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[MGM]: 10 - Soul Record
🕑 Added 2025-01-17 11:32:43 +0000 UTCScouring her profile was easy enough; I just had to focus on her name in my Hunter—I mean, Soul Record. Hmm. The name definitely conveyed a feeling of a personal record rather than a professional profile. It was decided; I would call it Soul Record from this moment on.
Anyway, Amara's Soul Record.
Name: Amara
Race: Vampire [Ascended]
Age: 2,198
Origin: Night Queen [Divine]
Rank: ???
Attributes
Strength: 8
Agility: 15
Vitality: 12
Intelligence: 8
Perception: 7
Talents
[Blood Monarch - SSS]
[Night Veil - SS]
[Shadow Dominion - SS]
[Immortal - S]
[Regeneration - S]
[Moon's Blessing - S]
[Blood Elixir - A]
A single overlook was enough to put me in awe. I noted her mind-boggling age and different race. For some reason hers was tagged Ascended, while mine had Awakened, whatever that meant.
The next thing I noticed was her Origin that was called Night Queen with a Divine rarity. Somehow that term felt more imposing than my own rarity, and again I decided to shelve that question for later and moved on.
Her rank was hidden, which I thought was absurd since I was aware that she was SSS-ranked. Compared to all of the impressive header, her attributes turned out to be utter trash. They were even worse than mine.
In comparison, her talents were an absolute delight to see.
Looking at them finally gave me some idea on how the ranking after A worked. Each subsequent rank seemed to have an extra S added to it. Whether there was a rank with four S's or not, I didn't know, but what I did know was that Amara stood at the peak of this ranking.
I could also feel the sensation of other talent, Talent Copy, in the back of my head. With but a thought, I could copy one of her talents permanently. Suddenly the loss of my previous talents didn't sound so disheartening.
"So, you can see it." Amara spoke. "As I suspected, there's some kind of bond between us."
I recalled the words System had provided after I summoned her.
You have permanently bonded with your summon.
Permanent bond? What exactly did that mean?
I shared my findings with Amara, who put on a ponderous expression. "What else did it state?"
"That to raise your attributes, I had to increase my Spirit." I answered.
"Spirit? What's that?" She asked while quivering a brow.
"It's a new attribute I got after awakening my Origin."
That got an intrigued look from her, and she started to bombard me with all sorts of questions. Normally I wouldn't be inclined to share my secrets with others, but Amara was different. She was my summon after all; we practically shared a life.
I told her everything.
"Fascinating." She remarked after I finished iterating my story. The purpose behind telling her was to see if she could provide clarification on some matters.
"So, what do you think?" I asked.
Amara shook her head. "For now, I can't say. Spirit seems like a tricky attribute, and unless we see exactly what it does, any speculation on our part would prove wasteful."
"What about Supreme tier Origin?"
"It would seem you lack a formal education." She quipped. "Otherwise you would've known that Supreme tier is a rank higher than Divine."
I didn't feel anything at her jibe, which wasn't as much of an insult as it was a fact. "I don't know about that either."
More importantly, it was better for me to clear any misunderstandings and fill the holes in my knowledge.
Amara asked me what I knew about rankings and all, and I revealed my whole knowledge. She wasn't impressed, to say the least.
"Origin rarity starts from Common, and then proceeding upwards there's Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary, Mythic, Transcendent, Divine, and at last Supreme." She explained. "Since you seem to possess a supreme-tier origin, it would make sense for you to summon me."
I was absolutely gobsmacked by the number of existing rarities. To think I had been at the bottom of that and still striving toward higher levels. As they say, ignorance is bliss.
I decided to ask my next question. "If you're an SSS-Rank existence, why are your attributes so weak?"
Amara shrugged. "That's what I would like to find out. Since the system hinted at your spirit being the problem, we will have to raise that first."
I was about to ask another question when Amara put forth a hand to stop me. "A quick question: how did you get trapped inside this event thing?"
"You mean Event Rapture?"
"Yeah, that."
I had been avoiding thinking about my teammates for a while now, fearing that I might impair my judgment from rage. But now that I was within a relatively safe spot, alive and thriving, I could direct my concern toward that.
And I felt nothing.
No anger, no hate, just indifference. That wasn't to say I didn't want my revenge. More like their existence was beyond my concern, that they were beneath me.
The thought made me frown, and I subconsciously rubbed my chest. I wondered where that innate sense of pride and arrogance had sprung up from, and something told me I knew all too well.
"What's that?" Amara pointed at my chest. "I can feel something there; what's it?"
"Oh, this," I looked down at my chest. My heart was no longer glowing, but the beat was going as strong as before. "The dragon gave me its heart before it died."
"Impressive." She wore a look of surprise and nodded. "Anyway, you didn't answer my question."
"Ah yes." Taking a deep breath, I recounted the tale of my former teammates and our journey to eradicate the monsters, which had turned into an opportunity for cutting off their tail.
Amara listened with rapt attention and bobbed her head from time to time. After finishing, she flashed me a look of understanding. "Don't worry, their efforts will be paid back with full interest."
I let out a soft smile.
"Anyway, you don't seem familiar with Events? Do you use some other term for them?" I had noted her unfamiliarity with the term earlier, so I couldn't help but ask.
Amara shook her head. "No. I don't know about these events you speak of. Maybe I can't recall them like the rest of my memories, or I simply don't seem to be familiar. Whatever the case, I have zero idea."
It sucked to have such a powerful ally being limited by their memory loss, but I could understand.
"I can tell you have more questions for me." Amara spoke before I could utter another inquiry. "Save those for after we have escaped this place. I wanted to find some place cozy to rest; other things can wait."
Her words made sense, so I nodded in agreement.
"Before we start looking for a way out, I want to copy one of your talents." I stated.
Amara blinked. "Oh, yeah, you did mention that. Go ahead."
I called up my Hunter—Soul Record and peered right at the bottom. The Favorability, which I still hadn't found the use for, had gone from 1% to 9%.
Power Sync had similarly had me at a loss, but I focused even deeper. Amara's Soul Record flashed into existence before me.
Looking at all those juicy talents, I felt my heart itch with greed. Another feeling that felt alien yet intimate. The dragon bastard certainly did a number on me.
I probed at the Blood Elixir first. It was the weakest talent in her repertoire, but after gleaning the description, I wasn't sure whether I should even bother with the other talents.
Potions of all kinds, while not a rarity, were intensely sought after by the normal humans and hunters alike. Healing potions in particular cost a small fortune to buy.
With this one ability, I could effectively turn into a living and breathing potions factory.
Blood Elixir would allow my blood to exhibit healing properties, allowing those who drink to heal from injuries. There were, however, some limitations. One of which was for my own vitality to be five times greater than the targeted individual for the blood to restore them to full health.
If my vitality was only three times higher, then my blood would allow for 50% restoration. Similarly, 2 times would provide 25%, and equal vitality would provide 10%. Anything more and the healing plateaued at 5%.
Despite those limitations, it was an absolutely phenomenal talent.
Most of the existing population were normal humans whose vitality at most peaked at 10. Even at Level 1, mine was still valued at 13. A few levels were all it would take for me to become rich.
While a wondrous talent, it still felt short in terms of sheer ranking compared to others. I moved above.
Moon's Blessing was fairly simple. It provided a flat 15% boost to Strength, Agility, and Vitality passively during the time of night. More importantly, it required no mana whatsoever.
Compared to Blood Elixir, it felt a little underwhelming; however, I had no doubt the talent would prove fearsome with higher attributes.
Regeneration was another broken talent. Aside from turning one essentially undead so long as they had access to blood, it also allowed for a single revival once per day.
Not restoring health from the brink of death. But actual resurrection.
What an insane talent.
I continued to assess other abilities also.
