In front of Professor Helen was the body of the abominable being that had been pierced by dozens of crystals.
She saw the hand with which he held his demonic wand, it was impossible for her not to be impressed when she saw the black spot that partially covered his hand and that emitted a same dark color.
-This is going to be a problem. -Professor Helen muttered with a somber face, as she knew the position of the academy executives, they would most likely demand that she cut off her hand or resign, after which she would be out of a job and under constant surveillance.
She put away the body of the abominable being, and went back to following Mart's tracks.
Mart was still inside the cave, he had extracted the orc core and was checking his newly updated attributes.
Mart Sevec (Stan Miller) Attributes:
Health: 26.9/31.7 (+20.4) (+0.3).
Stamina: 20.1/51.7 (+20.4) (+20 t)
Demonic Energy: 15.4/32.9 (+20.4)
Intelligence: 44.3(+20.4) (+1.2)
Strength: 32.7 (+20.4)
Agility: 32.3 (+20.4) (+0.9)
[Demonic Lineage: Sevec (Demonic Strength: inactive)]]
[Demonic Deity: Endless demonic energy (inactive)]
[Demonic Reward: 1]
(author's note: (+ 0.0 t) the (t) is for temporary).
"Having completed the mission by reaching rank 2, allowed me to get a demonic reward; but it's a pity, that the goblins aren't coming anymore, besides there are no more highly corroded prey in the surroundings", Mart thought after seeing how beneficial the energy of the corroded monsters was, energy that everyone considered mysterious and ominous, except him, since he was slightly aware of its origin.
Mart began to walk through the tunnels, as he went deeper he only found more and more remains of animals and beasts, plus the smell of decay was getting stronger and stronger.
"How long had they been hiding?" wondered Mart in his mind, as there were no traces of freshly hunted prey.
As he went deeper, every time he saw a goblin he killed it, until he realized, that all the goblins that stayed hidden lacked the demonic energy, so he left them alone and just kept exploring.
A few hours later he reached the deepest part of the cave and saw only a mountain of bones and some old, rusty, worthless weapons. And although he activated his demonic perception to see if there was any treasure, he failed to perceive anything.
"I'm serious, in the stories when you go into a dangerous cave you find riches; do you detect anything?", asked Mart in his mind.
[Host this is a worthless place].
[Recommendation: it's good to be greedy; but choose appropriate places].
Mart felt the system mocking him again, but this time he just sighed and headed for the exit, walking leisurely.
As he was about to leave the cave the dawn was about to end.
"There's someone at the entrance; it looks as strong as that monster," Mart paused, and his concern increased with the system notification:
[Detecting demon god energy.]
"I'd better look for another way out; if I want to be great, I can't be stupid can I?", Mart thought as he started to back away slowly, but coming from outside he heard the voice of teacher Helen who said to him:
-Student Mart Sevec, can you come out, this is Professor Helen?
Mart laughed, but quickly restrained himself, "what a poor choice of words, Professor Helen, words like that kill the naive in movies in my world".
Mart already knew that if the professor decided to follow him it would be difficult for him to escape, so he preferred to investigate in order to be prepared for the worst:
-Professor Helen, I like you very much; but I am not a fool, I was close to one of those monsters and in order to escape I recorded very meticulously the characteristics of the power they possessed. Anyway, why do you have the power of those abominable beings?
Outside, although it was already dawn, the day was gloomy due to the countless clouds, Professor Helen placed her contaminated hand in the pocket of her raincoat, she looked somber as she thought, "if he knows, the other professors will easily know", at the end Professor Helen felt that her luck had betrayed her, she exhaled, and then answered Mart:
-When I killed that monster that was chasing you, the energy that he contained was transferred to the hand with which I held my wand, I could barely and barely contain it.
"is a reasonable answer for me, because I have been absorbing the demon god's energy; system what effects will the demon god's energy have on Professor Helen?", Mart asked the system in his mind.
[The energy of the demon god cannot be assimilated without the blood of the demon god; in the end he will lose his judgment by leaning towards one of the capital traits].
[Solution: make the contaminated woman his partner; the host's energy transmitted through her fluids will allow her to adapt...]
"That sounds good, but what other option is there?" asked Mart with interest when he saw the ellipses.
[Gradually absorb the blood from the affected area the trait gluttony will effectively digest the energy].
Mart smiled, then muttered mischievously:
-I like the second option better; I'll gain much more if I do it right.
[Host wishes to deactivate the capital traits?]
"no, not until we're off the mountain," Mart replied in his mind, and then asked Professor Helen:
-Professor Helen, can you come in?
-Student Mart, you have doubted me; but why should I not doubt you? -asked the teacher.
-It's obvious, just use your demonic perception, you know I am alone and I am no match for you at this time? -Mart answered with a direct and quite confident tone.
Professor Helen activated her demonic perception, her amber eyes turned purple and she immediately inspected the surroundings and then the entrance of the cave and saw Mart who was alone, and was sitting and leaning against the walls of the tunnel.