The Skill Imitator

Chapter 2: Unique Skill: Cherubim

Confirmed. Unique skill Cherubim acquisition Success!

[Note: The Ability with a sharp, keen eye can see one's magic flow, including one's hidden magic skill. Given a dire situation, many eyes will appear in any part of the user's body as needed.]

Confirm. Sub skill: Imitation Magic acquisition Success. 

[Note: Using the Unique Skill Cherubim, sub-skill imitation magic will imitate one's magic skill.]

Confirmed. Extra Skill Sympathetic Magic acquisition success!

[Note: with imitation magic, the user can imitate one's magic skill personality and place it inside a vessel. Thus, the vessel will become the user's puppet, and what happens to the puppet will happen to the imitated person]

Skill?

"We've gained success! It is the start! Our world domination will begin here! Now, we only have one of them, but sooner, we will have an army of unbeatable warriors!" One of them shouted while raising a thick blue book.

I tried to move, but something was stopping me; perhaps it was the red circle light around me.

For some reason, it is now slowly fading. I hope I can move once it's gone.

"However, isn't his horn a little bit different?" One of them asked.

Ain't it?

I hate to break it to you, Mister, but it's fake!

One of them walked towards me. I couldn't see his face, but the smile on his lips was apparent. He is also the one who was holding the thick blue book earlier, and it seems he put it down somewhere.

"Now, I'm going to use my taming magic on him so we can easily put him under our control."

I need to get out of here! But I can't move!

Skill activated! 

His hand lit up in yellow light, and he aimed his hand at me. He remained that way for a few seconds and suddenly stopped, his face revealed when he looked up at me with widening eyes.

Huh? I didn't do anything.

"Is there a problem, Cain?"

The old man in front of me removed his hood, revealing his bald head, and immediately looked back and shook his head. 

"No-nothing, let me just concentrate and stay silent."

His hand lit up in yellow again while aiming at me, but it did nothing.

The red light was slowly fading, and I could slowly feel that I could finally move my hand.

I raised my hand to scratch my head, making him release a lot of sweat on his shiny head.

"Cain, the magic circle is already fading. Hurry up!"

The others removed their hoods, too, revealing that this group was a gathering of middle-aged men who, for some reason, decided to do this shit.

Baldy Cain immediately nodded. "I know, don't worry, it is almost done."

He's still doing the same thing while making a 'please work' face.

Don't tell me your skill is malfunctioning, old man.

He had already used his skill twice; I thought my skill would activate once the target's skill was cast.

Is my skill malfunctioning, too?

I stretched my arms as the magic circle around me slowly faded away.

Baldy Cain walked back and faced the nine people with him, looking at him with great concern. 

"I just thought, rather than influence him with magic, why not show him we're worthy of his assistance?"

The nine people with him looked at him with disbelief; I mean, I would, too, if I were in their position.

Don't tell me he has no plan B. Is he that confident of his own skill?

"What is your plan?"

"I- how about we weaken him first, then I'll just capture him after?"

What does he think of me? A pet?

All of them immediately nodded. "Let's do that; let's weaken it first. Maybe it is still too strong to get tamed."

All of them started to walk towards me while raising their staff. Leading the way was Baldy Cain.

Baldy Cain raised his staff.

 "Come forth and aid us! Frost Tiger and Black Poison Boa!"

At once, two monsters appeared in front of me. A massive white tiger roared as it jumped out of the yellow portal. Along with it was a massive black boa. Both of them were taller than me!

Do these things exist here?!

I could finally move, but an invisible barrier was still blocking my way to get out.

Maybe it's because the red magic circle is still not fully gone.

I have to buy some time.

"Mere humans, you dared to awaken me from my slumber? Do you know the consequences of what you've just done?"

It looked like it was effective; they stopped and stared at me with panic on their faces.

I raised my hand and aimed it at them. 

"You all will face an agonizing death." I clenched my fist.

Baldy Cain looked at the other while shivering.

 "I changed my mind; let's just get rid of him and just summon another one."

"I agree," the nine others said at once while repeatedly nodding.

They aimed their staffs at me and unleashed countless fireballs at the same time; the two summoned monsters jumped on me at once, but the barrier was already gone, and I managed to escape from my approaching demise by jumping away from them, if I didn't jump fast enough, I would probably inside the stomach of the snake right now.

Confirmed: Fire magic Imitated Skill acquisition success!

[A skill that grants the user the ability to invoke and manipulate the element of fire. As well as the other elemental skills, the strength of this skill is dependent on the amount and potency of the user's mana.]

That's it! It finally worked.

Their attacks stopped; maybe they want to check out if I'm still alive.

I've got a skill thanks to them. I don't know how powerful it is when an inexperienced user like me casts it, but I hope it is enough to defend myself.

I raised my hand and aimed at them.

Please work.

"Fire magic."

Before I knew it, the room was instantly covered in fire and everything burned inside it in one attack.

The gigantic fire coming out from my hand was just a straight line of fire, but due to the room being enclosed, the fire was everywhere.

I immediately turned off the magic and ran towards the only exit.

This magic is dangerous!

Yep, I accidentally burned them alive.

The giant boa was gone, the giant tiger was gone, and even the middle-aged men's club was gone, well, almost all of them.

I walked towards the entrance and saw Baldy Cain crawling. His entire body was completely burned and releasing a huge amount of smoke.

His hand lit up yellow-green upon activating a skill.

Confirmed: Healing Active skill Unlocked!

[Confirmed: Active Healing ability Unlocked!]

[Note: Unique Skill Healing has unlocked. However, healing will require mana]

[Confirmed: Sub-healing Skill acquired]

[Note: ability to heal a person one at a time]

However, his current strength was not enough to keep on using it.

"I tried to save the black magic castle, but it still got burned down. How did that happen? It's supposed to be safeguarded by protection magic created by His Highness."

Beats me!

I walked towards him. 

"Such a dangerous item shouldn't exist, it deserves to be eradicated." 

Yep, here goes my only way to get back home. It got burned to ashes by the people who brought me here.

However, even if Baldy survived, I don't think he knows how to get me back to my world. If I'm planning to enslave someone, I don't think I would waste my time on how to get him back. Besides, if they can, they already did it when they noticed they couldn't subdue me.

Baldy Cain stopped moving, so I left him behind and ran to find the exit in this massive stone building.

"The knights are here! We need to," I heard the voice of one of the guards from a distance.

Did he say knights?

I put my hand on my chin. "That would be a pretty bad situation to get in, and there's a good chance that they will treat me as one of these guys and attack me as well."

As a precaution, I'll just take my leave for now.