The Forums were exploding with information about the Dark Prince''s defeat. I woke up to a chaos which was made by me. Brushing my hair to the side I stood up from my bed and went to have breakfast with my parents.


    I ate my meal and wished my parents a good day. They didn''t eat anything today either. I had around 5 years to fix our financial position, but I was nning to do that within the next few weeks. Seeing my father''s tired eyes and my mother''s sunken cheeks I was even more determined to gather money as soon as possible.


    Closing the room door behind me I took out my phone from the drawer. I''ve spent an hour writing before I decided to stop. Using my phone I opened my bank ount which had 210 Dors.


    I decided to put all the money in the Stocks. I knew a lot about the game, but not a lot outside it. Fortunately I knew that Fragmental Stocks will skyrocket, hence had no qualms to put all my money into it.


    I took a deep breath andid in the VR Pod. Grabbing the headgear underneath my legs I put it on my head.


    < Wee back to Fragmental >


    < Your Current Location - Dark Forest >


    The World around me turned dark.


    A few secondster the light once again blinded my vision and I was forced to close my eyes. Soon enough I felt hard ground underneath my feet and opened my eyes.


    I was still in the Dark Forest, but a bit further from the castle. Looking around I noticed a few yers going through the forest towards the gloomy castle. Shaking my head, I shifted my body towards the Vige. I knew that a lot of people were looking for me and I needed to leave the vige as soon as possible or I might be recognized. Unfortunately there was another important thing I needed to get in the vige... The Hidden Subss!


    Strolling through the vige''s gate I went towards one of the abandoned buildings. Entering the house I closed the door and carefully climbed up the second floor. Finding a clean and empty space I sat in the middle of the room. Removing my hood, I broke one of the wooden nks lying on the ground near me.


    I made sure to sharpen its end so it has the ability to pierce. Looking around I made sure that I was currently sitting in the shadow. Nodding my head I aimed the nk''s sharpened end towards my belly and pierced it.


    - 42 HP


    yer Leo has suffered From Status Effect < Bleed >


    ~ Lose 5 HP every minute


    ~ Duration → 1 min


    I vomited a few mouths of blood. Pulling out the nk I winced in pain. Raising the nk once again I aimed it in my sr plexus and struck it.


    - 56 HP


    ? yer Leo has suffered From Status Effect < Bleed >


    ~ Lose 20 HP every minute


    ~ Duration → 1 min


    Blood was flowing out of my mouth.


    - 5 HP


    Before the whole thing I''ve put a HP pot near me, but I haven''t used it yet. Weakly gripping the nk I picked up the HP pot in my hand.


    Clenching the wooden nk I pierced my heart. I also drank the HP pot, but it didn''t help. I felt my outer wounds closing, but I was slowly dying. My dizzy mind started panicking.


    '' What if the guy lied ? What if the video was staged ? ''


    Doubt started growing inside my mind.


    < A Deadly Shadow is Looming Above You... >


    < The Shadow Is nodding its head Seeing your wounds... >


    < The Shadow Offers you a Legacy... >


    < Be The Shadow of this World! >


    < Do You want to ept the Shadow''s Legacy? >


    < YES / NO >


    Slowly raising my weak and trembling hand I managed to press < YES > and everything around me turned dark.


    ~~~~


    A man was lying in his own blood pool. His ck eyes were wide open, seemingly staring into the distance. Suddenly his body started trembling, his horns shaped like a crown became as ck as void and in his open eyes closed.


    I couldn''t move my body. I felt myself trembling when my eyes were forcefully closed. Once again everything around me was dark, but the darkness around was strangelyfortable. Looking around I noticed some strange shapes dancing in the darkness.


    Straining my eyes I finally saw dark silhouettes running around in the darkness.


    '' Shadows! ''


    I''ve thought while watching them running in circles.


    Poof...


    Suddenly the world around me cracked and I was back in my body.


    < Congrattions, You''ve gotten an Unique Subss - Shadow Mage! >


    < Your Appearance was changed ording to your In-game look! >


    My mood suddenly plummeted. In Panic I quickly logged out of the game and jumped out of the VR Pod. Running through the house I rushed to the bathroom. Almost crashing into the mirror I came to a sudden stop and took a sigh of relief.


    " I have no horns "


    I mumbled under my breath with a stupid smile. I knew that this game had the ability to change one''s facial appearance slightly, but it should only happen only after one has reached Lv. 50. Washing away my worries I leaned on the wall and started inspecting my face.


    I still had Dark hair, but some of my hair strands were white in color. My face could be defined as above average before, but now I would call it pleasant to look at. The biggest change was my eyes. Previously they were as dark as void, but now my eyes seemed to be deeper and had a strange property to absorb one''s gaze.


    Shaking my head, I forcefully broke eye contact with myself. It was honestly distracting. shing a smile, I was already thinking how to weaponize my gaze, if used wisely it would be a powerful weapon.


    Walking back to my room I jumped into the Pod and logged into the game.


    < Do You want to Announce your Achievement to the World? >


    A hologram appeared in my face as soon as I was back in the game. Pressing the No button I knew that it would send the forums into chaos once again, but I simply didn''t care. My mind was already on another topic thinking about the ss perks I just got.


    < Congrattion to yer [ Unnamed ] for Getting The Hidden Subss!  >