"Didn't know you could do that," Leo noted as he approached the Soulfme's body. Nyx's attack cut through it like a hot khrough butter and chopped it into four uneven pieces. The Voidling died on the spot.

  The feline shrugged, her tails swaying wildly. 'her did I. This was the first time I tried this. Happy it worked. Going to need some work, though. For the amount of Essence I put into this teique, it just barely cut through. I have some ideas, but could you also teach me Kiss of Death?'

  He furrowed his brow, searg for the e betweewo. "You want to bine your affinity and skills?"

  'I would like to,' she tilted her head. 'Why? Do you think it's impossible?'

  "No. Not at all," he shook his head, thinking of his own attempts to improve True Stealth. "Just surprised. Besides, we know it's possible. I’ve already used Devour with shadows."

  Nyx perked up. 'So will you?'

  Leo chuckled, giving the feline a quick scratch behind her ear. "Sure, why not? We even experiment together. Holy, I never sidered using Kiss tthen my structs. I only cared about stealth."

  'Great,' she purred before motioning to the sughtered corpse. 'What about this one?'

  "Standard treatment," he said and stabbed the two parts of the body with his cws while his tails went for what remained. "I still haven't gotten any notification about the . Might as well see what happens."

  Devour.

  All the slime pieces jerked at oheir mass shrinking with each sed as Leo ed their remaining Essence. Uh any other Voidling, there was no dust left behind. The Soulfme slowly popped out of existence like it had never been there in the first pce.

  Only it wasn't pletely true. The Voidli something behind.

  Core:Destroy it to ralize the of Soullings. This item has no other known uses.

  Huh. That's a unique description.

  Leo arched an eyebrow, pig up the glowing baseball-sized blue orb. Its texture didn't feel much different from ordinary gss, and he could bet it would shatter just as easily.

  He g Nyx. "Any idea what will happen if we just take it."

  'No,' the feline shook her head. 'Why would you even want to do that? It says there are no other uses.'

  He shrugged. "Curiosity. You're a cat; you should know something about that."

  Nyx blinked, her rge eyes questioning. 'I don't get it.'

  "Of course you don’t. Why am I even surprised?" he sighed, applying some pressure to the orb. "Anyway… Aren't you at least a bit curious about what will happen to the if we take its core far, far away? I definitely am."

  'Not really?' She replied, giving him a weird look. 'What's the point? If we don't destroy it, we don't get the reward. Simple.'

  Hard tue with that logic. But still...

  Leo g the core and, with a heavy heart, closed his fist, shattering the orb into pieces. The blue Essence, or whatever it was inside, escaped between his fingers before fading away like smoke. At the same time, the entire church shook, small bits of Vetilim all around withering.

  The of Soullings has lost e to its core. Partial sing in progress. Beware falling objects.

  Right, simir to what happened with the Shadow Tails. The byrinth aing Gate were gone, but Vetilim remained here and there. He noted, watg the process slowly e to a stop.

  gratutions, of Soullings quered. Do you wish to destroy this instanpletely or prepare aher tower? Choosing the sed option will result in the loss of bonus rewards. However, a Safe Zone may be created ter on using the tower.

  "And here it is," Leo muttered. "Doubt the reward will be aer than the one from Ameists, but let's see. System, destroy this."

  Aowledged. Distributing full rewards. Please leave this instance immediately. plete colpse will en 5 minutes.

  Bonus experiend 900 Ether gained. Rare quality item has been delivered to your Soul Well. Survivor reward: +1 Soul.

  A weak grimace spread over his face as the additional weight nded inside his soul. There was still some space left there, but if he tinued getting items like that oer ahis might ge soon.

  Though, maybe not that soon. Leo let out a bark of ughter when another notification appeared.

  You have reached level 27. Css and Racial attributes have been distributed. Please assign your 3 free attributes.

  Back to the usual stuff, I guess. All into Soul. He ordered, and instantly, the pressure inside him lessened. "Nice... e on, Nyx. Apparently, we shouldn't stay inside here."

  The feline nodded and followed him outside. As they walked, Leo fired off aify at Nyx, his curiosity getting the better of him.

  Twenty-four. He smiled. Good. You got a level up, tht in time for the part of our pn.

  "Should be far enough," he said, stopping in the middle of the road. "Still over three minutes left. Might as well take a look at what we got this time."

  'Another on?'

  "No idea. It didn't say," Leed, reached into his soul, and pulled.

  A crimson fsh was all it took for a rge, dark-as-night item to nd in his hand. He quickly flipped it around to get a better grip and frowned when he realized what he was holding.

  A full chestpte with shoulder pads? His frown deepened as his cw traced the unknown material. Boiled leather? Seems like it.

  Zakoriae (Rare):A chestpte crafted by an experienced Armorer. It's made out of boiled leather from a Zakorian, thus moderate prote against F ranked ehanks to its natural properties, this leather will slowly repair itself unless critically damaged. Additionally, this armor has been ented to shrink or expand to fit most users.

  Not bad, but... Leo looked down at his chest and then at the spikes on his back. Ain't no way this will fit me even with the entment. I will destroy it if I try.

  'Useless?' Nyx asked, seeing his expression.

  He nodded, ing the chestpte. "Useless."

  As he said that, the earth beh them shook once. Instantly, their eyes so the church that, uhe earth, didn't stop trembling. Stone ailim broke off its walls while the broken Crimson Mirage on top withered.

  In a matter of mihe eructure colpsed into ruin, just as the System had promised. Leo waited for another message, maybe something about the Vetilim pnt, but nothing came. Either the Crimson Mirage was a vital part of the , or there was no reward from it.

  "So that's it," he snorted. "The st know in Wolford is gone. I 't tell if Holden will be happy, angry, or just pletely doh it."

  Nyx huffed. 'He is still a human. His opinio matter.'

  Leed a hand across his face.

  Of course, it doesn't.

  'Are you sure about this?' Nyx asked as they stood in front of the opening leading into the Graveyard. 'We wait for your bloodlust to return and then go in.'

  Leo shook his head. "It will be fine. Even if they wake up, we outrun them easily this time. I'm strohan them... And I have the improved fres."

  As risky as a trip into the Graveyard seemed, uhe st time, there was not much to worry about. Now, he khe exterior of the building, possessed fres more effective than the on ones, and, like he told Nyx, he was stronger. His status only proved that.

  Name: Leonardo BrownTitle: Nikra's LegacyEvolution Stage: II - Prime Night HunterCss: Nightbde | LVL. 27Job: HunterRank: E

  Might Tier II (38) | LB: 43Grace: Tier II (147) | LB: 44Vision: Tier II (20) | LB: 42Mind: Tier II (40) | LB: 0Soul: Tier II (56) | LB: 28

  Yeah, we will be fine. Leo grinned, and he would swear that for a moment, he had felt a spark of bloodlust igniting in his mind. Not there yet.

  'So be it,' Nyx finally said, snapping him back to reality. 'Just promise me we're getting out the moment Nightmares wake up. I want to fight them too, but not iheir . That's a suicide, even for us.'

  "You have my word."

  'Thank you,' she sighed before pointing at the Soullings floating behind them. 'Now, you finally tell me why we are dragging those two with us?'

  Leo nodded as he summoned his cloak and put on the cowl.

  It's simple, really. He spoke through their link. They are invulnerable to physical attacks and kill anything that doesn't use Essence for defense. I want to see how they fare against Nightmares. If it works, great. If it doesn't, then at least we know they 't one-shot creatures much strohan them.

  Nyx hummed. 'Iing idea, even if I doubt they kill a Nightmare.'

  Me too, but that's why we are here. To learn. e on.

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