Idle Money System - Chapter 71

Chapter 71: Chapter 70
Looking back, the villagers were stunned by the familiar voice. Looking at the person, they were very happy to see who it was.

Aeloria just shifted her head and saw who it was. Anya, seeing that Alexander was awake, hugged him on his legs since she was not tall enough.

“Big brother Alex, you’re fine,” she said, looking up with a bright smile.

“Hahaha, of course I’m fine. Do you really think I would be defeated by a flying beast?” he replied coolly.

Aeloria also hugged him from the other side, with tears sliding down her cheeks, “I thought you were going to die,” she sobbed, filled with heart-wrenching pain.

Alexander felt warm for the moment and just patted her back to comfort her, “Losing is not in my vocabulary,” he muttered in a heavy tone.

Actually, he would have lost if the Ravenwing had not summoned those small flying creatures to plague him to death.

Because of that, his strength increased so much because of the Infernal Fury unique passive, making him powerful enough to confront it head-on.

He would have been defeated from the start if the Ravenwing had simply struck him with its tail. However, due to its arrogance and toying with him, he emerged victorious from the battle.

The man clad in a black suit saw that the kid was now fully awakened. He was greatly surprised, but sneered, not afraid at all.

With the serpent fully absorbing the blood gem, he had nothing to worry about. Since his pet had finally turned into a spirit beast.

“You’re actually pretending to be unconscious. Let me help in putting you into sleep for a lifetime,” he said with a cruel smile.

“Ohh! Is the beating that I have given you a few days ago, is still not good enough for you to act tough in front of me?” he said with a playful tone.

He didn’t deny his statement about pretending to be unconscious. Thanks to leveling up, his injuries were 80% healed.

He had just regained consciousness when Nendo punched Scott in the face, prompting him to stay under the radar for a bit longer to observe if there were any other ungrateful villagers.

From his observation for a while, all of them except the guy named Scott wants to protect him.

So when the man in a black suit threw a needle towards the man named Nendo, he hurriedly took action to avoid deaths since some villagers’ lives were already lost.

Alexander then looked from side to side and did not find his accomplice, “Where is your companion? Don’t tell me you are planning for some sneak attack,” he asked while raising an eyebrow.

“Sneak attack? Haha, kid, you’re making me laugh. You’re not worth the effort of such a despicable act. A few days ago, I might have considered it, but not anymore,” he stated.

While sneak attacks are an assassin’s greatest weapon, they are not truly despicable since the results are what matter, not the actions.

“If you’re looking for my brother, he won’t be attending this event anymore, because he’s dead,” he said with a cruel smile, followed by a hearty laugh.

Seeing the expression on his face mentioning his other accomplice, which seems to be his brother, Alexander already connected the dots that he killed his one and only brother.

He had no idea, but he was happy since less enemy meant less trouble. It’s a win for him.

“If you really think that this snake can kill me, then you are wrong,” he said, pointing at the snake.

He can feel the power of the serpent in front of him. The power it’s radiating seems to be greater than the Ravenwing he had defeated.

When he killed the beast which was called Ravenwing, it was actually level 49, clearly not a spirit beast yet.

But now the snake in front of him must be level 50, which had already become a spirit beast that has the mind of a normal person.

But he was confident after leveling up, his strength soared to new heights.

[Status

Experience: 13,000/25,000

Name: Alexander Ashbourne

Free Points: 14

Title: {Traveller} {Saberwolf Slayer}

Level: 24

Strength: 117

Speed: 72

Agility: 71

Dexterity: 56

Intelligence: 7 {Maximum is 10}

Defense: 76

Charisma: 10 {MAX}

Earnings: 102,005 Pesos

Balance: 4,227,168 Pesos

Skills: {Heart Of Stone[UN], {Berserker Instinct}

Techniques: {Serpents Coil}, {Vital Draw Technique}

Weapons: {Infernal Fury}]

“Aeloria, go and take care of Anya for me okay. Stay away from this place as far as possible,” he said to her as he slowly let go from her embrace.

Aeloria could only look at him with great sadness in her face. She was really a burden and could only watch without any way to help at all.

Hearing his instruction, she took Anya’s hands, holding them tightly.

“Leave Anya to me since I’m her big sister. Nothing will happen to her,” she muttered.

Alexander just smiled at this as he looked at the man named Nendo who was looking at him.

He approached slowly, resting his hands on the other’s shoulders, “I entrust the safety of the villagers to you,” he said, assigning him the mission.

Nendo nodded resolutely, “Are you able to take on both of them? If not, I’m prepared to sacrifice myself to give you time,” he offered, showing no fear of death.

Alexander was stunned and astonished by the man’s high resolve, he seemed willing to die just to provide him with a chance to escape.

“Don’t worry, I can handle this problem. Leave the rest to me,” he said, growing increasingly fond of the man, who appeared to be the junior in their interaction, while he took on the senior role.

Alexander then motioned him to retreat with the villagers while he stayed behind, since the battle is going to be much more devastating from here on out.

Nendo nodded as he evacuated all of the villagers. Aeloria also followed the order with Anya beside her.

“Kid, do you think I’ll let you do that? Little snake, go and make a rampage,” he ordered, aloud.

As if being removed by the shackles, the red serpent was excited to test its power and also to eat the humans in front of him that will be served as his nourishment, for his new power.

The speed was fast that it propelled the gust of air in its wake. Alexander acted swiftly, intervening before it could reach the elders.

He halted its advance by deflecting it with a kick next to his body. The collision between his foot and the snake’s hardened scales emitted a loud, metallic clang as the large serpent tumbled away.

As Alexander stood motionless, sweat streaming down his face, he thought to himself in sheer agony, “Damn, my feet feel like they’ve slammed into a wall of tungsten,” but he kept a straight face.

While the villagers looked on, realizing they were out of danger, they hurriedly continued their journey.

The man was not idle either, he released three to four needles with some purple liquid on the tip of it.

Clearly, it was equipped with poison, aiming for the villagers. Alexander just snickered at this and just picked up some rocks on the ground.

Shew

It soared like a bullet, yet three times swifter, intercepting the attack.

Realizing his assault had been thwarted, he quickly advanced towards Alexander for a direct confrontation, his newfound strength from leveling up fueling his confidence that he and the youngster were closely matched.

The serpent also got up from the ground without any injury at all. It didn’t look at Alexander as it rushed towards the escaping villagers.

Alexander, who was about to move, was stopped by the man, making him sneer.

Seeing his expression, he was angered as he took out the dagger and tried to thrust it and stab him in the chest.

He raised his leg and unleashed a kick that made the wind howl furiously. It struck with such speed that the man’s chest was hit with devastating force, causing him to feel as though his bones were shattered and to vomit blood while staring at Alexander in disbelief.

“How come you’re still so powerful? Even though my strength has soared to the next level, why is the gap so vast?” he lamented, collapsing to the ground with a pale face as he gazed up at Alexander.

The disparity was so immense that he felt like an insect in comparison. Alexander, manifesting a sword in his right hand, remained silent.

His expression turned grave as he activated his skill.

[Berserker Instinct]

[Berserker Instinct: Power increased by 10%.]

Then he disappeared in plain sight as he appeared behind the red serpent who was in close proximity to the villagers, who were looking at the impending doom that was about to befall upon them.

Alexander attempted to stab the creature in the back, but its scales were too tough, inflicting only minor damage akin to the annoyance of a needle prick.

The beast halted and fixed an angry glare on Alexander.

“You ungrateful serpent, your master is already grievously wounded, and yet you seek to devour those wretches for pleasure. Make haste, and exact my revenge,” the man exclaimed, his eyes aflame with rage and the veins on his forehead standing out starkly.

The serpent was taken aback, giving him a bewildered look. “Wasn’t this your idea to begin with? Why the sudden blame game?” it thought to itself.

Despite its inner protest, it remained silent, after all, its life dangled on the whims of that very person.

So, he could only channel his anger towards Alexander. Filled with fury and madness, he charged at him violently. Alexander prepared himself, aware that the true battle was about to begin.