Chapter 238: Deciding Which To Choose

It surprisingly wasn’t difficult at all to get a skill. In all honesty, it was very disappointing.

The monsters weren’t even that strong. Even the leader, who was the only one Julius was able to sense a Concept from, was not very extraordinary. It was about the same level as the scaled monster he beat down earlier.

He was able to walk up to the pack of monsters and use his kinetic energy to immobilize each one of them.

The only one who showed the slightest bit of fight was the leader but was just because of their Concept more than their willpower.

Julius was able to overpower its Concept with help from his Emblem, something he was figuring out was something that he could channel in order to get a leg up against other people with Concepts.

He was beginning to understand why the Patriarch had told him he would have a massive advantage over other Tier 3s who had not already gained an Emblem of their own.

While it was disappointing that he didn’t have to work harder to get a skill or that it wasn’t some sort of dramatic notification, he was still happy that he was offered it.

Furthermore, if he was being logical about it, it was probably so easy because he had already done most of the legwork in the earlier months.

It was just now that his soul had some space that he was being offered it.

Speaking of that notification, he pulled it up once he dealt with the last of the monsters.

Would you like to learn the skill [Kinetic Restriction]?

It was the exact skill he had been expecting to learn. But it also made his decision harder to make.

[Aura Burn] or [Kinetic Restriction], what should he choose?

He really liked the effects of [Aura Burn]. But he also liked [Kinetic Restriction] though.

Decisions decisions…

He ultimately decided to sleep on it. It might be a good idea to ask Richard for his opinion. He has been very helpful so far and open regarding his own skills. Perhaps, he might have some advice for him.

In the meantime, he believed he had accomplished all that he needed to for the day. It was time to head back toward the portal.

He and Reinera had some plans to head into the city later for food and she wouldn’t appreciate it if he was late for it.

***

When he came out of the rift he was greeted by Richard. However, could have sworn he saw the man give him an odd look. But if it was there, it was gone so fast he didn’t know if it really was there or if he was imagining it.

“How was it?” Richard called out.

“It was fruitful,” he answered honestly.

“You get anything useful?”

Julius hesitated for a moment before he answered. “I got a skill offered,” he eventually said.

“Was it a fire skill?” Richard asked with a knowing smile.

Not even surprised that the man guessed that he nodded his head. “Do you have a guess on what kind of skill I got?”

“You did mention getting your body skill some sort of secondary effect and most people end up getting a burn effect at first. I suspect that you have something along those lines.”

Julius blew out his lips. “You’re no fun,” he said.

Richard smiled brightly. “So what skill did you get?”

“[Aura Burn],” he revealed easily.

He cocked his head to the side. “Interesting. I’m guessing that the skill burns the aura of your opponent?”

“You would be correct.”

“That sounds potentially very powerful, though it might have a lower initial power.”

Julius shook his head at him. “Actually, it’s pretty powerful already. It incapacitated a Tier 3 with its own Concept pretty easily.”

“It incapacitated a Tier 3 with a Concept? That’s not something that is easy to do,” Richard said with a weird glint in his eyes.

“What?” He asked, wondering what the man was thinking behind those expressive eyes.

“I think it might be a wonderful addition to your skills,” the man said to him, clapping his hands together excitedly.

“Yeah, but I also have another skill that I want to get as well,” Julius added.

“Something that sounds better than [Aura Burn]?”

“Oh yeah, it’s a cool skill for sure. But I don’t know if it’s practical.”

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“What kind of skill is it?” Richard asked curiously.

“It’s a movement reduction skill for my kinetic affinity.”

Richard clapped his hands together again. “That sounds good too!”

“I know, I don’t know which one I want to decide on first.”

“And you have all of your slots full already, right?”

“Yep, I have one left until I combine my body skills or get another slot.”

Richard frowned in thought as the man tried to think of an answer for him.

“I think it would be a good decision to get [Aura Burn], it probably has a high chance of combining with [Thermal Empowerment] because of the circumstances of how you got offered it.”

“You really think so?”

The man nodded. “Here, try the two techniques on me first. I will let you know what I think,” he offered.

Julius hesitated for a moment. “Are you sure?”

“Absolutely, I want to see what kind of skills we are dealing with before you decide!”