Watching as the daunting figure of the Dreadling fell to one side, the crowd roared even louder as the victors of the match was clear. Another loud ringing sound echoed the entire stadium making known that the match was over.
At this the Cohort began to fall to their knees one after the other, Favour already on her bottom! Face still pinned with fear and a bit of gratification.
Lin was sweating profusely as she knelt dropping her katanas as she secretly fought of her tears. Last of all was The blonde haired man who knelt with a blank face.
Meanwhile while they revelled in their win, Steven's till remained clinging to the body of the enormous Shadow eater for a while, the tension refusing to die even after seeing the kill announcement from the system.
It took a while but after a few seconds, the adrenaline finally died out. And the once frozen Steven finally let go of the hind neck of the Beast. Lying himself in the ground right next to it, the warm blood of the monster already creating a pool under him. He did not bother his mind now able to truly focus on the notification before him.
{You have five minutes left to pick a skill}
{Title: Shadow eater}
{Status: Dreadling... Undead core has been absorbed}
{Skills present: Rampage blast, Acid saliva}
{Choose skill you would like to copy}
Looking at the few skills the monster possessed Steven was a bit confused on which one to pick. He took his time to think through his two choices. While he had not seen the acid saliva in action up close and had no idea if it would affect his own saliva or he would be able to command the skill at will—like the water magic Favour possessed, made this choice rather a bad one for him.
However the fact that he had seen the entirety of the Rampage blast and the damage it did with the wall, it seemed more promising to pick. Especially if he could multiply the skill by five.
Just thinking of how powerful it would get them made Steven excited.
{You have chosen the skill Rampage blast}
{Talent has taken effect}
{Rampage blast x5}
{Congratulations you have gained your first skill would you like to see your stats upgrade?}
Steven did not feel any change from the new skill he had gotten, apart from the instinctive feeling that he could use the skill at will like the instinct a baby had to suckle on it's mother's bossom.
"Display stats."
{Name: Steven ...}
{Race: Marked}
{System: Limitless Undead system}
{Talent: Gain x5 upgrade from every undead slain. Copy skills from the Dead and make it yours.}
{Physique 5/10}
* 1 point has been added to physique. 5x upgrade effect has activated.
{Physique: 10/20}
{Mana: 10/10}
{Skills copied: Rampage blast*description}
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{You have gained 1 Undead Core.}
{Undead cores accumulated 1}
There were some major changes to his system now. Which made Steven a bit ecstatic. As of now, he wasn't as weak as he once was while entering the Realm and that gave him a sense of assurance as he took glances at his new skill and stats.
One was his physical stat, which his talent had raised up to ten. Making him just a powerful as he was when he was under Favour's water mage buff. With this he could move as well as an athlete or maybe better.
And another thing was his new skill which he tapped for more information from the system.
{Rampage blast: Blast from your fingertips a condensed blast of raw energy. Each attack consumes the amount of 5 Mana points}
The excitement slowly died down at this moment as Steven read this path. He sighed painfully, 'They can't all be winners I guess.'
At least he was able to use a very powerful skill twice. Steven established. With how great the damage of the normal blast was. It being five times greater and consuming this amount of Mana was a bonus.
Before Steven could dive any further into his stats, a man stepped into his line of view offering a hand over to Steven who still lyed right beside the behemoth figure of the Shadow eater. This man was none other than the blonde who Steven liked to see as, the honourable fatso.
"We never did get properly introduced," he said his bold baritone voice echoing down at Steven's ears, "I am Drake, A Marked like you as you already know."
Steven grabbed Drake's hand firmly allowing him to pull him up to his feet and then he spoke, "Steven."
Drake furrowed his eyes, a small smirk appearing on his lips, "that's a nice name, mind if I call you Steeve?"
Steven frowned wrenching from his mouth, "I would."
"That's nice, Steeve." Drake said turning to the others Lin and Favour who were just behind him their face fileld with worry and appreciation, all those bunch of warm hearted emotions aimed at Steven.
'How delicately sappy.' he mused turning his gaze back at the corpse of the Shadow eater, the upper parts of the beast already dissolving into... Shadow.
And then he turned to the group, their face still fixated on him, strangely.
"What? Do I have something in my teeth," he leaked with sarcasm.
Drake smiled simply and the others stopped their staring, the appreciation having died down a while, and all that remained on their face was deep concern, strained looks at his current body condition. After all, he looked like a close kin to skeletons.
'Might as well get a nickname for my looks.' he mused.
Then his gaze fell onto to indomitable figure of the Honourable Fatso glazing his reputable chiseled jawline as he stared up at the Sea deity and the High Lords.
'What is he doing now, a beauty pageant?' Steven frowned even more closing the space between him and Drake.
And when they were standing shoulder to shoulder he finally spoke, "what's next? A friggin' parade?"
Drake was not by one chance amused by his comment, he tiredly shook his head and then spoke, "our reward is on its way Steeve, just be patient."
Reward? For some reason Steven's stomach churned at this fact. He had no idea why, but figured it was from Rat's memories.
{Ding}
{Fated Colosseum Reward: the victors of the battle for their great show of strength and skill in entertaining the masses are all Rewarded with a fair amount of blessed Flesh. From the skin of the glorious Ark'shaRin. Enjoy your meal}
//Author's note//
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