Kobi laughed loudly after cursing the system. His eyes glinting maliciously, as he gazed at the Shik, "Now system!" Kobi clasped his hips and walked towards Shik with a disdainful face.
"Compensation!" Kobi held out his hand with an evil smirk.
"Huh!? Look, I know it was evil of me and all but... but you can't just question me, you know I saved you from dying back on earth!" Shil moved back, his eyes widening bit-by-bit, "Shit! I slipped up!"
Kobi raised his brow, his ears twitching. there was no way he could miss that, but; of course, instead of changing the topic, he ignored it for now and waved his hand in a bored manner, "Compensation!"
"Bu-But!" Shik gazed at him with an innocent expression.
"Don't but me! You almost killed me by immaturely making me fight that Prince, I bet I could've gotten at least one hundred skills before having to fight him! Yet you made me fight him so early, nearly causing my death! Do you know I nearly lost my left arm? Heck! It even hurts right now, look it looks so scared! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" Kobi... who was causally using his left arm to grab his hips earlier, suddenly failed it around limply. Shrill screams hurled out of his mouth as he caressed it.
"Look! Look!! So weak! Heck! Now you must give me a super op potion or something that shoots my Strength to one thousand or else I will feel wronged! Yea, and also those one hundred skills, pay those as well!" Kobi's expression twisted as if he was suffering from the bargain.
Glancing at Shik's dumfounded expression, he made an "O" expression and swiftly changed hands, his left hand flailing left and right limply again.
"CAN YOU BE MORE PRETENCIOUS?" Shik screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Uh!" Kobi scratched his face with his left hand, "I am still not very learned in the art, so I will take a while. Oh! How about you also give me an acting book which instantly dissolves once I touch it? Yep! Add that in the compensation list as well, alright! Hand 'em over now!"
Kobi raised his chin proudly, 'Mommy, daddy! You must be feeling proud!' Kobi sighed melancholy.
Shik covered his face for an instant before looking at him seriously, "Alright! I will give you one hundred skills but... no 1000 stat strength potion nor any acting books!"
Kobi's lips morphed into an 'O'. 'Seriously?' He felt as if he struck gold.
Hearing Kobi's thoughts, Shik shook his head with a weary smile and explained, "I am your benefactor! I want you to be strong as well, the stronger you are, the more useful you are to me."
Kobi nodded his head understandingly, he still felt this was too surreal but Shik's explanation made some sense.
Shaking his head he nodded his head excitedly, "Now gimme those skills right now!"
Shik nodded his head with an extremely benevolent smile and waved his hand.
All of a sudden, names kept ringing in Kobi's ears.
Devilish Smile, Powered Whistle, Dragon Roar and what not!
Kobi kept staring into space with a blank smile. After a while, his dull look finally regained clarity, "I AM FREAKING TOO OP!!" Kobi roared aloud, his figure flashed left and right through the use of his newfound teleportation.
A thick ball of fire appeared in his mouth and he blew it out, sending it smashing into the wall.
"HAHAHAHA! The skies morph the clouds to etch my name, the ground crumbles down fearing my steps, the wind dares not let me step on the soil and keeps me afloat and you still say you haven't heard of Kobi Coll's? Huh!? Are you living under a rock? Tch! Tch! Tch!" Kobi shook his head disappointedly, his lips twitching from his desire to grin.
Shik just smirked glancing at him hopping around.
After regaining his senses, Kobi sighed solemnly and flashed a thumbs-up to Shik, causing the latter to bow while saying he was just doing his job.
Kobi pushed back his hair and and jogged towards the door while humming a tune, the moment he spun the knob, his surroundings vanished replaced by bright white light, his feet seemed to be hovering in mid-air.
"What's this, Shik?" Kobi glanced at Kobi in surprise and a hint of nervousness.
"Rewarding host for completing the dungeon."
Followed by the notification, three boxes of varying colors appeared in front of him, supporting question marks on each side.
Then, another golden box appeared above the three, which supported black question marks, unlike the other three which had white.
Shik appeared next to him and appeased his confusion, "You can either choose all the three boxes below. Or choose the golden box above, the golden box might have a special skill."
Kobi raised his brow, a sly smile appeared atop his face, "Shik!"
"Ye-Yes!" Shik mouth opened slightly, his large eyes blinking constantly in confusion.
"You know... I even got emotional damage!" Kobi bit his lips, his eyes gazing up solemnly.
Shik had an urge to slap Kobi right on the cheek. "S-So what?" Shik held his hips, preparing himself.
Kobi turned his face towards him, his face morphed in disgust at Shik's puny brain. Fashing his empty palm, he demanded calmly, "Compensation!"
Shik had an urge to slap himself for losing control earlier and doing something which cost him so bitterly.
"Either give me the 1000 Strength Stat Potion and the acting book." Kobi's face suddenly lit up slyly, "Orrrr,"
Shik sighed, thinking he deserved this mess, "Or?"
"Or I can compromise since you have been so cooperating and settle by just taking all these boxes." Kobi grinned beautifully.
Shik grabbed his head and sighed, "Alright, do the latter!"
Kobi's face morphed into an oval, 'Shit! Aren't you so cute you damned generous system! Just watch as I quickly find a way back to Earth when I get out.' Kobi forgot Shik could hear his thoughts and yammered in his head.
Seeing him snicker, Shik just shook his head, 'Only reality can slap you some sense.'
Sensing Kobi was about to open them, artifical wind blew out of all the boxes as they trembled ever so gently.
Kobi tapped on the purple box, inside was not a scroll, surprisingly, instead a potion.
"Oh! Stat potion! You can increase all your stats by up to 10 by using this." Shik raised a brow in surprise.
"Only 10? What good would that do?" Despite sounding unimpressed, Kobi instantly downed the potion, causing a sudden heat to well up inside him.
He could feel his exploding power running all around, he couldn't help but smirk.
"Its use? I will have you know every human in this world is born with 10 strength, agility and defense." Shik snickered.
"Huh!" Kobi's mouth hung loose, his disbelief flickering in his eyes.
Seeing his expression, Shik smirked.
'Dang!' Seeing he wasn't joking, Kobi felt a hint of curiosity for the outside world arising inside him.
He tapped on the yellow box, causing the lid to slide off. Inside was a white scroll.
He took it outside and unrolled it, on it were the words, Corruption.
"Dang! That's a nice one, it allows you to raise your stats by 100% but... you lose your sanity."
Kobi raised a brow, 'Not bad but... its condition is too shitty.'
Kobi tapped on the blue box, he calmly took out the scroll and unrolled it.
'Killer's Wits.'
"Wait, you can choose whether to learn it or not for yourself. After using it, you will get the instincts of a killer who constantly hunted monsters and humans alike, after using it, his experience and techniques will be incorporated in you. But this could have an adverse effect on your personality." Shik explained.
Kobi rubbed his chin before muttering, "Move!"
A smile bloomed on his face as he gazed at the golden box, "Lets see what you can offer."
A pungent, dark and cold wind blew out of the box. As the wind flew past him, Kobi felt as if he was being pricked by needles, making him shiver.
He gulped and gazed inside, a dark scroll lay silently.
He gulped again and took it outside, as he unrolled it, dark red words scribbled atop the scroll.
Kobi's eyes shook as he muttered it out-loud, "Demonic Will!"
"Oh! You can communicated to anybody whose flesh you have eaten, the effect is race-wide. Also, if you eat more of their flesh, you may or may not evolve or get skills related to the creature you are eating."
"I will have to see its effect for myself before commenting." Kobi shrugged, his excietment dying down.
"Returning host to the new world! Happy life, host!"
The light around him began to fade bit-by-bit as a vague image started constructing around him.
The moment he blinked his eyes, he appeared somewhere in a shady area. There was something shading over him, but the shade vanished some distance from his soles, and lush green grass shimmering under the blazing sun stretched endlessly in his vision.
But... that didn't impress Kobi.
He was busy staring at the place where his golden bar was... Indeed, was!
'It vanished.' Kobi felt cold sweat drenching him, "Shik... my skills are there right!? My hundred plus skills?" Kobi forcefully stretched his lips, smiling ear-to-ear.
Shik flashed the same smile and shook his head, "No, host! The Dungeon-Rolled-Skills... remain in the dungeon and only the ones you are awarded with for clearing the dungeon remains."
Kobi's smile thinned, he raised his hands and flashed a few lovely fingers, with a raspy voice, he spoke sincerely, "Fuck you system!"
"Ohoho! No need, no need!" Shik waved his hand dismissively, his expression solemn like a hero leaving without taking the credit.
"I FUCKING KNEW THINGS WOULDN'T BE SO SIMPLE! DAMN YOU SHITTY SYSTEM!!"