Alexander suddenly vanished and now finds himself near Bivorch.
"Hah, T-this is..." He was shocked and surprised to find himself inside Skeba's body, who had been thrown by Bivorch's attack earlier.
'Is this what they call fusion?' Alexander wondered, still puzzled, about the function of fusion provided by the system.
"Hello, father. This is a method where we fuse our abilities to access greater combined strength."
Skeba's voice suddenly sounded. Before Alexander could ask, Bivorch, who was nearby, immediately approached him again, launching another attack.
Alexander then moved to evade the attack, surprised that he could quickly dodge Bivorch's strikes.
Alexander then looked towards Bivorch and was astonished to see floating red text above its head.
"Wow, it's like being in a game. I can see the enemy's level and remaining health," Alexander remarked, still amazed by the situation.
It was truly like being in a game. He then suddenly had an idea.
"System, activate the Skull Sword Slash skill!" Alexander yelled, calling out the move's name as commonly done in video games.
"Bling!"
A long sword, bone-white in color, suddenly appeared in Alexander's hand. He then slashed towards Bivorch.
"Slash! Slash!"
Two consecutive slashes were executed by Alexander toward Bivorch.
"AWOOOOOOOOO!"
Blood spilled from Bivorch as it let out a roar, seemingly angry at what had happened to it.
"Hahaha, it worked! This really worked!" Alexander exclaimed joyfully, seeing Bivorch successfully hit by his attack.
Bivorch's condition could be seen on the floating red status above its head. Alexander realized this and delivered another slash towards Bivorch.
"Slash!"
"Thud!"
Bivorch then fell and died from Alexander's attack. A sound suddenly rang out.
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[Ding!]
[Congratulations! Host and partner have leveled up.]
[5 stat points added.]
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"Hahaha, so this is really the system that can make me the strongest warrior." Alexander laughed happily, seeing everything that had happened.
This was what he had wanted all along.
"System, stop fusion."
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[Ding!]
[Fusion will be terminated.]
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"Bling!"
Alexander then emerged from Skeba's body and stood beside him.
"Congratulations, father; we've leveled up," Skeba said cheerfully to Alexander.
"Haha, well done, Skeba," Alexander replied, praising Skeba.
This was why this system was said to be the strongest. Alexander could continue to level up without being limited by talent.
"System, show status."
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[Welcome to the strongest system]
[Mission: Leveling up the skeleton warrior to become a great warrior]
[Mission duration: Unlimited]
[Reward: become invincible]
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Alexander then looked at his status on the system screen, and some had already changed.
"System, add 2 points each for strength and agility, and 1 point for endurance."
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[Ding!]
[Stat points have been added as per request.]
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Alexander's body was suddenly enveloped in white vapor, healing his previously wounded body from Barnes's kicks.
"This is amazing. My body feels different, like there's power flowing into it."
Alexander felt his body very light and strong, more than usual. He then felt satisfied with what he had gained.
'But luckily, this time I fought a dying bivorch. If it were a normal bivorch, I might have died' Alexander thought.
Using skills at level 0 was limited only a few times and could only be used excessively by forcing the consumption of available mana.
At level 0, Alexander certainly didn't have mana, so he could only use the skill a few times and couldn't force himself to use the skill excessively.
But now, because Alexander already had mana, he could force a few more slashes by consuming his mana.
"Skeba, what do you think? Should we return or search for some injured Bivorch from yesterday's battle to level up?" Alexander asked.
"It's better to look for the injured bivorch, father. This is a good opportunity to level up," Skeba suggested.
Alexander and Skeba decided to search for the injured Bivorch from the previous battle to level up.
***
The next morning, Anna and her group continued their journey to the city of Anvel.
Before leaving, Anna went to the baggage carriage at the back to check if Alexander had returned or not.
But there was no sign that Alexander had returned. 'Is he really going back to Anvel alone?' Anna wondered.
It was unlike Alexander to suddenly disappear, especially in the middle of the journey. There could be wild animals or bivorch roaming around.
Alexander was usually vigilant against things that could endanger him. Anna then remembered Barnes from last night; his behavior was very suspicious to Anna, especially since Barnes often bullied Alexander for no clear reason.
In a forest with a valley, a skeleton wearing a black robe was covered in blood all over its body. It was Skeba, who was currently undergoing fusion with Alexander.
Since last night, Alexander has been tracking the presence of an injured Bivorch.
Fortunately, he was able to kill some of them. He smiled when he saw the blue screen in front of him.
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[Ding!]
[Congratulations! Host and partner have leveled up.]
[5 stat points added.]
[Ding!]
[Congratulations! Host and partner have leveled up.]
[5 stat points added.]
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After killing some of them, Alexander and Skeba only leveled up by 2 levels and were now at level 3. However, the ones Alexander killed were just some level-0 Bivorch who were already dying from the battle with the warriors yesterday.
"System, stop fusion."
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[Ding!]
[Fusion will be terminated.]
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"Bling!"
Now, Alexander stood beside Skeba after ending the fusion. For now, Alexander could only fusion with Skeba and level up.
'Will I be able to use skills without having to fusion later?' Alexander wondered if he would be able to use his skills without having to fuse with Skeba.
"System, add stats as before."
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[Ding!]
[Stat points have been added as per request.]
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A white aura, as usual, surrounded Alexander's body, making him feel different and stronger when the white aura shone and enveloped him.
"Skeba, let's return to Anvel. It seems there are no more opportunities for us to level up for now," Alexander said.
"Alright, father."
Alexander and Skeba decided to return to Anvel for now. There was nothing they could do at the moment to level up.
At this point, they could fight some injured level 0 bivorch, but if it were a normal level 0 bivorch, they would both struggle, let alone fight level 1 bivorch, which would endanger both their lives.