What a twist

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*Slap*

A hard smack on my cheek made my head jerk to the side. My cheek flared slightly with pain, but very slight. For a minute now I've been sitting there staring at the notifications. Okay new skills, okay more absorption... but... what the hell is this 'fate of the dark hero?' thing? What do you think I am, a fallen hero? What the fuck is a hero?! I was only calling myself figuratively then!

'Appraisal!'

Destiny, hero or villain? Your karma:

Villain - Dark hero!

Some monsters are wary of you. In the temples of the gods, all of your stats are reduced by 10%

When you finally fall to the dark side, you will be the target of many light heroes!

'L-okay, that's... not really surprising, but it does make you wonder. And how did I become... bad? Eh... so many problems... with these fates, fuck them! Okay, while we're at it, I'll check out the rest of my skills, I haven't looked at them in a while!'

Immunity-max

Passive skill: Partial immunity to: pain, disease, poison, soul, mind, light, life.

Well... very useful.

Overlord-1(11%)

Passive skill: Free Slots 5/10

Partial group, allows you to communicate via telepathic communication over some distance. The distribution of experience is evenly distributed. Depending on the efforts of the harem and its leader.

Marks the female and displays her vitals, displays her location on the mini-map, and scares off weak goblins and makes strong ones wary.

Elvina/Live

Vivi/Live

Aquina/Live

Ram/Live

Rem/Live.

Gotta look at the map...

Dark Healing-1(1%)

Active skill: Accelerated body regeneration, harmless to any creatures.

Chant: ~~~~~~~~~~

Wow, now it doesn't kill...

Premonition-1(1%)

Passive skill: allows you to feel the approach of any danger in advance, or helps to track game by tracks.

Hmmm... looking at the mini map, I did see all the girls... damn, and if Elvina was standing still, as she was... then Aquina and Vivi were a hell of a lot further away! They were much further away than my first one!

'Fools! Man, why are you looking for adventure up your own arse? Why don't you wait for me...' - I grimaced. Now I know where they are... I'll have to change the plan a bit, but Elvina will be the first one I find....

Undead-4(3%)

You are no longer a goblin.

Passive skill: Infinite Stamina: your stamina is increased - stamina regeneration is increased. Low Emotion: you are weak to emotions. Mental Resistance: you cannot be subdued by 'necromancy' magic. High resistance to pain. Immortal Flesh: you do not age. Semi-living undead: you can taste food, feel mild pain, and other weak positive emotions. Complete resistance to disease, you do not need to breathe to live. Requires mana to keep yourself alive: mana regeneration is reduced. The body does not produce waste products of life.

Nothing new.

Omnivore-8(13%)

Passive skill: Your stomach can digest steel.

Well... my teeth will definitely break against steel.....

Stealth-II-1(22%)

Passive skill: You're hard to spot.

Hmm...

Regeneration-5(55%)

Passive skill: Regeneration of the body through magic.

Hard to know how much he regenerates... but a finger should regrow in five minutes.....

Mana Control II-5(1%)

Passive skill: Control mana flows in and out of the body.

Hmmm...

Body Enhancement-8(1%)

Active skill: Strengthens physical stats, bone strength, muscle strength.

Activation is mental/volitional.

Well... nothing new.

Small mana regeneration core-6(1%)

Passive skill: Accelerates mana regeneration at the expense of intelligence and spirit.

Now... that was new. Now it's clear where I got so much regen from.....

Dash-10(3%)

Active skill: Quickly move five metres forward.

Activation is mental/volitional.

Fencing-4(2%)

Passive skill: A system of techniques of wielding hand cold weapons in hand-to-hand combat, striking and deflecting blows.

Blacksmith-1(2%)

Passive skill: Blacksmithing.

There's not much to say other than tending a sword - I didn't learn anything from it.

Magical Astral Sight-2(23%)

Active skill: Allows you to see the mana and soul of living/dead beings.

Activation is mental/volitional

Scavenger-3(33%)

Active skill: Absorbs nutrients from corpses. May absorb the experience of a past host.

Activation - touch: mental/volitional

Darkness Magic-4(2%)

Active skill: Manipulation of darkness mana.

Spell Patterns: 'Shroud of Darkness', "Aura of Terror", "Blade of Darkness", "Shield of Darkness", 'Dark Scout'

Activation - mental/volitional.

Here come the new skills... funny.

Empathy-4(2%)

Passive skill: As befits a headless knight, you are able to sense strong humanoid emotions directed at you or others.

Score-5(22%)

Active Skill: Determines the species and danger of creatures, and provides informational support.

Activation is mental/volitional.

'Character Window!'

Name - Arien

Race - High Dullahan

Class - Soul Eater

Destiny - Dark Hero

Level - 1

Experience - 0/16500

Mana - 2100/2100

Strength - 30

Dexterity - 56

Endurance - ∞

Intelligence - 210 (Accelerated Perception-4)

Spirit - 24

Character Points - 0

Skills: 'Undead-4', "Assessment-5", "Omnivore-8", "Stealth-II-1", "Regeneration-5", "Mana Control II-5", "Body Enhancement-8", "Low Mana Regeneration Core-6", "Dark Healing-1", 'Immunity-max', "Soul Eater-1", "Premonition-1", "Jerk-10", "Fencing-4", "Blacksmith-1", "Magical Astral Vision-2", "Scavenger-3", "Darkness Magic-4", "Empathy-4", Overlord-1

Evolution - Requirement - Level 100.

Settings.

Heh, now... level 100... until then I'll definitely... puff like Papa Carlo. Well, I've been sitting here too long, it's time to check out the improved skills. But first, the old ones.

The veil is protecting me from magic a little better. The cast is a little faster and my mana consumption is down. Now I'm even less visible in the dark, and even if a torch is pointed at me, it won't illuminate me. But the shadow... it can decide things differently.

The aura of terror now not only frightens insects, but instils fear in weak willed creatures. The glow from the eye sockets... was much brighter now, but it could not be seen beneath the cover.

The blade of darkness is not so useless now! For... half a thousand mana, I can launch a dark blade from a sword and wound... leaving a cut on the body. Eh, but that's not the main purpose of the template, so I'm not really disappointed.

Shield of Darkness, as you might have guessed from the name, protects... only a solid object it will still miss, but the same wall of darkness can be recreated. But, its function is to protect against light magic! In short, another cloak of darkness, only with the ability to create a wall.

The most delicious thing is the dark scout. You can create one dark bat that can fly through the air! You can also see with your eyes in the dark and hear with your ears! Range... about a kilometre, depending on the mana invested. On a daytime, sunny day-morning it eats more mana and disappears very quickly.

A useful skill, if you look at it that way, but I can run around on my arse scouting. It'll come in handy in the future.

Ahem, I'm gonna check my race and class. I should be able to assess it now with level five.

'Grade!'

*Grading is a success

-25MP! *

Soul Eater is a rare class

Allows you to absorb souls without harming the one being absorbed. Upon death, can be reincarnated in another world.

Soul Eater-1(50%)

Active skill: Absorbs/assimilates other's skills.

Activation is mental/volitional.

Ugh... reincarnation is very satisfying, really... dying isn't something I really want to do. But as long as I have it, it's fine. True, the paucity of information is still the same. Eh.

I checked on my sisters - they're still asleep. I got up from the ground and looked around. There are skeletons with spears in their hands and ringed armour walking not far away. There is nothing but sand in the ruins. Taking a bone out of the ring, I looked at it.

'Why do I need it, anyway? I'm not a necromancer, and I don't know what to do with it. Well, since it doesn't take up much space, I'll keep it and think about it later,' I stretched out my favourite sword. It glowed pleasantly with red light, and then I took off my head and my view changed completely. Now I didn't see in grey tones, but as usual, as if my head stayed on my shoulders like that. Convenient...

Checked the core - in that time mana has become 45450... 46276... 47012... units and everything keeps going upwards! Hehe... if one day of doing nothing and not spending mana... you can completely fill up the core. And so, if you spend mana, then in two or three days the core will be full.

Hm-hm-hm-hm... correction on the plans: wait one day, and in the meantime I'll scout this tier... Maybe I'll meet someone besides skeletons.