Chapter 42: Rewards

As soon as Levi thought he had killed the croc, it moved its tail and struck him on the side of his body.

Bang! Thud! Thud! Thud!

The impact was so powerful that it made him bleed from the side of his face while his body rolled away.

Splash!

His hands were still holding onto the spear as it was pulled out, and the blood gurgled out of the wound.

The burnt cells started falling out while the blood energy began repairing the wound slowly.

The croc didn’t care about the wound. It instantly turned around and ran towards Levi, trying to crush him under its feet.

Levi gritted his teeth and stood up on his feet.

He held the back of the spear with his right hand and the middle with his left. Gathering the strength in his feet, he moved his arms forward.

The sharp whistling sound came out of the tip of the spear as it went straight for the neck of the croc.

To save its neck, the croc swung its trunk.

Just when the trunk struck his spear, he used that momentum to launch himself into the sky while pressing his spear against the trunk.

As he spun mid-air, he pulled his spear, gathering all of his strength into his right arm, channeling his blood energy as he activated the Flame.

The burning heat coursed through his arm, reaching the hand before it entered the spear and went straight for the tip.

Splash!

Before the croc could make a move, the spear pierced through its head.

The hot tip made a hole through its skull as the spearhead tore apart its brain and came out from the other side.

Thud!

A loud noise was released when the body of the trunk croc fell to the ground.

"Hooo!"

Levi released a deep breath, standing tall above the corpse of the croc. At the same time, he got several notifications.

[Ding! Congratulations on your first kill]

[You receive 1EP]

[Ding! Congratulations on completing a Starting Kill Achievement]

[You receive 5EP]

[Ding! Congratulations on completing a Hidden Quest]

[You receive Nine Heaven Chaos Body Technique (Modified), Evil Eyes (Modified), Blood Demon Spear (Modified), and Blood Puppet Art (Modified)]

Looking at these notifications, Levi was stunned.

As for the first notification, it was nothing amazing. It was only one EP. The second notification was quite an achievement.

This gave him 5EP. If he remembered correctly, for ten kills, he would receive 25EP.

But at the same time, he would keep receiving one EP per kill. That’s only because the system itself could absorb the negative emotions.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to obtain even a single kill.

Of course, this also meant if he tortured someone before killing them, he would earn more points.

But he was not going to do that.

What surprised him was the hidden quest and the rewards.

Some of them were confusing.

Like Nine Heaven Chaos Body Technique! Was it a body tempering technique?

If so, what’s the point of buying another technique from the system when he could get it from the hidden quests?

And what about the Evil Eyes? What could be evil about the eyes?

Blood Demon Spear! That name made his back shiver in fear.

More importantly, what kind of art was a Blood Puppet Art? Could it be a puppet that he could create using his own blood?

But considering the nature of the Evil God, it must be the blood of others.

Levi didn’t think much about them. Instead, he looked at the corpse beneath him and said.

"Mike, it’s your turn."

"Yes, yes, I’m coming. Dude, did you just use flames?"

While he was running, Mike couldn’t help but ask.

"Yeah! I practiced a technique given to me by the Mayor."

When Mike and Sonya heard that, only Sonya showed some envy, giving him one EP.

On the other hand, Mike opened his mouth wide.

"Holy cow! I thought it was already amazing that you could practice both of your techniques and martial arts to perfection."

"You even went so far as to practice an Energy Refinement Technique?"

Hearing his words, Levi smirked.

"If you had tried harder, maybe you could’ve learned something similar. Do you think I didn’t notice your Resounding Thunder Fist?"

Mike took out a metal cube from his bag and pressed it from the top and bottom. Suddenly, the cube expanded rapidly.

In an instant, it became almost as big as the croc as Mike threw it over the croc.

One side of the cube was open, so that side swallowed the corpse before it closed.

Mike pressed a button on his watch and the cube instantly compressed in size.

"It turned out to be an Intermediate Beast Cub. Levi, we can sell this for...."

Before he could finish, both Levi and Sonya spoke.

"One Hundred Thousand Dollars!"

"That’s right!"

All three of them couldn’t help but get excited.

Sonya took out a healing balm and started putting it over Levi’s face.

Levi and she took some damage during the battle. She had already placed it on her back.

Levi let her do the job. The healing effects of the balm weren’t immediate, but it did make him feel better.

"Oh no! Two more monsters are coming from both sides. What should we do?"

Suddenly, Levi spotted two powerful auras coming from left and right. He looked at Mike and Sonya, asking.

"You take care of the one while we handle the other."

Mike replied.

"Can you?"

Levi questioned him.

"Hey, don’t underestimate us, okay?"

Sonya pouted while putting her hand on the sword.

"I didn’t practice swordsmanship just to be a loser."

Levi thought for a moment and pointed at his right side. Soon, they noticed a tiger-like creature running towards them.

It had black fur and blue eyes with two burning tails.

"Blue Flame Tiger! Sonya, we will take care of this."

The other one took a bit longer to arrive. By then, the Blue Flame Tiger had already launched an attack on them.

Its attack strategy was simple.

Pounce!

But when it got closer, they felt an intense heat coming from its mouth.

"Oh no, dodge it!"

Sonya pulled Mike away as the tiger suddenly spewed out blue flames from its mouth.

The fire spurted out like a stream, trying to burn everything in its path, and collided with the ground.

The tiger immediately closed its mouth and landed on the hot ground, but the heat didn’t bother it.

Levi wasn’t bothered by the tiger. He had already turned away, facing the other monster coming his way.

At the same time, he was also curious about the eyes.

’System, what can Evil Eyes do?’

At this moment, a new panel appeared in front of him.

[Innate Ability: Evil Eyes

Rank: Tier One (can evolve)

Description: The Eyes of the Evil God can see through lies, illusion, and have connections to the Hell Dimension, borrowing the energy of Hell to achieve powers beyond the normal

Effect 1: Enhanced Vision, Dynamic Vision, and Night Vision

Effect 2: Can see through lies, illusions, and emotions

Effect 3: Connection to the Hell Dimension

Note: Use these eyes to choose your subordinates]

Looking at the panel, Levi’s lips twitched.

’This can be called Evil Eyes? Where is evil? Is it the energy from Hell or the ability to see emotions?’

He shook his head.

’Whatever! I need this ability right now. It’s better to have it than just ignore it.’

’System, how fast can I use this ability?’

[Would you like to inherit it?]

As soon as he said that, the system made the suggestion, meaning the transfer was almost instantaneous.

Just as he expected, Levi agreed, and new energy started flowing out of his soul and into his eyes.

The energy started changing the very structure of the pupil in his eyes. The black pupil slowly turned red, and a thin golden line appeared in the middle.

First, it was a horizontal line. Then, the vertical line appeared, forming a cross in his pupil.

Putting aside the cross, Levi felt the sides of his eyes twitching. His blood vessels started pumping blood energy into his eyes.

Roar!

The monster coming towards them was a large bear. Its fur was white, and it was almost as big as the trunk croc.

When it jumped and pounced towards him, the bear came with so much momentum that it could frighten a normal human from moving slightly.

But this was Levi.

He instantly noticed that the bear’s aura was just as strong as the trunk croc but it wasn’t stronger.

That meant it was also an Intermediate Beast Cub.

Which means....

Levi grabbed the back of his spear with his right hand and started channeling his blood energy into the spear.

The heaviness of his blood energy made the spear tremble.

The bear did notice it, but it didn’t care. The sheer speed at which it arrived in front of Levi was enough to prove its strength.

But just when it was a few inches away from him, Levi tilted his head, dodging the claw of the bear.

The right hand moved the spear up, thrusting the spear towards the neck of the bear. The spear trembled slightly, but it kept all of the energy inside.

That energy was pushed into the tip of the spear as it touched the skin of the bear.

[Starry Sky Thrust]

Splash!