3 Hours Later

It has been 3 hours since I left the hunting ground and I'm now in my dorm for a rest.

I was amongst the last to come back from the hunt.

I left the forest with 10 A-Rank [Low], 5 A-Rank [Mid], and an A-Rank [H], bringing his points to 306.

Killing this many Dark Beasts was not a part of my plan but they kept on coming.

My skill set did not exactly encourage stealth, so when I killed one it drew the attention of another.

I misjudged how much the amount of Dark Beasts in the forests had increased.

It led me to let go and massacred all those that had a hint of killing intent until I had enough space to dash out of there.

The A-Rank [High] Dark Beast I had killed was a familiar opposition. It was a water snake that resided within a lake I happened to chance upon.

Strangely its attention was on something else so I took the chance and killed it in an instant by electrocuting the entire lake with a Prime Thunderbolt attack.

An anti-climatic battle.

On my way back, I came across Amelia.

She was busy fighting an A-Rank Dark Beast [Low] so I left, but not before lending a hand by drawing its attention with a Powered Fireball, allowing her to finish it.

She gave me a nod of appreciation before heading deeper.

Hope she survives.

On my bed, I called up the system and my [Status] for something I've been drawing on for a long time.

'[Status]'

[Name: Vincent. G Juubi

HP: 25,200/25,200

EP: 330,000/330,000

Level: Low Sky-Layer, Level 32.

Bloodline: Heavenly 10-Tails of True Illusions, Elemental Titans of Gaia (Impure).

Title: Angels Blessed, Blessings of Flames, Blessings of Lightning.

Innate

My Illusions at The World's Reality (60/100).

Inheritance of Fire: From the Flames I was Born (57/70)

Inheritance of Lightning: Through Lightning Shall I Transverse the Infinite Planes (54/70)

Abilities

The Word (5/?)

Ether Burst (22/35)

Cellular Enhancement (15/20)

Portal Maker (5/30)

Ether Control (8/15)

Angelic Blessing (1/35)

Duplicate (1/25)

Origin Energy Gained: 224,500 Exp

"Level 31 Huh. I expected more." I said disappointed

[Do not depend too much on the level. They can be tricky]

[For example, While indeed it records Level 31 we both know you can take on an A-Rank High Dark Beast which has an approximate level of 41-45.]

"So, I'm quite strong then," I asked

[No you're still one of the trashiest on the list.]

"Can't you be a little bit nicer"

[Fine.]

[You are not as effortless to kill as before.]

"Wow thanks," I said in sarcasm

[You're welcome]

"Sigh, At least I gained a lot of origin energy. It should be enough to increase the proficiency of a lot of my skills."

[Uhm……. Not really]

"Uhm what do you mean?" I asked

"Wait, System how much energy is needed to increase the individual proficiency of my skills."

[O.E Proficiency Increase Requirements]

[My Illusions at The World's Reality (60/100): 3.6x10¹⁴ Illion Origin Energy needed to increase proficiency.

Inheritance of Fire: From the Flames I was Born (57/70): 25 Million Origin Energy needed to increase proficiency.

Inheritance of Lightning: Through Lightning Shall I Transverse the Infinite Planes (54/70): 25 Million Origin Energy needed to increase proficiency.

The Word (5/?): Unavailable

Ether Burst (22/35): 1.7 Million Origin Energy needed to increase proficiency.

Cellular Enhancement (15/20): 1 Million Origin Energy needed to increase proficiency.

Portal Maker (5/30): 100 Million Origin Energy needed to increase proficiency.

Ether Control (8/15): Unavailable

Angelic Blessing (1/35): 2.5 Million Origin Energy needed to increase proficiency.

Duplicate (1/25): 2.1 Million Origin Energy needed to increase proficiency.]

"WHAT THE F**K!" I blurted out in anger.

"SYSTEM WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS!"

"WHY DOES IT NEED SO MUCH"

"TO GET THIS MUCH IS WOULD NEED TO KILL HUNDREDS OF A-Rank's, THE F**K"

I continued my rage as I blasted profanities at the hovering blue screen in front of me.

I feel no one should blame me for my anger, the high cost would at least make anyone wince.

After a while, I finally calmed down and just stared at the floating screen resigning to my future fate of having to grind before I can even use this new feature.

[Have you calmed down yet?] The system asked as it mocked me.

[I guess I should explain why it takes a lot of Origin Energy.]

[The process of [Increase Proficiency] feature is to use the mixture of a small part of the Origin Energy a being or artifact possesses and the main system divine energy.]

[Using this mixture I brute-force the growth of a skill.]

[Depending on how highly ranked a skill is, The amount of Origin Energy needed to upgrade the skill also increases.]

"But still this much"

[Would be nothing when you become capable of taking down SSS-Rank Dark Beasts.]

[Do you know how much Origin Energy is gained from the death of a single SSS-Rank.]

"How much," I asked.

[36 Billion Origin Energy]

"Really!" I perked up at the mention of such a large number.

[Yes, And that's just one of the weakest monsters you would fight in the future.]

[After all, The path to Heaven is not easy.]

I smiled at that, relaxing at the thought of not grinding in an eternal cycle throughout my years.

"So what is Origin Energy exactly? You mentioned it when you first got this feature." I asked

[Origin Energy is the anchor of existence, In short, it's a component of existence.]

"So you mix that energy with that of the main Heavens System and use that to increase the strength of my skills."

"Indeed."

"So in a nutshell Origin Energy is my Skill Points."

[.... That's an accurate and yet inaccurate comparison.]

"What do you mean?"

[While indeed Skill Point and Origin Energy accomplish the same thing, You fail to take into account that I am not the system used in games. This is real life.]

(AN: No it's not)

["1 Skill Point" won't be enough to increase the strength of all of your skills]

[For example, The 1 skill point that is used to increase the strength of a C-Rank skill won't be enough to increase the strength of an SSS-Rank Skill like Portal Maker. It doesn't work that way.]

"I understand."

"So you said that you just take a part of the Origin Energy of something I kill."

[Yes]

"Why?"

[I'm not capable of taking more, Taking a part of the reason of something's existence is a lot for a subsidiary like me]

"I see, What if I use [The Word] and devoured the Dark Beast."

[You would gain all of its Origin Energy]

"Then that's the plan," I said

[A stupid one that is]

"Huh, What do you mean?" I asked

[Do you want the useless bloodline of a Dark Beast?]

"Uhm….. No"

[Then don't try what you did with the Planar Giants on such low creatures.]

[I said it before, "You will gain all of its Origin Energy", you not me]

"Ok, Wait, that means that the Origin Energy of the Planar Giants," I asked

[Have been added to yours.]

"Can't I just give it to you"

[Can't I just give the reason for my existence to you. Do you know how that sounds.] The system replied with sarcasm

"Yeah now that I hear it, It sounds stupid."

[Extremely]

"Sigh, Whatever, bottom line I just have to kill more Dark Beast then. After I rest, that is. Good night System."

[Good Night Vincent] The system replied.

After that, I went to sleep but not before sparing a thought to my stalker that somehow disappeared on my hunt.

Shame, Ran before I could kill him.

/////3 Hours Ago/////

/////Taudar 3rd Person POV/////

"Ahhhhh!!!" Taudar screamed in pain.

*Whoosh*

In an instant, he found himself before the infirmary of Aemplefort School and then soon passed out. apart

When he was spying on Vincent he was jumped by an Aquarius Snake.

The attacks were so sudden that he wasn't able to react as the Snake clamped down on his neck almost tearing him apart

His life-saving feature in the device activated and he was teleported to the Aemplefort school infirmary, With a scar of love.

/////

The above event occurred before an evil planner which led him to change his plans.

"So it seems like that school kept some kind of life-saving device on them."

"I just have to wait until the successor uses them all."

"This changes my plans."

"But don't worry, Just like my plans your death may be delayed but not inevitable."

"Muhahaha!"

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