The Soul System in the Apocalypse
Chapter 160: Gains and Losses

Chapter 160: Gains and Losses

’System, can I get an understanding of why I fainted during the last fight that I was involved?’ Henry asked in his mind.

This was something that he wanted to know. He was not willing to pass out during a battlefield once again. After all, there was no way that he was going to be lucky that there was going to be someone that would end up saving him from death’s door.

[The host decided to use a skill that was currently way above the level that he is in. So, the body could not handle the burden that was being placed on him by the usage of the skill for an extended period.]

After hearing the system’s response, Henry frowned a little. He was now beginning to wonder just what level the fusion skill was actually in. Anyway, he had been expecting that this skill was actually at a high level, considering that, it allowed the combat capabilities of two people to be merged together.

’How many stars is that skill in?’ Henry asked after a moment of thought.

[Above the sixth star.]

A simple response from the system was enough to give Henry a great shock. Above the sixth star? Did that not imply that the skill that he had been given in the dungeon was actually at least at the 7th star?

Initially, Henry had thought that he had actually gained way less as compared to what he was supposed to get in that dungeon. After all, the danger that was found inside that dungeon was not to be underestimated. After all, had it not been that he possessed incredible combat capabilities, then, he would have already been killed.

It was also during this time that Henry finally began wondering what could have the other people gotten from the dungeon. Although he had already gotten to know what Adam, Sarah, Jasmine, and Olivia had gotten from the dungeon, he did not actually know the full potential that the rewards that they had received from the dungeon possessed.

As for Diana, he had not even questioned her yet. Anyway, he was not given a chance considering that they had to eliminate the group of necromancers that were present in the Western part of the city. And after that, Henry dealt with the clone, and ended up unconscious until today.

And it was only now that Henry suddenly remembered that he had been unconscious for a long time. But, he did not know how long it had been.

[It has been 2 days and 5 hours since you lost your consciousness.]

Henry was immediately stunned after hearing that. He had not expected that he had actually passed out for 2 days. Just how much was the burden that was placed on his body when he utilized that high level skill?

Additionally, there was something that Henry was not happy about. Just by spending several hours in the sea, he had lost the opportunity of snatching the reward that came with being the first person to reach the bronze rank.

And now that he had been unconscious for 2 days consecutively, didn’t that mean that others had already progressed a lot. Although it might be true that it was only 2 days, but, since the apocalypse began, it had only been about 5 days.

In 5 days, no, it should be said that in 3 days, Henry was capable of reaching the sixth level of Bronze rank in the warlock profession. That implied that if he was given two more days, then, perhaps he might have gotten the chance of getting even stronger than that.

’Anyway, I will just deal with the monsters here. After that, we will be looking for other means to make sure that we fortify Crystal City to make sure that it becomes an impenetrable fortress.’ Henry mused before he began retreating towards the territory.

Now that he had already killed the black tiger, there was no longer that aura that was controlling the other monsters. For that reason, after the death of the black tiger, the other monsters began retreating.

And with the retreat of the monsters, the people from his territory began counting the losses and gains that they had gotten in this battle.

Although it was true that they had been careful during this time, making sure that those that felt that the energy reserves in their bodies were insufficient, returned inside the barrier for protection, there were always some situations that were completely unexpected.

During this battle, two people had died. Although it might be true that the number was small, but still, all of them were actually at the 9th level of Rank O. They were just a single step away from reaching the bronze rank.

Cleaning up took a lot of time. Additionally, Henry had also realized that rather than throwing away the dead bodies of the monsters, it was going to be better if they gathered them for food. After all, currently, there were no farmers, and even the animals that were being kept at home as livestock had actually turned ferocious.

Cleaning up took a lot of time, about 3 hours. Since there were only a few people, Henry decided that they were going to select the best from the hip. Moreover, the children, of course only those that had reached the age of 13, helped with the gathering of mutation crystals.

With that, although there was still a large number of monsters, Henry simply instructed them to leave them there. And after they had left, he immediately sold the bodies and the mutation crystals within them to the system store. And with that, the number of mutation crystals that he possessed increased.

It was just that the mutation crystals that he currently possessed, the majority of them were only at rank O. As for those that had reached the Bronze rank, there were only a few of them.

As for Level 5 mutation crystals that were required for the upgrade of the Jeep, there was only one of them that had been taken from the necromancer.. There were only two level 7 mutation crystals from the black tiger, one level five mutation Crystal from the Necromancer, four level 4 mutation crystals from the bear and the scorpion, 14 level 3, 36 level 2, and 62 level 1 mutation crystals.

Of course, for the bear and the scorpion as well as the other apocalyptic creatures other than the necromancer, they produced two mutation crystals since Henry sold their bodies to the system store. As for the body of the necromancer, according to the system, the dark race possessed pure bloodline. So, the necromancer was the one at the lowest level.

For that reason, although the other bodies of the other creatures from the dark race could be sold in the system store, but it was a completely different thing when it came to the body of the necromancer. The same applied to the human bodies.

Henry felt that it was a pity considering that he had lost a single level 5 mutation crystal just like that. Moreover, he felt a little regretful considering that he did not gain even a single mutation crystal from fighting the clone.

That idiot dissipated into nothing. Although he had gained level ups, but that was all due to the efforts that he had put in in that fight. On the other hand, he was supposed to receive the mutation crystals as a reward for killing the clone.

Anyway, since there was no need for him to continue musing about this matter, Henry decided to focus on another thing. Since he currently possessed several mutation crystals, it was going to be good if he used them to increase the energy reserve of the jeep.

To upgrade the Jeep to three stars, he required 15,000 level 9 bronze rank mutation crystals. That was something that was completely absurd. After all, just getting a level 7 mutation Crystal was already difficult. So, how long was he supposed to wait until 15,000 level 9 bronze rank apocalyptic creatures appeared?

And even if they appeared, how was he supposed to kill them? It was not as if those apocalyptic creatures were weak than him that he could simply kill them with a single wave of his hand. Instead, all of them were at least three levels above him.

That implied that it was going to take him a lot of effort to be able to defeat one of them, not to mention 15,000.

As for the conversion rate between the silver rank and the bronze rank mutation crystals, that was not something that Henry knew. But still, he hoped that the conversion rate would be high. After all, there was no way that he was going to kill so many creatures of that level just to upgrade the Jeep. It did not seem worth it.

Of course, Henry did not focus on the Jeep. Instead, since it was kind of a little difficult for the transportation of people and materials to the stronghold from other areas, Henry decided that he was going to upgrade several vehicles that were going to be used for that work.

Previously, to be able to upgrade the Jeep to the first star, he required 50 kg of steel, 5 kg of rubber, 10 kg of copper, and 5,000 level 1 Rank O mutation crystals.

But of course, that was during the time that he had been given a discount by the system. But now, the prices of everything in the system had shot up incredibly.

Currently, to upgrade even a single vehicle, a smaller one at that, it required him to provide 50 kg of steel, 5 kg of rubber, 10 kg of copper, and finally 20 level 9 rank O mutation crystals.