The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 497

Chapter 497 Combined Skills

Once everyone had returned to their homes or beds for the evening, Karl settled in to meditate and work on combining skills. If he could get [Skill Master] to Rank 3, he would be able to upgrade monster skills by a tier, making more powerful versions of the base skills. So, if he had combined skills that were already more powerful than what the monsters had begun with, the upgrade to Skill Master would become even more impressive.

There was also hope that one of the others would get a skill to Monarch Rank soon as well. Cara had begun with Disintegrate a Rank above herself, but Rae and Hawk had skills advanced well before their body did. If they could do the same again, it would give everyone an extra level of safety against attacks.

So, dealing with stronger attackers became Karl's priority for the evening. An effective combat skill that would allow the beasts to eliminate threats at the Monarch Rank before they made it there themselves.

The problem was that they all used different skills. Unless one of them advanced a skill on their own, he would have to choose who would be the one that got the attention. Cara understood that she was at the bottom of that list, as she was not only the youngest sister, but she was also the only one that already had a Monarch Rank skill, so she could somewhat take care of herself.

Oldest to youngest would be the way that Karl tried this time.

Hawk and Thor hadn't had new skills in a while, and Thor had gained most of his through hard work and not a deliberately concocted resource.

But that was the easiest way to gain new skills, assuming that Karl could find the materials.

[Is there anything in particular that you want?] Karl asked Hawk as he tried to uncover some secret to combining skills.

[We haven't seen cool new skills in a while. We need to look for new creatures to fight.] Hawk sighed.

That might not be an option for some time, as they were trying to avoid fighting as they pretended to be merchants, and they had already gone through the dungeon that they had come here to find.

It hadn't given them any new ideas, as the slimes were just mimicking their appearance.

[What if you learned Trollish Regeneration from your Skill Tree and combined that with Eternal Lightning?] Hawk suggested.

[For faster regeneration while the barrier is up? That's not a terrible idea. They'll both be skills that I can use, so I'll at least have the chance.]

[Do that then. You have enough points, right?]

Karl checked his status

[Skill Points] 31

He had enough. In fact, if he had to, he had enough to get [Barrier] or [Refresh] as well. He had skipped almost all of the defensive tree because he had Thor and the Clerics with him, but at some point in the future, those core skills might become the basis for new abilities.

He also wouldn't be able to see what the Tier 4 defensive options were until he unlocked them, and following the logic that it would include a skill that was better than [Trollish Regeneration], it would make Thor a very happy Cerro.

[Trollish Regeneration] learned.

He also wouldn't be able to see what the Tier 4 defensive options were until he unlocked them, and following the logic that it would include a skill that was better than [Trollish Regeneration], it would make Thor a very happy Cerro.

[Trollish Regeneration] learned.

[Remaining Skill Points] 11

[Merger Available] Success Rate 100%

[Proceed?]

Karl stared at the information on his status screen. He hadn't expected that there would be something that was guaranteed to mix with [Trollish Regeneration].