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[ 367,943,800 G ]
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I wasn't in a hurry to spend the gold so I brought out the Blessed box from my inventory and opened it, a flash of light later all that was left was another skill stone, I cracked it and then...
[ Ding ]
[ New Active Skill Obtained : Sprint ]
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[ Earth ]
Time : 2:56pm
Pov : 3rd Person
[ New York ]
[ Vincent's House ]
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Vincent sat on his living room's couch as he looked the skill descriptions of the skills he had obtained to far.
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[ System Menu ]
[ Status ]
[ Skill Descriptions ]
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Skill : Critical Strike.
Type : Passive.
Description : This skill increases the chances of dealing a devastating attack that delivers bonus damage.
Passive Effect : Increases your Critical hit chance and critical damage by 30%.
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Skill : Weapon Mastery.
Type : Passive.
Description : Enhances proficiency with all weapons, improving their damage, speed, and unique effects.
Effects : Increases weapon damage by 10%.
: Reduces weapon cool down or delays by 10%.
: Grants additional effects such as armor penetration or bonus elemental damage based on the weapon type.
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Skill : Mana Manipulation.
Type : Active / Passive.
Passive Effects : Reduces mana cost for abilities.
: Increases mana regeneration rate.
: Boosts the potency of mana based abilities.
Active Effects : Converts mana into a powerful bursts of energy or sheilds.
: Allows temporary overcharging of mana cost high cost spells without depletion.
: Allows for the use of mana clothed weapons for extra damage ( Extra damage delt depends on the level of the skill )
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Skill : Sprint.
Type : Active.
Description : Temporary enhances movement speed, allowing you to close gaps, evade attacks or traverse terrains quickly.
Active Effects : Increases movement speed by 10% for 1 minute.
: Reduces stamina drain while sprinting.
: Grants a brief immunity to slo or immobilization effects.
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[ End ]
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After reading through the skill descriptions, Vincent got up from the couch and went to the luandry room, and took out his clothes from the washer, he squeezed water from them and placed them in the dryer before activating the water drainage of the machine.
He went back to the living room and waited for some minutes while he prepared something to eat, he didn't need to but he wanted to, one of the perks of being a Sanguine Overlord, because unlike other vampires whose bodies refuses to digest normal food, he could.
While the food was on the electric stove, set to the minimum heat generation, he went back to the laundry room and took out his clothes, they were a little damp but it wasn't something a few more rounds in the dryer couldn't fix, But he didn't, He a hanger in them and on a metal bar outside the sliding door that led the laundry room to the north side, outside the house.
After hanging them he went back in, He finished his cooking, had lunch and kept the leftovers in the freezer.
After lunch, he went upstairs to his bedroom and took a nap.
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[ Earth ]
[ New York ]
Time : 2:21pm
[ Pov : 3rd Person ]
[ The Walker's Famly Mansion ]
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Within the Walker's family house, Anna paced about in her's and her husband's bedroom, She was tense and was talking to someone on the phone.
??? " We know you're inside the house, Mrs Walker, You can't ran away from this, Hiding the 'source' from us won't benefit anyone, You are stopping us from making ground breaking cures that can- " Whoever was on the phone with her got interrupted as Anna began to speak.
Anna Walker " And I'm telling you I don't care!, I can't give you what you want even if I wanted to, The source got destroyed and I can't obtain more, So stop bothering me and leave me and my family alone " Anna said anxiously with anger.
??? " Mrs Walker, Please don't lie to me, we both know that that's not true, The DNA and brain scans you gave us were of you first born Vincent Walker, we did our investigation and found out that the results you gave us were gotten from New York's Embrace Hospital, The results were from over Sixteen years ago, We can find out the location of your son if we want to, but we don't wamt to result to such drastic means, So please do what will make everyone happy and bring your son to us, I'll call back my agents from your house, You have two weeks " With those words the phone call got disconnected.
*Bang*
Anna threw her phone at the bedroom door as she walked in frustration. She was regretting the decision she made all those years ago.
Anna Walker ' I need to talk to Leon ' Anna thought fully aware that keeping the situation a secret was no longer possible.
She grabbed her car keys, her smashed phone and went to the garage, She entered into a white Maserati and drove off, Heading into the city were Walkers Industries was located.
After a forty minutes long drive, she reached the Headquaters Of the Walker's Industries, the headquater is a thing of beauty, It won't be an exaggeration to say that with it's appearance alone, the owner must have spent billions of dollars in it.
( Image In Discord )
She parked by the front entrance and walked in, She walked towards the VIP elevator and as she walked she received bows from every single employee she walked pass.
She got into the elevator and headed for the top floor, Five minutes later she got to the eighty first floor.
At the Eighty First floor she got out and walked for a minute before she arrived at the secretary's desk and after a few words she walked ahead into the Leon's Office without knocking.
( Image In Discord )
She went into the office and met with Leon talking with the general manager of the marketing department.
Leon Walker " .... Alright Bridgette, Let's us continue your report next time " Leon said seeing Anna walk in.
Anna stood by the door as she watched Bridgette step out of the office after greeting her, Brigette is a half korean and American that had straight long black hair and eyes, Even though she looked to be in her late twenties she was in her late thirties, Anyone that saw her body will compare it to that of a heroine from a Korean Pornwha, She had looks of an Instagram model and the body of the highest paid pornstar.
( Image In Discord )
Even when she's dressed appropriately, the way her body jiggles when walks is absolutely unignorable.
After the doors closed behind Bridgette, Anna walked to the front of Leon's desk and lightly placed both her hands on it.
Anna Walker " Honey, Who was that? " Anna asked with her gaze serious.
Leon Walker " Why do you care? " Leon asked as he typed away on his laptop.
Anna Walker " Hahaha.... *Slam* Is she the reason you have been becoming distant with me? " Anna asked with hollow eyes after she closed Leon's laptop.
Leon Walker " *Sigh* What do you want Anna? " Leon asked after sighing as he massaged the bridge of his nose tiredly.
Anna Walker " Don't try to change the subject Leon! It has been years since you touched me, Leon.... Are you cheating on me? " Anna asked with her voice breaking towards the end, When Leon heard her question, Out of nowhere a name flashed into his mind 'Elysia' And as the name came so did anger.
Leon slowly rose from his chair with both his hands placed on his work desk, he looked Anna straight in the eyes, And spoke with a tone that dripped with all seriousness.
Leon Walker " Anna, You can accuse me of a lot of things, But Never Accuse Me Of Cheating, Do You Understand? " Anna was shocked with the way he spoke, This was the first time he ever spoke to her like that and for some reason she liked it, A lot.
Anna Walker " I understand Honey. I'm sorry, please forgive me " Anna said with her head down, trying to look as small as possible.
Leon Walker " *Sigh* It's okay, just don't do it again " Leon said with a sigh.
Anna Walker " Okay "
Leon Walker " So what is it? It's unlike you to drop by without prior notice, Did something happen? " Leon asked still standing.
Anna didn't answer but walked around the desk and held his hand, She pulled him from the desk and towards a couch, she sat him down and sat on his lap before resting her head on his broad chest.
Anna Walker " Honey, I- I made a mistake " Anna said with great difficulty.
Leon Walker " What is it? " Leon asked ready for what ever she was about to say, Or at least he thought he was.
Anna Walker " Um a some years ago, A few years after Vincent 'changed'..... I felt tired and hopeless. And frustrated so I uh... took his earlier hospital reports to The Health Foundation " She spoke with her head still resting on Leon's chest, Unknown to her, Leon's relaxed expression changed to a serious one, mirroring the expression he had a few minutes ago.
Anna Walker " And a week later, I was told to bring In samples of his DNA, I hesitated at first but seeing how he became distant with you as well..... *Sigh* I gave in and gave them his toothbrush and strands of hair from his hair brush.
But they asked for more so I-i spiked his food with sleeping drugs and then took some of his hair and nails " Anna spoke with her head still resting on Leon's chest, Leon expression worsened as she spoke.
Anna Walker " And then Vincent moved, but they were still asking for more samples, so I told them the Patient had died, so they stopped contacting me.
I left the whole thing behind me thinking that, that was the end of it but I was wrong, A little over a month ago they contacted me again saying that they made a huge breakthrough that could change the medical world, And they needed Vincent for it, I repeated thesame words I told them years ago but they told me to bring in his remains.
I refused, but they kept bugging me and today.... Today they told me they knew who the samples were from, And threaten to kidnap Vincent if I don't hand him over willingly, What do we do Honey? " Anna asked as before she lifted her head from her husband's chest. Upon seeing the expression he wore, she became surprised, She knew what she had done was enough to earn such a look from him, but she expected him to hug her and tell her everything will be alright or hoped.
Leon Walker " Get Off " Leon spoke coldly.
Anna Walker " H-honey- "
Leon Walker " I Said Get off " Leon said glaring at her, Startled she got off his lap amd stood in front of him with her head down.
Leon Walker " Do You Have Any Idea What You've Done? " Leon asked with his glare still present.
Anna Walker " I-i Know.... I'm sorry I was just desperate okay? Was it so wrong for a mother to try her best so that her own child- " Anna said trying to defend herself but was interrupted by Leon.
Leon Walker " Try? Try?! I Told You To Wait! I Told You There had to be a reason for his distance from you, All You Had To Do Was Wait And Find Out What It Was, But No! You Went Ahead And Did Exactly What I Told You Not To! " Leon yelled at Anna after rising from the couch he sat on.
His words made all the frustration and anger Anna's hid within her all those years flair out.
Anna Walker " What Was I Suppose To Do?! What Do You Expect Me To Do?! My Own Son, My Flesh And Blood, Hated Me For Absolutely No Reason!! You are telling me that there's a reason? There's No Reason!! Leon I Am A Good Mother! I cook, I don't scold him, I tried to relate with him, I tried my possible best to spend time with him, But nothing Worked! What about you? Where were you!, When you saw him distance himself from you, What did you do? You maintained the distance, You never tried to close the distance with him, you remained passive, this is your fault as well " Anna said with pain, anger and frustration as tears threatened to fall from her eyes.
Leon Walker " What? Are you blaming me? " Leon asked surprised.
Anna Walker " Yes, If you had helped me, If you had tried to bridge the gap, maybe none of this would have happened, But what did you do? Nothing, You just started growing cold and distant from me as well.... why? what did I ever do wrong? " Anna said with tears running down her face.
Leon Walker " So you're blaming me.... Again, No matter, this is not the first time... Listen Anna, You said you did this because Vincent hated you right? Good, Hope, wish and pray he doesn't find out what you have done, Because if he does his hatred will be the least of your problems, Now get out of my office while I fix this mess you've made " Leon spoke as he walkeed towards his desk.
Anna Walker " What? You're kicking me out? " Anna asked shocked as she wiped her tears.
Leon Walker " Yes, Leave before I call security " Leon said before sitting on his chair.
Anna Walker " What? " Anna was surprised, she knew Leon was upset with her but to call security?
Leon Walker " I Said LEAVE! " Leon Yelled which made Anna flinch before she walked out of the door.
As Anna walked towards the Vip elevator, She was thinking about the words Leon spoke and then guilt hit her, Once again she had blamed Leon for something he had no hand in.
The Vip elevator opened before she pushed the button, she saw Bridgett walking out of it elegantly, with documents in her left hand that were held against her well endowed chest, when Bridgett saw her she stopped and looked at her for a second before bowing, as she was about to walk away but Anna grabbed her right hand and pulled her back.
Anna Walker " What's with that look? " Anna asked, annoyed by the look of jealousy and Envy Bridgett had in her eyes.
Bridgett Stone " What look Ma'am? " Bridgett asked calmly.
Anna Walker " Don't play dumb with me, Look Bridgett, I don't who you are but stay away from my husband or else you might wake-up one day and find yourself in a pit being buried alive, Do you understand? " Anna said with hollow eyes and a dangerous expression.
But Bridgett didn't flinch nor did her heart rate increase, She had seen that look many times before, In her reflection when she's alone in her house thinking of Leon.
She knew what she felt for Leon was unhealthy but she welcomed it, She knew she was crazy enough to kill every single person in Leons family so she could start a new family with him but she didn't, Why? Because of one question, Will Leon really be happy? even if she succeeded will he truly be happy? She had seen the heart fluttering smile Leon has on his face when he thinks or talk about his Family, She couldn't take bear to take that happiness from him no matter how crazy she was. She applied for a Job in his company to watch him from afar but close enough to see him everyday..... But it hurts... a lot, Not being able to share his happiness with him.
Bridgett Stone " ...F.ir " She muttered silently with her head down and her bangs covering her face, They were almost the same height but Bridgett was three inches taller.
Anna Walker " What? " Anna asked unable to make out her words, Bridgett raised up her head to speak but something was wrong, her eyes were wet.
Bridgett Stone " It's not fair, I loved him first " Bridgett said with a pained expression and tears in her eyes, Anna was taken aback by her words, After she spoke Bridgett broke free from her grip and walked in hurried steps to the secretary restroom.
Anna Walker " Wait what? " ' What just happened? ' Anna asked herself still processing what happened a few seconds ago.
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To Be Continued...