'Then... Other races exist? Aliens?' Shin shivered at the thought but remained calm. Although it was a very scary thought, the idea that humans weren't the only intellectual entities that exist was after all, already embedded into their minds by the existence of portals that lead to dungeons that are filled with monsters.
Next he looked at the right side. On the right side were the skills that Shin could buy using stat points and crystal stones.
He looked at the skills.
Body strengthening skill.
Rarity: Common
- increase the toughness and sturdiness of the body by 40%. Making it much harder for enemy attacks to pierce the skin. Costs 10,000 MP when casted and lasts for 5 minutes.
Price: 1,570,000kg of Crystal Stone and 1,500 stat points.
'Woah, that's very pricy. And this is only one of the skills that are listed as having a common rarity! What more of the higher rarity skills??' Shin thought to himself as he gasped.
Fly skill
Rarity: Uncommon
- give the user the ability to fly in the air like a bird. Consumes 15,000 MP per minute used.
Price: 13,700,000kg of Crystal Stone and 5,000 stat points.
'A flight skill!' Shin's eyes shined in delight. He imagined the feeling of flying through the skies and being able to travel to one continent to another.
He kept on looking at the other skills. There were skills that were much more common in video games like the Fireball skill and many more.
Shin was excited. He looked at his inventory and saw that he has more than a hundred million kilograms of crystal stones!
He pondered for a moment and then decided to first buy a skill that would help him grow skin on the left part of his, be it temporarily or permanently.
'System, display the skills that will help my appearance change into what it was before' Shin ordered the system.
[Ding Ding! Displaying skills]
[Ding Ding! Skills displayed]
In an instant, numerous skills appeared in front of him like a screen.
A Beauty Skill, a face altering skill, a physique changing skill, and even a d*ck enlargement skill!
Shin felt speechless.
'Who made this system? And why the hell did he put a d*ck enlargement skill in here?'
'Does he have a small peepee or something?' Shin thought to himself as he couldn't help but chuckle.
'How am I supposed to choose when there are tons of skills listed in here??' Shin complained.
'I got it! System, list down the skills that have a rarity of rare and up. Appearance altering skills that will depend on my mana and not having any time limit.' Shin ordered.
[Ding Ding! Displaying skills]
In the blink of an eye, more than 20 skills appeared in front of him. His eyes skimmed through each and every one of them. Some were ideal but the effects were the same as another skill but has a higher price. After reaching the 22nd skill, he finally decided upon a skill called:
Transform
Rarity: Epic
- Alters the users appearance into anything that he wills to. Be it monsters or humans. The user will not only have the appearance of the thing that he wants to transform to but also the aura, the bearing and the voice of the thing which the user wants to copy. Consumes 30,000 mana to activate and will consume 50,000 mana to deactivate. This skill cannot be leveled up.
Price: 46,000,000kg of Crystal Stones and 15,000 stat points.
Shin looked at the stat points and he felt his heart ache.
'Those stat points that I could use to increase my stats... They're all gone...' Shin's heart bled.
'But I need this skill.' Shin gritted his teeth and then bought the skill.
In an instant, the skill called Transform entered the left part of the Skill Tab and then appeared in his current skills under Active skills.
He looked at his remaining Crystal Stones and Stat points
Crystal Stones: 54,000,022kg
Stat points: 11,585
With just the purchase of one skill, both his crystal stones and stat points were halved.
'With this I can change into a normal person again...' Shin consoled himself.
He instantly put 10,000 stat points into intelligence since he noticed that he could now control 50,000 undead creatures and his mana would play a much more crucial role in his play style.
CURRENT STATS
Name: Shin O. Salazar
Age: 18 (human), 1 (ArchHalfling)
Class: Death Overlord
Race: ArchHalfling
Moniker: The First
HP: 2638/2638|5,238|(20,238)
MP:111,260/111,260 (27,169)
Level: 57(250/3200)
Fatigue: 34
Eye Color Rank: Orange (Fragmented Divine Purple Eyes off)
Purple( Fragmented Divine Purple Eyes on)
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Remaining Stat points: 1,585
Strength : 526(15,526)
Agility : 521(15,521)
Perception:320(15,320)
Vitality: 520(15,520)
Intelligence: 11108(26,108)
Stamina: 520(15,520)
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SKILLS
Active Skill:
Transform (Cannot be leveled up)
Class specific skills:
Undead Lvl 3
Hand of Death Lvl2
Bone Manipulation Lvl1
Ball of damnation Lvl1
Gravity Manipulation Lvl1
Shadow Globe Lvl1
Spirit Gate Lvl1
Race specific skills:
Dark Harness Lvl1
Fear Lvl1
Evolved Lvl 1
Passive Skills:
Tomahawk Mastery lvl-3
Quick Reaction: lvl-2
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Innate ability:
Fragmented Divine Purple Eyes
Shin activated the Transform skill.
In an instant, skin started to grow on the left part of his body again. Hair appeared and even his left eyeball was there again. In the blink of an eye, he appeared no less than what he was before evolving into an ArchHalfling.
He decided to not spend his remaining stat points and save it for later.
He willed for the Current Stats tab to close and so it did.
He inspected the battlefield with a smile.
"My King" Samson said.
"Oh? Why are you standing?" Shin asked intrigued.
Samson's face changed and then he hurriedly said, "I was worried about you My King since you were screaming in excruciating pain earlier. That's why I stood up and then went to your side."
"Hmmm... Alright but you are still going to kneel. For a week in the void. Until your punishment is done. You shall remain there." Shin said.
"I hear and obey" Samson lowered his head.
In truth, Shin didn't really care if Samson kneeled or not. It was only a show of force that although he may love them and care deeply for them. He was still someone whom they should respect otherwise they shall brace themselves for the consequences. However, since it was the Former Orc King that disrespected him and not the Samson at this moment, Shin wasn't too hard on him and just let him kneel in the void.
"Samson, tell all of them to form an orderly line. Have Quilge stand a step behind you and Wrath by my side." Shin said.
"Yes My King" Samson replied with a nod.
He then ordered everyone to position themselves and then told Wrath and Quilge to go to their positions per Shin's orders.
Wrath was standing in front of Shin. Shin smiled as he looked at his furry minion.
"You've gotten a lot stronger" Shin said.
Wrath shaked his head up and down as if he was nodding.
Shin patted him and then jumped towards the top of Wrath's head.
He surveyed his Undead Army with a smile.
The sight of looking at thousands of Undead Creatures that all have the same purple eyes and the same purple glow/aura. He didn't know why but he felt very satisfied and proud.
"You've all done well" Shin said with a smile.
"Thank you My King!" Samson hurriedly replied and then kneeled on one leg. The other Undead Creatures also roared happily in response and then kneeled on one leg.
Shin smiled.
'System, can you give me the levels of each and every one of my Undead Minions and convert them into ranks from E to S'
[Ding Ding! Scanning levels]
[Ding Ding! Scanning complete. Would you like to display the levels?]
[Yes or No]
'Yes'
In an instant numbers and names appeared in front of Shin.
4,456 - Lvl 38 Rank: Undead comparable to a Rank C SMB
1,387 - Lvl 49 Rank: Undead comparable to a Rank B SMB
Samson Lvl 1 Rank: Undead Lord comparable to a Rank A SMB
Quilge Lvl 18 Rank: Undead Commander comparable to a Rank B SMB
Wrath Lvl 42 Rank: Undead General comparable to a Rank C SMB
[Ding Ding! The 1,387 Lvl 49 Rank: Undead are asking for your permission to be promoted to an Undead General. Do you consent to their promotion?]
'So they too can be promoted?' Shin thought to himself.
'Yes' Shin thought.
The 1,387 Undead Creatures instantly roared as they each transformed.
Each and every one of them had dark circle like shadows beneath them. From those dark circle like shadows appeared numerous skeleton hands that enveloped every Undead Minion. The Undead Orcs grew even taller. Reaching a height of 8'5ft and their muscles even bigger. The Skeleton Soldiers also grew even bigger, reaching a height of 7'5ft. Now their frames were much bigger and they were all wearing a black armor and helmet that covered their entire being. Each of them was equipped with a sword and a shield. Their helmets had horns on them.
They all roared as they were promoted to a higher rank.
[Ding Ding! 1,387 Undead Creatures promoted to Undead General]
[Ding Ding! Recalculating stats]
[Ding Ding! Stats recalculated. Displaying stats]
4,456 - Lvl 38 Rank: Undead comparable to a Rank C SMB
1,387 - Lvl 1 Rank: Undead General comparable to a Rank A SMB
Samson Lvl 1 Rank: Undead Lord comparable to a Rank A SMB
Quilge Lvl 18 Rank: Undead Commander comparable to a Rank B SMB
Wrath Lvl 42 Rank: Undead General comparable to a Rank B SMB
'Maybe it is like in games where a promotion will only happen when they hit a certain level and to my Undead Army, that level is level 50' Shin thought to himself.
He looked at his newly promoted minions in satisfaction.
[Ding Ding! Your earlier command to record the information on your Undead Army has long been finished. Would you like to view it?]
[Yes or No]
'Hmm? Alright. Yes' Shin thought.
It was weird for the system to suggest first rather than him ordering it to do so.
'Was this because of that Memory Fragment that I acquired?' Shin thought to himself.
[Ding Ding! Displaying information]
[Your Undead Army have all gained levels. They all are to be promoted to higher levels. However, for example, Samson who is a Rank A monster when he was alive will certainly be more powerful than a newly promoted Rank A monster. The ranks, E,D,C, and B are easily traversible and will not require them to be promoted but only reach level 49. However, the rank A is a threshold which they shall be required to be promoted since the lowest stats of a rank B is 50 while the highest is 100. While the average stats of a Rank A is 1000 points. When a Undead General reaches level 50 again, they will be promoted to the rank of Undead Commander. However, their strengths will only increase to halfway towards Rank S. An Undead Commander that is comparable to a Rank B SMB like Quilge, will easily become comparable to a Rank A when they reach level 25. When Quilge reaches level 50, he will be promoted to an Undead Lord and be halfway to Rank S. Samson being an Undead Lord already, once he reaches level 50, he will be promoted to an Undead Marquis which is comparable to a Rank S. There is one more additional info. The reason why your Undead Army could level up so quickly was due to the fact that prior to this battle, the enemies were a lot stronger than them hence giving more exp ]
Shin felt dazed by the amount of information. He read it for a couple of minutes. A few more minutes passed to digest the information.
Shin now understood.
"Alright. All of you can rest now." Shin said.
"Yes My King" The ground opened up and each and every one of them was swallowed into the earth returning to the void.
'Now that the dungeon is cleared, I should probably go back' Shin thought to himself. Then he looked at his surroundings.
Ah f*ck.
He forgot that he was hours away from the portal.
[Ding Ding! Earlier, host has acquired a Return Stone. A return stone is a stone that will automatically place the user outside the portal and to the outside world once you crush it.]
'Oh! Well that's handy' Shin grinned.
He took out the Return Stone from his inventory.
The return stone was a rock that was colored blue and made from a special material that lets even a Rank E to crush it with just his bare hands.
But before he crushed it, he took his mask that fell off earlier and then equipped it. Beneath the Return Stone, Shin changed his appearance to someone else. Just for precautionary measures.
He crushed the return stone. A portal appeared on top of Shin. It slowly transported Shin's body outside.