I Reincarnated As A Stick

Chapter 194: Perks of Experience Sharing

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

With incredibly fast speed, the multiple Theresas went ahead and stopped in front of the bookshelves that were in the skill room, their eyes glowing a faint red after they made sure that they were in an optimal position in front of each bookshelf. Not long after that, a red light emanated from their eyes, covering all of the bookshelves in a faint red light as the skill room was temporarily dyed red.

Fortunately, this did not last long, with the red light emanating from the eyes of the multiple Theresas dissipating around ten seconds later as all of them flew up from their positions before merging into the Theresa hovering on Aurus’s left shoulder a while ago. It then made its way towards Aurus’s shoulder before respectfully bowing as it said, “The Master’s request has been fulfilled. Theresa has successfully numbered the bookshelves in this room relative to the position of Master, with the first few bookshelves the Master could see in front of him having low numbers while those in the back have high numbers.”

“Theresa has counted that there are exactly 25 bookshelves in this room, with the first 5 bookshelves all having skill books of the offensive category, the next 8 bookshelves all having skill books of the defensive category, and the last 12 bookshelves all having skill books of the supportive category,” Theresa continued with her explanation, to which Aurus responded, “Good job, Theresa. You’ve done well.”

“Thank you, Master!” Hearing Aurus’s words of praise, Theresa smiled, radiating an aura that seemed to melt a person’s heart once they looked at its smile. Of course, Aurus was affected by this as well, prompting him to thank the heavens once more in his mind. Nonetheless, he did not lose sight of his goal on this slightly impromptu trip of his, manifesting a soul vessel above his wooden sculpture head a few seconds later.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

He then went on to split the soul vessel into 64 partitions after realizing that partitioning the soul vessel into 16 did not put that much of a burden on him anymore. Of course, this was all due to the [Pentatasking] skill.

Ding!

“Oh! Master, [Pentatasking] has reached the maximum level. Would you like to evolve it?” As a notification sound resounded in his mind, Theresa went ahead and told him about the notification, as well as his choices. Unsurprisingly, since he was aiming to make his foundations as strong and solid as possible, he unhesitatingly replied, “Yes, evolve the skill.”

Whoosh!

Thankfully, just like before, the evolution of skills did not take long, with Theresa saying a few seconds later, “[Pentatasking] has been evolved to [Hexatasking], Master. By the looks of it, the Master can split the soul vessel even further after the evolution?”

“Well…the burden on my soul has significantly decreased compared to before,” Aurus replied to Theresa’s query as he added, “But I think 64 soul balls is more than enough for what I need to do. I still need to allocate some of my soul’s strength for unlikely situations.”

“Of course, I also have you to help me, Theresa,” Aurus continued before letting out a chuckle. In response to this, Theresa lightly chuckled as it replied, “I am indeed here to help Master! And so, with that in mind, what are the Master’s next orders?”

“Hmm…” Aurus pondered over the question for a bit, looking at the numerous skills in front of him, waiting to be learned and fused by him just so he could increase his strength and get a better evolution path. Just as he was thinking about something along the lines of what skills he should absorb first, a spark of inspiration flashed in his mind, with the thought accompanying it being along the lines of ‘Is it really possible?’

“Theresa,” Aurus said a few seconds later after obtaining that spark of inspiration, to which Theresa replied with, “Yes, Master?”

“Could you pull up the description of [Experience Sharing] for me?” Aurus asked, to which Theresa nodded with slight glee as it replied, “As you wish, Master! Also, it seems that the Master is used to the previous commands. Theresa doesn’t mind if you use the previous commands~!”

“Good to know,” Aurus said in response as a slightly corporeal screen appeared in front of his field of vision an instant later. After declining an offer from Theresa to read the words written on the screen in her voice, Aurus hastily skimmed through the description of the skill and let out a chuckle after multiple thoughts in his mind collided with one another.

With the multiple thoughts fusing into one complex thought, Aurus muttered with an aura of slight excitement, “It seems that…even though I’m far away from you, Argentum, you’ll obtain an even better platform of improvement compared to when I started out. You better not waste the skills I’m going to send you, okay?”

Ding!

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[Experience Sharing] (Lv. MAX)

Grade: Unevolvable

A unique skill that has various requirements in order to be obtained. The most common feature of such a skill with this name is for two entities to share memories and experiences, allowing one to tutor the other through the usage of memories. Of course, there are also rare variants of this skill that offer even more than that, but the requirements are extremely stringent.

Due to the user’s first and second body containing the same soul, three variants of the skill have been unlocked for both bodies to use.

> First variant: [Memory Sharing]. It allows the two bodies to share memories and experiences.

> Second variant: [Sense Sharing]. It allows the two bodies to share the senses of their bodies with one another. It could range from the five basic senses to pain, with even the sharing of the sensation of pleasure not being impossible.

> Third variant: [Reward Sharing]. An extremely rare variant of the skill that is only unlocked when the two bodies both have Perfect Systems. It allows the two bodies to share every reward one body would obtain with the other.

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“[Sense Sharing] is something that was already unlocked ever since Argentum was still an Animate,” Aurus muttered as he realized that [Experience Sharing] encompassed three branches. He then pondered as to why more variants were unlocked for him and Argentum to use, eventually coming to the plausible conclusion that after the illusion on Argentum had been removed, the connection between the two had become closer.

“We both have the same memory, so I guess [Memory Sharing] is related to sharing memories that have recently been obtained or something,” Aurus continued to think out loud before letting out a chuckle that radiated an aura along the lines of ‘I’m a genius’. He then said, “[Reward Sharing]…I wonder if the difference in the existence level would hamper this?”

“Well, there’s no other way to know other than to try it out, right?” Aurus laughed before he went ahead and controlled the 64 soul balls hovering over his head towards the multiple bookshelves, with the intent of learning all of the skills on the bookshelves.

Alongside this, Aurus commanded Theresa, “Theresa, enable [Reward Sharing]. After that…”

“Learn all of the skills on the bookshelves.”

“As you wish, Master,” Theresa respectfully replied as a faint connection had been established on Aurus’s soul not long after, with the connection slightly tugging on his soul. After this, Theresa said, “[Reward Sharing] has been enabled, Master. I shall now help out the Master’s soul balls in learning all of the skills in this room.”

Whoosh!

Splitting up into multiple smaller Theresas once more, they went ahead and moved towards the bookshelves that Aurus’s soul balls had not touched yet, hastily learning all of the skills on those bookshelves one by one.

And so…

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

A plethora of low-leveled skills were soon added onto Aurus’s skill list.

“[Wind Evasion] has been obtained.”

“[Breeze Bomb] has been obtained.”

“[Iron Will] has been obtained.”

“[Soaring Gust] has been obtained.”

“…”

“…”

With a monotonous voice resounding in his mind, relaying to Aurus the skills he had obtained from the bookshelves, he was on full alert as he waited for a unique notification to come up.

Ding!

Eventually, after a few minutes or so, a notification that stood out from the others had soon come, resounding in Aurus’s mind as he listened to it with an aura of pride.

“Due to the [Reward Sharing] skill, the active skill [Wind Barrier] has been shared with Argentum. Unfortunately, due to the difference in existence level, the efficacy of the shared skill has been diminished on Argentum’s side.”

“I guess I still can’t ignore the fact that there’s a difference in our existence level when sharing rewards,” Aurus lightly laughed as he looked at the soul balls and Theresas hastily learning all of the skills on the bookshelves with a gaze of slight awe. Back then, he knew for a fact that he wouldn’t be able to learn all of the skills in a matter of a short time, that was why he delayed learning all of the skills in this room to a time when he could do so.

And today, was that time.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Amidst the low-level skills Aurus had learned, a few of them would be shared with Argentum, making Aurus feel slightly jealous. He wondered where he would be if he had someone helping him out as well behind the scenes, but then, he stopped thinking about this, radiating an aura of expectation instead as he muttered, “With this boost, I wonder how strong of a Super Animate would Argentum become in the future?”

“Hello?” Just as he was about to endure the monotonous voice of the system’s notifications resounding in his mind once more, a lively voice resounded in his mind, with him hastily recognizing who was behind this voice was. Aurus soon replied to this question with a light chuckle as he replied in his mind, “Oh? If it isn’t Argentum. Missed me after you just left the Tempest Cliff?”

“To be honest, I was grinding all of the skills on my list, including the ones you transferred to me before I left the Tempest Cliff,” Argentum’s voice soon resounded in his mind, which was followed up with a sigh. Not long after, his voice continued, “But…what’s this [Reward Sharing] thing? And how are you sharing so many skills with me?”

“[Reward Sharing] is something I’ve unlocked after you became my clone,” Aurus decided to explain it to Argentum as he added, “You also have access to this.”

He then continued, “As for the skills…do you remember the Tempest Cliff Inheritance?”

“Tempest Cliff Inheritance…” Argentum repeated Aurus’s last words with his reply, which was followed up with his shocked voice, “You mean…the skill room?”

“Bingo,” Aurus replied with a chuckle. He then added, “Don’t you think I’m kind? Boosting your abilities and specialties even further before you reach Verdant Breeze Town?”

“Not gonna lie, I just think you’re adding more burden onto me,” Argentum responded to his question before letting out a slightly exasperated sigh. Just as Aurus was going to give Argentum some motivation to grind all of those skills, Argentum’s laugh could be resounding in his mind, which was then followed up with, “But…if I complained early on, I wouldn’t become the strongest Super Animate in existence, right?”

“Keep those skills coming, Aurus. Once I come back from this trip, I’ll show you how much I’ve improved!” Argentum said in a confident tone, to which Aurus let out a short chuckle before responding, “I’ll be an X-grade Inanimate by then, but sure! I’ll be glad to fight against my clone!”

After that, the conversation between the two was finished, with Aurus not hearing Argentum’s voice in his mind anymore, being replaced with the monotonous voice of the system’s notification once again.

Fortunately, this situation only lasted for a short while before the notifications of the system were finished coming, prompting Aurus to get fired up as he manipulated all of the soul balls he sent to fuse back with his body as the multiple Theresas fused as one before heading back to hover above his shoulder.

“Master, with the help of your soul balls, you have successfully learned all 1255 skills from the 25 bookshelves in this room,” Theresa said after sitting on Aurus’s wooden shoulder, to which Aurus could not help but become inwardly shocked at the number of skills he had learned. He could not help but ask himself, “Did this skill room really have that many skills in the first place?”

“Kevin…where did you get all of these skills from?” As he thought about the massive number of skills he had learned, he could not help but think about Kevin, the previous owner of the inheritance. Although he bore a grudge against him since the clone he had received with his help was not even the real one, he was still in awe at his abilities.

“Master, what would you like to do next with these skills?” After noticing that Aurus’s mind was unoccupied, Theresa asked him this question, to which Aurus unhesitatingly responded, “Fuse all of the skills that are compatible with one another. Make sure all of the skills are fused to its limits.”

“As you wish, Master,” Theresa respectfully replied to Aurus’s words before letting out an awkward chuckle as it added, “But…”

“What’s wrong?” Aurus asked Theresa.

“Er…Master, you don’t have enough experience points to fuse all of these skills.”

“…Give me a second.” After a moment of silence, Aurus replied to its words as he connected with a certain being in his mind.

“Oi, Argentum.”

“Give me back the unused experience points.”