| Interference from God was denied due to Faithlessness |
Yup, they''re pissed.
Pretty much. We shouldn''t visit soon, they''re going to be really pissed we''re stepping into their territory.
Chapter 15: Liar Liar!
The dragons weren''t relieved when we entered the actual valley, there were a few paths guiding to different directions; one to a river, the other the actual city of dragons, the last one to a forest. Since Sophia instructed us to go west I went towards the lake.
Me and my sister took this time to really bond.
"First of all: what are you really Alfred? I don''t want any bullshit." I''ve come to the realization that everyone I acquaint myself with is going to just lose any sense of composure they possess. My sister was all uptight and never swore, now she''s demanding things from me while cursing. Grown a lot hasn''t she?
Uh... Ewan.
"I''m a vampire lord, I was bitten-" I was more interesting in trying to fool my sister than listen to Sophia and my sister seemed more interested in cutting through my crap.
"The truth." Okay, so vampires are out of the picture.
"I''m a phoenix."
"No. More. Bull-crap." Alright so I guess she just doesn''t trust anything I say.
"I''m a secret race known as British who has come from another world to carry out my country''s will of going to several different places and to claim them in the name of our beloved queen." I think that might do the trick.
"Everything you said was all rubbish... just not the British or world part. It''s not your race is it?" Okay, how the hell did she figure that shit out?
Because of this skill I was going to inform you of:
| Skill Name | Level | Description | Classification |
| Truth Intuition | - | [Passive]Due to constant exposure to lying, the user has developed a natural ability to discern a truth from lies | Rare |
Remove it this instant, Sophia.
My powers are only limited to increasing and decreasing skill levels.
Well isn''t this bloody lovely? I was going to have a lovely time lying to my sister and she is apparently immune to lying. I would say nothing but she wouldn''t follow me and then Flare would bitch and moan over it and Flare bitching is literally the most annoying thing ever.
Thank you.
"Alright since you can apparently pick out the truth from whatever the hell I say, try to handle this: I''m a British guy from Earth who died in a forest fire by a hobbit goddess who just couldn''t keep it in. I enslaved her and reincarnated into a child as you can see. Is that what you wanted to hear, love?" Sylvia was stunned, she literally stood still and just looked at me.
"You aren''t lying."
I would like to know when in the hell I became Ewan''s slave. We''re more like partners!
A partnership in which you do everything I tell you and don''t argue with it.
You''re still co-dependent.
Not all the information you have is true, Sophia.
"Doesn''t that mean you''re God?" Bravo, give her a round of applause everyone. Sylvia finally knows what I really am.
"Yeah, now that we''ve sorted out my race can we move on?"
We moved on and made our way to the lake in peace and quiet; is what I''d like to say. Sylvia just couldn''t hold back on asking questions.
"What are you the God of exactly?"
"A bunch of shit."
"Do you know all the other Gods?"
"No."
"Why is that?"
"Because I''m the God of a bunch of shit and they hate me for that."
After we reached the end of the path Sylvia had gotten to her final question and now I understand why the hell Gods aren''t on this planet. THESE PEOPLE CAN''T SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR FIVE MINUTES!
"What did you need the dragon materials for?" Oh, it looks like someone has become too curious.
"Personal reasons." She looked at me as if I was wrong for having a secret.
"Personal reasons? You can tell me I''m your sister."
"Personally, I wouldn''t care if you were Hugh Laurie. Actually if you were Hugh Laurie I''d tell you but since you''re not there''s nothing that can be done."
When she had finally shut up I could examine our surroundings; a settlement by the river. The houses looked recently constructed and there wasn''t any sign of military personnel in the area, but I suppose if you''re good at leading a rebellion your headquarters won''t look like headquarters.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.
It looks like a peaceful place. What could be so evil about children playing around and the people just going about their daily lives?
The fact that each of them could be highly trained rebels. Hang on a second... if they''re rebels then there''s an easy way to find out.
"Sylvia, that local man over there seems rather knowledgeable. Tell him that you are thinking of moving in and that you''re worried because of rumors that rebels are hiding in the area." I instructed her she returned a puzzled look but shrugged and we walked ahead to the man in peasant''s clothing. A lot of dragon clothing is made out of scales I''m beginning to wonder they kill one another for materials.
I see what you''re doing... you''re finally not being violent for once.
Huh, what''s going on? Ewan''s not being violent, what is he doing?
Just watch.
Before she approached she grabbed my hand and held it. "Excuse me sir, may I bother you for a moment?" The man was standing in front of his house when he turned to look at us I could finally get a look at his face; kinda looked like John Newman.
"Why of course, madame." He had a polite smile, I never like polite people.
"Me and my son were planning on moving into the area, but I''m slightly concerned due to the rumors that rebels were within this area and particularly this settlement. May I ask for the insight of a settler such as yourself?" I''m actually kinda proud of her, Sylvia is a natural liar!
"No need to worry yourself miss! This area is completely free of them, a safe haven if you will from both the toils of civilization and their opponents!" At his words Sylvia let out a polite smile.
"I thank you for your time. Let''s go, Alfred." I had to let out a childish smile before we turned out any walked away, once we walked back out of the settlement Sylvia let go of my hand and folded her arms. "Rebels are in there."
"Not a bad job, mum." Sylvia just looked at me condescendingly, she seems to be able to take a joke now!
"I thought he''d be more sympathetic to a mother." At that point Sylvia pondered on a thought while staring down at me. "You seem to have been aware that I can tell when people are lying and telling the truth... before I was aware of it."
"You think I told you the truth out of the goodness of my heart? You have a skill which lets you tell when people are lying." Well it was the cold hard truth, although this truth should actually be awesome.
"Well... now that we know they''re rebels are you going to...?" Sylvia seemed rather weary of the fact I slaughter people on a daily basis.
"No, of course not." She was relieved. "We''re going to see if they can offer us a better deal for killing the other people."
To do that you''d need to see their leader and I''m sure their leader won''t just come out because you ask nicely.
I have another idea.
This one won''t be as nice as the last one will it?
Oh please I''m not going to harm anyone yet, I still need to see the offer they give us. If this is a settlement that has been completed recently then the leader is obviously in one house. I just need to find that house. The option available is to use wildfire and just search every house before people can notice.
This is weird... why are you being so nice?
Flare I''m not the devil. Just because I don''t value life or anything for that matter doesn''t mean I lack self-restraint... for some things. Besides if she can offer me an astral rejection field I''m satisfied.
So I searched every house, it turns out that the seventh house to the east is actually where the later dragon princess in it was pretty easy to tell with the literal crown she had on her desk, so I placed my sister in that house and decided that I might as well have some fun while I was there.
I ran around and allowed people to taste some royal elven wine, AKA I basically intoxicated everyone in the settlement.
With my work done I returned to discuss a deal with the late dragon princess.
She''s pretty easy to discern seeing as how she is the only blonde person in the entire settlement, like everyone else she was dressed as a peasant but I really doubt that hides she''s a princess.
When I disabled wild-fire everyone was confused; the princess was confused, Sylvia was confused, Flare was confused to my self-restraint, white-haired Ryan Tedder over there--I MISSED ONE! Oh well,this might be fun.
"Who are you people? How did you get in?" They both drew their swords, so to counter I drew Flare''s weird stick and Sylvia was probably going to use magic.
"Well as you can see she''s David Blaine and I''m her assistant!" Everyone always looks so confused when I say Earth things. "Wankers. To think I was going to barter with you."
"What my brother means is that we were sent here by the Draconic military to well... end your rebellion. My brother and I had only heard the military''s story and we were curious to your side." Well that''s one way to put it. I don''t know why they put their weapons down, my sister is either that charismatic or we just aren''t that threatening.
People appearing out of nowhere is definitely threatening.
Not if they look like us.
So they told us their story, after they tried to lie to us of course. It turns out that the princess was against the king''s ruling, something about a tyrannical rule where people were treated like shit and even the civilians were treated like shit. Nobody really attempted to do anything since the king''s army was damn strong and the basically got all the good stuff. So we''re dealing with a militant tyranny... fucking lovely.
The princess was all about love and hope and that stuff... I will be honest I stopped paying attention because I was listening to the drunkards outside fuck around.
"Those ingredients they promised you; are you planning on making a wishing ritual?" Now the cat''s out of the bag. Thanks princess.
"Well pretty much." They were unnerved by my desire, I''m pretty sure that they can do without them.
"What do you wish for?" The princess asked.
"I want to become a giant robotic dragon with a unicorn horn and instead of scales I will have fur." For some reason the princess was just frozen as soon as I stated that. It wasn''t that difficult of a concept.
"You''re not lying." Sylvia muttered, "he''s really not."
I wonder what you would have wished for if I gave you the ability to transform into one.
What? You were going to give him that ability?
Well I was desperate and he asked for it and I had no idea if he was being serious or not.
If you did give me it we wouldn''t be here.
Fair point...
"We can provide those and anything else you desire." The princess stated, alright it looks like things are looking up!
"Astral rejection field?" I don''t know why but everyone was taken aback by my second demand.
"Uh... sure." They''ve agreed and they''re surprised by it... how easy is it to get an astral rejection field?
Like so easy, you''ve just been out of civilization for a while.
Fuck, well I guess this way I get everything I want.
"Alright that''s all. Let''s go finally murder!" I jumped up and made my way towards the door, Sylvia however didn''t follow me. "Staying behind?"
"Weren''t you paying attention? I''m helping out with healing some of their wounded soldiers." I suppose I didn''t pay attention, but all in all I suppose I win since I can finally walk alone!
To murder some people yet again.
I should remember that I have voices in my head.
Chapter 16: All is fair in love and war
So, we could either go to the military checkpoint and murder those fuckers outright or head to the city and give them a good old slap. Any voters?
I believe we should head towards the city, seeing as though it''s the central area for the general military we will cover more ground that way. Besides, more people means more people dead and therefore it''s more efficient if we actually get them.
What the hell, Flare? Since when did you openly start drawing tactical plans for Ewan?
I''m not arguing, I take it that she''s grown.
Ever since that Nihilism title I''ve not felt any emotions and just felt empty. Then I got the four other titles and now I feel strangely elated whenever we actually... act like Ewan normally does.
So Flare has become a sadomasochist is basically what she''s saying.
I AM NOT A MASOCHIST!
Well we could have this conversation or we could actually try and deal with the military forces which are now standing at the other end of this path... there''s like seventy thousand of them I believe.
We had walked for a good while and had gotten to the end of the path where you could see like a fuck-ton of dragon warriors just waiting... preparing themselves so that they can thrust their swords into a child. What bloodly perverts.
I''m going to assume that they didn''t trust you to begin with.
Also Ewan, remember how the Gods got pissed at you for just taking the titles despite it being theirs? They''re going to be uber pissed off when you attack the dragons and technically declare war on them; starting another world war between the Gods and Dragons.
Fair point Sophia, I should clear some things up.
"AHEM!" I bellowed to get their attention. They all kept their guard up but still listened. "I AM A GOD, SO THAT MEANS WHEN I ATTACK YOU THE GODS ARE ATTACKING YOU! THINK OF IT LIKE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, ALTHOUGH SINCE YOU STILL HAVE A MONARCHY I''M NOT SURE IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ENTAILS. BRITAIN HAS A MONARCHY AND WE STILL HAVE A DEMOCRACY SO I''M SURE WHAT WE''RE DOING EITHER, EXCEPT JUST WASTING OUR FUCKING TAXES!"
Alright! World War Seven!
Seven? Wow, they''re really productive when it comes to war.
Why do I have a feeling that this will go down in history as a war that was started because of the monarchy and taxes?
Because it is now. So the most obvious way to start a war is with fire, so time to make it rain fire.
I generated some fire on my hand just to get started and to my surprise the flame was black. I''m guessing that Goddess of Death influenced that somehow.
Flare give me some strong fire ability.
[Agne]
"[Agne]" A literal shockwave of flames shot out with me at the epicentre, the entire landscape had burnt to a crisp with flames still lingering and the dragons were all dead... which is odd. However the spell didn''t stop there, it was like I tore through space and time to bring meteors with black flames down onto the city and even flame geysers just appeared out of nowhere.
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| Due to recent actions you have gained the title:
Goddess of War |
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Well that was expected frankly, now the bigger question: how did I kill those dragons? You said my flame abilities were ineffective.
Necrotic flames. There''s no living being able to withstand the flames of death.
Alright, so we''re done here right?
Necrotic flames can be put out by the Divine water or Water of Youth. Dragons not only cry that but they also have the ability to use it. I''m sure they''re going to be pissed when they put all of it out.
So we kick them while they''re down?
Basically.
So with the use of Wildfire I made my way over to the city of dragons which I still have not heard the name of. When I had actually gone inside the city I decided to set my perception of time back to normal; to really enjoy the scene. Flare of course now a genocidal sadomasochist chose to manifest beside me... and boy did she change.
"What''s wrong?" She looked down at me¡ªyes DOWN at me, as if she didn''t see it. Flare wasn''t a midget any longer and was a full-grown woman, I say that but she doesn''t really have any tits. Her hair was no longer that weird golden colour but still reached down to her knees oddly, instead it was a pitch-black colour with streaks of red in it. Her dress was rather different as well, it looked like one of those himations, like her hair it was black with parts of it appearing red.
"Oh you know... burning a city, innocent people being killed, neoliberalism and the fact that you''re not a midget." When I spoke she looked down at herself, examining every single part of herself. It is a big change, I feel like she''s trying to rub it in by not noticing it.
"I guess me becoming more powerful and gaining greater dominion made me no longer a minor deity and caused me to become an actual woman..." I feel like something is wrong with her sentence. She became a major deity and somehow that translates into actual woman. "Oooh, wait!"
A scythe appeared in her hand, it looked new with the shine on the blade, the handle itself was like her Flare again; red and black. Must be her stick.
Just so you guys are aware the Dragons are beginning to regroup and a lot of people have seen you two just standing here and talking. They are pretty sure you''re the culprits.
We''re aware Sophia, we are just being practical by letting the enemy come to us.
"Ewan, does something feel weird?" Flare inquired. I looked around for a second and... she was right. Something really didn''t feel right.
"You''re rig¡ªAH FUCK THAT KILLS!" I yelled out.
"Okay, I know we''re not the best of friends but you don''t have to act like it hurts to compliment¡ªFUCKING HELL WHY DOES IT HURT SO MUCH?" Flare clutched her abdomen in pain while I fell on my back and did the same.
| Magical Wish Ritual has been cast upon you |
| Failure to put state:Switch[Permanent] |
| Magical Wish Ritual has activated skill:Switch |
"WHERE THE HELL ISSOPHIA?" Flare screamed out.
"I THINK THE PAIN IS WHAT I CARE ABOUT MORE!"
Of course I didn''t really have the option to read the blue boxes since I was in so much bloody pain, had I done so I probably would''ve been more pissed off than I was.
| Switch has been activated |
| Due to skill Switchtitles have been altered, alteration has caused new title to appear:
High Goddess |
| Titles have been changed:
Depressant of Gods > Joy of Gods
Faithlessness > Faithfulness |
Chapter 17: Switch
Ugh, sorry. For some reason my link to you guys just disconnected. So, what happened?
"Sophia...? Where have you been? What''s going on?" A voice softly asked.
Flare...?
"Who is Flare? No, more importantly what has happened? My memory seems to be distant." Differing from Flare was a woman with platinum white hair with streaks of azure in it. Her robe was identical to Flare''s, the only difference yet again being the colors.
Uh... my memory seems to have been temporarily disconnected, what''s your name again?
"I didn''t realize, my sincerest apologies. My name is Thalassa. Oh, you must need to know about Alfred as¡ªAlfred!" Thalassa picked upAlfred, who lied on the ground, searching for any serious wounds on him.
Alfred...? Okay... is he alright? Uh... Thalassa?
Thalassa stood with a horrified expression, her eyes trembled as she took in her surroundings. There was black flames consuming the entire city, innocents cried out in fear and agony. The entire city was transforming into ruins. Her clutch on Alfred tightened, her eyes had rested upon him as she stood still.
"Hey look! It''s started to rain!" A hoarse voice shouted out. Crystal clear water fell down from the sky, the flames had begun dissipating and the smoke cleared away.
The Water of Life... to summon that water you would have to be a Goddess of Life.
"Alfred, wake up." Thalassa whispered into his ear. Slowly but surely Alfred''s eyes begun to move, upon waking he was greeted by the sight of Thalassa smiling down at him.
"Thalassa?" She placed him down, Alfred standing on his own two feet and looking around. The destruction from before was still present. "What happened?"
"Some great evil has descended upon us." Thalassa bent down, picking up a stone resembling charcoal, her touch revealing the stone was a piece of marble.
I''m going to go... reconnect my memory, I''ll be back.
"Enough stalling. I suppose it''s time to fix things, right Alfred?" Thalassa shifted her gaze towards Alfred.
"Yeah!" Although a simple word, Alfred jumped up with joy when she introduced the idea.
With a stretched smile Thalassa spoke, "[Eletfa]"Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.
A shock-wave erupted from Thalassa, one pure white. The city although still dilapidated looked pristine, every piece of rubble was without a scratch. The surrounding landscape was purged of ash and cinders and once again became a flourishing habitat with forests and lakes.
The dead had also risen.
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SkillSwitch has been activated
Changes have been reversed
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"FUCKING HELL! HOW THE HELL CAN SOMETHING CAUSE SO MUCH PAIN?" Flare continued to clutch her abdomen. I don''t think she''s realized that she isn''t in pain anymore. "Oh, it''s gone."
There we go.
Now that you guys are finally back... there''s something you should know.
Is this going to be something completely irrelevant or is this going to explain why everything around us is suddenly verynice and why several dead people are suddenly standing up like nothing has happened to them?
The latter. I believe you should see this skill first.
| Skill Name | Level | Description | Classification |
| Switch | - | [Passive/Active]The power created to combat the greatest evil in the world. It is activated upon a great act of evil being committed or by willful activation. | Unrankable |
No.
Yes.
YOU HAVE TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME! WHAT THE HELL GAVE US THIS STUPID SKILL TO BEGIN WITH?
Wait, wait... what does the skill do?
Flare, the skill is named switch and is activated upon a great act of evil being committed and is made to combat evil. If you haven''t noticed the entire city has been healed and the outlands aren''t a burning wasteland. Do not tell me you are so idiotic that you can''t figure that out.
So... logically it should mean that... No...
Yes.
DID WE SWITCH BODIES?
How the hell does that counter evil?
Flare your personalities and abilities switched COMPLETELY. You became a mature goddess who is able to see the value of life in others and has the ability to counter your current power,Ewan became an innocent and unknowledgeable child.
Also from looking at the history of all messages; you''ve had a wishing ritual used upon you. You also became a High Goddess.
Okay, since we''re not dead it''s clear that the person who used the ritual on us had some sort of emotional-OKAY FUCK THE EXPLANATION IT''S FUCKING SYLVIA!
HOW DARE SHE MAKE ME A GOOD PERSON WHO REVIVED THE ENTIRE CITY! I AM GOING TO KILL HER!
That was quick.
I''m slightly impressed that she lied to us and managed to use the wishing ritual, Flare take some notes from her.
What about the city?
We''ll be stuck in an endless cycle of destroying and restoring the city if we do attack it. WHICH IS WHY SYLVIA HAS TO DIE!
I don''t think killing her will solve it.
No it won''t, but I will feel less pissy.
Chapter 18: The Something Epilogue
And so we began our long and arduous walk back to the settlement where my sister was conspiring to make us a good two-shoes. Now of course to avoid transforming into an unknowing little shit I had to make sure I didn''t actevil. Flare prefered to remain manifested as in her own words:I want to beat the living shit out of her.
So when we finally returned to the settlement and saw that the people I had inebreated were still as such, I was relived to say the least, that didn''t count as evil to some weird almighty judging shithead.
I''ve found it.
| List of Great Acts of Evil:
1. Genocide, because obviously.
2. Genocidal Rape, you''d have to be some monster to not think of any of these.
3. Blasphemy, cause religion.
4.Starting a war just for the hell for it, if you do this you go to hell, even stevens.
5.Sororicide, we know you''re reading this Ewan.
6.Familicide, we REALLY know you''re reading this.
7. Urbicide, I have nothing funny to say for this one. Just don''t do it.
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Great, so a dick is in charge of what evil is. So we can''t exactly threaten my sister now... let''s just say I did it and that I want my rewards.
GOD DAMNIT! THAT BITCH HAS RUINED EVERYTHING!
Alright so now Flare is going to be bitchy again, we have really lost a lot. My sister is evil, I didn''t think that was a family thing.
Me and Flare made our way into the pretty princess'' little house, when we did step in they were rather surprised, I''m not sure if they think I picked up a whore or if she is just a prisoner.
"Oh... Alfred you''re back." Sylvia was sat down, fiddling about with her fingers. She is a really shit liar when it comes to putting a curse on other people. "Who is she...?"This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it.
"This is a prostitute I found on the way back from committing regicide, seeing as how I had just killed a king and was bored I brought her." If you heard such a thing you''d surely be pissed off if it was you I was talking about, but Flare didn''t care in the slightest that I called her a harlot.
"You''re the bitch who cast the fucking ritual on us, didn''t you?" Alright, right into the pan with her. Not to say I disagree, but it would''ve been more fun if we waited.
"W-Wait what?" Sylvia was rather surprised, which is odd because I''m sure she should''ve sensed something was up when I called her a whore.
"Okay, the jig is up. You cast a fucking wishing ritual on us and you tried to make us good-natured!" The accusations are out! Let''s see how she tries to defend herself.
"Wait a second... who is she? Why didn''t the ritual even work? Why did the entire world burn and suddenly revert back?" Okay, so not only did she not defend herself she didn''t even know what was going on.
"I''m Flaryvna, the goddess of... A bunch of shit. This is... uh... Alfred, my paragon. We burnt the world, then some other goddess decided to play God''s advocate and healed it. That''s about it..." for hating her, Flare is really willing to help her fill in the blanks.
"Putting all that crap aside... the ritual didn''t work when it was certain to have." Sylvia looked at the both of us inquisitively... like she''s figuring something out. "You killed an entirety of adventurer''s over a book. You have more motivation to kill all the dragons and me... yet you aren''t."
Fuck.
She is the only rational person, did you think she wouldn''t figure it out?
If only I could kill her.
"It worked." A smile crossed her face. "You aren''t acting evil because it worked!"
Alright, now that we''ve set that up, it''s time to fuck with her.
Wait what? What exactly are you planning?
Watch and learn, midget.
With my sister content with the fact that she had made a good person out of me through force, I took the time to just walk up and burn the dragon princess and her bodyguard. They practically were consumed by black flames within seconds and eventually became ashes on the ground.
I see...
Please explain.
You killed the dragon princess and her bodyguard, which is just murder and doesn''t count as a great act of evil, hence we don''t activate switch.
You... actually got that correct. I''m genuinely shocked. Is this really Flare?
100%.
I''m not an idiot...
1 out of 10 times you aren''t.
"Oh look sis, it worked! They aren''t alive anymore because it worked!" Sylvia was horrified, which is kind of expected now. "Great, now that we''re done show me where they kept their shit."
"Fine..." Sylvia got over it rather quickly, I suppose she has learnt a lot from hanging out with me.
So what do we do now?
We remove this ungodly skill, murder all the dragons, kill Sylvia and then we get more ingredients for a ritual and then we become a giant robotic dragon with a unicorn and instead of scales we have fur and then we continue on our search for alcohol.
We did originally depart for that reason didn''t we?
I forgot.
Nobody is surprised.
A Q&A!
So I''d thought it would be interesting to do a Q&A. Why? No idea, I just thought of this.
FAQITAFABIDK(Frequently asked questions I think are frequently asked but I don''t know)
Q:Will there be a Harem?
A: Probably not. For a harem to work the protagonist would have to be surrounded by a certain amount of women who have a liking to the man for whatever reason; take Rokudou no Onna-tachi for example where the main character has a spell... am I really explaining what a Harem is? Nevermind, anyways currently there''s just Sylvia who could possibly be considered Harem material, seeing as how she seeks to bring out the best from Ewan and has a certain level of affection for him. Flare and Sophia aren''t considered Harem material simply because Flare''s character development is in the worksand Sophia doesn''t have a physical body... and isn''t even a girl.
Tl;dr: Read the first sentence.
Q:Will the giant robotic dragon who has a unicorn and possesses fur instead of scales return?
A: Yup.
Q: When?
A: Dunno.
Q: WHEN?
A: ...Have you seen my upload schedule? Do you really expect me to be consistent with when things appears?
Q: So... Incest? What''s with that? When''s it coming?
A: Everyone has their fetishes. This isn''t mine. Yes that''s an isn''t. When I posted that poll the thing that worried me the most wasn''t the incest part but the fact that I had no experience writing sexual scenes... to the point where I scoured for fictions or stories which had them. Aside from the loss of dignity I have overall learned that sex scenes are really hard to do. Yes, that joke was intentional. I do think I''ll eventually post one to comply with the poll of Incest, but first I have to write a sex scene. I haven''t written one yet, I become embarrassed just thinking about it.
Q:Are you British?
A: I''m not Scottish, Welsh or Scouse... so yeah! This probably isn''t going to be a frequently asked question is it?
Q: Brexit?
A: Politics for you.
Q: Will you continue? A month has passed.Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel.
A: Well yeah, I will. The main thing I''m trying to do now is world-build. The entirety of Arc One is without any world-building and is just me jamming whatever shit I could think of. With the ideas I''m thinking of for Arc Two I would need a functional world to carry them out. I''ll probably end up destroying the world itself and therefore making all my efforts meaningless but that''s the entire basis of this fiction.
I''ve only began world-building recently, so yeah... it might take a bit.
If You''re Curious:
Basically this is like a little corner where I will just state random information about everything I''ve done till this point for the hell of it. If you''re curious you can read it. It might be nice to know or if you don''t wanna then it won''t really change anything when you continue reading.
He''s not technically a pessimist:
A pessimist technically is just a person who sees the absolute worst, it''s not like Nihilism or Absurdism where it talks about meaninglessness. If Ewan were a pessimist then his reincarnation would go more like this:
(Flare''s perspective)
"Reincarnation? Are you punishing me for everything I''ve done in my life? I know I didn''t save that cat but I might have died from climbing up that tree!" I was rather dazed from his sudden assumptions; I thought humans tend to see reincarnation as a good thing. Oh lord this guy might tell on me if I just leave him and run, he''d totally cave under that sort of pressure. I could try linking our souls...
(I''ll just end it)
Instead Ewan just does a lot of things with apathy, like killing the entirety of the dragons. He''s somewhere between a Nihilist and an Absurdist. I just broadly used Pessimist for the hell of it.
Why Switch exists:
Let''s say you have a protagonist who is literal god has the power to cause the extinction of a race more powerful than Gods. You decide that for a story to be complete you need a villain, an antagonist who opposes your character... but to do that you would need someone who is stronger or as strong as your protagonist.
All the weirdness aside I created Switch because logically no-one will be as strong as Ewan at this point aside from himself. So Switch was created so he could be his own worst enemy... literally.
The point of Sylvia is to make points:
No, seriously.
A commentor once gave the idea of using an Elven healer, I thought why not at the time and went ahead and made her his sister as well. At that point I had really just discovered how useless she was when I had written about her. Just a healer and his sister, of course with the Incest thing I had decided to add that to her character but that was it; nothing else.
I didn''t really write after that because I had just added a character whose only function at this point was to have sex with her brother, she''s not a God or anything so she can''t do much to stop him. In fact when I did continue writing I was still stuck there as she had zero use and just made do with her until someone just pointed out in the comments that she''s been sidelined far too much. So I had to make a use out of her... aside from the obvious betrayal she''d done.
So when I tried to make her use more prevalent I realized how I''m sidelining everything that Ewan is against; morals and stuff like that. Sylvia is therefore intended to be moralistic and compassionate to make points against Ewan. Boy is he hard on her when she does.( ?¡ã ?? ?¡ã)
She then replaced Flare in that category... and I had to do a bunch of other shit and change Flare. This was done in the last chapter... after it was released. ^.^
So yeah expect to see that shit in Arc 2.
Although Ewan won''t change much, he''ll just grow a bit taller.
So hats off to those two commentors who basically gave me the ideas for Sylvia.
Interlude: Actions Have Consequences
ROYAL PROVINCE, ELFIN''S HALLOWED FORESTS, CITY OF LOGAN: YVETTE RATHMORE(3rdPOV)
To say the Royal Elven queen was angry was a tad bit of an understatement.
It all started a few days ago, around two weeks in total, when her newborn son Alfred was all of a sudden found in their wine cellar with the contents of many bottles spilled. He was only a day old infant yet someone had so horrendously tried to kill him by burning him alive; an innocent and pure child burned to death. Fortunately for her the assassin''s plot was foiled, by whatever she was unconcerned, her little baby boy was still alive and that was all that mattered to her. She doubled guards, used the most powerful protection spells she could get her hands on-nothing short of a God could break through them-, and never let Alfred out of her sight.
She remained calm, it was unfitting of a queen to lose her temper and certainly not to the enemy either.
Both her and her husband began discussing possibilities, both of what to do next and who could have possibly dared to attack them, it took an hour in total for them to get to the bottom of things. Humans were the first perpetrators on their minds, their kind always had strife and it hadn''t waned from time; how they got into the manor was a question indeed, they weren''t trusted in the forests. Yvette had written to Sylvia, her one and only daughter, if the humans were attacking then she had a target on her back and she would put her safety as her first priority. She never got a reply.
They''d decided to head to Ivor Academy, a militant schooling ground for war and combat where Yvette had trained and earned her name in her younger days, it was ruthlessly defended and even the Royal Elves themselves would have a tough time fighting their way in if it was ever taken. It was the safest place in the entire world bar Seltio. It should''ve been the safest place.
The humans had audacity, the gall to attack the academy and burn their kin into ash; no matter how much war she had seen she still couldn''t get the image of flesh being seared nor the deafening screams of the people she was supposed to lead. To make matters worse no-one could find Alfred, but they did discover that the magic which started all the suffering originated from the room he was in.The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.
Her husband tried to console her with hopes that he may still be alive but it mattered not, she was absolutely torn. People, her people, were dead. Her only son had suffered a painful death or was living as a captive, either way he was gone from her. She craved¡ªneeded vengeance.
So she traveled to Logan, their city and paradise to prepare for slaughter.
"It seems that men and Gods are truly fighting together." Her husband, Adrian, glanced at the faded embers which surrounded the port before staring up to the sky. "Perhaps we may receive word from the dragons sooner than expected."
He turned towards Yvette who stared at the sea which glistened as light shone upon it; she was distant and lost in her thoughts and oblivious to Adrian''s words. She raised her head only slightly after he had finished talking.
"A report from yesterday showed that the ruins of Fou Ma?n had erupted of sorts; the power was like the Wrath of Vitaerion." She turned and walked towards her husband, "I wonder what interest a God would have in that old and rotting mountain."
"A nearby building belonging to that of the adventurer''s guild was spared no expense either. I believe the Gods seek to annihilate the entire Royal Province." Adrian welcomed her into his arms, she rested her head onto his shoulder.
"They''ve tried before and they have failed." She muttered, he softly patted her head.
"Then let us make this another failed venture."
"My lord, My lady!" Yvette reflexively shot up and gazed towards auburn-haired youth dressed in fine cloth knelt before them, he held within his extended hands a parchment. "I bring word of the Dragon''s alliance."
Adrian stepped forward and pulled from the young elf''s hands the parchment, he gave him a small nod and the elf rushed away. He rolled open the parchment and read with squinted eyes. Yvette held her breath and hesitated for a moment before asking.
"What news have we received?" She hadn''t noticed her voice trembled and looked at her husband with grave concern. He faced her with no expression and gave her a simple nod, there was a tremendous weight which left her shoulders.
"They seek to bring an end to an age of Gods and Men. Gods specifically." He stated. "They wish to meet to discuss our plans."
Yvette nodded. "We shall send an envoy to arrange a meeting at the Stone of the Fallen."
She turned to face the ocean yet again, this time she settled her gaze on the horizon. "Not even Esperina can grant them mercy for what is to come."
Arc 2 Chapter 19: Mark of Betrayal
We were walking down a gravel path in silence, the location of the last of the resources were in some mountain somewhere and it was a bit of a walk away. We occasionally went past a few dragons and some farmer''s field who Sylvia was very intent on avoiding for the sake of trying not to make me kill people. We were in some open plains right about then; nobody was in sight and the previously burnt dragon kingdom was in the distance. The entire rag tag bunch was silent, odd but nonetheless a relief from how annoyingly they usually shout at the top of their lungs like the rambunctious bunch they are. Sylvia looked deep in thought and Flare had a rather familiar face of annoyance that I''d often see on myself whenever I was with someone I wasn''t fond of; funnily enough she was glaring at Sylvia like she was the bloody devil.
"So... you''re Flaryvna?" Unexpectedly Sylvia had broken the silence, she didn''t turn around to look at us or anything and instead kept walking.
"What of it?" Flare returned with a huff, she folded her arms like that did something to torment Sylvia.
Ewan, I can hear your thoughts.
You think that like it''s meant to torment me.
"You''re the minor Goddess of Fire, Flames and Keeper of Phoenixes, aren''t you?"
"High Goddess, and fomer Keeper of Phoenixes." Sylvia stopped in her tracks as did we, she turned around with a single green eyebrow raised.
"How did you become a High Goddess?" In response to Sylvia''s question Flare just looked over to me and Sylvia''s eyes followed with an exhausted sigh. "So you''ve incarnated into Alfred and somehow you became a High Goddess. That makes no sense."
"Right, infants making it rain fire and casually heading out to assassinate a dragon king makes so much sense to begin with." I added in.
You''re not helping.
You''re very keen on helping her despite you seeming to have quite the dislike for her.
... That''s because if we don''t tell her things she''ll be an idiot an keep being annoying for the duration she''s around us.
I think the Flare that switched isn''t the Flare we got back.
I know, it''s quite the improvment actually. She doesn''t shout about and whine like a child.
I don''t do that!
Yes, yes you do.
Do not!
Do to!
Both of you are whining like children.
Oh bloody hell, Sylvia''s speaking. Did any of you get what she was saying for the first part?
Something about all that being explainable by me incarnating into you and whatnot.
"... so how did you all of a sudden become a High Goddess?" Sylvia sternly asked, me and Flare looked at one another expecting some sort of explanation to enter our heads. I wasn''t bothered to explain and I''m sure Flare doesn''t know how to explain it.
"We did things that ended up making us associated with certain domains which therefore granted us the powers over said domains." Flare actually explained it. Flare! The paedophilic goddess who wants me to commit incest!
Right... even I have to admit it''s terrifying me a bit.
Oh! I should have known! Give me a second!
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ANALYSING SOUL OF P1 AND MP1
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ANALYSIS OF SOUL P1 AND MP1: FINAL PHASE OF SOULDER
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What''s Soulder?
And what''s with the P1 and MP1?
Those are just ways to identify your souls. Soulder on the otherhand is the process of merging two souls which are bound together by some form of link. In the process a dominant soul engulfs a lesser soul which involves the lesser soul becoming like the dominant soul.
NO!
Well I suppose this-The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.
I''M BEING DOMINANTED BY EWAN?
It seems like some things aren''t changing. Anyway, I suppose this explains Flare''s sudden changes but does it normally take this long to happen.
It happens rather slowly, in fact you''ve only started going through the process recently, it''s a surprise that you''re able to dominate an immortal''s soul Ewan and much more surprising that it''s happened so quickly.
Well, considering all the things that have happened...
Ewan, Sylvia''s talking.
Right, forgot about her.
"Can you repeat that?" Sylvia looked like she probably wanted to hit me but released all her frustration once again into a sigh; she seemed to have quite the self-control.
"I said that if it was so easy to get power then all the Gods would''ve done it."
Well... she made a good point. Why haven''t those other wankers done this already?
Some sort of constitutional law? Never really read any of those.
Hey! Almighty Index, we could use some help right about now!
"Do you two honestly have no idea how you''ve obtained your power?" While me and Flare awaited Sophia''s answer Sylvia looked at us like we were quite possibly the biggest idiots she could''ve seen. I take it that she''s taking advantage of the fact we can''t kill her.
"It just happens." Flare stated the fact we''ve already established without directly stating it.
Oh shut up!
"Regardless of how we obtained our power you said you would take us to where the resources for our ritual was." I reminded her, Sylvia all but dramatically extended her arm behind her to the very large, open and empty plains.
"I don''t see anything." It appeared that the final stage of soul-merging didn''t give Flare any common sense.
Excuse me?
We''re in a world where we just made it rain fire and had alter-egos of ourselves bring everyone we killed back to life; hence there''s a high chance that there''s something invisible here especially if it''s hiding the dragon''s resources for a wishing ritual.
And what if there isn''t?
Then I''m willing to go through the pain just to kill Sylvia.
What if we revive her?
Then it was worth it for those few seconds.
"They told me about this place when they discussed the ingredients. It''s some secret and sacred mountain that can be accessed as long as you are powerful enough to dispel the illusion around it." Sylvia explained. "I expect that you two will be doing so."
Flare disappeared with no words but gave Sylvia a very snooty face, who just responded with her own evil eyes towards Flare.
Right, here''s a void ability;
[And thus to all with essence shall fall into the unending chasm and the roots of the lower air shall recede]
Flare is that you trying to kill Sylvia?
Just say[Negate]
I outstretched my hand towards the area Sylvia introduced, "[Negate]"
It was then an earthquake suddenly struck and the area in front of us looked as if the air itself was crumbling and a million invisible bricks had fallen. Then before us a mountain appeared that was decorated in more marble than their city; just their entrance was surrounded by pillars and the stairs themselves had an occasional arc every fifty steps or so. The mountain itself put the dwarves'' from earlier to shame, if the dragons had no idea where we were they did now.
Isn''t that... I thought it was just a story.
What was just a story?
It''s about the fall of the Aeglian Empire, the greatest empire till this day established by Aliki the Scarlet Dragon. I don''t know much about her story or much about this mountain but I do know that it had something to do with the fifth dragon emperor being betrayed at this mountain and thus being named Mark of Betrayal.
Okay, let me get this straight: my sister who betrayed me and tried to make me good took me to a place named Mark of Betrayal.
... Oh that coniving, little, inbred piece of shit!
Once again Flare appeared besides me with her scythe in hand and Sylvia who was lost in awe and staring at the mountain that had appeared suddenly had Flare''s scythe pointed at her neck. She snapped her head towards Flare who looked about as angry as playing Mass Effect 3 and hating the ending.
"Right! So, you little traitor, you decided that betraying us once is not good enough so you decided to do it twice!" Flare declared and Sylvia looked very, very confused.
"Where did you get that idea?" She looked to me and I gave her an energetic shrug.
"Where did I get the idea? How about from the fact that you literally just took us to the Mark of Betrayal?" Sylvia looked to the mountain with what seemed like genuine shock, she then suddenly began laughing and returned to looking at Flare but only calmed her laughs into giggles.
Right, you converted into me from hanging out with me and she went insane. I really bring out the best in people.
"S-Seriously," she giggled, "I don''t think i''ve heard such butchered logic before."
Why that-
Flare, she''s completely right. I don''t think I''ve ever heard someone sound so stupid.
Sophia, where did you run of to?
Is that really important? I think-
No idea, for some reason I was suddenly disconnected.
Guys! She literally-
Well, I suppose now that you''re back you can answer our question. How do we get our powers?
Fool me once shame on you, fool me-
... I think she''s gone again. I think talking about our powers disconnects her.
Guess that means we''ll never learn. Now come on! She is totally going to betray us!
Flare your logic is stating that if she took us to Paris, the city of love, then she''d be planning to make love to us.
That''s totally possible and you know it!
Right, but that''s correlation, not causation.
"...Second of all, for me to be betraying you I would have to have your trust. This clearly proves I don''t." Sylvia pointed out, Flare had let her scythe down... for now. She still sent bitchy eyes towards Sylvia.
What was her first point?
Never heard and don''t want to.
"Right, now onto this damn mountain!" I declared; and thus we began our annoyingly long climb.