Skills

One of the most valued and most sought-after things in the world are **Skills**.

## Overview

Skills, like in games, came in the form of a book. Unlike martial arts, weapon arts, or anything that required some sort of mastery, skills could be learned instantly. All you needed is to absorb the book and all the information would instantly be transferred in your brain. There was no need to train the skill, as once you learned it you were capable of instantly using it.

The only restriction is that someone can only take a skill nearing their rank. If you choose a skill that is far above your rank, it would destroy your body.

Skills could be found inside dungeons, and just like cores, you could get them from monsters. However, chances of finding them was even lower than Finding a mana core. Thus when a skill is found it causes an uproar, and a huge auctions would be established. A single skill could go up for at least a couple million U in the auctions.

The higher the skill rank the rarer they are. For S Ranked Skills there is only 18 S rank dungeons known to mankind compared to F-rank dungeons which numbered over tens of thousands. As the supply was lower, the number of skills that could be acquired was also lower. Moreover, S-rank dungeons were far harder than lower-ranked ones, making S-rank skills that much harder to acquire. One S-ranked skill could pretty much allow someone to buy a small city. That's how expensive they were.

Although S rank skills were indeed much stronger than lower-ranked skills, that didn't mean that low ranking skills were useless. In fact, lower-ranked skills, depending on the person, could turn out to be far more useful than an S-ranked skill. Take an assassin for example. If they were given the option to choose between D-rank skill [Shadow cloak], a skill that enables the user to hide under a shadow, or S-ranked skill [Tyrant's wrath] which was a mass AOE skill, they would obviously prefer the D-ranked skill which was better suited for their profession.

## Skills

### **[{D} Shadow Cloak]**

* *Wielder:* Unknown
* *Description:* A skill that enables users to hide under a shadow.

### **[{S} Tyrant's Wrath]**

* *Wielder:* Unknown
* *Description:* A mass AOE skill.

### **[{F} Fist of Fury]**

* *Current Owner:* Black Market
* *Wielder:* Unknown
* *Description:* A punching skill that conglomerates all the mana within a certain radius releasing a devastating punch that can leave devastating damage if someone is caught off guard. Monetarily increases strength by a factor of two.

### **[{G} Monarch's Indifference]**

* *Original Owner:* Black Market
* *Wielder:* Ren Dover
* *Description:* A skill that enables users to erase all emotions, and act as a supreme monarch that only calculates the best option regardless of circumstance.

### **[{F} Flame Sanctuary]**

* *Current Owner:* Black Market
* *Wielder:* Unknown
* *Description:* Skill that summons a ring of fire around the user. Apart from the user, scorching heat will envelop everyone that is within the flame sanctuary.

### **[{F} Winter's Breath]**

* *Current* *Owner:* Black Market
* *Wielder:* Unknown
* *Description:* Skill that enables the user to exhale a breath full of frost, resulting in the surrounding temperature within a certain radius to drop below freezing temperature. Reduce enemy speed by a factor of two.

### **[{E} Overdrive]**

* *Original Owner:* System
* *Wielder:* Kevin Voss
* *Description:* A skill that enables user to push bodily functions to the extreme. For one minute, the user can exhibit power that is double of original user strength. User will also find their other stats increasing considerably. After usage of skill, user will experience extreme fatigue making it hard for them to focus and carry out ordinary tasks for the next few hours.

### **[{F} Mind Cleansing]**

* *Original Owner:* System
* *Wielder:* Kevin Voss
* *Description:* Increases user computational and analytical ability for a short period of time. Can't be used for a prolonged period of time due to the risk of possible brain trauma.

### **[{F} Mana Coating]**

* *Original Owner:* System
* *Wielder:* Kevin Voss
* *Description:* A skill that enables user to replenish mana more quickly by expanding the pores on the human body.

### **[{E} Mana Conglomoration]**

* *Original Owner:* Starlight Guild
* *Wielder:* Jin Horton
* *Description:* A skill that enables user to gather all of their mana into a singular point and letting it explode in one swift attack that multiplies the attack power of the attack by a factor of ten.

### **[{F} Light Eye]**

* *Original Owner:* Starlight Guild
* *Wielder:* Jin Horton
* *Description:* A skill that stimulates the neurons located in the eyes, enabling the user to enhance their vision. From being able to see further away, to being able to see at night and being able to slow down the world around him. Light eye enables user to enhance ocular functions.

### **[{E} Apollo's Descent]**

* *Original Owner:* Demon Hunter Guild
* *Wielder:* Amanda Stern
* *Description:* A skill that enables the user to conglomerate the mana in the atmosphere towards the tip of her arrow releasing along an arrow that could devastate anything within ints vicinity upon contact. Has a high mana consumption.

### **[{D} The One]**

* *Original Owner:* Marquess Azeroth
* *Wielder:* Ren Dover
* *Description:* A skill that enables the user to instill fear into the opponents' minds resulting in them feeling like they were standing before a sovereign that overlooked everything. The skill may work on individuals who are one rank higher than them, however, if the difference between the two parties is greater than two ranks, the skill effect diminishes.

### **[{S} Double Pulse]**

* *Wielder:* Douglas R. Barker
* *Description:* A skill that allow the user to create a clone of himself. The skill had a long cooldown period hence why it couldn't be used often.

### **[{?} Dual-Link]**

* *Wielder:* Aaron Rhinestone
* *Description:* An ability that allow the user to switch places with a selected target. As long as he saw someone, he could directly swap places with them. Long cooldown.

### **[{E} Painless]**

* *Wielder:* Hein Kraaijenschot
* *Description:* Upon activating, the user will not experience any pain for a set period of time.

### **[{A} Eyes of Chronos]**

* *Original Owner:* Dwarves
* *Wielder:* Ren Dover
* *Description:* Upon using this skill, the user will be able to see everything in slow motion. The more mana is used, the slower the time will be in their eyes.

### **[{B} Quick Burst]**

* *Current Owner:* Dwarves
* *Description:* Upon using this skill, the user will be able to display a quick burst of speed that is 10x the user's regular speed. Effect of skill will only last for a single burst, with a cooldown of 5 minutes per use.

### **[{C} Inspection]**

* *Original Owner:* System
* *Wielder:* Kevin Voss
* *Description:* A skill that enables user to inspect an object or individual.

### **[{C} Mana sense]**

* *Wielder:* Amanda Stern
* *Description:* A skill that enables the user to sense mana as well as see the disturbances around it.

### **[{B} Hyperflux]**

* *Wielder:* Edward Stern
* *Description:* For a short period of time following activation, the user will experience an increase in mana circulation.

### **[{B} Sensory Enhancement]**

* *Wielder:* Edward Stern
* *Description:* Upon activation, the user will find their senses enhanced to their utmost limits.

### **[{S} Blood Expulsion]**

* *Wielder:* Edward Stern
* *Description:* Upon activation, the user can target an individual and freeze their blood flow, impairing their mobility for a brief period of time.

### **[{E} Flame domain]**

* *Original Owner:* Demons
* *Current Owner:* Ren Dover
* *Description:* Creates a domain made out of fire around the user.

### **[{G} Deafening]**

* *Original Owner:* Demons
* *Current Owner:* Ren Dover
* *Description:* Upon activation, it will temporarily deafen the selected target.

### **[{C} Levitation]**

* *Original Owner:* Demons
* *Current Owner:* Ren Dover
* *Description:* A brief moment of levity occurs when the skill is used.

### **[{A} Dark Servant]**

* *Original Owner:* Demons
* *Wielder:* Ren Dover
* *Description:* It will grant the user the ability to summon a shadow servant for an extended period of time. There will be a 50% resemblance between the Shadow servant and the user in terms of skills and strength. Cooldown period: 5 days.

### **[{S} Memory Manipulation]**

* *Original Owner:* Lock
* *Wielder:* Ren Dover
* *Description:* A skill that enables the user to alter the memories of the target or his own. It could only be used against those who were incapacitated or had their minds unguarded. The deeper and more memories changed the more mana is consumed.

### **[{B} Absolute stealth]**

* *Wielder:* Jin Horton
* *Description:* The user can completely conceal their breathing, heartbeat, and noise, as well as their physical form upon activating this skill.

### **[{S} Axiom Lock]**

* *Wielder:* Jin Horton
* *Description:* The user can completely conceal their breathing, heartbeat, and noise, as well as their physical form upon activating this skill.

### **[{A} Domain of silence]**

* *Wielder:* Jin Horton
* *Description:* Constructs a domain around the user that prevents all noise from escaping.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Author's POV - Chapter 32
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Author's POV - Chapter 368
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Author's POV - Chapter 33
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Author's POV - Chapter 59
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Author's POV - Chapter 67
6. ↑ The Author's POV - Chapter 145
7. ↑ The Author's POV - Chapter 184
8. ↑ The Author's POV - Chapter 236
9. ↑ The Author's POV - Chapter 249
10. ↑ The Author's POV - Chapter 300
11. ↑ The Author's POV - Chapter 385
12. ↑ The Author's POV - Chapter 436
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 The Author's POV - Chapter 518
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 The Author's POV - Chapter 535
15. ↑ The Author's POV - Chapter 547
16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 The Author's POV - Chapter 645