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Before going anywhere I decided to quickly pick up some new skills, of course.
I have saved up a lot of Skill Points after the big spider massacre, so I am planning on getting some new Skills and enhance my power even further.
The best ones would be passive skills, they require no Mana and enhance my body permanently, while also evolving with me, such as the Dhampir Skill or the Curse Caster Skill.
I have around 19.527 Skill Points at the moment. They are not near as enough to get anything from a 4 Star Summon yet, but good enough to get three skills from a 3 Star Summon.
I glance at my options and… pick an interesting one.
[Matsuo, Holy Light Practitioner] [★★★]
Matsuo, according to the story where he comes from, was a powerful holy light mage, trained by a Clan of Monks in Japan who protected the common citizens from Demons and Monsters… and even Vampires and Werewolves too.
He is a brave man, but he was still developing, so his 3 Star Version is not as strong as he could be… Well, the Skills it has been very useful.
Holy Light Magic seems to often be neglected by main characters, but it is actually incredibly useful, and this one in specific deals extra damage against demonic creatures or evil spirits, so it is even better.
The Skills I will get in specific are [Exorcising (D)], [Holy Light Beam (D)], and [Monk's Spiritual Physique (C)].
Ding!
[You exchanged 3500 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Exorcising (D)] Skill!]
[You exchanged 3500 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Holy Light Beam (D)] Skill!]
[You exchanged 6000 Skill Points!]
[You learned the [Monk's Spiritual Physique (C)] Skill!]
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[Exorcising (D)]
The powerful technique used by the Monks of Tokyo to exorcise evil spirits and demons alike, using your connection with the holy light that burns it all generated by the Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu.
All of your attacks carry the blessing of such light, increasing damage dealt against all enemies deemed as demons, devils, evil spirits, and monsters by 20% permanently.
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[Holy Light Beam (D)]
Harness the divinity of Amaterasu and summon a small part of her Holy Light, unleashing a Holy Light Beam towards a straight direction at an incredible speed, dealing damage based on your Magic Stat and 10% of your maximum Mana Stat.
Deals 10% bonus damage against enemies deemed as demons, devils, evil spirits, and monsters.
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[Monk's Spiritual Physique (C)]
Having trained your entire life below the tutelage of the Monks of the Shrines of Tokyo, your body harbors large amounts of mana, which flow freely across your body, nourishing it and bringing you augmented physical capabilities and a spiritual body, which is naturally resistant to diseases, status effects, poison, and parasites.
Additionally, your Vitality, Mana, Magic, and Strength growths increases based on the Skill Grade.
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The moment I learned all these Skills, I suddenly had a strange vision.
A beautiful woman with blazing red hair and a halo made of flames and light wearing traditional Japanese shrine maiden clothes emerged, descending the skies, and suddenly showering me with her light.
As a Dhampir who has negated weaknesses, her light didn't negatively affect me, and I was able to assimilate it into my very body, enhancing my entire self.
Was she Amaterasu?
The moment the vision disappeared, I opened my eyes, and my body was suddenly overflowing with a strange aura, darkness and light were merging constantly, forming a chaotic ethereal mass over my body. I didn't felt any discomfort, whatsoever.
My body felt stronger as well, and I am pretty sure that Mana is flowing through it all at an even faster pace than before… and my muscles felt firmer. It feels as if I had undergone training throughout my entire life.
I guess these are the effects of the Monk's Spiritual Physique Skill.
Now that I am done with this, I began to think if I should summon a new party member… There's still Evan, but I want his Skills, so I guess I will leave him for later.
The other two Summons left are [Adelle, Koi Mermaid Princess] [★★★] and [Fernand Firebrand, Blazing Blade] [★★★]… Adelle is a long-ranged holy spiritual light magic wielder, she is a mermaid too, and her physical strength seems on the lower side. Meanwhile, Fernand is a physical fighter who wields fire and a sword…
Hmm, maybe I could summon Adelle? I kind of want to grab Fernand's Skills later, but Adelle has kind of a similar build than Matsuo, so perhaps I wouldn't mind not getting her Skills, which seem to be just the same… and I don't have Skill Points to spare around.
I suppose I could summon Adelle… Though I remember that this mermaid princess was rather a tsundere and prideful… But I could adjust her personality I suppose.
Nah, I won't summon anything for the moment. I have only spent a minute here, but I don't want to waste any more time. I will summon a new batch of Jewels after the 24 hours run out and see what I could keep as a servant and what to absorb with the Skill Points I will have at that time.
"I don't think I will summon anyone for the moment, we are already a sizable group," I said.
"Very well then, Master~ Oh, I forgot! Here, these are the spiders I was able to find alive…" said Kireina, opening her flesh into a mass of gibbering red meat and then taking out two unconscious spiders from the inside of her monstrous maw, which was covered in saliva.
I suppose we could store living beings inside of Kireina's stomach like this… though I don't know what kind of psychological problems a person could suffer…
I quickly tamed the two Spiders, which were fairly strong, although their stats were too near as high as Cuco or the other Pets.
I fused them together for 3000 Gold and created the [Great Armored Poisonous Flesh Spider (D-Grade+)], which resulted in being a tiny bit stronger than the two combined stats, and left it as a temporal party member of the monsters below Cuco's command.
And then, we stepped into the dangerous dark forest.
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