The shop display had a blue outline with red dots and separated the products into multiple golden boxes.
There was a filter option for only displaying either abilities, weapons, system upgrades, utilities, and cosmetics.
Under abilities were over 50 abilities that all could wreck all sorts of chaos. This included abilities such as [ Soul Powered Teleportation ], [ Soul Manipulation ], [ Blood Puppet ], and many more.
All the abilities in the shop could be bought with gold coins but they could also be bought with souls. For example, one of the weaker and more lackluster abilities in the shop would be [ Long Range Soul Absorption ].
[ Long Range Soul Absorption ] - This ability allows the user to have a larger radius in which souls are absorbed without the user having to be directly near them.
Radius after Purchase: 30 m ( 98.5 ft)
(Note: Can be Upgraded Using Souls)
This [ Long Range Soul Absorption ] price was 70,000 gold or 35 adult human souls ( Adult is categorized as being 18+).
Two abilities caught his eyes though. They were :
[ Blood Puppet ] - Using large amounts of blood, the user can create soulless beings that follow your every command. Blood puppets are made using the image that the user forms in his mind. (Note: It is possible to insert souls within the puppets.)
Price: 500,000 Gold or 250 adult human souls
[ Soul Duplication ] - By just touch, the user may select a target whose soul the system can make a copy of. By copying a soul, the user may gain all the data stored within the target's soul. Usage requires the ability [ Soul Manipulation ] and an unabsorbed soul.
Price: 1,000,000 Gold Coins or 500 adult human souls
Daren thought that he could make a small, private army if he were to use [ Blood Puppet ] and he would be able to get any information he wanted from someone if he just touched them and activated [ Soul Duplication ]. These two abilities were quite powerful but required a hefty price.
Basically, 2000 gold coins were the value of a single human soul. This slightly bugged Daren because if the system was someone who made the system, this person would have to be someone who disregarded the idea that lives were priceless. This didn't irk Daren for long as he was someone who did not have much care for most human lives anyway. He had killed many with his own hands and directly caused the death of countless humans.
Daren then looked at the price for one of the more overpowered abilities that he wanted, granted he couldn't buy them yet as even the cheapest goods cost too much for him. It would not hurt to plan and see what he could get in the future.
After reading through the descriptions of all the abilities, he understood they had to do with two things. The First would be 'souls'. Many of the abilities had to do with the use of absorbed souls or messing with the souls of others. The second would be 'blood'.'Blood' is only applied to the blood of recently deceased humans, 2 hours is the time limit for the system to absorb someone's blood.
According to the system, Celina's assigned abilities mostly consisted of those that had to do with souls. Under the description of all the abilities that had to do with blood, there was something written in inexplicably tiny text.
" These Abilities Do Not Belong To Celina. The consciousness of the "Peerless Soul Reader" system must be awoken. This will reveal the true name of this system and abilities related to blood may be used. Reminder: Even if the abilities are bought before her awakening, they will not be usable."
That is what the fine print read.
"True name? What are the true names supposed to be?" Daren thought to himself. " Wait. The system which Celina oversees is called "Assimilation of All Souls" but I have not seen that title since she chooses her name." Daren realized that something was wrong here.
He then looked all over the system interface for confirmation on a theory he had. He ended up arriving at the home page of the system. This home page is the one that contains all the various tabs to access the different sections of the systems.
At the very bottom of the home page was the system name. The first time that Daren saw the system name, it was " "Assimilation of All Souls". It now states the system name as "Celina's Soul Harvester ".
This meant that the names that were shown originally were not the real names of the system. The message for the second systems unlock was " You will also be given the "Peerless Soul Reader" system as an extra reward for being the unparalleled being of chaos."
There was no way that name was for a system that was meant to be a reward for causing chaos. Given that almost all the abilities listed in the shop for Daren to buy had to do with blood.
Blood goes well with chaos so the system name has to be different. The only thing Daren could do to fully confirm his theory was to wait for Celina's sister to awaken from her slumber.
Ding!
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The system has finished processing 100% of all 100 victims' blood.
The system is very proud of the user for completing the first milestone on his journey to chaos.
As a reward, the system will grant the user what he desires most at this current moment.
Detecting wish...
Detecting wish...
Detecting wish...
Wish Detected.....
Analyzing wish...
Analyzing wish....
Analysis Complete
Processing Request
Request Proved
Your desire has been granted. The extra System will now be awakened. This will consume 100 blood.
Warning!
The system does not have enough blood to awaken. The interface and all functions will have to be temporarily shut down to process the request. Please wait 72 hours for a complete awakening.
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"What just happened? Why does the system like having such perfect timing? Is It really because It can read my mind or is there something else?" thought Daren.