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Chapter 63: Shadow Resistance skill

Chapter 63: Shadow Resistance skill

"If Blink was that easy to learn, why did you not learn it already before?" Kaiju asked.

Snow shrugged. "Teacher Lucy did not teach me either. She did not even use Blink once. She would just float and her speed would increase. Auntie does not use it, too. She is just agile, after all. While you, Master, use it many times though, you explain it was an effect of your artifact. I think that is Blink still, only that, it is limited only to the shadow and Blink does not have the restrictions."

Kaiju was stunned. "You are right." He pondered for a while. "So, you were inspired by Little Gorilla?"

"I-I guess," replied Snow after some hesitation. "It is just easy to learn, Master. I think you already got it."

Kaiju ruminated and shook his head. "I don’t think so. Compared to yours, you have already solidified your foundation in your knowledge on ice and poison elements. I barely grasp the fundamentals of shadow, much less the intent behind it. So, it might take some time for a while."

His eyes suddenly widened. He asked the Gacha System in his mind, ’Do I need to obtain Shadow Resistance to learn shadow skills? I mean, I can perform Umbral Steps just fine, right?’

{That is because of the Shadowveil Hood. It acts as a medium to allow you to step in the shadow realm and leave. If it was not for that, your body will not be able to handle the shadow realm and might perish into nothingness.}

Kaiju’s hair stood on ends. He did not expect the Gacha System’s explanation. ’Although I have Shadow Affinity, I don’t have Shadow Resistance skill, so I might not be able to learn shadow-related skills then, or be able to perform it.’

Kaiju recalled his dagger mastery. Thankfully, he did not use those effects yet, as he might have perished into nothingness...

{Now that you have become awakened, you will obviously learn Shadow Resistance, Rare grade easily, even as soon as you awakened–if it was not for the preexisting affinity you have with other elements that was used to form your mana core. So, obtaining Shadow Resistance will only be a matter of time if you use those advanced dagger mastery effects. You will not perish into nothingness really, if you don’t use skills like Blink that swallow your entire body to Shadow Realm.}

Kaiju nodded. He glossed over the effects of the advanced dagger mastery and his eyebrows furrowed. He asked the Gacha System, ’Will my artifacts be able to handle the Shadow Realm, then? After all, they are the ones being coated by shadow elements.’

{Only the Bloodthorn can handle any mana without having its effects being affected. Frostfang Dagger, for its effects to be utilized to the fullest, needed ice mana to be coated. In addition, I was not limiting you to the mana condensation to artifacts, but coating shadow mana to some part of your body to gain resistance from the Shadow Realm. In the case of comprehending the shadow element, you can always use the Umbral Step for that.}

Kaiju nodded. ’I see. So, you were telling me to take advantage of mana condensation to condense mana around my body, even though it was not included in the advanced dagger mastery effects as it focused on coating the condensed mana on the dagger?’

{Exactly, you got it.}

Kaiju pondered for some time and sighed. ’This might take some time. I hope I’ll be able to learn it in two weeks or in a month. I guess I have to ask Qwanisha to change my training routine now.’

Since Kaiju has elevated his basic dagger mastery to the advanced, he thought of changing the training dagger to increase resistance from the shadow element. By then, he would be able to learn Blink.

***

Two weeks later, Qwanisha’s face twitched, watching Kaiju in a similar state again.

She snorted. "This guy’s greed knows no bounds."

Although Kaiju already stated to her he wanted to learn Shadow Resistance skill, Rare grade, as his primary element, Qwanisha was still surprised to see him in the similar situation again.

"How many times is it now? Five times? Six times?"

"Only the third time, Auntie." Snow corrected, with her smug face.

Qwanisha shook her head and shrugged. "Whatever. He learned it just in time. Tell him in a week, he will directly proceed to our main base. I’ll wait for him there with the others."

Snow nodded frantically, heaving a sigh of relief. Thankfully, there was no training now. She stood on guard to protect her Master while Little Gorilla did the same as Qwanisha soon vanished into the shadows.

This time, Kaiju only took a single day. Compared to when he learned the other passive resistance skill by replication, he learned the Shadow Resistance skill after manually entering the Shadow Realm. The only reason he entered a similar state was because he decided to enter his body partially in the Shadow Realm since he was running out of time.

He, after all, had another aim to achieve before the fated raid.

He saw Snow and Little Gorilla facing their back against him, guarding him attentively. He smiled and said, "I’m already awake, you two."

Snow and Little Gorilla were taken aback before jumping into his arms. Since Snow snuggled on his embrace and Little Gorilla was standing on his shoulder while observing the vicinity, Kaiju stole the time to check the passive resistance skill.

{Shadow Resistance (Rare)

Description: A skill forged through exposure to dark magic, shadow curses, or environments shrouded in oppressive darkness. This ability allows Kaiju to resist and mitigate the harmful effects of shadow-element attacks, such as draining darkness, fear-inducing curses, or illusions. Over time, Kaiju gains an intuitive understanding of shadow energy and its manifestations.

Special Effects:

Enhanced Shadow Tolerance: Reduces the potency of incoming shadow-element attacks by 50%. Provides resistance to minor shadow effects (e.g., fear or confusion) and high resistance to intermediate dark magic.

Shroud Vision: Grants immunity to visual impairments caused by darkness, shadow-based illusions, or obscuring effects. Enhances perception in dimly lit or fully dark environments.

Shadow Affinity: Improves understanding of shadow-based magic, enabling Kaiju to analyze, absorb, or manipulate shadow energy under certain conditions.

Adaptive Resistance: Each exposure to a shadow-based attack further strengthens resistance to similar effects permanently, gradually lessening the impact of future encounters.

Umbral Conversion: Absorbs a portion of shadow-based damage and converts it into stamina or minor health restoration (restores 2% of maximum health per shadow attack absorbed).

Dark Defiance: Reduces the effectiveness of shadow-based debuffs, such as curses or suppression effects, by 25%.}