GENE DEVOURER
Chapter 48: Dilemma

Chapter 48: Dilemma

"Why does it feel like he is using the same moves as the ants?"

Fiora was lost in thoughts, she wasn’t able to see Marcus’ moves, it gave her the feeling she felt when she was fighting those ants.

It was relatable to her the most, while other members had teamed up since she had speed, she felt like teaming up with others would drag her back that was why she had fought solo and was able to somehow guess that Marcus’ moves seemed related to how the ants were moving.

Like he was using stealth.

Stealth? That question hung in her mind.

Stealth was a rare ability Awakened.

Although Sir Kite’s invisibility resembled stealth as it mask his scent and presence according to the news she had heard about stealth awakened, it was terrifying, and all the ones she knew were higher ranking Awakened.

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"I like this, this feeling of being invisible, how elating"

Screens of notification popped up in Marcus’ view as he sliced through the beasts.

[You have found a loot!]

[Level up!!]

[Level up!!]

[Rank up!!]

[You have unlocked the passive skill: Indomitable Will]

[You have unlocked a class-specific skill: Hivespace, you can now store your contracted beast seamlessly]

SWOOSH!!!

Marcus daggers drew a terrifying arc midair, slashing through four rogue ants at a time.

It was like he was flowing with the wind, his presence drifted seamlessly and unpredictably between the swarm, cutting down dozens at once.

Before Marcus knew it, he had slaughtered all the swarm.

"Whew!! I have leveled up so much...

Marcus used his hand to wipe off his sweaty brow, then he unequipped his daggers.

"As expected of a dagger worth 250 million yuan"

What he realized was that having a great weapon actually makes a lot of difference, Marcus thought about the time he had defeated a rogue ant barehanded, it really made a large difference.

Marcus looked at the heap of rogue ants’ corpses and smiled. He had killed them in a neat fashion such that their corpse was all laid over one another.

"Damn, what a tall heap of the corpse"

A ton of messages were floating on them but Ignored them since it said he should eat their meat to craft a gear, and consume their gene cores to gain an evolved skill.

"This is really a gold mine for the Huang clan awakened association"

Wait, speaking of the Huang clan, he just defeated all the swarm here right?

The members, they saw him?

The thought came like a hunting ghost.

Marcus turned his head slowly and looked at the audience who had had their widened eyes all on him.

Their mouth hung open.

It was like they were witnessing an action movie that took their breath away.

"I guess I was too immersed in the killing spree"

Ming breathed out a sigh of relief, at that time when Marcus collided with the swarm in great fury, she had a hard time believing he would win.

However, that gentle touch, that stance he took in front of her like he would defend her like his life depended on it, it all felt so dependable that she couldn’t help but believe.

She trudged toward Marcus who had a somewhat shocked expression on his face along with the team.

Well, the battle happened and ended in a blink of an eye, even she was amazed.

It was understandable, after all, this very man was rankless.

And she would do everything in her power to recruit him as her clan elite awakened member.

Speaking of elite awakened member, she walked quickly to Marcus with ragged breath and called his attention to Sir Kite.

Everyone turned to where they believed he had been battling the area boss but there was no one there.

Marcus was the first to feel this malevolent presence.

The mutant mosquito.

It was walking slowly and majestically toward the group from the direction behind them.

And it seemed to hold a limp figure.

"Sir Kite!!!"

Ming yelled, she wanted to bound toward the monster but Marcus held her arm.

The team hairs stood on end and...

THUMP!!! THUMP!!!

Marcus could hear the distinct beats of their heart.

They were all engulfed in fear.

Marcus turned his gaze downward, he felt no fear.

’Was it the Indomitable will passive skill’

He was unsure.

He knew he had leveled up considerably, but he didn’t know if his power was on par with that of the area boss.

With mere thought, the quest details appeared in his view.

[Side Quest!]

[Defeat one Area Boss]

[Rewards: 150 XP]

[Item rewards: Consumable—Recovery portion x5]

"Quite small XP"

Marcus felt the XP was small since he had leveled up.

Name: Zhao Marcus Cheng]

[Species: Hiveman]

[Class: Insecta]

[Rank: 8]

[Level: 20]

[XP: 2500/20000]

[Gene Tokens: —]

[Health Recovery Portion: —]

[Titles: Gene Devourer, Hungering Lord]

[Strength: 28]

[Agility: 32]

[Speed: 32]

[Dexterity: 34]

[Constitution: 30]

[Perception: 30]

[Intelligence: 29]

[Charisma: 20]

[Luck: 25]

[Will: 27]

Marcus gave the reward a long gaze, 150 XP couldn’t make any difference to the XP he needed to level up.

Then some notifications popped up.

[New Quest: Defeat enemies with the same class]

[0/10 600 XP ]

[Completed]

[+10600XP!!]

The XP added up immediately.

[XP: 13100/20000]

Well, he had just defeated a swarm of rogue ants.

[Side Quest: Defeat enemies near your level with different class]

[0/1 1000 XP]

[You have unlocked a potion shop!]

[New Quest: Buy and use a health recovery potion]

[0/1 1800 XP]

[Punishment: Loading...]

Marcus scoffed, this one had a punishment, when last have the system punished him?

Marcus thought about the last time.

His attention returned to the battered and limp figure in the grip of the monster, and that was when he realized he had been holding Ming’s hand.

He quickly released her from his grip and thought about the last quest.

"If I buy and use a recovery potion on Sir Kite, will I clear the quest?"

He knew he would have to test it out, he could simply buy two portions, if one didn’t clear the quest, he would use the other on himself to clear it.

That was when Marcus’ gaze landed on the gene token interface.

Gene token is the currency of his system and with it, he could buy anything from the store.

[Gene Token: —]

"Shit!!! I have none"