Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

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The clock rotated, and the sun soon set down toward the west... Instantly shrouding the land with its eerie darkness, causing the trembling fissure above the firmament to become imperceptible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, 5 hours passed by.

Within the depths of the earth, forgotten by time and light, silently being erased by the unending cycle of life, the pale silhouette of Leo could be seen beheading a disfigured beast on the ground...

Slashing its neck mercilessly with a sword in his hands. Pinning it down on the ground forcefully without giving it a chance to struggle as he puts all of his strength into his swords.

Swish-

Soon...

Thick blood of yellow, carrying a foul scent of puss, blossomed around the dilapidated and incomplete building—momentarily creating a fountain of vicious liquid that dyed Leo's stained clothes... Drenching him with its flesh and stickiness in the process.

At the same time, the head of the beast, detached from its neck, rolled forward a couple of times—lifeless as its eyes, filled with dread and disbelief, stared at the horrifying silhouette that suddenly materialized within the shadows with dullness.

Ding!

[ Congratulations on assassinating a beast at the late stage of the core formation realm without creating much noise!

+1,000 exp points!

+2,500 horror points!

+6 free attribute points! ]

Huff~

"Success!"

Panting for quite a while, Leo hurriedly hid the corpse within his inventory before reactivating his invisibility skill.

Raising his head, gazing at the incomplete stone house in his front... Leo, with glinted eyes, advanced forward, carefully evading the protruding stone in the ground before gazing at the dark interior of the house.

Due to the passage of time, only the corroded wooden bed and the stone table in the corner of the room remained fairly intact—as for the broken objects scattered around the floor that was filled with black moss, Leo didn't glance at them as he moved forward with caution.

Following the instinct of his soul as he stared at the tattered books on the stone table with halted breath...

It could be said that if not for his soul that suddenly transmitted desire within his being an hour ago, he wouldn't have dared to assassinate the beast near the house earlier and risk his being for exposure even if he had given courage.

"It's indeed the book."

Sensing the intense desire within his soul while gazing at the tattered books in his front with doubts... Feeling that they might crumble in an instant if he touched it using a little bit of his strength.

Leo, using his telekinetic ability, carefully prys the book open...

Rustle~

In an instant, the tattered books, filled with accumulated dust on their rough and old surface, float within the atmosphere—shaking the dirt within their surface before opening under Leo's anticipated expression...

Unfolding their rich content to his eyes afterward.

"This?!"

However, in an instant, after seeing the content that the books contained, the eager expression on Leo's face suddenly froze—being replaced by disbelief as he couldn't help but sigh in disappointment and helplessness.

"D*mmit! I couldn't understand the text it contained. What kind of language is this?!"

Seeing the unfamiliar yet familiar text within the book, Leo could only shake his head—recognizing it as a language quite similar but still different to the thing written on his cultivation technique.

Without the help of a similar force that he had experienced when he advanced to the foundation realm, instantly allowing him to understand the meaning of the cultivation technique that he had received...

Translating the book in his front would surely take a long time. To the point that the knowledge it contained might no longer be useful to him when that time arrived.

"Wait. Maybe it wouldn't take me long to decipher this language; I almost forgot that I had a system!

"It's just that... I don't know if I could afford its price."

Knowing that the system would often try to gain his hard-earned horror points in every possible way, Leo hesitated for a while before eventually asking the system.

With his horror points that almost reach the staggering 350,000 points, asking the system to translate the books in his hand probably wouldn't cost too much... Right?

"I mean, it's just like translating 3 unknown books? The price probably wouldn't be that exaggerated.'

Ding!

[ Translating 3 unknown books would cost you 150,000 horror points... (Accept/Decline)? ]

Sure enough, the thing that Leo feared came true.

Looking at the exorbitant price that the system had set, Leo couldn't help but grit his teeth in anger, cursing the great, great ancestor of the system within his mind before proceeding to punch the air in front of him in an attempt to cool down his head...

Imagining that it was the imperceptible face of the system.

"Why don't just rob me instead?! A 150,000 horror points for translating 3 books! Do you think that I'm picking horror points on the road?"

Ding!

[ Translating damaged books wouldn't cost too much. However, restoring and fixing the book content would be different... ]

"This... I see, I'm just overreacting. Go on, take my 150,000 horror points away."

Upon seeing the response of the system, Leo's unpleasant expression suddenly reverted to its previous calm look... As if nothing had happened.

It could be said that after checking numbers of buildings on his way, only this house contained something quite valuable.

Furthermore, books that manage to survive this long in this kind of hellish place... Are bound to be extraordinary.

Hence, even if the system didn't explain itself, sooner or later, he would be forced to spend his precious horror points to translate it due to his curiosity and the desire within his soul.

Although it would make him heartbroken for a while, knowledge from an unknown past still tempted him... Who knows if it contained the secret beyond the current known realm?

If that really occurred, he would surely earn greatly instead of losing.

"Sigh~ I need to work hard after I return to the surface..."