Chapter 92 - Skill Page: Alteration (2)
Chapter 92 - Skill Page: Alteration (2)
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Item: Skill page
Type: Commodity
> Upon tearing the page, grants the user the skill: [Alteration]
Usage: Can only be used by Vampires having Transforming abilities.
Rarity: Unknown
Description:
A skill page with ancient origins. The writing on the page has worn off a bit thanks to poor storage measures. But the page should work just fine.
Effect: Grants the user a skill.
[Alteration]: Allows the user to change their body features as per their will. However, there will be some limitations to the effectiveness of the skill. The user will not be able to change their facial features completely, but it'll be enough to fool others into thinking the user is someone else.
To use this skill, the user has to imagine which part of their body they would like to change and the changes will reflect within seconds.
Condition to upgrade the skill: Establish a new well-known second identity or use 25 skill points to level this skill up.
Grade: Low
Cooldown: 10 hours
Active Duration: 2 hours (can be cancelled by the user as per their will.)
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"This is perfect." Ashton almost threw up the meat he had been feasting on, "But there is no rank mentioned on this skill page. Aren't they supposed to be classified based on their colours and stuff?"
As excited as Ashton was to get his hands on something like the [Alteration] skill, he also had to be cautious about using it. At first glance, it looked like a normal skill, but the colour of the skill page was troubling him a bit. After all, he had never heard about a greenish-yellow coloured skill page before.
"It's not a skill page, but an aptitude page. Unlike your regular skill page which can be only used once, this type of page can be used again and again." Rose explained while sipping on some blood, "There are not many of these, and I just so happened to know someone with this page. Since you needed a way to hide your identity, I thought I should get it for you."
"Wow... I never thought you could think of anything past money." Ashton scoffed as he transferred an0ther 6000 blue units to Rose, "I don't need your charity. Kep this, and place a bet on me the next time I participate in a fight. Now tell me, if I can't tear the page, then how do I get the skill?"
"Just put a drop of your blood on the paper and it will recognise you as its owner."
Ashton pricked his finger and forced a drop of blood out. As soon as his blood touched the rough surface of the page, it started shining and a couple of seconds later, Ashton had received another skill.
[You have unlocked a <Bloodline> skill!]
[Current State: Dormant.]
[You cannot use this skill. Skill information is hidden.]
[Your level and Grade are too low to master a <Bloodline> skill. Please evolve and continue to know more about your lineage to unlock the skill as well as its true perks.]
'What the hell is this about?'
Ashton thought doing as he was told to would solve his doubts. Instead, learning the skill made his mind go even more rampant. It was his first time hearing about a <Bloodline> skill.
'Explore my lineage? But I don't even remember my parents! How the heck am I supposed to know more about my lineage?'
"Something wrong?" Rose interrupted his chain of thoughts. The confusion in his head must have been clear of his face, "I tried reading your mind but for some reason, I couldn't. Did you learn how to cast a mental barrier or something?"
"You are overthinking too much." Ashton hurriedly claimed himself, "You weren't able to read my mind because there wasn't anything for you to read."
"Is it your way of telling me that you're brainless?" Rose sniggered.
"Think whatever you want to." Ashton shook his head and got up to leave, "Thanks for the dinner. But since I can now change my looks, I think we should try hunting together."
"Aww, and here I was thinking I would be able to extort some more money from you."
Ashton sighed and walked out of her room. She was going to extort him anyway. But rather than handing her the money, he would be handing her a bet to win. Rose wasn't aware of it, but she had tremendously helped him out. With the skill to alter his appearance, he should be able to solve a lot of his problems.
'But first, let's try out the skill somewhere else, shall we?' Ashton had a crooked smile on his face as he headed towards the B ranker's dormitory.
His time for revenge had arrived sooner than he had expected, and only a fool would have wasted an opportunity like this. But first, he needed to get rid of everything that could have outed him to others.
He didn't need to change his uniform. Ever since he ripped his uniform a week ago, he had to use the regular uniform while he waited for his official uniform to arrive. Thus, he only needed to get rid of his facial features.
After making sure that there was no one around him, he started with the alteration process. the first thing he needed to hide was his hairs. After all, there was not a single student in the academy other than him who had white hair.
Thus he would be outed in no time if he did not change his hair. After the hair it was time for his nose, eyes, followed by the jawline and cheekbones.
By the time he was done, he was unrecognisable even to him. But the process was tremendously painful. It was all fun and games till he changed his hair colour. But when he started to change his actual face, it felt as if the bones within his face were melting away.
If it hadn't been for his [Pain Tolerance], he would have probably passed out just from the kind of pain he had to go through. It reminded him of something Rose said to him during their visit to the black market.
"Nothing is free in this world." He smiled through the pain, "If you want to change your face, you have to pay for it through pain."
However, the pain he felt only solidified his sense of revenge against the Gruntas.. He could not wait to get his hands on them anymore.