Book 1: Chapter 6: Skills


    <strong>Scarlet Asger</strong>


    So one of my parents is one of the strongest races of demons? A noble demon bordering on royalty?


    What the hell was a ss V demon doing getting involved with a human anyways?


    Judging by the fact that there are spawn in this Fracture, it is most likely a ss I Fracture. The weakest type of Fracture there is. And likely the only reason Im alive right now.


    As for my magic well, considering that Im half blood lycan, that makes sense.


    <strong>Lets get this over with before anything else gets here, </strong>the tanuki begins, drawing my attention back to it, <strong>your listed magic is what determines the direction that your skills will go in terms of the power theyre based off of. It does not mean that its actual magic. Although in your case, it might just be thatter on.</strong>


    Yeah, I already knew that part.


    <strong>Stats do not change your body at all. All they do is alter the way your body interacts with reality around you, making you stronger in the sense that your presence in reality is stronger and you therefore are physically, magically, and mentally more powerful than you were with lower stats, which is something a lot of humans dont seem to understand,</strong> he continues, making my eyebrow raise slightly at the indignant manner of which he spoke thatst part. <strong>The stats you get per level are decided by your species and your magicbined with what ss as you humans call it, that youre in. Levels 1 through 100 being ss I, 101-250 being ss II, 251-500 being ss III, 501-1000 being ss IV, and anything beyond that ss V.</strong>


    Wow. Hes really just going straight through it without wasting any time.


    <strong>What each stat does should be self-exnatory, and Ill correct you in the case that youre wrong. All Ill say on that front now is that a 10 in each of the three main stats is the average for most unawakened humans, </strong>he says, ignoring my thoughts.<strong> Next up, we have Skill Points and Skill Levels. There are two types of skills. Inherent, which are what you get from leveling up, and purchased skills. You have to level up inherent skills through using the skills, whereas you have to level up purchased skills  and purchase them in the first ce  using skill points. Now think, Skill Store.</strong>


    I blink in surprise, trying to register everything that he just said. Because while hes right that the stats are rather self-exnatory. Mostly. I havent heard much talk about the specifics of skills.


    Deciding to just go ahead and do as he says, I think Skill Store.


    <strong>Skill Name:</strong><strong>Achievement Requirements:</strong><strong>Descriptions:</strong><strong>ssifications:</strong><strong>SP Price:</strong> <strong>Predator I</strong><strong>Unlocked through killing a demon at a higher level than you by at least three levels.</strong>


    <strong>The lowest rarity predator skill.</strong>


    <strong>It grants the user a 3% boost in stats when fighting a creature at a higher level than themselves.</strong>


    <strong>Passive</strong>


    <strong>Static</strong>


    <strong>Common</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>Clean</strong><strong>Unlocked through killing your first demon.</strong><strong>A basic utility skill used to clean the user and their equipment.</strong>


    <strong>Active</strong>


    <strong>Static</strong>


    <strong>Common</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>Repair</strong><strong>Unlocked through killing your first demon.</strong><strong>A basic utility skill used to repair non-magical clothing.</strong>


    <strong>Active</strong>


    <strong>Static</strong>


    <strong>Common</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>Recharge</strong><strong>Unlocked through killing your first demon.</strong><strong>A basic utility skill used to recharge magical equipment through the users own mana.</strong>


    <strong>Active</strong>


    <strong>Static</strong>


    <strong>Common</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>...</strong>


    <strong>Before you spend your skill points, I would like to advise you taking Predator I, </strong>Tar says as I read through the skills. <strong>At this point in the Fracture, there are far more likely to be more demons above your level than at or below your level, so any little bit will help. And the rest of the skills you have ess to at level one with your achievements are simple utility skills. Ones not meant for battle.</strong>


    After reading through the first two or so pages of skills, I quicklye to agree with the tanuki before reaching out and touching the words Predator I, making a confirmation message appear afterwards. So I touch the word Confirm, making a warm feeling spread through my body for a few seconds before vanishing again.


    <strong>Now to exin. Skills are broken down into six rarities. Common, Umon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, and Mythical. Each of them costs a different amount of SP to purchase, and the skills get quite a bit stronger the rarer they are. But theyre also a lot harder to unlock through achievements. Suffice it to say, if you unlock a high rarity skill, youre going to want to purchase it.</strong>


    I nce at the tanuki before looking at the status I still have open next to my skills list, briefly noting that my SP dropped from 16 to 6. And that I have the new skill added to it already.


    <strong>There are three different types of skills. Active, which are skills that must be used in order to activate, Passive, which are active all the time, and Static, which are skills that cannot level up. They will always be at level 1.</strong>


    Literally every single skill I have unlocked right now is a static one. And only one of them has a requirement other than to y my first demon.


    Also, I find it weird how helpful the tanuki is being now considering how it treated me in the fight


    Hearing my thoughts, which is really getting annoying, the tanuki nces at me and says, <strong>Fae are not allowed to participate in the war between humans and demons beyond advisement to their contractor and granting them ess to the System in the first ce. Furthermore, I needed to be convinced that you were worth the trouble. That you wouldnt just die in your first battle.</strong>


    My eye twitches at his tant admission that he wouldve just let me die.


    So much for our lives being bound together.


    The tanuki ignores my irritation to continue his exnation of skills, <strong>Unlike purchasable skills, inherent skills do not have a rarity. They simplye to you at certain levels depending on your magic and species. But they are always at least as strong as purchasable skills up to the Rare rarity. At the same time though, their strength varies depending on your magic and species.</strong>


    I re at him for a few seconds before sighing and focusing on the skills list again.


    <strong>Many purchasable skills are locked behind achievement restrictions, as you already know by now. But some of them are also locked by magic restrictions, only allowing you to purchase them if you have the necessary magic amongst the listed magics they require, </strong>he says, pausing slightly as my wolf ear twitches at the sound of another spider spawn entering the floor from the stairs on the other side of it. <strong>Most skills of any use inbat only be avable after you reach level 10. So dont bother searching through them for anything you can use to help you right now.</strong>


    That exins why theyre almost all utility skills, except for Predator I. Also, considering that theres an old world country number  I think it was called a roman numeral  after the name, theres probably a higher rarity for the skill. Which makes me wonder what would happen if I bought that too? Would they stack? Or would one rece the other?


    Im distracted again by the spider thats slowly approaching our room. At this rate itll likely get here in about five or so minutes.


    Stupid spawn and their sense of smell.


    How does a spider even smell in the first ce?!


    <strong>That should be everything. So you can go ahead and deal with that pest, </strong>Tar says, making me do a double take at him for calling the demon a pest.


    Wasnt he supposed to be a neutral party to our little war?


    <strong>While I am considered a neutral party, after we sign a contract, most Fae end up rooting for the side that they signed the contract for. Besides. Even other demons consider spawn pests.</strong>


    Oh. That makes sense.


    Also, isnt that a little brutal? For demons to consider one of their own a pest?


    Actually, dont answer that.


    Wait, what about the mana stat? How is that calcted?


    The tanuki gives me a less than useful answer, <strong>Math.</strong>


    I stare at him until he exins further.


    <strong>You can figure out the exact form when you leave this Fracture, just know that it is abination of your Mental and Magical stat, </strong>he finally answers after a few seconds of staring.


    Thats better at least.


    I slowly get up from the ground again whilst cradling my arm, still feeling the blood lightly trailing down it from the wound. At some point the blood ws on my hands just kind of flickered out while I wasnt paying attention, so I reactivate the skill by thinking its name in my head again.


    <strong>Blood ws</strong>.


    Then I begin to slowly walk towards the door.


    Maybe I can find a storage room somewhere on the floor thatll have bandages after this fight. Or better yet, a bunker that hasnt already been locked. But the chances of thetter are rather low, considering how its already been at least half an hour, maybe even an hour  who knows how long I was unconscious for  since the Demonic Assault began.


    Heres to hope, I guess.