Chapter 18: The Wise One
Umu...
I have 110 CP.
You know what that means?
It means...
"kufu... Fu hahaha, FUUU- HAAA- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-!"
"What!? What is it!? What's wrong with you so suddenly!?" Rimuru jumped in surprise in response to my three staged laughs.
He was not the only one.
Jin Woo looks at me weirdly.
While Hiromi hugs the white spider she mutters, "He is up to no good again..."
*COUGH*
"It's nothing, please continue your eating your meal. If you need me, I'd be in the bath... Bye bye~~~"
*Slam*
"He sounds happy."
I could hear them talking once I left the room and slammed the door, but I pay mind and ran straight to the onsen.
Fufufu...
[Showing Good Slime's Skills]
• [Pain Nullification] Cost: 5CP
• [Physical Attack Resistance] Cost: 5CP
• [Paralysis Resistance] Cost: 5CP
• [Thermal Fluctuation Resistance] Cost: 5CP
• [Gluttony] Cost: 100CP ...+
• [Great sage] Cost: 100CP ...+
• [Water Manipulation] Cost: 10CP ...+
• [Steel Thread] Cost: 2CP
• [Sticky Thread] Cost: 2CP
• [Magic Sense] Cost: 2CP
• [Black Flame] Cost: 10CP
• [Black Thunder] Cost: 10CP
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Now then, Predator has evolved to Gluttony once Rimuru ate the Demon Lord Geld.
And currently, not only it is the happiest day of my life, but it is also the hardest dilemma I am currently facing.
Gluttony or Great Sage?
Gluttony or Great Sage?
Gluttony or Great Sage?
GluttonyorGreatSageGluttonyorGreatSageGluttonyorGreatSageGluttonyorGreatSageGluttonyorGreatSageGluttonyorGreatSageGluttonyorGreatSageGluttonyorGreatSageGluttonyorGreatSage
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*Ding*
[Third Party Interference detected]
[Unique Skill 『Great Sage』has been acquired]
Haa~ this is bliss...
*Ding*
Eh?
[System has experienced some issues... Unable to comprehend.]
*Ding*
What... Is this?
[The system will be changed accordingly...]
Just as I read those notifications, I heard a voice...
My body felt weird, Magicules rages inside of me and my headaches were going crazy.
«All proportions are complete. Parasitical skill has been contained. <Aincrad System> will now be integrated with the core.»
*Pant... Pant...*
My body felt weak, was it a mistake?
What the hell happened?
What happened with my great sage?
«<Aincrad system> will no longer notify the owner's growth.»
Unique skills can also be a burden in the human body. Unless the body has a core heart, the skill will simply break you apart.
But this was unexpected.
What is the Great Sage trying to do with my body?
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*Ding*
[The Forgotten Dragon King is asking if you're alright]
I swore the hot water had turned me into a red octopus by now.
The Great Sage seems to have meddled with the system...
«Affirmative. Parasitical Skill that burdens the soul has been cleansed.»
Parasitical Skill... Huh?
«Report: Skill owner has been recognized. However, duplicate skill isn't allowed to exist. Adapting with the owner... Would you initiate a singularity mutation?»
Singularity... Mutation?
If I did that... Will my body stop hurting?
«Answer: Yes.»
Alright then...
«Confirmed. Reconstructing <Aincrad System>... Success, integrating unique skill with formerly parasitical skill... success.»
«Report. Artificial voice can now be made via the <Aincrad System>. Unique Skill, 『The Wise One』has no longer bears any connection to the cardinal world.»
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I stood at the entrance of the bath, a towel covering the lower parts of my body.
Rimuru in his slime form bounces towards the bath noticing me before getting concerned...
"Are you... Okay?"
He asked the half-naked me with redness throughout my whole body.
Been too long inside the bath I guess...
"Never better."
And I walk past him with a satisfied look on my face...
"Whoaa... This is the hottest bath we had." (Rimuru)
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Great Sage told me that she no longer needs to be connected to the "Voice of the world" in this world anymore.
That's right, she seems to have hacked into the system of my original world and has now been counted as one of SAO's skills.
Not to mention...
She stored the data of Rimuru's skills too.
It... Was NOT a mistake.
With her help, I can now safely gain new skills through the Compendium.
This is it, this is how I like it...
"Fufu... Fuhahahaha. FUHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA--"
"Onii-sama don't laugh in the middle of the hallway with only a towel to cover you."
Ah...
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My stats and system have been readjusted.
When I brought my system with a swipe of my hand, the design barely changes, but the inside turned out to be different.
Lv 54
COL: 9
EXP: 81/15478
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HP: 1001/1005
EP: 100/112+
Race: Enlightened/Sage
Preceding evolution path: Human
Agility: 120
Strength: 120
Stamina: 60
Straight Sword: 106
Katana: 80
Stats like blacksmithing and cooking has gone, and the stat limit was broken.
I can now add more than 120 to all my stats.
My race changed, and a few more stats appeared too...
Well, the nonexistent logout button is still there too... Wonder why she did not bother with that.
But leaving that aside...
Is it possible to gain Gluttony now?
«Answer: it is possible. However, as registering a unique skill without authorization requires a very long time and data, an authorized individual would notice the changes immediately and possibly interfere with the process...»
Hm? Meaning if I do it too much it may gain those administrators' attention... Now that you mentioned it, I only used the Compendium two times before arriving in this world.
Hmm... So do I really not have any more choices?
«Report: While it is difficult to negotiate with the system, it is possible to create a new skill with a similar skill set to the data.»
Similar skill set? You mean I can gain skills like Gluttony, but it won't be the same gluttony?
«Yes.»
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I see now, how intriguing...
"Alright then, why don't we go with that."
«Inquiry: Would you like to begin skill replication? Y/N»
Yes!
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To be continued.
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