Hitman with a Badass System
chapter-880

"What is he doing?" Lailah asked Gaya, hovering in the air where he killed Eratos an hour ago. After Michael ended Eratos's life, Lailah told Michael and Gaya everything she knew about Eratos, from when she first met him and the last time he killed Megan. Finally, Michael learned why Lailah lived in seclusion on her own island instead of with Edith. When Gaya asked why she was in the Fire realm, Lailah said she entered the Fire realm to help a child born in Hell City named Megan. All those who knew Megan was dead except Nerita and Johana. Thus when Lailah heard a girl named Megan needed healing, she couldn't ignore the plea. Since Lailah blamed herself for Megan's death, she immediately ventured into the Fire Realm, only to realize it was an ambush set up by Eratos.

Gaya and Lailah watched Michael's back as he hovered in the air without uttering a word. They thought Michael had calmed down after killing Eratos. In reality, he was preparing to slaughter all those people who sent Eratos after Lailah. Like it or not, Lailah was the mother of Harry, the spirit child. He may haven't agreed to be Harry's father, but Michael promised himself that he would protect the mother and son. Deep down, Michael had a bad feeling that Lailah was just a distraction and the real target of this drama was Harry. Without Lailah to protect Harry in the rainbow islands, he was defenseless. Michael didn't trust the guardians were capable of protecting the spirit child if someone like Eratos decided to take him away. To confirm his suspicion, Michael ordered Azazel to go to the rainbow island and ensure the child was safe.

Meanwhile, Michael prepared himself to face the bastard who dared to touch Lailah. The moment Michael summoned the system, he settled his debt to the system, and even after paying the system, he had three hundred thousand badass points left. He willed the system to show his status as the long box containing everything related to him appeared in icy blue letters before his eyes.

Host: Michael

Cultivation Level: Immortal level 10

Experience Points: 8,000,000/8,000,000 (9,000,000 Experience points yet to be consumed)

Badass Points: 300,000

Skills & Spells:

Wind Blast - LVL 6 Ultimate form level 1

Eyes of Doom - LVL 5 Ultimate form level 1

Responsive Shield - LVL 8

Environment Scanning - LVL 8

Ignitia - LVL 8 Ultimate form level 1

Silenes - LVL 1

Meteor - LVL 1

Lightning Dash - LVL 6 Ultimate form level 1

Energy Devouver - LVL 5

Soul Eater - LVL 5

Death Range - LVL 3

Eyes of Darkness (normal) - Can sense the cultivation level of others/

Eyes of Darkness (Lucifer) - Can sense the cultivation level of others, Can see through illusions/

Cloud of Darkness (Lucifer) - Weak-willed enemies will lose their courage completely and surrender, Death Range will be 50% more powerful, and if activated in darkness, the host's cultivation level will be boosted 4 levels up regardless of the stage barrier.

Wordless Spell Caster(Lucifer) - In full Lucifer form, the host just has to think of the spell to cast it.

Techniques: Swords of Destiny - 98% Mastery

Ring of Fire - 96% Mastery

Serpent-Maga - 98% Mastery

Occupation: The Guardian of Sunrise Sect

Lord Lucifer of the Abyssal

The Dark Lord

Status: Healthy

Goals: Control the world

Grow the Order of Death

Utility Function:

Banker - LVL 5 (Ratio - 1000 gold coins: 40 badass point(s))

Runic Teleportation

X-Ray Vision (Also integrated with Eyes of Darkness)

Wealth: 1,000,000 Gold

Special Trait: 6-Star Alchemist

5-Star Blacksmith

5-Star Inventor

Subordinates: Gaya - Warrior (loyalty level 100%)

Raylene - 5-star Chef (loyalty level 99%)

Aria - Assassin (loyalty level 86%)

Maxine - Warrior (loyalty level 98%)

Tiberius - Warrior (loyalty level 85%)

Sadie (loyalty level 75%)

Ricky (loyalty level 95%)

Titus(loyalty level 84%)

Optimus (loyalty level 83%)

The Silent Reaper Crew - Pirates (loyalty level 92%)

Base of Operation: The Abyssal

The Crypt

The Dark Ocean

Familiars: Nightmare (Royal Dragon)

Vedora (Three Headed Hydra)

Elemental Manipulation: Wind (41% Mastery), Fire (42% Mastery), Lightning (51% Mastery), Darkness (46% Mastery)

A long brief moment later, Michael decided to open the Legendary gift box he had received by killing the Half Celestial shadow monster. When he willed the system to open the gift box, a golden box wrapped in red ribbons appeared before his eyes, trembled for a moment, and popped open, revealing a card shrouded in darkness.

[Congratulations. The host has received level 4 Soul Stare skill]

[Please be aware that the Soul Stare skill you can buy from the system for 300,000 badass points is nowhere near powerful as the one you just received]

Michael felt the familiar acute pain in his head that appeared every time he bought a new spell or learned a specialization. The pain lasted for a few seconds before fading away. Once the pain was gone, Michael focused on the new spell and unveiled its powers.

[At the current level, the host can cause and induce the same pain the victim has caused to others in his lifetime]

[The host has a thirty percent chance to bring down the victim's cultivation by one stage if the skill was used on the victim for more than ten seconds]

[The higher the skill level is, the higher the chance of bringing down the victim's cultivation stage]

[The Soul stare's ultimate form would enable to host to control the victim by looking into their eyes from afar]

"Like hypnotism?" Michael asked the system.

[At its very core, yes. But the Soul Stare is much more powerful and complex than hypnotism. Once the host upgrades it to higher levels and unlocks the ultimate form, you can turn your enemies against their allies without even lifting a finger]

Just hearing the system describe the skill's power made Michael momentarily forget about Eratos and the hit on Lailah and feel the excitement coursing through his veins. However, he knew a godly power like this would come up with a catch. When he thought about it, the system informed Michael about the limitations of the skill.

[The soul stare cannot mind control adversaries who possess powerful souls]

[The victim must have nothing to protect their eyes. For instance, if the victim was to wear glasses, the soul stare would not work. This can be overridden by completing certain tasks the system assigns the host]

"What kind of tasks?" asked Michael.

[That is for another time, host] The system did not reveal anything about the tasks to Michael. He remembered the system telling him he had to complete some special tasks to upgrade the spells and skills after a certain level. For now, he didn't have to worry about these tasks. Besides, Michael lacked the points to upgrade his skills and spells to that level. Now that Michael had earned another new skill, he exited the system.

Then, he immediately contacted Azazel through the earpiece, hoping Azazel would tell him that the spirit child was fine with Nerita and Johana.

"My lord," Azazel answered Michael's call. The moment Michael heard Azazel's voice filled with rage and shock, Michael's heart skipped a beat.

"The spirit child is not here, my lord. I am sorry," said Azazel.

"Where are Nerita and Johana?" Michael asked Azazel.

"Knocked out, my lord. Whoever took the child knocked them out before they could see his face," said Azazel. Michael had to take a few deep breaths to calm himself and never let the anger blind him. After being silent for a few moments, Michael asked Azazel about the guardians.

"What about the guardians?"

"The same, my lord. They were knocked out the same way as the disciples of Lady Lailah,"

After hearing that whoever took Harry was knocked out instead of killed, Michael was able to heave a sigh of relief.

"I don't see any signs of a struggle here, my lord. What would you want me to do, my lord?"

"Kill those guardians and inform Noah that his people failed their duty," Michael coldly ordered Azazel. It didn't even take a few seconds for Michael to come up with this brutal order. As far as Michael was concerned, they deserved to be killed. It was their duty to protect the spirit child, and they utterly failed in their duty. If Michael was there, their deaths would have been much more painful.

"As you wish, my lord. I will do everything I can to find the spirit child,"

"Now I have to break this news to Lailah. I will meet you later in the castle, Azazel," Michael sighed, cutting the connection between them. Although Michael partly blamed Lailah for the spirit child's disappearance, he also blamed himself. He felt stupid for listening to Lailah and promising her he would no longer spy on them. When Michael finally turned around, Gaya immediately saw something was wrong by looking at the grim look on his face.

He slowly floated toward Lailah and took a deep breath.

"Lailah. Someone has taken Harry,"

Those words hit Lailah like a heavy hammer and made her mind go blank. She trembled from head to toe, unable to believe what she had just heard. Even Gaya was stunned by Michael, but she threw him an 'I told you so' look. She nagged Michael to break his promise and continue to monitor the spirit child. However, Michael wanted them to have a normal life, completely cut off from him. Unfortunately, Michael learned his lesson the hard way. But Michael couldn't find a single person related to him who might want to take the spirit child. It felt like whoever took the child had nothing to do with him but with Lailah.

"I have to go," Lailah tried to fly away, only to get stopped by Michael. He grabbed her by the arm.

"There is nothing for you to do there. Harry is gone. Help me find whoever took him so I can bring him back safely,"

"You've done enough, Ghost," Lailah answered Michael with gritted teeth.

"Don't put the blame on him, Lailah. He wasn't the one who made him get rid of all the safety measures in the first place," Gaya immediately came to Michael's defense as tears rolled out of Lailah's eyes. She tried wriggling her hands out of Michael's grab, but he was too strong.

"I don't think my enemies took him away, Lailah. Whoever took him is related to you," said Michael. Finally, Lailah stopped resisting Michael in complete shock.

"It's not a coincidence that you were attacked, and Harry disappeared at the same time. Someone planned this. I am bringing him back with or without your help. And this time, I am doing this my way," Thunder rumbled in the distance while clusters of dark clouds appeared above them as a warning to whoever dared to kidnap Harry. They just made the last mistake of their life and ended up at the top of Michael's kill list.