Life of the Party
"You think so too?" A deep voice behind Kyle responded.
Kyle smiled, seeing a familiar friend with blonde hair, he couldn't help but say with a chuckle, "Heh, I thought you would rather talk to the pretty girls at the party instead of some muscular army soldier."
Hearing this, the blonde man couldn't help but laugh, "Ha, at least the girls here don't think I look like a muscular freak."
"Steve, you've gotten fatter."
"Kyle, your mouth got worse."
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Finally, they gave each other a fist bump while smirking.
On the same day, Kyle returned, and Steve was happy to see that he was alive. Fortunately, that helped divert the questions about the details of why it took so long. After cleaning Kyle's suit, all he told everyone was that it was all because of luck that he was alive.
With nothing else to go on, everyone agreed and welcomed the new Super Soldier without question. Of course, only Kyle knew the truth behind his 'accident' which turned him into a Super Soldier.
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"Why did everyone here forget the reason why we are here to party?"
Turning his head, Kyle saw a man dressed elegantly in a suit with dark glasses despite it being night, "Stark Industries is here because of two young men. Compassion never corrupts a nation. Compassion has always been, and must always be, a vital part of the strength of America. These two men have proved it just a few days ago on the field! Please welcome, Kyle Kell and Steve Rogers!"
Suddenly, a bright light flashed on the two, with a series of clapping and applause erupting...
*Clap* *Clap* *Clap* *Clap* *Clap* *Clap* *Clap*
"American heroes I tell you!"
"My wife loves you!"
"These guys deserve their titles!"
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Nonstop praise and compliments were being yelled in the crowd, honestly making the party more lively than it was before somehow.
Seeing this, Kyle tried to cover his grinning face with his hand while thinking, 'These guys are too easy, got to thank Howard later for this, courtesy."
Steve on the other hand, just stood next to Kyle surprised while smiling like an idiot. He finally felt like he was starting to fulfill his dream of serving his country and helping his people. For someone like this to be thanked by people he once looked up to, the feeling of joy Steve had was unimaginable.
After the applause started to die down, they went to have a drink, though, in Kyle's opinion, there was more than just alcohol to drink.
Looking to his left, Kyle saw a beautiful blonde woman winking at him and giving him side glances near the refreshment area. Most did not notice, but Kyle was not a guy to refuse something for free.
However, that was not the main reason, but rather...
- {Error}[Abnormal Energy Signatures Detected] : Satan's Influence (Rare Purple Item Card.)
- [-(Hidden Death Domain)-] : Blocking negative effects of Satan's Influence.
As one could guess, Kyle was surprised. These two messages were unexcepted for many reasons.
Every time Kyle would notice her winks, he would get the error message in front of his eyes, meaning she possessed an ability. Something not too surprising, except that it was ranked very high.
The second thing which surprised Kyle was the fact that he had the [-(Hidden Death Domain)-] card in his Card Space which he didn't notice, and that is because it was not there! No matter where he looked, the Card was impossible to find, meaning that he would have to try again once he gets stronger to learn the mystery behind it.
The problem was that Kyle would need to figure out for himself the data behind the Card without the system's helpful information. In a way, it was a nice challenge.
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It took time to connect the dots, but with an enhanced mind, Kyle concluded that the Hidden Death Domain is an ability or bio card, or even something completely undiscovered that Lady Death shared with Kyle that protects him from mind control.
The weird part was that shared abilities cannot be returned, meaning that she either has another Hidden Death Domain or can return them somehow to their rightful owner.
- [Skill Vending]: Pass skills to another entity through souls. Cannot be returned. - Purple Ability Card. (1HR)
This was the card Kyle took at the last moments before being resurrected, seemingly because time was disoriented for him, which was very lucky. It also helped prove that Lady Death, most likely gave him the Hidden Death Domain skill to protect Kyle.
No matter the reason, Kyle couldn't help but be grateful, since it was canceling the effects of this mystery woman's skill. Something related to Satan can never be good after all, especially in Marvel.
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Picking up a small glass of wine, Kyle took a sip thinking, 'Now that I am in range, let's take a look.'
Standing a few feet from the beautiful woman, Kyle gave an instruction to scan her cards, and what he saw was surprising, to say the least.
Widening his eyes, he saw something he would never predict to see at a party to celebrate his war achievements.
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[Envoy of Satan]:
- Become an Envoy that has powers bestowed by Satan himself.
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{The Touch of Death}
- Slay the living by touching their bare flesh. After touching them, the victim will die instantaneously and their souls sent directly to Hell. The corpse of the victim is left with a black widow branded into the flesh. Rare Blue ability Card.
[Satan's Whisper]:
- Acquire the ability to communicate with the spirits of the deceased. In the realm of the dead, the User can communicate is restricted to Satan's Domain. This restricts other afterlife beliefs from being communicated with. Blue ability Card.
[Mystical Devil]:
- Essentially gain agelessness, increased strength, increased endurance, flight, invisibility, appearance alteration, regeneration, mystical healing, and the privilege to transport to hell and back. All these skills combine to form a Mystical Devil physique, also known as a higher devil. Unique Blue ability Card.
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- [Data] : Satan is a creature that creates Mystical Devils with a higher goal in mind, please take caution in the future.
- Please Note: Certain Cards cause changes to the Soul. Extraordinary Unranked Card, [-(Hidden Death Domain)-], will protect the soul from any curses from lower afterlife deities, including Satan. All Cards can be extracted at this moment, allowing the Envoy of Satan collection to be completely extracted at once.
(Current Drawing Status) : Extractable within 1 meter.
- 'Do you wish to extract from [Envoy of Satan] (3HR)?'
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'This is the good shit!' Kyle's heart filled with excitement.
Finally, he found something powerful he can completely add to his collection. Though knowing that she was somehow related to Satan made him a little nervous, especially after dying once. Still, Kyle would not suddenly become scared of everything around him, instead, he would run no matter what if he were to get in trouble again.
Kyle was filled with jumbling thoughts, 'I will extract things one at a time, from smallest to biggest. This way I can get the most without interruptions messing things up. No matter who this mystery woman is or her intentions, I won't miss out or let myself become weaker!'
Taking a small pause for another sip of wine, Kyle put the glass down and straightened his suit.
Looking at the woman in a black dress, with dark lipstick, all he could ask was, "Hey beautiful, what's your name?"
- 'Beginning Extraction of [Satan's Whisper] (1HR)'
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Author Note:
(Well, well, well. The coward decided to rescind the new update after a few days of the revolution. After being so adamant and deleting reviews, I thought they finally grew a backbone, guess they finally saw the obvious problem of antagonizing a friendly community.)
(A few writers I know, including myself, will still post on Webnovel because of the update fix, but I will also use an alternative. I'll put an author's note once I figure that headache out. I've been delaying that for the weekend.)
(Anyway, my 4 or 5-year-old cousin just got his kidney removed because of rare cancer, so I will visit them tomorrow for support.)
Enjoy the future chapters; thanks for the support.
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