Chapter 352 A New And Powerful Skill

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I looked into my Status once more as I made my way back to town. I had already enjoyed breakfast with my family and told them we had something important to do in town, mostly regarding selling monster carcasses, so they let me go easily.

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[Spirit And Master Connection: Lv1]

Skill Proficiency: 0/10000

Grants the ability for the Master and its Spirits to connect with an even greater level of bond. Only those that have reached Rank 1 Peak Stage and above can unlock this power, and only when they have established an incredible bond of friendship and companionship with their Spirits. This Skill strengthen the Bond of the Master Soul with their Spirit Soul and grants them the ability to share their powers with one another, temporarily granting the power to use the other's Skills by spending a slightly larger quantity of Mana, alongside granting the ability to use Spiritual Techniques.

Enhances the power of Shared Skills by +20% with each Skill and grants the ability to create a "Bond Connection" for 10 Minutes, which enhances synchronization and the strength of both master and spirit. While in this state, Mana is naturally recovered at twice the speed, Skills and Spells costs half Mana, and Spirit Techniques that exceed limitations can be unlashed, but after its power wears off, a great amount of exhaustion will take over the master's body. Consecutively using "Bond Connection" will wear off the Master and Spirit until both have a high possibility of dying.

Current Spirit Techniques:

Level 1: [Spiritual Resonance: Spiritual Shield], [Spiritual Resonance: Elemental Spirit Weapon]

Level 2: ???

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This was an incredibly interesting Skill. It seems that only those that have a strong bond of companionship and friendship with their Spirits can actually unlock it. This might explain why some people at higher ranks it might not have, but I am fairly sure Ellergest has used Spirit Techniques before, so it is probably that he has the Skill at a high Level already.

This is a rather useful Skill, and those Techniques that are unlocked every level seem also quite interesting. I can now apparently create a Spiritual Shield based on Eleanora's Elements and strengths, alongside temporarily transforming Eleanora into an Elemental Spirit Weapon… Amusing.

"Eleanora, wait a bit." I said, quickly going behind a large house and then asking Eleanora to use this power.

"C-Convert myself into a weapon? That's even possible?" She wondered. "But aren't there already some weapon-type spirits?"

"Yeah, but this is different, it seems that non-weapon-type spirits can also temporarily become weapons through this technique, let's try it out." I said, as Eleanora sighed and then nodded.

"Very well."

"Then…!"

[Spiritual Resonance: Elemental Spirit Weapon]!

FLASH!

The moment I activated the Spiritual Technique, I felt that 10% of my Mana was drained in an instant, infusing itself into Eleanora's Spirit body and then making it shine. Her body quickly began to change, shapeshifting into a long and majestic shape, with red metallic luster.

"Huh? Eh?!"

Eleanora then found herself floating in midair, in the form of a… long sword. So that's her Spirit form? I had imagined another spear, but perhaps that would had been rather redundant as I had Gluttony and she has Envy with herself. The sword was beautifully decorated with red roses made of a metallic spiritual material, the blade was sharp and thin, making it look ferocious yet refined. Additionally, around the handle, rose vine-like decorations appeared around it.

[Spirit: Eleanora] has transformed into her [Elemental Spirit Weapon Form]: [Crimson Rose Piercer (Two-Handed Longsword)]!]

"You've become a beautiful weapon, Eleanora."

I quickly held her with my hand and felt an enormous power concentrated within the weapon, overflowing through it all. It quickly merged with my body and enhanced my capabilities. This transformation lasted roughly 10 minutes before Eleanora went back to normal, I might be able to extend it if I spend another 10% of my Mana though.

"T-This sensation is rather new…" Eleanora said. "But I feel like I want to slay any enemy for you, my lord!"

"Hm, perhaps even your mentality and instincts transform into those of a weapon, interesting." I said with a nod.

"Let's see then…"

FLASH!

I swung Eleanora's weapon form strongly against the sky, as a slash of red-blood color was unleashed from her blade, flying up into the skies and slicing several birds within a flock of them that were flying over 100 meters above the ground in mere seconds.

SLAAASH!

The birds were common bird animals, so the EXP they gave was nothing, but this was still a great way to see how effective this transformation was, and indeed, it was amazing.

"Amazing, this will surely become handy in the future!" Eleanora said.

"So you can create Aura Slashes of Blood Attribute, that's interesting… Let's see…"

CLASH!

Suddenly, as I swung Eleanora's blade horizontally, her blade suddenly shapeshifted, elongating into vine-like chains with spikes, and whipping the floor strongly with them, making the ground below us tremble slightly.

"So you can even transform into a whip-sword!" I said in amusement.

Whip Swords are special swords capable of transforming into whips with divided sections which unify back into a blade. This mechanism works by infusing mana into these weapons. However, doing this with Eleanora doesn't cost any Mana.

"I-I am also impressed! I didn't thought I was so strong…" Eleanora said.

"Well, this should be enough for now…" I said, quickly letting Eleanora turn back to her humanoid spirit form.

FLASH!

"Phew… I feel slightly tired after that." She sighed.

"Hm, so it also exhausts you." I said while analyzing my body, I certainly felt tired as well.

However, my Ki was quickly recovering this exhaustion naturally, but I know that if I overdo it, I might end up overexerting myself to the point I could die, so I better be careful with this.

"Are you tired for just transforming me into a weapon?" She wondered.

"It is a technique that synchronizes our bond, so it also tires me out. But I'll get better in a few minutes. Let's go to the adventurer guild for now, it is getting late."

"Very well!"

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