The moment the seal was opened and the maid peeked out. Rex knew where the martyr had gone. He could not kill them due to the fact that his Shadow Cloak from the reward would be forever destroyed.
"I honestly do not understand this Shadow Cloak." Rex spoke in silence as the tunnel was now his primary residence.
"Shadow Cloak - the item that makes the shadow cultivation the Shadow People."
Rex had to figure out how to take it off because currently he could not unequip it.
"Ding"
Rex rolled his eyes as the familiar ding sounded more like a death sentence.
"Use the Shadow Cloak to return to the Nine Mortal Realms."
"Reward: the ability to use the Shadow Cloak at will."
"Currently the use of the Shadow Cloak is sealed."
He felt that this was too much. He decided to just forget it and try his luck with the King and Queen to destroy the Shadow Cloak. He honestly did not like it.
"Host does not like the Shadow Cloak as the primary reward from the previous Quest?" The system seemed alive even for just this moment.
"Hell No." Rex answered.
He hated everything with the Shadow People. Using the Shadow Cloak seemed a waste of time and energy. Even using it, he could feel his skin crawling from just having the Cloak on.
"The Host wishes to destroy the Shadow Cloak as the way to get rid of the reward from the system?"
"Yes. Or I will break in the other room and slaughter all the people in there." Rex responded.
The system did not answer this time. Instead Rex could feel his skin being ripped off while the Shadow Cloak was still on. What made it worst was that the Shadow Cloak was being embedded inside his muscles.
"Host does not appreciate the reward from the system. The system has decided to embed the Shadow Cloak into the muscles to ensure that the Host feels the pain that the system will in the destruction of the Shadow Cloak."
Rex felt that this was too much. Honestly, he did not care currently. He had decided that once he can seal it away, he would curse the system and never use it again.
"Does Host not wish to use this Shadow Cloak once it can be used at will?"
"Hell No." Rex responded.
The system was once again and decided that it was not worth having him suffer when he truly would not use this.
"Trying to offer substitute reward"
"Cannot offer once it has been embedded inside the muscles."
"It cannot be removed being embedded inside the muscles."
"Only solution is to use the reward more."
Rex felt that this was too much. He would either keep walking in circles or be forced to use it and be happy with it.
"Does Host wish to go to the Nine Mortal Realms currently?"
"No." Rex responded.
He planned to destroy whatever stood in the way of him cleansing this planet.
"Will Host use the Shadow Cloak?"
"No."
The system tried to calculate any odds that Rex was lying. It could not. The owner of the system felt that this man truly despised the Shadow Cloak given to him was a waste in Rex's hands now. He hoped that he would use it and be happy with it.
Now, he wished he could kill Rex and reclaim the once gift to him. He decided to send the next Quest.
"Quest: Use the Shadow Cloak twenty times before the hour is up."
"Reward: A personal gift that is claimed upon needing it."
"Failure is to increase the usage until it is no longer able to be used in a hour."
"At that point in time, Rex will be forced to die."
Rex felt that the system was too personal right now and he tell it to go off and forget about him for now on.
"Just go accept another person. I no longer want this system. All you have done is caused major problems, given me multiple women that either seem to fall for me willingly or was forced, and now given me some stupid cloak that I did not even want!" Rex stormed off.
The owner of the system seemed unimpressed with the way Rex talked. He decided to just give Rex a little taste of his own medicine.
Rex felt all the powers that he had obtained through this climb disappear. He watched as a version of himself appeared. A stark clone of him using the Shadow Cloak. The owner wished that this would not have happened but seeing that it is now.
He knew better than to question the loyalty of the others who had so painstakingly fought to make it happen.
The wrong choice on Rex to hate the Shadow Cloak was going to be seen if he could physically match the prowess and intelligence of the one using it.