Caesar looked on as his enemies were now burnt, shriveled in the ground. His lightning obliterated everything, including the poison in the air.
This poison was conductive to electricity, and as soon as he lit it up, it created a chain reaction in the air that made tiny explosions. The reason why the Miracled' organs were burnt was because the poison in their body exploded.
Caesar was left in the room, alone, with a deathly silence. He won, against all the odds.
But the cost of this was his own life. Caesar finally felt his legs turn to jelly. As soon as his enemies died, Caesar felt the weakness take over his body.
The only reason why he was still operating with such vigor was because of the adrenaline running throughout his body, keeping him alive and awake. Now that the fight was over, his mind could no longer ignore the devastation the poison left in his body.
COUGH
Caesar fell to his knees. He couldn't move his body, he couldn't even move a finger. He felt the heat inside his body dissipate into the air. He felt cold, like the life in his body left him.
Soon, Caesar felt his balance tumble and his head tumble towards the floor. But before his head hit the floor, he suddenly felt a warm hand support his forehead.
"What have you done?" Rola's weak voice echoed in Caesar's ears.
Rola looked around and saw the Capo gang members with burnt-black bodies. For some miraculous reason, Caesar killed every single one of them.
But she didn't have the time to question how he did it. She already knew the price he had to pay. The Caesar in her hands was now as weak as he had ever been.
She could feel his body shivering, like it was afraid that it knew that there were only a few moments left till it died.
"Remember this…if you can't defeat your enemies, poison them."
Caesar's weak voice responded to her. Despite his horrible condition, Caesar still displayed a haughty expression with the same casual attitude that he knew him for.
"Idiot, don't speak."
But Caesar only smiled at her response. She saw his face frozen, like his body was not responding to his own brain. She immediately regretted her words. She wanted him to speak, she wanted him to be the same as he was before.
Rola knew Caesar was going to die. She knew he could get away with any dangerous situations and come up on top. He can even escape the brink of destruction and turn the situation around, but there was one thing he cannot do. He cannot escape death.
She felt Caesar's pulse weaken.
dug..dug..dug..dug..
dug….dug….dug….
dug...dug.....
dug......…
She felt the final beat of his heart, and all she could do was close her eyes.
DING
[Caesar's status]
[Title: Crook]
[Lvl. 4]
[Exp to next level: 0/50,000,000 Parou]
[Vitality: 35+100]
[Strength: 33+100]
[Dexterity: 34+100]
[Intelligence: 9,999]
[money: 21.2 million]
[LEVEL UP!]
[New Title Unlocked!]
[Completed the First Stage!]
[Further investment option unlocked!]
[Miracle Power extraction unlocked!]
[Caesar's status]
[Title: Investor]
[Lvl. 1]
[Exp to next level: 20 M/100 M Parou]
[Vitality: 135+100]
[Strength: 133+100]
[Dexterity: 134+100]
[Magic power: 194+100]
[Intelligence: 9,999]
[Money: 91.2 million]
[Completing the first stage will result in a complete transformation of the body. Please prepare for tremendous mental and physical pain.]
"AHHH!" Caesar suddenly screamed.
Rola was terrified when she heard Caesar's scream. She almost had a heart-attack as she already thought that Caesar died. She almost released her lighting attack on Caesar and killed him again.
"GAHH!" Caesar squirmed in the ground as he felt his whole body being shredded and shredded until it was only a mushy substance.
It was a horrible experience. His bones started to eat itself and dissolve, his veins became like sharp steel wire as it cut through his internal organs and diced them into a million little pieces. His heart pumped so hard and so fast that it literally exploded.
All of those were happening simultaneously, with each one being the worst kind of pain a person could suffer. Keep in mind, Caesar was the kind of person who would not bat an eye even if his arm was cut off. And he was now screaming, bellowing in pain.
The only organ left intact was his brain. It stayed safe in its skull housing, looking down on the mayhem and destruction happening in the body like it was the one who orchestrated it.
The torture continued for 5 minutes until his whole internal body system was restored. His bones were remodeled anew with denser and stronger foundation, his veins became sturdier, allowing more blood to pass through, making physical activities easier to handle.
Caesar panted, his whole face covered in sweat. He opened his eyes and the first thing he saw was Rola looking down at him with a worried look.
"What, never seen a man go through tremendous pain before?"
Rola could only look at Caesar with an astonished and confused look. Just a few minutes ago, Caesar was kissing death on its toes, with his complexion as white as snow.
But now, after screaming like he was in intense pain for five minutes, Caesar was brimming with life. Color returned to his skin like a newborn baby, and she suddenly saw muscles form on his body where it was not before.
Even his complexion and skin were better and more purified than before. It was like he had been doused in a slurry of skincare products that only the extreme rich could afford. She didn't even think that those products could mimic the result in Caesar's face.
And the most important part was that Caesar was not dead. He should have died!
This level up gave Caesar a cleansing that removed all the poison in his body. But that would not have saved the organs that were already damaged by the poison.
Thankfully, the transformation destroyed his organs completely and created something new and better. This saved his life and made him even stronger, faster, and more sturdier.
How did he level up? That was because he received the money that he stole from Boban. The whole 70 million coins that Boban had was transferred to his account on the black market with the help of the guards.
And since Caesar carried the VIP card of the black market, he immediately received the money as soon as it was deposited, even if Caesar was not there personally.
This was what Caesar was waiting for. This was his ace in the hole that would be able to save him from this situation.
He was not an idiot. He still went through with the plan even though he had no antidote because he knew that as soon as he got the money, he would be able to level up.
Caesar finally sat up and inspected his body. He knew he could exude more strength that was originally possible. The boost that he received from this level up was far more than the previous ones.
This was not a mere level up, but an advancement. His base stats were given a 100 point boost, a magnitude higher than when a level up gave him only 10 points.
Not only that, he finally got a stat depicting his Miracle power. He smiled as he saw the +100 extra points, which meant that it was also included in the boost. If he wore more expensive clothes, he would boost up his Miracle power.
Caesar inspected the new [Miracle Power extraction] that he unlocked in this level up.
[Activating extraction…searching for viable options…]
[Options found (x6)]
[Instructions:]
[Extract the Miracle Essence from the fresh dead body of a Miracled, located right beside their heart. Pour a drop of blood into the Essence to extract the power and convert it into a viable Miracle drug]
Caesar couldn't help his excitement as he read the description.
He stood up and walked over to the burnt corpse of Kopra, the leader of the Capo gang and the owner of the Unique-class Miracle drug: Tyrannosaurus Rex.
He was kneeling, with his head downcast. From his dead body, Caesar saw a sliver of violet light in its chest. Caesar ripped the burnt clothes away and looked directly at the shining crevice in Kopra's chest.
Caesar plunged his hand in the corpse with no hesitation and no regard for the honor of the dead. He grasped the rough exterior of the purple light and ripped it out of the chest.
What came out of it was a purple crystallized rock, with pillars and rectangles stacked upon each other that was shining violet from the inside.
"That's the Essence. That's useless and it will lose its power some time after the person's death," commented Rola.
She knew that Caesar only knew about Miracled a few days ago, so she thought that he didn't know about the Essence. She only told him what was common sense for everyone; the Essence was useless.
Caesar ignored Rola and cut his palm with his fingernail and a drop of his blood fell into the Essence. What resulted was a blinding light that obscured Rola's vision.
When Rola opened her eyes, she saw Caesar holding a Miracle drug in his hands where the Essence was supposed to be.