Chương 447: Rumination of Death

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Name : Michael Tahlin

Rank : Legend

Stats :

Strength : 82.4 > 100.2

Agility : 218.4 > 257

Intelligence : 134.9 > 142.7

Birthsign : The Mage

Bloodline : Human/Winter Wyvern Hybrid

Familiar : Darth, Dark Monolith Parasite

Abilities :

[Dead God...?] : Allows user to Respawn when killed. Grants more powers and abilities the more deaths the user experiences.

[The Mage] : Enables user to learn all magic-based skills 20% faster.

[Gandalfr] : Enables user to utilise any weapon at two ranks above their current proficiency while granting them the knowledge necessary to use them. While wielding a weapon, temporarily gain +100% in all stats.

[Vanntalfdir] : Enables user to walk on liquids as if they were solid surfaces, can be activated at will but continuously drains mana to function.

[Gift-Blood of Auroth] : The Life-Blood of Auroth the Winter Wyvern inhabits the user granting them the abilities she possessed. Massively increased Ice Affinity, increased Strength and Durability, improved Eye-sight, Ice Breath Attack, and the Will of Auroth.

[Language Comprehension] : Enables user to understand all spoken tongues, and increase the rate of which they learn reading and writing.

[Adept Mana Manipulation] : Allows user more control over his magic, spells, and some abilities. Mana efficiency and control of power is increased.

[Pain Tolerence] : Allows user to endure great amounts of pain with little to no negative effects as a result.

[Adept basic Swordsmanship(Two handed swords/One handed swords)] : Determines how skilful the user is when handling swords.

[Adept basic Dagger techniques(Single edge, curved, straight, double edge.)] : Determines how skilful the user is when handling daggers.

[Desensitized] : Things of a violent or shocking nature fail to draw a reaction like they used to. Emotions are dulled somewhat and user is more easily able to think and rationalize in high-stress situations.

Affinities :

[Lesser Death Affinity], [Water Affinity], [Fire Affinity], [Lesser Space Affinity], [Lesser Darkness Affinity], [Ice Affinity] > [Supreme Ice Affinity]

Spirits :

Commoner Tier :

Shadow Shaman : Lvl MAX

Slark : Lvl MAX

Riki : Lvl MAX

Hero Tier :

Anti-Mage : Lvl MAX

Lina : Lvl MAX

Winter Wyvern : Lvl MAX

Legend Tier :

Rubick : Lvl MAX

Silencer : Lvl MAX

Kunkka : Lvl 1 > 7

Magic :

Tamrielic

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Michael stares at his status in utter disbelief... He hadn't even registered the ability Auroth had gifted him as he was so focussed on the one above it...

"'Dead God...?'. the fuck does even mean?" he mutters to himself as he drags a finger across the text, quickly pulling back at the chill that ran through the digit upon contact... He was now part Winter Wyvern, yet the chill still caused is heart to stop momentarily...

"Yeah, some fucked up bull shit is going on. What do you mean, 'Grants more powers and abilities the more deaths the user experiences.'? The book telling me to kill myself or something?" he questions while glowering at the now more ominous feeling tome. It was as if he now registered an aspect of it that he hadn't noticed before...

"Fuckin' Dead God, it's like you're the source of all my problems." he grouses, well aware that the new ability had indeed saved his life... But at what cost? He wasn't stupid enough to believe that this was a no-holds-barred deal.

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was this the reason he'd received the book in the first place? Had he died when that truck hit him?... "Did the Dead God create this thing?..."

Was this the reason he gained strength through killing things?

There were many questions he left unsaid, the implications of the Dead God's involvement were far too large and vague to properly grasp or consider.

Michael supposed he was fortunate in that he had a shit ton of other things to deal with, preventing him from properly contemplating just how fucked he and the overall situation could be.

Shaking his head, he forces his eyes away from the text and down to what Auroth had given him. Indeed, it was a lot.

Massively increased ice affinity, strength and durability, better eye-sight... "Breath Attack?" he wonders aloud, thoughts quickly drifting to the overpowered beath attacks used by D&D Dragons.

He flips through the book and accesses Winter Wyvern's page, the mood turning mournful as he looks upon the portrait depicting a greyed out Auroth, still alive in the picture but far more dull and lifeless than usual.

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Spirit : Winter Wyvern

Level : MAX

Abilities :

Studious Mind (Rank 4) : Drastically increases the effectiveness of studying, from reading books to research and practical experiments.

Arctic Burn (Rank 4) : User temporarily gains the ability to fly and breathe blistering cold winds that deal damage to any caught by it. Those affected will be afflicted with a short curse that rapidly drains their lifeforce and slows them.

Splinter Blast (Rank 4) : User throws a large ball of brittle ice that does no damage to the initially struck, but explodes outwards, launching large shards of hardened ice that both harm and slow.

Cold Embrace (Rank 4) : Temporarily encases an ally in a block of solid ice, the target gains massive damage resistance and also rapidly heals while frozen.

Winter's Curse (Rank 3) : User curses an enemy, freezing them in place and forcing those nearby to mindlessly attack them.

Ice Manipulation (Rank 4) : User can inherently control ice with their magic. Proficiency and efficiency depends on user's personal skill.

Auroth's Scales (Rank 4) : Passively, when user recieves an attack ice blue scales manifest at the moment of impact, shielding them from harm. Durability of scales is determined by both Strength and Intelligence.

Auroth's Breath (Rank 4) : Unleashes a continuous blast of freezing air from the user's mouth. Damage is determined by user's Intelligence.

Auroth's Presence (Rank 4) : Allows user to passively produce a chilling mist from their body. This costs no mana. Power of this is determined by user's Intelligence.

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He was taken aback slightly by the many new abilities on the page, he'd expected some already due to [Gift-Blood of Auroth], but this was far out of his estimations...

Free ice manipulation that'd make any mage in either Halkeginia or Tamriel blush with jealousy. It was less akin to magic and more akin to what Frost Atronachs did, his abilities were now comparable to an ice elemental... Well, theoretically, he'd need to practise a lot to read that level. At the moment, using simple tricks and covering his skin with a layer of ice was the most he could do.

He'd already seen the scales in action earlier. He'd been surprised when a stray arrow deflected from his shoulder due to the icy scales that'd formed to intercept it... They looked like a thinner, more fragmented version of Auroth's scales. Very useful, but ineffective against stronger attacks like Dagon's punch, since he hadn't noticed them when his body had basically disintegrated from the force. Not to mention its seeming inability to protect against environmental factors such as the magma.