Looking at those eight Lykor's he began contemplating over how to deal with them….
'Let's try out the skills I have, I'm curious to know just how strong I have become after turning into a Gospeler of Nightmares…'
He opened the status panel and looked at the skill section.
[Eyes Of The Paragon (Level 1)]: You can summon the @#$&# rune into your eyes to see the ultimate Truth. By summoning the @#$&# rune into your eyes you can cast an inescapable Nightmare illusion onto your enemies that cannot be avoided.
[Kasimo's Flames (Level 1)]: You can summon Kasimo's flame for a set duration. WARNING! Kasimo's flames are extremely chaotic and can have unexpected effects.
[Kasimo's Mark (Level 1)]: You can mark up to three objects/beings with Kasimo's Mark which will directly mark the target's soul in the case of living beings. The mark can be tracked irrespective of the distance.
If Kasimo's Mark is attached to a living being, it will constantly release a fixed amount of Nargy into their soul, slowly corrupting the soul of the target, and ultimately turning them into Kasimo's soul puppet.
If Kasimo's Mark is attached to an object, it will constantly release a fixed amount of Nargy into the object, slowly corrupting it, and ultimately turning it into a bizarre Object.
[Kasimo's Soul Poker (Level 1)]: [Locked]
[Kasimo's Nightmare Circus (Level 1)]: [Locked]
'Hmm…out of the 5 skills I have, two are locked, and the other one is Kasimo's Mark which is meant for tracking not for combat….this leaves me with only two usable skills, Eyes Of The Paragon and Kasimo's Flames….'
'Wait a minute…why are there skills with Kasimo in them!? Who the hell is this Kasimo anyway…Out of the five skills I have right now…four are Kasimo's skills.'
After pondering for a while, Aron's eyes suddenly widened, and his pupils contracted.
'No way!! How can that be possible!! He just attacked me with that card nothing more!..... How can I get skills related to him…Is it because of the Star Fragment!?....come to think of it, it just suddenly vanished while I was unconscious….and now I have a Nightmare System with Skills related to that Maniacal Clown….Could it be—'
AAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOO!!!"
suddenly he heard another howl and quickly dodged a flying arc of destructive havoc energy launched by one of the Lykor through its violet glowing tail.
"WILL YOU DIE IF YOU JUST STOPPED OF A BIT!!!" Aron cursed at the Lykors in a burst of anger and irritation, and in response, the Lykors started Snarling and howling at him angrily…
'I gotta deal with them quickly!… Looking at the three applicable skills he had.'
He tried the first one, Eye Of The Paragon,
'You can summon the @#$&# rune into your eyes to see the ultimate Truth. By summoning the @#$&# rune into your eyes you can cast an inescapable Nightmare illusion that cannot be avoided.'
'So I have to summon some kind of rune inside my eye to use this skill!? But don't even know what rune this is all about! The name of the rune itself is being censored in the skill description...'
'Kasimo's flames...according to the skill description, the Kasimo flames are quite chaotic and can have unpredictable effects….But I don't have any other option now….'
'Let's try this out. But how do I use it? "KASIMO'S FLAMES!" Aron abruptly shouted out loud the skill name causing the 8 Lykors to stare at him for a second in silence….'It didn't work? Am I missing something?'
'The description says you can summon Kasimo's flames….how do I summon them!? As far as I can understand Kasimo must be that wretched clown and Kasimo's flames must be those dreadful purple-black flames...'
Closing his eyes Aron started recalling the purple-black flames that he had seen in the nightmare city when the clown summoned it on the tip of his finger and turned it into a card….trying to imitate the clown he raised his hand and imagined a blazing purple-black flame floating over his index finger….
Then suddenly he started feeling a connection or a link from somewhere or something unknown. He tried to focus on that connection, and soon started feeling a faint sense of presence from it.
'Hear me Oh flames dark flames…help me burn my enemies to ashes…'
Aron conveyed through that link, in response to which suddenly dark sparks started appearing over his index finger.
Suddenly feeling some kind of energy slowly materializing over his index finger, he opened his eyes, and looked at his index finger, only to find a small dark purple-black flame floating over his index finger, flickering in and out like a candle flame...
"YEAH!! I DID IT!!" he shouted out loud in excitement, but at the same time felt a bit less energetic than earlier.
'strange..why do I feel slightly tired? Is this the price for using a skill?'
Opening his status window.
Status:
Name: Aron Smith
Race: Gospeler of Nightmares
Rank: Aberrant - I
Level: 1
Title: Champion Of The Nightmare Realm [You have been chosen by the Nightmare Realm to be its champion!]
Echos: 0
Soul Points: 0
Health: 100/100
Nargy: 50/100
Stamina: 70/70
Looking at the Nargy being 50/100 he got his confirmation….'So Nargy is some kind of special energy used by the Nightmare Creatures/beings!?'
'As far as I know about the Wizarding World…they use Mana for casting spells and most of the magic-related stuff….I don't see any mana in my status screen…so does that mean I cannot use mana but only Nargy!? Sigh~ I have so many things to figure out….lets first deal with the Lykors.'
Looking at the purple-black flame floating over his index finger, he pointed it in the direction of the Lykors, aiming at one of the eight Lykors's heads, then making a trigger-like movement, as if pulling the trigger of a gun and imagined shooting the purple-black flame at the Lykor.
Meanwhile, suddenly all the Havoc-Lykors become slightly nervous at the sudden appearance of the purple-black flames, feeling a life-threatening feeling from the purple-black flames they slowly start retreating.
Looking at the Lykors slowly retreating he grins deviously…."Too late!"
The flames shoot off his finger like a bullet and hit the Lykor right on its head causing a blast of dark purple-black flames to start spreading in all directions.
Very soon all of the 8 Havoc-Lykors were enveloped in a blazing inferno of purple-black flames that got stuck to their bodies like stubborn leech not letting go no matter what the Havoc-Lykors tried….
Meanwhile, Aron who was calmly looking at all of this noticed that the Purple-black flames burning over all the Lykor's bodies were materializing into a humanoid face, with its eyes turning into a crescent from happiness, and its mouth wide open mouth that seem to be sucking all the vitality of their bodies…
[Alert! Nargy reserves have been depleted! host is advised to meditate for a while until the Nargy reserves have fully regenerated…]
Looking at the system Alert, Aron slowly started feeling lightheaded and a sense of mental fatigue. Meanwhile, the purple-black flames also slowly start dissipating, leaving behind only the ashes of the eight terrifying Havac-Lykors…
Feeling extremely fatigued and relieved Aron just laid down on the branch of the giant white tree, from where he had shot the purple-black flames at the eight havoc-Lykors.
'These flames are even more terrifying than I thought, they even managed to melt the violet crystalline layer and protrusions on the Havoc-Lykor's back like it was butter…but it did consume a lot of Nargy to keep burning….sigh'
'At least I will not be totally helpless in such situations from now on…'
'I have already taken down eight now I need two more Aberrants to complete the quest…'
Just as he was about to jump to another tree at some distance, from the corner of his eye, he noticed something glinting with a bright violet light from within the ashes of the Lykors, out of curiosity started looking for the glinting object among the ashes of the dead Lykors…
Soon he came across a small beautiful violet crystal sphere with a smooth glazed surface…
'What's this? Where did this crystal ball suddenly appear from?'
When he picked up the violet crystal ball.
[Havoc-Lykors core]
"System, what is a core?"
[Nightmare core: It is a core formed inside all the nightmare creatures as they grow. A Nightmare core is responsible for generating and storing all Nargy inside any Nightmare creature/being.]
'Ohh, so it's like a power core…wait a minute! I am also a nightmare creature! Doesnt that mean I too possess a Nightmare core!?!?'
He then quickly opened up the status window…
Status:
Name: Aron Smith
Race: Gospeler of Nightmares
Rank: Aberrant-I [single core]
Level: 1
Title: Champion Of The Nightmare Realm [You have been chosen by the Nightmare Realm to be its champion!]
Echos: 0
Soul Points: 4000 [8x500]
Health: 100/100
Nargy: 100/100
Stamina: 70/70
'OHH Damn!'
Looking at the Rank he cried internally 'So I am an Aberrant too!? That too a Tier-I with a single core. I totally overlooked this detail earlier'….But before he could continue to contemplate any further…
[Alert! Several Aberrants have been detected within the range of 30 meters of the host…]