Chapter 124 Unique Power (2)
Transcendence could overcome the limitations of the system. Retrogression reversed the flow of time, and Salvation was reaching into the realm of God. These were powers that anyone could see as beyond standard, but that wasn’t the end.
-Inheritance – Three appointed skills of a foe will be fully inherited. The other party’s consent is not required, and the power is permanently lost when used.
– Extermination – Declare a certain range of territory. Those defined as evil suffer proportional damage to magic stat and will perish if they stay in the range for more than 5 minutes.
Compared to the previous three, these felt less surreal, but they were still far from common. Unlike {Predation}, Inheritance could be used even if the target wasn’t a challenger. In the case of Extermination, although there were prerequisites, its effects were more than satisfactory.
“I can’t believe there would be five Only powers. As expected from you.”
When he thought it was a shame that he could only choose 1 out of the 5, he heard a murmur from the man behind him.
“Only Power?”
“Oh, did I not explain it? Let’s move on to the next list. Then you’ll find out naturally.”
He now noticed a mark at the bottom of the list. Yoon-seok moved on to the next as advised. The list of abilities floating before him changed.
「Two powers can be chosen.」
‘So this is how it works….’
Yoon-seok evaluated it carefully and confirmed each power one by one.
-Learning – Knowledge that has reached a certain level or higher will be registered as a general skill. You can use it up to 3 times.
The first thing that caught his eye was Learning. It appeared to have the effect of converting techniques such as Heavenly Reign, Traverse, and his gray sword energy into a skill. He was curious about the characteristics after raising the assigned rank, but he couldn’t waste this opportunity because of his curiosity.
-Sell Skills – Sell skills you own and get 100% AP back.
This was a power that had good synergy with b Predation}. Maybe that would be the case before he got Skill Synthesis, but now there wasn’t much merit for it.
‘Is it because I saw the ones in front first…?’
Yoon-seok smacked his lips without realizing it. Next was Star Guardian that could only be used during combat with invaders. Then Sword’s Judgment grew his strength when confronting evil, and Mind Reading, where he could accurately read the minds of those with weaker magic than him. Each of the ten powers seemed decent, but he couldn’t see what he wanted.
「Four powers can be chosen.」
「Eight powers can be chosen.」
He checked all the powers first. It gradually grew farther and farther from what Yoon-seok had expected as he went along the list, but thanks to this, he had a general idea. If Elle’s prophecy were a power on page 1, Lady’s Commandment, Evolution, Skill Synthesis, and Heart of Liberty would be on page 2. Powers like Enhanced Speed could be sufficiently replaced with the general skills belonging on pages 3 and 4.
「One power can be chosen.」
Yoon-seok was back on the first list. Quality was better than quantity.
‘Am I back to square one?’
Like this, he circled back to the first crossroads. Somehow, he felt like his head was hurting more than before. Well, it wasn’t anything new. Yoon-seok reduced the number of options one by one like usual. Rather than just comparing the advantages, he pointed out the shortcomings one by one and eliminated them.
The first to go was Extermination.
‘Honestly, this won’t be much of use.’
The advantages of Exterminate were extremely simple: he could kill an enemy that couldn’t otherwise be killed. However, the prerequisite was too extreme. The enemy must be evil, and they must be tied within the range for 5 minutes. Even if he chose this power, he wondered if there would be a day when he would use it meaningfully, even once.
‘It won’t be any different with Inheritance.’
Inheritance was a power that was similar to b Predation}. The only difference was the number of obtained skills, and there was no need to win a duel first. Perhaps if he used this and obtained 3 skills from Cheon-ma, who reached the 20th floor, he could grow tremendously. However, the fact that he had to give up his power for 3 skills remained unchanged.
‘Then is it Salvation now…?’
Unlike when considering the previous two, Yoon-seok’s brow furrowed. No other powers could surpass this. Resurrecting the dead? Wasn’t this the realm of God? However, Yoon-seok was not deceived by its phrasing and looked at the essence. What mattered wasn’t how great, or rare this ability was but how helpful it proved to be.
Yoon-seok didn’t have any friends; he only had the family that he considered as precious. In that case, if he chose this power because he was afraid of one thing happening, he thought he would leave a greater regret someday.
‘Let’s take it out.’
He already made up his mind, so there was nothing to hesitate about. Yoon-seok immediately removed Salvation from the options. Then, there were two things left: Transcendence and Retrogression.
‘This is hard…’
It wasn’t easy for Yoon-seok. It was clear that Transcendence would be of great help to the journey ahead, but Retrogression was no less attractive. Whatever choice he made in the future, whatever the ending was, he could turn everything into nothing and restart again.
‘…But let’s take out Retrogression.’
The reason was simple. If he chose this power, he would have to climb the Tower without using it. When the moment came that this power was needed, it would be after a disastrous ending. If so, it would be better to go all-out from the beginning, so that it wouldn’t happen in the first place.
「Transcendence is engraved in your soul.」
Brilliant light poured out of the four statues and swirled around Yoon-seok’s body.
“Did you make this choice due to the fear of failure? It’s contradictory but indeed human. I respect your choice.”
He wasn’t sure if it was a compliment or not. The way he spoke like an AI was annoying, but he wasn’t in the right mind to answer. Yoon-seok grabbed his heart and asked urgently.
“Is it… is it supposed to hurt this much?”
Yoon-seok knelt. The pain when Middle Qigong opened? It was nothing compared to this. If this was an empty waiting room, he might’ve already rolled around the floor and screamed. But as if he was already expecting it, the man responded calmly.
“Well, wouldn’t it be weird to be okay when the avatar’s information is synchronized with the real body? Well, there’s nothing to feel unfair about, but just think that your power is that special.”
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