>>5271616“Drain? Touch?” Freeza asks, clearly wary of you now and standing ready to leap into action. “And what exactly does that attack do? Forcibly remove a living being's soul?”
“Not quite that dangerous. After all, it's only a beginner Undead skill. But it does allow me to slowly siphon off someone's life force, and even take that energy and send it into another willing being.” you say, with your arms away from your sides, palms-open so he can see you're not holding any other tricks back. “But to do so, I have to maintain contact with everyone involved. The instant my grip is broken, the ability ends.”
“I see...” Freeza says, a hand going to his chin as he ponders what you told him. “And here I thought you were only good for an assassin, but your toolkit does seem to possess a variety of skills. But, there is one more thing. You said that you could potentially learn anyone's abilities, is that correct?”
“Yes, if I can.” you reply, curious where he's going with this. You haven't seen Zarbon or Dodoria around, but is he wanting you to take on Zarbon's transformation? Or perhaps one of his many dangerous skills? “If the skill isn't class-restrictive, and I have the available skill points I can usually learn it.”
“Skill points?” he asks, raising a brow curiously. You slowly reach into your tunic, and draw out your Adventurer Card. Freeza's watching you intently, no doubt sensing another trick, but you look at your skill points and see that you have four whole points available. So you turn your card around, underlining your skill points available with your finger.
“Here. It says I have four skill points available to spend on skills.” you answer him. “Different abilities have different costs, the more powerful or complex abilities have greater costs.”
“I see. Very well, let us conduct an experiment.” Freeza says, holding his right hand out towards your allies. “How about we see if you can copy my Telekinesis technique?”
Then without waiting for an answer his hand closes as if grabbing onto something, Darkness letting out an 'eep' as he grabs and lifts her with telekinesis. You see her rise off her feet, arms and legs flailing as she tries futilely to get back to solid ground.
“Eeeh?! Kazuma, get me down! I don't like this!” Darkness calls, you seeing none of her usual enjoyment on her face as he raises her higher and higher. You then look back down at your adventurer card, and to your surprise see a new skill under the available skills section. It's there, spelled out for you: Telekinesis! And it only costs one skill point! You can't possibly pass this up!
“It worked!” you call out excitedly, reaching down and pressing the button to learn the skill. And just like that, you now know Telekinesis!
