Chapter 38: Second Unique Skill Acquired
Everyone in the room looked at Nova, who had an icy stare, colder than the hardest ice itself.
But in the depth of that gaze, only the most experienced could see the discomfort and disgust he felt as he performed the action that would change his life forever.
'It's time,' Nova told herself, trying to calm himself. 'There is no going back now'.
The earrings on his lobes glowed brighter, indicating the activation of his passive to increase the fireball and his calming ability.
The fist-sized fireball spinning in his palm had increased in size by at least five centimeters, making it slightly larger than his fist, and its spinning had become faster.
In contrast, his other ability, Calm, now had more effect on him.
Calm was still a level 1 spell, so its effectiveness was not very high, and even though it had calmed and soothed Nova's thoughts, they still lingered deep in his mind.
But now, with the increase of the earrings, Nova felt much calmer, it was his first kill, the first in his life, he had never killed a human, the closest were those bulls that tried to kill him.
'But here I am, killing innocents,' Nova thought, his fire swirling more and more in his palm and his eyes becoming more and more indifferent.
'But...'
'They are still murderers'.
His transparent eyes reflected like a mirror the image of the chubby man and woman who looked at him in horror, feeling the ball of fire aimed at them.
"Go," Nova whispered, but the tense and silent room could hear it loud and clear despite the low whisper.
*Dull sound*
The fireball traveled at such a high speed that all the recruits could see was a red line heading their way.
Instead, all the higher-ups saw the fireball almost in slow motion, even though some could see that the fireball was slightly bigger and faster than normal, they were not alarmed and continued to watch.
But everyone could see who it was aimed at, and it was the fat man who was now shaking even more than before.
Because of the sense of survival, the sense of survival that every human being and living thing in general has, almost as if it were common sense, the chubby man tried to avoid the fireball by trying to move to one side.
The woman, seeing such a scenario, also moved away, but to the opposite side of where the man was going, closer to the masked men and Alex.
'Ha, I managed to dodge it,' the chubby man thought, celebrating his saved life.
But on the other side, Nova was smiling faintly. He didn't know why he was smiling, and he didn't want to know, but deep in his heart, he wanted to kill the man in front of him.
For some reason, he reminded his of him, a fat, pathetic, weak man who let the stronger ones make his decisions.
Unconsciously, Nova enjoyed destroying the version of him that he hated, he wanted to kill it, erase it from his sight, that's why the slight smile turned into a broad smile of satisfaction when suddenly his hands stretched his fingers even more exaggeratedly.
As if on command, the fireball, which was slightly larger than a fist, began to grow.
"What... What?!" cried the man, filled with desperation and fear.
A few seconds ago, he thought he had escaped death, but suddenly the ball before his eyes grew larger and larger.
A big fireball?
A super fireball?
With a smile of satisfaction and joy, even more so when he heard his screams of despair, Nova couldn't stop himself from screaming.
"Explosion!!"
*BOOM!
The growing fireball exploded just before hitting the man's body, but that didn't save him as he was completely caught in the explosion with him as the epicenter.
He didn't have time to scream, he didn't have time to cry, it was so fast and so sudden that he could only be shocked and watch his imminent death.
The blast only reached the man's body and a few feet away, but the shock wave created by the explosion pushed the woman and Alex slightly.
The tanned man stood watching the explosion with a frown on his face, and the masked men and the other high commanders with an almost expressionless face.
*He gasped.*
Almost everyone gasped in unison.
They hadn't seen Nova's expression because they were so focused on the fireball and the explosion, but looking at his now, they could tell that he was enjoying the kill more than ever.
Nova stood there with ecstasy and a happy expression on his face, despite the calming spell, his contented mood did not fade in the slightest, especially when he saw the tablet in front of his face.
Did he know that it was wrong to feel this way? Of course, he felt it, but he couldn't help it. Something had awakened in him, a feeling that was beginning to grow without him realizing it....
[The player has killed his first human,
Level Up
Since this is your first human kill, the system will reward you with an extra level.
Level up
The player has reached level 6, allowing him to learn his first character skill... Unique skill: Mirror].
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