BXBX NOVEL Chapter 136: Assimilation (7)
Meanwhile, Jake worked on his muscles and warmed up before a short training session.
It was a necessity everyone should do before any significant workout!
Medusa was also gone and back to her tattoo.
She was waiting for her master patiently.
Finally, Jake activated the newest skill and felt its effects take over him!
In Medusa's case, her tattoo reacted differently than Wukong's. It stretched and became longer, weaving around Jake's limbs and torso. Medusa's snake rested on Jake's right shoulder.
The snake was thicker and more significant than ever before. It coiled around Jake as much as possible, bathing him in warmth and power.
It wasn't all.
While Wukong's transformation extends toward Jake's head and draws a unique design of the monkey king on his face, Medusa's tattoo entirely turns Jake into a snake man. Wherever her thick form couldn't reach him, her tattoo scales did, painting Jake in the scales from head to toe.
Because he was handsome and better than average-looking men, the new form suited him.
It was arresting in its unique way.
[You have assimilated with the legendary existence, Medusa.]
[Medusa has entered the battle.]
[Five minutes of cooldown has been applied.]
[You and Medusa are too weak to bear the burden of the assimilation.]
[The Assimilation between you and Medusa has been lowered from the legendary grade to the common.]
[The Assimilation lasts one minute.]
[Your stats have been updated.]
[Archer(Medusa) Lv. 23 HP: 2000/2000 MP: 2700/2700]
[VIT: 549 STR: 960 INT: 1669 DEX: 1403 END: 1098]
[You have temporarily unlocked The Medusa's Slick Scales(Legendary)]
[Your body can't bear the burden of the new skill.] NovelFiremp yr content
[The Medusa's Slick Scales have been lowered to the common grade.]
Jake's stats in his assimilation with Medusa were much different for two reasons.
He wasn't drunk, and Medusa's power was her high intelligence.
She was also a snake, so her dexterity was also high, making it her second strongest aspect. She was the existence who could apply her natural disposition to her skills and make her poison as fast as her form or even faster!
This was something that Medusa hadn't been aware of until now.
Her assimilation with Jake and their shared stats helped her understand her origin and unlock skills lost in her bloodline.
"Slick Scales? What exactly it—" Jake muttered, only to fall onto his rear as he tried to take a step forward.
From up above, Ender's screeches boomed. Those were directed at Medusa, who dared to take his spot on Jake's right shoulder! He gazed at them with his pathetique expression, ensuring Medusa heard him.
Those screeches usually sounded so adorable, but Jake could now feel so much of Medusa's feelings that he began to get irritated at his baby eagle.
He calmed himself down and stood up.
Alas, he fell onto his side as his right hand slid on the ground.
"What's going on?" Jake said.
He turned his right hand around and stared at his palm. He couldn't see any liquid or anything slippery, yet he was falling down as though the ground beneath him was polished.
He could guess enough from Medusa's skill name but decided to look into the skill and read its description.
Jake had to be fast as he only had one minute of the assimilation.
In the meantime, Ender kept yelling at Medusa.
He was in such a good mood that he didn't even think he'd get his master snap at him.
Jake shouted, "Can't you be quiet for a second, Ender?! Shut up!"
Swallowing his pride and enjoyment, the baby eagle silently stared at Jake.
Jake didn't even pay him any attention as he read Medusa's skills.
Tears welled in Ender's dark eyes. He was a baby eagle at the end of the day. This kind of different side of his friend hurt him no matter how much he tried to reason with it.
He turned around and flew away, leaving glittering stars in his wake.
Odin chased after Ender as much as he could and eventually found him.
Jake noticed the lack of the baby eagle and sighed… he'd deal with that later.
He strained to stand up and said, "I get it… this skill allows you to be a snake whenever and wherever you want, allowing you to crawl on any structure, be it down or up, at your own pace. It also makes everything slippery for you to crawl on. It's truly a skill for the queen, my lady."
Medusa replied with an avalanche of feelings, her tattoo burning.
Jake smiled, "A minute is not enough to master it… but this skill gives me an idea. I like it."
It was the idea that would help his archery and enable Jake much more, so both felt excited for the future. Jake also saw that his mana was higher than his health points, meaning he could rain skills from afar in this form and be a different kind of menace to his enemies.
Having so much variety pleased him a lot.
Jake took out his bow and an arrow. It was hard to hold them while Slick Scales were activated, but Jake decided he'd begin training right here and now! He tried to release an arrow and failed.
His smile didn't fade.
Jake took another out of his quiver and continued this practice for a few precious seconds left.
After that, Medusa disappeared.
Embers of her feelings were still in his heart, but Jake already returned to himself and was thinking of his baby eagle. He looked around Viktor's workplace and found out that these two must have left the house and went outside.
Jake told Viktor and Aaron he'd be back soon and left outside to find his two precious companions.
These two weren't alone.
"I've been waiting for you," said the high-level assassin.
Jake narrowed his eyes.