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Chapter 122 The Succubus's Talents and Skills!

Next, Louis examined the succubus's talents and skills.

[Enchanting Voice: Active Ability. Your voice has the power to attract monsters and intelligent beings. All creatures that hear your call will instinctively protect you (the higher the target's intelligence, the higher their resistance to Enchanting Voice)]

[Succubus Physique: Passive Effect: Your body is exceptionally resilient, capable of rapidly recovering from any form of damage.]

[Active Effect: You can transform all suffering into pleasure.]

After seeing the effects of these two talents, Louis's expression turned into that of an "old man's cell phone on the subway."

He could understand this enchanting voice talent; it was the ability of a succubus to summon monsters before she died.

But this so-called succubus constitution is somewhat strange.

Is your torture serious?

Turning pain into pleasure? Louis couldn't imagine what it would be like to feel better the more he was beaten.

If pain reaches a certain threshold and transforms into pleasure, wouldn't that mean—

This is definitely a skill that can easily lead children astray.

Louis made up his mind that no matter what happened, he would never activate the active ability of his succubus physique.

However, his passive effect is quite good, greatly improving his ability to withstand attacks and recover.

In short, these are two useful racial talents.

Louis then checked the three level 1 skills he had obtained from the succubus.

[Charm (Perfect: 100/100): Passive: Greatly increases charm value.]

[Active: You can use your physical advantages to charm intelligent beings you attract. As long as your life is not endangered, the charmed beings will willingly do anything for you.]

[Mana Cost: 3 points of mana]

[Learning Requirements: Innate Charisma stat of 6 or higher (already met), Demonization level of 10 or higher]

Do I attract targets by leveraging my physical advantages?

As a male, the only intelligent beings who can attract me are female intelligent beings with the same aesthetic sense as humans.

As expected, not everyone can use this charm ability.

While both the Empress and Blackbeard consumed the Sweet-Sweet Fruit, the effects they experienced were naturally different.

"Charm" is clearly the core skill of the succubus race. It would be a pity to fuse it, so let's keep it for now.

It might have a surprising effect in the future.

As for the charm value passively increased by this skill, it can be concealed using the "Ordinary Mask".

[Succubus Combat Tactics (Mastery: 44/50): A special combat tactic designed using the succubus's physique. It involves engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy through a strong and resilient body, where every movement exudes physical allure, increasing the success rate of seducing the enemy.]

[Mana Cost: None]

[Learning Requirements: Awaken the racial talent, Succubus Physique]

Upon seeing the skill description, Louis shamefully had the wrong idea.

However, after carefully studying the relevant knowledge of the skill, he discovered that this was not the case.

This is a legitimate close-combat skill that doesn't require any level of demonization and can be learned autonomously; it's also extremely wild and head-on.

Using the succubus's ability to withstand pain and regenerate at high speed, she engages in brutal, hand-to-hand combat with her enemies, eventually killing them outright.

This involves highly advanced combat skills, requiring great flexibility and explosive power, which are also the strengths of succubi.

"My unarmed close combat skills are average, and although this succubus fighting technique is a bit strange, it's a good supplement."

After much deliberation, Louis finally decided to keep the skill.

Then, he looked at the succubus's third level 1 skill.

He was taken aback when he saw the skill description.

[Slave Heart Lock (Perfect: 100/100): Forcibly controls the actions of demons, monsters, and intelligent creatures whose racial stats are lower than one's own. The number and level of control depend on the intelligence attribute.]

[Currently controllable number: 20]

[Note: Even if your base stats are lower than your own, you still cannot control the target if its level is higher, and vice versa.]

[Mana Consumption: The amount of mana consumed depends on the target's racial stats and strength.]

[Learning Requirements: Demon race with a Demonization level of 20 and a base stat total of 30 or higher.]

Wow, this skill is amazing!

As long as the target's base stats are lower than yours, you can control it without any reason!

Louis quickly checked the skill's details and discovered that "Slave Mind Lock" controlled the target's body, not their mind.

The controlled self will remain conscious, but its body will act uncontrollably according to the master's will!

They can only barely break free from control when asked to commit suicide or to do things they absolutely do not want to do.

The only way to break free from the "slave's mind" is to escape.

Once you run more than 1 kilometer away from the controller, you will no longer be under control. However, once you return to within 1 kilometer of the controller, the control effect will be restored.

Without a doubt, even with its many limitations, the "Slave Heart Lock" skill is still ridiculously powerful.

Judging from its effects, this is clearly a skill exclusive to high-level demons.

Even a succubus with high base stats cannot unleash the full power of this skill.

"And what about me? As a human, what would my racial stats be in the demon race's evaluation system?"

Louis couldn't help but think.

Logically speaking, there is no innate hierarchy among humans.

All classes are defined by factors such as power, status, and strength, which is fundamentally different from the strict hierarchical system of the demon race.

Fortunately, after acquiring the "Slave Heart Lock" skill, he also gained knowledge about racial stats.

Race stats are a common criterion used in the demon race's ranking system.

A base stat total of 10 means that this demon's attribute cap is only 10.

For example, the Parasitic Demon's base stats are between 10 and 20, making it a typical low-level demon.

Succubi are a high-level demon race whose racial stats can reach up to 55, and whose attribute cap can reach up to 55, which is equivalent to a demigod.

However, even within the same race, individual racial stats can vary.

For example, the succubus that Louis killed had a base stat total of only 35, which is considered above average for a succubus.

While the concept of racial stats is only prevalent within the demon race, in reality, all races in the world have explicit or implicit racial stats.

For example, the Orc hero unit Tiga.

Orcs typically have a base stat total of 20 to 40, and once they reach their maximum, it becomes very difficult to improve.

Commonly known as a bottleneck.

Orcs who have reached their bottleneck may remain stuck at that level for their entire lives, barring unforeseen circumstances.

But Tiga is different; her base stats are at least 60, with a maximum of demigod level.

So how are the racial stats of the human faction calculated?

In the Demon race's evaluation system, humans are one of the very few races that can improve their racial stats through training.

The method for advancement is the Job Rank Manual.

Take Dina and Nora as examples. Spellswordsmen and necromancers are both rare classes that reach the level of demigods, so their base stats are also above 50.

In contrast, the maximum value of a normal class-specific tome is only 40 to 50, so the highest possible base stat for a normal professional is only this level.

In other words, the so-called high-level demon succubi cannot control any professional through the "slave mind lock".

This is the superiority of the human upgrade system.

However—all non-professional humans have a racial stat of only 10, which is actually the highest level of control among them.

So, back to the main topic, how high are Louis's base stats?

The demons were well aware of this.

The base stats for a hero start at 70 points.

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