Greed

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  Eh?

  I can absorb them?

  I don't see a reason to not do it, so I accept.

  The moment I make the decision, thick pitch black mist comes out of my body.

  The fog went straight to the spider's corpses and began absorbing something from within, making a shining golden color for a few seconds, before returning to me.

  I feel many different kinds of energy come back to me, some of unknown origin.

  The first one is magic power which ends up making me feel my magic increase a bit, the second one is the life force that was absorbed by my body to heal most of my wounds.

  The third one is an unknown powerful essence which when I absorb it I felt like my very being was visually growing stronger.

  The rest is a mysterious kind of energy which surprisingly ends up going to the rune of fate, only to end up simply dispersing.

  The entire process left me in disbelief.

  Eh?!?

  What the hell just happened?

  I woke up in the middle of the night, as a faint moonlight enter the tree.

  After the battle ended, I decided to hide in the nest because even though most of the injuries had healed; the battle drained me of all my energy and I needed to rest.

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  “Urgh, I really want to sleep more, but I should check the system messages first.

  [You have absorbed the target's vital essence, experience rewarded.] x2

  [You have absorbed the target's magic power, magic stat increases by 0,1.] x2

  [Attempting to absorb the target's traits… attempt failed.] x2

  I see, this is how you use the skill of Greed.

  The vital essence is a special kind of energy; the transcendents are those who have a strength of tier of 1 or higher, and to become stronger, they need to strengthen their vital essence to reach a higher realm.

  Normally that only happened with training and treasures, but now I can just absorb people instead.

  This will make me grow at an incredible speed and that's not even all.

  The fact I can heal using the life force and raise my magic stat freely is abnormal in itself.

  Moreover, the ability to absorb traits, if it works as I think it his, I will obtain an illimited potential.

  Can I do something more?

  I decided to try using the rune skills of Greed on my own.

  I struggled a bit at first, but at some point a black mist came out of my body.

  Since I don't know how to use it, I try experimenting with the broken shells on the grass.

  The fog swallowed the shells and I felt a faint life force coming out and healing my wounds.

  Not bad.

  Now, what should I do?

  I don't know what happened to the others, if I go looking for them, I risk being eaten by spiders.

  I can’t, it's too risky.

  I think it is better if I level up a little first and get used to fighting in a lizard body.

  I decided to explore in the opposite direction to avoid problems, hoping to encounter not too strong enemies.

  Although almost everything is stronger than me.

  Maybe that's a problem.

  I walk in the middle of the forest, it's still the night, so most creatures should be sleeping right now.

  I walk very slowly trying to not be noticed, luc my scales are perfect to go unnoticed thanks to their metallic black color.

  Wait, now that I think about it I never saw my last skill.

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  Minor black scales

  True name: [Fragments of the Black Destiny.]

  Rune Type: Defense

  Rank: F++

  Skill Effects:

  [Minor protection]: The scales grant a medium physical and a small magical defense against incoming damage.

  [Dark scales]: the scales reflect direct light, allowing you to blend into the shadows in dark or dimly lit environments, making you more difficult for enemies to find.

  ● You can upgrade the skill by evolving.

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  That's not a bad skill, It looks weak if compared to the first two but for a rank 0 that's probably one of the best skills available.

  Moreover, the advantages of innate rune skills is they get stronger with the user, for example a fire mage can only basic fire magic like fireball, but in the future they can use more advanced fire magic like fire storm.

  The defensing and stealth effect of the skill will surely be handy.

  I suddenly hear a faint sound from the bushes which makes me stay on alert.

  The time for thinking is over.