Chapter 980: Later

              At some point, Chronus noticed something weird. Ryan's bolts were getting more powerful and pushing away the shockwaves caused by his fists. It was only natural that Ryan would get stronger while fighting an enemy much more powerful, but that speed was weird.

            Eventually, Chronus used Absolute Appraisal and finally learned the skills he obtained before getting up. Ryan was fixing his skills with Personal Mastery, and he was also increasing his dexterity by using Absolute Buying. He basically had obtained Merlin's abilities…

          When Ryan saw the look of understanding on Chronus' face, he clicked his tongue. He had intended to fix his build slowly and without letting Chronus notice it. But as expected, fooling someone who lived probably for hundreds of thousands of years wasn't that easy.

"You don't have to hide what you are doing, I can give you the time to do it if you want," Chronus said..