Book of Babel

*Enlightenment through understanding.*

## Summary

Book of Babel is a one of most common skills in the multiverse and an ancillary skill. The skill provides the possessor two-way interpretation with others even if they don't have a similar skill themselves. It has minimal, at best, translation capability. The skill is neither upgradeable nor capable of increased proficiency.

Zac acquired the skill for his own use from the Contribution Store created for the Special Dynamic Quest to defend his town. He later replaced it with Primal Polyglot from the Towers of Myriad Dao.

## Acquisition

* He [*Zac*] had actually attained the **[Book of Babel]** some time ago by using contribution points. **Book 1, Chapter 88**

## Skill Window

Book of Babel – Proficiency: Enlightenment through understanding. **Book 2, Page 500**

Book of Babel (–): Enlightenment through understanding. **Book 2, Page 611**

## Proficiency

* “Hey, how did you get the skill to be able to talk in all languages?” Tuan asked Zac. “It seems really convenient.” **Book 2, Page 252**
* While the **[Book of Babel]** skill could translate [*sic*] speech quite well, there were severe limitations to written text, **Book 2, Page 508**

## Replacement

* The second one that Zac learned was **[Primal Polyglot]**, a skill that was a superior E-grade alternative to **[**Book of Babel**]**. **Book 6, Page 595**

## Commentary

* He wasn’t really expecting the demon to actually speak his language, but rather that the System provided some translation feature. Language would be a pretty large issue if the System connected endless numbers of worlds. **Book 1, Chapter 23**
* He couldn’t be bothered about that mysterious demon right now, even if he could speak the human language and seemingly had helped him. **Book 1, Chapter 64**
* “You… You need a skill to speak with other races. But it is expensive, so most people don’t have it. I am a merchant, so the clan provided it for me.” **Book 1, Chapter 65**
* The name [*of this skill*] greatly confused Zac when he heard its name since it was clearly based on the biblical origin myth. But Alyn explained that the skill also translated many things into something that made sense for the listener. For example, the skill was named after an ancient Devil with a million mouths in demonic, which was based on their own mythology. **Book 1, Chapter 79**
* It was a bit cumbersome when only one party had the language skill in these situations. **Book 1, Chapter 101**
* He couldn’t actually read the Sanskrit, but through his language skill, he still got a sense of what it said. **Book 2, Page 479**
* He [*Zac*] has lots of copies of **[Book of Babel]** because it's one of the most common skills in the multiverse and Calrin can get his hands on crystals easily. Discord
* His language skill did not work on written texts, but it wasn’t hard to learn to read with the help of crystals. **Book 2, Page 394**
* Strength is ultimately the true language of the Multiverse. **Book 4, Page 593**
* Zac had already learned that multiple skills had similar functions as **[Book of Babel]**, but the better ones provided additional benefits as well. **Book 6, Page 595**