Karl stared at the small platform and tried to determine what might be just the right thing to combine to make a new skill.
His first thought was [Skill Master] [Evolution] and [Skill Merger]. Those three together had to create some sort of fun effect for new people.
[You know, trying to combine Bone Crusher and Disintegration to make the perfect slap skill is still an option.] Cara reminded him.
[No, SPICY TORNADO!] Hawk insisted.
Rae sounded like she had put more thought into her answer. [If you combine your new Iron Within skill with Limited Invulnerability and Ghostfire Body you could make something awesome.] She suggested.
Karl focused on the three skills using Skill Merger to see if he could get an idea of what might happen.
[Lord of Destruction] Totem Rank Transformation Skill. Ignores most damage types, incorporeal, Deals fire damage to both physical and metaphysical targets. {Currently Unavailable}
Cara was practically drooling in her space.
[I want it. I can be a Totem, I'm certain of it.]
[Perhaps we should go with something more realistic? A skill that we might be able to actually combine is what we need here.]
Next, Karl moved on to his first idea. Skill Master, Evolution and Skill Merger. When combined, the three made a skill called [Randomize].
[Randomize] May the odds be occasionally in your favour. Creation of this skill book requires ground pulp of ten different Commander Rank or higher plants and ten different elemental stones, set in the blood of the writer.
That was not a description at all. But at least he knew how to make it.
[Oh, this is the right skill. I need some of your blood anyhow. How fast did you regenerate?] Rae asked.
[Fast enough. Have you picked the other blood types that you wanted for your bath?] Karl asked.
[We're a bit limited. I have a lot of Monarch Rank Cyclops, I'll get a bunch of yours to go with that for the Earthy side. Then I've got some Royal Rank Drake, and five drops of Totem Rank Troll blood from that little fuss with Leafa. But I also got a bunch from Monarch Rank whack a mole lady.
It doesn't smell great, but I think if I add some other stuff it should be alright.]
She sounded dubious about that. Everyone knew Rae wouldn't take the bath if it was going to make her smell bad, no matter how many cool skills the zombie summoner had.
[Well, you can work on that tonight after the trial. First, we need a core for the temple.]
[I will get the plants.] Thor insisted.
[I have lots of stones from the trial, I will pick ten that we have a lot of.] Remi added.
[Let me stab you.] Rae insisted.
[You can't leave the space in the trial. I will give you the blood.]
Karl deactivated [Void Body] and [Limited Invulnerability] so that he would actually bleed, but left [Trollish Regeneration] active so that he could continually funnel blood to Rae.
With the Haint Claw on his left hand, and a bowl set under his right hand, Karl was ready to start.
With the claw, he punctured the large vein in his wrist and let it bleed down the claw into the bowl, where Rae claimed it for the pool in her space.
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