Chapter 8: When Someone Is About To Die, They Reveal Their True Colors (III)
"Puufff!!!"
A mouthful of blood splashed onto the ground, followed by coughs.
"Hauh... W-what the heck was that!?" Daniel spoke weakly, clutching his injured left arm.
"I don't know... but at least we got away... ah..." Alaine sank to the ground with a sigh of relief.
'I didn't expect something like this to happen... it seems that a variable has been created...' She bit her lower lip in frustration...
'In all the rounds I've been through... nothing like this has happened before... why now!? Just when I decided to love him one last time...' She hugged her knees tightly, lost in thought.
[The constellation "Timekeeper" frowns deeply.]
[The constellation "Timekeeper" says that she cannot view the lines of the future due to the variable.]
'Yeah... I had a feeling. Even Lucius acted differently this time... choosing the 'Black House' directly, which he's never done before...'
'And that power that nearly got us killed... it must be at least... 240 points in magic. Is that even possible?'
'Damn... I thought I had seen every possible outcome, but this was unexpected!' She clenched her fists in frustration.
"Ah... Alaine...?" Daniel stammered as he felt a shiver running down his spine.
"What?" She replied with annoyance in her voice.
"T-there... gulp!" Daniel swallowed so hard that was even audible.
"F-fuck..." She couldn't help but curse aloud.
Before them, a colossal ice spear, even more powerful than the previous attack, loomed over the yellow house.
BOOOOOMMMM!
It pierced the entire house, making a bone-chilling cold spread through the entire area and even freezing the area until a few meters from them.
Gulp...!
'At least... 320 points are needed for an attack of that scale... Although, I can defeat her or him... it should be just cause of my skills and combat experience.'
'However... it's troublesome since... I cannot use Time Stop now...'
"Let's go somewhere with a better view." She declared, rising to her feet and walking away.
And this time, Daniel just followed her without questioning.
"Fuck... who's that guy?" He mumbled...
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Fuck...
Huff... Hagh... Haaa...
Only two more flags to go, and I'm done with the game.
However, there are going to be a few problems. Alaine will immediately know that I'm the one who caused this because I'll be winning the game.
After all, there's only one person in the black house, and that's me.
"How can I deal with a regressor? What did my predecessors do? The only thing I know is that they probably backstabbed Alaine..."
"Other than that... I got nothing." I sighed heavily.
Haaaa....
Either way, this round at least, Alaine decided that she would kill me, so I need to be absolutely careful about that.
"Open store..."
[Platinum Store—
✧ Weapons
✧ Skills
✧ Equipment
✧ Miscellaneous
Current Coins: 45.790]
After the panel appeared before me, I immediately browsed through the skills' section, and bought a few skills.
Firstly, [Poison Resistance]—I would need this a lot in this kind of world. Some is definitely going to have the idea of poisoning water fountains and things like that.
That directly cost me 15k coins; however, it's a growth type that grows after I drink poison, so it's going to benefit me a lot.
Secondly, [Poison Manipulation]—How else was I going to be able to create poisons? I need to be familiar with them first.
Minus 7k coins... and also a growth type, surprisingly. Well, it says that its unique to the platinum store, so... it's exclusive to me.
Thankfully, I have a 50% discount on everything, or I would be using 44k coins directly.
Finally, [Silent Breathing]—It's a skill that helps me regulate my breathing, heartrate, and much more! Very useful...
That cost me 10k coins...
Which means that I spent 32k coins directly...
[It's detected that the user has both Poison Resistance and Poison Manipulation! Would you like to combine both of them?]
[By spending 5.000 coins, they are going to be combined and start at 1✪]
"...Yeah, just getting a skill to 1✪ is 10k coins... Why wouldn't I?"
[Ding! You have received the skill—"Poison Skills".]
Welp, I spent almost all of my coins, but it's worth it anyway.
"Woah... this is how you make poison in this apocalypse? It's honestly not surprising, but it's just perfect." I smiled to myself.
As I thought, I need the monster's body to create some poisons, and they are pretty deadly.
There's also a lot of aphrodisiacs in the knowledge I've received... that could be quite... interesting, to say the least.
Creak...!
Suddenly, my ears tingled as I heard a faint creack sound, and I immediately hid myself, using my new skill.
I was breathing so calmly that even I couldn't hear my own breathing.
Weird... but fascinating.
"Haaah! sniff... sniff!"
Ah... is someone crying? I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
Along with that, I could hear the faint sound of steps hitting the ground, so I could notice that it was a little child.
KRIEEEKKK!
Ah... more giant rats.
"Sniff...!"
Thud...!
"Haugk...! N-no, I c-c-cannot d-die here!" A childish voice reached out to my ears, and I took a look.
It was a little girl with peculiar silver hair that reached her waist, and if that wasn't strange enough, she also had a small white tail...
Weird.
Very weird.
'Appraisal...'
[Name: Bianca Snow (15)]
[Current Level: 2]
[Title: Lost White Tigress ]
[Sponsor: - ]
[Coins: 210]
[Attributes: Strength 31 | Dexterity 27 | Constitution 15 | Magic 21]
[Stat Points: 3]
[Skills: White Tiger's Breathing (Lv.1)
Allows the user to receive 1 magic point for every 15 minutes.]
[Unique Skill: Wrath of the White Tigress (Lv.1)
Allows the user to enter a "berserk" state where all attributes are enhanced by 300% during 180 seconds.
[Stigma: White Tiger's Bloodline
The user is now half-tiger, half-human, which grants certain benefits.]
The fuck is this...?
Now, there are new species, and what's up with that strength at level 2? It's even higher than Alaine's.
Her attributes are insane...
Not to mention both of her skills... they are fucking great.
However, it seems that she doesn't realize that she's strong enough to kill those rats.
Anyway, I have got a chance to be the "hero" that saves her, I wouldn't miss it.
Bam!
"Little child, run! I'll take care of it..."
"Mhm!" Bianca nodded and ran away as tears trailed down her face.
This fucker...
Freeeze!
After Bianca left my point of view, I immediately froze both the creature and the guy that saved Bianca.
Fuck... I wasted such a good opportunity.
"Mothefucker..."
Break!
I kicked the ice sculpture, spreading thousands of pieces on the ground.
Then, I walked tlowards the direction where Bianca left, I already had a way to make her favorable towards me.
After all...
She's still just a child.
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