Talent System: I Instantly Master My Opponents Skills-Chapter 85: Opportunities Come (6)

Ding! Talent copying has initiated... 0%] 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

As soon as the notification appeared Jason put all his attention on the task at hand, guiding Ezra while using a shoulder massage as a front to copy one of his techniques.

He poured all of his focus into the act, telling Ezra the steps he would have to take to achieve it. Even then he made sure to watch the elders in the distance, he could tell that they were eavesdropping.

"Now remember." Jason began, his voice low so the elders in the distance couldn’t overhear. "Everything I’ve told you won’t matter if this last step is overlooked.

For the last step, try to visualize erasing all the noise in the surrounding, including my voice. Keep trying to do that, canceling every sound that reaches your ear, ignore it.

And now, if you are unable to ignore every sound coming from around you, create your own. With the visuals I gave you, try to give them their own distinct sounds while you practice, this will work to drown the noise from outside."

Jason instructed him on the steps before giving him his own personal advice: sound effects.

Ezra’s body visibly relaxed as he entered his own personal space, he had been tensed up as Jason massaged him, but now in this state his body was free.

[60%... Failure! Host has no affinity for magic...]

[Host can choose a talent to copy: 72 Earthly Transformations, Terrible Cloning]

’I choose Terrible Cloning.’ Jason thought as the list of talents.

[Copying... Copied.]

[200P]

A smile spread on Jason’s face as he received the information on terrible cloning and the additional 200 P, though he knew he now owed -300P.

’I already knew that it was the pinnacle of cloning, but I didn’t expect that just because I copied it, I would be given a new way to get nature energy.’ His grin widened.

Throughout all his years of life he had been forced to wait for nature energy to come to him, now he had a way to get the nature energy from its source.

’Which one would be more effective, absorbing it from plants or from my surroundings? If I take all the nature energy in a tree or a plant, I would only kill the plant off, stopping it from contributing any more nature energy.

But if I take nature energy from the surrounding, plants can always restore it.’ Jason mused, watching Ezra meditating while waiting for something spectacular to happen.

’While extracting it from the trees will be faster, I would only be killing off the source.’ He found it hard to decide on what method he should use.

After debating over it with himself for awhile, he finally decided on the best way.

’The best way to go about it would be to only absorb it from plants if I need it badly, for now I’ll just absorb it from the surrounding.’ He finally decided.

Just as he finished, the spectacle he had been waiting for finally happened.

Ezra’s eyes opened as if he had just woken up from a nightmare, his breathing was ragged, and his heart was beating erratically.

Jason turned towards the Wukong clan elder, but just as he turned to him, the old man reappeared next to Ezra, crouching.

"Young master, are you all right?" He asked, his expression worried.

His reaction was understandable, if anything happened to Ezra he would bear full responsibility for it, something he wanted to avoid.

Ezra gradually calmed down, though he was shaking.

"What happened?" The elder asked.

For a moment Ezra didn’t speak, he glanced towards Jason, the person having a small smile.

Suddenly, Ezra laughed.

"It was nothing." Ezra finally answered, gesturing to Jason. "He helped me finally master image training, so I decided to fight against monsters far above my current level."

The golden-brown haired boy scratched his head embarrassingly.

"And I may or may not have died during it." He added.

The elder from the Wukong clan sighed.

"That’s alright, young master." He said. "But do not practice image training here again, you are to wait until we arrive back at the clan. Do not show weakness here, prove that you are the cream of the crop."

With that, the elder went back to his original spot.

Ezra chuckled once the elder left.

"You didn’t tell him that you used my visuals." Jason said softly, so the elders in the distance wouldn’t overhear. He brought his hand to raise Ezra up.

"Why would I?" He asked as he accepted the hand, he spoke in the same soft voice as Jason. "We’re friends after all."

’Friends? We just met half an hour ago.’ Jason thought but refrained but saying that out loud.

He would let Ezra think that.

"So now do you see the reason I reacted that way?" Jason decided to change the topic from friendship.

"When you looked like you were going to die? Yes."

They talked for awhile.

"You’ll have to excuse me." Ezra finally ended their conversation.

"No problem. It was nice meeting you."

"Same here. Good luck in your fight."

Jason nodded.

He watched as Ezra walked away.

’He left because the elder from his clan called him over, I can tell that he wanted to talk more.’

’Now, I just have to wait until the other clan heirs arrive.’ Jason thought. ’If everything goes the same way with Ezra, I’ll get some more talents.’

Jason knew that Ezra was a good soul, unless he wouldn’t have talked to him.

’Who am I kidding?’ He smiled wryly. ’I doubt that any of them would even bother with looking my way, much less actually talking to me.’

’I’ll have to hope to be matched with them, that way it’ll be easier to make contact with them.’

Jason looked at the entrance to this grand hall, waiting for the other members of the main cast to arrive.

His wish was soon answered as an elder and three teens entered the room.

"The Amaterasu clan." Jason muttered, noticing a central figure in the middle of the three young people.