Chapter 156: Skill Root, Familia And Something To Speak About

'Ding'

[ Skill Root – The root of a skill that holds its experience ]

'Wait a second…'

'It holds the skill's experience?'

Now Shin understood how the system was capable of letting the skill regain its level.

The reason was quite simple – all skills level up if they get some minimum required experience.

It is otherwise called Exp. Points or just Exp. 

If those are actually stored in the Skill Roots, then no matter how many times the skill vanishes, as long as the root remains, the skill could regain its level after the skill is regained!

'Ding'

[ The system detects the existence of the skill root of the skill Dash, would you like to regain the level of the skill Dash? ]

'Yes! I would like to regain the levels of the skill Dash.', Shin was quite happy to see this happening.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was quite lucky, yes, for the past few days, he had been lucky.

He was able to prevent Mo from attacking him, he was able to figure out the secret of the Arb Elves easily, he was able to meet the witch easily, he was able to gain more vessels and make a familia easily and he was definitely able to gain all the clues regarding Aella easily!

Yes, even when he thought that he lost his skills, he was able to regain them and could even regain their original levels – if this wasn't luck, then what was it?

[ Command Accepted ]

[ The levels of the skill Dash will be regained and would be reattached to the previously existing root ]

[ Regaining levels… ]

[ Dash ]

[ Lv.1 -> Lv.2 ]

[ Lv.2 -> Lv.3 ]

[ Lv.3 -> Lv. 4]

[ Lv.4… ]

[…]

[ Lv.8 -> Lv.9 ]

'Ding'

[ You have regained the skill Dash ]

[ It will be reattached to the previous root ]

[ Reattaching… ]

[…]

After a minute, the notification popped up indicating that the skill had been re-attached.

'Ding'

[ The skill Dash has been successfully reattached ]

Shin grinned when he saw this happening and decided to do that with all other skills which wouldn't take much of his time.

"Alira, use all the skills one by one that your stole from me.", he said when Alira returned.

"Yes master…"

And one by one when she used the skills, Shin started copying them. They too got re-attached to their roots and regained their levels.

Winter Breeze didn't require any regaining of levels since it was level 1 when it was stolen so just copying it was enough.

Now Shin knew that if his skills were to be stolen, then he could easily get them back without having much trouble.

He decided to take a look at his profile to see if he regained the skills having proper levels. He took the chance to look at the boosts that he received from creating and naming the familia

Also, when he took a look, there was some additional info.

[ Profile ]

Name: Shin

Sex: Male

Age: 1 year

Weight: 9.1 Kg 

Race: Lupus (wolf race)

[ Highlord Wolf ]

Familia Name: Sin

[ -> Name given to the familia during its creation ]

Familia Leader: Shin

[ -> Name of the current familia leader ]

Familia Ranking: 99996

[ -> Rank of the familia in the world ( Ranked based on achievements judged by Supreme Celestials ) ]

Familia Power: 5 

[ -> Number of members in the familia with names ]

Rank: A || Max. rank: ???

[ Level: 72 || Max. level: 80 ] 

[ HP: 840/840 || Max. HP: ??? ]

[ MP: 500/520|| Max. MP: ??? ] 

[ Exp: 6025 || Max. Exp: 9999 ]

[ Atk: 301 || Max. Atk: ??? ]

[ Def: 269 || Max. Def: ??? ]

[ Speed: 565 || Max. Speed: ??? ] 

Int: 95 || Max. Int: ???

[ Skills Gained ]

[ Active Skills ]

1] Bite Lv.8

2] Dash Lv.9 

3] Copy Lv.4

4] Heal Lv.6

5] Transformation Lv.3

6] Flame Wave Lv.2 

7] Dark Manipulation Lv.2

8] All Seeing Eye Lv.6 

9] Aura Control Lv.8

10] Dragon's Roar Lv.1

11] Dragon's Aura Lv.2

12] Hymn Of The Dragons' Lv.???

13] Total Curse Immunity Lv. Max

14] Curse Eraser Lv.4

15] HP Eater Lv.2

16] Wind Run Lv.5

17] Aero Slash Lv.4 

18] Dispel Lv.3

19] Hurricane Lv.1

20] Winter Breeze Lv.1 

21] Wind Manipulation Lv.1

22] God Wind Lv.???

23] Steal Lv.1

[ Passive Skills ]

1] Cold Resistance Lv.10

2] Heat Resistance Lv.10

3]Shock Resistance Lv.7

4] Predator Lv.???

5] Hunter Lv.???

6] Moonlight Warrior Lv.3

7] Language Translation Lv.4

8] Poison Resistance Lv.4

9] Poison Destroyer Lv.5

10] Protector Lv.2

11] Pain Nullification Lv.2

12] Fire Resistance Lv.2

13] Mindcraft Resistance Lv.4

14] Gift Lv.???

15] Ultimate Growth Lv.???

16] Mental Defense Lv.2 

17] Seal Resistance Lv.6 

'I see…'

'Our rank is awfully low.', he concluded.

In any case, now was not the time to be worried about this.

He actually asked to perform the dash skill so that he could learn and run.

However, he realized that they were quite close to the place so it was better to just walk rather than go alone.

Also, Shin was currently preventing other monsters from attacking them after all the Beast Warding effect was still activated.

So in a sense, he would end up throwing others in danger if he were to rush alone right now.

*tap tap*

And when they were almost close to the place where they had parted ways with Mo, they heard some footsteps.

Yes, the sound was feeble but it was audible.

Weird noises could be heard from trees and the same was true on the ground. The falling of the leaves proved that some disturbance was surely caused.

'Ding'

[ You have been surrounded by the Arb elves ]

The system notified Shin.

"Wha-"

The elves immediately made their appearance.

They were still small in size, however, they had spears and weird things wrapped in leaves tied around their waist

"You are…"

"I am the chief of the tribe, and I have come here to have a chat with you."

"Please don't think that you can escape."

"My men have already surrounded you from all sides.", was what he said.

Well, Shin wouldn't run away if all he had to do was chat, probably the elves had different thinking.

In any case, Shin wanted to see if they actually possessed any threat to him and his familia or not.

[ Level: 32 || Max. level: 40 ]

[ Level: 29 || Max. level: 40 ]

[ Level: 33 || Max. level: 40 ]

[ Level: 39 || Max. level: 40 ]

[ Level: 31… ]

And so on. Their levels averaged around 35 or something so they didn't possess any great threat to Shin.

'Ding'

[ You have been surrounded by 233 Arb Elves (male) ]

[ You have been surrounded by 119 Arb Elves (female) ]

[ You have been surrounded by 352 Arb Elves in total ]

'I see...'

'352 elves in total...'

'I am level 72 while Terran is 57…'

'We both are more than enough to handle them…'

'While Alira is level 29, she is definitely stronger than any normal beast of the same level…'

'After all, she was able to give me a lot of trouble due to her ridiculously high speed!', Shin thought.

'And Kaily is…'

'Wait, what was her level again?'

Shin questioned himself only to realize that he hadn't seen her profile even once.

But at the moment he didn't have the time to go through her profile so he just asked the system about her level.

'System, what is Kaily's level?'

'Ding'

[ Level: 49 || Max. level: 50 ]

"…"

'Despite living for a long time, her level is barely 49?'

'Did she never encounter monsters or all she did was keep running?', Shin had a dumb expression on his face when he turned back and stared at Kaily.

Well, that was a normal reaction since Shin was able to reach level 72 in a year and it seemed easy to him, however when compared to him, Kaily had lived for more than 800 times of how much he had lived and still wasn't close to his level – the situation felt ridiculous.

In any case, he concluded that the Arb elves weren't a threat to them in terms of levels, but their number and other factors mattered too.

'They are familiar with the place much more than we are…'

'Since all he wants to do is talk, I think it's better to hear him out.'

Shin nodded his head and said, "Fine."

"Lead the way." – he had something important to talk so Shin asked him to show him the way so that others couldn't hear them.

The elf walked ahead while Shin followed.

Although the elves were quite small and looked like kids, they were at least twice as much as Shin's height.

In any case, they walked for a minute or so and soon arrived near the pond.

'Huh? Isn't this the same pond as the one that we had seen earlier?', Shin realized that he was brought to the same place as earlier when Mo was chasing them.

Of course, the destroyed trees of the area were proof of that but more than that, the unclear water served as proof.

'Is he trying to push me into the water?', Shin asked himself.

'If he is going to do that then-', Shin was thinking of a strategy that he could use.

He didn't need one to begin with anyway, he could just attack him straight and push him instead.

'Ding'

[ Status Effect ]

[ nervous ]

[ frightened ]

[ worried ]

'Huh?'

The system all of a sudden showed the Arb Elf's status as if it was reassuring Shin.

'Those effects…'

'Does that mean he isn't scheming something?'

"…"

To be continued…