The priest went over to check Lliw's condition.
" What happened to him?" The priest asked, as his hands shine with a bright white light.
" Just get it over with please" the old man said impatiently
The priest drew out his staff and the crystal on it's head glowed with a green light.
A vibrant energy flowed into Lliw's body and his malnourished body soon regained it's vigor.
The light shone for a full ten minutes before it finally dimmed down.
"Ugh… cough cough" The priest coughed laboriously.
" I don't care- cough! What arrangements you have with his Majesty…I want you to make a big donation to the temple of light." The priest said with heavy breaths.
" Tsk, fine." The old man said.
" now leave, I've got some business with him."
The priest Left the room while clutching his stomach and coughing.
After the priest Left, the old man's hands shine with a pink light and a strange symbol appeared on Lliw's chest, the same symbol shone on the old man's hand.
Lliw woke up with a horrified expression.
His eyes were red and quickly darted across the room seemingly in search of something.
"looking for me?" A voice which made Lliw sick to his stomach rang in his ears.
Vigilance filled his eyes as he turned to his right where a harmless-looking old man sat upon a wooden chair.
Lliw felt heat rise to his head, his fist clenched so hard he lost feeling in them.
" hehe, my lovely what's with that look?" The old man asked with a toying Expression.
"Anyway, I know what must be going through your head at this moment." The old man said indifferently.
" you probably feel mortified, Angry, loathing… hehe. Well let me tell you, you're not the first person I've seen with those eyes. There were many others like you…many more" The old man said with an evil grin that made Lliw's stomach convulse and threatened to spill all it's content once more.
" However, I am not an unfair person. You have done me a service so I will repay you." The old man said and snapped his bony fingers lightly.
A strange symbol manifested itself on Lliw's chest.
[Ding!]
[You have received a gift- Dark strengthening]
[ Dark strengthening : use the power of darkness to improve yourself.
- (Passive)- +30% to all attributes when in a dark/ dim environment.
- (Active) - +50% to selected attribute.
- Mana cost: 200
- Duration: 1 minute
Lliw didn't even care about the notification in his eyes, he didn't even read it.
" well, how is it? Is it fair?" The old man asked with a proud smile.
He was sure that with this, this would all be settled. It had worked perfectly in the past, this time should be no different
"…" Lliw said nothing, he just stared at the old man. The intense hatred in his eyes was enough to convey his stance.
" Hehe you're a tough one to please." The old man said and snapped his fingers once more.
Another symbol appeared on Lliw's chest.
[Ding!]
[ You have received a gift – Dark wings]
[ Dark wings : Use the power darkness to temporarily gain flight.
- + 100% spd in flight.
Mana cost: 100 per/ 10 m
" How about now?" The old man asked, his grin getting wider.
"…" Again, Lliw just silently looked at him as he suppressed the hatred with his heart.
He would have long left but his body felt too weak to move. He could only silently endure the hateful sight in front of him.
" Ugh, you're quite the greedy one aren't you? Well no matter." The old man chuckled and snapped his fingers once more, granting Lliw another Ability.
After confirming that Lliw was not impressed, he granted him another Ability and another and another…
This process lasted for a couple of minutes before the old man lost his cool.
" What in the stinking swamps of Trove is wrong with you? I have given you more than 30 abilities and you're still insatiable." The old man said icily.
" let me tell you, don't be too greedy or you might end up getting nothing at all. Now I'll give you one last chance, accept the gifts I've given you and lets put this event behind us or I'll take them all back and kick you to the streets" The old man said venomously.
Lliw didn't take his threat seriously and just snorted contemptiously.
The old man was taken aback by Lliw's stubbornness.
" Sigh, have it your way then." The old man sighed regretfully.
" Are you sure you won't reconsider?" the old man asked a final time and sighed again when he received no answer from Lliw.
He snapped his fingers and a myriad of symbols appeared on Lliw's chest. Next, the symbols began to fly out of his chest and into the old man's hand.
Lliw just stared blankly without a change of emotion.
" Well, you and I have nothing to do with each other anymore. Your strength should return after a day of rest" The old man said and disappeared.
"Aaaarghhh!!!" Lliw roared furiously, his voice filled with anguish, bitterness and powerlessness.
He bitterly suppressed the tears that threatened to escape from his eyes in numbers.
After brooding for an unknown amount of time, he finally mustered enough strength to leave the bed.
He wore the clothes he had spawned with.
As he was about to open the door, it opened from the outside.
Outside stood an old man in valiant golden armor.
"Haha little man, how are you doing?" The old man with a heroic aura laughed sunnily and put his hand on Lliw's shoulder.
Lliw's body tensed up and he felt like all the hair in his body stood on end.
Without thinking much, he launched a kick to the old man's groin.
" Hehe, calm down" the old man easily caught Lliw's foot.
A green energy burst from the old man's hand and wrapped itself around Lliw's body.
" Come on, let me show you something." The old man said and the next moment, they burst through the castle roof and flew into the sky.
Lliw didn't care about the marvelous sight before him or the fact that they were flying, he struggled to free himself so that he could attack the old man- alas to no avail.
Smack!
The old man smacked Lliw on the head- of course there wasn't much force behind the attack or lliw would have lost his life right then and there.
Although he didn't feel any pain, the smack still achieved it's purpose, Lliw finally stopped struggling.
"great you've calmed down. Now we can finally get down to business." The old man said.
" This isn't my real face" the old man said