(10 skill points and 15 stat points were given as reward.)
(Do you want to proceed to 3rd floor?)
"Wait, firstly I need to give you this."
(Skill Weapon Aura and Body of Legend will be given to underling Nidalia. Do you want to proceed?)
Weapon Aura was something I got from 9th floor. Body of Legend came from Asterius. While me getting it would be nice, I thought she deserved it.
"This one his power. I think you deserve it better. Will you accept it?"
Her face told me that she felt conflicted.
"I know that using his power feels weird. But if you choose to accept it you could stop things like this from happening."
"Yes."
(Underling Nidalia is evolving. Nidalia is evolving to Demonic Half Minotaur.)
Black flames engulfed her. If I didn't acquired Magic Perception I would be worried. But seeing how magic power moved, I was sure that she was just getting stronger. When flames died down, she was changed considerably. At first, I thought she was evolving due Body of Legend. But seeing how magic power moved and acted, it was more about she being contracted to me. Am I that special? No, it can't be. I also contracted beings in 10th and 9th floor. Nothing happened, at least nothing like this. Maybe she was special?
"This feels amazing."
"Wait, cover yourself!"
I was so caught up to her power-up that I didn't noticed her clothes being burned by magic power. After she got some clothes to cover herself I looked at her carefully. She was now even taller. Around 20 centimeters? Her horns were bigger and gave out a black luster. Her eyes turned red. She had a magic crest on her right arm. One similar to Minerva's.
"Are you sure I can just accept this power?"
I actually got a little bit bad when I sensed how strong she got. But a man's word is worth thousand golds so I can't take it back. Also:
"You will help me in return. Don't forget it."
"I understand. But what will you do now?"
While I wanted to go full speed to next floor, I was still weak. At first I wanted to check something.
"How much skill and stat points I have?"
(You have 15 skill, 15 stat points.)
Wow, that's actually a lot. I finally turned 0.1 points into 1 skill points whrne I turned other skills of Asterius.
"Give every stat except charisma 3 points. For skill points… Let's look at my status first.
Name: Nocturnis Regius(Nox) Race: Demon(Bloodline can't be measured)
Strength: 68 Vitality:66
Intelligence:60 Magic:78
Agility:65 Charisma:51
Active Skills: Wrath Lv5, Contract LvMax, Arcane Magic LvMax, Never-Ending Gluttony: Devourer Lv0, Black Flames of Greed Lv2, Corruptive Evolution Lv0, Demonic Beast's Outrage Lv 7, Aura Manipulation Lv2, Lightning Clad Lv4, Time Perception Alteration Lv2 .
Passive Skills: Breath of Primordial Lv2, Mind of Steel Lv1, Mind's Eye Lv3, Clairvoyance Lv3, Sonic Flight Lv4, Tough Scales Lv3, Regeneration Lv7, Destruction Incarnate Lv0, Abnormal Status Resistance Lv2, Magic Perception Lv1.
Titles: One who overcomes Chaos(Legend), Defiant(Unique), Beast of Calamity(Legend)
Damn, it's been long since I looked at it like this. I became very strong. Even my charisma was over 50. With all of my skills and stat increases, I probably could kill 5 mes from 5th floor before I killed Black Dog. And now spending all of my skill points, I would even get stronger.
"Other floor probably has another Calamity."
"What are you speaking to yourself?"
Nidalia asked to me. I didn't answered her question. From my experiences with Minerva, I knew that only I had this kind of system. So explaing to her would be hard.
"Just watch. 3 points to Demonic Beast. 3 points to Regeneration."
(Skill Demonic Beast's Outrage became level MAX. It is evolving…. Denied. You cannot evolve this skill without permission of King of Demonic Beasts.)
(Skill Regeneration became level Max. It is evolving… It evolved into High-Speed Regeneration.)
"What?!"
Are you kidding me? Who the fuck is King of Demonic Beasts? What he got to do with anything?
(King of Demonic Beasts is currently strongest Calamity. He has authority over all Demonic Beast related matters.)
So he is someone I would kill in the future. But that "Strongest Calamity" gave me chills. I was also considered a Calamity. System indirectly told me that I was weaker than him.
"Shit. If I knew that it wouldn't evolve, I wouldn't used skill points on it."
While it getting stronger was nice, evolving it was the actual prize.
"That asshole where he even is?"
(At first floor.)
While I didn't expect an answer, system actually answered for me.
"First floor, huh?"
EX ranked difficulty. Even A ranked difficulty in this floor nearly killed me.
"I don't even know how hard is S ranked difficulty."
2nd floor had S rank. I slapped my face.
"I didn't even cleared 3rd floor. I just have to worry about it later."
I still had Devourer. I could even use 9 points I have…
"Wait, I still have one use of Corruptive Evolution!"
Should I use it on one of my skills? Or should I wait for another skill? I couldn't use it to evolve Demonic Beast due not being able to use it on same skill twice.
"No, I am going to save it."
Power boost from evolving skills was huge. What would happen if I evolved an already strong skill? Now for skills to level up…
"Mind's Eye, Aura Manipulation, Mind of Steel, Breath of Primordial is out."
All of those skills were powerful. So leveling up them would be smarter thing but…
"I should learn how to use them."
Something I learned during my fight against Asterius was the fact that, I didn't used those skills to their fullest. When I finally grasped and used them together, I defeated Asterius. But it was just for one moment. I felt that if I artificially made them level up, I would lost their actual strength.
"Black Flames…"
I could even MAX it out with one point remaining. But I doubted it could evolve. I still didn't had mastery over it.
"Okay, let's go. 5 points to Wrath. 4 points to Lightning Clad."
(Wrath became level MAX. You know the meaning of real anger. However, your level and soul is not enough to fully handle its true power. Skill Wrath evolved to Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath.)
(You gained the title "Deadly Sin" Epic)
(Lightning Clad became level 8.)
My body bursted out with power.
(You acquired full power of your titles.)
Name: Nocturnis Regius(Nox) Race: Demon(Bloodline is being purified)
Strength: 80 Vitality:78
Intelligence:78 Magic:100
Agility:78 Charisma:75
Power of Chaos. Power of Defiance. Power of Calamity. Power of Deadly Sin. All distinct and strong energies. I could feel them inside me. They existed inside me in harmony.
"Holy shit? What happened?"
I looked around. Ground around me was destroyed.
"Are you okay?"
Is this what they defined as Awakening?
(Magic Perception became level 2.)
I could feel it. Other beings couldn't handle this much of power… No, this variety of powers in their bodies… Souls. Yet, I could.
"Is this her doing?"
I asked. Nobody answered.