Talent Swallowing System

‘Ding,

Starlight City’s leader swore his allegiance to the host.

‘Ding,

、(ᴄ)ᴏm Congratulations to the host for gaining a new subsidiary city.

‘Ding,

A new reward has been unlocked in the [City Conquering Tab]. Please check it.

As soon as Wilson finished his words, Leo received a series of system notifications, making him surprised.

‘What? How did he swear his allegiance to me so soon?’

Leo was not surprised that he received a new reward from one of the system features [City Conquering Tab]; instead, he felt it a little unbelievable that Wilson swore his allegiance to him so soon.

Another reason why Leo wanted to take Wilson under his was to get a reward from the [City Conquering Tab].

Even though he could get it by killing Wilson and replacing his place with one of his followers, Leo felt it was a time-consuming process. Since Wilson was not as bad as other city leaders, he decided to get the reward by making him swear his allegiance to the host.

But who would have thought it would be over before he could use his plans?

‘Did he admire the Talent Swallowing Hero so much that he was ready to swear his allegiance to me?’

With that thought in mind, Leo shook his head and muttered, ‘Who cares about it? Since the system announced his allegiance, I don’t have to worry too much about it.’

‘Ding,

Item Name: Spatial Meeting Room.

Use: A huge room that lets the host and city leaders of his subsidiary cities hold his meetings without coming out of their city halls.

Note: Other than the city leaders, only a few people that were permitted by the host can enter this mysterious meeting room.

Soon, Leo checked the details of the reward he received for getting a new subsidiary city and thought, ‘It can be useful to gather all my city leaders and know how their cities are doing.’

“Since you have my support, are you going to take care of the [Supreme Market].”

Initially, Leo thought to destroy the [Supreme Market] to make Wilson become his follower; however, Wilson had already become Leo’s follower after a few words from Leo.

Therefore, Leo decided to use Wilson to clear the [Supreme Market].

“…”

Even though Wilson has the support of the Talent Swallowing Hero who was already a level 2 supreme-ranked hero, he still hesitated a little to go against the ‘Order of the Black Tower’.

However, when he thought about all the atrocities that the secret organization had done, Wilson didn’t hesitate anymore and said, “Yes, Sir Talent Swallowing Hero. I will take care of it.”

‘If something happens to me, the Talent Swallowing Hero will protect my family.’

For most city leaders, Talent Swallowing Hero was a nightmare; however, for Wilson, he was the true hero who could go against anyone who does evil.

For some reason, Wilson was assured that the Talent Swallowing Hero would protect his family. That’s the reason why he swore allegiance to him.

In the end, it all comes down to how one looks at things. Wilson looked at Talent Swallowing Hero from an angle who doesn’t hesitate to take down evil families.

“Wait until a huge truck leaves the city before erasing the [Supreme Market].”

Seeing that Wilson was about to summon his army to tak down the [Supreme Market], Leo stopped him and asked him to wait for some time.

“Huh?”

Wilson didn’t understand; however, he decided to wait silently.

“Actually, I thought to give this to you before I leave this city. I will just give it to you now.”

After thinking for a moment, Leo threw a black-coloured crystal at Wilson and said, “I think that the talent inside that crystal will be very useful to you.”

“Huh? But, I have already awakened and even have two talents.”

Wilson didn’t understand why would the Talent Swallowing Hero give him a talent crystal when he was already awakened.

So, he asked Leo about it.

Generally, an awakened player could not use the Talent Awakening Crystal if they were already awakened unless it was a special one; however, the one that Leo gave Wilson looked not special. So, Wilson thought Leo was toying with him to pass the time.

“Fool. It’s a special talent crystal. Use it and you will get a talent ‘Star Bullets’ which will cover for your lacking long-range attacks.”

“Stop joking, Sir. Even though I didn’t see any special talent awakening stones, I have read some records about them. They look completely different from what you have given.”

Leo didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry because earlier Wilson acted like he had absolute trust in him; however, even a minute didn’t pass and Wilson was not believing his words.

“Fine. Just give it back if you don’t want it.”

Leo shook his head and decided to take it back; however, he saw Wilson swallow it in a single gulp while saying, “Since Sir Talent Swallowing Hero has said it is a special awakening stone, then it is a special awakening stone.”

‘…’

Leo was speechless at Wilson’s words.

‘Swiish’

Soon, Wilson’s body shone with a bright light as he awakened a new talent [Star Bullets].

Leo had received two talent awakening crystals by devouring the supreme-ranked beasts in the [God Ruins].

Since Wilson needed some surprise moves when the ‘Order of the Black tower’ came, Leo decided to give one to him.

‘Since he is already a supreme-ranked hero, it won’t be a problem for him to upgrade it to level 9 in a short time; however, if only my [Talent Promoter] can let me upgrade my follower’s talents just like how [Absolute Devour] is allowing me to give away the talent awakening crystals, it would have been.’

Leo thought of upgrading the [Talent Promoter] to supreme grade because he believed that the supreme-ranked [Talent Promoter] would allow him to upgrade his followers’ talents.

‘But, it is still at level 8 and will take quite some time. So, I can’t rely on it before the ‘World Assessment.’

Leo stopped thinking about it and looked at the excited Wilson.

He was already happy to have two talents that allowed him to become the city leader of Starlight City.

Now, he received another talent. Moreover, it was a long-range attacking-type talent that he really needed.

“Thanks, Sir Talent Swallowing Hero.”

Soon, Wilson came out of his excitement and thanked Leo before saying, “Before the world assessment, I can upgrade it to level 8 or even level 9.”

Since the supreme-ranked heroes had a lot of energy in their bodies compared to the rank 9 or below-ranked heroes, they could use the talent so many times in a single day.

Because of that, their potential for that talent would rapidly increase. So, Leo was not worried much about it.

“Upgrade it to rank 9.”

Leo threw colourful crystals at Wilson and ordered him to upgrade that talent to rank 9.

“Talent Advancement Crystals?”

Wilson was not surprised because they were not as rare as the normal talent awakening stone.

“After taking down the [Supreme Market], the ‘Order of the Black Tower’ won’t stand still and would send a few strong supreme-ranked heroes.”

Suddenly, Wilson thought about Leo’s earlier words of ‘leaving the city’ and hurriedly asked, “I don’t think I can take them all on my own.”

“Who said you will be taking them on your own?”

Leo replied with a cold smile under his mask.

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Next Bonus Chapter’s target:

1) Luxury Car, (or)

2) 900 Golden Tickets (840 / 900).