Book 3: Chapter 2: Frightening Discovery

Book 3: Chapter 2: Frightening Discovery

Further Into the Gaming Arcade

Despite splitting off from Scarlet and telling her to fight on her own, Collin cant help but keep an eye on her as he fights, making his way just a bit closer to the core without getting too close to it. Because he isnt a high enough level to deal with the demons at the core or even near it, having to wait for reinforcements from the base for that.

And what he finds when he watches her still surprises him just as much now as it did when he first saw her fighting after reaching Class II. The girl simply puts up what he can only assume is a field of null magic before rushing forwards and maneuvering around the fomorians attacks, striking back at them when they give an opening using her shapeshifted arms, and taking attacks without so much as flinching sometimes just to create more openings. All while the acolyte seems to struggle with using its magic skills, seemingly using up far more mana than it should otherwise need for each skill.

That is most definitely null magic. Theres no doubt about it. But for her to have null magic along with her blood magic, shed have to have etched skills. And the only human with null magic in the world at Class V is White.

Collin doesnt stop killing demons with his silver lightning as he runs through the building, keeping one eye on Scarlet through a camouflaged drone that she has most likely already heard. Considering just how great her hearing has become.

Could she be Whites daughter? Its possible, considering just how powerful she is. And while it is incredibly rare, some children who have etched skills do end up getting a magic that is nothing like their parents.

Seconds pass by, and with each one of them another demon is turned to ash by his lightning. All while he ponders over the subject. But eventually he decides that she is most likely Whites daughter as that would be the only plausible explanation for how she has both blood and null magic.

Not like it matters to me who her parents are. But at least if she knows about it, which she probably would if she got an achievement-locked skill, then she should know shes not an orphan. And the public will likely know this too when they figure it out themselves.

Collin feels himself relaxing ever so slightly at that. Because ever since he found out she was an orphan, he couldnt help but feel worried that her background would be discovered by the public and she would end up ostracized.

Whether or not she was raised in an orphanage or not doesnt matter. Not if she has etched skills to prove who she is.

With that thought and one last glance at the girl who constantly reminds him of his late sister and is currently killing the acolyte with several blades of blood, taking advantage of the fomorians focus on her, Collin, otherwise known by the public as Sylver, focuses all of his attention on his own battles once again.

Scarlet

So you decided to go off on your own after just minutes of entering the Fracture and gaining about a dozen levels? Allen asks, trying to gather all the details of what went down in the first Fracture. Followed by the Fracture afterwards, neither of which actually had anything interesting happen. Nothing beyond me getting to about level one hundred and twenty from hunting demons.

Especially if they have some sort of website or something online used to keep track of the universal notifications. Which in hindsight I wouldnt be surprised if they did.

Actually, I open the browser and search that very thing up. And lo and behold, there really is one.

Interesting.

From the looks of it, most of the Demon Lords have about three or four etched skills, with the Lord of Death and the Blood Lord having four, whereas most of the Knights of Humanity have two etched skills, with White being the only one with three. Which answers my question of how many etched skills White has.

It doesnt list any of their Titles though, presumably because they got most of them before the System was initialized on Earth.

But the Demon King holy shit.

Is this is this accurate? I cant help but mutter out loud, drawing Allens attention to what Im doing the man having previously been muttering to himself.

What? The Demon Kings etched skills? he asks after seeing my screen before grimly answering, Yes, the Demon King has six etched skills.

Wow I mutter, unsure of how to take that. Wait, doesnt that also mean that

Yes, it does, Allen says with a grimace. The Blood Lord, the Demon Kings son, has all six of those etched skills along with his own four etched skills on top of them. Although whether he has those skills unlocked for their higher rarity or not is unknown.

I stare at him with my mouth agape, unsure of how to respond.

Dont forget that the other Demon Lords have parents too, all of whom have etched skills of their own even if they dont have anywhere near as many as the Demon King, Tar suddenly chips in, making my shock turn into downright fear. And most people only ever etch mythical skills, so those are likely to all be mythical skills. Most likely are Title-Bearing ones as well. Assuming theyve met the requirements for the mythical version of the achievement-locked skills that is.

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