《Getting power IRL is expensive》 prologue Why is life so boring?I thought,looking at all the homework in front of me. Inthose 22 years I''ve been living, never something exciting has ever happened to me. I mean no girl jumping on me or any harem, no monster apocalypse that gives power to everyone and givesme a chance to rise above anyone else, nothing. Of course, I could''ve tried to work toward anyone of these jobs, I could have any girl I want or so they (the few friends I had) said, I''m not ugly, I could even be considered as handsome if I just gained some muscles, I could also be the strongest if I just worked hard enough and learnt some martial arts.You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. But I''m too lazy... Is it too much to ask for a cheat in real life that I can exploit to be the best?Or a wake-up call that will force me to change? That was what I was honestlyhoping for so that I will not just finish school and just blend into society. I looked around for a moment, but nothing. Well, it would be known if you just have to wish it for something to happen. Finishing my homework took more time than expected as it was already 10 pm. Making a meal, eating it and reading some light noveland it was already midnight. Jumping into my bed and closing my eyes, it was time to sleep. Thinking back about the day I sighed...It was just another boring day... "Or was it?"unknown But of course I didn''t hear it, I was already asleep. "A wake-up call?A power? I will give you both, for a price, of course." chapter 0 *riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing* Waking up is never fun unless there is a woman at your side...I guess...I never woke up like that, but it must be nice. Well, it''s 6 AM, I''ve got only 6 hours of sleep, I guess if I really wanted to, I could have more, but those light novels can''t read themselves can they? Brushing my teeth, eating, showering and brushing again my teeth took only 20 minutes. I know, this is one special routine but this is how I was raised: For most of my childhood, it was hard for me to finish a breakfast without dirtying myself, and as for why I brush my teeth twice, it''s just that I can''t accept this smell. 10 more min passed by while looking around doing nothing. Yep, time well spent, but any more and I will be late. Looking at the tworooms that I rent, I sigh. It''s small, there is no furniture except a Tv, a bed and a fridge. Yep if I want to make myself something to eat, I need leave my home. It''s sad, but the rent is cheap. After closing the door and descending the stair, I start to jog. With my headphone on my head, nobody will bother me. Running from home to theUni takes 30 minutes, I guess it would only take 5 min or something by bus, but I don''t have enough money to spend it every day on transport. Well, I have a little over 10k dollars and I didn''t take any loan to pay the school, but those 10k are the only thing I have. I have no more parent to depend on, both died in a plane crash, and no family that I know of that will help me.If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Thinking about how pitiful my life is, the 30-minute run passed by in a flash (AN: thx Dacraun). Not even breaking a sweat, I arrive at the university, I guess all of this running did give me some stamina. Finding a chair, I directly closed my eyes to try to sleep, the course starts at 9 AM. As for why I am here so early it''s only because you can''t find a chair if you come any later. Why would a history course have so many people coming? Two words: Mika H. That''s the one teaching, a black haired woman with curves that would shame a top-model. It''s said that she is working here to keep her sister alive or something or that she has a big background. Whatever it is, call me cold or call me an asshole, but I don''t care. I just took this course, hoping for a quiet time, with few people, so that I would get a degree without any problem. Now, looking around me, at the room that is now fully packed, that it''ll be hard to get what I wanted. I''m pretty sure that the one beside me should be major in maths, well again, not that I care. I didn''t even notice when Mika entered, but she did and started talking. I don''t want to work at home so I have to be focused here, which is hard with all the antics of all the men around me. *** 3 hours passed by and it was time to go home. The course finished one hour ago but I choose to stay to work a little on what we just saw. Leaving the room, I saw Mika talking to a man I never saw. "---time''s almost up" "payment" "get it" " please" "time" -were some words I could understand. Before hearing more, I was spotted by Mika,who looked surprised to see me here. "Dio, what are you doing here? You should have already left." M yeah, Dio is my name, this is what happens when you let a manga fan (my father) choose the name of a baby. I should probably hate the manga where my name comes from, but I can''t. I mean, this Dio is awesome, even while thinking about all the trolls I''ve come across all my life I can''t hate him. "Don''t worry, I''m leaving" Without even looking at them, I started running, men that were around me in class would kill to have this woman talk to them, but I didn''t care. Well, that''s wrong, I would appreciate if that didn''t make me the public enemy. I guess something special happened for once in this as usual boring day. **** 30 min of running later "I''m home" Of course, no answer. Thinking about the morning, it was better than usual, I guess that one sentence of Mika did make me happy, I mean in the hundred we are in the course, she knows my name. "What can I say? I'' m special" I said arrogantly. "More than you think" unknown chapter 1 "More than you think" unknown I stood still and didn''t even move one beat. Taking a deep breath to calm myself I looked around me...nothing...nobody? Maybe I was imagining this deep voice? I must be more lonely than I thought. "You sure as hell aren''t imagining me!!" Must be the TV...even knowing that I didn''t pay the subscription to the TV this month... This semester...Wait I never paid the subscription! I have a phone and a computer with internet why would I watch TV. Looking at the said object, it was there when I first moved in, courtesy of the landlord she said. Fully knowing that it had more its place in a museum than inside a living room...This damn thing only shows things in black and white, no color. As for why it''s still working? It''s still a mystery. Yeah...Why? "I think you''re forgetting something important...ME!!" "I did not imaginary voice" Me "I didn''t know show up earlier to not frighten you and you think that I don''t exist? Well, look at this!!" The TV switched itself on, at first, there was only the usual black screen, flames and smoke came out of the screen and were oddly hovering above it. *BOOOOOOOOOOM* I was projected on the wall. Has my TV blown up because I didn''t listen to an imaginary voice? "For the last time...I''m god damn REAL!!" A black tattooed arm reached out from within the TV, then a second...and a third?! Seconds later, fire flew out of where once was the screen, thena torso... After a while, a black man that was a head taller than me stood before me. I stood there dumbly looking at him, his head was on fire, or maybe his hair was made of fire? He had two horns sticking out of his forehead, and stood there in front of me, in a Hawaiian shirt, both of his arms crossed, looking at me. No sign of the third arm. Yeah, I''m stating the obvious but there is no way he is human, he must be a demon.This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it "Demonic God, show some respect." Yes, a demoni- "You can read mymind?!" "Sure thing I can, look you''re thinking about a banana, a yellow poney, and a demonic panda playing flute in a pink suit...I think that you have a problem...Really? what''s up with the last one? well, not that I judge you know?" Breath in, breath out. Come on Dio, dealing with a demonic god, you were hoping for something like that all your life. "No you weren''t, you were hoping for a big-breasted goddess to come instead.Just so you know, usually they are bitches." He said whilebiting in an apple. Where did he take it? I have no idea. Wait! Demonic god!That''s it! don''t ask and everything will be fine. "Meh, I can give you some if you want, it''s good you know? My favorite kind of apple: the origin sin''s kind you know?" My dad told me to not accept free things from a demonic god. "He did?" Well...no, but he did say to not accept free things. "A good advice, you would''vebeen cursed if you had accepted." "Why would you try to curse me?!!" "I kinda forgot...teehee."He said while tilting his head to the side. I give up...Why am I talking to this guy? No, really why am I happily talking to this guys?Why am I not freaked out and screaming? "Oh, you noticed it out? not bad? don''t worry I''m just influencing you so that you can calmly think and talk, I also put a barrier between this room and outside, no time will pass until I leave.Why do you think that nobody came inside after the explosion?" Now that he says that. "Well we talked enough, let''s get to the main point. Who am I? A demonic God "No, ask me who am I." *sigh* "Who are you?" "KONO DIO DA" I did not see it coming, another one who wants to joke. "No really! Hello, I Dio, God of chaos and madness!pleased to meet you, Dio.To avoid any confusion, I will call you fake." "Why aren''t you the one that we will call fake?" *Zaaaaaaaaaaaaap* Electricity suddenly ran through me, and I found myself on the floor gasping for air. "Because I am A GOD" Dramatic music and a thunder effect came out of nowhere, but that gave one hell of an effect. "Finally someone who appreciates the art of badassery !" "So, Dio, why are you here?" "Oh right, I almost forgot.It''s because" taking an uncle-Sam-like pose " I want you" Taking a list out of nothing, he crossed out something "sentence to be said number 56 done" "Right I want you to do something for me" ... "I refuse" "Of course you acc-you what?!!" "I refuse" Fire flew out from his eyes, and darkness creeped out from his feet.Skeleton arms were starting to pop out from the darkness and the air was becoming colder even with all the fire. "Breath in, breath out, why?" "Nothing in for me" Stood there, looking at me like I was a dumb animal, then all the fire and darkness disappeared all at once like they never came to be in the first place. "First thing Fake...you don''t refuse a god" At the same time he finished talking I was thrown again at the wall with a few things that were not heavy enough to not fly, then knives and forks flew out and stuck my clothesto the wall. Wow, I''m sure that without his manipulation, I would be pissing myself in fear. "Second thing Fake"He started with the same tone as before "My mistake, I did not start with the reward." With that said, the knives and forks disappeared and I fell to the ground. "Let''s start over Dio. What are you willing to do to have what you hoped for all your life? Right, what are you willing to do to have a superpower that will take above all the others (if used well)?" Looking at him, I smiled, of course, there was a single thing that I could answer: "Anything" You sure are good at this God. With a smile that would put to shame the devil oh wait! "Who do you think I am? So Fake, let''s make a deal! I will give you what you hope for, for a price of course!" chapter 2 "Who do you think I am? So Fake, let''s make a deal! I will give you what you hope for, for a price of course!" You can read my mind so you already know what I want. "What can you give me?" "I was waiting for this question " With a wave of his hand, all light disappeared from the room, the window that was giving me a great view of a giant building was now showing me the stars. Bubbles of different sizes were popping out of existence. Some were filled with smoke, while inside others were people performing different actions. One was flying, one was singing with undead dancing behind him, another one was creating or taking knives from his shadow and was using them to cut a turkey, there was also an invisible one (he was transparent to me but nobody seemed to remark him) that was peeping in the cheerleaders changing room. I may have taken too much time on this last bubble because he made it disappear. "What you''re seeing in those bubbles are possibilities, each and every of those is something that you can do." He said smiling. "So, what do you want?" Of course of all the powers, there was one, that I wished for, and I''m sure that my father too wanted it. "Time Stop." "Except Time Stop." Eh "Why? Why not?!!" "To be honest I hoped that you will not wish for this one, it would have made my life easier." He said with a sigh. "Time Stop" As he says so, a bubble filled with smoke detached itself from the others and came into his hand. "This is the ability "Time Stop", as you can see: there is only smoke inside. That means that this capacity is already taken by someone. This is the case for each and every smoke filled bubble." More than the two third of the bubble disappeared, none of them were showing any power. "The power they are representing is already taken and of course, there can only of such power in the world.Don''t even ask for a power to copy power, it doesn''t exist and NO I can''t create it."This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. My brain stopped functioning for a moment. Time stop was taken...Superpowers are real... "Most of your stories and myths are too. I will just answer a few more questions, I''m not bored enough to explain everything to you."He said while licking a giant lollipop(I don''t even want to know from where or when he took it out.). brain.exe stopped working. Covering my head with my hands, I took some time to accept what he just said. 5 minutes passed by and I finally raised my head and looked at him. He was looking at me calmly. And I answered by taking a deep breath. "SuperHeroes are real?" "Yep" "SuperVillain?" "Yep" "Flash, Superman?" "No, but people with their abilities exist.Cool right?" "And I will be one of them?" "Exactly" "Why?" "I didn''t tell you?ah, right. It usually Khali that takes care of things like that..." then he started murmuring in an unknown language. "Whatever, I said that I will do this one alone.You''re almost done.Yeah right, almost." I was just standing there dumbly looking atDio talking alone, I guess he is not the god of madness for nothing. "You already accepted the deal without knowing what you will have to do" He was right. Of all the stupid decisions I ever took, this onewon by a large margin the 1srt place. I was already fearing what my mission will be, genocide?spreading fear and destruction?creating a demonic cult and take over the world? Anything was possible, but if he dared to force me todo something against myconscience(that usually doesn''t say a single thing, even against thief or murder), I would bet the few things I had against him. With this new resolution, I instantly felt better. "You do remember that I can read your thoughts?" Crap. "Yep, be happy that I don''t really care. Now from what I understand of you and by that I mean everything, if you go against your principles because of my mission, you will be the only one to blame.After all, I just want you to become famous." Come again? "You''re are proposing me superpowers so that I can become famous?You want me to spread your name?Why?" "Almost, I want you to spread your name, as spreading your name is the same as spreading mine(lol).As for the reasons, it''s for my own amusement and reasons beyond what a simple-minded being like you can understand.Now because you took all your time looking at the cheerleaders, we have to hurry. Well, to be honest, we don''t have to hurry, time is frozen after all, but this is funnier this way, so will decide your future, with this!" A slot machine took the place of the fridge, near where I wasthrown to the wall, the knives are still stuck there. How did it come to this? "I am chaos and madness incarnated, being serious for so long is tiring you know? So because you don''t know what power you want..."I''m sure as hell that I said what I wanted."or because the power you choose is unavailable, we will just give you a random power like a JP mc and you will have to work with it."He said while laughing like a kid that was pulling a good prank. "Now behold..."*drum roll* "The P.L.O.T machiiiiiine!!!" "Now I''m too lazy to explain what it does, sothis guy here will explain in my stead, I will come back later to see the result.Bye."With that said, dark flames creeped out from under his skin and his body was completely consumed, leaving behind agolden smiling flower? "Howdy!I''mFLOWEY! FLOWEYtheFLOWER!" It(?) said with a smile. Somehow, this didn''t feel right. chapter 3 "Howdy! I''mFLOWEY! FLOWEYtheFLOWER!" It(?) said with a smile. I was looking at a friendly talking and smiling golden flower, that was summoned from the fire that consumed a demonic god. Everything was screaming "It''s a trap!" or " Don''t trust the flower." Even so, I had to trust it, it was the only thing I could do. "You don''t know what''s going on, don''t you? Someone needs to explain everything to you, right? I guess lil'' old me will have to do." "First of, this slot machine is something highly regarded in His world. It started as a joke but it became popular and then was considered as one of the highest rewards you could get.This thing was changing the lives of the ones using it after all." "Now take this!" It said as itlaunched a sheet of paper with a ridiculous speed to me. I didn''t even understand what just happened until I turned my head I saw the paper stuck in the wall. "Ohoh, sorry best friend, I just too much strength, don''t hold it against me, please.This will explain what is the slot does.But don''t worry we can''t hurt people without power, so it would have done nothing." I decidedto simply accept its excuses along with his explication and just tookthe paper, that was a notice out, of the wall. ''By yours trulythe P.L.O.T machine. At first, considered as a Joke reward, it had a huge success in his first form. Paying a modest fee to use thisinvention to have a chance to win some of the best power available. The Power Giving Slot Machine From Trashto God or P.G.S.M.F.T.G, changed the fate of the one using it, giving him either enough power to control a world or enough tears to cry for a lifetime. It was modified by God Dio, saying that the one playing didn''t have enough to lose Changing the P.G.M.S.M.F.T.G into the P.L.OT (Powers: Lord or Trash) machine that couldgive only two types of power: one of the best or one of the trashiest. Warning: One soul can usually take a power and two at best, more and it will overload and explode. To be used with caution.'' Wait What is this warning?!! "I''ve given you 15 seconds, that''s enough, let''s go!! ROLL" With that said the machine, with music and visual effect switch itself on. A crowd of humanoid shadow appeared on the wall. "What the Hell is happening??!!Who are they?!!" "Just audience." some said, "Don''t worry we''re just here to watch." "Another stupidone to bet his future on luck" "He got Flowey to draw his power? Poor soul" "Anyone wants to bet on what kind of power he will get?". "Silence!You know how it works !" Said Flowey, but it was...different than when He was talking to me.He stopped smiling for one moment before starting again. While Flowey was talking to them, the roll started. Silence. We could only hear thereels rolling, all eyes glued on it. The left reel stoppeditself on a 6. I don''t know what symbols are good or not but 6 should be a good symbolfor a demonic God...I hope. The left reel stopped too on a 6. I just know thatwith this kind of games 3 symbolsis a win. I just need another 6, just one more. I was praying all gods that I knew of. A countdown appeared above the middle reel, the one still moving. 5 It started to slow down. 4 Praying. 3 Still praying. 2 It was beginning to slow down enough to distinguish some of the symbols. 1This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. I can see a 6! It''s the next one! Roll! Roll! ROLL! It was slowly advancing... Those few seconds were the longest of my life. Pass. Pass. It? Passed?Itstopped itself on the 6. I''ve done it?!! 0 When the 0 appeared the reel took one last violent turn, stopping itself on a turtle. What? No? Noway! I did not even register Flowey talking to me "And it''s a burst!! you didn''t win boy, but don''t worry boy, lil'' old me is here for you." said Flowey with an even more radiant smile than earlier. The Shadow disappeared. Above the machine, Flaming letters came to life "Demonic deal", then rushed into me, taking me back to reality. I felt nothing more than a breeze. "You really had the worst possible "power". Don''t worry you are weak, but with enough friendship, you can become strong too.Here take this friendship petal". As it was talking a petal detached itself from its head and was slowly advancing toward me. "Wait.Why don''t you start by explaining to me my power?" I said dodging the petal. In most of my life, I ever depended only on myself, I will not depend on the friendship of a flower when I''m sure that I can make this work out somehow. I''ve read a lot of LN and I know that any power can be useful, the usual " thereare no bad powers just bad users" or something. Plus, something seems off about this guys. Seeing me dodge the petal, his smile became stiff a moment, but "Howdy boy, I''m trying to help you, you know? Well, this power is one of the worst cauz'' it let you make deal with someone, for a fee. A skill thatany demon possess. I know that it''s useless, but with little me here, everything will be alright, so take the friendship." This time more petals flew toward me, but I dodged them all the same. "I think I can work with it, don''t worry about it." I said with a sigh, I don''t how, but I have to make this work as I don''t think that Dio will accept that I don''t do anything with it. Flowey''s smile slowly erased itself from its face. "You know what''s going on, don''t you?" It said with a monotone voice. "Excuse me?" "If so, no need to hide anymore. Right,you have a weak power and no more protection.Conclusion: you are weak." Its atmosphere changed totally. Globulous eyes and a hideous smile were what I saw when I looked at Flowey again. numerous "Friendship petals" were levitating around him. "And here, THE STRONGS EAT THE WEAK" And with that statement, all hell broke loose. All the petals flew toward me, and by reflex, I jumped behind the first thing near me, the mini fridge. *ting* *ting* * ting* *ting* Metallic sounds came from behind me. "Howdy boy looks like I can''t catch you where you are." Those were the most beautiful words I ever heard. A feeling of safety rose inside of me. Only to be extinguished by his next sentence. "But don''t think that It means that I can''t kill you. It takes 30 sec to use again the machine.Time''s up."ROLL". You''re mine boy." I head the machine restart, and I could imagineits ugly smile while activating it again. I tried to leave my covert, only to be struck by the power of friendship on my left shoulder, and come back to the starting point with an injury. Friendship literally passed through me, but I can move, my arm. I don''t feel any pain, God bless the adrenaline. Well, this will hurts later, if I survive... "FIRST Reel" No, I have to, I can''t get killed by a flower. There must be a way to stop the machine, I just need to go next to it. I need to move closer...but if I leave the fridge I get riddled with holes... Why do I want to leave it? I start to push the fridge toward flowey. "SECOND Reel!!" it said with glee. I was slowly coming closer, without him noticing. Just 10 more meters. "Oy, what are you doing boy?" with that said the bombardment started again. "Countdown" The mini fridge was slowly being pushed back even with me pushing it, and I''m not even talking about the fact that it was starting to break down. I had less than 5 seconds. No time toplay it safe anymore, I need something to protect me a minimum... As I was thinking about what I could use, the bridge''s door(?) fell down. I smiled ''God does not want me to die here'' I thought. 4 I jumped from behind my covert on the door. 3 I rolled on the floor and took the door putting it between me and the projectiles. *tung* *tung* Even while being on my knee, I had to keep myhead low for it to be protected by my newly chosen shield. I swear that if I survive, I will buy one hell of a giant fridge. 2 I could feel more of the impactthan before, as there was not the weight of the fridge to help me to lessen them. Still, I needed to be faster and this helps a lot. 1 I started running "shield" up in front of me, it was only protecting my upper body but this was enough.Even with all the "friendship" in my legs, I arrived in front of Flowey. He was just one step in front of me when 0 We both stood still, looking at the machine, all reels had the same symbol: a devilish dark and red 6. "JACKPOT" Dark and golden flaming letters appeared on top of the machine: "Focus: Health". "Congratulations boy you''re now one of the best." It smiled"Now,You can die happy,right?" *evil laugh* This time it was different from the first time, the fire rushed into me like a hurricane, a torrent, instead of a gentle breeze, making it hard to even breath. During this time, the damn flower was just looking at me, smiling, waiting for me to die. But after some time, with no explosion or other from me, he grimaced and said: "You''re onelucky boy, to think that you could take in two powers.But You still hav-" I didn''t let it finish as I rushed at him, and bashed him with my "shied", again, again, again, until I forgot how many times I''ve done it. I looked at the what was left of the flower and it looked back at me, it was alive. Looking around me I spotted one of the dark knives that Dio used to stick me to the wall ''this will do''. Walking back to Flower, it looked back at me and said : "It''s kill or be killed.Do it. Or I will survive and KILL everyone you love " It cursed with aface distorted by rage and pain. I looked calmly at the flower, the knife in my hand raised above it and stuck, once, then twice, then again and again and again to make it feels all the pain it puts me through. Even so, after all of that, it was still alive. "You should have killed me faster boy.I will have you in this timeline and every other." It said with a short pause between each word, then ...smiled? "Time''s up boy" At the moment I understood what he was saying, I struck him again, but it was too late, even while it was transforming itself into ashes he said smilingly " "ROLL" ", then disappeared. I looked at the reels starting again, there must be something to do to stop it, I tried to look around it to see something to break or a button to push, but nothing. The countdown began. 5 I tried with my shied to break the slot machine. 4 Not even a scratch. 3 I tried with my knife to block the reels. 2 Only to see it break. 1 I fell on my knee. 0 I felt despair. chapter 0 Flaming letters appeared once again atop of the slot machine. "Space shift" Rushing one second later to me. '' I''m done '' To think that I survived a fight with that damn murderous flower, only to die from this kind of stupid reason: Dying from getting too much power? This is so stupid I closed my eyes, waiting for the end...5...10 seconds...feeling nothing. Righ no pain, from all the injuries I received, or from the power rushing into me. Looks like that was over in an instant. "Bad guess, fake." said a sarcastic voice. Opening my eyes, I searched for the one talking, only to find him behind me, smirking. "You..." I didn''t know what to say to this stupid God that let me die. "But you''re not dead?" He said tilting his head to the side. I was alive!? Looking at my arms and legs, I found them spotless, no injury in any kind, even scars from my accident disappeared. I could move without any pain. Tears were starting to drop from my eyes in relief. But why? Looking back at the machine I saw an arrow of fire pointing toward me, just a few meters in from of me. How? "Time Stop" How can you time stop when the time is already stopped? Stepping next to me " Like this." he answered to the question I didn''t even voice with a smirk, even if his answer was not really helping to understand what was happening. Still, he saved me and healed me. "Uh... it''s thanks to your power that you have now no injury, not me. Also...you''re not safe." He said pointing to something in front of me. Looking back, I saw the Flaming letters in the shape of an arrow, ready to pierce into me. When the time start again it will rush into me and kill me...unless "Don''t look at me like that boy, I can''t stop this power from rushing into you." The relief that I felt from being still alive disappeared all at once. I was going to die, and I didn''t even know why. "To be honest, it was just a test to see if you had what it takes to gain this power. It was brutal, I know, but I won''t give any powerto a random useless guy who never showed that he was worth it." I...was going to die because of a stupid test? "Not really, I was to be alerted when you were about to take about to take a fatal hit, or when you gave up everything. I was alerted so I had to come back, usually, I would just make you forget everything you saw here, but you did a good job, congratulation! You pass!" The feeling of relief I felt with those words were way more than when I understood that I was still alive. It was almost as if I showed mynon-existing familythat was alwaysdisappointed in me that I could do great things and makes them proud.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. Wait.. I''m dying...why do I feel relief? I didn''t have any fulfilling life, it was more shitty than anything, I still have so many things to say, to live...HELL, I''m still a virgin, so from where this damn relief is coming from? It means that this guy must be manipulating me somehow. Even so, this was a good feeling. No concentrate, do not forget the rage you are feeling...Right, I will not die as a virgin. Choosing to totally ignore what I was thinking he started talking once again : "Now that you passed, I guess that you aren''t a fake anymore...You are now 1227!" Oy! Don''t ignore me! Why can''t I talk?! " ''cause I don''t want to hear you."He said in one beat. And why this oddly specific number? " ''cause I like it" he continued in that same way. You said that I passed your test but I''m still going to die! Bastard! "Right, about that, now I don''t know if I should blame you for the fact that you trusted a demon, and took so much time to beat an enemy that couldn''t move, couldn''t defend itself and had a single way of attack... Yeah, you sucked on this one." He said chuckling. "Of all the available covertaround you, you chosethe smallest, you didn''t take the knives that were beside you after that when you chose to run straight to the plant. You did all kind of bad choices, but you are lucky that this plant was restrained. Oh right, let''s not forget about it."Finishing talking, he waived his hand and anillusory Flowey appeared only to be crushed at once, letting out a soul-breakingscream. *sfx horrible scream*(AN: Ihonestlydon''t know what I kind of sound it is) "Done.You didn''t want it to come back to kill you, right?" I nodded earnestly to that. "What was that?" "A being from a random universe fitting my requirements: doesn''t move, had a single way of attacking but still intelligent enough to explain your power. Your universe is not the only one that exists." "Now, I havethree news for you,two good,one bad. Which one do you wish to hear first?" The good ones. I need that. "Understood, so when I said that you were special, I was not talking about your name. I was talking about the fact that your soul is oddly powerful. To give you a comparison your soul is more than 10 times more powerful than the average man. It means that you can getfour to five powers, which led us to the second good news: You will live boy!" I could not feel any relief for being able to live or pride to be this special...This guy was playing with my feelings and I still didn''t know what was the bad news. "You''re right to not feel relieved little 1227" I knew it! Preparing myself for the worst was not enough for what was coming: "You have to pay me for the powers you got after all" "Ah?!" this stupid soundwas the only things that came out of my mouth.
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Some minutes later. Dio explained briefly that he was accepting any kind of currency: from dollars to jewelry passing by souls, faith, and beautiful women. Finishing this sentence, he disappeared with a smoke screen. The poor Dio or 1227 was left speechless in front of the long list the God left behind. He was never indebted in his life, always making sure to pay back anyone, and never took any loan. But now he was indebted to a crazy demonic God that just told him with what he could pay him back but didn''t bother to mention how much he owed him, only leaving him one year to pay off the debt. When the smoke screen disappeared, time started again and the power that was left hanging in the air rushed into him and make him faint. Looks like 3 powers in one day was too much after all.
In a different realm, a dark-haired woman was sleeping on a tree, seemingly without any care in anything that was happening around her. It wasn''t that everything around her was silent, in fact, it was maybe one of the loudest place possible. Two armies were rushing at each other, hatred in their eyes, only one army would leave the battlefield, the other would stay there forever. Battlecry and cry of pain were heard everywhere, but none of them were bothering the woman, she was even smiling in her sleep. Soldiers rushedpast her to meet with their death or glory, maybe both. But none of them remarked the dark-haired beauty. As if she wasn''t here. In fact, she wasn''t, it was just a projection, no mortal could see her without her wishing for it and she didn''t. She was just laying there, enjoying the atmosphere of war, death and destruction, as one would expect of Khali the Goddess of War and Destruction. Dio, the God, manisfested himself next to her and admired her for sometime before waking her up. "Prettier than when I left Khali" "Of course, I will become more pretty at each passing instant." She replied like it was an evidence.(?) "So how did it go?" She continued. "Another one passed!" He answered with a smile beaming with joy. He had more than one reason to be happy as more than a thousand of the test he made ended in failure. It was only the fourth success so far. "Excellent! How happy I am to see you becoming more powerful Dio! " She said returning the same radiant smile. "No, aswe are becoming more powerful, my love." He replied, hugging her. "Right, dear" she accepted it, and just stayed still. After this simple exchange, none of them talked anymore and just appreciating each other, the sun shining brightly on them. It would have been a beautiful image, if not for the massacre taking place just a few meters next to the duo. Even so, if they didn''t care, why should we?