Villain: Ultimate Mutation System in the Alternate World

Now for the fun part

He checked his Skill Points and saw a surplus, thanks to selling all the useless mutation organs he didn't need.

It would be a waste to hoard all of this, so it was time to go on a shopping spree.

[Points]

Attribute Points: 90

Skill Points :121

Evolution Points : 0

'121 skill points, not bad,' he nodded in satisfaction.

He couldn't help but chuckle at the thought that the Hunter Association had handed out Hunters for him to kill for skill points like pamphlets on the street.

Whoever was running that show must have been as generous as Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, in Reign's opinion.

He began scrutinizing his skills, pondering the best way to use his well deserved points.

'Can I upgrade the Death Rail Gun?' he mused, scratching his chin in contemplation.

Currently, it was his strongest skill in terms of pure penetrating power.

Its range was also the longest, and the damage it could cause far surpassed any of his current skills, if he was given enough time to charged it.

The only downside of Death Rail Gun was its high consumption rate.

In order to operate it, he needed to use multiple different types of skills in coordination with one another which put a lot of load on his Energy.

If he could upgrade it and make it more efficient, it would boost his power again.

However, after checking, he found no direct option for upgrading it.

The best course of action was to enhance its power by upgrading all the skills related to it, such as Claw Bullets ,Claw Barrage, Enhance Bones , and Bone Control.

Among these skills, only Claw Barrage was not at its full level, so he prioritized capping it first.

Claw Barrage (14)>(20)

Reign made a mental note to search for a way to make Death Rail Gun much more efficient.

His first iteration was merely a prototype, explaining its lack of efficiency.

It was akin to building a car; initially, the focus was on speed, and once that was achieved, the next step was to enhance efficiency and stability.

The mere thought of the experiments he could conduct to perfect the Rail Gun filled him with excitement.

Despite all the suffering he had endured as a lab rat, his childhood obsession with this particular weapon still burned brightly within him.

Next was Clawer, his most frequently used skill in short-range combat.

While it was true that he could kill his enemies without relying on it, upgrading Clawer would enable him to execute attacks faster and with stronger power.

It was akin to having a hotkey for a skill, accessible with just a thought.

In addition, Clawer was also useful because he could seamlessly integrate it into his normal attacks.

Even a simple punch could activate the Clawer ability, allowing him to benefit from its buffs and enhancements.

Clawer (8)>(20)

Next on the agenda was Death Aura and Night Crawl .

While he hadn't used Death Aura much due to how weak his enemy where, he figured it wouldn't hurt to cap it since he had a surplus of skill points.

Death Aura (11)> (20)

Night Crawl (10)> (20)

After upgrading all the skills he found useful, he turned his attention to the "Seed."

He hadn't allocated any skill points to it before because when he attempted to activate the skill, nothing happened.

Reign suspected that it might require a certain level to be used.

And now was the perfect time because he had plenty of skill points to waste on his hypothesis .

Seed (1)>(20)

When he finished upgrading the skill to level 20, a new notification popped up.

[Seed Stage 1 (0/200 skill points) ]

'Shit,' he muttered, almost smacking the semi-transparent window in frustration after seeing how high requirements was.

He had thought he was well-off in terms of skill points, but after doing the math, he realized he couldn't even fulfill the requirements for the first stage.

What was worse was that he had no idea how many stages there would be.

For all he knew, that thing could have either two stages or one hundred.

'I'll ignore this thing for now,' he sighed, feeling a little bit frustrated.

The Seed was like a bottomless pit, and he concluded that it would be better to focus on increasing his fighting power to avoid dying in the first place, rather than betting on something like the "Seed" for insurance.

'Maybe in the future, when I have more skill points to spare,' he thought, leaving the Seed for another time.

Now it was finally time to allocate the attribute points he had painstakingly saved.

'All my stats are A+ except for Intelligence, should I?' Reign pondered for a few seconds.

He was confident that he was smart enough, but the temptation to increase his intellect was there for a different reason.

Upgrading his intelligence might not drastically improve his IQ, but what if it served as a prerequisite for acquiring a domain?

In fact, it seemed odd to him that despite his over the top IQ, his Intelligence stat remained at a B-.

He guessed that maybe Intelligence stats didn't just gauge someone's IQ or intelligence; it likely measure a broader range of factors.

'The only thing I'm missing right now is a domain,' he mused to himself.

With a domain at his disposal, he was certain he'd have the strength needed to confront those vampires head-on.

But without one, he would be at a disadvantage. It was like a lion trying to fight underwater; no matter how strong the lion was, it would never triumph over a predator that lives in the water.

Intelligence (B-)> (A+) = 85 points

Just like that, almost all of his saved attribute points were drained.

"I don't fee—" His words were suddenly cut off by a searing pain in his head.

"AHHHHHHH!" He shouted as he felt like his mind was breaking apart, as if countless needles were stabbing it from all directions.

Reign's vision blurred, and he staggered, clutching his head in agony.

Every moment felt endless as waves of unbearable pain surged through his skull.

His thoughts scattered, and he fought to stay clear-headed amid the pain.

But it was just too much.

It felt like his very mind was under attack, threatening to burst out with each passing second.

The pain became too unbearable, causing dark red energy tinged with red electrical current to leak from his body.

After a few moments, the energy transformed from a gaseous state to a viscous liquid, oozing from every part of his body and dripping on the ground.

As the dark substance pooled on the ground, Reign found himself at its center, kneeling and gripping his head in unbearable pain.

"AGGHHHHHHHHHHH!" Reign's pained cries thundered, his consciousness slipping away as his body moved purely on instinct.

As if in response to his agony, the pool of black substance began to encircle and surround his body like a cocoon, reminiscent of a caterpillar's chrysalis.

It gleamed with an eerie, black-red sheen, its surface rippling with electric patterns as it molded itself snugly around Reign's body.

Fully covered by the cocoon, he was slowly pulled underground as it began to burrow, the earth parting effortlessly as it dug downward .