Chapter 109: Genesis Silk

Chapter 105

Skill Name: Genesis Silk

Rank: S

Description: Grants the user the ability to generate and manipulate supernatural silk with extraordinary versatility. The silk can be attached to virtually any structure, allowing the user to move nimbly between different locations with remarkable freedom. Its properties can be freely manipulated, enabling the user to strengthen it into durable bindings capable of restraining powerful opponents or sharpen it to slice through even the toughest structures.

Furthermore, the silk strings can be woven and shaped into various forms, allowing the user to create weapons, armor, tools, traps, and practically any other object imaginable. The only limits to this ability are the user’s imagination and mastery of the skill.

Mana Consumption: Varies depending on usage.

Orion’s rainbow-colored eyes flickered as he finished reading the skill description.

This was a really impressive skill.

In fact, the more he thought about its applications, the more possibilities began to emerge in his mind. Without even attempting to experiment with it, he could already come up with multiple ways to utilize Genesis Silk in combat and beyond. The versatility it offered was difficult to describe in a few simple words, especially when its capabilities extended far beyond merely producing silk strings.

He could use it to create weapons suited to different combat situations, fashion protective armor around his body, establish traps to restrict his enemies’ movements, or even construct tools to accomplish tasks that would otherwise require entirely different abilities.

And those were only the most obvious applications.

The ability to manipulate the silk’s properties meant that he wouldn’t necessarily be restricted to producing ordinary threads. He could alter their strength, durability, and sharpness according to his needs, transforming something that might ordinarily be mistaken for harmless silk into a dangerous weapon capable of cutting through formidable defenses.

The more creative he became, the more uses he could discover.

And if his mastery continued to improve, the possibilities would only expand further.

Orion couldn’t help feeling impressed. Genesis Silk wasn’t merely an S-Rank skill with considerable offensive potential; it was an ability that could serve multiple purposes depending on how intelligently its user applied it. In the hands of someone with sufficient imagination and mastery, its versatility alone could make it an invaluable asset.

A new system notification suddenly appeared before him.

Ding! Do you wish to learn the S-Rank skill, Genesis Silk?

Yes/No

Orion didn’t hesitate.

Yes.

Was there any reason not to?

The skill was an S-Rank ability, and its versatility made it even more appealing. Refusing to learn it would have been an utterly foolish decision, especially when the system had practically placed such a valuable opportunity directly into his hands.

The moment his choice was registered, another notification appeared.

Learning Genesis Silk...

Ding! The S-Rank skill, Genesis Silk, has been successfully learned!

Orion’s eyes twitched ever so slightly.

What the hell?

He stared at the notification, momentarily wondering whether he had read it correctly.

An S-Rank skill had been learned in less than ten seconds?

No, what was he even saying? It hadn’t taken ten seconds at all. The entire process had been completed in barely two seconds!

Orion rubbed his temple, trying to process what had just happened. He had expected learning an S-Rank skill to involve a more complicated process, or at the very least take longer than the brief moment the system had required to complete it. Instead, the ability had been integrated into him almost immediately, as though learning an S-Rank skill were the most ordinary thing in the world.

He had never heard of anyone learning such a powerful skill at that kind of speed.

Then again, considering everything that had happened since his reawakening, perhaps he shouldn’t have been so surprised anymore.

Orion shook his head, a faint smile appearing on his face.

It seemed his reawakening still had plenty of surprises in store for him, and he had only begun to scratch the surface of what it could offer. Every time he thought he had a reasonable understanding of his new abilities, something else appeared to challenge his expectations.

First, there had been his Origin State and the extraordinary powers it granted him. Then came the rapid increase in his level, the rewards from killing the Webfiend Lord, and now an S-Rank skill that had taken practically no time to learn.

If things continued at this rate, Orion had a feeling that the surprises would never end.

Still, there was something else he was particularly curious about.

His skill slot limit.

Back when he had been a G-Grade Summoner, he had possessed only one skill slot. That limitation had been one of the many things that made his former talent so disappointing, restricting his options and leaving him with very little room to develop a diverse arsenal of abilities.

However, things were different now.

He was no longer the same G-Grade Summoner who had been looked down upon because of his talent. His reawakening had completely changed the nature of his abilities, and the power he now possessed was on an entirely different level.

So, how many skill slots did he have now?

Orion paused, then frowned slightly as another question occurred to him.

Wait a minute. What grade was he again?

He had almost forgotten that particular detail amid everything that had happened.

With a pull of his intent, he brought up his talent information and examined the results displayed on the system screen.

Talent: Origin Summoner

Grade: ????

Orion stared at the question marks for a moment.

Right.

Of course, he couldn’t even determine his own grade.

The system had provided no clear answer, leaving the grade of his newly awakened talent completely unreadable. It was an odd situation, but considering how unusual the Origin Summoner was, perhaps it wasn’t particularly surprising.

Still, the lack of information didn’t mean he had no idea where his talent might stand.

Based on everything he had witnessed since his reawakening, Orion was certain that his grade had to be at least S-Rank. The power it granted him was simply too extraordinary to be placed in any category below that threshold.

In fact, there was an extremely high chance that his talent belonged to the vague SS-Rank category or even the mythical SSS-Grade.

If that were the case, then his skill slot limit should have increased tremendously.

Perhaps he would possess a couple of hundred skill slots, or maybe even a thousand.

Just imagining it was enough to make Orion’s heart beat a little faster.

A warrior with hundreds of skill slots could potentially build an incredibly diverse arsenal, allowing them to adapt to different enemies and situations by drawing upon a wide range of abilities.

If Orion could fill those slots with S-Rank skills, or even skills above S-Rank, the resulting combination would be absurd.

He would essentially become a walking arsenal of power.

Every skill could provide a different advantage, and with enough abilities at his disposal, he could potentially overcome opponents who relied on a narrow selection of powerful techniques.

Instead of depending on only a handful of skills, he would have an entire collection of abilities to choose from, each suited to a different situation.

Of course, that was assuming he could actually fill those slots.

And there was a significant problem with that assumption.

Mana consumption.