'Let's see... To copy this guy's abilities, what do I need to do?' Kaizen asked while using the <Apograph of Abilities>.
Suddenly, Kaizen's left eye glowed purple for a single instant and a system screen appeared for him.
[~Copy Condition~
Dathan has always been hiding his true emotions under a mask. Make him reveal his true feelings].
Kaizen smiled wryly. 'Aha~ So, the feeling I had about this guy was true. In other words, I just need to piss him off to get the charming fake smile off his face, right?'
As Kaizen and Dathan fought off the dozens of minions of The Eye of Hermodr, which appeared every minute as if there was a nest of them nearby, Psyker began to look for ways to get in Dathan's way. For example, when the swordsman was about to attack an enemy, Kaizen would step in front of him, causing Dathan to lose the timing of the attack. At other times, Kaizen would blatantly steal a kill from Dathan to make the brown-haired boy lose his temper.
Gradually, Dathan lost his composure and dropped his manners. Kaizen, on the other hand, was enjoying himself immensely, as if he were playing with a kitten. Until the moment, finally, Dathan exploded.
"What are you doing?!" Dathan bellowed, losing his temper.
"What? I'm just helping you." Kaizen replied, feigning innocence.
"You're getting in the way more than helping!"
"Sorry, I didn't know you were that weak."
"I'm not weak!"
"Then stop complaining and fight!"
"Shut up! I don't need your help! I hate you! Ugly, idiotic, troglodyte!" Dathan shouted, furious.
A practically invisible purple aura, similar to the one that enveloped Kaizen's left eye earlier, enveloped the Psyker's hands at that moment.
[You have reached the conditions.]
In front of Kaizen, a card invisible to all but him was formed from rectangles of dice. On one back of the card was an illustration of a sword, and on the other was the copied skill.
[You have successfully copied the skill 'Sword Art (A)'].
[Do you wish to save this skill? YES/NO.]
Obviously, Kaizen clicked YES.
[The copied skill is saved in Apógrafo's deck.]
[Skill: Sword Art
A swordsman must be graceful with his technique and must surprise his enemies with speed and strength. By using this skill, you will be able to handle your sword better and use special techniques that increase attributes of your weapon and body.
Acquisition Difficulty: A.]
[The effect of the Title 'Talented' has been applied.]
[Thanks to the 'Talented' effect, from the skill 'Sword Art' you have learned a strand called 'Violent Cutting'.]
[Skill: Violent Cut.
The cuts of a sword are deeper than those of any other weapon, but its cut is fierce. The chance of you hitting a critical strike increases by 10% per hit].
Dathan huffed and turned to fight, with no more energy to waste fighting with Kaizen.
However, what he didn't expect was that from that moment on, Kaizen would start using his own skills not to help Dathan, but to fight his enemies.
Upon activating the <Sword Art> skill, Kaizen felt as if the hilt of his sword was perfectly suited to his hand, as if he had been holding it for a lifetime. Now, the Butter Bear Sword was not just a sword, this weapon was an additional member of his body.
Brandishing the sword also became much easier, because the sword was less heavy in a way.
Before Kaizen was already someone relatively good at fencing, without ever having trained in it, just constantly abusing the advantage his high PR gave him, now that he had learned the basics of fencing from a swordsman, he swung his sword like an expert. His cuts were so precise and refined that they startled Dathan.
Dathan could no longer ignore Kaizen, and as the battle continued, he began to realize that the Psyker had an impressive talent. This infuriated him just as much as when Kaizen was getting in his way.
Soon, Kaizen heard a sound in his mind.
[Congratulations! You have just risen to level 25!]
Inevitably, he smiled with happiness. Although he had evolved two levels the day before, defeating so many servants of The Eye of Hermodr was making him anxious about when he would evolve again, and that moment finally came.
[You have acquired one Class Point as a reward for reaching level 25].
Little by little, Dathan and Kaizen were managing to control the amount of enemies around the library, easing the workload of the other players as well. However, suddenly a thunderous crash broke through the small square in front of the library. Psyker knew it wasn't the Bloody Lily or the Centipede Queen, because he could still hear the sound of the two monsters' battle a few hundred meters away, so he turned to look in the direction where the bang came from.
There was a figure, wearing a hood, standing in the middle of the square, holding by his hair a woman in white armor and golden hair.
Dathan's eyes widened and he exclaimed:
"Araxie?!"
The person holding the Tank from the Crimson Soldiers' Guild let go of her hair, dropping her busted to the ground. Then the mysterious figure threw back his hood without temerity, revealing himself to be a man with long black hair, mulatto skin, yellow eyes, and a thinning beard.
"A pity she was so weak..." The man muttered, glaring contemptuously at Araxie.
Hearing this was enough to infuriate Dathan, who immediately activated every skill he could, consuming most of his mana quickly, but also greatly increasing his physical attributes and his sword stats as well.
The thin-bearded man was not holding any weapon, and just the fact that he moved one hand to the left was enough to hurl Dathan away.
The swordsman fell backwards onto the ground and the man stared at him with green eyes, as if he was seeing an insignificant insect.
"I don't have time to play with you, so die!" The mysterious man raised his right hand upward.
At that moment, an oppressive red aura enveloped this hand, and then a sphere of sparks with an uncertain shape began to appear in his palm. When this was thrown in Dathan's direction, it adopted the shape of a needle and flew as fast as a shot.
*Booomm*
The crash caused by the impact of the man's skill made everything in the five block radius shake.
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Edited by: DrHitsuji
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