‘My options are surprisingly limited.’ Yes, he could spend his points to raise his stats, But compared to the chance to spend it on the innate skills would be moronic.

This was a once in a lifetime opportunity literality.

With every mission, he would do the cost would grow bigger and bigger till it would be nothing, but a pipedream to upgrade them.

‘Can I see what would be the upgrade?’

Now he needs to choose the skill to see if its possible.

Remembering the wonders feeling of self-sufficiency Zed chose it for the test.

Do you wish to upgrade Self sufficiency Cost 1 Point Yes No

‘So I can’t see the next rank after all.’ Either way, Zed chose to upgrade it.

Self-sufficiency + Your body has become oddly self-sufficient, it can keep itself functional without outside help to a much greater degree.

Additionally, Increases any type of recovery by 200%

Any status effect is dispelled 50% faster.

A rush of fulfillment assaulted him once again returning that feeling of absolute fulfillment as it lingered in his body once again now for a bit longer, But once again it disappeared.

That ecstasy he felt from upgrade prompted him to upgrade the ability once again.

But he resisted it as his look at his hands that now lacked to show his efforts in training, now they were much smoother. His skin looked smoother overall.

As he looked more, the more changes he saw like his scars reducing in size and visibility.

Even the tattoo on his chest now looked different, fine scales covered the once simple circle.

‘So upgrading an innate skill can bring such changes in me.’ Zed shuddered at the thought of such a mighty force that could change one so much seemingly so easily.

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You don’t meet the requirement for the next upgrade

‘So I can’t just upgrade them fully.’ If you look at the huge changes that the upgrade brings it indeed would be strange if you could just keep upgrading it.

‘It doesn’t even show me the requirements.’

Do you wish to upgrade Second Hearth

Cost 1 Point Yes No

Second Hearth+ You were born with 2 hearts and your body has adapted and optimized itself for it.

Any Regeneration is 200% More powerful

Harmful substances are dispelled 25% faster.

2 streams of heat rushed from his chest traveling through his body as they merged together creating a constant synchronized heartbeat from now on.

‘I can see why others could become a slave to the feelings of rising your innate skills.’ Zed felt if his willpower was lower he could become overly engrossed in the rush of upgrading your innate skills.

Looking at second heart skill again it showed the same text as self-sufficient he didn’t meet the requirements.

Do you wish to upgrade Ancient Hunt

Cost 1 Point Yes No

Ancient Hunt+ You hunt like your ancestors and force others to follow the same rules

In a 10 meter radius of you, heat is increased up to 40 cesium.

Additionally, stamina is drained twice as fast.

While active costs 3% of your stamina and mana every second

Intense heat was expanded from his body as it felt like he was in a desert and every movement would cost additional effort to make. Not to even mention the constant feeling of physical and mental draining.

With a thought, the feeling disappeared.

‘So it affects me as well as those around me.’ Zed contemplated for quite some time about this ability and its potential.

As Zed did some quick math he came to the conclusion that he can keep this ability up for 50 seconds as long as he doesn’t consume his stamina or mana,

So in a real fight at best 30 seconds.

‘As long as I have more stamina I should be able to outlast my opponent, but is it worth it?’.

He regenerates 1% of his stamina every second so running out of energy shouldn’t be that big of a problem as his regen is so high, but using this ability will add that heat to his surrounding which will increase his stamina consumption additionally there is the double stamina consumption.

Let us say a punch where you give it your all costs 5 stamina normally. Now add a whether of 40 Celsius to it how much more taxing would that be? For the example, let us say it would be 10 stamina now double it and it becomes 20 stamina for just one punch.

Now look at the situation you are losing 3% of your stamina and mana every second and each attack cost almost 20% of your stamina at most you could do is 29 damage.

But when you don’t use the ability you could do easily 130 damage not factoring the regen.

Then again that is looking at a clean cooky cutter fight without any substance to it and the many factors that could influence how a fight goes. So, in the end, its a surprisingly tricky skill.

‘I must really choose the situation where I use this ability wisely or it could easily end me.’

‘Now how do I spend the 2 remaining points?’