Ch.387387 – Skill Training

<387 – Function Training>

All function training methods have an intuitive connection to the function name.

How to improve the running function?

First, just run.

How to improve the dark lightning generation magic function?

First, just shoot electricity.

The spirit language function is the same.

First, just make yourself speak the spirit language.

“Now, let me translate for you!”

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【Mural】

[Realization of the Demon Contractor]

“If you do not offer a soul of equal value to yours, I will destroy your soul.”

The demon contractor who made a pact with a demon trembled in fear.

At the same time, he desperately yearned.

I don’t want to die.

Especially now that I’ve achieved success through demonic power.

Just as 100 silver coins can substitute for 1 gold coin, multiple small souls cannot replace one large soul.

But what about souls that come from the same vessel?

For instance… my children, my descendants.

If I offer the lifespans of my unborn descendants as sacrifices, wouldn’t that be equivalent to offering a soul identical to mine?

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“This is heavy!! Was this really what it was about!?”

Dobby was absolutely horrified.

I was simply dumbfounded.

“Then what kind of story did you think you were telling the spirits?”

“A story about making a contract with a demon and entrusting the demon with an inheritance for descendants…?”

“No wonder the angry spirits wanted to hit you for such a ridiculous translation!”

I wonder how pathetic I must have looked in the spirits’ eyes.

It’s fortunate they’re giving function training.

If they had ignored and neglected this human, he would have been beaten black and blue and ended up bedridden.

“How can this even be called a fairy tale in the first place? What kind of fairy tale has such a chilling development?”

“Of course it’s like that because it’s an old tale! Unlike today’s peaceful era, the ancient world was a barbaric age without divine agreements or established national foundations!”

If you get assigned to an era of war instead of peace in random starting, you can get a taste of it, and the game’s tempo is definitely faster and darker.

It’s only natural that fairy tales of fairies who lived through an era even more barbaric than the age of war would be filled with pessimistic and cynical stories!

“Your translation method was wrong from the start. You tried to forcibly understand the situation by looking at the pictures and explaining it in human language, which led to a flood of mistranslations!”

“Then how should I translate it?”

“Spirit language isn’t translated with your eyes. You translate it by unlocking it in your mind!”

Unlocking?

Seeing Dobby’s newbie-like confusion reminds me of Morb.

“Don’t just look at the external appearance of the images engraved on the mural, but approach it with the concept of fitting the internal mana puzzle into memory reproduction magic, and you’ll quickly open your ears to spirit language!”

“So how exactly do I do that?”

Everyone fumbles like that when they first learn!

But somehow, everyone figures it out eventually.

Even Morb, after experiencing crashing into burning rings, catching fire, and rolling around in sandpits a few times, gritted his teeth and completed his heavy armor adaptation training.

Even that newbie Morb, when entering White Soul’s game, became a modified newbie who could roll around all day as if he had activated an infinite stamina cheat.

“Since it’s your first time, I’ll help you!”

I just need to connect our minds with synchronization magic so he can see the same view as me!

[Magic watch detects the activation of mental magic.]

[Warning. This magic is too dangerous for a first-year to handle. Please activate the magic with caution under the supervision of a nearby instructor.]

The positions of nearby instructors appeared in succession on the magic watch.

Russo, Camella’s instructor and companion, was also on the list, but I didn’t want to interrupt their cozy date!

So instead, I chose an instructor who has a completely bad relationship with students.

“Dark Princess Oknodie. You truly have no fear. Of all people, someone like you attempting mental synchronization, what are you thinking?”

“Someone dangerous like you sticks to Cassia like glue too, don’t you?”

“Cassia is a subject under management with authorized summary execution. If the Foundation’s power had been slightly weaker, you would have been in the same position as her.”

Alexo, Cassia’s dedicated instructor for fusion lifeforms.

Despite the instructor openly talking about killing or sparing her right beside her, Cassia showed no particular emotional response.

It’s because facing someone’s hostility or killing intent is neither unfamiliar nor special to her; she’s become numb to it.

“Hello.”

“Hello! Cassia looks gloomy today too!”

“I don’t have any particular reason to feel good.”

Alexo is an unsettling person, but his skills are reliable. Even if the synchronization goes wrong, he’ll surely handle it safely.

“S-summary execution? Oknodie, what on earth are you trying to do by calling such a dangerous instructor with that kind of authority…? And who is this person to have such authority?”

“This is Senior year Professor Alexo! As a student on leave about to advance to senior year, he’s far superior to Professor Russo.”

“Did I ever introduce myself?”

Alexo looked incredulous.

“That’s not what’s important, Professor!”

“I suppose. Let’s get this annoying task over with. Begin the synchronization.”

I sat Dobby in a chair and placed my hands on his head from behind.

“Now, Dobby, you’re going to see exactly what I see. Try to catch and remember everything without missing anything!”

[Activating visual synchronization.]

[The subject possesses <Uncritical Acceptance>.]

[Synchronization success rate increases.]

As foreign mana infiltrates his body, Dobby’s physical mana quickly shows rejection.

Not a tsundere-like prissy reaction, but a fierce one like real siblings fighting tooth and nail.

<Pattern Analysis><Mana Pattern Synchronization><Artificial Loop>

Creating a virtual mana channel between Dobby and me where both our mana circulate in this space, Dobby’s mana quickly jumped out of his body trying to expel mine.

<Swift Suppression>

Growl!

When I raised my mana greatly like an angry tiger, Dobby’s inferior mana startled and tried to flee back to his body.

Of course, I’m not one to gently forgive a beast that bares its teeth.

Ill-mannered mana needs etiquette training too!

<Forced Circulation><Closed Loop>

After cutting off the retreat path, Dobby’s mana panicked and frantically ran around the closed loop, desperately trying to escape my pursuing mana.

I drove it until it was too exhausted to circulate properly, and finally it gave up fleeing, was caught by my mana, and was tamed.

After confirming stabilization, I opened the path to allow the mana to return to Dobby.

Hurriedly!

Dobby’s mana rushed back to his body.

My mana sinisterly followed and instantly revealed its true nature inside Dobby’s body.

<Synchronization Activated>

<Minor Rejection Reaction>

<Pattern Response Assimilation Rate 23%>

It doesn’t matter if our hearts don’t connect.

One strong will is enough for transmission.

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【Mural】

[Realization of the Demon Contractor]

[Realization of Descendants with Part of Their Lifespan Mortgaged]

[Realization of Descendants with Half Their Lifespan Mortgaged]

[Realization of Descendants with Half Their Unborn Children Mortgaged]

[Realization of the Cursed Clan]

[Realization of the Ancestor Slayer]

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One who offered the lifespan of his yet unborn descendants as sacrifice to deny his own weakness.

One who offered even more of his yet unborn descendants’ lifespans as sacrifice to preserve his own lifespan.

One who offered the lives of his yet unborn descendants as sacrifice to regain his health.

Power, lifespan, health.

Those who became a cursed bloodline, crushed and swallowed by increasing obligations due to their ancestors’ greed.

The descendants hated their ancestors, and the ancestors exploited their descendants more harshly to achieve immortality.

In that flow, an ancestor who finally achieved immortality appeared, and a descendant who killed this ancestor was born.

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This is called the origin of vampires, and the death of the progenitor Nosferatu and the ancestral slaying achievement of the vampire king Dracula are commemorated by making their fable a fairy tale for spirits.

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The spirit language analysis is now complete.

[Dobby realizes that the true identity of the mural is <Vampire, Fable of the Cursed Clan>.]

[Dobby’s archaeology experience increases]

[Dobby’s Language: Spirit Language experience increases]

[Dobby’s Knowledge: Mythology experience increases]

[Dobby’s Knowledge: Demon experience increases]

[Dobby’s Knowledge: Vampire experience increases]

Of course, this is work for a good child, but as a veteran player, I’m not just being generous.

[Due to synchronization bonus, you also receive a portion of the experience Dobby acquired through synchronization.]

[Knowledge: Vampire experience +50]

[Archaeology experience +10]

[Language: Spirit Language experience +10]

[Knowledge: Mythology experience +5]

[Knowledge: Demon experience +5]

If you give something, you should get something in return!

Even reviewing things I already know increases function experience, so there’s no loss, right?

But this synchronization isn’t over yet.

[Dobby unconsciously absorbs fragments of knowledge from your memories.]

[Due to synchronization bonus, you also receive a portion of the experience Dobby acquired through synchronization.]

[Doomsday Prophecy experience +100]

[Echo of Destruction experience +100]

[…]

[Fear Inducement experience +30]

[Charisma experience +30]

[…]

[Scary Child experience +10]

This isn’t information I showed him.

Dobby, what are you looking at?