The Test Hallway
~BAM, RATATAT, BITE~
Dan's golden fox managed to kill off two of the [Ghost Gun Soldiers] using its basic skill: [Bite].
But…
~SQUICK, SQUICK~
Two of the [Demonic Spiders] that were not concentrated on Leon, who was literally just rushing and trying to hit them any way he could since they were one shot anyway, threw a web at the golden fox's legs, restraining it.
"Shit…!" Dan couldn't really fight physically, he wasn't like Akira or Leon.
And so…
~RATATATA~
His golden fox was hit by dozens of bullets from the machine gun and suddenly vanished, transforming back into the bell.
"Leon!" Dan shouted as the boy avoided a scorpion's stinger using his enhanced speed then punched it, "You have to give me back my bell so that I can summon the fox again!"
Every talent had some sort of weakness at the start, one that would be resolved using strength and determination later, but for now it was still there.
Leon's weakness was long-ranged attacks and close-ranged combat against enemies faster or stronger than he was.
And Dan's weakness was that his golden fox was strong for a level 4 awakener, but if it died, he would need to retrieve the bell and wait 30 seconds for him to be able to summon it back, which doesn't seem plausible in battle as his current stats didn't allow him to do anything fancy.
~RATATATATA~
The gun soldier's attention went back to Leon, and it began to shoot.
But right as he began avoiding the first barrage of bullets…
~CLICK, CLICK~
The gun didn't have any ammo anymore: it needed to reload.
"…" the soldier looked at its gun for a second, realizing that it was fucked.
And yeah, it definitely was, since when it lifted its head, it saw Leon's fist right in front of it.
~SLAM~
It was sent crashing against the wall, and it died in one hit, after all it prioritized everything it had into speed, so its defense was literally at 1.
Leon quickly picked up the bell as it was close to the monster and threw it toward Dan.
"Nice throw!" Dan smirked as began to stare at the air, probably checking out his status panel.
~STING, FWISH~
Obviously, the rest of the monsters tried to jump toward Leon or throw their attacks at him, but increasing his speed stat to 16 revealed itself to be an overkill against these monsters who were only level 2/3, so he easily eliminated the rest of them.
EGO could actually be used as a distraction as well since he could target a monster, and it would try to attack him as well, but EGO's stats are Leon's stats, meaning that they couldn't hit him either.
So while the battle was continuing, he was going out of his way to suck up their souls at the same time.
And eventually… all the monsters were taken care of by Leon before the golden fox could even come back to aid him.
[You have been granted 2 stat points for devouring the 'Giant Scorpion']
[You have been granted 2 stat points for devouring the 'Giant Scorpion']
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[You have been granted 3 stat points for devouring the 'Demonic Spider']
[You have been granted 3 stat points for devouring the 'Demonic Spider']
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[You have been granted 5 stat points for devouring the 'Ghost Gun Soldier']
And so with this, Leon gained a grand total of 41 stat points to assign to his attributes.
"Wow, nice shit!" Dan was actually surprised as Leon did most of the work, "Your talent must be pretty damn good…"
"Haha… I don't think it's much, all I get is that little fireball fucker that keeps talking," Leon shrugged.
"Well, I can't hear my golden fox for now, but hopefully it gains the ability to talk!"
But getting stat points wasn't the only thing Leon acquired after defeating all these monsters and sucking up their souls, not at all.
~DING, DING~
[EGO has leveled up to level 3!]
[EGO has leveled up to level 4!]
[You have leveled up to level 3!]
[You have leveled up to level 4!]
[Obtained 10 stat points!]
[You have 51 stat points to assign!]
'Oh…' Leon looked up, this number was quite much, but not putting it into his attributes would be extremely dumb.
First of all, his health was so low that even a small scratch from one of these monsters reduced it by around 25, while he only had 50, and shot from the legs by the gun soldier put it to 10 HP.
And on the other hand, using his "devour" powers to summon his crimson aura and enhance his abilities did tire him out a lot, endurance could be considered both as 'defense' and 'stamina', so not upgrading it would be idiotic as well.
All in all, Leon figured that all attributes had an importance, and so he decided to give out his points in a way that could make it fair.
"15 on Vitality, 15 on Strength, 17 on Endurance and the last 4 on Perception…"
[Your Vitality Stat has increased by 15 stat points!]
[Your Strength Stat has increased by 15 stat points!]
[Your Endurance Stat has increased by 17 stat points!]
[Your Perception Stat has increased by 4 stat points!]
'Nice…'
[Good job, partner,] EGO after sucking in the last of the monster's souls licked his lips and went back on Leon's shoulders, [We're only four souls away from reaching level 5 as well!]
"Oh? Are we?" Leon was quite surprised, but he had devoured 15 monsters in this battle, so it made sense, 'Status Window!'
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[Name: Leon Devour]
[Bloodline: Human (F), Devourer (???)]
[Class: Devourer]
[Level: 4]
[Souls (Experience): 6/10]
[Health: 200/200]
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[Attributes:]
>[Vitality: 20]
>[Strength: 18]
>[Speed: 16]
>[Endurance: 20]
>[Perception: 14]
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[Skills:]
>Devour
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It seems like another section had appeared on his panel: the souls/experience one that EGO was supposed to have, probably since he awakened his powers and thus they merged.
But what really intrigued Leon was… the "Devourer" bloodline.
"Come on, I just assigned my stat points!" Dan smiled as he gestured for Leon.
"Oh? You can get stat points in other ways as well?" he thought that was special to the devour talent, but maybe not?
"I mean, when my golden fox defeats an enemy, then the [Golden Bar] I have in front of me increases, and so I get some stat points," Dan scratched his head in embarrassment, maybe he thought that doing that was unique to himself.
"Interesting…"
[Host, such things like gaining stat points in other ways aren't that rare and can be acquired by any decent classes, but even then, I can safely tell you that 'devour' is the one with the greatest stat points gain,] EGO smiled.
"Oh, and I guess they also get quests too then, huh…"
[Yeah.]