NOVEL WEB Chapter 24 Unseen
Zero's mana was half depleted and he was sure there were a few succubi that had escaped into the air so he kept his guard up. A subtle scent began to travel through the room and Zero felt the room begin to spin as he became dizzy. Realizing that he was in an illusion Zero created a shadow avatar because it should be immune to illusion since it wasn't alive. Zero then felt his mana begin to drain and his body suddenly started to feel weaker. They were draining his mana and life force and he couldn't see them.
Having no other choice Zero created fireballs with his fireball skill and launched them in random directions in the sky. The scenery stopped spinning and Zero dismissed his shadow avatar and prepared more fireballs. It looked like the succubi couldn't use their illusion magic unless they stood still to maintain it. They were now visible in the air and only 10 succubi had survived his initial attack. They didn't look like the type to risk their lives to kill him so they flew higher into the air and began casting spells.
Zero began to run as he had no idea what magic they were casting but he didn't want to stand there and find out. Luckily he did since a black flame burst out from the ground where he was standing and started to spread. Zero then teleported behind one of the succubi and decapitated her with his katana before teleporting to another. After a few teleportations, he had killed them all taking their souls and body. Now that he was done he could relax a bit before new enemies would be produced by the castle.
As he wondered what to do next a sword suddenly pierced his chest from the side and he was 10 heading towards. Zero quickly teleported to the other side of the room and noticed the sword was still piercing him. He grabbed the hilt of the sword and felt a female hand on the hilt. He instantly knew that this was an invisible opponent he instantly appraised her.
RACE: NEMESIS
SOUL: CURSED HUMAN SOUL
SOUL RANK: F+
LEVEL: 26
ATTRIBUTES: N/A
STRENGTH: 478
SPEED: 450
MAGIC ENERGY: 1,000
VITALITY: 9,000
SKILLS: SWORDSMANSHIP MASTERY, INVISIBILITY
Zero smiled when he saw her soul rank. He then looked in the direction of the hand, grabbed her throat, and used his mesmerize skill to order to obey his orders to fight for him until her death. Zero then released the invisible woman and looked towards the 10 flying swords that were aimed at him and gave the same order to them with his purple eyes. He then dodged to the right and unsure of how many he managed to mesmerize he ordered his nemesis to stay still and wait. Out of the 11 floating swords, only 6 stood still while the rest charged at him and he ordered the 6 to kill the 5 attacking him.
As Zero stood still within the room he could see floating swords clashing while hearing screams of pain as they attacked each other. Zero found himself not used to hearing his victims scream since he favored decapitating as his method of killing. He found the method quick and mostly painless for the target and since he was unaware of any biology besides that of a human he didn't want to take any chances.
As the screams died down Zero found only 4 floating swords left that did not attack him. He then ordered them to grab the invisible bodies and place them in one spot before sending them into his soul dimension. He then ordered the system to consume one nemesis's soul for its ability.
CURSED HUMAN SOUL CONSUMED
SKILL INVISIBILITY GAINED
PASSIVE SKILL INVISIBILITY AWARENESS GAINED
INVISIBILITY: USERS CAN RENDER THEMSELVES UNSEEN BY THE NAKED EYE AND BECOME INVISIBLE AND MOVE AROUND UNSEEN BY OTHERS AND ACT WITHOUT BEING OBSERVED. USERS CAN CHOOSE TO LET CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS SEE THEM WHILE STAYING INVISIBLE TO OTHERS.
INVISIBILITY AWARENESS: PASSIVE ABILITY TO AUTOMATICALLY DETECT AND SEE CLOAKED/INVISIBLE TARGETS AND TELL WHERE THEY ARE.
As he gained the skill he looked around to see 4 blue-haired women with white skin and blue eyes kneeling before him as if he were a king. He motioned for them to rise and they did. They would be useful for gathering souls but they were weak right now.
'System why have all the creatures I've fought had levels except me?' asked Zero who realized he probably should have been curious about it a year ago.
ALL MORTAL CREATURES IN THIS WORLD HAVE A LEVEL TO SHOW THE LEVEL OF STRENGTH THEY HAVE FOR THEIR SOUL RANK
'So it's not like an actual game-like level where they can level up?' asked Zero
NO, IT IS NOT FOR THIS PARTICULAR WORLD
THE MORTAL OF THIS WORLD GAINS SKILLS AND IMPROVES THEIR BODY CONDITION THEN THEIR LEVEL CHANGE TO REFLECT THAT
ALTERNATIVELY, THEY MAY MODIFY THEIR BODIES TO GAIN STRENGTH
IN THIS WORLD THE ONLY MORTAL CAPABLE OF INCREASING HIS LEVEL IS INDIVIDUAL SOMA CRUZ
DUE TO A DISSONANCE BETWEEN HIS BODY AND SOUL HE CURRENTLY CAN NOT ACCESS HIS FULL STRENGTH
AS HE SPENDS MORE TIME IN THIS PLACE THE RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON HIM BECOME LOOSENED AND WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK
'So these girls can't get any stronger?' asked Zero
NO
'Then they're useless to me. Anyway why don't I have a level?' asked Zero
IT IS USELESS TO YOU SINCE YOU CAN DIRECTLY INCREASE STATS AND SOUL RANK AS YOU PLEASE DUE TO THE CHAOS SYSTEM
'Then can I share my system benefits with others?' asked Zero
IT IS POSSIBLE IF YOUR SOUL IS CONNECTED TO WITH THAT OF THE RECIPIENT
IT WILL THEN BECOME POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO GROW STRONGER THROUGH YOU
'Well that's useful information for the future.' said Zero
ALERT SPATIAL DISTORTION DETECTED
THE HOST IS ADVISED TO LEAVE THE AREA
As soon as the message finished a black vertical line that seemed to cut through reality and space itself appeared. From the black came 10 skeletal fingers as they forced the line to open into a black doorway. The doorway continued to grow and an oppressive aura began to overtake the room. The nemesis girls fainted as the aura overwhelmed them and Zero was unable to teleport. The doorway stabilized and stopped growing then a figure emerged.