My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 37: Acoustic Positioning

Raine understood what Chris meant—’interested in the combat skill Shield Bash’—but directly asking him how to master the skill seemed too forward, so Chris used the term ’exchange’.

"Alright."

"The mission just ended, let’s take a day off tomorrow and meet the day after, do you have time in the morning, Raine?" Chris said happily.

"Sure, see you in the morning the day after." Raine nodded and said. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Count me in." Grande suddenly chimed in.

"Okay." Raine smiled.

Reya was a little curious, usually, Chris and Grande had a lot of exchanges, but why did both of them want to exchange with Raine this time?

Reya’s eyes shifted slightly, and she decided to watch them after two days.

....

Half an hour later.

Back in the inn room, Raine finally had the opportunity to closely examine the newly obtained Giant Vampire Bat icon.

It was an icon of a Giant Vampire Bat spreading its wings, gliding, and as Raine placed it in the fourth and final bloodline slot and pressed it down, the originally black and white icon immediately became vivid.

And Raine immediately felt a strange transformation happening in his body.

His throat, around the vocal cords, seemed to have tendons rapidly strengthened, giving him an urge to clear his throat.

At the same time, his ears began to be filled with a multitude of chaotic sounds, as if he were in the most bustling market of his previous life, the sounds from various sources crashing into his eardrums, flooding his mind.

However, after a brief discomfort, Raine found that as long as he slightly focused his attention, he could hear the originally small and fuzzy sounds clearly, for example—

’The adventurer in the next room seems to have found a courtesan, and the creaking of the bed and the courtesan’s soft gasps come like a symphony.’

’In the corridor outside the room to the right about two meters away, a rodent seems to be carefully crawling, the scratching sound of its claws with the floor barely audible.’

’Downstairs, Lady Lorna is reciting a menu to a guest...’

"Sure enough, my hearing has been enhanced!"

"I must have gained the hearing talent of a Giant Vampire Bat."

This made Raine immediately check the system panel:

[Name: Raine]

[Class: Farmer]

[Blessed Bloodline: Goblin Warrior Bloodline ×1, Cold-Enhanced Goblin Bloodline ×1, Wild Boar Warrior Bloodline ×1, Giant Vampire Bat Bloodline ×1,]

[Bloodline Talents: High-speed Reproduction Lv3...Strong Lv1....Low Light Vision Lv1...Frost Affinity Lv1...Brute Force Lv2...Thick Hide Lv2....Sensitive Smell Lv2...Hammer Mastery Lv1...Sensitive Hearing Lv2]

[Spell-like Abilities: Freezing Ray Lv1, Barbaric Charge Lv1, Echo Location Lv1]

[Power: 5 (+3)]

[Agility: 5 (+1)]

[Constitution: 5 (+3)]

[Intelligence: 7]

[Perception: 5 (+2)]

[Charm: 5]

...

Raine immediately noticed that in the bloodline talents, there was an addition of ’Sensitive Hearing Lv2’.

Sensitive Hearing Lv2, effect: Your hearing is greatly enhanced, allowing you to clearly distinguish small sounds within a 50-meter radius.

"Indeed, although it’s a monster, the basic biological characteristic is still there, bats have very keen hearing."

But soon, he was attracted by the spell-like abilities below.

Originally, there were two spell-like abilities, now an additional one was added, bringing the total to three.

Echo Location Lv1, effect: You can release high-frequency sound waves to detect small creatures and obstacles within about 50 meters ahead.

(Note: In narrow passages, detection distance will be extended.)

"Echo Location?" Raine’s eyes lit up.

Even in his previous life, he had heard of this famous ability of bats.

Bats don’t have great vision, but by continuously emitting ultrasonic waves, they can navigate freely in narrow, winding, and twisting caves.

"So, just now the tingling itch in my throat was the strengthening of my vocal cords, allowing me to emit high-frequency sound waves?"

Raine began deep in thought but the next second, he closed his eyes and slightly opened his mouth towards the side of the room near the door, making a deliberate sound.

In an instant, a peculiar feeling surged in Raine’s heart.

Though he had already closed his eyes, with a slight movement of his ears, he received the sound of sound waves returning after hitting obstacles, and in his mind, it was as if a three-dimensional map of the room appeared after a radar scan.

Though composed of lines, it could clearly make out the shape contours of various objects.

"Amazing!"

Raine couldn’t help but smile after opening his eyes again.

"With this, even in foggy conditions or complete darkness, I can always find my way forward."

"No, not only that, but I can also actually always have a grasp on the movements of enemies hiding in the darkness."

A flash of insight crossed Raine’s mind, like a lightning bolt piercing the darkness.

Because he remembered that bats in his previous life hunted by quickly locating moving prey through multiple short and nearly continuous ultrasonic waves.

Thinking about this, Raine’s face lit up with joy even more.

He opened the window quickly and then slightly opened his mouth towards the street.

As his throat trembled slightly, unstoppable joy gleamed in his eyes.

"It really works!"

"Now, even in dark tunnels or caves, there will most likely be no sudden ambush from enemies."

Like a child with a new toy, Raine stood by the window, continually testing this newly mastered spell-like ability.

Through continuous testing, he nodded repeatedly.

Half an hour later.

"The consumption of spiritual power is tiny, but the strain on the vocal cords is quite a bit."

Continuously releasing ultra-high frequency sound waves undetectable by human ears, Raine felt his throat a bit dry and hoarse.

Returning to the center of the room, Raine took a sip of water, and then his attention shifted to the Giant Vampire Bat icon in the 16-slot inventory.

"Time to fuse the bloodlines."

Raine naturally didn’t forget that four ordinary bloodlines could merge into a higher-level bloodline.

"After all, just the ordinary Giant Vampire Bat Bloodline has given me Echo Location Lv1, so what about a higher-level bloodline after fusion?"

As Raine placed the four Giant Vampire Bat icons on the bloodline slot and concentrated.

The system prompt appeared:

[Cannot bless four same-level identical bloodlines. Fuse? Yes/No]

"Yes!"

Without hesitation, with a slightly excited heart, Raine quickly chose ’Yes’.

The next instant.

The four identical Giant Vampire Bat icons suddenly twisted and blurred, and then three icons disappeared in an instant.

At the same time, the Giant Vampire Bat image in the first slot grew stronger, with longer and wider wingspan, and sharper fangs.

When Raine focused on the new icon, a new icon name surfaced in his mind—’Giant Bloodsucking Bat Leader’.

"Leader?" Raine looked delighted.

Clearly, this was a higher-level monster than the ordinary Giant Vampire Bat.

And when the ’Giant Bloodsucking Bat Leader’ icon was activated, Raine’s smile grew even brighter.