Kevin felt a surge of burning energy.

It shot up his spine.

It spread through his veins.

It filled his whole body.

He held back the burning pain inside him.

The voice in his ear kept going.

[Dual talent awakening in progress...]

[The anchor values exceeded the assessment range. Upgrading talents with special modifications...]

[Talent upgrade complete.]

[Talent Name: Lance of Condemnation (Unique)]

[Talent Tier: SSS-Tier]

[Description: The holy spear holds the blood of God. It purifies original sin. It judges heretics. It shatters illusions. It is the bane of all chaos creatures, horrors, sanity corruption, flesh mutations, and hellish curses.]

[Effect 1: Radiant Grace. Immune to all minor whisper curses, sanity corruption, and flesh mutations. While active, your sanity never breaks.]

[Effect 2: Lance Phantasm. You can summon a projected spear for combat. Lance Phantasm deals 100% true damage to all horrors. Ignores physical defense, magic defense, mental defense, and all other horror resistances.]

[Talent Name: Covenant of the Saint (Unique)]

[Talent Tier: SSS-Tier]

[Description: You sit on the Holy Throne. Your fate is washed by light and divinity. You hold the purest blessing of faith. You can bind to people with pure minds and bodies. You make pacts with them. You turn them into your "Covenantbearers".]

[Effect: All survival rewards earned by the bound Covenantbearer are doubled and sent back to you. This includes mission rewards, chests, talent rewards, experience, and supplies.]

[Note 1: Only targets with pure bodies or pure minds can become Covenantbearers.]

[Note 2: Higher bond with a Covenantbearer increases the multiplier. Max multiplier: 10,000x.]

The last voice faded.

A wave of uncontrollable joy swept over Kevin’s face.

Two talents.

Both SSS-Tier!

In his past life, he never heard of any Survivor unlocking two talents.

Not to mention S-Tier talents.

He had never seen one in his life.

"Jackpot."

Kevin clenched his fists.

He felt the new power surge inside him.

"This time is the real deal."

Past life experience taught him one thing.

His new abilities were insane.

On this horror sea, horrors are terrifying.

Their powers are unpredictable.

But worse, you can’t kill them easily.

Normal weapons don’t work.

Bullets passed right through them.

Wounds closed up in seconds.

Blades cut through them.

Fleshy bits grew back immediately.

And forget about the intangible ones.

Physical attacks did zero damage.

The worst part was the mind games.

Fighting them drained your sanity.

Fear crept in fast.

Your grip on reality slipped.

Once sanity hit the limit, you went mad.

You attacked everything around you.

You kept going until you killed everyone.

Then you killed yourself.

Worse yet.

If sanity hit zero, your body changed forever.

Kevin had seen it too many times.

Corpses twisted.

Limbs became tentacles.

Eyes bulged into tumors.

Humans lost their shapes.

They became monsters.

Their souls never found peace.

The talent Kevin awakened.

Lance of Condemnation.

It was the perfect counter to all horrors.

With this talent, Kevin had an edge.

If a horror’s power wasn’t much higher than his, he was immune to most of its attacks.

Even against strong horrors, Radiant Grace dampened their assaults.

Flesh curses dropped.

Sanity corruption faded.

Everything stayed under control.

Just by this one factor, his survival rate jumped.

It multiplied three times over.

And that was just a fraction of the talent.

When facing horrors, Kevin had another tool.

He could summon the spear’s projection.

He could use it as a weapon.

He could fight back.

Horror resistances didn’t matter.

Physical immunity? Useless.

Magic immunity? Useless.

Illusion shields? Broken.

Regeneration rules? Stopped.

Nothing worked against the spear.

They couldn’t dodge it.

They couldn’t block it.

They would take 100% true damage. Every time.

This was real damage.

This could actually kill horrors.

For Kevin, it was balanced.

Strong offense.

Solid defense.

Almost perfect.

There was one catch, though.

To fully use the spear, Kevin needed a stronger body.

He needed better spear skills.

That was where the second talent came in.

Covenant of the Saint.

It filled the gap.

The description was clear.

Link with a qualified target.

Make them a Covenantbearer.

Share their rewards.

Everything they got would be doubled. He would get it too.

This changed everything.

Find the right people.

Bind them.

Harvest their loot.

His gear would grow.

His stats would rise.

He could even copy their talents.

It was a growth engine.

Locked onto him.

Ready to run.

The two talents worked as a pair.

Lance of Condemnation handled the fighting. Survival was covered.

Covenant of the Saint handled the buildup. Growth was secured.

Offense and defense.

Perfectly linked.

Kevin exhaled.

A slow, steady breath.

In his past life, S-Tier was the peak. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

He had never seen it broken.

Now he held two.

Both SSS-Tier.

They fit together flawlessly.

"Strong" didn’t cover it.

This was cheating.

But Kevin stayed grounded.

He didn’t let his head fill up with dreams.

The second talent was powerful.

But the rules were strict.

The system was clear.

Only pure targets.

Pure bodies.

Or pure minds.

Pure body.

Pure mind.

They lived in a connected world.

A world of instant gratification.

Kevin doubted many adults had avoided explicit films.

Physical purity was even rarer.

Real intimacy leaves a mark.

"Damn it."

Kevin muttered to himself.

He let out a short breath.

"Let’s hope some girls on this ship fit the criteria."

What?

Why only female Covenantbearers?

Can’t men be Covenantbearers?

Don’t even think about it!

On Kevin’s ship, there would be only one man.

Him.

Leo?

The moment he stepped on this ship, he was on Kevin’s death list.

Kevin thought this.

He lifted his eyelids.

He looked at the women on the deck.

Moments later, data popped up above their heads.

[Name: Luna]

[Age: 21]

[Occupation: Model]

[Affection: 25]

[Purity: Body 100, Mind -100]

Kevin stared at Luna’s data.

He froze for a second.

Body purity: plus 100.

Mind purity: minus 100?

The gap was huge.

Her body was clean.

Her mind...

How much explicit content did she consume to drop her mind score this low?

Kevin shook his head.

He wondered what she had been through.

[Name: Amelia]

[Age: 24]

[Occupation: Patrol Officer]

[Affection: 0]

[Purity: Body 100, Mind 100]

Kevin raised an eyebrow.

Both at max.

Body and mind purity were perfect.

The female officer Amelia actually impressed him.

She stayed clean.

Her mind was untouched.

Given her job as a patrol officer, Kevin made a quick guess.

She had strong morals.

Disciplined.

Honest.

Principled.

She was a good candidate.

Worthy of development.

[Name: Stephanie]

[Age: 20]

[Occupation: Student]

[Affection: -50]

[Purity: Body -100, Mind 0]

Kevin saw Stephanie’s numbers.

He nodded.

He expected this.

Body: minus 100.

Mind: zero.

The pristine lady on the outside was probably wild on the inside.

Worse than her sister Bella.

Kevin thought she kept up the "pure" act to keep the men around her hooked.

Like Leo.

Kevin was sure of it.

Leo probably treated her like a rare, untouchable flower.

Bella had mentioned it recently.

Stephanie refused to sleep with Leo.

She wanted to save herself for marriage.

If Leo found out the truth...

Kevin’s lips curled up.

Leo’s reaction would be priceless.

But then he thought again.

He frowned.

Even a player like Stephanie only had a mind score of zero.

Luna’s mind score was minus 100.

Why?

What had she gone through?

Before he could figure it out, the eerie voice returned.

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