Carter picked up the skin of a woman. This action was too graphic to even let anyone imagine what was going on.
But he managed to get the skin and used the Terror Skin.
In front of the shiny metal plate was not the Terror Witch no more, but a living breathing female. Of course, if someone were to cut her up, they would be able to see the horrifying reality underneath.
'Neat ability. But this is just a downgrade from Ghost's Disguise Skill.'
System Ghost's Disguise allowed him to transform to anyone without the need of a skin. However, there was something valuable in Terror Witch.
Level 4 Acting in Awaken Rank. Carter called upon the power of the skill and quickly, he understood what was the difference.
His natural Mortal Acting Skill allowed him to fake anything. But it was still him acting it. It wasn't real.
The Awaken Acting was different. Carter felt weak. Like he wasn't a Terror Witch. But instead a true innocent girl that knew no better.
He pinched himself. It hurt. A feeling that the Terror Witch shouldn't have.
'What if I wasn't a weak female. What if I was a female Eldritch Knight?'
Immediately, he felt a sense of nobility inside him. An urge to protect the innocent and strike down evil.
Carter smiled, 'I must have this skill. It is integral to raising Synchronization.'
But before he did anything else, he checked the remaining skins.
[Terror Woman]
[Rank]: Awaken
[Star Level]: 2
[Ability]: Terror Form (Awaken); Terror Warp (Awaken).
- Terror Form (Awaken): Living beings are naturally afraid of you. You can transform into a shadow and crawl through tiniest cracks. You will die if you touch sunlight.
- Terror Warp (Awaken): You may warp the sense of direction of a being, making them unable to travel normally.
[Skill]: None
[Item]: None
'This one is very similar to Terror Man. The Terror Warp Ability is strong. But it had nothing else.'
[Terror Climber]
[Rank]: Awaken
[Star Level]: 6
[Ability]: Terror Form (Awaken); Limbs Extension (Awaken).
- Terror Form (Awaken): Living beings are naturally afraid of you. You can transform into a shadow and crawl through tiniest cracks. You will die if you touch sunlight.
- Limbs Extension (Awaken): Your limbs can extend three times their normal length.
[Skill]: Level 6 Free-Running (Awaken); Level 6 Climbing (Awaken); Level 4 Terror Fight (Awaken)
[Item]: None
[Terror Walker]
[Rank]: Awaken
[Star Level]: 5
[Ability]: Terror Form (Awaken); Living Sense (Awaken).
- Terror Form (Awaken): Living beings are naturally afraid of you. You can transform into a shadow and crawl through tiniest cracks. You will die if you touch sunlight.
- Living Sense (Awaken): You may sense any living being near you.
[Skill]: Level 3 Toughness (Awaken); Level 4 Self-Recovery (Awaken); Level 1 Terror Fight (Awaken).
[Item]: None
'Limbs Extension? Living Sense? More unique abilities again.'
[TERROR CLIMBER EQUIPPED]
Carter transformed again. He was a humanoid creature with extremely long limbs.
He reached his hands up and they stretched out, touching the ceiling easily. Then he pulled himself up and stuck on the ceiling.
'So this is what an Awaken Climbing Skill does. It can help me stick to any surface without even holding on anything.'
[TERROR WALKER EQUIPPED]
Then Carter transformed into a muscular Terror with arms as big as its head. Its body was very heavy. As Carter tried to walk, he understood its name.
Because of its large and heavy frame, walking was its only movement ability. It couldn't run nor jump. But it was very durable.
Its skin was as tough as metal and its flesh was no ordinary either. Bullets wouldn't do a thing to Terror Walker.
Carter looked to the direction of the entrance. He could sense the men up there through the wall.
'Living Sense, huh? If I absorb the power of this skin. Living Sense and Toughness Skill are my priorities. But there's more, the Self-Recovery Skill…'
Carter clenched his fist and smacked his own finger, causing it to bend backwards. But within seconds, it healed and returned to normal.
'Self-Recovery is also a good contender… Now the Skin Fusion.'
Carter had collected three identical Terror Wolf Skins. He called upon the Infinite Skin System and chose the vortex icon.
A window with a blue and pink vortex appeared.
[Please insert three identical skins]
[Any Synchronization will be reset]
'Reset Synchronization? That's a shame. Oh well, let's try it.'
[-3 Terror Wolf (Awaken)]
The three skin cards appeared and fell into the vortex. It began to spin aggressively. The three skins were reduced to dust and formed a new skin card.
[+1 Terror Mutated Wolf]
[Terror Mutated Wolf]
[Rank]: Awaken
[Star Level]: 6
[Ability]: Terror Form (Awaken); Possession (Awaken).
- Terror Form (Awaken): Living beings are naturally afraid of you. You can transform into a shadow and crawl through tiniest cracks. You will die if you touch sunlight.
- Possession (Awaken): You can possess and take control of a body of the same species as you. You will not die because of sunlight if you're inside a possessed host.
[Skill]: Level 9 Perception (Awaken); Level 6 Bite (Awaken); Level 6 Dog Fight (Awaken); Level 1 Rage (Awaken).
[Item]: None
[Synchronization]: 0%
The Star Level of the skin was raised to 6 from 3. Its abilities were the same. All of its skills were raised a few levels. The biggest difference was Perception, jumping from 4 to 9.
One new skill was added, the Rage Skill.
[TERROR WOLF EQUIPPED]
Carter tried on the new skin immediately. He was once again the six-eyed red wolf. Howe, the wolf was much larger this time. Its snout was even longer. And the number of teeth in its mouth was uncountable.
Carter felt the difference right away. All of the wolf's attributes were raised.
The wolf ran around in the hallway. It was faster, stronger, and even more relentless.
He tried not to cause too many noises to avoid drawing attention to the men at the attention.
'Well. Fun's over. Let's pick which power I should retain from Eldritch Knight.'