Last Shelter Online

All of Hiro’s senses started working again.

However, he felt something different. The pain that previously overtook his entire body had been replaced by a tranquil feeling. Moreover, he felt as if his energy had been completely replenished.

He was still lying on the wooden floor while looking at the room ceiling. His body felt a little strange. Not only that, but his left hand also felt weird, a little like being burned with cold fire.

Hiro checked his left hand, and…

Something was there.

The back of his left hand was covered by something akin to a tattoo that spread to the back of his fingers. At a glance, the tattoo reminded him of the sigil on the tarot card that had disappeared from his hand.

Hiro took a closer look at its details. He had never been interested in getting a tattoo, but the black tattoo on the back of his hand at the moment made him feel that getting one might not be bad at all.

“What’s this?”

As Hiro wondered about the origin of this strange tattoo, a woman’s voice suddenly reverberated inside his head, causing him to reflexively sit up out of surprise.

“It’s the cursed sigil, proof that your soul has been accepted by Lucifer and traded with the absolute demon seed,” the woman calmly answered.

Hiro looked around. Nobody else apart from himself was in the room.

A telepathy skill? Or…

“Who are you? Where are you hiding?”

Hiro was a little puzzled. He didn’t expect that such a thing would happen.

At that instant, he felt as if he was being watched.

“My name is Meta. I am one of the seven primordial demons contracted to Demon Lord Lucifer. My duty is to monitor the owners of absolute demon seeds until their final evolution.”

Hiro didn’t know how to react. He still hadn’t understood.

LSO’s system made him feel as if he was in an absolute magic world. Even the system was as organized as a story in a fantasy novel.

However, before he could start asking more, a bunch of notifications suddenly appeared in front of him.

Ding!

[You have completed a demon bloodline quest]

[EXP has been increased]

[5,000 EXP required to evolve to the next stage]

Ding!

[Sin of Pride has been activated]

[Strength increased]

[Agility increased]

[Dexterity increased]

[Intelligent increased]

[Battle rating increased]

Ding!

[You have obtained Thought Acceleration (Basic Skill)]

[You have obtained Deadly Claw (Basic Skill)]

[You have obtained Predicio (Basic Skill)]

[You have obtained Godspeed Dash (Basic Skill)]

“Whoah!” Hiro couldn’t believe his eyes.

Four additional basic skills in a row? How did he get them, and how could he use them?

He quickly checked his HUD system. As he suspected, a new icon had appeared there.

[Sin of Pride System]

After checking to see what was in the new icon, Hiro could see the name of the additional skills he just received. They were listed in a column titled [Basic Skills].

Several [???] slots were also in the column, showing that those slots could be filled with other basic skills.

But that wasn’t all. Something else piqued his interest to further check the system he just got.

[Ultimate Skills].

Like the list of [Basic Skills], there was another list titled [Ultimate Skills] with three empty slots marked as [???].

“Is this real!?” Hiro muttered in amazement. He still couldn’t believe that he truly got something this significant. The sigil he obtained just a few hours ago caused his battle rating to skyrocket, and he now had a demon lady in his body.

[Thought Acceleration (Passive)]

[Description: A skill that accelerates the user’s thought process by a million times.]

[Deadly Claw (Active)]

[Description: When demon stage reaches level 2, user can take out deadly demon claws that can be used anytime. (Cooldown: 0 seconds)]

[Predicio (Active)]

[Description: A skill that allows the user to predict their opponent’s moves during a battle. (Duration: 60 seconds) (Cooldown: 3 minutes)]

[Godspeed Dash (Passive)]

[Description: A skill that accelerates the user’s movement speed during battle.]

After reading the description of all the basic skills he just received, Hiro felt quite satisfied and motivated to quickly get up. He felt an urge to do something to increase his strength fast.

Once again, Hiro went out and left Jacob’s abode. He walked toward the nearest merchant NPC to purchase several must-bring potions for those who wanted to grind and look for materials.

When most players were sound asleep that night, Hiro was greatly excited to increase his strength after obtaining the new powers he really wanted to try.

…

Splat!

Splat!

He was now in the middle of demon-type monsters that only appeared at night. Their forms were very similar to fireflies, but the light that faintly shone from their abdomen was blood red. Furthermore, they had a pair of scythe-shaped forelegs the size of an adult man’s palm as weapons, and a bunch of them were gathered at one spot.

As Hiro massacred the demonic monsters, he could feel the difference in his movement speed thanks to the system he just got. He could feel the effect at that very moment.

Splat!

Ding!

[Job Class level up 1x]

With the help of the Pride System, Hiro finally managed to reach level 35 for his job class. At that moment, he quickly jumped out of the firefly monster swarm as he remembered about one important thing he had to do now.

That awakening skill.

He could already activate it since he already met the job class level requirement, and Hiro couldn’t wait to try the promising skill.

Hiro opened his inventory to take out a scroll he had been keeping there for a long time, the scroll he worked hard to get by destroying the giant world tree.

Hiro reminisced about what happened at that time. That night felt so special. Liberty was with him at that time, waiting for him even though she had to sleep on an open field.

“Let’s see how strong this insane combo is.” Hiro gripped the skill scroll in his left hand.

Ding!

[Are you sure you want to activate Awakening Sword Combo Skill?]

Hiro had never been so sure.

“Yes. Do it.”

Following his confirmation, the skill scroll in his hand was instantly burned by a fire that didn’t feel hot at all. In the next second, the fire dissipated.

[You have activated Awakening Sword Combo Skill]

[Awakening Sword Combo Skill (Active) – Utilizes combo attacks to deal a high amount of damage. The higher the skill level, the higher the maximum combo limit. (Maximum combo limit up to 27x.)]