Wolf of the Blood Moon - Book 2 - Chapter 8 - New Skills

                                                                 Scarlet Asger

Without wasting any time, I open the descriptions for Blood Claws, Blood Siphon, Life Drain, and Blood Regeneration. But then I’m faced with disappointment when I find that all of their descriptions are still the same.

“The actual descriptions for the skills tend to change less and less the higher the level of the skill,” Tar says, appearing in front of me and lying on the grass next to me. “At some point the descriptions might even only change at every fifth level.”

Well that’s annoying.

Well, anyways, time to check out the skills store.

“Another epic skill?” Tar grumbles, sounding put off by how many high rarity skills I’m getting.

I raise an eyebrow at the tanuki without actually looking at him before focusing on the new skills. Which include the one new epic, and several new rares that I find after expanding the list a bit.

Okay, there are some holes I can see in these skill descriptions that make me unsure of which ones to buy.

“I see what you mean,” Tar says as I switch back to using my wolf ears now that the pain from them is mostly gone, having healed long before my side wound.

For one, the shadow clone doesn’t specify if I can directly control it or not, just implies that I should be able to. And I don’t like that uncertainty. Even if I’m pretty sure I will probably be able to control it.

For two, blood poisoning is rather lax in its description overall. Will I be able to manipulate the poisoned blood? Will I be able to control it with my mind or use it in other skills like blood claws? Or will the blood just drip down my arm onto the floor and become useless until I level the skill more?

And the last problem is with blood weapons and the other two or so rare skills that basically give me ranged blood attacks – which I need if I’m being honest. Will I be able to use my own blood to create the weapons? Use demon blood? The corrupted blood from blood poisoning? Or will it just summon the blood for the weapons?

All of it is rather unclear, and it really bothers me.

That aside though, I’ll definitely be getting Blood Weapons, if for no other reason than me needing a ranged attack that isn’t an over time effect like blood boil of life drain. So without any hesitation, I spend 20 SP on the rare skill. Then I focus my gaze on the three epics.

But which of these three should I choose? And should I only buy one and spend the rest of my SP on leveling my current skills, or should I buy one and then wait to get five more points to buy a second epic?

“I’d buy one epic and spend the points to level up whichever skills you believe need leveling the most,” Tar suggests. And right before I’m about to focus on the skills store again, notice the sound of approaching human footsteps.

Guess the others are getting closer.

Focusing on the store again, I think Blood Shadow is probably the most useful to me right now. Because Blood Poisoning isn’t very useful outside of combining the poisoned blood with summoned weapons, if that’s even possible, and blood retribution is something I have to activate. So I’d have to plan on getting hurt.

Not a pleasant idea right now.

Blood Shadow would give me a great decoy to use in plans along with a second hand to help me in battles, assuming the shadow can move and fight without me actively directing it of course. But even if it can’t, the decoy part still works.

I purchase Blood Shadow. Then I move on to my status again to focus on my skills and begin debating on which one or ones to level up. Only to get interrupted when I hear the footsteps reach the other side of the clearing, following which I hear someone shout, “Scarlet!”

Guess I can decide on which skills to level up later.

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Name: Scarlet Asger

Human/Blood Lycan Hybrid

Magic: Blood

Age: 19

Level: 46

SP: 72

Stats:

Physical: 117

Mental: 116

Magical: 117

Physical/Level: 2

Mental/Level: 1

Magical/Level: 2

Free Points: 0

Mana: 1101/6786

Free Points/Level: 2

Active Skills:

Blood Claws

Skill Level: 6

Description

Blood Siphon

Skill Level: 6

Description

Life Drain

Skill Level: 7

Description

Partial Shift

Skill Level: Static

Description

Blood Sacrifice

Skill Level: 5

Description

Blood Boil

Skill Level: 6

Description

Blood Bank

Skill Level: 5

Description

Clean

Skill Level: Static

Description

Repair

Skill Level: Static

Description

Recharge

Skill Level: Static

Description

Passive Skills:

Blood Regeneration

Skill Level: 2

Description

Blood Thirst

Skill Level: 5

Description

Predator V

Skill Level: Static

Description

Skill   Name:

Achievement   requirements:

Description:

Classifications:

SP   price:

Blood Shadow

Unlocked through killing a demon wraith   while below level twenty-five, through killing a demon at least fifty levels   above you, and by having blood magic.

This skill can be used to create a   clone made out of shadows and blood. It uses the user’s own blood and their   shadow in the process of the skill’s use, and when the clone is destroyed,   the user loses the blood and takes mental damage as backlash.

Active

Epic

30

Blood Poisoning

Unlocked through killing a demon at   least fifty levels above you, through killing a being at least one Class   above you, through killing various demons whose levels far surpass your own   with indirect means, and by having blood magic.

The user may corrupt a very small   portion of their blood before separating it from their body and using it to   infect other living beings.

Active

Epic

30

Blood Retribution

Unlocked through killing a demon at   least fifty levels above you, through killing a being at least one Class   above you, through killing an original variant demon, by killing a demon at a   higher level than you while almost burning all of your blood in the process,   and by having blood magic.

Any damage dealt to the user while this   skill is active is returned to the one who dealt the damage in the form of   blood burning.

Activation of this skill costs a fifth   of the user’s total mana.

Each activation lasts for ten seconds.

Active

Epic

30

Blood Weapons

Unlocked through killing a demon at a   higher level than you by at least ten levels, by killing at least 500 demons,   by having manipulated the blood of over fifty creatures including your own,   and by having blood magic.

The user may summon weapons of blood   that they may control through their will.

These weapons will stay summoned for   one minute and will cost ten mana per weapon.

Active

Rare

20

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