Chapter 54: A Bailout
A bailout. That’s what this is. Still, I welcomed it. Wasting no time, I activated my new skill. I felt a warm sensation flow from my abdomen to my eyes, and then I saw... numbers. Just like when I activated weapon stats, the stats of everything became visible to me.
I was able to see just how powerful the hydra really was. I also saw what skills it had. But what caught my eye was something else.
Just below the water’s edge were shimmering blue crystals I hadn’t noticed before. It was also showcasing its stats, along with a special attribute it had.
THRASH!
The hydra struck again, splashing up a wave of muddy water. This hydra was really something—all the mud and water it splashed up was a distraction so it could attack without being seen, like a silent predator.
Its fangs snapped at me through the wave of muddy water. I dodged the attack and went for one of the growing blue crystals. Immediately, a system notification popped up.
[CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE OBTAINED MANA STONE]
Looking at the stone with my appraisal skill, I saw that it held a special attribute. I used Hephaestus’ Claim to steal the attribute and Goldy Craft to pass the attribute to the Middle Finger. The blade glowed with a faint blue light as a slightly transparent aquatic coat enveloped it.
[The Divine Level skill, Water Slash, has been passed to the Middle Finger as an attribute.]
A divine-level skill wasn’t worth much, but it was still something. The system had warned me before that mana stones grant little power. The best method was through soul extraction.
The skill offered a long-range attack in the form of a Water Slash. An attack of this level wouldn’t even be able to penetrate the Hydra’s scales. Just like the basilisk, the only weakness of its body was its giant slitted eyes.