No More Pain For This Villain.

Chapter 345  Challenging The Curse

Laying unconscious in a ten-foot-deep hole with the land around him destroyed, Ren's chest was open with a fist-sized hole in it, his hair disheveled. His robe was burned, and his wings were expanded to their fullest. Under the moon, he looked like he was sleeping soundly, with no expression on his face.

Slowly, the hole began to fill as he healed, but his eyes remained closed.

A string of black smoke appeared beside him, and from it, Blaze's head peeked out, currently in his Winged Pardus form.

'What was he trying?' he thought to himself when he saw Ren's state.

*THAD*

Blaze heard an explosion and immediately grabbed Ren's leg in his jaw, dragging him onto his back.

Ren didn't manage to get very far, just near the trees behind his dorm room. Blaze immediately made a single jump and latched onto the window to their room, causing the whole building to shake as he heard the dorm mates' voices.

Before anyone could spot him, he used his tail to throw Ren's unconscious body inside the room onto the floor and turned into a cat immediately.

*TUD*

With a soft landing, he walked around the dorm and saw what Ren had done.

'Motherfucker,' he thought to himself as he saw the twelve-foot wall that was now destroyed. The ground near it was chipped off deeply.

He knew that Ren was trying the theory but didn't know he'd use his biggest spell.

Blaze looked around the area and saw Stormborne and the teachers talking. He immediately returned to the room, still not over the nightmare where Stormborne would kill him.

[Ren Hilton POV.]

I don't want to wake up.

I just don't. Let me sleep like this for a while.

Everything around me is fucking weird.

Haha, this reminds me of the times when I'd sleep trying to avoid school.

I reluctantly tried to open my eyes and was met with a wooden floor. I moved and felt my muscles aching.

I took a deep breath and gazed at my room. It was already morning.

'Rise and shine, Princess.' Blaze was on the bed. Why was I on the floor then?

I noticed my robe was half-burned with a big hole. I flicked my fingers and burned it immediately to dust—I'll throw it away later.

I got up and walked towards the mirror. Looking into it, I didn't see many changes, but why is there this buzzing feeling?

I looked at the system panel, and the words were there in big, red capital letters. It said:

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WARNING!

CURSE HAS EXCEEDED 50% MARK!

The host has been ensnared by a Curse.

Curse: Fate

Caster: Nature

Current Impact: 51.1%

Cure: None

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From 31 to 51, huh....

Then there's this bitch-ass annoying notification. I never liked this to begin with, but now I don't even feel threatened looking at it.

What has this even changed? Made people hate me? Isn't that already what was in the fate of this body? It's only been a month since my in-game death, and it's only to not actually affect me.

Hated by default, and I put myself in positions of trouble, so I don't even know when this thing is in process and what's actually my own doing.

'You want it to work? Pick your words carefully,' Blaze said. I just sighed as I draped a shirt over myself because of the constant knocking on the door.

I pushed it open, and whoever was on the other side flinched. "What?" My voice was dry and hoarse.

Mrs. Penny looked at me. "I just heard noise from your room, dear. I was worried, nothing much. Is everything alright?"

I looked down at her and just nodded. "I'll be down for breakfast in a minute."

Closing the door, I stretched a bit and walked to the shower.

While in the shower, I thought about things that happened in the Void. I can use magic, travel, and delay my attacks.

I'll learn spatial arts now since I am a 7-star mage. I just feel like there's something more I can do.

I got out of the shower and changed into my uniform. I guess I have classes.

'You seem awfully silent,' Blaze jumped on my shoulder.

I just feel weird inside, nothing much. It's like I feel irritated.

Leaving the dorm, I took a turn towards the gate—it was repaired. The stone was replaced by some earth mage, as the stone on the destroyed part of the wall was different from the rest of the wall. The gate was still broken, though.

I turned—

"Hm?" I raised a brow at Vexa, who was right behind me, looking up at me.

"Morning," she said. I replied and walked past her.

I stopped by the canteen and drank a coffee before attending a class on runes.

I noticed that a lot of professors were missing, but later I was told they were all in a meeting with the headmaster.

What is he doing? I missed what happened to him last night, but I am sure it wasn't much. If it was someone else, they'd be dead.

After the class was done, I checked my system panel.

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[SYSTEM WINDOW]

[Player: Ren Chris Hilton]

Age: 17

[Level 3: Scorchmaster]

[7 Star Mage In Human Terms.]

Current Progress:

Intelligence: 8/10

Strength: 100/100

Mana: 100/100

[Next Level: Pyroclasm Elder]

[Total Experience Points: 25000/23079]

(Level up unavailable!)

Elemental Attributes: Fire

Advancements of Elements: Lightning

Unlock New Advancement: (Open)

Contracted Beast: One

Spirits: None(!) n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Skills: [52 skills.]

Learn New Skills: [Open]

Store: [Open]

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Isn't this system mostly shit? That was the first thought I had, but then I remembered the system store and advancement buying option.

Still, it makes me doubt it.

What I focused on was the experience points. I need at least two thousand more to get to Pyroclasm Elder, the fourth stage of the phoenix physique.

Can you do it? I asked Blaze. We share the experience points since he's my contracted beast. Whatever he does, his experience points get to me.

'Aye aye, Captain. I'll do it tonight when you sleep,' he agreed.

It's easy, no stress...

[Five minutes later.]

Why do I even say something like that?

I stared at the curled-up crying girl on the floor in front of me.

"Raven..."