Lilith was looking at Seoul like a tourist. Jinchul noticed this, "First time in Korea?"
Lilith shook her head, "No, I'm just not used to seeing such a large city."
"Hm, where are you from? Sorry, but you don't look Korean." Jinchul asked and Lilith had to think of a lie on the spot.
"I'm from um, New York City!" Lilith exclaimed. Jinchul narrowed his eyes, "Your Korean is very good for an American, and how are you not used to big cities if you're from New York?"
'Ah, man! I'm caught! I can't take this guy in a fight yet, what should I do?!' Lilith thought as Jinchul's suspicion of her being a monster grew stronger.
"I'll ask again. Where are you from?" Jinchul parked the car in a secluded area. His magic was oozing out of his body and his eyes were glowing purple.
'It doesn't look like this guy is going to accept any answer I give him considering I already lied. He's going to have to die today.' Lilith stared Jinchul in his eyes anticipating an attack. She saw his hand twitch and she immediately cursed him.
"[Hex: Curse of Blindess]!" A purple magic circle appeared in Jinchul's vision before his vision went completely black.
"What the hell?!" He yelled confused. Lilith quickly left the car and contemplated killing him.
'If I poured half of my mana pool into [Mana Canon] I'm sure it would kill him. The problem is do I want to agitate the organizations of this world? Shit, I already blinded him, might as well follow through with it.' Lilith steeled herself and pumped half of her mana pool into [Mana Canon].
A large blue magic circle appeared in front of her hand and electricity crackled due to how much mana she was outputting.
"Goodbye! Sorry, not sorry!" Lilith fired the [Mana Canon] from point-blank range.
*BOOM*
The [Mana Canon] hit Jinchul's car and exploded with the force of a few hundred tons of TNT. It shook the entire block and devastated the buildings that surrounded the car. Lilith was sent flying backward but was otherwise minorly injured, what surprised her the most was the system notification she received.
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[+15 SP!]
[Secret quest: Kill someone or something twice your strength or more. Completed!]
[Secret quest: Murder a human in cold blood. Complete!]
[Quest rewards: Race change and Demonic item box.]
"I get exp for killing humans?" Lilith was in shock about her first human kill but something within her felt, amazing? She couldn't help but feel good about her kill as if a hunger had been satiated.
"I can't stay here, I only won because I caught that guy off guard. If I were to face someone of his caliber head on I'm losing without a doubt." Lilith activated [Stealth] and ran away from the scene.
'I can't hide in the city, not until I'm sure I can defend myself without dying.' Lilith sat on top of a building scrolling through her system. She looked at the race change token for a long time.
"Hey system. If I change my race I won't become some mindless beast, right?" Lilith asked with fear in her tone. She couldn't imagine losing her mind and being some mindless creature, like the ones she kills.
[No, you will still be a sentient being. That isn't to say your survival needs won't be changed.]
Lilith flipped the token before she resolved herself, "I wanna use it!"
[Race change confirmed!]
[Please choose one of the following: Demon.]
"Tch, there's only one choice system! I'll choose demon..." Lilith said annoyed and suddenly a red cocoon formed around her. She was sedated and the cocoon formed a sticky substance that kept her in place.
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[Seoul, Korea]
Chairman Go looked at Jinchul's burnt body with sadness. Tears leaked out of the corners of his eyes and he tightened his fists in anger. His magic flared out making some of the A-ranks nauseous.
"Baek, Choi, Lim, Master Ma. Please, find whoever did this to our fellow hunter." Chairman Go said solemnly.
Baek Yoonho was so angry he partially transformed, "Don't worry sir. We will find this son of a bitch and kill them with our bare hands!"
Choi, Lim, and Master Ma all agreed. Their anger evident on their faces.
"Do we have a face? A name?" Choi Jong-in asked and Chairman Go nodded his head, "She's said to be a woman. A pale woman with black hair, Jinchul thought she was suspicious so he was going to bring her back to HQ for questioning."
"And you said she came out of the gate right? What if she's some sort of intelligent monster?" Choi said.
"Doesn't matter! Human or monster, she killed a great man and hunter in cold blood!" Baek yelled in rage.
"Correct. I want you to deploy every hunter you have available to finding this fiend. Dead or alive." Chairman Go said as he watched Jinchul's body get zipped up.
"Yessir." All four men said in unison.
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[25 minutes later]
On top of the roof Lilith was on, her cocoon began to shake, and soon a pale hand pierced it. Lilith broke her cocoon in half and her new body was shining under the setting sun. Her hair was still black but her eyes were red now. She gained two black horns on her head, her canines were pointed, and her fingernails turned black and pointed.
[Race change complete!]
[Human —> Demon]
[Racial attributes gained: +10 STR, +10 PERS, +15 END, +20 INT, +20 AGL.]
[Racial skills gained: [Soul Eating], [Demonic Mana], [Demonic Presence]]
"I feel…AMAZING!" Lilith clenched her fist and laughed. She hopped around the roof she was on before she stopped and remembered her current situation.
"I could definitely hold my own against that guy from earlier now. But, let's not take our chances." Lilith opened her system and pressed on the class advancement.
[Class advancement has begun!]
[Please choose one of the following: Dark Witch (I), Shamanka(I), Demon Brawler (I), Demon Witch (I), Runic Mage (I).]
"Hmm…I chose [Dark Witch]." Her body gained a red outline.
[Class advancement complete!]
[Witch (BE) —> Dark Witch (I)]
[Class attributes gained: +20 INT, +10 PERS, +10 END.]
[Class skills gained: [Pentagram of Lucifer], [Raise Undead], [Madness]]
"Good, [Raise Undead] and [Madness] will come in handy." Lilith said as she looked at the bustling city below.
"I'm no longer human. Mom, Dad, if you're still alive I hope you can forgive me but for the first time I feel like I'm living the life I was supposed to live!" Lilith exclaimed. With her increased PERS stat, her vision and hearing vastly increased. She saw a mother walking with her child and then saw a cop patrolling the streets in great detail.
"Status."
[Name: Lilith
Title(s): Bane of Beasts (+5 STR, +5 PERS, 50% damage increase when fighting furred monsters.)
Race: Demon
Age: 18
Class: Dark Witch
Level: 15
SP: 24
HP: 470/470
MP: 790/790
STR: 25 (+5)
INT: 59 (+20)
END: 37 (+10)
AGL: 34 (+10)
PERS: 30 (+5)
Skills: [Hex], [Decaying Bolt], [Stealth], [Mana Sense], [Mana Canon], [Demonic Presence], [Pentagram of Lucifer], [Raise Undead], [Madness].
Passive Skills: [Magic Resistance], [Curse Immunity], [Soul Eating], [Demonic Mana]]
"Wonderful, this is amazing! To think I can only get stronger from here. I've been alive for less than a day and I'm already about to reach the top of this world. Surely I won't be stuck here forever right?"
[Correct. When you reach the required level, you may travel to another world.]
Lilith smiled, "Okay! System, let me see that Underworld Key and open my demonic item box."
[Demonic item box opened!]
[Congratulations, you received a very rare item!]
[Item received: Grimoire of the Demon King (S)]
[Grimoire of the Demon King (S): A powerful and cursed book that was thought to be lost over a thousand years ago. Those who wield it will have their magic power doubled.
x2 INT, +200% Spell DMG]
A dark red book with a skull on the cover floated into Lilith's hands. It emanated an ominous power that Lilith found oddly comforting.
"Maybe because I'm a demon now?" Lilith shrugged her shoulders and took a glance at the black key in her hands.
[Key of the Underworld (?): A mysterious key that will transport the user to the Underworld Dungeon.]
"Hmm, I think this guy can wait. I want to have some fun before I have to go." Lilith used [Pentagram of Lucifer] on the ground below her. A large red pentagram was drawn and then vanished.
Lilith activated [Stealth] and jumped off the building.