Mixed Blessing System

In a place with dense woods but good natural lighting, Lothur found himself far away from Viktoria and Elke, who had been standing next to him just moments ago.

None of the other young people who were supposed to enter the Secret Realm were around him either, something he realized as he scanned the surroundings with his visual ability.

In his initial moment of observation, Lothur opened his mouth as he realized what was in his surroundings.

Not only did all the plants there have large amounts of energy within them and were practically sentient beings, but many powerful organisms were in the vicinity, not far from him.

Even level 17 beasts were around, greatly surprising the silver-haired young man.

Lothur took his Elemental Staff and positioned himself defensively, preparing himself in case any of these creatures approached him.

‘This place is full of powerful beings!’ His eyes narrowed, seeing many status screens appearing in front of him. ‘What is the meaning of this? Why would there be so many powerful beings in a place where young people from the academy are sent?

That doesn’t make sense! If that’s how it is, everyone sent here should die yearly!’ He shouted in his mind, trying to understand how this place worked.

But as he watched the beasts within a radius of 5 kilometers away from him, Lothur saw a group of tiny beings, the size of rabbits, approaching him.

This group was composed of little green men, naked but with small weapons in their hands.

The weakest was at level 14, while a few were at level 16, leading this tiny army of a hundred individuals.

‘What the fuck is this?’ He wondered, not knowing which species those beings belonged to.

Then, when they came within the domain of Lothur’s 3rd ability, Gravity, he circulated his energies through the Soul Bone responsible for that.

Immediately, the gravity in their surroundings increased, pressing down on everything in his vicinity while small rocks began to crack.

The green beings sensed this and slowed their speeds, looking up with hateful looks on their faces.

“Kill!”

“Kill the invader!” Their leaders shouted in their ancestral language, drawing Lothur’s attention to this language he was still struggling to learn.

But Lothur didn’t need to understand the meaning of his enemies’ words perfectly to know that it was not a good thing. So he immediately made black flames appear in his hands, using his 2nd ability.

Lothur moved around the surroundings, throwing balls of dark energy in the direction of those beings, intending to corrupt them with the ability of his 2nd Soul Bone.

Those creatures realized his attacks were not simple and tried to dodge as best they could while restrained by Lothur’s gravitational ability.

But for some of the weakest of them, this was impossible. While they were practically unable to move, some were hit by Lothur’s diabolical flames.

“Ahhhh!”

Screams arose but soon ceased as Lothur dominated against some of these tiny creatures.

Getting some allies against these opponents, Lothur moved toward the strongest ones there, leaving the rest to fight his slaves.

He changed his use of the Gravity skill and used a force of attraction against those enemies in his surroundings while holding the Elemental Staff.

The level 16 enemies were being drawn to him, but they were not standing still. Instead, they skillfully used their weapons to prepare counterattacks when they collided with Lothur.

Unfortunately for them, this would never happen. When he was about to collide with those little men, Lothur used the Space Belt and teleported to a different position.

He appeared behind those individuals when they stopped flying towards him and promptly swung his staff in their direction.

Lothur’s attack was already so strong that it could severely wound even level 16 creatures with powerful bodies, such as spiritual beasts. So when his staff hit the bodies of these little men, they felt their tiny bones being broken and organs liquefying. ｂｅ𝚍𝚗ｏｖｅ𝚕．𝚗𝚎𝚝

Some died so quickly that they didn’t have a chance to scream in pain, but others were stronger and showed their anguish in front of that man.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Beasts on the outskirts of that area heard from a distance the sounds of pain from those creatures, realizing that some battle was going on nearby.

One of those beasts, level 17, looked toward where Lothur was standing and frowned, noticing the person they had been created to face finally coming to this place.

‘Finally, someone strong enough has arrived in the Secret Realm.’ That beast thought to itself, unable to measure Lothur’s strength, but knowing that he must be a small monster, or he wouldn’t be sent to this place.

The Secret Realm was like a large pizza, with several slices representing different difficulty levels for those who arrived there.

There were 20 slices on this large ‘pizza,’ and the slice where Lothur was was the highest level, where the most powerful beings of this place were.

The Secret Realm, being divided into levels, led those entitled to enter it to the slices that best suited their level. That is, a young talent would not be taken to a place with no challenges or without items applicable to them. Instead, they would be taken to a place where they could die but also had possibilities for them to advance significantly.

Lothur was the strongest of this entire group that had just entered the Secret Realm, so he was in this ‘slice,’ a place that, since the creation of this space, no one had ever reached.

That beast knew this because the strongest ones there were like guardians of the other creatures and therefore knew the purpose of this place.

Precisely because of this, when it saw Lothur, this level 17 beast did not immediately go to him.

Unlike the ignorant beasts and creatures of that area, who only thought that beings like Lothur were a risk to their lands because they took their resources, the leading beasts of this space only fought when challenged.

But because this creature would not act against him did not mean he was not in serious trouble!

As he finished exterminating the group of little green men, Lothur felt several level 16 beings approaching him, noticing that his actions were drawing attention from the surroundings.

‘Damn it! Why are there so many powerful beings near me?’ He wondered before he started running from there to avoid these creatures.

His speed was faster than most of the level 16 beasts, so after a few moments, Lothur managed to get away from most of them, losing sight of the little green men from earlier.

As he moved, he saw several energy fluctuations in herbs and fruits in his path, noting a large amount of medicine there.

But he was still being chased and decided to run a little further through that area, trying to find a place where he wouldn’t be chased all the time.

In the middle of this, he suddenly received a notification from the system!

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