Chapter 114
First of all, he opehe Geic Development Interfad browsed through the list of skills and abilities avaible for purchase. He came aind Reader, which had just been added to the list, and checked its description.
Mind Reader: When toug a person’s head, the mutant access their memories. This ability only works on intelligent beings, not mutants.
Upgrades: 0 of 4 (Unon)
Requirements: Mind 27, Magick 25
Cost: 15,000 MP
It seemed to be an intriguing ability. Although he wasirely sure how often he would use it. After all, he’d long since decided to i with humans as little as possible. Still, this ability could e in handy someday. Being ied in learning how it worked, he po test it out at some point.
So he decided to acquire Mind Reader. Its requirements were quite low. With his Magick attribute already at 25, he only o use two of his five skill points to increase Mind from 25 to 27.
After doing so, he checked how much mana he currently had.
MP: 37,775
More than enough to purchase the ability. With a mental and, he spent 15,000 MP to acquire it.
You have just learned a new ability: Mind Reader.
He then checked the other skills and abilities in the sed se of the Geic Development Interface.
Evolution Stage 2: “Savage Ast”
Abilities: 1 of 5
Skills: 0 of 4
Ability: Gravity Leap
Requirements: Body 43, Mind 40, Magick 37
Cost: 17,000 MP
Ability: Acidic Spit
Requirements: Body 45, Magick 45
Cost: 20,000 MP
Ability: Serpentine Form
Requirements: Body 50, Mind 45, Magick 50
Cost: 25,000 MP
Ability: Spikes
Requirements: Body 60, Magick 65
Cost: 30,000 MP
Skill: Enhanced Durability
Requirements: Body 30
Cost: 12,000 MP
Skill: Adhesive Secretion
Requirements: Body 40, Magick 35
Cost: 15,000 MP
Skill: Toxic Resistance
Requirements: Body 45
Cost: 23,000 MP
Skill: Adaptive Armor
Requirements: Body 55, Magick 50
Cost: 27,000 MP
Ability: Mind Reader
Requirements: Mind 27, Magick 25
Cost: Already Owned
The only skill he could currently acquire was Enhanced Durability. He summos description with a sihought.
Enhanced Durability: The mutant’s body structure bees denser, signifitly increasing their resistao physical harm.
Upgrades: 0 of 4 (Unon)
Requirements: Body 30
Cost: 12,000 MP
The sole requirement was a Body attribute of 30, and his Body currently stood at 27. With 22,775 MP at his disposal, he decided to buy this skill as well. He still had three remaining points, so he allocated them to Body, increasing it to 30. He could now acquire the ability. He did so, spending an additional 12,000 MP.
You have just learned a new skill: Enhanced Durability.
Jake then switched back to the first se of the Geic Development Interface.
Evolution Stage 1: “Primordial Form”
Abilities: 3 of 4
Skills: 7 of 7
Ability: Smashfists
Requirements: Body 2
Cost: 2,000 MP
Skill: Enhanced Senses
Requirements: None
Cost: Already Owned
Skill: Enhanced Agility
Requirements: None
Cost: Already Owned
Skill: Enhanced Intelligence
Requirements: None
Cost: Already Owned
Skill: Enhanced Reflexes
Requirements: Body 5, Mind 3
Cost: Already Owned
Skill: Enharength
Requirements: Body 5
Cost: Already Owned
Skill: Enhanced Regeion
Requirements: Body 7, Magick 5, Mind 3
Cost: Already Owned
Skill: Feral Instincts
Requirements: Mind 5, Magick 3
Cost: Already Owned
Ability: Cws
Requirements: Body 1
Cost: Already Owned
Ability: Swords
Requirements: Body 3
Cost: Already Owned
Ability: Bded Tentacles
Requirements: Body 2, Magick 1
Cost: Already Owned
Among all the skills and abilities in the first se, there was only ohat he hadn’t acquired yet—Smashfists. He checked it out.
Ability: Smashfists
Description: The mutant signifitly eheir hands and temporarily augment body mass for increased strength. With their massive smashfists, the mutant unleash powerful, crushing bloable of pulverizing crete and toppling enemies with ease.
Upgrades: 0 of 3 (on)
Requirements: Body 2
Cost: 2,000 MP
After some sideration, he decided to make the purchase. The cost was retively low, especially when pared to the skills and abilities listed in the sed se of the store.
He checked his mana.
MP: 10,775
He remembered deg to always have a reserve of at least 10,000 MP at all times for emergencies, such as severe injuries that would require signifit amounts of mana for healing. He decided to buy the skill anyway. After all, he now had the Mana Vision perk at his disposal, which made log mana ables aremely easy task, so colleg 2,000 MP and bringing his mana reserves back to 10,000 MP wouldn’t take long at all.
You have just learned a new ability: Smashfists.
Having obtained all the skills and abilities from the first se of the Geic Development Interface, he no longer o revisit it. He could now solely focus on acquiring skills and abilities from the sed se.
After purchasing the ability, he reviewed his current stats.
Name: Jake Turner
Race: Ex-Human Morphus
Evolution Stage 2: “Savage Ast”
Level: 33
HP: 97%
XP: 385/4250
SP: 0
MP: 8,775
Body: 30
Mind: 27
Magick: 25
Cws: Rank III (14%) (Upgrades: 3 of 4) (Unon)
Swords: Rank II (11%) (Upgrades: 3 of 3) (on)
Bded Tentacles: Rank I (89%) (Upgrades: 1 of 3) (on)
Mind Reader: Rank I (0%) (Upgrades: 0 of 4) (Unon)
Smashfists: Rank I (0%) (Upgrades: 0 of 3) (on)
Enhanced Senses: Rank III (17%) (Upgrades: 4 of 4) (Unon)
Enhanced Agility: Rank III (21%) (Upgrades: 4 of 4) (Unon)
Enhanced Intelligence: Rank III (22%) (Upgrades: 4 of 4) (Unon)
Enhanced Reflexes: Rank I (94%) (Upgrades: 0 of 3) (on)
Enharength: Rank I (23%) (Upgrades: 0 of 3) (on)
Enhanced Regeion : Rank I (34%) (Upgrades: 0 of 3) (on)
Feral Instincts: Rank I (19%) (Upgrades: 0 of 3) (on)
Enhanced Durability: Rank I (0%) (Upgrades: 0 of 3) (on)
He opened his eyes. It was time to put his newly acquired skills and abilities to the test.
Enhanced Durability was a skill, so it worked all the time. Its effects would only be evident when he was attacked and received damage. As for Mind Reader, it only worked on humans, so he was going to have to wait until he entered one before he could put it to the test.
But he could test out Smashfists right away. Which he did. He felt a surge of power course through him when he mentally ahe ability to activate. His arms swelled and bulged with added mass, and his hands expanded in size. He flexed his fingers, feeling the raw power c through him. He then ched his powerful huge fists and ied them for a moment. It was time to test them in a.
There were no more enemies around him, so Jake crossed the room and walked up to one of the crete walls. Then he unched his right smashfist at it. It impacted the solid wall with a tremendous thud, leaving an impressive dent. The oute exceeded his expectations, leaving him feeling deeply satisfied. He khat his smashfists turned out to be so powerful because his Body attribute was at 30. If he’d acquired Smashfists much sooner, before evolving into Stage 2 and receiving 20 additional points in Body, his smashfists would’ve been signifitly weaker at that point.
Feelied, Jake directed his colossal fists at the wall once more, nding a few more powerful hits. When one of his fists struck the wall aime, it created a sizable hole with twisted pieces of rebar jutting out from inside.
He seized one of the rebar pieces and easily ripped it from the wall. He realized his Enharength also greatly enhahis ability. It was a really great bination. He couldn’t help but marvel at how muharength increased the power of Smashfists.
Feeling a surge of excitement, he hurled the piece of rebar like a missile, watg it shatter a window and vanish into the distaside. For a moment, Jake admired the destru he’d caused with such ease. He couldn’t help but wo the potential of his abilities. The perfebination of Smashfists with Enharength opened up a world of possibilities for him.
With a mental and, he reverted his body back to its normal state. He felt the mass in his arms diminishing while his oversized fists shrunk back to their inal size. The transformation was gradual, taking a few seds to plete. He was sure that acquiring some of the upgrades for the ability would help speed up the process.
As expected, morphing his hands into smashfists aing back had drained some of his mana reserves. It was time to replenish this preagical energy. Now that he had the Mana Vision perk at his disposal, he k wouldn’t take him long to do so. With that in mind, he began to make his way back to the rooftop.
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