Chapter 141: Assimilation (12)
Jake sat down.
The new legendary quest he'd received was something Prince should receive down the line. Ender's past was revealed to Jake and The Baby Ender because of the assimilation skill, so Jake inferred that Prince's Undead Class and skills related to it should trigger Cerberus' potential and a quest.
'Richard said that Ender is a one-of-a-kind legendary boss… but I guess he didn't want me to think that every legendary boss would be like Ender… Cerberus is the three-headed dog, so his circumstances make sense. I just hope I won't forget about Ender's quest because it seems like a long and complex quest.'
Jake felt a strong stare.
He looked to the side and found Ender staring at him.
'Don't read my thoughts!' Jake exclaimed. 'Well, you will remind me about this quest, and I think you will be the first one to notice your other parts, so I will leave that to you.'
Ender nodded, causing Jake to sigh with relief.
After eviscerating himself from the potential trouble, Jake appeased Ender by thinking about the description of the new quest.
His first thought was that Ender's other parts must have come from the tutorial island.
Ender had been discovered before Jake did and extracted his trace. Each tutorial island should have a part of Ender!
'Impossible…' Jake thought.
There were so many of those islands that Jake didn't even think of finding a way to sail to them.
'A lot of players must have found Ender and… extracted him in the same way or another,' Jake thought further. He didn't think many players could become misfits like him on the tutorial island. Still, it didn't mean that only misfits could take Ender out of the tutorial island.
Because if it did, it'd mean that Jake had received a quest to fight really troublesome players!
'Thinking like that won't lead me anywhere,' Jake came to the conclusion that he would contemplate this quest upon finding the first clue to Ender's second part.
Ender agreed with that.
'I heard that the tutorial island became more famous recently…' Jake recalled the news he'd seen on the main page of social media. He couldn't have avoided reading about that, as the headline was so big and attractive that he couldn't have resisted checking it out.
It also concerned the tutorial island, so Jake's excuse was that he'd not spoil himself in any way.
The news told him a new NPC had appeared on the island to guide players. It was a beautiful woman from a fairy tale with whom everyone wanted to meet and build a relationship. She was much different from slightly above-average-looking Richard.
She was an arresting beauty.
And her gender was probably the main reason the tutorial island became a hot cake once again.
'Her name is Aurora if I am correct,' Jake thought.
Aurora's sudden appearance on the tutorial islands led people to think that someone had managed to get Richard as their NPC Support. This was a plausible theory.
After all, NPCs couldn't respawn and were like real residents of the world. Their relationships with each player were different, and it wasn't unheard of for a player to steal an NPC's heart.
Just like Richard, Aurora was a resident of knowledge. She could teach players anything for as long as they wished, and her experience was bottomless.
Her potential was so high that even high-level players created new characters to get her onto their side. She could help them improve their high skills and take them to another level!
'I'd take Richard ten times out of ten,' Jake said.
His companions were on the same page here.
"Alright," Jake looked at his first companion. Ender was forced to disappear because of the battle cooldown, so there were only two of them.
Jake smiled and invited Odin for the assimilation.
He stood up and activated the skill.
The familiar messages flashed in Jake's eyes. He could see that he had successfully assimilated with Fenrir and that his stats had increased significantly.
His tattoo on his right arm boiled.
It stretched across his right arm and even went up to his shoulder and neck. It fought against Ender's tattoo and eventually won, taking over Jake's shoulder. From afar, the tattoo appeared as though a huge wolf pounced at Jake, his teeth sinking into his right shoulder.
Jake's right eye turned red and feral.
A few strands of his hair were also white.
His hearing and smell greatly spread around him, similar to his perception bubble. In fact, Jake was nearly sure that Odin's skill, which now dwelled within Jake because of their assimilation, had blended with Jake's passive perception bubble.
He could smell nature and hear even the slightest rustle of leaves far away from him.
Various people living and working near Viktor's workplace were no longer a secret to Jake, and he could even hear their conversations well.
'So this is Odin's skill—Feral Hunt,' Jake thought.
Though it may have sounded like a simple skill, it was the one that worked best with Jake's current skills. He could see himself effortlessly marking enemies and tracking them to death. With those instincts, Jake's styles were much smoother, and his defenses were also on a higher level.
'Awesome skill,' Jake thought. 'It compromises well what I've learned so far.'
In comparison, Wukong's martial arts enabled Jake's futuristic vision of his archery. Medusa's skill also gave Jake an idea of how and in what skill he could incorporate it.
Later that day, Jake once again assimilated with Ender.
He learned more about Darkness Genesis.
It was a skill that allowed him to feel and comprehend darkness in a way no human or player could. It was a perfect measure against those who hid in the shadows!
'This is the key to a countermeasure against those annoying assassins and thieves!' Jake thought! He also could interact his skills much better with darkness, meaning he could produce skill against his nemesis!
Jake licked his lips.
He was getting so excited!
"Viktor!"
"What?"
"You got any book about archery?"
"Huh?"