Meanwhile, on a completely different continent than the one Orion was currently on. There was a castle that's completely black in colour but the windows are all brightly lit.
In its main audience hall there's a huge throne made of silver, and sitting on it is a middle aged man with short blonde hair and a short beard. He was adorned with gems of a crimson colour and wore a long white robe.
He had his eyes closed when suddenly he opened them slowly as a red glint shined in his dark blue eyes.
"That fool finally died. I wonder how much trouble he caused to wherever he ended up." The man spoke quietly but the aide by his side heard him clearly.
"Your majesty? What's the matter?" The young man beside the throne asked curiously as he stepped forward to look at the man on the throne. "Nothing, Lars, just some trash being disposed of." The man spoke and closed his eyes once more.
"Understood..." Lars said with a smile and a slight bow as he stepped back once again.
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Orion walked through the doors and into the hallway leading back to the entrance. His eyes widened as he saw the scene in front of him.
There were thousands of shining orbs all across the floor. Orion suddenly thought of something and asked out loud, "System, do I seriously have to eat all of these to absorb them?"
[INDEED]
"FUCK. It's gonna take ages to pick all of them up. AGH, whatever! I'll do it later when I start cleaning this castle." Orion was about to start walking again when the system spoke up.
[I RECOMMEND THE HOST OPENS THE STORE AND LOOKS AT THE EARNINGS FROM THIS FIGHT]
"That's right! I completely forgot, Status" Orion said and the light green page appeared in front of him.
[DING
UNDEAD: ZOMBIE X2290 SLAIN: 11,450 LFX GAINED]
[DING
UNDEAD: SKELETON SOLDIER X3110 SLAIN: 15,550 LFX GAINED]
[DING
UNDEAD: HUMAN CHIMERA X1096 SLAIN: 5480 LFX GAINED]
[DING
TITLE: PURGER IS AWARDED-FOR PURGING AND SAVING THE SOULS OF THE TORMENTED]
[DING
TITLE: LONGEVOUS IS AWARDED-FOR ABSORBING THE ESSENCE OF A NOBLE VAMPIRE AND SURPASSING THE LIMIT OF LONGEVITY FOR THE COMMON AND THE POWERFUL HUMANS ON THIS PLANET]
[DING
SUFFICIENT MASTERY IN GALE STEP ACHIEVED: UPGRADE IS AVAILABLE IN STORE]
[NAME: ORION LAGOS]
[LVL. 3
28,670/50,000 LFX
1870 LFP]
[TITLES:
MOUNTAIN TORTOISE
ONE MAN ARMY
WALKING DISASTER
DEVOURER
PURGER
LONGEVOUS]
[STRENGTH: 240]
[AGILITY: 195]
[VITALITY: 210]
[MANA: 150]
[INTELLIGENCE: 100]
[UNASSIGNED STAT POINTS: 5]
[SKILLS:
LAGOS BREATHING TECHNIQUE LVL. MAX
WEAPON MASTERY LVL. MAX
APPRAISAL LVL. 0
GALE STEP LVL. 1
MANA MANIPULATION LVL. 1
REGENERATION LVL.1]
Orion took off his armor and weapons as he stored them away and read the notifications from earlier. He quickly looked at everything and said, "I'll put the points In agility again. Please show me the new title's effects."
[PURGER: YOUR AURA IS ENHANCED BY BEING TWICE AS POWERFUL ON THOSE THAT COMMIT EVIL IN THE PRESENT OR THE PAST AND CAN CAUSE MENTAL AND SOUL DAMAGE ON WEAKER EVIL BEINGS
BONUS: ENHANCED PHYSICAL DAMAGE ON EVIL CREATURES]
[LONGEVOUS: LONGEVITY INCREASED BY 200 YEARS-TIME LEFT 291 YEARS]
"WHOA! It's creepy knowing how much time I have left! Tch, at least I'll have my sword in my hand when I die...Store," Orion said seemingly ticked off.
Orion was raised as a warrior since birth and as the eldest son of the Lagos family, he didn't have the option of an easy path or a hard path to reach his goal. He had to climb the steep cliff side bare handed with boulders attached to his back to reach his goal at the summit.
His whole life, it was drilled into his very soul that dying while fighting was the only way he should die. The honour of a warrior should always be upheld and to always respect those that deserve it. In reality, however, his family was just a long line of battle junkies.
[STORE
APPRAISAL LVL. 1 UPGRADE~ 1000 LFP
GALE STEP LVL.2 UPGRADE~~ 100 LFP
STORAGE SIZE UPGRADE~~~ 1500 LFP
FEATHER BED~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 50 LFP
BEAST CONTRACT~~~~~~~~~100 LFP
END]
"I'll buy the storage and gale step upgrades," Orion said as he started to walk back.
[DING
PURCHASE SUCCESSFUL]
[STORAGE SPACE CAN NOW STORE ANYTHING A METER AWAY FROM THE HOST]
Orion stopped in his tracks when he heard the prompt in his mind. He quickly closed his eyes to check the system and was surprised that it doubled in size once again. It was now a 20x20x20 meter space.
Orion opened his eyes and looked all around him at the thousands of orbs on the floor. He smiled and closed his eyes again as he began to cycle his mana and use his breathing technique.
Suddenly he felt that as he tried to sense his surroundings, everything became much clearer. He could sense the cracks on the wall, the cores on the floor and the mana in the air all around the hall. Every small detail was as clear as day at this moment.
Usually he could sense 20 meters all around him but now it seemed to have increased to about 30 meters. When he was beginning to think of the reason why such a drastic change occurred, the system prompt sounded off in his head.
[DING
NEW SKILL: MANA SENSE OBTAINED
'Oh? What a nice surprise, this'll come in handy' Orion thought to himself and then he started his work. He activated his newly upgraded Gale Step and ran in zig zags picking up all of the cores on the floor.
The new upgrade gave him more speed but also more control over his movements. He could now change direction instantly and not lose any momentum.
Orion took about ten minutes to collect all of the cores in the long hall. He also went inside all of the rooms on this hallway and found a lot more cores.
Most rooms were offices or supply rooms, but he found that two of those doors opened into another hallway. He figured that they probably led to the other parts of the castle.
When he checked everything he gained in the storage, he was shocked and amazed. There were 12,000 common undead cores and 2,000 uncommon cores.
"Hahaha, this'll take forever to absorb. Let's get started then." Orion spoke as he popped an orb into his mouth, it quickly melted and slid down his throat and he immediately ate another.
[DING
COMMON UNDEAD CORE ABSORBED: 1 LFX AND 1 LFP ABSORBED]
[DING
COMMON UNDEAD CORE ABSORBED: 1 LFX AND 1 LFP ABSORBED]
"Huh? System, why are the rewards so small?" Orion asked as he ate another core.
[UNLESS ITS A GREATER UNDEAD, MOST UNDEAD CREATURES ONLY HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF MANA IN THEM. THE REWARDS ARE MINIMAL, ESPECIALLY FOR COMMON CORES]
"Well, the amount I picked up should make up for it with numbers, but that's still a let down." Orion spoke as he kept walking towards the doors at the end of the hallway.
Orion ignored the prompts going off in his head as he kept eating the cores. He arrived at the end of the hall and opened the doors, when the painting beside the door noticed the doors opening his eyes went wide with shock.
"Y...young man, you already returned? d..did something happen?" The painting asked with worry thinking that orion changed his mind.
"Yeah, I've completed the task and your family has been freed. You can rest easy now, and reunite with your them once you pass on." Orion said with a gentle smile.
The man was stunned, "t..t..thank you, Oh thank you! Thank you so much, young man. M..my family has suffered for so long, i...i was so helpless, all I could do was watch on as everything was destroyed..." the man seemed to be holding back his tears as he continued.
"...I realized that day, that strength is all that matters in this world. Learn from my mistakes, become the strongest you can be and I will leave you everything i owned and my legacy if you wish to accept it. There's a safe behind this painting and the combination is 14-54-18-22..."
"I hope that these things can help you in your journey, young man. Words cannot describe how grateful I am. Please, keep my wife's crown and give it to your future wife. I'm sure you will find someone worthy to rule alongside you..."
"...farewell...and...thank....you..." thousands of shining lights came out of the painting, blinding Orion. When it all settled down, the painting had returned to its original portrait of that man.
"Someone worthy to rule beside me? Maybe... I could get married in this world..." Orion said softly as he looked up at the ceiling. He was in deep thought for a moment before he looked back at the painting.
"Rest In peace, friend." Orion said as he walked up to the painting and removed it from the wall. The painting itself was huge and covered a large steel door. Orion put in the code the man told him and heard a loud contraption begin to spin inside.
*CLICK* *CLACK*
The door opened slightly and Orion pulled the handle to open it. The door seemed to be about 20 inches thick and had countless inscriptions engraved on the steel.
When Orion stepped through the door, the torches on the walls were all lit up at the same time. The room was huge and full to the brim with gold, weapons, artifacts and antiques.
Orion's eyes sparkled not because he was now rich, but because he thought of spending all this money on food and good wine. *GROWWL* Orion's stomach agreed with his thoughts as it rumbled.
"Hmm? Is that his crown?" Orion stepped forward and saw a beautiful golden crown full of countless gems on top of a wooden stand. He walked up to it and picked it up when suddenly a notification popped up in front of him.
[DING
LEGACY: KING OF THE FORBIDDEN FOREST HAS BEEN FOUND]
[DING
LEGACY WILL BE ALTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HOST'S FATE VALUE]
[DING
LEGACY: OMEGA OVERLORD]
[DO YOU WISH TO ACCEPT?]