Chapter 6

Looking at the quest that suddenly appeared before him, Roy, who had already formulated a steady development plan in his mind, was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but curse inwardly.

To be honest, he had an urge to decline the quest upon seeing it, but after reading the price of failure, he was deflated.

Not to mention the remnant soul resentment that will decrease his luck by -10; just the 43% probability of death is enough to make his legs tremble in fear for a moment.

But then again, it's not that he had a choice; the system isn't forcing him to do it; it's the consequences of what would happen if Alex Sanchez weren't killed.

On the one hand, it could be said that the system is even helping him, giving him hints, and giving him a rich reward upon its completion.

Sighing once again, Roy stopped complaining and began to seriously consider his next course of action.

First of all, he can't kill Alex Sanchez openly, as it would attract the attention of many parties.

It's not because he's afraid of him, but because of what Alfred said to him last time.

Alex Sanchez has other identities other than being the second-largest shareholder of his father's chamber of commerce.

He himself was a well-known arms dealer, a slave trader whose goods are well known in the underworld, and an illegal transporter of various kinds of materials in a dozen or so countries.

Alex Sanchez can blatantly kill Ron Conner not because of his personal power but because of his connections.

This was also one of the reasons why others were afraid to make moves on him.

But, then again, like what was said earlier, Alex Sanchez isn't strong individually; although he can't kill him in broad daylight, he can assassinate him secretly.

However, assassinating him directly won't solve anything, as that would still make the forces behind him lose a lot of money. At worst, it may even make them furious at him and hang a large bounty on the underworld in order to find his identity.

Perhaps he can frame up those forces that he offended before?

Alex Sanchez is a bastard guy who offended many people, after all, and there's no lack of frame-up material. If he were to use them as a cover, maybe he could complete the mission without any complications.

Upon coming up with an idea, Roy's eyes lit up, as he thought that it was indeed feasible.

But before that, he first opened the clone's attribute panel to verify his guesses.

𝙍𝙤𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 (Clone)

𝙅𝙤𝙗: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙧 (𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧)

𝙇𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡: 4 

𝙏𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚: 'Noob'

𝙃𝙋: 110/110

𝙈𝙋: 180/180

𝙎𝙏𝙍: 4.5

𝙑𝙄𝙏: 5.5

𝘼𝙂𝙄: 4.5

𝙄𝙉𝙏: 31

𝙒𝙄𝙎: 34.5

𝙇𝙐𝘾𝙆: 8

𝙎𝙆𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙎: 

𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 Max

𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮 (𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 Max

𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 (𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 Max

𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 3

𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 1

𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙝 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 2

𝙄𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 3

𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮 (𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 1

𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 1

𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙨 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 2

𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 1

𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 1

𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 1

𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 (𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚) 𝙇𝙑 1

Seeing this, Roy nodded his head.

Sure enough, although the clones can't use "The Gamer Interface", Roy can still access it by possessing them.

Roy then turned to the clone's MP and was satisfied upon seeing it.

Just as he expected, the clone has and can generate its own mana, albeit one tenth of the original body.

As for why it needed 50 MP per minute to maintain, it was more for maintaining the connection between the clone and the original body.

Because in Roy's mind, once the connection was cut off, the clone wasn't any different from an independent individual.

That was also one of the reasons why he made the clones die upon failing to execute the conditions he set.

Perhaps he had watched too many cloning movies in the past, or maybe because it wasn't entirely impossible to be betrayed by his clones, Roy was extremely cautious about it.

He then turned to the skills and was confused to find that [Gamer's Mind] and [Gamer's Body] were still at max level, even with the restriction he added, making it so that clones only have one tenth of his overall powers and abilities.

But then again, considering that MP and WIS only decrease by half due to his deliberate intention, it might be because the two passive skills are much more potent than the "restriction" he made, making it easily bypassed by them... not surprising, though.

As for the [Real Clone] being at MAX level, it's not very surprising. As the origin of clones itself, it can easily bypass its own restrictions.

In other words, he can create clones through the clones themselves, although he has to consume his own mana as the current clone only has 110 MP.

Overall, other than the three skills above, all the remaining skills are weakened versions of the original, but nonetheless, he was still satisfied.

"It seems that it's finally time to develop mana-related skills."

After seeing that nothing was amiss, Roy remembered the original work and finally decided to start learning the most bug-like ability of Han Jee Han.

The reason he avoided it before was because his MP capacity and MP regen were too small to do anything.

But now that he has clones that have their own MP and meditation skills (1/10th of his own), it is now possible.

...

After he finished talking with Alfred, both decided to stay low-profile for the time being.

I mean, what else can they do other than be passive? Alex Sanchez is too strong to confront it head-on at the moment, and currently, Conner's Manor is very safe.

The Conner family owned an entire mountain range; the radius alone was as large as 30 kilometers, surrounded by 50-meter-tall and 8-meter-thick walls made of concrete and various stone materials.

The entire territory was heavily guarded by hundreds of outer guards, who were responsible for the safety of the mansion from outside.

The mountain range is a good strategic location that makes it hard for others to invade, and it's not much different from a fortress.

Even Alex Sanchez himself had to send 'Samuel' (the traitor) to assassinate himself; otherwise, he would have long sent an army to bomb it.

After leaving the balcony, Roy, who was still possessing his clone, did not immediately return to the library but headed to the forest inside the territory.

After finding a quiet place, Roy placed his hands on the ground, poured out his mana, and tried to manipulate it according to his idea.

Minutes Later

Roy found that he had run out of energy and had to meditate for several minutes to fully recover.

Hours later

After the continuous repetition of pouring out his mana on the ground and recovering it through meditation, a message that he had been expecting finally rang in his mind:

'Due to a specific action, a skill has been created.'

[Earth Manipulation (Active) LV 1

Allow the user to imbue his mana on the ground in order to manipulate 'Earth'. The amount of 'earth' that can be manipulated depends on the amount of mana and skill level.]

Looking at the skill that took him a lot of effort to create, Roy finally let out a sigh of satisfaction.

After returning to the library, he cut off his possessions from the clones and returned to his original body.

While in meditation, one of his parallel thoughts was formulating a plan, and the other was giving a mental task to his other clones.

Since he needed a place to create and practice mana-related skills, he had to have a place to do it, and what's better than to create his own training ground?

Yes, the Conner family indeed had its own training grounds to train servants and guards, and he could just barge in and use them as he wanted.

But after a second thought, Roy decided against it.

The current him was too weak at this moment, and he didn't want to alert others with his action.

After all, he didn't trust all the servants other than the few he knew. Like, what if some of them were already bought by Alex Sanchez to spy on him?

If his mana-related skills were indeed discovered, then the consequences would be something he couldn't imagine, as they would affect his current and future plans.

Sighing, Roy felt that he might be too paranoid and decided to put aside these thoughts for a while and turn his attention on the matter on hand.

Together with his parallel thoughts and the numerous books he had read related to architecture, Roy easily created a blueprint of an underground hideout in his mind, and all he had to do was implement it.

Coupled with 'Earth Manipulation Skill', Roy estimated that it wouldn't take a few weeks to complete the entire project.

...

Five days later.

Roy felt that he still underestimated his abilities too much.

Due to the increased MP and MP Regen caused by his 10 days of seclusion, he increased the number of his clones from the initial three to seven.

Due to his continuous construction work, he had also developed several related skills, such as building, architecture, digging, carving, etc.

Originally, he thought that such a big project would take several weeks or even months to complete, but because of his abilities, it was finished several times earlier.

The entire underground training ground was built 30 meters below the library.

Connected by a hidden spiral staircase, the entire space was as large as 50 x 50 cubic meters and was divided by 4 floors, each of which has several rooms for various purposes.

The walls and floors of the entire underground base are made of stone made by hardening the surrounding soil with earth manipulation.

Roy also designed it in a way that it can absorb vibrations, so the things that happen below won't be noticed by the people above.

End.