Healing System

Chapter 223 Child of Shadows (3)

'Is this really meant for me? I might just be looking into this a little too much,' Kevin thought as he strolled across the town, seeing the murals with the same thing written over and over again.

He refused to believe what he was seeing. After all, he himself had never indulged in any evil activities.

The most he had done was slaughter a few demon villages, but that was about all.

Even then, the amount of losses he had suffered at the hands of demons made it more than fair enough to warrant revenge.

'But still...' Kevin passed by a broken-down building, in which he could see a pair of detached legs with bones sticking out of them.

Noticing that all this little search of his would warrant was horror, he decided to simply come back out and onto his shadow summons.

There didn't seem to be anything else he could go off of, as this place was completely desolate.

Aside from the blood and traces of corpses here, there was nothing else.

'I wonder—it would really be funny if I could have some kind of guide.' Kevin chuckled before looking off into the sky.

'What did he call it? Status?'

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Name: Kevin Veltro

Age: 15 years old

Race: Human

Affinity: Shadow [Superior]

Mana Purity: 160%

Mana Core (1): Mind Core

Mana Core Rank (1): Tier 1

-:- 3% Progress to next Tier -:-

Mana Core (2): Mage Core

Mana Core Rank (2): Tier 1

-:- 9% Progress to next Tier -:-

Mana Core (3): Flow Core

Mana Core Rank (3): Tier 1

-:- 7% Progress to next Tier -:-

Mana Core (4): Dantian Core

Mana Core Rank (4): Tier 1

-:- 2% Progress to next Tier -:-

--Titles:

Child of Shadows: Increases the effectiveness of all spells related to the Shadow affinity by 250%.

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--Stats:

HP: 100/100% / Regen 5% HP Per Hour

MP (1): 100/100% / Regen 10% MP Per Hour

MP (2): 91/100% / Regen 10% MP Per Hour

MP (3): 98/100% / Regen 10% MP Per Hour

MP (4): 100/100% / Regen 10% MP Per Hour

STR: Tier 1 [E] (132) {Total = 132}

END: Tier 1 [E+] (188) {Total = 188}

AGI: Tier 1 [D-] (221) {Total = 221}

INT: Tier 1 [B-] (539) {Total = 539}

CHA: Tier 1 [S-] (848) {Total = 848}

--Skills

Passive Skills: Calibrating... 35%

Active Skills: Calibrating... 19%

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'...What?' Kevin's eyes widened when a black hologram suddenly appeared before his eyes.

It displayed the same information that Michael had told him about back in the past.

The only problem was, it did not show his skills. Instead, they were calibrating... very slowly.

But his suspicions were confirmed; he truly had four mana cores—every single one that's possible to create normally.

He was already ahead of his previous self because of the current Michael's influence, but now, he had practically won the lottery.

All he had to do was simply improve at a steady pace, and before long, his strength would rival his previous self.

Or that was the plan initially anyway—but knowing his luck, he would simply be thrown into another weird scenario, much like the silver cocoon.

'Anyway...' Kevin finished admiring the status screen and closed it before taking a deep breath and proceeding to stretch out his mana even further.

The mind core made it so his mental capacity was much greater than before, so the influx of so much information at once did not damage his brain in the slightest.

And with the addition of the other cores, the distance he could see was great.

But alas, even after several minutes of searching, he had not managed to find out anything regarding his current situation.

So far, the only lead he had was the Elizabeth clone who had appeared before him twice now.

'I guess I have to go look for her personally,' he thought and proceeded to pick a random direction before heading straight.

Minutes of travel soon turned to hours, and yet, there was nothing in sight. If anything, it felt like he was walking around in circles.

The settlement was long behind him, but the different mountains and natural structures looked eerily similar.

Therefore, he knew there were only two situations where something like this could be the case.

In the first situation, one would be stuck in a formation—one that constantly loops you around.

Whereas in the second, it was more game-like.

A restricted area—or in this case, him going the wrong way.

Instead of going straight, he turned back around and, with his mana, marked this entire area off as a no-go zone.

Quickly going left, he noticed a similar result and did the same for this area as well, until eventually, he headed straight east.

This time, after nearly an hour of walking, he did not notice anything off. The surroundings were changing, and none of the structures were repeating.

Which meant he was going on the right track, and soon, he would reach his destination.

Concentrating all of his mana in a single direction, he soon found life—and from the looks of it, they were monsters.

Their mana was volatile and unstable, so it was only natural.

Of course, he couldn't rule out the possibility that they were demons either.

It did not take him long to arrive before them, and to his surprise, they were some kind of goat monsters that stood on two legs, similar to humans.

Putting his doubt aside, he spoke, "Would you happen to know of a Child of Shadows?"

It was a gamble whether they would understand him or not, but even if they didn't, he could simply kill them.

But just as his words fell, their bodies twitched as they turned their creepy heads toward him.

"Who's asking?" one of the goat monsters questioned, its tone emotionless.

"Just a passerby," Kevin answered with a shrug before continuing. "But it seems like you know who I am talking about?"

His tone grew a bit colder, startling the goat monsters. However, they did not back down.

"The one you speak of is not currently in this land... traveler."

Kevin could immediately sense the falsehood in the seemingly emotionless voice. He suddenly stretched out his shadows, and before the goat monster could even react, they enveloped it.

Soon, its body began wriggling in weird ways until eventually, a loud bone-cracking sound resounded, followed by its body turning completely black.

But that was not because it died—it was simply because Kevin's shadows had consumed its body, taking it over.

"Now then..." He turned to the remaining goat monsters.

"Would you like to talk?"