Kardama Drogo,
As soon as he entered his room, he jumped into his bed. Today he made a big harvest. But the most interesting thing was the 10 soul essences he got from the 8 ambushers.
Like yesterday, once again, the memories of 8 of them were displayed in his mind thanks to his ability "Synthmire" . The memories he got from the soul essence. Although most of the memories were useless to him, after filtering them out, he gathered all the useful ones.
-Beginners Spearmanship, Rapier Technique, and Beginners Bowmanship.
- Beginners in water, air, and earth magic.
- 4 martial arts with different types of footwork.
- 3 cultivation martial arts.
- A rank 3 spear martial arts.
Although he has memories of all of these techniques, that doesn't mean he has already mastered them all. The memories he received are from different people with different bodies. His body didn't yet master those techniques and was not familiar with them.
Although he can display the same movement as them using the memories, he can't do it while using elemental energy. Unlike them, his mana is close to nonexistent, and he doesn't have any affinity. Just like what happened with the fireball spell, although he learned it in a few minutes, the firepower was not the same.
And the biggest problem is that a technique without the element of energy is just some weird movements. Between a person with low fire affinity who has mastered rank 2 fire martial arts and a person with high fire affinity who has mastered rank 1 fire martial arts, there is a high chance that the one with high affinity will win. So martial arts are not everything.
But Kardama doesn't have any worries about that. The most existing part is yet to come.
Debt Reaper
A trait he brought before transmigrating to this world.
This itself is not an ability. There are two ways to do it. One is what he did before. He could absorb other people's soul essence to increase his own soul power. And every absorbed essence will make his soul more stronger and superior.
The other way is to use the soul essence to ascend. And each ascendant will give him a new power.
While he can unconditionally absorb soul essence any time ,there are some conditions to ascend. Each time he requires specific number of soul essences. But the number of required soul essence increases dramatically everytime.
"The first ascending costs 10 essence. Last time I didn't have enough essence to ascend. So I absorbed the essence instead. It was so painful that I don't want to do it anytime soon."
Kardama watched as the number of his soul essences slowly decreased.
Each ascend gives him a new ability, or he could use ascension to make a pre-existing ability even stronger.
When his soul consumed 10 soul essences, the ascending was complete. His soul is stronger than before.
As he consumed the tenth soul essence, a subtle yet profound change swept through his consciousness realm. Before him, a delicate, thread-like entity materialised, its slender form weaving and shimmering with an otherworldly luminescence.
This ethereal thread, almost imperceptible in its delicacy, pulsed with newfound vitality, radiating an aura of strength and resilience.
A new ability was being created in front of him. Kardama realised he had three choices. He can decide what the final result of the ability will be.
-Soul Speech.
-Soul Contract.
-Soul Armour.
Soul speech is an ability that is similar to dragon tongue. A dragon tongue is a type of language that only dragons can use. Using this, they can use magic with just words. Soul speech is also similar to that. It can be used like crowd control. Just by saying "Kneel" dragon can make a human kneel. Soul speech can do the same to people with weaker soul.
He could make more simple and short command like "Shut up!" , "Don't move!" , "Stop!".
But at it's peak he could even force someone to kill themselves.
So it could be quite dominating against students of the academy. Since there should be not many opponent who can resist this ability.
Soul contract is the ability to make a deal between two parties. They will be forced to abide by the contract. Depending on the situation, it can be similar to the devil's deal. If the condition is unfair but someone is forced to sing , it can act the same as a slave contact. Although there is already similar contract on earth called "Spiritual Contract" which is ranked from F rank to S rank, the spiritual contract of a low rank doesn't harm a person with big rank difference. So it's easy to break them.
But a soul contract is absolute. It has a function of putting a detonator that will destroy the soul if the contract is broken. Extreme pain can be given as a punishment. Disability on any body parts can be given as a punishment . Such functions are not available in spiritual contract.
Soul armour is a defence-type ability that strengthens the soul. Although each ascend makes the soul stronger, the soul armour is different.
A strong soul will have a high resistance to soul-type attacks. But a soul armour can completely nullify a soul attack. There is a big difference between a small scratch and not even a scratch at all. If lots of small scratches stack, the damage multiplies. But if the number is zero, no matter how many times you multiply, it will still be zero.
Kardama pounded well on which ability to choose. All of them are better than each other. As he made a decision , a subtle yet profound change swept through his consciousness realm. Before him, the delicate, thread-like entity that had manifested earlier underwent a remarkable transformation. The slender form elongated and widened, gradually unfurling into a radiant, glowing petal. With each passing moment, the once imperceptible thread transformed into a luminescent bloom, its ethereal beauty captivating his senses.
As he grappled with the changes in his realm, a sudden, piercing beep shattered his thoughts.
"What the fuck?" Kardama exclaimed, his voice echoing in the void as he struggled to comprehend the abrupt shift in his surroundings.
Blinking against the overwhelming brightness, he found himself blinded by a searing light, while his watch vibrated violently against his wrist, its urgent alarm deafening in the stillness of the moment.
A sudden realization washed over him – he had been abruptly dragged back to reality.
With a sense of disorientation gripping him, Kardama fought to make sense of the sudden transformation. In the blink of an eye, his familiar consciousness realm vanished, replaced by the stark, unforgiving expanse of a snowy mountain peak.
Lying amidst the pristine white landscape, Kardama's heart raced with a mixture of confusion and dread. And as if to compound his growing sense of unease, a new message flashed ominously on his watch.
{The test starts.}
{Be one of the top 500 to pass the test}
{Time limit: 7 days}
"FUCK!" Kardama's expletive echoed through the icy silence.