Despite seeing the quest Leo still felt uneasy, he could not help but slightly frown at the suicide mission that his system had given him. Leo wasn't an insane killer, and he couldn't just murder people even if he had the power.
After killing the Cyclops, he had a total of 52 attribute points left to be distributed, if he was going to fight, he might as well fight with full strength.
[ Due to your current quest, You have been granted aid your system ]
Before leo could decide where to assign his points, he noticed something peculiar. A red light was emerging from his Shadow Realm. The red light wasn't particularly bright but it didn't break past the barriers of his shadow realm.
Feeling curious, leo reached in and pulled out the red object which had been stirred in his shadow realm. Upon pulling it out, an old book that he was vaguely familiar with fell on his hands.
[ Rare Treasure Demon Arts book: Versatile Soldier ]
[ Description: Shadow Demons are Rulers of the night, Craftiness, Deception and Elegance. Upon integration, you will receive the skills of an expert All rounded soldier along with its numerous techniques and combat capabilities ]
Leo nearly let out a loud yell, This was one of the rewards he had received during his trials on Karos. He hadn't had the time to look through his system well and open his shadow realm.
It always seemed like the system would come through whenever he needed it. He didn't have the experience and fighting skills to deal with this kind of enemy, now he was getting top level skills free of charge.
Without hesitation, The book in his hand radiated a bright red glow and slowly dissipated from his sight and merged into his body, countless runes flashed over his body and thick black lines could be seen. It felt like an aura of death and despair had clouded him and he was now fully immersed in the world of killing.
The black runes only lasted for 20 seconds but after they disappeared, the death aura still remained along with a bloody, thick killing intent. Leos stance was now completely different, his casual standing posture was replaced with the posture of an expert assassin, he even gave off the same aura
Not only had has aura and posture changed, his wisdom and willpower had gone up a few notches. He had the calculative skills of an expert and his gaze and five sense had gone up.
Frankly speaking, the Demon arts Versatile Soldier path book was the perfect pair for his passive Danger sense skill. Now that his five senses which has originally been much sharper than a regular evolved human had improved again. His danger sense had also undergone a qualitative change.
Looking at his System interface, a new attribute had been added along with some changes
[ Deception: 50 ]
Deception was probably one of his biggest attribute with the most points beside his health and Mana. Also both his Martial art as well as weapons Mastery had jumped straight to the Expert level.
The levels followed the order of Amateur/ Apprentice/ Disciple/ Master / Expert/ Elite/ Greatmaster/ Grandmaster.
[ New Assassins skill unlocked: Dark Flash ]
[ Description: You are now a subsidiary Demon Assassin, This skill lets you instantly swap places in any dark area as long as you are in a Shadowy area that can conceal you well and the distance mark is 30 meters while consecutive flashes have an interval of 5 seconds/ This skill can only be utilized at night or in a really dark area ]
[ You have earned 50 skills points/ You will receive skill points any time you level up ]
[ You have learned Assassins skill: Stealth ]
Leo could see a new Tab in his system with all things related to an assassin, the skill points could be used to upgrade his assassin skills. He quickly put 10 points into DARK FLASH and put 40 into STEALTH. He wasn't a fool to not realize that being able to go undetected would be a huge advantage for him and naturally, he didn't even need to read the description to know what his new skill does. But still, the notifications didn't end there.
[ Due to your weapons mastery passing the Master stage, You have successfully unlocked the Shops Tab ]
Leo was filled with delight, he scrolled up the system and entered the Shop Menu, the instant Materialization skill was highly related to the Shop Tab and he didn't even know he had such a thing. Now he could browse it completely.
Searching through the Shop, he saw various equipments, weapons, potions, and several accessories. He saw things like regular clothes, shoes and knives that could be created for free and they held no mana or magic power of any kind.
Much more powerful equipment had high requirements to be made, such as Spears and battle access along with short swords and shields. A particular long sword had the high requirements of four dragons tooth as well as an Empire rank Rune crystal and several other things.
Leo didn't dare to hesitate, now that he has the mindset and temperament of an expert, there was no way he was going for the sneak attack any more, he knew the right tools he needed to carry out his quest.
[ Instant Materialization Activated: Would you like to form Monster rank Beast Daggers/ Cost: Level 11 Cyclops Rune crystal/ 50 mana points ]
Surprisingly, the requirements was the same as the Kargans gauntlets that he originally wanted to create. Nevertheless, his intellect told him that his right choice of weapons for tonight should be a Daggers ]
Leo choose yes without hesitation, a strange runic symbol appeared on his hands and countless red and black lights flashed.
Leo grew pale, this powerful skill of his was extremely exhausting and using the Rune crystal of the Cyclops had caused his body to become exhausted.
This was a high consuming skill that took up exactly 50 mana points, unlike the process of creating clothes that merely took a few seconds, this process was up to five minutes before the results were made visible.
His hands now held two black and white daggers that gave off a certain fiery aura. Leo looking at the new weapons was slightly excited, he didn't know why but ever since he turned into a demon, he always has this need to fight battles and kill.
[ Equipped Beast Daggers: Attack power 5%/ Strength + 15/ Active skill: Fire scorch; Releases a high end fiery attack with both daggers/ Duration: 2 minutes/ Cool down period: can only be used 3 times a day ]
Leo then moved to his attribute points. He would never be careless again especially when he didn't know the circumstances that he was in. All 52 attribute points were quietly waiting.
Currently he had 48 points in strength, 34 points in Agility and 28 stamina points as well as 50 Deception and 10 charm. He didn't know how to use charm and deception so his main three attributes were his top priority.
Leo put 30 points in Agility without thinking, the essence of an assassin was their speed and ability to blend into the darkness. He then put 10 in strength and 12 in stamina making his status points 58, 64 and 40 respectively.
As usual, the intoxicating wave of power flowers round his body like an addictive drug. Leo would never get used to this no matter how many times he experienced In his hands were 2 beast daggers and he was clothed in basic demon gear.
"Time to crash a party".
With a quick dash, leo disappeared from the top of the roof. He didn't really bother to hide himself as he came directly opposite the street and walked down towards the Scorpions den. Leo wasn't weak anymore, so why should he hide, apart from putting on his hood that blurred his face, he walked directly to the entrance.
Coming closer, he could feel the strength of the two guards at the door, they were merely two level 10 thugs, Mere level 10 criminals in his eyes, and what was even more encouraging was that they were attribute stone users. On earth, the most common and easily obtained Ability stone were Attribute stones, theses were the ones that relatively lower class people would get such as bodyguards and small time nobles.
This mainly increased one of their attributes such as speed of strength or stamina, it could even improve their hearing or sense of smell or give them night vision by improving their eyesight. This was regarded as the lowest type among the three Ability stones and was mainly used by bodyguards.
Clearly these two were strength based attribute stone users just like that Vanguard from that squad named Torres. His danger senses didn't even slightly twitch, these guys were nothing but cannon folder for him, he didn't even feel like there was anyone at the first order rank threshold that could be as strong as leo was now.
The two guards however didn't notice his presence until he was only ten meters away from him and that was only because he had confronted them directly. The two guards who were both above 30 years old were instantly threatened and took out their guns from their coat pockets.
"Hey! You stop right there" but leo made no signs of stopping and he was now 5 meters away, the two guards pointed their guns at him and the slightly taller one said out loud. "Didn't you here me, I said....."
Suddenly he felt he felt an intense weight bearing down on his hands, both guards looked downwards and saw that two shadowy black chains had formed from their own shadows and restrained their actions.
[ Shadow Chains ]
Leo didn't need to wait any longer, he burst forward with intense speed and twirled the dagger in his hands, he had no intention of keeping these people alive, for them to actually be willing to stand guard in such a despicable place was enough reason to want them gone.
With both their actions being restrained, they didn't even have the opportunity to out up a fight. A sharp dagger gleamed in front of their eyes and instantly respected their lives, leo was now standing behind them and 3 seconds later, their necks burst forth with blood and the heads on their bodies rolled to the floor.
Leo looked at the camera that was in front of the Club and waved. He was not going to try and hide, if he did that and acted sneaky, he would be portrayed as a weak fellow who could only mount sneak attacks.
They would still hunt him down after this anyway so why try and hide, as long as they couldn't figure out who he was, everything would still be manageable. The Guard who was watching the footage nearly jumped out of his chair, he had never seen anyone so brazen before.
He immediately reached for his phone and dialed the boss's number.
"Boss someone just showed up and killed the guards at the front door, we are under...."
"Who do you think you are calling?"
All of the guards hairs stood on end, the next second a slitting sound followed as blood gushed out from his throat. Leo was no longer obstinate when it came to killing, he had the flow of an assassin.
His new skill had instantly shown its worth, the control center was within the 30 meter mark of his Dark Flash skill and he was able to directly infiltrate the Scorpions den and instantly appear at a dark corner of the room.
He picked up the phone which was still on call and spoke to whoever was on the other side.
"Tell that trash Bill that he should patiently sit and wait for his turn, Whoever you are, You're next".