Gatekeeper Of All Realms Chapter 5

All equipment and skills have levels.

Grey means “Broken”, white “Normal”, green “Excellent”, blue “Outstanding”, and purple “One-in-a-million”.

This common knowledge from nightmares, along with countless types of movement and footwork techniques, surfaced in Shen Ye’s mind.

He felt as if he had become an elf.

From a young age, he had begun training his footwork and movement, and after several years of hard work, he finally mastered this combat footwork.

However, “Moonlit Deer Stride” has rather high agility requirements.

Only with nine points of agility can this footwork be performed completely and freely.

Shen Ye slapped his head, turned, and walked to the desk to open his backpack, taking out his report card.

The teachers’ comprehensive assessment of him was:

Strength: 1.2;

Agility: 2;

Spirit: 0.7;

This was his composite score, measured when his body had no injuries or illnesses.

Actually, for a middle school student to reach “1” in strength and agility was already pretty good.

1 represents the level of an average adult male.

As for spirit—

As long as one can awaken their spirit, even if the value is only 0.1, they have a great future.

After all, many people cannot awaken their spirit.

Having it and not having it.

——This is an unbridgeable chasm in life.

As long as you have spirit, there are corresponding cultivation methods in high school to help you improve it.

When the spirit reaches a certain level, magic spells can be cast.

Magic spells are the truly terrifying power, and one of humanity’s main ways to combat various threats.

Shen Ye fell into thought.

He gained 1 attribute point from devouring the entry, which, added to agility, made it 3 points of agility.

With his insight and understanding of “Moonlit Deer Stride,” 3 points of agility would only allow him to perform the “dodge” maneuver of this footwork.

“Charge” requires 6 points of agility.

“Passing by” is a more subtle movement footwork, requiring 9 points.

If he could obtain good evaluation entries, he could soon perform “Charge,” and with a few more days of effort, he might even be able to perform the complete “Moonlit Deer Stride”!

Shen Ye’s eyes showed a look of longing as he gazed at the silver medal again.

Wearing this medal to enter the gate tomorrow, directly teleporting to the elf territory, might lead to higher evaluation entries.

One marrow-replenishing pill wouldn’t achieve so many effects.

This deal was worthwhile.

“You are truly generous, alright, it’s a deal!”

Shen Ye placed the marrow-replenishing pill in front of the door.

A burst of light instantly erupted from the parchment covered with the contract.

Equivalent exchange established!

The marrow-replenishing pill vanished instantly.

Shen Ye looked into the window and saw the big skeleton holding the marrow-replenishing pill and swallowing it in one gulp.

The next second.

Strange runes lit up around the skeleton’s body.

These runes emanated dark mist, swirling continuously around its legs.

The skeleton chanted obscure incantations.

But it suddenly stopped.

It turned and glanced at Shen Ye, thought for a moment, then opened the door at the other end of the corridor, climbed in, and tightly closed the door.

——Is it afraid I’ll secretly learn your magic?

I don’t understand it at all!

Shen Ye waved his hand disgruntledly, dismissing the door.

Suddenly.

He heard a faint “click.”

The sound came from the living room.

The front door of the house made a sound, then fell silent.

Strange.

If Mom and Dad were back, they would usually call out to him, or chat with each other, and even if they didn’t, there would be the sound of them changing into slippers.

However, there was nothing.

Complete silence.

Shen Ye suddenly realized.

——The visitor is hostile!

Could it be that the guy who used the “Curse Sculpture of the King of Ten Thousand Fallen Ghosts” to harm him was back again?

Was he going to kill him?

Before he could react, his bedroom door also moved.

Shen Ye’s pupils constricted.

His parents wouldn’t push his door open without a sound.

What to do?

If it was an enemy, how should he react?

He pressed his hand against the wall, and silently called out in his mind.

The “door” appeared accordingly.

In the darkness.

Only a soft “bang” was heard.

The bedroom door opened.

A person dressed in black tight clothing and wearing a black mask appeared before Shen Ye.

This person was carrying a handgun.

An assassin!

Shen Ye harbored no more illusions, pulling open the nightmare door on the wall and rushing in.

At the same time.

A hint of doubt flashed in the assassin’s eyes.

Why was there another door in the bedroom connecting to other rooms?

But there was nothing to think about now.

——Just charge in, kill that boy, and the mission will be completed!

The assassin’s figure flickered, and he was at the doorway, looking inside.

By this time, Shen Ye, having put his sole attribute point into “Agility,” had already passed through the not-so-long corridor and arrived at the tightly closed door at the end of the corridor.

An instinctive sense of danger arose in his heart.

Shen Ye’s body suddenly lowered, almost touching the ground, with one hand touching the ground, and his feet moving rapidly like surfing across the floor for several steps.

His movements were swift and elegant, like a wild deer speeding under the moonlight.

Bang!

A few sparks flashed on the door.

It was a bullet!

Shen Ye’s heart skipped a beat.

He had activated “Dodge,” the first stance of the elven battlefield footwork “Moonlit Deer Stride,” and successfully evaded the bullet’s trajectory!

Looking back—

The assassin also seemed a little surprised, snorted disdainfully, and rushed into the door.

He had entered the corridor of the nightmare world!

In a flash of lightning, Shen Ye reached out and pressed against the tightly closed door in front of him.

——The big skeleton had locked the door when it left.

But he didn’t need to open it!

“Door!”

Shen Ye silently shouted in his mind.

In front of the tightly closed door, another door appeared—

This door was very adaptable; here, it transformed into the appearance of a hospital room door.

——This was Shen Ye’s ability!

He pushed open the door, and swiftly darted inside, slamming the door shut with a “thud” as he fell onto the bedroom floor.

He was back!

“Dismiss—dismiss my door!”

Shen Ye silently chanted.

Along with his will, the door on the wall instantly disappeared.

——The assassin was left inside the door!

The nightmare world.

On the dark corridor.

The assassin had already rushed to the tightly closed door.

All around was pitch black.

During his sprint, the scattered bone fragments on the ground had slightly distracted him, and Shen Ye had also blocked his view—

So he only saw Shen Ye rush into this door and then slam it shut.

——After all, who could have guessed that there were actually two doors stacked together just now?

Who could have imagined that today, a person with “door” abilities would be born? And it was precisely that boy!

“Is it a secret room? How surprising.”

The assassin said with a playful tone.

That’s right.

From the long corridor behind, this door should lead to the Shen family’s secret room.

He never expected such an unexpected bonus from killing a teenager.

“You inside, listen up. Come out now, and I guarantee I’ll only take you back, not harm your life.”

“I’m counting down from five now, if you don’t come out, then I’ll kill you!”

“Five,”

“Four,”

“Three—”

Click.

The doorknob turned, and the door opened a crack.

The assassin’s mouth curved into a smile.

A fifteen-year-old boy, indeed innocent and easy to trick.

This way, he would exert less effort.

The assassin raised his handgun, pulled the door open with his other hand, and laughed wildly:

“Punk, remember to be smarter in your next life!”

The door fully opened, revealing the scene inside.

There was no fifteen-year-old boy.

Nor was there any Shen family secret room or precious treasures.

Only a four-meter long skeleton, leaning against the doorframe, propping its head on its hand, with eyes sockets glowing with eerie ghost fire, staring back at him.

“Monster!”

The assassin’s expression changed, and as gunshots continuously rang out, his figure rapidly retreated backwards.

But—

The end of the corridor was a wall.

The door from before had long vanished.

Looking at the skeletal monster again, it was hit by consecutive bullets but remained completely unharmed, instead drawing out a bone spear.

The skeletal monster chanted obscure incantations in a low voice, and an eerie green flame immediately appeared on the bone spear.

——This is a pleasant surprise.

Such an efficient and wealthy new trade partner actually directly gave her a living creature to eat.

Perhaps she should show a little sincerity in her dealings now.

Ten minutes later.

At the end of the corridor, a door suddenly appeared on the wall.

Shen Ye stood before the door and glanced inside.

He saw the big skeleton sitting in a pool of blood, examining its right leg.

——Its broken tibia was gone.

In its place was a section of new, pale white bone.

As if sensing Shen Ye’s gaze, the big skeleton waved its hand casually—

The parchment on the door suddenly glowed with a white light.

Immediately after.

A white mask fell into Shen Ye’s hand.

On the parchment representing the contract, lines of small text quickly appeared:

“Your living sacrifice has pleased the other party greatly.”

“Following the principle of ‘equivalent exchange,’ the other party presented this item, which was then recognized by the contract. UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.net“

“Crown of Pale Shadows (Green equipment, Excellent grade).”

“Description: Imbued with advanced shadow magic from the dark abyss, whoever wears it can disguise themselves as an elven life form.”

“——Expertly crafted by the Undead.”

Shen Ye paused, then suddenly remembered something and reached for the silver combat medal.

This medal could teleport him to the elven territory.

But he was human.

As a human, how could he gain military merit on an elven battlefield and earn such a medal?

It would surely arouse suspicion.

He might even be arrested as soon as he arrived.

It wasn’t until he acquired the Crown of Pale Shadows that he could disguise himself as an elf and truly safely enter elven territory, was it?

He slowly raised his head and looked into the glass window.

He saw the big skeleton eating the corpse without even looking up.

That’s right.

He was just a fifteen-year-old human.

In its eyes, he was originally just its food, and it didn’t care about his life or death at all.

Now, to give him this Crown of Pale Shadows for disguise, was it because it saw value in continuing to trade with him?

What an incredibly pragmatic skeleton.

Shen Ye put on the white mask, walked to the mirror, and looked at his reflection.

He had indeed transformed into a man with excessively handsome features, long and pointed ears, eyes like emerald jewels, and radiating an aura of nature.

Good!

With this mask, and the medal, he would surely achieve a good evaluation entry tomorrow!

(Thanks to the guild leader reward from Huohe Zhikong, as per usual, I’ll add extra chapters for the guild leader after the book goes on sale. Thanks again for the support!)