The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 135 Doppelganger

"Did the treatment potion work for you?"

"I'm not entirely sure, but perhaps I could give it a try."

"Then let's give it a try."

Klein brought over a bottle of healing potion, and Marion obediently opened his mouth. Inside the dragon's mouth were sharp teeth and a lizard-like tongue.

Klein poured in a bottle of medicine, and Marion swallowed.

"How is it?"

"It seems to be having some effect."

"Then let's drink it all."

Klein gave all the remaining healing potions to Marion, hoping it would recover quickly.

Of course, Klein also left the potion at the plantation, so that Yanami could use it if he wasn't around and she got injured.

After drinking the potion, Klein sent Marion back to the bottom of the lake. Marion's body had not yet recovered, and every movement caused him excruciating pain, so Klein did not disturb him too much.

Let it heal slowly; it's my greatest asset.

Although it can't live without the lake now, it can still use magic, which makes it extremely powerful.

Unfortunately, Marion doesn't know healing magic. If it could learn it, it might be able to heal itself.

Let's find an opportunity to have Yanami teach him.

So what's next... Klein thought about what to do next, but it seemed that things at the lake and the plantation were temporarily done.

Well... the rest is up to him. Klein suddenly remembered that he had gained a lot of experience from touching the Black Tower, but he hadn't checked the panel yet because he had been busy with the rat race.

Klein opened the level panel and found that touching the Black Tower had actually raised him by a full five levels.

In other words, he has now reached LV32, which means that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will gain two more skills.

Klein thought it would take some time to reach level 32, since he was close to level 30. So he originally planned to take the winged serpent dragons out hunting after returning from the rat tribe.

I never expected that the Black Tower would be upgraded. Although it's just wishful thinking, I wish there were a few more Black Towers...

Instead of rushing to look at the new skills, Klein decided to check out the plant ability options first.

[LV28: Bubble Algae, which can create bubbles underwater to store air.]

That sounds interesting.

If an air bubble is created underwater, Yanami will no longer be afraid of choking on water when passing through underwater tunnels.

However, this thing can only be used underwater, so its application is limited. And with the tunnel about to be completed, the underwater option is becoming less important.

Klein hesitated for a moment, but ultimately chose 10% of the base plant toughness. After all, toughness is the foundation of vines; the tougher they are, the harder they are to break free.

[LV29: The water reservoir of the spray seed, when squeezed upon maturity, will spray water, ejecting the seeds and simultaneously irrigating them.]

...Spraying water? I can use vines to draw water from the lake, what would I need these water-spraying seeds for?

Klein silently chose the 10% mana recovery speed option; this ability was utterly useless.

[LV30: Magic-Absorbing Vine, capable of passively absorbing free magic energy from the surrounding environment.]

This is good!

Klein's spirits lifted; finally, a good option had arrived.

"Active absorption" means that unlike the slow and passive recovery of normal magic, it can be intentionally absorbed. Although the concentration of magic in the air is not as high as in a living organism, it is continuous. When magic is depleted in the future, it can be quickly replenished even without enemies to absorb from. Definitely choose this.

[LV31: The leaves of Moonshine Moss transform magic into a soft light that soothes the mind.]

A light that soothes the soul?

Klein thought for a moment, perhaps it could be used to help Yanami improve her sleep, or as a light source when going deeper into the cave later.

To be honest, exchanging magic for light is a bit of a luxury. What he needs more right now is combat power.

Ultimately, Klein chose to increase the base vine resilience by 10% to further enhance the core advantage.

Finally, we've come to the last one.

[LV32: Burst Fruit. The fruit accumulates a large amount of magical energy inside, and explodes upon impact, scattering seeds.]

The Blast Fruit! Klein's interest was immediately piqued.

This feature is somewhat similar to the previous pod, but while the previous one was a sniper rifle, this one is a shotgun, or rather, a grenade.

Now that he can metalize, maybe that will be useful?

After hesitating for a moment, Klein still chose this option.

After selecting all the options, Klein finally arrived at the part he had been most looking forward to.

A new skill! I'm so excited just thinking about it.

Opening the talent panel, both of Klein's talents have become LV3.

First, there's the [Individual Talent: Parasitic Plant LV3], which grants a new ability: [Recycle].

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What does it mean? Judging from the skill name alone, it's hard to tell what it does, but since it's an upgrade of plant talent, it might be a skill related to plants.

[Recycling LV1: Recycle your own plants and convert them into magic.]

[Recycling Magic: Increases with plant quality.]

[Upgrade: Gain experience over time.]

Upon seeing the description of this skill, Klein's thoughts trembled.

This...this is incredible skill!

What has been Klein's biggest worry all along?

It's because the magic isn't enough!

Klein's abilities are all based on his own magical energy consumption. Growth, movement, magic, and skills all require magical energy. Once his magical energy is exhausted, Klein is nothing more than a weed that grows a little more.

With this skill, Klein can recover some of the magic he has consumed. While he still can't do that outside, he has plenty of vines in the plantation.

The plants accumulated in the plantation are like Klein's magic reservoir. As long as he's in the plantation, Klein is the strongest... right?

Although Klein wanted to imagine it that way, in the end, having magic power without ability is useless, and he didn't even know what the conversion rate would be.

Anyway, it's certain that the magic consumed by accelerating growth won't be returned 100%, right?

Klein didn't think it was that good.

Next up was another talent. Just as Klein activated it, a text suddenly popped up in his mind.

[Detected that the reincarnated person has... come into contact with... an object under incorrect circumstances... and has gained special skills, accelerating the mission...]

What does that mean?

[Individual Talent: Reincarnator LV3], has gained a new skill: [Clone].

But before Klein could even decipher the meaning of the text, a new ability popped up and replaced that section.

Split into two bodies...?!

Just seeing the name made Klein excited. In his understanding, any ability related to creating clones was bound to be strong.

Klein couldn't wait to check the details of the skill.

[Clone LV1: Creates one and only one clone. The clone is the second original body and inherits all the abilities of the first original body.]

The clone and the original share the same soul, and the soul can be transferred regardless of distance, with each transfer consuming 100 points of magic power.

The clone and the original do not share magic power.

There is only one clone, and it cannot be recreated after death.

[Upgrade: This skill upgrades when the corresponding talent is upgraded.]

After reading this unprecedentedly long description, Klein was so shocked that his thoughts became blocked.