《Death is Just a New Opportunity》 Prologue I¡¯m pissed. I¡¯m so fucking pissed. You may be thinking, ¡°Wow, is that the way he¡¯s going to start this new story?¡± Yes, the fucking hell I am! I got fucking cheated! I mean, it¡¯s not all that bad. In fact, to most people, this is a blessing. But to me, a constant reader on Royalroadl and FanFiction, this is the absolute worst possible outcome for this blessing. Now, I¡¯m probably assuming correctly when I say you now want to know what¡¯s got me so fucking upset and pissed. Well to answer that, first I have to tell you that I died¡­.Yea, did it sink in yet? Well now that you''re overreacting is done, let me tell you that being dead is not what¡¯s pissing me off. No, I actually found the peace of Death mostly comforting once my body went numb and the pain went away. It¡¯s not even the fact that the peace of Death was taken away from me so soon, although I¡¯m pretty peeved about that too, it¡¯s not the main reason. Before I tell you what I¡¯m angry about, first let me tell you how I died. For a dog. No, you didn¡¯t mishear...or misread or whatever. It was for a dog. It was my dog Xeke (Xz - ee - k). I am a 35 year old man, or I should say I was a 35 year old man, living in an apartment in New York, alone with Xeke.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. At the time I and Xeke were at a dog park. I¡¯m not going to bore you with details but basically, some movie shit happened. Xeke, being a dumbass ran into the street to get a frisbee that some other dumbass dog owner threw. I ran after him and I ended up pushing him out the way of a truck. I got hit, I was in a lot of pain, the pain numbed, and I died. That¡¯s it summed up. I died for a dog....shut up. So now here I am, in my mother¡¯s hands as a baby. Yes a fucking baby! But wait, that¡¯s not what I''m mad about either. No, I¡¯m mad because I see my own mother. The same exact mother I had the first time. So apparently, I¡¯ve been reborn, as me! I feel cheated! I didn¡¯t get to be in a magical world full of super cool awesome wizards! I didn¡¯t get reborn a demon king! Or hell, even a hero! My life was pretty fucking normal and I didn¡¯t have any regrets. Not even dying for my dog was a regret. I might as well have stayed dead! Oh, and if you¡¯re wondering how this all happened..it was God¡¯s fault.
You have been Reborn! God has decided that he has blessed you with too many opportunities that you have completely ignored. Instead of letting you waste all the blessings, he''s decided to give you one more chance! How bout you don''t fuck it up eh?
¡­.God¡¯s a dick. I mentally sigh at how troubling this is. Chapter 1 Okay, so I have been reborn. Yay...in case anyone doesn¡¯t notice there is heavy sarcasm in my tone. Sure, being reborn is cool, but not being reborn as yourself. I mean I did have those ¡°what if¡± moments every now and again but nothing important. I mentally sigh because if I would have sighed out loud I would have gotten strange looks. I am a freaking baby after all. I do wonder what God meant by ¡°ignored opportunities¡±. I mean sure, my life could have been more exciting but God didn¡¯t have to start me out from a baby. What the hell am I even supposed to do?
Congratulations! You have your first objective!
Objective: Find one of the missed opportunities before you''re 1!
What the absolute hell? How did I miss a opportunity before I was even one years old? That doesn¡¯t make any fucking sense! I mentally sigh again at the craziness. After realizing that I¡¯m going to be doing that particular breathing pattern a lot I mentally sigh once more. I finally look around the room to take in everything. I¡¯m in my mothers arms. She has white long hair that reaches the midsection of her back and tired purple eyes. Her skin is as white as a sheet of paper and she looks beautiful as ever, although she has probably seen better days it has been such a long time since I¡¯ve seen her that I can¡¯t remember her looking any better than she is now. I don¡¯t really know if she died or left or what. All I remember is that she was there, and then she wasn¡¯t. I take a look at my father. Now this may surprise you all but my father is actually black. He has short hair that¡¯s waved out and an expensive suit on with dark brown eyes. I¡¯m saying this because to have an albino child, most of the time both of the parents have to be albino. Not to say that albino people can¡¯t have children with different races, it¡¯s not like we¡¯re a different species or anything, it¡¯s just when they do the albino gene is so recessive it doesn¡¯t show at all most of the time. The cute nurse with red hair and freckles, the slightly chubby doctor with glasses and my mother and father seem to have their mouths opened wide in shock.Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. I honestly want to chuckle at their reaction but I hold it in. To them, I must be a miracle baby. The reason for this is because how I look. Now there isn¡¯t a mirror anywhere but I¡¯ve seen pictures when I was a baby. I have a puff of curly white hair on top of my tiny little head with chubby cheeks and purple eyes. Now, that what I¡¯ve just explained is a miracle in itself, having those traits with one of the parents being non-albino is near impossible. That¡¯s not the thing that totally shocked them though. What pushed them over psychological edge was that my skin was light brown. You see, there are two known types of albinism. Oculocutaneous albinism which affects the eyes, skin and hair and ocular albinism which affects the eyes only. I seem to fall in the middle somewhere. That¡¯s right ladies, I was a light skin black baby with white hair and purple eyes. You best believe I was a lady killer in high school. After the understandable shock was over they then looked worried. I was confused for a moment but quickly realized that I was still a baby who just came out the womb and I had been completely silent. I didn¡¯t make a whine or cry this whole time and they must be wondering what wrong with me by now. I start to cry to save the little face as a baby that I have. Hearing me so full of life and energy the doctors breath a sigh of relief. My mother begins rocking me in her arm trying to quiet me down. I slowly stop crying and close my eyes. Funny thing is, this wasn¡¯t part of the acting anymore. I was genuinely fucking exhausted. I mean, being reborn, finding out God is real, thinking about the mission I have to complete before the age of one, it all tired me out mentally. I fall asleep in her arms. I missed her so much. Chapter 2
God, I feel so good. Okay, some people may take that out of context but it¡¯s true. I feel the most comfortable I have ever been in my entire life. Admittedly I have only been alive for a couple of hours, not even a full day yet. That doesn¡¯t change the fact of the matter that I¡¯m so fucking comfortable. At this wonderful moment, I¡¯m curled up in a blanket, wrapped around my mother¡¯s arms. It seems we¡¯re in my old house, or rather, my current house. I and my mother are in the bed while my father is standing up trying to get my attention. Huh, now that I think about it, I didn¡¯t tell any of you our names, did I? Well, a couple hours ago, my parents decided on the name Xavior Dark Jr., after my father, Xavior Dark. My mother name is Sarah Dark, taking my father¡¯s last name. In the future, if things go the same, I¡¯ll have a little brother named Neo Dark in a year. At this moment in time, I have no way of self-transportation. I can barely move my little fingers. That, is a problem, especially when I have a Mission to do. My father starts pouting at the fact that I¡¯m not paying attention to him. I decide to throw him a bone and slightly turn my head so I can look at him. Honestly, it was way fucking harder than it should have been. It almost took all my might just to move my neck! Being a baby sucks. I start to laugh at the silly faces he¡¯s making to make him happy. After he hears my little baby giggle, a big smile appears on his face and he jumps at excitement. I can¡¯t help but laugh a little more at his display. I hear my mother laughing as well. I decide not to look up because it¡¯s too tiring. I eventually stop paying attention to my father to focus on something more important. I need to figure out the extent of what God did. I didn¡¯t question it until now but now that I think about it, what the hell was that blue screen that popped up in front of me. No one else seemed to notice it so it seems like it¡¯s something only I can see. That¡¯s not really the thing that has me curious about what else God might have done to me. No, it¡¯s the second screen that popped up telling me that I have my first objective. At first, I just assumed that it only popped up so I know what¡¯s going on. I thought that it wouldn¡¯t really come back after that. That doesn¡¯t seem to be the case though. If I think back on it, the message was congratulating me on my first objective. This means that it will be giving me more in the future. In my last life, I wasn¡¯t very religious. It¡¯s not like I didn¡¯t believe in God, no, that¡¯s not the case. I believed in a God, I just didn¡¯t know which one I believed in. You see, there are many religions in the world, some with one God, some with many Gods, and some without any Gods at all. I believed that there was something or somethings that were higher than us, that created our universe, I just wasn¡¯t sure which one to pick. How can you believe that your religion is the right one when there are thousands of others? Some people would give a half-assed definition or would say something like ¡°You just have to have faith¡± but I couldn¡¯t accept any of them. The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. You needed to know this about me before I move on so it can make sense. The thing is, I think God or the Gods created our universe out of boredom. I believe our life is like a game or show for them to watch. Now, you might think I¡¯m crazy but the thing is, I¡¯m a realist, so I think about things instead of accepting them blindly. Think about it, why else would the Gods create us? Humans tend to have a superiority complex to everything else, and even if they say they don¡¯t, they do. They think that they were specially chosen or that they have a purpose. I call bullcrap on it all. What makes you special from anything else the Gods created? So when I say the Gods created us out of boredom some people will get furious. Well before you have a heart attack, I want you to think as if you were God. You are an immortal being with nothing at all to do because nothing is created. You''re the only intelligent thing alive and there is literally nothing to do. After you spend billions of years bored, tell me, what would you do? Create something correct? It¡¯s literally the only thing you can do since nothing is in existence yet except for yourself. You create something because you can¡¯t handle the sheer boredom anymore. You need something to entertain you, to spice things up, so you create. Now here¡¯s the thing, if my logic is correct, even if I take every opportunity I have ever missed, it would probably still have been done before by someone else. Nothing really entertaining when you''re older than all thr number of humans alive. So why did God give me this second chance? Thousands of people die every day without doing anything with their lives, even if I skipped out on all my opportunities, it shouldn¡¯t really matter. Even if you say something like ¡°God just want the best for all his children¡± I could counter by saying that if that was true in this situation, they would have revived every human who died ever because most of us die with regrets and missed opportunities. I¡¯m thinking, what probably happened is, God gave me many opportunities to relieve their boredom, even just a little, and I straight out skipped all of them. That probably made them a little frustrated. They probably found a way to make my life more troublesome while ensuring on getting, even more, entertainment than before.
Congratulations! For figuring out something most don''t find out on their first day and thinking logically, without any emotions interfering, you get the skill: Gamer''s Mind
+5 Wisdom
+5 Intelligence
Chapter 3 Fucking mother fucking yes! Everything makes sense now! Well, not really, but it¡¯s on a level I can comprehend at least. In my last life, I was really big on anime, manga, novels, and fanfiction. Remember when I was pissed that instead of being reborn in another world I was just put back into my old one? Well it seems God decided to takes the giant dildo he shoved up my ass and pull out a little. They gave me the power of the mother fucking Gamer! This is a total overused cliche that I fucking loved. Basically, my life turns into a game and I can level up and get skills and shit.This is way to epic! I can conquer the world with this bad boy! Wait Xavior, calm down and think this through. The gods gave you the power of the fucking Gamer in a modern society without magic and monsters. This could be 2 reasons for this. 1.The Gamer ability is severely weakened. This is by far the worst out come in my opinion. Don¡¯t you dare nerf my ability and fuck me over God!
  1. The Gods want me to be overpowered as fuck, abuse my powers, and do something entertaining for their bored asses.
+5 Wisdom
+5 Intelligence
Hm, well that¡¯s a good sign. It means I¡¯m on the right track to something. Whatever it is though, it¡¯s probably as far as I going to get without more information so there¡¯s no use stressing over it now. I can¡¯t stop the grin the come¡¯s on my little baby face as I mentally scream my new favorite word. STATS!
Name:
Xavior Dark
Health/Mana
50 - 100
Race:
Revived Human
Class:
The Gamer
Level
EXP 0/100 1
Str: 1 Dex: 0
Vit: 5 Wis: 10 (1:10 Ratio)
Int: 10 (1: 10 Ratio) Luck: 1
Spd: 1 Point(s): 0 Money:0
Well, turns out I¡¯m weak as fuck. That sucks ass, although to be fair I am still only one day old. It would be weirder if I was super mega powerful already. I¡¯m still kind of disappointed at my stats though. I can¡¯t believe I have 100 MP already. I don¡¯t really know how much spells cost but I like the number. I can¡¯t wait until all my stats rise up into the 100¡¯s. I can¡¯t help but get excited at the thought. I realise that¡¯s a long way to go so I continue to get my mind off of it. SKILLS!Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.
ERROR! ERROR! THE PASSIVE SKILL (GAMER''S MIND) CANNOT BE LEARNED TWICE! FIXING......
Fix Finished!
Skills
Gamer''s Mind (Passive): Level Max
Gamer''s Body (Passive): Level Max
Observe: Level 1
Hm, now that I think about it, Gamer¡¯s Mind is a skill The Gamer should start with. Not only that, Gamer¡¯s Mind is an overpowered skill that shouldn¡¯t be able to be learned like I did before. It¡¯s like whoever created this system wanted me to have it. Well, I guess it¡¯s good to know that I was meant to get the skill anyway. It''s to useful to be without, especially if there are other Revived Humans out there. I start to focus on one of my skills, Gamer¡¯s Mind specifically. There are many different versions of The Gamer out there and how Gamer¡¯s Mind works usually shows a lot of the difference. After that I can check my other skills.
Gamer''s Mind (Passive) Lv: MAX
Allows the user to calmly and logically think things through. Allows peaceful state of mind. Immunity to psychological status effects.
Gamer''s Body (Passive) Lv: MAX
Grants a body that allows for the user to live the real world like a game.
Observe Lv:1
A skill to find the target''s information.
So this is my Gamer starter pack huh? Not bad for my literal first day. Since Observe is the only thing I can do right now I start to look around and observe everything from the t.v to the hospital bed. I can hear my father say something about how curious I am in the background and that¡¯s when I decide to observe him and my mother.
Xavior Dark
Health: 600 Mana: 800
Father of The Gamer and Don of Crows
Sarah Dark
Health: 300 Mana: 1,400
Mother of The Gamer and wife of Xavior Dark Sr.
What the hell are the Crows? I''m not an idiot, I know that a Don is a boss of a crime organization. Since when has my father been a Don?! Why the hell haven''t I heard about about it until now? Most of all, what the HELL are with those stats?!? I haven''t observed anyone else yet but I am 100% sure this is fucking abnormal!
??????????????????New Objective: Become Don
In your last life your father saw that you would not fit the possition of Don and so he passed down the title to your little brother. Become Don!
?????????Objective: Find one of the missed opportunities before you''re 1! (COMPLETE)
Rewards: 100EXP
??????????????????????Level Up!
Chapter 4 Where am I? It¡¯s so dark, I can¡¯t even see my own hands. It¡¯s so quiet. It¡¯s so peaceful. It reminds me of dying in my old life. This doesn¡¯t make any sense though, the last thing I remember is leveling up, how would leveling kill me again? What¡¯s that in front of me? Like a little purple bright light in the distance. It¡¯s gradually becoming larger and larger until my dark sanctuary becomes nonexistent and disappears. I can¡¯t help but squeeze my eyes shut at the sudden influx of light. As I gradually open them, I see a handsome man with purple eyes that seems to glow, in a business suit, and holding a scythe casually on his shoulder. Now this is the part where any normal person would normal freak out, but I can¡¯t help but to feel comfortable around the guy. He, I don¡¯t know how to explain it properly, but he just radiates a calming aura. He feels like the darkness from before and the darkness of Death from my first life. I don¡¯t completely understand it myself. This is indeed my first time feeling aura, if this even is aura. During this whole thought process, mysterious guy with a scythe, who I¡¯m thinking more and more is Death over every passing second was just standing there, staring at me. He hadn¡¯t said a thing yet. Am I crazy for officially thinking that this is Death? I mean, I¡¯ve been revived from the dead so it would make sense for the God of Death to give permission for me to get revived. The question is, what religion is he from. There are many religions with many Gods of Death. Depending on which religion he is from can also tell me which religion to start believing in. I decide not to think about it for now, if this God agrees and has the time, then all my questions will be answered in due time. I stare back into the eyes of the God and wait. I should allow the God to have first words, I don¡¯t want to seem to disrespectful. ¡°I see you are done thinking.¡± the God says. I have to force myself to keep my eyes open. His voice was so calming. It was soft but strong. I almost fell asleep but if my theory is correct then I wouldn¡¯t just be going to sleep if I succumb. Don¡¯t get wrong, at this point I¡¯m not really afraid of dying but I have a chance to do some amazing things this time around. I don¡¯t want to give up, not yet anyway. The God smiles. ¡°I have to commend you on your determination. I shouldn¡¯t waste time. I am Death, as you have already guessed, well one version of it anyway. Specifically I am Izanami of the Japanese religion.¡± The God of death paused. He knew I had questions. For one, how did he know I guessed he was Death? This could easily be explained now that I think about it. He is the God of Death, and I did die. I technically belong in his domain so it makes sense that he can read my mind. Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. Second thing is, I¡¯ve read up on Izanami for otaku reasons and it says that he is in fact a she. Izanami was a woman in Japanese Mythology. She had a husband and everything. Izanami is is a goddess of both Creation and Death, as well as the former wife of the god Izanagi.This man in front of me looks nothing like a woman at all. Don¡¯t get me wrong, I don¡¯t swing that way but she is too handsome to be a man. This however can be self-answered also. In many religions, the Gods can change gender at will. This can explain why Izanami is now a man. Third thing is Izanami is supposed to be dead. Now stop your fucking laughing. A Goddess of Death being dead just makes sense right? Nothing special about it, except it doesn¡¯t fucking work like that. Right now, Izanami is supposed to be in Yomi for eating the Food of the Underworld. How is she here right now? Or should I ask how is he here right now. Should I call her he? Would that be disrespectful? So many questions are popping into my head. I calm down and stop thinking for a second. Izanami is obviously reading my mind and waiting for me to finish. After a couple of more seconds she continued. ¡°Now as I was saying, I am here to tell you why you have been revived and your part to play in The Game. The system is still new and didn¡¯t explain why this happening correctly. Yes you are revived for missing the constant opportunities to entertain us Gods but there is more to it than that. There are 6 other revived humans in the world currently. One for each continent. Each one of you has to end up taking control of your continent and becoming the leader. It doesn¡¯t matter how you do it, as long as it gets done. Next you all will fight until there''s only one on top.¡± ¡°So...Game of Thrones?¡± ¡°Exactly! Each player starts off with one God by their side, but that doesn¡¯t mean they can¡¯t get more. If you appease to other Gods then they might take you on as their proxy also and bless you. Currently, most Gods from the human¡¯s mythology exist. Right now, you only have one God at your side and that¡¯s me. From what I heard, you''re already smart and adaptable considering you already know I can read your mind. If I trust you enough later on, I might answer some of your questions.¡± ¡°Well why did you happen to choose me instead of the other 6?¡± ¡°Many Gods of Death wanted you. The way you embraced Death n your first life made you highly wanted. In the end, it was up to me and Hades from the Greek Pantheon. It was decided by your love and interest in which God more. You being an Otaku tipped the balance in my favor. ¡°So what do I get from your blessing then? I¡¯m not going to lie, I was going to conquer the world anyway. At least now I know that it won¡¯t be boring.¡± I say with a smirk as the God chuckled. I can¡¯t tell if it was because he was amused about what I said or the picture of a baby smirking. ¡°You¡¯ll get the skills Soul Devour and Creation. You¡¯ll get the details of the skill once you wake up in the real world. All of the 7 have been born today and when you get back we¡¯ll fast forward to when you¡¯re all 15 and start out with the average 15 year old stats. Remember, the other Kings aren¡¯t Gamers. They have been given random power just as you have. I cannot tell you of their powers but be careful. I¡¯m counting on you to win this.¡± With that said, he hands me a chain with a scythe at the end. Once the chain touches my little baby hand I get a massive headache and I shut my eyes in pain. ¡°Xavior can you please finish reading the passage please?¡± I hear someone say. Holding my hand to my head to steady myself I open my eyes slowly to find myself in a classroom full of children. ...Fuck. Chapter 5 Why? Why didn¡¯t I notice before? With so much shit happening in one day I must have forgotten that with being reborn I have to experience high school again. Fuck! Now high school wasn¡¯t so bad. I was popular for my looks and was invited to all the parties. It¡¯s the fucking teachers I couldn¡¯t stand. The long nights of studying and sleep deprivation that comes with every major project I couldn¡¯t fucking stand. It¡¯s everything academic in school that I still can¡¯t stand. I didn¡¯t even use 3/4th of all this shit! I breath deeply to calm myself down. I am in a classroom full of kids. I think I remember this. Todays my birthday and also the first day of school, August 16. Best believe I was pissed when I found out the dates aligned in my first life. On my desk is a packet that the teacher probably wants me to read. The problem is, I have no idea where the last kid left off. I look at the big green chalk board to spot the teacher''s name. It¡¯s Ms.Sugar, I remember her. She was always such a nice lady. I sigh and put on a apologetic smile on my face. ¡°I¡¯m sorry Ms.Sugar, I seem to have lost my place. Would you mind pointing out where we are. I promise I¡¯m not usually this air headed and will do better in the future.¡± I make sure that I put as much respect in my words at possible. She smiles back and says that it¡¯s the second to last paragraph on the packet. I couldn¡¯t help but blush at the smile. Ms.Sugar was probably around her mid 30¡¯s but she sure looks amazing for her age. She was white and had brown curled hair with hazel eyes. She¡¯s wearing a black dress that reaches her knees with a white top with frilled edges. She wore glasses and the first thing that came to mind was that she was the picture of innocence. I say thank you and start to read the passage. When I finish I smile up at her in thanks and she smiles back.
+5 Relationship with Ms.Sugar
...Hell yes! There¡¯s a dating sim mode! I mean, I am The Gamer after all. Dating sims ARE indeed games so it does fall under my domain. Gods this is the best, maybe high school won¡¯t be so bad. I mentally put Ms.Sugar on my ¡°Conquer¡± list. With the next student reading the last chapter, I decide to head to my skills list and check what my two little gifts can do.
Soul Devour Lv: 1
Lets the user Devour the soul of one enemy a week. With the soul you can summon the soul into battle as your servant with 10% of their original stats.
Creation Lv: 1
Lets the user create things using mana.
...Holy motherfucking balls! Both of these skills are over powered as fuck! If I level these things than I could become powerful really fucking fast. As the random girl behind finally gets done with the paragraph she was reading the bell rings. Everyone jumps out of their seat and make for the door. As I get into the hallway I remember that I have 10 minutes to get to my next class. The class I was just in was English 9 and my next class is ROTC. I remember where it is so I walk straight there. I sit in the desk I sat in when I was in my old life, In the back of the class. Thinking about it now, this a perfect opportunity to get some allies. Later when I trust them enough I can Party up with them. I¡¯m glad I chose ROTC, I can get some loyal soldiers here. I¡¯m thinking of doing a Hitman Reborn thing and get some loyal soldiers in high school. God I love that anime. I¡¯m totally going to base a lot of my attacks and shit on that. If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. I wonder who I should pick to become my soldiers though. I sigh as I get up from my seat. No one is going to be here for a while. The teachers don¡¯t suspect that a student will know there way around yet so they¡¯re not even here. I walk to the front of the class to leave and go to the bathroom. Upon entering, I see a black kid picking on a nerdy looking one with glasses. The kid is wearing baggy clothing and has a snarl on his face. He¡¯s around 5¡¯7¡¯¡¯, an inch or two shorter than me. If I remember correctly this guy name is PJ. I don¡¯t know what the initials stand for because even the teachers called him PJ.He eventually becomes a lineman for the football team. He seems like a perfect first fighter candidate. The nerdy kid I don''t know. He wearing brown slacks with a buttoned up white shit. He has the old superman haircut and just looks like a perfect dinner for bullies. Even I want to pick on his. He seems like a perfect first made candidate. Plus, if I''m going to go to war, I''m going to need a smart strategist. I already decided what build I¡¯m going to play. I¡¯m going to be a speedster. After all, can¡¯t get beat if your enemy can¡¯t catch you. I put the 5 points I earned from leveling up into my speed stat and look over my current character.
Name:
Xavior Dark
Health/Mana
100 - 100
Race:
Revived Human
Class:
The Gamer
Level
EXP 0/200 2
Str: 10 Dex: 10
Vit: 10 Wis: 10 (1:10 Ratio)
Int: 10 (1: 10 Ratio) Luck: 5
Spd: 15 Point(s): 0 Money:0
I use Observe to check out PJ and a smile comes to my face as it levels up.
Paul Jackson
Health: 120/120 Mana: 50/50
Has a rough life and currently his family is having financial problems
Hm, it seems observe now tells me the maximum health and what it is currently. Useful. I begin checking out the guy he¡¯s beating up.
Eugene Collars
Health: 80/80 Mana: 150/150
Nerd who wants to change and become cooler.
Welp...time to get some Family members. The Start of the Famiglia These are going to be very first members in my Famiglia. I need to do this right and make sure there are no mistakes. I need to make sure they are going to be completely loyal. The one thing I hate is a disloyal ass soldiers. There¡¯s no need to worry though, I have the perfect plan for their undying loyalty! Before PJ see¡¯s me, I hurriedly run up to him. I feel faster than normal, actually far faster. In my past life, I may have gotten lazy and my speed stat probably been reduced to even lower than 10. I always did hate running, but the possibility of being the Flash is to high to pass up. PJ finally notices me. As he was previously holding the nerd up by the shirt collar, he drops Eugene to put his guard up to block my punch but it¡¯s too late, and he¡¯s slow. I punch PJ ass right in the fucking face. I know we¡¯re going to be working together from now on, but Gods that felt good! I haven¡¯t gotten in a fight in years. I forgot how therapeutic punching someone is. His head snaps back. Can you get whiplash from getting punched? If so, I totally gave this dude whiplash.
Suprise Crit! -15 Damage
Gain SKill: Sneak Atack When opponent is surprised, does 50% more damage
Hell yea! That¡¯s what I¡¯m that¡¯s what I¡¯m talking about! Although this is great, I probably shouldn¡¯t get too distracted in the middle of a fight.
??????????????????? -15 Damage
Yup, definitely shouldn¡¯t get too distracted. He quickly got over his surprise and just went with the flow. He didn¡¯t question why I hit him or anything. My cheek stings, this is going to hurt in the morning. I return the love tap with one of my own that does 10 damage. He tries to get me back but now I¡¯m focused. I duck under a wide swing and as I come up I hit the guy with a uppercut to the stomach for another 10 damage. He¡¯s stronger than me and has more maximum health, but he can¡¯t catch me. As I expected, speed is turning out to be the right choice. I lean back, narrowly dodging a jab to the face as I return one of my own that connects. My eyes widen in surprise as he intentionally doesn¡¯t block or dodge to step into my guard. It seems the mutherfucker threw defence right out the window for a full offence play. I wouldn¡¯t really mind much, if it didn¡¯t actually fucking work!
?????????????????????-20 Damage
I think I spit up a little as the asshole hits me right in my gut. Motherfucker that hurt! I jump back to put some distance between us but he charges at me instantly, ignoring my 2 punches and hit me in the face for another 20 damage. Shit! This fight just got more dangerous. I need to take him out, right fucking now! I back up once again and can already see the fucker coming right for me. I wait until the perfect moment moment to throw a hook to his jaw with all my strength. Although everything is based off games now, this is still real life. When I hit him in the jaw I shake his head enough for the brain to bounce against the skull, causing a knock out. He falls in the middle of his charge onto the floor. Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel.
????????????????????Crit! Knock Out!
I can¡¯t help but to put my back against the wall and look at the ceiling. I breath heavily, although I¡¯m not physically tired, I am mentally. That was fucking intense. I hear the bell ring, symbolizing that we have 1 minute left until class. Wow, that means that fight lasted about 3-4 minutes. That¡¯s fucking crazy. It oddly feels way longer than that but at the same time it feels like it all happened in an instant. I laugh and lean my head against the wall, keeping it facing up. I can¡¯t help but laugh. Has fighting always been this fun? It was so exhilarating. Before I look like I¡¯m completely losing my mind, I stop my laughter and look at Eugene. He¡¯s backed against a corner and trying to hide himself. His eyes are wide and his mouth dropped. I walk up to him slowly and crouch to be face to face with him. He begins shaking. He probably thinks he traded one bully in for a worst one. ...He¡¯s right. I punch Eugene in the motherfucking face! I almost got beat up for this coward, I need this! The smart-dumbass falls to the ground. The fear in his eyes pisses me off. He is going to be one of the first members of my Famiglia, he can¡¯t be this much of a coward. He whimpers as I grab Collar by his collar. Ha, I made a funny. ...Gods that was lame. ¡°Stop being a fucking weakling!¡± I scream in his face. ¡°Be a man! How are you going to let me bully you like this! Don¡¯t you have any pride?!¡± That seemed to tick him off a little since he got a little ballsy. ¡°Shut up! Pride is for the stupid! If I just shut up and let them do what they want they¡¯ll go away faster-¡± I don¡¯t let him finish and punch him once again. He shuts up. Not quite there yet huh? ¡°You think this will be a one time thing?! You think that they¡¯ll just leave you alone if you lay down and play dead?! Fuck no, guys like these will bully you for the rest of your life if you let them!¡± He starts sobbing. Is this motherfucker crying? ¡°I know...you don¡¯t think I know? I¡¯m not an idiot. It will never stop, but what can I do? I¡¯m too weak.¡± I punch him ¡°Get the strength then! Punch me!¡± I punch him again ¡°Punch me!¡± Again ¡°Punch! Again ¡°Me-¡± I didn¡¯t get to punch him again and I get hit in the face. ...This bastard¡­.he punched me... I punch him in the face. Second Member ¡°OW! What the hell man!? I thought you wanted me to hit you!¡± Eugene yells, holding his nose in pain. It¡¯s fine, I didn¡¯t break it, he¡¯s just overreacting. ¡°I did, but since you attacked me I assume you''re ready to put your life on the line. Risk your life on it. With your fists, with your mind, with your power, you will risk your life. This isn¡¯t a child''s game. When the world shoves you around, you just have to stand up and shove back. It¡¯s not like someone is going to save you if you start babbling excuses.¡± I say coldly. Both of those are such a badass lines. Where did I get them from? One Piece I think it was. Damn Shanks and Zoro were so badass. I extend a hand out to help him get up. After looking at it strangely for a while he takes it while chuckling. ¡°I have absolutely no clue what the fuck you''re talking about but sure.¡± he gets up, ¡°so now what, why did you save me?¡±
???????????????+80 Relationship with Eugene Collars
???????????You have become Acquaintances with Eugene Collars
You have become Friends with Eugene Collars
You have become Best Friends with Eugene Collars
Whoa wait wait wait! This can¡¯t be right, right!? He didn¡¯t even hear my explanation! Does he just not care why I did all this? Don¡¯t get me wrong, I¡¯m happier than a motherfucker about it. This will speed up my plans tremendously. The guy already views me as his ¡®bestie¡¯. The problem is, isn¡¯t this kind of fucked up? He was so lonely, that the guy who punched him for fun became his best friend in a matter of minutes. There¡¯s gotta be something in the memory banks about this dude. Why the hell can¡¯t I remember him? His Intelligence Stat is higher than the average on the first day of school. He obviously had the potential to become Student Body President or something like that yet his name doesn¡¯t ring any bells. I sigh mentally and decide to think about it later. I look at him and try to imitate Monkey D Luffy down to the ¡®T¡¯ with a smile so wide my cheeks hurt. ¡°I¡¯m starting up a gang and needed a strategist. With your help, I¡¯m going to become Emperor of the world!¡± I yell enthusiastically. ¡°Okay.¡± he nods and points to PJ on the ground. ¡°What about him?¡± ¡°...okay?¡± I say unsurely. What the hell does he mean ¡®okay¡¯? Is he not going to ask for an explanation. I mean, I wouldn¡¯t give him one but still¡­ ¡°Yea, okay. I don¡¯t know what¡¯s going on but I doubt you would actually give me a choice in joining or not.¡± ¡°True.¡± ¡°So I might as well save time and make sure that I don¡¯t get caught up in any stupid situations by being the strategist. So, back to the bully whose ass you just kicked. What are we going to do with him?¡± This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. ¡°Oh! He¡¯s joining to of course. We also need some muscle.¡± I see Eugene frown slightly at my answer but I ignore him. I kick PJ in the stomach to wake him up. Surely enough, he wakes up with a groan and clutches his stomach. He¡¯ll be fine. I grab PJ¡±s arm and hoist him up so he¡¯s standing. I walk out the bathroom as I tell Eugene to get to class. Apparently all 3 of us are in ROTC. PJ because his uncle died in the Marines, and Eugene because he thought it was a way to get stronger. I just didn¡¯t want to take gym. It was pretty awkward when I told him to get to class and he ended up following us. I sit PJ in the seat next to me on my right while Eugene takes the spot to my left. I can¡¯t help but chuckle as the class starting bell rings and PJ still hasn¡¯t said a word. Just groans, moans, and more groans. Classes are so boring until lunch that I don¡¯t even remember them. Sure there was another cute teacher but I had absolutely no chance to increase my Relationship stat with her and I already learned all this bullshit so it isn¡¯t hard. I shouldn¡¯t have any trouble. On my way towards the lunch room I look for Eugene and PJ. Eugene appears by me all of a sudden as I finally spot the jock. I don¡¯t question it, he¡¯s fitting into his new role nicely. PJ sits down at a random table alone, since he¡¯s not on the football team at the moment he¡¯s not popular yet. I sit across from him and can see the anger in his eyes.
-5 Relationship with Paul Jackson
I can¡¯t help but to mentally chuckle at his Relationship Stat. Aww, he¡¯s adorable. He thinks he has a choice. ¡°What do you want?¡± he practically growls out. ¡°Whoa, I¡¯m sensing a bit of hostility. What? The big bad bully got beat up and now he¡¯s mad. Well isn¡¯t that your fault for being too weak?¡± I start of jokingly but eyes get cold as I go on. ¡°I mean, whose fault is it that you got KO¡¯d the first day of school. Here you are picking on weaklings, while still weak. Pathetic.¡± I practically spit out. His eyes widen in surprise at my sudden hostility. I give Eugene my lunch money and tell him to get both of us lunch. Normally I would be worried if he would even come back but I trust him. Oh, It seems PJ finally got his bearings. ¡°So what?! What are you, some dumbass trying to be a hero and teach life lessons and shit? Grow the fuck up, this isn¡¯t t.v. Get out of your fantasy world.¡± he says with a roll of his eyes. I chuckles at his words which makes his eye slightly twitch in annoyance. ¡°You think I saved Eugene to be a hero? No, I saved Eugene because I wanted to kick your ass. So I did. There¡¯s no other reason, and we both know there doesn¡¯t actually need to be one. The strong stomp on the weak and the weak roll over and try not to get noticed. As a weakling bullying another weakling...the simple fact of the matter is you got noticed.¡±
+5 Relationship with Paul Jackson
I grin at the sight. Sure he doesn¡¯t like me, but at least I¡¯m not delusioned into thinking that the world is all sunshine and rainbows. I did what I did because I wanted to and had the power to do it. As an individual who does the same, he can respect that. He nods at me. ¡°Okay, so what do you want now?¡± he asks as Eugene finally gets back with our food. ¡°You were stronger than I thought. I¡¯m planning on taking over and if you follow me I¡¯ll give you a position in my new world order.¡± I say seriously. He stares at me for a bit and laughs. He gets up and begins walking away, behind me. Without looking back and facing him I continue. ¡°We both know that every year a big fight occurs to see who will hold the school as territory. If we win we can annex the other crews and gangs into paying tax for not getting destroyed.¡± I hear his steps stop suddenly, I hear it even through the lunch booming with students and a evil grin spreads so far I think my face will split in half. When I observed him earlier his description told me his family is having financial problems. I will use this against him to get him to join me. With the grin threatening to get bigger, he sits down. ¡°What makes you think I have to join your crew? Theres plenty of them in the school.¡± he says grasping for straws. I snort. ¡°We both know upperclassman don¡¯t fuck with freshman and a freshman''s crew has never won before so I doubt there¡¯s anyone crazy enough to try.¡± ¡°And how do you know that you¡¯ll win?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t, but I am the only one crazy enough to try, that¡¯s for sure.¡± I say as I eat a fry off my plate. Eugene is just sitting beside me and eating quietly. PJ goes back to his seat and slams down his tray. ¡°Fine! I¡¯ll join, but remember, if we don¡¯t go to the top, then I¡¯m dragging your ass to the very bottom!¡± he growls out. I smirk and eat another fry. ¡°I wouldn¡¯t have it any other way.¡± First Crew Fight??? After school I walk to the gate that separates school property from the city and then I instantly realize something vital. I have no fucking clue where I¡¯m going. Although we never moved from New York, father never wanted to leave for some reason, which I now know is because he has a fucking gang and it¡¯s dangerous to leave our territory, we moved our home multiple times. It was probably for safety or we were at war or something. I step off school property and look around. There¡¯s moms and dads picking their kids up from school and kids just strait up walking home. I see a black car with tinted windows sitting there with no one going to it. The light isn¡¯t on so it doesn¡¯t seem like someone is getting picked up with it. I don¡¯t know why my attention is on it. It¡¯s just a car, it might be a teacher''s or something. It must be because I know that the mafia is around me. I¡¯m getting super paranoid about random ass things. During my inspection of the Mystery Car of Death, it seems PJ and Eugene walk beside me without my notice. That really isn¡¯t good, I need to have a better visual of my surrounding. Visual? Is that the word I¡¯m looking for? Oh, it seems PJ said something. This self monologue thing is going to kill me someday. I start walking and they follow. I can¡¯t just ask what they said. They¡¯d know I wasn¡¯t paying attention! I¡¯d lose a lot of face. Oh, PJ is screaming about something. I think he¡¯s asking where we¡¯re going. I¡¯m not completely sure though since I¡¯m still not listening but I tell him we¡¯re going to our temporary hang out spot for our Gang. I got tired of saying crew, what we¡¯re making is so much more. ¡°You mean like a base?¡± PJ asks confused. I shake my head in rejection but don¡¯t give further explanation. Don¡¯t get the wrong idea, it¡¯s not like I¡¯m trying to be mysterious or anything, I just genuinely have no idea where I¡¯m going. In my last life as an adult I know where some cool spots would be but as I¡¯m currently in the past, there''s no way for me to tell without actually just going there and seeing for myself. I keep walking forward, trying to act like I know where I¡¯m going. What do other Gamers use to know where they''re are and get around?...The motherfucking minimap! I¡¯m an idiot, why didn¡¯t I think of that previously?! Wait, was that cannon? To get the minimap it¡¯s either a skill or you turn it on through options, the thing is, I think that was only in fanfiction. Would it work if I try? Well, there¡¯s only one way to find out.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. ¡°Options.¡± I whisper. I don¡¯t want PJ and Eugene to think that I¡¯m crazy or something if they hear me talking to myself. Surprisingly it works.
Options
HP/MP Bar Y/N
MiniMap Y/N
Theme Music Y/N
Subtitles Y/N
Always Display Names Y/N
Why is all of these off?! Shouldn''t most of this crap be on from the beginning?I decide to ignore it for now, the GM (game master) is new after all. It doesn¡¯t know what to do yet, proven by those errors I got earlier and how I got Gamer¡¯s Mind. I turn everything on besides Theme Music. That gets annoying after a while. I check out my new toys. They appears on the corner of my vision, out of the way, but close enough to use if needed. My HP/MP bars are at the top left and right of my vision. HP a blood red while MP a baby blue. At the bottom right hand sand there''s my minimap. At least now I know where my house is now. I look at Eugene and can see his name above his head. Does this use my Observe skill? Besides my house and school though, there''s nothing else on my minimap, well all except that red blinking dot following us but that¡¯s probably nothing much. ¡­ ¡­. ¡­...SHIT! Those are enemies! WHo the fuck are they?! I continue walking forward calmly without raising an alarm. As fast as my panic showed up, it left just as fast. Gamer¡¯s Mind is such a blessing. Now, could those be enemies of the Crows? No, my father most likely have my school on constant supervision. No enemy mafia member of his will get this far into his territory so easily. Although I say that, why the hell isn¡¯t Father doing anything about these guys. It doesn¡¯t make any sense, I¡¯m sure he has someone watching me from somewhere and these guys are clearly following us and are enemies. I turn into a narrow alley as I realize something. If my father hasn¡¯t acted yet it¡¯s probably something he thinks I can handle. Is this a test? I don¡¯t particularly remember this part in my last life but could this be the moment why he chose Neo to lead the Crows instead of me. Did I fail this test in my last life? I head down a dark alley. ¡°There¡¯s someone following us, get ready to fight.¡± I say seriously. PJ nods without question but I see Eugene get stiff. Is this how far his loyalty reaches? After only a little scrap? We all hear a car stopping, blocking the path we just came through.We turn around to look and it¡¯s that same shady car I saw in front of the school! 3 guys step out the vehicle... First Crew Fight!!! Noah Bach, Liam Smith, and Mason Brown pop out of the car. Seeing their names on top of their head is really useful. I observe one of them.
Noah Bach
Health: 110/110 Mana:80/80
Sophomore associate of the Vipers
Observe Level Up!
I was wondering when that skill was going to level up. I use observe again to see something new about the 3 Stooges.
Noah Bach Level 2 (Stooge #1)
Health: 90/90 Mana: 80/80
Sophomore associate of the Vipers. Ordered to "Beat some sense" into you and agreed for the potential of getting Made (Becoming a soldier).
Brown, frizzy hair clumsily hangs over a skinny, face. Brown eyes, set within his sockets, watch coldly over us. Scars stretching from the left side of the forehead, running towards the tip of the nose and ending above his left eye makes him look like someone important. I would even be fooled if I didn¡¯t know he was a simple grunt.
Liam Smith Level 3 (Stooge #2)
Health: 110/110 Mana: 80/80
Sophomore associate of the Vipers. Ordered to "Beat some sense" into you and agreed for the potential of getting Made (Becoming a soldier).
Red, dreadlocks hangs over a strong, frowning face. Bulging blue eyes stare at us and he looks very full of himself.
Mason Brown Level 5 (Stooge #3)
Health: 150/150 Mana: 100/100
Sophomore Soldierof the Vipers. Ordered to "Beat some sense" into you by his Capo.
Observe now shows a bit more information and their current level. That''s going to be useful. More than that, it seems the GM have a sense of humor. The guy I''m facing has an absolute hateful look in his brown eyes. He obviously didn''t want to be here on the first day of school. He leans against the car, apparently fully sure that his grunts are capable of beating all 3 of us. His black hair is messy and it looks like he poured a whole bottle of grease in it. Someone put a hit out on me. I wonder why though, it has only been one day since school started. I didn''t think it would be getting this exciting so soon. The Vipers huh? They are the 2nd years gang in NY High. What did I do to grab their attention already? Was it the fight with PJ in bathroom? Did someone see and report back to Viper HQ? I shake my head, getting rid of the thoughts. Whatever is going on, I''m going to find out soon. I''ll just have interrogate these guys and force them to tell me why this is happening. I look towards my current gang. PJ looks not only determined but excited. Eugene looks like he''s going to shit his pants. I sigh, I''m going to have to find a way for this dude to stop being a pussy. I stare down the soldier and he does the same for me. I hate that look in his eye. He''s looking down on us because we''re freshman. "Eugene, you have Stooge #1 Mr.Frizzy. PJ, you take care of Stooge #2 Mr.Redhead, and I''ll take care of Stooge #3." I order. PJ doesn''t do anything but nod before getting to work. Eugene looks like he wants to say something but before he can I walk towards my current target. Before the fight can start I get another notification.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.
Congratulations! For ordering around people not in your party you have gotten the skill: King
King: Allows you to gain 10% experience from enemies defeated on your order
I smile spreads on my face. "So, who sent you?" I ask for shits and giggles. Instead of answering me he just snarls and lunges at me. I dodge but just barely. It seems our Speed is around the same, I won''t be able to fight him like PJ. I send out a jab to his face but he weaves under it and send a punch towards mine. I tilt my head to the side and retract it in to send another punch but before I can another jab gets sent my way. Shit! It seems he''s faster than me. I duck under it and send out a uppercut towards his gut but to my surprise he stops it with foot. I stand there dumbfounded for a bit before I notice the leg getting pulled back and the other coming from my left. I can''t dodge it in time and take the hit.
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I fly back a few feet and land on my ass. Fuck! I was hoping since he''s faster than me his strength stat was lower than mine but it seems to be the same. Plus, what the hell was that kick!? I''ve never fought someone who uses their legs before. This is bad, not only do I not know his style of fighting but he beats me in my most important stat, speed! I jump up but it seems to be no need. He still where he was previously, with a smirk on his face. The bastard is mocking me! Anger flashes through me but I get calm instantly. Thanks to Gamer''s Mind I can still think clearly, which is good because for this fight I''ll need to figure out a way to beat him other than brute strength and speed. I put my guard up and run towards him going for a jab that he seems to dodge barely. He sends one back at me that hits me in the nose but I try to ignore it. Since I''m bare-knuckle boxing I don''t have much guard. This isn''t good, I send a lower cut down to his stomach that actually connects but doesn''t stop him from kicking me in the same fucking place to get me away from him. I step back a bit from the impact and buckle. We both take 10 damage but in that time he swings his right leg around to kick me in the face. I fly back on my ass again.
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Shit! Fuck! Doodley! Cock! I''m getting my ass kicked! I get back up and run at him catching him of guard a bit and dealing another 10 damage by throwing a jab. He responds by kicking me in the stomach once again that makes me flinch but I grin evilly as I catch his leg with my left arm, see his surprised look, and throw all my power into a cross punch right into his fucking face!
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He stumbles and falls on his back. Paybacks a bitch motherfucker! At that moment, more notifications flash in front of my eyes.
Gained Skill: Power Punch Level 1
Power Punch: Multiplies power of your punches by 80%! Cost: 10 Mana
Gained Skill: Physical Resistance Level 1
Physical Resistance: Decreases physical damage by 5%
Yes! WIth this I can finally fight back. As he gets up I use power punch before he gets his balance making him fall once more.
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It doesn''t do as much without the added on power of Sneak Attack but still does the job. He gets up faster this time, so I couldn''t do it again but Gods does it feel good to knock this guy on his ass! I notice that his nose is bleeding and he''s wobbling a bit. I look up at our health.
Xavior Dark
Health: 50/100 Mana: 80/100
Mason Brown (Dizzy 30sec) (Minor Bleed)
Health: 90/150 Mana: 90/100
It looks like he used some of his mana, how? Well, now that I think of it, my mana is down to. I guess mana is technically energy. So that kick that did a lot of damage must have been a special move or something. If he hits me with that again more situation will move from bad to "Absolutely fucked". He still has more health than me. 5 more hits and I''m knocked out. That''s not even counting the devastating kick that the bastard has. I finally notice something crucial, he is bleeding and dizzy! It''s not the fact of that really that''s astounding but what it means. Since I have Gamer''s Body and Mind I can''t have status effects like that but other people can! His health is going down by one every 3 seconds and with ''Dizzy'' he can''t defend himself. I run towards him and throw a Power Punch into his stomach, making him spit bile for another 18 damage. Thankfully that shit didn''t get on me or I''d kill him. I laugh maniacally. It''s not even a fight anymore. I hit him with a Power Punch 4 more times and he goes down for the count. He falls flat on his face. That''s what the motherfucker gets for looking down on me.
?????????????????????Level Up!
About time, I was waiting for that. I put the 5 points into my speed again bringing it up to 20. I''m finally level 3. I look to my companions and find both of their opponents knocked out, even Eugenes. In fact, he has this strange smile on his face. Interesting... Crew Battles (Eugene) Eugene P.O.V "Eugene, you have Stooge #1 Mr.Frizzy.¡±...eh? I¡¯m sure Xavior said more but I toned out before he can finish. Why did Xavior just say something crazy like that? I¡¯m the strategist right? The strategist doesn¡¯t fight, right? I see, ¡®Mr.Frizzy¡¯ running towards me. Shit! Why the hell did he tell me to fight?! He knows that I¡¯m a weakling! I crouch down to the ground and cover my head as Frizzy gets to where I am. He looks confused but in no time he¡¯s going to take the advantage and beat me up like all bullies do. I look to the ground and wait for it to happen. If I prove that I¡¯m no challenge he¡¯ll get bored quickly and leave. ¡°Dude, I¡¯m pretty sure we¡¯re supposed to fight now. What are you doing?¡± Frizzy asks confused. It seems he does not understand that I am giving up. There¡¯s no way I can beat this guy. Sure he¡¯s scrawny but those scars had to be from some dangerous battle or something. He has to be incredibly experienced. ¡°I¡¯m just a nerd, I can¡¯t fight! Do what you want but please don¡¯t hurt me to badly. I beg of you.¡± I plead. I sneak a peek up at him and I see a face of pity. I can¡¯t help but to laugh at myself. I¡¯m such a weakling, he¡¯s not even beating me up yet and he¡¯s already pitying me. What can I do though? Even if I tried to fight, that guy would crush me. I have no chance of beating him in a fist fight. I have no place in the fighting field. Frizzy places his hand on my shoulder and says something comforting but I can¡¯t hear him in my own self pity. He¡¯s not even going to beat me up. I¡¯m not worth his time or minimal effort. I feel a twinge of frustration. I wonder why? Isn¡¯t this what I wanted? To not be noticed, to not be a target, to be invisible. Yes, it was, it still is. Then why? Why is his pity smile pissing me off? Why is his comforting making me want to punch his teeth in, even though I know I¡¯m not physically capable? Pity...Pity...Pity. I sure am using that word a lot recently. I guess it makes sense, it¡¯s all I can see on everyone''s face lately. No, not just lately, it¡¯s been a long time since anyone looked at me like a human being instead of trash to be beat or a hurt animal always asking for help. I can¡¯t blame them really, I was. I also can¡¯t blame them for noticing...but not doing anything about it. The world isn¡¯t fair. Fairness is after all a matter of perspective and with the over 7 billion people on the Earth, it is hard for everyone to be on the same page on what ¡®Fair¡¯ is. Even with all we know, things that are absolute non-variables are few. One of those things are the pecking order. The strong do what they will to the weak, and the weak can¡¯t do anything about it. It¡¯s the strong that makes the rules, it¡¯s the strong that decides what¡¯s fair or not, and it¡¯s the strong that chooses on whether I get beat up every week or should feel ¡®thankful¡¯ that they didn¡¯t decide to torture me that day. I remember earlier today in the bathroom. This isn¡¯t a child''s game. Why do I put up with this crap?If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. When the world shoves you around, you just have to stand up and shove back. It¡¯s not like someone is going to save you if you start babbling excuses. I spent so much time trying to change the world, trying to make it ¡®fair¡¯. When the bullies hit me and I asked ¡®why¡¯ all that got me was hit again. I assume you''re ready to put your life on the line. When I tried to tell them how they make my life a living hell all that did was get me laughed at and called a pussy. Risk your life on it. I¡¯m done being the weak! I¡¯m not putting up with this bullshit anymore! I don¡¯t want to be hit, but I don¡¯t want to be pitied either. I¡¯m too weak now but I¡¯ll become strong. Even if I get my ass kicked I¡¯ll make sure I go down swinging. I won¡¯t be a target anymore, I fucking refuse! I¡¯ll kick, punch, bite, cheat, it doesn¡¯t matter. I¡¯ll become strong. Fuck changing the world, it¡¯s fine the way it is, I¡¯ll rule it with current system in place. With your fists, with your mind, with your power, you will risk your life. Like a fucking pawn on a chessboard. I look up to find Frizzy staring at the match between Xavior and who I assume to be his boss. I grin, thank for the free shot bud, you should have kept your guard up. Still low, I punch with all my might between his legs. He stiffens and his shoulders lock. Before he can get his bearings I jump up and throw another punch at his face. My strike barely push his head back but in his current state, it¡¯s enough to throw him off balance and send him on the his back. This is it, the first step to becoming strong. Not wasting the chance, I jump onto his stomach with all of my weight. Frizzy spits up a little of something that gets on my shoe. How dare he?! I try to go for another jump but he moves out the way before I finish the fall, making me land on the ground. Wait, did I just say ¡°How dare he¡±? I know I¡¯m trying to change, and kicking the poor guy in the balls did feel euphoric. Oh god, I¡¯m totally a sadist. Unfortunately during my monologue, Frizzy decided to use the opportunity for payback. He punches me right in the gut. It doesn¡¯t really hurt, I¡¯m used to way worse, this level of pain is nothing. Considering my furious state of mind from that punch though, definitely not a masochist. He sends out another punch that hits me across the cheek but I run into his guard while his arm is out and ignore the weak punch. I grab him by the shoulders to keep him up and knee him once again in the nuts. He buckles and almost fall but my iron grip doesn¡¯t let him. I rapidly knee this poor man. At one point I think he passes out but I continue anyway and his screams reinsure me that he¡¯s lucid. This is what I was afraid of? Knee to the nuts. Scream. This is the garbage I got on my knees for and pleaded to? Knee, scream. I am beating up this older man to near insanity. Knee, scream. And I¡¯m loving every motherfucking moment of it. I knee him once more and hear his screams. I finally drop him to let him rest. That...was...magnificent! This is what I can do when I don¡¯t roll over. This is what happens when I don¡¯t be a little bitch. If this is life for the strong, I should have done this years ago! No...I couldn¡¯t do this years ago. I didn¡¯t have confidence in myself. I look over to Xavior. He¡¯s currently spot clean, he doesn¡¯t have a wound on him and he¡¯s repeatedly punching the guy he¡¯s facing with a smile. He is why I can do this. He is why my opponent is on the ground instead of me. Again, my mind goes back to earlier. Risk your life on it. My life huh? If it¡¯s to protect my new ideals and lifestyle, if it protects the person who freed me from torture, if it makes me strong...sure. I¡¯ll risk it, and I¡¯ll live through it. I¡¯ll be one of the strong and stand on top, controlling the world at my will. Xavior P.O.V
???????????????+20 Relationship with Eugene Collars
????????????You have become Brothers with Eugene Collars!
Loyalty is at 100% with Eugene Collars! He will follow you to the ends of the Earth and never betray you! You are Brothers in Life, Death, and In Between.
Eugene P.O.V I smirk forces itself on my face. I can¡¯t help it, ¡°Like a Pawn on a Chessboard.¡± Knowledge is Power This, isn¡¯t supposed to be this easy is it? How can Eugene already be at 100%? I mean, don¡¯t get me wrong, this makes things easier, but I can¡¯t help but to worry about his mental state. This can¡¯t possibly be normal, humans don¡¯t usually be willing to die for someone after a few hours of meeting. After thinking about it for a while, I shrug and accept it. It wouldn¡¯t be fun if he was sane anyway. I notice Eugene has a couple bruises on him but other than that, he¡¯s completely fine. When I look over PJ, he seems to have been bored waiting for me to finish. It doesn¡¯t seem he had any problems with his opponent at all. Good, he needs to be strong and it seems Eugene has a lot more confidence in himself. My crew walk up beside me without a word as I crouch in front of the knocked out Soldier. I can¡¯t help but to have pride swell up inside me. I¡¯ve never experienced anything like this in my old life but I can already tell you this is the most fun I¡¯ve had in a long time. Not only that, but my crew seems so badass right now. All 3 of us won our battles, an overwhelming victory. I grab the guy by the hair and lifts his face from the ground. I begin slapping him around until he wakes up. Confused at first, I can see he has no idea what¡¯s going in. His eyes widen abruptly in realisation. It seems he finally remembers what happened. I have a couple questions to ask him. My eyes go cold as I place my remaining hand on his neck, squeezing slightly. I don¡¯t have the time for the ¡°I won¡¯t tell you anything!¡± cliche. No, that¡¯s not right, I¡¯ve literally been reborn, I have too much time on my hands. I simply don¡¯t have the necessary patience required to go through with it. I almost laugh as I see the fear emerge from his eyes but restrain myself. That would ruin my image. I feel my gangs eyes on me, watching my every move, but don¡¯t say anything. Not even Eugene speaks up. Good, I would lose face if they spoke out against me in front of the enemy. ¡°I will ask any question I please and you will answer truthfully without fail. This isn¡¯t a movie, I will not torture you if you do not answer¡­¡± he looks relieved...fool. ¡°I will simply kill you, I have no patience for your games. We are in an dark alley, no one will find your body but the homeless, and they would not care much about you. If you think I¡¯m kidding~¡± I smile and my voice takes a humorous tone as I start slowly squeezing. ¡°NO NO! I BELIEVE YOU! I¡±LL TELL YOU ANYTHING! PLEASE!¡± he screams. I smile and loosen my grip. I¡¯m taking over the world. Not for the good of the people or to help the needy, but because I want to. I am not the good guy, I am not the hero, nor do I want to be. I¡¯ve been debating my bad guy persona and I think I finally have it. I¡¯m thinking a mix of the Joker with my own little twist of personal craziness. ¡°So my good friend!¡± I laugh out with a smile that says we¡¯re old buddies. I can practically hear his thoughts of me being crazy. ¡°Who sent you after me?¡± That wasn¡¯t very nice you know? I¡¯ll have to go pay my proper respects to whoever has forced such a good pal of mine like you to a death sentence.¡± ¡°I-It was James! James Jones! He¡¯s my Capo and 1 of 6 of the Viper gang. It was overheard that a freshman was trying to start a gang and take over the school. All the other gangs thought it was a joke, no freshman has ever tried to compete in the Battle of Gangs after all. James hardly believed it either but sent me to make sure that the rumors were just rumors and to make sure you wouldn¡¯t try anything stupid.¡± ¡°Hm, tell me about this "Battle of the Gangs" and all who will participate. In fact just tell me how things work in this school in general.¡± I tell him. Honestly, I don¡¯t know much about it. Last time I didn¡¯t involve myself in it and wasn¡¯t affected by it. I didn¡¯t care who ruled the school or not. It didn¡¯t concern me, but now it does, and knowledge is power. ¡°Well, every year has a gang associated with it. Normally, once a gang is formed, it has to beat the main gang of their year to become the main gang themselves. That doesn¡¯t really happen a lot though. To be officially defeated, the Don of said gang has to publically announce his defeat in front of the school. Depending on your standing of strongest gang and weakest gang also depends on how your grade is treated. The weakest gangs year will be treated like trash while the strongest will be treated like nobles. It¡¯s the Don¡¯s job to protect its citizens, although you can just not, but those not loved by the general people don¡¯t really last long as Dons.¡±You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. ¡°Why not?¡± I ask. ¡°Well, there are more citizens then there are people in gangs. So if your citizens really hate you, you could have an uprising on your hands. Other gangs will be more likely to pop up and the chance of you being dethroned increases largely.¡± ¡°Hm, interesting, a weakling is weak, but many weakling are strong. Quantity is a quality all in itself after all. Please, continue.¡± I add, letting go of his throat. He visibly relaxes. ¡°Well a gang usually has 1 Don > a Underboss > a Consigliere > 6 Capo¡¯s > some Soldiers, like me > and Associates.¡± he takes a deep breath. Looks like he¡¯s going to be explaining a lot. ¡°The Boss, or Capo Famiglia, makes all the important decisions, much like a CEO of a company would. Although each mob boss may run his outfit in a different way, they have one thing in common: they are greatly respected and widely feared by their subordinates. All of the men in his outfit pay him a tribute, so he is also usually an extremely wealthy man. He is usually called the Godfather, or more commonly, the word "Don" may proceed his first or last name. The Underboss, or Capo Bastone, is second-in-command in the hierarchy of the crime family. His level of authority varies from family to family, but he is ready to stand in for the boss at any given moment. The Underboss can easily find himself at the helm of the family so, for the most part, they are usually groomed for an eventual takeover, particularly if the boss¡¯s health is failing or if it looks like he¡¯s headed for a stay in the joint. A family may have two underbosses. An example of this was boss Carlo Gambino, who had Paul "Big Paul" Castelano and Aniello "Mr. Neil" Dellacroce as underboss at the same time. However, one underboss is far more common. The Consigliere, or Chief Advisor, is not officially part of the hierarchy of the gangs, but he plays one of the most important roles in a crime family. He is the close trusted friend and confidant of the family boss. The function of the consigliere is a throwback to medieval times, when a monarch placed his trust in an advisor whom he could summon for strategic information and sound advice. The Consigliere is meant to offer unbiased information based on what he sees as best for the family. He¡¯s not supposed to factor emotional concerns, such as retaliation and blood feuds, into his decisions. He is chosen solely for his abilities and the amount of knowledge he possesses. Generally, only the boss and underboss have more authority than the Consigliere. The Capo, or Caporegime, is the captain or lieutenant of a division. He heads a crew of soldiers and reports directly to a Boss or Underboss, who hands down the instructions. He ranks much higher in the hierarchy. He is also in charge of handling most money. The lowest-ranking members of the hierarchy of the gangs are the soldiers, the grunts of the organization who do the majority of the ¡°dirty work.¡± It¡¯s the place where the weaklings start off: running errands, making deliveries, picking up cash, and generally sticking out their neck in the hope of making a name for themselves by demonstrating their loyalty to the gang. Associates are not actual members of the gang but rather anyone who teams up with them. There are also the newcomers who have yet to be made, called Cugines, and they play a minor role in the operation of the gang. Associates are also fair game on the streets, they are not protected by the gang. Anybody can be an associate. As you can see, although we call ourselves gangs, we present ourselves in a Mafia format. I don''t really know why, but it was that way when I was a freshman.¡± he shrugs and catches his breath from that info dump. ¡°Now, usually when a gang graduates from their current grade, they become the main gang for the next grade they go to, but it''s different for freshman for obvious reasons. They have to fight amongst themselves first to be a main gang unlike us. Also, just because a gang is in a higher grade, doesn''t mean that they will be a stronger gang. Even some sophomore gangs have become the strongest before, but never freshman.¡± he clears his throat. ¡°The battles will start on September 6. The 2nd years will have the Vipers, the 3rd years will have the Wolves, and the 4th years will have the Angels. That is, if they don¡¯t get replaced in the month before the battle, as I said though, that doesn¡¯t happen a lot. This month is really just peacetime for the upper grades. It¡¯s used to gather their troops and plan. For you though, it¡¯s going to be filled with defending your spot as the main gang. No one is allowed to attack within that month of peace. If they do, all gangs will come after them and they will be eliminated. After that, wars will begin. You have to balance who you go to war with, after all, another gang can declare war on you while you''re already fighting someone else. Usually the upper years have a treaty to get rid of the 2nd years first so they can focus on themselves.¡± ¡°Well what were you planning on doing about that?¡± I ask curious but he just shrugs. ¡°I don¡¯t know, it¡¯s only the first day and I¡¯m just a Soldier. Anyway, that all the essentials.¡± he states. I smile and laugh as I place a hand on his shoulder. ¡°Really buddy, what about all your Capo¡¯s, Underboss, and Leaders names? Huh?¡± ¡°Oh¡­.forgot about that.¡± he responds and I chuckle. ¡°Sure you did. Now, go on, give me their names.¡± I order. He sighs and reluctantly gives me the names of his superiors. I also tell him to give me addresses of abandoned houses or warehouses. After being confused, he tells me that too. I pat him on the back in thanks then crack him right in the jaw, knocking him out again. I turn around to face my crew, smile on my face. ¡°Welp, let¡¯s go find our new base shall we?¡± The Start of the Journey We ended up walking about 3 blocks from our previous position towards an abandoned house. Apparently it was one of those houses that never got sold for some reason and ended up covered in vines and weeds making it even more unwanted. I don''t really remember a house like that but it¡¯s mostly because I had no interest in such things. I honestly was far more interested in the female population more than any old abandoned buildings. Actually, I was more interested in the female population more than anything. We crossed an intersection and saw the old building. It looked so rundown that I thought it could fall at any moment. It was an old wooden house that was larger than expected. It probably belonged to an old folks couple and they died or something. Looking big enough to have at least 3 rooms I guess it can do for now. It had 2 normal sized windows above a 3rd which was the size of three combined letting us see inside somewhat. Or, should I say it would have if the window wasn¡¯t so fucking dirty? There¡¯s a small brick wall that seems to surround the property. I was originally hoping for some abandoned warehouse and mentally called myself a fool for hoping for something so cartoonish but the weaklings we beat up told us that there are some warehouses but all the ones he knew of belonged to a gang. No doubt that after we take down a big enough Family, I¡¯m immediately taking a warehouse as spoils of war. We stop in front of the houses flimsy metal gate that had no lock on it, probably broken or rusted off a long time ago. I can¡¯t help but find this weird. Why isn¡¯t this place sold yet? It doesn¡¯t make since, the property is pretty big and with a little fixing up it can surely be sold. I open the gate and walk towards the base in excitement. Sure this place looks awful but that¡¯s only because it¡¯s old. We can fix this place up and it¡¯ll be perfect for a personal house which I can use while the rest of the Family uses the warehouse. Once I get it of course. ¡°Xavior-¡± Eugene speaks up but I cut him off. ¡°Xeno.¡± I say firmly with the smile still on my face as we open the door. Dust and dirt breach my senses but I smile through it anyway, not letting it affect me. PJ and Eugene started coughing though. Through his fit Eugene asks me a question. ¡°Excuse me?¡± he can¡¯t help but asks confused. ¡°Call me Xeno, we are Family from now on after all. It¡¯s short for Xavior. Or not ¡± I say with a shrug, ¡°I just like the name.¡± I begin observing the house. Literally nothing is here except dust and dirt. It seems it¡¯s been pillaged or the previous owners took everything with them. Usually there¡¯s a fridge in the kitchen but not even that¡¯s there. The living room is big and empty. At the end of the room there is a counter that separates it from a kitchen similarly to a bar. The kitchen is comfortably large and can hold about 4-5 people before it gets crowded. To the left of us is a staircase that leads upstairs. ¡°Well, Xeno, what should we do now?¡± he asks confused. I understand, I mean, I just led them to an abandoned house the first day I met them. This all must pretty confusing. ¡°Well PJ goes home while you stay with me. As my strategist and probably Consigliere we need to do what you¡¯re here for and strategize. Recruitment plans, training, our first target. Basically everything that will let our new Family means to survive.¡± PJ snorts, ¡°So I can go home? Cool.¡± he says simply and walks out leaving only Eugene and me. He looks at me determined and I can see the cogs turning in that giant head off his but before he begins speaking I smirk and begin using the magic that I¡¯ve been absolutely dying to test. I feel out for my magic and find it instantly. I know what a lot of you¡¯re thinking, ¡°How can you feel something you¡¯ve never felt before?!¡±. Well to that¡­.I have no answer. The mana inside feels like...it¡¯s been there all along but for the first time I can feel it. I don¡¯t know how to explain it. It;s confusing yet I feel it with so much clarity now. It¡¯s like...like a second heart beat on the right side of my chest, humming inside my body. Really, the only way I can explain it is...power. Pure power inside me that was always there but never reachable. There but not there. I try to force that power out of me and into the middle of the room. Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. It feels like oil is forcing it¡¯s way through my veins and barely any comes out but nonetheless it was working. Eugene clearly see¡¯s I¡¯m focused and doesn¡¯t anything as I continue until finally it happens. I see the table legs building from nothing as I focus on creating it from the ground up! No, not nothing, from magic! My magic! I continue imagining a simple wooden table with no designs and to be truthful looked quite shabby. It took about 30 seconds to make the table and 2 chairs. At the end of the process I couldn¡¯t help but flop down into my recently created chair. I only have 10MP left and the second heart or mana core feels weak. I look up at Eugene staring at me and the table with a calculating expression. Hm...I was expecting more of a scream and freak out but this is cool too. I don¡¯t think I have the energy to chase a screaming panicked nerd. However, it¡¯s still unusual for him to not be freaking out. Could it be because of his 100% loyalty meter? Does this mean that he¡¯ll accept anything I say and do without thought? No...no he¡¯s clearly stunned and in deep thought right now. I mean look at his face! He looks constipated, if I wasn¡¯t so tired I¡¯d have been laughing my ass off already. Oh, it seems he finally has his thoughts together. He sits down in the other chair and looks at me seriously. Oh, I like that look in his eye. ¡°What did you just do, how did you do it, and why did you wait to send PJ away before you did it?¡± Eugene says with a serious face. His relationship meter didn¡¯t go down so he doesn¡¯t think I¡¯m a monster or anything. Wait, once you reach 100% can it even go down? It did say we were connected in Life and Death. ¡°Well obviously I created a table and chairs. Duh. I did it by using this handy little thing I call magic, and because I don¡¯t trust PJ with this information yet.¡± I say with a smile. The amount emotions flashing through his eyes sends me chuckling like a madman. We sit there for a good 5 minutes, and that¡¯s not an exaggeration, I was counting! The guy is just staring at me and to be honest it went from funny to just creepy. Before I get say anything the man is out of his chair and right in front of me. I can¡¯t help but lean back. Fast! Not as fast I could go but faster than I ever expected him to in his current power. ¡°How did you get this power?! Can I get it too?! I can¡¯t believe it! A real Life Magi in front of me! Did you sell your soul?! Who did you sell your soul to get this power?!??¡± he ends up yelling at me. Wait, is this bastard planning on selling his soul?!?!?.... A evil smile crawls onto my face. I¡¯m sure I don¡¯t need to do this but...what the hell, why not. ¡°This power comes at a price. I am lesser demon trying to earn his rank up through the depths of hell. For this power you have to swear on my and a gods name that you will become my servant forever.¡± I say not bothering to hide my devilish smile. He instantly kneels. His craziness doesn¡¯t even surprise me anymore. ¡°What is a gods name can I swear upon my Lord?¡± ¡°....MUHAHAHAH¡± I can¡¯t help but laugh. Willing to sell his soul so eagerly for power?! It¡¯s ridiculously perfect! ¡°Good! GOOD! Repeat after me, ¡®I swear on my soul to my master Xavior Dark that I will serve him faithfully and in his interest or Izanami may take my soul into the Abyss!¡± He was right behind me, finishing mere seconds after I got done speaking. Immediately the entire house chills and gets quiet. Ahh, I remember this feeling, although it¡¯s not as intense. I can¡¯t help but tense up but it seems Eugene is handling it much worse than me. His kneeling position turned into his kissing the floor, barely able to move his head and control his shivers. Was I like that when I first encountered the feeling of Death? ¡­.Nah. Without me noticing it a person wearing a black robe with a scythe was standing over Eugene. The hood seemed to cover everything and I couldn¡¯t see a single inkling of his body though I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if it was a skeleton under there. Yea, there¡¯s no doubt about it, it¡¯s a Reaper. It swings its scythe without warning through Eugene and his back arks in agony. There is no sound though, it seems he¡¯s in so much pain he can¡¯t even scream. A white ball appears to be stuck on the Reaper''s scythe and he slowly moves towards me. I do not move, afraid but refusing to back down. Izanami is my god. I¡¯m safe. The Reaper''s scythe blurs for a second and before I know it...it¡¯s in my chest. But, there¡¯s no pain like expected... in fact, I feel better than I ever have! I feel so..soo...Good! After my high is down I fall to my knees and hands panting. I look up to see the Reapers gone and notifications.
Gained Skill: Soul Eat
Different than Skill: Soul Devour, Skill: Soul Eat allows you to personally take the soul''s power, doing this however, means you cannot use Skill: Soul Devour on consumed soul
I shake my head trying to get my bearings. Eugene was knocked out from the pain and I¡¯m rejuvenated. I contemplate letting him sleep but quickly dismissing the thought. I start to kick Eugene awake. As he finally becomes lucid, I mentally send him a party invite and smile. ¡°Well, let¡¯s get to work.¡± Apocalypse ¡°...You¡¯re the real life Gamer!¡± Eugene screams while pressing ¡®Accept¡¯ faster than my eyes can see. Huh, is The Gamer out already? It¡¯s 2015 and I don¡¯t particularly know when it started being translated. Now that I think about it, Eugene is a nerd and geek combined so if it is out he has most likely read it. I smile and nod to him. It¡¯s good that he knows what¡¯s going on but it might become troublesome if my enemies know my powers from reading The Gamer. With slowly raise my hand and spread my fingers. It¡¯s about to get real in a sec. I focus on creating an Instant Dungeon and gathering energy in my hand.
New Skill: Mana Attack/10MP
A skill to attack with mana and is linked to intelligence. Current Range: 10m
Interesting but I ignore it, that¡¯s not what I¡¯m here for. I begin slowly releasing the energy. All of a sudden without warning, the world changes. I see Eugene looking around amazed. He clearly realized what I did and although I knew what I was doing I¡¯m still amazed. It¡¯s like the world stilled. Completely the same yet completely different.
New Skill: ID Create
A skill to make an Instant Dungeon. You can make stronger ones by increasing your skill level.
Dungeon List:
Empty
Zombie
And the World Knew Silence Zombies? Was zombies given to Jihan so quickly before? Honestly it¡¯s been so long, I don¡¯t even remember. Not to mention, I don¡¯t think have the exact same power as the original. The GM whose controlling my powers seem new to this and still have bugs. Not to mention I think he¡¯s incorporating some powers from fanfiction because I don¡¯t think Jihan had Dating Sim Mode. It seems while I can take pointers from him, since our systems are different I can¡¯t completely follow him, which I wasn¡¯t planning on doing anyway. I can use this to my advantage though. I choose Empty and start walking out of the house. Eugene silently follows me looking at everything like it¡¯s the first time he¡¯s seen the world. I can¡¯t help but chuckle at his wonder stricken look. He so busy being amazed he doesn¡¯t even ask me where we¡¯re going and follows me outside. Since I constantly read FanFics involving The Gamer there¡¯s so many ways I can use these powers. Firstly though, there¡¯s something I need to test. We end walking to a local sports shop called Champion. Finally the zombies finally brain reboots and asks what we¡¯re doing here. ¡°We¡¯re here for supplies of course. It seems you know my power and what it¡¯s based off of. This makes everything easier for me since it means I don¡¯t have to explain everything to you. Hopefully PJ is like that too, though I doubt it.¡± I say walking into the small store. The racks are filled with basketballs, footballs, soccer balls and every other type of ball you can think of. I ignore all of that and walk towards the back where I see some baseball bats. Grabbing 2 metal ones I hand one to Eugene. His eyes instantly light up, it seems he finally realized what I¡¯m planning. As I¡¯m about to walk out the store though Eugene speaks up. ¡°What about paying?¡± he says with a serious expression. I stare at him for a while. Ever since the fight he¡¯s had this confident aura about him. I get that a lot of shit happen today but this personality shift is way too rapid and noticeable. It¡¯s like he¡¯s a completely different person. This just doesn¡¯t make any sense. ¡°I get that we¡¯re not exactly perfect civilians while making our own gang and all but stealing from local small businesses is just¡­¡± Hm, so he¡¯s saying if it was a larger one then he wouldn¡¯t have a problem? I nod as I don¡¯t exactly dislike this side of him. As long as he¡¯s willing to do what must be done when I ask it he can keep these certain traits. He¡¯s changed too much already anyway and I don¡¯t think it¡¯s healthy. ¡°We¡¯ll come back once we kill some zombies and money drops. You can even pay a tip if you want.¡± I walk out without waiting for his response. He can feel bad about it all he wants but we still need these bats. The problem is, will my skill copy the bat once we are out of the ID or will it disappear. We go into an alley close by. Good, this is close enough to go back if the bat disappears but far enough we won¡¯t get caught by cameras appearing out of thin air. I raise my hands into the air and focus on leaving the ID. And the World knew Sound Without warning the stilled world started to move again. Being born in New York, the silence in my city kinda bothered me. I release a breath I didn¡¯t know I was holding until now. Looking into my hand, I see the bat still there. I sigh in relief and move on to the next step. There¡¯s a Walmart 2 miles from here and there I can get what I need. I place my hand on Eugene¡¯s shoulder. ¡°You ready to Start the Game?¡± I ask with a smirk and he nods. I nod back and open up a Zombie ID. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. And the World Knew Death The world stills again. It¡¯s silent, completely silent. We move out from the alley and then I notice it. It¡¯s not silent, no I hear the groans. It¡¯s getting louder and louder, as if the zombies are spawning one by one across the world. I can¡¯t help the sinister smile smile that spread across my face. We see some zombies across the street coming out of a different alley. They look extremely ugly but I can¡¯t wait to get up close and personal to knock some heads in. I observe the zombies to find that they are all level 5, 2 levels above me. That¡¯s alright though, that just means more EXP. All of them have 150 HP. Knowing the situation I finally run across the street and swing my bat at the head of the 1st of 3 zombies causing 25 damage. It stumbles back a bit but recovers fast. It goes to swing at me but before it can Eugene is right behind me swinging the bat down on the its arm it tried to hit me with causing it to stumble forward. I use the opportunity to bring my bat back up swinging at his chin. He flies back, taking another 25 damage. Another zombie ends up lunging at me but with my speed I easily back up to survey the situation more. That shit was epic! Sure we didn¡¯t kill it yet but did you guys see that 3 hit combo! That was Batman and Robin shit right there! Is our synch also because of our 100% relationship meter? Honestly, I¡¯ve been blaming Eugene¡¯s craziness on my game system but maybe Eugene is just genuinely crazy. That guy he beat up literally looked like he wanted to die on the ground. I wonder what he did to him. ¡°I¡¯ll handle 2 while you get the other one.¡± I order him and instantly go on the offensive. As Eugene pulls 1 of the zombies away so we don¡¯t get in each other way. Sprinting back towards the zombies, I fire off a quick mana beam at the weakend zombie causing a solid 20 damage. Before he can retaliate I swing my bat cracking on the side of the head. I kick the bastard away when his buddy finally decides to join the party. Before I can fully face the other zombie it swings at me, clawing me for 15 damage. I pay it back with a 20 damage mana beam to the head. First off, why in the fuck do they have claws in the first place. Did none of these people cut their nails before they died or something. I use my superior speed to start running circles around these fucks. Ducking under a slash from Zom-Fuck 1, I use the opportunity to swing at the bastards knees as hard as I can. I hear a satisfying crunch as the zombie falls.
New Skill: Power Swing
Multiplies damage by 80% with weapons
Ohhhh, if he can feel pain, that HAS to hurt. His knees are not supposed to be facing that way. Well, at least now I have a faster way to kill these fucks. The other tries to sneak attack me from the side but I scoff at its attempt. I swiftly dodge but before it can retract its arm from the swing I use Power Swing on the poor guys knees. I hear another SNAP and another one bites the dust. Backing up, I admire my work. Both aren¡¯t dead and are still trying to kill me by crawling. I don¡¯t bother using power swing, choosing to save mana. Those bitches take 10 mana a pop so I should conserve them. I use my regular swings to the head to finish them both off.
Level Up!
Level Up!
Name:
Xavior Dark
Health/Mana
100 - 100
Race:
Revived Human
Class:
The Gamer
Level
EXP 200/1,600 5
Str: 10 Dex: 10
Vit: 10 Wis: 10 (1:10 Ratio)
Int: 10 (1: 10 Ratio) Luck: 5
Spd: 30 Point(s): 0 Money:0
¡°When you shot it in the head, was it an instant kill?¡± I ask. If it was, then that could make all of this a lot simpler. He nods in confirmation. An evil smile spread across my face as one of the 6 zombies get too close. I raise my hand like I¡¯m preparing a mana beam but instead of releasing it, I spin the mana in my hand. When released, it goes straight through the zombies head. Ohhhh that instant kill feels good, it sends shivers down my back.
New SKill: Spinning Mana Arrow
Adds piercing to Mana Attack
I look towards Eugene and nod. He nods back and we speed towards the soon to be dead once again zombies. I call inventory in my head and the space in front of me wavers. I place the bat in and it disappears in front of my eyes. That¡¯s so fucking cool! Now with both hands free I run up to a zombie placing my palm on it¡¯s head, releasing the arrow right into it¡¯s skull, killing it instantly. A zombie ends up flanking me but Eugene appears out of nowhere like my shadow killing with his own attack. I seem to only have 50 mana left. This new attack takes 15 instead of 10 so that means I have 3 kills left. I lean back to dodge another one of the undead fuckers. I grab it¡¯s arm, pulling it right into my palm filled with glowing power. Another one down, but this is way too slow...this is going to take a long time. Eugene seems to have taken care of the rest and there''s only one more. I walk towards and slowly place my palm out, destroying the last one. It seems instead of getting close and shooting he¡¯s sitting back unless he needs to get closer. I would do that too but I fear my dexterity is too low and I¡¯ll end up wasting precious mana. I seem to have leveled up again. I place my 5 points into speed bringing it up to 35. I still have one more shot out but I take out my bat anyway. I send a bit of mana towards my eyes as I smile for an effect as it glows purple. ¡°We¡¯re not stopping until we reach Walmart understand? Now, Let The Games Begin. Gamer May Cry We finally arrive in front of Walmart. We¡¯ve killed enough zombies for me to level up 3 times. Honestly, for how many we killed, I expected more, but it seems the required XP always doubles for a level up, making things twice as hard every level up. After putting all 15 points into speed and hitting 50 in the stat I feel unstoppable. Eugene has told me when I¡¯m going my fastest all he can see is a blur. My damage does a solid 30HP with just my fists now. Although I haven¡¯t upgrade my strength stat directly, the speed up my fist connecting probably adds extra damage. If you think that¡¯s good, I do 45 damage with my bat, and all of this is before I do Power Swing and Power Punch. I haven¡¯t had to use my bat in a while though since I got my katana.
Old Katana:
An old Katana that was never used, put up for display for a weeb to show his friends
It was a drop that made things a lot easier. Including my katana, Eugene got a staff that makes his spells more powerful and got 520$ in all. I gave Eugene 250$ for his trouble and help. I of course got the larger portion, he didn¡¯t seem to have a problem with it though. With 20 lesser health potions and 16 lesser mana potion. All in all, today was a good day. Something doesn¡¯t feel right though, we haven¡¯t seen a zombie in a while. I don¡¯t see anything wrong...but I just have this feeling in my gut. I rush into Walmart to get what we came here for. Running through the isles, Eugene is still confused since I haven¡¯t told him what we¡¯re here for but honestly, I don¡¯t think he cares. He¡¯s had this stupid smile on his face for the longest time now like he¡¯s having the time of his life. Not to say anything about my own smile constantly on my face, I know that I¡¯m insane, and I¡¯m okay with that. I finally find what I need in the back of the store, the BB gun section. I know, I know what your thinking. Did I willkingly face the apocalypse for a couple of BB guns?.....Yes. Hey! Don¡¯t give me that ¡®You¡¯re a dumbass¡¯ look! There¡¯s a reason to my madness. Earlier today when I made the chairs and table I noticed that I was only able to do so because the design was simple and I knew what it needed to be made of. I knew the purpose for it¡¯s creation and how to build in my mind. I grab 4 silver pistols that look real enough. I sit on the counter in front of me to begin. I put 2 of the 4 gins into my inventory and start. Reaching out to that ball of power right next to my heart I spread it to my hand and send it into the guns. I feel the mana probing the guns but a lot of it is dissipating as I release it. I don¡¯t think I can fix that right now, maybe more wisdom and intelligence will give me better control. I constantly spread my mana out and retract it back into me, forming a better and better picture with each rotation. After I feel like I know the weapon good enough, I stop retracting my mana in the process. Instead I lace the exterior and interior of the guns with my mana and focus on keeping it there without constant exertion. After about 5 minutes I finally get what I need to move on towards the last step.
New Skill: Mana Reinforcing
Spreading your mana through an object, you make it stronger
Now sure the gun is able to hold my power without breaking I nod in satisfaction. I channel my mana through the gun, making a Mana Arrow. I feel the gun shaking in my hand, radiating power. I begin forcing the mana to get smaller and more compact without loosing it¡¯s power. The fact that Eugene already made Mana Bullets and told me what to do helps a lot. It¡¯s just like he said, it feels like I have to sculpt the mana into the form I want. After a bit of sculpting, the gun stops shaking. I breathe a sigh in relief, I thought it was going to break for a while there. A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.
New Skill: Mana Bullet
Compressed Mana Arrow, it costs more mana but does more damage with piercing effect
Perfect! With all the manga and anime¡¯s I¡¯ve watched, mages always looked dumb to me. That pose of facing someone with your arm extended and palm faces towards them looks badass in anime but when going to anime conventions, it just makes you look like a weeb. I don¡¯t want to tell Eugene that he looks like a weeb club reject but he just does when he poses like that. The only cool person I remember that might look good in real life is Xanxus from Hitman Reborn. His gun that shot his flames were amazing. Sure fighting zombie horde because I don¡¯t want to look lame seems stupid but we needed to train anyway! So don¡¯t look at me like that! I¡¯m perfectly aware of my insanity. I hear a zombie crashing through the Walmart doors, running towards us. There¡¯s only one. Weird...did we exterminate the rest of them or something. The zombie population has been extremely low for a while now. Shrugging, I decide to test it out and pull the trigger for visual effect, releasing the Mana Bullet across the store and one shotting the zombie in the head....Fuck that looked cool.
NOTICE! The System recognizes this action as a short cut! Add Shortcut: Mana Bullet Shot (Squeezing the trigger of gun will take the necessary mana from you and form the bullet without need of focus)
Yes No
With Mana Reinforcing, the item [Gun] has upgraded to [Mana Gun]! Now amplifies mana by 15%
Ooooh shit! Yes! That¡¯s what I¡¯m talking about GM! That¡¯s why you the best!
Wave 1 Complete!
Rewards: 3 Health Potions! 3 Mana Potions! 1000$!
Wave 2 START!
Zombies begin spawning way faster and rapid than before. He¡¯s not even trying to make it look like they''re coming out of places anymore! They¡¯re just straight up spawning out of thin air! Dammit GM I thought we were friends!!! I wouldn¡¯t mind it so much if they didn¡¯t spawn right the fuck in front of us! ¡°RUN!¡± I yell while sprinting for the door. I make it in seconds but Eugene is more than a few paces behind me. Fuck, he¡¯s too slow. I begin providing cover fire for him to escape. As he finally gets to where I am we both run out the door. I have to hold back my speed or I¡¯ll leave him behind easily. They still die with one head shot but there is just too many of them in such a small space we¡¯ll get overrun easily. While running we notice more zombies spawning in front of us. ¡°WHat the absolute FUCK!? There¡¯s still more!? How is this level 2 when there¡¯s just so fucking many?!¡± I yell while shooting a zombie that spawns basically on top of me. Pushing Eugene into an alleyway I hurry and break out of the ID. And the World Knew Life I lean against wall and catch my breath. Although I¡¯m not really that tired physically, mentally I¡¯m dead. Today was just THE longest day. I¡¯ve died, been reborn, met GODS, fought PJ, got jumped, and willingly participated in the fucking apocalypse! SUre it was fun but now I¡¯m just soooo fucking done with today. Eugene speaks up. ¡°W-what was that about? That¡¯s not how it went originally?¡± he says breathing harder than me. He¡¯s right, it wasn¡¯t. The GM isn¡¯t doing everything the same and to be honest, knowing that I basically know nothing about how this works scares me. ¡°Ha¡­.HAHAH! But that makes it better doesn¡¯t it. We don¡¯t want it to be boring now do we?¡± I mumble to myself. Eugene looks confused. ¡°This is not a manhwa. This is not that world, it¡¯s real life and you are not limited only what they have done.¡± That¡¯s right, it¡¯s a game, but it¡¯s real life also. Even if I¡¯m scared, I¡¯ll conquer this game all the way. Me and Eugene end up going separate ways as we both go home. It¡¯s only 6pm but despite that I plan on going straight to sleep. New Day I wake up in my king sized bed and stare at the ceiling. I forgot how much I missed things like this. Once I moved out, I refused to be dependent on father so I didn¡¯t have pleasantries like this anymore. That was definitely a mistake, I wanted to be independent without knowing the consequences of such a request. Ugh, I don¡¯t even want to get up but I force myself too.
Slept in your bed! HP and MP fully restored! All status effects removed!
Hm, that¡¯s useful, looks like I¡¯ll definitely use this to my advantage in the future. Never mind that, when I came into the mansion I didn¡¯t see Father or Mother. Were they handling ¡®business¡¯? I shake my head at the thought, it¡¯s no matter now. I¡¯ll confront Father soon and start the take over. I love Father and all but he¡¯s just not enough to conquer the world. I need to be the Don of the Crows. This way, I can also take the burden off of my little brother. Now that I think about it, he wasn¡¯t in the house either when I came in¡­.He knows already doesn¡¯t he? FUCK!!! Was I such a failure of a son that even at 14 they knew he was better than me?! I can¡¯t help but to feel slighted. And He Knew Peace Gamer¡¯s Mind kicks in and calms me down. It¡¯s fine, it doesn¡¯t matter that they thought I was a failure or not. I¡¯m taking the Crows as mine and conquering the world. Fuck getting passed over again! I get ready for my day, taking a shower, brushing my teeth and my hair. Instead of casual wear like I usually wore when I was this age I instead put on a suit. Instead of Jordans I put on shiny black dress shoes. I look in the mirror and smile while fixing my tie. God I¡¯m handsome. After I¡¯m all done I go down the stairs and see breakfast already made and table set. Father, Mother, and Neo aren¡¯t here. There standing next to one of the seats wearing her maid uniform that seems unnaturally tight on her figure is our maid Rose. She¡¯s the only maid that we have, which always confused me before. Now though, having too many maids in a Don¡¯s house is just information ready to be taken advantage of. I walk up to her and use Observe.
Observe Has Leveled Up!
Rose Lundell Level 36
Health: 500/500 Mana: 800/800
Maid of Xavior and Sarah Dark. Currently she''s ordered to protect you with her life. Sarah Dark picked Rose up from an alleyway and gave her shelter. SInce then, Rose has devoted her life and will to protect and serve Sarah and her family. Raised to be a maid, Rose has developed a Masochist Complex, and enjoys being ordered around by the Dark family, but hates anyone else that tries.
Relationship: 10 Thinks you have no motivation in life and supports Rose decisions in naming Neo Dark the Heir of the Crows
My eyes widen in surprise. Wow...this is interesting. I never knew where we got Rose, she was always just...there. Always with us, always serving us, I just never thought to ask. Besides her not thinking much of me, she even knows about the Family. I didn¡¯t even know about the Family but the maid did?! Sure, she¡¯s obviously involved considering her high level but still, I feel slighted. Don¡¯t get me wrong, I love my parents and brother dearly, but my patience is starting to dry up. I get I wasn¡¯t the best in my last life but did they really have to think I¡¯m trash?! If I was told, I¡¯m sure I would have stepped up!....Probably!!....Maybe!!!.....Okay, so I see why they might think I¡¯m a loser without ambitions. Thinking back on my life before this one, I absolutely was. Speaking about weird people with nothing to do, my skill totally just said something about Rose being a masochist didn¡¯t it. That¡¯s something I absolutely didn¡¯t know about before, or else I definitely would have taken advantage that situation. Fuck morals and taking advantage of information I should not have, I¡¯m a motherfucking man, and she¡¯s officially added onto my Conquer List. Now, not only do I have Ms. Sugar but Rose too. I step up to Rose, uncomfortably close and look past her at the table. ¡°What are we having today Servant?¡± I say despite seeing all the food laid out in front of me. I make sure to look down on her, both literally and figuratively. I¡¯m the successor of an successful, at least I hope so, Family. By all means, my position is higher than hers and I intend for her to know it. That masochist trait will be used to its full potential or I wouldn¡¯t be able to call myself an Evil Genius confidently anymore. Surprise flickers on her face for just a moment. It was no more than a second before a stoic expression replaces it. I was always nice and respectful to Rose and I suppose the sudden change in manners shocked her too much for just a second. I¡¯m pretty sure she was even here when I was born after all, one of the first people to hold me, and had a big hand in raising me. She was probably sure she had my personality figured out by now. I chuckle at her, now gone, shocked face out loud. If she was displeased she doesn¡¯t show it. ¡°Young Master we have your usual breakfast. Waffles, crispy bacon, scrambled eggs with melted cheese on top, hash browns, and sausages. If I may ask, is something wrong Young Master? You seem...off today, not like your usual self. If there is anything bothering you, I¡¯m here to serve.¡± Rose bows while saying. I smirk slowly makes its way on my face as I walk and sit down at the head of the table. ¡°Oh, nothing is wrong my dear Rose, I¡¯ve just had a...change of heart suddenly. Don¡¯t worry about it, it¡¯s a good change. NO, a fantastic change! From now on, things are going to be different, I¡¯M going to be different, and everything will change for the better.¡± I start to much on a piece of bacon as I continue my rant. ¡°Sit down and eat with me Darling Rose, I won¡¯t take no for an answer, you¡¯re like a second mother to me. You shouldn¡¯t be standing!¡± She hesitantly sits down. I can tell this whole situation is awfully confusing for her and I just can¡¯t help myself from being amused. From calling her a servant to a mother is way too vast of a difference in respect. I pass her some eggs, the bacon are mine, and begin to munch on another piece of said bacon. ¡°You see Rose, I¡¯m going to do something big. I¡¯m going to do something reckless, and it¡¯s going to change the world! It¡¯s not a matter of ¡®if¡¯ honestly but rather ¡®when¡¯. I know this doesn¡¯t make much sense currently but just know the world will be mine! I¡¯ll conquer everything, everyone, at any moment!¡± I look into her eyes and my tone shifts to a more serious octave, although the smirk doesn¡¯t dare leave. ¡°And I do mean everyone Darling.¡± My last statement turns her confusion into embarrassment at the barely hidden meaning and I stand up with a laugh. I swipe the last piece of bacon off my plate. ¡°Have the limo prepared Darling, and be prepared to pick me up from school today unless I call and say otherwise. I don¡¯t feel like walk to and from school anymore.¡± Oh yea, I¡¯m totally adding her to my conquer list.Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. I walk out the dining room prepare my thoughts. Only my second day here and my plans have been derailed. I thought I had time to fool around and gain more allies before Neo would be incorporated into the Family. I was a fool for thinking that my folks wouldn''t prepare their heir at a young age. That was a mistake on my part that I¡¯ll have to work through. I no longer have time to fool around at school. I have to take over the school soon, no more playing around. With my current stats, it should be easy, they¡¯re just regular kids after all. Didn¡¯t the weakling I interrogated say something about all the gangs ganging up on whoever breaks the first month of peace? Perfect, if everything goes as planned then I should be able to focus on more important matters in about a week. I turn my phone on to message PJ and Eugene. I tell them to gather as many freshman gangs up as they can and bring them to the base after school. I need to get done with this school bullshit as quick as possible. The only reason I¡¯m even bothering is because having influence in all of those kids futures will be profitable. How could I even call myself an evil genius if I just ignore this great opportunity?
Base Backyard About 60 high schoolers are gathered here in my backyard. Bigger outcome than I expected but small number anyway. There¡¯s roughly 1,000 kids in my school so 50 isn¡¯t much but it¡¯s better than nothing. Earlier today, during all 8 periods, PJ and Eugene followed orders. PJ kept asking annoying question like ¡°Why¡± and ¡°What are you planning¡± while Eugene did it without question. He¡¯s quickly becoming my favorite. I just told them that we¡¯re deciding the freshman¡¯s main gang as soon as possible and to hurry up. So...that¡¯s what PJ told everyone. Now there''s like 3 or 4 different gangs in my backyard, all yelling being annoying like children. My eye twitches at the clear disrespect. This is a man¡¯s home and they come over doing nothing but yelling and arguing amongst themselves. If I don¡¯t do something soon, there¡¯s going to be a mini gang war on my property and that will do nothing but give me a headache. I move the mana in my body and make it flow to my larynx, or voice box if you prefer, and breath in and out to prepare myself. ¡°Everyone, shut the hell up.¡± I say. I don¡¯t even say it loudly, just my usual tone, and yet everyone seems to have heard. Attention is focused on me with my crew at my side instantly. I smile at the silence and surprise. ¡°There, isn¡¯t the quiet so much better than your incessant noise my friends?¡±
New Skill: Don''s Law
Your word is law. The higher level you are than your opponent, the more likely that they will do whatever you say.
Well isn¡¯t that useful? ¡°A-And who the hell are you supposed to be?!¡± One of the idiots yell out at me. ¡°Why, I¡¯m the one who gave the order to gather you all here, leader of the Crow Famiglia, and if things go as plan, main gang of the freshmen. Will the gang leaders please step up, I¡¯m sure we all have better places to be.¡± Hesitantly, two guys step up, one black, one white. I quickly use observe on them. Not really because I fear their levels or anything, more so I can hurry and upgrade Observe. The skill is without doubt one of my useful ones and will prove crucial in the future when it¡¯s leveled up more.
Chris Jackson Level 10
Health: 300/300 Mana: 200/200
Boss of the Trojans, using pure strength to bully the other freshman gangs into joining him before the year even began. Sociopath who does what needs to get done for him to be successful.
Relationship: 0 Indifferent
Ethan Hunter Level 10
Health: 200/200 Mana: 300/300
Boss of the Reapers, using tactic, threats, and sabotage to get his position and eliminate competition.
Relationship: 0 Indifferent
¡°Wow, all these people and only 2 bosses? That¡¯s impressive considering the year has barely begun. Well, let¡¯s get down to business then my friends. I¡¯m thinking a 2 v 1 with you guys as teams against me. Not to say that I¡¯m cocky but¡­.I¡¯m dreadfully cocky. Whoever wins absorbs the other gangs. If you two win, although don¡¯t count on it, you get my base. As freshman, I¡¯m sure you don¡¯t have one yet. Well how does it sound boys?¡± I ask with a big smile and spread my arms wide. The 2 look at each other. ¡°And what stops us from just sending our troops at you and breaking your bones for this insult? If those 2 are all you have, we can just take this place right? How would we even decide who gets the base?¡± the one called Ethan says. Chris nods in agreement. I laugh and shrug. ¡°While I don¡¯t know how you would decide who gets the base and stuff like that the answer to your other questions are very simple my good man!¡± I drop my hands and smile while activating Done Law for effect, ¡°While if you do that we¡¯ll most likely lose I can guarantee that we¡¯ll send at least half of you into the hospital.¡± ¡°....¡±
New Skill: Killing Intent
Aura you radiate that can weaken your enemies by a percentage depending on how level the skill is
Today is just a good day for me. I turn off my aura and the smile appears on my face like it never left. I¡¯m definitely enjoying this whole Joker thing I¡¯m doing. ¡°None of us want that do we? How will we ever even participate in the Gang Wars if half of our soldiers are unable to even fight from the beginning? Now that¡¯s just bad business my good friends!¡± I clap my hands as if ending that conversation. ¡°Now that the stupid questions are done, deal or no deal? You can¡¯t participate in the Wars while the freshmen are divided anyway. We all need this to happen.¡± ¡­¡­ Hey, are these idiots still dumbstruck from the level one skill still? Cmon, I¡¯m getting bored! After schooling his features, Chris finally comes to his senses. ¡°Fine! If you win, my gang will become yours, what about you Ethan?¡± Oh, it seems they know each other. Ethan only nods in acceptance as an answer. Usually there would be an outcry of protests by now from the cannon fodder but my skill probably scared the delinquency of them for a bit so they¡¯re sitting there quietly accepting their fates. I chuckle, as there isn¡¯t a hint of hesitance in unfairly fighting their opponent. It doesn¡¯t seem they mind the 2v1 very much. They seem like good recruits, especially since they¡¯re not burdened from stupid shit like honor, I¡¯ll be sure to take the necessary steps to insure their loyalty later on. My smile brightens at the acceptance I raise my fists. I see both of them do the same before I sprint towards them, hitting the one called Chris in the stomach. I see his eyes basically pop out of his from surprise of my speed. I don¡¯t even try to keep my laughs in as I easily dodge a swing from Ethan and punch him in the face. I skip back 3 paces to get some room from the two. They scoot closer together to protect each other. Through that small exchange, they probably already noticed that although I¡¯m fast, I¡¯m not that physically strong. Although the sprint punch definitely did some extra damage, I require enough room to run to use it. They basically move as one without even saying word to each other, running towards me, making sure they¡¯re not separated to get picked off. Yup, definitely friends. Chris throws a left hook towards me which I easily dodge but before I can make a counter attack Ethan uses the time to appear on the side of me while aiming a high kick towards my head. I hurriedly duck, avoiding the kick only for me to see a foot already in motion to kick my in the face by Chris. I thrust my feet in order to do a backflip, lowering the damage dealt, landing on my hands and finishing the flip from there. Their coordination is fucking amazing, I¡¯m honestly surprised. I narrow my eyes and take this my seriously. ¡°What happened to all that confidence pal? I hope you don¡¯t have any regrets. There is no backing out after all.¡± Chris says laughing. Cocky little shit! ¡°Don¡¯t worry about me pal, I¡¯ll uphold my end of the deal, I¡¯m just glad that your so earnest saying you¡¯ll never back out of deals like that in front of all these people. You two wouldn¡¯t dare lie about things like that right? You two seem like upstanding, trustworthy gentleman, it¡¯d be a shame if all these people started to think you were liars.¡± I say with a smile. I see him clench his teeth in anger and vein almost pop in anger but suddenly he laughs. Hey! The creepy laugh is my bit! Get your own you poser!! ¡°And here everyone said that the Young Master was a push over.¡± ...Wait what. ¡°I¡¯m too excited to continue this warm up anymore!¡± Wait...no rewind¡­.what¡¯d you just call me¡­¡­How does he even- ¡°Let¡¯s get started, I¡¯m fired up!¡± Chris and Ethan pull at gauntlets and an old pocket watch with a long ass chain respectively. Without a hint of warning, both items catch aflame. Chris¡¯s gauntlets yellow and shining like the sun in the sky. Even from here, it feels like I¡¯m bathing comfortably in the sun¡¯s rays. It has a whitish core with layers of yellow enveloping it. Their most distinct characteristic are the small dot-shaped sparkles it beams, which are somewhat similar to small stars. Ethan¡¯s pocket watch burns purple and I can barely focus on the watch anymore without getting a headache. I can¡¯t even focus enough to give a proper description. I have to shake my head to regain focus ¡°Well Young Master, let¡¯s get serious.¡± ¡­¡­¡­>WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING HERE?!?!? Flames!
Anomaly Found!
Messing with time is a dangerous thing to do, even to the gods! With the exposure to so many gods influence at once your universe has been altered!
Anomaly: Dying Will Flames
The Dying Will Flame is a high-density form of energy that is refined from one''s own life-force. Due to the way it resonates with one''s emotions, it has been regarded as a type of battle aura. However, unlike the aura, which is a supernatural phenomenon that can only be seen by a few individuals, the Dying Will Flame is in many ways more alike to a real flame, possessing even its own destructive properties. Dying Will Flames are graded according to their purity, which has a direct relationship with the strength of an individual''s resolve. Among other things, this rate of purity serves to indicate how much of the special characteristics of the Flames are being drawn out. Each Flame''s attribute has its own special characteristic.
Observe Recalibrating¡­..
Ethan Hunter Lv 20
Chris Jackson Lv 20
Yes! I know what the fuck Dying Will Flames are! Why the hell wasn¡¯t I warned about this!? I didn¡¯t fucking prepare enough! Suddenly, the Vongola acting motherfuckers rush at me without warning and in complete sync again. I rushingly grab my guns from my inventory and rush them too. Does this fucking mean that everything I think I know about everyone I¡¯ve observed is a lie. Fuck! I should have known things wouldn¡¯t be so easy. I block a punch from Chris with butt of my gun and use the other to shoot him in the shoulder twice before Ethan wraps his watch chain around my wrist, pulling it, throwing off my aim from my 3rd shot. I kick Chris to free up my second gun and point it towards Ethan but the moment my eyes land on him I feel dizzy. His face becomes blurry as I try to focus on my shot but it¡¯s too late. I get punched in the face, sending my head spinning even more. SHIT! Next thing I know, I¡¯m getting punched in the stomach. Bile escapes my throat as I land on my knees. FUCK! And he knew Truth Suddenly the world stops spinning. Chris sends another punch towards me and I can¡¯t help but smile. Finally, Gamer¡¯s Mind finally kicked in. It must have taken a while since Dying Will Flames are anomalies but it came through in the end. I¡¯m immune to psychological attacks motherfucker! I roll towards Ethan to avoid the punch and stay within the watch chain¡¯s range. I shoot Chris in the stomach once more for the damage. He ends up jumping back after the attack for some breathing room, leaving Ethan open. I noticed when I shot him earlier my bullets don¡¯t go through him. He must be using his Sun Flames to augment his body, otherwise he¡¯d be bleeding out right now. It¡¯s the same reason I aimed for the shoulder at first, but if he can withstand my attacks without dying, there¡¯s no more need for that is there? My Mana Bullet does 30 damage alone, but my guns add an extra 15% damage, bringing my damage to 34.5 per bullet. I¡¯ve shot him 3 times bringing my damage to 103.5 plus the 15DMG I did in the beginning and 10 from the kick.
Chris Jackson Lv 20 HP: 471.5/600 MP:350/400
The battle hasn¡¯t been long but I¡¯ve already taken down 100 of his health. The cost was high though. I¡¯ve only got 20MP left not to mention, Chirs¡¯s hits did 45DMG a piece and that kick from earlier did 5. I currently only have 5 HP left. There¡¯s no way I can win this with just brute strength, if at all, I have to play it smart. This bastard can use his Sun Flames to heal and every True Gamer knows that you should always take out the enemy¡¯s White Mage first. I can¡¯t let them know that I¡¯m running low on mana. I regenerate 1MP/HP every second, easy right? Wrong! I would have to wait a full minute and 20 seconds without using mana to get back to 100%. In a fight, that¡¯s a death sentence but if I draw this battle out then I might have a chance. I focused all my points on speed for a reason, although if I get hit once I¡¯ll lose, all I have to do is not get hit once¡­.I¡¯m rightly screwed aren¡¯t I? ¡°You think just because you¡¯ve unlocked your flames that you are strong enough to defeat me? Are you sure you kids don¡¯t want to give up now? I can¡¯t even pretend to know how embarrassing it must be to be for you right now. It¡¯s 2v1 after all and one of you already looks kind of banged up while I don¡¯t have a scratch.¡± I say in a mocking tone. If I can get them into a short conversation for a bit I can regen the much needed HP/MP. ¡°You fucking reject!¡± Chris yells at me. Wow, is that vein about to pop? This guy has anger issues¡­.Him and PJ would get along swimmingly. ¡°Don¡¯t think you¡¯re better than us. Your family chose your little brother rather than you before you two even reached high school!¡± My eye twitches at the response. So he really does know about the Family. ¡°Heh, did I hit a sore spot reject? Are you angry? Are you mad, enraged, pissed?¡± I show a surprised face towards his questions. ¡°Huh, were you still talking? No, don¡¯t answer, the opinion of ants don¡¯t really concern of gods after all.¡± I say without a care. Yes that¡¯s it big guy, keep giving me time, I¡¯ve already recovered 20MP/HP. ¡°C! Stop conversing with him, he¡¯s using your rage against you to make you restless! My flame doesn¡¯t seem to have as much effect like before, he''s probably using you to adapt to my flame or something!¡± I click my tongue in annoyance as Ethan speaks up. Him and Eugene would probably get along as well. I replace one of my guns with my katana and use Mana Reinforce on it and on my body. It costed 10 mana, bringing me down to 30. It was worth it though, I feel empowered, like all my physical stats doubled or something. I can see clearer, hear better, feel my muscles compact. It¡¯s absolutely fucking invigorating! I sprint towards Ethan¡¯s confused face take a swing with my katana, slicing through his shirt doing 30 damage. He¡¯s probably wondering why his flames no longer have any effect on me. I have to use his confusion in my advantage. He withdraws his chain to get away from me, it seems he¡¯s not that much of a fighter alone. Even if his flames no longer is a threat it doesn¡¯t mean he himself isn¡¯t. He swings his pocket watch in front of my face in attempt to use his Mist Flame to confuse me but sucks for him! I smash the butt of my gun on his forehead making him stumble back in pain doing a mere 10DMG. That shit doesn¡¯t work on me anymore you bastard. I make a vertical slash across his stomach doing another 30 damage before I dodge a punch from my side that could have ended things. I respond by shooting the fucker in the head, causing a 69 DMG crit.
Chris Jackson Lv 20 HP: 531/600 MP:93/400
Ethan Hunter Lv 20 HP: 320/400 MP:500/600
The bastard used his Flames to heal himself. It must have taken a significant amount power since he looks exhausted. Perfect! Even with my health this low, I fully intend on kicking these bastards asses. I focus my attention back on the Sun bastard cut his outstretched arm, using the fact that he seems stunned from my last attack while running into his guard and slashing his side as I run by. Before he turns around to face me again, I swing my katana to slash his back but it doesn¡¯t connect. Ethan uses his chain to grab onto my targets arm and pull him away from the attack. I don¡¯t let the miss discourage me though since he wasn¡¯t expecting the pull and ends up tripping, ending face first on the ground while giving me time to sprint towards Ethan. Right before we collide, I jump into the air and spin, using the dull body of my sword to whack him in the face while activating Power Swing. During that exchange, 3 seconds passed, giving me little more than enough to activate the 6MP costing skill, leaving me with 7MP left but doing 58.5 damage and dazing him for 3 seconds.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Even if these guys are more than double my level, my specialization in speed is the only thing keeping me standing. I prepare the same skill again, willing to sacrifice 6 more MP for the extra damage but before I could swing Chris yells something. ¡°STOP!¡± my sword hovers above his chest, skill stopping. ¡°...If we continue, I won¡¯t have enough power to heal his bleeding¡­.We surrender, our gangs are yours.¡± he says with his head down. I did it...I really did it¡­...FUCK YES!! I didn¡¯t notice at the moment but my sword was able to actually slice Ethan unlike Chris. Even now, he¡¯s taking bleeding damage. I turn to look at all the people watching us. My attention goes back to Ethan and Chris when I see them both on one knee, kneeling. The smile crawls back on my face as their gangs kneel behind him. Oh I can get used to this.
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¡°Eugene.¡± I call out. ¡°Yes Don Xeno?¡± he answers while appearing on the side of me. ¡°Get everyone in a line and use Observe on them all. Write down their names, levels, and anything interesting.¡± ¡°Yes Don!¡± he shouts with a bow. ¡° Everyone get in a line!¡±
I begin walking inside my base. ¡°Ethan and Chris right? Follow me, there''re some questions you¡¯ll need to answer. I sit down in one of the chairs I made yesterday and kick my legs up on the table. I sigh out loud in relief. That honestly was terrifying! If my HP reached 0, would I have died, or would I have been knocked out? There¡¯s still things I don¡¯t understand about my powers and that battle was possibly life or death for me. I lean my head back on my chair¡¯s backrest and just sit there in silence for a bit. These two idiots can wait a minute. So of course I unlocked my Flames. I also decided to place all 20 points into Vitality, as I¡¯m tired of almost dying from two hits. I¡¯ll focus on Vit until it reaches 50, that would bring me up to 500 health, and I won¡¯t have to worry about getting 2 shotted again for a bit. Well, at least if I don¡¯t face monsters. That¡¯s nothing special, although I¡¯m sure I would have gotten more experience if I killed them, they will be valuable assets so I¡¯m not very sad about it. The real thing I¡¯m pondering over is what happened after I chose my perk.
Conquerors Flame Unlocked!
What the hell is that?! I¡¯m pretty sure that this flame doesn¡¯t even exist! If it¡¯s new, that means I don¡¯t have any prior information on it! Also, meaning that I have no fucking clue how to use it in battle! I haven¡¯t tried bringing it out yet but I really hope I didn¡¯t just waste a Perk Point. It seems I only get one of those every 10 levels. Anyway, now that I¡¯m not in a life or death situation, I¡¯m forced to realize how fucking cool this is! Dying Will Flames are a thing!! At first, I was pretty sure that the only challenge I¡¯ll get in this life was from the other reborn humans. Sadly, they are literally a whole continent away. Sure, I¡¯m a little sad that things won¡¯t be as easy as I thought, but I¡¯m much more excited! Hitman Reborn was one of my favorite anime in my last life. Not only is that amazing, but the very meaning they bring is equally wonderful! With the concept of anomalies, that means powers from other shows will definitely exist as well. I can¡¯t help the laugh that escapes from my lips at the mere thought of the future enemies, allies, and battles. I notice Ethan and Chris¡¯s weird looks they¡¯re giving me but I can¡¯t seem to care enough. I shake my head to get focused. ¡°Sit you two, we¡¯re Family from now on so I don¡¯t want you to be uncomfortable.¡± I say with a smile. These two know about me somehow. In fact, I could be correct in assuming that every single kid out there knew about me from the fact that they just said ¡°Young Master¡± in front of everyone like that. This is concerning. ¡°¡±Yes Young Master!¡±¡± they both say before sitting. My eye twitches at the name. I don¡¯t think I like it much. ¡°Yes, that¡¯s the exact matter I wish to speak with you two about. Why do you call me Young Master, even now? To be honest, I much rather prefer Don. Besides, it¡¯s such a mouthful.¡± They both look perplexed at my question. Ethan ends up ending up answering my question after a moment of silence. ¡°Well you¡¯re Xavior Dark, the eldest child of the Dark household. Although your folks decided on making Neo the heir of our Family considering how everyone thought you weren¡¯t¡­.up to the task, doesn¡¯t mean we don¡¯t know who you are.¡± I can see he¡¯s trying not to offend me. ¡°Wait, so you guys know about the Family?¡± I ask perplexed? Why and how do they know? ¡°Well...yea Don. Your parent¡¯s own the school and use the gang wars as scouting opportunities for young talent. We were all told to not to talk about it with you by our parents though. We all just thought it was some top secret Crow stuff, but it seems like you don¡¯t know what¡¯s going on.¡± he says hesitantly. My eye twitches in irritation. So everyone knew?! Even these guys were raised to be mafia members and know more than me even though I¡¯m heir to the Crows?! Well...I¡¯m supposed to be.This...this is just getting ridiculous. Does Eugene and PJ know about this too? What am I saying, no doubt they do, they probably just thought that I knew. I know for sure that Eugene would have told me otherwise. ¡°You are quite right my friend. In fact, I just found out about all this business two days ago, so I don¡¯t everything. Is there anything else I should know?¡± I ask irritated. He shakes his head in rejection. ¡°Good, well now that I know about this, I hope you realize that I don¡¯t plan for Neo to take my title as Godfather. My friends, I don¡¯t plan for my parents to realize I know too soon. I¡¯d like to become more powerful first, as my folks have been preparing Neo for the title, he¡¯s probably stronger than me currently. I don¡¯t plan for that to remain a fact for too long. I¡¯d like your help on my journey to the top!¡± My signature laugh echoes throughout the building. ¡°How about it? Would you like to join me on this journey? I¡¯ll be sure that you¡¯re never bored and that your life is filled with excitement.¡± I finish my speech with a smile so wide that a certain Monkey D would be jealous. I extend my hand. ¡°...HAHAHA¡± both of the brats start laughing but I make sure my smile never leaves my face. After a bit of laughter they both shake my hand with a grin. This time Chris speaks up. ¡°You¡¯re absolutely insane bro! Don¡¯t worry though, I like it! We accept, we¡¯ll take you to the top!¡±
Relationship with Chris +20
¡°I agree with my good friend. It¡¯ll be hard and we¡¯ll get kicked down a lot, but it sounds like fun. I¡¯m with you all the way, we¡¯ll get you that title Don Xeno.¡±
Relationship with Ethan +20
My smile widen even more, if possible, at the notifications. I¡¯m close, so freaking close. I¡¯m beginning to take my first steps into the Underworld. Just you wait, Father, Mother, Neo, I¡¯ll make sure every single one you realize my greatness. This also means that since everyone knows about the Underworld that I don¡¯t have to hide my powers. They won¡¯t stay a secret for too long after today anyway. While that comes with downsides it also means that I can invite everyone here into my party and then perform a massive zombie raid. While the Zombies aren¡¯t that great of EXP they still can be used to grind my skills. Getting higher leveled will become harder and harder from here on out but that shouldn¡¯t be a problem as long I continue to level up my skills. Family Meeting Right now, I¡¯m sitting at our dinner table in my house. Sitting, waiting, for those bastards to come home. I¡¯ve already asked Rose and she said that they should be coming home today. I know that I¡¯ve said that I don¡¯t want them finding out, but I just can¡¯t help myself from confronting me. I mean at this point, it¡¯s neglect right? It¡¯s favoritism right? It¡¯s BULLSHIT right? Besides, there¡¯s no doubt in my mind that once they are back they¡¯d find out in a matter of days. They definitely have spies watching me, they may favor my brother but I¡¯m still their son. There¡¯s no point trying to hide it, that mean I can do what I want. Now, I don¡¯t specifically know what that is yet, but that¡¯s not the point. I¡¯ve ordered Rose to give me a whole bottle of wine, and although she was skeptical about it at first, she noticed I¡¯m in a no nonsense mood. I fully intended to take advantage of my position as the ¡°Young Master¡± if she put up an argument. Currently, I¡¯m slowly drinking the good stuff. I don¡¯t even know if I can even pronounce the name of the bottle but it¡¯s damn good, that¡¯s for sure.
Gain Skill: Poison Resistance
Well, that¡¯s going to be incredibly useful and annoying at the same time. While it will come in handy if I¡¯m ever facing a poison user, (Which, cmon, probably going to happen) it¡¯ll be harder and harder to get buzzed. Sometimes, a man just wants to let the world fall away, you know? It¡¯s only been two days, and yet everything has went off the rails. While I can admit that it¡¯s for the better, it doesn¡¯t mean that I¡¯m not pissed that all my plans just went out the fucking window. Anyway, I¡¯ve made new plans to replace the old ones. I¡¯m no longer sure that I can completely crush the high school competition anymore. No, that¡¯s not the right words, I¡¯m absolutely damn sure that there¡¯s just no way. If a couple of freshmen were able to unlock their flames then for sure upper grades have more. Honestly why the fuck am I so surprised, Tsuna and his whole crew were able to bitch slap everyone in fucking middle school. Man, I hope I¡¯m the Tenth or something cool like that, I don¡¯t want to be something lame like the second or the twelth. Besides that, if those guys levels doubled after my observe updated and were that strong then does that mean my parents levels doubled too? My observe wasn¡¯t high enough at first to find out but now it definitely is. After Eugene observed everyone, I did it myself. I couldn¡¯t just waste the levels, and although they were hella annoyed to have to do everything twice, I couldn¡¯t give any fucks about their feelings. My observe is now sitting at a nice level 8, gaining 5 levels from using it on all those kids. That¡¯s not the only thing that happened either. Don Feature Unlocked!
4 Capos
40 Soldiers
25 Associate
Mission
0 Currently Missions Active
I freaking unlocked a Don feature! This is so cool! I get to send them on missions and shit, this right is here is...game changing!...You see what I did there?....Never mind. I¡¯ll definitely abuse the shit out of this feature though. If I click on one of the categories, it pops up all their names, levels, and information. I can then select them to do missions but the only mission currently unlocked is called Dungeon Crawl, which isn¡¯t actually a bad thing. I mass dungeon crawl will level up my soldiers, which seem to be kids level 10 and above. Associates are those lower level than 10. While I don¡¯t know the current situation of other gangs in the school, I could probably guarantee they have more troops than I do. Not only that, they are probably stronger too. They not only have more quantity, but also better quality. Tonight, I will produce as many weapons as I can and store them in my inventory. Tomorrow we all will go on a dungeon crawl and I¡¯ll try to find out what my flames do while keeping the weaklings alive. I want everyone to at least be a soldier level by next week. Weaklings will just drag us down and an army is only as strong as its weakest member. In fact, I should start producing now, I have nothing to hide anymore, might as well use my time wisely. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By the time I hear my folks pulling up in the driveway it¡¯s been 2 hours and my skill Creation is level 6. I¡¯ve created 100 wooden shields, 30 guns, and 20 katanas. I¡¯ve created extra for the future It seems the Creation skill will take a long time to level up and that¡¯s it¡¯s harder to create things will metal. The swords took the longest, although they should have been the most simple. It also took up most of mana. About halfway through, Rose came in and saw me creating stuff out of thin air. She sat there watching for about 5 minutes before speaking up and asking her creations, which I answered in very irritating form just because I¡¯m a dick. When she asked what I was doing I simply said ¡®preparing¡¯ and continued working. When the asked how I was creating things out of thin air then making them disappear she at first thought they were illusions but quickly came to the conclusion they weren¡¯t. She then sat at the table and watched me without asking anything more with a grim expression. I, of course, ignored her like she was never there and continued. Rose gets up from her chair and walks out the front door to greet my folks in proper maid-like manner. I smirk as I glance at her swaying hips before placing the last of my creations into my inventory. I open my 4th bottle of wine and pour a glass. My poison resistance has also leveled up 2 times after constant drinking. Something else I realized, I can¡¯t get drunk. My Gamer¡¯s Mind just won¡¯t let me. I can see that becoming amazingly useful and stupendously annoying in the future. Father, Mother, and Neo finally comes into the house after around 2-3 minutes of waiting. Rose was probably explaining my weird behavior and powers that seemingly came out of nowhere. I finish my glass of wine as they all sit at the table. I took the heads seat Father usually sits in of coarse. Father is wearing his usual black business suit and dress shoes like usual. I don¡¯t think the man even has casual clothes. No, actually think that those are his casual clothes. His brown eyes have a worry in them but he¡¯s quiet for now. Mother is wearing a purple dress that goes amazingly with her purple eyes that hold intrigue in them. The black high heels she¡¯s wearing makes her seem taller than she is, considering she¡¯s only 5¡¯2¡±. My dear brother looks tired and impatient. His red eyes filled with irritation. He¡¯s wearing a suit that barely looks like it¡¯ll hold for 5 more seconds and black hair is disheveled. Currently he¡¯s a bit shorter than me, sitting at a comfy 5¡¯5¡±. Their expressions are grim so I decide to lighten the mood with my charming personality and loving smile. ¡°Hello Father, Mother, Little Neo. How are you guys? Would you mind telling me where you were, Neo even missed his first day of school.¡± I mockingly pout ¡°How come he¡¯s able to skip without getting in trouble but I do it one time in 8th grade and you act like the world is ending. This is unjust I say! Completely unfair!¡± ¡°...Jr, we¡¯ve heard some strange things about you from Rose. How you were acting strange and...doing things that shouldn¡¯t be possible.¡± Father says with a grim face, ignoring my previous comments. In response, I shrug my shoulders in confusion. ¡°What do you mean dear Father? Mother, the old man is being weird again. Did something happen on your little trip? Where was this little trip again? Sorry for asking about it so much, I¡¯m just so curious about it.¡± I pour myself another glass of wine. From my side, I can see Neo in his seat, looking absolutely furious. He notices my look, but doesn¡¯t even pretend to restrain his rage. I can¡¯t help the smirk that appears from his look and definitely didn¡¯t enjoy my silent mockery. Next thing I know, Neo lunges at me from across the table with gauntlets that look strangely like Tsuna¡¯s but with double X¡¯s instead of just one. Honestly, the fact that I dodged was pure luck. I quickly take out my gun and sword from Inventory and point it at him, which makes him growl. How the fuck is he so fast?! He¡¯s faster than me without using Mana Reinforcing. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.
Neo Dark Level 35
Health: 1,2000/12,000 Mana: 12,000/12,000
Heir of the Crow Famiglia who values family over all. His brother is the most important person in his life and he mainly focuses on his Sky Flames. Neo devoted his young life to be the perfect boss so that his brother wouldn''t have to be drawn into the Underworld.
Relationship: 99 Love & Idolization
Highest Stat: Strength: 85
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Current Feelings: Enraged
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Relationship: 99 Love
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Current Feelings: Confused
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Relationship: 99 Love
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Current Feelings: Intrigued
...What the FUCK are with these stats?!? I can¡¯t even SEE how higher level they are then me. Not to mention my little brother is a fucking monster with them. I reinforce my body and weapons as soon as possible. Like this, he isn¡¯t faster than me, but he¡¯s definitely still stronger than me. I¡¯m not gonna lie, that kind of ticks me off. The fact that I can literally see how much they love and care for me makes everything better though. I¡¯m not even that mad about it anymore. Obviously I¡¯m still going to take my place as the Godfather still but it¡¯s still nice to see that they care. My typical Monkey D smile appears. ¡°Now now, what was that about little bro. That could have been dangerous if I didn¡¯t dodge. I feel you guys are overreacting about something. I¡¯m sure if we sit back down and talk about thi-¡± ¡°Shut the fuck up you piece of shit!!!¡±...wow. I¡¯ve never heard my brother curse. I¡¯ didn¡¯t even think he knew what curse words were. I¡¯m not the only one surprised either, Mom and Dad eyes seem like they¡¯re going to pop out their head in surprise. It¡¯s quiet for a couple seconds before he speaks up again, with barely restrained rage. ¡°My brother¡­my brother doesn¡¯t have the power to do things like us. The fact that you were able to dodge my punch in the first place proves that you can¡¯t be my big brother.¡± his teeth clench as his head tilts down. ¡°And you dare appear in our home...wearing his face...speaking in his voice¡­¡± his eyes flash up at me, his usual red eyes, now surrounded by orange. A flame bursts from his forehead, his gauntlets catch aflame, and he looks at me with an eerie calm expression. He¡¯s entered Hyper Dying Will Mode Why do I suddenly feel that our speed difference isn¡¯t as big anymore? If I fight him...I will die. I don¡¯t think he¡¯s in a generous holding back mood either. A chuckle escapes my throat, that turns into full blown laughter. Why aren¡¯t I trying to calm him down then? Am I suicidal, he¡¯s fully serious and powered up. I could die. Then...why am I so excited? I rotate my mana inside my body. Shouldn¡¯t I run? My body starts to heat up, getting hot faster than should be possible without me getting burned. Shouldn¡¯t I explain or escape? My eyes start to feel strain, and they narrow. Heh... I really am insane, aren¡¯t I? Flames burst from my forehead and appear on my gun and sword. Well it seems Conqueror Flames are white. Interesting, I wonder what they can do. I guess, I¡¯ll find out soon, but what I do know is that- I appear behind Neo in a flash of speed before swinging a kick at his head that he barely turns around in time to block with both his arms.
Hyper Dying Will Mode Unlocked! All stats doubled!
I¡¯m once again faster than him. ¡°You should calm down little brother. I don¡¯t know what¡¯s gotten into you, but someone might get hurt if you keep playing rough like that.¡± No matter how much I despise it, I still won¡¯t win if we both go all out. I really do need him to calm down before he kills me. That doesn¡¯t mean, however, that we can¡¯t play for just a bit more. I send my Flames down my leg towards his arms form instinct. I don''t know why but seeing his flames, mine just feels as if they want to consume them. Once my flames reached his I see his eyes widen and I feel a small bit of power absorbed into me. Neo jumps back. ¡°White flames? I¡¯ve never heard of such a thing before. Who are you, and what are these flames? Why are you even here?¡± he asks with suspicion oozing out of him. It seems Undying Will Mode calmed him down a bit. Mom and Dad seem to be looking on with indifference but a quick Observe wipes away their facade and reveals that they too are shocked. ¡°Well I¡¯m your older brother Neo. Is this so world shocking? Does any life with me as powerful be a false one? Are you saying that I¡¯m meant to be weakling for the rest of my years little brother while you reach for the Sky? My flames are different than yours brother. While your flames Harmonize the Sky so that the Sun, Lightning, Mist, Rain, Storm, and Cloud can coexist peacefully, mine Conquer. I will not allow myself to be weak just because you feel that¡¯s how things are supposed to be. I am Xavior motherfucking Dark! I will have the world kneel if I feel like it.¡± I say with a serious expression. Neo stays silent for a bit contemplating what to say. ¡°...I¡¯m not saying that my brother is meant to be forever weak, but there¡¯s no way he would be able to get so strong in a short amount of time. Not to mention Rose has said you¡¯ve been acting weird. You just...can¡¯t be Xavior.¡± I shake my head in disappointment and deactivate Hyper Dying Will while placing my weapons back into Inventory. There¡¯s no point, even if I actually won, I wouldn¡¯t be able to get past the two monsters I call parents. Besides, he¡¯s in Hyper Dying Will Mode, I¡¯m sure he¡¯s figured out that I¡¯m actually his brother already even though I didn¡¯t drop any clues. You basically become Batman with that bitch on. Mother and Father probably knew that I wasn¡¯t an imposter the moment I came in. No, they definitely knew, they are my parents after all. ¡°Short? You¡¯ve been gone for 2 whole months! Spending the whole summer who knows where. Things are going to be different from now on,¡± I say looking at each of my family members. ¡°I¡¯m going to be different from now on.¡± I stare my brother in the eyes. ¡°I fully intend on inheriting the Crow Famiglia. I have big plans for them, and myself. How could a conquer be satisfied with but everything?¡± I begin walking away, hands behind my back. If there¡¯s more to talk about, we can do it tomorrow, it¡¯s late and I have school in the morning. I wasn¡¯t telling a lie though. I will never be satisfied until everyone kneels before me. People, kings, gods...I won¡¯t be satisfied with just this world. I won¡¯t be satisfied with just these gods. I won''t be satisfied with just this galaxy! I won¡¯t even be satisfied with just this universe¡­I¡¯ll use the gods to further my goals just as they use me for entertainment. They better enjoy themselves while they can. How can a Conqueror be satisfied with anything but absolutely everything? Goblin War Neo POV After 2 whole months of nothing but torturous hell that my parents call ¡°training¡±, I¡¯m ecstatic to be back home. I didn¡¯t even have time to change, as I already missed my first day of school and I¡¯m sure Big Brother misses me. Through the training, I¡¯ve become stronger, strong enough to protect Big Brother. I understand why Father and Mother chose me over him and I fully intend to protect Big Brother from the Underworld. Xavior has always been too nice, he¡¯s always been too respectful, he¡¯s always been too...great of a guy to continue the legacy of the Family ¡®Business¡¯. I¡¯ve trained as hard as I could to make sure that Big Brother wouldn¡¯t become tainted in this life. That he wouldn¡¯t become corrupted and that he¡¯ll always be his generous self. As the car pulls up, I¡¯m the first out the door and up the manor stairs that reaches down to the parking lot. Before I can open the door to though, Rose opens the door the moment my hand reaches the knob. I smile while appreciating the gesture. Yes it was only two months but I¡¯ve never been away from home that long before and although it¡¯s kind of silly, her usual respectfulness brought upon a wave of nostalgia. I down at Rose, she¡¯s only an inch shorter but I love to tease her over it anyway. The face she was making caused my smile to fall. She looks grim, like she has bad news. I¡¯ve hardly ever seen Rose without a smile and the only time I did is when she and my parents told me about the Family ¡®Business¡¯. She was sad that she had to drag me into the Abyss. ¡°Young Master Neo, I have...news to inform you before you go in.¡± her voice sounds forced, like she¡¯s trying to keep it steady but failing. Worry crawls through me like a storm. Did something happen to Big Brother? Is he hurt, sick, dying?! ¡°What¡¯s going on Rose? Don¡¯t hold your words, please say the quickly. I want to see Big Brother as soon as possible.¡± I say in a rush. Her frown deepens, which does no good for my psych. My parents finally catch up from behind me, also curious about what¡¯s going on. ¡°Young Master Xavior has...changed since starting high school. Yesternight he came home really late. While not dark out, he¡¯s never done so before. Today, earlier this morning, instead of the usual smile and thanks for preparing the food, he practically ordered me to tell him what was on the table right in front of him even though it was his usual breakfast. I didn¡¯t even have to wake him up today like usual.¡± she says with a worried expression. Dad puts an arm on her shoulder and smile at Rose, she¡¯s like a daughter to him after all. ¡°That just seems like he¡¯s in is teenage rebellious stage. He IS in high school after all Rosey. I¡¯m sure-¡± he was cut off. ¡°No! T-That¡¯s not all.¡± Father looks surprise. Rose has never done that before. ¡°Today he came back late as well. Although he didn¡¯t have any bruises, his clothes were messed up and wrinkled everywhere. When he came in I practically had to force him to let me check if he was alright. While checking on her...I noticed what seemed like a faint burnt mark going around his suit sleeve, where his wrist is.¡± Father¡¯s smile fell. ¡°Does this mean someone has told him and he got into a fight as result? We gave an order to all units, whoever has done this¡­¡± Father left the rest unsaid for interpretation. This time Mother spoke. ¡°Calm down dear, Rose has said that he¡¯s fine. Let her continue the story. It looks like she has more to say.¡± Mother always seems to be able to keep her calm, even in the worst situations. ¡°L-Later this night, he came to me and asked when you all were coming back. I told him that it should tonight and that he¡¯ll see you soon. He then told me to go get him a bottle of wine.¡± Wine? ¡°I of coarse wanted to argue at first...but his eyes just told me that if I didn¡¯t get it then he¡¯d get it himself. So I grabbed him a bottle and put some sleeping pills in to knock him out. I didn¡¯t want him drinking, he¡¯s underage after all. When I came to bring him to his bed he was still drinking like nothing was wrong and asked me to bring him another bottle. His was even halfway down the bottle and didn¡¯t even seem tipsy.¡± I sigh in relief. ¡°I appreciate the concern Rose but Father seems to be right. He might just be in a rebellious phase. I¡¯m just glad it¡¯s not anything to worry abo-¡± ¡°I came back later in the night to check up on him...and saw him doing magic.¡±.....What? ¡°When I asked him what he was doing, all he said was that he was preparing. He was...making weapons, and a lot of them. I asked what he was doing but he didn¡¯t answer, so I sat and watched. He just, pretended I wasn¡¯t there and kept creating more weapons. Shields, swords, and guns it seems like, though he could have been creating different things before I arrived. At times he would take a break and just drink some more. Right now, I believe he¡¯s on his 3rd or 4th bottle.¡± she finishes. Before Father and Mother could ask any more question though, I walk past Rose. Opening the door, I walk in to see Brother indeed drinking wine like Rose said. There¡¯s no weapons like Rose were talking about though I hope she was just overexerting. We all sit. ¡°Hello Father, Mother, Little Neo. How are you guys? Would you mind telling me where you were, Neo even missed his first day of school.¡± he mockingly pouts. He¡¯s playing his games, the games he plays when he knows something you do not. ¡°How come he¡¯s able to skip without getting in trouble but I do it one time in 8th grade and you act like the world is ending. This is unjust I say! Completely unfair!¡± Father decides to say something¡°...Jr, we¡¯ve heard some strange things about you from Rose. How you were acting strange and...doing things that shouldn¡¯t be possible.¡± Father says with a grim face, ignoring Brother¡¯s comments. He shrugs in that arrogant sort of way. What is he doing? We¡¯re clearly worried and confused, why is he playing these games? Was Rose telling the truth? If so, my Brother can¡¯t do magic. No one taught or trained him. Magic isn¡¯t something you can just know most of the time. It takes actual time and practice. Does that mean that this...whoever this bastard is...isn¡¯t my brother? ¡°What do you mean dear Father? Mother, the old man is being weird again. Did something happen on your little trip? Where was this little trip again? Sorry for asking about it so much, I¡¯m just so curious about it.¡± he pours another glass of wine. Like he was reading my thoughts and doubt, he glances at me. I can feel the rage begin to boil from this imposter. Suddenly, out of nowhere, he smirks. That smirk...like he¡¯s playing with us and although we know it, can¡¯t do anything about it. Does this bastard thinks he¡¯s untouchable?! Does he think that just wearing my brother¡¯s face will keep him alive after tonight?! I take my rings off my fingers in rage as they transform into my gauntlets. I lunge at the bastard, swinging my fist as fast but as weak as I can incase I¡¯m wrong. Brother would never be able to dodge this, this will decide who he is. Please hit, please hit, please be my brother. He dodges by a hair''s length and summon a gun and a sword out of nowhere and aims at my head¡­..So Rose was telling the truth. The imposter smiles. Bastard! ¡°Now now, what was that about little bro. That could have been dangerous if I didn¡¯t dodge. I feel you guys are overreacting about something. I¡¯m sure if we sit back down and talk about thi-¡± ¡°Shut the fuck up you piece of shit!!!¡± I shout. I just couldn¡¯t hold it in anymore. I hardly ever curse but the words just flew out my mouth in rage. ¡°My brother¡­my brother doesn¡¯t have the power to do things like us. The fact that you were able to dodge my punch in the first place proves that you can¡¯t be my big brother.¡± my teeth clench as head tilts down. ¡°And you dare appear in our home...wearing his face...speaking in his voice¡­¡± my eyes flash up at him, a flame bursts from my forehead, gauntlets catching aflame, and I look at him with a calm expression. I entered Hyper Dying Will Mode. He may have been faster than me before but this time, I¡¯ll make sure I wipe the floor with him. He starts to laugh. What is this bastard thinking? Now that I think about, why hasn¡¯t Mother and Father stepped in yet. They should be just as furious as me right? Power starts to circle around him. His purple eyes flashing, having a white ring around them at one point and gone the next. I see his suit bulge as his muscles grow then compact. Suddenly, white Flames burst from his forehead and weapons as his eyes narrow on me, no longer flashing but keeping the white ring around his purple eyes. Suddenly, without warning my Hyper Intuition kicks in like a truck. I spin around block purely on instinct. It was the right call as his leg crushed into my arms. He¡¯s so...Light? ¡°You should calm down little brother. I don¡¯t know what¡¯s gotten into you, but someone might get hurt if you keep playing rough like that.¡± he says and before I can respond he flames flash down his leg and onto my arm. Intuition slams into me even harder before as once his flames reach I feel myself getting weaker. I back off as fast as possible. I look to Mother and Father to ask about those Flames but I stop myself when I see Mother¡¯s smirk. Why isn¡¯t she doing or saying anything. In fact, she seems...proud. I face my opponent again. Although he¡¯s faster than me, I should be still stronger than him physically. Although it will be more of an haggle, I can still crush this guy. ¡°White flames? I¡¯ve never heard of such a thing before. Who are you, and what are these flames? Why are you even here?¡± I asks with suspicion unhidden. Well I¡¯m your older brother Neo. Is this so world shocking? Does any life with me as powerful be a false one?¡± What no- ¡°Are you saying that I¡¯m meant to be weakling for the rest of my years little brother while you reach for the Sky?¡± That¡¯s not what I meant I just- ¡°My flames are different than yours brother. While your flames Harmonize the Sky so that the Sun, Lightning, Mist, Rain, Storm, and Cloud can coexist peacefully, mine Conquer. I will not allow myself to be weak just because you feel that¡¯s how things are supposed to be.¡± Brother¡­. ¡°I am Xavior motherfucking Dark! I will have the world kneel if I feel like it.¡± he says with a serious expression. I...don¡¯t know what to say...could this actually be Big Brother? ¡°...I¡¯m not saying that my brother is meant to be forever weak, but there¡¯s no way he would be able to get so strong in a short amount of time. Not to mention Rose has said you¡¯ve been acting weird. You just...can¡¯t be Xavior.¡± I say with hesitance. He shakes his head in what seems like disappointment and turns off Hyper Dying Will Mode. ¡°Short? You¡¯ve been gone for 2 whole months! Spending the whole summer who knows where. Things are going to be different from now on,¡± he says looking at all of us. ¡°I¡¯m going to be different from now on.¡± he stares me in the eyes. ¡°I fully intend on inheriting the Crow Famiglia. I have big plans for them, and myself. How could a conquer be satisfied with but everything?¡± he begin walking away, hands behind his back. My Flames spark out and I sit down in defeat. That really was Big Brother...wasn¡¯t it. I...I attacked him, called him weak...no wonder he must hate me. I can¡¯t help the tears from falling down my eyes. All I¡¯ve done...all this strength to protect him...and it was all for nothing¡­ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xavior POV Me and 69 men are all in my backyard. Actually, I should say men and women. There a girls here that can kick some of these guys asses 10 out of 10 times. I¡¯ve already explained my ability and people who get it, like Eugene will help out people who don¡¯t I¡¯ve invited everyone and now I have 69 people in my party. Oh yea, PJ was absolutely furious that Eugene was a higher level than him and that I showed Eugene before him, but he¡¯ll get over it. I go to my Don Menu and accept the Dungeon Crawl Quest and without warning we¡¯re all teleported in front of some type of village. This isn¡¯t right...I¡¯m not using my Create ID ability. This is something else. This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. Without warning some type of green thing jumps out a me. Of course I dodged and shot it on instinct. Whatever it is flops down first face to the ground dead. Looking at it closer, it¡¯s very clear it¡¯s a goblin. I ignore the whispers behind me to study it closer. Carrying a rusty dagger, it was green all over with pointy big ears. It¡¯s nails were more like claws and it had no hair and wore nothing but furs badly stitched together. Observing it allowed me to know that it was only a scout and 3 months old. While it was only about 4¡¯5¡±, that¡¯s pretty fucking big for only 3 months. I pick up the coins he dropped when he died. It seems to be some type of copper. I yell to shut everyone up and tell them it was just a goblin scout. Before I could say more about it though, a woman runs up to me from inside the village with a worried look. ¡°What you guys doin out here?! Don¡¯t you know a Goblin King been born nd has declared war on the village. Anyone out da village can¡¯t be protected from the Barrier.¡± she says in a rush and drags me into the village, my Family following with confused looks but quiet for now. As soon as I step into the village a screen pops up and the barrier that protects us becomes visible.
Name Village:
A hologram keyboard pops under the first message. Huh? What¡¯s this about? Why do I have to name it? In fact, shouldn¡¯t this dump already have a name? I really should stop trying to figure all this out and just go with the flow. If mental effects affected me I¡¯d have migraine every hour. I type in Valyria and press enter. Huh? Why¡¯d I pick Valyria? Well dear people I talk to in my head, because I¡¯m a unimaginative fuck who picked it at random. You should stop asking questions too and just go with the flow also.
Congratulations! From now on, you are the proud owner of a village now named Valyria! As owner, you have unlocked Village Feature! If determined enough, you can eventually unlock a City Feature, Kingdom Feature, or even Empire Feature. If you have the resources, you will now be able to upgrade your village from this screen!
Ps: This is not a simulation but actually another world. So is your ID skill. These people aren''t fake and actually dying...well...not really a problem for me. Not asking you to save them or anything, I don''t really care, I just wanted to let you know. Love Izanami
...Aw, now isn¡¯t she a sweetheart for someone whose husband tried to leave for dead. I chuckle at the thought of my tsundere goddess. After her little message, another screen pops up. This one had quite a bit. Industry, agriculture, education, technology, resources, research, trade, economics, health and military. If I click on an option I can assign some manpower to put effort into something. I¡¯m not going to lie, I¡¯m a perfectionist so just seeing all these options makes me want to stay here long enough for this small village to conquer the world. Not to mention, Izanami said these were real people, that we¡¯re on a different world, that means this is a separate place to recruit men and women to fight by my side. Currently there are 125 people who live inside this village and I have big plans for every single one of them. ¡°Da gods have spoke of yo arrival my Lord. Dey say you come to lead us into a new age.¡± ¡®Don¡¯t care¡¯ my ass. I nod and ask her about the current situation while the Family talks to some villagers and enjoy themselves. Apparently, a Goblin King has been born and has declared war on these villagers and that he¡¯s going to take over tonight. Our scouts reported for him to have around 100 goblins and although they have more people in the village than the gobs, they don¡¯t have weapon or armor besides farming tools and bows for hunting. Besides, my Village Feature tells me that we are at war with the SkullCrusher tribe, who has 156 goblins in its army. Their information is wrong. I sigh out loud. Without us these people are screwed. They have nothing to protect themselves but a gate that¡¯s barely 3 feet tall the travels around the village. Their guards are all dead, picked off one by one until no one wanted the position anymore. The magic stone that produces the magic to protect this village apparently needs time to recharge and going to run out of juice tonight. These guys really were about to die. I turn around and yell at all my people, telling them of the situation. Some of them looks excited to be fighting actual goblins. Some look unsure of if they should be scared of the mini green monsters or not. The rest seem to not care and actual just want to fight something. I did tell them that they are all here to get stronger after all and so far, I¡¯m the only one that¡¯s killed anything. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It¡¯s been 2 hours since we¡¯ve arrived here and I¡¯ve had Eugene teaching as many people as he can mana manipulations. As sons and daughters of mafia members who use flames, none of not most of them, couldn¡¯t do it, but that doesn¡¯t mean that it was a failure. Most of them, instead of using mana, unlocked their flames! The only ones able to use both flames and mana are my Capos and me. At the moment though, 60 of the 69 have unlocked their Flames. The 19 that didn¡¯t I have on roofs with bows in hand. They can¡¯t really use my guns without flames or mana. I look outside the barrier to see the goblin army amassed. They¡¯ve been here for a while, sitting, waiting for the barrier to go down in the plains in front of the village entrance. These bastards aren¡¯t even hiding it. Every once in awhile they send a scout to see if the barrier is down or not since they can¡¯t see it from the outside. After a bit, the barrier finally comes down. Already in Hyper Dying Will Mode and Mana Reinforce already on I begin walking forward. All of Family behind me begins walking also with determined expressions as they form the formation we went through. Some of them very well might die today, and a lot of them still don¡¯t know that. My power makes them believe it¡¯s all a game and that everything will be alright¡­.I hope for the same. At first the goblins seemed confused that we were just walking out into the open. They seemed to get over it pretty fast though. A goblin the size of a human, around 5¡¯5¡±, was in front of the pack holding a medieval sword that actually looked pretty new. He skin was red instead of green and he had leather armor on while the rest of his troops were basically clothless, wearing nothing but furs. He raised his sword in the air and roared charge in english. While I was surprised at first, I didn¡¯t let that stop me from calling out orders. ¡°Mist Legion, trick them into Death¡¯s arms!¡± I yell out. Men and women at the back of our formation all raise their hand in the air and the world goes to hell. Explosions rock the ground around the goblin army and lava spews up out from nowhere as goblins begin to run towards us to get away from the fake fire. While none of my Mist users are particularly great except Ethan, he had 2 whole hours to teach them some cool tricks when we found out people were unlocking their Flames. The Mist Legion falls back into the village after exhausting their mana and given guns to shoot once recovered. ¡°Sun Legion, light up this night!¡± All Sun users place their hand on a Lightning user back, strengthening them. The Lightning Users are in the front of the formation that will defend and fight the most. Chris made sure to teach them strengthen and heal, my Gamer ability making things easier. ¡°Rain Legion, rain down despair upon them!¡± Rain users raise their hands into the sky, sending their Flames into the air. Next thing I know, rain is pouring down the sky. This will weaken the goblins, robbing them of their strength. While there was no teacher to help them, the Rain users are very optimistic people and tried their best anyway. Many of them figured it out on their own and I can¡¯t help myself from being proud. ¡°Storm Legion, rip them to shreds!¡± The Storm Legion were right behind the Lightning Legion and were ready. PJ unlocked his Storm Flame during the 2 hour grace period and absolutely refused to be a novice in anything. The guy basically bullies everyone to learn quicker while learning himself. He roars in response and the rest of the Storms do the same, sending blasts of fire down with their fists while the ones on the roof shot their arrows. This added realism to the Mist Legions illusions, freaking the goblins out even more. By the time they were done, checking the village tab showed that they killed a little over 60 goblins alone bringing them to around 100 in number. Before the battle began, I ordered the Cloud Legion to duplicate enough bow and arrows for any villager willing to step up. 20 did and were moved to the roofs. ¡°Lightning Legion, let¡¯s give these bastards a shock¡± In this Legion was Eugene and that bastard took to lightning like fish in water. All the legion strengthen their shields and sharpened their swords. I learned that Eugene is apparently a great teacher because out of all the Legions, lightning progressed the most. I take the time to look at the destruction caused already. The goblins, while nearly here, aren¡¯t in any type of formations and mostly running around like headless chickens trying to escape illusion, not knowing the difference between illusion and reality. I take a deep breath and prepare for the final order. You bastards better not die. ¡°Charge!!!¡± WIth the command finally spoken, 20 lightning users charge with me in front, clashing with the remaining 100 goblins. From there, my mind seems to go blank. All I know is cut, slice, shoot, death. I faintly realize that avoid a dagger to my side and cut the offenders head off with my sword. So much yelling, so much screaming, it¡¯s so...annoying! Die quietly you pieces of shit! I pierce a gob through the heart without a thought and move on to the next. I notice a commotion bigger than usual further down the side. I slice my way to the roaring and see that¡¯s some of my guys are having trouble with the Goblin King. I use my speed to kill as much as I can to make some room for my Family in the thick of it. Without realizing it, we were surrounded by the goblin army. Good things, although some are very injured, all 20 are alive for now. Bad news, there¡¯s still like 80 goblins left. Explosion come from the outside the goblin wall surrounding us, killing some but not enough. They can¡¯t go all out since we¡¯re in the middle and they are afraid to hit us. Me and my Lightning users stay close together, swords out, ready to fight. I lunge, not going to far away from the group like last time but just to kill some goblins at the edge of the wall. I chop a goblin¡¯s head off while shooting one behind the now dead one. Goblin quickly takes the dead place and swings at me with it¡¯s short sword but before he can reach me Eugene appears on the side of me, stabbing the bastard in the heart. I nod in thanks while checking on the group. I notice the Goblin King raising his sword to strike down one of the injured kids. ¡°Protect me!¡± I yell at everyone as I tackle the king, interrupting his swing and saving the boy. The tackle pushes him more into the circle and my men surround me. Now the Goblin King in me are trapped in a circle within a circle. I ignore the mini explosions still happening from my Storm users and focus on the king. They don¡¯t care about casualties considering they are literally turning their back on my Storm men and are focused on killing us. I look above the king, at his nametag to see his level.
Rotag Level 18
Health 500/500 - Mana 500/500
I rush at Rotag and fly past him, cutting an arm off while passing. A mere level 18 wants to kill my men?! I¡¯m not like yesterday, my Flames bring me way past a mere 18. If I would fight Chris and Ethan now, I would crush them. This fucking piece of shit dare raise his sword on my Family?! I¡¯ll fucking track your family down and murder your daughter in front of you! I sprint back, cutting the other off. This time, a loud scream rings in my ears. A smile forms as I hear his screams. This is what you deserve you bastard. No, you deserve worse! If I had time I would have tortured you slowly! I cut off a leg. You think this is a joke?! You think this is a game fucker?! You think you can just try to take what¡¯s mine and leave with your god forsaken life?! I cut off the last leg and bask in his screams. I place my hand on top of his head and stare in his terrorfied eyes and laugh. Are you enjoying your punishment fucker!? Your suffering should never end for what you¡¯ve tried to do! In fact¡­ I open my mouth as wide as I can and call upon a skill I haven¡¯t dared to use yet. I activate Soul Devourer and I hear nothing but the most blood curdling scream I¡¯ve ever heard in my life. It sounded like his soul was literally getting ripped out his bod-...oh. HAHAHA! His soul seems to have become visible while doing those and seeing that I literally scared the soul out of him brought me too much glee to mention. The scream never ended until his soul was sucked into my mouth completely. My smile never fell while consuming his soul.
The Soul, Rotag, has been Dominated
Soul Devour Level Up!
...Huh, what happened to all the noise? I look around to see human and goblin alike staring at me in terror. It seem the battle stopped to watch me defeat the king. Even the explosions from my Storm Legion have stopped. All of sudden, the goblins all kneeled before me. I don¡¯t even have to ask what¡¯s happening, I¡¯ve read enough novels to know that since I¡¯ve defeated the previous leader they now accept me as their new King. I don¡¯t even pay attention to it even though some of my people are shocked at the sudden change in behavior. ¡°Goblins of the SkullCrusher clan, you are now people of Valyria, the town you attacked. You will peacefully coexist with the humans there and protect it! Everyone else, take the wounded and give them to the Sun Legion for healing. We have WON!!¡± Cheers explode from my men and I can¡¯t help the genuine smile that pops onto my face. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¡°WHAT?! Why are you forcing us to live wit goblins ma Lord?!¡± the women who pushed me into the village said. Some villagers behind her yell in agreement. ¡°HEY! I will not accept racists in my village! If you don¡¯t like it, leave! Otherwise, you will play nice with them!¡± I yell with Don¡¯s Law on. Yes it¡¯s a bit excessive but it¡¯s better if there isn¡¯t any idiots in the future who think that they can bully the goblins just because I¡¯m also human. ¡°Now, give them some places to sleep and be nice. I¡¯ll be actually making this dump respectable enough for me to actually claim.¡± I send my Family back home for some well deserved rest after a while and open up my VIllage Feature. It¡¯s time to start building my Kingdom! Lord Crow
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Valyria has gained 45 Goblins
25 Associates have been upgraded to Soldiers
10 Silver and 55 Copper coins has been added to Valyria Treasury
35 Lesser Health and 20 Lesser Mana Potions has been added to Valyria
10 Health and 10 Mana Potions have been added to Valyria
110 Rusty Daggers and 1 Short Sword has been added to Valyria
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Goblin War Won! 5 Silver added to Treasury
This...this is all the bullshit that popped up when I killed the Goblin King but ignored because I had men dying. I obviously add the 15 points gotten to my Vitality, making it now at 45 and that means I have 450HP. Much more room so I don¡¯t die instantly in a battle with a physically strong opponent. I swipe away all the level up screens and focus on the battle rewards, specifically, the money. The woman who dragged me into the village, whose name is Kyra by the way, told me that 100 copper equals up to 1 silver, 100 silver to 1 gold, and 100 gold to 1 white gold. Currently we have 15 silver and 55 copper in the treasury I can play around with. Now I just have to decide what to upgrade first. I look at the bar that shows town happiness and honestly it¡¯s pretty crappy. Out of 100% only 5% are happy. I click on the bar and a screen pops up that shows why the rating is so low. From what I can see there¡¯s to little food (which seem to be the main problem), too many people are sick, it stinks (that¡¯s an understatement), low education, and basically everything that could be wrong is wrong. I start with the food problem since that seems to have everyone down the most. I click on the agriculture tab and begin my work. Apparently the goblins weren¡¯t completely dumb and destroyed the towns crops that are outside the barrier so most of the farms are destroyed. It says here that we have 2 farms and both are destroyed. To rebuild the farms it will cost 20 copper, which I pay without a thought. Food is important and is needed to keep morale up. Sadly, it says it will take 2 weeks to build both farms back up to functioning level and I actually have to wait until it¡¯s built. I click on the question mark beside the timer to see why it will take so long to build such small farms and a little not pops up. Apparently it will take so long because the town¡¯s education level is low and they don¡¯t know how to do thing proficiently yet. I contemplate the idea to move on to the education category but end up deciding against it for now. Food is currently the most important problem to solve. While no actual progress will happen until the 2 farms are built it doesn¡¯t mean that I can¡¯t make a queue. To upgrade a small farm to a regular sized farm would 30 copper for 1 or 60 for both. A regular sized farm to a large one would 60 copper for 1 or 1 silver and 20 copper for both. Sadly, I can¡¯t skip upgrades and need to buy each one. I decide to build 4 more farms, which cost 40 copper, and begin to upgrade them. I buy all the upgrades for all 6 farms and an extra options pops up called plantation. I leave that option alone for now, especially since it costs an entire silver. With the upgrades I bought I only have 9 silver and 55 copper left. Looking at the food situation, after the upgrades, we¡¯ll have about 10x more food than we¡¯ll need for such a small population village¡­.perfect. I move on to the education tab and instantly notice everything costs more here. I regrettably leave that tab and move on to trade. I need the town to produce money, and with me spending everything out of my own pocket without income, we¡¯ll become stuck inn stasis quickly. Seeing the prices lower than actually building a school I smile and a plan forms. I should open trade routes quickly. After the food situation is fixed the problem that the town had in the first place will reveal itself again. It has no protection and I have no money to pay guards a weekly wage. Good thing I have super powered soldiers who will do it for free if it means they will level faster. Clicking the tab brings up a map of what looks like the country. Zooming in, there are 4 towns nearby and to send a diplomat to open trade routes with them will only cost 5 copper a town. That¡¯s not all though, I can spend extra money to give the town lord as a sign of goodwill to give my traders discounts. Every 2 copper will be an percentage of discount my traders will have. This can be very beneficial depending on what all the towns specialize in. If one town has fish in abundance but doesn¡¯t have trinkets while the other has a lot of trinkets but no fish, I can sell the fish and trinkets back for a percentage more than I paid for them. Especially if I take this discount thing into consideration. A better education for my people will give me better deals to it seems but I really can¡¯t afford it right now. I place one silver into each one of the towns and pay the 20 copper to send the diplomats. This leaves me with nothing 5 silvers and 35 copper. I know it was an expensive choice but honestly it¡¯s the thing that will make us money fastest, especially now since I have 50% off on all 4 of the towns. Plus, I can¡¯t really do anything else until I build a school and since it doesn¡¯t require building anything I don¡¯t have to wait for builders to free up, I can begin making money as soon as possible. Although I have all of these tabs, it would actually be a waste of money to buy anymore without a better education system in place. I finally reopen up the education tab and look at the cost of building the school. 3 whole silvers will have to be spent to build a small sized school. My hand trembles as it hovers over the buy option but with a little more compelling...I press it. I sigh in regret and happiness. I hate spending money sooo much, it¡¯s like I die a little inside. I would have to pay even more for teachers to arrive here and do the actual teaching but really fuuuck that. I¡¯m having Eugene and Ethan drag their ass over here at least twice a week and teaching these idiots. I give orders for Kyra to give some Lesser Health Potions to the weak and sick. I¡¯ll also make sure to send some Sun Legion members here from time to time to fix the health crisis. I¡¯m sure they won¡¯t mind, they all want to upgrade their skills and get stronger, I literally had to force most of them to leave. I chuckle at the thought that they all seem to be enjoying the Game. I open up the health tab set public stalls around the town so people can stop throwing their literal shit into the streets. The poop and pee will then be collected and gave to farmers to be used as manure. With this, I¡¯ve fixed most of the problems that are plaguing my people¡¯s mind. While they won¡¯t see it immediately, it will make a big change in the future. I hope everything goes smoothly, especially the relations with the other towns. I do want them happy with me before I conquer them. Meeting of Dons It¡¯s been exactly 20 days since playing Sim with my village Valyria, making today September 6. Today is the day all the schools gangs meet on top of the school roof to discuss...stuff. Honestly I don¡¯t really know, my Capo Ethan was explaining the shit to me while we in my Zombie Dungeon and I just couldn¡¯t listen correctly for the fear of my head getting bitten off. Me and my Capos have been going into the Dungeon everyday since the Goblin War to get stronger but to my dismay, I only leveled up twice. It took my fucking 20 days to level up twice! To make everything fair I guess the gods fucked me over a little bit. Since my experience required to level up doubles every time, I¡¯m level 18 and need 13,107,200EXP to get to the next level! This is fucking ridiculous! On to some better news, since I¡¯m level 18 I finally brought my HP to 500 while making my HP regen to 5 per second and moved on to bringing my Wisdom to 50 also. With that I¡¯ll regen 5MP a second and increase my lethality exponentially. During the 20 days I focused on upgrading my skills so get ready for an info dump of nothing but bullshit. Observed has leveled up to 10, Creation is now 10, Sneak attack is 6, Power Punch to 5, Physical Resistance to 7, King to 9, ID Create to 4, Power Swing to 16, Mana Reinforcing to 13, Mana Bullet to 18, and Don¡¯s Law to 9. Needless to say, training was an absolute bitch for some of these. The first thing is that bitch of a useful skill called Physical Resistance. First of all, it¡¯s an asshole! It takes a lot to level it up and it only adds 1 extra percentage per level, bringing me to ignoring 12% of physical damage currently. I had to Don¡¯s Law order PJ and Chris to punch me as hard as they could a couple times everyday, bringing me close to my patreon door more than once. At first they were confused until I told them the skill I had and asked if they could get it too. I didn¡¯t see why not so after punching me I used Don¡¯s Law and made them punch each other until they got it. Next was ID Create and this is a fun one. So apparently every wave, the skill levels up. While the zombies don¡¯t become harder to kill, a shit ton of them spawn the next wave. We counted and every new wave, 3x the zombies spawn. While weak those bitches are everywhere and if you¡¯re not careful they can get you pretty easily by grouping up on a poor soul. We¡¯re still only on level 4 because I refuse to bring any of my Soldiers in there. WHile they could get some easy EXP, it¡¯s easy for me to become too distracted in the Dungeon. One wrong step can have them killed. That¡¯s bad for business, especially since a lot of these kids are actually children of members in the Crow Family. If I want to inherit, then keeping my future soldiers sons and daughters safe while making them stronger might earn me some favor points. Mana Bullet and Power Swing ended up being my most used skills and probably will continue to be important to me for years to come. I¡¯ve gotten used to fighting with a sword in one hand and a gun in the other. With my suit on and my purple eyes I look sharper than my katana. I¡¯ve also used Don¡¯s Law and made it so that everyone in my gang wore suits or vests. We¡¯re businessmen, we can¡¯t be looking like children in front of everyone, I need to project a strong and united image. If some kids didn¡¯t have money for a proper suit I payed for them to get one. While not rich, I¡¯ve become wealthy enough to support my gang. While Dungeon level one zombies rarely ever drop anything, Dungeon level 4 almost always drop a couple of dollars and if I¡¯m really lucky that day, some Small Potions. I¡¯ve collected over 2000$ during these 20 days of constant training while my Capos have collected some money themselves I¡¯m sure. I¡¯m not the only one who''s gotten stronger either. The average level in my gang is 15 while all my Capos has reached level 25. Anyone under level 15 are now considered Associates but no one is ever an Associate for long. I don¡¯t know why, but other people seem to level up differently from me. It¡¯s probably because while I get 5 points per level they only get one. The day after after the Goblin War, I¡¯m pretty sure every person in the school new about me taking over the freshmen gangs and becoming the Don of the freshmen. Many people were surprised that the first years united so easily and early on. That surprise turned to shock once they were told it was the ¡®Failure¡¯ whose little brother was already decided to become the new Don who gathered everyone. So far 30 more kids joined my Family, bringing it too 100 in all including me. All my Soldiers and Associates have done a mission to help my little village Valyria at least 5 times. I don¡¯t even really even have Associates anymore I think. Maybe a few stragglers but I¡¯m too lazy to check right now. I use them to do missions like transport cargo to different towns, protect the village for a couple of hours, and hunt for some easy EXP. They have experienced some bandits but no one really strong and since I always have a Soldier travel with a Associate no one has died. My town has grown into something beautiful. I mean, it¡¯s still just as small but it no longer smells like shit! Not only that, the town is so happy since I came that I think some people have actually started worshipping me. After the first farm was fixed I focused all of my workforce on building the school. Eugene and Ethan did some research into building via this handy thing called Google and came back the next day, speeding the process up greatly. In fact, it should be getting finished up today. The previous 3 week operation went down to 3 days with the help of some nerds with magic and the internet. While in my party they don¡¯t get sleepy so right after school they would go to Valyria and work until sunrise the next day. They haven¡¯t slept in about 3 days but I think they are getting a lot of EXP from it. The construction has been going slow up until recently but trade has flourished. With the 50% discounts and my village being placed around the middle of the villages, Valyria earns a little more than a silver a week. So far we¡¯ve gotten 2 silvers and 30 copper from trade. Selling all of the goblin daggers and the short sword gave us extra cash. While the daggers would usually go for around 10 copper, they were rusty, and brought the value down. Each dagger sold for 5 copper, and while that may not seem like much I had 110 of those bitches. Selling all of them brought me 5 silvers and 50 copper. The short sword was 20 copper itself. All in all, my village currently has 11 silver and 60 copper. While it doesn¡¯t seem like a lot to me, most of the people here haven¡¯t even imagined having that amount. I finally hear the bell ring that signals the end to my first period class. I wait until everyone leaves before I get out my seat and approach Ms. Sugar. ¡°How¡¯s it going Sugar?¡± I say in a casual tone. She playfully glares at me. We have 5 minutes before each class so I have time to try once more today. ¡°Now how many times do I have to tell you not to call me that. It¡¯s not appropriate for a student and teacher to speak so casually you know?¡± ¡°I won¡¯t tell if you won¡¯t. Plus, how can I just stop? We spend 50 minutes in a class together each day, I already developed a sweet tooth for you. At this rate I might get a cavity but I¡¯m just too addicted to care.¡± She chuckles as I sit on her desk and watch her erase the chalkboard from today''s lesson. I¡¯ve been flirting with her since the first day of school but my points wouldn¡¯t go up higher than 20 and my title was stuck on Favorite Student for like a whole week. Sure we¡¯ve only known each other for a couple of weeks but I can¡¯t help but to have expected to have gotten further than this by now. I mean, I am a black, purple eyed, suit wearing, wealthy man! Yes I¡¯m 15 but age is nothing but a number. I was beginning to think that I¡¯d be stuck as ¡®Favorite Student¡¯ for months before any real progress. Until now that is.
I like you
I love you
What¡¯s our lesson tomorrow going to be?
2 days ago, Observe leveled up to 10 and with that came a new tab. The Relationship Sim tab. It uses information from the original Observe skill to give me 3 options that will help me (Probably) get the girl. These options though makes me want to sigh. One of them completely goes to a different topic, one is too extreme, and one might be put me into the friendzone. I contemplate what to do but ending up selecting the 2nd option. I¡¯ve been playfully flirting with this woman for 15 days and there is no way she didn¡¯t notice. I can¡¯t be beating around the bush anymore, if being flirting won¡¯t work, I¡¯ll go for an aggressive play! ¡°Ms. Sugar, I love you.¡± I say looking strait at her. She turns around in surprise to see my face completely serious and looks into my eyes. My purple eyes which I¡¯ve noticed she tries avoiding at all cost. Gotcha. Her face reddens to a tomato. ¡°W-What are you talking about Xavior! You¡¯re my student! You¡¯re 15 and we couldn¡¯t possibly-, I couldn¡¯t ever-. You don¡¯t even know anything about me!¡± she yells as quietly as she can. My eyes never leaves hers. ¡°You favorite color is purple, your birthday is July 16, you¡¯re currently 34 years old, and your favorite genre is romance.¡± I recite all in one breath. Observe for the win! She stares at me, mouth open with disbelief. I chuckle at the sight. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯m not stalking you or anything, I just pay attention. I noticed the way you can never look me in the eyes without blushing, and you told us your birthday near the beginning of the year so if we ever felt the need to ask you would force us to do math.¡± I laugh at the memory. ¡°Kids sure are lazy, I don¡¯t think many actually cared enough to find out. The romance thing though, you have The Notebook DVD in your desk that you take out sometimes when you lose something in there.¡± I hop off the desk and walk towards her. She walks back until she up against her chalkboard and I can hear her breathing irregularly. I cup her chin and pull my face closer. Her face forms a deeper shade of red. ¡°You¡¯re right though, I don¡¯t know much about you, but I want to know more. Please think about what I said today Amberly.¡± I let go of her chin and walk out the class, seeing a kid come in the moment I come out.
+ 10 Relationship with Amberly Sugar
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After the whole thing with my teacher nothing else important really happened. I did notice that everyone was a little tense today, probably because the meeting, but I was too happy to care or ask about it. Me, Eugene, PJ, Ethan, and Chris walk up the stairs towards the roof for the meeting. We¡¯re a little late and the other Don¡¯s might get a little irritated but I really couldn¡¯t give a rats ass about their feelings so I walk up the stairs slowly just to be even later than I already am. We finally make it to the roof and I kick the door open to see 27 kids on the roof, most of them looking irritated. It was decided that the Don¡¯s can take their Capos and UnderBosses for protection and their Consigliere for advice. We walk on the roof and I got to say, we look bad ass. I have Eugene on my right and PJ on my left while Ethan is on the side of Eugene and Chris on the side of PJ. I have a black suit on with a dark purple vest and a white button up underneath. On my head is a black fedora that¡¯s slightly tilted. PJ and Eugene copied my style without the hat. Chris and Ethan did the same but didn¡¯t have the suit, just the vest and button up. Purple ended up becoming our uniform colors, everyone in my Family has purple somewhere on them.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. Before anything starts I look above everyone''s head to see their levels. That idiot who I interrogated the first day of school already told me their names. I mainly focus on the Don¡¯s levels.
Andre Cortez / Level 23 / HP:600 / MP: 500
Edwin Mendoza / Level 27 / HP:800 / MP: 650
April Perkins / Level 30 / HP: 900 / MP: 1000
So these 3 are the Don¡¯s of the Vipers, Wolves, and Angels. While they are weak I do see why April calls herself an Angel. She has unusual red hair and freckles everywhere. While her bust and ass aren¡¯t very big she has this fiery air about her. She¡¯s about 5¡¯6¡±, same as me and has a scowl on her face. Her curly hair reaches just below her shoulders and her blue eyes are absolutely enchanting. I swear she¡¯s like the disney princess Merida reborn. She¡¯s definitely getting added to my Conquer List. I also can¡¯t help but to notice even the seniors are no match for my little brother. That kid really is a monster. I feel kind of bad since I haven¡¯t really talked to him since confronting everyone. ¡°Listen up everyone, I¡¯m only going to say this once. I am Xavior Dark, Don of the Crows and I don¡¯t have time for your foolishness. This isn¡¯t a Free-for-all battle where everyone is against everyone. That will take to long and I am a very busy man. This is a 3v1 where you all will try your absolute hardest to survive while my men use yours as hunting practice. Your one and only job is to survive as long as you can while giving me entertainment. If you can¡¯t even do that, you¡¯re useless and should hide as best as you can. Does everyone understand?¡± ¡°...Are you fucking with me?¡± Andre speaks up. Hey, didn¡¯t a Capo of his order a hit on me a couple weeks ago? ¡°You snot nose freshy brat! Just because your parents are some big shots doesn¡¯t mean you are! Don¡¯t you dare forget that everyone calls you the Failure! You don¡¯t even have 6 Capos or an Consigliere. You piece of shit we¡¯ll crush you!¡± Wow this guy has a temper. I smirk at his enraged face, which makes him even more furious. ¡°Oh really? Well as the weakest of everyone here, you should have took my advice and hid like the good cannon fodder you are.¡± I raise my hand and snap my fingers. Without a word my boys sprint towards Andre and his men. Ethan takes out his pocket watch and swings it up causing a illusion of fire sprouting from the floor around the idiots to pop up. One of the guys laugh. ¡°You think just because you guys have Flames that you can beat us?! We know these are just illusi-...hey, this is sort of hot¡­SHIT!¡± I laugh as the idiot who spoke up screams in pain. Ethan finally got his illusions up high enough for them to trick the brain into activating pain receptors. PJ uses his Storm flames around his fist and jump into the fray. I really need to find that guy a weapon. He jumps at one of the guys whose trying to heal the one who got tricked by the illusion. The Sun Flame user tries to use his pocket knife and Sun Flame to strengthen himself and fight but before he even notices, PJ is in his guard and places his hand flat on the guy¡¯s stomach. The smile he does fits the devil as he uses his Flames to blast the poor bastard clear of the roof. A man with nunchucks covered in Storm Flames runs up behind PJ but before he reaches him, Eugene slides past him, right in front of his face. The guy loses his balance a little since while Eugene slid past him lightning followed his trial, using it as a barrier between the boy and PJ. The boy yells in pain as he can¡¯t stop himself in time to avoid the lightning and gets shocked. Eugene suddenly appears behind him and covers his hand with Lightning Flames and place it on the back of the boys head. The boys eyes suddenly rolls to the back of his head. Eugene is using his Flames power to fry him and the boy falls face first, unconscious. During all of this the Viper¡¯s Mist user is trying to distract my men by placing illusions everywhere. Unfortunately for him, while in my party, my members get a downgraded Gamer¡¯s Mind. While they can still see the illusions if they want, unless the Mist user is strong, they won¡¯t even notice it. This boy wasn¡¯t strong. With Ethan¡¯s help, Chris was invisible and appeared behind the Mist boy with Sun Flames in hand, strengthening himself, and clocked the boy in the back of the head, knocking him out in one punch. Suddenly a throwing dagger is in the air aiming at Ethan. That one dagger erupts in Cloud Flames and multiplies into 10. PJ does a front flip, that should honestly put him in Avatar the Last Airbender, from about 10 feet away with Storm Flames on his foot. Before his foot hit the ground his flames shot out in a arc, nocking the throwing knives out the air. In response of this sleight of his comrade, Eugene opens his palm towards the offender and shot 5 Mana Attacks. All hit the chest as he flew further and further away, off the roof. The only ones left are the Lightning and Rain Flame users while the Don uses Lightning Flames himself. My guys regroup up and stand right in front of them. Andre shivers and takes a step back. ¡°T-This was supposed to be a peaceful meeting! Attacking us here means that the rest of the years will gang up on you!¡± I laugh at his failed attempt to save himself from this asswhoopin. My guys don¡¯t respond as they move into action once more. PJ and Eugene move in sync as they aim for Rain user. The boy uses his sword to summon water and shoots it at them like needles. Sadly for him, Storm Flames corrode other Flames. PJ does a massive backflip and clapping his hands in a thunderclap fashion while still in the air. The boy¡¯s Flames weaken PJ¡¯s while PJ¡¯s corrode his. They end up canceling each other out but before the boy can make another move Eugene arrives with his sword covered in lightning. He throws and Mana Attack at the boy, making him take a step back in pain and placing the flat part of his blade on the boys chest. The boy screams in pain as he gets fried by Eugene''s Lightning. Over by the lightning user, Ethan used his flames to create an illusion of a zombie behind the boy and makes the zombie take a huge bite out his shoulder. While the boy subconsciously know it¡¯s a illusion, zombies are scary fuckers. The boy screams in pain and fright and uses his lightning to cover his body to try electrocuting the zombie. As the zombie was but a illusion, of course it didn¡¯t work. Chris used this time to get up close and personal and punched the boy right in the stomach. Ooh, I¡¯ve felt that before too. Chris¡¯s hits aren¡¯t a joke. I feel you bro. The boy throws up bile and slumps on his knees. Chris being as ruthless as he is used this opportunity to literally kick the boy while his down, sending him flying. During all of this, Andre stared wide eyed at how 4 freshmen completely destroyed his strongest men without even breaking a sweat. My men surround him and he finally realizes the situation he¡¯s in. He looks around for an escape but doesn¡¯t find one. I clap my hands while doing my crazy Joker laugh. I walk up to my captive. ¡°Wow! What a great show that was! I thank you for providing me with such good entertainment.¡± I take my hat off with my left hand take my gun out and aim at his chest with my right. My smile and laugh fall. ¡°But now I¡¯m bored.¡± I lower my power as much as I can while switching my bullets. At level 15 my Mana Bullet got a new feature. I shoot and his body flies back and hit body hits the gate surrounding the roof. Explosion Bullet. I place my hat back on and my smile is back on my face like it never left. ¡°Good job guys, and make sure you are more careful from now on Ethan, you were in trouble for a second from such a weakling because of your carelessness.¡± ¡°Apologies Don X. I was just excited to fight.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine, as long as you learn from your mistakes.¡± I say with a joyful tone. ¡°Welp, as the cannon fodder said, I¡¯ve broken the rules and you all will now have to gang up on me. What a shame.¡± I say in a mock sad tone. ¡°Well there¡¯s nothing I can do about it now.¡± I face April, ¡°I wonder if you will be able to handle me.¡± I say with a smirk and wink. I then turn around and walk back down the stairs.
Level Up!
King Level Up!
I smile at the notifications and place my 5 points into Wisdom, bringing it to 20. Fighting people with higher levels than me always give me the most EXP. Now, it¡¯s time to start planning to take over those towns. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Me, Eugene, and Ethan are in Valyria preparing. They finally got the school done and are currently teaching the kids and adults. They¡¯ve already been teaching the builders a bit everyday so building time is lower than before. Once the farms are done being built then we¡¯ll have more than enough food to support the 4 towns. After absorbing them, Valyria should have around 600 people, maybe less since I¡¯ll have to kill a few guards and soldiers. I won¡¯t begin the evasion until we have enough buildings and the farms are done. After that I can start assigning jobs and get the economy going. So far, no one really has a job and are just given things that are needed to survive but once all of those people are here it won¡¯t be like that anymore. I¡¯ll let the population keep the money that they already have and they will use it to buy and sell things, pushing the money in and out of my own people hands, jump starting the economy here. I had Eugene and Ethan study how a modern house is made from our world before we came here. While I have people around me that has the information to build the houses, the option becomes available. I found out it costs so much because we don¡¯t have the stone and wood ourselves, and have to buy them because of that. I give a couple of strong looking men the job of wood cutting and mining into a cave that¡¯s in the woods a couple of miles from here that one of my Soldiers said they saw. I tell them that they¡¯ll each get 2 copper a day and they get to work. It¡¯s such a small amount but they don¡¯t seem to care and set off. For now I¡¯ll just but the materials and I check the menu. To build and buy the supplies, one modern house with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom costs 50 copper. It would usually take 2 weeks but with Eugene it will take only 1. With both Eugene and Ethan it will take 2 days. I need about 200 houses, since my people here already have homes for now and I¡¯ll force men and women to share a house. The more babies the better. I want my population to surge. After everyone is here, I¡¯ll begin upgrading my peoples old houses to look like the new ones. For that I would need 1 gold exactly to finish and that would take a while. Good thing that as I gather resources on my own the cost will get lower but I will still need a rather large sum. I make it so after my farms are done that houses begin to be built. With the money I have currently, I can make 23 house but I decide to hold off. I know I said that I¡¯ll just buy the resources but now that I think about it, that would be pretty stupid considering my farms aren¡¯t even done yet. With Eugene and Ethan working they should all get done in a month. It would be earlier but I¡¯ll have them teaching the town during most of the day. I refuse for my people to be stupid. I do hate waiting though but it doesn¡¯t mean I can¡¯t be productive. During the Goblin War, 20 villagers helped us during the fight. I go into my military tab and grab all 20 of them and place them under PJ for physical training. Once they are physically strong enough I plan for Eugene to teach them Mana Manipulation. They will be issued a sword and a gun and be taught to fight. This will be the beginning of my military. I want them ready for when we begin fighting the War of 5 Villages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I finally head home after a long day of work only to see my little brother in my room preventing me from going to sleep. I sigh at seeing him and sit at my desk. He¡¯s already sitting on my bed and I don¡¯t really feel comfortable so close to guys. Don ¡®t get me wrong, I love my brother, and I¡¯m glad that he¡¯s reaching out, but I¡¯m just so mentally exhausted. ¡°Hello Little Neo, what can I do for you today?¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry¡­¡± ¡°Huh, for what?¡± ¡°I agreed to becoming the Don without even asking you...I just assumed that...I just wanted to¡­¡± tears begin to form at the corner of his eyes. My eyes soften at the sight. He really just wanted to protect me really. He¡¯s my brother after all, why else would he take the position without telling. I really was weak in my last life. It was the right decision, but this isn¡¯t my last life. I get out my seat and hug him. ¡°Hey little bro, don¡¯t worry about it. I know why you did it, and I¡¯m proud of you for becoming so strong.¡± I chuckle ¡°I would have never imagined you¡¯d become such a badass.¡± he laughs a little and I smile. ¡°Even so, the Family won¡¯t accept you so readily anymore. They¡¯ve already grown to accept me as their future Don and people have been saying...bad things about you. They don¡¯t trust you. Even when I step down I¡¯ll still end up causing more problems for you.¡± I let him go. ¡°Then don¡¯t step down.¡± I say without a thought. ¡°Become stronger little brother, and I will as well. When we both graduate, we¡¯ll have a big fight. If I lose, you can keep the spot. If I win, you¡¯ll become my Sky Guardian.¡± He gasps. ¡°But aren¡¯t you-¡± ¡°I¡¯m not Sky brother. I¡¯m a Conquer and as one I have big plans for the future. If you were with me, then it would help me significantly.¡± he nods with determination in his eyes after a moment of silence. ¡°If you get it then get out of here you bum. I¡¯m sleepy and I have to get up tomorrow for school.¡± He laughs but leaves. I can¡¯t help but smile. That boy is a monster and I just gave him determination to get stronger, just to fight me in a couple of years. I¡¯m such an idiot. Chat With Death The moment I close my eyes to finally go to sleep, I''m transported into a dining room. I look around and see what seems to be a normal room. In the next second the style of the room shifts into an old formal Japanese style. The next, the wall paint turns black and in the next purple. Items appear depending on the feel of the room, here one moment and gone the next. I sigh and sit on one of the chairs surrounding a plain looking wooden table that has some of the most exquisite food I have ever seen. I¡¯m never going to get some sleep am I? What do you need Izanami dearest? I don''t bother to say out loud, she can hear my thoughts after all. My goddess appears at the opposite end of the table. My breath gets caught in my throat at the site of her. This time, she really is in her female form, and I have to say, she¡¯s breathtaking. Her face is perfectly symmetrical, her skin so pale but looks so smooth that it reminded me of priceless pearls. Her black hair travels all the way down her back, so long that it only ends where I can imagine many dreams of men begin. Her kimono was black silk with purple trimming the edges. The sleeves seem to begin on the side of her shoulders instead of on top of them, leaving her breasts kind of exposed. Open just enough to see the edge of her areolas and tempting me, making me wanting for more without being satisfied. Most of all, those eyes is what¡¯s most important. Those purple eyes that seem to stare at my soul, which she may possibly be doing now that I think about it. I don¡¯t bother to hide my stare as she giggles. ¡°How¡¯d you know it was me?¡± Her voice is so smooth and soft I almost want to go into a never ending sleep. ¡°I¡¯ve never had a dream since being revived.¡± I say out loud this time. I pick up a piece of the mystery food and start eating it. ¡°By the way, are you sure you should be dressing like that darling? I¡¯m sure you know if you go on the way you are-¡± I look directly in her eyes. ¡°After I conquer the gods, I¡¯ll add you to my list.¡± she giggles once more. Gods it sound like the most beautiful melody I¡¯ve ever heard. ¡°Are you sure you should tell me your plans so readily? After all, I¡¯m a God myself.¡± a eyebrow is raised at me in a questioning glance. I can¡¯t help but to roll my eyes. ¡°Please, you guys can literally read my mind. You all know what I plan to do once I¡¯m strong enough and I don¡¯t intend to hide it. You¡¯re not going to do anything about it anyway.¡± ¡°Oh? And what makes you so sure? What exactly makes you think we¡¯ll even let you get strong enough in the first. We could wipe you off the face of the Earth any time.¡± ¡°For the exact same reason you¡¯ve revived me my dearest. You guys are old, you guys are lazy, and most of all you are bored. In fact, I think a few of you can hardly even wait for me to come over there and kick your asses.¡± she smiles. ¡°You really are too smart for your own good. You are right though, the moment you even thought of the subject, we all knew. Us higher beings are bored though and are willing to do anything to fix the problem. Even the fact that I¡¯m talking to you right now is more from me having more time on my hands then me knowing what to do with than actually wanting to help. If you have some questions or something go ahead and ask. I won¡¯t guarantee that I¡¯ll answer but I might hear you out.¡± ¡°Wow, great to see how much my Goddess loves me.¡± I say in a dry tone. She simply shrugs. ¡°Love is a powerful but fleeting emotion like the rest of them. It dies out eventually. Anyway, go on, ask questions or advice or we could simply have a pleasant conversation if you want.¡± ¡°Okay, what¡¯s the chance you let me take you, right here, right now?¡± I say in complete seriousness. What? I¡¯m a man who conquers but I¡¯m a man first. Full blown laughter follows my question for a good 30 seconds but I just sit an wait for her response.A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. ¡°Sorry little boy, but I only sleep with men who can conquer Life and Death. So right here and right now? Not likely-¡± she looks me up and down, ¡°though that¡¯s not to say that it will never happen.¡± A smirk appears on my face from her response. ¡°Well now that the most important question is out the way, what''s with sending me and my people to a different world? What was that about, I do have one world I need to conquer already in progress. Though I¡¯m honestly not complaining.¡± ¡°Well first,I didn¡¯t send you, The System did. I just asked it to send you there.¡± ¡°What is The System in the first place? You mentioned it the first time I saw you but I didn¡¯t get the chance to ask about it. Is it some sort of new God? Why¡¯d you ask to send us there anyway?¡± ¡°The System isn¡¯t really a God, more like sentient code or rules. It¡¯s like how you humans made RPG games that levels a person up after getting a set amount of experience. The programmers don¡¯t have to manually level every person up in a MMORPG because they built code to be programmed to do it for them. It¡¯s like that, but on a more massive scale. Some Gods sent a little bit of there power to make it for you and any new Gamer in the future so we wouldn¡¯t have to watch you literally every second. ¡°And for the reason you sent us there? I wasn¡¯t thinking about it at the time, but it seems kind of random.¡± ¡°Well there are many Gods and there are many dimensions and universes. You know that cliche about the boy being summoned to another world? Well to do that, a link has to be willingly established between this world and the one trying to kidnap the kid. We let links form here so we can send someone through and establish a link there. From that point we begin to strengthen the link and travel through the link to take over that world.¡± she says so casually. ¡°So you guys plan on taking over that world. Why don¡¯t you steal kids from their world and form a link that way? If they can do it, we can too right?¡± ¡°The link needs a willing host remember. Most worlds aren¡¯t and we¡¯re too lazy to look for the ones that are. That¡¯s how a lot of the Gods got here, they were taken from their universe and just made a home here.¡± ¡°Really? Were you from a different universe originally too?¡± I ask surprised. ¡°Hm, I might have been¡­? I don¡¯t really remember. Once you¡¯re alive long enough, you forget pointless things like where you were created. Doesn¡¯t really matter when I plan to never be destroyed. Next question then.¡± ¡°How do you kill a God?¡± ¡°Oh? Finally getting serious are we? Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ll tell you. You basically kill Gods the same way you kill mortals, it¡¯s just harder. While mortals have souls, Gods have essance. All you have to do is be strong enough to completely eradicate a Gods essence and they¡¯ll be dead. You have to make sure you get all of it though, or else they will just regenerate over some melania and come back. Anything else?¡± ¡°Yea, it takes so much to level up, how do I get stronger faster?¡± she giggles. ¡°Well to start, actually use your gifts that I¡¯ve given you. You focus so much on the random power you''ve been given that you forget the powers you get from me being your God. You have a whole world of zombies whose souls you can devour.¡± she says it like she¡¯s talking to an idiot. ¡°...but...they¡¯re zombies! Aren¡¯t their souls already gone?!¡± ¡°Well how are they up and walking around in decomposed bodies then? While there are some who can control bodies without souls, these are not those enemies.¡± I¡¯m...such an idiot! ¡°And that¡¯s not all. Why haven¡¯t you used your scythe? Your battles would have been so much easier if you had just brought it out.¡± ¡°....what scythe?¡± I ask in confusion. She looks at me incredulously and waves her hand. Suddenly a thin black chain appears around my neck with a black scythe that has purple edges within its links. I hold the mini scythe in the palm of my hand as I just marvel at the aura coming from it. Not only that, the scythe seemed to have some sort of connection with me. It feels like I¡¯ve found a missing part of my soul. (Chapter 4 if you guys don¡¯t remember) ¡°Your patron is a God of Death, of course you have a scythe! It¡¯s easily detachable from the chain so you can pull it off and when your done just will the chain to appear and it will. If you would have just willed it to summon yourself then it would have appeared on your neck long ago. Don¡¯t tell me you forgot I gave it to you before you left the first time! I had my dear son Kagutsuchi work so hard on it. I call it Death¡¯s Embrace.¡± It suddenly sprouted full size in my hand, shocking me out my seat. Around 5¡¯4¡± in height, the frame is colored the deepest black with purple trims, with its large scythe blade forged into a crescent shape. ¡°It¡¯s converting frame allows it to transform between two modes. A "rifle" mode, where it takes the form of a medium-length, bolt-action rifle. In this form, the absence of the scythe makes for more effective use of the rifle component. The other is a "scythe" mode, its most expanded form, where it fully extends into the form of a scythe, allowing it to be used as a mid-to-close-range bladed melee weapon. This form also doubles as a long-barrel sniper rifle for long-range shots without giving up the melee capabilities of the scythe. If needed, the bottom of the shaft can unfold to add more cutting power in a close-range fight.¡± Oh god she made a real life Crescent Rose. ¡°It¡¯s based of a show called RWBY.¡± ¡±...my god¡­¡± ¡°Yes?¡± she answers with a giggle. If I wasn¡¯t absolute certain of my death, I would kiss this woman. ¡°I think this should do for now. What are we going to talk about next time if you ask all of your questions now? Tata my little Deathling.¡± Chapter 22: Plans I walk into first period class with a massive headache. Ever since the chat with my Patreon Goddess I¡¯ve been thinking of the ramifications of gaining a scythe. Wait no, that¡¯s wrong, I already had the scythe, I just didn¡¯t know it. How stupid of me to forget the chain that was given to me at the beginning of my adventure. To be fair though, a lot of crazy shit happened and I can¡¯t be expected to remember every little thing. My battles may have been easier to win if I was using it though. The first problem is, I¡¯ve completely gotten use to my sword-gun setup. Not only that, scythes aren¡¯t originally used for combat, like a sword or gun. I could find sword and gun users to further train me in the art of fighting but for scythes!? There¡¯s just no way that someone in the modern world uses a freaking scythe! Don¡¯t get me wrong, they¡¯re cool as fuck but it¡¯ll take some serious effort to train myself to use it. I¡¯ll have to constantly practice in my ID world. I take my seat without a word. That¡¯s just the beginning, I can feel my headache growing stronger already. Speaking of my ID world, I¡¯ve also been thinking about that. A while ago Izanami told me that the new world and my ID aren¡¯t simulations, but actually other dimensions. I didn¡¯t really have the time to think about it since a warband of goblins were trying to kill me, but that¡¯s interesting information. Not really for the other world, but this changes everything about my zombie ID. If my zombie ID is actually a different world or dimension, how does that work? They are all zombies, how are those building in the world made? It even had a Walmart! Something isn¡¯t right there, I need to investigate thoroughly to find out what though. Should I go and check it out today? ¡°-vior! Xavior! Please read passage 6!¡± I hear someone scream. My head shoots up to notice Amberly glaring at me slightly. ¡°I apologize Ms. Sugar, just one moment please.¡± With my high intelligence I quickly go through the lesson that I wasn¡¯t paying attention too, but as long as I heard it, it shouldn¡¯t be a problem. I turn to the correct page and begin to read the passage. After I was done, I sigh. My inner monologues will be the Death of me. I decide to push all my thoughts into the back of my mind and focus on the lesson. Although I know it from my last life, I have to at least look like I¡¯m paying attention.
After class I decide to skip the rest of the day and head to the roof. Honestly, I only went to my first class because Amberly was there. With my confession to her, this is a crucial point in her rout, and I can¡¯t afford to be dozing off in the middle of class. I have to clear up my head and organize all of these thoughts. It feels as though I¡¯m just stumbling my way through my new life, and I don¡¯t like it. First, the Zombie World, I have to figure that out. That place isn¡¯t what it seems, I can feel it in my bones. It¡¯s largely the reason I don¡¯t allow any of my Soldiers in. If they die, it can be really bad for me, and that world is clearly holding secrets. All this stems from one thing, the Walmart. If the ID was merely a copy of my world, it could be explained, but it¡¯s not. It¡¯s a world of its own. That means SOMEONE, built that Walmart. Not only that, this spells more trouble. A world filled with zombies isn¡¯t such a big deal, but a world filled with intelligent beings is a totally different matter. I lie down on the roof and enjoy the sun on my face. That place had everything our Walmart had, including TV¡¯s. That means one thing, that world is at the same technological level as us. I can¡¯t lie, this is headache inducing. I could have just started a war with an entire dimension. Speaking of war, I might have to hold back on taking over the surrounding villages around mine. I¡¯m already at war with every grade in my school. With my tired troops, I don¡¯t want to risk another potential war. I should also halt my advances through my Zombie ID until I¡¯m ready also. I grimace at the thought. The fact that I have to hold back my advances didn¡¯t sit right with me. I like being in control to much for it to give me anything but a aggravating feeling. I suddenly hear shuffling next to me, startling me a bit. I turn to see who it was and I see Eugene sitting next to me. Again, gonna have to fix the monologuing thing. ¡°Hello Don¡± he tosses a lollipop in my lap. ¡°Thought you could use company.¡± I pick up the lolli and tear off the wrapping. Throwing it in my mouth (Mmm Cherry), I look at Eugene. Honestly, I don¡¯t know much about him, besides the fact that there is something seriously wrong with him. Getting 100% in loyalty was not supposed to be that easy, and yet, it was...and that scares me. What¡¯s going on in that head of his? ¡°Status Report¡± I say, my eyes closing, while enjoying the lolli. ¡°With the completion of the school, we can finally get things started. I¡¯ve gotten the Teach skill and so does Ethan. Right now, we¡¯re going to focus purely on getting the population knowledge on how to read. After we get a decent amount of readers, we can make them Teachers. Hell, if we invite them to the Party, they can even get the skill.¡± ¡°Hmm, I don¡¯t really want such weaklings in my Family though.¡± ¡°The position wouldn¡¯t be permanent. It¡¯s just until they get the skill to level 10 or so. With this, they can be removed from the Party, and use the skill they have to teach others how to read. After that, we can move to math. However, there is a problem with the reading situation before we move on.¡± I open my eyes at this and look at him. He apparently pulled out a notepad at one point and is staring at it. ¡°What problem?¡± ¡°While yes, the people of Valyria speak the same language as us, it seems they do not have the same alphabet. With some books we found and the help from the very few villagers who could read it, I¡¯m currently on my way to figuring out the alphabet, which isn¡¯t hard since we share the same language but the problem still stands¡­¡± I nod, realising what he¡¯s saying.Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. ¡°There¡¯s an entire kingdom with a different alphabet than ours. Meaning, even if we conquer the kingdom, there¡¯s going to be lots of communication problems, or it would at least.¡± Valyria is a small village apart of a kingdom called Zuthia. It¡¯s a moderately small, landlocked kingdom, ruled by King Isadore Ambrose, and the Ambrose royal family. ¡°Would?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t forget, that dimension is in the middle ages. 90% of the population doesn¡¯t know how to read anyway. Soo-,¡± ¡°So there¡¯s not really a problem in the first place because most people can¡¯t read.¡± Eugene nods in understanding. ¡°Besides the occasional merchant and noble, there¡¯s nothing to worry about. Speaking of taking over Zuthia, when are conquering those villages?¡± ¡°I want to do that peacefully.¡± His eyebrows raise in surprise. ¡°What¡¯s with the sudden change of heart?¡± ¡°War has to be the last solution. We¡¯re spread too thin and don¡¯t know the capabilities of the Zuthia Kingdom. If the villages asks them for reinforcements, things could go badly for us. However if we silently absorb the villages, no one would be the wiser until too late.¡± ¡°You¡¯re right, that dimension is definitely not simple. The protective barrier would cause problems too. If our village has one, they must have one too.¡± ¡°That brings up another thing that concerns me.¡± ¡°Magic¡± he says simply. I nod. ¡°Yea, magic, that world has it. Our people, they aren¡¯t ready for a full blown war with magic users. We don¡¯t have enough people, resources, or power.¡± The bell signaling the end of 2nd period dings and an explosion suddenly rocks the building for a bit but I pay it no mind. I told everyone not to cause problems 1st period and until 2nd period ends. I wouldn''t be happy if Amberly had to rush out in the middle of our private time. This war with the Vipers, Wolves, and Angels is only training for my soldiers. Not only the Freshmen, but everyone here. I¡¯m planning on absorbing them after all. I need to see how they do against other humans with superhuman abilities instead of just zombies, goblins, and bandits. ¡°We should let them train in the Zombie ID. I know it¡¯s dangerous but with the Sun Legion and Health Potions, that danger lessens significantly.¡± ¡°Hmm¡± I ponder on this. Eugene has been trying to convince me of this for a while. I really don¡¯t want any of my men to die. I, however, I do have 99 of those bastards and don¡¯t think they¡¯ll die so easily. I sigh and relent. I need them stronger. ¡°Fine, but we start at level 1 and do it slow.¡± the bastard looks smug as he nods. I won¡¯t allow them past level 4. Level 5...I can sense it, it¡¯ll be dangerous. ¡°Yea yea, next order of business?¡± ¡°The smell of Valyria.¡± he says without hesitation. ¡°While it has significantly improved, everyone is constantly dirty so it still smells like crap. Just not literal crap anymore. I suggest we go into the ID and steal every soap we can from everywhere we can.¡± ¡°I agree, I¡¯ll make it a requirement for a shower at least once a day.¡± ¡°Should we sell the soap?¡± ¡°...yes, but for cheap. About 5 copper a bar. While we could make a hefty profit, I want soap to be spread world wide. We can sell other things to make money, but soap is not one of them. We can buy or steal cheap things from our world and sell it there for tons of gold. With their current technology, there¡¯s no way they¡¯ll be able to replicate it. This will bring tons of revenue to the city when it¡¯s founded. It will have to wait though, currently we haven¡¯t made contact with any true cities. Without them, we won¡¯t be able to find some sucker noble willing pay for all my goods. Selling them to the leaders of the small villages would just lower their value. The only problem is how are we gonna get there? We have our future revenue secured, but we need to get to a certain point first before we can actually get that secure future.¡± I say while Eugene looks up at the sky, thinking. ¡°I¡¯m thinking of making some soldiers go into the other villages and spread rumors of how there¡¯s mention of a new city being built. With a new city comes new jobs and new opportunities. We need as many workers and soldiers as possible. The thing that will really get the people running is the free housing.¡± ¡°Free?¡± I ask confused. ¡°Obviously, it won¡¯t really be free, they¡¯ll pay rent for a couple years. With their new jobs, they¡¯ll be able to easily afford it though. Everything will have to get done one at a time. The farms will be done in 1 month. In that month, we¡¯ll get money from trades and the people will become smarter after a full 30 days of lessons from the me and Ethan. Not in any way, shape, or form smart but smarter nonetheless.¡± ¡°I like it, this gives me time to focus on this world while letting things play out in Valyria.¡± I jump up from my comfortable spot and begin walking towards the exit of the roof. I didn¡¯t need to look behind me to know Eugene was following. I¡¯m not going to lie, talking things through with him really helped my head. I was so focused on doing everything myself that I forgot about my Family. I chuckle at my own stupidity. I¡¯ll try to make sure that doesn¡¯t happen again.
My soldiers should have attacked any Vipers or Wolves after class. The hallways are probably a mess. Attacking in class is prohibited apparently and for good reason. Even with all this shit going on, this is still a school. There is a full 10 minute passing period so students can get to there class after going to their lockers and bathrooms if they need to. My people will use this opportunity to fight. It should be more than enough time. They¡¯ve been ordered to only attack with a squad. 1 squad consists of a single Flame user of each category, except Sky of course. My people can easily handle the Vipers. Their Don was only level 23, lower than all of my Capos. This means that his Soldiers and Capos should be extremely weak compared to mine. With the average of my Soldiers being level 15, the Vipers are no threat. My people can even take on the Wolves if we wanted. As the school already knows the tradition, I shouldn¡¯t have any problems as long as no one harms a teacher or there is too much property damage. I get up from my position and slowly make my way downstairs. When I reach the hallway my eyes can¡¯t help but widen in surprise at how fast things got started. I see my Soldiers squads being outnumbered by the Vipers and Wolves. It seems they decided to team up to take my people out. A enemy student flys by me and slams into the wall. I can¡¯t help but be proud as he slowly slides down, barely conscious. Not only are my people more experienced but they also have better teamwork. While it¡¯s honestly nothing to brag about, it¡¯s better than the opposition. Next to me I could see that Eugene was also pleased at the results. I watched for a bit but most of it wasn¡¯t interesting. It was nice to see their progress but couldn¡¯t hold my attention enough to actually be fun to watch. Most of the Angels decided to stay out of the fights, although I could see a couple of stragglers. I walk through the school, bored, wondering if I should just go home when I catch PJ surrounded by 3 upper years in school yard through a window. Looks to be Angels from the insignia of angel wings on their shirts. ¡°Should we go down and help? They look like trouble.¡± Eugene questions, not so much in worry, but more to be polite. I shake my head in denial. ¡°No, let¡¯s just watch, it¡¯ll be interesting to see his progression.¡± With an alright and a nod, Eugene stands by my side and watch the show. They seem to have him in a triangle formation, most likely to not give him chance of escape. I can¡¯t help but chuckle at even the thought of PJ running. Three kids, two boys and one girl, jump at him all at once. One of the boys used a switch blade covered in Mist to slash at my Capo but it seems to be for not as PJ covers his hand in Storm and grabs on the boys wrist. I can¡¯t hear it from hear but from the body language, I can clearly tell the boy started screaming in pain and whatever illusion he made was defeated. PJ must be using his Storm Flame¡¯s decay to cause damage. The boy¡¯s Flame sputters out of existence as PJ¡¯s cover his entire hand. He hurriedly brings the boy around to block needles covered thrown by the girl. The meat shield gasps in surprise and PJ throws him into the second boy who came in for a punch with Sun Flames covering his fist. The Sun user gets knocked down and PJ uses his Flames as a burst under his feet, giving him the boost needed to reach the girl in seconds. Using the momentum of his boost, he doesn¡¯t slow down and punches the girl in the gut, causing her eyes to widen. She drops to her knees, struggling to breath, and eventually falls face first. The Sun user yelled something in concern then looked at PJ with murder. Pushing the boy off him, he ran at PJ with his fist cocked but before he could make it, my Capo stretched his arm and pushed his palm towards the enraged boy. No energy blast or Flame was seen, yet the boy flew back, crashing into a tree. PJ, looking bored, places his hand into his pockets and walks away. WIth a grin so wide my face might split, I chuckle. Everything sure is going nicely. Another Opportunity There was a man, a very old and crippled man lying on a bed all alone. The man was in a white room that seemed to absorb sound and nothing could be heard but a clock ticking on the wall far opposite of him and his heavy breathing. He was easily in his 90s with a bald head that could reflect light if the room had any windows. The senior was of African American descent, onyx eyes that seemed to hold a lifetime of wisdom, and wearing a white gown. He had many gadgets and supplies hooked up to him that kept him alive for longer than he felt he should be. It¡¯s not like anything was wrong with this man, he was not suffering from any kind of disease or problem. ¡®Well unless you count old age as a disease¡¯ he thought with a chuckle that made him cough into his hand. It was a long coughing fit, that seemed to tighten his lungs and cause severe pain in his chest. He rose his hand up shakily to stare at the appendage and was not surprised to find blood. It was his time, the man was dying, but he only lay there with a smile. At the sound of his coughing fit, a lady entered the room in a panic. She was young, in her early 20s, and looked beautiful. The old man couldn¡¯t help but think that she would look even more so if she stopped her constant frowning. This was his granddaughter, Alexis Dark, who began taking care of him when he became bedridden. Oh how he loved her, the girl had a ruthless personality to those she doesn¡¯t know but to family it¡¯s as if there¡¯s a switch that gets flipped. She became kind and compassionate the moment someone she cared about was involved but if you were a stranger she would have no problem laughing at your naivety and incompetence. A mean and vindictive bitch if you ever seen one but a sweetie at heart. Alexis was a lighter skin tone then him with long gorgeous black hair with a single long strand of purple mixed in with her french braid. She had hazel eyes, was about 5¡¯9 tall, and had practiced smile on her face. The girl wore a white doctor¡¯s uniform seemed to always have a clipboard in her hand. She was walking around the room, checking all of the machines one by one with swift precision. Alexis has done this thousands of times by now and when she was done, she sat on the edge of his bed. ¡°How are you doing Abuelo, is there any severe pain?¡± she asked and he smiled at her. Her father and his son, Neo Dark, married a latina women when he was a youngster. The old man didn¡¯t know a lick of spanish but he learned a few choice words to connect with his daughter-in-law and granddaughter better. He turned out to really like the language, it was passionate and he loved arguing with her mother¡¯s side of the family in their own language. It¡¯s how they connected. ¡°...It is time for me Nieta.¡± At those words her heart sank and her eyes dimmed. ¡°I¡¯ve been here to long. It¡¯s way past my time already. The life I¡¯ve lived...has been full of regrets. Opportunities I was too scared to take, strength I was to weak to grasp, and time I was too lazy to make use of. Even with all these regrets in my life, I¡¯m happy how it turned out. Although I wasn¡¯t ready at the time, I raise an amazing son, who in turn raised an amazing daughter. You¡¯re both smart, accomplished, and determined to grab life by the balls. Much better than this old man!¡± The man laughed, not a mere chuckle this time but fully laughed with a wide smile on his face. Before long, he clenched his chest in pain and blood forced its way through his mouth with a cough. The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°Abuelo! You shouldn¡¯t-¡± the man raised his hand in response to silence her. ¡°Quiet girl, let these old bones fully enjoy what¡¯s left of his life one last time at least without worrying about coughing up a lung.¡± Alexis turned away and looked down at her grandfather¡¯s scolding. Her hands on her legs, she balled them into a fist so tight that they began drawing blood. She clenched her eyes shut as tears threatened to escape from them and grit her teeth as if to hold herself back from yelling at her own blood. It became quiet for moment while the old man worked to catch his breath. In the silence what probably only took 10 seconds felt like 10 minutes. There was no sound but the ticking of the clock and her grandfather¡¯s wheezing breath. She couldn¡¯t stand it, the silence that was meant to be calming began to suffocate her and the ticking became mocks. Like Death himself was standing below that clock with a scythe in hand and silently watching. Watching and observing for a time and moment and place to take her precious grandfather away, mocking her. Saying all her efforts will eventually be for nought and each second he steped a little closer to her grandfather, a hand silently reaching out with everytickand getting closer to his soul and heart with everytock. ¡°I¡¯m tired Nieta, I¡¯m so very old and so very tired...do you understand? I love you and you¡¯ve been raised good enough to do anything you want in your life. There¡¯s nothing left for me here and I just want to close my eyes. I want to close my eyes and just rest for the first time in years. My sweet, sweet girl, I know this is hard to understand, but please do not argue with this old man¡­¡± she tensed tighter, her hands, feet, eyes, she clenched everything as tight as she could. The more he spoke, each tick got louder. The more she understood what was being asked of her, each tock became more mocking. She didn¡¯t dare open her eyes yet she could feel it. A Reaper standing over her grandfather with a cold smile and arm on his chest. Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock She heard her grandfather speak one last time. ¡°Goodnight Nieta¡­¡± She opened her eyes to find him sound asleep. Her entire body started shaking and when she began standing up she felt weak. She slowly moved next to his beg that connect to the wall. This is where all his machines were plugged up. With her shaking and tears now freely falling down her cheeks, she forced her hand to grab hold of all the cords keeping him alive. Tick ¡®Goodnight Abuelo¡­¡¯ Tock Deaths Embrace This story has been rewritten into something beeter and won''t make me cringe. Please check it out. I feel like I did everything just a little bit better. It''s called Death''s Embrace and so far everything seems fine. The problem with me writing stories is that I have a cool idea but I end up messing it all up because I was rushing to get a certain part in my head rather than letting the story play out. This time, I KNOW i can do it right. SO please join me guys, and please have faith that I can give you another story, a better story, that you will enjoy. This time, I''ll take my time. This time, I''ll take it slow.Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more.