Origin Of Evil 19 I'm Still Cold Though...

He also discovered that his body seemed to have changed in some ways, but he couldn't pin point how so he let it be.

As he woke up, Dorian found Charles sitting by the window, watching the snow fall outside. The weather was getting colder and colder everyday, so Dorian wasn't really surprised to see snow appear.

Charles turned to look at Dorian and said with a smile "You're awake. Good. Hungry?" Dorian didn't make manners and nodded. Charles told him to serve himself, everything was already on the table. Well, it was mostly bread and b.u.t.ter, but it was still great for Dorian.

As he was busy eating, Charles said "I still haven't given you your rewards for killing those gangsters, here you are." Charles threw two books over, which Dorian grabbed midair.

His mouth full, he asked "Why are there two of them?"

Charles replied "One of them is for the ten kills, and the other is a special reward for killing the Leaf and Arteon."

Dorian looked at the two books, checking their nature. He was shocked by what he saw though. Both the ability books shone with a green light, which meant they were of the Adept rank!

But as he scanned both books, he realized he had been wrong, they weren't both ability books, one was a skill book.

[Journey to the Kong Mountains]

[Type: Ability Book]

[Rarity: Green]

[Requirement: None]

[Effects: Once used, learn the ability: Meditation (Adept).]

[Remark: This is the tale of an old monk on a pilgrimage.]

Dorian didn't doubt this ability would bring him something useful, but he wondered how could meditation be cla.s.sified as an Adept ability.

Before Dorian could open the second book to check its status Charles said "I was informed before that you are a good a.s.sa.s.sin and can sneak up on your enemies pretty well. So this is for the times where hiding can't do it."

Dorian nodded, this would be more useful to him. Back with Arteon, it was his smell which gave his presence, but Dorian doubted there would be another werewolf amongst his enemies. And even if there were, they would have to be transformed to smell him, so he didn't really need another skill for sneaking.

What the last fight made him realize though was that if he went up against the Stingers, head on, his strength right now wouldn't be enough.

He opened the book to check what was the skill:

[The Strength Behind Balance]

[Type: Skill Book]

[Rarity: Green]

[Requirement: None.]

[Effects: Once used, learn the skill: Force Share.]

[Remark: This skill may be only of the Adept rank, it is something useful even for the most powerful. Using this skill enough times may allow you to learn the ability [Balance].]

Dorian looked at the skill book in surprise, he didn't know a skill could help learn an ability. Maybe his other skills could too? Anyway, that was for the future, he hadn't even learned the skill yet.

But he didn't learn the skills right away, and wanted to put away the books but realized he didn't have any place to put them.

Charles laughed and said "You lost your strange bag?" Dorian nodded and said "Unfortunately it was shredded by Arteon's claws."

Charles nodded and said "I remember seeing you having a wolf pelt yesterday, where did you put it?"

Dorian replied "It's tied around my waist." Charles asked "Can I see it?" Dorian nodded and opened his robe, and untied the pelt, handing it to Charles.

After a minute of inspection, Charles said "If I'm not wrong you took this from a werewolf… This is Arteon's skin?"

Dorian nodded, and Charles said "Do you know what werewolves are?" Dorian was stunned by the strange question, but replied "They aren't just men transforming into walking wolves, biting people and infecting them?"

Charles laughed out and said "Where did you hear that a werewolf's bite was infectious? Werewolves are men or women blessed by the Wolf G.o.ddess Gu'Dir. This blessing allows them to turn into those beast forms."

Dorian asked "So basically they are blessed by a G.o.d which gives them more power… Can someone be blessed by more than one G.o.d?"

Charles had stopped laughing, but he still had a smile on his lips as he replied "First you need to understand there are several levels of blessing. For example, Arteon was only given the lowest of blessings and he already became a superhuman. But there are higher blessings, which are much more powerful. So yes, it is possible to get several ones, but just getting the weakest ones is already rare. And getting a powerful one is better than getting ten bad ones."
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Dorian nodded, and Charles said "But I'm digressing. What I wanted to say is that this blessing uses Life Essence and transforms the body thanks to it. That means that any part of a werewolf is filled with Life Essence, including the hide. Now, if you want I will use this to make you a special bag."

Dorian shook his head and said "I don't have any money…" But Charles interrupted him by saying "You just saved my life, you think I would dare charging you for something so trivial? Besides, it wouldn't cost much, getting the werewolf's hide is always the hardest."

Dorian nodded and asked "What will the bag do that makes it special?" Charles replied with a smug smile "It will have a separate s.p.a.ce in it! Amazing, isn't it?"

Dorian looked at him in surprise and asked "You can do that?" Charles shrugged and said "It's not that hard actually, as long as you know enough about runes and have sufficient materials, anyone can do it."

Hearing his words, Dorian was suddenly reminded how his own ability of Runemaster. He quickly tried to search for a way to make such a bag, but didn't find any and thus blamed it on his lack of knowledge.

So Dorian said "If it isn't a problem for you then thank you for the effort." Charles shook his head and said "Now that I have been fired, I'm afraid if I set foot outside my house the Red Scorpion Gang would kill me, and most police officers take me for a madman or a cultist, so you're doing me a favor by making me busy."

Dorian nodded before asking "By the way, why exactly did you attack the City Lord? Need my help?" Charles smiled and replied "Don't worry about it, it's nothing important, it just blew out of proportions because of the commissionaire… If I really had a death grudge with him, do you think the City Mayor would have let me go?"

Dorian squinted his eyes and said "No, and that's what's bothering me. He let you go so easily, your daughter gets attacked by the gang, I feel there is something big hidden, but I keep missing it… Be careful, I think there's a huge conspiracy around here, don't get caught in."

Charles nodded and said "Don't worry, I don't plan on endangering my family. And between the two of us, I don't think I'm the one in the most danger."

Dorian nodded, before asking "Is your task still going on by the way? Now that you aren't Captain anymore…"

Charles replied with a short nod "Yes, the gang needs to disappear." Dorian asked "What about the innocents? You must know there are some innocents among them, some manipulated."

Charles replied "What I asked you to do was to kill the members of the gang. I never said to exterminate them, but to destroy the gang. You were the one who proposed to kill the members."

Dorian shrugged but then heard a notification, and heard the voice say his mission contents had changed.

But he didn't open it but asked "What would it take to destroy them? Do I need to kill every Stinger as well as their chief?"

Charles replied "I don't think you really need to kill all of them. Honestly, if you kill half of the Stingers, a power struggle will start between the Red Scorpion and the Stingers, which will push the organization to its end. If you kill even more Stingers then Red Scorpion will take back his leaders.h.i.+p, and you would have to kill him."