NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 1335: Choosing The Keywords
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I looked at the list of Talents after I was done with the other items, skills, and familiars. I really wanted to try out the Virtual Familiar Skill, but that'll have to wait until I am done with my Talent Evolutions.
As usual, it appears that only my Main Talent gets to evolve this way, while the Secondary Talent, or well, the Subclass, doesn't have that benefit, which I'm honestly fine with either way.
0-10 had specified that we were going to do something special this time, instead of creating a mess of a Talent merging so many names together, I could pick a keyword from each Talent and combine them into a new Talent.
Based on the meaning of the combination of keywords, the new Talent will be created, and its powers will still be the combination of every talent chosen but enhanced and reinforced even further towards the path of the new combined talent made from said keywords.
Perhaps a bit complicated for simpler minds… But it seemed pretty reasonable to me, and I suppose it'll save her the headache of creating a Talent with so many words on it that it sounds ridiculous when said out loud.
Ding!
[Please select Six Keywords from all available Talents to create a new Talent.]
{Available Talents}
[Summoner God: ★★★★★★★]
[Celestial Beast Tamer: ★★★★★★★]
[Abyssal Demonic Spear Lodestar: ★★★★★★★]
[Outer God Warlock: ★★★★★★★]
[Celestial Dragon Tamer: ★★★★★★★]
[Blood World Emperor: ★★★★★★★]
[Demonic Chimera King: ★★★★★★★]
[Netherworld Lich King: ★★★★★★★]
[Genetically Engineered Machine Warrior Pilot: ★★★★★★★]
[Xenoid King: ★★★★★★★]
[Pale Rider: ★★★★★★★]
"These are all available Talents."
0-10 presented them to me with a calm demeanor, it was a large list.
And well…
"Only six keywords out of so many options? Isn't this too stingy?"
I had my complaints. Six keywords might be too little for what's offered.
"Don't worry, every keyword will hold all the power, skills, and stats of the Talent chosen."
She reassured me that they would carry great power regardless of if it was just a small word.
Well, I don't have any other option than to go for what I believe sounds the best.
"Hmm, fine."
I nodded, looking at the list more attentively.
There was a lot of things to keep track on, many Talents.
Some were old Talents that obtained new, upgraded versions, and yes, they were already 7 Stars.
Though I still had some questions.
"Can't you include the current Talent I had? Previously I also used my previous talent into the fusion." I explained.
"Okay… I'll add it."
{Available Talents}
[Summoner God: ★★★★★★★]
[Celestial Beast Tamer: ★★★★★★★]
[Abyssal Demonic Spear Lodestar: ★★★★★★★]
[Outer God Warlock: ★★★★★★★]
[Celestial Dragon Tamer: ★★★★★★★]
[Blood World Emperor: ★★★★★★★]
[Demonic Chimera King: ★★★★★★★]
[Netherworld Lich King: ★★★★★★★]
[Genetically Engineered Machine Warrior Pilot: ★★★★★★★]
[Xenoid King: ★★★★★★★]
[Pale Rider: ★★★★★★★]
[Dragon Spirit Summoner: ★★★★★★★]
[Divine Spirit Blood King Necromancer Summoner: ★★★★★]
The list was quickly uploaded with my current talent on it, even though it remained as Five Stars.
"As you can see, it still is Five Stars, it would be better to abandon it and pick keywords from higher star Talents." 0-10 said. "It would be quite pointless…"
"You're not wrong…" I nodded. "But you said that their full power is inherited, right?"
"Yes but…" 0-10 muttered, suddenly realizing that I had already caught up to their intentions.
"You think I wouldn't guess that the fusion of over five Talents, the current one I have, would be much stronger than a seven-star talent that isn't the result of any fusion?" I laughed. "Of course I will use it, the combined effects it possess are immense and can expand the skills I can learn even further. Were you hoping to regulate my growth or weaken me by trying to convince me I wouldn't choose it? What is your scheme?"
"There's no such thing…" 0-10 sighed. "Please stop thinking everyone is your enemy, Blake. There are certain pros and cons, and you're not wrong that it is technically stronger than an unfused seven-star talent but… well, there's conflicting things."
"Conflicting things?" I asked.
"The more Talents stack, the more the System that manages everything is overloaded…" 0-10 explained. "This is why I wanted you to start with a blank slate… But I suppose we'll have to fix any errors that pop up. Mind you, the Grimoire you possess doesn't create a new system for you, it simply is a medium for our own, and through its divine and demonic powers, it slightly modifies the surface part, and it can assimilate new functions. However, it still using what we created."
"Okay, I understand what you're trying to come with… I might risk getting Errors?" I wondered.
"Indeed, we will try to fix them as quick as possible, of course, it is our duty," 0-10 said. "But you might still be inhibited by them or annoyed… If you're going to choose that Talent for a Keyword, we wanted to let you know the risks."
"I understand… there's nothing bad with taking risks from time and time," I smiled.
And perhaps I could take advantage of those Errors too, if I can use the power of the Grimoire and perhaps of the Neutonium Mother Core to modify the System to an extent whenever it shows these Errors and "vulnerabilities".
"…I hope whatever you're planning to do whenever these Errors happen is nothing with bad intentions," 0-10 sighed.
"What? Me? I would never," I smiled at her. "Now, let me see…"
I am fairly sure she cannot read my mind; I have already checked if she has tried to use psychic waves to scan my thoughts and she doesn't have the power.
But she's good at reading through expressions or guessing intentions based in words and conversations.
Of course, they're the spawn of an Outer God, so they know a lot of things.
I started reading the talents for a good minute, as I chose keywords that I thought could create a good Talent name.
"Hmm… I think I've chosen a few Keywords already."
"Yes? Which ones?"
As 0-10 asked, I answered.
"Celestial Machine Spirit Outer God Summoner."
"…"
0-10 immediately fell silent.
"What? You said I could build anything I wanted… That's my choice."
"But…"
"But what?"
"…"
Hah, did she really think I wouldn't be able to abuse these wording combinations?
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