Hero of Darkness

Chapter 562: The Living Hack

Two more days passed since Kahn and the Abyss Knight general aka Blackwall started their blacksmithing skills lesson and practiced 7 to 8 hours a day under Throkʼs supervision.

In just 2 days, Kahn also noticed that he was improving bit by bit and not mindlessly banging his hammer without the grasp of the metal on the anvil and how they wanted to shape it.

And on the third day… Kahn finally received a notification in his head.

[Skill Unlocked!

Blacksmithʼs Hammering (F Rank) (Active) :

Allows the host to manage the force delivered in each strike while hammering on different parts of the metal or alloy.

Current progress : 6%

The host can increase his mastery just like Weapon Mastery and Combat Techniques Mastery blessings in this skill by practicing and increasing his proficiency.]

”Yes!” exclaimed Kahn after hearing this unexpected notification.

He found it extremely useful that the blessings could also be used to improve his blacksmithing skill, unlike his previous assumptions.

And it would be just like he practiced combat techniques and weapon mastery, he now had a way to improve these skills as well.

This news had a big impact because if this applied to blacksmithing skills… then it could help him in other lifestyle professions and their respective skills as well.

Obviously, there was no shortcut just like in the former cases but he no longer had to be anywhere else or had to manage a fiefdom.

Money, resources and even upgrades in his weapons and armor… he was getting all of it for free. So Kahn was going to dedicate all of his time to blacksmithing and raise his rank in this profession as well.

”Wait a minute…”

Just then… a thought came into his mind.

”System… can my weapon mastery, magic spells, combat techniques as well as world energy be shared if my Doppelgangers also learn and practice them? Can I receive them from my doppelgangers?” he asked curiously.

Because the doppelgangers were able to absorb mana and world energy through Rathnaarʼs core, convert it into space force and share those reserves with Kahn when they deactivated and all of it passed to the original body.

[Now that host is a saint and the doppelganger skill has evolved to Saint Rank… it is possible.] replied the system.

”Holy shit! This changes everything!

Show me the newly evolved version of Doppelganger skill.” ordered Kahn.

[Following is the new upgraded version of the Doppelgangers skill :

Doppelganger (Saint Rank) (Active) (Upgradable) :

Allows the host to create an identical copy of himself with all of the hostʼs skills and abilities for 75 seconds. The range of this ability is 15 Kilometers.

The Doppelganger will share the mind connection and vision with the host and they all share a soul connection with him so the skill mastery, combat techniques mastery, weapon mastery and magic spell mastery can be shared after the new evolution of the skill to Saint Rank.

The host will also be able to increase his proficiency and rank up his skills that are learned and practiced by the doppelgangers.

Note : The Doppelgangers will have 65% of all of the hostʼs stats. The activation time will increase with the increase in the hostʼs levels and rank.

In case the Doppelganger dies, it can be revived again after 30 minutes.

The host can extend the time of activation indefinitely as long as the doppelgangers have high-grade SS Rank cores or ores to sustain their existence.

1 SS Rank core is enough for one doppelganger to continue existing for 2 hours.

5 more doppelgangers will be added with each new rank up in saint stages.] informed system with all new details.

”Muhaha ha ha!! Haha ha ha!!” laughed Kahn like a maniac.

”Why do I keep forgetting that Iʼm basically a living hack these days after all those abilities and skills I absorbed.

This one… is the most helpful in saving time.” he said with a wicked smile.

Since all the doppelgangers shared a direct soul link with him and thus the transfer of energy and mastery was also possible… this opened another door for Kahn.

And after his rank-up, they could stay active for 2 hours just with 1 SS Rank core instead of only 1 hour before he became a saint.

”Great! This means I can simultaneously study magic, perfect my weapon mastery and improve all my skills that I already have, study and enhance my magic study and skills…

I can also continue studying space law and even learn and improve my blacksmithing skills.

Means Iʼm accomplishing 4 different tasks all at once!” he said in exhilarated voice.

”Since I already have my space force reserves full… letʼs allocate all the doppelgangers to a particular task and keep all of them busy.” he said and tried to think of ways to use this another cheat ability of his to maximize his gains.

Kahn then decided that he will use 5 doppelgangers to practice blacksmithing after he acquired skills by himself. Later, the doppelgangers will also get the ability and through them… he will increase his mastery and proficiency.

Then he allotted 5 to practice magic and space law.

This way, he will also greatly improve his use of mana, world energy, and magic spells that he was going to study from the books he got from Solomon, who himself was an elven mage.

And finally, he decided to put the remaining 5 to practice all of his new fighting skills, abilities and weapons as well as combat techniques that were unlocked after he became a saint.

The ones he previously had were already at 100% mastery but the newly unlocked ones and the upgraded ones also needed a lot of work to perfect. But because of his blacksmithing training… he wouldnʼt get enough time for them even if he started training at early dawn.

So as a result… Kahn would have a perfect mastery in these sectors and wonʼt have to waste time or wait to become free.

Kahn then made a new resolution in his mind.

From now on… he will work endlessly with one clear goal in mind.

That whatever field it was…

He was going to become the best of the best!