The notifications Alexandre received were a real surprise!
The fact that he could gain experience by killing a hunter was incredible! Alexandre was seriously beginning to wonder how the leveling system worked - was there some sort of energy transfer between Virus Z cells when the subject was killed by another? It was a rather difficult question to answer at the moment, but Alexander was thinking more and more about this hypothesis.
But what Alexandre was sure of was that this discovery would change his vision of hunters: if a hunter could become stronger by killing his fellow hunter, then the black zone, the hunter's zone of predilection, was even more dangerous than he had imagined.
Alexander had also unlocked the "karma" system, he didn't know exactly what it was but what he did know was that the academy encyclopedia didn't mention it, which was logical after all, assaults between students were severely punished on the hunter island with the exception of the fighting arena, so a morality system must have been very taboo in the hunter community.
Alexander obviously checked his character sheet:
╔═══════Aurora Nexus: Character═══════╕
╟─╼ INFORMATION
║ ╰╼ [Name]: Alexandre HautVille
║ ╰╼[Real name]: Alexandre Goldberg *
║ ╰╼ [Biology] Hunter
║ ╰╼ [Class] Boxer
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╟─╼Levels
║ ╰╼[Levels]: 6
║ ╰╼[Exp]: 61/1,600
╟─╼Karma
║ ╰╼ [Alignment]: 0
║ ╰╼[Karma]: Neutral
╠══════════════╡
╟─╼STATS [Level]: E+
║╰╼[Strength]: 1.72
║╰╼[Intelligence]: 1.15
║ ╰╼ [Agility]: 1.75
║ ╰╼ [Endurance]: 1.4
║ ╰╼ [Resistance]: 1.4
║╰╼ [Dexterity]: 1.35
║╰╼ [Perception]: 1.3
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╟─╼SKILLS
║╰╼[ Steel bones (5/5) (Lv.1) ]
╟─╼PASSIVE SKILLS
║ ╰╼[ Immortal ]
║ ╰╼[ Regeneration hunter (Lv.1) ]
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╟─╼EQUIPMENT
║ ╰╼[...]
╠══════════════╡
╟─╼ Guild
╟─╼ [Guild]
║ ╰╼ [Guild fund]
╟─╼ [Affiliation]: Hunter Academy (1 year)
║ ╰╼ [Academey points ]: 100 pts
║ ╰╼ [Grade]: 1 / 1,288
╠══════════════╡
╟─╼SUMMARY
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Alexandre had just noticed the "Karma" column that had been grafted onto the same category as the level, so he imagined it had an influence on his progress.
But Alexander didn't have too much time to figure it out, Richard's brains were still soiling his feet, so he had to decide what to do now: either just run away and hope nobody discovered the body, or hide the body and pass it off as missing.
Alexander, obviously cautious, decided to undress - after all, he'd already lost a lot of blood through Richard's attack - and kept only his pants and gauntlet.
He got down on his knees and began digging a hole with his bare hands, this hunter's skill would come in handy to speed things up. Fortunately for him, being in the forest, the earth was also relatively soft, which would make the task much easier.
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After twenty minutes of loading the earth, the hole was big enough, so Alexander, without waiting, took the corpse of the unlucky man and put it in the hole. Alexander also put his soiled clothes inside and stayed completely clean, so as not to leave any suspicion of the deed he'd done today.
After plugging the hole, Alexander breathed for a few seconds, his muscles burning. A normal Hunter would probably have screamed in pain by now, but for Alexander pain was nothing more than information, like smell.
Alexander didn't want to waste any time, the area could clearly be considered a crime zone, there was still a lot of blood and brains scattered around, Alexander knew he shouldn't stay there, without delay, even though he was still naked, he resumed his journey.