"So this is the contract..." Roy and Lyu looked at each other, sensing the invisible bond.
"Lyu-san!" Roy called out. Lyu nodded, opening her mind to the connection.
[Lyu Lion has agreed. Obtained Lyu Lion's stats, Development Abilities, and skills!]
Roy's body shook as an ocean of power flooded his veins. This was Level 5 power—two tiers above his own. Even if he maxed out his Level 3 stats, he couldn't bridge the gap between a lake and an ocean. In Level 5, every 100 points added more power than 1,000 points at Level 3.
New Abilities: Hunter, Abnormal Resistance, Magic Resistance, Mage! New Skills: * Fairy Canon: Boosts magic; stronger at night.
Mind Load: Increases Strength based on Mind (Mana) consumption during attacks.
Aero Mana: Boosts attack power based on speed while running.
Roy grinned. With this, he was effectively a First-Class Level 5 adventurer. They spent hours testing the limits. The lower-level person (Roy) took more strain, maintaining the stack for two hours before exhausting his stamina. But the activation was unlimited—he could use it in five-minute bursts to last all day.
Lyu, being Level 5, could maintain the stack for seven or eight hours easily. The cost? The "donor" lost about 30% of their base stats while active, but kept all skills and abilities.
But as Lyu looked through the skills she gained from Roy, she froze. She saw [Blood for Blood], which she already knew about, but then her eyes locked onto [Elven Kingship].
She realized instantly. This was how he learned her and Riveria's magic. It also allowed him to suppress any elf. This skill was the natural enemy of her entire race.
"What... is this skill?" Lyu asked, her voice trembling. "If I said I had a bit of Elven Royal blood in me, would you believe it?" Roy asked, unfazed. Lyu stared into his clear eyes. "Sigh..."
She finally accepted it, looking at him with a hint of resentment. With a skill like this, do you plan on catching every elf in the world?
Roy just smiled. Under the contract, the secret was bound to come out. As long as she didn't know he got it from a grave, she'd understand. Lyu was stubborn, but her loyalty to her comrades outweighed elven dogma.
"You must never let another elf know about this!" Lyu warned him with extreme gravity. If the elven world found out a human "bastard" had royal blood and a suppression skill, they would hunt him to the ends of the earth to bury the "stain."
Roy nodded repeatedly. Lyu sighed, feeling like she was the only one burdened with this secret. Then, a thought struck her.
"When you were learning magic... did Lady Riveria... notice your bloodline?" "About half of it, I'd guess," Roy said.
Lyu felt dizzy. She glared at Roy, her teeth gritted so hard they nearly broke. Her expression was a silent scream of: You've got to be kidding me!!It was a testament to Lyu's high-class Elven upbringing that she didn't actually swear out loud. To bring a calm, righteous, and stoic "Ice Beauty" like Lyu to the brink of a total breakdown was a feat only Roy could achieve. Lyu felt like her head was going to split open.
The existence of the [Elven Kingship] skill was something that should never, under any circumstances, be revealed to the Elven Royals. They were far more conservative than ordinary elves, and if they found out... however, Lady Riveria was a rare progressive among the royalty.
The situation was a tangled mess. No matter how clever Lyu was, she felt her mind "glitching" under the weight of it. She looked at Roy with a gaze filled with exhaustion and complexity. Getting tied to this guy... I guess this is my life now.
Roy, however, didn't seem bothered. He grinned. "What's done is done. Let's learn some magic!"
The tables had turned. Now, Roy was the teacher. Through the shared skill, Lyu could learn Roy's magic, though she could only use them while the Synchrony Contract was active. Still, it was a massive boost, giving her access to several high-tier spells instantly. She mastered Roy's [Lord of Lightning], [Via Shilves], and [Wia Fenics]. With her Level 5 stats, the power of these spells was multiplied several times over.
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