Chapter 637: Turning Misfortune into Fortune (1/2)

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Shin suddenly felt a sense of danger when he saw Thirio taking out the crimson sphere from his inventory space.

It wasn't a bad premonition about the fight that he usually got during the battle. Instead, it was more like a bad feeling about himself; it was as if something was about to happen to him rather than the result of this battle.

The moment Shin sensed that he suddenly clenched his hand and tightened his grip over his katana before lunging forward and charged towards Thirio with insane speed.

A moment later, Shin arrived in front of his opponent while brandishing the [Yamato] in a very strong manner while also using 'Destructive Slash' to further strengthen the power behind that strike.

Clang!

But before he could even land a strike, the blade of his katana was suddenly stopped by an invisible force and prevented it from advancing forward.

Then Shin saw Thirio crushed the crimson sphere on his hands which suddenly released a blinding crimson light and illuminated the dark hall.

Bang!

And after an instant, a powerful explosion sent Shin flying. The force behind that explosion was quite strong and gave Shin a hard time stabilizing his balance in the air.

Due to that, he decided to use the force that was pushing him away to his advantage. He forced his body to flip multiple times in the air before using 'Mondi's Jump' to step on the air behind him and kicked it all of a sudden, re-launching himself towards Thirio once again.

But during his flight, the corner of his eye suddenly caught a system notification that just came in. Given that, he quickly used another change of 'Mondi's Jump' to halt his advance and jumped backward.

He created enough distance between his opponent and himself so that he could react to any sudden attack that his opponent might throw at him. Then he took a quick glance at the series of notifications that he got.

System: You have been directly exposed to the Cursed Light of the Blood Monarch.

System: You have been cursed by the Blood Monarch Powers.

Curse Details: Dying once is equivalent to dying ten times. The moment you get killed you will lose 10 of your current levels. (This curse will last until you got killed)

At the same time, you will also undergo a weakened state for the entire week (in-game time) right after reviving.

Your EXP gain will reduce to 90% during the weakened state alongside a massive decrease in monster drop rates.

Shin couldn't help but wear a deep frown behind his mask, especially when he saw the penalty after dying once. His face was even twitching quite stiffly as he stared at the curse that was cast on his body.

But that was not the worst thing that he saw. It was because he saw the last note at the end of the final system notification.

Warning: This curse can't be undone by any kind of cleansing blessing even if the quality of the scroll is the highest.

Note: This curse can only be lifted if you went personally on a sacred altar of a certain god.

”Looks like I am f-…” Shin was about to curse to himself when another series of system notifications suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

This time, he was really not sure what was happening.

*Ding!*

System: A special power is fighting against the curse. The Power of the Blood Monarch's curse weakened significantly!

System: Your Crimson Reaper, the Blood Prince Vladimir sensed the presence of a large amount of Blood Elemental Mana in the air and within your body.

The Mutated Blood Spirit attempted to absorb all of those Blood Elemental Mana and turn it into his own powers.

*Ding!*

System: Another elemental power was trying to fight against the curse. The power of the Blood Monarch's curse was further weakened.

System: Your Shadow Reaper, the Evolved Abomination Spirit Grimrace sensed the evil energy shrouding the curse cast on your body.

The Abomination Shadow Spirit was trying to absorb the evil energy mixed in the curse to complete his evolution.

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Shin stared even more blankly at the new set of system notifications in front of his eyes. And even if the stiff expression on his face was being covered by his mask, the frozen muscles of his body showed that he was feeling a little too tense.

Naturally, Thirio was able to notice such a sudden change in Shin's mood given the enhanced senses that he currently had.