Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

Chapter 178 The Curse and The Healing!

"How comfortable...'

Leo thought as the feeling of heat entered his senses, giving him the sensation of long-lost heat, making the corner of his lips curl up further...

Suddenly giving him the feeling that he has become old due to the sudden change of moods that often appear in those old and withered relics.

Slick~ Slick~

"Exact the Revenge...'

Leo suddenly muttered within his consciousness, breaking the momentary silence as the silver scale balance in his hand shook intensely- beholding the slithering of Intestines quickened within the silver platter, as the rhythmic sounds of heartbeats drastically increased in frequency.

Followed by the intense bloody aura that shrouded the place, the drop of crimson black blood (product of his tempered soul) on the other plate of the scale emitted with pure black smoke- evaporating visible before vanishing in his line of sight.

-1 health!

Sizzle~ Sizzle~

At the same time, when the crimson-black blood vanishes within the platter, a small visible wound mysteriously appears on Leo's pointed finger... oozing with droplets of blood that slowly fall toward the ground, making the ground charred due to its unknown properties!

"This... How amazing! This silver balancing scale was simply a divine item!

"It could actually damage one's soul and physical body unknowingly!'

Staring at the healing wound on his pointed finger, Leo's eyes couldn't help but reveal a dangerous glint- a sigh that would only appear when a strange thought emerged within his insignificant mind... Causing his body to shiver slightly upon noticing that it was really a perfect item for him!

(Regretfully, his shadow physique is no more... A man, shivering in excitement seems perverted in my perspective T-T.)

With the combination of his "Dying Immortal" skill, Leo's ability to prolong a fight in order to accumulate more flesh toward the empty platter... was simply devious in his opinion!

"No, let's use demonic or demonious to describe its ability. Although the word might not exist... I couldn't stand using "devious" to describe what I felt! Experience more tales on empire

"Demon and Devil are different entities!"

...

"Eh? Wait, why did I suddenly utter those words?'

Leo suddenly paused upon feeling the unknown hatred surge within his being, making him dumbfounded due to the intense feelings that suddenly appeared, still presented within his bones as it heavily affected his emotions...

Feeling an instinctive hatred toward the Devils although he hadn't even met one... As if they were destined to become an enemy- fighting one's to death upon meeting it.

"The disadvantages of High Demon Entity?'

He muttered in a weak voice, not expecting that the disadvantages would become like this... It's not as troublesome as he expected!

"It's better than having an intense desire that causes someone to become blind just to achieve his goal...'

Shaking his head, feeling that he was again becoming occupied by something that he shouldn't ponder about. Leo unhurriedly unsummoned the silver balance scale in his front, instantly causing it to become incorporeal before drilling toward his being- hiding within its depths, waiting for it to be summoned again...

Huff~

"I'm going to upgrade it later with the "Item Tempering Stone" after I gain preliminary knowledge of my current ability."

Upon deciding his course of action, Leo again opened his character panel, opening his Skill Tree on the system as he hurriedly clicked the flickering darkness below- signifying that he could finally learn a new skill from the system!

Ding!

[ Cursed Item (Locked): One of the main skills of Red Spectre... Cutting one soul, feeding it with dense Death Qi, Hatred, and Pain before fusing it toward a certain item!

Making the item carried a curse that would affect beings unknowingly, causing them to suffer from countless ailments, bad energy (luck), and at worst death!

Activation: One's Qi, Soul, Hatred, and Pain!

Cost: 2,500 horror points!

Note: A skill that was hard to detect! ]

Reading the description of the skill with unprecedented seriousness, Leo couldn't help but fall silent, remembering certain knowledge of his past- not expecting that spectre was really active in the past civilization when the apocalypse still hadn't arrived.

Remembering the certain items that he often carried when he was a child, making him suffer from countless ailments even though the reason was unknown...

Even causing him to become unlucky just by within its radius.

Although they suspected the item to be cursed, without sufficient knowledge and understanding of the unnaturalness of the World, they could only suspect it without certainty.

"Keke~ It seems much scarier than I expected... How could be the toy that I just picked up randomly might turn up to be a cursed Item?'

"How many lives of its victims did it manage to destroy before I unluckily picked it up?'

"Am I talented in the aspect of curse energy when I was still in my childhood?'

Leo couldn't help but ask himself, causing his mind to go wild- making him imagine things that he should not as he again fell into deep dazed, making the black crows above the canopy, looking at his location in interest to reveal puzzlement.

Caw, Caw? (Why Master was smiling foolishly?)

Meow~ (I heard from Skeleton #1 that it was due to daydreaming, he said that the master loves to daydream!)

Caw? (Daydream?)

Meow~ Meow- (It's the term they use when beings often imagine things that they shouldn't or things that were impossible to happen.)

Failed Crow #1 patiently explained toward the lucky crow beside it (luckily being grazed by Life and Death Qi, causing it to develop a small amount of Soul, hence causing its intelligence to be born)... As its gaze never left the ground, wondering what kind of unimaginable thoughts were running within the mind of its creator.

...

Hmm?

Seemingly hearing the faint sound of unceasing meowing and cawing above him, toward the far canopy thanks to his enhanced senses. Leo couldn't help but raise his eyes, instantly gazing toward the general direction of the two little crows beyond the thick branches... Revealing a grey glint on his eyes, causing the communication between the two to instantly quieten down...

Caw- (Shit! The master seems to notice us!)

Hearing this, Failed Crow #1 didn't glance at the black crow beside it, instead, it continued speaking (meowing) with determination reflected in its fish eyes.

Meow! (That's why we need to protect the cemetery at all costs, even though it might cost us our lives! Do you understand!)

It meowed, as if teaching the black crow beside it, not daring to look beneath it, afraid that the master was looking at its pitiful body with malicious intent- probably thinking about how he could recycle its parts to create it into new puppets!

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Huff~

"Is there a problem with my senses of hearing?'

"I think I just heard someone slandering my capability as a Demon Entity...'

Leo thought as he unhurriedly pricked his ears, trying to clear them if some dust or soil entered them earlier, causing his senses to not work properly.

...

Shaking his head, Leo unhurriedly learned the "Cursed Item" skill in the system, instantly reducing his horror points by 13 thousand upon upgrading it to level 5- making him sigh upon seeing the familiar sight of reduction unfold in front of him.

Ding!

-25,000 horror points!

Still not done, Leo hurriedly opened his class job panel- clicking the two new learnable skills on the skill tree as hurriedly learned it... before also upgrading it to level 5 afterwards.

Instantly decreasing his horror points from the initial 140,000 to 102,000 in the blink of an eye, making his heart bleed as he helplessly watches it decrease...

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Ding!

[ Congratulations upon learning the "Curse" and "Healing" skills! ]

Ding!

[ Curse (unknown) (Level 5): Cursed one's enemy using one's blood, intense emotions, and Qi. Making them suffer from unescapable ailments and misfortune!

The longer you curse the higher and stronger the effects of ailments and misfortune the enemy would experience!

Activation: One's blood, Qi, and emotions or 5 Qi per second!

Upgrade cost: 1 Medallion of Forceful Upgrade!

Note: It could be used in combat or cursing someone in the far distance! ]

Ding!

[ Healing (unknown) (Level 5): The basic origin of life magic... Allowing one to heal ailments, damage, misfortune, and curse one experience!

Activation: 5 Qi per second!

Upgrade cost: 1 Medallion of Forceful Upgrade!

Note: A skill that contains the basic understanding of the Rule of Healing! ]

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"Sigh, I'm already used to it, I already expected that I would learn another 2 new support skills...

"Well, the curse skill probably entered the category of quasi-offensive skill since it could be used during combat... However, I still probably needed to prolong the fight for it to be able to showcase its effect.'

Sigh~

"It's really hard to survive as a ghost, too much disadvantage and little advantage.'

Leo sighed deeply, releasing a smog of darkness that corroded the bland grasses in the short distance as he silently gazed at the peeking sun on the far horizon...

Blanketing the land in a yellowish glow as it dissolves the cold atmosphere within the cemetery... unfolding its serenity toward the vicious world.

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