"Alright. I'll save it for now," Arkhen said as he put the figure into his inventory.
Afterward, he opened the Roulette function and decided to do 3 spins.
[Congratulations! You have gained a passive skill stone: Dexterity Boost]
[Congratulations! You have gained a bottle of Beast Growth pills of special rank].
[Congratulations! You have gained an SSS rank Combat Art scroll: Arbitrary Rage Combat Art]
"Hmm… I guess none of them are useless things this time," Arkhen said as he first checked the passive skill stone.
——
[Dexterity Boost]
-Type: Passive skill
-Rank: S
-Effect: Increase the action speed of your hands and legs by 10%.
——
Afterward, Arkhen checked the Beast Growth pills, and after seeing their effects, Arkhen decided to feed them to Lucius and Blancia.
The pills had the effect of boosting their growth. In other words, their training speed increased. If they gained 100% of power up by eating a beast core or any other natural resource, they would now gain 150% of power up after eating a beast core or any other natural resource.
As for the combat art scroll, Arkhen saved it. Once he gets one more Combat Art scroll, he can combine the three to create a new one in the Skill Pavilion.
"Now it's time, Velshi," Arkhen said as he cracked his knuckles and popped his fingers as he walked towards the door twenty meters away from him.
After opening that door, Arkhen saw a desert with three suns in the sky.
"11th floor, eh? Hahaha, let's see what kind of challenge and rewards you have for me."
[11th Floor: Survival]
-> Challenge: Survive for one day.
-> Rewards: Demonic Blessing x 1
"Survive for a day?" Arkhen muttered as he saw the 11th-floor panel after entering the desert through the door.
[Do not underestimate this challenge, my lord].
"I know," Arkhen nodded as he looked around but found nothing in sight. The atmosphere was also too hot as his body and face already produced sweat beads.
Arkhen started moving in a random direction at full speed by standing on a force field. But damn! The intense heat slamming on his face and body as he flew made him uncomfortable.
So, instead of standing on the force field, he stood inside the force field after creating a box-like force field.
The force fields were always square or rectangular in shape. The only thing he could control was the size of those square and rectangle force fields, and how much he wanted to shrink them.
He could shrink them to at most fifteen centimeters of width, creating a wall-like layer of the sort.
…
"Jeez. I might die of boredom," Arkhen muttered as he had been flying for five hours, and the scenery was the same.
The same desert, same heat, same three suns in the sky.
Fuck!
"Where's the danger here? This is survival for the doom's sake," Arkhen said with a speechless expression.
[Hmmm… Maybe something will happen at night? The three suns are slowly fading since the last half an hour if you've noticed].
"Well, let's hope there's some excitement and danger instead of this boring setup."
…
Another five hours passed. The three suns faded as they were replaced by three beautiful blue moons.
The shining moons showered the desert with their gentle light, and the temperature went to -200 degrees.
The force field was frozen, but it was no problem as Arkhen could still manipulate it and fly.
"Tsk… Still, nothing," Arkhen said after clicking his tongue in annoyance. "Wait, what's that?!"
He saw a faint flame-like light far away when he turned his gaze to his right side.
"Is it a town or something?" Arkhen wondered as he narrowed his eyes.
[Need to get closer].
After a minute, they indeed saw the place clearly!
It was an Oasis!
A beautiful city with a big lake in the middle!
Houses and buildings made from exquisite sand-like rocks and gold!
Arkhen saw delicious food stalls, beautiful and sexy women doing belly dances, and many other entertainments as he roamed the city.
"How much for that?" Arkhen asked as he stopped in front of a food stall selling some juicy meatballs releasing stomach growling aroma of various spices.
"200 energy stones per five meatballs."
"Give me five plates," Arkhen said as he took out 1000 energy stones and gave them to the man.
Afterward, Arkhen continues roaming the city while eating the food.
He arrived at the town square and saw beautiful girls dancing while people were watching as they sat at tables, drank beers, and ate food.
Arkhen also took a seat as he enjoyed the food and beer after buying it from a nearby beer stall.
After a minute, a beautiful light brown-skinned girl wearing revealing clothes sat at his table. She had big earrings and a nose ring.
Her slim belly and cleavage of her C-cup boobs were exposed as she leaned closer to Arkhen and said with a seductive smile, "Mister, how about a company of a beauty like me in some inn? We can warm each other on this cold night."
It was not cold inside this town! For whatever strange reasons...
Arkhen emptied his giant beer jug with a smile on his face and turned to the woman. "Sit on my lap."
The beautiful girl chuckled and replied with a nod after licking her lips, "Sure."
She got up and sat down on Arkhen's lap.
Arkhen's left hand roamed her belly while his right hand coped a feel of her breast as he nodded, "Feels one hundred percent realistic…"
After saying that, Arkhen's right hand quickly grabbed the woman's neck and squeezed tightly before saying, "Unfortunately, I've just recently been through a scary illusion and… I also realized that Velshi's existence was fading from my mind."
"Velshi? can you answer me?" Arkhen muttered out loud and also in his mind later, but got no response.
"W-…Ackh.."
The woman couldn't speak because of Arkhen's tight grip, and a second later…
*crack…*
Arkhen killed her by breaking her neck.
However… the atmosphere took a strange turn as all people around him turned their gazes at him and looked at him with swirling dark motes in their eyes.
"You killed her! You must pay the price for your sin!"
"Pay the price!"
"Hang yourself!"
"Uncle, why did you kill her?" A little kid around five years old said to Arkhen after walking in front of him.
Arkhen smiled as a cold glint passed through his eyes. With a wave of his hand, he executed his EX rank skill <Infernal Star-Fall> as a burning meteorite formed in the sky.
"Do you plan to kill other innocents as well?!" An old man with a white beard shouted.
"Arkhen? Why would you do this?" a beautiful woman appeared behind Arkhen and spoke.
Hearing the voice, Arkhen's heart trembled as great emotional upheaval took place in him. "Mom…"
Arkhen quickly turned around and saw his biological mother who died when he was just 7 years old!
"My child… Please stop this," Arkhen's mother said with tears spilling from her eyes. Her expression showed great sorrow.
Arkhen waved his hand as he dispersed the skill forcefully. The burning meteorite in the sky disappeared.
This chapt𝓮r is updat𝒆d by (f)reew𝒆b(n)ovel.com