1. The user can summon solar flares or solar storms at will.
2. Bites ignite blood from within, burning enemies from the inside out.
3. Sunlight acts like a divine beacon—the user can command lower vampires like thralls in its radius.
4. Eyes glow like mini suns when using Mana, which further enhances the user's vampiric abilities and increases all Solar damage by 150%.
5. Passive aura causes lesser undead to disintegrate if they get too close.
6.The user can purify corrupted bloodlines—effectively healing other vampires of their curse.
7. The user can create untouchable Solar Sanctuaries that only the user and their allies can enter.
8. Unlocked Affinity: Solar {SS}
Fucking hell. Neraxis whistled in wonder.
There were so many options, but the last one in particular was interesting.
Solar, an affinity he could only imitate until recently—he could now use it fully.
But better yet, alongside his main affinity, this could be truly overpowered.
"I'd recommend merging your affinities," Evangeline said with a hum. "You can use the others, sure, but I think if you have them combined, you could get an affinity that is much greater than the one you currently have."
"True... Frost did bump up the power of {Aura of the Abyss}..." Neraxis pondered. "I didn't even have an affinity to combine it with, so let's see..."
Neraxis navigated his status screen and clicked on the {Universal Diffusion} skill.
Immediately, a pop-up appeared.
He pressed merge, and in an instant, another pop-up appeared, displaying all of his skills, affinities, and even his perks.
"What if I merge two of the perks with the affinities?" Neraxis asked. "Is it going to mess something up?"
"Hmm... I don't think so." Evangeline shook her head. "I'm pretty sure the only thing that will happen is that the perks will just become invisible, but you'll be able to use them more passively now? I guess?"
"So I won't lose them... are you sure?" Neraxis muttered.
Evangeline let out a sigh as she leaned down and delivered another kiss on his forehead.
"I wouldn't lie to you, and I myself had a lot of skills I merged like that and I've never lost anything, so just go for it."
Neraxis nodded, took a deep breath, and in the next moment, selected [Aura of the Abyss], [Cosmic Sight], and the two affinities, [Eclipsed Abyss {SSS}], [Solar {SS}].
He shot one last glance at Evangeline, who merely smiled in response.
And with that, he pressed "Yes."
In the very next instant, he felt all of his power drain, making it feel like he was just any ordinary human—much like during the Twin Suns trial.
However, since Evangeline wasn't showing a worried expression, he took this as a normal process.
But even after several minutes, he couldn't feel his power returning, so he glanced at Evangeline with a puzzled look.
"Is this supposed to happen?"
"Well... it usually takes a while," Evangeline giggled. "Anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. For higher-ranked skills, maybe even a day or two. But keep in mind, you're merging the maximum number, which is 4."
"Hmm..." Neraxis grumbled, but just as he prepared himself to wait for several hours, his status screen flashed, and he felt his power returning.
However, unlike last time, the amount that returned was far more than the amount he had used to merge.
<[Aura of the Abyss], [Cosmic Sight], [Eclipsed Abyss {SSS}], [Solar {SS}] → Abyssal Solarity [Mythic]>
[Abyssal Solarity {Mythic}]
[Affinity Description: The fusion of endless void and celestial flame. Light born from shadow, and shadow refined by divine flame.]
[Perk (1/2): Primordial Presence: Space bends to your will and you become untrackable. All enemies within range have their perception lowered by 30%. Partial control over time has been unlocked.]
Option 1: Destruction: Utilize the powers of Decay and become a living Calamity.
Option 2: Frost: Utilize all the powers of Frost. (NEW) The user can now summon living Frost Constructs.
Option 3: Solar: Utilize all the powers of the Sun. Automatically burns all impure enemies in a 100 meter radius as long as they are weaker than the user.
Option 4: Singularity: Utilize the powers of Destruction, Frost, and Solar in unison.
Option 5: Eyes of Time: See 3 Seconds into the future - Toggle ON/OFF
[Perk (2/2): Unyielding Vitality: Mana sustains the user's body, healing wounds and restoring energy by absorbing life force from the environment or defeated enemies.]
1. Any attack that would instantly kill leaves the user just barely alive.
2. Natural Regeneration increased by 1000%.
Neraxis couldn't even utter a word as he read through all the options.
Some were similar to what he had previously, but starting from the Solar option, they became much, much different.
It was to the point where now, he wondered if he could kill just about anyone.
But of course, the status screen was still unchecked.
Stigmata: [Fragment of Calamity {0%}] (Seals Unlocked: 5)
(NEW) Bloodline: The Progenitor Solarian Vampire [Mythic]
(NEW) Affinity: Abyssal Solarity [Mythic]
Body Compatibility: 20%
(NEW) [Primordial Presence] (Expert)
[Unyielding Vitality] (Master) → (Grandmaster)
Intelligence: SSS- → SSS
Mana Capacity: SS+ → SSS+
[Ancient Sun Vampirism {SSS+}]*
[Manifestation of the Sun {SSS}]*
[Ancient Moon Swordsmanship {A}]
(NEW) [Universal Diffusion {Saint}]
[Stellar Dominion {A}]
[Restorative Cut {E}]
[Aegis of Eternity {C}]
[Body Manifestation {B}]
[Eyes of the Vampire {S}]
—Fragment of Calamity Skill Tree (4/???)
[Advanced Horizontal Slash]
"So? What do you think of the skill?" Evangeline asked softly.
He turned toward her, a smile on his face as he sat back up and pushed her onto the bed, before placing a kiss on her lips.
"You deserve a little reward..."