I SHOULD BE THE VILLAIN, BUT I PREFER TO BE A TYCOON
Chapter 22: Gaining EXP for the First Time
CHAPTER 22: CHAPTER 22: GAINING EXP FOR THE FIRST TIME
June 9th, Sunday, 6:57 AM.
Zayden couldn’t sleep.
How could he...?
It’s only been a few hours since he became a supernatural being and gained the title of [Baron].
There are also those specters wandering the earth. God knows what kind of danger they represent.
Another thing is the second moon; that must hide a great secret... Perhaps the ’Gods’ live there?
Was Odin real? And who knows, maybe Zeus?
What is merely fantasy, and what is real?
The more he thought, the more confused he became, and the more doubts arose, leaving him sleepless.
Opening the window curtain, he saw a clear sky with very few clouds.
So far, he hadn’t seen anything abnormal.
’I need to check.’
...
Wearing a gray t-shirt, dark blue pants, and black sneakers, he went out.
"Good morning, Zayden-sama."
As soon as he entered the elevator, the operator who ran the elevator recognized him and greeted him.
"Good morning, Tomas-san." Zayden greeted him back.
"Parking lot?" He asked.
"Yes, please."
Tomas clicked on B2.
...
In the garage, Zayden had just gotten into the car when he received a message.
Erika: [Good morning, Zayden-kun ❤️. Awake?]
He replied: [Good morning, I’m awake, yes.]
Erika: [Perfect!! It’s about our date... Is it okay to meet at 1:00 PM at Lake Square?]
Zayden: [No problem. See you at one in the afternoon?]
Erika: [Can’t wait~❤️!]
Erika: [Seal of a kitten sending lots of kisses]
Putting the smartphone away, he started driving.
After leaving the garage, entering the highway via the main road.
On the highway, at 100 km/h, he didn’t see any strange creatures after about 20 minutes of aimless driving.
’So, those beings are nocturnal?’
"Huh?!"
Suddenly, something stepped in front of his car.
The car skidded on the asphalt as he slammed on the brakes.
A smell of burning tires rose as he braked.
*BEEP! BEEP!!!*
Behind him, a car honked loudly.
He didn’t care; Zayden was more concerned about what he almost hit, only to nearly bulge his eyes out when he realized it looked like an animal from a zombie movie.
A pair of antlers like a moose, a head somewhat resembling the shape of a horse, corpse-gray skin, and a deformed face as if it had been molded by a two-year-old child.
There was a small number [3] above the monster’s head—a marker Zayden recognized from his new vision.
And, as if it didn’t see him, this... monster?
Anyway, this creature simply kept walking, passing through the wall that divided the two parts of the highway as if it weren’t tangible.
’A ghost?’
"Hey, you lunatic! Get off the road!"
A shout brought him back to reality.
There was a man next to his window, tapping his fingers on the glass with a furious expression.
Looking at him, Zayden rolled down the window.
"Sorry, I thought I saw a deer." He apologized.
"Are you on drugs?" The man asked and spat on the ground: "Just get out of the way. I’m warning you..."
The man’s tone irritated him a bit, but since he was in the wrong, Zayden just looked at the man for another second before driving off, ignoring the man shouting something like ’Go on, then! If you hadn’t moved, I’d have beaten you up, I swear!’
Who was he trying to impress?
He shook his head, not wanting to entertain a clown.
After that, he paid more attention to the road.
Reality proved that if he didn’t observe carefully, he’d mistake another ’ghost,’ and the next time he might not be so lucky and cause an accident.
’I’ll stay away from driving for a while...’
Until he got used to it and could identify what was or wasn’t a living being, it was better to have someone else drive for him.
...
Zayden parked the car at a diner at the bus station in a very remote area.
When he entered, a bell rang.
"Welcome."
There were only two employees working and one customer.
"A coffee, please."
Zayden sat near the counter.
"One moment."
While waiting, Zayden couldn’t help but rub his temples.
In front of him... Or rather, on top of the head of the woman who served him, there was a sort of 30 cm naked little man.
Obviously, it had to be something supernatural. A ghost, perhaps...
Anyway. This little guy had the appearance of an 80-year-old man with wrinkled skin.
His color was almost blood red.
There was the number [1] on top of the little man’s head.
Subtly, Zayden saw this little man sucking some kind of aura from the girl and chewing with shark-like teeth.
When he saw this, he noticed the woman’s expression worsen, and then he heard her stomach growl.
"Milena, didn’t you just eat?" The man preparing the coffee asked skeptically.
The woman named Milena smiled shyly.
"Well, I don’t even understand myself..." She genuinely seemed confused.
Zayden’s eyes narrowed dangerously.
In his right hand, he made a concentration of Spiritual Power manifest.
He saw his finger enveloped by a kind of pure aura.
Zayden had good aim, and from this distance, he wouldn’t miss.
Discreetly, he placed his hand on the counter, making a gun gesture, and ’fired’ a bullet of Spiritual Power.
*Whoosh!*
The shot was silent, like a simple gust of fast wind.
The little man noticed something and looked in the direction of the Spiritual Power bullet coming toward him in horror, but it was too late. The shot hit right in his chest.
"Aaah..." The little man let out an embarrassing and miserable scream. It seemed very painful; he screamed instinctively.
*Beng!*
"What was that?" The woman was alarmed.
A glass on the shelf behind shattered when it was hit by the little man.
When the woman saw that it was a glass that had suddenly broken, though confused, she went to clean it up.
’I thought it didn’t have a physical form... Or maybe it’s because of the spiritual power shot?’ Zayden pondered.
At the same time, the little man fell to the ground and writhed in agony for a few seconds until he began to disappear as if he were a digitized being and his data was being erased, causing parts of the little man’s body to vanish until nothing was left.
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[+1 EXP!]
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Something that had remained unchanged had just changed.
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Level: 1 Next level: 1% - [1/100]
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’So the answer to leveling up was killing supernatural beings? Or maybe...’
He shook his head, not completing his dangerous conjecture.
The possibility of perhaps leveling up by killing people could turn a good man into a murderer.
However, with the possibility of leveling up by killing supernatural beings, there was no reason for him to resort to something criminal.
"Here’s your coffee."
The woman placed a cup with a white saucer on the counter in front of him.
"Thank you." Thanking her, Zayden took it and drank.
Almost finishing the coffee, he ordered another along with a ham sandwich.