Chapter 36: Copying abilities

    "That was a cool as fuck line, did you rehearse it or something?"

    Eryndor raised his eyebrows at her. Paulina blushed but refused to say anything.

    Drakarion laughed raucously.

    Paulina smiled, and switched the topic.

    "I think we should tell each other our abilities so it is easier to cooperate during tense situations.

    "We already know about Drakarion''s ability, so it''s the three of us. I''ll start, and I hope we''re okay with it."

    Everyone nodded at her, approving of the idea.

    "I can sense vital points on anything. Whether it''s on the body or on a shield or a sword in the middle of swinging, anything.

    "It includes when you''re in different stances of battle, whether you''re attacking or defending, I can sense the vital points in anything and everything.

    "It also changes with my intent. If I want to sense weaknesses in battle, it shows me vital points for weakness. If I want to heal someone, it shows me vital points important for healing.

    "You get my point, it shows me vital points which are prominent for the purpose or task I have in mind."

    "That''s a pretty useful ability."

    Valentina commented. Drakarion thought deeply for a while before asking.

    "Did you ever use your ability in our spars?"

    Paulina smiled cheekily at him while replying. "Never."

    Wow, she is stronger than I credited her for.

    Eryndor inwardly thought, and reaffirmed his view of his teammates as monsters.

    Valentina spoke after things settled down.

    "Alright, I''ll go next. I can copy abilities."

    Everyone looked at her in astonishment.

    This was far bigger than surprise than anything they had come across. In all the years since the Cosmic Limit increased from 0 to 1, and now from 1 to 2, there had never ever been such a broken ability.

    Eryndor gazed at Paulina who was in the middle of talking to Valentina.

    There''s also the issue of the Sovereign''s Cloak which Paulina might be suspicious about.

    Eryndor had wanted to reveal one of his abilities along with Passive Regeneration which he had told the agents of The Human Federation.

    Since The Human Federation already knew about it, he would of course tell the same to his teammates, but as a sign of trust and to solve some doubts of theirs, he had planned to reveal one more ability.

    What should I do?

    He soon had an answer. He would reveal none of the two, but instead Cognitive Scrying.

    The fact that he had two abilities should temporarily suppress any doubts they had about him possessing more abilities, as it was already incredibly rare to have two. There had never been a case of more than two.

    Just in time, when their talks died about, Eryndor spoke.

    "It seems it''s my turn. My ability is Passive Regeneration and Cognitive Scrying."

    There was silence in the group before Drakarion asked with shock.

    "You have two abilities? So fucking rare and amazing. Damn it, only my ability seems useless now. I was pretty proud of it back when I awakened it. Now my ability seems like I am simply made to be a meat shield."

    Eryndor was more or less relieved that their focus was on the fact that he had two abilities rather than how privacy invading his Cognitive Scrying was.

    But he still clarified himself.

    "By the way, I''ve never used Cognitive Scrying on any one of you. I can''t really give any proof about it so you''ll just have to believe me.

    "Another thing, The Human Federation doesn''t know about my Cognitive Scrying. "

    Valentina beamed at him when he finished speaking.

    "Did we ask you about your Cognitive Scrying? Chill out, just like how you''ve decided to trust us with your ability, we trust you with our boundaries as well.

    "On another note, it seems this is how you gathered clues huh?"

    Eryndor smiled but refused to answer. He went on to tell details about this ability but drastically suppressed their capabilities.

    When they had finally reached the red area, a voice came from the darkness.

    "Are you Eryndor Noctis?"