Protagonist? Antagonist? I Reject Both

Chapter 161: Harvesting Leech[II]

Chapter 161: Harvesting Leech[II]

"WhyWhy?"

Stefanie lunged at Roland's figure and held it trying to shake Roland but her heart burst in pain seeing his eyes becoming dim.

"AHHH! Why are you cruel?"Stefanie's bewildered cries resonated in vast places.

"That's the price for being my enemy! Why, are you regretting now for not accepting my offer?''Seph asked with a playful smile while enjoying the woman's aggrieved look.

As she knelt there, grief weighed heavy on her heart, and a sense of overwhelming despair washed over her. Stefanie biting her lips stood up to face the suffocating pressure from Seph.

Raising her dead eyes she screamed"So what are you going to do with me?

"Kill me? Rape me or sell me? I am sure you have already decided my fate."

"You think you are god? You think you can kill anyone without any cause just for fun right but"

Stefanie raised her red puffy eyes devoid of any warmth and spat.

"I curse you fucker. I curse you Seph Greymore and all those cruel fucking bitches lingering around you. Remember it."

"One dayOne day you will grovel on the ground and beg for mercy. You will suffer watching the woman you love getting killed and, you will watch your family getting trampled while being helpless, and worse of all, you will be responsible for all their misery yet you could do nothing but beg for"

BOOOM!

Hit by a strong slap Stefanie's body flew like a rag doll and rolled down the same dunes.

"This girl talks too much."

Ignoring her, Seph stared at the screen

[Congratulations on completing Main Quest 3]

[Roland, the Child of Destiny, has met his end at your hands. You've devoured 175 Fate Points, gained and earned 10000 System Points.]

Seph sighed seeing the topic. After hassling around, only now he had managed to finish one of the main quests.

Leaving the first protagonist Lin Fang, the second one died out of nowhere while the value of Roland kept on decreasing as he seemed to be going further away from the destined plot so before this idiot does something and loses his plot armor, it would be good to get rid of him.

But that wasn't the only reason....

[Final Reward of the quest is being generated]

[You have been bestowed with the "Blade of Destiny," a legendary weapon forged from the remnants of fate itself. This blade grants control over time, by allowing you to glimpse two seconds in the future when you wield it.]

"Two seconds though less, it's still better than nothing."Seph grinned as a silver-white single-edged blade materialized in his hands.

Shaking off his thoughts, Seph snapped his finger, and soon flames engulfed Roland's body and devoured it into nothingness.

When everything settled down, only the heat and smoke remained in the surroundings, and Seph casually put one of his hands in his pockets, carried the woman in his other hand, and started to walk in the direction he knew his Shadow guards were anxiously waiting for him.

He glanced at unconscious Stefanie's face for a moment and stared at her body.

"That guy knows how to choose but it's too bad. She would be a test subject. As much I want to break her but with so many beauties there is no need to forcefully occupy each one of them, " Seph commented and turned his attention to the system.

"That Lin Fang, after getting beaten around, had gone into seclusion. I hope I can harvest a lot from him once he comes out. Aside from that there is only Cameron who has gone to the shadow zone."

"It's boring, should I go out and mess with protagonists of other countries now?"Seph discarded his thoughts.

While he was already a Martial King and could step into Martial Emperor, others were still Martial Grandmasters or at Lords. He won't get much now.

"System, now can I buy the serum?"

[Yes host, it could cost 5000 system points.]

"Do it, "Seph commanded.

He had laid down the facilities and had also caged a great number of test subjects. Killing Roland, he can finally get the superhuman serum that enhances body power to a Superhuman level. There are numerous tests to crack down the formula for which there is a need for numerous test subjects.

"Now, the most important thing. Open the status screen."

Host: Seph Greymore

Age: 22

Status: Heir of the Greymore Family. Young Master Greymore. President of Red Forest Corporation.

Cultivation Rank: Martial King (Peak Stage)

Personal Net-Worth: 98 Billion Dollars

Family Net-Worth: 218 Billion Dollars

System Wallet: 22750 System Points.

Strength: 142

Agility:138

Constitution: 141

(100 is the Average Limit for stats in Martial King stage and 150 is the Maximum Limit in the Martial King stage)

Charm: 99 (100 is the Maximum Limit for every living being.)

Fate: 423 (Black) + 2275 (Rising)

(Fate Points will keep rising with the growth of the Heroines of Destiny whom you have conquered along with the growth of your strength)

Skill-Set: Medicine (Expert), Business Mastery (Expert), Vehicle Mastery (Expert), Weapon Mastery (Advanced), Combat Mastery (Advanced), Swimming (Master), Cooking (Intermediate), Chess (Expert), Administration (Advanced), Diplomacy (Expert), Painting (Intermediate), Calligraphy (Advanced), Drawing (Intermediate ), Piano (Expert), Violin (Expert), Singing (Intermediate), Football (Intermediate), Programming (Intermediate), Equestrian (Advanced).

"Hmmm! I still had so many system points left so I think I should buy the Martial Ancestor Breakthrough pill for Grandpa."

Seph then scrolled through the system shop and saw the pill for a whopping 20000. One may think that 20000 for a Martial Ancestor was too little but only those who know the arduous path know that this was nothing because Martial Ancestor meant nothing once a person goes beyond the Dimension Zone.

There is a reason why the word Martial is added to stages of power.

The cultivation of this world that allowed Qi to take was developed based on Martial Arts humans had developed.

There had been prior methods of cultivation that allowed one to assimilate Qi so it began with Martial Art gathering internal energy and then through practice slowly replacing it with Qi and this was how modern Qi-gathering methods were developed.

But still, there was a fundamental difference between a True Cultivator and a Martial Artist becoming a cultivator.

Fundamentally the Cultivators used breathing methods to take the influx of Qi and form a connection with heaven and earth but compared to them, the humans slowly adapted to Qi.

A human first starts learning Martial Arts to increase his metabolism and slowly the cells of the body under pressure start taking qi from the veins of the body. As one absorbs Qi, the cells undergo mutation to accommodate the influx of Qi from meridians serving as a proper channel to transfer but cultivators' body cells don't need to adapt and directly process the Qi.

Another difference was in the manipulation of Qi by using it to cast spells, and thirdly the consciousness.

The Consciousness of the Cultivator expands as it grows and covers a large area-like domain. They can even scan areas with their consciousness which is also called Divine Sense while Martial cultivators like him couldn't.

Also, a martial artist cultivator can't expand his senses beyond a certain range and can't control his consciousness or soul.

But did that mean all of this was useless?

Of course not...

Cultivator fighting styles were quite stoic involving the bombardment of spells and powerful attacks while the fighting of a Martial Cultivator was more fluid and gave an edge as one step into the True cultivation method after learning Martial Art methods.

Alas after one reaches Martial Saint, one needs to go beyond the Dimensional zone to break through the next level and begin the next stage of cultivation.

That isn't just because of restrictions, rather it's the lack of methods, guidance, resources, and qi required for nourishment.

Those who weren't able to do so decided to reach Martial Ancestor but in doing so, they might get a tremendous boost in strength but there is no increase in lifespan.

"Reaching Martial Lord will keep you young until 70's without any life span increase. Martial King would extend it to 100 and the Emperor would make you around 120. A Martial Saint can live between 200 and 300 years but people don't persist beyond 150 due to the accumulation of injuries that soon take their lives. Grandpa is already 120 and he is supposed to die in 2 years. His body had already weakened a lot but with this, he would live fully for the remaining two years. I wish I could buy a cultivator manual but it's a whooping 100k even for a basic manual."

Seph then stared at the sky, wondering about the myriad life forms and miracles beyond the sky.

"Within one year, I would finish off the prey and then start my quest after entering the Dimensional zone."

With lips curling upwards, Seph muttered with a smile.

"It's a fun life but if I don't keep a balance I may fall off that's why."

Seph eyes shone with a murderous glint.

"I can't let the hidden danger grow. That rat had been hiding for so long and might have thought that I had forgotten but I didn't.."

"Hehehe!Let's see if you crawl out on your own once I tear down Sophia and use her as the test subject."

......

'It sucks.....'

'Each and everything of all this sucks and what is going on now. Did I go insane again or am I insane to begin with?'

Leon started to question his insanity as he came face to face with a person with a similar face and surprisingly it wasn't a dream as he was able to control all his movement.

"Hello, Leon. It's nice to meet you."

".....?"

"Fuck!I am going insane."

"Someone, please call a doctor."