Courting Death System-Chapter 82: Invaders

"Not bad, not bad at all but compared to my son, that’s nothing. Let me tell you, my son has Time Manipulation." said Eric proudly.

"Holy Shit! Are you serious?!"

"Of course."

"So he can like reverse time and stuff?"

"Or time travel."

"..."

"Eric, why are you suddenly quiet, say something, hehe."

"All of you shut up! You call Henry right now, I don’t have all day!" said Eric to Victor.

"I...Uhm... I don’t have his number." said Victor in embarrassment.

"Eric, don’t embarrass the little lad because you don’t have a phone. Just look at you and your son’s attire, you look like you don’t belong here."

"Rose is right, you look like country bumpkins. Honestly, you’re embarrassing us."

"At least think about your son. How is supposed to find a girlfriend if he’s wearing clothes from an ancient era?"

"You guys know nothing, what he’s wearing is a Hydra’s hide that he hunted down when he was ten, a C-rank Beast, what’s more luxurious than this. As for me, I’m wearing the fur of a Vicious Blue Striped Tiger, an S-rank beast, what about you?" explained Eric.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Henry! Let me call Henry!" said Joe as he quickly took out his phone and dialled a number. The call connected in just a few seconds.

<Hello.>

"Henry, buddy, long time no see. How are you?"

<Who’s this?>

"Son of a...! Didn’t I tell you to save my number a century ago?!"

<Answer my question first, who’s this?>

"Henry, don’t fucking play with me! Don’t you recognise my voice? It’s me, your buddy. Tut, tut, tut. Hello, hello, are you there? Henry?! Motherfucker!" said Joe with a red face.

"Ahahaha! How embarrassing! Ahahaha! This is why I don’t own any communication devices, it saves me from embarrassing moments like these, ahahaha!" Eric burst out in laughter.

"Hello? Hello? Henry? HAHAHAHA!"

"It’s me buddy, long time no... hahaha! Hahaha!"

The others started imitating Joe then laughed at him, making Joe even angrier.

"You guys..."

"Alright, that’s enough. Let me call Henry." said Rose and easily diffused the escalating situation.

<Rose, hey, long time no see. How are you? The last time we...>

"Save it! I want you to place my apprentice in the front lines of the war. Can you do that?" said Rose coldly.

<Anything for you Rose, you know how much I’ve miss...>

"You’re on speaker and the gang is with me." said Rose before Henry could finish speaking.

<Shit! What’s up guys? Hold on, let’s do a video call.> said Henry and changed the call to video mode. Surprisingly, no one laughed at Henry, the guys remained calm.

"What’s up Henry?"

"Mhm."

"Good, good."

"Nothing much."

<I’m guessing you all want the same thing for your fledglings. Honestly, I envy you guys. You don’t have big responsibilities like me and can do whatever you want, I miss that. My family is a bunch of trash, except for my great great granddaughter, she got Ice Manipulation, can you believe it?>

"Firstly, your great grandson Victor is here with us and secondly, Eric won the Gift challenge. His son has Time Manipulation so... yeah."

<... I see. Register your fledglings in the system then I’ll take care of the rest.>

"Alright, bye, mua mua." Rose blew kisses.

<...bye...>

"AHAHAHA! AHAHAHA!" ×5

"Hey, long time no see, hahaha!"

"Anything for you Ros...bwahahaha!"

"My great great granddaughter has Ice Manipulation, HAHAHA!"

"Guys, he’s still on the line. I didn’t end the call." said Rose with a playful smile.

"Shit!" ×5

<You guys... I’m gonna get you for this! I’m definitely gonna get you!>

"Henry, calm down."

<Yes.>

’Simp and bitch!’ ×5

...

<Greetings everyone, my name is Sir Poll and I’ll be your Invader teacher. Now, before we start, there’s something I want to clarify, your status here doesn’t mean anything. Whether your son of the president, prominent figures, tycoon...>

"Henry Handler!"

<Henr... ehem, anyway, your status doesn’t mean anything here. Now, the Invaders. Invaders either come as Demonic Beasts or Human Cultivators. Demonic Beasts draw power from their Demonic Cores while Human Cultivators draw power from Dantians, both are formidable opponents, especially the Cultivators. One day a long time ago, a portal between the two world’s opened up and war began.

At first, we faced off only against Demonic Beasts but as we grew stronger, so did our enemies. At some point in time, cultivators entered the fray and that’s when things got serious. A cultivator by the name of Muchen entered the battlefield and killed many of our heroes. If not for the Barbarian Titan, more lives would have been lost.

As time passed, more and more Human Cultivators entered the battlefields but were stopped by the Demon Kings and Heroes who put aside their differences to protect our world. Now listen carefully, this is important. Any person with this surname, handsome, arrogant and women flocking to him is likely to be extremely powerful.

The list is as follows: Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Zhao, Huang, Zhou and Wu. Invaders with these surnames, especially those with many women around them are super powerful so if you’re not their match, don’t engage them but run away instead, understood?!> asked Sir Poll through a microphone.

"Yes Sir!"

<Good. Now, onto the next lesson. When you kill an Invader, you receive ten times the experience points and level up faster. I’m sure you’ve seen on your attribute panels that you start at level one correct? When you level up, you will receive two Attribute Points to distribute as you wish and when you reach level twenty and its multiples, Lvl 20, 40, 60, 80, ect, you’ll receive five Attribute Points to distribute as you wish.

Attribute Points can also be obtained through rigorous training, having a special Gift or devouring the meat of certain Demonic Beasts. Now, onto the... yes, you at the back.>

"Sir Poll, what’s the use of Attribute Points?" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

<Get out of my classroom! Fucking get out of my classroom!> exclaimed Sir Poll with rage.

<I knew it! I fucking knew that one of you would ask a dumb question like that one! Let me ask you this, if you weigh sixty kilograms and you add ten, what did you do?>

"You gained weight..."

<You fucking gained weight! So if you add points to your strength what happens? You fucking increase your strength! I said get out!... Thank you, now where was I?>

Sir Poll spent the whole day talking about the Attribute Panel that the students had and explained to them how it worked. The panel can only be seen by the owner unless you have a special Gift, when you achieve something great, you receive a Title and it can be more than one. Demonic Cores are sold at high prices, enough to make a normal person a Millionaire overnight.

These Cores can be consumed to increase one’s Mana. Killing Special Invaders gives a lot of Experience Points and special rewards depending on how special they are. Killing Special plus Powerful Invader provides even more Experience Points and other rewards.

Special Invaders refers to Cultivators or Demonic Beasts with Bloodlines, Special Constitutions like Bones, Meridians, Heart, Soul or Body or those favoured by Destiny, Fate, Luck, Karma and Providence.

<Now, any questions and really think about what you’re going to ask me. Yes...>

"What power levels do the Invaders use?"

<Excellent question, clap hands for her.>

Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!

<The Demonic Beasts power system is very easy to remember since it includes years from ten, hundred, a thousand, ten thousand and so on and so forth which correlates to Qi Refiner, Foundation Building, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Celestial, ect. These levels correlate to our system from E-rank to A-rank and beyond. Don’t worry, the Invaders are very talkative and prideful so they’ll tell you their level of strength before fighting you.

Oh, I just remembered, Sword Cultivators are dangerous and Demonic Cultivators are terrifying. Don’t land in the hands of Demonic Cultivators because they’ll rape you, torture you then use you as an ingredient. Who among you has seen a skinned human corpse or wants to experience such a scene... no one, then don’t fall in the hands of Demonic Cultivators! Any other question?>

"What happens if you showcase your talent?"

<Ah, if you’ve received a Special Gift that allows you to grow stronger quickly, leaving your peers far behind, that’s what you’re asking right?>

"Yes."

<Simple. The Army and the Association will use everything in their power to nurture you and will also protect you from assassins. In exchange, kill as many Invaders as you possibly can and help us bring the war to their world. That’s it for today, tomorrow, you’re going to learn about the use of Demonic Cores, be early.> said Sir Poll before dismissing the class. The students then left while making a lot of noise and in a minute or so, the class was empty.

"So, how was it? Did you discover any talented ones?"

"A few but they still have to undergo screening. There’s someone in particular I’m interested in." said Sir Poll. The person who’d shouted Henry Handler suddenly sneezed.