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Chapter 30 - The Cursed Anima

In front of the mansion door, Quinn opened the system shop:

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99470 G[2.75X G]

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273542 G

_All_ Equipment Consumables Materials

Blank Note Of Wonder 100

Zero-point Rapier 34000

Exclusive Healing Potion 1500

Steel-thread Dagger 29000

Demon King's Black Blade Of Eternal Fire[Locked]

18799380 G

Short Sword Of The Exiled Guardian 173810 G

Legendary Alchemist's Potion Of Eternal Life[Sealed]

999999999 G

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"What"

'What do you mean by what'

"The insane amount of money required to buy those two items' what I'm talking about. The legendary potion needs what seems to be the maximum amount of G I can hold" Quinn said with a baffled tone. "And the amount of G I had also jumped up... I had just a bit under 100k"

'Use inspect on them then'

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[Demon King's Black Blade Of Eternal Fire]

Transcended Weapon

A black blade made from the Singular eye of the 22nd Demon King and its inflammable blood of Eternal fire which was said to be covering the Demon King's whole body, tormenting it for its entire life until the Goddess of the vampires killed it, ending its tyranny and freeing the spirits and relocating them into her Demonic Heaven.

A wandering master smith later found its charred corpse almost entirely burnt to ashes, with only a Singular eye left behind, and forged it into a unique weapon that could slay the weakest of the Gods.

[Legendary Alchemist's Potion Of Eternal Life]

Transcended Consumable

Maleek Zegnir was the famed Alchemist of Zegnir who sought the Child of the World Tree 'Thalkuli' which was said to be visible to the Gods of other worlds. The tree received the blessings of thousands of Gods and Goddesses and finally became undying. Before the corruption of the world of ---. Maleek drilled to the roots of the eldritch World Tree and plucked the deepest root which resembled a human child.

He brought the root back to his research centre and combined the root with what he thought would make an Elixir of Life. Though he was but an Alchemist... the ones who fail countless times to make wonders happen. He failed the ratio and multiple other conditions to make the Elixir and caused an explosion of the scale of a continent which would cover 40 percent of his realm.

Before the realm could fall apart, the thousands of Gods who gave their blessings to the World Tree, made an effort to keep the world together and retrieve the Elixir, although the fall of the realm of Maleek Zegnir was inevitable.

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WHO IS THIS MAN UPDATING THE ITEM WIKIPEDIA PAGES IN THE SYSTEM

"Why's the part before the world, censored? Is it because the name is lost or they don't want me to know?" Quinn questioned. "And the title I got from the new skill... and of course the title system"

[Assassin Of The Eternal Darkness]

Title Rank- Ex

Effect: 20% buff to attack power and 30% movement speed buff in the dark. The effects grow stronger with the darkness(Maximum 50 percent boost in both respectively in Skill Eternal Darkness).

Ex Effect: 20+ Dexterity(Dexterity unlocked)

A stat exclusive to the Assassin Of The Eternal Darkness. This is a permanent effect that stays on even after the title is changed.

[The final job change has been initiated. The user's new and final job will be:

Assassin Of The Eternal Darkness]

[Previous titles which were locked will be given to the user:

Breakneck brute

Mercy killing

Merciless

A first step

Devourer I

Soul extraction novice

Precise]

[Breakneck brute]

Rank E

Effect: +7 Strength

[Mercy killing]

Rank D-

Effect: +7 Agility, +5 Strength and Precision

[Merciless]

Rank D+

Effect: Onslaught after 5 consecutive kills

[A first step]

Rank B

Effect: +10 all stats and 1.25x EXP multiplier

[Devourer II]

Rank B

Effect: None

[Soul extraction novice]

Rank Ex

Effect: +5% chance to extract soul core

[Precise]

Rank D

Effect: +7% crit chance

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A NEW STAT NOW...?

Strength: 78 Agility: 83

Intelligence: 64 Sense: 64

Stamina: 71 Dexterity: 70

AP: 18

INSPECT Lvl 4

Dexterity- Increases the affinity of the user with melee weapons. Makes the user's body more flexible. Simultaneous actions can be performed easier with more Dexterity.

Well first off, more intelligence will definitely be of use now so...

Intelligence: 82

Mana: 780

"Since it's a race-exclusive skill, do most of the Shadows have this skill?"

'We cannot possess abilities. We can innately control shadows and their energy but outside of that, learning other magic, energy manipulation or abilities is not possible'

"Guess I'm an exception 'cause I'm part human."

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[Blank Note of wonder]

[Exclusive healing potion]x5

[Smithing scroll: Black knife]

78050 G

[Gauntlets of bloody briars]

61000 G

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[Gauntlets of bloody briars]

Item rank: C+

Type: Gauntlets

Strength +18

Stamina -8

HP -150

Defence +22

Special effect: a small chance to inflict BLEED on the target with an equal chance to inflict BLEED on the user.

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'I'll be giving this scroll to Andre. Get me a new cool looking dagger'

And now...

Quinn gazed into the abyss as he opened the doors.

Walking Into the mansion, he was greeted with blue flames on the chandeliers and a sudden voice, seemingly coming out from all directions:

"I must thank thee, foul trespasser, for cleansing my backyard of the filth... my subjects of rule, maddened by the soul-shattering vermin wandering about, they raid homes of wholesome families, kill women and their children."

THIS GUY CAN TALK?

"They spared no one... unable to recognise their own people, their own family, they killed and killed and killed... and finally reached my noble mansion." the voice grew unsteady and filled with more rage.

"They cursed me, they cut me, they hung me, they burnt me, they minced me, they twisted me, they fed me to the dogs so that I could feel every single muscle of my body be bit and mangled and torn off by the crude, uneven, filth manifested fangs of the accursed creatures...!"

THEY! SHALL PAY!

"OUR ENCOUNTER WAS SHORT-LIVED! BUT BE WARNED, FOUL TRESPASSER! YOU NOW STAND AGAINST RODRICK MANBANE, BORN OF THE ABYSS!"

A huge wave of white transparent energy gushed out and paralyzed Quinn. What seemed like the soul of the voice, materialized into a horrid abomination of clumps of flesh, compressed into a small human shape.

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[Inspect]

(Rank D)

Demon

The soul of Rodrick Manbane, the Duke of the forgotten city, has lost all reasoning and succumbed to his hatred and grudges, and has transformed into a demon.

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"A god damn demon, huh..." Quinn said in a shaky voice. 'It certainly has been a long time since I have seen a demon'

'Oi, oi, what do I do now?!'

HEHEHEHEHE-EE

It cackled as it raised its hands, revealing flesh shaped into a sharp scythe in both of its hands.

Quinn, out of instinct, dodged sideways and avoided an invisible slash. 'This one's on another level even though it's two ranks below the spectres...'

GUESS IT'S CUZ IT'S A DEMON?

'Quinn, demons can't die. Not unless you find and destroy their core'

WHAT NOW?

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After half an hour of chipping away at the demon and slowly tearing it apart, Quinn finally got a glance at a yellow shine coming out from below the demon's shoulder.

He immediately pierced its flesh and grabbed the core and crushed it.

GHA-!

[-1290 HP]

He was thrown aback by the fist of the demon.

"I THOUGHT THAT THE CORE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ITS LIFE?!"

'It must have been a fake...'

The demon let out an unpleasant and loud screech followed by a flash that blinded Quinn.

WHY DO I KEEP GETTING FLASH BANGED?!

He was now in endless darkness.

['Sight of the Assassin of the Eternal Darkness' has been activated]

Now Quinn was able to see in the darkness, as bright as day.

HEEHEEHEE...

YOU... ARE NOT..... ALONE~

"I know"

'Man, I've been waiting to say this ever since I got this skill...'

"...But you are"

[Eternal Darkness]

Depressing darkness overshadowed the already existing darkness and cloaked Quinn as he stepped back and out of the demon's vision.

'I might not be able to experience the dark but if it is as powerful as the system describes it to be... then there's no way that I can lose'

Quinn stretched his hand out, into his inventory and grabbed a BERSERKER BLOOD VIAL, and drank it.

[-40 Mana]

[Gained status effect: BERSERK

All incoming damage will be increased by 10 percent.

Damage dealt and movement/attack speed will be increased by 20 percent]

"If you are as dumb as Void said..." Quinn's voice echoed in all directions and confused the demon. "Then I can end this in an instant without wasting too much time"

[-40 Mana]

Quinn appeared behind the demon and cut its neck off and continued to slash away at it with his clawed Briar Gauntlets, cutting off its limbs as it kept on regenerating.

[-40 Mana]

[-40 Mana]

[-40 Mana]

[-40 Mana]

[-40 Mana]

[-40 Mana]

And finally, a golden glow flashed from inside of the demon.

Quinn immediately grabbed and tore it off of the demon and crushed it once more.

A petrifying screech followed the disintegration of the demon and stunned Quinn a final time.

[Level up]

[Level up]

'Just two level huh... well, considering how easy it was, I guess it's not bad'

'It is not that the demon was weak. All demons have destructive power. It is just that you have received such a skill that even I have not heard of that lets you imitate us shadows... well, it's not much of a problem since you are basically one of us'

[The user will be returned to their world...]

'I still don't understand... are these dungeons different dimensions as the system suggests by the notification?' Quinn asked.

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