Sol

Race: Human

Talents: [Siphoner]

Level: 25

Exp: 10,060/35,000

HP: 200

MP: 100

Str: 25

Vit: 20

Agi:30

Int: 10

Wis:10

Available Stats: 25

Talent Skills:

[Siphon] Lv 1, [Analysis] Lv 1

Passive Skills:

[Basic Swordsmanship] Lv 2, [Basic Trapmaking] Lv 1

Active Skills:

"Haha... Hahaha!" Sol started laughing, and tears flowed out as he felt the weight that had been holding him down for the past 4 years disappear.

After a few minutes, he calmed himself down and looked back at his status screen but this time confused.

"I have never heard of this talent and the skill that shares its name, though I have heard of analysis. It’s a common skill usually given to talents in production or inspections. Is my talent related to production?"

Sol then opened the description of his talent to gain a better understanding.

[Siphoner]: The body has a high affinity for adapting and learning from others. Able to take the skills of recently slain beings and adapt their abilities to your body. Unlocks [Siphon] and [Analysis] skills.

[Siphon] Lv 1: Siphon 1 skill from a recently dead being.

[Analysis] Lv 1: Allows one to view the status of items and others.

"So I can essentially learn every skill?! No wonder this took so long to unlock."

Eager to try out his new skill, he looked back at the Thunder Wolf King and used [Analysis] on it.

Name: N/A

Race: Thunder Wolf King

Talents: [Natural Leader], [Lightning Affinity]

Level: 50

Talent Skill:

[Group Enrage] Lv 5, [Thunder Blast] Lv 8

Passive Skills:

Active Skills:

[Leap] Lv 4, [Body Slam] Lv 4, [Claw Attack] Lv 7

"So the attack that one-shotted Jayce was [Thunder Blast]... The way the Thunder Wolf King used it to attack and move quickly is incredible. I have to grab that skill."

Sol then used [Siphon] on the Thunder Wolf King and selected [Thunder Blast]. He then got a system prompt.

Siphon failed, unable to obtain talent skill without related talent.

"What? Does that mean I can only go for general skills?"

Sol then contemplated a bit and decided to go with [Claw Attack] as he didn’t have any active attack skills.

Siphoned [Claw Attack], adapting technique to body...

[Intermediate Swordsmanship] Lv 3: Increases sword damage by 130%.

Learned [Parry] Lv 4!

[Parry] Lv 4: 20% to parry attacks with a weapon.

After that Sol made his way to the wizard’s body and used [Analysis] on it as well.

"Huh, I thought the wizard would have loads of different skills but he has fewer than the huntress."

Name: Nathan Trevant

Race: Human

Talents: [Fire Affinity], [Fast Comprehension]

Level: 46

Talent Skill:

[Combustion] Lv 7, [Accelerate Mind] Lv 5

Passive Skills:

[Quick Cast] Lv 6, [Increased Mana Regeneration] Lv 5, [Intelligence Up] Lv 2

Active Skills:

[Intermediate Fire Magic] Lv 6

"I guess that’s why he essentially only casted explosions during the fight."

The wizard seemed to have focused on a few skills and leveled them higher than spending his energy on multiple skills like the huntress and swordsmen did.

With not many options Sol quickly decided on [Intermediate Fire Magic] and [Quick Cast].

Learned [Intermediate Fire Magic] Lv 4!

[Intermediate Fire Magic] Lv 4: Can cast intermediate fire spells, mana cost varies.

Learned [Quick Cast] Lv 4!

[Quick Cast] Lv 4: Increases spell cast speed by 40%.

Finishing up with the wizard, he finally made his way to Jayce that was launched far away from the fight with a somber look.

’I know he treated me like worthless trash, but he never crossed the line or committed any heinous acts. And whenever there was trouble in the town he was the first to step up. As much as I didn’t like him, he doesn’t deserve death for it.’

Sol then sighed as he used [Analysis] on his corpse.

Name: Jayce

Race: Human

Talents: [Iron Wall], [Robust]

Level: ???

HP: 25/???

MP: ???

Str: ???

Vit: ???

Agi:???

Int: ???

Wis:???

Talent Skill:

[???] Lv ?, [Grit] Lv ?

Passive Skills:

[Intermediate Shield Mastery] Lv 6, [???] Lv ?, [???] Lv ?

Active Skills:

[???] Lv ?, [???] Lv ?, [???] Lv ?

Showing a completely different status from all the previous bodies, Sol was at first confused. But as he stared at Jayce and saw the very slow rising and falling of his chest, the truth dawned upon him.

"He’s alive?!"