Oscar asked him to keep his identity and skill a secret, and he also agreed to forge a new identity for him. Dave had no reason to refuse, he accepted the condition without thinking much about it.
His job in the guild was rather simple for now, Oscar had told him that he would hire him as a dealer. However, until he can communicate in the native language of this world he would have fewer responsibilities.
Dave only hated one thing about this job, there were no holidays, and he will have to report whenever Oscar calls for him. He was unable to refuse because Dave didn't have any other option, it would be difficult to find someone in this world who can communicate fluently with him.
He was given a room and 3 times meals which is a part of his salary. Dave didn't know what are the standards for salary in this world and it's not like he ever wanted to know. He would rather find some other way to earn money than work for someone else.
He opened the door of his room, it was quite dark but Dave walked inside without any fear. He lit up a lamp that used something like a magic stone to power itself.
He once again scanned the entire room for any threats, After confirming that there was nothing suspicious in the room, he closed the doors and the windows. After that, he went to sleep.
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In the middle of his sleep, Dave suddenly felt uneasy, his lungs felt heavier and his heart was racing faster. He went to open the door but it was blocked, the windows too were blocked by something. There was definitely because of the poisonous gas in the room.
He didn't have the strength to break out of the room and he was on the brink of death. So he did the only possible thing he could at the moment and activated the poison resistance skill. His consciousness faded away after he saw two notifications.
[ Poison Resistance Activated]
[ Consuming 3 units of mana to build an immunity against the specific poison]
Dave woke up after several hours, his body felt heavy and there was white foam in his mouth. However, he was sure that he was no longer dying.
' I thought I died' He thought, there were tears in his eyes and his body felt cold. He was afraid of dying in an unknown world and at the same time very angry.
He cleaned himself, regained his breathing, and felt the poison still in his body but it was unable to affect him in any way.
[ Congratulations you have unlocked a new skill in the skill book]
Dave suddenly saw this notification, he never expected that the system window will notify him if he ever unlocked a skill. He summoned the skill book and placed his hand on skill book to infuse his mana.
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[ Mark Of Death] [ E Rank]
[ Does not consume any mana]
[ A skill that allows you to use Power Of Death. Once you gain this skill you will have a new source of energy that can be used in different ways]
[ Note:- This skill is an evolving skill]
[ Current Applications
– Strengthening- The Energy can be used to strengthen and evolve your body–]
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Dave read the requirements to unlock the skill as well, it required someone to come very close to dying but still be able to survive. He assumed that having a strong body will at least make him a little hard to kill.
Dave selected the skill and then selected [Yes] for using a slot which led to a series of notifications on the system window.
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[ You have acquired a new skill]
[ Mark Of Death]
[ A New stat has been added]
[ Energy Of Death - 0]
[ You have to kill any living being to gain energy, There are no limits, you can collect as much energy as you want]
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This skill will surely be beneficial, also he needs to be beware of the assassin. Now that he had survived the poisoning, he was sure that they will try to directly come at him and finish him off.
He didn't know how to get rid of an issue like that, Bushche was the one who was protecting him before but here he had no one to guard him. The people in the guild will never bother with saving him.
He could have remained under Bushche's protection but he didn't like to be pitied and misunderstood. In the end, no matter what he was told Bushche was just making sure that Dave lived a life of a weakling while relying on him so that he could prevent him from making enemies with the empire in the future.
After cleaning himself Dave wore his clothes back, and he left his room after locking it carefully. He had to meet with Oscar to discuss the work, and most of the time Oscar would accompany him today.
As he walked in the hallways of the employee dorms, he felt a gaze upon him but when he turned he didn't see anyone. He started to walk faster and before we knew it he was out of the dorms and in front of the guild office.
Compared to yesterday, only a few people were standing inside. He greeted the receptionist and then directly walked inside the guild manager's room.
Oscar wasn't there, it was still early in the morning and it was common for a person of higher standing in an organization to come late. While he waited one of the staff came into the office and served him some tea and snacks.
He smelled the tea before sipping a very little amount of the tea and waited for any reaction. However nothing happened, so he drank again but it had gotten cold so he left the cup just there on the table.
" I hope you are ready for today," Suddenly Oscar walked into the room. " Hey, why's your face so pale?"