"D-d- don't, I can be very (pant) very, very useful for you!" The guy argues trying his luck at bargaining for his life.
"Yeah, I don't actually deny that, you would make a little nice bump in my resources." Chuckling to his own words Aion unknowingly scares the guy even more.
"No no no, I don't mean it like that, I...(pant)... I mean I could give you information, like... like... about the Anti's, yes I can give you information about the Anti's. Please spare me!" The guy squirmed his hardest within the grasp of the vines and chains, but he does nothing other than causing the chains to rattle.
"Informations about the Anti's... That's bir exactly something I need, because I'm not ready to be entangled into the Anti's business yet!" Aion says and turns back while walking away, the chains and vibes following him pulling along the tied up guy.
"But! If you so much want to really give me information about the Anti's, then can you tell me how you would grade yourself to the others in the Anti, like a rank or hierarchy of there's any."
The guy widens his eyes a bit, contemplation evident in his eyes hie breathe picked up a bit as he bites his lips, but then he closed his eyes and reopened them.
"In the Anti, there is the founder itself whose name is forgotten to history but he still lives as we speak, he is a mysterious unknown person and only the four cardinal warriors have met him and are used as a medium for passing down commands. The four cardinal warriors, N, E, W, S, apart from their names beings the initials for the cardinal points it also represents their area of specialization." The guy stops to catch his breathe as he was talking as fast as he could, probably to earn Aion's good side before he changes his mind again.
"N, is also representing Necromancy, one of the few forgotten and non practicable abilities, labeled as forbidden by some and taboo by others." Aion smiles at the mention of necromancy, a dangerous light flashes in his eyes before disappearing immediately.
"E, initial of Erasure. An ability that gives one the perfect control of being able to erase or wipe away things on a atomic level, but there's a limit to what he can erase due to energy consumption."
"Now that doesn't sound too good, another reason why I shouldn't bother with the Anti's yet!" Aion jests as a chair made of shadow molds into shape and he sits on it, then with a flick of his wrist a table seperates him and the guy, lanterns and bulbs made of shadow appear at the top then a beautiful but tiny multicolored flame appears in all of them.
"W, for Warlock. He is believed to be in a pact with an ancient god, a titan of a different unknown realm, because every skill and abilities he showcases is nothing like seen before, and be has never fought all out before as no one except the mysterious boss has pushed him to use more than seventy percent of his strength!" Aion smile widens even more while his head bobs up and down.
"S, the Summoner. One above many others, he is able to summon beasts of different realities, even the forgotten ones and the ones yet to be found. All four cardinal warriors are just a stage below the leader, who stands at the peak of 'half god light'-"
"Okay stop! Stop right there! It's enough, I think I have a god idea of your hierarchy considering how you're only just about to breakthrough into the nascent realm. In other words I have no use for you being alive anymore."
Aion stares into the guys eyes with his white eyes that had started to glow from the use of his [Eye windows], and he uses it to forcefully enter the guys soul, the eyes are the windows to the soul they say.
Inside the room of the soul, only a small wisp remains but that wisp is accompanied by a bird shaped aura clinging to the soul.
"I was planning on not being involved, but this bastard just made me too intrigued with his explanation. Damn he's so good with his words, and now I want to know... Just how exactly does it feel to be wanted and searched for by beings at the 'king light'. So guy! Rest in peace."
The rest of the soul sucked into Aion's, freeing the bird that energetically flew away to the edge of the shadow space, but a shadow tentacle shot out and swallowed it whole.
'Seems like what happens in the shadow... Stays in the shadow!'
Aion as well used a skill he hasn't used for a while because of what he killed, either their bodies were to important to go missing or their bodies were too suspicious to go missing, but now that the guy was dying in his shadow realm where no eyes can reach, and nobody can know, only the deep words rung out.
"Absorb!"
Notifications popped up in front of Aion an they lined according to level of importance, the first one being the notification for absorbing the last bit of the guys soul, the second is the one for killing the guy, the third notification for using the skill 'Absorb' on the guy's dead body, the fourth is for absorbing the bird made of pure energy and aura, while the last one is for completing the quest.
[Gained 1,000 Sp...
Total: 1,000 Sp.
Soul points: 18.730.]
[You have killed a Quasi Nascent realm human, unable to gain exp due to current condition, will be turned into exp multiplier]
Gotten: 18.00
[Exp multiplier: 270.82]
•Technique book.(×2)
•Sect map.
•Elven boots.
•2,300 gold coins.
[Energy: 14,350/27,114 > 15,580/28,344]
[Energy: 15,580/28,344>37,802/50,566]
[Ding! Quest completed.
Rewards: +2 level ups, +50 stat points, poison sac.]
[Level up.
+50 hp.
+1,000 energy points.
+10 Sp.
+100 stat points.]
[Level up.
+50 hp.
+1,000 energy points.
+10 Sp.
+100 stat points.]
[Ding! Achievement gained.
• Rule breaker.]
Finally after a lot of dings and rings, the notifications stops and Aion's ear gets a rest.
"Wow just the starting of this small expenditure already got me so much, I wonder how it will be like at the end of it all." Aion reas over the notifications over and over again, assessing his items according to level of importance.
"So I have gotten more soul points, both from levelling up and from the guy who I obviously still didn't get his name, well it's too late to ask now." After reading that one he swipes the notification away checking the other.
"My energy reserves also got a really huge leap, who would have thought that bird was made by one of the cardinal warriors, no wonder it was brimming with extremely high energy even purer and better than this planets energy. That little bit gave me such an amount after refining it how much more will it give if I kill the person as well." Aion thinks while he laughs at his gains.
"I also got rewards from levelling up which I thought was impossible according to the system imposed limitations. Additional energy points from the quest completion and hp adjustments." Aion sees everything and swipes away the notifications except from one.
"Two hundred and fifty stat points, where do I want to start using it how should I even use it... Should speed be more than the others, or should I focus on strength, perhaps vitality and mind. Maybe I'll just go with the current flow, equal in all aspect."
"That way I won't have a specialized fort but that means I also won't have a specialized weakness. I won't have a class rather I'll be an all-rounder."
Aion was about to click into his attributes and start adding everything possible but he stops. He walks towards the spot where the guy body previously was where the two glowing rods had dropped since it didn't come along with the loots from killing the guy.
He bends down and holds the rod in each hand, his flesh sizzling away at visible speed, his palm eating away and within seconds it had reached his bone.
"Arrgh! Shit that thing is really dangerous, how and what did they make it from, and if this can be in the hands of a nobody in the Anti, then what are the grades of the ones in the hands of the higher ranked Anti's."
Aion threw it into his inventory this time, he doesn't want something as dangerous to him as the rod to be inside his shadow space. The he checks the final notification he had ignored from his joy of having two hundred and fifty stat points.
[Achievements;
Rule breaker.]
[Rule breaker: Gone against the rule of inability to level up during an evolution, one of the hardest and greatest rules so far, user is blessed with the ability to keep breaking other rules.]
"So me having a level up during an evolution is consider a rule break, so not only me but any other being going through an evolution can't grow stronger by breakthroughs and can only rely on small increase by doing things like exercising and training." Aion smiles as he holds his scythe in his hand, then he takes a running stance and sprints forward.
After gathering enough speed he jumps out of the shadow space that was still just a dot to the outside world.
"Rraaagh! You bastard!" He swings his scythe aiming for the empty air, then he falls to the ground in front of everyone.
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