Healing System

Michael jumped off the building and flew to an area not too far from where the first red dot was heading, intending to intercept him.

Immediately, he folded his wings and watched as the people stared at him with unamused looks before returning to what they had been doing.

'I am asking just in case, but what are my odds of killing someone at Tier 4 or above?'

Tier 4, if you use Sanctuary, then around 60%. Tier 5, if you use Sanctuary, like 5% or less even.

'And without Sanctuary?' he wondered, watching as the red-dotted man began approaching.

It's hard to say. For Tier 4, I'd estimate around 5%, maybe even 10%. As for Tier 5, you stand no chance.

Michael nodded before asking his final question, 'And if I try to assassinate them with the usage of Sanctuary?'

The system remained silent for a moment before answering. I didn't take you for an assassin... Realistically, as long as you manage to lop their heads off and use every bit of mana you have with Sanctuary, only then could you kill someone like that.

'I see... Is that person at least Tier 5?'

Tier 6.

'Fuck.' Michael facepalmed. He was really going in blind with this one.

The man passed by, heading toward some sort of metro system, so Michael followed closely.

There were still loads of people around, so for the most part, he felt safe.

But he couldn't shake the feeling that the man in front was watching him.

His senses were going off, but he had no choice. If he wanted to find out what was going on, he had to start with the obvious clues first.

The two kept walking, Michael trailing a few meters behind.

However, at some point, the number of people around them lessened to the point where it was now just the two of them.

But the man did not stop, even when he noticed. He just kept walking.

'He's either going to try killing me or, well, question me.' Michael shrugged inwardly.

Suddenly, he felt a force of mana grip him, and he was launched into the metro wall, collapsing it onto himself.

However, Michael's shield blocked most of the attack, not dealing damage but still managing to immobilize him.

"Are you with them?" his weary voice rang out, each word imbued with mana.

"Them?" Michael questioned, bearing through the clear malice the man was emitting.

"The rest of the puppets, such as yourself," the man stated, a look of surprise appearing on his face.

"Have you broken your code?"

Michael stared at him, who by now eased up on the mana and clarified.

"I don't know what you are talking about, but I am no puppet."

The atmosphere lightened immediately as the man finally retracted his mana.

"Then why were you following me?"

'I guess I should play this card then... things are making less sense by the second,' Michael thought before speaking.

"The people seemed a bit off. I couldn't put my finger on why, though. You seemed least affected, so I wanted to find out more."

"Hmm... Call me Lapis for now, follow me," the man said suspiciously before taking a few looks around and continuing to walk even deeper into the tunnels.

Since Michael had no better idea of what was going on, he decided to follow after him, taking multiple turns at each path until eventually, the two arrived at some sort of cutoff.

And to his surprise, inside were several buildings, not a full-blown city, but definitely enough to call it a small town.

Just like before, there were people, but for some reason, the map showed that they were all red.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but question, 'Are you doing this on purpose?'n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Doing what? The system replied, clearly dodging his question's true intentions.

'You switched the colors of the markers, didn't you?' Michael accused before continuing, 'I checked multiple times with Eyes of the Great Sage, even followed your method of how to make sure people were not evil.'

A moment of silence ensued, but it was short-lived as the system spoke up, a bit of amusement in its voice.

Well, I did say check to see if anything stands out, didn't I? It's your own fault you took so long to realize.

Just as the system's words fell, the colors on the map immediately reverted to what they were supposed to be previously.

All of the people, as well as the man before him, were now all green.

That meant the entire city above them was corrupt.

'I guess I found a lead on the disturbance then?' he mused while continuing to follow after Lapis.

The people down here looked pretty rugged, as though they had gone through hell and back, but if the situation was as dire as he imagined, then it was nothing out of the ordinary.

It was a miracle the buildings were still standing; some even looked like they were about to fall apart at a moment's notice.

At the same time, it reminded him of the slums of Vivum, especially the first time he had arrived there.

Stay tuned with empire

It gave off the same feel, and if he didn't know any better, his role would be likely similar right now.

After several minutes of walking, they finally arrived in front of some church, one that also had an angel statue before it.

However, it was half-destroyed, the face was not visible, and half of its body was covered with holes and cracks, making it barely recognizable.

But the wings were a dead giveaway—they looked the exact same as the ones he had seen on the Gabriel statue.

And he couldn't forget his own wings. While they weren't as big as theirs, their size was nothing to scoff at either.

Lapis arrived before the church's entrance and flung the doors open, leading Michael further in.

Finally, a strange sight greeted his eyes.

There was a small pedestal, one that had words on it, almost like it was being written in real time.

As for the language? It was the one Freya had taught him way back in the temple.

'Just what is going on here?'