[System: Do You Wish To Learn This Skill… SP Cost Is 1]
[Accept] [Decline]
" Well… only one way to find out since the skill has not description. " ( Bojing )
Suddenly a dark black flash encircled Bojing before flowing into his body.
[System: Activating Skill]
Suddenly a black shadow made up of pixels flowed out from his body, piece by piece forming a humanoid form. When the shadows faded dark claws shot out instantly killing all the wolves encircling him.
" That is enough lounging around… lets go see if there is a boss room! " ( Yang )
Reaching out for his hand Yang began to dash off into the distance. Suddenly a black flash of energy emanated from his body, and it began to change shape.
" Bojing! " ( Numen )
" What the? " ( Bojing )
Halting in that instant Yang turned to face him, the dark shadow blocking her line of sight. Using her [Demonic Eyes] Yang peered into the abyss and was shocked at what she saw. The energy faded, cascading inward back into his soul, revealing what should have been Bojing, yet instead what resembled a demon was peering back at her.
" Whoa… I didn't know you were also a Demon, and a strong one at that too! " ( Yang )
Taking a moment Bojing paused, questioning what she meant, at least until he noticed it. Miraculously his body felt surprisingly light, and his movements were swift. Even the amount and quality of the mana circulating throughout his body felt different. Apart from these changes the more noticeable difference could be found in his appearance. Looking down at a puddle by his feet he quickly took notice.
His short, rough, brown hair had turned a dark murky black and the strands of his hair had considerably grown in length. The muscles on his body were way more buff than usual which was the biggest surprise yet. Even though Bojing was a Player he still hadn't done any training, in fact because his stats were so low, he wasn't skilled with any object other than his body, and in turn his muscles were skinny and undeveloped considering his line of work. However, there was one key appearance change that stood out to him… the long, thick, pointy horns on his head.
" Wow, you really are a strong Demon! " ( Yang )
" Wait… what do you mean by strong and Demon " ( Bojing )
In his ear he could surely make out the sarcastic, mocking laughter of Numen, passively mocking him.
" Bwahahahaha… you have been travelling with a Demon race and yet you still cannot make any connections. Seeing how you aren't let me enlighten you. For whatever reason you have gained not only the appearance but a full transformation into a Demon. It was most likely due to the contact between you and Yang like we hypothesised just prior. This means you likely have the ability to morph into Monsters that your come into contact with. " ( Numen )
" Ignoring your past remark, that only explains what she meant by Demon… but what did she mean by strong Demon. I mean I have only been transformed for a matter of seconds. " ( Bojing )
More obnoxious laughter rang throughout his ears.
" I was getting to that. For this conclusion there are two different possible methods for testing this at the current time. First, she is a Demon, meaning the new mana flowing throughout her veins isn't foreign to her, making her judgement likely. However, there is a more apparent and the method she most likely used. Your horns. " ( Numen )
" My horns? " ( Bojing )
" Yes… a Demons horns can be used as a method of identifying ones strength and as such makes it easy to determine how strong you are. The thicker and longer the horns the stronger the Demon, the thinner and shorter the horns the weaker the Demon. This remains a constant fact, and as such a Demon's horns can never change signifying however strong you are is how strong your will always be. " ( Yang )
Reaching up to the top of his head he felt a surge of power from his horns.
" Wait… does that mean I can use the same racial skills as you can. " ( Bojing )
Quickly reopening his menu Bojing swiped over to the Monster Menu, and selected the Demon Morph Tab. At this moment Bojing felt hyped.
" No way… is this really possible! " ( Bojing )
What he saw was a new skill tree with two passive skills unlocked.
[Passive Skill: Demonic Eyes - A skill that allows the user to peer into the abyss, look at other races stats and mana flow. The user can even check out what skills their opponents use]
[Passive Skill: Demonic Phase - A skill that lets the user assimilate into shadows, changing their form to that of the shadows they become. In this state the user can move quickly, go through cracks, and even fly. The skill can cancel depending on the light level]
" Whoa… these are pretty cool! Aren't these the skills you can use Yang? " ( Bojing )
" Of course… just think of these skills as racial skills that all Demons can use. " ( Yang )
Racial skills, these are skills that are specific to a particular race and as such all members of that race bar a few exceptions can use. These skills were so handy that in olden times certain races had children together to fuse skills together, but instead the child gained both skills at half their normal power levels. These races are called Half Ones.
" Use skill: Demonic Eyes! " ( Bojing )
" Huh… why didn't they activate? " ( Bojing )
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Suddenly the short silence was broken by more mocking laughter.
" Bwahahahaha, it is a passive skill, and a racial skill at that. They don't activate like normal skills you know. They would have already adapted into your body meaning you just need to focus. " ( Numen )
" To activate them it is pretty simple… Just summon the mana into your eyes and bam, they activate. " ( Yang )
" Ok… I will give it a go! " ( Bojing )
Concentrating with all his might the energy flowing throughout his body circulated to his eyes, causing them to glow a bright green and black hue.
" Whoa… this skill is pretty cool! " ( Bojing )
Apart from the immense mana circulating throughout Yang's body, he could also see her level, skills, and the cap of her mana. It also showed her race, class, and the like, even though her class was non-existent as a monster.
" You are pretty strong yourself, but why is that when your Horns are so small? " ( Bojing )
" I don't know… it is probably due to Demons naturally being base limit as strong as me, at least that is how my instincts see it. " ( Yang )
Suddenly the mana in the nearby area grew dark and chaotic. Something wasn't right. It was like the mana was trying to alert him of something.
" Bojing… look out! " ( Numen )
Turning to his side a giant Dire Wolf lunged towards him. Although he was just fighting this race of monsters, this one seemed different. The levels and such of the corpses around him were around 10 levels above him which generally meant they were too strong to handle, but this incoming monster was instead… 20 levels above his own!
" It is ok, his auto shield will activate. " ( Numen )
" It won't, its on cooldown! " ( Bojing )
" Crap… I won't make it in time! " ( Yang )
In that moment Bojing felt a strong and sudden urge he had never felt before, but somehow it cause his body to react. Swinging his arm out as if on instinct a ding from the System sounded.
[System: Active Skill: Demon Slicer… Has Now Been Activated]
Crash
Slice
Bash
Dark mana began spilling out of his arm, causing sharp blades of shadow flying out in a shockwave, impacting the beast but something was off. This skill meant for damage… It… did not do a single scratch of harm.
" That skill, it is a higher level one Demon's only acquire by instinct! It should be dead! Wait does this mean… ? " ( Numen )
" Yeah… it probably is the cause. My power… cannot harm another! Crap, Yang is too low a level to win against that thing… and it isn't even the boss of this place! How can we win. ( Bojing )
Dart
Slash
Splurt
The dark swords crashed into the east instantly killing it, feathers falling from the location of the cut.
" Seriously… you had to run away from spawn that badly. " ( ??? )
" Wait that voice… those swords… these feathers… Ju Fen! " ( Bojing )
" Heh, come on demon boy… we have a trial to beat! " ( Ju Fen )
Chapter 18 End