"I'm surprised the fuckers before me didn't buy this passive skill...'
For something this valuable that can even help overcome the fear of death, it's definitely a bargain price for it to only cost 10 Black Coins. This kind of skill will help him immensely in fighting the Zombies as each fight will always be a fight to the death.
A moment of hesitation will definitely spill his death, but with this skill that won't be an issue.
By not having any fear of death, Pati can take calculated risks and even be put under exponential pressure without the slightest bit of hesitation and keep a perfectly working mind.
Some people will make mistakes in front of death and this in turn helps fixed their death.
Pati grins widely seeing the passive skill knowing that won't happen to him ever again with this passive skill, and without even thinking much he immediately bought the passive skill.
Just after buying it, he can't help but rub his hands together waiting for the skill.
Instead of the system giving him a message about the skill, the Pershala Merchant suddenly stretches its hand toward Pati before a red parchment appeared in his hand like magic. But then again, the Pershala Merchant can make the black coins Pati gave disappear.
So this is not as surprising, 'Wait... if there's magic in this world then there should be an inventory'
Although it's a rough guess seeing that the Pershala Merchant carries a big bag and also can make items appear and disappears, it should have an item like an inventory. Pati need it to store the brains he harvested.
Salsa can become his backpack for a while, but she can still lose the bag.
Getting chased by the horde of bird Zombies like earlier shows that the danger in this world is on a whole new level, if she gets knocked away then there's a chance the brains will be lost.
Pati can't afford that, the brains are delicious and also his source of power.
Shaking his head, Pati then takes the red parchment from the Pershala Merchant.
Just like he did before when learning his other skills, Pati focuses his mind on the red parchment before not long after the messages from the system appear in front of his eyes.
[Do you want to learn Upper First Circle passive skill, Street Fighter Champion?]
[Yes or No]
[Learning Street Fighter Champion costs 1,000 Chaos, do you want to continue?]
[Yes or No]
Without a moment's hesitation, Pati clicks yes mentally in excitement. He is really curious about how it would feel like upon absorbing this passive skill that can even overcome the fear of death.
Just like before, loads of information started to be uploaded into his brain.
At first, it feels like a steady flow of information that is slowly being uploaded into his brain. But soon the information reaches a terrifying limit that starts to overflow his brain with information. Pati falls to his knees while holding his throbbing head.
Everything that is to know about human weak points, tools to use in a street fight, and even the experience of ten years of fighting to the death was uploaded into his brain.
These memories are not just memories, but it feels as if he's the one that experienced them.
While gripping the ground trying to keep his consciousness that is being pushed away because of the sheer information being uploaded into his brain, Pati saw some of his bones change under his eyes.
Starting from the knuckles, elbows, knees, and even his feet, all of them got altered a bit.
Pati has never felt this kind of pain in his life before, the best painful feeling that he ever felt is tripping and falling down the stairs. But that's not even nearly enough with this pain he's feeling.
This process went on for about five minutes of never-ending pain.
Albeit it's only five minutes which is really fast for learning ten years' worth of Street Fighter Champion experience, it felt like an eternity just passed as if he just got out of hell.
The literal feeling is as if he really just came out of an underground fighting arena.
It's something magical but at the same time a brutal feeling, Pati can feel he has become a new person just from the experienced he gained alone. He stood back up before looking at his body which seems to become sharper.
Even his senses become sharper, Pati is looking from his own body as if it was his first time.
After clenching his fists a couple of times feeling the surge of power coursing inside of him, Pati then looks back at the Pershala Merchant, "Dweller of the new world, is there anything else you want to buy?"
"I'd like to buy the Peacekeeping Sword Grinder and Novice Crafter class please", Pati said.
With the experience he has as a street fighter, now he only needs a weapon to fight against bigger Zombies. Everything else is basically done, for now, he's confident in himself.
Even if he met with the man that saved him before, he probably can fare off well against him.
No... Pati believes that he can beat that man.
The Pershala Merchant takes out a sword that looks to be made of steel but from the description he read before, it's made from the bones of something called Poison Fanged Jackal. Its blade has a greenish hue on it and is decorated with rigid sharp teeth along the blades.
Almost making it look like a chainsaw, and definitely a worthy blade for the Grinder on its name.
Not only the sword, but the Pershala Merchant also gave him a clip also made of the same material for sheathing the sword on his waist. Since it has rigid sharp teeth along the blade, a regular scabbard will not be convenient.
This clip is square-shaped and can be attached to the waist as if it has powerful glue on it.
The thin line in the middle of the square-shaped clip shows that it can be opened, and Pati tries to open it as the clip got opened making a boney sound. He then puts the sword right in the clip before closing it again.
Just like a normal scabbard, the sword was perfectly sheathed on his side firmly.
Pati also decided to buy the Novice Crafter class because it gives him an innate skill called Repair, with it he can repair any tools that he used to restore their durability. Something very valuable in this current time.
[Congratulation on gaining a new class, Novice Crafter!]
[You have instantly learned the Repair skill]
The Novice Crafter class appears just beside his Brain Eater class.
'So anyone can have many classes, or is there a limit? Either way, the Novice Crafter is definitely something handy that I must have', Pati thought while nodding his head.
After checking his status window, Pati gave the Pershala Merchant 30 Black Coins which it gladly take.
Currently, Pati doesn't have any Black Coins left. He just spends 55 Black Coins just like that buying the Human Transcendent race, Street Fighter Champion passive skill, Peacekeeping Sword Grinder, and Novice Crafter class.
It seems the Pershala Merchant notice this as it said, "I hope you the best, Dweller of the new world..."
But just as the Pershala Merchant was about to send him away, Pati hurriedly asks, "Do you have something to store things in a convenient way, like an inventory perhaps?"
"Yes... I have the Chaos Carrier but unfortunately, you don't have enough Black Coins to buy it"
"Goodbye for now"
After saying that, the green light twirls around like a coiling gas before a green portal to exit the green light appears on his back. Pati wanted to ask for how many Black Coins he needed to buy the Chaos Carrier but he already got pushed into the portal.
Upon entering the green portal, his vision got enveloped by green light forcing his eyes to shut.
Pati then blinks his eyes a couple of times as the green light slowly disappears from his vision, the surroundings are starting to get clearer before he realized that he was already outside.
But just as he finally exits the green light, his eyes are attracted to his left.
Jeff and the girls are currently standing in front of the wounded Gerry and also the woman that Pati punched that is still unconscious, this makes Pati frown before he shifted his eyes to their front and finds a group of five men that doesn't look friendly at all.
Most of them are wearing sleeveless t-shirts showing their muscles and also tattoos.
Without even anyone telling him what's going on, Pati already guesses what's happening. It's clear that the group of men has some hate for Gerry and the unconscious woman, their eyes are fixated on Gerry and the woman despite Jeff standing in front of them.
Dinda saw a figure in the corner of her eyes, she glance to the side before her eyes lit up.
"Pati!", she exclaimed upon seeing him.
Since Jeff and the girls don't have as many Black Coins as Pati, they should get out of the green light way sooner than him. Pati can see that there are some wounds on Jeff and even the girls.
Jeff is holding two one-handed battle axes while Salsa seems to have two daggers.
The only one that doesn't buy anything is Dinda, but she might just buy something that isn't a weapon judging from the variety of items the Pershala Merchant provides.
"We're done here, let's go", Pati shouted.
Although they seem to be in a fight with the group of men and even got hurt, Pati knows that it's not their business in the first place. If he was to guess, Gerry and the woman probably rob this group of men out of their Black Coins and escape.
From how weak they are, it's clear that they can't possibly gather that many Black Coins.
This group of five men, on the other hand, looks to be strong and fierce, they should be able to amass that many Black Coins by hunting Zombies where they came from.
Hearing this, Jeff glanced at Pati in aghast, "These people are trying to hurt them!"
"Not my problem, and don't care", Pati replied shrugging his shoulders, he was too busy mesmerizing the sword in his hand that looks very marvelous and deadly. It costs 10 Black Coins, so it's definitely a very good sword.
One of the men from the group of five that looks to be the leader then said, "You hear him, get out of the way!"
"Those two brats rob us of the Black Coins that we gather, so this is their fault in the first place. Step away or we're forced to attack you", he added with a grim tone, there's a fierce air around this man.
Jeff didn't back down as he readies both of his axes in front of him, "It's just some damn coins"
"Why do you need to kill them? Just force them to pay you back or something, killing them is not necessary", he added stubbornly, despite the current times it seems Jeff still believes in the old ways.
Killing Zombies are okay, but killing people is not.
Upon hearing what Jeff said, all of the men's expressions darken in an instant. They seem to find what Jeff said very offensive, their bloodlust started leaking while they all glared at Jeff.
"We gather those black coins through blood..."
"Our friends died collecting those black coins, so it's not just some coins!!"
Even Pati can't help but face-palm himself, Jeff is clearly sticking in someone's business.
Jeff heard this and unconsciously looks back at Gerry and the unconscious woman, he was troubled by what he just heard, "Please, don't let them kill me... We're just trying to survive"
"Let's go, Jeff. This is not our problem...", Dinda said from the back.
Salsa also added realizing that they're protecting a guilty person, "Jeff... I know it's not right but it's just how it is, they have a reason to kill"
Albeit clenching his jaw, Jeff finally stands down and turns his head away.
"Wait... Please! Help me! Don't let them kill me!"
"I had to steal the black coins, to protect her! You must help me!"
Gerry started pleading but he can't move from his spot because of his broken leg, the only thing he can do is shout at Jeff trying to convince him to help. But Jeff kept walking without looking back.
Soon the group of five men approaches Gerry menacingly.
The shriek and scream coming from Gerry's mouth as the group of five men torture him brings a chill to the girls' spine, and made Jeff feels conflicted. Then again, he can't just ignore that what they did is wrong.
Pati shakes his head before he walks away after seeing Jeff finally surrenders.
'Alright, now I need to find these Zombies that I need to kill. But where can I find level 30 Zombies? Does it have a different appearance than the others?', Pati thought while looking around.
In order to evolve his race, he needs to finish the task first.
Even though he knows what Zombies he needs to find, the ones that he killed don't even reach level 30 so he's confused as to where he will start to search for these Zombies.
But just as he thought that,
"Kyaa!", A high-pitched familiar scream can be heard making Pati looks to his back.
Pati's eyes widen seeing Salsa falls to the ground after getting hit by a spear.
The spear didn't stab her or anything but it stabbed the bag that she carries and ripped it, the force brought by the spear makes her stumble and falls to the ground.
"Salsa! Are you okay?!", Jeff immediately went to her and asks in worry.
Dinda is also stunned upon seeing this, she then looks at the group of five men before and saw one of them is the one that did it. Her expression turns into a frown wondering why they did it, but when she shifted her eyes to Pati she finds Pati is rooted in his place.
She follows Pati's eyes directions and finds that he's looking at the bag that got hit by the spear.
The bag that Salsa is carrying is where the harvested brains are stored before Pati will then eat them all and gain Chaos, but now the brains spilled and some of them are even got shredded into pieces.
Just from looking at the splattered brains on the ground, she hurriedly glanced back at Pati.
Pati's expression slowly turns from shock to brutal while he's looking at the splattered brains, his head then slowly turns into the group of five men that are looking at them.
"Do you really think you can leave just like that?"
"That guy has offended us so don't you think we deserve some compensation?"
Upon hearing this, Dinda's heart stopped, 'Oh, no...'