Chapter 341 Cold Blooded
I had been trying so hard to change my Alignnt, but it didn’t seem to be working properly.
After so ti, I arrived at a theory.
“It’s just like Leveling Up!”
The higher a person’s Level was, the more difficult it would be to achieve a Level Up. What accumulated to give anyone a Level Up was EXP.
Bringing that sa scenario to this case, I surmised that I was simply high-up in the Evil category.
Or, at least, the ‘EXP’ I needed for my Alignnt was sothing that required a great deal of achievents or good deeds on my end.
Which was why…
“I hope this works.”
… I decided to create a scenario where those good deeds would be appreciated.
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Looking at the multiple dead bodies, I finally spotted the one I was looking for—Vivian.
As expected, even in death, she was still hot.
‘Welp, her severed limbs and pierced chest doesn’t seem like a good way to die, though…’
She was one of the last to die, though that only ant that she suffered even more. Looking at her anguished face made sigh a bit.
‘I certainly hope this won’t be a waste…’
Accessing my storage space, I called for one of the most coveted items that would make anyone move heaven and earth to achieve.
—Resurrection Elixir!
I had three of them in [Subspace], but based on my calculations, I would need only one.
During my days as a Chaotic Neutral Gifted, I indirectly killed a lot of people, but, ever since I turned ‘Evil’, I had saved even more—enough to make revert to Chaotic Neutral at least.
Unfortunately, things didn’t work out that way. Why?
Because despite how many people I saved, none were already dead. I simply prevented them from dying. Perhaps things would have changed if I racked up enough good achievents or if I truly had a change of heart, but I didn’t have the ti for that.
I needed a loophole!
“What if I resurrect soone that has already died?”
I wondered what the reaction would be.
“Let’s find out…”
I brought out the glimring gold potion from [Subspace] and poured it on the dead woman’s corpse.
Her body turned bright golden and sparkled.
I felt a surge of power concentrating on her, and her life force being restored. It was actually working! With this Elixir, I could raise soone from the dead!
All of Vivian’s wounds got restored. Her cold corpse regained its warmth, and her lost beauty reappeared.
“PUAH!!!”
She took a deep breath and opened her eyes.
I could sense confusion in Vivian’s face, but there was sothing more important than her for now. Once I saw that she woke up, I felt sothing shift within .
Hopefully, it was what I wanted.
“Status Window!”
Instantly, a golden board shone before —revealing its wonderful contents.
Alignnt: Neutral
The mont I saw this, a grin appeared on my face.
‘IT WORKED!’
Once I saw this, I was so happy that I jumped to my feet, abandoning Vivian who sat atop the pile of other corpses.
“W—why… why didn’t you help us? Did you… were you the one who resurrected ?”
Her voice hinted confusion, and I could see remnant pain in her eyes.
‘Poor lady…’ I smiled.
She had probably thought things would turn out differently, but ended up losing everything instead.
Of course, I wasn’t heartless enough to revive her while she was naked, so I sought so clothes and covered her corpse before she awoke.
‘I figured that would help my chances even more, but it turns out I was overthinking it…’
In any case, I was now a Neutral Aligned Gifted.
It basically existed at the center of good and evil, and had no penalties or benefits.
Of course, the sa applied to Chaotic Neutral, but—considering the fact that Chaotic Neutral was one step away from an Evil Alignnt—I preferred my current Alignnt.
“Yeah, yeah. I had to exhaust one Resurrection Elixir because of this. Well, it was totally worth it!” I bead, partly answering Viviana’s question.
She appeared shocked after I said this, then a look of discomfort showed in her eyes.
“B—but, why …? Why didn’t you just save sooner rather than having the monster kill—”
“It seems you’re misunderstanding sothing here…”
She stopped in her speech and looked at with surprise.
“You see… I needed to resurrect soone to get sothing. It has nothing to do with saving you or not.” I flatly told her, now walking in the direction of the portal leading to the 51st Floor.
“B—but, why ?!”
Her tone indicated confusion. She simply couldn’t understand the reason behind my choice.
Most people would consider themselves important for receiving special treatnt… and they would be right—mostly.
“Because of your Level. You had the highest Level.”
“U—uh…?” Vivian displayed even more confusion.
‘Isn’t it ironic that a younger guy is explaining stuff to you? Are you this dense?’
Nah, she most likely didn’t understand what I implied. Most people wouldn’t. Those who could, were already dead.
“You see, I needed to get rid of a pesky Alignnt. Once I did, it would be possible to continue acting the way I used to.”
I used to kill those who stood in my way without hesitation. As long as I used the loophole, I was safe. However, after passing the threshold of Evil, indirect killing would only compound my Evil points.
But, now that I had crossed over to the green side… I could continue my previous lifestyle.
“You see…”
[Subspace] was activated and a Grade 3 Demon ca out.
“… Since your Level is quite high, it’ll give more EXP…”
Vivian’s eyes widened as soon as she saw the Grade 3 Demon.
She must have instinctively known what was coming—and that she couldn’t win.
“N—no… don’t do this! Why are you—? You just revived , you know?” Her cries rang in the air.
“… I’m trying to raise the monsters in my collection well. A Demon grows proportional to the Level of its target. In essence, you’re the optimal choice.”
Even if her EXP was inconsequential, it was better than soone with a lower Level. That was all there was to it.
“You’ve served your purpose so…”
“PLEASE! DON’T DO THIS! I—I CAN BE USEFUL! PLEASEEE!” The lady pleaded.
However… it was all pointless.
“… Just die, or whatever.”
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