An Extra’s POV

A Skill was essentially something one earned, or it came as a privilege from the world.

In both cases, they represented a special ability that a person possessed. Usually, Skills were meant to evolve, not disappear from a person. Since Skills were an intrinsic part of a person—especially those earned—they were a permanent addition to the individual.

Skills, in a sense, could not be created nor destroyed.

… But Rey was an exception.

By using [Merger], he essentially bent the rules a little. He broke down Skills and used them to mold new ones, or more advanced versions of one.

This, in a way, was still following the rules… but teetering on the edge.

However, the complete breaker was [Sacrifice], which caused the permanent loss of Skills, changing them to Stat Points.

In this case, the nature of the Skill was changed into another kind of power—Stats.

It was possible that Skill essence could be lost in the process, but ultimately, Skills would be converted to something else—never fully destroyed in a sense.

Still, according to the rules of the world… Rey could no longer use any of the Skills he had fed to sacrifice. He also couldn't use the Skills that were combined using [Divine Merger] to make his current Skill-set.

"Tch. This sucks…"

Once again, Rey found himself listening to Ater's lectures as they discussed the current problem.

All of this started when Rey asked Ater about what happened to his Inventory, going further to explain the whole [Divine Merger] and [Sacrifice] bit.

The short version of Ater's answer was:

"Your inventory and everything inside it is gone forever."

In essence… all of Rey's money, resources, and everything that he had kept within that space were completely lost to him.

It was beyond devastating to hear.

the more I realize just what I've lost by giving up

were just a part of his

unless I use Magic or change

natural to him, so looking at the slight difference in this one Skill, and applying it to a lot of others, showed just how frustrating

prevents you from copying the same Skill from a target

How did

indeed copy Skills from anyone an infinite amount of times, your problems wouldn't be

a sigh as he

if he could combine two [Divine Beast

Tier Skills, he figured it

since he could always copy them from his classmates and those around him

But…

copy my own Skills from myself. I can't copy

the Skill only once per person. Hence, he would have two [Fire] Skills. However, he couldn't ever repeat the process on either of them. If a third person with the same Skill came about, he could

what Rey understood about his power; hence,

the terms, I won't ever be

for sure, since he would need to find a new target who had at least one of the exact Skills he sacrificed and see if he could

then I really fumbled with the Immortality and Resistance Skills. Damnit… what was

get the better of him, he calmed

his feet. As he dusted his butt, despite there being no real need

then. There's no use sticking

wasn't disappointed. He managed to lose all three of

Alicia. It was practically impossible for anyone in this

not a bad deal,

about the binding vow? Don't

an eyebrow and stared at Ater's confused

that the usually sharp and competent guy

can't do

"Oh? Why?"

do that

"Oh? Why?"

egg in my Inventory, remember? All the items inside are gone, so… it's pretty much lost to me forever." Rey felt a little annoyed that he had to explain all