Crystal Chalice Tavern

'See, I told you it would be quick!' Taurus returned to Mammot and surprisingly no one bothered checking on him during the time he was absent.

'Of course, of course, so how did you deal with them?'

'Nothing much, I just took the experience and left the rest to the government. Unfortunately, I got the bare minimum, and if not for the level difference then I would have stayed at level 13' Taurus responded before sitting down next to Mammot, the status interface materializing before his face a few seconds later.

{Status}

[Name: Taurus Pendragon]

[Evaluation: 36 Stars]

[Level: 22 | Exp: 4250/4400]

[Stats]

–Health: 18,050 /18,050 (Vitality * 15)

–Mana: 2,440/2,440 (Spirit * 10)

–Abyssal Force: 5,945/5,945 (Strength * 5)

–Max Physical Damage: 3,567 (Strength * 3)

–Max Elemental Damage: 327 (Spirit * 3)

–Max Ranged Damage: 1,848 (Dexterity * 3)

[Attributes]

—Unassigned Points: 0

Vitality: 1,190 | Spirit: 244 | Strength: 1,189 | Dexterity: 616

Experience was based on effort and a kill usually gives 100~300.

However, he particularly did nothing and Tenebirus was able to mobilize his stats, allowing itself to finish his targets off effortlessly. 

As such, he only gained the bare minimum.

'You've dealt with a single hideout, but do you think that's enough to stop them?'

'No, but that's what I exactly want! I believe they will become bolder in their kidnapping operations, hell, they may even start going for adults now.' Taurus guessed, remembering how stubborn they were in his past life.

'Mammot, they wouldn't stop until they successfully corrupt a behemoth.' The titan nodded his head upon hearing Taurus' words.

Beasts lose their mind when corruption happens; if anything could handle it, they were Titans and Behemoths.

Titans were mostly out of reach and the amount of corruption needed to do such a thing was too much to the point they would just give up.

That's besides the fact that Titans were prideful on a different level compared to the rest of the beasts, corruption didn't guarantee control, and worse, it could end up negatively.

On the other hand, Behemoths were much easier to find and the intelligence they had was just enough to help them retain their sanity after the corruption process.

'Either way, do you intend to do the same thing every night?'

'No, I don't have all of their hideout locations so the best solution would be getting myself kidnapped.'

'I see, not a bad idea given you can handle yourself.'

'That's right, the only thing I regret is not taking the chance to test my skills on them. But never mind, how about sleeping now?'

'Sure thing, have a good night.' With Mammot's permission granted, Taurus leaned on the titan's fur before drifting asleep a few minutes later. 

By the time Taurus was awake, the news of a monster taking care of Abyssum's hideout was spreading like wildfire and his parents came to check him on Naturally.

Why? Mainly because the descriptions coming from the witnesses were too similar to how Tenebirus Noctis.

Thankfully, Mammot was there to cover, claiming Taurus slept the entire night with him was quite enough to assure his parents.

With them out of the way, the skill training continued and before the night's arrival, Taurus had full control over his Restrict skill.

After all of that training, Taurus found Freeze easier to control just as he expected and now he was pretty much free to mess around as much as he wanted.

'I'm going to pay Abyssum another visit tonight,' Taurus comminutes with Mammot, piquing the titan's curiosity.

'What do you intend to do this time? More experience hunting?'

'No, experimenting! You see, I wonder if reverting the corruption is possible through Reject!' Taurus responded excitedly.

The corruption process took an average of ten seconds and Reject could revert up to 30 seconds, prompting him to believe it was possible.

'Just corruption?' Mammot squinted at Taurus, guessing he had something else in mind that he didn't want to reveal. 'Just corruption…' An unnatural grin took form on Taurus' face, making Mammot a little uncomfortable.

'Whatever, just don't get yourself killed.' Having been used to Taurus' insanity, the titan responded jokingly knowing the kid wouldn't die even if the entire organization ganged up on him.

'Oh, no worries. I will be merciful, but I may arrive a little later this time.' Taurus spoke, guessing he would spend some extra time since his goal wasn't solely exposing Abbysum's hideout.

He brought up the Book of Knowledge before settling on Abyssum's page once again.

'Let's go with this one, the closer the better.' He thought before finally closing the book and returning to his inventory while waiting for the right moment to strike.

His target this time was a known and fancy tavern, a place where the rich and nobles usually ate, and unlike Eden, he knew it would bustling during the dead of the night.

Either way, had a plan in mind to ease things up.

'I will see you later, alarm me if anything happens.' Once the moonlight was at its peak, Taurus summoned Tenebirus before merging once again then he pid his farewell and headed toward the northern gate of the Pendragon Lands.

Taurus continued on his way toward the north before taking a hard turn toward the eastern side as a towering building appeared before his face.

A large banner carrying the fancy words "Crystal Chalice" hung on the building's entrance as the light revealed through the windows showing how alive the place was despite it being the dead of the night.

Taurus rushed toward the building before landing right before the doors, he pushed them open and entered the place.

His eyes wandered around as the drunkards present stared at him like everyone else.

All of them were humans and the sight of a monster stepping inside seemed ominous no matter how much they thought about it.

"Do monsters…drink?!" One of them suddenly questioned in a loud voice as Taurus made his way to the counter where he could order wine, mead, or food.

"Shut up you—"

"You sweating! Why?!" Another one spoke before slamming the previous speaker, only to find Taurus cutting him off before appearing right in front of his face.

Taurus wandered around, separating those who were shaking in fear from the ones who felt rather confused.

"I drink, and I believe you should leave. NOW!" Taurus' eyes met the first speaker, causing him to hurry out of the tavern. Guessing what was about to happen, one after another began leaving.

"No no no, you will be staying here with us," Having marked all those who were shaking in fear, Taurus appeared right in front of the door, stopping them and preventing them from leaving.

"I swear I'm I-i-i-innocent, please let me—"

"You, stay." A rough palm collided against the speaker's face, sending him flying back as Taurus opened the way for the ones he believed were innocent.

"Ah, let us begin now that we are alone!" Taurus spoke before cracking his fists, approaching one of the humans cowering in fear below him.

"W-w-why me?!" The man muttered meekly as Taurus' hand landed on his shoulder.

"Corrupt!" Taurus' only word felt like a death sentence to the victim as the torrent of dark matter bit into the man's body.

The man howled as the process continued, the abyssal force invading his body through his sensory organs for a couple of seconds before fading completely.

The man rose immediately, howling like a zombie before attempting to bite Taurus' hand.

"You corrupted him! Why?!" The man on the counter shouted as the victim's eyes were entirely black and the crimson veins spread across his body.

The speaker immediately thought Taurus was someone from Abyssum, and as such, he failed to understand the reason.