Doomsday Life Simulator System In A Zombie Apocalypse World Update Era-Chapter 71: Cursed Doll Spirit Avatar
[’Holy shit! This guy is more ruthless than me!’]
[After reading the Hint Prompt, you couldn’t help but look at Toymaker, who was currently sleeping defenselessly.]
[Contrary to your expectations, Toymaker wasn’t an ugly bastard or a wretched old man.]
[Instead, he looked like he was in his early twenties; his youthful and handsome appearance made those who saw him have a good impression of him.]
[Although he was in no way near as handsome as you, he still was good-looking enough that if he put on a smile and acted kind, people would be less likely to think he harbored malicious intent towards them.]
[Little did they know, under such a facade lay a secret so sinister that he should be given the death penalty for it.]
[’You really can’t judge a book by its cover. Thanks to his looks, even if he had no Spirit Avatar, there were still chances he could trick a few, let alone having a Spirit Avatar.’]
[’Although I can’t understand why this guy sleeps so defenselessly, especially when this apartment isn’t really safe. Does he not fear being assassinated?’] 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
[You didn’t care much about the crimes Toymaker committed since you were one of the few people who had no right to do so.]
[While your actions weren’t as extreme as his, the quantity of your sins still made him look like a saint.]
[After all, he only killed dozens while you had slaughtered an entire station world.]
[The only difference was that you did it to ensure you cut off all roots and water the Blood Fruit Tree, while he did it to make use of his Spirit Avatar.]
[If it wasn’t a conflict of interest, you wouldn’t specifically come looking for him.]
[Shifting your gaze back to the eerie-looking patched-up Toy Mascots, you used your Hint Prompt again.]
[You have a hunch that Toymaker’s lack of vigilance was probably due to his confidence in these Toy Mascots.]
{Hint Prompt: Made from the tortured souls of the young. These innocent souls have been thoroughly dyed with resentment and hatred, giving birth to the cursed power of the Cursed Doll avatar.
After being created by Toymaker, these Toy Mascots can exist in the real world, and their abilities would activate autonomously.}
{Hint Prompt: The Toy Mascots will attack anyone who harms the Toymaker. They can detect their target by presence, sight, and hearing. They possess the Initial Bronze rank power.}
[Reading the hint prompts, you were glad that you didn’t hesitate to increase the effectiveness of Presence Concealment and Silent Steps by a thousandfold.]
[Even if you didn’t, there’s still a low chance that they’d find you. But no matter how low, it still wasn’t impossible.]
[’A thousandfold Presence Concealment could even make me stand in front of someone, and they’d still not notice my presence. Even gadgets like cameras and CCTVs wouldn’t be able to capture me.’]
[’These Toy Mascots are as powerful as Bloodsucker Nobles, so this station world truly can’t be underestimated.’]
[Even if you had become stronger, you always refrained from letting it get over your head.]
[Adhering to the principle that there was always someone stronger than you, you rarely acted recklessly and always exercised caution.]
[Even if these Toy Mascots wouldn’t be able to harm you, they still would alert Toymaker, which would lead to more variables in your plan.]
[After gaining information about the Toy Mascots, you used Hint Prompt on Toymaker.]
{Hint Prompt: The Toymaker’s Spirit Avatar is called Cursed Doll. It manifests as a doll made up of patched and stitched-up rag clothing, having buttons for eyes.
It possesses two abilities. Toy Workshop allows Toymaker to create toys using any material, and those toys can be chosen to be manually or autonomously controlled.
On the other hand, Cursed Soul allows Toymaker to retrieve the souls of those he killed and use them as materials to create toys.}
{Hint Prompt: Only toys made with souls would possess autonomy. Otherwise, they’d require manual control.
The higher the resentment, hatred, and suffering experienced by the target, the higher the quality of their soul when used as materials for toy making.}
{Hint Prompt: Depending on the quality of the materials used, Toys created by Toy Workshop might even possess abilities. Moreover, Toy Workshop can store materials and souls, albeit in limited quantities.}
[For a Spirit Avatar, you believed that the Cursed Doll avatar was quite powerful. Although it lacked conceptual abilities or mechanisms, it was quite straightforward.]
[Most Spirit Avatar Masters could only rely on themselves in a battle. Yet, if Toymaker was given enough preparation, he’d be able to create toys that possessed abilities.]
[At least, you believed he wasn’t a fodder amongst Spirit Avatar Masters. As you checked his information further using Hint Prompt, you were indeed right.]
{Hint Prompt: Freddie Upstine, aka Toymaker, is at Mid Bronze rank with the stat attributes of Strength 68, Physique 68, Agility 74, and Spirit 723.
Spirit Avatar Masters such as himself mostly have an absurdly high Spirit stat due to it being the foundation as well as requirement for being able to awaken a Spirit Avatar.
One of their few means of improving their physical body is by consuming the Body Tempering Potion manufactured by the Spirit Avatar Master Association.}
{Hint Prompt: Freddie acquired a Body Tempering Potion through the black market and is considered a stray Spirit Avatar Master, not affiliated with the Spirit Avatar Master Association.
He has offended the interests of some official Spirit Avatar Masters and has already been wanted. Killing him won’t be detrimental to you.}
{Hint Prompt: Freddie doesn’t have any resources related to Spirit Avatar Masters, as he would always consume them immediately to improve his strength.}
[Reading those hints, you continued for a while until you obtained Freddie’s secrets, his account passwords, as well as the Spirit Avatar Masters he knew.]
[Even information about the Spirit Avatar Master Alliance that Freddie knew was included, as well as the location of the black market he frequented.]
[In short, he was already useless to you, so you didn’t hesitate to kill him while he was asleep, using Fists of Power, easily obliterating his body.]
[With Freddie’s death, you noticed that the Toy Mascots stiffened, until noticeable tainted souls were released from it.]
[No longer confined to the toys created by Freddie, those victims of his had finally been released and freed.]
[’Now that I know most of the information about the Spirit Avatar Master circle, what’s left is to acquire the Spirit Manifestation Core.’]
[’Awakening the Spirit Avatars of me, Jade, and Scarlet is of utmost priority.’]
[’As long as the three of us have Spirit Avatars, we’ll be able to possess the means to deal with the native Spirit Avatar Masters.’]
[After killing Freddie, you immediately stored all traces of his corpse inside your system inventory.]
[You didn’t know if any Spirit Avatar abilities could locate you through traces you left, but it was best to assume there was.]
[You couldn’t afford to be careless in this station world, especially when its danger rating ceiling could be as perilous as Extremely High.]
[’From the information I know, Spirit Avatars vary in abilities, and they could be weak but also be absurdly powerful.’]
[’In most cases, Spirit Avatar abilities were related to the experience and potential of the Spirit Avatar Master. After all, Spirit Avatars are derived from their spirit.’]
[For example, Freddie’s Cursed Doll avatar was due to him having a rough upbringing.]
[When he was bullied, and his toy was taken, that alone seemed to cause him to harbor evil in his heart. And when he became older, he relished in tormenting those who were weaker than him, which was mostly those who were younger.]
[After all, his parents, who were older than he, had easily beaten him up by virtue of being stronger and older. So, he realized the truth and did the same to those younger than him.]
[Thinking of this, you shook your head, ’In the end, he’s too narrow-minded and still has been fixated on targeting those who were younger than him.’]
[’Because of that, his progress had always been stagnant. After all, unless he was absolutely certain he was stronger, the past trauma from his childhood rarely caused him to attack and kill those who were older than him.’]
[If it were you, you’d just slaughter and harvest the souls of anyone in the station world.]
[Although that wasn’t any good, at least you’d still kill everyone equally and not play favorites like Freddie.]
[After disposing of Freddie’s corpse, you also took everything in his room, including the broken Toy Mascots that had crumbled after the souls escaped their confinement.]
[They were useless to you, but spatial storage was the best method you had in eliminating the traces you left.]
[With the aftermath of killing Freddie already dealt with, you took out the Absolute Compass and commanded, "Locate me the nearest Spirit Manifestation Core that, with my current power, I can easily get."]
[Not long after, the Absolute Compass pointed its magnetic needle towards the southeast.]
