Undying Warlord

[The host requires 30 Ability merits to undergo the desired change. Is the host willing to sell/remove one of his occupational abilities?]

Dilan smiled weirdly when he saw the system notification but he instinctively knew what he was supposed to do.

“Remove my active occupational ability [Berserk Mana] and purchase the Constitution [Ring of Infinite Elements]!” Dilan ordered the system after he was sure that he was doing the right things.

[The host removed [Berserk] mana to make up for the missing Ability merits. The Constitution [Ring of Infinite Elements] has been purchased.

[[Ring of Infinite Elements] 1st Circle (Sealed)

Everything exists within nothingness, and nothingness originates from the existence of everything.

+The owner of the special constitution possesses flexible and easily adjustable mana that can be used for basic elemental techniques!

+100% Mana recovery

[Sealed]]

Dilan knew that he was taking a big risk by using a total of 30 Ability merits for this technique but he accepted it nonetheless. Sometimes, it was necessary to take a risk to make it big.

Dilan planned exactly that; to make it big!

With that goal in mind, he endured the searing pain that spread out from his left chest. His heart was palpitating wildly and it felt as if someone had pierced his heart with thousands of searing hot needles.

Dilan coughed up blood and his legs buckled under his weight as a sudden weakness overcame him.

The three women turned toward Dilan in shock.

“Dilan!!” Kathrine shrieked in an alarmed tone before she shot toward Dilan.

“What’s wrong?” Yvonne asked, concern evident in her eyes as she bent down to touch Dilan’s blazing hot forehead.

“Darlinnggg!” Victoria was shocked about the sudden happenings around her. She thought that someone had attacked them but that didn’t really make any sense.

“I’m fine, you guys should look out for a suitable technique to learn, whatever that may be!” Dilan ordered before he rested against one of the shelves as he tried to regulate his breathing.

He broke in a cold sweat and tried to calm himself down by taking slow breaths, but the pain was even more excruciating than he had expected.

Dilan had been sure that it would hurt a lot to change his constitution, however, what he was feeling right now was the worst pain he had ever felt. Even being lethally injured couldn’t be compared to the pain he was going through right now.

It was terrifying and Dilan could barely keep his calm by focusing his mind on his heart.

He could clearly feel that something was etched on his heart and that something had manifested around it as well.

Time passed slowly and every hour that elapsed felt like eons, but the pain Dilan felt didn’t seem to decrease. On the contrary, he started to feel worse when his flesh and organs were being moved around and re-aligned inside his body.

Something new was being created inside his body even though there was no place for anything. Yet, when he tried to sense the thing that was being created using his mana, Dilan could only perceive that his heart was pulsating rapidly and that various signs were etched on it, while a ring that circulated around it was being constructed.

The ring forcefully altered his body and Dilan accepted this without any hesitation. He wanted to be in possession of the Ring of Infinite Elements, so he would have to accept everything that would happen, whether he wanted it or not.

‘If I try to reject it after accepting it, I might as well sustain serious injuries…’ Dilan just thought before he activated [Undying] to heal his injuries, while simultaneously accelerating the changes occurring within his body.

He didn’t hesitate to circulate enormous amounts of mana through his body to make sure that everything would work out fine.

His body had undergone many changes in the past and feeling pain was not new for Dilan either. Thus, he ended up enduring everything patiently, until his constitution had finally been completely integrated.

[The constitution ‘Ring of Infinite Elements’ at the 1st Circle has been integrated into the host’s body. The host is able to learn techniques related to [Wind], [Water], [Fire], and the [Earth] element!]

Dilan nodded his head in satisfaction and he got up from the ground after he wiped the blood from his face.

When he had been forced to patiently endure the pain of getting his constitution adjusted, Dilan had received enough time to think about the kind of technique he wanted to bind to himself.

The final result was something pretty simple, something that was perfectly suitable to be used with the new constitution he had gained. It was a semi-passive ability technique!

Semi-passive abilities were both active and passive abilities, and Dilan hoped that the technique he had seen on the first floor of the library could be bound to his Essence Crystal as a passive ability.

He had thought a lot about what kind of technique he should learn and he had initially purchased the Constitution [Ring of Infinite Elements] to make sure that he could learn a powerful technique with which he could deliver a powerful strike to kill Tier-3 or even Tier-4 monsters when necessary.

However, there was something even more interesting he could do!

Semi-passive abilities had a passive effect and a sub-ability that could be used actively, and that was what he was looking for.

“I hope I can find it again…” Dilan mumbled to himself as he rushed down the library floors. He had only seen the name of the technique from the corner of his eyes.

That was why Dilan would probably require quite a while to find the technique he was searching for.

[[Mantle of Elements] requires the host to have a great aptitude toward one or more elements. The host meets the requirement!]

Dilan smiled foolishly when he saw that he could actually learn the Mantle of Elements technique. He opened the book and started reading through it hastily.

It was a pretty simple technique where one sought the help of spirits to reinforce the strength of their weapon by enveloping them with the elemental power one had an aptitude for.

In Dilan’s case, he would be able to seek the help of Wind, Fire, Water, Earth, and Lightning spirits to enhance his strength. Each spirit was labeled in a different manner, and it was Dilan’s task to learn how exactly to do so.

He had to comprehend the whole technique to bind it to his Essence crystal, which was what Dilan planned to do.

The technique itself was already very interesting and something he would love to learn right away, especially since he had an aptitude for multiple elements after his constitution had changed.

Furthermore, by binding the technique to his Essence crystal, things would be a lot more intriguing because he could tell that lots of interesting things would happen when a technique that is deemed as weak would be bound and upgraded.

He got the feeling that the combination of his new constitution, Mantle of Elements, and possibly even his other abilities that were neutral would become something extremely powerful and he looked forward to it.

With that in mind, Dilan sat down and studied the technique day in and day out without fail. He was not sure how many days had passed but when Kathrine and the others had come to inform him that they had learned what they needed, Dilan was almost done as well.

He was not sure what kind of ability they had learned but that was not important right now because he finished comprehending the core information of the technique before a message appeared right in front of him.

[The technique ‘Mantle of Elements’ has been comprehended. The host can bind the technique to his passive abilities if he is willing!]