Chapters 22: Buying A Skill
Ring... Ring... Ring
Leo brought out his phone and answered the call, "Yes Mr Maxim?"
"Mr Leo, I have good news, the workers agreeing to come are increasing, you know we asked 1,000 workers, you said if five hundred agreed is good enough, but now seven hundreds have agreed to come."
"That's good news, oh Mr Maxim, do you know where I can find doctors?" Leo asked
"Doctors...?, how many do you need?" Maxim asked.
"About 300, A hundred doctors and 200 nurses will do." Leo said after thinking for a while.
"Only 300, that easy. I will send them with the workers, and don't worry about their pay." Maxim said.
"Thanks you again Mr Maxim, It looked like I own you a lot of favors, if you ever need anything in the future Let me know." Leo said.
"Don't be to polite Mr Leo, if not for you, I would still be on that wheelchair, thinking about my life, so I'm just paying you back. I know after doomsday, you won't ask me for anything again." Maxim said.
"What about your base?" Leo asked, changing the topic.
"I'd already started with my base, it's located at the east side of A-City border, I was planning to build it at the center of A-City, but after weighing the pros and cons, I changed the location, think about it, What if we get surrounded by those undead?" Maxim said with a touch of wisdom.
Leo shook his head with a smile and said, "Good, I will be coming back to the city soon to make this information public."
"Don't worry Mr Leo, I will help you with that" maxim said with confident.
"Thanks, I got to go now" Leo said.
"Me too"
With that they hang up.
Leo looked outside through the window of the 20th floor of the hotel, seeing the night view of the island, with countless cars and decorations. Even though celestial is a small island with a small town in it, it has many good places which attracted a lot of tourists every year.
'I wonder if it's because of the event that happened 10 years ago?' Leo thought looking at the dark sky.
At that moment he heard a beautiful voice in his consciousness.
[Your emotions are down Leo, What's wrong?]
Leo was stunned in place, after some moments he asked, 'how did you...?'
[As You got stronger, changes happened to the system]
'Now you sound more like a woman' Leo said with a smile.
The system rolled her eyes at him.
'Ok, I want to buy a new skill'
[You already have many powerful skills, why do you want more?] Potentate asked.
'I need to be the strongest of all, I need arsenal of skills so show me all the available skills.'
[SILENT description: [freeze time for 2 seconds, when upgraded to the highest, freeze time up to 10 seconds, Active skill, B-CLASS, upgradable to the S-CLASS. 100,000 Doom stones]
Shadow shield description:[summon a round shield that can block 100% of Attacks from any opponent two realms below the host, Active skill, B- CLASS, NON-UPGRADABLE, 80,000 Doom stones]
Invisible barrier description:[unleash an invisible barrier that reduce any attack thrown to the user by any attacker. C-CLASS, non-upgradable, Passive skill, 50,000 Doom stones]
Shadow range description: [increase the host strength, in 15 meters distance, when upgraded to the highest, increase the user strength in 50 meters. B- CLASS, UPGRADABLE To the S-Class, Active skill, 60,000 Doom stones]
Dark beam description: [unleash a powerful Dark beam from the user palm, which have the power to directly kill any opponent 3 realms below the user, non-upgradable, Active skill, C-CLASS, 30,000 Doom stones]
Shadow health description: [shadow health increase 40% of the user healing speed, when the user is injured, And the user must be in the shadows, to be able to use this skill, C-CLASS, Non-upgradable, Passive skill, 60,000 Doom stones]
Eyes of Darkness description: [Allow the user to be able to see clearly in the Dark, when upgraded to the highest level, the user will be able to see through objects, illusions, and traps. B- CLASS, Active skill, upgradable to the SS CLASS, 200,000 Doom stones.]
'So the shadow Radar is out, I have skills to attack, but I don't have any to defend, there are two chooses, invisible barrier or shadow shield.'
[If I may, the invisible barrier might come in handy, because it's a passive skill, it activates whenever an attack is sent at you knowingly or unknowingly, while the shadow shield is stronger, but you must always be ready and also be expecting the attack to be able to block it]
'You are right, with you like this I won't need to use my brain anymore.' Leo said with a smile
["..."] Potentate was speechless.
[are you a moron?] Potentate asked with a frown.
'WOW, you can insult too?' Leo asked a little surprise.
'Ok, buy the "invisible barrier" skill.' Leo stopped teasing her and said.
[Successful, you will feel a slight pain in your mind]
"Ahh...! Can't you reduce the pain?" Leo complained out loud.
[You should be happy I can't increase it]
"...."
Leo was speechless hearing her heartless words. "Oh yes, What's this sword I took from the tomb?, when I used it I discovered it was more than any ordinary weapon?"
[1,000 Doom stones]
"Can't you tell Me for free?" Leo asked with a growl.
[Nothing is for free]
"Fine, take it"
[Starless sword also known as the emperor sword, In the Qin dynasty, the emperor sword was once the most deadly weapon used by the one and only emperor, the Qin dynasty was built with the blade of the emperor sword after killing countless enemies. Legends said, there is an unknown amount of powers in it, which Grant the users with formidable strength, After the emperor died, the emperor sword was buried with him in the tomb. Sealing the formidable powers in the process.]
"Wow, I didn't know these ordinary looking sword have a long history" Leo said observing the sword in his hand, What potentate said next brought a smile to his face.
[Do You want me to unseal it?]
"No need to ask, do it"
[10,000 Doom stones]
"WHAT...!!!" Leo shouted in disapproval.
[What is it Leo?, it's just 10,000 Doom stones]
"Just...?!" Leo was speechless, hearing her calling 10,000 "JUST".
He took a deep breath and asked, "What is my total amount of doom stones?"
[37,000 Doom stones]
"Ok take it" Leo said with a sad expression.
[Don't worry Leo, you will love what you see]
A bright light appeared around the sword, making it rose to the air, red mist begin emanating from the blade wrapping itself around the sword, under Leo daze, A red shock wave spread out from the sword.
Revealing a shining silver blade and a crimson handle, What shocked Leo more is the unknown amount of spiritual energy fluctuation around the sword, Leo stood up and reach out his hand to take the sword.
ZAP!!
"Ouch...!! What the?" Leo said holding his Suddenly burnt red palm and staring at the sword with a frown.
"Potentate, why can't I touch it"
[The sword is till connected with his previous owner so it didn't recognize you.]
"How can I make this sword recognize me as its new owner?" Leo asked with a burning daze.
[10,000 Doom stones]
"So this is your plan all along?" Leo asked potentate with a deep frown.
[Don't be like that Leo, with this sword, even a golden zombie will mean nothing to you.]
Leo eyes light up hearing these and said forgetting the pain, "Fine... take it."
[Altering sword...]
A black mist shot out from Leo body moving towards the sword and started merging with it. Causing black and red lightning to appear around the blade.
[Altered Successfully.]
Now Leo reached out again, these time it didn't zap or strike him, Leo gripped the sword handle and felt the formidable energy in it.
Emperor sword description: [Grant the user with 20% speed and 50% vital strike. 30% chance of causing paralyze and 20% chance to cause bleeding, target bleed more in each passing minutes. When upgraded to the second stage convert the blood it drew to vitality for the holder. S-CLASS weapon can be upgraded to the SSS-CLASS.]
"Whoa, that's deadly" Leo observed the sword in his hand with terror, the next moment a smirk appeared on his face. "Potentate, how can I upgrade it?"
[1,000,000 Doom stones host]
"What the f**k…!!" Leo shouted in horror. "How many stages are there to upgrade?"
[Two stages Leo, each stage have its advantage]
Leo nodded, 'only the 1 stage is already amazing, increased 20% speed and grant 50% vital strike, with also 30% chance of causing paralyze and 20% chance of causing bleeding, target bleed more in each passing minutes.' Leo had fallen in love with the sword already, and it's also an S-Class weapon that can be upgraded to an SSS-CLASS weapon.
"Ok potentate, how many doom stones I have left?"
[Doom stones: 17,000]
"Hmm, I need more doom stones, and I need to check the base tomorrow to see how many buildings have been built"
Leo stood up and walked towards his bed, lied down lazily and said, "potentate, wake me early tomorrow, and thanks for the sword."
Potentate shook her head in his sea of consciousness.
['this guy is really lazy, and he said I should wake him.' ]