Damn, I Awakened With A Horror System!

"This, a candy machine?"

As Alex was about to grab the handle of the wooden door, ready to exit this mysterious place before continuing his postponed cultivation, the ominous figure of two machines on the far corner of the shop suddenly caught his attention, making him halt in his tracks as he sized them up and down, quite curious about why a potion master would suddenly place an old yet ominous item within his shop.

Furthermore, it was quite far from the entrance of the shop, making it hard to be noticed by those who entered this place.

"If he wanted to sell candies, he should place them outside the shop...'

The teenager instinctively thought before unconsciously approaching the machines in the far distance.

In an instant, upon closing his distance toward the old items, the machine's old and rotting bark, slowly being consumed by dark and green moss, entered his sight.

Followed by its nostalgic scent that wafts toward his nostrils, invading his senses for a while as an irresistible desire abruptly blossomed within the depths of his being.

It's the familiar sensation that he often experienced in the past, a sensation that often gives him benefits and advantages.

Other than his innate skill "luck premonition" he also had a physique called "Life Instinct". A unique yet not overpowered physique that allows him to understand what his body desires in order to strengthen itself and what it should avoid.

Although the effects sound lame, they actually allow him to become above the normal cultivators in terms of survivability and overall strength, making him on par with beings who had rare +3 class jobs!

"25 earth gold per candy, you can't ask for a discount."

Seeing that the teenager stopped in front of those Trick or Treat Machines, clearly curious about their contents, Leo couldn't help but approach from afar.

He also wanted to see what kind of effects their candies contained.

"25 earth gold?! Sir, are you sure you were not scamming people?"

"I surely not; as for the system, I clearly don't know...'

Gulping the words that were about to escape his throat, Leo lightly shook his head, gesturing that he wasn't scamming people.

Although the price really looks exaggerated, to the point that it was already comparable to 1 high ungraded potion, Leo knew that the system wouldn't scam him...

Well, at least it wouldn't give him items that were overly useless. With the system's mischievous personality, the machine's usefulness would be around 25,000 to 50,000 horror points.

Other than that, there's also the probability that the price of those items was above their original price; this would only happen if the system was in a good mood.

"This... Nevermind, if the candy wasn't that good, I would never buy it again!"

Mumbling to himself, the teenager hesitantly took out his purse from his inventory, weighing it on his palm with mixed emotions before taking out 25 earth gold within.

With the things he bought earlier, he was only left with 10 earth gold in his pocket, enough to at least sustain his being for a month.

"Sigh~ I already spent all of my allowance for this month; if my mom learns about it, she will surely beat me..."

Weakly mumbling to himself, wanting to gain the owner's sympathy, Alex hesitantly handed the earth golds toward the hand of Leo. Deliberately slowing in order to show his hesitation, wanting to at least gain some discount.

"Kid, what are you doing?"

"Are you finally giving me some discounts?"

Hearing Leo, Alex immediately unfolds a bright smile on his face, feeling that he succeeded in his acting as he hurriedly retracted his stretched hand.

However, before he could celebrate within his mind, the cold yet emotionless voice of the owner, capable of stirring one's emotion, suddenly entered his ears, pouring cold water into his being as his smile retracted in an instant.

"No, you need to insert the earth gold one by one into the machine's slot in order to get your candy... Don't show me that face; I'm only doing business."

Staring directly into the eyes of the teenager, Leo couldn't help but frown, scaring the latter greatly before immediately facing the candy machine.

"Tsk... Doing business was really troublesome; it's still easier to kill beings than deny customers from getting discounts...'

Thinking of it, Leo couldn't help but momentarily release a strong blood lust, feeling uncomfortable all of a sudden upon being unable to do what he wanted.

Compared to the area of the cemetery and the depths of the endless forest, he needed to carefully watch his actions in this town!

"Sigh~ If not for the requirements of my class job, I would hesitantly visit this town.'

...

"What is that?'

Alex thought to himself, feeling puzzled all of a sudden upon sensing that his luck premonition suddenly halted on sending a signal to his mind. Not allowing him to understand what it wanted to convey earlier.

"Weird..."

Weakly mumbling to himself, Alex slightly shook his head before continuing to insert the earth gold toward the slot of the machine.

Unfolding a mixed expression on his face as the skin of his hand lightly grazed toward the damp moss that stuck toward its corner.

Huff~

Sensing its cold yet ominous energy that drilled toward the flesh of his hand, making his movement slow in the process, Alex couldn't help but grimace...

Although he was hesitant, since his premonition didn't send a signal of danger within his mind, he didn't stop.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Click! Click!

Soon, after inserting all 25 earth gold toward the slot, the machine in front of him suddenly releases an annoying clicking sound, akin to countless droplets of water that unceasingly fall toward the stainless sink.

Loudly echoing within the enclosed and damp space, making Alex's heart slip a bit due to the strange rhythmic sound it was creating.

(An instinctive reaction of humans if they were being subjected to intense anticipation, that often leads to anxiousness if the thing they were expecting still hadn't arrived in a long period of time... causes them to overthink.)

"This candy machine was malfunctioning?"

Tic- Tic- (Sound of an object falling toward the ground.)

As Alex was about to complain to the owner on his side, a small ticking sound suddenly entered his ears, making his head tilt downward as the figure of a small dark bear, made of pure chocolate, being covered by plastic appeared in his vision.

Ding!

[ Congratulations on getting a bear chocolate... ]

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