Chapter 7

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

David thought of the Shadow Servant’s abilities and how they were described in the sacrificial manual, looking at the Shadow Servant beside him. However, he didn’t think that the Shadow Servant looked like it could engage in combat in any way.

He stood up and took the Shadow Servant to the underground gym after having his meal.

At this moment, the mess in the underground gym had already been cleaned up by Emma, the robot butler. The sacrificial manual was the only thing left on the floor, with the rest of the debris having been thrown away.

He picked up his sacrificial manual and found the entry that described the Shadow Servant.

“The Shadow Servant is a servant of the gods. The Gods have bestowed the massive power of the gods, lightning fast speed, and the ability to fly to the sacrificer!” David read the relevant content out loud softly, feeling more and more confused. 

“Shadow Servant, pick up that barbell!” David commanded, pointing to a 100-kilogram barbell on the ground beside him.

The Shadow Servant floated past him, most definitely not as fast as it was described to be in the manual.

The Shadow Servant then proceeded to move to the side of the barbell and stretch out its blurry arm in an attempt to grab it. In the end, its arm penetrated the barbell and trembled. However, the barbell did not wobble the slightest bit.

“If you can’t even move something that weighs a hundred kilograms, how can you be considered to have great strength?” David muttered under his breath, slapping the sacrificial manual in his hand.

Judging from what had just happened, David was confident that the Shadow Servant had no combat abilities or powers whatsoever. How could he pose a threat to the enemy with such slow movements and weak strength? Besides, the Shadow Servant could not stray much further than ten meters away from him. 

Looking at the equipment in the room, he realized that the barbell that he had made the Shadow Servant carry just now was the lightest one in the room. Any lighter pieces of gym equipment would not be of much help to him, explaining why none of them were present.

“Shadow Servant, catch this book!” David exclaimed, tossing the sacrificial manual at the Shadow Servant after glancing at it. 

The Shadow Servant obeyed and reached out to grab the sacrificial manual, but it passed right through his hands, just as the barbell had. However, this time, David saw a slight improvement in the movement of the Shadow Servant. 

It seemed that the Shadow Servant wasn’t completely devoid of power. The barbell had just been too heavy.

He plucked a strand of hair from his head and waved it at the Shadow Servant, causing it to fly over and stop beside him.

He handed the strand of hair to the Shadow Servant, who took it.

This time, the Shadow Servant held onto the strand with its hand, the strand of hair not penetrating it at all.

David’s conjecture was correct. Now he just had to find the maximum weight that the Shadow Servant could support.

After several experiments, he calculated that the highest that the Shadow Servant could hold with his hands was 100 grams, which was quite a disappointment.

With a maximum weight capacity of 100 grams, it would be difficult for the Shadow Servant to puncture the opponent’s skin with a poisonous needle, let alone do them any serious harm.

However, he had also discovered a bizarre situation. When he placed a needle in the Shadow Servant’s hand, it went into stealth mode, both the part of the needle that was being held by Shadow Servant’s hand and the Shadow Servant itself turning invisible. 

Testing this out, he made the Shadow Servant cover the entire needle with its hand, after which the needle disappeared into thin air. 

David did not understand the principle behind it but reckoned that it probably had something to do with the gods. Or perhaps it was a unique ability possessed only by the Shadow Servant.

In any case, his Shadow Servant was completely different from the one described in the sacrificial manual. The Shadow Servant described in the sacrificial manual did not have the ability to become invisible but this one did. However, unlike the original Shadow Servant, his own did not possess powerful combat abilities. 

The effect of self-strengthening himself, which should have occurred during the process of sacrifice, didn’t show on his body either. However, he didn’t know if that was because his predecessor had died on the spot.

He clearly knew that his power had not changed at all. Although he had not tested his speed, he could tell that there were no changes in his movements.

Everything seemed to have returned to its original state, as his physical condition was the same as his predecessor. Although his memories had recovered, he still wouldn’t qualify for Nan University, not with his current academic qualifications. His hopes of being admitted to Nan University remained slim.

In addition to this, he had also fallen into the path of Trainer Jeremy, a much stronger enemy who wanted to kill him. 

Compared to his predecessor, he merely had an additional portion of memory from his previous life and the Shadow Servant beside him. However, the memories of his previous life were of little use to him now that he was in Star Federation. 

The technology of this world was also quite different. It had gone into the Great Universe Age and was far more advanced than the technology in the world from his previous life. 

The Shadow Servant beside him was his only hope. At the thought of it, David turned to look at the Shadow Servant and recalled the energy that was transmitted to him from the Shadow Servant in the morning, allowing him to fully receive and accept his predecessor’s memories. That proved that the Shadow Servant definitely had some other ability that he didn’t know about.

Once again, he reached out to touch the Shadow Servant in a bid to see if he could get any benefits.

This time, after he touched the Shadow Servant, there were many peculiar patterns that appeared on its translucent body, all of them emitting a flickering blue light. 

The shimmering blue patterns turned into specks of starbursts that left the Shadow Servant’s translucent body before disappearing into David’s own body.

The unexpected change gave David a great shock, but he did not find anything unusual or different in his body due to it. 

The only difference was that his connection with the Shadow Servant, which was already very close to begin with, became tighter. He was even able to look at his own body through the Shadow Servant’s eyes.

It was a bizarre feeling to have two visions: one from the perspective of his human body and the other from that of the Shadow Servant. 

At this moment, it was as if he had two bodies, the feeling making him extremely uncomfortable. He wasn’t even in control of the balance of his own body to a certain extent, unable to carry out his usual, ordinary movements easily and flexibly.

He carefully controlled his body and sat down, but that didn’t affect the Shadow Servant at all, which remained stationary and hovered in the air.

After David’s body sat down, he finally had the energy to try and feel more, discovering that there were orbs in the Shadow Servant’s body.

Since the Shadow Servant’s body was like David’s own, he could clearly perceive the properties of those orbs, most of which were red and one of them orange. 

Among them, he saw five red orbs belonging to the literature genre, which was a compulsory academic subject. There were four more red orbs that belonged to mathematics, two red orbs belonging to general subjects, two red orbs belonging to bodywork, and one red orb belonging to the mastery of a heavy axe. Most of the red orbs belonged to cultural studies.

Bodywork was a type of physical training promoted by the Star Federation among the general population, consisting of eighteen movements.

Since there were no side effects to Bodywork and it only required minimal resources, it was guaranteed to work as long as one had consistent and sufficient nutrition. As a result, it became the go to physical training method for the vast majority of the people in Star Federation. 

Only a small number of forces, like universities or the military, were able to offer physical training methods that exceeded the effects of Bodywork.

The mastery of heavy axes was one of the basic combat skills taught in schools. Since bugs were the main enemies of the Star Federation, heavy weapons were the preferred combat choice.

Students were taught basic combat techniques in High School and built a strong foundation, their mastery an excellent bonus for students who applied for the armorer selection process.

The only other orange orb was one that displayed the sniper attribute.

David was very curious about the origin of these orbs, but he was also a little unsatisfied with the Shadow Servant’s chaotic display and found the orbs to be too messy.

As he thought about it, he saw some changes in the orbs of the Shadow Servant, a line of text appearing at the top of each orb.

Literature (35% Beginner), Literature (28% Beginner), Literature (44% Beginner), Literature (19% Beginner), Literature (66% Beginner).

Mathematics (12% Beginner), Mathematics (18% Beginner), Mathematics (22% Beginner), Mathematics (99% Beginner).

General (40% Beginner), General (29% Beginner).

Bodywork (70% Beginner), Bodywork (20% Beginner).

Heavy-axe Mastery (33% Beginner)

Sniper (20% Intermediate) 

At that moment, he finally understood that the red orbs were for the beginner level and the orange orbs for the intermediate level, the intensity of the color representing the degree of mastery at that level.

He had just obtained the Shadow Servant and the only incident he had experienced was the blast at the bookstore. David’s mind deduced that those orbs, which represented various abilities, had been obtained from the bookstore.

Judging from the attributes represented by those orbs, he reckoned that those were abilities that he had absorbed from the people who died during the explosion.

David thought of the explosion where he had been blasted away, after which he sensed the momentary loss of control from the Shadow Servant. It made sense to conclude that the Shadow Servant had gone to absorb those orbs during that period of time.