Chapter 37: There Was Q in Addition to A
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It was a good thing that he managed to get away, but it gave Roy a rude awakening as well.
It seemed like he still needed to be cautious about being summoned to other worlds.
Although a low-rank demon might be stronger than many monsters in the human worlds,
that did not mean he could afford to be careless. Demons also had powerful enemies.
Humans were usually the ones who summoned demons, but humans also found demons
unacceptable more often than not. They wanted to borrow the power of demons but were
also disdainful and fearful of them at the same time. And many exorcists viewed killing
demons as their responsibilities. It could be said that demons had an innate disadvantage in
human territory, which was called the home-field disadvantage factor.
1Roy felt helpless about this. He had the mind of a human and the body of a demon, so he
could not treat demons as comrades, but humans did not treat him as one of them when he
went to a human world. Even if he did nothing wrong, humans would still despise him.
11 Roy was soberly aware of this fact. Thus, he could fight against both humans and demons
because he was aware that he was isolated, and both sides would not accept him. If he
wanted to live well, it was best not to harbor any naive thoughts.
13 When he saw Gabriel in his angel form, Roy had felt afraid, but he was also really
envious. Why had he not been reborn as an angel? Even if he were to allow monsters to
scourge humans for hundreds of years before he finally appeared to take care of it, humans
would still worship him… It would not be what he was going through now, causing panic and
killing intentions against him as soon as he appeared…
7 Thinking about it… makes it even more ridiculous! Appearance really is the face of justice!
3 The concubine will be forgiven no matter what she does because she is just too beautiful…
right?
1 He shook his head and left the altar. Roy climbed out of the volcano, intending to find a
place to settle down before checking his harvest.
2 Roy stored Grabriel’s holy soul fragment and Lucius’s fallen soul in the system. He did not
even dare to bring it out to take a closer look. He knew very well that it would only cause a
huge uproar once he took it out in the Demon World. Only when he stored it in the system
could he isolate the smell.
He thought that he could obtain a fallen soul and a noble soul this time. He did not expect
that he would not even see the shadow of the noble soul but obtained a holy soul fragment
instead. Would this be what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts ?
If both fallen souls and noble souls are high-quality souls, then what level are holy souls?
What can it be used for?
3 Roy did not know the answer to these questions for the time being, and he would need to
experiment with them himself.
While flying out of the volcano, Roy found the nest of flying demons against the dome atop
the cave. This nest was actually an entrance. The original occupants seemed to have
abandoned it for quite some time and were likely hunted. As such, Roy occupied it directly.
It was rather spacious inside. Roy found that it could hold at least three of his size.
After staying in the nest, Roy began to study the system.
As expected, once he had Lucius’s fallen soul, he could use the functions of 3D and AE.
Roy studied while consulting the system, and he did not take long to understand what these
two functions were for.
The 3D function was for Roy to create models, while AE was to allow Roy to create special
effects and generate videos.
Moreover, these two functions were used in combination. Roy could use the 3D function to
build his character model and draw different poses before superimposing them together to
form a motion picture. He could then use AE to add special effects before generating it as a
video and cropping a certain portion of it in GIF format.
1Simply put, the GIF images generated through these two functions were actually skill
demonstrations with special effects! After saving the material, Roy could use the skills in the
GIFs, and the attacks he unleashed would have exactly the same special effects!
5 When he figured out what the functions were for, Roy could not help but feel stupefied.
Sh*t, I can even play it this way?
Roy’s interest came, and he started to tinker with it excitedly.
3 D modeling was tedious. He had to first think about the different actions his model needed
to make before he started drawing, and in the skill demonstration, he then had to draw out
all the individual actions needed.
At the same time, he would have to model the special effects if he wanted these actions to
come with them. For example, if he wanted flame special effects, then what was the
trajectory of the flames? Was it spreading out or skyrocketing into the air? He had to draw it
out as well. In short, the combination of these two functions was the process of animation.
1Therefore, while drawing and modeling, Roy was thinking about what kind of skills he
wanted to make.
Since they were self-created skills, Roy could draw anything he wanted. However, he had to
consider two problems at the same time. One was the amount of Lucius’s fallen soul
because the materialization of skills required consuming this high-quality soul. It would
consume more of a high-quality soul with an increase in special effects.
The second question was the question of his own magic energy. Roy had already asked the
system. The power of his created skills ultimately depended on the amount of Roy’s magic
energy.
He could even create a skill that ignited a nuclear explosion by spitting on the ground.
However, even if he could really achieve it, his current amount of magic energy would
probably make it into the power of a grenade at best. He would use up his magic energy in
one shot and be unable to achieve the effect in the skill demonstration.
1 So after thinking about it, Roy felt that his first skill had to have a simple effect where his
magic energy could continuously support it! After waiting for his magic energy to increase,
he could gradually modify the special effects to increase its power.
In other words, it’s best for it to be a Q skill… Thinking was easy, but Roy was suddenly
caught in a conundrum when he started to design. What kind of Q skill should I make?
6This first skill could actually be regarded as his first magic skill. It was a novice-level skill, so
the first thing that Roy thought of was Fireball, Shadow Arrow, and the like. Such skills were
easy to realize, and he could perfectly achieve the special effects regardless of the amount
of magic energy they would use.
Chapter 38: Bloodlust
In the beginning, Roy wanted to create a long-range skill. On the one hand, he could shoot
out this skill with a biubiu sound, which would have a very hands-on feeling. On the other
hand, he subconsciously felt that only skills that were launched could be called magic.
Roy knew quite a number of such skills such as Fire Arrow, Frost Arrow, Chaos Arrow, Spirit
Ball, Windblade, Railgun, and so on. As a result, Roy suffered from difficulty choosing. He
wanted to learn everything.
8However, he currently only had one fallen soul in his possession, and he did not know how
much it would consume to manifest a magic skill. Therefore, Roy could only control his mind
and think about which one would best fit his situation.
3He had idled most of his time away in the Van Helsing world, although it was for
exploration and seeking answers. Moreover, if he had not planned to return early, he almost
could not have come back. His first experience being summoned allowed him to understand
many things.
Most of these worlds that could summon demons usually had extraordinary powers like
magic. However, there were differences in their power, which were the low and high-magic
worlds often mentioned. In low-magic worlds, the monsters and exorcists mostly used their
physical strength when fighting. This was why the low-rank demons of the upper level of the
Abyss could make waves in such worlds.
Roy was a low-rank demon himself. He had drawn out most of the potential of his demon
body after using the T-Virus to strengthen himself. His current strength was equivalent to
that of a normal top low-rank demon, but even this strength was enough to crush the
famous vampire Dracula in the Van Helsing world.
However, it was worth noting that even Roy was not sure if he had any chance of evolution
because of his impure bloodline. Roy felt that he either had to seek ways to evolve like
demons had done so over the millions of years or seek a way to collect a large number of
souls and use the system to evolve himself. No matter which method he chose, the fact
remained that Roy would have to spend a lot of time in the upper Abyss.
10Roy was not sure how big the upper Abyss was either, no clue how many low-rank
demons there were, and if there were any stronger or faster than him among these demons.
The so-called top low-rank demons were just a phase. It did not mean that they had reached
their peak, but that they had crossed infancy and entered maturity. The longer a demon
lived, the more powerful they would be. This was an indisputable fact.
Roy felt that the effect of a magic arrow would probably not be any stronger than the
damage with his claws given his current magic energy situation. So after thinking about it,
Roy finally decided on his first skill.
2His first magic skill should be something that could increase his own strength and speed!
3After deciding, Roy started modeling. He first completed a model of his normal self, fixed
the proportions, and made a bigger copy of it.
He went to work, though he did not spend too much time, and quickly completed a GIF
animation.
In the animation, Roy’s body was normal at first, but then his body began to swell after a
burst of red light. Not only did his body become larger, but his muscles were stronger.
Roy even added a BGM for this animation in his head. Oh oh oh oh…
5It was a very familiar animation. Right! Its name was Bloodlust!
1 After completing the animation, Roy began to define this skill. He kept its name as
Bloodlust, and his description for it was ‘increase strength and speed by percentage.’
1Roy did not set a specific percentage increase. After all, if he set it himself, he would
definitely increase it to 100%, 200%, or the like. The higher, the better. However, the higher
he set it, the higher the consumption of souls.
Even if he wanted to set it lower, he did not know what the best price-performance ratio
was. Therefore, he simply handed it over to the system to decide the optimal number.
1With that, Roy completed his first magic skill. The modeling of this skill was pretty simple. It
did not even need any extra actions other than enlarging the model. The rest was nothing
more than the length of effect for the Bloodlust skill and the red glowing special effect
emanating from his body.
2Roy saved the skill, and before long, the Bloodlust skill appeared in his attribute panel.
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Without further ado, Roy wanted to experiment with it. However, he was a little unsure if he
should do it in the nest, so he flew out and landed on the ground before using it on himself.
Since he had not set any extra movements, the effects of the Bloodlust skill were almost
instantaneous. When the blood-red light permeated his body, Roy immediately felt an
immense power all over his body.
Roy’s original two-meter-tall body began to swell, and the muscles in his arms, chest,
abdomen, and legs bulged up. This feeling was like changing into the Hulk, and Roy could not
help but roar!
After a short while, he stopped growing bigger. He grew about fifty centimeters, and his
weight increased quite a fair bit as well. The ground he was standing on now had a shallow
pit from his weight increase, and even his wingspan grew wider. The blood-red light
permeated his body, feeling as though it was radiating.
Roy looked at the ground and picked up a stone the size of a grinding disc with both hands.
He gauged it in his hands and felt that it was at least a few tens of kilograms. He pierced his
right claw into the stone, picked it up with that hand, and then flung it forward!
4This large rock flew out with a whistling sound. It traveled for quite some time, drawing a
curved trajectory before landing about a kilometer away!
“Ooh!” Roy exclaimed. Such strength was indeed incredible.
Then Roy stomped on the ground and sprang out. He did not take too long to cross the
kilometer and reach where the stone landed.
I used… about thirty seconds?
Roy estimated the time he took and came to the conclusion that he could easily run at a
speed of ninety kilometers an hour with his legs, like a car running on a highway. This speed
was simply…
His power was so ridiculous that he did not know how much strength he had now.
He opened the system interface and found that his strength attribute had increased from
the original 77 to 108, and his speed increased from 35 to 50. That meant that the increase
brought by his Bloodlust was about 40%. It was not like the 100% that Roy wanted, but it
satisfied him since it only used up twenty magic energy. One point of magic energy brought
an equivalent of a 2% increase in his attributes.
Most importantly, the duration was very long, lasting about three whole minutes before the
light of Bloodlust faded away.
This was the optimal choice after automatic adaptation by the system. The increase might
only be 40%, but the magic power consumption was within acceptable range. The duration
was also enough to support a small-scale battle.
Roy was naturally very satisfied with it. But the cherry on the top was that it did not fully
consume the fallen soul! In fact, there was plenty left!
This surprised Roy. It seemed like this fallen soul was not only of high quality, but it also
contained more soul power than he had imagined.
Roy thought about what to do with the remaining part of the fallen soul. He did not intend
to make another skill, so he modified Bloodlust by adding another definition attribute to it:
Can cast on specified target!
1 In other words, after the modification, Roy could not only use Bloodlust on himself but
also on targets that he wanted to enhance.
9Saving the modification consumed quite a lot of the fallen soul. The description of the
fallen soul in the system was now ‘nearly disappearing’, meaning there was not much left.
Roy still had the souls of Anna and Viken, as well as several other human souls that Lucius
had contributed to him. They were all relatively large but were low-quality souls. After
thinking about it, he used these souls to make a Magic Energy Growth Potion once again.
After drinking the Magic Energy Growth Potion, Roy’s magic energy increased more than a
dozen points again, breaking through to forty. This way, he could at least ensure that his
magic energy was enough to use Bloodlust twice.
He basically exhausted his supply of ordinary souls, so Roy was now left with that ‘holy soul
fragment…’
So, what can I do with a holy soul fragment?
Chapter 39: How About Raising a Hellhound?
Roy now knew that there were several types of souls.
The first type was the low-quality souls or the ordinary souls that existed everywhere.
According to the creatures’ intelligence and emotional richness, there were different sizes
and soul power values. In the system, these ordinary souls were usually used to draw, create
static objects, and even Roy’s modifications. When Roy’s definition of items involved
extraordinary power, the consumption of such souls would increase substantially.
The second type was the high-quality souls. Fallen souls and noble souls could be
understood quite literally, and they should be of the same quality. Fallen souls were easy to
produce. Noble souls were more difficult, so Roy guessed that even though they were of the
same quality, they might have differences in energy values. Noble souls would contain more
positive energy, while fallen souls would have more negative energy. Of course, this was just
his speculation since he had yet to obtain a noble soul.
No matter whether it was fallen souls or noble souls, the system used both to create
dynamic derivatives, which were skills. For the system, it did not matter whether the energy
was positive or negative, and it could use both. The only difference might be an increase in
the consumption of souls for the creation of skills if Roy used an incorrect soul. For example,
a noble soul might be completely consumed to create Bloodlust, unlike the fallen soul that
had some remaining.
As for the third type of souls, it was the holy soul that Roy now had in possession. If the first
two types of souls were low quality and high quality, then holy souls would be superiorquality souls. It was possible to deduce from the soul name that other than holy souls, there
would probably be evil souls that belonged to this category. If holy souls were obtained from
angels, then evil souls would be obtained from high-level demons.
The one Roy obtained might only be a soul fragment, but no matter what, it was a shard
from a superior-quality soul. Other than it having too little soul power, it did not have much
difference from a complete soul.
He could basically use all of the system’s functions now that he had obtained the highquality fallen soul. Therefore, Roy was also curious about what this superior-quality soul
could do, and he began communicating with the system.
Most of the time, the system was mechanical in nature and responded based on inputs, so if
he did not ask, it would not take the initiative to answer him.
After a series of careful inquiries, Roy had a weird look on his face.According to the system,
superior-quality souls were extremely rare. Under normal circumstances, if demons could
contaminate holy souls and erode them with dark power, these souls would eventually
degrade, and fallen angels would then be born in the Abyss of the Demon World.
Fallen angels were not a natural evolutionary result of the Abyss of Hell, but they also
belonged to a race of demons in the Abyss.
At the same time, if angels obtained the evil souls of high-level demons, they could also give
birth to angels after purification.
Was this not wonderful? Angels and demons could actually be transformed into each other.
This was why Roy had a strange look on his face…
However, demons could choose to devour holy souls if they were unwilling to transform
them into fallen angels, and their demon power and resistance to holy power would greatly
improve. In turn, angels could also choose to destroy the evil souls of demons and then
transform them into pure holy power to absorb.
1Although Roy had only obtained a small piece of soul fragment, he could try to head deep
into the Abyss and use the rich dark and chaotic power to erode it. Due to the special
connection between soul fragments and the main soul, the soul fragment might transmit
this contamination to the main soul and cause it to fall. However, the probability was small,
and it might take a very long time.
4This was why this soul fragment was of great value. If Roy were to offer this soul fragment
to the demon kings, it was an absolutely irresistible temptation to these rulers of the Abyss
because it could possibly lead to the fall of Archangel Gabriel! Being able to add such a
powerful fighting force to the Abyss was worth a shot even if there was a high price to pay.
1 The above was just the normal use of holy souls for demons. There was only one way to
use it in the system.Creating and making life!
2 Yes, under normal circumstances, it was impossible for Roy to use low-quality and highquality souls to materialize things like fish, cats, and dogs. Only by using superior-quality
souls would he be able to achieve this.The creation of life! Suddenly, Roy felt that the
system’s usefulness rose to a new level!
4 Ordinary people could also create life through intercourse with the opposite sex. However,
the creation of life by the system was not referring to this, but the creation of life according
to Roy’s settings!
He could freely customize not only the appearance but the personality, power, and abilities
to create as many creatures as he liked.
This isn’t just a system anymore but a creator! How can the power of the system be so
heaven-defying!?
Should I call it Daddy System from now on?
11 Roy did not want to follow the usual treatment method for this holy soul fragment.
Offering it to a demon king was not in his consideration at all. Putting aside whether or not
he could go deeper into the Abyss now, demons were temperamental, and Roy could not be
sure how the demon king would reward him. Maybe he would get something, but getting
nothing was also possible. The demon king might even stab him to death with a finger so
that he would not need to reward him…
Therefore, Roy currently had only two options. One was to devour the soul fragment and
enhance his strength and resistance to holy power. The other would be to create a life.
3 Roy hesitated between the two options. The first option was the best, but Roy wanted the
second as well.
1Needless to say, the so-called customized life was akin to giving the player in a game a pet
or mount. To be honest, he had been in the Abyss for almost half a year. Killing and
harvesting souls to strengthen himself dominated his days, and Roy had no one to
communicate with. Even if he was summoned to other worlds, humans did not treat him as
their own, so the loneliness within Roy was unimaginable.
If he created a pet to accompany him, it might alleviate some loneliness for him.
15 After returning to the nest, Roy finally made his decision.
He could improve his strength and resistance to holy power as long as he had Daddy System
and a lot of souls, so it would be better for him to use it to create a pet or a mount6 !
Moreover, who said that pets and mounts did not bring enhancements? They could also
help Roy fight!
Therefore, Roy opened the system interface and started drawing.
What kind of pet is good? While pondering, Roy unconsciously drew a dog