The Bloodline System

Chapter 741: Hundred Years Lifeforce Sapped

(”Whose fault is it that I had to hide away and shut down the system for a week?”) It responded in his head.

”Whose fault is it?” Gustav asked while feigning a clueless look.

(”Donʼt play dumb with me,”) For a computerized being with a sentience, the system almost sounded annoyed when it was supposed to be emotionless.

(”*Sigh* even the automatically induced calming toxin didnʼt work,”) The system said once again.

”I have toxin Immunity,” Gustav reminded the system.

(”Which I can easily override since I live inside of you... But your emotions were just too strong,”) The system stated.

(”It is understandable since you lost someone important to you... Human emotions... A strong vulnerability, but also a powerful tool,”) The system analyzed with a fascinated tone.

Gustav; ”...”

(”Sorry for your loss... I could really feel every speck of emotion, and even now, I can feel the anguish within you. You blame yourself for what happened,”) The system said with a sympathetic tone.

”How could I not? I push myself day in day out to get stronger, and even with everything, I was unable to protect the one person who cared for me like a father even though weʼre not biologically related...” Gustav voiced out with a darkened face.

(”There was nothing you could do about it... The enemies were out of your league. If he had not intervened, you would have died,”) The system voiced in response.

(ʼAlthough you wouldnʼt because I would have teleported you away in the last minute that would mean everyone else wouldʼve died,ʼ) Gustav couldnʼt hear this because this was the systemʼs inner thoughts.

(”You could say Boss Danzo saved the day since his death triggered the activation of DECIMATION which resulted in you defeating the enemies, preventing the death of the survivors and Charisas whom Boss Danzo saved,”) The system stated once again.

(”You earthlings believe in heaven, so, heʼs probably up there smiling at you in satisfaction,”) It added.

”Even though I killed closed to three thousand people?” Gustav asked bluntly.

(”*Cough cough* Of course,”) The system chuckled nervously while responding.

If Gustav could see the face she was making within him right now, he would probably cough out blood.

(”Look on the bright side. You destroyed the three kingpins of the city, resulting in the end of their illegal activities. This has made other big shots in the city go into hiding, feeling they might be next, so illegal activities might as well be inexistent in this city for a long time,”) The system analyzed.

”I donʼt know about that... Evil can never be truly rooted out,” Gustav voiced out in response.

(”But at least youʼve prevented a lot of future deaths. The illegal underground battles will no longer be able to hold, which means people in similar situations like Boss Danzo wonʼt be exploited anymore, and there wonʼt be unnecessary deaths... Thereʼs still a lot of good that came out of this,”) The system tried assuring Gustav.

”Hmm...” Gustavʼs heart remained on the fence with this one.

He knew the system was trying to make him feel better, but he wasnʼt so much of a hypocrite that he would pretend like his actions were noble.

He wasnʼt truly concerned about all those deaths because he could sense that he gave a warning before destroying those structures. He was feeling pathetic because he couldnʼt prevent Boss Danzoʼs death.

”Why was the system on lockdown for a week?” Gustav decided to ask.

(”The Decimation ability is not one that gets activated without consequences... It gives you the strength to climb several levels higher in power than normal, but then it saps your lifeforce while activated,”) The system explained.

”It saps lifeforce? In what way? Does that mean the number of my years decrease or my potential?” Gustav questioned.

(”Well, since the hidden ability is no longer so hidden, I might as well reveal this... Every second it remains active withdraws a monthʼs worth of lifeforce from you,”) The System Revealed.

”A month? Thatʼs too much,” Gustav didnʼt realize the side effects of the hidden rage skill would be this high.

(”The skill was activated for about twenty minutes before you passed out, so your life force has decreased by a hundred years,”) The system made the calculation and voiced out.

Gustav instantly realized the calculations were accurate the moment it was voiced out.

”Based on the increase in bloodline rank, a mixedblood could live for as long as 300 to thousands of years... My current level, Falcon rank, mixedbloods at this stage tend to live for as long as six hundred to seven hundred years which means I should have five hundred or six hundred years worth of lifeforce left,” Gustav analysed.

(”You probably donʼt know, but the Vitality from having me within you actually increases your lifeforce,”) The system revealed.

”Huh? Really?” Gustav questioned.

(”Yeah, but that doesnʼt mean it should be wasted. Anyways it doesnʼt really matter. It is close to impossible to activate DECIMATION without immense rage, which isnʼt something that comes about so easily, so Iʼm sure we wonʼt be seeing this ability in a long time if not forever,”) The system stated which caused Gustavʼs face to lit up with curiosity.

”Close to impossible to activate without immense rage? Which means itʼs possible to activate it without rage, but the chances as slim?” Gustav couldnʼt let go of the loophole in the system words and tried to clarify.

(”Moving on... The reason I deactivated for a week is that your body was extremely weak after Decimation was deactivated due to a large amount of life force that was sapped from you. Your body would explode if I normally operated at the time since Iʼm whole now compared to the first time I found you,”) The system explained.

ʼLooks like it doesnʼt want to talk about that, eh? Always withholding information from me tch,ʼ Gustav said in his inner thoughts away from the systemʼs perception.

”Oh, I see... I guess that was a necessary step,” Gustav noted.

”One more thing... My class...”