《The demon's menace》 ARC I Prologue 1: Tragedy ARC I - Birth of a Legend ---January Late Evening--- Tom Tailor drove his luxury company car on a winding highway in Bulgaria. The darkening, sky filling with heavy snowfall, made it hard to see the road. Getting worried, Tom wondered if he¡¯d reach the construction site before roads closing. He scrunched his eyes behind the glasses trying to locate the path. ¡°This is some blizzard,¡± he muttered while navigating the white-out. Tom¡¯s wife, Caroline, sat next to him pouting. ¡°I¡¯m sorry,¡± he mumbled, glancing at her. ¡°Hah, you¡¯re sorry? I was supposed to hit the mall with Tracy and Stephany today. Since everything''s on sale after the holidays,¡± she replied while her voice raised to high pitch shouting. "I am so-¡± Tom failed to finish. "You are dragging Cristina and me over those dumpsters of construction sites all year round. Once! At least one time of the year me and my daughter expect, hope to relax back in the FAKIN civilisation". Caroline screamed with a face full of disappointment. ¡°Hey don¡¯t mix me in the argument BECAUSE I do not care!¡± Cristina intervened from the back seat. She sounded bored, scrolling her phone and listening her favorite songs with the headphones. Tom glanced in the mirror at his one and only child. Warmth spread in his mind looking at her. "What a fine lady she has grown up" A very conservative and traditional family man, Tom loved and cherished his precious wife and daughter. The car slid left a little bit feeling very much unstable, which made him focus back on driving. "It was an urgent call, so I have to be present for the testing of the auxiliary cooling systems. The Bulgarian government is pushing for an early completion of the nuclear plant than the arranged deadline" Tom explained. ¡°I don¡¯t care. The worst holidays ever!¡± grumbled Caroline. Tom turned his head right towards his wife to continue the argument. Right this moment, both his wife and daughter screamed in horror. He immediately looked back at the road ahead and his eyes went wide as saucers. He didn''t have time to scream as a 40-ton truck flew over the crash barrier from the opposite line to hit them with a massive force frontal- sideways. The Airbags blew up, inflating while the heavy car spun violently outside the road. Tom''s vision went blank, as only the horrible tire screeches and sounds of metal grinding remaining at the background. Everything just happened in an instant. Moments later, sharp pain in Tom''s abdomen woke him from his blackout. He cried in shock, seeing a metal bar piercing him. "Caroline, Cristina," Tom panicked remembering about his family. The pain immediately shut in the back of his mind, so he managed to drew his hand and shook up Caroline. "Honey. Honey! Look at me, please!" "What? What happened?" mumbled Caroline dazed but conscious. "We had an accident! We crashed," Tom turned his gaze back to to check on Cristina who appeared to be fine. The airbags deflated with a hiss and a horrid smell of gas rose from below the seats. The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Shortly after, Caroline''s eyes focused on him and her eyes shot wide open with tears already rolling down her face. "Cristina! Oh, my daughter" she panicked. -"Honey!! She is fine so please...! I don''t like the smell so we must get out of here now!" Tom pressed Caroline to focus and move. "Hurry up and open the door!" ordered Tom "I can''t. It is stuck!" replied the frightened woman Tom pushed the driver''s door open and removed the seat belt. He looked with horror at the metal piece still stuck in his body. The adrenaline pumped up throughout the bloodstream and he mastered all his will to pull it out. "Aaaagh, Damn it, it hurts like hell" The pain was suffocating! Shortly after he managed to exit out of the vehicle. The world spun around him and his vision blurred. But Tom had a family to save no matter the cost so he forced himself go. Slumping badly he arrived at the other side of the car or what was left of it. The middle of the car was badly damaged by several metal rods blocking Caroline''s exit from the driver''s side. So Tom elbowed the already cracked window of the passenger seat using every ounce of strength he managed to master and quickly cleared the residual glass. He grabbed Caroline''s shaking hands and pulled her out. The pain in his abdomen flared, making him stumble for a bit. Tom gritted his teeth and moved to the back door where Cristina still struggled with the seat belt. "Something is wrong with that damn belt" he thought and and briefly analyzed the situation. The top of the car was bent making the back windows unapproachable so there was impossible for Cristina to escape that way. Unfortunately the door refused to open and he began to panic. He could smell the gas leak from the tank and Tom judged that they have little time to spare. ¡°Cristina, come through your mom¡¯s seat window! Hurry up!¡± shouted Tom "I can''t. I cant ! The seat belt won''t come out. Daddy help me! Woaah" Cristina cried weakly and pulled her seat belt in a futile effort to free herself of her prison. Tom¡¯s trained engineer''s mind went to overdrive working as a machine" "->Seat belt problem-> A possible jammed mechanism-> The belt must be cut out-> time is running out". He slumped around back to the driver seat and opened the door¡¯s pocket where he found his multi tool. A gadget every respected engineer must have. He enabled the knife function and while still seating in the driver''s seat turned around and faced his teenage daughter. "Here, Cris cut the belt!¡± ¡°It won''t open daddy. It¡­¡± Cristina sobbed and couldn''t finish as she burst in tears. ¡°Hey, sunshine look at daddy. Look at me, please!¡± Tom tried to sound calm and collected. It took some to for Cristina to look at him with some semblance of reason. "Cristina dear, now you are gonna take this knife and cut that belt!" "Yes, that¡¯s my girl¡± "Careful now..." ¡°There!!!¡± shouted Tom smiling as the girl finally managed to cut the stupid seat belt. It looked like eternity to him, but the process took less than 2 minutes. ¡°Quickly, out through the window, hurry!¡± ordered Tom Cristina crawled swiftly to her mother''s seat, and then throughout the window with Caroline''s helping hands. Both mother and daughter fast retreated some distance from the already burning car. Tom took a deep breath and mastered his strength, exited the vehicle and slowly arrived at the place where both his family were hugging and crying. He dropped next to his wife on the ground and inspected them carefully with his hazing sights: "There! They seem uninjured" It seemed like both Caroline and Cristina were going to make it intact so relief washed true his muddled mind. His family was safe! He was feeling tired, So he can rest now. Tom was not stupid. Feeling dizzy and sleepy and losing tons of blood: ¡±I won¡¯t make it¡± Tom felt the cold reality of his situation -¡°Cristina come closer, sunshine¡± Tom whispered. -¡°Papa, what is wrong? Mommy, papa doesn¡¯t look OK!" Cristina said with a horrified face watching at the blood soaked clothes of her father. -¡°Listen Cristina, I am so happy to had you, to watch you growing up from the little bundle of joy to the fine young lady you have become. I want you remember to keep going forward and never give up no matter what...". Tom coughed blood that cut his speech short ¡°Papa!¡± ¡°Honey! Oh dear Lord!¡± Both of his beloved girls were shaking, crying rivers of tears. -"Shhh. Carol, the insurance will settle for several million. Then the savings...You won¡¯t have money issues¡±. Tom made a deep pause, as he lost his sight, but at least the pain began to fade away. ¡°- I love you! I love¡­¡± Tom couldn¡¯t finish as he drew his last breath in this cold January night, laying in the snow in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by his grieving family, in a distant foreign country. He was unfortunate indeed, but his early death triggered a chain of events affecting fates of billions. Prolgue 2 – Unexpected afterlife Tom was flying. He looked around in amazement. There are floating glowing orbs, millions of them all moving in the same direction like a river in the vast space. -¡°So this is it. I died¡± sighed Tom. -¡°At least Carol and Cris are fine¡±.... ¡°It wasn¡¯t a bad life¡± Tom ruminated about his ups and downs. He was a hardworking person, a loving husband and carrying father. Tom did believe in this conviction. He pointed his gaze at the cosmic view of millions shining spheres. ¡°Are these souls?. He wasn¡¯t a religious person, not really a believer of the mystic and transcendent, but the evidence of both was right in front of him. Tom thought about his life, lamenting of his unfortunate demise. In time he accepted his circumstances. Such is life ¨C time to reap and time to saw as they say, he may have died but at least his family was safe. Tom felt how his mind was sinking, his memories slowly fading into the oblivion. It was nice and cozy feeling, like sleeping in a cloud. -¡°A final rest, a well deserved salvation for my mortal troubles ¡° Tom thought. Oh just how wrong can a person be sometimes. In a instant, a bright light shot trough him, shock him up and pulled him back from the embrace of the oblivion. A blue circular sphere formed around his incorporeal body and then PULLED. Tom felt the acceleration, lights began to merge in a lines ...then puff.. Without much of a fuss he appeared somewhere. Day 2 after Tom¡¯s death Tom found him self standing on a round plate aprox 3 meters in diameter. He looked amazed at his transparent hand -¡°I have my body back now. Or kind of?¡± Tom exclaimed. Then he looked down. The platform he was standing, was covered in bright glowing glyph or runes -thousands of them interconnected in a strange 3d network. Most of them started to fade but some of them remained charged. - ¡°Those glowing ones must be keeping me alive¡± He pondered, as a constant flow of invigorating energy was penetrating his body. He raised his head and looked around. He was in a large room as big as a basketball field. The glowing circle was in the right corner of the room. -¡°Is this going to be my judgement? ¡° Tom thought, but the surroundings somehow didn¡¯t fit in the concept of a Judgement hall. It was more like a warehouse or workshop. A very messy and a very magical workshop. To his left there was a long table all the way to the next wall. It was filled with many gadgets and trinkets of unknown purpose. Some were glowing, some are moving on their own, others were emitting strange buzzing sound. Next two walls were painted in some kind of mural and when he focused on the details he discovered that those were actually drawings of the same complex runes in a staggering numbers connected in a multi layer patterns. Tom moved his sight to the last part of the room. He gasped. Crouching between pile of boxes and chests was an Angel. He was digging something from the pile of stuff and mumbling words which Tom could not hear well. -¡°Here you are. A ¡°demon barrier breach¡± rune array. It¡¯s quite outdated but should do the trick¡±. exclaimed happily the Angel and turned around towards Tom. Then he jumped back in surprise. -¡°HA! What? Who are you?¡± asked the Angel Tom was flabbergasted. He carefully inspected the Angel in front of him and frankly wasn¡¯t impressed. The fellow was tall, with lanky figure. His face was thin, a messy, short golden hair. His left aye was covered by monocle with the same glyph he saw in many places in the room. Most impressing was the Angel¡¯s uncovered aye. Tom had never seen such pure and beautiful blue in his life. And of course the wings. Tom suspected that their original color was white, but currently being covered of layers of dust and grime. Angel was wearing a long coat like those lab technicians in the construction site. Same as the wings, the coat was in a terrible state of disrepair and filth. The angel kept staring him and Tom felt awkward. Entire situation felt surreal. -¡°I am Tom Tailor from planet Earth. I think I died back there¡± finally the staring contest was broken. Tom lowered his head pondering over his tragic fate. -¡° Ah yes, yes. Summoning array finally snatched a soul under those pompous higher ups noses". -¡°What?¡± ¡° Your soul was captured from the reincarnation cycle and was brought here via summoning array¡±. ¡°What? Why?¡± ¡° Let me look at you, Tom¡± The angel bend closer and his monocle started to glow in faint blue light. Several minutes later the process finished. ¡°B minus grade soul; Source world Earth, human male, a descent positive disposition. Excellent! You are fit for the task.¡± ¡°Task?¡± Tom was getting confused ¡° Well, you are going to help me to complete my lifetime work project, which will finally prove my superior skill as a [system architect]. ¡°Ahh, look sir Angel. I am a total mess at the moment. Whatever you are speaking, I got less than half of it. Summoning arrays, souls, grades it is all mumble jumble to me¡±. Sigh¡­ The angel shook his head and after pondering for a minute said: - ¡°Yes, I think that you will need more the information in order the project to succeed. So where to begin HMM? - ¡°What about starting with your name?¡± said Tom -¡°Ah well, where are my manners. You have to forgive me, I am kinda stuck in the lab the most of my time. The angel actually looked embarrassed. This didn¡¯t fit with Tom¡¯s concept with angels being divine, perfect etc at all.. -¡°I am Kornelius, having [system architect] class¡±. -¡°And you are an Angel?¡± -¡°Angel? Huh no. My race is a Celestial". -¡°Race like a human?? ¡° Tom was shocked -"Well yes, I am a mortal, same as the dwarves, elves, beast-kin and other mortal races. Well my lifespan is far longer than the human¡¯s, but I can very well die from old age.. Huhu, not that this will ever happen considering the war. Tom mind went spiralling, jumping from one thing to another. It all sounded like the fantasy fairytales Cristine was reading online. He actually read few of her favourites in order to keep in touch with her. This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. -¡°So you are saying those fantasy stuff are real? Magic as well?¡± -¡°Magic or more correctly -Arcane spell craft and rune craft are well explored phenomena powered by Mana. Mana is a universal phenomena widespread in the Multiverse. All sentient beings, who possess a soul are entitled to harness it to the different extent¡± said Kornelius. - ¡°I don¡¯t think we had something like this back home¡±. -¡°Well the Multiverse being huge and having thousands upon thousands of inhabited worlds has few very special places. Those places we call ¡°Soul wells¡± where the new souls are being born and later they join the cycle of reincarnation across the Multiverse. Your home world Earth is one of very few worlds of this type. A well defined feature of the ¡°soul well¡± worlds is their very low mana saturation. That is why [unified system] is not working there, and the inhabitants can not interact with the arcane. Tom remained silent processing the things he just found out. -"system??" -¡°Let see, next -all sapiens in the multiverse governed by the forces of light are entitled to the [unified system] - ¡°Yeah you mentioned it before several times.¡± - ¡°The system is an incredible tool that help an individual to master skills and arcane at vastly improved speed. Those being martial, arcane, crafting, mundane etc. ¡° - ¡°huh, will I get the system as well¡±? asked Tom - ¡°But of course, but yours will be unique, one of its kind¡± -¡°How so?¡± - ¡°Well I have been developing this new and unique [system] class for the last 350 years. This class I designed is specially crafted to combat demons. The unfortunate is that being untested and officially not recognised it won¡¯t be connected to the [unified system] and won¡¯t be able to draw resources that should be helping you advance in power¡± - ¡°So, I will be a test pilot of a crippled system??¡± exclaimed Tom - ¡°Yes and No. Don¡¯t underestimate my intelligence Tom¡±. Kornelius grimaced with an unpleasant look. ¡°I have already thought of some backdoors and tricks to bypass this restriction¡±. Look I will explain it in terms you are more suited to understand:¡±. -¡°Let say your system is a computer. It will be fully operational, but will not be connected to the network where you need to download basically every bit of software. So the trick is that you will be connected to myself and you will get the stuff via my [unified system] as a proxy. ¡°Well that sounds neat¡± ¡° Yes, yes. All general skills and abilities should be available to you this way. Of course you will have to earn them. System doesn¡¯t grant anything for free¡±. ¡°Earn? How?" asked Tom ¡°The fastest way is by generating contribution while slaying those filthy demons¡± ¡°I have to fight demons??! I .. I am not a fighter, I was an engineer¡±. explained Tom ¡°Well Tom, welcome to the real world. You natives of the soul wells worlds are quite pampered, protected by shielded environment and defended by FoL legions. Those brave warriors fight and die everywhere on the frontline worlds to hold the demons invasion.¡° ¡° Is the situation with the demons that bad?¡± Tom was getting worried. Suddenly everything didn¡¯t look Harry Potter magic and more like Star wars situation. Kornelius face stiffened. -¡°It is that bad and even worse. We are losing the war Frontlines are collapsing... Many worlds fell and are falling to the hands of demons as we speak. Their inhabitants becoming a demon food, eaten and consumed to fuel the growth of the countless hordes of demon-spawn¡±. -¡°That¡¯s terrible¡± Tom was mortified. ¡° Yeah, that¡¯s our miserable reality. For example, your birth world Earth is going to fall in the demons control in about 3 years as far as I know.¡± ¡°What??? NO!!! IMPOSSIBLE¡± ¨C a awakening shock bolted in Tom¡¯s mind and pushed him out of his semi-dreamy condition. He had accepted his death and was just going with the events not much carrying about stuff. -¡°NOOO, You are lying! It can¡¯t be happening¡±. Tom was going nuts. -¡° It is at most certain. Divination spells granting 95 percent probability¡±. -¡°My family is there! What is going to happen to them?! asked Tom already guessing the answer. -¡°I am sorry Tom, demons will probably eat them. And by eating them I mean both their bodies and souls.¡± -¡°The forces of light! You said they have an army! May be we can ask for help¡± Tom was about to have panic attack. -¡°As far as I know demons will launch a massive invasion. So big that there is no proper response. Don¡¯t think The FoL will stay idle. While significant part of demon forces are being engaged at Earth, FoL will launch a counterattack, liberating many worlds of strategic importance. Of course the loss of another soul well world with so many people is a net loss in the overall picture¡±. Tom dropped on his knees. Hands shaking. He was thinking about Caroline and Cristine. They should have been fine. Their finances being solid. They should have been able to live long and happy lives in comfort. Then he thought about the people there. What was the Earth population? may be about 8 billion? He gasped in horror. Tom raised his semi-transparent hand. He was a dead man. A ghost. He can¡¯t lift a feather, what about a gun. Who is going to save Cristine and Caroline? He raised his head towards Kornelius. He was his last hope. -¡°Kornelius, you have to help them! Please! My wife and child don¡¯t deserve to die. Please I am begging you. I¡­ I will do whatever you want of me just.. just do something.¡± Tom was weeping, but no tears were coming from ethereal body. The celestial looked startled. Then he started walking around in an obvious deep thought. ¡°Please God, Please god, Please¡­¡± Tom said many prayers while waiting for Kornelius''s answer. Kornelius stopped moving like a sudden epiphany has been achieved. Then he looked at Tom and explained -¡°I am sorry, Tom. I wish I can go and help. The extraction must happen once the invasion start and the planet¡¯s barrier collapse. I am mere researcher, a man of wisdom, not fit for battle. There will be a real carnage, a true Armageddon and I won¡¯t be able to escort them safely to the evacuation gates. My chances are close to zero. -"Sigh... Once again I am sorry I am no help.¡± For Tom the world just ended at that moment. His eyes became vacant. -¡°BUT¡± Kornelius looked directly at Tom¡¯s eyes ¡°I believe you will have a better chance to do it personally. Hmm yes, yes. Especially if the prototype class worked as intended¡± ¡°Huh what? I can. I CAN??!¡± Tom jumped and banged on the translucent barrier circling the summoning plate. -¡°Ok, listen I have thought of a plan. It is not perfect but it could work. I will send you to the world Terra. A very similar to your home world, almost a mirror copy. It was ¡°soul well¡± world that demons captured about 20 years ago. Then the demons made some clever decision. Instead of destroying it, they turned it to a human farm. Demons repurposed the planet¡¯s barrier and now it works for their defence. The have risen artificially the mana saturation and now the world can support level 24 both demons and humans. Any being higher than that is ejected outside by the world''s barrier. Now Why would the demons go to such hassle instead of just eating everyone you could ask. It is related to the demon''s life cycle. The infant demon called larvae needs a sapient body where it will grow slowly by feeding on the host¡¯s soul. Quite like the parasites. Once they grow to the equal of level 24, the larvae consumes the host flesh and soul and evolves to a "lesser demon". This one can feed on a demonic essence in addition to mortal souls. So it goes back to their home worlds where it can safely grow further. - ¡°So my goal is to kill those infant demons or larvae or whatever?¡± ¡° -Well, your main goal is to grow strong. Reach lvl 24 in one year or sooner. The stronger you are at the end the better are chances to succeed with your goals, as we will have more leverage to bargain with the command¡± ¡°You! You promise you will help me with my family?¡± ¡°Of course, you help me - I help you¡­ partner?!¡± ¡°Yes, partners we will work it trough¡± Tom finally relaxed a bit. The fact he gained external help made him lower the sense of doom. He took some time to refocus on the objectives. A cold resolution settled on his face. ¡°Ok, I think... No.... I CAN do it. The hell of it, I will make it happen by all means necessary... Send me in¡± said Tom ¡°Good good, let¡¯s do it. I¡¯ve been preparing for this for a long time. Kornelius went in frenzy around his lab ¨C activating different tools and gadgets. The entire room lightened in bluish light from the runic enchantment. The summoning circle hummed and stated to power up. ¡°Here are some final words before you go, Tom. Once your soul arrives, the system will construct for you a random human male body at the age of 18. It will be your permanent body until the time you die, so get used to it quickly. No refunds there. Once soul and body synchronise, the system will initialise. Then, me and you will establish a permanent [system] link as our systems will be paired. I will try to guide you at my best abilities and give you a tutorial on the system, although it is quite intuitive and easy to comprehend¡±. -¡°Understood¡± Tom was quite anxious. He was going to fight real demons. Yet, he was ready. He was determined to succeed at all cost. There was no turning back¡±. ¡°Ready?¡± (Kornelius) ¡°Yes¡± ¡°Good luck, Partner¡± The summoning circle hummed, the runes flaring bright blue light. Tom was once again catapulted in a light vortex, travelling at an absurd speed. Chapter 1- Infiltration (un)Successful Tom remained for some time in the light vortex. Suddenly he felt like slowing down. The transparent blue sphere around him started to glow in a sinister red-green colour. A blue planet was growing up in front of him as he was approaching fast. What worried him was that his personal shield, as he named it started to crack in some places. -¡°Something is wrong¡± Tom thought. The shield kept glowing brighter. It started to emit red coloured flames who looked immaterial but at the same time dangerous. -¡°I am a goner¡± suddenly one of the cracks opened for a brief moment and a tiny wisp stroke him at his chest. -¡°Aaaaaagh¡± screamed Tom. The pain was brutal. He felt like his core being was burning. The sensation of this energy was evil, brutal as a pure antipode of his existence. Luckily the crack closed quickly and the horrible pain faded fast. The speed dropped further down to an extent that Tom realised he was entering Earth atmosphere. He also realized his sphere bubble was shaking bad. At one moment he stopped hanging some kilometres up in the air. Tom finally had a moment to catch his non existent breath. His blue sphere shield appeared to be cooling off. -¡° Phew, I got through the demon''s barrier. That was a rough ride. May be breaching demon defences is a tough process? I am very lucky to survive this shit, hehe he indeed it is....¡± Tom shouldn¡¯t have jinxed himself. A classic mistake. Suddenly the blue bubble shot straight to the east faster than sound. The cities, rivers and fields blurred. - ¡° Is that the Japan Islands?¡± Tom could recognise overall geography of the lands bellow as he slowed down again. Suddenly few spikes emerged from his blue barrier and connected to his body. The sphere began to rotate and shrink to a tiny spec of blue light. At this moment Tom lost consciousness. ---Kornelius POV--- The summoning circle began to cool down. He quickly checked the monitoring runes. Everything was nominal. Then he looked down at the ¡°demon barrier breach array¡±. The dish sized plate was slotted at a designated place connected to the summoning circle. It was buzzing strange, but otherwise looked fine. He got it cheap from the ¡°enchantment department¡± grand sale. A work of one of their juniors probably. -¡°The best bargain ever¡± smiled Kornelius. He always operated at the brink of bankruptcy. All his funds he managed to get his hands on were invested in the project. He crouched near the summoning circle. All his life work was finally going to pay off. Decades upon decades dedicated efforts with the sole purpose of completing his life wish. He was not a warrior, nor he could burn demon foes with a shiny staff. But he believed that his work will contribute even a tiny bit in the war efforts. After all the prototype class is one of its kind. A fundamental breakthrough he believed. It''s first unique future ¨C the ¡°demonic essence converter¡± was his early years discovery, just after his academy graduation. It converts the demonic essence to a soul essence that fuels [system] and helps an individual to grow and advance. It was implemented as the class spell [Consume]. Theoretically it should allow user to permanently steal power from a demon albeit at 20% efficiency. Absolutely groundbreaking Kornelius believed. The second and also an unique feature was ¡°the annihilator module¡±. He managed to complete it just recently. Implemented as [Exorcise] class spell. In theory this should just erase or more correctly deny a demon of existence leading to its absolute termination. Well that should solve the problems with those bastards. Demons fight not fair, sending their avatars to fight in mortal realms while their real body remained safe in their home worlds. While killing the avatars leads to halving the demon¡¯s powers, it didn¡¯t actually kill them. Their strength will grow back in time and they will strike again and again. A really vicious circle. Hopefully [exorcise] will deal with this issue eliminating both the avatar and original as they never existed. He looked again at the summoning circle. Tom was entering the demons barrier at Terra smoothly. -¡°Perfect! I knew it I will work just fine¡± exclaimed Kornelius pumping his fist in the air. Shortly after he heard a loud buzz and plock. He looked down in horror. The breach array was smoking and part of it became a melted metal. -¡°No way!¡± Kornelius shook his head in disbelief. ¡°Tom!!!¡± he shouted and opened transfer window of his system. Reports of warnings flared one after another. [system: "transferring shield" collapse imminent in 10 seconds¡­9¡­.8..7 ] Situation was critical, Tom was almost trough the barrier, almost.... -¡°He is not going to make it¡± he calculated in a split of a second. He jumped at the summoning array and quickly pressed several runes in succession. [system: All non vital essence reserves have been directed to the shield support] The crack in Tom¡¯s shield closed immediately. -"System :Transfer status report " -commanded Kornelius. Long list of details started scrolling down in his mind eye. -The situation was disastrous. All auxiliary, non vital reserves were depleted. -¡°Its not all lost¡± he pondered. Tom¡¯s soul suffered some minor damage from demonic energy contact, luckily it was manageable. The main problem was the fact Tom had no way to get a mortal body, the designated essence resources spent¡­ Or was it? Kornelius opened the summoning circle operation manual, briefly analysing its contents. ¡°There!¡± shouted Kornelius and started fiddling with the command runes. [system ¡°Compatible soul/body search emergency procedure initiated¡±]. The summoning circle hummed in acknowledgement. Kornelius plopped on the ground slight trembling from the shock. ---Tom Tailor POV--- Ueno park, Tokyo, Asia empire, Terra ---- A demon was pressing over its victim¡¯s body. The body was still twitching and convulsing in its death. The foul creature has just ripped the soul and was crunching in delight. At that moment a light beam shot trough the demon¡¯s body landing inside human¡¯s body chest, resulting a brief formation of a complex rune circle and rapid release of excess of mana. Demon jumped back in inhuman strength landing several meters aside. Its body had a tennis ball size hole through his chest. It screeched in pain and fell on ground ¨C green fluids leaking from the hole. Tom slowly opened his eyes. His body felt sluggish. -¡°Wait a second¡± -Tom whispered and raised his hand in front of his eyes. His hand looked smaller and skinnier than he remembered, but it was a real flesh, skin and bones. At this moment, he was officially a reincarnated individual. Tom looked around. It was dark, night time apparently. There were trees and bushes nearby and he was laying on a grassy ground. -¡°It¡¯s a forest¡± he concluded. A light flickered on and off some distance away. He pushed himself in sitting position to look better at it. It was actually a street light and there was a sitting bench often placed in town parks. - ¡°So I am in a city¡± - A transparent blue screen popped in front of him. It was glowing but not lightening the surrounding area, like it was positioned inside his eyes: [system initialising¡­ please stand by] [Synchronising body/soul 24..36¡­.54¡­.62¡­.89. Synchronisation achieved at acceptable levels -89%] [Initiating setup¡­¡­Error in module 162; Error in module 2671; Error¡­..] Many screens popped up in and out of existence for few minutes, some reporting errors while others a success. [WARNING ¨C setup failed to complete. Attempting to connect to [unified system]¡­ failed, user ID not registered. [Initiating maintenance procedure ¡­. Failed. Not enough essence] [Critical errors detected - please report to the closest Nexus for assistance] [Entering safe mode] [System operational (Safe Mode)] [Attempting to activate operational modules¡­..10¡­30¡­.74¡­100%] [success] A large screen appeared. Tom noticed immediately that many areas were greyed out as not accessible, many missing their contents or filled with junk. -¡°So that¡¯s how the system looks like. It is similar to a RPG game interface¡± thought Tom. He had played his fair share of games in his teenage and college years. While not so much after his marriage and child birth plus the increasing work load. -¡°Graaagh¡± an inhuman growl reached from his left. - ¡°What?!!, Is that a demon?¡± he panicked and instinctively started to retreat still sitting on his butt. The street light flickered in existence and he finally saw what was approaching. It was vaguely humanoid; its skin was partially human partially different: black and shiny like an insect carapace. Its legs looked human, but its hands ended with scythe like blades. The demon was staring him with its four black facet eyes not blinking. It opened its mouth and two 5 centimetres mandibles shot out, clicking rapidly. It started to approach using his scythes to dig the ground and propel forward as its legs trailed lifelessly behind. A green slime left marking his trajectory. It was wounded but not dead obviously. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.Tom has never experienced such fear in his life. It was primal, true horror, a lamb meeting the wolf. The sheer malice emitted was suffocating . The monster was coming to eat him ALIVE. He felt a warm liquid spreading between his legs. He screamed loud, terror has paralysed his body, his limbs refused to move. His scream was high-pitched and somehow girlish, but it did not register by Tom¡¯s mind. He lost precious seconds in his frozen state which demon used to reach just a meter close. It stopped for a second to contract its hands and shot forward. Its head landed on his left leg. Horrible pain woke Tom from his stupor when the demon bit right above the knee. The pain from the wound was devastating, but nothing comparing to the bigger one. It was excruciating, overwhelming, unbearable. It was the pain of the soul being consumed. Tom kicked with his right leg, punched with his fists many times. Both seemed futile as the demon didn¡¯t even flinch. ¡°AAAAARGH, Help, Help someone¡± screamed Tom, tears flowing. Unfortunately, his cries for help did not reach. The park was desolated, not a single soul nearby. Few street dogs barked far away. Tom was alone with a horrific insect monster eating him alive. He was about to give up to his fate and the only thought for his family kept him struggling. Suddenly a blue screen flickered reporting damage. In a moment of clearance Tom willed his system to show up. He glanced at ¡°consume¡± and ¡°exorcise¡± spells highlighted white text, assuming operational. He focused his will on ¡°consume¡± wishing to do something. Immediately information about the spell flowed in his mind and settled there like he knew it for a long time. The spell was touch based which was a serious drawback for a spell, but to balance it was almost instant casting. He mastered his will reached the head of the monster still attached on his leg and then cast. A flow of heat erupted from his stomach and reached his hand: ¡°CONSUME¡± ¨C He spoke the words of power. His voice strange, machine like with a heavy bass. A blue transparent jaws formed over his palm and snatched the monster head. The monster screeched in pain, released his bite and start trashing the ground. ¡°Run¡± Tom got on his four, stood up with an effort. His body finally obeying his will and began to withdraw from screaming demon. He was already 20 meters away when he stopped. -¡°If I run now, I would never get over it¡± He looked back; the demon was obviously in distress. Green slime spilling all over the area. THAT was the monster who have hurt him. It and his kin will come for his daughter if he couldn¡¯t finish it right this instant! His face got serious. He opened his interface. ¡°Consume¡± was greyed with a countdown timer of 3 hours. That left ¡°Exorcise¡±. He will it happen, same flow of information imprinted in his mind. The spell was ranged - 15 meters maximum. Casting time of 30 seconds. He moved closer to the demon. -¡°This should be close enough¡± He whispered. He pointed his hand forward, although it wasn¡¯t a requirement according to his freshly imprinted knowledge. Never the less he did it: ¡°exorcise¡± ¨C he spoke his voice not the same he remembered. Yet the words of power did not happen. [system: Not enough mana] ¡°What the FUCK¡± he cursed. Well he should have expected it. He was probably low level, a total beginner. How come a new player could cast 2 high tiered spell in short succession. It was a solid rule in games and apparently in his new reality. ¡°Fuck, shit DAMN¡± Tom cursed. His gentle voice startled him, but again he didn¡¯t pay attention. ¡°I should leave ASAP¡± He turned around and started walking away. He made few steps and stopped for the second time this night. He couldn¡¯t leave the motherfucker live. He already hated it with his guts. He started thinking about. What are his options? Gears in his brain turning. Tom was using his intellect and life time experience to find solution of the problem. -¡°So I don¡¯t have enough energy to power the spell. I need mana. If I don¡¯t have it stored can I use external source? This world is similar to Earth, but the same time different. There should be mana present. Kornelius said that demons have done something. He decided to try again. Moved back at the striking distance and willed the spell to happen. Same message popped: [not enough mana] -¡°System use auxiliary source to complete the spell¡±. He ordered [local mana density insufficient for the process] ¡°Damn¡± Tom walked back reluctantly.. He just made 10 steps when his eye caught something. It was a faint blue light barely visible, but it was dark and Tom saw it clearly. He changed direction and reached the glowing spot. ¡°It must be the place where I landed¡± Indeed, there was a faint circle 3 meters diameter. Looking transparent, obviously not solid. What caught his attention were the slowly fading runes emitting tiny blue specs that were quickly vanishing in air. ¡°It appears like a mana leaking out. There must be enough mana here. "A dimensional transport involves a heavy mana usage¡±tom guessed right. He put his tiny hand inside the circle. There was no pain, nothing visibly harming it. The mana particles passing trough without an issue. He took a few full breaths to calm his racing heart and stepped inside. Waited for few moments.. Nothing. Then Tom looked at the monster. It was still rampaging around in pure madness about 30 meters away. ¡°Ok, here we go¡± ¡°Hey bastard, come here! You ugly piece of shit¡± he squeaked in high octave. The demon either didn¡¯t hear him or did not pay attention. It just kept rolling the ground like a mad dog. Tom took few seconds to think and kneed down on the ground. His leg hurt but a quick check revealed that the wound wasn¡¯t fatal. It was leaking blood but no arteries were hit. Then he removed his shoe and stood up to aim. -¡°why the hell I am wearing pink sneakers¡± Tom shook his head in disbelief¡­ ¡°Well, not the weirdest thing happened recently¡± He immediately refocused on the task. He had a monster to kill or die trying. Tom aimed and shoot. The shoe flew in a beautiful arc to the demon and then ...missed, by a large margin on top. Accuracy was fine but it landed 10 meters short as it had not enough strength. ¡° Worst throw in my both lives¡± Tom snickered. He was good at baseball back then in his school years. He was even on permanent position in the school''s baseball team. Such a throw should have been a child¡¯s play. He quickly took off his other shoe. This time he closed his eye and threw the shoe few times with his left hand. He could feel that his hand was weak. On a whim he did that with his right one. This time it felt better. ¡°Am I now right-handed?!¡± Is this the miracle of transmigration?¡± Tom took a careful aim at the monster and threw using the right hand. .. -"Bulls aye, right in its ugly face" This time the demon stopped and slowly faced him. -¡°Graaauw¡± the fucker started to approach. -¡°exorcise¡± (Tom) [system: target out of range] Shit..the demon closed the distance.. ¡°exorcise¡± "system use auxiliary source to complete the spell¡± Tom tried again. [high density mana field detected] [warning: casting prevented due to safety locks. User level too low. Mana flow evaluated too dangerous for the user] ¡°damn system. JUST FUCKIN DO IT¡± -¡°exorcise¡± .... -''exorcise" Tom keep trying again and again... [Administrator privileges detected. Overriding safety protocol] -"EXORCISE" Several things happened at once -A 30 seconds timer appeared in his right corner. -White disc 2 meters diameter descended over the monster head tracking it movements while spinning fast. - A blue spiral formed around Tom¡¯s body, also spinning. It started to attract the blue particles nearby quickly forming a miniature semitransparent tornado. - In a few moments Tom felt some heat entering entire body flowing to his stomach. The heat sensation upgraded to a burning pain shortly. Tom gritted his teeth and watched the demon''s moves. It has stopped and was sniffing around looking puzzled. 25¡­ 20¡­ Another spinning disc appeared over the monster spinning opposite the fist 15¡­ The pain was becoming unbearable. Tom screamed: ¡±Aaaagh¡± That was a mistake as the demon refocused on him and resumed his approach. 10.. A third disk appeared on top of the previous two. It spinned in both directions changing pace rapidly. 9.. 8.. 7¡­ 6¡­ Tom dropped on the ground. He felt he was burning alive. Yet, he never lost the monster from sight 5¡­ ¡°aaarh¡­¡± ¡°Graaawl¡± Monster growled. And contracted his limbs in prepare for launch. 4¡­ 3¡­ Monster jumped and landed over him. Its head close to his. Saliva leaking on his temple. He could smell its foul breath. 2.. It opened its mouth. Mandibles ready to bite. 1¡­. 0¡­ The demon moved to strike at his neck. At the same time the 3 spinning rings over the monster body froze. The air around the monster distorted and in instant it disappeared. Silently, no flashing lights, no sound and bang, nothing fancy-shmancy- just like that it vanished from existence. At the same time the burning heat tormenting Tom receded drastically. ¡°Haah, aaagh, my God.. Ouch.. I won, I WON¡­ I did it Caroline. I ¡­¡± After having severely overstressed his body, mind and soul Tom fainted in a painless slumber. Chapter 2 – It’s not an easy for a man to fight the demons. Yes? Well then, try again as a woman.

--Kornelius POV---

[link to the prototype class system established] [error detected. Data receiving only. Attempting to repair link... estimated time 56 minutes to complete] He was receiving status reports and analysing them in real time. An amazing feat indeed. Tom¡¯s system was in disrepair. It has entered in a safe mode which was fine. System was requesting a maintenance protocol procedure, but was lacking its reserve buffer. Well he knew where all reserves were spent. So it needed an outside essence supplement. And he couldn¡¯t send from his own because the stupid link was receiving only mode. He sighed. Should wait for 50 minutes for the link repairs¡­ Kornelius focused on the data that was coming in.. [Tom has been attacked by unknown demon] ¡°What impossible, was their infiltration discovered?¡± No, very less likely. It was actually a demon born and evolved from its larvae state. He focused on damage telemetry. Physical damage was not severe but Tom was suffering soul damage¡­ ¡°The bastard is after his soul¡± Kornelius bit his nails in distress. [Tom has cast consume] Kornelius focused on stream of the spell telemetry data. His eyes watered¡­ -¡°It works. The ¡®demon essence converter¡± WORKED!¡± Every single bit of data confirmed the expected variables. Now Kornelius was crying of happiness. Seeing his creation live and kicking was intoxicating. [Tom has failed to cast ¡°exorcise¡±] ¡°huh?¡± ..ah it¡¯s just a lack of mana problem. He was worried the annihilator module was in the wrong. ¡­¡­.. [Tom has failed to cast ¡°exorcise¡±] ¡°Hah!, another lack of mana problem. ¡°Is Tom stupid or what¡± Kornelius thought. And right this moment he remembered that there was a enemy over 20 levels higher facing Tom. He bit his nails again. ¡­. [Tom has failed to cast ¡°exorcise¡±] -¡°A Range issue¡± ¡­ [Tom has failed to cast ¡°exorcise¡±] -¡°Huh, now the safety locks??¡± ¡­. [Tom has cast ¡°EXORCISE¡±] -¡°Holy tits of Aphrodite. He did it¡±. He again focused on the spell telemetry. It worked ok. Needed few tweaks here and there but overall, the Annihilator core was another grand success. If Tom was here Kornelius would be hugging him in joy, but as the room was empty he settled of rolling on the ground shouting loud incomprehensive stuff. Just like a mad dog or rabid demon¡­ It took about 20 minutes for Kornelius to regain his sanity. He refocused on data received. Apparently, Tom had suffered a medium soul burn. This happens often to the inexperienced arcanists, trying to bite more than they can handle. -¡°Hmm his soul condition is kind of bad. He needs healing¡±. [unified system: Your pet has slain a lvl 24 rabid mantis] -¡°hahaha¡± laughed Kornelius. As a [system architect] he knew the system is not perfect albeit close. It has its back doors and alternative approaches as he liked to name the glitches. It was easy to tweak the prototype system to emit a semi-sentient beast signature allowing Kornelius to register Tom as his pet. All rewards are being granted to him as the pet owner, but he could easily transfer them to Tom via their shared link. A perfect solution for not quite authorised experiment. [unified system: You have received 2 400 SU] Kornelius was flabbergasted. He knew the system awarded demon fighting generously. But that much in just a short time. A few months hard work income in an instant. He calculated what will Tom need to finish the maintenances- about 1000 SU. That left him with 1400 SU. He opened system shop and looked at the staggering list of skills and spells. He set the filter for ¡°healing spell¡± ¡­. The massive list of available purchases dropped to few thousands. Next filter changed from ¡°my-self¡± to ¡°others¡± cut the list in half again. He looked at the top priced skills with envy. They cost in the range of hundreds of thousands SU. He shook his head and set the maximum price filter to 1400 SU The list shrank to about 50 spells. Only two of those had option to repair soul damage albeit miniscule. He marked ¡°Lesser Holy light¡± as ready for purchase and checked its description for last time. No errors when spending big are allowed he reminded himself. [Lesser Holly light 1100 SU ¨C Heals designated target for 10 HP and repairs 1 soul damage. Removes minor demon related afflictions. Cast time ¨C very fast. Costs 30 Mana. Cooldown 10 minutes] Kornelius checked his mana : 120. It was pitiful, but as a [system architect] he put most of his free stat points towards the ¡°Intelligence¡±. Anyway, considering the spell cost, cool down and his mana regeneration he could spawn the spell non-stop. [Purchase accepted. Thank you Kornelius] Seven hours later Kornelius slumped in his chair. After his link was operational, he transferred the remaining 1300 SU to Tom. His system immediately began the maintenance. What startled him was that it took him twice the expected casts of healing to repair Tom¡¯s soul. He would have to wait for Tom to activate his system, so he can make a proper scan. Kornelius eyes closed and he drifted to sleep. It was a way too much of drama for the poor researcher for a single day. --- Tom Taylor POV--- Tom opened his eyes. He was laying on the ground on his back. He saw pink flowered tree swaying his leaves above. Little blossoms were slowly falling down in a graceful dance. The sun has probably risen recently as it was still not very bright. Tom took few moments to enjoy the peaceful and idyllic sight. He felt good, invigorated, may be little thirsty and hungry but nothing was hurting. Just feeling thirsty reminded him that he was back in the land of living. If someone told him this was possible a week ago he would have called him a lunatic. But here he was- laying on the soft grass in a public park, in a different world, enjoying the nature. He was fine, to think he almost died from a terrible monster last night. Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. ¡°Wait a minute, The Demon¡± Tom squeaked with a melodious gentle voice. He shot in sitting position and quickly scanned the surroundings¡­ Nothing. All clear. He decided to check his wound. It should get treatment or it may get infected. He pulled his skirt up, to find his leg in perfect condition, may be little skinny but nothing, not even a scar. ¡°WAIT!¡± Tom¡¯s mind quickly processed some of the disturbing facts. Small Pink shoes, slender hands and legs, soft and gentle skin and a pleasant but not a masculine voice¡­ And A SKIRT! ¡° I¡¯ve got a bloody skirt¡± He squeaked in shock. He quickly covered his mouth not believing the voice is his own doing. ¡°No way. NO way, NO faking way¡± he kept repeating the mantra as he slid his arm under his skirt. ¡°Its gone. Gone!¡± He checked again ¨C Nothing. Well there was something down there but not the one he was looking for... ¡°Kornelius, what have you done you incompetent, stupid birdman¡± ¡°I will kick your moronic ass all the way to¡­.¡± What followed was a long tirade of curses, screams and shouts. Eventually Tom slumped on the grass breathing heavy. -¡°How am I supposed to fight demons with this body? It looks so weak and fragile. How am I going to escort Caroline and Cristine in an apocalyptic war zone safely to the extraction point?¡± Tom felt true despair. His mind kept working, he had a high disposition of critical and logic approach of a problem trained years in solving complicated engineering issues. -¡°I have magic now. I could be the next Harry potter!¡± He looked down at his moderate breasts. Put a hand over his left boob and squeezed. His hand reported a soft and squishy feeling- he was quite familiar with it. But his boob reported to his brain an alien and unknown sensation. -¡°More like those magical girls in Cristine¡¯s room posters¡± He snickered on his own joke. He clasped his hands on his cheeks to prevent another fit of rage and screams. ¡°Seriously those two spell I have cast looked quite powerful. The ¡°exorcise¡± spell is like an ultimate one hit kill stuff. The demon looked strong.Very, very strong and yet it vanished in a blink. I don¡¯t know what ¡®consume¡¯ spell exactly does, though? I should check it out ¡°hmm system¡­ ahm show status? said Tom Blue screen popped up immediately. Tom pushed his hand through it, but it passed as it was just a projection of some kind. -¡°fascinating¡± [Maintenance complete. All system modules functional] [Proceed with system initialisation? Yes/no] -¡°Yes¡± [safe mode disabled] [initialising ¡­38..42.46¡­50¡­. 100%]
[Welcome User]
Name: Akira Ryu Age 18 Sex: Female Soul Type: B- (soul gestalt) Level: 1 Class: Exorcist Class Rank : Hero Class Type : Unique/UNREGISTERED/ Blood line : please select ? Affiliation: None Sponsor: Kornelius /dual link/ [unified system]: Not registered.
Attributes: Class spells/Skills Mundane skills:
Strength: 4 True sight (passive)(RARE) Language: English, Spanish
Swiftness : 5 (4) Soul Fortress (passive) (RARE) Mundane engineering
Vitality: 4 Consume (active) (UNIQUE) Mundane Science
Intelligence: 8 Exorcise (active) (UNIQUE) General Spells/Skills:
Soul: 10 (7) /empty slot/ /empty slot/
HP: 40/40 Mana:100/100 Soul Deffense: 100 Mana reg: 1/min HP reg: 0.4/min
Avaivable atribute points: 0
Tom examined the blue box table and spent several minutes to examine its aspects in details. System called him Akira Ryo ¡°Sounds Japanese. May be I am in Japan or whatever version is in Terra. Hmm, Akira.? Sounds familiar, but its fine and even cool. Ryo should be my family name. So I am Akira Ryo now. Huh..Well Tom Tailor died in Earth can¡¯t argue that¡± ¡°(sex: female) Well System, I can see that by myself, no need to remind me! See, SEE! I¡¯ve got a full package: a pair of tits and a vvv¡­vagINAA. Oh dear¡± Tom was once again severely distressed. He took a full breath in and slowly released. ¡°I have to stop overreacting every time. What¡¯s done is done. I just need to adjust. I still have my goals, got¡¯ a focus on what is important. Step by step Tom, if situation is too complicated - break it at its building blocks. There you have to solve more approachable problems¡±. The experienced engineer spoke into his mind. Tom decided to put his body status in a box. Then throw the box in the depths of his mind. He knew it is not healthy, but situation required his full attention. He should not be distracted by secondary problems. After all he proved last night that he was able to obliterate a powerful demon in his current state. Chapter 3 – Link established Tom''s mind settled in a proper working condition. His worries were put aside and he looked again at his status. He skipped the parts of the bloodline and soul type as not important and focused on the attributes. He thought that things should have been better explained and the system responded; [Strength: quantifies physical aspect of the user to interact with the environment. It is also related to the physical endurance and stamina]. [Swiftness: quantifies reflexes, reaction times, agility and dexterity of the user]. [Intelligence: quantifies the speed of user¡¯s thought process, his ability to comprehend complicated matters. Intelligence does not make user smarter but it boosts learning speed]. [Vitality: Correlates to the lifespan, overall health and resistance to mundane diseases and poisons. Directly affecting HP, regeneration rate and life aura strength]. [Soul: Relates to the user¡¯s ability to hold and store mana. It affects directly the ability of a soul to resist external influence]. Tom carefully read the descriptions. He had some things that need further clearance. Next were the class skills: System immediately provided guidance: [True sight (passive)(RARE) ¨C User''s gaze easily penetrates through the mortal and arcane. Nothing remains hidden. Easily breaks illusions and the majority of demon¡¯s disguises]. [Soul Fortress (passive) (RARE) - Shields user¡¯s mind from outsides negative influences like demon miasma influence, mind control spell, different demon afflictions like succubus charm, vampire¡¯s puppeteer and many more. This skill is obligatory for every commanding officer of FoL army since the the disaster in Vega sector. (see details in your local library)]. ¡°Hmm quite the useful stuff, both are marked as passive. Does that mean that they are active permanently?!¡± he pondered ¡°Now the cavalry!¡± Tom looked at [consume] and [exorcise] spells. He had already tasted their power last night. Both were marked active and obviously required mana to perform and execute. He focused on ¡°consume¡± and willed the system for details. Instead of neat and comprehensive text, Tom¡¯s brain was flooded with a massive flow of never-ending rune-diagrams, strange equations and speeding text in unfamiliar language. For a second he thought his head will just explode. He screamed ¡°STOOOP¡±, the system obediently complied. ¡°haaaahght¡± Tom was massaging his temple. His brain felt overheated. It took 10 minutes for him to get his shit together. Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. ¡°This looks like another screw up of Kornelius¡± Tom concluded He looked suspiciously over ¡°exorcise¡±. He cautiously willed its description. Same stuff hit him, but this time he was ready. ¡°STOOOOP¡± squeaked Tom. ¡°Idiot..my partner is a very smart idiot¡± sighed Tom. Then he looked at the ¡°Exorcist¡± class. It also suspiciously felt like Kornelius doing being marked as ¡°unique¡±. Its rank was¡± hero¡± but Tom didn¡¯t feel like a hero at all. He was a nuclear plant engineer. ¡°better check it now when I am ready¡± He mustered his courage and willed it happen. [Exorcist- The demon¡¯s bane¡±] Tom was surprised for yet another time ¡° That¡¯s it?! Kornelius couldn¡¯t think for a better description? Haa more likely he did not care thinking it is irrelevant. Or may be, he did forget. Plausible. Yet these words strangely affected Tom. He smiled - it sounded cool. He jumped and pumped his right fist high in the air: ¡±I am Akira Ryu the demon¡¯s bane. Hehehe ..¡± He kept giggling for few more seconds¡­ -¡° So I guess it is the new me now. Tom Tailor died in a car crash. I bet no one of my friends and family could recognize me¡±. ¡°Well Akira, nice to meet you¡± He bowed in an improvised Japanese greeting. -¡°let¡¯s see what¡¯s next¡± [Sponsor: Kornelius /dual link/] ¨C Kornelius has been assigned as your designated sponsor. You can receive system resources via ¡°dual link¡±] ¡°Link testing, testing 1 2 3 testing¡± Once Akira thought about the link it immediately activated. He felt a connection establishing with another person. Similar to a telephone, but different in the same time. ¡° huh is it not working?? HELOOOOOOOOU ANYBODY OUT THERE!¡± ¡°Bah, who is it¡­.. Aaa is it you Tom?¡± ¡°Kornelius, were you sleeping while I was busting my ass here beating monsters?¡± ¡°NO, of course not. I just took a nap when everything got under control¡± ¡°Control, CONTROL??¡± How are you going to explain this?¡± ¡°What do you need assistance?¡± ¡°This body. The fact that I am no longer Tom but Akira Ryu¡±!!! ¡°Well..¡± ¡°SPEAK, fool¡± ¡°It was not my fault I swear!¡± ¡°I don¡¯t believe you. You screw up something, I can smell it from here¡± ¡°It was an accident, A force-majored situation!¡± ¡°An accident you say. You somehow accidentally disintegrated my manhood and grew me a pair of boobs?¡± ¡°I tell you again, it was not my fault. Blame the enchanter of the ¡°demon barrier breach array¡±. Akira took a deep breath to subdue his anger. ¡°Explain in details. Everything¡± What followed was a detailed review of the events from Kornelius POV from the start to the current moment Akira was sitting on the grass, playing with a loose strand of hair while listening to Kornelius''s explanation. ... ... "And that concludes the recent events" finished Kornelius "Haah, OK. I wont blame you for this thing. It is just not productive" (Akira) "There is great news I wished to share with you before you jumped at me with all those terrible accusations" "Really?! I am all ears" "Both core modules worked. I did it Tom, I made it happen" "Well congratulations, and call me Akira Ryu from now on. I want to commemorate this young girl whose body I stole and mark the new beginning of the same time" "Sure, Akira. You know that it was not your fault the she died. It is just how the things are. Very few people live to see old age these days because of the war getting worse" "I know but some how I can still feel her presence near me, inside me. It is strange feeling" "Really, give me a moment to check with your system" "Well it could be related to the abnormal healing and this [soul gestalt]. Both are not familiar. I need to consult with a specialist. Anyway I believe it is not dangerous or relevant to our current situation". "If you say so..." /Akira/ "Do not forget where you are, we need to proceed with caution from now on" /Kornelius/ "Right.." /Akira/ Chaper 4 – A walk in a park /R 18/ Akira looked around. It was bright day light. Sun was shining bright and warming up the land. He speculated that it should be late spring or early summer season. There were actually people walking on the paved alley behind the trees. Not many, but enough to stress he wasn''t alone. He looked for his pink shoes and found them after little pondering around. Then approached the pace he first awake. There we no signs of magic, circle or demon''s body. The grass was crushed in the area where the demon was trashing and the green slime that was glowing in the night was blending with the nature. "What''s that" Akira bent and picked a bag- school bag with a tennis ball sized plush dragon hanging on a chain. "It probably belonged to the previous Akira" he stiffened. Those were a dead person''s possessions. Akira was most likely a high school student. He crouched and opened the bag. There were school necessities - notebooks, pencils and some girl''s stuff like lipstick, hair clips, sanitary pads etc. He put them aside. Next he found a plastic bag holding a full body school swim suit. Looking it close it appeared his body size, but was shockingly provocative. "What kind a school allows this type of a swimsuit?" Akira was amazed looking a the the Brazilian cut swimsuit back. He put it back in the plastic bag. Looking further in the bag he found a leather choker with a metal plate with writings in Kanji. "Another strange thing" he put it aside as well. Bag was almost empty. He eventually checked inside the bag''s internal pocket. "Bingo" - several banknotes and an ID card with a horrible quality picture. "On its back should be the home address. Damn I don''t understand a bit." "This could be a problem. I am supposed to complete the mission incognito. Kill a bunch of demons, get the lvl 24 and disappear James Bond stile. The language is a major obstacle" "Kornelius, we''ve got a problem" "It is the language barrier. I don''t speak Japanese or whatever locals use" "Understood, stand by while I look up for solution" Akira put back the school bag together, and tidy himself as much as he could. He was dusted, the skirt had §Ñ small tear and was wrinkled but in a relatively good condition. He pulled the skirt few times and managed to put it in a decent appearance. Next was the hair. It was cut neck-line, but it was constantly messing with his eye sight. He kneed again and after some rummaging in the school bag pulled up two hair clips. "pink again?" (Akira) He swiftly arranged his hair with the assistance of the hair clips and the experience of a young girl''s father. Akira remembered how he used to fix Cristine''s messy morning hair. Now he was doing it to himself. He briefly stopped, shook his head and continued. His long sleeved light blue shirt was in terrible shape - tears, stains of blood both human and demon. It should be disposed to the garbage bin. "Nothing could be done here, I don''t have a spare" ( Akira ) Akira waited for few minutes for Kornelius, while exploring the surroundings. In the east he could see high rise buildings of the city centre. It was the direction most people going to and from. "There should be subway station that way. If they have this kind a thing here" So the direction was set. ... " Akira, I have found a suitable language pack for 150 SU. Contains both spoken and written Japanese, Mandarin and German " " What, I can learn language this way?" Akira was amazed. "But of course, how else a person learns the languages?!" "Well, you know studying, practicing etc" "That is absolutely impractical. It can take months to do it that way!" Kornelius exclaimed "Ok, I forgot magic is real" "Right! The other thing that you need is the basic spell [Identify]. It costs only 110 SU. I think it is essential. It is the most widespread spell in the Multiverse" "Well of course, sure send them in or something" (Akira) "Ahm, You have to transfer me the SU. You see I am kind a broke" Kornelius sounded embarrassed. "System how much SU do I have?" Akira [current balance :290 SU] "Ahm, system can you transfer 260 SU to Kornelius?" Akira asked with uncertainty. It shouldn''t be that easy. [confirm essence transfer 260 to Kornelius: yes/no] -Yes [transfer complete. Current balance 30 SU] -"Woah, It beats the internet banking into the dust" (Akira) While pondering of the many features of the system he received a message [Kornelius gifted you a Language package N 6432N32T, and general spell Identify N 4532S3s12 Do you accept? yes/no] You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. "Yes" (Akira) [Processing... 20...36.57...100%] Akira felt the knowledge settling in his brain, It was a lot of information, but it was smooth and took less than 5 minutes. "I can speak Japanese" exclaimed Akira in delight in a perfect Japanese, as it was his mother tongue. "Absolutely amazing" Akira. He was watching the unfamiliar texts in his ID card blurring for a bit: "And read as well.." He thought about a movie he watched years ago, where the protagonist was siting on chair connected to a machine. The guy was learning different martial arts in a similar fashion and speed.... "All done. What do you think I should do next? I have the home address of Akira Ryu. May be I should go there?" (Akira) " Yes, you should. It could cause a problem if her parents put her on a missing list or start searching actively for you. We need to stay low, act from the shadows like a predator" (Kornelius) "That actually is a very good strategy. I could blend in the society and hit the demons when they least expected. Like assassin class in games" Akira agreed. Their major tactics for the future have been settled. "But it means, I have to act as a the girl named Akira, and live the poor girl''s life. It could be hard job." "Oh come on. You are smart, you will improvise and adapt on the go. Remember why you have agreed to this" Kornelius "Right!" Akira clenched his fists, picked the school bag and headed to alley and next towards the city centre. While walking he was observing the surroundings. The park looked familiar settings to its counterparts on Earth. But there were subtle differences - most glaring was its state of disrepair: rusted metal, old withered paint, cans and bottles littered on the ground. People seemed normal at first, but their eyes looked strange unfocused, it was hard to explain with words. The alley reached a small round square with tiny fountain in its centre. The fountain was obviously non operational as the centre statue of an angel was missing its head. There was graffiti everywhere. There were benches placed near the fountain. The people traffic was splitting two ways circling and merging again in an alley pointing the city. Akira was observing the statue when his eyes landed on the bench nearby. His jaw dropped. There was a naked couple having sex. Akira was so stunned as he could not believe his eyes. These people were doing it the middle of the public park, daylight with so many people around as it was nothing wrong with it. He made few steps closer as to ensure himself he was not dreaming. He could see the woman face in details. Her mouth was wide smile of pure bliss. When he scrutinised further he started to see disturbing details. Woman''s hand was limping loose outside the bench, actually her entire body was limp. She appeared like a lifeless rag doll. But what made Akira shiver were the woman''s eyes. They were unfocused like a drug addicted and were shedding blood tears. He could see blood leaking from her ears and nose as well. Yet the woman appeared in silent, pure bliss her tongue out and saliva dropping. Akira reacted without much thinking and approached the man from his back. He put his hand on the man''s shoulder. "Hey mister, the lady is not well, she needs a doctor! The man turned his head to Akira. He was grinning, not even stopping pumping said: "Oh you want to be next? I will be done in a minute" Then them man resumed his act without paying attention anymore. Akira slowly retracted his hand. He looked around at the people passing nearby them. They were caring their routines, chatting with each others. Elder people, middle aged with different attires business, casual. Mothers walking with their kids hand in hand. Everyone was passing the two naked adults fucking like animals in the middle of street like they didn''t exist or more likely it was perfectly normal. Akira moved to an elder woman and said "Hello, can I have a minute" ( akira ) "Oh hello dear, how are you" (elder) "I am fine thank you, but the lady on that bench seems to need a doctor urgently" The old lady looked towards the bench, her eyes briefly lost focus and returned blank" "Look young lady, do not waste my time" "But the woman..." Akira The elder woman just continued on the way. How come, What is going on here?. The naked woman was in severe condition, obviously on some powerful drugs. A heavy male grunt of ecstasy disrupted Akira''s thoughts and he looked at the direction. The man had just finished and was laying on top on the woman''s back panting heavily. The man''s long hair has fallen aside revealing his neck. Akira saw something. It was fuzzy and unclear, but he approached in fast steps. The closer he got the sense of wrongness built up. Whne he was at a hand distance, he finally saw it. There was a pulsating round bug about 5 centimetres, attached on the neck with several insect like legs piercing the skin. The thing looked like a spider had a black back with bright yellow wasp like lines. Its small head ended with needle like mandible also buried in the man''s back neck. He felt the same sensation of evil like last night, but much more subdued. Akira lost it for a moment and grabbed the man''s neck: "CONSUME" [strength +1] The man jumped in jolt, but unlike the rabid mantis he looked him in rage and shouted: "You bitch, did you just zap me? You know who are you messing with? We are the demon claws gang" He then punched Akira in the face. The power of a grown man''s punch sent Akira spiralling on the ground [- 23 HP] The world in front Akira was spinning, his left eye quickly covered in blood leaking from the eyebrow wound. [Kornelius healed you for +10 Hp] The situation immediately improved as Akira can see the man trying to pull his pants together and cursing her in rage. Akira stood up and ran. Hew threw a quick glance back and saw the man chasing him. "What is happening over there?" (Kornelius) "Not now, I will explain later" Akira was running with all his might. He saw a dense vegetation part of the park and turned swiftly towards it, away from the alley. The chase continued for a minute or two. It was hard to run with a skirt on. Akira found himself in front of abandoned single story building. It wasn''t big and looked in bad shape, broken windows, no doors and graffiti drawings. Akira stopped to catch his breath, heart was drumming heavy inside his chest. He bent down and put his hands on his knees for support breathing loudly. The demon man appeared 10 meters behind Akira. He saw the girl''s butt bent pointing towards him. His raged face quickly transformed into lecherous lust. "It looks like you have been naughty girl. Trying to rob a Demon''s claw member?! How naughty...And the bad girls should be punished accordingly, don''t you think?" Akira stood up in bolt to face the demon. His fists clenched and ready to fight. "You, What do you want from me, Bastard!" shouted Akira. The man started removing his pants and said: "You will fulfil your duty to society and the demonic church now" "What??!" Akira The man dropped his pants, his manhood fully erected. "Now come and suck. But you have been naughty, so I will punish your butt hole. I have a lot of juice in me and will do it for a long time HAHAHA" At this moment Akira realised, that being a girl he could be properly raped by the demon man. Akira shivered. The he remembered the vacant look of the woman back there. Rage bubbled in his veins. "You evil rapist monster..." Akira mumbled "What did you say bitch, come here quickly" "Yes! I will do it" Coldly replied Akira, if only his eyes could burn holes in that bastard, but he haven''t purchased such type of spell yet. Akira approached the man and stood upfront, just a hand distance away. Then looked the bastard in the eyes. He gently put his hands on the man''s chest, then mastering all his body strength kneed the man''s balls. Akira never lost the eye contact. The demon man cried his eyes rolled white and collapsed facing the ground. A wicked grin appeared on Akira''s cute face and spat on the demon. "This was much easier than that insect monster"..... Chapter 5 – Going home "Akira, what happened. Please explain. I don''t have the [shared vision] skill. Can not see the situation myself". Begged Kornelius. "There was this demon man with the spider on his neck. He was having sex in the middle of the park, and the people.. the people kept pretending that nothing is wrong" "That should be the demon larva. Are you safe now?" "Yes, I knocked the bastard down. I doubt he will be thinking about sex in near future. I should probably kill him now?! A well placed kick on the spider would probably waste them both, Right? ( Akira ) "Well yes, that should work but I think we need to think the situation from all angles" "Well firstly killing it won''t benefit as much. It better be exorcised to get maximum reward. And ideally, before that you should drain as much power as allowed" "What do you mean?" Well check at your status first.
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Name: Akira Ryo Age 18 Sex: Female Soul Type: B- (soul gestalt) Level: 1 Class: Exorcist Class Rank : Hero Class Type : Unique Blood line : please select ? Affiliation: None Sponsor: Kornelius /dual link/
Attributes: Class Spells/Skills Mundane Skills
Strength: 5 (4) Swiftness : 5 Vitality: 4 Intelligence: 8 True sight (passive)(RARE) Language: English, Japanese, Spanish, German, Mandarin Mundane engineering
Soul: 10 Soul Fortress (passive) (RARE) Mundane Science
HP: 29/40 Consume (active) (UNIQUE) General skills:
Mana:51/100 Exorcise (active) (UNIQUE) Identify (basic)
Soul defence: 100 /empty slot/
Available attribute points: 0 Balance: 30 SU mana reg: 1/min HP reg 0.4 min
"My strength is up to 5??!" Akira immediately noticed "That is the consume spell doing. You stole a demon''s essence and converted it to soul essence resulting to an attribute gain. This means that you can raise your attributes like this in addition of level up free points." Kornelius explained Akira thought for a while. The potential of this was staggering - unlimited growth! "That is cheating!" laughed Akira "You see, you finally realised how groundbreaking is The exorcist class". "I have to agree, you are a genius, partner" "heeheehee I am starting to believe that now too" Kornelius This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. "So do you suggest I hit him with a 1000 consume and become a superman, Cough I mean supergirl?" "unfortunately it is not that simple, Demons have finite essence. It is quantified by their level that matches in a term a mortal''s equivalent" "Can you explain in details" "Ok, all classes except "hero", receive 5 attribute points per level up. A level 5 sword-master should have received 25 points. A demon of the same level has similar equivalent of demonic essence lets call it demonic points" "So level 5 demon has 25 demonic points" Akira "The spell consume has a 20% conversion rate. So in order to get one attribute point you steal 5 demonic ones." "So simply said I have as many casts as the demon''s level" Akira concluded "Correct" "Larvae demons vary from lvl 1 to 23." "What level was the monster last night?" "It was level 24 rabid mantis" "The fucker looked strong" "Well once the larvae evolve to a lesser demon at lvl 24, it completely consumes its host body and soul. Its body becomes stronger to fully utilise the power of lvl 24 is representing" "So the spider demon man I caught is not that strong?" "Yes, until lvl 23 the larvae powers are limited to its host body strengths to an extent. It has some way to empower the host body, but not to a maximum extent." "So how strong is actually a lvl 20 spider man?" "HMM I believe it will be as close as a lvl 10 human" Akira looked down and pondered about the level of the demon. "Right, the identify spell" [identify (basic): allows a user to determine targets level up to 15 levels higher than user''s. Reveals basic information about the target. Can be obscured by different spells, skills, artefacts. Cost 10 mana. Cast time instant] Akira focused on the spider thingy and willed the spell to happen. Almost immediately got a result
"Its a lvl 3 larvae" said Akira "Yes, I can see that too. I receive all your system related data" "So do you think I should wait for the consume cool down and try again? I''ve 50 mana left" Akira asked "let see you have 2 hours and 43 minutes. Your mana regeneration should be... A second please. Ok considering your current soul at 10 and a local mana density being low it will 1 mana per minute." "So the mana won''t be an issue then. How did you calculate this anyway?" Akira "It is a complex algorithm. You just need to know that in Terra you will get +1 mana per minute with every 10 points added on soul, for example 20 soul will yield 2 man/ min and 30Soul 3 mana/minute" "Rodger, lets keep it simple then" [Kornelius added mana regeneration rate in your status window]
"Thanks, that should be handy" "No need, that is a peace of cake for me. Don''t forget that I am a [system architect]" "Some day you should tell me what is you job, what do you do for living?" "Bah, sure but it boring one" The demon man stirred and Akira jumped back and squeaked "kyaaa" Akira Luckily he was still unconscious. Akira looked around. The area was shielded by dense vegetation. He looked at the deserted building. It looked like a good place to store the unconscious spider man for several hours. There would be a situation when it wakes up, thou. "Kornelius, how much stronger will be lvl 3 spider man compared to standard adult? "ohh, probably the same, negligent increase of powers" Akira looked again at the spider man. He saw his sturdy leather belt. A plan started to form. He bent down and without effort took it out" "My first loot" giggled Akira. "Ohoo there could be more.." The pocket search revealed a nice bunch of paper money and few coins, a folding knife and a small bag with pills. "So the fucker is either a dealer or addict" Akira thought in disgust. He then focused on the man''s Jacket. It was actually quite stylish, thin black leather. A red clawed hand painted on the back. Many pockets in which a person could store a folding knife for example? He then looked at his totally ruined shirt and said: "Nice Jacket, I''ll take it!" After some huffing and puffing he managed to strip the jacket off. He was getting used with the feeling of revulsion that the demon spider was emitting. Still not pleasant though! Next he used the belt to bind the legs, and his backpack straps for the hands. For the mouth piece Akira cut a piece of the mans t-Shirt and stuck it in his mouth. Then used his shoe laces to bind it with the head. After several checks and re-checks. Akira felt secure enough to sit down and take a breaths. A rustle in the bushes scared Akira. "Phew just a squirrel" exclaimed Akira "Hey Kornelius, Do you think there are many rabid mantis or similar nearby?" "Hmm the rabid variation is quite rare. It is like a mad demon, a defective one you can say. The demons usually kill them on spot as they fail to obey commands. So no, you were extremely unlucky to meet that kind of demon" Akira looked down over his slender body and thought that he indeed might be the unluckiest person ever. He sighed, stretched few times and got to work. After 30 minutes of struggles and several breaks he managed to drag the body inside the building. He slumped on his butt and pressed his back on the wall. "haaagh, 5 strength is not much right" "The average well trained and fit adult male should be around 10" clarified Kornelius. "Remember you have just started less than a day ago. Power and progress don''t come easy, but you have to work for it hard" wisely explained Kornelius "You are correct again Sage Kornelius" - smiled Akira. If Kornelius wasn''t with him at the moment, he would have gone mad already. "It was nice to have someone talk to in a difficult times" thought Akira Akira listened the wind and leaves rustling peacefully. It was relaxing, like the nature did not care about evil rapist spider men on mutated giant insects. His eyes closed and he fell asleep. Akira was on a road. It was dark and raining heavy. A lightening blasted and he saw he was back as Tom. His old body was back. He proceeded forward on the sidewalk. The surrounding was eerie, only the sound of the heavy rain drops present. Another lightening blasted, he saw his house in the distance. I am home! He increased his pace. Suddenly a hand grabbed hist wet shirt. He turned and saw it. A woman, no a girl in Akira''s clothes. Her face was missing. Her body partly disfigured. A missing arm, a hole in the shoulder. Tom jumped back in horror. He quickly run towards his house. The monster was chasing him maintaining his running speed. Another Lightening revealed another one of the same type across the road. It also joined the chase. Leave me alone! Tom shouted and increased his speed. A quick glance revealed about 8 of the monsters chasing him in a pack. His house was just around the corner. With a great deal of willpower he pushed and reached his house front door. The door wasn''t locked. He opened, entered and pushed back the door with all his might. The monsters were pushing on the other side. Finally the door shut and he locked it. Then dropped, his back pushing the door. "Let us in, Tom" a girl voice came behind the door. No! "Let us, Let us..." several voices came though. No NO! "Let us in Tom, Please! NO go away! screamed Tom Akira jolted awake, ayes wide open, face distorted in stress. " Go away" squeaked Akira "Ah it was just a nightmare, It was just a nightmare..!" repeated Akira How much time has past? He willed the consume spell details [consume 0h:09 min] So more than 2 hours. He was getting very thirsty. His tongue was dry.He was also hungry, his stomach reported gurgling. "Did you say something Akira?" Kornelius "No just a nightmare" "I have heard nightmares are frequent in stress situations" Kornelius "Yea I believe so, but this one felt very different" "How so?" "It was lucid. Everything felt so real. I remember every bit of it. The Running, The thunderstorm, The Akira girl monster chasing me?" "You have been chased by the late Akira Ryu?" "Yes and they kept begging me to let them in. Quite nuts huh?" "Hmm,, Hmm.." Kornelius "What? Say something" "Well this thing sounds very familiar like I''ve heard about it sometime in the past, but I just can''t recall about" Kornelius The spider man demon stirred and groaned... Akira jumped behind him, away from its sight. It started kicking and struggling with the restrains. But they hold tight. It was futile. Chapter 6 – Going home 2 Akira kept watching the cool down timer. It was approaching 1 minute. The spider man struggled for some time but looked tired at the moment. "What should we do after this cast" asked Akira. "Well its up to you. Exorcise the demon or wait for another 3 hours for maximum gains" "I think, I think I will wait. I hate to be this weak. If this will help me to grow stronger so be it" "your call, but safety should come first, second comes the incognito. Something you failed to maintain when you met the larvae demon" "yes I fucked up, I know. Usually I don''t lose myself that easy" "CONSUME" Timer hit 00:00 and Akira acted. [vitality +1] "Cool another +1, you know the consume spell makes me feel like a predator who feeds on demons" Akira pondered "You know it is Karma. Demons feed on mortals, but now a bigger predator has came" Kornelius chuckled. Akira giggled. He looked down at the spider man. "Identify"
Demon larvae Lvl 3 (very weak)
Very weak status corresponded with the condition of the spider man. He was unconscious and weakly breathing. I have 3 hours cool down... Akira''s thirst was getting worse. So grabbing his belongings + the new loot he exited. Nothing. All clear. He touched his face and there was a dry blood. He probably looked like a war hero. He put his hand on his chin and started thinking deep. Then suddenly throttled forward towards the direction he arrived. He walked about 100-200 meters and said: "I knew I heard water". He shortly appeared near a narrow and shallow creek. He saddled the urge to dig his head in and start drinking. Looking around, he noticed a lot of littering at the creek''s shores. The water appeared clean, but considering it was running in the middle of a huge metropolis was certainly unsafe for drinking. He sighed: [HP 50/50] He touched his supposed wound and found no pain. Same as his leg before. Wound was magicked away. " "If only I had this when we car crashed, I would have been alive". But If I did survive, then in 3 years all three of us would become a demon''s food. So its better that I died, at least I have got a chance to fight back" Akira was shocked to find out that he actually isn''t sorry for his demise anymore. So he quickly washed his hands, face, legs erasing the blood traces. "What should I do next, I have a lot of time. I should explore around". He carefully memorised landmarks, so he can find his back. And moved along the downstream. "They say if you follow a river you can find settlement sooner or later." And voila, in two minutes Akira emerged under the bridge of relatively crowded plaza. It was a city park, not the Brazilian Jungle after all. He put his new jacket, made himself presentable and climbed to the Plaza. There was something like mini fair. Children walking with balloons. some traditional dancing was being performed on a stage. A tempting smell of barbecue grabbed Akira by his nose and led him to a stall "Western cuisine". "So I travelled to another world, landed on their version of Japan and first local food that I try will be hot dogs, German wurst and French fries. His mouth salivated. "Beggars cant be choosers" faintly smiled Akira while waiting for his turn to order. "What would you like young miss?" Akira wrinkled his nose on the "young miss" part but smiled and replied. "How much will cost me 2 bottles of water, 2 hot dogs, 3 wursts, 3 packets of fries and pack of chocolates?" "That will be 12 yen, miss" Akira opened his bag and look discreetly at the money pack he got from the drug-dealing-spider-man-demon rapist. Brief scan showed over 300Y. "Not a bad hoard for a first day work. May be I should start hitting their Yakuza demon bases for more easy cash" Akira chuckled at his joke. "miss?" "Ah yeas, Apologies. I will take them" 10 minutes later Akira was drinking madly from the water bottle, some water was leaking out his tiny mouth and dropping on his leather jacket. "Ahh there is no better thing than a fresh water" said Akira. And hit the food with the same vigour. 5 minutes later he felt his tummy would blast. But the half of the food remained untouched. He looked surprised then said. "oh yes the girls usually eat less. How can I forget about that. After getting a take away box from the same food booth. He sat in a relatively calm area of the piazza and observed the crowd. There was a lot of traffic, but for 30 minutes he spotted only several spiderman. So they were around, but not as many as he thought. Probably 5-10% maximum. He kept observing as the time passed. At one moment 3 people appeared. They had hooded robes with red pentagram painted on their backs. They stood at the middle of the plaza and the one holding a big black leather book started speaking loudly like preaching. People started gathering and at this moment from the pentagrams started to form red bubbles. The bubbles bloated and exploded in red mist quickly covering the perimeter. The people nearby didn''t register it. "Hey Kornelius are you there?" Akira whispered "Huh yes, I was having a meal" Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. "Enjoy your meal" "Thank you" "Listen ..." Akira explained what he is seeing "Looks like a miasma to me" "Miasma?" "Ah it is very diluted demonic essence in mana" "Why are they doing it?" "Not sure. I think I have an "encyclopaedia demonology" somewhere in the lab. Just got to find it" In about 20 minutes the demon priests went away. Some time later Kornelius connected again: "phew found it at last." "You should tidy your workspace Kornelius. It is important for a productive work". "Hah who has a time for that, being daily at work and later busy with the prototype" "well... You should have time now as the prototype is ready and being tested by myself" "....hu.. ha you might be right" "Sure I am right, Now about the red mist. The miasma.?" "Let see M ..M.. M.. , here: Miasma is used in numerous demon rituals....blagh blagh HA. Listen: Miasma is used on casting "OBEY". It makes the affected target to lose their free will, end become easy to suggestion, manipulation etc. It is considered dangerous mind control demonic spell. Caution is advised" "Are you saying the demons have brainwashed the people here?" "No I believe they have cast OBEY and maintain it over the entire Terra." "That is monstrous" "I believe we found the reason for the higher than normal mana saturation in Terra" Kornelius ..."And why the people are acting strange. They have been magically hypnotized" Akira was frowning, getting angrier. Akira checked the time [Consume 00:38] He got up from the bench, collected his stuff and headed back to the spiderman''s location. 10 minutes later, Akira was crouching bellow a broken window. He slowly peeked inside. The room looked the same as he left and the spiderman was still laying on the ground hands and feet tight. He entered the room and sit down to wait for the timer. This time he was well fed and not thirsty. So the time quickly passed away: "Consume" [strength +1] "That should be the last cast" Akira "Correct, and regarding "exorcise", its mana cost is not set like consume but varies depending on the demon''s level. It should be between 10 to 20 times its level" "So I will need theoretically 30 to 60 for this one?" [mana 51/100] Sigh, more waiting. Akira snacked again. The wurst was nice along the fries. But the dog was let say poor imitation. ..... " Ok so will the guy disappear or just the spider?" Akira was preparing to cast ["exorcise] "Well it hasn''t been tested you know? About being a prototype? HUH? "Are you getting snarky at me KORNELIUS? Akira raised her voice to a high pitched girlish shout. "Sorry" "What?" "I am sorry!! I become like this when I am tired or hungry" "Ah, must be the blood sugar levels" concluded Akira "I will go to the Akira''s home after that. Go eat something and sleep. It will take some time to arrive" "Thanks Akira, you are actually quite a nice man.. woman...a person?" "Well thanks and currently I don''t know what I am as well so don''t bother" "EXORCISE" words of power spoken, Timer set on 30 seconds. This time Akira didn''t feel any heat or burning. Only a warm flow from his stomach to his head and then out. He watched in fascination the light show with the rotating magic disks, and the consequential vanish of the spider from the man''s neck. "Akira we''ve got 300 SU reward, sending trough" [Kornelius have sponsored you 300 SU] "This sending up/down and those messages are getting distracting. We should think a better way if possible" "Tomorrow maybe?" Kornelius yawned "Just managed to confirm the exorcise mana cost is 10 times the enemy level so you should be careful with the mana management" "understood" "Identify"
Human, Lvl 1 (very weak)(miasma affected)
"So the demon is gone and the host is recognized as a human again". Akira looked and the man for some time. He was deeply thinking. The man had obviously many sins. But how many were his and how many were under the demon''s command? How can he be the judge deciding his fate. People were studying for many years to become judge or lawyer back home. Now that the demon is gone and its repulsing aura, Akira wasn''t so sure that the man deserved his fate. Yes he was a gangster and a drug dealer, but a death? He finally decided to drop it. He didn''t want to be the judge and executor. It was too burdensome. He kneed down and retrieved the belt, bag stripe and the shoe laces. Then he ran outside only stopping the set the laces on his shoes and fix the school bag. The leather belt went to the bag as well, it was loot after all. Akira retraced his way all the way back to the fountain area. The naked lady was still laying on the bench! Akira approached her: "Hey lady are you ok? Do you need to call the doctor? ..... no response.. "Lady please respond" Akira shook gently her shoulder. The woman was staring him, smiling with bloodied vacant eyes. SILENTLY. "Ooo, Lady what that man did to you" Akira said whispering Akira shed a tear down his cheek. His hand shakily touch the neck for pulse... DEAD. The bastard killed her. He asked the man to stop, that the woman was sick, but the bastard just continued to eat her. And he KILLED HER "KILLER...MURDERER...RAPIST...EVIL...DEMON " Akira was mumbling..... Akira''s pulse went high-drive. Rage was burning him inside. Eyes bloodshot, The voice in his head screaming JUSTICE. The whispering voice of reason telling him to calm down, was being overpowered by the drums of the fast beating heart. This beating like a call to arms, and was making the anger boiling further and further up Akira slid his hand inside his pocket and touched the knife. Justice!... He dropped the bag and ran towards the deserted building. He entered the room heaving for breath, but eyes locked on the unconscious man. He did not hesitate, approached the man, kneed down to his head. Then pulled the knife and hit. A clean strike at the neck where was the demon spider. The knife sunk to its hilt. The man shook few times, gurgled for few seconds and was gone. Akira stood about a minute like that still holding the knife. Slowly Akira refocused and said: "I lost it. I lost it again. What''s happening to me. I .. I just killed a man. Oh God" He took few deep breaths to collect himself. " I''ve gotta get out of here." The knife, he pulled it and used the man''s t shirt to clear the blood from the knife and his hands. He put the knife in his pocket. He should dispose it but not here. somewhere distant. He walked all the way to the woman tying to look not suspicious. When he reached the woman, he picked his bag, and stood up. A silent prayer for the soul of woman and moment of silence. Then he put his hand on her eyes and closed them. "Rest in peace. There are no demons where you going now" Then Akira moved toward the City. In about 15 minutes he appeared in front of the subway station. After some pondering, and an assistance from an elder gentleman he was already on the correct train. Heading to a dead girl''s home. . .
Unregistered User
Name: Akira Ryo Age 18 Sex: Female Soul Type: B- (soul gestalt) Level: 1 Class: Exorcist Class Rank : Hero Class Type : Unique/UNREGISTERED/ Blood line : please select ? Affiliation: None Sponsor: Kornelius /dual link/ [unified system]: Not registered.
Attributes: Class Spells/Skills General Spells/Skills
Strength: 6 (5) Swiftness : 5 Vitality: 5 (4) Intelligence: 8 True sight (passive)(RARE) Language: English, Japanese, Spanish, German, Mandarin Mundane engineering
Soul: 10 Soul Fortress (passive) (RARE) Mundane Science
HP: 50/50 Consume (active) (UNIQUE) Identify (basic)
Mana:64/100 Exorcise (active) (UNIQUE)
Soul Points: 100 /empty slot/
Available attribute points: 0 Ballance: 330 SU mana regen : 1/10 min. (-1 minute per 10 soul)
Chapter 7 – Even the toughest rock can break under pressure /R18/ Akira was travelling on the train. He was sitting on a 3 person seat, its back facing the cart''s windows. He was trying not to show how deeply he has been disturbed from recent events. He kept his head right-ways trying to evade the situation in the opposite seat. It was not easy considering the moans of pleasure and sounds of the intercourse activity. At first everything looked normal. There was a young, well dressed woman in her 20s sitting in the 3 seater in from of him. The woman was reading a book. Akira didn''t pay her much attention. At one moment 2 men, also in a official attires approached the woman and told her something. Akira immediately felt the evil auras: "Identify" "Identify"
Demon larvae lv 6 healthy
Demon larvae lv 8 healthy
He gripped his knife inside the jacket''s pocket and looked at his resources
Mana 80/100 HP 50/50
Luckily the spider men fully ignored him and were focused on the woman. At one point the younger one, dropped his pants and sat on the seat. The woman stood up, lifted her skirt above the waistline and dropped her panties to her knees. ..... What followed was 15 minutes wild sex. When those spiderman finished their job, they simply left on the next station. Akira looked cautiously at the woman''s face. It was covered with a green colored cum, but fortunately there was not any blood. The woman''s gaze was intoxicated and she was smiling. In about 10 minutes the woman refocused, cleaned herself with some paper towels, made herself presentable and left hurriedly at the next train station. Of course none of the other people in the cart paid any attention. Akira could not fathom what is happening, but he made some educated conclusions:
  1. Larvae attacked only males
  2. All public display of depravity included a spider man and human females
  3. People totally ignored the situations as a non existent or perfectly acceptable
  4. The spiderman produced some kind of drug or spell which put the females into a delirium, rendering them helpless.
  5. The process could be lethal or not for the female. Conditions unknown
He decided to discuss this with Kornelius first time tomorrow. Late afternoon, Akira arrived at a front gate of a large 2 story house. It was surrounded by 2 meter solid stone fence. The front gate massive wood with with beautiful decoration of dragons. He checked again if the house address matched the student''s card. And picked the dragon plush toy. It was easier to notice it was not a plush toy but a key holder being heavier, and dense. He opened the toys zippier and took out several keys. After some fiddling with the front gate, it opened revealing a decent size front lawn and a paved track leading to the main house door. The house was relatively large, modern style 2 story building concrete and glass construction. "Akira''s family must be a well off. I know the prices of land in big cities being astronomical. Although it is a suburban area considering how much I traveled with the train" Akira stood in front of the door. His hand holding the door handle. He was still fortifying himself for the meeting with Akira''s parents. He knew it was critical to blend in, if his cover was blown he knew the demons will get him in no time. "OK , I enter, I greet them politely, Excuse myself being tired and quickly proceed to my room. It should be on the second floor where bedroom are usually situated in this type of facilities." "I am a predator, I feel no fear, but my foes fear me, I am the Exorcist the Demon''s bane" Akira recited in order to rise his motivation. And it kinda worked. He unlocked the door and entered a small lobby. "TADAIMA" announced Akira, waiting for response "TADAIMA!" he shouted again a little bit louder. Still nothing Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. "It looks, no one is home, phew. It will make things easier. I need to hole up to gather my shit together" Said Akira watching his hands slightly trebling. His voice of reason telling him that his mental state becoming critical. "And a shower. I stink like blood, sweat, and piss." Akira''s face grimaced when he smelled his shirt. "Ok, first establish a secure perimeter, familiarize with surroundings and... eat?? His stomach gurgled again. " What''s with that huge appetite. I''ve eaten a solid meal like 2 hours ago. Strange.." He was in a 3 meters wide foyer. There was a shoe rack on the right. "Right the shoes". He took off his dirty sne§Ñkers and put them on the rack. Then put Akira''s slippers on. They were easy to identify, being the only pink, plush bunnies. Moving on, he opened the door on the left, revealing a spacious living room with cosy furniture, fireplace and a big TV . The old tube type like in the 80''s. The door in front revealed spacious kitchen/living room with kitchen isle and big dining table. There was another door in the kitchen probably leading to the back yard. On the right side the foyer connected to a small corridor ending with wide spiral staircase going up to the second floor and down to a basement floor. The door of the corridor led to a 2 cars size empty garage. Akira moved to the second floor. He found 2 master bedrooms each with bathroom attached and the late Akira''s personal room It was a teenage girl styled. There was a lot of plush toys, few posters of unknown bands, a studding desk with a desk light, big wardrobe and a standard bed. A wide window with frilly blue curtains on top of the desk. He opened the window seeing it facing the back yard. A door in the right of the room led to a moderate size bathroom with a shower, toilet and sink. There was a large mirror on the back side of the bathroom door. "So this is it. My first base of operation. Here I am sitting in the chair of a deceased teenage girl whose body i stole and will be usurping her possessions, her life, her family. This is how far I have fallen in order to save my family". Akira was sitting on a office chair, hands on the desk resting her head and pondering. While thinking this and that Akira fell asleep. Akira found himself in the same starting spot of his nightmare. ..... Tom shut and locked the door the same way as the previous nightmare. "Let me in, Tom" No Let us let us in... No way please, Tom no please, Tom it hurts. it hurts ... ...... (Tom) The demon Tom, it hurt us. The pain.... Tom heard a girl crying on the other side.... Tom''s hand slowly rose up and unlocked the door. He opened and saw faceless Akiras standing there: LET US IN they screamed in unison Akira opened his eyes, It was already dark. Faint moonlight and weak street light in the distant providing the only illumination. "Why those ghosts won''t leave me alone? It is not my fault I took her body. NOT MY FAULT, you hear me ghost!" He was cold sweating. "A shower. It will help".. Akira mechanically stripped leaving only the underwear on and moved to the bathroom.When he shut the bathroom door he finally saw his new body and face. Akira was a slender, a bit skinny but well defined hourglass figure, Height at about 1.60m. A moderate B cup chest, neck cut black hair, and beautiful green eyes. The unknown half naked girl was staring at Akira from the mirror. She had tears bulging from her eyes. Akira put his hand on the mirror like trying to reach the girl crying there. "The demon hurt you, didn''t it? You were in pain. The pain i know it, I have felt it too. So did the lady in the park. The demon hurt her badly. But I have avenged you, I killed the demon. I killed it.. Then I killed the demon that hurt that lady. Yes. I put the knife in his neck. I killed him... And there was a lot of blood. It was scary, Akira!" "You were not supposed to die this young, Akira. No one should die like this... It is wrong.... And the lady too. I know I should have tried to save her, but instead I played with the demon. While she was dying alone on that bench, I was eating food and relaxing on a bench. I have failed her. I have failed to save you too Akira.... "Don''t cry Akira. I know you are alone, I am alone too. My family is far away, Akira. There is no one here for me, for us.. Sob..Sob.... "I .. I can''t breath Akira..." Akira slumped on the floor in a fetal position. Sobbing loudly. "Caroline are you there? Will you hold me please. I .. I need you Caroline. Sob...Please Caroline at least hold ..sob ...my hand .. Aaaghh" Unfortunately there was no one to respond to his pleas. So Akira kept crying on the cold bathroom floor for unknown amount of time. ...... Long time since the tears dried, Akira slowly raised from the floor. Primal urge of thirst made him drink the water from the taps. It was a sad story to see a grown man cry as a little girl, but miraculously it helped. Like a pressure valve have released the pent up stress and Akira was feeling better, not great, but better. He was supporting himself on the sink and his legs still slightly shaking. "I have hit the rock bottom, haven''t I? To think I will have a panic attack at this age. Tz." He took several long breaths. "But the people say that when you hit the bottom the only way left is up! So you just need to make the step" Akira removed his bra and panties. The panties having very little fabric and a way too revealing for his conservative mind went to the garbage bin. "I am not wearing this kind of kinky stuff. Nope. I have my dignity" Then he went into the shower cabin and begin to wash. He quickly washed his entire body, even the special parts. He knew that hygiene is important for a healthy woman. But he did not look at, while washing. It felt like peeking into the girls showers, so he closed his eyes at those embarrassing moments. Once the washing ended, he remained standing enjoying the warm water spreading over his body. It was a relaxing experience, the grime, the smell, the aches of laying on a cold tiled floor washing away. It was so much soothing the Akira''s troubled mind, he almost felt asleep. He exited the bathroom wearing a towel man style. When his pink nipples erected from the cold night air Akira realized that towel is not supposed to be put that way. Remembering Caroline''s after bathing rituals, he tried to the best extent to recreate them. And he did succeed albeit with a lot of effort and mistakes. With a fresh wear of underwear ( the most modest one) he found in the wardrobe and a pink bunny pyjama, Akira fell asleep in the bed embracing a huge plush dragon toy. Chapter 8 – Moving on --- Empress Akasha Zeul POV--- Akasha Zeul was sitting on her throne, several elder demons kneeling in front of her. As the one of six "High demons" positioned in Terra an only reporting to the Demon lord Voldemort she was the highest rank in the Asia Gate Area. She clicked with her hand and a metal cage door opened. There were over 20 human children of different ages. They were cuddling together watching her with horror. You boy "COME"! One boy about 12 years old stopped trembling and stood up. It approached her in hurried steps and stood still. Akasha looked into its ayes staring her in horror. "You are such a gourmet" one of her lackeys flattered "Oh, yes indeed I am. I like my morning food fresh, untouched, clear and fresh." "Is that why those humans are not under obey miasma?" Another one of the demons licked his lips wondering how will they taste? Akasha didn''t waste her time and bit the boy on his neck. The boy convulsed for 30 seconds. but made no sound. Its body wrinkled, blood spilled from its eyes, nose, and ears. Once done she grabbed the body and threw it with inhuman force towards a corner to join another few children bodies" "Ah refreshing" exclaimed Akasha. Her mood immediately improved "To think that the parents of those little ones offered them on their own will Hahaha. How low have these humans fallen" another commented Akasha pondered about the recent past. It was a heavy battle for Terra. The Forces of Light put up such a fierce resistance, yet the demons prevailed. Still Demon lord Voldemort paid a heavy price, as most of his army was decimated... It will take few centuries for their forces to re-grow back to full health by the standard ways. Time they didn''t have if one of the other demon lords smelled their weakness. Being a very old demon lord, Voldemort devised a genius plan to speed up the amassing of their forces and even multiply them by several times. Which led her to her current situation being in charge of the Protection of Terra and in charge of the largest populated zone of mortals. She was enthroned as the empress of Japan empire but her command was absolute for the entire area. "Let the council begin" ordered Akasha liking few drops of blood from her fingers. First to stand was Asmodeus. As an elder demon he has only one name. The number of names showed the power of the demon and his rank in their armies. A name can only granted by the Voice. "As the head of the defence department, I am to report no serous issues in last six months. The only noticeable movement of FOL was an attempt to breach the barrier last night" "What an assassination squad?!!!! Why have I not heard about that sooner? Are you scheming behind my back Asmodeus" Akasha raised from her throne releasing her full demonic aura. Asmodeus started to tremble. "Nothing of sort oh, great general Zeul. I wouldn''t dare. It was insignificant case, not worthy of your time" Akasha calmed down and sit back. "Well, explain and I would be the judge of that. Be warned if I don''t like what you say, I will personally suck you dry" The other demons started snickering on the expense of the visibly terrified Asmodeus. "Silence" "Proceed Asmodeues" "Last night at 10:26 local time the barrier reported an attempt to breach. It was one soul transport circle originating from Paradise Prime as the evil eye rituals confirmed. The soul was level 1-2 and burned down completely, once it''s protection failed. No other suspicious moves from FOL followed" A dead silence followed the speed report of Asmodeus Finally one of the others couldn''t hold it anymore and laughed "hahaha" Akasha followed and then the rest, even Asmodeus joined. HAHAHA ahaaha ohohoo After several minutes of laughing the demons finally calmed down "To think the FOL are so desperate to send a level 1 to assassinate me. Are they that low on quality soldiers?" Akasha "I think that they are so despaired that someone of their bosses dropped his powers and committed a suicide" another one suggested "hahaah", followed another 5 minutes laughing. Akasha felt quite amused. The usually boring council meeting begun with such an entertainment. And to make it even better, as a well cultured and classy vampire she grabbed another snack". "Girl COME" using her innate puppeteer skill she summoned another lamb to the slaughter. Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. Unfortunately for Akasha, the rest of the council was as boring as usual. "And this concludes today''s meeting." said Akasha. Then she rose from her throne and announced loudly: "I have announcement to make. Considering the plans in Terra progressing better than expected The great demon lord decided to award me a vacation for 8 months. Akasha triumphantly looked at her subordinates for their reactions and continued .." at the Hell hounds pit!!!" A murmur of congratulations (enveloped with envy) filled the room. "Asmodeus, you are in charge while I am gone. Make sure everything is working as planned, but I am confident nothing can go wrong" Akasha snickered and headed to the Demon Gate for extraction. ------Akira POV---- A ray of sunshine reached Akira''s sleeping face. He murmured something, hugged the plushie and turned his back from the annoying sun. "Akira, are you awake?" Kornelius Akira stretched in his conformable bed and opened his eyes. He hugged the plushie - it was soft, it felt nice. "Agh good morning to you partner, I actually slept very well after that terrible moment." Akira yawned "Where are you now, what happened?" Akira explained details of events last night. "About those nightmares, I think they are abnormal, but it will take me forever to dig the right information from the public library" "That''s bad. And there is no other way to find out faster, like to ask an expert or something?" Asked Akira still hugging the plushie. "Well it was the second available approach, but it is not desirable" "How so?" "Well a consultation costs SU" "How much?" "A hundred SU! Daylight robbery I am telling you..." Mumbled Kornelius "You cheap bird brain" [ you have transferred 100 SU to Korenlius. current balance 23o SU ] "Well thanks Akira, and you don''t have to be so rude" "Yes, I am sorry I am rather hungry. You go and get that consultation. How long it will take?" After some pondering "About 3-5 hours depending" said Kornelius "Ok you do that and I will find a way to keep myself busy here.... stomach gurgling .... starting with the breakfast. "Ah the famous growth hunger" snickered Kornelius "Huh what"? "Well putting those points in the strength in vitality leads to explosive body growth until you reach "10" in the attributes. The so called magic puberty" ".... Why didn''t you tell me about this?" Akira "Well, it is a well known fact even the children know about it" "But I DID NOT KNOW!" Akira growled like an angry kitten. ".....well, now you know" Kornelius "Good bye Kornelius" Akira threw the plushie in anger. "Oooh!" , he quickly jumped from the bed and picked and hugged the plush toy dragon. Akira sat on the bed and a strange feeling of safety being home erupted. "it is actually not bad here" said Akira
"Huh, that is weird. Another system shenanigans. But I would not refuse more mana and more brain" giggled Akira Soon the stomach announced again that the hunger issue hasn''t been cleared. "Huh magical puberty and secondary growth of the body. Will I become as big as Hulk?? Akira pondered while trying to tame his messy morning hair with a brush. A few hair clips finished the improvised styling. He put his bunny slippers on, picked up the pink dragon plushie with one hand and stood up in front of the door, hand holding it ready for open. "Ok time to move on" "I am a predator, I feel no fear, but my foes fear me, I am the Exorcist the Demon''s bane" Akira quickly recited now his favorite mantra and opened the door. The coast was clear. He went down to the kitchen without issues. There he put the dragon on the table and opened the fridge. It was full of products. "Lets see what should I prepare for today?" Akira said pondering about "Oh, who I am kidding I can cook shit. Caroline was always taking care of it" Yet he made a decent solid breakfast : Boiled eggs, glass of milk, several toasts, ham and cheese and some olives. For the dessert he decided to award himself with a box of a ice cream. He didn''t have a sweet tooth on the Earth, but apparently his new body much enjoyed the sweet cold sensation of the ice cream. "If the body enjoys it, then so should I." said Akira and put a overfilling spoon in his mouth. "Brain freeze, brain freeeze" -squeaked Akira "I see you have found the Ice cream again. I thought I hid it better" A gentle female voice scared the shit out of Akira. The spoon still standing in Akira''s mouth, cheeks bulged with ice cream and brain freezing he only managed to mumble. " Hut Mormhink" "And don''t talk with your mouth full, young lady" The woman tried to look stern, but her eyes were laughing. Few moments of an awkward silence followed, then the woman said. "How many times have I told you not to put Hoshi on the table? Will you ever learn?" This time she really looked unhappy "Hoshi??" "Hoshi the great dragon, the defender of the demons and your favourite toy" Said the woman looking at the plush sitting in the middle of the dining table. Akira felt startled. How did he pick the favourite toy of the late Akira from the entire pile of them. A chance - possible, but not likely. His thoughts were cut short. "Well, how did it go? If you are not speaking, probably not good..." "What?" Akira "The swimming competition you dummy" "......"Akira "Anyway, cheer up, your school never won a single time, so it was somehow expected" Akira lowered his head, as not knowing anything about a competition. What he was certain thou, was that he won''t put "that" swimsuit ever. The thought of his ass cheeks presented to the cheering crowd made him shiver and blush at the same time. "So what are you planing today? I know it is Saturday and you want to go out with your friends, but I want you home at six. You know you father returns from the abroad trip. I want us presentable, if he needs us both to serve him tonight." "I am not sure..." Look Missy you are a woman now and as the demon church teaches": "A woman must please and serve a demon touched with all her body and devotion" The woman, obviously Akira''s mother recited this mantra while her eyes lost focus for a second. Akira noticed this for further consideration. "You want me to serve my own father?!" A dreading feeling started creeping in his brain as the serving was probably that way. And considering his recent knowledge Akira''s father was a spider man. "No, I will not do it" Akira said shaking his head in denial. "Your father has been demon touched for 3 years already, and I cant keep up with his demands anymore" Some days I can''t get out of the bed feeling weak like a jellyfish". The mother complained "I thought you will help me with that. I saw that you are already in the school''s "dropout" program, so you should have a lot of practice pleasing the demon touched in your school". Akira couldn''t stand there anymore, grabbed Hoshi and ran to his room. There he shut the door and put his back to press it in case the mother tried to enter. So, Akira''s father is a spiderman and he was probably aiming to fuck his own daughter. And the mother had nothing against it, even encouraging it. On top there was this thing about a "dropout" school program involving pleasing "demon touched" students He needed to sit and think the things trough. He needed a plan... Chapter 9 – Meeting mother Akira was thinking. He was sick of being scared and weak. As the chief engineer of a huge multinational corporation, he was in charge of hundreds if not thousands of subordinates. He was always busy coordinating, directing and solving issues of various types. And he was good, really good. So now being thrown out his circle of comfort, the lack of control over the events happening to him was not depressing, but pissing him off. The feeling of security of his room helped tremendously to centre and focus. So, Akira got up and went to the bathroom to attend to his body needs. The experience with the toilet was a bit awkward. Like the pee not going out where he was used to, or the strange feeling when he wiped the newly acquired vagina. ¡°Sigh, It can¡¯t be helped, I better adjust fast or it will be only an obstacle. I need my mind 100% focused on the primary target. I do remember, I have heard about this condition, how was it called? Hmm a body dysphoria or something.¡± Akira decided that how he was feeling was irrelevant. His mission could be achieved either in a male or female body. There wasn¡¯t any restriction based on the gender for casting spells after all. And Kornelius said after 10 in the attributes the starting body¡¯s condition becomes irrelevant ¨C male, female, elf, dwarf human ¨C the great equaliser. --- Asmodeus POV--- At the same time, the newly appointed temporary general of the Asia Gate area stood up and sat on the Akasha¡¯s vacant throne. His massive 2 tons body barely fitting in. He looked at his fellow demons grinning. They were all elder demons like himself, meaning they possessed similar powers, but now he was in charge of them albeit temporary. A glorious feeling superiority clouded his mind and hindered further his not very bright thinking process. The ogres are a brutal force on the battlefield, a monster killing machines, but to balance smart was lacking¡­ So Amodeus kept grinning and staring, the other demons staring at him at the same time. Nobody spoke for 10 minutes. Finally the head of the demonic church Exordia, a succubus bowed deeply, winked at the surrounding demons and said: ¡°I have to say that it is not fair while the great Akasha is having the time of her life in the Hell hounds pits, we will be busting our asses hard working.¡± ¡°True¡± ¡°Unfair¡± Murmured the others already in line with the Exordia¡¯s plotting. ¡°HMMM¡± Asmodius scratched one of his heads, not sure what to reply. ¡°The great Akasha said she is certain that nothing is going to get wrong¡± one of the demons dropped a tip ¡°Yes, even if we do nothing, everything will be fine¡± another one wisely concluded ¡°Hmm¡± Amsodeus thought, how great it will be, to have nothing but fun to do. He liked the taste of those mortals in Beijing, how good it will be to enjoy his primal urges in a sea of delicious food.¡± Asmodeuis salivated and said: ¡°As the temporary commander I order you to proceed with what you feel like is important, until the Great general Akasha Zeul returns from vacation. Council dismissed¡±. The demons grinned in delight. They have just received an order to do what they like and working was not part of it at all. At this moment the chain of command in Asia Gate Area temporary collapsed. ---- Kornelius POV--- Kornelius was rummaging in his clothes chest. He hated to dress official and socialising. It was annoying, it was not productive, it was boring. Yet he was determined to finish this mission. Akira, his partner was in trouble. He sighed and put on his old robe from the academy. He hasn¡¯t worn this for decades. Even the robes being that old, they looked pristine condition, protected by their ingrained runecraft. Then headed to the nearest transport hub. The air in paradise prime was as always perfect -clean and fresh. He looked around at the bustling overcrowded street and shivered¡­ ¡°Too many people here¡± he shivered and headed in brisk walk almost running. He arrived at the Transport hub. It was kind of an airport, but instead of aircrafts it had localised dimension doors. He checked the portal map, painted on the wall of the enormous hall and found the required portal number is N 356. ¡°How much suffering a man must take in order to achieve his goals¡± Sighed Kornelius and headed through the overcrowded mass of people while ... suffering In about 1 hour Kornelius entered a enormous building. Its top hidden in the clouds. ¡°Department of healing and soul care¡± He entered the space foyer. ¡°Of course, it will be overcrowded here as well.¡± There was a long line of waiting for the receptionist desk. The thought of waiting long time in a line in a crowded space made a Kornelius shed a cold sweat. So, he pumped his fists and pushed through the waiting line. ¡°Make way, it is an emergency, please move¡± Kornelius ¡°Hey, how rude!¡± If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ¡°You, wait for your turn birdman¡± Of course, people were not happy, but Kornelius ignored them ¡°You have to wait for your turn, sir¡± said the receptionist, obviously not happy of the commotion he caused. ¡°Miss, it is an emergency, you have to help me please. My friend is in grave danger. Please miss!¡± Kornelius The beastkin receptionist looked at him for several moments and noticing his robes exclaimed: ¡°Oh my, are you an alumni of the "Paradise prime arcane academy"?¡± ¡°Huh yes, I am, graduated with honours as a ¡°system architect¡±. Proudly declared Kornelius ¡°Ah the nerds department...¡± ¡°Sorry?¡± ¡°A nothing, nothing¡± The woman was amused ¡°As a fellow alumnus, I will help you out, what do you need.¡± ¡°Well my friend has a unknown condition which involved a demonic soul damage¡± ¡°Oh my, that sounds bad¡± The woman fiddled with the control runes on her desk and said: ¡°I made you an appointment in 30 minutes with sir Degolas. He is an expert on the subject¡± ¡°Thanks, thank you miss!¡± said Kornelius and prepared to leave ¡°AHMM sir? ¡°What is it?¡± Kornelius ¡°The fee is 100 SU, sir¡± ¡°Ah right, how could I forget about it¡± mumbled Kornelius [you have transferred 100 SU. Balance 0 SU] After 30 minutes he met Degolas, a kind elderly high human. Then he explained every single detail of what happened, of course hiding the true circumstances. Degolas listened patiently the entire situation and said: ¡°Yes, quite a peculiar case, but not as rare as it sounds, especially when fighting the undead. Those necromancers specialise on soul damage spell craft. ¡°So, here is what I believe happened to your friend¡­..¡± What followed was a lengthy, but quite enlightening explanation. Kornelius made sure to remember everything. Nothing of a problem with his massive intelligence attribute. ---- Akira POV----- Akira finished his bathroom duty, sat on the office chair and took out a notebook and a pen. ¡°Let see. I will mark the important things and consider their solution. But I will write it in German so if my mother comes and accidentally look at, she will get nothing¡± ¡°Hmm I will name my goals as Quests like in the RPG games. It sounds so cool¡± Main quest: Save my family. Objectives: - get strong enough and reach lvl 24 asap. - find a way to go back to Earth -rescue Caroline and Cristine Secondary quest: Infiltration -remain undetected by the demons -find a way to eliminate demons without breaking cover Secondary quest: Gear up -acquire proper equipment and tools to fight the Spiderman -acquire funds -secure base of operations Secondary quest: Family -solve the issue with Akira¡¯s father Secondary quest: explore and analyse my enemy - explore environment -find demon weaknesses -learn about the different demon variants Secondary quest ¨C nightmares -find the reason for the nightmares -find solution for the nightmares Secondary quest ¨C school -proceed with the late Akira¡¯s school activities -find and solve any situations that could appear while in school Akira put down the pen and opened the bag of chocolates he bought yesterday from the food stall. While munching in delight he focused his entire brain power on completing the quests He spent next hours in exploring late Akira''s possessions putting aside several objects of interest:.
  • a sport tracksuit - black
  • a leather neck choker with metal plate stating "dropout", on its back "Shinagama college"
  • a mechanical wrist watch
  • a pair of leather hiking boots
  • children¡¯s toy type of plastic face mask
  • a folding knife (from last night, properly washed and cleaned)
"That is the starting gear, I have some cash and I will need to acquire additional items in in order to proceed further, may be even today" About before noon time Kornelius connected "Hey Akira" "Hi, hey partner, how did it go?" "It went fine, albeit ridiculously expensive, the consultation happened to be enlightening" "...., I am listening" Akira ¡°So the soul gestalt in your status screen means roughly ¡°A soul merge¡±. It happens when 2 souls combine into one.¡± ¡°Are you saying that me and Akira¡¯s are becoming one person, how is it possible, she died right?¡± ¡°Yes and No. Once a soul suffers a critical damage, in terms of the system your soul defence dropping below 25, it shatters to its building blocks. Those blocks are called ¡°traits¡± and are essentially what make you a person. For example, a trait of a taste meaning what kind of food you like, a trait for learning etc. and these are the most complex traits. There are many specific ones and as weird as ¡°I like dancing naked under the rain¡± So when a soul shatters these trait bits dissipate in a order of minutes¡± ¡°Unless¡­¡± Akira continued ¡°Unless there is a soul nearby. Then they are attracted by the soul in a phenomenon called ¡°soul friction¡±. Imagine a soul bubble, then those bits will be the tiny bubbles on the big one¡¯s surface.¡± ¡°What about the person Akira. What happened to her?¡± ¡°Well I am afraid that the girl Akira, the person who she was is gone. The rabid mantis must have consumed that part.¡± ¡°But it didn¡¯t have time to finish the leftovers¡­.¡± Akira ¡°Correct.¡± ¡°So I am carrying Akira''s legacy with me¡± ¡°I believe that because you suffered some soul damage in the transportation few traits have already slipped inside your soul. That¡¯s the excessive soul healing taking place. Soul healing actually speeds tremendously the assimilation process¡±. ¡°So how these assimilated traits affected me. I still feel me.¡± ¡°Well if the trait is seriously in contradiction of the hosting soul, it gets rejected and recycled. The hosting soul decides if the trait is acceptable or not. But if the trait is accepted it becomes an inseparable part of the host.¡± ¡°What does it mean?¡± ¡°Well if the trait is let say ¡°I like apples¡±, once assimilated, you will like apples, you will feel it as yourself doing and not an outside forced influence. Because it comes from the core of your sole existence ¨C your own soul¡± Akira pondered what possible traits have been assimilated: ¡°the name ¨C no I chose it myself, my new alas, I am 100% sure¡± ¡°the right-handed ¨C no it is possibly the body¡¯s brain alignment¡± ¡°the sweet tooth ¨C possible, he remembered the joy of the ice cream. It felt like he always loved ice cream and sweet taste in general." ¡°the anger bursts - that is a sure a trait from Akira. He as Tom was very calm and collected person. A man of reason, who rarely acted on an impulse. "Anger management is common among teenagers. It gets manageable as the person matures" concluded Akira ¡°Hoshi ¨C he loved the squishy pink dragon very much. "So a trait confirmed". ¡°So how it is related to the nightmares?¡± ¡°Well it is your subconscious telling you about your soul situation¡± ¡°The Akiras monster girls are actually traits?¡± ¡°That¡¯s how your subconscious interpreting foreign soul objects. And the house that they can¡¯t enter without your approval is your soul''s outside barrier.¡± Kornelius concluded ¡°What are my options?¡± ¡°Well if you accept the gestalt, you will change in a certain way, but there will be benefits, like better synchronising with the host body leading increase in attributes. It is possible to even to increase of your soul type.¡± ¡°If you deny, the nightmares will continue for few months until the traits dissipate and fade from existence.¡± Akira took a deep breath and decided: ¡°I will accept. I failed to save the girl, but if possible for even a part of her to continue to live on inside me I will not hesitate¡± ¡°Well it is your decision, I think it is an overall benefit as it will improve your chances to blend in. Remember you will be in control, so a trait like ¡°The demons are my buddies" won¡¯t manifest as it contradicts severely with your beliefs¡± ¡°Ok, how are we gonna do it?¡± ¡°It is best to be done in your dream state. While there, you will know what to do in order to accept¡± ¡°I will do it tonight¡­¡± Akira decided. Chapter 10 – One small step for an exorcist one giant leap for mankind Akira was determined to save what was left of the poor Akira Ryu. The girl was Cristine''s age for the love of God! The hell with those stupid traits, liking ice cream, not liking ice cream-few minor changes of his personality will not make him a worse person. Akira concluded and he was right! He would become a new person, slightly different, but his core existence, what he valued, what he loved and hated, what he felt is right or wrong could never be changed, even a million traits being assimilated. Akira opened his Quest book: Secondary quest ¨C nightmares -find the reason for the nightmares -find solution for the nightmares "Heh, I did not think I can solve a quest so quickly, and drew few horizontal lines in the notebook. -find the reason for the nightmares -find solution for the nightmares. while sitting on the desk the door silently opened. ----Akira''s mother POV----- Hina Ryu felt bad scolding her only daughter at breakfast. Her heart was devastated. Her daughter was growing up, sending messages to the world and to her parents :look at me I am a person now. do not treat me as a child, do not impose your beliefs to me. Akira was as wild and uncontrolled child as Hina was at her age. Hina remembered the problems, that she caused to her beloved late parents. "Is this the Karma, like in the old scripts before demon church enlightenment?. What problems she caused to her parents as a teen are now returning to her for a payback. Hana Ryu took a breath in and out and with the silent step of ninja stood right behind Akira''s back, The girl haven''t noticed her focused on her homework. Her little bunny-dragon, deserved more time to enjoy her childhood. The hell with the demon church''s teachings. A child even in a woman''s body is still a child.... "She is so smart! She aced in all her sciences, she was even selected for the pilot "dropout" school program directly sponsored by the Empress Zeul!" Hana''s eyes melted with motherly love. Even demonic brainwashing can not stop a mother to love her child. "I will take whatever punishment, husband decides... just for Akira to keep her innocent smile.... Hina put her hand of the girl''s head" "Kyaaaaaaa" Squeaked Akira "Akira dear, once you finish your "French language" homework, come down for a lunch. I need to go grocery-shopping and will be heading out soon. Akira shot his back straight and turned his head: "Yes, Okaasan, I have almost finished for this weekend homework assignments, be right there in a minute" "Hurry up, the miso soups is ready to serve.." said Hina Ryu, kissed Akira''s cheek and left. "Right food, I am so hungry... Damn the magic puberty..." Akira took a minute to align his plans and set to the kitchen. Akira sat on the kitchen table and put Hoshi in the middle of it. The soup was warm and was tasting delicious, so good that he couldn''t help it and digged in. "Akira dear, I am going to farmer''s market and will meet you at here six pm" Hina "Yeah right, if you think I will come home to be fucked by a spider demon daddy..." thought Akira while slurping the heavenly soup. No matter what Akira was thinking, the engineer''s voice of reason replied instead: "Ok, I understand". Slurp slurp. Aaaaah delicious...(akira) "Okaasa, I have a school assignment, so I need to purchase a wide range of supplies, like construction materials, clothing and more ahm special items. Where is the best place to do it? "Is that for the up-coming school festival?" "Ahh yes?, ....for the school..." Akira answered mechanically. "So you should go to the Sninju district." Hana said ...... "Do we have ice cream for dessert?" Akira "Oh you little glutton bunny, the box from this morning is in the fridge" Her mother smiled kissed Akira on the temple and headed foyer for leaving. Akira was touching the place where, the mother kissed him. " She really loves her dauther very much". "How can she ask of Akira to assist with "pleasuring" the father? "Can''t she see that it is SO wrong" thought Akira about mother''s demands during breakfast. "That is it... the demon brainwashing makes the Akira''s mom think that it is as normal as for a mother to ask the daughter help housekeeping" "It is sick. Wicked" Akira was disgusted "Don''t forget to lock when you leave.. " shouted Hina from the foyer "OK" shouted Akira in response "Ittekimasu" Hina Ryu "Itterasshai" Akira Ryu Left alone sitting on the kitchen table, Akira was hugging Hoshi and proceeding with a disturbing analysis of the Terra''s situation. "The demons keep the human society going on in a relatively peaceful environment. The rabbit mantis''s killing spree was a rare exception". This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. So why are they doing it. What are they after? " GASP. No way NO WAY.... That is SO EVIL" "They are growing the humans as a cattle" Akira''s eyes went wide as saucers from this revelation "An entire planet full of....... cattle" "Kornelius, can you please read the description for the demon larvae from that encyclopedia of yours" Akira "Just few minutes to finish my lunch..." Kornelius ..... "... Demon larvae is the first stage of the demons life cycle. Demon larva needs mortal sentient body to be able to grow and evolve. Once attached to the host it makes few changes to host body and behaviour, raising the host sex drive and making the host look for more frequent sexual contacts" "That makes sense with the things I saw so far" - Akira "....Once attached to a host, the larva is invisible and undetectable by mundane means and lesser detection spells. Only spells/skills of rank Rare and above are able to find and expose it. Some innate skills are also reported to be able to sense the larvae." Kornelius "That''s it?" "Yes, it is a simplified version of the "great encyclopaedia demonology" Kornelius "Lets see what else we can deduce from the intel I gathered. First the woman in the train was assaulted by 2 spiderman, but she appeared fine in the end, No blood from her eyes or something" Akira "Blood tears?" Kornelius "Yes, the lady who died in the park had blood tears, blood from nose and ears as well" Akira "Blood tears is a symptom for soul damage" Kornelius "That''s it, it makes perfect sense now: The larva eat other''s people souls to speed up its growth" Akira "I think it just snatches small portion of the host''s sex partner like a mosquito bite" Kornelius "Is that kind of damage lethal? Akira "Nope, soul has an ability to heal itself in time if the damage isn''t severe" "The bulls are slaughtered for the meat and the cows are used for daily milking" Akira''s discovery made him feel sick. "Ah, I get what you mean Akira" Kornelius "Fuck, FUCK those evil cocksuckin horny motherfuckin demons" Akira lost to the anger again... "Akira, calm down, please calm down" "I hate them I am going to kill every fuckin demon I see.." Akira was screaming "CALM DOWN, TOM!!!" Kornelius "Hagh, I lost it again, didn''t I?" Akira panting "indeed" "It is the teenage hormones doing" Akira tried to excuse his behaviour "Right..." Kornelius "It is, I swear" Akira "I believe you" Kornelius "No, you don''t.." Akira "No.... I don''t"... Kornelius "Sigh...I have done some planning. Here is what I thought out this morning so far...." They discussed for some time their short term goals and Akira sprang to action. First he went to his room and finally took off the pyjama. He hadn''t realized he has been wearing it the entire day, because it felt so comfortable. He folded it and put aside. He looked at his arms. They appeared more fit, he can see muscles beginning to form. "The strength attribute is showing its effect already?" Next was the sports bra. The boobs were not big, but he still didn''t want them getting in the way if he needed to run or something. Next came the black track suit, the wrist watch, the leather mountain boots and finally the leather jacket. "Oh I should visit the rest room, Not sure when I will have the chance for that again" Akira unlocked the window and left it like that. He empty his school bag and put the quest log book, the cash (374Y), school card and the mask. The bag was practically empty but not for long because he was planning to hit the shopping district for additional supplies soon. Akira looked at him self at mirror. The was no trace of the scared little girl from yesterday, but instead there was a confident young lady with a stern look. "Yosh, lets move out" Akira opened the house front door and looked outside. The weather was warm and sunny. "Perfect" He raised his leg in order to move "The journey of a thousand miles begin with the first step" And he stepped out. Made sure to lock the house and headed to the subway. At 2 PM he arrived at Shinju district station. The main street was not crowded but busy. People going on with their task passing him without a spare glance. Now let''s find us some adventurer''s gear First he entered a general hardware store. he bought a pack of cable ties, a head and a hand torch and of course a multi tool. No self-respecting engineer goes without having one The total cost was 114Y, but it was worth every dime, especially the multi tool. Akira put the stuff in his schoolbag and continued his shopping trip. Next Akira entered the groceries. A loaf of bread, several cans of fish, half a kilo of salami and a piece of cheese, 2 bottles of water and of course chocolates bars, Additionally a pack of wet and dry napkins. He took a special moment to pick the softest ones, because the area between his legs happened to be extremely sensitive and made him feel awkward at touching. A huge ice cream on a stick ended the groceries shopping. The balance dropped to 220Y. Akira was sitting on concrete board of a street tree. Happily licking the melting ice cream. The taste was so delicious that he had to close his eyes in delight. "I didn''t know the ice-cream tasted this good. May be the local variety is better than the one in Earth" Akira concluded wrong. He had time to kill for the next part of today''s operation. "Kornelius, if I get 10 of strength and vitality will I become like 2 meter giant amazon or something?" asked Akira "Oh, I forgot you are not familiar with the process. The body gains about 10% growth and then the swiftness attribute makes the muscles denser instead of bulging" "Oh, so about 10-15 cm in height maximum" Akira "I haven''t said that body growth is just height change" Kornelius "..... gulp" Akira looked down at his breasts.. "How long will this puberty take? It will be awkward if I grew up in one night". "About 2-3 months. This doesn''t mean that your system granted strength will be limited, the body growth is just a side effect of the whole thing". "How does it work, I mean the body getting stronger from putting points on a virtual table inside my head. Do I get bones of titanium and muscles of Kevlar? "No, of course not. It is totally a mana involved process. Up to 100 strength the process is called mana infusion, so the internal body mana is doing the heavy lifting. Swiftness is empowering the peripheral nerves system and intelligence the brain" "Haha, magic steroids. I bet a hundred bucks that this can bypass the Olympic doping tests" Akira laughed Akira continued walking and exploring the area. He found huge variety of businesses and products. After passing the large shop window of a Sex shop, Akira stopped. There was something that caught his eye. He walked back and started staring through the window. "I wonder if they will let me purchase from here, Akira was sixteen, it means I am sixteen for eyes of the others. While pondering about an angry woman went out and said: "Hey, if you don''t have the money to spend don''t stay there and get away". "I have the money" said Akira and showed the woman the cash... "Oh, come on in dear customer, come in. We have the the largest and diverse variety in the area. No, in the whole Tokyo" "Yes of course you have" said Akira and entered. He immediately proceeded to the rack that caught his eyes. There were padded with plush handcuffs. He took one to test it trying to stretch and break the chains "You wont be able to do that. These are the same as the imperial police uses, but you know- padded for comfort. "How much?" "50Y each" Akira grinned wickedly "I will take 2 black ones" "Oho, good choice customer, would you need something else, may be a dildo or a lubricant. I am here help you find your best choice" Said the woman staring at the money in Akira''s hand "No I am fine" said Akira. And looked at the greedy face of the saleswoman. " on the other thought, HMMM..." "I am looking for a mouthpiece that stops the shouting" "hmm I don''t like noisy people" Akira said embarrassed from his lie "Hmm, Yes yes - look at these here. You put that in the mouth, lock it on the back of the head and you got your silent lamb to punish as much as you want. hahahah" saleswoman "How much" "50 each" "I''ll take 2" "Most excellent, customer anything else? The woman was too happy for such a simple sale. "I may need 2 eye blinds but got 14Y after the purchases "Hmm, HMM, Fine because you are such a fine customer I''ll make you a discount and sell you all the things so far plus two black blindfolds for a total of 214Y" "Oh cool, thank you for the discount Mss" "Ah, don''t mention" here you go Akira left happy grinning, he hit the jackpot here The saleswoman remained in the store also happy grinning - she just sold some junk worth less than 20Y for 214Y Chapter 11 – The night hunt Shopping completed Akira headed on foot towards his hunting ground aka Ueno park. It was about 2 hours on foot and he moved with relaxed pace as the sun still has time to set. He stopped several times to snack and relax because, he needed his full strength for tonight. The plan was simple - using the fact that Ueno park is practically deserted at night he will find a spiderman, drag it to secure place and take its powers. He was again aiming for maximum benefit - full series of consume and exorcise finisher. He arrived at Ueno park at about 7 pm. The sun was still shining and he started to explore the park to familiarize with the mission area. There were very few spider men around and they didn''t stop but passed trough the park. He was getting desperate until reached the end of the north alley where actually the park ended and several few stories buildings begun. Akira quickly hid in the bushes. He peaked his head and looked at the parking lot of graffiti covered building. It looked like a gang meeting bar or a hideout. The same gang - the demon claws. He recognized their logo on the vehicles, bikes and clothes. He had a good feeling about this so he lowered to the ground and armed himself with patience. "A successful hunter must be able to track its victim for hours, so he can strike when the pray is distracted" said Akira "I wouldn''t know, but sounds logical" replied Kornelius "This status screen is to impractical" Akira "What do you mean?" "Its too big, hides my vision almost entirely and shows stuff that are not or rarely changing" Akira "Oh, so you have always been looking of the full status so far?" "Is there another one?" "Well of course, in the middle of intense battlefield, no one is going to open the full screen and block the vision of the incoming attacks, That''s why people use the so called simplified version." Akira willed again the status screen but this time he willed a simplified version to appear. And voila:
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"That''s much better" said Akira and settled to wait. In time sun set and Akira took out the mask and put it on. The party of the gang was heating, there was a lot of drinking, loud music and sex. An orgy was happening at the parking lot. If a random woman passed by they just pulled her in into the action. Not even one of the victims rejected or tried to resist. Those women just took of their clothes and started pleasing the demon touched with all their body, holes and devotion. "That is a lot of spiderman there. I need to find a loner" thought Akira. He was on his all four peaking trough a hole of the bush he was hiding behind. What happened is that the loner found him. "What do we have here a wannabe demon claw candidate" The man said looking at Akira''s jacket "kyaaa" Akira turned around jumped up and looked at his foe in the ayes. "Huh you are a girl, enjoying the show there at our base? Huh" "You know we don''t accept girls in our ranks, but we take care of the bitches that are devoted to us". Akira was holding the knife in his pocket, but his thought was racing at the speed of a chess-master backed up by the 9 intelligence The fight was always and option but on a whim he decided to probe the situation and try a crazy idea: "My father is also a demon touched and he said I am too kinky to his taste, so now I don''t have anyone to please. I fear that I have failed the demon church teachings" said Akira and lowered his head... "Too kinky he said? Hmm" spiderman "You see I like to be in charge when pleasing the demon touched", said Akira and pulled out a padded handcuffs swinging them in front of the spiderman. "Huh so you are into that kind of stuff hmm. Let me try you. May be I will like your service better than your dad?" "Hmm, But you have to call me Mistress, and do what I tell you. I guarantee you will feel something that no other woman in Terra can deliver." "Huh I am impressed of your devotion.... Mistress" "You look to me you have been a naughty boy" Akira immediately entered the role play. He was not into this kind of stuff, but he could improvise.. Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. "I am, mistress" " A naughty boy must be punished. HMM how should I punish you? " "I have decided: I will bind you, so you won''t be able to move when I suck your dick, and when you are about to finish I will stop! Hahaha. You have to beg me for forgiveness for being a naughty boy!" "and then?" spiderman "and then MISTRESS" akira "and then, mistress?" "If I like your apology, I will allow you to lick my pussy" "And then, mistress? " The spiderman was shaking with excitement "And then if am pleased of your service.. Hmmm, Oh I will allow you to fuck my butt, as you are not worthy for the mistress''s pussy!" Akira said with his most stern voice. "Ooo, the man started to drop his pants" "You have to ask permission from your Mistress to drop your clothes! Akira "Can I take my clothes, Mistress... ahm please?" "Proceed" The man dropped his pants, his penis erected and ready for action. "ahh, I see you are impatient to receive your punishment.. lets waste no time then. Now put your hand behind your back. click "How will you suck my dick with that mask Mistress" "You are not worthy to see my beautiful face, but you think I am stupid and haven''t thought about it?" "of course not mistress, just curious" "I have this. Now drop on your knees" Akira put the blindfold on. "Are you ready to start naughty boy?" "Yes mistress" "Lay on the ground on your back". strap , pzzt strap pzzt Akira swiftly tied several cable ties over the spiderman''s feet "Come Mistress, I need my punishment" Akira kneed over the spiderman''s head, holding the mouthpiece and said. Now take your punishment: "CONSUME" [swiftness +1] The spider man opened his mouth to scream, but was shut by a mouthpiece. Akira: "That! That was unexpected development, but I would say I have a talent for acting. Hmm nope, definitely a trait from Akira. But to think the spiderman practically bonded himself. How stupid and horny can be a spider man. Akira checked the surroundings - all clear. It was a secluded area behind the bushes and was quite a miracle that the spiderman showed at this place. Akira sit down next to the spiderman "identify"
[mana 50/110] Kornelius are you getting it... "Yes both spells registered." "You will be in charge of the consume counter, partner" "Sure, piece of cake with my intelligence stat" Kornelius There was 3 hours waiting for the next spell The man was hog tied absolutely immobile. Akira checked the man''s pockets 45Y and a packet of pills. Akira was certain it was kind of drug. Marked as a loot and stashed. "Kornelius, those spidermen are a way too horny" "It is the larvae doing" "There is a saying that when a man thinks with his other head, he acts like an idiot. Now that I am considering the situation and the options available, I may have an entirely new approach of the situation" Akira "I am listening" Kornelius "My first plan was to go brute force, level up and overpower the demons. But it has it risks and every fight can be the end of me. " "Did you find another way?"- Kornelius "Well I am in a girls body, and the horny spidermen want to fuck the women, not kill them." "Are you going to have sex with the demons? I thought you hate them?" "What, of course not! Just I found a serious weakness of my enemies and I think is worth to explore somehow. Just like the first one who allowed himself to get his balls wasted and this one who bonded himself. I am saying now I have 2 options instead of one. And until I got strong enough to fight directly I should use any means necessary to achieve victory" "I do agree more options makes you more flexible. So it will be either force or cunning" "Depending on the situation" Akira .... "CONSUME" [vitality +1] [consume 02:59] "you know this stupid cool down is annoying" Akira "It can''t be helped, when you cast a spell there the mana flow goes trough e certain pathways inside the soul. They kinda overheat and need to cool down" Kornelius "There should be a way to cut it down?!" Akira "There are actually few" "First is to raise your soul type, yours being B- is in the average" "So what is the soul type actually" "It is related to the mana conductivity of the soul. It means the higher soul type the better and faster spell casting - i. e reduced spell cool down and spell cast time reduction" "I see" Akira "The second option is using external means to support the spell and reduce the soul pathways overheating - usually magic tools or artifacts. I think that is not an option for us at the moment" "The third is the most easy to achieve. When casting spell many times the pathways slowly get bigger allowing easier mana flow and less overheating. In simple terms the more you cast the consume it will start reducing cool down." "when should I expect results?" "Well for this high tier level of spell at least 50 casts" the time moved on... [CONSUME] [intelligence +1]
" I see you hit 10 in intelligence congrats " Kornelius "thanks" "I need to inform you that every level constrict you to 10 attribute stats meaning for lvl 1 you can make all your attributes at maximum 10. Then you have to advance to level 2 with maximum of 20 each" "I see when I am going to level up" "let see first level is cheap 250 SU. The hero class requires double than normal so 500 SU. so in essence one you exorcise the current target you will have enough to advance." "shh, I see movement in my direction"....Akira dropped on the ground... it was 4 AM and the wild party was ending most participants were gone and the few remaining were very much wasted. One has left the party and was moving quite drunken on the alley. He dropped on the grass and remained there. Akira moved without much thinking. He approached the spiderman "Identify"
The man snorting loudly. He was totally wasted smelling of cheap booze. Akira lightly pushed him with his foot few times. No reaction. "Easy money" He immobilized the spiderman the same way as before. "Very good idea to buy 2 sets of restrains, always have a back up." Akira smiled then dragged him back to the hiding spot. It was easier to drag the drunk man this time. First he was much less heavier and Akira had a bit more strength in attributes. Hmm it looks I have to stay around all day and finish about 11 PM tonight. Akira lighted the hand torch and looked around the hiding area. It was mostly covered from the alley with bushes but there was 2 meters gap at one spot" "The cover won''t hold during day light. I could be discovered" Akira thought then stood up, put his head torch and took out the multi tool. What followed was 1 hour of hard labor cutting bushes from other places, connecting the with cable ties. When the sun rose Akira was tired but was satisfied with the work. There were bushes circling the area unless you come very close it looked natural. Akira yawned and check the time. 6 Am. Breakfast time.... Chapter 12 – The last nightmare After not very tasty but solid breakfast Akira checked the drunk spidermen for loot "WOAH jackpot" he almost jumped in surprise.. 17Y, pack of cigarettes, a lighter and Taser: It can make things much easier. Until I get more stronger it will help a lot. Akira hit the spiderman with another consume and get [+1 strength]. "So you mentioned 10 in attributes has some special meaning? Akira "Once you reach 10 in all attributes, it is call the first threshold also known as the equalizing start. In your case being weaker to the standard, it will feel as a serious power up in terms of physical/mental power. "So the equalizing will actually drag me up instead down" "Yes and you will be stronger than average male, but not by much.From there it is like 20 points means 2 times the base model and 30 points meaning 3 times etc till the next quality milestone at 100. Just for example at 100 milestone you will be practically immune to mundane weapons". "So the bullets won''t harm me??" "Yes, non mana bullets, arrows, swords wont be even able to scratch you" "Wow just like the Terminator" "Sigh..I still feel weak. And the pressure is building every day, as countdown to the doom is ticking" Akira "hmm I see... Do you want to hear a thing that may cheer you up?" Kornelius "Shoot, I hope it will be good" Akira "It is. If you continue to level up and fill the attributes at maximum allowed, at level 24 you will be an absolute champion. For example a normal hero get 10 points per level, but you can achieve theoretically 50 points per level. So you will be 5 times stronger only based on points. But a standard hero must specialize at one or two attributes which makes them vulnerable. In addition at 240 soul you will have 2400 mana, that means you can exorcise a demon at lvl 240. You can one shot and elder demon which the 3 rd in command in terms of powers" "hehehe I just need to reach that moment" Akira "Well you are already on your path. Just be careful" Kornelius So the day went without issues and 2 pm Akira exorcised the first Spidermen "EXORCISE" [+700SU] At 2 am on Monday morning Akira exorcised the second one [+500 SU]
Akira removed the restrains and collected his stuff. Both ex-spiderman were unconscious but alive. He dragged them outside the hiding spot so someone passerby can help them out in the morning. Not that he cared much about 2 gangsters. He had other problems to solve like what he will tell to his parents. Akira was traveling with the midnight subway and yawning fighting the sleep. "Hey Kornelius are you still there?" "khh I might have fallen asleep Akira. What is it? "Sorry, that is one last question -shall I level up now or later" "Leave that for later as there is something we will have to discuss on this issue" This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it "Ok, it was a good hunt, partner. Have a good night" "Good night, Akira" Akira dragged himself at home at 4 AM, He stood at the front gate of the solid wood gate. Lighted his torch at the mail box and read: Hiro Ryu Hina Ryu Akira Ryu Hah, so that''s the names of Akira''s parents.. He moved to where his room window was located and looked up. The climbing path looked easy enough with a lot of places to grab and hold. To make it even easier he dragged a portable garden table and climbed on top of it. Soon Akira opened the already unlocked window and slid inside. "Hah, it was easy enough" Akira snickered At this moment lights turned on and Akira saw Hina staying next to the door with a hand on the light switch, her eyes were swollen from crying and was shaking her head in disbelief. "aa Good morning Okasa" Akira haven''t anything else to say. "Oh my little bunny" Hina rushed and hugged her dauther strong. "I was so worried, I thought I lost you are in danger or worse" "I am fine" Akira "You disappeared for almost 2 days. I was going to call the police at the morning" "Hmm, I am sorry" Akira "Why didn''t you call to say that you are fine. You got me so worried, You are a grown up now. Be more responsible" "We have PHONE?" Akira actually surprised "Hahah, that''s the lamest excuse ever" Akira''s mother smiled as she finally calmed down. "Well, I forgot" Akira "That is a more in line of your doing, knowing you are such an airhead. But Missy, forget is not an excuse. You have to spare me such troubles" "I am sorry, I will try harder in future, I promise Okasa." Akira said looking into Hina''s eyes being sincere. "It is getting late, how are you going to wake up in 2 hours for school?." "Okasa can I not go today to school. I am very tired. It has been a wild two days and I haven''t slept much" admitted Akira saying the absolute truth "Please Okasa" Akira "sigh I see your eyes are red. I will call sick the school, but only for today and only if you promise me that you won''t do this thing again" Hina "Thank you, and I promise" Akira "Ok, go to the bathroom and get to sleep" Hina hugged her dauther and kissed her on both cheeks. "Okasa where is father"? "Oh he was called at the main office in Kyoto. Looks like many of the higher rankings in government left somewhere without much explanation. Situation is in total disarray in the capital city. So he will be there for a week until the situation normalize. But enough of this, look at the time. To the bathroom and bed chop chop" Akira looked at Hina. A woman in her 30s, slightly plump, short black hair. Akira very much knew what he had caused to the poor woman. He would feel the same if Cristina made such trouble. So Akira stepped and hugged the woman. Her scent was familiar, nostalgic. Akira looked at woman''s eyes and said: "Thank you, Okasa. For being with me, for supporting me, for loving me" Words which a teenager would never say, even if they were meaning it, but Akira was not your ordinary teenager. sob sob "You! You are such a manipulator, playing with your mothers feelings" Hina was crying, but looked so happy. Then kissed Akira and left the room. "sigh, I did forget that I am practically teenager" Akira yawned widely. Gotta sleep. It was long 2 days..." Akira swiftly finished the bathroom duties, removed the clothes. Dropped the sports bra. It was getting uncomfortable, restraining and sweaty. So he put a loose T-shirt, took Hoshi and plopped onto the bed. Akira felt asleep a second before his head hit the pillow. ---dream space--- Tom was standing on the same spot, same heavy rain and thunder storm. This time knowing what is going on, he was in control. "Let see so it is all my subconsciousness doing, reporting the situation in its own way. The rain and storm could represent a danger I believe. Hmm what if there isn''t any danger? will it change? " He closed his eyes and then opened. The storm and rain were gone. A beautiful sunrise at the east. "huh that''s better" cheered Tom The first Akira appeared behind and grabbed his shirt. This time Tom turned around and looked at the one handed Akira. Now she didn''t look like a scary monster, but kinda a pitiful. "Come, lets go" said Tom and both walked towards home. In the rising daylight Tom saw that there were more of them around, sitting still some in semitransparent state. He moved to the first one he saw, it was a little toddler Akira moving its head left and right as a lost child in the mall. He grabbed its semitransparent hand and said: Come little one I will take you home" It seemed stuck on that spot with no energy to move, but Tom pulled with all his will and they started walking. There were many others like this and Tom made sure to collect everyone. At some time the impromptu group arrived at his house front door. He opened, entered and looked at the Akira''s mob sitting outside. He smiled and said: "Well, what are you waiting for, make yourself at home: Okaerinasai " The Akira''s moved in, one after another, once inside they soon melted into a blue mist which traveled to Tom''s chest and disappeared. The feeling was foreign, but not painful and Tom gritted his teeth enduring. Soon, all but one vanished. There was an Akira standing at the door, but not entering. "Huh a contradiction to my existence??" Tom said and moved toward the girl to look at more closely. She looked like the other ones, so he could not say what is it about. He pondered for a moment, grabbed the girl''s hand and closed his eyes. He was feeling something. The girls hand has a distinctive sensation such as touching Akira''s body "The late Akira''s body trait! I see now.." The female body trait was an opposite of what was Tom in his past life, so it was being rejected. Tom looked at his masculine hand as saying goodbye forever and said. "I will not leave anyone behind! I will make things right or die trying. Come inside, Akira!" Tom stepped out and hugged the girl tightly. Then stepped backwards trough the door pulling both of them. There was a pressure resisting the process as a force field was placed on the door''s opening. "Aaagh, who is the boss here! I am in command of my destiny" Tom shouted and with a plop they both landed on the carpet inside. Tom laying on his back and Akira already misting on top of him. Soon the blue cloud entered his chest. Tom remained on the ground eyes slowly closing. He sluggishly rose his hand in front of his eyes, he could not see the hand, as the shirt''s sleeve was too long and it''s end was dangling unsupported.... Chapter 13 – Women bonding The annoying sun ray disrupted the peaceful sleep of Akira. He grunted annoyed and opened and rubbed his sleepy eyes. Then he stretched like a little kitten and yawned. "Good morning Hoshi" Akira rubbed his nose with the toys one. He was feeling refreshed and ...hungry. "Ok, Hina said no school today, daddy spider is in Kyoto. No direct threats. Good." "Bathroom, breakfast and then back to work." Akira went to the bathroom, finished her toilet duty and prepared for shower. Akira stripped naked in front of the mirror and stared at the girls body in front. The sense of peeking at another person was gone and replaced with familiar feeling of seeing yourself like it has been all life. "very strange, but it is ....not bad actually" said Akira He slowly slid his pointer finger from the middle of his temple, to his nose, mouth, neck, middle of the chest and stopped at his tummy. The sensation of wearing another set of skin was gone. Before it was like wearing a futuristic mecha suit which copied your moves, like he was a pilot in his own body. Now the feeling was normal? As he is touching his own body like many times before. It just felt so natural "So I got a physical body of a girl and the trait of it. I guess I am now a 100% woman, with the hardware and a proper software installed." "Well it actually doesn''t feel so depressing anymore". On a whim he touched his nipples "Kyaaa" Akira immediately blushed.. "Oh my god, didn''t expect that the girls are so sensitive there. I have heard of it of course but to feel it yourself, it kicked me right in the head. He looked down to his bushy girl parts, but shook his head. "No, I am not ready to try this. Need some time to adapt" I have been a man for 45 years for the love of God. Akira moved to the shower and washed HER hair, Her body. Then SHE brushed HER teeth and look at the mirror. "lets move out, got some demon to kill and ...breakfast... and may be ice cream. t" Akira salivated then hurriedly dried, brushed hair and dressed up. A knee long pants and t-shirt. The weather was getting warmer every day. Then she grabbed Hoshi and arrived at the Kitchen. It was 10:20 AM Her mother was in the major room watching a TV show. "Good morning Okasa" Akira Hina appeared at the kitchen''s door: "It is a Good day already, sleepyhead" "Oh, I didn''t noticed. I am so hungry" Al right, all right we''ve got pancakes today. Go sit" Soon there was a large serving of pancakes and a glass of milk in front of Akira "I think, I can never be able to drink milk in my entire life" said Akira while staring at the milk glass with a grumpy face. "You don''t want the milk? Here some apple juice" Hina "So you have got an unexpected day off from school. I was thinking we can go out for few hours, just you and me, mother and dauther. What do you say, dear?" Hina "Hmm not a bad Idea, any suggestions? "We can go to the church, or to the shopping center in our district or to the park? "I would say first shopping then walk in the park" Great after you finish breakfast put some nice dress, may be the new green one I bought you for your birthday. It is quite suitable for the warm weather out" "A dress??" Akira was startled, but quickly composed. "Will you help me with that, Okasa." "With great pleasure. Dressing my little bunny is always fun FuFuFu" Soon both were digging at Akira''s wardrobe. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. Akira was sorting her underwear into two piles - normal and kinky "Are you sure you will not wear those panties and stuff" "Okasa, we are now bonding, right? I thought it will be nice to share what I like with you" "That''s the teenager for you, huh, changing their styles and likes on a whim" "Well, I am positive I will not change my preferences about those" Akira pointed at the disturbing pile of underwear, bras and few too revealing shirts and skirts". "I will dispose of them, Don''t come back crying that you want them back in the next day" "I won''t, I am confident" Akira was determined Soon Akira was ready, Hina helped her dress up, put some subtle make up, a stylish earnings, and bracelet. Akira was looking at herself in the mirror. She appeared like 5 years older. "Amazing how some make up and proper dress could change someones appearance" Akira was staring herself at the mirror. She swing around few times to test the body moment. Well the women wear dresses. It is normal, I should not feel awkward about this. Akira sighed and looked at her mother who was grinning in delight" "You are so beautiful young lady" "Ah thanks" such a weird complement that Akira received for the first time in his both lives. He grimaced "Come on lets go shopping". They both put a summer shoes which Akira didn''t know she had in possession and left the house. A kilometer down down the road they entered a pedestrian alley, with shop fronts on both sides. It wasn''t anything large, but Akira thought she could find something useful. Akira tried to examine every article in the shops where her mother dragged her in. Looking for possible utilization for the mission. She considered a day time disguise as a vital need. So she got a summer hat with a board. Next were the sunglasses. Akira couldn''t believe that she was so picky. It took her 20 minutes to finally chose a large pink sunglasses which felt right. "That must be another trait I have assimilated" thought Akira Next was the hand bag. Hina was insisting on a cute purse type. Akira was examining it with a frown. It was too small to fit the taser, the multi-tool, the knife and a handcuffs. "It is not big enough, I like it to have space for aaahm groceries and stuff, I want that one and pointed the largest one." Pointed Akira "Oh my your daughter is already becoming a good housewife material" Laughed the shop lady and followed by Hina" That was the second unexpected "compliment" that threw Akira out of balance today. An image of her wearing a pink apron in front of massive cooking pot, few children running around and screaming. And a male voice shouted at the back "Honey, I am home" "Kyaaaa, no way, damn" squeaked Akira "Language, lady" said Hina and exploded with laughing on the expense of heavy blushing Akira, who was hiding her disturbance behind a bag. Finally shopping ended with Akira having her desired bag plus the one that Hina liked plus a ton of other clothes and articles that Hina was buying in mass. Looked like money wasn''t an issue for the Ryu. They ended on a street cafe in a park area close to the shore of a large river. It has a nice view of the area, the city scrapers at the background opposite of the riverbank. "Are you sure you can eat all of this. You can get sick" Hina Akira was munching in delight the XXXL type of ice cream served on the table in front of her. "Of course I can, otherwise I wouldn''t have ordered it" Akira "fufufu we will see" Hina After 40 minutes Akira was sprawled on her chair holding her tummy which looked bloated "OH, I feel like I am going to burst" Akira was groaning "That is the punishment for your gluttony, little bunny" Hina "Oh, Now I know my body limits, I wont make the same mistake again" Akira groaned "I kinda a doubt it, but lets go home, we can take the riverside path, it is a bit distant, but the weather is good and a walk will help with that" Hina pointed Akira''s tummy The mother dauther duo walked side by side with hands holding and silently enjoyed the trip. In an hour they entered home safe and loaded with bags of shopping. Akira noticed that this area has little potential for hunting as she saw only 2 spiderman for the entire trip. "Hey Okasa, I have promised to help a schoolmate with her studies and she invited me at her house. Can I go? Asked Akira "Well I don''t see why not. When are you going home?" "I don''t know. It could get late, We have planed to play some games after homework" Akira "Ok, take this and get a taxi home if it gets too late" Hina took out 20Y from her purse and handed them to Akira. "Oh thank you Okasa, I had a great time today, but my legs hurt, I will go to my room and rest a bit" Of course dear, I had a great time as well. Fufufu, We should do this again soon" "Of course Okasa". "The dinned will be at six. I will leave your portion on the table if you are late." Akira arrived at her room, visited the bathroom and washed her face from the makeup. After refreshing, she sat on the bed and said: "Kornelius are you listening" "Oh, hi Akira. How are the things over there" "It was a calm day. Last night I think I assimilated all Akira''s traits" "How did it go? I see soul gestalt is still there in the status screen, but it should disappear soon once the process is completed. Hopefully you can get a rise with the soul type" "Yea hopefully. Otherwise I feel fine, actually better than before. I am kinda ok with my new female body now, it doesn''t feel awkward anymore" "Wow you are adapting fast" Kornelius "well I don''t have a choice, do I?" Akira snarled in remark "Once again, I repeat it is not my fault, but I truly am sorry for what happened to you Akira" "Yeah.. Whatever. Now about the level up" Akira "Oh right once you level up you put your free points which will be 10 to soul" "Soul?" "Haven''t you noticed that you haven''t received a single point in soul from consume? "Now that you mention it, I can confirm" "I have looked at the gathered data and unfortunately the converted essence isn''t pure enough for the soul. And I can''t think of a way to change that, at least for the moment." "Hmm, well I don''t see any problem anyway. I will pump up the soul attribute and the rest will get from the demons. It won''t change the overall picture" Akira "I just wanted to clarify the fact". Kornelius "Ok, so to how to level up? "Just will it happen" [system: would you like to level up to lvl 2? yes/no] "yes" Akira felt a brief moment of lightheaded. [lvl 2; +10 attribute points, - 500SU, balance 930] "system put 10 points on soul" Akira [soul 21; mana 110/210, soul defense 210] "It is done". Now I have a new equipment to test. Akira looked at her hat, sunglasses and green dress and a large bag. Swiftly transferred her combat gear. Okasa, Itterashai" shouted Akira and slammed the door in quick pace "Ittekimasu" Hina was shaking her head from the living room. Chapter 14 – The naughty librarian Akira went to the river park first. The bank was grass covered 30 degrees slope ending with a 2 meters tall metal fence. She looked around and start checking her gear. she had 84Y and considering the prices from today''s shopping she said: "That greedy woman from the sex shop ripped me off badly!" Akira grimaced and looked at her wrist watch: 2:15 PM I have to come home no later than midnight or Hina will get a heart attack. Akira took out the taser. The brand was not familiar but after some fiddling with the multi-tool she was certain it was operational and had probably 1 or 2 charges left. Note to buy an adapter for the battery recharging later. A pack of cigarettes and lighter. Or what the hell, I won¡¯t live long probably with that type of lifestyle I am having. She took out a cigarette out and lighted it. Then laid on the grassy ground and took some smokes. Akira was not a heavy smoker but he often had a smoke on the classy meetings with some higher ups in the company or in the golf club. You know, some high-quality imported cigars and a glass of 24 y/o brandy. She was smoking and watching the skies. Soon the cigarette ended Akira stood up and look at the cigarette box in disbelief. "What kind of cheap crap is this, is it a fake? I didn''t feel even a tiny little kick from it". "Kornelius, do you think my 9 vitality makes me immune to the intoxicating substances like nicotine cigarettes?" "Hmm no, of course not, you are a very strong for your age regular human currently." "I see " "But the "soul fortress¡± passive skill is a different story. "Huh let me check again" Akira
"Shields user''s mind from outsides negative influences" read Akira and scratched her head" "Indeed, the intoxicating effect that should make your judgement impaired is shielded" Kornelius "Are you saying that I cannot get drunk or high?" Akira "Well of course not, there are a lot of alchemy potions, mana rich alcohol and so on. For the alcohol I will recommend the dwarf beer, it is quite good and tasty. BUT not their heavy stuff. Wow I remember I tried their famous "stone cold" grog once in the academy. Then I found myself hugging a streetlight in the morning and the most severe headache ever. "What about the non-magical stuff like these pills here, I got from demon claws. They look like drugs to me?" "I am certain your mind and your ability to think straight will not be affected" "One way to find out" Akira took out one pill and cut it in half Then put it in her mouth and swallowed. "To think that I preached Cristina ¡±do not take drugs". Ha ha what a strange world we live" Akira laid on the grass and waited for the pill to kick in, and waited and waited... "Alright, it has been 15 minutes. It is either a fake or I do have drugs immunity, but how should I know it is not a fake? I can''t feel the effect. Akira removed her hat and scratched her head while thinking. The stopped and scratched again. Then took her knife and cut a small cut on her hand. She couldn''t feel shit. "Kornelius, can you heal me please" "I haven''t seen a report for damage but sure" Akira watched her small cut healed in front the eyes in the mater of seconds "Fascinating" "I think this drug has a powerful painkiller effect and I am affected at least on that part" Akira "Hmm, the pill affects the "peripheral nervous system" as well. The skill wouldn''t cover that part. "So, I still can get a tranquilizer dart in my butt and drop immobile?" "I believe, yes. The skill that covers these types of effects should be something related to negating poisons". "I should get a tranquilizing gun" Akira thought - noted in the quest book for consideration" "Enough resting. Where should I go now. Hmm I will need to find a map of the city. " Akira climbed the river bank and headed to the local shopping street, the one where she and her mother were shopping 3 hours ago. She entered a small bookstore and looked for a city map. While focused on some books, she felt the evil aura and a hand grabbing her butt and squeezing hard. "Gahh" she jumped back and swiftly turned towards her assailant, red face of anger and humiliation, and fists tight. "Would you need a help to find something, young lady?" A balding spiderman about 50 y/o was staring at her and smiling lecherously" He was holding a steaming cup with the other hand Again, Akira''s brain went to overdrive. Quick scan of the little shop - empty the Enemy - short/ about 60 kg/ looks weak - physical overpower chance: easy Identify: Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings.
Options: offensive chance of success very good. negatives - very close to home, possible break of undercover if police is involved in a shopping district accident "Young lady did you hear me?" "Ah yes I was distracted, can you find me a map of the city. You see I am from Kyoto and on a school trip here... and got lost" Akira "A lost lamb from the heard hoho. What if a bad wolf comes to eat it??" The man was licking his lips. He left the cup on a board and went back to search on a rack. Akira quickly pulled out the pills bag and the knife and put her hands behind her to hide what she was doing. Then moved backwards to the cup staying on the rack. The spiderman turned around returning with the map. "Shit I am not ready" Akira "And I need a book with the local cuisine If you have? "huh sure" the spiderman was startled and turned back to search into another book rack" At the same time Akira had put 2 pills and was stirring the tea with the knife as fast as she can. Then she said: "And a demon''s church grimoire" Ahh a devotee how nice, how nice hmmm, how good will be to be pleased by such a young devotee. The man was grinning. "The Grimoire, sir" Akira reminded to the spiderman and once he turned back to look for it, she grabbed her bag and slipped out of the shop. Her heart was going to burst and she was shaking not from fear but with anger. She walked briskly on the shop alley. "That dirty bastard demon. So far only Caroline has ever touched my butt that way" grr Akira teeth were screeching, rage was going to overtake her soon. She was almost going to lose it when the shop lady from the bags store stood in front of her. "Oh, isn''t it the nice young miss from today. I recognize the bag I sold you today." That put Akira back in focus. "Oh, good day, lady shopkeeper, how are you?" Akira asked politely "I am good, good. Not only beautiful, but polite and family devoted. Come, please come inside the store, I have some cookies for you. Akira checked her watch: 2:40 pm "I actually have some moment to spare and wouldn''t say no to a cookie" Akira ..... "Aaand on this photo is my son Benjiro winning second place on the "Toshi off road motorbike" race Akira was nibbling a cookie. It wasn''t bad at all. "You know dear Ichika, my son Benjiro is very responsible and reliable man. He even has his own business with car repairs, but you know he has very little luck with the girls" said the saleswoman "Oh my gosh, what kind of fate is it. Is she trying to hook me up with her son?" Ichika aka Akira thought while smiling politely "I think my boy need someone just like yourself. I think both of you will be a great couple, and you will look stunning in the bride''s dress. Imagine it Ichika, how romantic!" saleswoman This was the third "compliment" that sent her off-track today. At this moment he imagined himself standing in a white..... "no, I will not think of it. None. Shoo, shoo" Ichika ( Akira ) screamed in her mind and an shook her head vigorously in denial. "Look lady I have to go home now. We live 2 districts away from here and mother is waiting for me for dinner, I really have to go now but I promise, I PROMISE I will think of your proposal" Akira aka Ichika said and grabbed her bag. "Bye, bye little Ichika, you know where my shop is, come back soon" Akira looked at her watch. 3:00. She slowly moved to head back to the book shop "I promised, I will think about her marriage idea. HMM... I think it won''t work. Well I have kept my promise". Akira arrived at the shop and peeked thru the window. It looked empty. She opened the door and shouted: "Hellooo, Is the shop open".."Hello is anyone here" ... No reply... She looked left and right, and entered the shop. The spider man was on his chair, his head laid on the desk. His eyes were closed like sleeping, and a little pool of drool was formed on the desk. Akira approached and kicked the spiderman''s leg. No reaction. Akira moved swiftly and turned the "Closed" sign. Then put the window blinds and locked the door. [CONSUME] [strength +1] The spider man twitched but remained knocked down. "Ok with two more casts left I will finish about 10 pm. Acceptable time table". Akira spent the remaining time in the shop. She was lucky, there was a little WC behind the cashier. ¡°I have to devise a back up plan for escape if the things get out of control¡± So, Akira spent the remaining 6 hours reading different books and maps The world''s political map was very simplified ¨C there were just 5 countries or Empires as they were named ¡°Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia¡± empires¡­ It was obviously the demon¡¯s doing as the things were different 20 years ago. "If I have to escape the country, I should move to Shizouka. From there I can try to board a ship to the mainland". ¡°CONSUME¡± [swiftness +1] "If I have to make life as a runaway, I will need starting funds. May be there is a money or valuables stashed somewhere in the house. "Sigh, I feel like shit even thinking of robbing my parents I mean Akira¡¯s parents. "I should not steal anything from the shop. When the pervert wake¡¯s up he will find everything in order and even if he seeks help from police he will have nothing to base his accusations for" 10:12 PM ¡°CONSUME¡± [Vitality +1] [EXORCISE] [+300 SU] [mana 130/210] Akira cast the last two ones in succession. He had enough mana and the spells used different soul pathways so it was allowed. He checked his new stats
"Very good! I have doubled my staring stats in the matter of 4 days. The progress is good, but I still feel I am lacking. I need to keep pushing for a better solution" The librarian was still in his happy dreams, when Akira unlocked the shop, put back the ¡°open¡± sign and the windows blinds. She looked back at the shop and after ensuring that everything was in order, slipped at the darkness outside. Soon she was back home: ¡°Tadaima¡± she put her slippers and entered There was a large dish of Tempura on the kitchen table with some juice and bread. She washed her hands and indulged in eating. ¡°Delicious¡± Akira smiled Hina was watching her daughter dining with such a gusto and smiled. Then retired to her room. Akira finished everything and put the dishes in the sink. ¡°I think, I have some free room for chocolates¡± Akira was scavenging at the kitchen cabinet where she saw Hina kept the sweets. ¡°Bingo, she grabbed a box of chocolates and moved to her room¡± In about 1 hour she was sleeping soundly in her bed. Chapter 15 – Is this the start of the famous College arc? /R18/ ¡°Good morning sleepyhead, wake up, time for school" Hina ¡°What, where¡­¡± Akira ¡°I have prepared your college uniform and clothes. ¡°Right, the college¡± mumbled Akira grumpy. ¡°No more slacking, you know the drill, bathroom, dress up and don¡¯t forget your school bag, breakfast in 30 minutes¡± said Hina and left. ¡°To think I will be back in college and as a girl on top of that, how can that even happen, if I wasn¡¯t here, I would never believe it¡± mumbled Akira and moved swiftly with the preparations. ¡°Textbooks, pencils, school card, taser, money ¨C checked ¡° Akira closed the bag. ¡°Probably it won¡¯t be a good idea to take the knife in the college¡± He stashed his excess of loot under the bed. "And I will need to move these things in a more secluded place in case of Hina decides to clean under there". Soon Akira was dressed with her college uniform. It was fine and stylish. Light blue short sleeves shirt with the logo of ¡°Shinagama College¡± on her right chest. A black dress just above her knees, short white socks. Soon Akira was sitting on the table eating breakfast. ¡°Did you take your ¡°dropout¡± tag, or you forget it ...again? Hina ¡°aa no, I forgot¡± Akira ¡°Ok, go grab it and lets go to the bus stop. I will show you off today as I have some tasks to do in the area later¡± Hina They soon were walking down the road and arrived at the bus station about 300 m from their house. ¡°See you later bunny girl¡± Hina kissed her on her cheek and left ¡°College huh? Could be fun¡± Akira smiled while standing and waiting for the bus to arrive. ¡°Kornelius, good morning¡± ¡°Good morning, Akira¡± ¡°To think I am this close of the first threshold just 1 point in intelligence¡± Akira ¡°On the next cast of "consume" you will get it¡± Kornelius ¡°Finally, I will get my strength back as I was Tom, and probably even more¡± Akira allowed herself a a faint smile The buss arrived soon and Akira boarded. Once inside her smile froze. There was a distinct evil presence of several spiderman. Akira was getting better to read the sensation. She steeled herself and moved to an empty double seat. She sat near the window and put the school bag on the empty seat. She slid her hand inside the bag and grabbed the taser. That made her relax a bit. She scanned the bus. Several girls and 8 college boys all in their college uniforms. Most being her age or older. She cast several Identify in a succession to the ones emitting the evil auras. It was even visible to her eyes the spider hooked on the boy¡¯s neck sitting in front of her. Results brought a very concerning results: from 8 boys 6 were infected with larvae mostly level 2 but there was a level 1 and level 3 as well. ¡°Is the whole college infested. So many, so many young people are going to die like this¡± Akira made a shocking discovery Few more students entered at the next stop. One girl sat next to the spider man in front of her. They greeted and the boy whispered something to the girl. Then she turned towards the boy and bend over his laps. Girls head started to move in rhythm motion up down up¡­ Akira watched with horror how a thin thread erupted from the larvae back and entered in the girl¡¯s neck. It started pulsing. ¡°The spider is drinking her soul¡± A sense of revulsion raised from Akira¡¯s stomach, but she tried to remain collected because no one in the bus was paying attention. In 10 minutes, the girl finished her task and raised. Then Akira saw it - the same leather choker with the ¡°dropout¡± tag. ¡°Oh good morning Akira¡± said a blond girl same height as Akira Akira slowly moved her gaze to the girl and after a few moments of hesitation said ¡°Good morning¡± ¡°So you will not let your old buddy Sacura sit next to you, now being a ¡°dropout¡± makes you better than me?" Sakura eyes were pointing the bag in the empty seat. ¡°No, of course not, please sit ..Sakura chan¡± Akira ¡°phew, it is hard to get up this early, isn¡¯t it? Good that summer vacation is just 3 weeks away¡± Sakura ¡°Hmm¡± ¡°You look so distracted this morning. Did you stay late last night?¡± Sakura ¡°Ah yes, got to bed about midnight¡± Akira answered absentmindedly. ¡°And you even forgot to put your tag on, hehe. Do you really want to end on the wall duty with the other public girls?¡± If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. ¡°Tag?¡± ¡°The choker Akira, come I will help you put it on¡± Akira took out the choker and Sakura gently locked it over her neck?¡± ¡°I really look like a cow now, marked and tagged¡± said Akira and touching the choker. The girls talked for 10 more minutes, but mostly Sakura and Akira answering vaguely. They arrived at the college yard front gate. It looked huge. A massive front yard with sport courts and tracks. Surrounded by three 4 stories buildings on the 3 sides. There was a constant flow of people, girls, boys and spiderman¡­ A lot and lot of spiderman. Akira have never seen so many so far in one place. And the perversion everywhere. Akira was passing by couples doing it on the benches, using the trees or buildings for support or even on the ground like animals. All of them being a dropout girl and a spiderman. Revulsion was building in Akira¡¯s stomach. She was about to throw up. ¡°And here we go I got to get to my wall duty. Crap, I am so envy of you Akira , to get selected by the council president for his personal dropout. It is not fair!¡± Sakura ¡°What??¡± Sakura stopped next to a locker and started stripping naked. ¡°What, What are you doing Sakura¡± Akira was shocked. When she looked around several other girls moving totally naked in one direction Sakura followed them and Akira absentmindedly moved in the same direction. ¡°It is sick,.. sick¡­ SICK¡± Akira was mumbling, head shaking in denial Soon they entered a space hall and on the front wall was written with large letters "public service¡± And on the bottom of the wall. Akira gasped There was a long bench type construction where she saw about 20 naked female students. Sakura landed on a line of naked girls waiting for their turn. She even got a waiting number tag. Soon the school bell rang and many spiderman entered from another door chatting happily and joking. And then they begun indulging their horny needs... Akira face went white and looked for a toilet. There.. she run in, and vomited. Tears were flowing from her eyes¡­ ¡°The young women, the girls were lined just like cows for the morning milking¡± She vomited again. Her hands were shaking. And those boys... they will die when the larva evolves. They are walking dead¡± ¡°This is worse than the rabbit mantis¡± Akira said while trying to get her bearings right and washing her face. ¡°Kornelius, this is the worst thing I have ever seen in my life¡± Akira whispered "Tell me Akira, I am listening" Akira told everything while taking pauses to set her thought straight. It was the worst horror story. Akira thought she had seen everything the demons can offer. Apparently she was wrong, a way off the chart of demon cruelty. "Well at least they are alive" said Kornelius "How can you say this. " "Whole worlds are being consumed by demons. They show no mercy, no pity, no regret" Kornelius said solemnly. "Do... Do you think we have a chance or all it is futile?" Akira "Well a week ago I would have said that it is a lost cause. But now, Now Akira seeing you and how the exorcist class performs I think there is a light at the end of the tunnel of doom" Kornelius "Kornelius It is too much, I ... I am not used to this kind of horror... I think I will go mad" Akira "Well this will not be very productive" concluded Kornelius the lame remark made Akira laugh "I am lucky I have you partner" Akira "Happy to help, it is my best interest the Exorcist sees the true public appreciation" "Tell me a story Kornelius, Just to escape from this hell hole for a minute" Akira was sitting at the girls bathroom floor at a corner, hugging her knees and her head resting on top "What story. I am not much of a talker" "Anything will do. Like, did you say, you had graduated an academy. Tell me how was it there" Kornelius started telling about his life in the academy. It was in fact quite a boring story, but Akira listened with all her attention. Just the voice of Kornelius was soothing. A story of a distant place with no demons, no evil, no suffering and death. A place where Forces of the Light still had their say in the matters.... Unfortunately this ended when a girl entered. "Oh Akira, what are you doing here, the class is about to start" "I ... I feel sick" Akira "Come, Come I heard that a deacon of the demonic church will visit our classroom today. May be few of our classmates will get lucky to become a demon touched" The girl grabbed Akira''s hand and forcefully dragged her across several hallways into to a lecture room 10A. Akira was left in front of desk and she sat looking forward with a vacant gaze "Whats up with Akira" "She said she is sick" "Oh could it be that she is pregnant. Oh how lucky of her" The voices of her negbours were sounding in the background "Pregnant, it is possible, the late Akira could have conceived a child from a demon" The monotone voice of reason was still analyzing the situation in Akira''s mind "Good morning children of the great demon lord" said a man in a hood entering the classroom "Good morning deacon Frozebane" said the class in unison Akira remained silent Identify.
Human male lvl 10 corrupted
Akira cast the spell almost on autopilot "Hmm a corrupted? Kornelius exclaimed "What is it" Akira "A human who is volunteering being demonized. His soul is slowly being infused by demonic essence until he transforms into a full fledged demon. It is rarely done by the demons and to only those proven as good servants.." "And now I have 2 news for you children" Frozebane "The bad news is that because some things happened in Kyoto, we have problems with the new demon blessing deliveries.... Do not fret because I have 2 demon blessing remaining in my possession and I will grant them to the 2 of your most deserving classmates. A murmur started in the classroom "I am sure that soon the problem in the capital will be resolved and soon all of the boys in this college will be demon touched. It is the will of our honorable leader of the demon church High deacon Exordia." said the deacon Frozebane Few cheers erupted from the students "And now let the ceremony begin" Frozebane started to chant and looked at the students. You and You boys come here, kneel with your head down and rejoice because you have been chosen to become a demon touched." The selected 2 of the students quickly moved and kneel in front of the deacon Frozbane. The same one took out 2 boxes, cigarettes pack size and put them on the ground behind the each boy legs. "Now lower your heads. Once becoming a demon touch you will bestowed of a mission of a great importance: to become one with the demon and live FOREVER!" The deacon mumbled something and the boxes started to fade. What was inside was a black egg with yellow stripes. Soon several legs burst outside and the thing started to climb on the boys, first over the legs, then up on their backs and stopped on their necks. Akira was watching frozen with horror. Then a small tentacle erupted and stuck the boys necks. The legs did the same. Blood leaked from the wounds. And the boys screamed in pain. They screamed and screamed, foam forming in their mouths, blood tears leaking from their vacant eyes. "Hear the cries of joy of our newly baptized demon touched" shouted in delight the deacon The room erupted in cheers, people rose from their seats clapping in delight Akira was having trouble breathing. Bile was rising in her throat. She could not endure anymore, grabbed her bag and run out the room. She run and run, she saw stairs ...she run and met a door. The door window was showing the beautiful blue sky... She tried the door - it was locked. Then she pressed, then she pushed then she charged and blasted the door with her shoulder. There were 2 cracks - one from the door opened and the other from her shoulder dislocated. She ignored the searing pain and run on the roof. She stopped at the fenced end and dropped on her all for. She vomited again, and cried and vomited. Just after that her brain allowed itself to shut down. Chapter 16 – Time for the grown ups to lead the way Akira opened her eyes and saw a boy in uniform bent over her and clicking his tongue in disapproval "I don''t see what the president sees in you. You are unreliable, often slack of your duties and very lazy" "What do you need from me, boy!" Akira said with a hoarse voice "Tz, The president wanted me to find you and bring you to him asap" the boy "So get up fast and come" Akira checked for body pains. It seems that Kornelius already had healed her dislocated shoulder. "Come on, hurry up I have not got all day" The boy said annoyed "I am coming" Akira She picked her bag, fixed her uniform and followed the boy into the building. After some time they stood in front of the student council''s room. "What are you waiting for, get in you dumb bitch" The boy Akira ignored him and entered the room. The room was very spacious with several couches, tables. It was decorated strange with painting showing demons killing different mortals. On the walls she saw many kinds of sex toys and tools hanging. Kinky leather suits were displayed on mannequins. "Oh, isn''t it my favorite rebellious toy. I still have to teach you about the proper submission and the joy of serving the true demon touched. " Said a tall lanky boy with glasses and earrings on both ears. Few laughs appeared in the room from the remaining council members. "Come in dear Akira, I have prepared a special gift for you today" he clasped his hands and another one dragged a mannequin on a rollers to the center of the room. Akira entered the room and approached the mannequin. There was a leather corset not covering the breasts area, Leather panties with holes at the back and front, leather garters linked to long leather sockets. On top it was a cat ears headband The president also approached and walked around Akira and the mannequin with an evil grin. "How do you like my gift Akira, Isn''t it a work of art" Akira remained silent, but her right eye was twitching. "hahah of course you won''t like it because it is not the full set" he clasped his hands and someone brought a large tray. "It goes with this things. Now go on and put this on "As the lord Voldemort commands!" Akira looked at the tray. There was a 30 cm imitation of a cat tail ending with an ass plug. There was a metal choker with a chain leash and several things that looked like clothes pegs. Akira looked at the tray and then the grinning president and said: "I will pass" The president looked startled for a second and then grinned again and said: "May be you did not hear right with your dumb head of yours: As the lord Voldemort commands! now start stripping". .... "Not interested" said Akira with a monotone voice This time the laughing and snickering in the room stopped. The president this time was looking awkward as not knowing what is happening. "AS The Lord VOLDEM....." "I heard you before about lord Voldeborg, If it isn''t there anything else I am leaving". Said Akira with a death-pan expression, but her right eye twitched again. Gasps and wows erupted in the room The president became red in the face, looking very upset. "You disobedient bitch, I will teach you some manners" He took a leather whip and swing it towards Akira. Akira raised her hand which met the wrist of the president. He immediately dropped the whip and clapped his wrist. "aaah" president looked in pain, but anger was seeping in his eyes He moved to Akira and looked her in the eyes. She was watching him cold and not faltering. Then the president grabbed both of Akira''s tits and squeezed them hard. This time Akira grimaced in pain: "Aaagh" "As the lord Voldemort commands, STRIP, PUT the suit, stick the cattail in your back, and start pleasing me". Akira''s face became red with rage, her eyes went bloodshot: "You can tell your lord that he can come and suck my dick" Akira seethed trough her teeth. "And I have also a gift for you, brat!" Akira The eyes of the president shot open this time with fear. Right hand holding a taser pressed on the left temple of the spiderman, and left hand holding noting pressed the other side of the temple. "CONSUME" and Taser buzzing ..... The president screamed like a girl, dropped on the ground in spasm convulsions and properly pissed himself. If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. [intelligence +1] [All attributes at 10. First threshold reached. Begin body mana infusion? yes/no] "Wait, Akira you ne..." Kornelius "yes" [mana infusion process started, time to complete 30 minutes] A warm pulse erupted from Akira''s tummy. The pulse went through her entire body and faded away. Soon came the next pulse...And the next... each one coming faster than the previous ones. Soon the pulses become so frequent that Akira screamed and fainted, convulsing next to the squirming president. Great changes were happening to Akira''s body. A human is not supposed to live and grow in a mana lacking environment. The pulses pushed to the atrophied, never used, but nevertheless existent mana pathways. Mana was being absorbed from the bones like dry dessert sand, very thin and ethereal spiral stings formed around every single muscle fiber in her body. Then mana entered her body nerves and made them glow in faint blue light. Soon the mana entered her brain activating pathways connecting parts of the brain. The percentage of the active brain usage was rising rapidly. The whole process indeed caused a terrible pain to the poor Akira who could not withstand its assault. Yes the process was painful, but not lethal.... ---dreamspace---- Akira found herself on top of the small hill overseeing his old hometown. She was standing there watching enormous fires burning houses to cinders, sounds of gunshots, screams of pain and horror filling the air. The acidic smell of gunpowder, blood and evil were filling her nostrils. Akira was standing and watching with a cold stone face. A little child''s hand grabbed her left one and another little hand grabbed her right hand. She looked left and saw the faceless Akira trembling in fear. Then she looked right and saw Cristina at her kindergarten''s age trembling as well. Then the little Cristina said: "I am so scared, daddy" Akira looked again at the burning, smoking town and said: "Don''t worry little ones, I am here, It is my duty as a grown up to fix this so you can live and grow up happy. I swear upon my soul that I will not falter, I will fear no more, I will become the shield that will protect you from all this. "Because I am the Exorcist, and I fear no evil but the evil fears me". Akira opened her eyes. She was on a hospital bed and there was a curtain around it. Her eyes quickly focused and her face became stone cold like a beautiful ice queen.. [mana infusion completed successfully] "Kornelius, how long I was out?"Akira whispered "ho, you are awake, Akira it was about 50 minutes since you fainted, How do you feel?" Akira moved her hand in front of her eyes, vision crystal clear, hearing never had been better, and the strength she felt it when she clasped her fist - astounding. Akira felt reborn as a new better version of her. "Never felt better" Akira Hina rushed to Shinagama high school once she received a phone call that there was an accident involving Akira and another student and a taser? She got out of the taxi and run to the school''s infirmary. Once inside she was met by the school''s nurse and a deacon from the demonic church. "Where is my little bunny girl, is she alright? " Asked Hina "Relax Mrs Ryu, Akira is resting behind those curtains. As far as I understood from my examination, she has not suffered any serious trauma. Her shoulder is little bit bruised probably from the fall on the ground." "What happened? Who did this to her?" Hina "Well, apparently she caused the situation by herself. I heard she used a taser against the student''s council president. It looks like it malfunctioned or something and your dauther was also affected" the nurse "Can I see her now, please" Hina''s eyes were watering. "You can child, but before that I have something to say as well" deacon Frozebane "What is it deacon?" Hina "I have happened to be in school at this time, luckily for Akira, and found about the situation. It seems that Akira has failed to respond to our Lord''s calling several times in a row" Deacon Frozebane said solemnly "Gasp" now Hina was crying.... "Calm down Mrs Ryu, I have checked the holly grimmoir. This situation albeit rare is not something than can not be repaired" Frozebane "???" Hina was watching the deacon with tears and some hope "It is said in the great book that sometimes a person can get astray from the church teachings just by the whims of chance among other much worse reasons. But the book says that this person can be brought back to the faith easy by renewing the church vows." Frozebane "Can you do it now Deacon" Hina "Well, Akira must be awake and in good condition for that, and I am afraid I have other mattes to attend, You know the situation in Kyoto is quite hectic?" "What should I do" "Well I think I will have some free space on my schedule on Friday. You can both visit me at my church on this adders and we will soon has our little lost lamb , back to the herd" Frostbane Frozebane gave an address card to Hina and left. "Can I see her now, Ms nurse?" Hina "Oh, yes of course, she could wake up any minute now" Akira was listening the whole conversation. Hina approached her daughter who was sleeping on the bed peacefully. She didn''t looked harmed. Hina sighed in relief and put a hand gently on her hair and start caressing her. Akira opened her eyes and said "Good day Okasa" "Oh dear, you got me so worried, are you in pain?" "I feel fine, no pain." "That is good, good." Hina At this moment the school nurse approached and said. "If you feel fine Akira, you both have been summoned to the principal''s office". Akira stood up, her mother helping her out. "Where is my school bag"Akira "It should be in the principals office along with that taser. The nurse grinned and continued "You gave that cocky brat a nice lesson dear. He was acting so annoying thinking he is the boss of the school" "What happened to the boy, where is he? Hina "Oh we sent him to the hospital for monitoring, just in case. You know 20 000 volts in the brain could be quite a painful experience Fufufu.." nurse Hina looked in amazement and disbelief at her dauther who looked ready to move. "Did you really electrocute the school''s council president?" Hina "The brat was asking for it" Akira cold face replied "Lets go to the principle''s office and see what mess you have created" Hina grabbed Akira''s hand and led her outside infirmary to the principals office in the next building Akira was walking with her back straight, her eyes high up and her face stone cold expression. "Did you hear that this girl kicked the president in the balls" "No, I heard that she looked him in the eyes and he pissed himself. I heard it directly from one of the council members" "I heard she used a taser on his head and now the president brain is fried, smoke was coming from his ears" "No way, a taser can''t do this.... Right???!" The gossip was already spreading like a tide wave. It was quite a spicy story involving the student council president after all. Akira never showed any reaction to the gossips in the corridor. But her brain was registering, processing incoming data faster than ever before.
Chapter 17 – Okasa V.S. Abe Akira and her mother ended at the door named "Fumihiro Abe -principal" "You leave the talking to me , Akira. Okasa will handle the situation¡± Hina ¡°Ok¡± Akira Hina knocked the door and entered followed by Akira. Akira felt the demon presence, her face not even flinched remaining serious. Akira had the stern and focused look of a war veteran who had seen the hell and came back to tell the story. The spiderman was sitting on a desk about 40 years old male with large glasses and an official suit. ¡°Good day principal, It is Hina Ryu and this is my daughter Akira.¡± ¡°Ah come in, please sit down¡± ¡°What a big mess have you done miss Akira.¡± ¡°Can you please explain the events from your perspective honorable principle. I still don¡¯t know what happened in details¡± Hina ¡°Ah sure Mrs Ryu. So about 10:34 Akira had assaulted a honorable student Mr Shiro Tatsuko. Because of that he was sent to a hospital for medical attention. During the assault Akira used forbidden by school regulations weapon ¡°taser¡±. Apparently the taser malfunctioned or she used it wrong as Akira was also rendered immobile¡± Also other demon touch witnesses reported that Akira failed to do her duties as the demon church commands and refused to please Mr Tatsuko.¡± Principal spiderman finished ¡°Identify¡± [Unable to identify targets higher then 15 levels than host] ¡°So the principal is at least lvl 18 and maximum of lvl 23¡± concluded Akira ¡°Well for the second part I think it is not Akira''s fault. It is a condition that Akira apparently suffers and as the honorable deacon Frostbane discovered. We are lucky that he was nearby to confirm.¡± ¡°A condition you say. I have never heard of it but I am not a specialist of the matter¡± Principal said ¡°Well apparently it is rare but deacon Frostbane said it can be easily solved with just a single visitation on Friday¡± ¡°Hmmm so it is like a medical condition¡­ Well I can¡¯t really blame Akira for it then. That leaves the assault of a fellow student using a dangerous weapon¡± ¡°As far as I know taser is a self-defense tool and not considered a weapon¡± ¡°Huh I am not sure¡­¡± Principal was considering but not convinced. ¡°Can you call someone to ask about it¡± Hina ¡°Hmmm¡± The principal picked up his desk phone and dialed. ¡°OH hello Mr Okamura¡­ yes I am fine thank you. See I have an issue here. Can you tell me about the taser? As a retired police officer you should be knowledgeable. Yes Yes¡­. I see. So is it considered as a non-lethal weapon by the police? I see. Well thank you for your time Mr Okamura.¡± ¡°Well?¡± Hina ¡°It is not a lethal weapon, as you said and it is considered relatively harmless¡± Principal ¡°So Mr Tatsuko is actually unharmed¡± Hina Akira¡¯s face for the first time showed surprise. She was looking at Hina amazed of her mother¡¯s skills to lead the conversation in her benefit. It felt so nice that someone is doing something to protect her. Someone to lean on. The thought was warming, but it was not possible. Hina was brainwashed by demon spell, and will never be able to see the real situation. ¡°Well we don¡¯t know that for sure¡± principal ¡°Do you have the name of the hospital?¡± Hina ¡°It is Mitoshi memorial, just a kilometer south of here.¡± ¡°Would you call them and check the Mr Tatsuko''s condition?¡± Hina ¡°Huh I can, and as the responsible principal it is my duty as well¡± Principal searched at a pile of cards on his desk and then dialed the phone again. ¡°Hello, It is principal Abe from Shinju high school. I am calling to check the condition of a student¡­¡­ Yes doctor. That is great news, we will be expecting Mr Tatsuko tomorrow at school thank you¡± ¡°I believe Mr Tatsuko is well and unharmed¡± ¡°It appears so¡± principal The principal was now looking not so confident and was pushing his glasses often. ¡°It still doesn¡¯t change the fact that Akira attacked Mr Tatsuko unprovoked¡± Hina knew her daughter well, she is an airhead and glutton, but she is not a bad person. She will never do something like this without a reason, even to go all her way to acquire a taser. She looked at Akira watching for her daughter''s reaction. ¡°Unprovoked you say¡± Hina Akira kept her face stone cold but a slight twitch of her eye told Hina everything. ¡°Akira, dear can you please tell Mr Principal and Okasa why did you hit Mr Tatsuko with the taser?¡± Akira was quick to pick the ball. The acting trait kicked in¡­. ¡°Tatsuko is a not a kind person. He likes to hurt women. He hurt me badly Okasa, he squeezed my breasts with his hands. What if I cannot have children anymore because of that, Okasa.¡± Akira was sobbing and hiding her eyes with her palms. ¡°Women giving birth to many children is one of Great commands of the demonic church and the wish of the great demon Lord Voldemort¡± stated principal Soon Akira continued her performance: ¡°It was so painful Okasa, and I was scared. My hands just moved, I didn''t want to hurt him, I don¡¯t want to hurt anyone. Akira eyes watered and hugged her mother¡¯s chest crying loudly. ¡°Woahaa, I was so scared Okasa¡± Akira kept sobbing in her mother¡¯s embrace¡± an Oscars winning worthy of performance. At this moment the principal was at a loss of words¡­. And Hina pressed in offensives: ¡°You know my husband Hiro Ryu is at a high position of Hoshimura securities¡± ¡°Aren¡¯t they a subsidiary of the demonic church¡± now principal looked distressed, touching his glasses often¡­ ¡°Yes, my husband has many connections with the higher ups in the church. How will he react when he finds out his only daughter was assaulted with the risk of her becoming infertile¡±? ¡°Co.. connections?¡± principal¡¯s voice faltered ¡°This school is receiving a great deal of support from demonic church for the ¡°dropout ¡° project, doesn¡¯t it? Principal was sweating heavily. ¡°She nailed him!¡° Akira smiled discretely Hina reduced the pressure striking for a deal: ¡°I admit what Akira did was wrong and a punishment should be applied, but considering the circumstances it should not be so strict. What do you think principle Abe?¡± This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. ¡°I agree, you are right Mrs Ryu. A suspension for a week is my proposal¡± ¡°No!¡± Hina ¡°No?!?¡± ¡°Are you an expert of demonic church blessings principal?¡± ¡°Of course not¡± ¡°How do you judge how much time Akira will need to restore her faith in the great demon Lord? ¡°Well ahmm... oooh, what do you propose Mrs Ryu¡± ¡°An allowed leave from school until Akira is fit to go back and I will be the judge of that¡± Hina ¡°But of course, of course¡± Principal started to write something and put a stamp on a paper ¡°Here Mrs Ryu, I haven¡¯t put the return date, so you just to fill it in when the time comes and bring this document to the school¡± ¡°You have made a wise decision principal Abe, have a good day¡± Hina bowed, took Akira¡¯s hand and left. They walked to the exit. Akira was feeling itchy, the feeling to have someone to rely on like Tom used to have with Caroline.They passed by the hall with the "public service" wall. Two people were mopping the traces of mass orgy from the floor and the bench. Soon they were out on the school yard. It was mostly empty aside from the class having some sports session. Near the gate Akira saw a couple sitting on the bench,the girl was doing a mouth service. Akira stopped and Hina asked: "What is wrong little, bunny? Akira pointed at the sex scene: "Don''t you think something is wrong?" Hina looked at them and said. "I don''t understand Akira, please explain" "If you can''t see it then It can not be helped" Akira shook her head solemnly. "Please Akira, I am your mother, you are the most important thing in my life. I want to help you, but I can not do it, if I you hide what is happening to you". Akira still shook her head in denial. "I, I really need you to trust me, Akira. Please... Please, do not shut it inside and deny my help" Hina was shedding tears already "Okasa, I know.. I know you love me... I wish I could tell you what is going on. To have someone to rely on, it is precious" Akira was also looking disturbed now Hina looked at Akira''s eyes for few moments, like trying to read Akira''s mind: "You are in pain, I can see it, You are suffering ...How could I have missed that. I am a terrible mother" Hina Hina hugged Akira and said: "I wish you can trust me, I wish you just give me a chance to prove my love to you, my precious little bunny girl" "Okasa.. I... I don''t know. What if the world you know happens to be so wrong, so bad, so evil. And the thing that makes you see it in its full glory of horror - will be me... Will you still love me?" Akira "I will never stop loving you, dear. Never, no matter what!" Hina said with a determined eyes. And Akira saw it. Hina''s love was unconditional, unbreakable, unshakable.... "I will try Okasa, I can not guarantee, but I will try to make you understand what is going.. I need some time to think first, there must be a solution... They moved to the bus station and later arrived home. Akira went to her room and dropped the dreaded school uniform. She put a t shirt and shorts and laid on her bed hugging Hoshi. "You wont abandon me Hoshi? You are my guardian dragon" Akira This school experience was the worst, yet I am grateful to you, Kornelius and okasa for being there in my lowest moments. Akira was talking to the plushie dragon "Hey Kornelius, I am grateful for what you did for me at school" Akira "Ah don''t mention, I have nothing better to do really". Kornelius "That is kind of sad you know?"Akira "What are you talking about?" Kornelius "Ah nothing nothing" Akira smiled and shook her head "So, Kornelius if I wanted to remove my mother''s miasma affliction what is the best approach?" "Well it is obviously a demonic spell. You need a spell or skill to fight it. Mundane things will not work." Kornelius "How about your "lesser holy light spell"? You said it can remove some minor afflictions?" "It is unfortunate, but I can cast a spell only to you via the dual link. I won''t be able to cast it over Hina. Unless the spell has the so called "aura effect" "What is it?"Akira "Imagine If the holy light spell had the aura effect then it will heal you slowly over time unlike the almost instantaneous current version" Kornelius "So what is the benefit of the aura effect? " Akira "Once I cast an "aura heal" on you. You will become the epicenter of the healing aura spell for the duration of the spell" Kornelius "And if Okasa is close nearby, she will be affected as well. " Akira finished Kornelius''s thought "You are a genius Kornelius!" Akira "hehehe, I will need to visit the great library. Now that I know the specifics of what I am looking for it will be easy to locate the proper books. The healing spells have massive branching tree and many paths to upgrade the spells further" "Great, many thanks partner" Akira "I am on my way, catch you later Akira" Kornelius "Hmm" Akira pondered for a moment and moved out. She could explore some of the house now. On the same floor were her parents bedroom and another one probably a guestroom which apart of the furniture was empty. She explored her parents room, but found nothing of interest, some jewelry and trinkets belonging to her mother, different clothes - male and female. She went down the stairs and met Hina entering house from the garage and wearing a large basket of laundry. "I am going to hang on the laundry at the backyard. Will you give me a hand?" Hina "Ah I am kinda of busy at the moment" Akira "But, of course you are! Lunch will be ready in an hour. I am making some wafu pasta." Hina shook her head and left to the backyard. Akira entered the guests living room. It was spacious, luxurious with a lacquered wood furniture covered with high quality leather and textile. Akira stoped staring at a 1,2 meters Japanese stile sword displayed on a special cabinet along with its sheath. "This must be a replica" said Akira and glided her finger over the katana''s edge. Well it wasn''t, and a small cut appeared. "Ouch! It is as sharp as a razor!" Akira sucked her injured finger, tasting the blood leaking. Soon the blood leak stopped. "Here you go my new body powers. Yahoo" Akira pumped her fist up and giggled. There was another door which happened to be unlocked. She found herself inside a medium size study room, probably her father''s office. There was a desk, a shelf with some books and cabinet with pictures and various alcohol bottles. She moved around to explore. On the desk she found some papers, mail and documents. She sat on the comfortable office chair and begun to examine their contents. Notes,reminders, pay slips for shipping cargo to and from Kyoto. The recipients: the demonic church and "Hoshimura securities". The company employing her father. "Frostbane said they have problems of receiving blessings aka demon larvae from Kyoto" It seem the demons have some troubles there. Could be internal dispute or conflict? "Anyway it looks that the demon church is using high security transportation using father''s company cervices. Hmm, it sounds logical, demons would not be willing to lose their precious babies on a random chance. Blaghh, disgusting!" "But here is another mysterious thing - many pay slips indicate secure cargo shipping from Tokyo to Kyoto. Could be anything, but it is worth digging further, my guts feeling is telling me something". Akira tried to open the desk''s drawer, but it was locked. "It looks like a simple lock". She rushed out and returned shortly with her multi tool and the knife. It took her 5 minutes to figure out how to unlock it. There was a pile of cash in a large bundle of many thousands of Y. Akira thought for a moment and snatched 200Y. "Father is rich , he wont even bother with some pocket change". There was a map with a marked location for the next 2 years pick up point. The mark was in the suburbs of Tokyo and indicated a Huge demonic church property. Another interesting fact was that the documents mentioned an authorized pass requirement for entering the compound. Akira wrote down the adders for further consideration. Then locked the drawer and left the room. Just on her way back to her room she received a pleasant surprise: [body/soul synchronisation detected 91->94%] [soul +5] "Woah, more free stuff. This must be the effect of traits assimilation. Akira laughed
"Hmm. With that much mana I can one shot kill a lvl 24 demon and still have a 20 left. The mana regeneration still sucks. I will need 130 minutes or 2 hours to get back to full mana. But if I get to lvl3 I will have 36 soul and 3 mana/min regeneration. Gotta consider this mana management better" "System how much SU I need for lvl 3?" [next level requirement: 2000 SU] "Akira lunch is ready, come down" Hina shouted from downstairs "Oh lunch nice, my stomach was starting to complain". Akira massaged her tummy "Coming Okasa" Akira grabbed Hoshi and rushed downstairs guided by the delicious food aroma. Chapter 18 – You have discovered a secret dungeon. Hidden quest completed. Akira and Hina were eating together. Akira ravaging the food like a hungry wild cat. "So, will you tell me what is going on, Akira" Hina Akira stopped eating and looked at Hina while contemplating. Then shook hear head in denial "Akira, we are family you can trust me with everything, you know" Hina "I am going to trust you, I really want to. The point is are you willing to trust me unconditionally?" Akira "I do" Hina "Well, it settles it then. I need to make some preparations and once I am done I will tell you everything. Until then, I beg you to put your blind trust in me as a reliable grown up person" Akira Hina was startled of the mature expressions of Akira. "She is growing up fast" Hina thought "What should I do for you Akira, you know, to help with your so called preparations. This uncertainty is troubling me and I wish we can become clear asap" Hina "Hmm where can I find city''s utilities maps like electricity, sewers system, plumbing etc" Akira "Why would you need those things? "Blind trust, remember?" Akira "Sigh, alright. Let me think Hmm. The city library should have a department with those types of things. But they may ave some restricted access" Hina "I would need and hour most to investigate something" Akira "Ok, finish up, put some nice clothing and we are going to the city library" Hina "We are?" "Of course, I said I will help you and no questions asked" Hina "Oh.. Thank you Okasa" Akira was feeling gratified. A smile erupted on Akira''s face They both arrived at a huge building in the city "City library" "city council" ... different signs were posted on the main entrance. Akira was wearing summer pants and a T-shirt. Of course the daytime disguise was on :the pink sunglasses and the summer hat. She had her school bag where she had put a drawing sketchbook and other drawing necessities. ...... The mother daughter duo were standing at a large double door "Tokyo city public library" "Ok we go to the library now. You said you want an access to the city utilities maps?" Hina "Yes, if possible. I will need about an hour to finish my task" Akira "Ok, lets go" Hina "Good day, how may I help you?" an elderly woman was sitting on a desk "Good day" Hina bowed and said: "My daughter is inspiring to become an architect. She even founded an "architect school club" Hina "Oh, how nice, such a bright and smart young lady" The librarian smiled "My daughter,Akira said she need to look at the Tokyo city utility maps for her school project, and I decided to help her out. You know mother daughter bonding time" Hina "Oh how nice! She doesn''t talk much thou?" The woman "Well, she is a bit shy and sheltered. I am starting to worry about her future social life" Hina said with a said expression "Haha, same as my granddaughter" the woman "Will you be able to help Akira out, she said she need about an hour. Just to look for an inspiration or something" Hina "Well It is kind of a restricted access" The woman scratched her head "And while we are waiting for Akira to finish, we can have some home made cookies and tea" Hina pulled out a big bag of cookies "Oh, Ahh well, my break is in 15 minutes and those cookies look delicious" The librarian "Come Akira I will guide you to the desired section, Just don''t break anything and make sure to put everything you take back in its place" the librarian The woman headed towards a glass door section of the library. Hina winked at Akira and pulled her thumb up. Akira smiled gently in return and followed the woman, who unlocked the glass door and led Akira to the second floor.They arrived at a large corridor with many doors. Entering one of them the librarian said" Stolen story; please report. "All drawings are placed on their corresponding districts area racks. You can examine them on that table" she pointed to a very large table in the middle of the room. "Once you finish, just put back everything and come downstairs. I will leave the door unlocked" The woman gently patted Akira on her shoulder and left. Akira wasted no time and found the "Meguro district" deck, where the demonic church compound was located. She pondered over the tagged sections and pulled several 1,5 meters drawings tube cases. She unfolded the large drawings on the table and said: "Time to work" 20 years of engineering made reading the drawings a child''s play. And her newly upgraded powers made the copying of the desired sections onto her sketchbook a toddler''s game. She didn''t even need a ruler as she was drawing lines with a perfect motion with the speed that even surprised Akira herself. The entire process finished in 30 minutes. A half an hour earlier than Akira had estimated. "I have underestimated my new abilities" Akira. Soon Akira and Hina were outside the building. "What''s next?" Hina "Well, I have to purchase some stuff at Sninju district" Akira said looking awkward. "What are we waiting for, lets go shopping" Hina raised her hand in the air and then walked forward. After few moments of hesitation Akira followed in quick steps. What followed was 2 hours of shopping spree. Akira was buying the weird and strange things, while Hina paying the bills. Of course Hina was enjoying the trip as well as she purchased few stuff for herself. They were back home at 5 PM. "I will start preparing the dinner" "Thank you Okasa" Akira "What? Making dinner is nothing special" Hina "No, thank you for helping me. It really means a lot to me" Akira "Oh come here you little manipulator" Hina smiled and hugged tightly Akira while caressing her back. Akira entered her room and dropped on the ground a large 15 kg military type backpack filled to the brim with stuff Akira hadn''t paid a single dime for. Akira lifted the bag with one hand in amusement: "Amazing, it is so easy!" Akira was mesmerised of her muscle powers. Her body may not look as tough, but she had the strength of a well trained athlete. Soon Kornelius connected: "Akira, I am back" "Hi partner, how did it go? Akira "Productive and exhausting, what about you over there?" Kornelius "Same - productive, exhausting and .. fun" Akira "Here is what I have found. It will be .... expensive" Kornelius shuddered. "Oh, come on Kornelius don''t make me wait. Tell me about" Akira "The "lesser holy light can be upgraded for 5 000 SU to a "minor holy light aura". Then for another 10 000 SU upgraded to "holy cleansing aura" Kornelius "What is the spell description" "I am reading it now: [Holy cleansing aura: An area of effect type of spell creating a 10 meters diameter sphere around a designated target. Every type demonic affliction regardless of its rank is being affected and slowly deconstructed and purified. Depending on the power of the demonic spell it may need additional casting. Mana cost 100 mana. Cast time - fast; Cool down time - 1 hour; Aura radius 5 meters; spell duration 2 hours] Akira focused on the details and contemplated: "I will need 15 000 SU. That is a lot. I can slowly grind them, but it will take a lot of time, the time I don''t have if I want the Heal Okasa soon. What are my options? Hit the demon claws gang base: It is very risky as they will be probably on alert after 3 of their members were attacked What about this demonic church compound. What secret are they hiding under high security?" "Kornelius here is what I discovered today..." Akira "There must be a Gate in Kyoto" Kornelius exclaimed "Gate?" "Yes gate as a "world gate". Oh I forgot how ignorant you can be. hehehe" Kornelius snickered "Well forgive me for coming from some backwater world" Akira coldly replied "Oh stop acting as a child. It was a joke Akira, a joke" "Yeah whatever, now explain" Akira "The world gates" are unique and limited in numbers remnants of the age of gods. They are extremely important strategic resource both for demons and FOL as they can be captured and repurposed. They allow to move people from one world to another in the Multiverse." "Like the summoning circle?" "Well kind of, but the summoning circle works only for soul transport, while the gate is actually a space-time hole, where real people and materials can pass trough" Kornelius "So the demons are getting the larvae from somewhere else?" "Very likely. The demon Queens that spawn them are extremely rare and are probably well guarded in the demon''s core world" "So those Queens spawn larvae, which come to Terra via the gate and are shipped by Hoshimura securities to different cities" Akira made the conclusion "What could be Hoshimura securities moving towards the gate?" "My best guess is : an already evolved demons who had reached lvl 24 and can not grow further on Terra. So they go back to the demon world and continue to grow there". Kornelius "Like the rabid mantis? "Correct, but those demons should be obedient and following the orders of their commanding staff" Ok it is worth checking it out. I can take a look and see what are my options after that." Akira Akira looked at her window. There were heavy clouds in the distant. A storm was coming! About 6 pm Hina called Akira for dinner. Akira was eating slowly as being distracted by some serious thoughts. Hina was watching her daughter with worry. Akira was not being a glutton means something is seriously bothering her. "What is it?" Hina couldn''t endure anymore "I will need to go out tonight. I am not sure of my returning home time, could be even tomorrow" Akira "Going out, tonight?" Hina looked troubled "It is important Okasa, It is important to ME. It can change the things for the both of us especially for you" Akira said with a serious tone Hina looked at the eyes of her daughter. A determined and §Ñ serious look met her, a look of a person who knew what he is doing. "I.. I am afraid something bad can happen to you" Hina "I will not lie you okasa, there is some danger, but I must act or even worse things will happen?" "Can you tell me about. I.. I may help you, please Akira" "No, not now. This thing I must do alone. But if everything goes as planned, If I am lucky enough tomorrow you will have your answers" Akira "You will tell me everything?" Hina "If i succeed, yes... I will and you okasa will finally be free" Akira "I don''t understand" "Soon okasa, soon you will, I promise" Akira The dinner ended in silence ..... Akira spent the rest of the time packing her gear and checking and re-checking if everything is in order. About 8 PM Akira was standing at the house front door ready to leave. There were lightening in the skies, soon the storm will hit in full swing. "Akira wait, the storm looks bad, take this, it is your father''s". Hina handed her a plastic raincoat with "Hoshimura securities " logo "Thank you okasa." Akira put it on. It was not her size and reached bellow her knees. Akira folded the sleeves and took her army backpack. "See you soon Okasa, Ittekimasu" "Itterasshai, and come back safe to okasa" Hina stretched her hand to reach Akira, but she had already departed Chapter 19- This dungeon’s level is too high (part 1) Akira travelled first by subway and then by bus. When she reached her stop It was 9:30 pm, dark and raining heavily. Lightnings were flashing frequently, illuminating the skies. Akira exited the bus in a Meguro district. It was more of a businesses type where factories and warehouses were situated. She looked around-the street was desolated. The rainfall had chased away the pedestrians away. She was standing next to a covered bus stop on the sidewalk. Akira heard a child sniffing and approached. A 4-5 years old boy was standing in the rain looking confused and troubled. "Hello little one. Did you lose, okasa?" The boy shook its head in an agreement. Akira lifted her head to look around and heard it. Sounds of moans and fucking coming from the bus stop. "You wait here and don''t move, I will find your mommy" Akira When Akira entered the bus stop was met by the familiar sight: A woman was laying on the bench and a spiderman was doing her the missionary style. The woman''s legs were lifted and bent as to grab the man''s ass. The spiderman was working hard and the woman was moaning in delight. They didn''t even noticed Akira standing there. "She has even forgotten about her son here. Disgusting" Akira Akira made another check of the surrounding area. Clear. Lightnings were frequently erupting in the sky, thunder blasts disrupting the sound of the heavy rain drops. "Well a little bit more of a lightning show would not be much of an issue" Akira thought. "EXORCISE" Immediately a glowing spell circle formed above the spiderman''s back. Akira went and took the boy''s hand. "Come I have found your mommy" Akira "T T Thank you, Oneesan" the boy muttered. They both entered the bus stop and stood looking at the road, their backs pointing the horny couple. Akira took a glimpse back: The woman''s intoxicated look was not registering the spell show in front of her eyes. The man indulged in fucking was not registering the spell show happening on top of him. The spell circles were flashing silently.... The lightnings in skies were flashing in accord. And the heavy rain was falling.... Then the magic circles vanished, the sex stopped and the man collapsed over the woman. "Little one, you stay here while we wait for your mom to arrive" Akira Akira sighed and moved closer. She checked the man''s pulse: present "identify":
Human male lvl 1 weakened
"He will live" Akira grabbed the man with both her hands and dragged him down to the ground. [+1400 SU] "Wow a fat one, Jackpot!!" Akira exclaimed in delight when checking her status.
level 2
strength 11 (10)
swiftness 10
vitality 10
intelligence 10
soul 26 --21+5
mana 110/260
mana reg 2/min
SU 2630
HP 100/100
"About 12,5 k SU to the target" Akira said and looked at the woman who was still in delirium. "It will take about 10 minutes for her to focus". Akira moved back to the boy and took its hand. "It is absurd that the boy''s mom is right there, but somehow it''s mind ignores it" Akira shook her head. "When is okasa coming I am cold and scared" the boy. "Very soon, in about 10 minutes. Now tell me little one, what do you like to play?" "When in the kindergarten or at home?" "Tell me about your kindergarten" "Well we have many toys, but my favourite is the sand pit. I can make there castles and a big mountain" ...about 10 minutes later. "Habiki is that you?!" the woman''s voice finally was heard from behind. "Mommy, Mommy I am hungry and cold" "Why are you so wet?! Come here!" the woman "I ...I was lost, but the kind oneesan helped me find you" Habiki "What kind lady?" boy''s mother "Ahm that one!" the boy pointed in a direction. The woman focused her gaze and saw a vague figure slowly disappearing in the rain and the "Security" label fading. "Oh! You are all wet, lets go home quickly, I will make you a hot misu soup" ...... in about 30 minutes with the help of her map drawings Akira found herself in a dead end alley. She kneeled over a sewer shaft and grabbed its handles. Akira pulled as hard as she could. Muscles bulged and after several seconds the lid popped out of its socket. She moved the 40 kg metal disk away and put her head torch on. About 3 meters down bellow she could see the ground. A sound of water rushing could be heard as well. This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it "I hope there won''t be any rats" said Akira and descended the stairs Akira found herself in a 3 meters wide sewer tunnel with 30 cm walking metal catwalk. The smell was mouldy and stale, but not so bad. Akira look again at her map, took out a chalk and drew an arrow on the wall. Then mounted the backpack and moved. There were many crossroads and tunnels splitting up and joining into larger ones. Still Akira walked confident, marking every turn she took with an arrow. In about 30 minutes the tunnel in front of her appeared to be blocked by a solid metal bar grid and door. There were few metal rods laying around on the ground probably leftovers from the construction of the metal wall. Akira checked the map again. "I am deep into the church''s compound now". She tried the door ... locked. Akira pointed the hand torch to the door''s lock in order to examine it better. It appeared to be a complicated locking mechanism, probably recently installed. "Damn, I don''t know how to pick locks" Akira sighed. .... "There is no other way around". Akira was in a deep though looking at the map. What were her options? She had purchased a lock picking tool from a locksmith, but she did not know how to use it. Akira was staring at the box in her backpack containing many different picks and gadgets. After 5 minutes of thinking Akira finally said: "Kornelius, do you know how to pick a lock? she was not expecting much of a positive answer. "No, why would a system architect need such a skill? Kornelius "I thought so. Sigh, there is a solid metal door blocking my advance" Akira "Hmm, so why don''t you unlock it yourself?" Kornelius "I don''t have the skill" immediately after Akira eyes shot open in an epiphany. "Kornelius..." "I am on it. Give me few minutes" Kornelius .... [Kornelius has gifted you an "advanced locksmith" module N8824hs14. Do you accept yes/no] Akira sat on the ground and laid her back on the wall. "yes" [processing package 2..34...44..56..66..76....89..100%] "I know lock-picking now" Akira opened her eyes and grinned. [balance 2500 SU] 5 minutes later the lock clicked, and Akira pushed the door open. She left it like that and continued slowly forward. The environment changed rapidly. There were red and greed glowing lines of a biological origin everywhere. She slowed down her approach as the deep sinister feeling of evil was spreading from everywhere. The corridor was long 2 meters wide man made tunnel. There were no intersections just moving forward in a slight slope. "Probably a ventilation shaft" Akira guessed In about 200 meters Akira though she heard something coming from the tunnel ahead. She moved few steps and stopped. Now it was more clear. Sounds of many clicks on the concrete in a fast rhythm as a sawing machine or a multi legged creature!!! And it was approaching fast, very fast. Akira turned around and sprinted with all her might back to the entrance. The creature chasing her was still approaching even at Akira''s maximum running speed. She dropped the backpack and continued to run 150m ...Akira could now hear the clicks of an insect mouth mandibles 100 m Akira heard the creature stop 50 m Akira heard a sound of swish and was hit on her back with something liquid 30 20 10m The creature was few meters away she could feel it''s sinister aura - the same as the rabid mantis. Akira saw the door grabbed it and slam it shut behind her back. bang, thud... Something crushed at the bars behind. Akira lost her balance and made several rolls on the ground, the head torch dropped somewhere in the middle of it. Akira landed on her front. "screech" the demon Akira rose her head and noticed the demon "EXORCISE" she cast immediately A glowing ring formed on top of the demon finally revealing its form. It was something akin to an ant but pony sized with horns instead antennas and 2 sets of mouth mandibles at least 30 cm long. It had 4 fist size facet eyes and 8 thin legs ending with sharp blades. The spell timer was ticking in the corner of Akira eye: 30..29... "Ohh shit shit shit" Akira''s back was smoking emitting a horrible stench of burning plastic. She quickly dropped the raincoat. On its back was a green goo that was corroding fast the material which was supposed to be very resistant to such threats. Bang ... The demon slam its body at the bars again, the sheer force caused some dust and small rocks to fall from the roof where the bars we connected to the tunnel. Fortunately they held. "screech" spell timer 9..8...7 Akira was watching the demons futile efforts to reach her. Just when Akira smiled victorious it stopped which startled her It put its mouth between the bars and opened its mouth. "Kyyaaa" with a manly cry Akira jumped sideways in a ground roll. Splash.. A ball of the same green goo landed on her previous spot... fizzle fizzle.. The concrete floor started to melt, green smoke appeared. [+ 2400SU] "phew it was close" Akira Akira rose on her fours breathing heavily and trying to catch her breath She looked left and saw the faint green glow where the concrete was melting from the ant''s spit. She looked right and saw the large 15 cm hole on her raincoat. The head torch was still on illuminating the area She looked forward and was about to stand up when she saw them! a pair of glowing eyes were staring at her "Kyaaaaa" with a manly cry she jumped back from all fours position and landed on her butt. This time her war cry scared the little rat who vanished quickly in the dark. "phew just a rat" Akira laid her back on the cold tunnel wall "It was a lvl 24 acidic ant demon" Kornelius "That was a very large ant, if you ask me" Akira "It is obviously a hive" Kornelius "???" "Demon larva instinctively look for a hive where they will evolve protected by the hive guardians. As it is written in my encyclopedia". "Wow you are fast at finding about it" Akira "Well while you are sightseeing in that glowing tunnel, I was researching the encyclopedia for an answer" Wisely concluded Kornelius "I wouldn''t call that a sightseeing but whatever" Akira was thirsty and remembered she dropped the backpack in the tunnel. "So that ant demon was something like a guard? There could be more of them" Akira "What now?" asked Kornelius "Well two options fight or flight" Akira "Those demons are out of your league, Akira . It is too dangerous to proceed". "I agree, it could have wasted me in one hit" Akira pondered "BUT they are not smart, they are ugly and I hate them. So I will move on once I got my mana back" "And don''t forget the reward" Kornelius was greedy .
level 2
strength 11
swiftness 10
vitality 10
intelligence 10
soul 26
mana 20/260
mana reg 2/min
SU 4900
HP 100/100
"Ok then, System advance to next level" [next level 2000 SU yes/no] yes A short dizziness after [level 3; +10 free attribute points] system assign 10 points to Soul
level 3
strength 11
swiftness 10
vitality 10
intelligence 10
soul 36
mana 21/360
mana reg 3/min
SU 2900
HP 100/100
Chapter 20 – This dungeon’s level is too high (part 2) Akira rested at the same spot. She shut down the light to save batteries. It was eerie silent, sometimes a rat rustled nearby. Akira was thinking of the future demon encounters. The demons were strong but fortunately not smart, or at least this low levelled ones. "I need to use my brain to beat them. It is the only way. I have no chance in a direct fight" So Akira rested and waited for her mana to restore every 3 minutes the mana counter moved up. In about hour and a half her mana passed 300 [mana 306/360] "Ok I am done waiting, and I am thirsty but the water bottles are in the backpack" Akira moved and opened the door, leaving it in a suitable position for the same stunt if needed, it was a viable tactics for demon grinding after all. The time was 00:30 am Wednesday.. 5 days since she arrived in this corrupted version of Earth called Terra. Akira moved cautiously this time. Stopping every 20 steps to listen. In about 10 minutes she smelled change of air and dimmed the light of the head torch. Slowly and as silently as possible she reached the end of the tunnel. There was a dark abyss below and the torch light couldn''t reach it. She dropped a small rock and could hear a faint pang shortly. About 40-50 meters deep calculated Akira. She put the bag down and decided first to check the surroundings. Akira took out the hand torch from the backpack. With both lights on she managed to see another similar tunnel in about 40 m distance. It was on the same level as the current one. She looked up and saw a concrete ceiling about 3 meters distance. After further examination she concluded that she is in a ventilation shaft at the top of a huge 40-50 meters deep circular hall. And there was mirror shaft on the other side. Akira pondered. If this shaft was guarded so should be the other one. She focused both lights beams to examine the other shaft in the distance. "There!" Akira whispered. Just as she estimated there was a spider looking demon hanging from the ceiling on some kind of a cord. It was waiting in ambush to grab the unsuspecting victim appearing from the tunnel shaft. She could not determine its size but it was at least 2 m tall. The demon hadn''t noticed her. It was either sleeping or not sensitive to light. "Right, Akira use your brain and think of it" Akira She withdrew 10 meters back and entered in a deep thought. In about 10 minutes she sprang into action and retreated further back, closely examining the tunnel''s surfaces. About 60 meters deep, she finally found a suitable spot. Akira took out the climbing gear from her backpack . A long sturdy rope and climbing cams. She put the 6 cams in the concrete cracks and using their springs they were tightly secured on the surface. Then she used the rope to connect the opposing clams into something resembling a net. Then checked the rope tension. The rope was a heavy duty, top quality and was very durable. She went back to the door section and took several small bits and pieces of the metal rods laying on the ground. She went back to the impromptu trap and made few jumps in and out for practice. The bag was left at the corner 5 meters before the trap as a marker. Akira checked the time 00:45 Am Wednesday "Ok, time for some action" Akira Akira counted the steps back to the end of the tunnel: 87 She stood up and took few breaths in and out. Then picked one piece of metal and threw it in beautiful arc.... and missed by a large margin. "My worst throw in my 2 lives..... A deja view!" Akira This time unlike the first one with the mantis, the throw was too strong. The metal hit the opposite wall with a bang. The spider reacted and shook its legs. It looked around and spotted the light coming from Akira''s head torch. "Screeech" spider demon "Here we go" Akira said and patiently waited The spider swiftly climbed to the ceiling and started to run towards Akira obviously not bothered by the gravity. "Wait" ... "wait!!" "WAIT!" NOW!! "EXORCISE" Words of power shook the reality. When the distance reached 15 meters she cast the spell and bolted as fast as she could back in the tunnel. Akira counted the steps 87...43...34... She could hear the spider demon rapidly cutting the distance behind her. 23...15....5 m (The Bag!!) Akira jumped with her head pointing forward through the gaps of the rope trap, made a front roll and jumped back to a sprint. "Screeech" Spider demon Akira reached the metal door and slammed it shut... /spell timer: 8..7...6..5...4...3...2...1/ "Well done partner! An "ambush spider demon" this time" Kornelius "How many....pant... kind... pant pant... of those fuckers are there?" Akira "Ohh, just the insect types are thousands of variants, then there are the beast type and then the undead and..." "OK I got, it too many!" Akira [+2400 SU, balance 5300 SU] [mana 120/360] Akira took some time to collect her bearings and moved to the rope trap site. 2 of the cams were pulled out along with some of concrete. "How strong are those mother-fuckers?" Akira shook her head in disbelief. She sat down to drink some water. Then pulled out several chocolate bars and started munching with gusto. "Ah delicious" Once finished the midnight snack, she moved to the edge of the tunnel and sat down, legs dangling in the abyss. The torch was turned off to preserve the battery. Akira listened and waited...
level 3
strength 11
swiftness 10
vitality 10
intelligence 10
soul 36
mana 120/360
mana reg 3/min
SU 5300
HP 100/100
Akira waited a for about an hour and a half Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. The time was 2:20AM During the the time she waited for her mana to regenerate, she heard a skittering sounds from the bottom of the hall and was sure there was something there. "Only one way to find out, gotta check it out from up close" Akira "Kornelius I need some climbing skill" Akira "Alright, I will look for a suitable one. But I need to remind you, it should be last skill for today unless you want your brains to fry. "Really?" Akira "Those skills especially the ones for physical activity ones need some tome to settle - about 2 weeks or shorter if you practice them daily" "Understood" "I have found 2 skill sets one called "Parkour" and the other one "wall climbing" "Well both are suitable, but I think wall climbing is the best for the current situation" Akira [-100 SU. Balance 5200SU] [Kornelius has gifted you "wall climbing" module N as4434df3 do you accept yes/no] "yes" [processing package 2..34...44..56..66..76....89..100%] "I know wall climbing now!" Akira smiled Akira collected her rope trap and moved back to the edge of the tunnel where she anchored 2 clams, fastened the rope and dropped it down into the darkness bellow. After several deep breaths Akira was descending with her legs on the vertical wall, the rope around her waist. With quick, short drops and pauses she descended like a SWAT member. She stopped about 10 meters from the ground. The stench here was horrible and the air not as good as one on the top. She wrinkled he nose in disgust and examined the surroundings. "There!!!!" In the middle of the room there was a large 3 meters long centipede like demon. It was about 20 meters away and was walking slowly in her direction. Akira was still 10 meters up hanging on the rope and judging her options When the centipede reached 15 meters spell distance it was already almost bellow, but still hadn''t noticed her. "EXORCISE" Akira Akira waited not a second longer and started climbing back as fast as she could. The climbing skill made her motions a fluid dance and soon she reached back to the top. She prepared to run, but the monster screeches were still coming from the bottom and not approaching. "Could it be that this bastard can not climb?" Akira was pondering. Suddenly she heard buzzing coming from the opposite side of the hall where was the mirror shaft. Swisshhh.... pang "Aaargh" Akira looked at her stomach with horror, that was pierced by a large nail like stinger. She pulled it out in panick and screamed in pain. "aaargd mother fucker" [HP 60/100] [POISONED: -1 HP/sec] [Kornelius healed you for 10 HP 69/100] The fast reaction of Kornelius made Akira to refocus and started running back with her hand holding the stomach wound. She kept running few more stingers missed her [Kornelius had healed you "Minor healing aura +10HP/sec] "Gaaagh!" Akira screamed when another stinger hit her butt cheek. Akira pulled it out with another scream Finally she arrived at the metal door and slammed it shut: Bang Akira finally turned around to see what she was dealing with, one hand holding her stomach and another one holding her butt. The demon looked like a wasp, but was as large as a rabbit. It could have easily passed through the metal bars, but luckily it hit one of the metal rods. It was now on the ground shaking its head. Akira made second fast judgement and took a 60 cm metal rod laying on the ground [poison status removed HP 80/100] Akira took a baseball stand position and Screamed: "Come here you little piece of shit" The demon regained its focus, then moved trough between the bars. It opened its wings and lifted up. "screech" "come here you bastard" The demon rushed at her with a flash speed, but Akira''s reflexes had been magically improved and she had experience with the baseball bat. She swung, then hit the demon hard. It flew away to crush at the tunnel wall, then fell on the ground on its back with its 6 legs up spasming. Akira didn''t wait any second longer and moved, with a wide swing she smashed the wasp. Bang crack "screech"..... bang ....bang....bang Akira hit it at least 10 times until she lost her stamina to the exhaustion. Panting Akira examined the demon. It was very much alive, albeit its thin legs and wings were crippled. It was laying on the ground helplessly not able to move an inch. "That is another tough mother fucker, I bet even gun bullets can not break its exoskeleton." "Thanks for the healing partner" Akira "I had to purchase the "Minor healing aura" to remove the poison, and it heals way better than the "lesser holly light" [ - 5000 SU "Minor healing aura" balance 200SU] "That was called stone centipede demon" [+2400 SU balance 2600SU] So how much for the [Holly cleansing aura"] "10 000 SU" Kornelius replied "Even if I exorcise this wasp demon, I will end with 5000 short, Damn" "I need to get some rest but first" Akira touched with a disgust the bug and cast the spell. "CONSUME" [swiftness +1]
level 3
strength 11
swiftness 11
vitality 10
intelligence 10
soul 36
mana 70/360
mana reg 3/min
SU 2600
HP 95/100
Akira looked at the demon bug, It looked like it won''t be going anywhere soon with his limbs battered. "Hmm if i leave it here I can come back for more consume casts later" "I won''t be leaving until I get 10 000 SU!!!" Akira declared, her eyes filled with a cold determination. She went to her back pack, took out some snacks and water and sat down waiting for her mana to regenerate. At 4:00 AM her mana was full and she was rested as much as it was possible in a hostile environment "Time to go down, again!" Akira landed on the squishy floor on the bottom of the hall. It was covered with some stinky biomass, lightly glowing green and pulsing. "Blagh disgusting!" Akira lifted her leg and some strips of green slime connected to the shoes. Akira slowly walked around exploring the chamber, until she found a 2 meters hole at the wall. She carefully approached and entered into a small 3x3 meters chamber. "What the hell is this??" Akira There were 3 large cocoon like things about 2 meters tall and 1 meter wide. They were pulsing slowly like breathing. "Identify" [target level too high] "Ohh what the hell, lets try it anyway" Akira shrugged her shoulders. "EXORCISE" The spell actually activated and in 30 seconds the cocoon thing vanished. "What??" [+2400 SU; balance 5000 SU] "That is what I call "Easy money" Akira "If this was a game, The cocoons would be the treasure reward area for clearing the dungeon" Akira giggled. "I believe it is the Larvae in its stage of evolving" Kornelius "Yeah I though so too, but it is still disgusting and smelly down here" Akira So she climbed back to the tunnel shaft to wait for her mana to regenerate.... At about 7 Am on Wednesday she exorcised the last one of the cocoons [balance 12 200 SU] "Finally!Hoorah! Well done Akira!!! You rock " Akira was cheering to herself Kornelius was probably already sleeping. Akira didn''t want to bother the guy any more if not necessary. "I did a decent run against much stronger enemies." Akira analysed her entire night and marking what was fine and what she could have done better "All good, except that shot into my left butt cheek. That was humiliating and painful" Akira grimaced Akira collected her stuff and entered the door area. She shut it and locked it back Then she looked at the demon wasp, that pierced her in the butt. It was still laying on the same place she left it several hours ago. "You bastard, You don''t deserve a quick go with the exorcise. I should consume you until you have no more juice" Akira [CONSUME] [Vitality +1] "You know you deserve to take you with me and use you for a snack all the way to home" Akira "But of course!....I am probably tired, How did I not think of it earlier" Akira picked the rope and tied the wasp demon with many rounds, so at the end it looked like a ball of yarn cord. Then she rolled the bug into a bundle using the raincoat and strapped it with ropes again. It looked like a package of sort at the end. "bahaah, I will call it "take away food" method" said Akira and headed back following the chalk arrows she painted on the walls She made sure to delete them to cover any traces of her infiltration. At 8:30 AM Akira arrived on top of the sewer system entry point. She closed back the sewer shaft in place. The sun was shining warm. Akira stretched, yawned, pulled out her pink sunglasses and the hat. "Okay time to go home.."
level 3
strength 11
swiftness 11
vitality 11
intelligence 10
soul 36
mana 220/360
mana reg 3/min
SU 12 200
HP 110/110
1 Chapter 21 – Okasa, would you like to see? Akira cleaned the blood and the goo from her clothes and shoes as much as she could with some wet napkins. Few stains were impossible to be removed, so Akira decided to award herself with a Taxi drive to home. She mounted her backpack and picked up the "package" which was squirming and annoying. Akira went down the street to a much larger and busier boulevard. She wavered her hand over a Taxi. When the driver started to open the trunk for Akira''s bags, he registered her appearance and "aroma". With a look of a person who stepped on a street dog poo, he probably decided to cancel the pick up, but Akira was quicker: "I will give you 20Y tip." The taxi driver pondered for few moments and took out a large plastic sheet from the car''s trunk. Then he unfolded it on the back seat. "Sigh.. It can be helped I probably stink a lot indeed". She remembered the stench at the hall''s floor. Soon they departed and the driver made sure to have 2 car windows fully open. Akira was considering how to deal with her mother once the miasma cleansing ended. "It will be a great shock for Hina. To realise that her whole life has been a lie. I don''t know what will happen, but I will make sure to be there to support her." The drive home took about an hour. Akira paid the driver the promised tip and entered the house yard. It was 10:50 AM on Wednesday. Akira took her smelly hiking boots and left them outside the house. They were just that bad as she had stepped over the worst demon''s shit. Akira opened the house door: "Tadaima!" Akira No one responded. She moved to the garage. There was a large metal box for tools and car parts. She freed enough room for her package and made sure the metal box had some ventilation holes. She wanted the take way food very much alive and fresh for the CONSUME run. The wasp had another 22 charges left after all. Akira picked her backpack and entered the Kitchen There she saw Hina sleeping on a chair and head rested on the dining table. "Okasa probably waited for me all night. She is probably worried sick.. Sigh.. It cant be helped. Last night was an essential for my plan. It was hard and those demons had almost got me few times. I would say I''ve bit more than I can chew. Anyway, it all ended fine, so I will not fret further" Akira dropped the bag on the ground and washed herself on the kitchen sink, hands and face were released from their grime cover. Just when she was wiping herself dry Hina woke up. "Akira you are home? Ooooh I was so worried, couldn''t sleep at all last night" Hina Hina moved quickly to and kissed Akira''s face many times. "Oh my dear bunny girl you look fine and you ....Stink! Hina "Oooh, Is it that bad?" Akira was very embarrassed. "You do!" Hina "Lets go to my bathroom, Okasa will help you to become clean and fresh again." "But!..." "No butz young lady! Lets go" Hina grabbed Akira''s hand and dragged her to the master bedroom on the second floor. It''s bathroom was 3 times bigger than Akira''s one. Akira noticed the large 3 meters round bath tube the corner and a spacious shower cabin. "Strip!!! An put everything into that plastic bag. It all goes to the garbage!" Hina Akira stripped and left standing with her underwear only. "The underwear also goes to the garbage bag... Chop chop" Hina Akira was startled. She is supposed to strip in front another woman. That was very embarrassing. Yes - she was technically a girl, and yes it was her mother and yes technically or not she was very embarrassed. Her face went red all the way to her ears. "Ohh you are being lazy, do you want okasa to pamper you like when you were little and squishy bunny?" Hina Hina moved behind Akira and pulled her sports bra upwards. Akira lifted her hands in defeat and the bra went to the garbage bag. Akira was still absorbing the situation when her mom dropped her panties down as well "Kyaayaa" Akira squeaked and shivers shook her body. "Now to go - first the shower and then the tub" Hina Slap.... Hina slapped gently Akira''s butt. "Kyaaaa!, Okasaaaah, I am a grown up!" Akira managed squeak in her embarrassment. Hina did not pay her any mind and started filling the tub. Akira''s rushed into the shower. Soon she was washing her body - the grime and smell were going to the drains. At one moment Hina showed up in the shower cabin also naked soAkira closed her eyes immediately. "Okasaa, what are you doing here!?" "I told you, I will help you wash now turn around and let okasa take care of you" Hina started with Akira''s hair. She gently massaged her scalp. The feeling was so soothing that Akira involuntary moaned from delight. After washing her hair with various shampoos, conditioners and oils, Hina moved to scrub Akira''s back. She was very gentle and careful. Again, Akira squirmed in delight from the pleasant sensation. It was soothing, it was relaxing and it felt good. Once Hina finished she dragged Akira out of shower and put a towel on her head. Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! "Now the bath tub is ready. Go inside while Okasa wash herself as well" Akira saw the 3 meters bath tube filled with steaming water, a pleasant floral aromas emitting a luxurious spa sensation. There were even 2 aroma candles burning on a wall rack. Akira slowly entered the water. It was hot, but soon she adjusted an laid back. "Woah, it feels so goood" Akira mumbled and sank all the way to her mouth. Few moments later Akira was pulled out from her bliss. "Kyaaaa" Akira Hina entered the bath tub and sat next to Akira. Of course Akira was pressing her eyes shut, in order not to see the naked woman next to her. A hand grabbed her around her back and pulled her in a soft embrace. Akira''s head landed on her mothers chest. "Okasa what are you doing!"Akira "Now relax little bunny, Okasa will sing you your favourite song from your childhood" Hina started to sing a slow and peaceful song, probably some traditional one. Hina''s voice felt so nostalgic, so peaceful. "I really missed that feeling, didn''t I. The feeling to be loved truly and unconditionally by someone" Akira thought and a faint smile appeared changing her usual ice queen face expression into something more....human. Soon the hard pressed shut eyes of Akira started to change into ones of a relaxing sleep The horror of the dungeon demons fading.... The pain from those wasp stings fading.... The pressure of a life and death struggles fading... The anger, the smell the evil.... What''s left was the soothing song that her beloved Okasa was singing just and exclusively for her.
"Akira dear, it is time to get out" Hina "What? Did I fall asleep Okasa" Akira "Come, let''s get you dried up and next you go to bed. It is actually not a bad idea, I will get some sleep as well." Hina They went to Akira''s room and Hina helped her daughter get ready for sleep. Soon Akira was laying in her bed holding Hoshi tight. "Sleep well my bunny girl" said Hina and left. Akira''s eyes were not closing. "Kornelius, please wake up buddy! "Oh Akira? What is going on?" Kornelius "I am going to cleanse my mother''s mind control now and I will need your assistance" "Oh Of course! Hmm let me get the spell upgrade. Oh dear, it is so expensive.." Kornelius [- 10 000 SU, balance 2200 SU] "Can you tell me again the spell''s description, please" Akira "Sure, listen": [Holly cleansing aura: An area of effect type of spell creating a 10 meters diameter sphere around a designated target. Every type of demonic affliction regardless of its rank is being affected and slowly deconstructed and purified. Depending on the power of the demonic spell it may need an additional casting. Mana cost: 100 mana. Cast time - fast; Cool down time - 1 hour; Aura radius 5 meters; spell duration 2 hours]" "I see, so I will need to be close to okasa for at least 2 hours or 4 hours if recast is necessary" Akira pondered and got up from the bed. She took Hoshi and left still in her pink bunny pajama and bare feet. "Kornelius when I tell you, you will cast the spell. Then you can go back to rest. If I need a re-cast I will wake you up again." Akira "Deal" Kornelius Hina just finished her preparations and had put her night gown when she saw Akira standing at her room''s door bare feet and holding Hoshi "What happened dear, did you have a nightmare?"Hina "Okasa, can I sleep with you in the bed, just for today, please" Akira "Come, jump in, I will go to grab your pillow and be back shortly" Akira entered the bed. It smelled so nice, it smelled like Okasa. Shortly after Hina brought her pillow and shut the curtains. The room got dark, but not fully as a faint daylight peaked trough some gaps. They both were laying next to each other. "Okasa, I ask you last time, that you are sure you want to know what is happening to me, to you and to the entire world. I warn you that once you see the world''s true colors it won''t be pleasant, but a horror of a pure evil" Akira Hina thought for a little bit, her dauther was talking about some really bad things. What did she have to go trough and what was so scary that made Akira make such a warning? No matter, she needed to help Akira and to do that she needed to know everything, every single detail. And if someone had hurt her little bunny girl, Hina will make sure that this person or persons will suffer...a lot!" "I am ready Akira, I need to know and I promise I will not be angry to you for anything you tell me!" Hina "Sigh... Kornelius shoot!" said Akira A faint blue light erupted from Akira''s body and spread to the entire room. "What, What is this Akira?" Hina was truly amazed. She had never seen something like this. Akira yawned and said: "Magic, Okasa. It is called magic" Akira "It is actually called Arcane casting, Akira" sage Kornelius corrected her ignorance. "Go to sleep Kornelius" Akira mumbled "What did you say dear?" Hina "I said we need to sleep for the magic to take effect"Akira "What will happen after?" Hina worriedly asked "Then you will see Okasa, you will finally be able to see" Akira yawned, hugged Hoshi and fell asleep. ---- Hina POV----- Hina could not believe her eyes. There were these blue little dots in the air dancing vanishing and appearing in random. They all came from her daughter''s body which was still glowing faint blue even in her sleep. Hina had never seen such a beautiful colour. It felt so pure, so clean. Hina vaguely remembered the stories of her childhood, before the demon church. The stories of special magical girls called shrine maidens. "Has my daughter became a shrine maiden? Is it her secret?"Hina thought Few times from different part of the room erupted a red-black smoke. Then the blue dancing dots rushed through it and it slowly vanished. The Hina saw the same red mist sometimes faintly evaporating from her skin. And again the blue lights circled around her and cleaning the red mist. There was no pain or anything. Hina was slowly felling asleep listening Akira''s rhythmic breathing. --Hina''s dream space--- There have been strange lights in the skies all week. People were very worried about it. It was that day when everything changed. Hina woke up in her room from her mother''s scream. The same room when she was 17 years old. The one in her parent''s house. It was late night. Then she heard her father shouting. Hina jumped and ran to the living room. What she saw was a carnage. Two monsters were eating her father and mother alive! Hina screamed in horror and wet her panties. The blood, the screams.... Her father managed to say something in his pain: "Run Hina, save yourself" And Hina ran... and ran... and ran until she fainted from exhaustion. When she woke up she saw a hooded man approaching her. "Help, The monsters are killing my parents.. woaaahaa" she started crying loudly in hysteria "Come here" said the man in the hood. You see the lord Voldemort will help you" He blew some red mist in her face and then.. she felt happy, she forgot those evil monsters ...Until NOW! Hina woke up in a wimping silent scream. She cough few times. Red mist came out. "Okasa, Otosa ... Hina eyes started to wet. Hina was finally mourning her late parents after so many years. Hina rushed into the the bathroom. Her mind felt like it was waking up from a very very long dream. Then she remembered her life after. How happy was when she got marred. How happy she felt when pleasing sexually total strangers. On the streets, in the supermarket, in the park. Hina gasped. She cried again in pain. The pain of a person who has been wronged. She couldn''t hold it anymore and vomited. There was no bile, but the same red mist. Then she remembered when her husband Hiro became a demon touched. How happy was she when she was pleasing him and sometimes his guests as well. How her husband changed after that. "wahaaaa, I am dirty ..I am dirty.. I need to clean my self" Hina was shedding rivers of tears. She went into the the shower and scrubbed and scrubbed hard. Her skin became red, but the dirt was still there. "I cant bear this anymore" Hina went out of the shower and still naked she rushed down to the kitchen. She took out a Knife! "I will end it now. It will end now the horrors, the humiliation!" Hina bent on her knees and put the knife to her stomach. She took a deep breath.. may be she could see her Akira for the last time. Just to say: good bye. With a shaking legs and a knife in her hand, she climbed up to her room. There she is - her little bunny girl sleeping so peacefully. "She sleeps so deep even when if Akira had seen the same Hina gasped.. "Akira knew about it. She knew! That''s why she ran when I asked her to sleep with her father" "GASP. I have asked my daughter to please her own father..." Hina dropped on her butt on the ground "OH my poor little bunny. How much have you been suffering" Hina remembered "The school... the dropout program... Akira had to endure everything. That''s why she attacked that dreaded boy... Oh my dear little bunny .. Hina moved on her all fours to the bed near Akira''s body. It was still glowing blue - so pure - so clean. Hina realised that this blue light was as pure as her daughter''s soul. If she stays nearby this blue will remove all those sins of hers. She laid her head on the bed and grabbed her sleeping daughter hand. Her naked body still on the ground. She silently sobbed for a while. At one point the sleep finally saved her from this horrible pain! Chapter 22 – Q: What can give a better hell to the demons than an Exorcist? Akira woke up and slowly stretched then looked around. "Okasa, what happened to you"? Akira shouted while Hina slowly opened her bloodshot eyes. "She had been crying" thought Akira. This time the naked body of her mother didn''t bothered her, she was very worried and distressed, especially with the knife still hanging in her mother''s hand. "Okasa, please drop the knife, Please Okasa look into my eyes" Akira Hina was shaking her head in denial and tears rolled down from Hina''s eyes. Hina was crying silently, as if she was not allowed to show her pain. "HINA, DROP THE KNIFE... NOW!" Commanded Akira like she used to order Cristina, when she was naughty. Hina obeyed immediately and threw the knife aside clank.. clank... "Good, good now look at me Hina, Look!" Akira Hina''s tearing gaze met her daughter''s stern, but somehow carrying eyes. "My Akira is so brave, so strong, and is not like me. I am a total wreck" Hina whispered, her voice trembling. "Okasa I know this is bad, It feels so wrong that you can not breathe, but I promise you Okasa. You hear me! I PROMISE you that it will get better. WE will make it better, together. You and me okasa. Together!" Hina stood up and they hugged each other. This time Hina allowed her self to show her pain. She cried loud. She sobbed. She told Akira about her grandparents, about her nightmare dreams and about her sins" All the time Akira never let her out of her hold. Just listening, Just being there for her. Unknown time later.... "Come okasa, let''s put on some clothes and I will bring you to a place I have found recently. It is nice there. Come hurry up" Akira pressed her mother to act. Hina dressed up mechanically, and at the same time Akira did the same, just some casual t-shirt and shorts. Akira grabbed the money from her back pack, and dragged her mother downstairs to the kitchen. "Drink okasa" Akira passed a cup of water, which Hina drank at one go. "Now Okasa, Lets put some shoes and go out. The weather is nice" Akira Soon they left the house. Hand in hand.. The sun was shining, It was late June''s afternoon. Shortly after they arrived at the grassy riverbank. "Sit down okasa. I will tell you a story. A story about angels, and demons. About many worlds and many races. About magic" "Come sit next to me" Akira patted the grass next to her. They sat on the slope watching the scrapers behind the river. Sun was slowly setting. It was so peaceful and calm. And so Akira talked. She told Hina everything happened to her last 5 days, just skipping the fact that the real Akira died and a ghost has taken her body. Akira did not feel too bad for lying though. Akira''s body was still alive and breathing and a part of the late girl was there too. It took 3 hours reveal everything she knew: about Kornelius, about the system about the demon''s goals... Hina still had many questions, but this fascinating story was so unbelievable and so mysterious that she forgot about her pains. "Lets go home okasa I will make us dinner!" Akira For the first time that day Hina laughed. Akira cooking? It was more unbelievable than all those elves and celestials and magic powers. They arrived home at about 9 PM As promised, Akira put on an apron and begun preparing the dinner. Hina was sitting on the kitchen table and watching her brave child fighting an impossible battle with pans, dishes, knives.. Once Akira burned to black the fried eggs and made such a pitiful look of defeat, Hina burst in laughing loud. "Hahaah my little bunny will die from hunger if okasa is not there" Hina "Come sit on the chair. Okasa is done with the self pity and will cook us something special to commemorate this moment" Hina "And an Ice cream? Akira "And an Ice cream as well" Hina smiled Akira''s face immediately brightened and a large smile formed on her cute face. Hina''s face melted seeing her dauther like this. They had late dinner that Wednesday evening. When they were getting ready for bed Hina asked: "Akira will you sleep tonight with okasa. And may be you will do this cleansing aura again? Hina asked Akira smiled and answered: "I will do it every night from now on until you feel better". So the mother - dauther duo went to bed in the master bedroom. Akira hugging Hoshi and Hina hugging the blue glowing bunny girl. Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. Of course the nightmares came back to haunt Hina. She woke up several times during the night crying. But Akira was always there to sooth her worries. Thursday morning come with another shiny ray of sunshine caressing Akira''s sleeping face.. She woke up refreshed hugging her beloved Hoshi. "Okasa?" Hina wasn''t in the bed. Akira jumped, grabbed Hoshi and rushed downstairs. She found Okasa making a breakfast. "Okasa good morning" "Good morning dear. Breakfast will be ready shortly" Hina smiled Akira looked in disbelief and thought: "What a change from yesterday! How can Hina have that strong willpower. She is an amazing woman" "Okasa, how do you feel this morning?" Akira "I will not lie to you Akira. I feel bad, but I am not going to fall in that dark hole again. I have a child to take care and I have demons to punish for their evil misdeeds." Hina answered in a serious tone. "Do you want to see one?" Akira "What a demon?, Where? Hina "Breakfast first. My stomach is empty" Akira "Ooh that is the magic puberty you mentioned yesterday. I wonder how big your boobs will grow? Hehehe" Hina "OKASAA, it is not funny. My chest is fine just like how it is now!"Akira was grumbling. "Of course dear, you are the most beautiful girl in the world as you are at the moment" Hina Akira didn''t think herself as a beautiful girl even less the most beautiful girl in the world. "Okasa you are mean!" Akira said and started digging at the breakfast with the usual vigor. The things were getting better for Hina, she was a strong willed person after all, and she had a strong motivation- her dauther was playing a very dangerous game and needed her help. "Ahh my stomach will burst!" Akira was sitting on the chair hugging Hoshi "I did warn you not to eat the third serving, didn''t I" Hina "Right! Now that I know my limits I will not do this again!" Akira "I somehow doubt it" Hina snickered
"Akira, when are you going to show me the evil demon you have captured?" Hina said after cleaning the dishes and Akira somehow started to move after being stunned for 30 minutes from overeating. "Oh right, So I have told you about my system class and how I can use both demons and the unified system to grow stronger" "Right, I still don''t believe you are as strong as you claim to be" Hina "You don''t believe me? Look" Akira was grinning triumphantly Akira took a spoon and bent it effortlessly. "No way!" Hina got the bent spoon and tried to bend it further unsuccessfully. "How strong you say you are? Hina "Kornelius claims it is as much as a trained athlete and it is just the beginning!!!" Akira "Kornelius has granted you those powers of yours?" Hina "Well, kind of, yes. But he just gave me the tools. It is up to me to get my powers growing up" Akira "So let''s go, I am already feeling impatient" Hina "And you not scared?!" Akira "Well I am, but how I am going to fight the demons if I am afraid of them" Hina "You are going to fight? The demons??!" Akira''s jaw dropped "But of course I am. I have to give them back the pain, you and me had suffered. And then even more!" Hina grinned So Akira led Hina to the garage. Hina was looking funny armed with a heavy cooking pan. Akira opened the metal box and took out the squirming package. Hina staying behind with the pan up in the air and ready for strike. "Relax Okasa, I''ve already broken its legs and wings" Akira snickered Then she undid the entire strapping and revealed the hideous wasp demon. "HAaayaaaa" Bang....Bang......Bang Hina was panting and trying to catch her breath. Akira was looking shocked from her mother''s frenzy. "It is still alive" Hina was looking in disbelieve at the toughness of the relatively small demon wisp. "Well they are. When they reach lvl 24 they become strong like this" Akira "I beat it with a metal rod with all my strength and even then I''ve only managed to cripple it" Akira "So how are we going to kill it?" Hina "With magic of course" Akira "Look, I will show you how I steal the demon''s power now" Akira reached the bug and put her hand on it. Words of power were spoken, a mechanical low bass voice narated: "CONSUME" [intelligence +1] Hina''s jaw dropped in awe and wonder. "And I just took from the demon and added to my intelligence stat. This is how I grow strong" Akira "You don''t look smarter to me" Hina looked puzzled "Well the growth is a slow process and I need to consume much more from the demons to become a true powerhouse" Akira "And my spell that really kills them forever is called "exorcise" Akira "But first you want to steal its powers before you kill it" Hina concluded "Correct, that is for maximum efficiency utilizing both pathways of growth" Akira Hina was thinking deeply while Akira was packing up the package. She left a small gap, so she can just put her hand in next time. ".....Aaand done, so in 3 hours I can do it again. This is my so called "take away food" genius method. Heheh I am that smart... Heheh" Akira "Akira?" Hina "Yes okasa" Akira "What was the name of your powers again?" Hina "My class? It is called "Exorcist" "So dear, I can''t fight demons with a broom or pan, can I?" Hina "I don''t understand, what do you mean okasa" "Let me rephrase the question: What can give a better hell to the demons than an Exorcist?" Hina Akira put her hand on her chin and thought deeply. Then her eyes shot open like saucers in a revelation. Her jaw dropped: "Two.... Exorcists!" Akira "See you still need more of that intelligent points. Hahaaha" Hina was amused "So when will I get my system too?" Hina "I need to speak to Kornelius. He is our tech specialist!" Akira said and connected "Kornelius I want my okasa to get the system!" Akira announced "Well, Hmm I am afraid it is not possible. She needs an access to a Nexus to receive an [unified system] class. And I am afraid there aren''t any left on Terra because of the demons" Kornelius replied "Kornelius use that high intelligence stat of yours, buddy" Akira "I am not sure what are you asking of me?" Kornelius "Let me rephrase the question: What can give a better hell to the demons than an Exorcist?" Akira ... Kornelius eyes shot open like a saucer and his jaw dropped: "An army of Exorcists!" Answered Kornelius "Well yes.. right! You are right, partner. But let''s start with my mother. I need her equipped with that class ASAP. Can you make it happen?" It took 10 minutes for Kornelius to reconnect. "It is very possible, but it is expensive, Very, like thousands of SU especially those skills "true sight" and "Soul fortress". The are the major costs." Kornelius Akira thought. She can remove any affliction her mother gets with the cleansing aura, so the soul fortress can wait. Then the true sight. They don''t actually need 2 people with this skill. "Kornelius can you just make it without those 2 skills, And may be we can add them later or purchase different ones" Akira Kornelius connected after 5 minutes "Yes, It is possible!" Kornelius "So how much will it cost to initiate lets name it "basic settings" Exorcist for Okasa?" "I need time to think all the details. It is not a simple matter. I will work it trough this night and call you tomorrow" "Thank you for you hard work, partner" Akira "fuffufu another test subject coming in heehehe" A sinister laugh ended the connection "Oh, he will be fine" Akira shook her head Akira looked at her mother with eyes of worship. "She is such a brave and smart and caring person. I am happy that I''ve met her" "So what now?" asked Akira "Now dear, you will explain every single detail of this system and just everything you know. I need to know EVERYTHING!! Hina said And they talked, and talked... Then Akira "consumed", then they talked. Then they ate ice cream at that riverside cafe. At one point Hina started to take notes... Then the day ended with a delicious dinner. Then Akira set an alarm so she can keep her consume spell spree efficiently running utilizing the spell cool down timer. Chapter 23 – Going to church /R 18/ It was Friday morning. Akira woke up in her mother''s bed. She went to finish her body needs and put some clothes on. Then she went straight to the garage. "Consume" [intelligence + 1] Two days in a row of regular intervals of "consume" netted her 16 attribute points:
level 3
strength 15
swiftness 15
vitality 15
intelligence 14
soul 36
mana 310/360
mana reg 3/min
SU 2 200
HP 150/150
"Hehe a 15 in strength means I am now 1,5 times stronger, than the base 10 threshold model. And that bug still has 6 charges left! After that I will need to go back hunting. Tz... it was so easy so far, just go to the garage and finish in few minutes" thought Akira "No, I am getting lazy, I need to get back to the proper mind shape" Akira shook her head Akira made mental recap of the last week events: "It has been 1 week already. It felt like an year to me. So many things happened for such a short time" It has been hell of a ride, but I have gained much. I have tripled my starting attributes, reached a threshold of power and found a safe place. Then gained a trustworthy reliable ally, a new family and loving mother. Akira''s parents on Earth were deceased, but she was happy to be pampered by okasa, and not to mention Hina was a great cook. "It is great, that Okasa is back to her usual self. She is so supportive and clever and she has a strong will" "Okasa told me she will help me for the learning about demon church commandments. I think I will have to repeat them in front of that evil priest. I can not skip that meeting or risk the church attention focusing on me" They had an early breakfast. Then they had spent an hour, Akira learning the demon church devious teachings and commandments. The 14 intel. helped tremendously. Shortly after they both exited the house and headed to Frostbane''s church address. "Are you sure Frostbane won''t mess with your mind as the demons did to me?" Hina was worried "Of course I am sure, My skill "soul fortress" protects my mind from external influence. Even those pills didn''t make me high!" Akira said and immediately regretted it. "Pills! Are you doing drugs Akira!!! I thought I have taught you well, young lady!!" Hina was looking stern even angry. "Wait okasa, It is not like this. It was an experiment. Yes an experiment to better understand my skill! "Akira, doing drugs is bad, you want your okasa to cry now" Hina was tearing "I am sorry okasa, It was totally safe, Kornelius was confident about it!!" Akira "So Kornelius knew about it and even supported it?! How come a person few centuries old can be that irresponsible!" "Yes! Yes it was Kornelius''s fault, he made me do it!" Akira "Hmm, trying to escape the responsibility?!" Hina raised her eyebrow. "The drugs didn''t affect my mind at all! It just acted as a pain killer. And I even used them on that horny librarian" Akira "Well explain everything in details... and I will keep the drugs from now on" Hina "I am sorry..." Akira lowered her head "You better be, young lady!" Hina .... They arrived at the demon church at 9:30 Am. It was relatively large 2 story building. "Are you sure you will be fine Akira? Hina was worried "I will be, remember I am strong, and I have magic. You know, you can not enter or risk being affected again by the miasma!" Akira "Sigh, I will be waiting over there for 2 hours, if you don''t come out I will be going in, the hell with miasma or a poison" Hina "Understood, I will try to be quick" Akira moved and moved inside. Akira entered in a space hall with 2 rows of benches at the both sides, similar to standard church settings. A path in the middle leading to a large circular empty area. At the far end was a priest pulpit lifted on 1 meter platform overseeing the hall. Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. Akira noticed several women sitting on the benches and chatting. She picked up a free one and sat down. Her back straight, face - ice cold expression. Akira waited and observed. Soon the church started filling up with spider men and 1 or 2 human women. At 10:00 AM Frostbane came in and climbed his pulpit. The chatter settled and Frostbane said: Welcome fellow devotees and demon touched. First, I have to make an announcement: today''s ceremony will have to be shortened, because the Church headquarters had summoned most of the deacons to the capital Kyoto in order to make a decision about recent developments. I have to admit we face complicated circumstances as the head of the church - the great Exordia, left for several months unexpected. Fear not! We will make things working, but it will take some time. So from now on and for at least a month the ceremony will be suspended until I return from Kyoto. Since we have run out of new demon blessings, we will proceed directly to the ending part of the ceremony. Now As the great demon lord Voldemort commands! All devotees strip your clothes over there and come to the pleasing circle. 7 women of different ages stood up and moved to the wall. There they stripped naked and put their clothes on the hangers. Then moved to the big circle area and unrolled a thick plastic like fabric all over the ground. About 30 of the spider man joined the show after. It was a massive scale orgy. Akira was sitting and watching without a flinch. As the women numbers were few times lower, they had to serve 3-5 of the spider man simultaneously using their mouths, their hands, pussies and butt holes. Deacon Frostbane was like a skillful director of a porn movie, giving tips and guiding the waiting demon touched when a free hole appeared. The sounds of mass moaning, body slapping and grunting in pleasure filled the hall. Akira could even smell it from her bench - stench of woman fluids and faces, and the smell of male''s cum The orgy continued for 40 minutes and Frostbane made sure that all spiderman had received their share of feeding. Once the last spiderman shot his load on the tits of a devotee, the others collected the plastic fabric from the ground. In about 15 minutes the women regained their focus - dressed and left the church. Most of the woman had troubles walking - both from excessive usage of their holes and the dizziness from their souls being eaten. At 10:30 all people, but Akira left. Frostbane finally registered her presence. "Were you the girl that needs renewal of her devotion? Frostbane "I am deacon Frostbane, can we do it now as ocasa will come to collect me in about 1 hour. Father is coming home today and Okasa want me to join pleasing him as a real family!" Akira bowed to hide her disgust "But of course, come quick to the blessings chamber. I don''t have much time as my train to Kyoto departs at 13:00h" said Frostbane and moved out without waiting for Akira''s response. Akira swiftly followed him to a separate room about 4x5 meters, mostly empty aside the paintings of demons on the walls. "Now kneel down here and wait for me to prepare" Frostbane Akira observed Frostbane moved to a desk and took large book and a hooded robe. Then he approached the end of the room and took strange decorated large vase. He carefully lowered it and left a drop to fall on the book. Akira noticed that that the vase must be important to be hidden by an illusion wall. The wall appeared semi-transparent to Akira''s "true sight" skill Then Frostbane approached her, chanted few words in unknown language. Then red mist erupted in a floating ball over the opened book in his hands. He made a hand motion and the mist blew into Akira''s face. Now child repeat after me: Demon lord Voldemort first command: "A woman shall strive to please a demon touched with all her body and devotion" Frostbane recited Akira repeated the vow with an empty gaze. Demon lord Voldemort second command: "A woman shall strive to give birth to many children and be productive member of society" Again Akira repeated with an empty gaze. .... Now child when I say "As the Lord Voldemort commands" you will wake up and become devoted woman to the lord!" Akira repeated : "When I hear "As the Lord Voldemort commands" I will wake up and become devoted woman to the lord!" "As the Lord Voldemort commands" Frostbane Akira''s eyes regained focus and she said: "Can I go now deacon Frostbane" "Yes, you know the way out, now go child and please your father with your best devotion" Soon Akira left the church. She saw her mother talking to one of the spiderman and was writing down notes on a large notebook. Akira approached and said: "It is done, lets go home" "How did it go, are you all right?" Hina "I am as fine as one could be after visiting a satanic ritual up close" Akira''s face wrinkled in disgust "All right, it is almost lunch time we will discuss everything when we are back safely at home" Hina They traveled back home silently. Akira was processing and analyzing every single bit of information she gathered. She made sure to remember the entire event especially the brainwashing procedure. They arrived at noon. Akira made her consume shot immediately. [+1 intelligence] (5 shots left) After lunch, Akira explained her experiences in great detail: ¡°I am sorry you had to see those man and women doing those things¡± ¡°Yeah the feeding is quite revolting¡± Akira ¡°I mean the other stuff - the grown ups stuff¡± Hina ¡°Oh, that is bearable, I have seen quite much of it already. But the feeding okasa, you don¡¯t have the ¡°true sight¡±. When they copulate, a string comes out and strike here¡± Akira pointed her back neck. ¡°Then it starts pulsing as it is sucking the woman¡¯s brain¡± Akira made an ugly grimace Hina¡¯s face became white as she felt sick. ... "So Frostbane was using a substance from a strange looking vase or tube. It appeared as some magic devise, but with demonic origin. Then he used a drop of it to make a ball of red mist. Then recited the brainwashing orders.That concludes the summary." Akira Hina thought for a while and said: ¡°You are thinking for a way to use it for yourself?¡± ¡°Well, Frostbane won¡¯t be coming soon and if he leaves the vase unattended, I can easily sneak in church and obtain it¡± Akira ¡°And I also believe that those robes protect the deacon from the miasma effect. If I can get one for okasa, you will be protected from the miasma in the future even without "soul fortress"¡± Akira ¡°Fufufu, thinking for okasa well being, I am proud of you dear!¡± Hina was flattered. ¡°I am thinking about the ¡°take way food¡± method. You see okasa it is easy to lure those horny spiderman here. But when I consume and exorcise the larvae, the host will still remember and can severely compromise my undercover. So, either I have to kill a probably innocent man and a demon''s victim OR¡­¡± Akira ¡°Or you can make them forget, like they did to me when I was your age¡± Hina finished the sentence. ¡°The mind control spells are strictly controlled by the Forces of Light. It is impossible to get one myself. So, I was thinking: Why should I not use the enemy weapons and tools for my own goals¡± Akira ¡°Hm it is a great plan indeed, but is it even possible?¡± Hina ¡°I don¡¯t know. I think Kornelius can get some specialist to take a look at the situation and offer guidance over there in Paradise Prime¡± Akira ¡°I don¡¯t think that celestial is reliable: he made a 16 years old girl to take drugs for experimental purposes¡± Hina ¡°Well Kornelius is a bit of an introvert, but I assure you okasa he has a great heart and has helped me tremendously. I would not be here alive and well if it wasn¡¯t for him¡± Akira ¡°Hmm, fine I will forgive him this time, because of all the good he has done so far¡± Hina pouted ¡°Thank you okasa you are so magnanimous and generous person¡± Akira smiled ¡°You are too young for being sarcastic with your okasa, young miss!¡± Hina slapped Akira¡¯s back head ¡°Ouch, Okasaah¡± Akira massaged her head and pouted. Kornelius said he was busy and refused to speak until he was done with his work. So in the mean time Akira visited the basement floor. It was huge about 20x30 meters, 2,2 m height, with a tiled floor and a thick insulation on the walls and ceiling. It even had a sewer drains the all the way along of the walls. There was a 2x3 sanitary compartment but it had only utilities ready and missing the toilet and the water sink. "Interesting" Akira observed. Chapter 24 – A sound plan Akira and her mother discussed their further options. Each adding her own contribution to the process. Finally Kornelius connected at 5 PM, He sounded exhausted but exhilarated " I have done my calculations and there is a viable way for Hina to get another copy of the prototype class" "You have done great partner, I am proud of you!" Akira "In summary the fact that you are close in physical distance, will speed and ease the process many folds. Most of the required modules will be transferred and copied directly from you. It will save us thousands of SU for purchasing them from the [unified system] . "It doesn''t sound very legal to me. In my world it was called piracy!" Akira "Well of course it is illegal, but sacrifices must be made for the sake of progress" Kornelius sounded convinced "I am not the one to judge as I will be benefiting directly" Akira laughed. "And I don''t give a shit what will FOL say about as they abandoned 8 billion people on Earth to be slaughtered like pigs" Akira "Right, now here is the situation from my perspective: In order to get Hina a system we need a simplified system core module, it is the hearts of the system. It has to be purchased from [unified system]. It will cost 5 000 SU and will be slotted temporary on your free class slot. Then you will need to transfer it to Hina using physical contact and to save resources- your own mana pool. Once Hina gets it installed, she will get an access to the system, but it will be a really crippled version of it. So it will be lacking basically everything you see in your interface except for one class spell Consume or exorcise and the attribute growth system. "Ok, I need 5 000 SU and Hina gets the class, but very crippled version of the system, check! "Yes. In order to get the system fully operational you will need thousands and thousands of SU to get the other essential modules." Kornelius "Isn''t there a way for okasa to get those modules from my system directly. And what the hell is a SU ?" "SU or "Soul Unit" or "System Unit" as the more popular in public is basically a soul essence, the same essence that demons feed, but the system had packaged it in units which system uses to help your soul grow and develop" Kornelius "So the second option is you to provide a soul essence for Hina''s system to evolve from crippled stage to a regular system". "So If I offer my soul essence directly like a blood transfusion we can save thousands of SU? "...Yes" "What is the catch?"Akira "Well do you remember how painful was it, when the rabid mantis was eating your soul? You have to bare a horrible soul pain during the process" Kornelius. "Most people will go mad from it" Kornelius Akira''s brain made a super speed calculations and analysis. "Not necessarily" Akira finally said. "What do you have in mind" Kornelius "Let''s leave that part for now" Akira "So what will okasa get for the basic 5k module?" "Well it will be the attribute growth and a single class spell" everything else will need further investments. And regarding the "soul fortress and true sight" those are a massive pile of SU. "One class spell? Consume or Exorcise?" Akira "We''ll go for consume." Kornelius "What about the exorcise?" Akira "You will be doing exorcising until Hina gets it for herself. It actually doesn''t matter who will do it as I will be receiving the SU rewards as being yours and Hina''s pet Master" Kornelius "You will register okasa as your pet as well??" Akira "Yes, that is the trick hehehe" Kornelius "Listen well partner! If you want to avoid your wings ending in your butt, never. I repeat NEVER tell Okasa that she is your pet!" Akira "Oh. Alright, If you say so, Akira. It is just a technical term you..."Kornelius "I know it, but I know okasa and she will be very mad at you, especially after you made me to take those drugs" Akira "What? I have never asked.."Kornelius "You are a bad man Kornelius, to make an innocent girl to take drugs, so you can take advantage of her.. Booo" Akira was grinning "What?! No! ahmm, it was not like that..."Kornelius stuttered "AHAHAHAH" Akira was laughing out loud. "You were messing with me, weren''t you?" Kornelius "Haha, sorry... hoho.. couldn''t.. hah..help it." Akira was panting, face red from the excitement. "Akira, I thought we are friends, but you are so mean to me!" Kornelius "phew, From the bottom of my heart I apologise for this joke, partner" Akira "ok.." "But, I am serious for the pet part!" Akira "ok..." "You don''t have some spell to spy on me while I am naked in the shower, do you?" Akira "Well, spell for monitoring the pet do exist, but I would never.."Kornelius "bahaha" Akira "You are bullying me now" Kornelius "Look buddy, when you see 30 men gang-banging several women and in the meantime eating their brains, you need some way to release the stress. I am sorry and I will try to make up for it." Akira "Ohh, glad to be of help then..." "Ok all this fun, makes me want to take a leak" Akira said "Be right back, but remember no peeking, while I pee.. " Akira ".... " Kornelius Hina closed the door. She had heard their conversation, at least the Akira''s words. Hina smiled. This Kornelius person even being in a distant world now, was a true friend to her daughter, She will be glad to meet him one day and say: "thank you for being there for my bunny girl"
Later, after Akira explained her "genius" idea for brainwashing the spiderman, Kornelius departed with another 100 SU in his pocket, looking for a consultation by an expert in demonic afflictions. Akira kept her consume spree until midnight when she finally exorcised the bug. Hina was fascinated by the spell''s light show and the following erasure of the annoying wisp.
level 3
strength 17
swiftness 16
vitality 16
intelligence 16
soul 36
mana 140/360
mana reg 3/min
SU 4 500
HP 160/160
At midnight Akira was set for another night mission. Her mother will be joining for support. The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Full geared up, they took a taxi and landed close to the church. "Do not fret okasa, the church is empty, I am going stealth - in and out, grab the vase and be back in a jiffy" Akira put her mask and moved at the church backyard which was dark and shady. She took the rope with a hook and threw it to the second floor balcony''s guarding rails. Then using sheer muscles she lifted up, pulling herself and the backpack purely with the strength of her hands. A performance worthy for an Olympic athlete. Once on the balcony, she picked the lock and entered a small room. Head torch on, she started to explore. It was a storage room. Nothing worth there. Then she moved to the next one - a kitchen. It was obviously Frostbane''s residence. Next was a living room. Next it was the bedroom. Akira checked the wardrobe: "Bingo!" 1 set of deacons robes with the strange symbols engraved. Loot was stashed. She searched more, but found nothing important except the address in Kyoto, where was the demonic church main headquarters. She was about to leave when she saw something was not right on the wall. There was a painting, but it was looking suspicious to her. When she removed the picture she found a small safe behind a semi-transparent wall. The safe case wasn''t big about the size of shoe box. It was heavy but Akira was strong. She took it out from its hole and left it on the balcony. Later she went to the first floor where she picked the lock of the blessings room door and acquired the demonic vase. In 5 minutes she was already back in church''s yard and collecting her rope and loot. The whole operation took 35 minutes to execute. Her mother was waiting her at the designated spot. At 2:00 AM on Saturday the arrived safe back at home. The loot went into the garage metal box. Kornelius soon returned with the good news. He was dead tired and grumpy. "It was so hard to find someone to accept me this late, but I managed to do it in the end. There was a kind old healer in "Paradise prime war veteran''s hospital" who agreed to spare 20 minutes of his busy schedule. "So the miasma demon spell "Obey", makes the target lose his free will and leaves him basically without any defences for outside arcane influences even the weakest ones will reach easily" Kornelius "And you have found a spell to do that!" Akira "Yes I did. It is cheap and it is legal! It is called "inspiration" Kornelius yawned. [Inspiration 1200 SU: an area of effect spell that makes the companions focus better on the objectives lifting their morale and rising their combat effectiveness. Inspiration is considered, a spell in the mind control spell tree, but was deemed not dangerous to the society as it has very weak mind effects. Recommended for low level field officers in FOL. Cast time - fast. mana cost -70 mana; spell radius 10 meters. Spell duration 30 minutes. Cool down - none]. "So it will work combined with the miasma mist?" Akira "The guy at the hospital was certain about it" Kornelius "Ok lets do it". Akira [Kornelius has gifted you an "Inspiration" module N4524es14. do you accept yes/no] [processing package 2..34...44..56..66..76....89..100%] "I know inspiration now" Akira stood up from the bed. "Akira I need some sleep" Kornelius "Sure buddy, you have done well again! Good night" Akira "Let''s get to sleep as well, dear" Hina Akira washed herself and went to sleep. Hina spent few more minutes in admiration, watching her daughter was growing to be such a brave and smart person. On Saturday morning Akira checked her full status:
Name: Akira Ryo Level: 3 Exorcist Blood line :???
Sex: Female Age 16 y/o Class Rank : Hero dual link: Kornelius
Soul Type: B- gestalt Class Type : Unique
strength 17 True sight (passive) Science, engineering
swiftness 16 Soul Fortress (passive) languages:En,Jap...
Vitality 16 Consume (unique) wall climb,locksmith
Intelligence 16 Exorcise (unique)
Soul 36 mana 360/360 (3/min) Identify (basic)
balance 3300 SU Inspiration (basic)
soul defence: 360 HP 160/160 1.6/min
"Lets plan our moves for today" Akira said while she ended her breakfast. Our top priority is to get the project "take away food" rolling. Akira "First we need to figure out how to create a mist of the liquid drop from the vase" Akira "Wait here" said Hina. She returned short after with a bottle for windows cleaning with a pulveriser handle attached "Okasa, you are a genius" Akira smiled in delight They emptied the pulveriser and filled it with water. Then Akira put a tiny drop from the vase as well and shook it while holding it as further away as possible. You never know what kind of effect will happen when mixing water and demonic concentrated miasma.... "It just won''t mix at all" Akira was disappointed. The drop of miasma was remaining in its drop form no matter how long Akira shook the bottle. "Both liquids don''t mix. Like water and oil" Hina "Hmmm, It probably needs some kind of emulsion agent to do the binding" Akira So they made an impromptu testing site in several coffee cups. None of the seven testing agents worked. Akira and Hina were getting discouraged. Hina said: "May be we look at problem from non magical perspective, but it is essentially a demonic magic. "hmm demons... demons eat souls, insects eat the flesh...vampires drink blood! "Hmm okasa lets try with blood, It sounds sinister enough that feels like something a demon will do" Akira cut her finger and drop an tiny drop of blood in one of the coffee cups. Immediately the cup water became red and little miasma vapour appeared" Akira "Okasa go put the anti-miasma robe, it looks volatile now" "But I wanted to wash it first" Hina "Well you can wait in the yard until I finish here then" Akira "Fine, I will do it, but it smells wierd" Soon Akira filled the pulveriser and said: "Now we need a test subject" "I will volunteer" Hina "No, absolutely not!" Akira refused "Hmm, I may have a candidate for testing" Akira grinned Hina put a loose kimono over the deacon''s robes and they left for the shopping street in their neighbourhood. Mother and daughter entered a certain bookshop held by a certain perverted "not-anymore- spiderman" "Welcome Welcome beautiful customers". The balding man greeted them, but his eyes were all over their chests and butts. Akira wasn''t used to be the receiving end of such a lecherous gaze. She felt naked, she felt vulnerable and she felt ANGRY. Akira checked the shop is empty and took out the pulveriser "Hey dickhead look here" Akira said and pointed the spray at the man''s face fshht .. fshhht "Language young lady" Hina "I am sorry" Akira The man''s gaze become vacant and he froze on the spot. "Okasa, quickly lock the shop''s door. I think it is working" Akira The librarian remained still not moving or speaking Akira activated Inspiration. A knowledge of the spell settled in her mind. Akira said: "You, drop on the ground and bark like a dog!" "bark bark" the man was on his all four "Now you are a pig" Akira "sqeeeeek sqeeek" the man "Now you are.." Akira "That''s is enough testing" Hina sighed "Fine but it was so fun" Akira "I will test about the forgetting command now" Akira "You will forget that you saw us today and everything in the last 5 minutes. When we leave the shop you will continue with your everyday life" Akira brainwashed to poor man Both Hina and Akira left the shop and waited outside. "Do you think it worked?" Akira "One way to find out, let''s go back inside" Hina "Welcome! Welcome beautiful customers". The balding man greeted them for the second time today. Of course, his eyes were striping them naked in his mind again. "You didn''t notice us here a while ago?" asked Hina "No, I didn''t. Have you been hiding?" The man "Ahh nothing, it is the heat makes me distracted. Come dear, you needed some school supplies didn''t you." Hina "Yes okasa, I need hmm: coloured pencils, drawing sketchbook...." Akira Later they ended back home about lunch time. "A SUCCESS!!!!!" Akira screamed and started jumping in joy. "We did it okasa" Akira Hina grabbed her daughters hands and both started jumping in joy. "This! Is a major breakthrough. It changes everything now" Akira "No more hiding in the bushes in the park - I will make my own dungeon and suck the buggers dry, while being comfortable at home" Akira was so excited. And she was right to be as it solved a major problem with her incognito quest. Akira picked her quest book and crossed several lines: Secondary quest: Infiltration -remain undetected by the demons -find a way to eliminate demons without breaking cover Secondary quest: Gear up -acquire proper equipment and tools to fight the demons -acquire funds -secure base of operations Chapter 25 – Unknown variable After the excitement finally settled, Akira said: "I have 3300 SU currently, and we are short of 1700 SU to get you the starting system core" Akira "How did the system calculates the rewards" Hina "If I use exorcise it awards full bonus equal to the demon''s lvl multiplied by 100. If the demon is killed any other way it rewards half of that" "So at least a lvl 17 spiderman or a sum of few lower ones" Hina concluded "Now we need to lure some here and do the job" Akira pondered Hina picked her notebook from her bag and gave it to Akira "What have you done Okasa? All these names and dates?" Akira "While you were with Frostbane, I asked some questions those demon touched, who exited the church. I though it could be useful somehow" Hina "And they just gave you their personal details??" Akira "Well I said it was deacon Frostbane request, as the lord Voldemort commands" Hina snickered. "So we have a list of 27 names and for how long they have been demon touched. I can guess that those who has been longer affected will be higher level" Akira concluded "Lets call this one. He has been demon touched for 4 years so far." Hina "Call him??" Akira "I am ordering for you a home delivery pizza" hahah Hina "Make sure you are ready with the setup to receive our guest!" Hina said and picked up the phone: "Oh, hello Mr Fuji. I am Mrs Ryu from this morning at he church...Yes, I am fine thank you. Look I have a daughter, who had to renew her vows to the church due to some health problems....Yes, she is beautiful. And I''ve wanted to surprise my husband who is on a work trip at the moment. ...Yes indeed, I want me and my daughter to please him together, when he returns home. But I am not sure how she will manage with the task...Yes, that is why I need your help. This is my home address if you would be able to visit us today..? Oh great? You are on the way, already?.. How marvellous, I will make sure my daughter is prepared at best of her abilities to please you" Hina ended the call "Home delivery?!" Akira "Home delivery! Hina "I will setup my gear in the guest bedroom" Akira Not long after Mr Fuji appeared in their front gate. He was a well built man with a casual clothes. "Welcome Mr Fuji, please come in" Hina "You have a beautiful house Mrs Ryu. I am much impressed" Mr Fuji "It is all thanks to the hard work of my husband. That is why I need my daughter to be fully ready for her father''s return. "Lets waste no time then, where is she?" Mr Fuji "Come upstairs, she is waiting in the guests bedroom" Hina ... knock knock "Akira dear, I have Mr. Fuju with me. Can we come in? Hina "Yes okasa, please come in" Akira Mr Fuji entered and saw Akira standing with her hands behind her back "Ohoho what a fine young devotee. I feel it will take some time until I am done with her" Mr Fuji grinned and started to undress "Now girl as the great lord Voldemort commands, strip your clothes and bend over there on the bed" Akira approached the man silently and quickly sprayed him at the face. "What is this, Are you attacking me? The man was surprised but quickly regained his bearings and punched Akira in the stomach. "I am leaving and I will report the church that this girl is non redeemable" If this was Akira from the Ueno park few days ago she would have been knocked down on the ground squirming in pain. The new Akira faltered for a moment and stood up staring the man''s back, who was about to leave the room. "Who said you can leave!" Akira said cold "EXORCISE" Mr. Fuji was startled, and turned to face Akira. He swung his fist aiming Akira''s face. Plock! Mr Fuji'' eyes shot open in horror. The girl just put her hand to meet his fist. And then just grabbed it. She was holding his fist with an absurd strength and was twisting it in spiral motion, making his body lower and squirm from the pain. "Aaaargh" Fuji The girl in front of him was grinning. She was looking at him like a hungry predator, and he was her pray. "aaaaaargh" Mr Fuji "CONSUME" [swiftness +1] "gaaaraahtt.. Aghhh" Mr Fuji screamed from the pain inflicted by the consume spell spell counter 5...4..3...2...1 Mr Fuji collapsed on the floor panting, his gaze looked unfocused and he had tears running. [+2100 SU , balance 5 400 SU]
A The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. "Okasa, pass me the spray please, I will try again" Akira psshht psshsht This time the miasma worked as intended. The man''s eyes became vacant. "What happened dear, are you all right. Did he hit you badly? Let me see, quickly lift your shirt" "Okasa, I am fine, I took just 9 damage from that punch and I have 151 of 160 HP" "What I don''t believe some numbers" "Sigh.. Akira lifted her shirt and showed a little bruised rib." "Does it hurt? Hina "It is fading already, And my HP regeneration of 1,6 per minute. I will be healed to full for exactly 5 minutes" "HMM" Hina "Please okasa have some faith in me" Akira "All right then, what about him?" Hina "I think the miasma spell is not working properly on the spiderman" Akira "It looks like it is working at the moment thou" Hina "Well he is now human, the demon is erased" Akira "I see" "We have to adjust the strategy a little, but overall it is the same. We lure them here, incapacitate/restrain. Then give it a full consume run and at the end kill the demon larvae with exorcise" "So we will need a place to hold them until the process is completed. For the higher levels it could take some time" Hina "I was thinking for the basement. We can install some equipment there. If possible some construction work as well" Akira "Hmm yes and it is easy to clean if someone piss or shit themselves" Hina "What?" Akira "What do you think? Can you hold a person for 20 hours restrained and prevent him unleashing his body needs?" Hina "I think you are right... So some proper ventilation should be added" Akira "OK, lets finish with Mr Fuji here and have some dinner" Hina Akira commanded the man to go home, sleep and in the morning he will remember felling on the ground because of a flu, hurting his body and hand. Of course he was ordered to forget ever meeting them. Hina paid the Fuji''s taxi and went back home. "I will prepare dinner so be ready in 60 minutes. Hina patted Akira''s head and left for the kitchen. Akira went back to her room, pulled a drawing sketchbook and started to work. Later, they had finished the dinner and Akira called Kornelius. "Hey partner are you there?" Akira "What time is it? Oh Akira it is you? Kornelius sounded tired. "I am sorry to wake you up, but Okasa really wants to see the system with her own eyes" "Oh right, of course. Huh you got the SU ready. You know it''s abnormal, the speed you gain SU." "I was thinking, I am doing bad on that department" Akira "What? Are you serious? This type of cash flow only comes with an active fighting. No civil profession gets that much of an income" Kornelius "Well, I would say it will speed up further when we are all set up. Anyway let''s proceed with that system core" Akira "A moment please. Set it up in your free class slot then get close to your mother. It should cost about 400 mana for the core''s transfer, so you have to stay together until it finishes. "How I will do it exactly?" Akira "Just will the thing happen and the system will handle the rest. "The you have to stay nearby for several hours until I do my work for copying the little modules to your mother. The process is mana dependent and with your current mana regeneration will take 6-7 hours. That will save us about 15 000 SU!" Kornelius sounded happy "Tomorrow we can think of empowering the "Hero frame grid", using your soul essence in a direct transfer. This is a very important module and the mana transfer will not work. That module handles many functions including the level up system. "The hero frame grid" module costs 20 000 SU if purchased from the [unified system] !" Kornelius "Did you buy all those things to build my prototype?" Akira "Well yes, I had no other option" Kornelius "Wow you must be rich or something" Akira "Not at all. All those money I have used, I borrowed..." "So how much do you need to pay back?" "....."Kornelius "Kornelius??" Akira "Its 156 000 SU" Kornelius "Wow that much?" Akira "Look if all goes well, I will try help you with that debt" Akira "Thank you Akira, but you don''t have to" Kornelius "What are the friends for, buddy I help you and you help me!" Akira "But first I have a mission to save my family. The clock for Caroline and Cristina is ticking" Akira [Kornelius has gifted you "basic system core" Ver. 342A1. Do you accept? y/n] [-5000 SU; Balance 400 SU] "Yes" [You have no access to a Nexus. Would you like to store the core in your class slot until then? y/n] Yes ["basic system core" Ver. 342A1 stored successfully] "OK now I will call okasa and once we go to sleep I will transfer the core. Then what?" "Then I will have a busy night copying the minor modules to Hina" Kornelius Once the both women went to the bed Akira said: "Are you ready okasa?" "I am, Finally I will have the strength to help my little bunny to grow up into a big dragon as Hoshi" Hina "It actually sounds cool!" Akira willed the system to act [Are you sure you want to transfer the "basic system core" Ver. 342A1 to unknown individual? y/n] "Yes" [Transfer initiated estimated time to complete 30 minutes. No Nexus detected in nearby sector. Use host mana reserves to complete the procedure? y/n] "Yes" Akira The entire process was painless. ---King Arthur Leonheart POV--- King Arthur signed the report and massaged his temple. The king was a massive 2.3 meters tall beastkin, looking past his prime, and was of the catkin subspecies. The preparations for the assault at Demon Lord Voldemort''s core world were at full throttle. The High command has decided to strike in many points of the vast front lines in about 3 years. It was their objective to hit Voldemort as hard as they can. He had a lot of debts to settle with that monster after all. His gaze moved across the pictures on the desk. The pictures of his 3 already deceased sons and their families. All of them died some miserable deaths on the battlefields. His third and youngest one prince Thristan died along with his 2 wives, about 20 years ago in the "defense of Terra" war campaign. They left a baby daughter Mira, the sole successor to the throne, to join the ever growing army of the war orphans. Their world Sopura was next in line of the demonic invasion in their sector, since the fall of Terra. He looked at the picture of Mira, she looked so vigorous and determined. It will be her duty to defend their world, when the hordes of Voldemort reach them in 2-3 centuries. knock.... knock... "Enter" Arthur "Your Majesty, the war council is waiting for you..." A servant in a military attire reported. The king adjusted his already grey hair and left for the council''s meeting hall. "All Raise, now entering His Majesty King Leonheart, king of the Sopura kingdom" his adjutant announced The war council consisting about 20 people of different races stood up and saluted their leader. "You may sit, let''s begin with today''s meeting" Arthur Many reports of various type followed.. Kingdom of Sopura was preparing for all out war, mobilizing every single resource and person capable of fighting. The minister of recruitment raised and proudly reported: "I have managed to recruit the "Star 5 " hero party to join our ranks. A wave of clapping and cheering erupted. "It is hardly enough, but it will boost the troops morale" Arthur thought while applauding. The "5 star" hero party will help a lot, but strong they are indeed in the astronomical scales of the war ... Arthur was a very experienced general. He knew that this war is won by numbers and resources. Both of which the demons had a serious advantage. "The main problem will be breaching Terra''s barrier and capturing gate to the Voldemort''s core world Vesuvius. Their barrier was recently upgraded to the demon''s latest model. A state of the art defensive structure. Breaching this barrier will cause huge losses of manpower.." One of the officers reported "Nothing new about this subject then" Arthur "Your majesty if I may have a word?" The intelligence officer Ms Claudia Foxx asked.. "Yes you have anything to add??" Arthur "Well, it is already known fact, that the divination spells had confirmed our chances for a total success in winning the war against Voldemort at 30,12 % ". Foxx said "Has those chances sitting like that for the last 5 years??" another one asked "Indeed they were since 7 days ago" Foxx said Murmur and gossips filled the chamber "Silence. Proceed with the report Lieutenant Foxx" Arthur intervened "Last Saturday the divination spell reported an "unknown variable" "On the next day the probability chance raised from 30,12 to 30,14%" "During the last week the probability chance continued its rising trend reaching 31.2% yesterday" "This morning the spell reported "two unknown variables" and the chance made a leap up to 36%!!!" This time the chamber erupted in loud chattering. "Impossible" "What? Is this a mistake?" "....unknown variable..." "Has the divination spell results been confirmed?" Arthur raised from his seat put his palms on the table and asked loud obviously disturbed like the others of the council. "They are accurate your Majesty, I have personally analysed the results, there is no mistake" Foxx "We need to find what this unknown variable means. TOP priority for the intelligence department." Arthur said looking at Lieutenant Fox along with the others of the war council. Foxx started to sweat from the pressure. "The only lead we have is the spell report of a faint link pointing Paradise Prime" Foxx "Paradise prime? That is a long way from our sector." Arthur "I am sorry, but we have no other leads, your Majesty" Foxx "Lieutenant Foxx, Your mission is to go and investigate personally the lead in the Paradise Prime. Take as many personal you need. I want results ASAP! Spare no efforts, unlimited funds will be granted by the kingdom. Report any progress directly to me! Good luck Lieutenant!" "Council dismissed till next week" Chapter 26 – Dear, why don’t you take your medicine? /R 16/ Sunday morning (8 days since Akira rebirth) Both daughter and mother we laying on the bed looking at their respective blue system windows -----Akira POV--- ["Soul gestalt" condition removed. Detected soul type change B- ---> B] -----Hina POV----- We were in my bed again, but this night was special. I had received a precious gift from my little girl. She was using her own will and magic powers to grant me this system. "Hmm is that what a system looks like?" Hina A blue window appeared in Hina''s mind eye [Initialize basic core system? y/n] Yes, please" Hina [ processing.....20..45..55.78...100%] [missing modules detected, Please visit nearest Nexus for assistance] [system operational. Welcome user]
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"Akira, dear I have this large system window in front of me. It shows strength 5, swiftness 7....." Hina told Akira, when she saw her daughter is awake next to her. "Your starting attributes are a way better than mine were." Akira was looking disappointed. "It is not fair! Akira pouted "Fufufu, I am a grown up woman. Of course I will be better, but you have your magic puberty going on. I am sure you will surpass okasa soon" Hina giggled. "It''s not that I wanted that puberty happening" Akira pouted again "Which woman does not like her height and boobs big enough? You will become a killer lady and all spiderman will want to eat your soul when they see you!" Hina "That is distressing in too many ways I can think of" Akira "Okay, now go to the bathroom, and prepare for a productive day" "Right, we have a work to do..." Akira was feeling lazy, the bed was so comfortable and she felt Hoshi did not want to go out under her blanket sheet as well. "Lets go. Lets go you lazy bunny girl" Hina
"I have managed to summon another Demon touched. He is coming in two hours."" Hina "We need to restrain him, then we will both consume its powers" Akira was feeling optimistic. "I will handle the situation, you just make sure to prepare those kinky handcuffs of yours" Hina "They are standard ones, but with padding" Akira said. "Right, so you are not into this kind of love games?" Hina "No, Of course not!!!" Akira "I will not judge you, it is your life" Hina This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. "Okasaah!!" Akira screamed and left the breakfast dragging Hoshi behind "Fufufu, it is so easy to tease her" Hina giggled At 11 am the next "guest" arrived "Welcome Mr Sojusan. Please enter, I have prepared a refreshment for you until Akira is ready. She is currently taking a bath, so she can be fresh and minty just for you" Hina "Oh, thank you Mrs Ryu, I will gladly accept your invitation" Mr Sojusan was delighted of the kind welcome. Soon Mr Sojusan was hazed by the drugs Hina had put in his drink. "Come, come you look tired Mr. Sojusan, I will help you to the bed I have prepared" Hina ..... "So you drugged him with my pills?!" Akira was shaking head in disbelief looking at the spiderman drooling on the floor of the bedroom. "Remember taking drugs is bad, just look at this poor fellow. Lying helpless on the floor like this. Imagine what can people do to you if you were in his position" Hina had a teacher''s pose and only glasses and a pointer were missing to confuse her for a one. "So you say it is a practical example of the detriment for doing drugs" Akira looked at her mother her eyebrow raised in suspicion. "Yes, it is. Now lets wrap him up and move Mr. Sojusan to the bathroom. I will take off his pants and clothes." "You will???" Akira "Well what level is he? Hina "Identify"
demon larvae lvl 17 normal
"So even if we both use this consume spell it will take.. Hmm 17:2 x 3 hours... About 24 hours till tomorrow same time. Akira stated "Kornelius said that, when using a spell enough times it''s performance will improve. I expect soon the spell to gets its upgrade" Akira
The day passed without worries. Mr Sojusan bound and restrained in the bathroom. His bottom half naked in case he piss onto himself. Hina cast her first "consume" spell and got a point in strength, and then another and another... Of course Akira did not miss the feeding from the prey her mother had dragged to their lair. She too wanted to become strong and fearsome! Akira spent her day on her desk working on her project, drawing plans and diagrams, writing notes and doing complicated engineering calculations. 4:oo PM "Haahh, I had done so much progress with this thing. Amazing!" Akira dropped her pen and stretched. She went downstairs to get some water and relax. It has been a very productive Sunday. She met her mother in the guest living room watching a TV, sitting on a comfortable sofa. "How is your planning going on?" Hina "It is almost done" Akira replied. "But we will need some serious funding and probably have to hire construction contractor for the most of the parts" "Hmm this could be handled tomorrow. We will go to the bank and I will withdraw money from our family savings. As for the construction we will look for it in the city." "Cool" Akira nodded in satisfaction. "Kornelius said that the next part for activating my system will be extremely painful to you. I want you to reconsider please. No mother wants to see her child in pain even if it is for the greater good" Hina "It must be done! I will do it!" Akira "Well, may be you should take one of those pills. You said they act as a pain killer to you?" Hina was hesitating this time "Unfortunately they won''t work, I can not get high and the pain is not coming from the body, but from the soul directly" Akira "Hmm" Hina was thinking deeply "You said the demon touched eat from the woman''s soul while they do their adultery? But I have never seen the women scream in pain, but from pleasure" Hina "They are probably administering something to block the soul pain" Akira eyes shot open in realisation, she had found a way. Unfortunately for Akira, Hina found an alternative solution for the situation as well. Worse Hina believed that Akira reached the same conclusion. A great misunderstanding indeed "Yes I remember when I was pleasing the demon touched, the intoxication happening when they penetrate. It must be this way they introduce the drug" Hina had her face grumped with disgust from obviously unpleasant memories "Well, I agree, but..." Akira could not finish her thought "I will handle the extraction" Hina said determined "What extraction" Akira "I will use a condom to collect the sample" Hina said while showing to Akira a hand motions of very specific type. "No okasa, I have other thing in mind. I..." Akira was once again interrupted by Hina "So you just have to swallow it, and you will feel no pain. Yes, it is like a medicine!" Hina concluded "Swallow it. No way!" Akira started to look green with the bile rising in her stomach "Look it will be fast, you take a spoon and then you drink some water after to wash out the taste" Hina "I refuse" Akira said with great determination "Ok, may be not water but orange juice?" Hina "I refuse" Akira said with great determination "chocolate?" "NO!" "Ice cream?" Hina "No okasa I will not drink a man''s cum. EVER!" Akira face was bright red from humiliation, disgust and more. "If you wont drink it, then may be I can freeze it in a shape of a pill, And you will swallow it whole?" Hina suggested "I will not swallow, drink, eat or consume any male semen, Okasa. I REFUSE. It is disgusting" Akira sprinted to the bathroom and vomited. Hina watched her daughter emptying her stomach and sighed: "So it cant be helped then. I will refuse this system thing if you are in pain" Hina "You didn''t wait to hear my idea, spitting those disgusting things, okasa" Akira said and vomited again "Buoaagh!" "Oh I am sorry" Hina was feeling really apologetic now. After 15 minutes in the bathroom Akira finally managed to settle down. "pheww" Akira "How do you feel now" Hina was caressing Akira''s head and massaging her back. "Much better, Although I feel I suffered an irreparable trauma" Akira shook her head. "I am sorry!" Hina "But you said you have an idea?" "Well I was thinking to dissect a demon larvae and find the organ secreting the drug!" Akira "Well that may work as well fufufu" Hina was relieved to hear that. "Yosh! Kornelius I have another job for you buddy" Akira "What is it now?" Kornelius "I need you to obtain full anatomy knowledge of a demon larvae - insect type. What are your options?" Akira "Two options: The slow one is to go to the library and acquire the knowledge via mundane learning. option two is to get it via system, but it will cost SU" Kornelius "Check the price for a system approach" Akira " A moment please, to look at the system shop" ....... "I have found it : a demon''s biology VOLUME 86. It says it has the full anatomy of 1 000 Insect type demons including their larva stages. Costs 200 SU" Kornelius "Proceed" Akira was holding her fists tight. She was determined to make her solution succeed. Otherwise she had to go by Hina''s method. Akira knew this was a necessary sacrifice, and was very important and must be done in order for her goals to have a chance. Soon Kornelius acquired vol 86 in his mind via system purchase. In the mean time Akira have been preparing for a micro dissection of a living demon larvae. [-200 SU; balance 200] "Magnifying glasses -check. Eyebrow tweezers -check, water bottle for cleaning -check. Scalpel Check. Glass jar check...." "I am ready" said Akira while crouching over Mr Sojusan neck. Hina will be assisting with the tools as she couldn''t'' see trough the larvae concealing magic. "Let us begin Kornelius" Akira "Your target is a small pea sized organ in larvae back. You should start cutting from...." Kornelius 30 minutes later Akira was holding the objective with the tweezers and dropped it in the glass jar. The demon larvae was still alive "Those buggers are quite resilient. Well good for us thou: "CONSUME" Akira "CONSUME" Hina "Okasa pass me the tape, please. I will try stitch it up so it will stay alive until tomorrow as we have originally planed. "I am done Kornelius, thank you for the assist. Now we will proceed with the hero frame grid module" "You soul of level 3 should have enough essence to fuel the copying procedure. I will monitor the entire process" Kornelius "You will feel sluggish and tired in the end. I advise you rest after that in order your soul to recover its missing essence." Kornelius "Alright we go to sleep and start" Akira said and both headed to the master bedroom. Once they finished their night time preparations they snuggled under the bed sheets. "I will take half of it now. It must be more than enough" Akira cracked the pea sized solid object in two and swallowed the half in one go. "Is it working?" Hina said after 1 minute waiting. "I think it is... I feel strange" Akira''s face was getting red. "Are you in pain" Hina was worried "No, it is different sensation..." Akira said as her nipples peaked and become hard. Indeed the "soul fortress" skill protected Akira''s mind from the influence, but her body was affected from the soul and body painkiller property as intended. And there was another unexpected side effect in motion as well. "I think we need to go to bed now. Kornelius begin the transfer" Akira''s voice was whispering. She was distressed by something. Akira body was in heat. It become extremely sensitive to touch, especially her nipples who sent waves of pleasant sensation just from touching her pyjama. "I am feeling horny" Akira thought. It was the first time she experienced it, well the first time as a woman. She was not used to such conduct at all. Goosebumps erupted from several parts of her body. Soon she felt the unmistakable warm liquid drip from her folds wetting her panties. The heat coming from her vagina was becoming impossible. She slipped her hand inside her panties and touched the spot which was emitting the strongest sensations. Her body shook violently. A deep sense of pleasure ran from her lower abdomen to the top of her head. Akira closed her eyes tightly, a groan emitted from her throat. ¡°Ah!¡± Her breathing become erratic. The waves of pleasure kept coming one after another. With the slightest move of her fingers she was being hit by another powerful orgasm topping the previous ones and accumulating to something big. Akira shook her head from side to side and moaned. In a helpless state, she raised her hand and scratched the crumpled sheet at the side of her head "aaah, oh god" Akira It took 10 minutes for Akira''s improved vitality to metabolise the demon''s core and its demonic aphrodisiac. Akira fell asleep shortly after. Hina was watching her daughter in silence. She was a smart woman and immediately realised what is happening and the effects of the demon core, Akira had just swallowed. Once Akira settled in a blissful dream, she received a message: [main core function module acquired. Processing "Hero frame grid" module ...20..50...80...100%] [system fully operational]