Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

Soul Link (210)

Soul Link.

It was a rather strange and unpredictable skill that Kai had acquired over half a year ago. Even in this last half year, he never actually got the chance to test it because of the backlash of the skill.

The description of the skill stated that severing the tether between the two connected souls would require temporarily weakening their soul, but how exactly would it be weakened?

Would Kai feel immense pain for a set amount of time? Would his stats be decreased for a while? He had no way of knowing without actually using the skill.

And still, there was the unknowns of the skill.

There were obviously some limitations to the skill, otherwise Kai could just link his soul to a God, steal all of their stats and skills, sever the link and temporarily weaken himself and call it a day. That just seemed way too overpowered for it to be remotely possible, so Kai held back from testing it.

And turns out, he had been correct.

Kai know knew that there were two ways that this skill could be used.

The first method was a consensual linking. The two parties involved would be able to share their stats and skills, but it would be the party that possessed the skill in the first place that would be in control.

For an example, Kai named two imaginary people Marshall and Ted.

Ted possessed the skill Soul Link, and he consensually set it up with his friend Marshall. Ted would be able to give his own stats or skills to Marshall, but he would also be able to take Marshall's stats and skills.

Marshall however, had to receive Ted's permission if he wanted to initiate a stat or skill swap. Even though the link was set up consensually, the party who owned the skill was still in control.

But that also meant that there was another way that the skill could be set up.

It could be set up unconsensually.

If Ted set up the skill with Marhsall, but it was without Marshall's knowledge, the skill would be much more limited.

While before stats and skills could be shared freely in the consensual method, in the unconsensual method each stat and skill received their own value.

A singular stat was worth one point, and skills had varying prices based on their abilities and rarities.

In the beginning of the fight, Kai set up a Soul Link with Ezekial. It seemed like a really stupid move, but it was one that he had to at least attempt.

His plan had been to steal Ezekial's Equilibrium, massively weakening the blue haired man while simultaneously boosting Kai's own abilities.

However, Kai soon realised the issue in that plan.

Currently, with Kai's low level, the maximum value he could take of skills or stats through the unconsensual method of Soul Link was 100.

Equilibrium had a value of 500.

It was an Epic Rarity skill, and when Kai figured that out he couldn't help but shiver. All of that power was only Epic rarity, who knew what it would be like when it reached Legendary? Or even Heroic or Divine? Or what it would be like as a unique skill?

Still, the skill had a value way too high for Kai to even think about stealing, so he was going to give up on that plan and just steal some of Ezekial's stats or another skill or something.

But throughout the early stages of the fight, Kai noticed something.

The prices of the skills were fluctuating.