Talent Swallowing Hero

‘Haha…I felt bad for not devouring the rank 9 water spiders I killed earlier; however, now I don’t have to feel bad anymore.’

While following the water spider carrying the lion cub, Leo saw the corpses of the water spiders.

Some were floating on the water, whereas a few were hanging on the spider ropes that were connecting the spider dens.

Therefore, while following the rank 9 water spider, Leo started collecting them in the secret dimension space.

‘I should not kill these rank 9 water spiders.’

Even though he saw many defenseless rank 9 water spiders, Leo didn’t kill any of them because of the ‘Mother of the Water Spiders’.

Last time, the moment he killed a group of rank 9 water spiders, the ‘Mother of the Water Spiders’ was able to sense it.

For now, Leo didn’t want to attract any attention. He only wanted to devour the corpses of the water spiders he killed earlier while following the water spider carrying the lion cub.

Every once in a while, Leo would come out of the secret dimensional space so that he would not get kicked out of it after five minutes.

[Absolute Devour]

‘Kacha’

Soon, he started devouring the corpses he stored in his secret dimensional space.

‘Ding,

The host used [Absolute Devour] and devoured a rank 9 water spider. No talents or skills are awakened._-.

‘Ding,

The host’s skill [Poison Resitance] is upgraded to level 7.

‘Excellent’

The skill was already on the verge of reaching level 7. So, after consuming a single water spider’s corpse, it reached rank 7, making Leo reveal a slight smile.

‘Now, I am 70 percent poison resistant.’

After checking the changes, he found the poison resistance increased from 50 percent to 70 percent.

‘Devour’

‘Devour’

‘Devour’

Leo knew that it’d been a while since he killed them. The longer the time between their death and his devouring, the lower the chances of awakening their talents and skills.

Hence, he sped up the process and devoured one after another at an incredible speed.

‘Ding,

The host used [Absolute Devour] and devoured a rank 9 water spider. No talents or skills are awakened.

‘Ding,

The host used…

‘Ding,

The…

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‘Ding,

The host’s skill [Poison Resitance] is upgraded to level 8. Please use the skill 100 times to upgrade it further.

‘Ding,

The host’s skill [Silver Skin] is upgraded to level 8. Please use the skill 100 times to upgrade it further.

Even after consuming nearly 20 corpses, Leo could not awaken a single skill or talent.

‘It is already within my expectations.’

Nevertheless, he was not disappointed; instead, he was satisfied with his two skills, reaching rank 8.

All the skills and talents that Leo had awakened through the [Absolute Devour] had reached level 8. To upgrade these level 8 skills and talents, Leo needs to use them 100 times each.

‘I have used [Fire Claw] and [Wyvern Claw] more than 50 times each. I should upgrade them to level 9 before leaving this world.’

Leo set a small goal for himself as he continued to devour more and more water spiders’ corpses.

Even though the experience gained from devouring is useless now, Leo felt it was not a big problem. The main thing he wanted now was to awaken a skill or two of the water spiders.

‘Ding,

The host used [Absolute Devour] and devoured a rank 9 water spider. The host awakened a new talent [One Strike]

Finally, after consuming the 25 corpses of the water spiders, Leo awakened a new talent, making him heave a sigh of relief.

‘Ding,

Talent name: One Strike (level 1).

Effect: The talent can be activated when the user holds a sharp weapon in his head. It increases the damage from the strike by 10 percent.

Note: It is stackable with other talents and skills that increase the damage output.

‘Nice Talent.’

Leo liked the skills and talents that could increase his damage output, and he loved them even more if they could be stacked.

‘Upgrade’

He upgraded it to level 4 using [Talent Promoter], which increased the damage output to 40 percent, making Leo nod his head with satisfaction.

‘Three more talents to upgrade the [Talent Promoter] to level 4.’

Leo was looking forward to upgrading [Talent Promoter] to level 4 because he guessed a level 4 [Talent Promoter] could upgrade his talents to level 7 with the help of [Promote points].

‘I think I might get three more talents before leaving this world.’

Since he could stay in this world for another 20 days, Leo knew that getting three new talents won’t be a problem for him as long as he took some risks.

‘Anyway, for now, I will finish all the corpses and see whether I can awaken a talent or skill.’

Soon, he went back to his work to follow the rank 9 water spider carrying the lion cub and, at the same time, collect the water spider corpses and devour them.

‘Also, I received a reward for killing the first water spider. I wonder what it was.’

Leo had no time to check earlier as the water spiders hunted him. There, he checked it now.

‘Ding,

Item name: Beast Soul Stone.

Use: A stone that can be used to awaken a soul in a weapon or an artifact, and at the same time, the awakened soul will be merged with the soul stored inside the Beast Soul Stone.

Note: 1) The weapon might awaken new effects and new skills after a successful merging of the souls.

2) It can only be used on Rank 9 or below ranked weapons or artifacts.

‘I can awaken the soul of a weapon or an artifact?’

Leo was pleasantly surprised to receive such a valuable item after his first kill in this world.

‘System, what if the awakened weapon soul gets devoured by the beast soul stored inside this stone?’

However, Leo didn’t use it; instead, he asked the system about his doubt.

‘Ding,

There is no need for the host to worry. The soul store inside the Beast Soul Stone will not have any battle prowess or memories.

‘Good. Now, I can use it on Arcane Silver then.’

With a thought, a sword appeared in their hands, and Leo decided to use the stone on it.

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