Neo confirmed his new ability.
“Mind Invasion…. I get what it does, but is this a Spell or an Incantation?”
Incantation and Spells – even Elemental Manipulation – had different working mechanisms.
The new ability he gained didn’t follow any of those mechanisms.
He could use it without going through the hassle of manipulating elements, creating magic Spells, or commanding Elementals.
“This is almost like a Skill. It’s like I gained a trait.”
[Alert!]
[User Neo Hargraves has formed a link with Julius Theodore’s ‘Seed of Existence’ (Mutated).]
[User Neo Hargraves has gained a portion of Julius Theodore’s ‘Seed of Existence’ (Mutated) temporarily.]
[User Neo Hargraves can now use Trait ‘Mind Invasion’.]
[Please note, User Neo Hargraves will lose Trait ‘Mind Invasion’ when the link breaks.]
Neo was surprised to see the rows of screens before his eyes.
“I see, so Mind Invasion is a mutated version of Julius’ original trait.”
He was amazed, knowing his Hell allowed him to gain traits.
Just as he thought that, his core churned.
A portion of Divine Energy from his core started to flow into the Hell within his soul.
The divine energy was being used to accommodate a new sinner into the Hell.
Neo winced when he noticed the amount of Divine Energy reserve he had lost.
“Of course, it wasn’t that easy. Seems like the Hell needs more Divine Energy every time I throw another sinner into it.”
He shook his head.
Divine Energy wasn’t a problem to him, thanks to his absurdly huge reserves.
Though, inside the Shadow World where he had no way of recovering Divine Energy, it was troublesome.
[Alert!]
[Time until User Neo Hargraves loses Trait ‘Mind Invasion’: 9 years, 11 months, 30 days, 23 hours, 58 minutes, 12 seconds.]
Ding!
[Quest: Find a way to inherit Trait ‘Mind Invasion’ permanently.]
[Reward: Seed of Existence link locks x 3]
[Accept/Refuse]
Neo’s brows rose when he saw the Quest.
“The rewards are good.”
Every person had a Seed of Existence within them.
A person awakened their Trait when their Seed of Existence germinated.
“Even if I can gain the Trait of someone else, I will still need to level it up.
“I have my own unique skill, elements, Spells, and Incantations to master.
“Adding training for another Trait will just result in dividing my focus.”
The problem was headache-inducing.
Thankfully, the quest reward would help him out of it.
[Quest accepted.]
As soon as he made the decision, more screens appeared.
[It has been detected User Neo Hargraves has two Seeds of Existence.]
[Current Akashic Record Interface of User Neo Hargraves has been deemed insufficient.]
[Requesting permission from mainframe to upgrade User Neo Hargraves’ Akashic Record Interface…]
The screen changed to a loading screensaver wallpaper.
“One Seed of Existence should be mine, and the other one is the portion I gained from Julius.”
Neo had a hard time believing what was happening.
Gaining Traits was nearly impossible when using Darkness.
One had to have very high mastery in Darkness and equally high luck.
With Neo’s luck, he never thought he could gain a Trait.
But the Hell solved his problem easily!
[Mainframe has granted permission.]
[Requesting permission from User Neo Hargraves to upgrade his Akashic Record Interface…]
[Accept/Deny]
Neo stared at the buttons on the screen.
There was no reason for him to refuse.
He had always planned to find a way to upgrade his System Interface, knowing it was useful.
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He never expected to gain the opportunity for an upgrade so early.
[Accepted.]
[Time Remaining until upgrade is completed: 6 months.]
“Huh? 6 months? It is supposed to take only a few seconds…”
He frowned.
“I remember Sphinx saying my records don’t exist in Akashic Record. Is this related to it?”
Although he was curious, there was no way for him to know the answer.
Neo shook his head.
He decided to focus on the issue at hand.
Just when he was about to remove the Coffin of Darkness, he sensed someone behind him.
He turned around with a snap.
‘How did someone enter the Coffin of Darkness without alerting me—’
His thoughts froze.
“Y-you saw my face! I’ll kill you!”
The statue monsters were entering the Coffin of Darkness.
‘How…?’
‘Every monster is afraid of Darkness; even Anomaly #33 was. How can these monsters enter the Coffin of Darkness so easily?’
‘What happened to Kane?’
He was about to rush outside to look for Kane when suddenly Neo noticed something peculiar.
“….?”
There was no statue monster outside the Coffin of Darkness.
“If there is no monster outside, where did these come from?”
He sensed more statue monsters appearing behind him.
Turning around, he saw three more statue monsters within the Coffin of Darkness.
Neo noticed another detail at the moment.
Every statue monster that appeared within the Coffin of Darkness came inside when he was not looking at them.
“I see….”
His brows furrowed when he realized what was happening.
“These monsters aren’t entering the Coffin of Darkness. They are teleporting inside.
“Seems like they are capable of teleporting near their targets as long as it’s outside their field of vision.”
Neo knew his deduction was wrong.
He didn’t sense any Space Elementals around him.
It was clear the monsters were not teleporting inside the Coffin of Darkness.
He used the word ‘teleportation’ because it was the closest term to describe their ability, even if it wasn’t entirely accurate.
“These monsters are worse than I thought them to be,” Neo said as he twisted his neck to dodge the incoming attack.
Before the monster could attack again, his lips parted.
“Die.”
The statue monsters fell to the ground, dead.
They were growing in numbers and strength every time they came to kill him.
Still, they were nowhere near his current level.
Neo removed the Coffin Of Darkness after killing the monsters.
A figure – Kane – flew past his eyes and crashed into the building next to him.
At that moment, dozens of statue monsters jumped down from the buildings, aiming at Kane.
The citizens were about to raise their heads and look at the monsters when suddenly Kane shouted,
“Don’t look up!”
Kane walked out of the building.
A powerful aura erupted from Kane.
It forced the citizens to their knees and stopped them from looking at the statue monsters’ faces.
Kane wiped the blood flowing out of his temple and took a sword stance.
He grabbed the hilt of the sheathed sword.
The monsters ignored the citizens and attacked Kane.
“Third Stance-”
Kane’s figure blurred.
A split second later, he appeared behind the group of monsters and returned the sword to the sheath.
“Ryu no Mai.”
Slash marks appeared on the bodies of the statue monsters.
They fell apart, their bodies sliced into hundreds of pieces.
Neo stood on the side, stunned.
Others might not have been able to see it, but he could.
Kane had moved at unimaginable speed and killed each monster with physical attacks.
His attacks weren’t flashy, nor did they use sophisticated Incantations or powerful Spells.
They were a simple display of speed and technique.
‘What the fuck?’
Neo had trouble believing his eyes.
‘He awakened just minutes ago.’
‘How is he already this powerful?’
Kane turned to Neo.
He had tired eyes.
His limbs were trembling from having been pushed beyond their limits, and he was bleeding from multiple injuries over his body.
Still…
“Neo, I made sure those monsters didn’t disturb you.”
Kane was smiling.
He fell, too exhausted to stand anymore.
Neo appeared next to him and held him.
“Thank you.”
“Ahahahaha.”
Kane laughed weakly.
Neo didn’t tell him the statue monsters had teleported to attack him.
There was no need to dampen Kane’s mood.
…!
Neo and Kane both sensed more monsters entering the city.
Kane tried to stand, but Neo stopped him.
“You should rest.”
“N-no, there are more monsters left.”
“I’ve dealt with them already.”
Kane’s eyes widened.
He expanded his senses again and noticed the monsters who had just entered the city were not breathing anymore.
“You dealt with them from here? I didn’t even sense you attack,” Kane said with a smile.
His admiration for Neo increased after Kane awakened.
Before, being a non-awakened, he didn’t understand how powerful Neo was or the extent of his abilities, but now, having awakened, Kane could see how monstrous Neo was.
He didn’t doubt Neo was on par with the Myths of the Awakener Association.
Neo, on the other hand, was equally surprised.
‘He can sense the city walls from here?’
It seemed Kane was a monstrous genius.
…
Chelva, Spain, Memory Shadow World
A ghastly howl echoed in the night.
“Run! It’s the Necromancer!”
“The Necromancer has returned!”
The survivors were running without looking back.
Even the Awakeners, who were supposed to be the last line of defense, were no different.
Far behind them, a sea of bones was encroaching on the city.
The bones devoured everything in their path, be it the city, the corpses, or the humans.
…
Kayseri, Turkey, Memory Shadow World
The red-haired, bulky man sat behind the table, deep in thought. frёewebηovel.cѳm
He read the documents with furrowed brows.
The door to the office swung open, and a golden-haired kid, seemingly in his late teens, entered the room.
“Ares! What’s the meaning of this!?” the kid shouted. “Why haven’t you sent a search expedition for Neo Hargraves!?”
“Apollo-”
“No, I’m not going to listen to your excuses! I gave you a sketch of Neo Hargraves and even told you he is vital in the search for the Child Of Mana!
“I received the Oracle that we need him to find the Child Of Mana!
“Why haven’t you-”
“Apollo.”
Ares repeated his words again, this time with suppressed intensity.