Accumulation
Glancing at the seemingly dying young man, Pro shrugged and bonked Toi Toi on the head for being naughty. However, it wasn't too big of a deal, so Pro wasn't mad. After all, this wasn't the first person to die by accident.
"Alice, bring Ali over! We have another one to convert!" Pro hollered as he opened the bathroom door.
"Yes master~" Alice charmingly replied as she pouted a bit while picking up the cute Ali.
Plopping Ali onto the unconscious man's body, Pro watched as Ali sucked out a soul and spawned another plushy doll servant. Pro then placed Ali on his shoulder to her delight.
As the doll was still unconscious for the moment, Pro simply picked it up and delivered it to apartment 448, where there are now a total of 5 dolls housed. Adding this new one, there are now six.
Plopping the doll on the ground, Pro let Ali command the dolls to welcome their new citizen later. Then, he returned to apartment 444 and handed Ali over to Alice to babysit.
After dumping the corpse into floor 3's trash can, cleaning up a bit, and hiding the boy's bike to make it seem more natural, Pro took a glance at the couple of lonely vehicles parked on the once empty street. With a smirk, Pro returned to his bedroom while waiting for the next visitor.
Hopping on the computer, Pro checked the forums to see how hyped his haunted house was. After all, it has been almost a week of grinding since his harvest of the sixth floor, and there were multiple visitors from the forums who successfully earned easy money. After going back, most of them helped Pro advertise his place by hyping the post.
"It's real! It's not bullsh*t! It's real, cold hard cash that you can wipe your booty with!"
"For real? You sure you don't want to buy toilet paper with that cash instead? Oh wait, no one will accept your 'used' cash."
"Upstairs, cash is still paper. Don't judge others who want to spend it in an unique way. Let them follow their dreams and desires. After all, when you dream of poop everywhere, it stands for money."
Scrolling through the comments, Pro chuckled a bit before he checked on the latest posts with a bit of curiosity. Recently, there had been multiple posts regarding 'haunted' places popping up on the forum. These posts range from haunted apartment buildings to mansions and reservoirs to alleyways.
"Haunted Mansion on XXX Drive! Beware! Multiple people went missing in it already!"
"Drive safely at the curve on XXX Road at midnight. There has been multiple car accidents there, and they all ended up in the same situation!"
"Don't go play by the reservoir at night! Multiple people have drowned in it already!"
"Gangsters found with missing limbs in the alleyway between XXX and YYY building! The news says its gang fight, but my personal sources say otherwise!"
Pro frowned a bit as he noticed all these posts that have only popped up recently, and there are even more in different forums. After crosschecking these posts with some of the recent news reports that he found online, Pro truly felt that there was something weird with each one.
Unlike the forums, the news report seemed to try to cover up the truth by downplaying the accidents, but that only made it more suspicious. It's like the government is trying to suppress the news, but due to the number of occurrences, it became hard to suppress.
"It seems the city is in turmoil right now? All of these happening at the same time ... is it a coincidence? Or is there a black hand directing everything? Perhaps ... the Black Death Society? Or maybe one of the others?"
Pro ruminated over these recent events a bit, but he didn't think much about them. After all, he is still stuck in here and won't encounter any of those events. On the other hand, these events actually helped draw attention away from him. It was also due to this that he dared to turn some people into dolls and have them go missing.
"Well, even if someone notices and comes investigate, I won't be afraid. It can't be worst than the attention I attract from killing the group of level 2 mystics. Plus, the government might not even have time to deal with me now that the city is in turmoil," Pro chuckled as he glanced at his points.
After almost a week of full harvest, Pro had already gained 2310 points! It wasn't an extreme amount compared to harvesting a floor of spirits, but it was still a lot. Not only that, the number of harvest per day is actually increasing due to a small increase of visitors from the forums. The service workers that came back with their friends and families also increased his harvest.
Although some denied that they would ever come back again, the money was just too tempting. So, they could only drag their friends and families into the pit as well. Pro didn't care and was happily throwing the useless cash away.
Although Pro held back from targeting the ones who came in groups, there are also the couple instances of a lonely visitor that came to check the place out on their own. Pro didn't show any mercy and allowed Ali to gain a couple more servants.
Not only that, Alice has also finally upgraded from a low-level baleful spirit to a mid-level baleful spirit in the midst of the week of harvest. It seems that she had gathered enough fear and finally broke her shackle.
[Name] Alice
[Gender] Female
[Level] Mid-level Baleful Spirit
[Description] A resentful spirit formed from the residue resentment of a baleful spirit, but her resentment was purified by an external force ...
The spirit is not bound to any object and will dissipate after a while, but due to the intervention of the host, the spirit is now bound to the host's domain and will exist as long as the host's domain exists ...
[Abilities]
Chosen One Curse, Fear Me, Save Me Instead Curse, Play With Me Curse
[Play With Me Curse] Alice can cast an illusion on the chosen one, causing them to hallucinate. The hallucination is not under the control of the user. The target will occasionally hear Alice's voice in their mind, telling the target to play with her, and may see an illusion Alice randomly appearing in host's domain. This curse will end once the chosen one leaves the domain, the chosen target changes, the chosen target becomes unconscious, or the curse was canceled by the caster.
Alice's new ability was not bad as it helped her harvest fear, but it does take a while for it to take effect, and there wasn't any way to test how effective it is. Sometimes, it was more efficient to just scare visitors with a lopped off head.
Of course, the most exciting thing about this week of harvest is that Pro finally gathered the points he needed to upgrade! With his accumulation, he had finally gathered a total of 10,090 points! The only reason he didn't upgrade immediately is because he wanted to wait until the day of work was over to prevent unnecessary accidents.
Now, it was finally time. After glancing through the forums one last time to calm himself down, Pro made sure he was in tip-top condition before he glided over to the bathroom. Although he could technically upgrade anywhere in his domain, he preferred to do it where everything began.
[To upgrade host level, the following requirements must be met.]
[Requirements] Domain size of at least 16 small rooms, 8 medium room, 1 large room, 10000 life points
"Upgrade level!"
Ding!
[10000 life points has been consumed. Host Level has been upgraded to Top-Level Blood Spirit.]
[Yin Energy Capacity increased by 3000 points.]
[Host gains new ability
[Host gains new ability
[Normal ghost abilities upgraded.]
[Yin Needle attack distance increased.]
[Resistance to sunlight increased to 30%.]
[Max physical form time has been increased to 60 minutes with no weakness unless exceeding full time.]
An intense surge of power filled Pro once more as he felt his body strengthening to what seemed to be a limit. He could also sense his domain barrier being strengthened as he felt an intangible fog blend into it.
It didn't take long for the wonderful, powerful feeling to gradually fade away. Pro smacked his lips as he checked out his new, bloated status that he found a way to condense a bit after tinkering around with his free time.
[Name] Pro Ye
[Title] None
[Level] Top-Level Blood Spirit
[Yin Energy] 2000/5000
[Possession Object] Toilet
[Abilities]
Toilet Attraction, Constipation, Toilet Paper Illusion, Bathroom Illusion, Sh*t on the Road, Summon Cowpie, Talk no Jutsu, Domain Perception, Domain Illusion, Domain Regeneration, Yin Claws, Yin Needle, Spirit Isolation, Master Key, Light Resistance, Curved Trajectory, Spiritual Sea, Empowered Spells, Nasty Service, Pain in the Ass, System Library
[Domain]
Small Bathroom(442, 444, 447, 448, 449), Small Bedroom(442, 444, 447, 448, 449), Small Charred Bedroom(446), Small Charred Bathroom(446), Small Guard Room(440), Small Guard Bedroom(440), Small Guard Bathroom(440), Medium Living Room and Kitchen(442, 444, 447, 448, 449), Medium Charred Living Room and Kitchen(446), Large Distorted Hallway, Large Linked Stairway
[Subordinates]
Alice, Toi Toi, Ali, Security Uniform Spirit(7), Doll Army(6)
[Life points] 90
"Hmm .. besides the physique upgrade, I have gotten more energy which I essentially don't run out of now. I also have higher resistance to sunlight, and two new abilities," Pro muttered as he searched up the info on his two new abilities that actually doesn't sound like sh*t for once.
[Domain Regeneration] Damage to the domain objects and barrier will now automatically repair over time. Recovery Rate: 1 life point of damage per minute
[Talk no Jutsu] Others will have a higher chance of believing host's bullsh*t talk.
"Uhhhh ..."
The first domain ability was definitely useful because it meant that Pro didn't have to spend points to recover his domain anymore unless it is an emergency situation or he wanted to keep someone trapped somewhere. On the other hand, the Talk no Jutsu was full of bullsh*t.
"Does this system expect me to bullsh*t my way out of here once the BDS elder actually comes? Yea ... probably not going to work. What matters the most is strength, not your mouth. Perhaps this ability may be useful once I get out of here or if I wanted to start a dumb cult, but it's not too useful for me here besides for fooling visitors that I already have no trouble fooling."
After thinking about it a bit, Pro didn't feel too frustrated over his new abilities this time. At least it wasn't some sh*tty ability related to poop. Plus, Talk no Jutsu is one of the most overpowered abilities in certain novels. However, Pro is sure mystics won't be dumb enough to be affected by it ... will they? Plus, it probably won't work on evil spirits that can't communicate in the first place.
"Well, that's for me to find out in the future. For now, let's check on the requirements for my escape!"
Pro's eyes lit up in excitement as he pulled up the requirements for the level upgrade to the level that will allow him to finally escape, a Demonic Spirit!
[To upgrade host level, the following requirements must be met.]
[Requirements] Domain size of at least 21 small rooms, 9 medium room, 2 large room, 5 lingering spirits subordinates, 1 baleful spirit subordinate, 25000 life points
[Current Domain Size] 15 small rooms, 6 medium rooms, 2 large rooms
[Current Subordinates] 14 lingering spirits, 2 baleful spirits
Pro calmly stared at the requirements for a while. Although the point requirements were extremely steep, but Pro did not despair this time because he knew this was the final sprint!
"I already met the requirements for subordinates. I was wondering when gathering subordinates would actually come in handy, and it seems that higher level promotion won't just depend on domain size anymore. As for rooms, there is still 3 more apartment rooms on this floor, apartments 441, 443, and 445. Each of these have a medium room and 2 small rooms, which will total up to 6 small rooms and 3 medium rooms. This will exactly meet the requirements for the promotion!"
Pro then tilted his head a bit as he felt that something was weird. Isn't this requirement a bit too coincidental?
"It's like each floor of this building is built for the promotion of an evil spirit ..." Pro couldn't help but mutter while feeling that there is a conspiracy, "Is this just plot armor or does this have anything to do with why I was brought back to life in here?"
Pro gripped his fists with a hint of worry for a moment before calming himself down, "It's not time to worry about that. Once I'm strong enough, it doesn't matter what conspiracies there are."
After a swift calculation, Pro knew he only needed 4200 points to assimilate all the rooms on the floor. This means that he only needs about 29200 more points to escape.
"I'm almost there. It won't be long before the outside world will be unlocked for me to explore!" Pro gripped his fist in excitement as he stared out the window at the cloudy, gloomy skies.
"Hmm? Is it going to rain? Now that I think about it, it's been autumn for a while and it should be winter soon?"
Unfortunately, as a ghost, Pro couldn't feel the winter coming like a normal person. He couldn't feel the change in temperature as the cold didn't affect him nor did the empty, gloomy street have trees with colorful, wilting leaves. However, Pro felt it didn't matter.
Turning away from the window, Pro cracked his knuckles as his eyes turned fierce. He has finally become a top-level blood spirit. He can finally continue his harvest in the building with less risk.
"Floor seven. Here comes the pro exorcist!"