《Re: Legion (Indefinite Hiatus)》


 Prolouge

    Earth, Pacific


    "Mommy, mommy! Look! What''s this?" Shouted little kid while pointing at sky, however his mother, which knew what ''this'' is, spoke no word due to being too terrified. What her child pointed at was, in short: Nuke, and this nuke was falling straight at cruise on which mother, her child and 998 people including employees were.


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    Rayan was, honestly not expecting that, and by ''that'' he meant 3rd world war that erupted 3 days before... Yeah, before his death on cruise that was suposed to take him and 793 other people to shelter in order to survive what was to happen, but well, nukes falling down straight on him and 999 other people happens. ''Yeah, like shit that happens!'' retorted Rayan.


    ''Okay calm down and think about more important things...'' What was more important? The simple fact that he and 999 other people were standing in white room with out celling and walls, and the only thing here besides them was skeleton laying down on red sofa. No, wait, that wasn''t a skeleton, but a man so thin that he looked like one.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it.


    Rayan curious what is he doing her together with sofa and where are they walked to his side.


    "Umm... Hello?" Started, the skeleton man looke at him lazily and said. "I am God of Sloth, you died and were sent for reincarnatian. To me that is. Any Questions?"


    "Eh, God? Ah! Ye"Since you don''t have any, off you go."s" God of Sloth interupted soon-to-be-reincarnated man and waved his hand making Rayan dissapear, and disappeared himself, destroying white plain with his non-existence in it. That said other 999 souls were left within the plain that were steadily disintegrating, which led them to... Nowhere? Well, where they ended up isn''t known as not a soul returned from there as it seems they all gets destroyed there


    The moment last soul disintegrated Sloth recrived a notification.


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    <td style="text-align: center">You have been demoted to Demi-God due to causing 999 souls to end up destructing</td>


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 Character creation... Or rather thousand characters...

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    You recieved Blessing of God Of Souls


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    Due to your Blessing of God of Souls you have assimilated soul shards of 999 individuals


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    You recieved Blessing of God of Creation


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    Due to your Blessing of God of Creation, you recieved priviledge of creationg your own bodys


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    "Huh?" The first thing, Rayan has seen was blue message box, just lik the ones in RPGs.


    "Fuck!" The second was a room filled with counters, behind which were some strange, fromless and disgusting things. Why did he cursed? Simple - when the message box disappeared it turned out that he was standing right in front of one of them.


    Rayan jumped back on instinct but instead of jumpng back, it would be more appropriate to say that he floated back.


    "Wait, what the hell! I am floating?!" Rayan didn''t know what the hell is happening so he just blanked out for a while and compiled all the information he knew about the situation.


    "Okay, sothe cruise I was taking got nuked and we all died. Then some skelethon-man said something about being a god and sent us of before I was able to say even one question. Next I wake up to ble message boxes and see some disgusting things after the boxes disappear... Okay, I get it!


    I must be dreaming!" Shouted joyfully Rayan befor dejectly slumping down on his ass. "Who am I kidding, that thing did say that I reincarnated..." He despaired.


    "Wait, reincarnated? And the last message box... Didn''t it say that I create my own body? If so...??Fuck Yea!" Rayan rejoiced, after all wasn''t it him who liked the stories such as ''Spirit movement'' or even better. the one about the evil rodent?Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.


    Rayan joy jumped straight to one of the counters, rightfully guessing that it''s related to his new body. The moment he got his hands on the counter the previously formless mass instantly changed shape to how he looked in his past life, that is:


    Black hair, Blue eyes, 1.60-1.70m of hight, slender - that means he was your averadge Joe. After that there appeared several words such as [reset],[sex],[race],[age],[hair],[eyes] and so on. The thing that got his attention were the last two words - [trait],[next body].


    The moment he got his eyes on the last one, he got stumped. "[Next Body]? Are you trying to say that I got more than one?" Only now did he realize that he was the only one there, that is exept 1000 masses of flesh or what-ever it was."Well, I''ll figure it out later, either way that''s going to be my main body."


    After that he started playing around with it and in the end the only changes to his apperance was that he was taller and more handsome.


    "Okay, all that''s left is trait, let''s take a look..." The moment he selected [Trait], he instantly understood what it was, which is ability of the body, such as ''fire resistance'', ''hard boned'', or even ''lasting endurance''...


    "This..." Rayan gulped the moment he saw ''lasting endurance'', as one can expect he was tempted to take this one, but alas...


    *sight* "If only I didn''t need to wory about, what''s waiting for me..." In the end he had chosen ''semi-corporeal body''. which meant that any physical attack would be halved, or even nullified.


    "So it''s time for [Next Body], huh..."He pressed it and then...


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    Body #1 completed, 999 left


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    "...are you kidding me?" Rayan straight out gave up, and continued creating bodies. During the creation of the second body, he decided to check the tab named [Race].


    "Now, that''s nice..." What greeted Rayan was Whole list of races from animals, throught humans up to fantstical ones like dragons and elfes.


    And so on our hero kept playing with body creator, till the ends of time...


    END


    Kidding.


    After creating final 1000th body, he recieved notification...


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    Body creation completed


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    Please chose your Soul Glyphs


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    "...You know Sloth... It''s all fun and all but coundn''t you just give me less than thousand bodies? Like really?"

 Status

    "Hah... Let''s get on with it..." Said Ryan as he looked at new window.


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    <td style="text-align: center">P1</td>


    <td style="text-align: left">Next>></td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">100 SGp</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Affinity: Water</td>


    <td>1</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Affinity: Wind</td>


    <td>1</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Affinity: Earth</td>


    <td>1</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Affinity: Fire</td>


    <td>1</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Affinity: Light</td>


    <td>2</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Affinity: Dark</td>


    <td>2</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Affinity: Space</td>


    <td>5</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Affinity: Time</td>


    <td>5</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Affinity: Blood</td>


    <td>3</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Affinity: Soul</td>


    <td>4</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Done?</td>


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    <td>Yes</td>


    <td>No</td>


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    After several hours, he finaly selected [done]....


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    Showing status...


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    <td style="text-align: right">Name</td>


    <td>Ryan</td>


    <td style="text-align: right">Age</td>


    <td>None</td>


    <td style="text-align: right">Race</td>


    <td style="text-align: left">None</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Status</td>


    <td>Soul</td>


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    <td>HP</td>


    <td>None</td>


    <td>MP</td>


    <td>100</td>


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    <td>Strenght</td>


    <td>None</td>


    <td>Agility</td>


    <td>None</td>


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    <td>Vitality</td>


    <td>None</td>


    <td>Inteligence</td>


    <td>25</td>


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    <td>Charm</td>


    <td>None</td>


    <td>Wisdom</td>


    <td>15</td>


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    <td>Awareness</td>


    <td>9</td>


    <td>Luck</td>


    <td>0</td>


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    <td>SGp</td>


    <td>1</td>


    <td>Soul Shards</td>


    <td>0/999</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Skills</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Passive</td>


    <td>Active</td>


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    <td>Incorporeal</td>


    <td>---</td>


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    <td>Affinity: Dark</td>


    <td>2</td>


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    <td>Affinity: Space</td>


    <td>3</td>


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    <td>Affinity: Blood</td>


    <td>5</td>


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    <td>Affinity: Wind</td>


    <td>9</td>


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    <td>Affinity: Daggers</td>


    <td>---</td>


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    <td>Blessing of God of Souls</td>


    <td>---</td>


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    <td>Blessing of God of Creation</td>


    <td>---</td>


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    <td>Magic</td>


    <td>1</td>


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    <td>Appraisal</td>


    <td>---</td>


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    "...Luck : 0..."Muttered dumbfounded Ryan "If whoever wrote it is joking about my luck; to be hit by a nuke on a cruise to Nuke Shelter, then I''m going to find that person and wreck him..."


    "Well, other than that, there are still these ''Soul Shards''... Since the screen seems to be a bit interactive, let''s try to see if I''ll get something by selecting them." After that being said, Ryan toched the [Soul Shards] label.


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    Soul Shards: Shard of a soul, which belonged to sentinent being. Each Soul Shard posses a hundreth of a normal souls worth of memories, power and so on.


    Assimilating a Soul Shard will strenghten the Soul type stats, such as Inteligence, Wisdom, Luck and in rare cases Awarness.Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


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    You posses 999 unassimilated Soul Shards. Do you wish to assimilate them?


    [Warning! Assimilation can have adverse side-effects!]


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    <td style="text-align: right">Yes</td>


    <td>No</td>


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    "Well...If I assimilate the soul shards, I''ll get a bost, but I might get a bit of a side effect, is that it?"Thought Ryan."Of course it is! Yes I want to do that!"


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    Starting assimilation...


    Soul Shard 1, selected...


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    At this moment Ryan straight out blacked out. The next thing he saw was... A breast being pushed befor his face. Before he knew it, his hungry body greedly started to suck the nipple.


    "Wait, What the actual fuck! Why the hell am I sucking on someones breasts, like a baby!" Shocked, he started shouting inside his head.


    "Eh!..."Right, at that moment he noticed that he had no control over his body at all. He felt that he was just like..


    "It''s just like VR Videos! I can feel and see what the hero does, but can''t interfere! Is the possible side effect problem with memories and with personality?" Ryan deduced.


    "Either way, I''ll just see it all, in order to assimilate it..."


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    After that, Ryan for exactly 9 years, kept watching and living the life of a kid from not-so-influential family. Why 9 years? It''s simple, that''s becouse at this moment...


    His body then looked up to the sky, and seen something straight above him...


    "Mommy, mommy!" Said his body"Look! What''s this?


    Was a falling Nuke... After that, there was nothing exept...


    *Ding*


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    Soul Shard #1 assimilated.


    Proceed to the next one?


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    <td style="text-align: right">Yes</td>


    <td style="text-align: left">No</td>


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    "...No..."Said Ryan shocked due to the fact that just befor the nuke fell down he had seen... himself. At this moment he understood, why did he have 1000 bodies, and 999 Soul Shards. "So... I''m the only survivor? No I died too, but the difference is that I reincarnated.*sight* Well, fuck it, it''s not like I can do anything about that." Having said that he selected [No].


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    Assimilation End.


    Showing status...


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    <td style="text-align: right">Name</td>


    <td>Ryan</td>


    <td style="text-align: right">Age</td>


    <td>None</td>


    <td style="text-align: right">Race</td>


    <td style="text-align: left">None</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Status</td>


    <td>Soul</td>


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    <td>HP</td>


    <td>None</td>


    <td>MP</td>


    <td>100</td>


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    <td>Strenght</td>


    <td>None</td>


    <td>Agility</td>


    <td>None</td>


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    <td>Vitality</td>


    <td>None</td>


    <td>Inteligence</td>


    <td>25</td>


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    <td>Charm</td>


    <td>None</td>


    <td>Wisdom</td>


    <td>16</td>


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    <td>Awareness</td>


    <td>10</td>


    <td>Luck</td>


    <td>1</td>


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    <td>SGp</td>


    <td>1</td>


    <td>Soul Shards</td>


    <td>1/999</td>


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    <td style="text-align: center">Skills</td>


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    <td style="text-align: right">Passive</td>


    <td>Active</td>


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    <td>Incorporeal</td>


    <td>---</td>


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    <td>Affinity: Dark</td>


    <td>2</td>


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    <td>Affinity: Space</td>


    <td>3</td>


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    <td>Affinity: Blood</td>


    <td>5</td>


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    <td>Affinity: Wind</td>


    <td>9</td>


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    <td>Affinity: Daggers</td>


    <td>---</td>


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    <td>Blessing of God of Souls</td>


    <td>---</td>


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    <td>Blessing of God of Creation</td>


    <td>---</td>


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    <td>Magic</td>


    <td>1</td>


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    <td>Appraisal</td>


    <td>---</td>


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    "Well that''s it for now... So how do I leave this place?" The moment he said ''leave'' another window appeared.


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    Do you wish to complete character creation?


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    <td>Yes</td>


    <td style="text-align: left">No</td>


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    "Well, fuck yeah." Said suprised Ryan, selecting [Yes]. At this moment the world blacked out.

 World of Genys

    World of Genys; It consists of two continents, which put together form an image of non-full eclipse.


    The western continent, moon''s cusp, is called Estrea.


    Estrea is separated into three countries; two kingdoms, and one empire. The empre''s name is ''Lotus Empire'', which comes from the popular legend about it''s creation.


    In the legend, once the sailor, future first Emeror of Lotus Empire was involved together with others of the crew from their ship in a naval war in between two continents. As one can imagine, their ship got wrecked due to miss fire ofhuman continent. Lotus ancestor got knocked out and thrown in to the water.


    Next thing he knew, he was lying on a board ofmonster''s ship, called Lotus, as he got to know later. Next starting from gaining trust of demi-humans, monster, demons and rare humans in Estrea to conquering the ocean in between the continents he started creating his own country; Lotus Empire, named by the ship on which he woke up.


    Right now, Lotus Empire is the strongest country in Genys, it spans from one continent to another. The most famous about this empire is it''s capital; The water city Lotus, built in the middle of an ocean in between the continents. The Imperial palace is built on the fabled ship Lotus. What''s suprising, the lineage of the royal family in the Empire is mixed blood and allows to be ruled be either empress or emperor. In both cases, the children of the royal family are being brought up by non-ruling parent in a country-side, in order to make sure,their character is good.


    The Estrea''s kingdoms are considered to be sibling ones, due to the fact that their royal families are connected by blood; their ancestors were respectively brother and sister.


    Southern Kingdom is called Erytrea, from the first queen, Northern is Daimos, again from brother''s - first king''s name. They''re respectively matriarchy, and patriarchy.


    In the past they were all part of one kingdom, however, the siblings, future king and queen started fighting over the crown. The country got split in two, which wasn''t beneficial as at the same time there was a war against humans going on. In the end, the one that got the most out of it was the Lotus Empire, which got created in the middle, serving at the same time as the buffer zone in between the countries.


    In Estrea - non-human continent, the currencyis the Azure Scale, shaped like a dragon''s scale, worth double the golden coin of human continent.


    The afore mentioned human continent, being the round, eastern one is called Alamanthea, named after the supposed name of the first human, to exist.Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    Differently then Estrea, the Alamanthea is separated in two empires, and countless kingdoms, One of the Empires is the Lotus Empire.


    The other one is called Derling Empire, no one knows who the emperor is or how old the empire is. The empire itself is a huge mystery, as not much about it gets outside, not even the currency is known. It has closed off borders all year long except few instances. One of the few things known is that the Derling Empire isn''t on friendly terms with Lotus Empire.


    Out of countless kingdoms the most important ones are Umbra Theocracy and Litrea Kingdom.


    Umbra Theocracy, believes in the end of the world - ''End of the world is inevitable'' and so on. Suprisingly, due to their beliefs, the Theocracy is pacifistic one. In the end it turns out that their religion is so popular, that from theocratic city-state, it turned into one of the four most powerfull countries in the continent. Their pope has absolute power in their country.


    Litrea Kingdom, while powerful, it''s king is incompetent, being a marionette to the military advisor. As one can imagine, it''s completely opposite of Umbra Theocracy. It''s expansion got stalled only the moment the countries around them issued an allied defense treaty, which was turned against the Kingdom. In actual times, the prince and the princess are both trying to deprive the military advisor of the power. The prince is known for power in politics, while the princess is known to be supported by the common and patriotic people.


    The human continent''s currency is Gold Coin. Regarding the currency, the Lotus Kingdom accepts both, but the usage depends on the individual.


    Within the Genys, there exists several guilds, such as ''Adventurers Guild'' or ''Merchants Guild''.


    The common ranking for these Guilds are:


    G, F, E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS


    Usualy one starts from E, G is for those below 11 y.o. and F is for those below adulthood, that is below 16. There exists however several exeptions depending on the race.


    Exept the guilds, there exists also several other big organisation, but they''re not so important for now.


    Since ancient times the world of Genys also possesses dungeons, in which non-conscious monsters, people and other being are appearing. They don''t have souls and sometimes disappear after their deaths.


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    Status... All the sentient being in the world posses the ability to see the status, it shows them their abilities in many ways, however it''s rare for people to have special values, such as ''karma'', ''sanity'' and so on.


    Skills... Passive and Active, they are the two main groups of skills separated depending on it''s powers, sometimes the skill is in both of them. It''s separated on Active effects, and Passive effects.


    Magic... It exists! the only problem is the concentraion of it in a specific World, Plane or Realm, so be carefull and don''t use all of you MP while teleporting to poor-in-mana world.


    Gods? No one knows whether they exist or not.


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    Separations, such as Earth, Genys or even the character creation room...


    Every place in a world belongs to some other place, they''re being separated as such.


    Realm


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    Plane


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    World


    Realms are separetad depending on their inhabitants, such as Mortal Realm or Gods Realm.


    Planes are often separated into Plane of Life and Plane of Death, but not always.


    Then are the worlds, one of the worlds is Hell, other Earth and yet another Genys.

 Side: Pitfull Sloth and superior Diligence

    *Thump*


    "Aouch..."


    *THUMP*


    "Tsk..." Sloth moves his head away and continues to sleep. Files of paper rolled together, fall on the floor...


    *WHACK*


    Sloth jumps up the moment he notices something wrong, just in a moment to see a whip hitting just where his head was a secound ago.


    "WHAT THE FUCK!? Are you insane!? Using a whip on your own employee!?" Shouted startled and scared Sloth.


    "Hooh... So you still remember, that your my employee, huh?" Cold voice of his sister, God Diligence resounds coldly and without emotion. "You stilldo remember that you haveany work at all, only thanks to me, right?"


    "Um... Actual"Right?"" Diligence interferes. Scared Sloth instantly shuts his mouth, after all heis her brother. He knew the best, what was she capable of if angered... Just like now.You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.


    "So?" Diligence asks again.


    "Y-Yes! O-Of course it''s thanks to you!"


    "If so themwhyare you sleeping?Care to explain?" With tone getting colder, and colder she pressured Sloth. "I believe that you won''t use an excuse such as ''I wanted to continue my duties as a Sloth deity...'' right?"


    "Umm... You see. Actually I have a very, very good reason to sleep..." Meekly replied Sloth.


    "Hooh?"


    "I-It''s actually Morfeus''s falt! I-I''m telling you! He told me to sleep, so that he can correct my behavior! Y-Yes that''s it, to correct my behavior it is!"


    "Really?" Inquired his sister.


    "Y-Yes! It''s the truth!" Stuttered Sloth.


    "Hah... you just needed to tell me that, brother.After all, I won''t punish the innocient, I mean Justice, would be annoying to deal with..." Complained his, now sweet and heavenly little sister.


    "So regarding Morfeus''s punishment, what do you think is better: 10k lashes, or maybe a lighter one, like burnt be phoenix fire for an year non-stop? Huh?" Diligence, maybe not so sweet mother to god Cruelty asked for advice from her brother.


    "I-I think I''ll leave it to you..." Meekly said, now meek, with face of mixture of green and blue Sloth.


    "Eeh? Hmm... I''ll think about it later. Bye Big Brother!" Shouting that, Diligence run of, while muttering some scary, and nauseating things.


    "...Morfeus... I''m sorry, I''ll pray for you to survive this ordeal..." Ashamed and rejoycing Sloth regreted, pulling his best friend into such a deep shit, even throught he was innocent.

 Summoned or what?

    In a certain forest


    "O?????????????????????????????????h???????????????????????????????????????????????????????,??????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????h?????????????????????????????????????????????????e?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????r???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????o?????????????????e???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????s???????????????????????????????????????????????????.??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????I??????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????s???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????u???????????????????????????m?????????????????????????????????????????????????????m?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????o?????????????????????????????n????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????t?????????????????????????????????????????????h?????????????????????????????????e?????????????????????????????????????e????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????o???????????????????????????????????????????n?????????????????????????????t?????????????????????????????????????????????o??????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????t???????????????????????????????????????????????????h?????????????????????????i???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????s????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????w?????????????????????????????o???????????????????????????????????????????????????r?????????????????????????????????????????????????????l?????????????????????????????????????d????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????t???????????????????????o??????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????c?????????????????????????????????????h?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????a?????????????n???????????g?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????e??????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????t?????????????????????????????????????????h???????????????????????????????????????????????e??????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????k?????????????????????????????????????a?????????????????????????????????????????????????????r???????????????????????????????????????????m?????????????????????????????????????????????a?????????????????????????????????????????????????????.???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????.???????????????????????????????????????????.????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????A???????????????????????????????????????????n???????????????????????????????????????????????????s???????w?????????????????????????????????????????e???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????r????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????t?????????????o??????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????m?????????????????????????????????????????????????y????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????s???????????????????????????????????????????????????u?????????????????????????????????????????????????m?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????m?????????????????????????????o?????????????????????????????????????????????n???????????????????????????????????????????s???????????????????????????,??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????o???????????????????????????????????h????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????p?????????????????????????????????????????e???????????????????????????????????o?????????????????????????p???????????????????????????l???????????????????????????????????????????e????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????f???????????????????????????????????????????????r?????????????????????????????????????????????????o???????m????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????a?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????n?????????????????????????????o???????????????????????????????t?????????????????????????????????????????????????h???????????????????????????????????????????????????????e???????????????????????????????????????????????r??????????????? ???????????????????????????????p???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????l?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????a???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????n?????????????????????????????e?????????????????!???????????????????????????????????"


    Such was the first thing Ryan heard.


    "Ah... What the h..." At this moment he felt a head-splitting pain." Argh!" Shouted Ryan, but the sound that he heard was instead as powerfull as a whole stadion of people shouting.


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    <td style="text-align: center">Your mind has been separated into 999 minor parts, and 1 major.</td>


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    ".?????????????.???????????????????????????.?????????????????????????????????????T?????????????????????h???????????????????????????????????????????????a?????????????????????????????????n???????????????????????????k?????????????????????????????????????????f?????????????????????????u?????????????????????l???????????????????????????????????????????l?????????????y??????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????i?????????????????????????????t??????????????????????? ?????????????????????????s?????????????????????????????????????????????u???????????????????????????????????c???????????????????????????c???????????????????????????????????????e?????????????????e?????????????????????????d???????????????????????????????.???????????????????????????????.?????????????????????????????.??????????? ???????????????????????????????????N???????????????????????????????????o???????????????????????????????????????????????w????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????o???????????????????????????????n???????????????????????????????????????l???????????????????????????y??????????? ???????????????????????t???????????????????????????????o????????????????????????????? ???????????????????g???????????????i?????????????????????????????????v???????????????????????????????e??????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????h?????????????????i?????????????????????????????????m??????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????t?????????????????????????????????h?????????????????????????????????????????e????????? ???????????????????????t???????????????????????????????r?????????????????????????????????????a???????????????????n???????????????????????s?????????l???????????????????????????????????????????????????a?????????????????????????t?????????????????????????i???????????????????????????o?????????????????????????????????n??????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????s?????????????????????p?????????????????????????????????????e???????????????????????????????????????????l?????????????????l?????????????????????????????????????.?????????????????.???????????????????????????????????.?????????????????????????????????" The incomprehensible language floated out of


    the dark figure."O?????????????????????????h???????????????????,??????????? ???????????????????????G???????????????????????o???????????????????d???????????s?????????????,??????????????????? ???????????????????a???????????????????l???????????????????l???????????????o?????????????????w??????? ?????????t?????????????????????????????h???????????????????????i?????????????????s??????????????????????? ?????????????????b???????????????????????e???????????????????????????i?????????????????n?????????????????????????g????????????????? t??????o?????????? ????????u?????????n???????????d??????e?????????r???????s??????????t??????????a????????n?????????? ????????t???????h???????????e???????? ???????????languages of this world!"


    "Well time to go, they''re already waking up..." Having said that, the mysterious person, disappeared in a flash of black-white light. Our hero''s main body sat up, still wobbling and looked around.


    "Oh, damn it! Where the hell am I!" Shouted frustrated Ryan."Well, let''s start with the more important part, according to my newly gained knowledge, my name - Ryan is in actality, my souls name, which is better of hidden." He spoke to himself, while contemplating the knowledge, that he gained in split second of being transported here. "...and the easiest solution, would be changing my name... Also, regarding names, it would be troublesome to have every body, habe the same..." So does he thought out aloud. "Oh, well. I''ll think about it later."


    After an hour or so, every body had already became conscious.


    """So, lets get out of here...""" And so he, or rather they departed south.


    <hr>


    Two hours of walking south, and two west from the summoning site,Army Commander''s Tent


    <hr>


    ???: "General, are the soldiers ready?" Asked woman dressed in pricey-looking clothes.


    General: "No, my liedge. During the preparations, our mages, detected intense magic fluctations about, 13 kmNorth-East from here."


    Woman: "Ignore, and prepare for the fight."


    General:"Yes! Soldiers get ready!" Shouted the man called General outside a tent.


    "YES SIR!"


    <hr>


    9km to South, then 0,5km to East - Walls of Denirth


    <hr>


    "Madam, thers''s been a fluctations of powerful magic North form here. About 2,5km."A woman in a maid uniform spoke to the young girl standing on a walls.


    "I see, is tere any possibility of it being related to Litra Kingdom''s army? And are the news about enemy commanders identity true?"


    "No, and yes M''lady. It''s been confirmed that the commander of enemy forces is the daughter of Military Advisor, which explains the amount of soldiers they gathered for a separate force."


    "Any news about our allies?"


    "All of the ones from the northern fron are being kept busy by enemy."


    "Thank you, Nisa." Sighted the woman. " Is it really the gods will to end our city?"


    "Who knows, we can only pray and fight till the last drop of blood, Madam"


    "Then let''s pray, for us to survive, and for enemies to perish..."

 Legion

    "Hm?"Ryan''s stopped. ''lt seems that there''s a war or something happening...''


    "Let''s see... West is Litrea Kingdom and East is... I believe it was Soulus..."


    "Now I''ve got two choices: One - Go forward and fight together with one of them, Two - Turn back and forget about it happening... So now to decide...


    Five minuted later...


    (Spondgebob''s voice)


    "So onwards we go! But first let''s send a messanger to Soulus City-State.The other matter is how do I... No, We, address ourselves, Going easy on imagination, let''s say Legion. Specifics later."


    Walls of Denirth


    "Gooraaaah!"(Sorry taken from manga)


    "Sentry, what do you see?!" Shouted the Soulus Army''s Commander.


    At this moment the western dragon, size of a house landed on a watch tower.


    "It''s in the clouds!" Came the ever so slow answer of the sentry, The commander hearing that didn''t even know what to say.


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    <li>It''s a dragon! (No shit captain obvious...)</li>


    <li>Holy Shit!</li>


    <li>Fuck my life...</li>


    <li>I''m soo done.</li>


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    As you can expect, the first ones to die will probably be those who shouted the fings on the list (or other things). Luckily for them the dragon just waited for them to calm down which took quite a while, about 30min. and only then started talking


    "Hello humans, I come in peace."Started the dragon.


    "No, seriously, I do." Said the dragon when the shouts started appearing once again for an unknown reason.


    "Can I talk to the commander-in-chief please? Or any other person in position to make negotiations with?"


    After a while from the crowd came a woman and a burly man. The female said in a confident voice.


    "Here I am, what would you like to talk with."


    "Ooooh! Your suprisingly cool-headed and brave, opposing to that guy hiding behind you!"Exclaimed surpurised dragon at both the cool-headedness of the woman and heavy fear of the man, who as you heard, or rather read, a line ago has been hiding behind the woman ever since he came out of the crowd.


    "Ahem, let''s get back to thema. I''m from the mercenary band 1000 strong called Legion. You see we were passing by and noticed Litrea kingdom''s banner and seeing how you were seemimngly without reinforcements we thought about helping you guys. So, what do you say?"


    "Eh? You''ll help us? And for free?" Exclaimed surpurised girl.


    "Free? Of course not. We are mercenaries so of course we need some payments for our work, don''t we?"


    "Well, honestly it would be a huge help if you were to help us, after all a thousand dragons will easly turn the sides of war. So regarding the pa..."No, I''m the only dragon there."ymentwhat!"Shouted the girl at the correction.


    "Don''t worry we will be enought to take care of the enemy army, By the way, we accept both Scales and gold! So what do you say?"


    "Well since we don''t have any choice, what do you say about the payment of 5 skill books and 3k Gold?" Proposed the girl.


    "Very well, We accept the payment. Before departing may I ask for your name?"


    "My name is Lushi Nicole, Nicole being my first name and Lushi family name."

 First Blood

    Litrea''s kingdom army


    *Thud, thud, thud...*


    Or so marched the two thousand-strong army of Litrea. From afar one could only see a sea of black and red. From close, one could see the uniforms and classes of the soldiers.


    This army, was known for the unity, blood-lust as well as being able to only identify, the class of the soldiers, such as bowman, swordsman or swordshieldusers. Such was the standard army of Litrea, proficient at moving forward and lasting at position.


    The prime reason for that was simple - Joining the army is obligatory, so every soldier has another, so called life-style class, such arrangement would usually be disadventageus during war, for Litrea, however it was an adventage, as every person was taught how to use their skills in army. For example farmers prepared the ground for tents, and were doing manual labour, blacksmith were attending to equipement, tailors to armours and so on...


    Such an army was marching at a single city-state, separated from their allies. For todays expedition, however it was slightly different, as at the front of the army was riding a woman in a dress, which due to it''s length was covering the sides of the horse - she, the supposed commander, was the daugter of the military advisor, arrogant, greedy and merciless. In some circles, it''s talked about how once of her father''s concubines got pregnant and she poisoned her, causing miscarriage in order for her, not to lose power and her father''s favour.


    By her side was riding one of the five great generals of Litrea - Bjorn Nose-Cutter. When talking about him, one must mention that he is one of the few loyal to the crown. While easy to anger, he is as quick to calm down, known for his unpredictability on battlefield (he once cut down one of his higher ups at he battlefield, supposedly he was annoying or so he said.), so if you anger him while he carries a weapon - you better keep your distance and shield in-between.


    Soon the saw the city, still small.


    "Stop!"


    *THUMP!* All stood in place, like a statues made by nature without as much as a sway of a spear tip.


    "Prepare for siege!" Ordered Bjorn.


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    The army took out the swords, and stepped to the sides, revaling several siege machines. At the sides of the army, some walked out and started preparing the camp. Soon enought the camp was ready and everyone was busy preparing for battle.


    Inside the city


    "Was that the right decision my lady?" Questioned the woman in maid uniform.


    "It''s not like we had any choice. Besides, I have a good feeling about them." Answered Nicole. Normally ofter such a reason, one would be doubtfull, in Lushi family''s case however it was different due to their in-born skill:Strenghtened Instincts. This skill appeared only once per generation and as such there was a certain rule within the family - Whoever posses the in-born skill, shall be the next-in-line, untill he/she commits capital offence. This skill was very easy to understand - It strenghtened the instincts, it could help them in deciding during crisis and decide the character of some people. Up till now, there was never a situation, where the skill holder was wrong.


    Forest beside the city, half an hour later


    ''ENEMY!'' Tried to shout the guard of the Litrea''s camp, however the hand covering his mouth succesfully prevented him from doing so. Soon the guard was laid down on the ground without any armour, standing behind him was he himself. Or at least that''s what it looked like.


    In reality it was one of the Ryan''s bodies. It''s race was Doppelganger, otherwise known as shapeshifter.


    Name: (None)


    Race: Doppelganger


    Age:>1y


    Lv:1 (10%)


    HP:50/50


    MP:20/40


    Str:13


    Vit:5


    Agi:12


    Int+Wis->Mind:20


    Awarness->Perception:9


    Lck:1


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    Shapeshift Lv.1


    You can shapeshift to last humanoid being, that you have touched within 10min.


    Cost:20MP


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    Overlooked - Talent


    Your presence is insignificant, as such you are rarely noticed.


    !Users Agi needs to be at least half of the other''s Prc.


    !Ability does not make one invisible.


    These were the the spec of the doppelganger.

 Infiltration

    *Szzz....* Sizzled the body of an unknown soldier while dissolving, after coming in contact with transparent slime. It was yet another of Ryan''s bodies.


    Name: (none)


    Race: Slime


    Age: >1y


    Lv: 1 (1%)


    HP: 100/100??(10HP/1Vit)


    MP: 50/50???(5MP/2Mnd)


    Str: 5


    Vit: 10


    Agi: 10


    Mnd:20


    Prc:9


    Lck:1


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    Gluttony


    While not known to many, slimes are one of the descendant races of Gluttony, as such they can gain additional 10% of exp acquired by killing the prey, by devouring it.


    Cost:---


    !Cannot devour being with level over 10lv above the user!


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    Fluid body??Trait


    As ones body is a flud, one is impervious to sharp, and piercing weapons below certain threshold as well as an ability to change shapes.


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    Basic Elemental Immunity??Talent


    The possesor of this tallent cannot be harmed by anything belonging to one of the basic elements, such as wind or water.


    After dealing with the body, the slime moved over to the doppelganger and clinged to his body as a thin layer, serving as both disguise fro itself, and an additional shield for doppelganger.


    Immedietly after the doppelganger stood at the place previously being taken by the sentry.


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    After thrity or so minutes, a huge man, walked over from the camp to the doppelganger.


    "I''m taking over. You''re free to go." He said an stood at the place. Ryan responded by nodding and started walking towards the camp.


    "You really are something... To kill one of us and try to take his place." Sudedenly said the man. Ryan stopped and his heart started beating strongly.


    "What are you talking about?" He responded feigning anger at being suspected.


    "Don''t you know?"


    "What?" Asked uncertain Ryan.


    "That I''m just kidding! GUAHahahaha!" The man suddenly broke out into a laughter, slapping the shoulders of the doppelganger who stood dumbfoundedly in place trying to understand what just happened.


    "O, Oh... Okey... You know, I better go..." Spoke still confused Ryan, walking to the camp, once again.


    When entering the camp, he spotted another line of guards, who nodded at him. Even after passing them, he could see patroling soldiers, joking around. It seemed that the camp menadged by Bjorn placed preety heavy weight to security.


    He walked around the camp, looking for any tent that was different form others, but to no avail. He even got lost, in this sea of black tents. Just as he was about to give up, he heard a loud voice.


    "Shut Up! I said SHUT UP!" This female voice was surely heard across the whole camp. Deciding to check, what''s going on, he quickly walked towards the voice. On his way, he coud see the soldiers making disgusted faces, every time the female voice resounded. Soon enought he got to the source and walked beside the guards protecting tent, which looked just like any other he passed on the way here.


    "..so we need "SHUT. UP!"" The female voice resounded again,interrupting the male speaking.


    "I don''t want to be in This. Shitty. TENT!" Snapped the female once again.


    "Get me a better one, or I''ll get my dad to deal with you!"


    {Could she be the Military advisor''s daughter?} He wondered


    "...haah... As I said, this is arranged this way to keep you safe from any assasins. Either way, we''ll need to relocate you to another tent as your shouting, probably already attracted any killer withiin 10 miles."


    "Hmph! I don''t care!" Harrumphed the girl.


    "Then stay here, for gods sake!" Finnaly snapped, the man and walked out of the tent. Seeing this, Ryan quickly hidden as he recognized the man - he was the general. Bjorn Nose-cutter. Luckly, due to his anger he didn''t notice him.


    "Huu..." {That was close}

 Act and a spy

    ¡®Huu...¡¯ {That was close...} Ryan let out a sigh, after the general disappeared from his view.


    {Hmm... I think I got an idea how to get them to retreat...} His eyes brightened up visibly.


    He looked around and quickly slipped into the woman¡¯s tent.


    Inside the tent there was a bed and a pile of belongings. Sitting on the bed was the military advisor¡¯s daughter, still quietly complaining about the quality of her tent.


    She was short with bronze hair and eyes, her face... well, not one you would call a beauty.


    He quietly came closer to her, being careful not to make any sound. His trait, while good, was useless in one-on-one situations such as this.


    He slowly reached out his hands, when...


    *FART*


    An extremely loud and smelly fart came out of the girl. Due to being suddenly assaulted with such a smell was unbearable. He staggered and barely stopped his shout.


    {WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT! ITS A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON ISN¡¯T IT!}


    Some would probably think it was an over-reaction, but...


    Name: (None)


    Race: Doppelganger


    Age: <1


    Lv: 1 (10%)


    Status: Poisoned (2s)


    HP: 49/50


    MP: 25/40


    Str: 13


    Vit: 5


    Agi: 12


    Prc: 9


    Mnd: 20


    Lck: 1


    Poisoned (aerial)


    You are losing 1 HP/s due to breathing in heavily toxic fumes.


    Duration: 2s


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    At this moment Ryan just wanted to cry loudly, but he suppressed the urge and with teary eyes, positioned himself in such a position, that he could respond to any threat, be it in form of gasses or people.


    He reached out and quickly snapped the girls neck.


    *CRACK*


    After that he quickly transformed into and stripped her, allowing his slime form to devour it.


    After changing the clothes he searched quickly through her things in order to find something useful. And he did - her diary.


    According to it, almost all the rumors were true.


    Even the one with the concubine, but that one wasn¡¯t intentional- apparently, she (concubine) fell victim to her farts...   In a closed room at night...


    He quickly read through the diary and went out, trying to act like she did.


    ¡°Hm-hmph! What are you looking at!? Never seen a woman did you! Scram now!¡± He, or rather she shouted at the soldiers. Personally, Ryan felt sorry for them, but he couldn¡¯t allow himself to get out of the role.


    After several more instances like that he saw a notification.


    Acting Lv.1


    You can act now. At the level of a middle-schooler who never went to theater club and learned by himself, but it¡¯s still an act nevertheless.


    Soon after that he left the camp, ignoring the soldiers who kept telling her/him to get an escort.


    He went toward the forest on the side, where he was joined by another one of his bodies - naga.


    With bald head, his scales were fiery red.


    Name: (None)


    Race: Naga


    Age: <1


    Lv: 1 (8%)


    HP: 140/140


    MP: 40/40


    Str: 22


    Vit: 14


    Agi: 14


    Prc: 9


    Mnd: 20


    Lck: 1


    Scaled


    If one is attacked on the area covered by scales, the attack strenght will be decreased by a set amount.


    Heat Vision


    Snakes can ¡®see¡¯ heat. As one whose bloodline is close to them, you posses this ability too.


    Due to your trait, you can see anything, related to fire - be it mana or anything else.


    Fire Dragon¡¯s Descendant Trait


    Within your veins, flows the blood of dragon(s). Due to your race, your scales have become twice as hard, and your vision allows you to see fire itself. The effects may change.


    They/He waited for a while, before going towards the camp. Before doing that however, he teared the dress in several places, using some of the torn material he gagged him/herself and tied the hands behind his back. The body of naga, then placed one hand on his/her back and pushed a little as they walked, creating the sight of a hostage. In this way the went straight towards, the camp.


    The sentries quickly spotted them and sent for the general, before drawing the weapons.


    ¡°Stop! Unhand her this instant!¡± Shouted the sentry.


    ¡°Hmp. Get your commander here, now.¡± Snorted Naga, showing blunt disregard to the soldier. ¡°¡­or I¡¯ll kill her.¡± He added seeing the sentry, preparing to charge over. At this moment, Doppelganger forced some tears to come out, and shook his head strongly. It looked real, but the method he used to do it, was to remember the toxic fart, the woman- Nicole released. The soldier immediately stopped in his tracks, but was still armed and ready.


    After a few minutes, the general came with several soldiers.


    ¡°What do you want, reptile?¡± He asked.


    ¡°You leaving, with your army. And an oath.¡±


    ¡°Hooh¡­ Why would you want that?¡±


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter why, what matters is what will you do. So?¡±


    ¡°Hm¡­ Half an hour or so. But I want her returned now.¡± Demanded Bjorn. Ryan looked him in the eyes and asked:


    ¡°Do you think I¡¯m stupid?¡± Bjorn just chuckled then nodded.


    ¡°Fine, but I¡¯ll still need half an hour.¡±


    Naga nodded in order to show that he understood.


    Half an hour later


    ¡°I did it. Return her.¡± Spoke Bjorn.


    ¡°Not so fast, first send the army 500 meters away.¡± Bjorn frowned.


    ¡°Don¡¯t go overboard.¡± He placed his hand on the sword¡¯s handle.


    ¡°Tsk¡­ Fine.¡± At this words, he pushed the ¡®Nicole¡¯ towards, the general.


    He quickly reached out to catch her, and when he looked up the naga was no longer there. What he didn¡¯t see was the calm eyes of ¡®Nicole¡¯.

 Payment

    ?Groar!¡±


    ?Uuuh... What is it?¡± Asked barely conscious Nyisa to no one in particular, quickly however, she recognized what¡¯s been happening and jumped out of her bed, rushing towards the room besides her¡¯s.


    ¡°M¡¯ Lady! It came!¡± She shouted, while loudly opening the door with a Bang.


    ¡°Auah.... Nisha..? Jush fife mimutes lather okhey..?¡± Muttered sleepy Nicole with a bit of saliva coming ileout of her mouth, while rubbing her eyes to see who came in, before falling back down on to the king-sized bed.


    ¡°M¡¯ Lady! Wake up!¡±Said Nysa, while shaking the arms of fast asleep Nicole.


    ¡°Arrgh!! What is it?! Just let me sleep!¡± Roared angry Nicole.


    ¡°It came. The dragon.¡±Responded calmly Nysa.


    ¡°What? Why?¡±


    ¡°I do not know.¡±


    ¡°Haah¡­ Help me get dressed please¡­¡±Asked the sleepy-head.


    Walking towards the watchtower, were two young girls - Nicole and Nysa.


    Nysa, dressed in her usual maid uniform, with her long, red hair flowing down her back and sides, her blue eyes stood out.


    Nicole however was dressed in a sleeve-less, light-blue dress. Her shoulder-length hair was light bronze - the same as her eyes.


    As they were walking, the civilians and soldiers were stepping aside to let them pass.


    Soon they¡¯ve reached the their destination.


    ¡°Hello dragon. What could be the reason behind your visit?¡±Asked Nicole.


    ¡°I came for payment. The Litrea Kingdom¡¯s army has retreated.¡±This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it.


    ¡°What! Impossible! It wasn¡¯t even half a day!¡±Shouted the shocked girl. It¡¯s the first time she heard about the Litrea kingdom retreating without a battle.


    ¡°Quite simple actually. I just used the high-ranking non-combatant.¡±Said nonchalantly the dragon.


    ¡°Then I just used her to make them retreat.¡±


    ¡°By ¡®her¡¯ you mean the daughter of the military advisor?¡±Nysa butted in. Hearing that question. Nicole looked at the dragon, expecting answer.


    ¡°Indeed, she is.¡±


    ¡°Just how..¡°She¡¯s been shouting loudly, so it was quite easy.¡±¡­did¡­¡±Interjected Ryan.


    ¡°Now, as to the payment, can you bring it here please?¡±


    ¡°Yes, of course! Men! Bring it here!¡± Commanded Nicole to the soldiers in the crowd. ¡°Also, tonight, we will feast!¡± At these words, the crowd cheered and run off to prepare.


    ¡°Oh! One more thing.¡± Said the dragon.


    ¡°Yes, what is it?¡±Asked the city-lord(?) happily, with a brilliant smile.


    ¡°Regarding the money, could you use them, to buy clothes?¡±


    ¡°Huh? Clothes? Why?¡±Wondered Nysa aloud. ¡°Well, I¡¯ll prepare it, but could you tell me how many first? One set of normal clothes, would be up to 10 silver(1g=100s=1000b g-gold, s-silver, - b-bronze), enchanted with size-adjustment it¡¯s around 50 silver. If you add cleaning enchantment it¡¯s 80 silver.¡±Answered Nysa, including the prices.


    ¡°Hmm¡­ How about full thousand. All with both enchantments.¡±


    ¡°T-This¡­ It may be a bit problematic¡­ Our city usually doesn¡¯t need such an enormous amount of enchanted clothes, so it may take time.¡± Stuttered Nysa, quickly however calming down.


    ¡°Then prepare as much as possible for now, oh and add some weapons too please.¡±


    ¡°Very well, I presume that the amount is similar?¡±


    ¡°Yes.¡±


    Hour or two later, the dragon was looking at the piles of orderly placed weapons, clothing and armors.


    ¡°In here are 896 sets of double-enchanted clothes, 612 suits of armor and 895 weapons, with about 25 thousand arrows. The weapons were enchanted with sharpness, or durability. Same with armor. The price was deducted from the three thousand, of the reward leaving negative of 220g 70s. Since we were in your care yesterday, we prepared 30% discount, leaving you 745g 51s.¡± Read Nysa, reporting the amount and the price of this mountain of equipment.


    ¡°I see, thank you.¡±Nodded the dragon. At this moment, the pile lying on the ground suddenly disappeared.


    ¡°W-What! What just happened.¡±Muttered the startled Nicole.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I did it.¡± Responded the dragon, calming the flustered Nicole down.


    ¡°O-oh. Well, if that¡¯s so, it¡¯s alright.¡±


    What Ryan used, was the skill, coming from combination of Affinity: Space and Magic together with another combination, of Affinity: Blood and Magic.


    Warp Type: Space-affinity Spell


    The chanter can warp any thing, under the condition of the warped object, not being alive or sentient.


    Cost: 20 MP per 1 Kg / (Space affinity level)


    Pay With Blood Type: Blood-affinity Spell


    The user, may use his life instead of mana.


    !The spell can kill the user.


    Conversion rate: 20 HP : 1 MP * (Blood affinity level)


    ¡°M¡¯ Lady. Didn¡¯t you forget something?¡±Reminded Nysa.


    ¡°Huh? What did¡±Nicole stopped for a second.¡±AH! Mr.Dragon! We, the city of Soulus would like to invite you and your mercenary band to the feast that will be today at noon! Will you come?¡± Asked Nicole.


    ¡°Feast? Hmm¡­ We¡¯ll see. Is that okay?¡±


    ¡°Yes! Just tell the guards at the gates!¡±


    ¡°Ok. Bye now, I still need to talk about it with the rest of my band.¡±Having that said, the dragon flew away.

 We are Legion, for We are many.

    ¡°Hmm¡­ What to do?..¡± Ryan kept walking back and forth wit his human body unsure of whether to attend the celebratory feast or not. ¡°I doubt that they¡¯ll have enough food for me¡­ No, us. But on the other side it might be beneficial for me to gain some connections in the City Alliance.¡±


    He thought about it a little longer before deciding.


    ¡°I¡¯ll attend. I think three of us will be enough. Hmm¡­ How about this body, Naga and let¡¯s say¡­ Imago.¡±


    Imago - a particular type of monster - exceedingly rare, usually caught to a sparring monster if originates from a dungeon.


    ¡°Now we need to have names¡­ For me that will be¡­ Nexus. With Imago it¡¯s easy - Mirror as for Naga¡­ Zeno,.. Jafaar¡­ Nagin¡­ No. Hm¡­ Xeno¡­ Yeah, why not. Xeno it is!¡±Decided Nexus.


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    ¡°Hey!¡±Shouted Nexus from afar.¡±We¡¯re for the feast!¡±


    ¡°Oh, so you must be the mercenaries than!¡±Exclaimed the guard upon hearing it.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.


    ¡°Yup! I¡¯m Nexus, that¡¯s Xeno and this is Mir. Hey? You okay?¡±Ryan stopped his introduction since the guard seeing Mirror spaced out and paled a bit.


    ¡°Y-Yeah¡­ But¡­ That¡¯s¡­¡±Spoke slowly the guard.


    ¡°Oh, Mirror¡¯s an Imago.¡±


    ¡°Imago?¡±


    ¡°Well, a monster whom everyone see as themselves.¡± Explained Xeno.


    ¡°O-Oh. We¡¯ll the feast is that way. At the end of the road turn left.¡±


    ¡°Thanks!¡± Said Nexus and Xeno. Mirror just nodded.


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    ¡°...as such we.¡± Nicole stopped her speech as Nysa whispered something into her ear. She smiled and said:


    ¡°Here come our heroes! The three representatives of the mercenary band - Legion!¡± Having said that, she gestured for them to come on stage.


    ¡°A round of applause for the heroes please!¡± Spoke Nysa, when the three were climbing onto the stage and the audience complied. They quickly stopped when they saw a certain anomaly - Mirror, the Imago caught their attention. Seeing that, Ryan moved nexus to the front and repeated the words he said to the guard.


    ¡°Um¡­ so his¡­ It¡¯s a he right?¡± Spoke Nicole.


    ¡°Well, they don¡¯t really have a sex so call him how you would like to.¡±


    ¡°So h-his name is Mirror, right? But what are yours?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯m Nexus and this is Xeno¡±Ryan introduced themselves.


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    ¡°I see¡­ So your ghroup¡¯s name ish Legion, but why..?¡± Asked Lisa with her red face. By now she was already swaying uncontrollably.


    ¡°You see, in our home country there¡¯s a certain well known book. In it, there appear a character, which introduces himself like that : ¡®We are Legion, for We are many¡¯.¡±Answered Xeno.