Joking around and playing with words could be said to add flavor and spice in this life.
Emotions were hard to quantize, so using emotions as standard for the line was a good point and a bad point.
From extreme emotions stems the true intention.
When the true intentions are born, the action will be affected causing the ripple in lines of karma.
Causality, cause and effect. Another name for karma, since the cause was already there naturally the effect also pre determined and thus karma was established.
Niu Chang was walking behind the two bandits.
He was thinking how long will the buff of invincibility given by the system last?
Since the system gave the option of “resolve the karma by yourself” naturally it’s to stop any interaction between the two parties.
If the perpetrators lose their life by ‘accident’ naturally the karma will end there and solve the case.
But if the perpetrators suddenly realized they made a big mistake and lost their will to continue, such as running away and begging for mercy. It won’t be that simple.
Humans were weird creatures, especially those who were too demonic and those who were too righteous. Even the normal and regular one wouldn’t be better since everyone has their own thinking.
Hatred was hard to remove, thus even if Niu Chang let them go. Will they let Niu Chang go?
Since the source of karma was still there, how can the system let them go?
Even if the perpetrators completely cut off their hatred and no longer care, how could it be so easy?
You came into my life to harm me physically or mentally, but when I showed you my strength you wanted to shake hands and call it a joke?
Am I a joke to you?
Thus, to resolve the karma. Either one of the parties is no longer able to cause any future interaction or both parties agreed to forget about the incident.
Now Niu Chang was buffed with the strength of two men.
‘According to my deduction, the buff of invincibility given by the system is corresponding to those that established karma with me. The buff only increases my base stats by one point so that I can ‘easily’ resolve the karma. But for the time limit, there is none.’
So, Niu Chang was thinking if he could use this to build up huge amounts of buffs stacked together by not taking care of his enemies.
Just as the thought of letting go of the bandits in front of him, Niu Chang suddenly felt something was wrong.
It was a feeling that is hard to describe, it’s not in his body or mind, but something deeper.
‘It feels like something in the existence of myself was trembling.’
He then checked his system just to make sure if his guess was right.
[Host : Niu Chang.]
[Karma point : 167.]
[Cultivation : Qi - Third rate, Body - Third rate.]
[Skill : Kendo. More]
Niu Chang was stunned when he saw the value of his karma point drop by two points. He was speechless, ‘it's just a thought but the system immediately responded?’
Right now, Niu Chang no longer has any intention of letting go of two bandits in front of him.
‘What will happen if the karma point reaches zero? Will I have negative karma points?’
Thinking of negative karma points, Niu Chang was trembling in fear.
The system gave him the buff of invincibility because someone actively sought a problem with him, but if he actively sought a problem by himself or made a karma or had negative karma points.
He didn’t dare to think too much about it. The system instruction manual clearly said about equal reward and punishment.
What kind of punishment is equal to the buff of invincibility that virtually made him a god in the mortal world?
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Heavy.
Even hell would be a good place to hide from the punishment from the system.
Cleaning his distracting thoughts, Niu Chang unknowingly arrived at the bandit hideout.
It is more like a fortress. The wall of thick wood was tall and strong, there were also watching towers with bandits taking their post.
The two bags of karma points stopped. Since they already arrived in front of their hideout, naturally Niu Chang should be panicked. Thus both of them turn around.
The moment they turned around, Niu Chang immediately launched a sneak attack.
Targeting the vital points, he easily gained advantage over the adult bandits.
But for now, he didn’t want to kill them immediately, he wanted to fish.
“AAAAAAAA-.....”
“FUUUUCC–....”
The bandits were in pain, both of their knees were bent backward and Niu Chang also stomped on their stomach.
The sudden cry of pain alerted the bandits on duty and those near the wall.
Fishing. With an intention to fish the bandit, Niu Chang was actually still in the safe zone of the system.
The two bandits in front of him already established karma with him, thus he was free doing anything with them. But it was different with the bandits in the hideout.
Just as Niu Chang expected.
Series notifications from the system appeared one after another.
[Established karma with..]
[Established karma with..]
[Established karma with..]
In a flash, three people driven by their emotions, either anger or arrogance of being a bandit.
In any case, there is no difference between them. Since they already signed their death.
The one on the watching tower was looking at Niu Chang intently. His eyes were red and full of anger and murderous intent.
“Hey hey.” Niu Chang was happy and then took the sword to the ground.
He raised the sword with ease and with the corner of his eyes, he seduced the man on the watching tower.
“Hey hey, scream. Scream more, let me hear it.” Niu Chang said softly.
Then he slashed the bandit under his foot, cutting off his left arm.
“AAAAAAAA-...”
The bandit on the right was frightened seeing this, but the hatred in his eyes was unconcealed. If glare could kill people, Niu Chang would have already died three hundred times already.
“Oh, you also want one too?” Niu Chang playfully asked the bandit on the right.
Hearing this word, the bandit on the right panicked and tried to speak.
“Too late.” Niu Chang cut him off and stabbed his throat.
The bandit looked at Niu Chang with reluctance and resentment, but unable to do anything due to pain was paralyzing him.
Niu Chang played with the sword in his hand and slowly cut the man’s throat.
[Established karma with..]
[Established karma with..]
[Established karma with..]
[Established karma with..]
[Established karma with..]
[Established karma with..]
Unknown to him, series notification from the system already stacked and his vision filled with the system asking him which options he would pick.
With thinking too much, Niu Chang chose the second option.
The hideout gate was opened and more than five people came out, their eyes landed on the bandit under Niu Chang’s sword.
“Hey hey.” Niu Chang provoked them, since they already established the karma naturally there will be no problem. Even if there was no karma, saying “Hey hey.” wouldn’t cross the line.
This was why Niu Chang was afraid of human nature. So fragile and volatile to emotions.
Words alone could lock their fate and guarantee their deaths.
[Established karma with..]
[Established karma with..]
As expected, two more people joined the ride.
“Hey hey, don’t be too excited shall we?” Niu Chang said with a kind and compassionate smile.
‘Ah, this feeling of having unrivaled power and strength to pinch my enemies to death is really thrilling. This can be addictive.’ Niu Chang thought to himself.
Since Niu Chang wasn't a fan of trash talk, he killed the bandit on the left instantly with one attack and ran towards the bandits in front of the gate.
His face was brimming with a smile, he no longer contained himself at this moment. This was the first for him to have such a feast, all you can chop and slash buffet!
“Come and greet your grandpa! I will send you to the afterlife.” Niu Chang was high and madly attacked the bandits.
More bandits came out from the hideout.
The superimposed strength made Niu Chang's body become lighter and full of power. He even felt that the qi in his body increased by a large amount.
This only means one thing. There was a martial artist among the bandits.
Niu Chang was in ecstasy. His body didn’t stop moving at all, like a machine solely moving for an endless flow of excitement.
This was the romance of man. Only violence could bring more color in this world.
Like crushing weeds and rotten vegetables. No bandits survive his powerful attack.
It’s mainly because Niu Chang’s strength was unbearable for them.
One slash and the sword went through their body, splitting them into two.
After three of them die in succession, the arrogance in the bandits’ heart wavered and was replaced with fear.