chapter 30 :

* Tools: tier 2

Road to craziness: 500 PTS/G

As the creator: 200 PTS/G *

Thinking about something, Luke thought without insurance 'Show me the tree of roads'

* Tree of the nine roads :

Road to misery: acts on a person's brain. Makes them have dependent and heavier feelings of faith and loyalty towards whoever's original blood served to make it. Is sure to work on tier 1 species and under. Has a 50% chance of working on tier 2 species and no chance of working on tier 3 and above.

Road to craziness: acts on a person's brain and nerves. Makes them have dependent and heavier feelings of faith and loyalty towards whoever's original blood served to make it, to the point of sacrificing themselves. Takes less time to act. Is sure to work on tier 2 species and under. Has a 50% chance of working on tier 3 species and no chance of working on tier 4 and above.

Road to insanity: acts on a person's brain, nerves, and instincts. Makes them half controlled by whoever's original blood served to make it. Is sure to work on tier 3 species and under. Has no chance of working on tier 4 and above.

Road to death: acts on a person's brain, nerves, and instincts. Makes them totally controlled by whoever's original blood served to make it.Is sure to work on tier 4 species and under. Has a 50% chance of working on tier 5 species and no chance of working on tier 6 and above. *

' Here it is! But nine? Does it mean that the ones above Road to death are possible!? I thought that Road to death was the peak but it seems like mana is the key to these things... Furthermore, these limits... great, I will have to work more seriously on the roads. '

' Show me my money '

* Money: 5051 PTS. *

' Buy 10G and 10 agility, resilience and intelligence enhance. '

Consuming them, he asked for his status as he had another hunch...

* status :

name: Luke

Species: tier two human

vitality: 106

strength: 106

agility: 300

intelligence: 206

resilience: 251

mana: 130

Inherited ability: spatial storage ???

skills: dagger mastery B

firearm mastery B

stealth mastery C

poison mastery C

intuition D ( new )

spells: space run tier two

dark blast tier two

haunting march tier two

money: 051 PTS *

' !!! So I was right, I really have intuition now. No, it's more like I had it before but it's only recently that it was strong enough to show on the status. Does it mean THIS skill is also there? '

Not minding this anymore, Luke got to bed and slept. The next day, after a quick breakfast, Luke got out of his house and sat in front of the monolith, where everyone else was, with somber faces. Quickly greeting them, he asked why they had said faces.

With a slightly annoyed tone, Milfa replied

" Today is the day of the one Vs one fights. "

Looking at him in particular, she added " it is said that everyone's first fight is between members of the same team, with only one exempted who will fight someone else. "

Wearing a dubious expression, Luke asked

" Isn't that kinda dumb? I mean, putting people from the same team against each other is the most perfect way to create grudges or at least tension. "

Sighing, Milfa replied " Yeah, but the overseers at least let us choose who fights another team. In our case, it's of course you. "

Abacus, who was quite direct in his speech pattern said matter of factly " You're like that Lion guy, don't wanna die. "

Lou also nodded and said " It would be a dumb and meaningless death. "

Ozz, who... rarely spoke also butted in " Luke eat Ozz, Ozz not happy. "

Looking at Ozz, Luke thought ' Was that his longest sentence so far? '

Looking at them one by one, he rose an eyebrow and said " But I still don't see how this isn't dumb. "

Lou answered this time " The winner in most cases will give back the points earned from the kill. " " Then, why not fight me? " Staring dead into Luke's eyes, he continued " But the performance before death determines the cost of death. "

Nodding, Milfa supplements " Dying by your hands will be costly as you earn fewer points if you hold back. No one wants that. "

Finally understanding their decision, he waited for his fight against an unknown enemy, while the others stayed silent, preparing themselves mentally for their fights.

Luke then purchased a simple grey vest and red trousers, which he will use from now on.

* Your one Vs one fight will begin immediately, good luck soldier Luke. *

Once again blinded by the violet light, Luke reappeared in the Coliseum. In front of him stood Lion.

Sighing, Lion asked " Do you remember your arrogance in the mission? I think the overseer, lord seventh, is bent on making you cry now. "

Looking at Lion with a pitiful gaze, Luke replied " That wasn't arrogance, that was justified pride. "

Laughing a little, Lion spat and replied " I will beat the crap out of you, you will thank me in the future. "

Getting into a fighting stance, Luke simply stated " You are right, I will thank you for the free points. "

Laughing even more, Lion pointed his spear at Luke who felt a sudden burst of gravity, holding him in place and the repelling power hit him at his chest, hard, breaking a few ribs. He was thrown back but activated his haunting march at the same time. He felt that the resilience stat was really a paying investment.

The fight between two of the strongest three of the ECB began explosively.