Chapter 284 - Cotton

The training ended when night engulfs the entire place. Tina was pretty battered after the battle which made her so tired that she went to sleep after taking a bath. She barely managed to fight back against Lina and Lucia due to how they overwhelmed her. It is normal to get overwhelmed by them but it's not the ability to fight back that I am doing this to Tina.

Tina has destructive prowess already. If she combines that with smart thinking and understanding the battlefield in split seconds, she will be really dangerous. However, she lacks that split-second awareness and calculations. I made her fight against those two because they are quick at fighting and they can unleash multiple attacks depending on the situation. I might be lenient to her if her playstyle is similar to how a Tank works since the tanks have the least worries on the battlefield as they are mostly there to stand still and receive the attacks of enemies. They only need to taunt, defend and draw the attacks of enemies while maintaining high health.

However, that playstyle does not work on DPS classes like how Tina's playstyle leans closer to the Swordsman and Magic Knight though it leans more on the former and least on the latter. If she wants to deal with most of the damage and be able to perform better, split-second reactions are needed.

I already made my points on her pattern. Her battle style is pretty reckless and for someone who will be facing the Insect Kingdom and the royalties, she wouldn't pose a threat to anyone at all. Even the regular knights of the Insect Kingdom can easily kill Tina without a problem and that is not an exaggeration. I personally see the guards of the Insect Kingdom and they are close to a level 150 player. And those are just regular knights and cannon fodder in this kingdom, replaceable pawns. They are not even the highest order of the soldiers and they are already that strong.

For me, I can easily defeat them even with my level. Due to the help of the stats given by the Versatile Weapon to boost my abilities, my stats are comparable to level 150 players. Of course, it also depends on how I can easily dispose of them. 

According to the people of the Insect Kingdom and according to the official announcement, the coronation will start 5 days from now. That means Tina has only 5 days worth of training.

While thinking about how to improve Tina's physique and reaction time, Lucia approached.

"Master, I am not sure what is going on but for some reason, Cotton and Tina have high synchronicity with each other. I don't know whether being an insect person contributes to this but for some unknown reason, their compatibility with each other is top-notch. It was like they exist for each other."

"How did you know this Lucia? Are you perhaps capable of looking through their connection like how you can easily connect and sense the movements of Cotton while she was still an egg?"

"Something like that, Master. I don't know what this power is but I can assure you that it seems to have some sort of connection to my synchronicity to Cotton."

"If that is the case, does that mean we may find a chance to know what Cotton is by Tina?"

"Not only that, Master. It seems Cotton is able to awaken a partial bit of the hidden power of Tina. I noticed this when Cotton spits on Tina. It was only a bit since I can assume the power that should have become a power-up on Tina was sent straight to her as healing and the remaining bits of power left after she was healed became the remnant power left to give her a boost a bit during that battle."

"...Interesting..." It seems Cotton's origin might have something to do with the Insect Kingdom but because I barely know much in the Insect Kingdom, I don't think I can see any big figures living in the Insect Kingdom that should have a small connection to Cotton.

"That's all about it, Master. You have already seen what are the results so I don't think I need to recap it again."

"Thank you. You can now go and rest, you did well with Lina today. Go and have some rest, you all deserved it."

"Thanks, Master. I will be sleeping now."

I nodded and she went to the bed along with Lina and Tina since the three of them share one of the big beds. I don't need to sleep so I don't need to even fit myself on that bed and it's kinda inappropriate to even mix myself with them. That isn't decent at all.

After a bit of contemplation on what to do for the night, I decided to pull out the fodder weapons I have obtained from killing monsters and the rejected weapons I managed to obtain from trying to level up my Blacksmithing level.

Pulling out the Versatile Weapon, I saw a notification that the extraction of the core that the Versatile Weapon is now ready to be extracted and transplanted. This was already a few days ago but I decided to postpone checking it up. I want to see what will happen if I extract and transplant those things, however, I didn't rush on it and decided to let it store for now since I can do it anytime I wanted to do so. I traced the two words engraved on its blade.

"GREED AND GLUTTONY"

I always wonder if these two words indicate the Versatile Weapon as part of the Seven Deadly Sins Weapon Series. After all, this came out from the starter pack that I received after I played as a Versatile. I didn't receive it from other sources nor did I work hard to obtain it. I just received it without much effort.

However, I have doubts it is even part of the Seven Deadly Sins weapon series, after all, this is just one weapon and according to the guide in the past timeline, each of the sins has a weapon to accompany it as its description.

Shaking my head, I decided to just disregard this and pointed the tip of the Versatile Weapon to the scattered weapons I put on the ground.

"[DEVOUR]"

The black dragon that keeps on appearing the moment I recite the command appeared and compared to its past look, it is now looking more fleshy and it is no longer looking similar to a shadow. It is now showing some fleshy form. It isn't a full fleshy look but just looking at the black dragon seems to have the same attributes as a slime. Every movement of the black dragon is so fluid that it looks like a slime that attached itself to my weapon.

Perhaps due to it devouring many different things aside from weapons, it managed to take form using those things it devoured as materials, and as a result, it becomes like this.

The black dragon is about to devour the weapons when I saw a glimpse of Cotton. I thought Lucia is currently hugging Cotton but seeing Cotton at the edge of the bed and looking at me is making me curious as to why Cotton seems fixated on what I am doing.

Without warning, Cotton spits out a few strings made from its silk if I am not wrong? I don't know what it was called since it doesn't look like silk at all especially since it looks like saliva due to its fluid-looking form.

And before I could stop the devouring process, the black dragon of my Versatile Weapon opened its black mouth and like a black hole, all the weapons were absorbed and my eyes frowned when the notification appeared before me.

[No stat increase due to the special item that was added after the devouring process. All stats that were supposed to go as stats for the Versatile Weapon for the amalgamation process has been converted into a unique skill.]

[Will you slot the Unique Skill to the Weapon? Three more slots remaining.]

Yes/No

A unique skill? Instead of the stats, that were supposed to be the ones I earned after performing the devouring process were not processed and as a result, it became a skill? No, this isn't the same skill that I can use with the weapon in my hand. It is a unique skill that is available in many weapons. They are a bonus on weapons and they do not exist on any class trees available. They are unique because they are one and only. It's just a big disadvantage sometimes since this Unique Skill cannot be transferred to another weapon in any other way.

Most weapons only have one single slot for Unique Skill, but the Versatile Weapon has at least three slots! This is getting troublesome and beneficial to me for some unknown reason.

I didn't have any other choice so without bothering anything, I clicked Yes.