YM778.TV Chapter 165: Business Minded, First Follower?
A living being crying in excruciating pain within a dark concealed room as the unknown being was carefully skinning it alive with a small tweezer, slowly separating it from its flesh, revealing the twitching muscles beyond, frowning to enhance its focus as the thick blood that dyed its hand already became dry due to long hours of skinning...
After that, he began slowly stitching it, filling the exterior of the skin with unknown materials- maybe adding severed limbs within for fun.
"Probably the core formation realm being was humming a song when he was doing it...
"Also probably showing a hint of joy on his face as the cry of the tortured being was reverberating to his ears.
"This, I couldn\'t anger this Core Formation realm being!\'
Feeling that he was threading in a thin rope- falling toward the abyss if he made a mistake, the teenager began cleaning the ground of the farm, smiling forcefully as he carefully removed the charred parts of the scarecrow and the herbs beneath.
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"Keke~ don\'t feel afraid, that being deserves it. Who told him to become a devoted believer of the Devil and tried scheming to destroy the town?
"Moreover, it even tried to kill me upon noticing their plot? Unfortunately, I didn\'t receive much information on his mouth before he died...
"Still, I really like how devil\'s spawn cry in agony and despair."
Leo explained unhurriedly as his imperceptible figure moved from time to time, causing the beings who heard his demonic voice to instinctively feel extreme anxiety- feeling the anger that ran toward Leo\'s physique reverberating toward their consciousness, influencing them as if the demonic voice of Leo carried unprecedented temptation within.
"Devil!? The devils began to target the town!?"
Hearing this, the eyes of Roy and the man wearing leather armour changed abruptly, making them tense upon remembering the scene of the town before they left- feeling enlightened upon hearing that the devil spawn was scheming toward the town.
"No wonder, the situation in the town abruptly changed when the Nascent Soul being preceding within entered the depths of the Endless Forest to deal with those beasts."
Roy sighed, unknown whether thankful that he left the town before the devil\'s spawn began executing their scheme or sigh due to them being unlucky.
Escaping the impending danger within the town but only to enter another equally threatening den...
Just thinking of it, Roy couldn\'t help but again issue a long heavy sigh of helplessness.
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"Keke~ yes, you all seem aware of the existence of the devil, making further explanation unnecessary.
"Since you all escaped from the town in this kind of dangerous time, I guess you all were finding a place to hide. Did I get it right?"
Knowing where the next sentences were about to get, the expression of the three couldn\'t help but become gloomy- wanting to deny the unknown being words but couldn\'t get the courage to speak to.
"Keke~ Why not stay in this place for a while? You might not know but I\'m extremely hospitable being...
"It\'s quite perfect actually, I already got tired talking to my puppets and toward the decease within the cemetery all day long~
"It might become different if I talk to normal human beings... It would surely ease my boredom~"
Sure enough, the thing that they wanted to avoid the most resounded within their ears, making their expression blank as they laughed mindlessly... Their mind seems to have already collapsed just by looking at the things around them...
They couldn\'t fathom how they were going to stay with those disgusting puppets and bland niches around them all day long.
It would probably make them also crazy, right!?
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Ding!
[ Congratulations upon scaring a being for consecutive 10 times for the first time!
+5,000 horror points!
+6 free attributes!
+1 Medallion of Forceful upgrade! ]
Seeing that the three didn\'t reply after a couple of minutes of momentary silence, Leo grinned demonically before continuing- thinking that he could set rent daily so he could earn extra money. (of course, the basic currency would be horror points!)
Keke~ I didn\'t expect that I was a little natural at doing business...
"Keke~ great seems you all accept... You can use the old wooden house for your current residential area, besides that, carry those two with you..."
Clank~ Clank~
Upon uttering those words, the sound of crisp clinking akin to moving bones suddenly resounded within the dark environment- beyond the thick grey fog that greatly hindered their vision, causing the three to instantly shift their gaze toward the origin of the sounds.
Soon, slowly, the sight of the 2 silver skeletons, carrying two bloodied figures began to unfold toward their sight- exiting the thick fog as their empty sockets glint with ferocious darkness beyond one\'s imagination, making them gulp audible as they immediately scanned the two beings that the silver skeletons were carrying.
"This... My Lo~Lord, did you kill them, did you really kill them?"
Seeing the battered figure of Andress and Khael, to the point that he could almost not ascertain their identities, the teenager couldn\'t help but ask in a soft voice- concealing the dread within his being as he carefully approached the two.
"Keke~ unfortunately, no. I just punish them upon destroying one of my puppets..."
"Then it\'s good. Fortunately, they were still alive... My lord what I meant is, that they really deserve to be beaten, who told them to destroy those beautiful beings!"
The teenager said loudly, secretly wiping the forming sweat on his forehead as he silently gazed at the pale rotten face of the doll in the short distance, cursing within his mind on how good he was at acting!
"Huff~ I almost made a mistake earlier, such an id*otic person!\'
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"Is he serious?"
Roy lightly shook his head upon hearing the whisper of the man beside him, silently gazing at the teenager who was seriously tending the wounds of the two in the distance- clearly also unaware if the teenager was earnest on pleasing the unknown being or just pretending to survive.
However, thinking of the behaviour of the child in the past few days, there\'s a good chance that it was the former.
Sigh...
"Never mind, we had no other choice- every place was extremely dangerous, we could only gamble for luck... Hopefully.\'
"Hopefully, the Goddess of Luck above us grazed his pity toward our pitiful being...\'
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Soon, quietly watching the departing silhouettes of the three men, carefully carrying the heavy bodies of the two unconscious men toward the old wooden house in the far distance. Leo leisurely retracted his gaze, looking at Skeleton #2 on the ground as he secretly gestured toward it.
Clank. (Understood.)
Understanding what his master wanted to convey, the silver skeleton lightly nodded his silver skull toward the surrounding darkness- clanking weakly before unhurriedly and secretly began tailing the 5 humans in the distance.
Clank, Clank (How about me heartless... Almighty Necromancer?)
Skeleton #1 created a crisp clanking sound, staring at the humans in interest before shifting its gaze toward the shadow beside it- clearly also wanting to join the fun...
"You? The pit still needed someone to guard it. Besides that, you will switch with Skeleton #2 every 2 days to observe the humans in case they want to leave the cemetery without giving their rent...
"Moreover, you two still needed to focus on cultivation and quickly strive to advance toward the Core Formation realm!"
Leo said with a frown, knowing that it also started becoming bored from guarding the pit all day long. Although its strength increases daily by absorbing the death Qi of the place, it\'s still unsatisfied with how life works...
(It\'s a normal behaviour of sentient beings, they often do not cherish the thing they currently have and often wish for something that wasn\'t present in them.)
Clank. (Yes.)
Skeleton #1 clanks in a low voice, half disappointed as it begins to drag its skeleton body toward the pit, sighing at how hard the life of skeletons was.
Shaking his head in amusement, seeing the flickering eyes of Skeleton #1 in the far distance, Leo smiled leisurely as he scanned it with his soul scan, wanting to see its progress in the past weeks.
Ding!
[ Mutated Skeleton of Horror +2
Species: Undead
Class Job: Sin of Corruption (Unique +1)
Cultivation Technique: (High-Heaven) Fiendish Emperor!
Innate skill: Eyes of Nightmare +1, Believer of Darkness (Ungraded +1), Seed of Sin (Ungraded +1).
Rules: Rule of Undead Synergy (4%)
Physique: Body of Sin +1
______Atrributes______
Level: Late-Foundation Level 12 (29%)
Free attribute: 0
Health: 200/200
Qi: 340/340
Stamina: 200/200
Strength: 120
Speed: 100
Qi Power: 115
Soul Power: 190
______Skills______
Advanced Intelligence (Rare lvl 5), Stab (Common lvl 5), Sword Mastery ( Uncommon lvl 5), Laugh of Nightmare (Rare lvl 5), Sword Aura (Rare lvl 5), Sharpness (Uncommon lvl 5), Decaying touch (Rare +1).
Class Job Skills: Untainted by Curse (Epic lvl 3), Corruption (Unique lvl 3), Creature of the Abyss (Epic lvl 1) ]
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[ Creature of the Abyss (Epic): Gain basic immunity toward the corruption of the abyss, making one\'s mentality and being unaffected upon being grazed by its aura!
Effects: Mental Energy and Soul Power permanently increase by 10 ]
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