A Risky Fusion

AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME LATER.

I opened my eyes to find that I was back in my bed.

"What was that nightmare…huh….?"

I found my mother crying to my right.

"Mother…? What's wrong?!" I asked frantically.

"Cassian?! You're awake?!" She suddenly shouted.

She hugged me as if I had revived and my father silently entered the room.

"Why would I be dead? Ow!"

Suddenly, she grabbed my ear.

"You unfilial son how could you go outside and pass out on the street?!"

"Now now, evelyn, it's about time he started explori-"

My mother looked back with an angry expression at my father.

"Oh! Ahh, what I meant to say is that you made a big mistake, Cassian!" My father pulled back.

"I'm sorry for worrying you guys but I only passed out because o-"

[All Stats doubled!]

[All Stats +100]

[Your Inborn Devil-Devourer Physique has awakened.]

[You have formed A 4th circle.]

[You Aura has strengthened further!]

So many changes and gains at once caused me incredible excitement.

"Status."

NAME:Cassian Fellsword(John Avery)

MAGIC:4th-Circle (Enlightenment Required to progress)

SWORDSMANSHIP:Expert(Enlightenment required to progress).

DEMONIC ARTS:1st-Ring (Capped).

STATS(Capped):

Physique-999

Energy-999

PASSIVES:[Calculative Mind], [Mana Heart],[Sword Heart], [Aura Affinity], [Chantless Magic], [Mana Recovery], [Healing Knowledge], [Strong Bones], [Energy Storage], [Half-Devil].

[Due to accelerated growth, your aspects have been Indefinitely capped by the natural law.]

"Now that I look at you, you've really grown my son! You're already as big as your father and I tower over most people! Get ready quickly, the royal appraisers arrived faster than expected so you'll have to undergo their appraisal as soon as you can." my father suddenly said.

"Ah, yes i'll be good after a little rest." I muttered out.

"We'll leave you to rest then."

My parents left as I laid in bed with my unkempt black hair covering my vision.

"*Sigh* I should have known things wouldn't be so easy. It seems I can't get any stronger for the mean time. This damned natural law cap just had to appear when I'm still so wea-"

[Reward Calculation Complete! For forming a 4th circle, achieving sword energy, and forming 2 demonic Horns. A path choice will be granted.]

[Alert! A Path Choice Is different from choosing passives. Your choice will lock away a near-infinite number of possible passives and unlock a near-Infinite number of choices. This Is an Integral choice That will completely determine your future path. It Is permanent And Irreversible.]

"This seems important."

4 panels with pictures appeared in front of me:

The first panel had a picture of a man standing in a giant field of glowing weapons stabbed into the ground.

[Armament God: The warrior god's path.]

The second panel had a picture of a man Standing in front of a glowing, mountain sized book floating In midair.

[Supreme Archmage: The magic god's path.]

The third panel had a man with pitch-black skin covered in golden runes, and the tips of his limbs burned a fiery bright color.

[Body God:The physique god's path.]

The Fourth panel had the picture of a man sitting crosslegged on top of an incredibly high mountain with a book in his hands, endless streams of glowing energy flowed into his heart as a giant beast sat to his right and a thousand glowing swords floated around him. Unlike the other photos this man had a face and on it was a warm smile.

[Nameless God: The supreme path of the strongest.]

My brain accelerated and analyzed each description and picture with extreme precision. In an instant I had made my choice.

"I'll choose the 4th [Nameless God]! it sounds good and the picture shows a good variety."

[Choice made.]

Upon making my choice unconscious tears streamed down my face. I wiped and wiped my eyes but the tears kept coming.

"Stop… huh? Why is it…? Why am..I..?"

The tears would not stop and I just kept wiping and wiping with my hands as strange memories entered my mind.

"Who…or..what is this…?"

Memories of one-sided love, betrayals, deaths, and simply put loneliness. Within these memories a loneliness was ever prevalent, happiness was rare and a smile usually cost enormous sadness, as if from birth a depressing path was set. Seeing this reminded me of my first life though I never tasted love nor friendship and the only short term happiness I tasted was from reading the novel. The loneliness of the strongest that sat at the peak of existence was what I understood.

The memories went on for a bit before they stopped, soon the tears also stopped. I was left with a bitter taste in my mouth.

"What a warm smile for a man who lived such a depressing life. Our lives are similar but he definitely had it worse." I was left thinking.

[2 Unique Passives and 2 Active skill will be granted.]

[Active [Unity&Harmony] Granted]

[Active&Passive [Unity&Harmony]: Most things can be fused with each other. Including passives. Many exceptions exist.]

[Active [The Reader] Granted]

[No description available. Currently locked until further progress in the novel's plot.]

[Passive [Transcendent] Granted.]

[Passive [Transcendent]:A man spends a thousand years honing one skill. You see that skill once and you surpass him in mastery. An unprecedented genius that once caused the strongest god endless solitude at the peak of existence.]

"This….this changes EVERYTHING!! I might not be able to grow in strength for a while but that just means i'll be able to completely master what I currently have!"

I felt inside my own body and was instantly amazed.

I suddenly had one of those rare and risky epiphanies.

"Wait, what if If I fuse some of my passives together using [Unity&Harmony]?]

[Fusion target Is Passive skills.]

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Available Skills:

-[Calculative Mind]

-[Mana Heart]

-[Sword Heart]

-[Aura Affinity]

-[Chantless Magic]

-[Mana Recovery]

-[Strong Bones]

-[Energy Storage]

-[Half-Devil]

-[Transcendent]

"This is a giant risk but i'm going all in, Fuse everything!!"

[Processing Skill Fusion….!]

[Congratulations for achieving 100% fusion and becoming one with the system!]

"What does this mean? Where is the skill?"

[Processing Complete!!]

[MYTHICAL Passive [Nameless God's Physique] Granted!!]

[Changes will take place Immediately! Please brace!]

"Hu-"

Instantly, I lost consciousness.