System: Welcome to the Galaxy of Horus! Your character evolution has completed. Reminder: You are currently being observed through your passive ability [Mark of a God].

Ah yes. Apophis had almost forgotten about that.

Upon finishing his “Purification of Infamy” quest, Apophis had received the 100, 000 GC and 50 Skill Points that he’d expected…

But the reward of a passive skill hadn’t exactly gone as he’d expected.

Rather than Apophis getting the choice of a powerful passive skill, as the quest had implied, he instead received [Mark of a God]. The skill description was completely useless, only informing Apophis that “Someone is watching you.” What a scam!

The other members of the party apparently got passive abilities which corresponded to different gods, but they wouldn’t share their information with Apophis. He wondered if they lucked out in their passives better than him.

At least the quest had rewarded him with plenty of money and Skill Points. Now it was time to spend the latter.

Between that reward and the two levels he’d recently gained, Apophis had 60 Skill Points he could spend at once. After careful consideration, he decided to invest in a new branch of the talent tree!

He chose the first skill of the [Mind Over Matter] branch, ~Telekinesis.~ It was infamous as one of the most difficult skills to use, since it required a ton of Skill Points to be really useful. At its base level, it could do little more than let you twist a spoon with your mind.

He invested 10 Skill Points into ~Telekinesis,~ then added 10 Skill Points into ~Cosmic Meditation.~ However, something peculiar happened after he finished this.

System: Please wait. Your skill ~Cosmic Meditation~ is evolving… Skill evolution complete.

Curious, Apophis opened his menu and took a look.

[Esper Skill] [Dark] [Rare] [Tier: 1]

Name: ~Dark Cosmic Meditation~

Skill Summary: “Your cosmic senses have attuned to the darker energies of space.” Permanently increases your maximum Energy by 20%. Permanently increases your Energy damage defense by 3%. Gain 1 point of Darkness. Cooldown: 7 days

*This skill can be upgraded for 50 talent points.*

The evolution of this skill was undoubtedly due to Apophis wearing the legendary ring…

He opened his character interface.

Name: “Apophis”

Guild: /

Race: Zetark-Human Hybrid ( evolution lvl: 2 ) ( next evolution: lvl 20 )

[0)ᴠᴇʟ Gender: Male

Class: Esper

LvL: 10

Rank: E+

Alignment: -1 ( Dark )

Stats:

STR(Strength): 200 (+10%) = 220

INT(Intelligence): 200 (+10%) = 220

AGI(Agility): 200 (+10%) = 220

DEX(Dexterity): 200 (+10%) = 220

Energy: 1100 (+50%) = 1650

Luck: 1

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—————-Global Skill—————-

Skills: ~Demon God Flame~, ~Lord of Flames~, ~Dark Cosmic Meditation~, ~Susanoo~

Learning Tree: /

Passive Skills: [ Archaeologist ], [ Mark of a God ]

—————–Inventory———————-

Equipment: Zetark Nobility Uniform (Epic), God Tzeentch’s Rings of Power (Legendary), Complete Zetark Battle Armor (Rare)

Money: 401,023 Galactic Coins

Summary: You’re slightly above average as far as space-farers go. You’d make good cannon fodder on the battlefield, but why on Earth did you choose the darkness?

Did the game just insult him?!

“I am Apophis, the god of the dead!” he shouted. “Not cannon fodder, you brainless AI!”

Now it was time to return to Omeya.