Soul Devourer Chapter 6 Episode 10 — A God's Judgement
After clearing his first S-Rank Dungeon in Russia, Yuito used the return magic circle and teleported back to the surface.
Just as when he entered, he could easily imagine everyone's attention focusing on Samael and the others the moment he appeared above ground.
For that reason, he activated【Void Magic】the instant he returned.
Then, shortly after arriving at the Troll Dungeon…
A notification rang through his mind.
『Interference by the God of ■■・■■ with Individual: Yuito Matsubara's Unique Skill【Soul Eater】has been detected.』
“...Huh?”
An involuntarily foolish sound escaped his lips.
He hadn't defeated a monster.
Nor had he killed a hunter.
And yet, a notification had suddenly appeared.
And more importantly…
A God?
Interference with my Unique Skill?
Just what is happening...?
Before he could comprehend the situation, the notifications continued mercilessly.
『The effects of the Unique Skill【Soul Eater】will now be modified.』
『All attribute values stolen from monsters and hunters so far will be reset.』
“Wha-... h-hey, wai-!”
His protest was cut off midway.
The notification ceased unilaterally, leaving behind only a heavy silence.
After standing there in stunned disbelief, Yuito quickly regained his senses and opened his status window.
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Stat Values
• Magic Power: 1,664 (893 + 711 + 60)
• Strength: 2,215 (893 + 922 + 400)
• Endurance: 2,088 (888 + 1,040 + 160)
• Agility: 1,800 (893 + 647 + 260)
• Intelligence: 2,079 (893 + 1,126 + 60)
• Spirit: 2,315 (888 + 1,147 + 280)
• Dexterity: 2,182 (888 + 1,154 + 140)
• Luck: 1,653 (893 + 760)
Unique Skills
•【Soul Eater】
- Upon subjugating a monster or killing a hunter(targets):
① Adds the last digit(s) of the target's attribute values to the skill-holder's own respective attributes;
※ Chance of successfully stealing ability values: 10%.
※ If the last digit is [0], [1] will be added;
② Transfers all skills and skill experience possessed by the target to skill-holder.
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“...You've got to be kidding me.”
The words escaped him in a daze.
His overwhelming ability values, which had reached nearly 200,000, had all plummeted to around 2,000.
Just as the notification stated, every attribute value he had stolen from monsters and hunters had been completely reset.
His current stats now consisted purely of levelling-up growth and skill bonuses.
Even so, he remained stronger than China's〘Regalia〙, Wang Haoran.
But...
The gap was no longer overwhelming like before.
The adjustment made to【Soul Eater】was, simply put, a complete nerf.
The old mechanic that guaranteed stolen ability values upon every kill had been abolished.
The theft rate had been reduced to just 10%.
Which meant…
Defeat 10 enemies to steal stats once.
Defeat 100 enemies to steal stats ten times.
Defeat 1,000 enemies to steal stats one hundred times.
Its fundamental nature as a skill with infinite growth potential had not changed.
However, the efficiency of that growth had been drastically reduced.
He wanted to complain.
At least a little.
But he couldn't.
Because the one interfering… Was a God.
He had never truly believed in Gods before.
But after witnessing a being directly alter his status window, that was no longer possible.
He didn't know whether it was truly a God.
However, one thing was certain.
It was a being that held his life and death in its hands.
If he carelessly complained and ended up having his skill deleted...
There would be no recovering from that.
So he wisely chose silence.
Yet completely unconcerned with his feelings, another notification rang out.
『Resetting the attribute values of Individuals:
- 〈Toxic Vermin King〉Samael, the Toxic Cataclysm;
- Santa Muerte, the Eternal Magus;
- Nox Chevalier, the Black Requiem.』
...I see.
So the 13,000 points he'd distributed to them had vanished as well.
He had gone out of his way to strengthen them so they wouldn't die...
The sense of loss weighed on him far more heavily than he had expected.
“...I mean, sure, my skill was ridiculously overpowered, but still.”
If they were going to rebalance it, he wished they had done so from the beginning.
Then this disappointment wouldn't have hit so hard.
『Adjustments to Individuals:
- Yuito Matsubara;
- 〈Toxic Vermin King〉Samael, the Toxic Cataclysm;
- Santa Muerte, the Eternal Magus;
- Nox Chevalier, the Black Requiem.』
『Compensation will now be provided for the decline in individual combat power resulting from the significant reduction in ability values.』
『New Unique Skill will be granted to Individual: Yuito Matsubara.』
『Unique Skill Acquired【Karma】』
“...Huh?”
The word slipped from his mouth before his mind could process it.
A new... Unique Skill?
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E/N:
What in the actual f-!?
Reset aside, why would they give another Unique Skill when a Unique Skill was the one troubling the God? And it sounds OP af, what?
Stay tuned!
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