1146 Powers Unlocked (2)
Erik got a lot of experience from her, so she was bound to have had a lot of them.
<1848, she was 52 points away from having an X-ranked brain crystal power.>
"WHAT?!"
<Yeah, she was also almost as powerful as you in terms of physical strength, as she had two brain crystal powers at 54 neural links.>
Erik couldn't believe that.
<How did she do that?>
<Well, consider she had not to join missions, and with your technique, after a year and a half, it is possible to reach such levels. You didn't simply because your training time is low, and for the other blackguards, it was the same. But I guess she had nothing to do.>
<So, if I fought on the ground, I would have lost.>
<Yeah,> it was clear. <She would have been swift enough to resist you, not always, mind you, and for sure she would not be strong enough to free herself if you caught her like you did on the black wyvern. Although she would still face a disadvantage, the wyvern's presence would have leveled the odds. Fighting in the sky not only reduced her own risk of death, but also made it more difficult for her to murder you. I guess her life was more important than killing you.>
<She trusted the black wyvern too much,> Erik said.
...
It meant he could keep the other countries under control.
<No... No... No tyrant thoughts here, Erik... You are not like them. Unlike the Silverline Corporation, I'm not going to do this for control.>
He sighed.
<Anyway, System. How many powers can I share with a single individual?>
[There is no theoretical limit, but practical constraints exist. Each transfer requires DNA points to be spent. They are not much, but that would force you to constantly hunt to keep them up or wait for me to accumulate them. I might even establish a quest system again.]
<No, thanks. Those daily quests were infernally annoying.>
Erik looked around at the destroyed building. There were broken walls and pieces of debris everywhere. Even though this place might have useful information about his enemies, Erik was thinking about something more valuable. <The best thing I got today isn't in the ruins.>
Erik's new ability to share his powers was a big deal. He could strengthen his friends too, not only Amber, Mira, and Emily. He could change how his team worked together, employing specific tactics he couldn't use earlier but that he would have available now, thanks to this power.
He could do the same with the Chimaeric Demons, but since he already got a way to give them power, and given how slow it was to make neural links for them since their brain crystal was made of pure mana, he wouldn't be able to do it in the same way.
He would need to wait. Sure, they were physically strong, but that had limits, and those limits were getting closer and closer since his enemies were turning as powerful as him in that aspect.
Erik looked at the rubble again.
<Damn, the amount of things to do keeps increasing.>