Chapter 172 : Battle Against the Night group (2)

Chapter 172 : Battle Against the Night group (2)

[Name: Alexandre Eswald

Age: 60

Level: 4

Strength: 200

Agility: 200

Stamina: 160

Defense: 80

Mana Points: 75

Harem: Lilia Eswald, Annaline Maxwell, Amelia Eswald;

Abilities: Soul Linkage, Smoke sovereign;

Soul Points: 92]

Alex quickly observed his status and made a decision.

'Enhance my strength, agility, defense, and stamina by 20 soul points each, and allocate two points to enhance my mana reserves,' he instructed the system.

[Are you certain?]

Alex sighed and nodded, 'Yes, do it.'

Quite frankly, he had no intention to enhance his stats this soon after the last enhancement. In fact, he had no intention to enhance them even without taking into account the last enhancement, and for a simple reason:

He wanted to copy a new ability.

The smoke ability was good, and with him being a sovereign, it became even greater. In fact, Alex could feel that even now, he had a long way to go before mastering the smoke element. And that was actually where the problem lay; he didn't have much time.

Alex needed another ability that was made for fighting. Although the smoke element could do so, the strength displayed wasn't satisfactory, or rather, the strength that Alex could display wasn't satisfactory. It was clear to him that should he further train with the smoke element, the strength he could display could be damning. Even the smoke spirit had said so before they parted.

But as was explained, he didn't have much time. The competition to determine the heir of the Eswald family was approaching. Though Alex felt that there aren't many who could fight him currently, something was telling him that he should try to become the strongest possible before presenting himself at the competition.

He had been conserving his soul points to copy a new ability, but given the current state of the fight, he had no choice. His smoke wasn't causing as much damage as he anticipated, mainly because his enemies had tough skin, so, he had to rely on his physical attributes.

'Well, augmenting my physical attributes is a good thing, too,' he thought.

[Starting the process...]

As the system's words registered in his mind, Alex suddenly staggered forward, feeling a rush of energy course through his entire body. Usually, when he enhanced one of his attributes, he experienced a cool energy, but this sensation was different. The usual cool feeling was...overwhelming.

Straightening his back, a frown appeared on Alex's face. 'Is it because the level of enhancement is superior to the usual one?' he wondered.

As he marveled at how his already well-defined six-pack and muscles now appeared even firmer, Alex picked up on the approaching sounds of footsteps.

He lifted his head and quickly spotted his two foes getting close to him again.

"Time for round two," Alex cracked his knuckles.

Slightly crouching, Alex lunged at them.

"....!"

The two members of Night only saw him crouch, and a split second later, he appeared in front of Tobias.

Tobias' eyes widened in shock, and before he could react by swinging his hammer, he felt something crash against his body.

An instant later, Tobias' muscular body was sent back with even greater force than it had come with.

'What the-' Todd, who was next to him, suddenly froze in his place, his mind struggling to comprehend the sudden turn of events.

Seeing his dazed expression, Alex didn't hesitate and kicked at Todd, but surprisingly, the chubby man swiftly dodged the attack by jumping backward.

Todd landed on all fours and released a low growl.

"You are growli-" Alex was about to make fun of him when his words caught in his throat.

Under his astonished gaze, vibrant crimson tattoos began manifesting all over Todd's body.

"Those tattoos..." Alex muttered, recognizing the ominous symbols on Todd's body.

Although slightly different, Alex was certain that the shimmering tattoos on Todd's body were the same as those on the man who had attacked their carriage a few days ago.

As if to confirm Alex's words, Todd's body began to convulse wildly, and soon, a cheetah's tail and ears sprouted from him.

'Yeah, there's no way I'm letting you finish your little transformation,' he had already witnessed firsthand how dangerous these creatures were after transformation. It would be dumb of him to let one transform in front of him and do nothing.

Appearing in front of the convulsing Todd, Alex delivered a swift and powerful kick directly to his face.

Todd's body rolled on itself many times before colliding with a nearby tree.

Alex moved, and a split second later, he stood before Todd's unconscious body.

'I'm finally getting adapted to my body's strength,' Alex thought, seeing that he didn't slam into a tree or something.

Lowering his gaze, the unconscious body of Todd came into his sight, "as I thought, losing consciousness stops the process of transformation."

"I wonder if-"

Feeling slight tremors running through the ground, Alex turned his head just in time to see a creature half-human, half-bull charging at him.

"I guess I have my answer"