Selectable Skills
"Holy… what the hell!?"
Yang Ning jolted awake—naked, disoriented—and his first instinct was to yell.
"Wasn't I just at home? Watching TV, eating, arguing with trolls online? Where the hell am I!?"
The endless blue sea stretched out before him. Beneath him, golden sand baked under a scorching sun. A place like this had nothing in common with his apartment.
As an engineering student, Yang Ning trusted empirical reasoning more than anything. The moment that heat hit his skin, he knew he was nowhere near home.
It was early autumn back where he lived.
But here? This was clearly midsummer.
For such a dramatic seasonal difference, the two locations would have to be thousands of kilometers apart. And a person doesn't simply get teleported that far… not by normal means.
"Which lunatic knocked me out and dumped me here? A reality show? No way—they wouldn't waste money on some broke nobody like me."
Grumbling, he stood and surveyed the beach for hidden cameras, drones, wires—anything to prove this was a prank.
Nothing.
No camera towers. No drones buzzing above.
Not even a fishing boat out on the horizon.
The beach was too clean as well. No plastic bottles, no wrappers, no modern trash—something nearly impossible on any beach in his world.
A faint shiver ran down his spine.
"…Did I seriously time-travel?"
The thought didn't frighten him—it thrilled him. As a Mechanical and Electrical Engineering major with a lifelong passion for history and craftsmanship, he had fantasized about the past more than once.
But before his fantasies could take shape, a cold mechanical voice echoed directly in his mind.
[The wisher has successfully traveled. Wish One: fulfilled.]
[Commencing distribution of Wish Two… 1% → 100%]
"Huh? What wish? I didn't make any wish!"
Confused, he scratched his head. But whether it was a glitch or the system misunderstood something didn't matter—he had already crossed worlds, and now he apparently had a cheat.
He wasn't about to complain.
He waited anxiously as the invisible progress bar filled.
[Wish Two complete. Please select your skills.]
[Passive Skill: ?]
[Skill 1: ?]
[Skill 2: ?]
[Skill 3: ?]
[Skill 4: ?]
[Countdown: 02:59]
"What? No descriptions? How am I supposed to choose like this!?"
Panic rose in him—until a burst of memory hit him like a hammer.
"Oh hell… don't tell me…"
Before losing consciousness back on Earth, he had been arguing with netizens on a forum thread:
If an ordinary person could select a League of Legends skill set and enter the One Piece world, what would be the most broken combination?
And now that exact choice was being forced upon him.
"Holy crap… system, don't tell me you're actually serious."
The countdown ticked away like a fuse burning toward an explosion.
He had no equipment, no weapons, no stats.
If he wanted to survive the One Piece world—where monsters like Kaido, Big Mom, and Admirals roamed—he needed infinite growth. Pure scaling.
No debate.
But the first selection—his passive—stumped him.
Many of League's most iconic infinite-scaling abilities were passives, and he could only choose one.
He forced himself to breathe.
"…Screw it. For the passive, I'm picking Thresh's Passive – Damnation."
Veigar's passive required hitting hero units or last-hitting enemies with spells—absurdly dangerous in a real combat world. And he had no idea who counted as a "hero."
A king? A general? A pirate captain? Too risky.
Senna's passive looked good in-game but collecting souls manually in a world full of vicious corpses? Not ideal. And the stats it gave—range, crit, lifesteal—weren't universally helpful in real life.
But Thresh's passive?
Souls gathered automatically.
Armor and AP were universally useful.
And anywhere people died, he'd grow stronger.
Perfect.
Next came the core abilities.
"For Skill One, I choose Nasus's Q – Siphoning Strike."
Nothing beat infinite stacking. No exaggeration—Q was the king of growth. Low base stats didn't matter; with enough stacks, he could break mountains.
"For Skill Two, Sion's W – Soul Furnace."
Infinite health scaling. A shield. Explosion damage scaling off max HP and AP. Perfect synergy.
As for Skill Three, mobility wasn't necessary—this was the One Piece world. With enough training, he could learn Soru or Geppo naturally.
He needed damage.
"…Skill Three: Kayle's E – Starfire Spellblade."
Constant bonus magic damage. AP scaling.
A ranged attack option at higher levels.
And best of all—it applied both attack and spell effects.
With enough stacks, his ranged strikes would be terrifying.
Finally, the ultimate. There was only one correct answer.
"For Skill Four, I choose Cho'Gath's R – Feast."
True damage. Health gained per stack.
Infinite tankiness.
No other ultimate came close.
[00:00]
[Wish Two locked. Skills loaded. Data panel generated.]
[All wishes complete. Good luck.]
The voice faded.
A translucent panel appeared before his eyes.
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Status Panel
Name: Yang Ning
Level: 0
Health: 115 / 120
Attack: 9
Armor: 3
Magic Resistance: 1
Mental Strength: 0
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Passive Skill — Damnation (Lv.0)
Collect souls from nearby fallen beings automatically.
Each soul grants +1 Armor and +1 Ability Power.
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Skill 1 — Siphoning Strike (Lv.0)
Active: Empowers the next basic attack with +25 range, dealing 30 (+1 AD + Passive bonus) physical damage.
Passive: Killing an enemy with Siphoning Strike gives +3 permanent Q damage.
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Skill 2 — Soul Furnace (Lv.0)
Passive: Gain +4 maximum Health whenever any unit dies nearby.
Active: Grants a shield absorbing 100 (+0.4 AP + 10% Max Health) for 3 minutes.
If intact after 1 minute, you may detonate it, dealing 100 (+0.4 AP + 10% Max Health) magic damage to nearby enemies.
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Skill 3 — Starfire Spellblade (Lv.0)
Passive: Basic attacks deal (20 + 20% AP + 10% Bonus AD) magic damage.
Active: Next attack becomes ranged, dealing additional magic damage equal to (10% + 0.01 AP) of the target's missing Health.
At Level 20, the ranged strike explodes on impact.
Applies all attack effects and spell effects.
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Skill 4 — Feast (Lv.0)
Deal 300 (+0.1 Bonus Health + 0.5 AP) true damage to humanoids.
Deal 1000 (+0.15 Bonus Health + 0.5 AP) true damage to large non-humanoid creatures.
Killing a target grants one stack, increasing max Health depending on the target consumed.