Single Stat System

"Instant recovery mana potion?" The blue-haired woman asked and was surprised. But then, although it was really expensive, if it could save her friend, then she had no qualms about trading it. With that said, she retrieved a glass of mana potion from her Inventory as she said, "I only have one of it. This item can give you an instant 500 mana."

Although this item was the lowest level instant recovery mana potion, it costs her a lot to get it. And although it could only recover 500 mana, it could be a life-saving item in a life and death situation. That was why she was eager to have one in case of emergency.

"Oh?" Sakim stared at the mana potion. Only 500 MP? Sakim felt that it was too little. But since it could fill at least about half of his MP, Sakim told himself to be satisfied with it. After which, he shifted his gaze at the eye of the blue-haired woman and said coldly, "If this thing is something like The Fooler then, believe me, I will claim both of your life right away."

"I..." The blue-haired woman shivered again seeing and hearing Sakim. She tried her hardest to open her mouth and replied as she stuttered, "I wouldn't dare!"

If her first try had failed, then wouldn't it mean that the same tricks would never work against him? So why would she bother herself to use the same tricks just to anger the other party? She wasn't that tired of living if one would ask.

"Alright, let me see." Seeing the sincere reaction of the other party, Sakim reached his left hand forward beckoning the other party to give the item. The blue-haired woman didn't think much as she threw the potion towards Sakim. Satisfied, Sakim nodded his head as he drunk the mana potion to fill his MP. Seeing that everything went well, he then said, "Alright, it's a deal. I can trade this for your friend's treatment."

"Now then..." The atmosphere suddenly became icy cold as Sakim stared at the blue-haired woman's eyes. After a moment, he threw the Blood Pill towards her and said, "As for your life, if you wanted to live, then my only condition is for you to swallow it."

"What's this?" The blue-haired woman who had just calmed down a bit suddenly turned pale again after catching the red bead. Yes, she might have saved her friend. But she had forgotten that she also had her life that needed to be saved as well. And it could only make her feel uneasy just by the thought of it. Although she didn't know exactly what was that thing that the other party had given to her, she could tell that it was not something good.

And just like what she thought, upon seeing the description of the item with the help of the system, her heart couldn't help beating wildly in restlessness. Just how could something like this happen to her? This was basically making her a slave!

[Blood Manipulator Pill]

• A pill made of the blood of the Vessel of the Greed sin, Sakim. He can have absolute control over the blood of anyone with lower-level Greed Energy who swallows it.

"This... C-can we have other conditions?" The blue-haired woman asked with terrified eyes. She already lived her life against her will and be controlled by fate to live as a bandit just to have a chance of avenging her family. And now, this guy was also trying to control her life? This was really unacceptable no matter how she looked at it.

"Of course, of course," Sakim smiled as he added right away, "You can just die right here, right now if you don't want to swallow it." Sakim didn't know it, but his Greed Energy was leaking out from him as he smiled since he was intending to steal the other party's life already.

And the blue-haired woman, upon sensing his almost incomparable amount of Greed Energy, shuddered in fear. So without trying to complain anymore, she swallowed the Blood Manipulator Pill on her hand even though it was against her will.

Right after that, she felt a warm sensation inside her chest as she felt as well that the Blood Manipulator Pill had immediately melted upon swallowing it. The warmth and unease she felt lasted for few more seconds before everything turned back to normal again.

"I have swallowed it," The blue-haired woman said as she stared at Sakim, still uncomfortable. But then, she didn't realize it but she wasn't as afraid of Sakim as before. And contrary to that, she was starting to feel joy in her heart and an urge to serve him as a king.

Seeing her, Sakim nodded in satisfaction. After which, he raised his palm again as his blood came out from his palm to form another ball of blood.

The blue-haired woman only watched Sakim and didn't say any words. She just thought that the other party was now preparing to save her friend.

But contrary to her expectation, Sakim wasn't preparing to save her friend but instead, he was trying to create another Blood Manipulator Pill to give her friend as well. But this time, Sakim didn't just create one Blood Manipulator Pill. Since his HP was already full again after consuming the HP he'd stolen from the monsters, he planned to create two Blood Manipulator Pills at the same time. One for the crimson-haired woman, and one for the guy who was coming. He should at least give that guy a welcoming gift, right?

With that in mind, two balls of blood formed above his right palm. Since he had already enough MP, he wasn't afraid of spending it, especially if this would result in good.

In the process, Sakim greeted his teeth as he found his HP dropping at an insanely fast rate. At this rate, he might even die before he could even finish creating the pill. As such, without any hesitation, Sakim consumed another stolen HP so to fill his HP.

After a few moments, his blood stopped coming out from his palm. Sakim heaved a sigh of relief seeing that his HP had also stopped dropping. He then consumed another stolen HP to fill up his HP bar fully.

On the other hand, the two balls of blood that formed on his palm then started to shrink as both of them finally become a small bead of blood.

Satisfied, Sakim smiled as he nodded and grabbed it with his hand. He shifted his gaze at the blue-haired woman and said, "Now then, let's treat your friend."