Chapter 2: Godly Talent

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

As the system notification sounded, a cooling sensation surged into York’s body. Something that had been restraining him vanished.

York lay on the ground weakly, but he was overjoyed.

He felt relieved to finally be free again.

Most importantly, he had obtained a hidden talent.

Having no time to rest, York stood up again and opened the attribute page to examine the hidden talent.

[Devour]: Your spirit far surpasses that of your own kind so you are able to endure more power. You can absorb the bone essence of other Skeletons to strengthen yourself. You will receive bonus attributes.

“This is too shocking!”

After browsing through it, York realized how powerful the talent was.

The New Age was a real world, but it was also a game.

This was because the entire world had been transformed and digitized by the game’s rules.

What was most important in such a surreal game?

Class?

Race?

Equipment?

Legacy?

No, the most important thing were the attributes!

Raising Health Points and Magic Power required attribute points; equipping better equipment required attribute points; the Class Advancement required attribute points; even the Lost Legacies that could allow one to grow stronger often had extremely high attribute requirements.

It could be said that regardless of whether it was players, monsters, or NPCs, attributes were the foundation of everything.

Unable to contain his excitement, York picked up a bone hammer from the cave full of Skeletons.

He slowly walked towards another Skeleton monster that was still mining diligently.

He needed to test the effect of this talent.

One step…

Two steps…

York walked to the Skeleton monster.

Sensing the movement behind him, the Skeleton monster turned its head and looked at York in a daze.

It seemed to be unable to understand why this creature that was similar to itself would act so abnormally.

York didn’t hesitate to swing his bone hammer at its head.

Crack!

There was a crisp sound!

The skull shattered.

After losing his head, the gray Skeleton swayed slightly and fell to the ground.

“You killed a Skeleton monster.”

“Obtained 10 experience points.”

As the Skeleton fell to the ground, two messages appeared on York’s characteristic panel.

Looking at the two messages, York concluded, “Killing a Skeleton monster gives 10 EXP.”

“In other words, if I kill another nine Skeletons, I’ll be able to reach Level 2.”

“Not bad.”

There was nothing else in the catacombs but a large number of Skeleton monsters.

There were hundreds of them on the first level, and most of them were Andre’s summoned minions.

It was enough for York to level up.

However, this was not his goal.

York squatted down and covered the pile of bones with his hand.

At this moment, York could clearly feel a stream of heat flowing from the Skeleton into his body.

The heat was small and continuous.

It lasted for a full minute.

When the heat wave ended, with a slight shattering sound, the pile of bones actually turned into ash, scattering with the wind.

It was as if all the valuable essence in the pile of bones had been corroded and absorbed by something.

At the same time, York’s skeleton body changed.

His bones seemed to have become thicker.

The color of the skeleton body had also deepened. It seemed to be changing from pale white to gray.

“You’ve absorbed the essence of the Skeleton. Your body is stronger now.”

“Your Strength has increased by 1 point.”

“Your Constitution has increased by 2 points.”

York was delighted when he saw the system notification.

This talent was more powerful than he had imagined.

Based on what he knew from his previous life, the Skeleton was a low-level monster. Its growth potential was very low. Even if it leveled up, it could only obtain 2 attribute points that were randomly allocated.

However, he had only absorbed the essence of a Skeleton monster, and his attributes had increased by three points.

It was even more than the attribute points he had obtained when he leveled up.

“As expected of a godly talent, impressive!”

York was originally from Earth three years ago. As a veteran player of The New Age, he knew a lot of information about the game.

Now that he had gotten rid of the restrictions of the contract and obtained this hidden talent, becoming stronger was as easy as breathing.

York stared unblinkingly in the direction where the necromancer left.

A flame of hatred burned in his heart.

“Just you wait, Andre. I will never let you off.”

…

After finding a way to become stronger, York strode forward and continued searching for his next target.

Coincidentally, another Skeleton monster walked past him.

York walked towards it openly.

As expected, the Skeleton monster didn’t pay attention to York at all.

The low-level monsters didn’t expect York to harm them.

When the Skeleton monster walked past York, he raised his thigh bone and aimed at the back of its head.

A skull flew out several meters and fell to the ground. The body that had lost its head also fell to the ground.

“You killed a Skeleton monster.”

“Obtained 10 experience points.”

Ignoring the system notification, York squatted down again and touched the Skeleton with his bony palm.

“You’ve absorbed the essence of the Skeleton. Your body has become even stronger.”

“Your Strength has increased by 1 point.”

“Your Agility has increased by 1 point..”