Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

Soon, time silently passed by, akin to a flowing river. Always flowing downward and would never come back.

"It's finally taking effect."

Above the towering tree that seems to pierce the sky, Leo, after patiently waiting for another 15 minutes, continuously feeding his solidified spiritual qi to his debuff skills, suddenly stood up from his hiding spot.

Looking above, toward the bee's worker, whose body started emitting pungent scents as its surface skin began to turn green, starting to ooze with disgusting pus filled with flesh, dripping as they hit the ground with a tapping sound—followed by sizzling due to their toxicity.

Leo's eyes couldn't help but curl up silently, reminiscing about the familiar scene above, as he could not help but miss his past self, who was only thinking about how he could earn horror points more efficiently.

Ding!

[ Congratulations upon silently poisoning 100 beings at the same time secretly...

+25,000 horror points!

+24 free attribute points!

+3 medallion of forceful upgrade! ]

"Hmm, this is perfect."

Seeing the sudden appearance of a notification in front of him, Leo immediately opened his character panel, scrolling down before opening the jinx skill that he was avoiding at all costs.

Although he never wanted to upgrade this skill of his in the first place. However, due to the uncertainty of this place, and in addition to the increasing danger that inexplicably appeared deep within his soul, Leo needed something that brought inexplicably, something that was hard to defend and, at the same time, carried a random factor so his enemy wouldn't be able to counter it even if they learned about the skill... and only his jinx skill carried both of those advantages.

"No worries, I'll upgrade my restraint skill to epic if an opportunity arises."

Ding!

[ Jinx (Level 6): Everyone within your presence would suffer from intense bad luck!

Activation: Passive.

Upgrade Cost: 2 Medallion of Forceful Upgrade

Note: You're finally the Jinx! ]

Ding!

[ Upgrading the jinx skill would cost 2 Medallion of Forceful Upgrade (Accept/Decline)?]

...

"Accept!"

In an instant, upon pressing the accept button in front of him, a cold wind that seemingly originated from the deep abyss suddenly swirled around Leo, spreading forth as the leaves and even the dry bark of the tree all around him turned slightly white simultaneously — freezing as ice began to form on their surfaces...

Followed by their life force dwindling as they slowly withered as time passed by, as if they could no longer absorb the nutrients of the tree below them.

Ding!

[ Congratulations upon successfully upgrading your Jinx skill to level 7! ]

Ding!

[ Jinx level 7): The embodiment of lone star. Although you no longer get affected by jinx, everyone around you will inexplicably suffer misfortune, to the point that even their initial luck stats would reduce permanently if they stayed long beside you...

Activation: Passive.

Upgrade Cost: 2 Medallions of Forceful Upgrade and 10,000 horror points!

Note: You were no longer a jinx because you were much worse than one. ]

"This knowledge."

Opening his eyes, seemingly understanding vague information from the knowledge that mysteriously fused within his mind after the jinx skill increase to level 7, Leo then opened his palm, lightly manipulating the misfortune around him as a faint light, akin to a dark flame that siphoned light around it, appeared on his fingertips.

Although it was currently daytime right now, after the dark flame appeared, the lights around him seemed to bend down slightly, deliberately avoiding the flame as if afraid to get near it, causing his surroundings to darken.

"I could now barely manipulate my jinx skill; I wonder what would happen if this condensed misfortune hit a living being."

Thinking of it, Leo then shifted his gaze above, toward the hive that was slowly being shrouded by the incorporeal misfortune that his body releases as his gray irises began to shift into dark ones — akin to a whirlpool of ink as they gave off a wicked vibe.

Although he had no idea to what extent his jinx skill had already affected the bees above, he could now faintly see the dark energy coagulating within their bodies — giving him a faint understanding of when the misfortune would arrive.

"Just another minute; I could already feel the chaos they would create."

Amidst the confusion of the soul parasite within his body—suddenly sensing a dreadful feeling that shrouded its soul parasite body yet couldn't pinpoint its origin—Leo then started counting down.

His eyes, still retaining their abyssal darkness, gaze above intently, wanting to see the surprise his jinx skill would give him after it took root on the bees' bodies.

...

Buzz~

Soon, in a blink of an eye, another minute passed by...

Leo, who was wondering when the jinx skill would finally show its effects, suddenly raised his head. There, an unusual sound of buzzing suddenly entered his ears, followed by the sudden appearance of a worker bee flying toward the entrance of the hive.

Noticeably, its plump body was wobbling mid-air, its feet twitching every while and then as it suddenly drew an arc within the atmosphere, flying quite high before diving down toward the confused bees with a sharp speed.

Its too fast that the bee's nearby, and even Leo can't react on time.

Pierce!

Then, under the incredulous expression of Leo and the soul parasite within him, the long stinger of the wobbling bees suddenly pierced 2 working bees who had just exited the hive, causing their bodies to instantly stiffen, as their fresh wounds released juices mixed with flesh before falling toward the ground with a thud. Breath escaping their bodies before dying without understanding why.

Ding!

[ Congratulations upon assisting in killing two early stages of the core formation realm bees.

+2,500 exp points! ]

"Th-this, what kind of spell did you just use?!"

...

Still not done, akin to a domino that continuously dropped after one piece was pushed forward, the bees above started to show unusual movement...

Some of them turned stiffened simultaneously, bodies convulsing before falling toward the ground as if they were mosquitoes that got sprayed by insecticides, while others inexplicably bumped into each other, accidentally piercing others' bodies in the process.