Chapter 459: Five Days Without War

Five days had passed since Luke returned home. At first, the lack of danger felt unreal, no renegades to worry about, no Bartholomew lurking in the shadows, no looming final event from the tutorial. Instead, he was simply… living. Just like before. Like the old life he used to have.

“Mom, can we get ice cream?” Lillian asked from the shopping cart, her feet swinging back and forth.

“We’ll see. First we need to buy the things on the list,” Clara replied.

They were at the supermarket. Lillian sat inside the cart, and Luke wandered the aisles studying the shelves as if he were at a museum exhibit.

“Human, there are more exposed corpses,” Franky muttered.

The little wyvern was in the laundry cart, hidden beneath one of Lillian’s coats, his voice a low rumble against Luke’s ribs.

Luke glanced in the direction Franky meant and found… a section full of dolls. Dozens of them staring blankly from plastic boxes.

“So you like dolls now, huh?” Luke whispered.

“A proper beast decorates its den with the bodies of lesser creatures. If you want to show dominance, you should fill your room with those,” Franky declared.

“Your advice is terrible,” Luke muttered.

He pulled his phone from his pocket. Using it again felt strange, yet familiar, almost like interacting with the system. Did the system teach my universe how to invent a touchscreen just so we’d get used to menus and interfaces?

He tucked the thought away and checked the notifications piling up.

‘Eleanor_BackInUSA created the group: Tutorial Idiots’

‘Eleanor_BackInUSA added you to the group’

‘NaughtyNinja_69 joined the group’

‘Jack_Bean_Healer joined the group’

The group was officially active.

‘NaughtyNinja_69 sent a photo’

Evangeline had sent a picture of herself in a bikini at a pool.

‘NaughtyNinja_69: I’m going to spend the rest of my life living in luxury hotels.’

Luke closed the photo immediately, cursing the ninja woman in silence.

‘Eleanor_BackInUSA: I’ve missed technology so much. I bought five different phones just to make up for the lost time.’

She attached a selfie of herself sitting with five phone boxes stacked on her lap. Luke glanced at the phone in his hand.

Maybe I should buy a new one too.

‘Jack_Bean_Healer: I found out my mom and dad got back together while I was missing.’

Luke typed a quick congratulations.

‘Jack_Bean_Healer: But it looks like they got divorced again.’

‘NaughtyNinja_69: You must be the curse of your family.’

Evangeline sent more photos, different poses, same bikini, same pool.

‘Who’s taking these pictures?’ Luke asked.

‘NaughtyNinja_69: I used my rank skill.’

Another ping followed immediately.

‘Eleanor_BackInUSA: So, when are we meeting again officially? I have a job proposal for all of you.’

‘NaughtyNinja_69: A job? I’m retired. I’m living a life of luxury surrounded by hot men from now on.’

Before the conversation spiraled even further, which usually meant more Evangeline photos, Luke closed the chat app. While his mother and sister walked ahead, he opened the system screen. Some things finally made sense. Now that his body had reached rank E, his attributes had increased, but also split. His HP, MP, and stamina pools stayed the same, but the attribute separation caught him off guard.

Strength had been divided into two stats: Strength and Lethality.

His original Strength had been 760. Now it displayed 421. The remaining 760 had transferred entirely into Lethality. Definitely the influence of his class. Before, when his Strength increased, it didn’t necessarily translate into physical power. Most of it went into the Lethality attribute instead. Those attributes had always existed under the surface, his body had just been too limited to separate them. Now it could.

Name: Luke
Level: 50
Race: Half-Demon
Rank: E
Class: [Demonic Predator (Lvl 60)]
2nd Class: [Witch (Lvl 0)]
Profession: [Guardian Botanist of Mother Freya (Lvl 60)]
Titles: [Dark Lord]
Bloodline: [Bloodline of the Dark Demon]

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Health Points (HP): 4780/4780
Mana Points (MP): 5630/(5630)
Stamina: 3030/(3030)
Soul Fragments: 303/1000

Stats:
Strength: 421
Lethality: 760
Agility: 550 (560)
Dexterity: 324
Endurance: 303
Vitality: 478
Toughness: 167
Perception: 504 (514)
Wisdom: 558 (563)
Intelligence: 266
Willpower: 600
Free Points: 2

Class Skills: [Advanced Blade Handling (Uncommon)], [Profane Knife Throwing (Uncommon)], [Twin Blade (Common)], [Basic Dark Dash (Rare)], [Basic Blood Regeneration (Rare)], [Predator’s Mark (Rare)], [Demonic Blade Dance (Rare)], [Wraith Form (Ultra-Rare)], [Force Infusion (Rare)], [Advanced Stealth (Rare)], [Assassin’s Tracking (Rare)], [Mana Infusion (Rare)], [Basic Archery (Common)], [Demonic Predator Hands (Epic)]