2025-01-26 11:17:48"Why did we stop?" Jason was forced to close the system panel screen when he noticed the vehicle come to an abrupt halt.
"We are just going to grab some stuffs. Till then make sure you wait in the car. Whatever you do don't step out alright?" Aletta warned Jason sternly as she got down from the car. The car was currently parked in the parking lot of a convinence store. "Hm" Jason merely hummed. "Let's go " Stephen gave Jason one long look before leaving the car as well. Jason watched silently as both siblings made their way into the convinence store. It was currently late noon and the inflow of customers was very high. As such both Siblings were instantly drowned amongst the large crowd of people making their way in and out of the store. Only after Jason had confirmed their departure did a sly grin grace his lips. Opening his palm, a strange object suddenly materialized, landing on his palm. It was a pair of crimson colored pupil lenses . This was one of the three items of the starter pack that Jason received from the system; The Sprite Pupil. "Let's see if this stuff really even works" with skeptism, Jason brought the pupil lenses closer to his face. Pasting them into his cornea, he suddenly gasped in shock. That was because his vision underwent a ridiculous transformation. Whether it was the walking pedestrians, the moving vehicles, the thick walls of the various stores lining the walkway, Jason could clearly see through them, kind of like an x-ray vision. He could see through the skeletal structures of the walking pedestrians, the inner working mechanism of the vehicles, what was happening through the thick walls of several stalls.. he could see through everything! "Arrgh!!" a raspy groan escaped Jason's lips as he tightly clutched his head. The sudden switch in vision caused a tsunami of headache to flow into Jason's brain. It was a stinging feeling. However after blinking rapidly and shutting his eyes for a few moments, the feeling dispersed.. However Jason had now learnt his lesson and didn't dare to look around carelessly. Just as he was about to put away the Sprite Pupils, he suddenly received a notification from the system. —[A Malevolent has been detected!] "Malevolent?" just as Jason was musing about what the terms meant, another row of words appeared on the system panel screen. —[After the physical body dies, a living entity is left with a soul. At this stage, there are two options.. either the soul gets taken away to Hell by the Grim Reapers.. or they become Hermits..] —[Hermits are wandering souls who still retains emotional attachment to the world of the living, unwilling to move ahead. After a long time, these Hermits tend to become corrupted by the seven emotions and six desires, transforming them into a shadow of their original selves.. transforming them into Malevolents] —[The power level of a Malevolent broads down on two things.. the accumulated intensity of their corruption and the number of Hermits they have absorbed into themselves] —[You are 300 meters away from the Malevolent] . . Tap. Tap. Tap. A teenage girl with twin pigtails clad in snow white denim jackets and shorts underneath a lace leggings panted heavily as she was engaged in a sprint along the main road. However the most puzzling phenomenon was that although she was running through the main road, the moving vehicles always seemed to move past her while the pedestrians walking by the sidewalk seemed to be ignoring her impulsive and suicidal efforts. It was like she didn't exist in their eyes. "Ah. Ah. Ah" panting heavily, the strange girl leaned against the entrance wall of an alley way as she seemed to be in the process of catching her breath. "You.. You are a ghost?" a startled voice suddenly rang out from behind her. "Huh?" turning back, the strange girl noticed a teenage boy staring at her, with slightly shaky feet. "You can see me?" she pointed her chest as she appeared shock. "Yeah?" currently Aiden was putting on the Sprite Pupils, as such he didn't know that he was the only one who could see the invisible ghost girl. Fortunately for him, they were at a slightly abandoned alleyway, or passerbys would've started giving him strange looks for talking to thin air. "Thank goodness! I thought I was going crazy already!" the ghost girl appeared relieved as she inched closer to Jason, only for the teen to take two steps back. "Don't worry, I am not like the others" she smiled sadly when she saw his cautious behavior. "The others? what do you mean?" Jason inquired suspiciously as he took another step back. "I remember dying after three months in coma. Then this guy in black suit asked me to follow him. Naturally I refused. However.. after he left I noticed that everybody around me seemed to not have the ability to see me. Not to mention anything I touch goes past me. Just as I was feeling confused, this strange man came along and said he could see me and take me to a better place" " When I refused, he and another lady suddenly attacked me. And that's how I ran until I met you. Are you dead like me too? " the ghost girl spoke so fast that of it was a regular human, they would already be choking for breath. "No.." Jason shook his head when suddenly his eyes lit up in realization. "Uhm.. when did you say you died again?" "About three hours ago?" "Eh? then you must be a Hermit.. you can't be the Malevolent then.. however if you are not it... then where is it?" Jason was in the midst of mulling over this when the ghost girl suddenly cried as she pointed behind him. "Watch Out!" The warning had just come out when Jason suddenly felt a wave of icy air overwhelm him. Without even thinking, he jumped to the ground . He had only done so when a couple of broken bottles flew past his head, smashing into the walls. If he hadn't reacted quickly, his head would've already been smashed into a bloody pulp. "Huh?" looking over, he saw his attacker through the Sprite Pupils. It was a middle aged bald headed man sporting dirty t shirt and khaki shorts. His eyes were currently silver in color and through the Sprite pupils, Jason could spot a crimson halo surrounding him. From afar, Jason could sense a bone chilling cold sensation from this crimson halo. It reeked of death and malevolence. Without even checking a text book, Jason instantly recognized the other party. "Little Girl, better give up trying to escape. You cannot escape from me" the Malevolent spoke in a weird voice that resembled teeth grinding against each other in the cold nights of winter. Just then, Jason received a series of notifications from the System. —[A Level 2 Malevolent has been spotted!] —[You have unlocked Two Missions] —[Main Mission; Defeat the Malevolent] —[Malevolents are wicked creatures who terrorize the innocent folks and gives them nightmares. A large majority of them were terrible sinners while they were alive. As a Mystique Hunter and the Host of the Ultimate Mystique Hunting System, it is your job to rid the world of these vile creatures] —Mission Reward: +200 Mystique Coins] —[Side Mission; Protect the Wandering Damsel In Distress] —[The Malevolent before you wishes to absorb the Hermit Ghost Girl behind you. As the Host of the Ultimate Mystique Hunting System, uphold your honor by serving as her Knight in shiny armor] —[Mission Reward: +20 Mystique Coins]
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Chapter 47 — Dance Of Solomon
Closing the system main command center, Jason fell into deep thoughts. Judging from the injuries he was suffering from his waist and back, it was already a miracle that he hadn't collapsed to the ground yet. As for returning back to that Haunt to engage in another round of battle, it was akin to him throwing his lives away. Jason knew better than to do something that stupid. 'Open the Shop' Jason wanted to test out a theory. Since he could now use the system In-built Shop Function, he was curious to see if there was any elixir that could heal him.. or play a part in accelerating the recovery process.—[SHOP]—Rey Coins: 0(Top Up? Current Conversion rate; 1 Mystique Coin ~ 3 Rey Coins)—BUY—SELL Clicking the *Buy* option, a new window got displayed on the system screen.—BUY Scrolls —Buy Equipments—Buy Buffs Clicking on the *Buff* window, a new column appeared on the system screen, depicting the image of several elixirs along with a brief intro of how they were used. Jason
Chapter 46 — Charm
"Tch" Jason held the right Klypt dagger in front of his face as he vigilantly observed the three Malevolents who now had him surrounded. There was specifically a female and two males in the line up. Just then, the large Malevolent made the first move as it raced towards him, bringing another hammer punch down on his head. "Tch. Not gonna happen!" Jason blocked the punch with the right Klypt dagger, the residue force caused his left knee to almost kiss the ground. The female Malevolent slapped her palms on the ground causing a ripple like effect as a pair of arms condensed from plasmic energy emerged from the ground, slamming down towards Jason. It was akin to a giant palm about to slap an annoying fly into mush. "Hngh!" Jason's wrist flexed intensely as he managed to break out from the deadlock, using the opportunity to leap towards his left Bang! The female Malevolent snorted when her attack failed. Initiating a double back flip, Jason made sure to create a reasonable distan
Chapter 45 — And So It Begins!
—[Host Has Entered A Silver Tier Haunt]—[Special Mission has begun!]—[Mission Requirement: Clear Haunt]—[Time Limit: 5 hrs]—[Good luck and don't die!] The first thing he did was don the Sprite Pupils. Although Kincies had the ability to see Malevolents, Dr. Damian warned him that he couldn't access that ability in his current level."No mission reward was included?" Jason pursed his lips in confusion after he finished reading the system notifications that had just popped up. He finally had the time to observe his surroundings and immediately sucked in a cold breath. The system said he was going to enter an Haunt.. not this! Scanning his eyes around, all what Jason could see was a wide expanse of grassland that stretched so far it didn't seem to have an end. The grass were as tall as humans and were completely blood red, almost like they just survived a downpour of blood. As if that wasn't enough, the atmosphere was bleak.. and like the cliche statement in books.. it smelt of
Chapter 44 — Haunt Gate
—[To access the content of the Tensei Genkai scroll, it's physical form has to be crushed] "Oh? it was that easy?" Jason mouthed in realization after reading the system's prompt instructions. Crushing the rock, it shattered into a mini explosion of light that bathed Jason in its rays. A new notification soon popped up. —[Error! Tensei Genkai cannot be utilized] "Are you kidding me?!" Jason's lips twitched. That's it, this system thingy was broken! Just as he was about to close the system screen in anger, a new set of information appeared. —[Requirement to use particular Tensei Genkai; 1/1]—[Requirement 1: A fully materialized sjælehøster]—[A sjælehøster is the unique weapon of Kincies and the the art of using a sjælehøster is called Kifoon]—[Host can either materialize his sjælehøster naturally or speed up the process by completing a SPECIAL MISSION] —[I choose Special Mission]—[I choose Natural Awakening] —[Choose] Jason fell silent as he blankly stared at the two opt
Chapter 43 — All In Due Time
"I thought I was given a one week break? why are we still training when it's barely been twenty four hours?" Jason groaned as he walked into the gym room within the mansion. However currently, all that gym equipment were carefully arranged at a corner of the spacious gym room. Standing at the middle was Dr. Damian, still clad in his pjs and a candy cane sticking out from his lips. "Don't worry. When your real training begins, you'll know. Right now, just think of this as prep class.. surely you attended prep class right?" Dr. Damian grinned when he saw Jason clad in a karate robe. "Plus.. you don't seem to mind? you didn't even hesitate when I informed you about your abrupt training session." his brows squinted. "Tch. Let's just get this over with" Jason went into a stance. "Hit me with your best shot!" he added provocatively. "Heh. Unfortunately I am not going to be your sparring partner today. He is.." Dr. Damian tilted his head. Looking over his shoulder, Jason noticed Maxw
Chapter 42 — System Reboot
"Start talking. What seal were you referring to?' they had barely returned back from the Old Harvest festival when Jason shot Dr. Damian the foremost question that had been at the back of his mind throughout the drive home."Show me your aura.." Dr. Damian requested, shirking away from the question."Hmm.." giving the other party a look, Jason closed his eyes.At that moment, a new panel system screen appeared in front of him.—[Ping!]—[Plasmic Aura activated]—[Output: 20/200]Boom!A small wind exploded from within Jason, causing some strands of his hair to ripple.. albeit lightly.. "That's it?" Dr. Damian didn't bother concealing the disappointment in his tone."I had high ho--"He was suddenly interrupted by another wave of explosive wind. This time, cracks appeared on the tiles below Jason.—[Output: 40/200]Boom!—[80/200]By now, the invisible burst of wind around Jason had increased in intensity to the point where some small home appliances were forcefully smashed to smit
