Wolf of the Blood Moon - Book 3 - Chapter 77 - Crimson Overdrive (Patreon)

Scarlet

After checking each of the skills’ descriptions, I find that the only ones to have changed are Pain Diffusion and Blood Regeneration. Pain Diffusion can now diffuse up to sixty percent of the pain, and I only have to feel half of the pain in the next week after using the skill diffused through the week instead of all of it. Blood Regeneration’s description simply changes to changes the word ‘significantly’ before the ‘increases the natural regeneration of the user, both in terms of life energy and mana’ part to immensely. Which probably means a nice boost to the skill.

Overall some nice changes.

“Don’t forget that you need to experience the pain from your battle with the drake,” Tar comments, reminding me of something I wish I could forget.

Let’s not think about that right now.

Instead of that, let’s think about what new legendary skills I’ll have unlocked through that battle!

Tar snorts at that but doesn’t say anything as I open my Skill’s Store while limiting it to just legendary skills. And just as expected, there is a new one there.

One that has my eyes widening in absolute glee.

Hell, yeah! Now this is something I’ve been wanting for a while now!

Without an ounce of hesitation, I immediately purchase the skill that is basically just a legendary upgrade of Blood Sacrifice with more than just a strength bonus. Then I jump up off of the bed and begin using the skill right away, finding a sight very different from what I’m used to seeing from Blood Sacrifice.

Instead of a bloody mist rising from my skin, a faint current of red, black, and blue electricity begins to run across my body as I feel invigorated in every way. And when I push the skill harder, I find it already giving me a boost about on par with Blood Sacrifice despite it only being level 1 while Blood Sacrifice is level ten.

I think this is the only skill that I have that actively increases my regeneration and senses as well, since Blood Regeneration is a passive skill.

“It really is a great skill,” Tar comments while floating to land on my head, only to suddenly fly away again when he’s zapped by the black, red, and blue electricity running across my body. But it doesn’t seem to do much damage. Probably only a bit more than a static electricity shock would.

So nothing I can use in battle. It just looks cool for the most part.

And if I had to guess, the blue is because of the fact that it likely has some bioelectricity involved, mixing in with whatever is making the red and black colored part of the electricity.

My thoughts cut off when I find myself being pat on the head, making me instinctively raise my hand to push the arm away, only to find the arm belonging to Gramps, who had suddenly appeared next to me with a proud look on his face.

“Great job, sweetie,” he says with a wide grin, “you’re the youngest person to have their etched skill slots unlocked!” Then he pauses as he takes in the electricity running through my body that I quickly stop before he adds, “And congratulations on your latest legendary skill as well!”

I frown at that while backing away from him a little while asking, “How are you always able to tell what rarity skills I have? Are you just listening to Tar as we talk?”

His grin grows wider as he crosses his arms and answers, “Another perk of being contracted with dear old Oberon.”

Well that’s just unfair.

“Can you see exactly what other people’s skills are?” I ask out of curiosity while activating my armor.

He shakes his head, “No, just how many skills they have and what their rarity is. Not what they can do.”

That’s a relief at least. And something to look forward to should we win that fae tournament thing.

Actually, why does Oberon have any control over the System to be able to see that stuff if he wasn’t the one who made it?

“Father has no control over the System,” Tar answers quickly while beginning to land on my shoulder only to pause when he notices Gramps’ eyes narrowing. “All the Fae King can do is a few preset commands given to him by Titania and access some of the logs of the System. He has no actual authority over it and can’t change anything himself.”

Interesting.

I’m kind of surprised you can tell me this though.

“Well, my father decided to give us some exceptions to the fae laws simply due to you being his contracted partner’s granddaughter,” Tar says, stating some rather blatant nepotism. “Can’t complain when it’s helping you.”

True.

“Although I’m pretty sure the only reason he’s doing it is because he knows the Demon King will happily answer the questions for you anyways,” Tar adds with more than a little amusement. And based on how Gramps’ lips are quirking up a bit more after Tar said that, I think it’s safe to say he’s right.

I raise an eyebrow at Gramps.

It honestly feels like the Demon King has the Fae King wrapped around his finger sometimes…

“Well… father does put his foot down when it really matters, but generally the Demon King’s actions don’t actually harm the fae, so while he does wish he would stop, he’s mostly given up on trying to stop him after over two thousand years of being his contracted partner,” Tar says, sounding rather amused by his father’s situation.

I watch Gramps for a second before deciding that I agree with that statement.

The man is all-powerful, has little interest in doing what others tell him to do if it doesn’t benefit him, his family, or his world, and seems like he doesn’t exactly play by others’ rules. But then again, when someone is the strongest being in the universe, I guess they don’t really have to care about other people’s rules.

Rules are, after all, just put in place by whoever is in power to keep order. For the most part at least. And for the better powers.

And Gramps is in power wherever he goes.

Anyways, I look around the room again before glancing at Gramps once more and asking, “Where are we?”

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Skill   Name:

Achievement   requirements:

Description:

Classifications:

SP   price:

Crimson Overdrive

Unlocked by being Class III or above,   by killing a demon one hundred and fifty or more levels above you without   assistance, by killing over a thousand demons of higher levels than you while   enhancing your physical body through sacrificing your own blood, by taking   enough damage to kill most people your level twenty-five times over and   surviving, and by having blood magic.

This skill allows the user to push   their body into overdrive, forcing their blood to pump faster, their muscles   to grow stronger, using the blood as fuel, pushing their bioelectricity into overdrive,   and overall increasing their physical strength, speed, regeneration, and senses   by the amount of blood used as fuel.

Active

Legendary

60

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