Chapter 15: Skill Tree

Seth summoned his dagger and looked it over with a look of appreciation in his eyes. He rubbed his hand over the sharp but jagged edges of it while thinking,

'So you are the reason I am still alive. You were always tied for the place of my favorite with how you protect me from those damn telepaths. But no, I am really grateful to you.'

He put away the dagger that he had finally found out the history too. He was curious about the history of all his weapons actually. He had used weapons his whole life so was used to understanding their origins. While all of his 7 weapons were powerful, the designs of each were vastly different from each other, especially the chakram/discs and the ax. While the others could have been made by an ancient civilization, these two did not resemble any, and it made sense after reading their descriptions.

The chakram had small engravings on the inside of them that seemed to be words of a language that he had never seen before and could not find no matter how hard he tried. The material was also unusual because while it seemed to be made of metal, it could not be manipulated like his other weapons.

The ax was even weirder. It was smooth along the hilt which made it almost impossible for a normal person to grasp it yet Seth had been able to do just that with ease. He could also 'feel' disturbances in space and time around him like if someone was teleporting, he could tell where they would pop up instinctively and cut them down.

'And that explains everything I could do. Took me nearly 30 years to find out about all those abilities, soul transfer excluded. If only this thing activated sooner,' Seth thought, upset that he was only beginning to truly understand the weapons he thought he knew so well.

'I wonder what latent abilities you are hiding. The strongest martial artist? 3 planets with a single swing? Alien in nature? You must have some neat treats hidden inside of yourselves for me.'

Seth pulled up the menu and entered the 'Ability Tree' menu to see the future abilities he might possess.

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Phantom Slaying Dagger: 3/3 Available

Mid-Tier Ability, Soul Takeover: The user can take over the body of another being that their soul resides in. The user will transform the other being's body into a replication of the user's original body down to the last molecule. If used, the user loses access to the soul transfer ability.

Pantheon-Tier Ability, Causality Reversal: The user can reverse the nature of causality to make it so the cause comes from the effect. The effect becomes definite while the cause is a mere formality.

Pantheon-Tier Ability, Negation: The user can cancel certain effects. The user will be able to temporarily negate the powers of any Alpha.

Toxicologist's Staff: 3/3 Available

Low-Tier Ability, Super Serum: The user can release blue liquid super serum from themselves. Taking this or giving it to others will give them temporary peak human physiques.

Low-Tier Ability, Aphrodisiac Potion: The user can release purple liquid aphrodisiac from themselves. This aphrodisiac induces complete sexual arousal which causes extreme lust, enhances sensitivity to sexual pleasure, and causes those who take it to crave sexual interaction. Can come in addictive or non-addictive versions.

Mid-Tier Ability, Miasma Release: Any fluid the user has been able to release due to the staff are now able to be released as a miasma or gas. The miasma will be less concentrated than the liquid form but covers a larger area and more likely to affect the targets from a range. Miasma is colored the same as the liquids.

Black Lotus Tonfas: 3/3 Available

Mid-Tier Ability: Paragon Martial Artist: The user gains a much more powerful body and mind.

High-Tier Ability, Apex: The user can enter a form where their physical condition is greatly increased to the point where few can match them. They essentially become a physical god.

High-Tier Ability, Healing Factor: The user gains a healing factor. The leveling of the healing factor depends on the user's spin on the roulette.

Crystal Blade: 3/3 Available

Low-Tier Ability, Energy Spears: The user can fire larger and more powerful energy spears as well as the energy arrows. The number of spears fireable is not as numerous as arrows.

Mid-Tier Ability, Detonation: The user can detonate their spears and arrows in one of 3 types of explosions depending on spin. The user can gain either cryo energy, raw energy, or concussive energy as the explosive.

Low-Tier Ability, Power-Up: The user increases the piercing and detonation abilities of the arrows/spears. The increase is dependent on the spin, 1-3, with each giving an increase of 100%.

Devil's Blade: 3/3 Available

Mid-Tier Ability, Evil Eye of Paralysis: The user can cause others to be temporarily immobilized with their vision.

High-Tier Ability, Fox-Fire: The user can create and manipulate Fox-Fire, a mystical fire that does not burn through air and oxygen so can be used in a variety of situations. While these flames are stronger than normal flames, their main effect is being able to burn souls.

Divine-Tier Ability, Ruler's Flame: The top 3 in the most powerful flames in the universe alongside Dark Flames and Primordial Flames. These flames burn much hotter than normal flames and can melt most metals with ease. They can burn almost everything, even other flames or powers themselves. Can also be used to heal as well as revive the dead.

Dimensional Axe: 3/3 Available

Divine-Tier Ability, Singularity: The user can create a gravitational singularity and use it for a variety of effects such as creating black holes or white holes. Caution!!!: Using this power without prior training may kill the user's allies, unintended targets, or even the user themselves.

Mid-Tier Ability, Pursuit: User can open up or travel through any points of teleportation, warping, or dimensional travel that had been used in the past 24 hours and able to use them, themselves or allow others to use them.

High-Tier Ability, Replication: The user can make clones of themselves. The clones are perfect replications of the user. The number of clones depends on the spin, 1-5.

???: 3/3 Available

Mid-Tier Ability, Satellite Variants: The user can satellites of other types, as well as recon. The number of summons increase as well. Each comes with their own attachments and specs. Satellite types include Recon, Attack, Defense, Mining, and Repair.

High-Tier Ability, Robotic Creation: The user can summon robots of different types as they please. Each comes with their own attachments and specs. Robot types include Robot Type 1, Robot Type 2, Mech type 1, Mech type 2, and Mech type 3.

High-Tier Ability, Flying Saucer Ship: The user can summon a large flying saucer that can carry several hundred people comfortably.

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Seth read all the abilities once and gulped. He read them again and began to sweat. He read them a third time before he finally believed his eyes. Then, a dark and evil smile came across his face.