Plundering in the Apocalypse

"I'll take option two." Hearing Leonard's words the guardian's eyes turned a little cold as he was a little disappointed by the human greed but didn't say anything. He had to do what he was meant to.

<strong>[Okay, the trial starts when I remove the barrier. If I see you pulling any tricks. You will all face the death curse of this ruin.]</strong>

Zephyair said coldly.

Leonard nodded, he had no problem killing them. The party members looked at Leonard then at the Monster.

The leader of the team shouted. "What if we kill him?"

The guardian replied <strong>[You will get the opportunity to get rewarded by me. Although not the same as you don't meet the qualifications to take the trial. But they are still good.]</strong>

The leader of the team nodded and turned his focus to Leonard.

"How dare you set us up? Do you think you can face all of us? Now be ready to bear the consequences." The leader was very angry at Leonard.

"Do you bugs think you have a chance against me?" Leonard said with a smirk as he held the Blooded Khalsa tightly in his hands.

The fight started. Leonard was ruthless and ready to face all of them. Sounds of metal clashing echoed. Many elemental attacks were shot at Leonard. His condition was not good too.

He managed to kill a member. "Nooo. Kill him. Don't let him live. Revenge."

Soon the attacks got more intense. Leonard was a lot expedited and was able to deal with them. But his body was still weak to make full use of his combat techniques.

He swung his sword and soon a smirk formed on his face which was covered in blood.

'This is it. This is the feeling. Hahaha.'

'The feeling of killing someone, this sound of flesh tearing. Ooh, how bliss.'

This was the best melody for Leonard. Now he was having the time of his life. Soon few minutes passed and Leonard was the only one standing. He was covered in the blood of the victims he killed.

Now that everyone was dead. He was very sad that the feeling was gone. He sighed and looked at the Guardian.

"So did I pass the trail?" He asked while wiping the blood from his face.

<strong>[Yes you did. I'll bestow upon you my blessing but with a curse in it as you didn't defeat me.]</strong>

Leonard nodded at his words. He already knew that.

[You have received Zephyair's blessing.]

[ Instant Recovery (Blessing) - You can recover instantly even from deadly attacks. Even new body parts can be generated. Immunity from all diseases and curses.

Penalty - You have been cursed by Zephyair. Your lifespan has been decreased by 20 years. After being saved 10 times from a near-death state your soul will be taken by Zephyair.

Full recovery - Limited uses 10 ]

'',

[You have obtained a new skill Fusion (S).]

[ Fusion (S) - You can fuse skills to create new skills. Higher ranked skills can also be obtained.]

Leonard was elated. This is what he wanted. Even if the penalty was troublesome. 10 uses were equal to 10 lives. He didn't think he would die that many times.

All other injuries can be healed. How awesome was that? As for the ability he got. Fusion? It wasn't of much use to him. He knew obtaining and learning skills are already tough, to begin with, so fusing them and putting his chances on luck was a problem for him.

So even if the skill is S rank it is useless to him. It's not like he has an unlimited number of reserves of skills to test this out.

The guardian soon started to disappear from that area.

<strong>[ Keep in mind after saving your life 10 times from the near-death state your soul will be mine.]</strong>

Although Leonard knew this he still felt uneasy. He soon dismissed that thought.

'I just have to get stronger fast. So that no one can make me enter such a state.'

"Now my next destination Aston city."

Leonard said as his eyes contained deep hatred in them. Because some of the people who were behind his death were from Aston city.

"I can take my revenge later. First things first. That is going to appear tomorrow. I wonder how the world will react to the appearance of that."

"Hehe, who am I talking to? I already know what it will be like."

Leonard got out of the cave and headed to Aston City. He booked a taxi and went toward the City center. He stood in front of Rowald Aston's statue.

'How could this bastard have hidden so many secrets from the world? Well, he will give me a lot of benefits.'

The place was not much cheerful. The dead bodies were still being removed. It looked like people will slowly return to their daily lives.

'Too bad they won't. Soon the whole city, rather the whole world will again turn into chaos and I will be the one to benefit from that.'

Leonard went to a nearby hotel and booked a room. 'Although it's pretty quiet and gloomy here. I don't think that will be the case tomorrow.'

He switched on the television and today was the day. The government is going to announce a few things.

"Those bastards are always a problem. They want to control everyone."

"Haah."

"There's still time for the public announcement. I better take a bath"

Leonard went to take a bath while humming.

***

For the last two days, Shin and Alice stayed at home. Shin had already learned the abilities and skills he had collected.

'',

He had used the Memory Cubes he got after killing those thugs. He was surprised. These Memory cubes are a lot more useful than he thought.

These memory cubes show him part of the memories which the plundered person deems important. Although the memory he got this time was useless for Shin. He got to know many things about those people. How Jake had betrayed his own family before and how cruel these people were actually.

He got to know a lot about Steven's deeds and information on Mark Corporation. But he will use that later.

The benefit he got from their memories was, that it helped him increase his proficiency in their respective skills. So he was at least on the same level as those people who owned this skill. Shin felt a little glad about this.

He had learned Electro Bolt(C), Mind Control(B), and Shadow Veil(C).

Shin was able to bear the pain while learning C-rank skills. But he passed out while learning Mind control.

<strong>[ Electro Bolt (C) - Strikes the enemies with a bolt of lightning.]</strong>

<strong>[ Shadow Veil (C) - You can hide in shadows. You can hide your powers.]</strong>

<strong>[ Mind Control (B) - Ability to control other people weaker than you or influence the thoughts of stronger ones. ]</strong>

The information on all these abilities was too little. So Shin could only sigh and hope to get more information later on.

He had also been practicing his C rank or higher abilities these last two days. Although he can't make the attacks inside the house. With his gravity control. He could get better at controlling those skills.

He had also been trying to use Gravity Control for something he always wanted to do. Fly.

At first, he was able to levitate but flying and floating are entirely different.

'Maybe I will get better with practice.'

He had also increased his stat points.

<strong>[Stamina - 75] [ Mana - 98] [ Bonus stat - 0]</strong>

With more mana, he can now focus on improving his abilities and stamina as he had been neglecting it for a while.

He was slowly getting used to his power. He had learned the skills of Iron Claw and Steel armor. He didn't learn the skills from Shell Monkeys. He converted all of them to Skill points.

He had enough points to raise his Pain Tolerance rank.

So now it was D rank. Now he will feel less pain. Shin suddenly remember something and facepalmed with a sigh.

He should have done this before learning those abilities.

Well, he can only blame himself for his stupidity. And like this, these two days went by.

***

Shin and his family were now waiting for the public announcement. Not only them, everyone wanted to know what changes will the government make. Their decision will affect the life of Billions.

This may change the world for the better or take to the worse ends. The World Governments Summit was held, and it went on for 27 hours. At the summit Big powers, National and political leaders, Kings of the empires, and many other important figures from all over the world took part in it, to discuss measures regarding the current emergency. They were going to implement changes that will affect the world drastically.

As the news went public much important information was explained.

It was being broadcasted on all the channels and all the platforms. It had become the hottest topic for everyone to discuss.