Chương 128: Chapter 133: More Spending

Another round of spending commenced. ──────────── [Spinebreaker Gauntlets] (Cursed) – 5, 700 TP Bone plates grind softly when clenched. Effect: Physical attacks scale with missing stamina, reaching devastating output when nearly drained. Curse: Shatter Feedback — Excessive force creates microfractures in the user's own bones before rapidly regenerating them, causing intense pain while gradually reducing their elasticity. [Silkfang Gloves] (Cursed) – 2, 600 TP Dark gloves that move to intercept attacks.

Effect: Near-precognitive reaction speed for the first second of combat when caught by surprise. Curse: Autonomic Override — Limbs may act independently in high-stress moments, sometimes against your intent. [Heartroot Cuirass] (Cursed) – 2, 800 TP It beats faintly… not always in sync with you. Effect: Grants rapid regeneration during combat. Curse: Parasitic Bloom — Regeneration consumes internal resources, draining stats if prolonged.

[Windlash Greaves] (Cursed) – 1, 550 TP Air bends around them like it's trying to escape. Effect: Enables bursts of movement that create an illusory afterimage of the wearer. Curse: Velocity Tear — Sudden stops or impacts deal internal damage proportional to speed. [The Encasement] (Cursed) – 9, 900 TP Armor that feels like you won't get out of it after wearing it. Effect: Reduces all incoming damage significantly and converts part of it into delayed damage.

Curse: Deferred Ruin — Small damage taken is stored internally, then released all at once if the threshold is exceeded. [Silver Tongue Pendant] (Cursed) – 4, 500 TP Warm… almost alive when you speak. Effect: Words carry a near compulsion-like weight. Curse: Truth Erosion — Whenever you lie, you lose your own sense of self, making it harder to distinguish if what you said was true or false. [Mindflare Circlet] (Cursed) – 1, 750 TP Symbols rearrange themselves when you think.

Effect: Accelerates spellcasting learning and efficiency. Curse: Cognitive Burn — Overuse of magic causes mental overheating, leading to hallucinations and temporary loss of clarity. [Oracle's Blindfold] (Cursed) – 2, 650 TP It dims sight… but opens your third eye. Effect: Grants increased intuition in life-altering decisions. Curse: Sight Fade — Physical vision randomly fails. [Iron Will Bracelet] (Cursed) – 7, 720 TP It tightens when you doubt yourself. Effect: Increases resistance to mental control and fear.

Curse: Tyrant Mind — Inability to yield or retreat once making a decision, even when survival demands it. [Revealing Spectacles] (Cursed) – 1, 680 TP The world becomes too detailed. Effect: Reveals what is hidden. Curse: Overexposure — Sensory overload in stressful environments. [Evermarch Anklet] (Cursed) – 3, 600 TP It hums like a distant drum. Effect: Increases endurance and eliminates most fatigue buildup. Curse: Endless Drive — Rest becomes increasingly less effective.

[Gravecleaver Colossus] (Cursed Greatsword) – 4, 400 TP A massive slab of blackened steel veined with dim crimson light, heavier than it should be… until you swing it. Effect: Converts strength into exponential cleaving force, attacks create shockwaves that scale with momentum. Gains bonus damage against multiple targets. Curse: Weight of the Fallen — Each being killed weighs on you physically, hindering your movement until you won't be able to move anymore.

[Hollowsong Blade] (Cursed) – 1, 950 TP A slender sword that hums softly, like a distant choir. Effect: Each strike builds resonance stacks, increasing attack speed and damage, at peak, releases a devastating sonic slash. Curse: Echo Addiction — Missing attacks causes backlash damage and disorients you. [Veinrender Saber] (Cursed) – 1, 900 TP Its edge pulses faintly, as if alive. Effect: Deals escalating bleed damage that converts into healing for the wielder.

Curse: Blood Debt — If no blood is spilled for a time, you'll enter a state of anemia until you lose all of your blood. [Skybreaker Lance] (Cursed) – 1, 100 TP A long spear with a jagged, lightning-scarred tip. Effect: Thrusts accelerate mid-strike, piercing defenses and creating shock bursts on impact. Gains massive bonus damage on first hit. Curse: Overcommit — Once you begin an attack, you cannot redirect or stop it. [Abyssroot Pike] (Cursed) – 1, 050 TP Did you know this text is from a different site?

Read the official version to support the creator. Dark tendrils coil faintly around its shaft. Effect: Strikes root enemies in place and drain stamina over time. Curse: Anchored — Each attack partially roots you, reducing mobility. [Nightfall Recurve] (Cursed) – 1, 200 TP A sleek bow that seems to swallow light around it. Effect: Arrows gain increased speed, pierce multiple targets, and deal bonus damage in darkness, charged shots become near-invisible.

Curse: Sight Tithe — Each shot temporarily dims your vision, stacking with repeated use. [Gravetide Halberd] (Cursed) – 1, 250 TP A long polearm with a crescent blade that drips shadow like liquid. Effect: Wide swings create expanding arcs of force, pulling enemies slightly inward, excels at crowd control. Curse: Undertow Pull — Every strike subtly drags you toward the center of combat, making disengagement more difficult.

[Whisperfang Twins] (Cursed) – 1, 800 TP Twin blades so thin they almost vanish when looking at the edge. Effect: Attacks from stealth deal massively amplified damage and reset partial skill cooldowns, rapid strikes stack poison-like effects. Curse: Fading Grip — The longer combat continues, the harder it is to maintain a solid hold, increasing the chance of dropping weapons. [Heartpiercer Warpick] (Cursed) – 1, 000 TP A brutal, spike-headed weapon designed to punch through anything…

including things that shouldn't be pierced. Effect: Ignores a large portion of armor and converts critical hits into devastating internal damage. Curse: Recoil Rupture — Heavy strikes send shock back through one's body, causing stacking internal strain and potential organ failure. ──────────── These I chose for a very simple reason, Chloe and Rhea both helped me handpick these for their effects, and the curses they carried.

Most curses were a direct counter to specific types of fighters, strength, speed, and spells specifically, but some I added for my own use, like the pendant. Now that I had to deal with more people, I wanted them to listen, a little nudge could only work in my favor, and my curse wouldn't actively oppose it, because I would command them only to help them, and they needed help in this place, a lot, so they would have to listen now. After those came the fruits and potions for my own stat enhancement session.

Most fruits advertised an increase between 40 and 80 stat points, a ton, but the cost was really high, despite being cursed too. I was wondering where the fuck all these cursed things were coming from, standing to what I heard from Vix, Hexers and curse mages were hunted and reviled, but the shop was full of their products. I still had to read the book about curses I bought… there was always so little time. ──────────── [Blightpear of Allure] (Cursed) – 3, 000 TP Effect: Massive Charisma increase.

Curse: Obsession Field — Others become fixated on you… and hostile if ignored. [Gravemelon of Might] (Cursed) – 3, 200 TP Effect: Massive Strength increase. Curse: Crushing Grip — Fine motor control is nearly impossible under stress. [Quickthorn Berry Cluster] (Cursed) – 2, 800 TP Effect: Massive Dexterity increase. Curse: Nerve Overload — Pain signals are amplified. [Bloodroot Apple] (Cursed) – 3, 100 TP Effect: Massive Vitality increase. Curse: Heightened Hunger — Constant need to consume.

[Zephyr Plum] (Cursed) – 2, 900 TP Effect: Massive Agility increase. Curse: Drift State — Difficulty staying physically still. [Ironbark Nut] (Cursed) – 3, 300 TP Effect: Massive Constitution increase. Curse: Stiffening — Reduced overall flexibility. [Neurovine Grape] (Cursed) – 3, 000 TP Effect: Massive Intelligence increase. Curse: Thought Spiral — Can't stop overthinking, even when necessary. [Seer's Fig] (Cursed) – 3, 100 TP Effect: Massive Wisdom increase.

Curse: Choice Paralysis — Too many optimal paths impede you from acting. [Tyrant's Cherry] (Cursed) – 2, 900 TP Effect: Massive Willpower increase. Curse: Domination Urge — Greatly intensifies the desire to control others. [Glass Orange] (Cursed) – 3, 000 TP Effect: Massive Perception increase. Curse: Fractured Focus — Important details compete with trivial ones. [Marathon Citrus] (Cursed) – 3, 100 TP Effect: Massive Endurance increase. Curse: Exhaustion Debt — Fatigue returns multiplied after stopping to rest.

──────────── I got three of each, costing me about a hundred thousand points just for the fruits. Then the potions, vials, and pills went for another twenty thousand, but they would increase my stats marginally compared to the fruits, still, it would add up well after I'd be done with the batches I got. The old potion would add five stats, and I got two sets, the pills would add ten and I got five sets. As for the gas vials, they'd only work once, but they'd increase every stat by twenty-five.

As a last thing, I checked the book Vix recommended to me too, before I forgot again. ──────────── [System Codex: Achievement Guide, Vol. I] – 180, 000 TP A guidebook detailing ways and paths for unlocking achievements. ──────────── Yeah, no, not now for sure, I didn't have the funds for this, and it would be better if all contributed, this wasn't only for myself.

I packed everything in my satchel, it was hilarious in a way, the armor especially, it shrank to fit the opening and then fell inside the void of the magic too. I just hoped that until I extracted all the curses, it wouldn't mutate or something, with so many cursed things inside. I was done, my balance was pretty low now, less than fifty K, but I was happy. Now I had to evolve my skills and prepare my curses, I had so many toys to play with that I didn't even know where to start.

I exited the shop, leaving the merchant behind and making for the common room. I had a Guild to manage, but it wouldn't take long, I would delegate the hell out of it, for now. As soon as I entered the common room, I saw a group of women surrounding Rhea, who looked like she wanted to bury herself just to disappear. Then, as if they were sharks scenting blood, they all turned in my direction. Ah shit.