Cheat Awakening-Chapter 635. Accumulation

"I hope you aren't talking nonsense. I'll verify it later. Remember that," Fenrir, still harbouring some doubt, spoke while narrowing her eyes.

"Sure, sure, do as you like. By the way, let's forget about those useless things and get to the main point of my visit."

Although Myne was sweating profusely inside, he knew the most important rule of lying was maintaining absolute confidence. He didn't show any nervousness on his face, instead quickly changing the topic to divert her attention.

"And what is this so-called main point of yours except giving me headaches?" She asked, raising an eyebrow unhappily.

Fenrir found it hard to expect anything serious from Myne. She already believed that whatever Myne wanted to discuss was most likely related to her hume form, upon which he had cast his perverted gaze.

"It's about something called 'seed skills' I found on monsters in the World Tree dungeon. Although I used Appraisal on them, no useful information appeared. So, I came to you hoping you might have some idea about them," Myne didn't know Fenrir's inner thoughts, and quickly gave a brief explanation about the kinds of monsters he fought and from which he acquired these skills.

"Huh? Ahhh... I see, 'seed skills,' you say?" Fenrir first pretended not to understand what Myne was talking about. Only after he explained every single detail three times did she suddenly adopt an expression of enlightenment and speak.

"As expected of you Fenrir, I can always rely on you. Coming to you for help was the best decision," Myne complimented Fenrir to improve her mood so she would exhibit more energetic behaviour while talking to him.

"I don't really understand it well either. I just overheard it when Mother was speaking of another skill that you have to find, which by combining with your Appraisal, you will get the ability to travel into the past. Actually, she mentioned it on a whim, and I didn't think much about it at the time. I didn't expect you would bring up those skills to me so quickly..."

"Don't beat around the bush, and tell me what she said." Myne, unable to contain his curiosity, was too impatient to hear Fenrir's rambling and interrupted her.

"Well, you're quite in a hurry to get an answer, aren't you? If I directly conveyed her words, you probably wouldn't understand them, so let me give you an example. You once mentioned that if you found any high-quality skill, you would store them in pebbles or small stones, right? You also use this trick to make hot water in your bathtub, right?"

"Quite a luxury to use your lifespan for hot water, don't you think? Even I, who can live for thousands of years, wouldn't waste lifespan like that," Fenrir complained, giving Myne a strange look. She even felt that Myne's entire story about losing lifespan in exchange for copying and pasting other skills was pure nonsense.

Otherwise, even if he had eaten lifespan-increasing fruit that extended his lifespan by a hundred years, with the speed he copied and pasted other skills onto himself, the people around him, and, of course, onto pebbles for emergency use, he should have long ago exhausted his lifespan. But by the life energy she could sense in him, Myne's body showed no sign of losing life energy at all; instead, it was increasing slightly.

"Cough! Don't mention it. At that time, I didn't know I was losing my lifespan by doing that; I did it in ignorance. You can ask Waffle if I've done anything like that since. Anyway, what were you saying about me storing skills on pebbles?" Myne, seeing that his lie was about to be exposed, first cursed Waffle and his big mouth in his mind, then quickly brought Fenrir back to the point.

"To whom did you paste the skill seed that you've cut?" Fenrir asked.

"Ehm, only to myself, obviously? How could I have so much lifespan to give those unknown skills to others before even knowing their use? Why? Is there anything wrong?" Myne spoke righteously. Of course, if Fenrir hadn't made him vigilant by revealing that she had already begun to doubt the credibility of his words, he would have replied honestly, saying that he had also stored a few pebbles as well for experiment purposes.

"If that's the case, before I continue, you have to go back to the World Tree dungeon and bring back some of those seed skills. You can paste them on pebbles. By the way, if possible, paste everyone on the same pebble to avoid confusion," Fenrir said, trying to hide her playful smile.

"Are you serious?" Myne asked reluctantly. However, seeing that Fenrir had no intention of continuing, he sighed helplessly, stood up, and opened a portal back to the World Tree's dungeon. He gave Fenrir a pitiful look, making puppy eyes, but she, having raised three naughty children, was immune to this kind of attack. He only found her smile even brighter.

...

"Here's your stone with the Seed Skills. What's next?" Half an hour later, Myne returned and tossed a half-palm-sized stone before Fenrir.

"Good. Now use your Appraisal skill on it," Fenrir said, nodding happily, clearly enjoying letting Myne suffer.

"Eh? Appraising a stone with Seed Skills pasted on it? I haven't tried that yet. Is there anything special about it?" Myne wondered confusedly and quickly did as told.

[ Name: Small Stone

[Skill]

Wind Seed x 8

Water Seed x 4 ]

"There seems to be nothing strange," He muttered confusedly, giving Fenrir a questioning look. Read new adventures at novelbuddy

"Is there really nothing strange with this stone?" She continued and gestured for him to try Appraisal again.

Damn riddlers, Myne complained. I hate it when she isn't straightforward.

He used Appraisal on the stone again but found nothing. However, he didn't immediately look at Fenrir for an answer. Instead, he thought for a moment and focused on the Wind Seed column.

[ Name: Small Stone

[Seed Skill]

Wind Seed (Large) x 1

Wind Seed (Medium) x 3

Wind Seed x 4

Water Seed (Large) x 2

Water Seed x 2]

The information expanded a bit, but there doesn't seem to be anything new... Wait a moment, why are there so few skills? I remember stealing skills from more than 50 monsters. Why are there only 12? Where are the rest? Also, were there even Water Seeds of Large quality? Why don't I remember that? What the f*ck...?

Wait a minute... Could it be...?

As soon as Myne had the thought, he quickly looked at Fenrir, who, even faster than him, turned her head away and began staring at a random butterfly with amazement, as if she'd never seen such a creature before.

Not expecting much from her, Myne didn't waste his breath. Instead, he opened his Inventory and, after looking around for a minute or so, took out a pebble that magically released a large amount of water out of thin air—a miracle of nature, or perhaps of Myne.

[ Name: Pebble

[Skill]

Constant Water

Constant Water

Constant Water

Constant Water

Constant Water

Constant Water

Constant Water ]

"So this is how it is... The skills written now are clearly different! First of all, the Seed Skills seem to overlap with the same name and their quality is written after them, while the normal skill on this pebble is divided into individual entries like this: 'Constant Water.'"

"What's more, the numbers don't match. I clearly remember pasting more than 50 Seed Skills onto it, but now there are barely 12 remaining. Also, the number of Wind Seeds is odd. There should only be one Wind Seed (Medium), but for some reason, I have three now."

"What's more, the Wind Seed (Large) that I've never acquired before is now showing as one."

"Which means, these are..."

Pondering about it for a few minutes while trying to remember how many skills he had pasted on the stone, Myne looked at Fenrir and said with an uncertain expression, "Fenrir, are you trying to say that if I repeatedly paste the Skill Seed onto the same object or person, it'll transform from Low to Medium and then to Large after every five and ten stacks, respectively?"

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"That's correct... Great! You were able to figure out half the mystery of those Seed Skills on your own," Fenrir said with a proud smile.

However, Myne, who still had many questions bothering him, didn't share her happiness and asked, "However, strictly speaking, do these Seed Skills even fall under the category of normal skills? They seem a bit different to me."

"Again, correct! Seems like staying with someone smart like me is already showing its effect," Fenrir joked. Seeing that Myne was too impatient to listen to her joke, she continued,

"I've mentioned to you before that the World Tree supplies magic to our world, right? So, monsters residing within the dungeon or around the World Tree absorb large quantities of magic released by it all the time. Most of them use it to strengthen their bodies or magical abilities, but a large part of that energy remains unused in their bodies due to a lack of a proper guiding method."

"The Skill Seeds, though they have the word 'skill' in them, are strictly speaking just masses of that unused pure magic remaining within their bodies."

"Try imagining it as clay. If you mix two small pieces of clay together, wouldn't it form a slightly larger piece?"

"Hence, when you paste them onto the same object, just like clay, the Skill Seeds will also merge, and when their energy capacity exceeds their limit, they'll upgrade to their upper form. In your words, the Low version will become the Medium one, and then Large, and so on."