Waking up Drake found himself in the embrace of a really soft bed. It took him a few seconds before his mind suddenly snapped and he jumped out opening the main menu of his system.A few seconds later his sighed in relief. The inventory and other features were still there. He hadn't thought about it until it happened, but the removal of the redacted title could've meant that the system would revert back to the original type 01 which was much more basic And lacked a lot of tools.He checked his inventory making sure that Lily's Soul was still there, only then did he sigh in relief. Turns out that even if those people are capable of messing with the system they didn't bother taking his stuff. "Oh! You're finally up!" A cheerful voice said. Hearing ot caused Drake's mood to immediately sour.Standing at the door with a huge grin on his face was none other than the red haired boy Rollo. He looked to be in quite the good mood, his grin extending from ear to ear. "The fuck do you want?" D
"By the way, what number is your Soul Essence counter at?" Rollo asked. "One of the qualities of a Starless Night is that it can steal the Essence from other living creatures. After that happened in the Ouroboros' capital I'm sure your counter is in the millions."Drake opened his system and went to the workshop. Looking at the counter at the top right corner of the small rectangular he squinted his eyes trying to count the number of digits."It says twenty five billion five hundretwenty three million two hundred twenty tow thousand nine hundred ninety three."The red haired boy suddenly stopped walking and turned around."What?" "That's the number it's saying…" Rollo was silent for a few seconds, the shock visible on his face. "That's probably enough to push you to max level straight away." He said, placing a hand on his chin as he thought. "Maybe you killed other challenges with SSS grade Souls?"Dragon's Head was the location for the secon round of the Selection, which meant the
Thirty Minutes in. Drake was getting desperate. Rollo had yet to break a sweat. He moved around swinging and stabbing his spear all forcing Drake into dodge and parry not giving him a single second to catch his breath. Sometimes the blade of his weapon would graze Drake's skin leaving scratches and cuts. By the time they were nearing their sparing he was bleeding all over the place."Alright then." Rollo said, looking down at Drake who was on his knees panting for air. "Let's make this quick."Drake slowly lifted his head. All he saw was a blur passing in front of him and the next thing he felt was a sharp pain in his neck. He dropped his weapon and held his hands to the source of the pain. When he looked at them he noticed the red color flowing down his arms.His heart was beating irregularly as he realized the situation he was in.[SYSTEM ALERT][You have suffered damage beyond your current capabilities. Due to the nature of the injury the effect of title 《survivor》 has been neutr
After having dinner Drake returned to his room and threw himself on the bed. He was far more exhausted than he had thought. Returning from the dead was far more tiring than ome might think so he was glad Rollo had spared him any more training after he woke up. As his consciousness began to fade he remembered the conversation they had earlier. It was mostly about the title Rollo granted him and why it was redacted. The answer he had received was shocking to say the least."What do you mean you dont know?" Drake asked."It means just that, I don't know." The boy said with a shrug. "If I remember right it was something the founder of the Dragonspears came up with. You saw its description, right? It doesn't say anything about the effects and only tells that you are a oart of the family.""You mean this ancestor of yours created it, didn't bother to tell you what it does yet you still give it to people?" "Pretty much. We do know a few things though. Like how those who have it are unable
When Drake opened his eyes he found himself in a familiar place, though he wasn't able to tell for sure until he took a look around.It was the same cavern he had found himself the first time he had arrived to this world. The only difference being that no men dressed in black cloaks were around.Lifting himself up he noticed the Shadowy figure was still there standing silently in front of him. Drake immediately jumped away and took out his black sword cauting it with the dark flames of Void Slash not knowing whether it will be effective against the fog like creature or not."We have no time." The Shadow spoke, his yellow slit like eyes narrowing a little. "Listen to what I have to say.""That's funny. Cause I wanted to have a talk with you as well." Drake replied, not letting his guard down.He was waiting for the right moment to attack, all while wondering whether he should really do it. If he really is in the same tunnels under mount Icewyrm then he was in some really big trouble. T
"GOD FUCKING DAMN IT DRAKE! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!!!" The shadow was really pissed off. He had barely managed to teleport them outside the cave before it collapsed. Now they were in the field with the new Frost King's corpse Rollo had killed a while ago."You could've gotten us both killed!" The shadow went on, berating Drake for his unreasonable actions. Drake didn't give him much thought, gripping his sword and preparing to continue his attacks."What the fuck do you think you're doing!!?""I don't? Killing the bastard who's trying to use my dead brother to make me do something?" Drake said, cauting his blade with the black flames."I am your brother!" The shadow said. "Well, I did die and got reborn so I guess you have a point. But it's really me! You gotta believe me!""Yeah right." Drake went on to attack, swinging his sword again and again. "You're still as crazy as ever." The shadow said, swooshing here and there avoiding the flurry of attacks. "Did you like this world? Vi
"So? How are we going to do this?" Drake asked. "You're asking for my help so you should already know how to remove the curse, right?" "Huh? Do you believe me now?" The shadow spoke, his voice containing a hint of joy."Nope. I didn't even decided whether to help you or not." Drake said, waving a dismissive hand. "First of all, let's hear what you have. I'll decide after I hear your plan."... okay, that work just fine, I guess." The shadow said with a sigh. "When I was still a kid someone sold me to the Dragonspears. The slavery contract is a magical item that binds me to the one who signed on it, the family head.""You arent going to ask me to kill him, right?""Of course not!" The shadow exclaimed. "Well, it is one of the possible solutions, however killing that monster is impossible. Our only choice is to find the contract and destroy it.""So? Why dont you do it already?" Drake asked."Because I can't." The shadow replied. "I can't defy my owner, remember? That means I can't bre
"Alright." The shadow said. "Everything is in place. Let's get going."Drake took a deep breath then nodded. The time to execute the plan has come and so the two began to move. The shadow enveloped Drake teleporting him to the first location."... Drake?" Layla said, seeing her the boy fall out of the sky.Roland was there as well, taking a fighting stance the moment he saw the strange shadow."We got no time. Come with me." Drake said. Without asking any questions the two came closer and were enveloped by the shadow as well.The next time they opened their eyes they were in an unfamiliar location. Roland was on his knees in no time, struggling to breath. Layla was able to tell they were in the upper realm, and not just anywhere but in a Nexus point where magical Essence was concentrated the most."We are going to revive Lily." Drake said, opening his inventory and taking the little girl's soul. "Wait. What's going on? Isn't this… too sudden?" Layla asked."I'll go keep an eye on th