Mutate?

"Brennus."

Brennus stirred from his sleep. The voice calling to him no doubt belonged to Emma. He got up and rubbed his eyes. The blonde stared at him with arms crossed on her chest.

"It's half-past two already. How long do you plan on sleeping?"

Brennus recalled sleeping at two in the night. The evolution knocked him out for twelve good hours.

He shooed the notifications flooding his vision. "How did you get in?"

He had locked the door after he entered.

Emma stepped aside and pointed to the man behind. His short, gelled blonde hair brushed up in a perfect mess.

Brennus's gaze stopped on the golden name above his head.

[Jonathan Storm (Level 159 Mutate)]

[Main Skill: Pyrogenesis]

This guy was his roommate, Johnny Storm, whose attendance record was low enough to get his ass suspended to hell. Brennus couldn't believe he was above Charles Xavier in terms of levels.

'What's a Mutate now?'

"I won't answer~," Lady Death answered.

Johnny wagged his fingers. "What's up?"

Emma waved her hands in Brennus's face. "Awake yet?"

"My roomie got Miss Frost. Seriously, I pegged him to be something. He turned out to be better than my something."

Brennus and Johnny rarely talked since he was always missing for some reason. They were still on good terms, could even be called friends.

"We aren't going out," Emma said and graciously gestured to the door. "Can I have some alone time with him?"

"Of course, you can," Johnny said. "I was just about to pick something from the cafeteria."

Johnny strutted out of the room.

'The status is bugged.'

"It's not," Lady Death denied.

"Em, you okay?" Emma asked in a concerned voice as she sat beside him. "Was the drink too much? Or… you didn't sleep last night?"

Brennus just shook his head in response.

"You're motivating me to practice harder and go deep in your thoughts."

"There is nothing there. Just porns from the eighties and some shitty books."

"Eww."

Brennus made the blonde wait while he went for a quick bath. It was the opposite of the usual scene of a boy waiting on a girl's shower.

Brennus didn't care what Emma does in his room and opened his status first.

Name: Brennus

Level: 10 (86.08% to next level)

HP: 700/700

SP: 500/500

Current Race: Low-rank Angel

Class: Blood Reaper

Title: Limb Butcher

Traits: Barbarian, Scholar, Cosmic Dweller, Aphrodite's Child, Super Sense, Master Swordsman, Master Smith.

Strength: 55 (+5 from Unholy Vengeance, +10 from Bloodbane Sword)

Vitality: 70

Dexterity: 65 (+10 from Reaper's Shroud)

Intelligence: 50 (+5 from Unholy Vengeance)

Wisdom: 50 (+5 from Reaper's Shroud)

Luck: 35

Stat Points: 0

Skills:

…

His status gained a slight boost, the most surprising being his luck. He scrolled down and checked the description of the newest skill.

[Burning Sword Lvl. 1 (Active): Envelops any sword in heavenly fire.]

'Heavenly fire?'

"The fire used by a majority of angels from Heaven."

'Is this opposite of hellfire?'

"Not exactly, my boy. The hellfire burns souls and gives the shittiest pain for every sin commited. The heavenly fire also burns, but it burns endlessly until every last bit of the target's soul is vaporized into hell. It's not painful at all. Anyone burning with the heavenly fire will relive the best moment in their life. The mortal described this feeling as 'salvation'."

Brennus equipped the Bloodbane and spotted faintly glowing numbers on the lower side of the blade.

3/100.

"Three is the number of Barbarians I killed. It must be the upgrade requirement. A hundred enemies… sounds a lot now."

"Keep killing!"

He already knew the chant of activating the new skill as if he was born with this knowledge.

"Possess and empower my blade, o heavenly fire!"

"Cringy."

"Shaddap!"

A white rope appeared out of nowhere and coiled around the blade like a serpent. It exploded in white flames and covered the entire blade.

'That's… nice. I'll just attack someone and hide. Slowing letting them burn to death.'

"That's all for your first evolution. Congrats on getting to low class."

'I'm gonna beat the god one day and take his seat.'

"Good luck with that!"

He got dressed and went out. Emma looked a bit uncomfortable sitting on his bed.

"You missed your classes today."

"I don't care about them either way," he said, sitting beside Emma. "Have anything on your head?"

"Not really…" she muttered, avoiding eye contact suspiciously.

"Are you hiding something?" he asked sternly.

Emma forced a smile. "It's nothing."

'Yup, she is hiding something.'

"Well, you can come to me if you want help," he said. "It won't be free though."

"Nothing right now. But I'm curious about that 'price' and the kind of help you provide."

"If you want help with a local bully or want to assassinate the president, then I'm your guy. You can pay with money and you know what."

"..."

"I'm not joking."

"That makes it worse." She shook her head. "Jokes aside, I'm going to grab something for lunch."

[Daily Quest #2 generated.]

[Eat up big boy: Have lunch in your cafeteria.]

[Difficulty: Easy as breathing.]

[Rewards: 1 X F-Rank XP Potion, 1 X Mystery Box, +2 points in Dexterity and Vitality.]

[Failure: None.]

'Accept.'

"Are there chicken burgers?"

Emma's lips arched in a grin. "One of the better ones in Manhattan."

"Count me in."

***

Name: Brennus

Level: 10 (86.08% to next level)

HP: 700/700

SP: 500/500

Current Race: Low-rank Angel

Class: Blood Reaper

Title: Limb Butcher

Traits: Barbarian, Scholar, Cosmic Dweller, Aphrodite's Child, Super Sense, Master Swordsman, Master Smith.

Strength: 55 (+5 from Unholy Vengeance, +10 from Bloodbane Sword)

Vitality: 70

Dexterity: 65 (+10 From Reaper's Shroud)

Intelligence: 50 (+5 From Unholy Vengeance)

Wisdom: 50 (+5 From Reaper's Shroud)

Luck: 35

Stat Points: 0

Skills:

[Death's Blessing Lvl. Max (Passive)]

[Beyond Death Lvl. Max (Passive)]

[Mystic Wings (Active) Lvl. 1]

[Divine Essence Manipulation Lvl. 3 (Active)]

[Ignore Lvl. 2 (Passive)]

[Telepathy Lvl. 2 (Active)]

[Sword Mastery Lvl. 4 (Passive)]

[Levitation Lvl. 1 (Active)]

[Create Dungeon Lvl. 1 (Active)]

[Poker Face Lvl. 1 (Passive)]

[Battle Instincts Lvl. 1 (Passive)]

[Shadow Blood Lvl. 1 (Passive)]

[Kill Counter Lvl. 1 (Passive)]

[Burning Sword Lvl. 1 (Active)]

Current Quests:

[An Eye for an Eye, a Soul for a Soul]

[The Real Angel of Death]

[The Forgotten Past]

[Eat up big boy]

Current Equipment:

[Unholy Vengeance (E)]

[Reaper's Shroud (D)]

[Trickster Ring (A)]

[Blessed pendant (D)]

[Fire extinguisher (F)]