With his initial experiments and data collection complete, he mapped out a rough plan of action for the coming days.

First, he would observe the behavior of the villagers carefully, taking note of any bursts of fear points he could detect.

Next, he planned to analyze the patterns of fear points based on factors such as location, time, and age.

Armed with this information, he would strategically position himself in areas where fear was most prevalent to maximize his fear collection.

By following this plan, he intended to accumulate enough fear points to convert into energy for sustaining himself, while also reserving some of the fear points to buy new skills.

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Lucifer followed his meticulously crafted plan, observing the villagers with a keen eye and diligently collecting bursts of fear points.

However, despite his preparations, fate had other designs in store for him.

The villagers were a superstitious bunch, and their fear was unpredictable.

Although he had found patterns, the fear points he collected were never enough to sustain himself.

He roamed the village like a predator, hunting for any bursts of fear points he could find, but the energy he expended far outweighed what he collected. His once confident stride became slow and uncertain, his eyes scanning the village for any hope of survival.

As the days went by, Lucifer's despair grew stronger. He knew that if he didn't collect enough fear points, he would have to enter the energy-saving mode. The thought of it filled him with dread, and he redoubled his efforts to find more fear points.

But no matter how hard he tried, the energy he collected was never enough.

The fear that he had once hunted now seemed to be hunting him, draining him of his energy and leaving him weak and vulnerable.

The dream of saving energy to buy new skills now felt like a distant memory, replaced by the overwhelming fear of entering the energy-saving mode.

With each passing day, Lucifer's situation grew more precarious, and he wondered if he would survive to see the next day. The thought of fading away into nothingness was always at the back of his mind, driving him to hunt for more fear points with renewed fervor.

....

Day after day, Lucifer found himself sinking deeper and deeper into an abyss of hopelessness and despair. Every avenue he explored to gather the fear energy he required had proven fruitless, leaving him weak and fragile. With his very existence on the line, he was at the brink of fading away when a pack of wild wolves appeared in the distance.

As the pack of wild wolves charged towards the village, the air filled with the growls and snarls of the ferocious beasts.

The villagers, armed with nothing but farm tools and their own courage, stood their ground against the onslaught.

The battle was brutal and bloody. The wolves were fast and fierce, leaping at the farmers with razor-sharp teeth and claws. But the villagers fought back with all their might, swinging pitchforks and shovels, and using whatever else they could find as weapons.

As the fight raged on, screams and cries of pain filled the air. Some of the farmers were overpowered by the wolves, their bodies torn to shreds. Others managed to fend off the beasts, but not without sustaining serious injuries themselves.

Lucifer watched from a distance, his eyes fixed on the chaos unfolding before him. He could feel the fear emanating from the villagers like a tangible force, and his own body tingled with excitement as he absorbed it.

As the dust settled and the last of the wolves were chased off, the villagers emerged victorious, but not without paying a heavy price. Several of their own had perished in the fight, their bodies left strewn about the blood-soaked ground.

Lucifer couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction as he tallied up the fear points he had collected from the villagers. It was a cruel thought, but he knew that their pain and suffering had fueled him, giving him the energy he needed to survive.

As he slunk away into the darkness, his form seemed to become more sinister, his presence more ominous than ever before. The villagers would never know of the darkness that lurked among them, feeding off their fear and despair.

....

As Lucifer sat in the shadows, watching the aftermath of the wolf attack. He felt a surge of excitement as he saw his fear points increasing rapidly, ensuring his survival for a little while longer.

But as he sat there, his emotions became more complicated. He knew he had done nothing wrong, that he couldn't have saved the villagers from the wolf attack. Yet, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pleasure at seeing the fear points increasing. A dark part of him even wished for a similar attack to happen again, so he could feed off their fear once more.

The conflicting emotions swirled within him, causing him to feel more disconnected from his human self, more than ever before. He knew that he was no longer the same person he once was, and that his hunger for fear energy was consuming him, body(?) and soul.

Forgetting everything else he decided to check his status screen.

'System Status'

As he looked at his status screen he finally let out a long sigh of relief. After that the first thing he did was to convert 9.5 fear points to 9.5 energy and increased his lifespan by 19 hrs. Then he proceeded to buy his first skill.

As soon as Lucifer gained his first skill, he couldn't wait to try it out. Despite the fact that he was sinking deeper into despair and becoming more and more inhumane, he held onto the excitement of trying out a skill that was never possible in his previous world. He scanned the area for a suitable object, and his eyes landed on a small rock that seemed to weigh less than 10 kg.

Without wasting a moment, Lucifer focused his mind on the skill and spoke its name silently. Suddenly, the rock in front of him jolted, and then it began to levitate.

Slowly but surely, it rose higher and higher until it was towering 10 meters above his head. The sight was mesmerizing, and Lucifer couldn't help but feel a sense of power and control surging through his veins. He had never felt this way before, and it was both exhilarating and terrifying at the same time.

'Hmm, it seems 10 meter is the limit of telekinesis as well'

After familiarizing himself to his new skill, Lucifer decided to use it to scare someone and find its effects on fear points.

As he searched for his first victim, he stumbled upon a young boy who was engrossed in watching the villagers clean up the aftermath of a fight.

Lucifer couldn't resist the opportunity to spook someone like him, so he slowly crept up on the boy.

He then brought a rock floating in front of the poor kid's face, stopping it just a few inches away. The suddenness of the situation and the eerie mood of the surroundings caused the boy to nearly jump out of his skin! And boy, oh boy, did Lucifer love it!

As he watched the boy tremble in fear, he received a notification saying that he had gained 10 fear points! And then, Lucifer discovered something even more exciting. He realized that if he's the source of the fear, the points will be multiplied exponentially!

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Lucifer was thrilled with his discovery and looked forward to a long life of excitement.

He decided to spend the next few days scaring the villagers to gather as many fear points as possible.

He carefully chose his targets, mainly young children who were easy to scare and unlikely to be believed if they reported their experiences to adults.

His goal was to build up a reserve of fear points for emergency situations and to purchase new skills.

....

As time passed, Lucifer became bolder and his targets shifted from children to teenagers and even some adults.

With enough fear points collected, he was able to purchase the [Mirror Connection{F}] skill. The power and exhilaration that came with his newfound abilities caused him to act recklessly.

It wasn't entirely his fault, though. After all, who wouldn't feel overjoyed after experiencing such despair during the past few days?

However, his careless behavior didn't go unnoticed. The villagers began to take notice of the strange occurrences happening in the village. Being a superstitious lot, they became fearful and reported the situation to the nearby city, believing that their village's very survival was at stake.

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