《Gotta Gacha》 A Prologue In an entirely white space a massive circular capsule with arms and legs reminiscent of a cartoon existed. It''s body was comprised of a toy capsule, and gloves and shoes held onto its body by large black lines. It¡¯s eyes were similar too googly eyes you could buy at a dollar store, and it wore an equally massive crown and red cape. This massive capsule was brooding over a gold coin in it¡¯s hand that was over half of it¡¯s own height. But despite the size and immense weight of the coin the capsule was still somehow able to hold it up with only one of it¡¯s seemingly fragile hands. The coin itself wasn¡¯t to detailed and looked more like something you would use in an arcade. On both sides of the coin there were only the simple inscriptions GG with a crown on top of it. The capsule stood up and brought the coin to a floating crank with a slot in it similar to a gachapon. The capsule monster flew up and inserted the gold coin into the crank, and it magically began to turn. ¡°When the Gods said let there be light, there was light! And when I say let there be Gacha! There is Gacha!¡± (???) The crank made a loud noise and out popped a capsule. The capsule rolled into the white space before opening and disappearing into light. After the light faded it revealed the bodies of three young men and one woman. They all began to slowly wake up, and when the woman turned to the monstrous capsule, she let out a frightened scream ¡°AAAHH!¡± (Girl) Her screamed woke up the rest of the men, who also screamed ¡°IT¡¯S GODZILLA!¡± (Guy 1) ¡°A MONSTER!¡± (Guy 2) ¡°What the fuck is this shit¡­¡± (Guy 3) The capsule looked at them and sighed ¡°Fear not children I am the Great and Powerful Gachachacha The God of Gachapon!¡± (Gachachacha) Everyone to look at each other in disbelief ¡°Hit me¡± (Guy 2) One of the men walked over to him and slapped him. Guy 2 looked at Gachachacha again. ¡°HARDER!¡± (Guy 2) He was slapped again ¡°YOU DIDN¡¯T DO IT HARD ENOUGH!¡± (Guy 2) ¡°Can you stop?¡± (Gachachacha) They all looked at Gachachacha and all had one thought in their mind. ¡°¡°Am I high or some shit?¡±¡± (Everyone) ¡°No, for fuck sake. I am real.¡± (Gachachacha) Everyone however still had a bit of doubt in their minds ¡°Hey, um Gachach-. Thats to hard Mr. Capsule Monster.¡± (Guy 1) ¡°At least call me Gacha!¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Fine, Mr. Gacha. You¡¯re the God of Gachapon right?¡± (Guy 1) ¡°Yes¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Is this some weird a fantasy world is in danger so we need to summon heroes to defeat the Demon Lord sort of scenario?¡± (Guy 1) ¡°No¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Then why are we here?¡± (Guy 1) ¡°Well to simply put it the Gods were bored and as one of the subordinates of the God of Gambling, who is the subordinate of the God of Entertainment, who is the subordinate of the God of Money. We¡¯ve been ordered to find a new way to Entertain the Gods, and raise some more funds. You see Demon Lord TV and Death Dungeon game shows aren¡¯t going to cut it anymore.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°I see¡­¡± (Guy 1) ¡°So you see I came up with the brilliant idea of random picking people from another dimension and bringing them over like what those Humans do. So I¡¯ve been forced to go here and go randomly pick some humans. And you guys just so happened to be the random humans who were picked. Congratulations.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°So let me get this straight. The Gods were bored¡± (Guy 2) ¡°Yes¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°So you randomly picked us to entertain you.¡± (Guy 2) ¡°Yes¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°And you expect us to just go with the flow, and entertain you?¡± (Guy 2) ¡°Yes¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Fuck this just send me home.¡± (Guy 2) ¡°Well you see things don¡¯t work like that. You see this thing here is non-refundable, and I don¡¯t like wasting my God Gold. So you¡¯re going to have to deal with it.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Thats kind of fucked up¡­.¡± (Guy 2) ¡°Wait w-what about my family! I can¡¯t just disappear like that they¡¯ll be worried.¡± (Girl) ¡°Don¡¯t worry, you see this machine randomly chooses someone in your world, makes them suffer a heart attack, and then brings them over. Your family is probably grieving over your sudden death right about now.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°But¡­but I just finished college¡­¡± (Girl) ¡°Tough luck¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°So what exactly are we gonna do?¡± (Guy 1) ¡°Whatever the hell you want. You see other worlders like you guys always create all sorts of weird scenarios you know. Just living out your lives entertains us a bit. And you It¡¯s actually an honor for you guys to be brought over. You can possibly be the strongest, a hero, a rich man, a noble, or a master of a harem. Usually the only ones capable of killing you after a point are other other worlders¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°What powers are we getting?¡± (Guy 1) ¡°The powers of Gacha¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°¡°...¡±¡± (Everyone) ¡°Just check your pockets.¡± (Gachachachca) Everyone dug into their pockets and found a smart phone. They turned it on and found several apps. [Gotta Gacha], [Inventory], [Statistics], [Skills], [GachaCall], [Settings], and [GachaShop] ¡°What is this?¡± (Guy 1) ¡°It¡¯s the equivalent of a Hero''s Status Screen, the GachaPhone. It¡¯s modeled after the iPhone of your world with the exception of internet, and a Camera. You can install a few things into it , but it mostly serves as a manager for you Stats, Skills, Inventory, and your Gacha Powers. You can also make calls using Gacha Coins on the GachaCall function, and the extra features are found in the GachaShop. There¡¯s even a built in assistive A.I, Giri¡± (Gachachacha) Guy 1 held the button on his phone. *Ding* A featureless white being appeared on the phone''s screen. ¡°Hello, Master I am Giri.¡± (Giri) ¡°Giri is customizable and you can turn it into whatever you want, a Girl, a Boy, an Orc, an Elf, a Fairy. There are a number of options in the settings, but some features you need to buy from the GachaShop or earn through Gotta Gacha. The amount of information Giri can give you is restricted, but it¡¯s quite helpful. Of course you can also rename Giri¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°What if we lose the GachaPhone?¡± (Guy 2) ¡°No, problem. The GachaPhone will automatically turn into the normal status screen, you can even set it to stay that way in the settings. And if you set Giri to do so, Giri can possess the GachaPhone temporarily and find you. And it only costs 100 Gacha Coin to get a new one. By the way some features are unavailable without the Gacha Phone like Gacha Call.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°You sure thought this through¡­¡± (Guy 1) ¡°Well of course we are past the Beta period after all. When you enter the world there are many other other worlders out there who served as Alpha and Beta testers..¡± (Gachachacha) Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. ¡°So we just need to live out our lives?¡± (Girl) ¡°Yeah, oh by the way we should introduce ourselves I¡¯m _______ ¡° (Guy 1) ¡°What?¡± (Girl) ¡°I said I¡¯m ______. What¡¯s going on!?¡± (Guy 1) ¡°Oh I forgot to mention this, but mostly everything is through Gacha. You need to roll for a Name, Race, Location, Base Stats, and etc. Though you can keep your gender or change it, and you can do a group roll to go to the same location, but you need to set up a party using Gacha Call to do that. Anyway just check the Gotta Gacha app.¡± (Gachachacha) Everyone opened their Gotta Gacha app and found several categories, and one for a name. There was also a bar with a coin symbol and the number 1000. ¡°Those are your Gacha Coins you start off with a 1000.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°How do you get more?¡± (Guy 3) ¡°Oh it¡¯s simple leveling up, and you actions get you coins. Killing things also work, and for every play style we even made it so you can convert Coins to Gacha Coins and back. Each actions is given a different value and you receive different amount of experience and coins. By the way there is no level cap, or Gacha Coin cap.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°I see¡­¡± (Guy 3) Guy 3 scrolled through the Gotta Gacha app and found the name Gacha slot. It was only 5 Gacha Coins. He pressed it and clicked the virtual crank. The coin went in and a capsule with a name popped out.
Notification
Status Update: Your name has been changed to Blade, should you choose to change it you must roll another Name Capsule.
Looking at the name Blade wearily smiled, he turned to the Girl and walked over. ¡°Oh, guys i tired this one category [Gotta Gacha em''All] and I got a Super Rar-¡± (Girl) *Crack* ¡°Eh?¡± (Girl) The nameless girl¡¯s head was twisted a full 180 degrees. She stared blankly at Blade and fell down. The other two looked at him speechless.
Notification
Title Unlocked: After killing a fellow Other Worlder you have recieved the title "Other Worldly Killer"
Notification
You have earned a total of 750 Gotcha Coins after killing Other Worlder __________
¡°Tch, I should¡¯ve killed her earlier she used some coins.¡± (Blade) ¡°What are you doing!¡± (Guy 2) Blade turned to them and pulled out a knife out of his pockets. ¡°Didn¡¯t you hear him? To get more Gacha Coins you need to kill something. And everything has it¡¯s own value right? And since we have all initially have 1000 Gacha Coins each one of us is valued at a 1000 Gacha Coins.¡± (Blade) ¡°But to kill her, what¡¯s wrong with you! You¡¯re insane-¡± (Guy 1) Guy 1 looked at his throat and found a knife lodged in it.
Notification
You have earned a total of 995 Gacha Coins after killing Other Worlder Billy
¡°You know, I''m quite lucky. I''ve been observing you guys for a bit at it seems you guys don''t recognize me. That means that this guy here doesn''t just grab people from one dimension. This makes things a whole lot easier on me. Otherwise people would be able to recognize me.¡± (Blade) Blade pulled out another knife from his pocket. ¡°Former Super Human Experimentation subject for Project S.W.O.R.D.S, Serial Number :11924 Named ___________ , The Worlds Most Wanted Criminal.¡± Guy 2 looked at Blade in disbelief, and he rushed towards Guy 1¡¯s body to try and get the knife. He quickly pulled out the knife and pointed at Blade who was slowly making his way over. ¡°You wouldn¡¯t even be able to kill me even if you tried.¡± (Blade) ¡°AAAHH!¡± (Guy 2) Guy 2 charged with knife in hand, but Blade instead just moved to the left and used his leg to trip him. Blade walked over and stabbed the knife through his heart.
Level Up!
You have leveled up and recieved 5 Status Points and Skill Points
Notification
Due to the lack of Skills you are unable to allocate any of your points. Please go to Ability Gacha to roll for a skill.
Notification
You have earned a total of 1000 Gacha Coins after killing Other Worlder _____________
Notification
You have earned a total of 50 Gacha Coins after Leveling Up
¡°You have no problem with this right?¡± (Blade) ¡°Of course, in actuality the Gods are quite pleased by your show and have decided to offer you gift. Whether or not you use it is up to you.¡± (Gachachacha)
Notification
"Demonic Package" has been sent to your inventory.
¡°I see, well I¡¯ll be doing whatever I want then.¡± (Blade) Blade opened his app and went to the Location category of Gotta Gacha and rolled
Notification
You have Unlocked the Bornean Forest. Would you like to teleport there now?
Yes/No
¡°Yes¡± (Blade) Blade teleported out of the white space. ¡°What an odd one¡± (Gachachacha) A large gold coin suddenly appeared on the floor. Gacachacha sighed, and picked it up. ¡°They just can¡¯t stop. Well the next batch it is¡­.¡± (Gachachacha)
Hey guys this is my second story that I''m doing mostly for shits and giggles. It''s a much easier setting to work with than my other story after all. Anyways I said in the descriptions but updates are going to be random. I''m trying to focus on the other one. So tell me if there are any errors or mistakes, and give me any suggestions. I hope you enjoy. Chapter 1: The Bornean Forest Blade P.O.V A blinding light flashed and all of a sudden I was no longer in the white space facing the Gacha God. Who would¡¯ve guessed there would a god for something like that. I walk over to a tree and punch it as hard as I could. *BANG* ¡°I¡¯ve grown weaker¡­.¡± (Blade) Normally I would have been able to knock the entire tree over with my fists alone. *DING* ¡°Every other worlder transferred by Gachachacha has been given the exact same stats. Your about as strong as your average male in your world. The average male in this world however is far stronger due to the presence of mana.¡± (Giri) ¡°Giri, I didn¡¯t activate you how did you answer me.¡± (Blade) ¡°I have control over your Gacha Phone, and can turn myself on and off at will. If you have any questions feel free to ask me Master. If you want I could even allocate points, activate skills, and give you advice on commandl. ¡± (Giri) ¡°I see, Thanks Giri¡± (Blade) ¡°It was my pleasure.¡± (Giri) Let¡¯s see, I go through my pockets. I was on the streets so I only have a few hidden weapons on me. Damn, if I knew this would happen I would have brought more weapons. ¡°Giri how do I put things in my the Gacha Phone¡¯s inventory?¡± (Blade) ¡°You need to turn on the Inventory App and set it to import, and just drop it in. The phone will automatically adjust to the items size.¡± I see, I take out the phone, and open up the Inventory app. It seems that there¡¯s a total of 30 Inventory Slots. I press the import and take out 2 Pocket Knifes, 10 Throwing Knives, the miniature smoke grenades on my belt, the two single shot pistols in my sleeves, a detonator, and the plastic explosives hidden in my shoes. After that was done I checked out the Demon Package that was in my inventory.
Demonic Package
Contains
1X R Demon Race Card
1x R Single Use Demon Wings Card
1x R Ritual Dagger
5X N Vials of Poison
1X R Book of Forbidden Poisons
1x R Book of Demonic Rituals
1X R Secrets of the Lord of the Night
Would you like to open?
Yes/No
Yes
Notification
You have obtained Race Change Card: Demon Race
The Demon Race, one of the most hated and dangerous races in the world. If not for their own hatred for each other, they may have ruled a vast majority of the continent. Using this Demon Race Card will unlock several Race Specific options, change your alignment to Evil, and change your base stats.
Additional Features
You will receive the Humanification skill, but if you are ever seen in Demon form, Humans will naturally fear you, hate you, and hunt you down. Demons have increased Libido, controlling this will be far more difficult than most other races.
Would you like to use Race Change Card?
Stats
STR 5 ¡ú 15
INT 5 ¡ú 20
WIS 5 ¡ú 15
AGI 5 ¡ú 10
END 5 ¡ú 15
LIB 10 ¡ú 50
Yes/No
Yes
Notification
Your race has been changed to Demon
Notification
Demon Gacha unlocked
Notification
Your Base Stats have Changed
Notification
Your alignment has changed to Evil
Notification
You have learned Humanification
R Humanification
The ability to turn yourself into a Human. By increasing the level you can increase the time limit. [Current Time Limit: 6 Hours ¡ú Next Time Limit:12 Hours] Level: [1/4]
I felt as my body began to change. It was a surprisingly comfortable feeling. At the end of it I felt like I gained a sudden boost in strength. I looked at the tree I punched earlier, and I hit it. *BANG* ¡°It¡¯s still not as strong as before, but it¡¯s an improvement.¡± (Blade) ¡°Just how powerful were you?¡± (Giri) I smiled wearily at Giri¡¯s question ¡°The strongest¡­Anyways Giri is there a way to view myself right now on the Gacha Phone?¡± (Blade) ¡°Yes, you have to use the Statistics App. You can also view the effects of your equipment and even equip items using that menu.¡± (Giri) I see. I close the inventory app and instead open the Statistics app. I was quite similar to before except now I had a black tail, and two small skin colored horns coming out of my forehead. ¡°Giri I¡¯m going to do some Gacha, any suggestions?¡± (Blade) ¡°Since you have so many points Master, I suggest using the Golden Gachas.¡± (Giri) ¡°Golden Gachas?¡± (Blade) ¡°Each Gacha is split into several different themes, like Item and Weapon Gachas. However Gacha are further split into Ranks: Normal Gacha, Silver Gacha, Gold Gacha, Diamond Gacha, and Platinum Gachas. Each Gacha increases the chance of getting higher level Gachas. The Normal Gachas are your average gacha and you¡¯re more than likely going to get a Normal Grade, Silver will give you a Higher Chance at Rare Grade and a slightly Higher chance at Super Rare Grade, Diamond Gacha will increase the chance even more for Rare Grade and Super Rare Grade, while Diamond is a Guaranteed Rare Grade and increased Super Rare Grade with a slight boost in EX Grade, and the Last Gacha increases the chances for Super Rare and EX-Grade even further. The items you can get are Ranked from lowest to highest value T, N, R, SR, and EX.¡±(Giri) ¡°I see.¡± (Blade) Well I have some weapons right now, but they won¡¯t last long. I don¡¯t know how effective those explosives are going to be, and I won¡¯t be able to find any ammo for the single shot pistols. It¡¯s best I get a weapon, some new clothes, and a few abilities. I opened the Gotta Gacha app and found the Abilities Gacha, I scrolled up and found the Silver, Gold, Diamond, and Platinum version. However the prices went from a simple 100 Gacha Coins to 250; 500; 2,000; and 10,000; respectively. I only have 3790 Gacha Coins so It would be too risky to do a Diamond Gacha, so I suppose I should just do a Gold Gacha like Giri suggested. I pressed the button and watched as the virtual crank spun, and a capsule popped out. I pressed the continue, and used up another 500 coins leaving me with only 2790 Gacha Coins. I¡¯ll stop it there. I opened up the virtual capsules and looked at the two ability cards.
R Mind Control
You have learned the powerful ability of manipulation, Mind Control. You are able to control all forms of life as long as your INT value is greater than theirs. The greater their INT value the more mana is consumed to control them. The number of people you can control is proportional to your. Every 5 WIS allows you to control 1 more person. This skill is restricted to enemies who are 5 levels higher than you or under. Controlling people higher than you will use a larger quantity of mana. The farther you are from your target the more mana it will cost to use. This skill is not upgradable.
N+ Camouflage
You are able to hide yourself more easily. Activation of spell costs more mana than when it¡¯s in use. The ability strength depends on its level. Level: [1/25]
¡°Hey, Giri why¡¯s there a ¡®+¡¯ here?¡± (Blade) ¡°Master that is an Elite card, they are all marked with ¡®+¡¯ . After reaching the abilities max level you receive the option to upgrade it. Doing so will either turn into a ¡®++¡¯ or reach the next Grade.¡° (Giri) ¡°What¡¯s the difference between turning into a ¡®++¡¯ and reaching the next Grade?¡± (Blade) ¡°When a card reaches the next Grade the card¡¯s ability changes. For example you''re N+ Camouflage can turn into a R/R+ Stealth or a N++ Camouflage. The ability Stealth isn¡¯t just an improved version, but an evolved version, and if you do get R+ Stealth you can turn it into R++ Stealth or SR Invisibility. Invisibility is a completely different ability from Camouflage. But if you happen to ever win the ability in Gacha it will replace Camouflage.¡± (Giri) I see well either way Camouflage has it¡¯s own uses, but if I can get it to SR Invisibility that would be even better. Well now I suppose I should get a change in clothes. I moved to the Equipment Gacha. I suppose I should just get normal equipment. I was about to press the button, but I notice something, the color of the next Gacha above was the same. It should normally be silver. So I scrolled up, and found a different Gacha. Equipment Bundle. ¡°Giri I assume that Equipment Gacha are single parts and Equipment Bundle is an entire set of clothing right?¡± (Giri) ¡°Affirmative, and if you are lucky you can receive the weapons related to the clothing or several other items. It¡¯s like a Gacha within a Gacha, as Gachachacha described.¡± (Giri) I see, it¡¯s over 7 times the price of the Normal Rank equipment Gacha but at least I¡¯ll match, and there might be a bonus. I pressed the Equipment Bundle Gacha and used up 350 Gacha Coins. The capsule opened up revealing a box labeled Hunter Bundle
Would you like to open Hunter Bundle
Yes/No
Yes [/tr][/tr]
Notification
You have received Hunter Set
1x N Leather Shirt
1x N Leather Pants
1x N Archers Hat
1x Leather Shoes
(Set Bonus: Increased Sight)
Bonus Items
1x N Wooden Bow
1x N Quiver
20x N Arrows
Would you like to equip setYes/No
Yes My clothes instantly changed into the leather Hunter¡¯s clothes as soon as I pressed the button. Blade scrolled through the app and clicked on the Silver Weapons Gacha once which cost 300 Gacha Coins, and the Normal Item Gacha 5 times which cost 250 Gacha Coins. The results were:
N Cursed Machete
The machete of a lunatic who accidentally tripped and fell killing himself with his own machete. The item has been cursed by his spirit and anyone who wields it gains a boost in strength with a drop in intelligence. STR + 10 INT -15
T Banana Peel
A Banana peel, what else can I say?
N Flint and Steel
A handy tool to light a fire for you survivalist, or pyromaniacs out there.
N 10x Arrows
An arrow, grab a bow and shoot.
N 5x Lesser Health Potion
It sure as hell doesn¡¯t taste good, but it makes sure you don¡¯t die.
R 1x Gorgon''s Head (Single Use)
The head of a Gorgon an ancient beast capable of petrifying all who dare stare in it''s eyes. This item mimics said item, but it can only be used once on one person.
¡°Why the hell is there a Gorgon¡¯s Head and a Banana Peel in the Item Gacha?¡± (Blade) Putting aside the Gorgon¡¯s head, the banana peel is completely useless. So I just took it out of my inventory and threw it away. ¡°Anyway I still have 1890 Gacha Coins, any more suggestions?¡± (Blade) ¡°Why don¡¯t you go to the Gacha Shop and use your coins to buy some skills.¡± (Giri) That sounds reasonable. I open up the Gacha Shop and find a wide plethora of skills, items, and miscellaneous goods. ¡°Any suggestions?¡±( Blade) ¡°How about these¡± (Giri)
N+ Radar (Single Use)
You can detect both friendly, and hostile entities. At higher levels it¡¯s possible to find even hidden enemies. Each Level increase range by 10M. [Current Range: 10M ¡ú Next Range: 20M] Level: [1/10]
Cost: 350 Gacha Coins
R Analyze
The ability receive the information of an object or opponent. You cannot find see information of an opponent 20 Level''s higher than you. As you increase the skills level you will be able to receive more information. Level: [1/10]
Cost: 500 Gacha Coins
R Gacha-Translate
Like Google Translate except way better. Skill cannot be upgraded
Cost: 500 Gacha Coins
R Map App
Gacha Phone upgrade that adds a Mapp that records wherever you''ve gone. In Status Screen mode it adds a minimap. Skill is not upgradable
Cost: 500 Gacha Coins
¡°So expensive!¡±(Blade) ¡°These abilities are quite powerful and have a large amount of uses so naturally their price is higher. Also since it¡¯s a guaranteed skill rather than a chance skill the price is also higher.¡± (Giri) Well it will be an investment. I purchased all of them, leaving me with only 40 Gacha Coins. ¡°I¡¯ll leave some for later for now let¡¯s allocate some points.¡±
STATISTICS APP
Name:BladeRace:Demon
Level:2Alignment:Evil
STR:15AGI:10
INT:20END:15
WIS:15LIB:50
Status Points
15
I only have 15 points, so that means I only got 10 Points at the beginning. Hmm let¡¯s increase STR by 5, INT by 5, and WIS by 5.
STATISTICS APP
Name:BladeRace:Demon
Level:2Alignment:Evil
STR:20AGI:10
INT:25END:15
WIS:20LIB:50
Status Points
0
You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. With this I should be able to use Mind control on one more person and use it for a little longer. I click the Skills Section of the Statistics app [tr] [tr][tr] [tr][tr] [tr][tr] [tr][tr] [tr][tr] [tr]
ABILITY MENU
RadarLevel" [1/10]Gatcha-TranslateLevel: MAXAnalyzeLevel: [1/10]CamouflageLevel: [1/25]Mind ControlLevel: MAXMap AppLevel: MAXSkill Points
5
I allocate 2 Points into Radar and 2 into Analysis and 1 Into Camouflage. [tr] [tr][tr] [tr][tr] [tr][tr] [tr][tr] [tr][tr] [tr]
ABILITY MENU
RadarLevel: [3/10]Gatcha-TranslateLevel: MAXAnalyzeLevel: [3/10]CamouflageLevel: [2/25]Mind ControlLevel: MAXMap AppLevel: MAXSkill Points
0
I suppose I¡¯m finished. I guess I¡¯ll need to go find something to kill. I should also secure some food and water. I go to the Gacha Phone''s settings and turn on Status Screen mode. The phone disappears out of my hand and a HUD appears in front of me. In the corner of the HUD i can see the minimap they were talking about, but how do I use the Radar? ¡°You can activate it manually by using the Status Screen to bring up the Skills Menu of the Statistics App, and pressing each skill individually, saying it¡¯s name, or willing it to happen.¡± (Giri) ¡°Giri I didn¡¯t say anything. How did you¡­¡±(Blade) ¡°When I¡¯m in Status Screen mode I can no longer use my speakers so naturally the only way I can communicate is through telepathy. You only need to think of a question for me and I¡¯ll answer it. Well if I can answer it that is¡­ By the way I suggest you configure the HUD in the settings. Here¡¯s the button.¡± (Giri) A big gear appeared in front of me and I tapped it. It revealed a variety of settings. Let¡¯s see I¡¯ll turn on HP and MP gauges, and enable icons. I¡¯ll keep inventory tab over here so I can open it at a moments notice, and there¡¯s the Ability Menu. What¡¯s this? Giri Cam? I pressed it and a sort of Face Cam of Giri appeared in the corner of the HUD. ¡°Oh. Hi Giri.¡± (Blade) ¡°Hello Master.¡± (Giri) ¡°It feels weird seeing you as a mannequin so let¡¯s use a bit of the left over coins to change your appearance.¡± (Blade) I navigated the status screen to find the Gotta Gacha app and opened it. After scrolling through it for a bit I found a section for Giri.
Giri Gacha Event *Free Roll*
It¡¯s free that¡¯s even better.
N Female Fairy Model
A skin for Giri modeled after a little female fairy.
Notification
Giri is set to default skin and will be changed to Female Fairy Skin.
Giri all of a sudden glowed before turning into a little Fairy on the screen that was only a few inches tall in height. Well let¡¯s get going then. I activated Radar, and a number of dots appeared on the map. A number of them were Red, while the rest of them were white. I activate Camouflage and headed in the direction of one of the red dots. Following the map in the corner of my eye I managed to stumble upon a small Rattlesnake
Green Snake
Level 2
A normal snake found in the Bornean Forest. It has hardly been affected by the mana. This snake does not have any venom.
It¡¯s only level 2. I open the Inventory tab and click on the Ritual Dagger
Ritual Dagger
A special dagger imbued with a magic circle.
Special Function
Blood AbsorptionThe Ritual Dagger is capable of absorbing the blood of anything, and is capable of storing it in it¡¯s own pocket dimension. To extract the blood you must have a suitable container.
Skill SocketingBy using a Ritual It is possible to store a spell or skill onto the Dagger.
As I inched closer, the little green snake noticed me, and hissed, warning me not to come any closer. It¡¯s a little cute honestly, nothing compared to those frightening genetically modified pythons in the lab. The snake lunged at my leg in an attempt to bite me. If I was wearing my usual equipment I probably wouldn¡¯t have to worry about it, but even if it¡¯s not venomous I can¡¯t risk taking an injury, especially without modern day medicine to lend me a hand. ¡°No hard feelings¡± (Blade) I move out of the way and quickly squatted down pinning the snake¡¯s head to the ground with the Ritual Dagger in my hand. I heard a little side effect and noticed that I gained a Gacha Coin. Giri is it only money I can covert to Gacha Coins? Also is there anyway I can more easily harvest material from the things I kill. ¡°Unfortunately you can only convert Money to Gacha Coin. Luckily there is a skill that meets your requirements.¡± (Giri)
N Extract
The ability to quickly harvest a corpse''s material almost instantly. The Higher the level the higher quality of extraction and the more options available. Level: [1/10]
Cost: 250 Gacha Coins
Oh cheaper than the other ones, but I still don¡¯t have enough. Well I even without it I can still probably use the snake for something. Or not¡­.. I look down at the green snake and it was just a bunch of shriveled up skin and bones. I guess the Ritual Dagger blood sucking abilities were activated passively. I probably shouldn¡¯t use this too much. I put the Ritual Dagger back into my inventory and instead pull out the Cursed Machete. As I held it in my hand I felt as I gained a boost in strength. Though it did feel a bit harder to think straight. I walked around the forest constantly using camouflage, thanks to my current WIS level I seem to be able to maintain my Mana at about 90% when having it active the entire time. I walked around a bit and found a few more green snakes killing them with the machete, and putting their corpse into my inventory. I also found a rather aggressive ball of fur, a Horned Rabbit.
Horned Rabbit
Level 3
A rabbit with a horn. Make sure he doesn¡¯t strike your crotch boys and girls.
Surprisingly, it was a higher level than that snake. But I killed it just as easily. After going around killing a few more Green Snakes and Horned Rabbits, I managed to gain enough EXP to Level Up. I put 5 More Points into WIS, and I dumped 2 points into Radar, 2 Into Analysis, and 1 into Camouflage. Now Radar was extended 20 more meters totaling 50 meters. I also had earned 15 Gacha Coins putting me at 55. I took some time to rest, and made a fire and cooked up some of the Horned Rabbit.
Oh what¡¯s this? As I was eating my Horned Rabbit meat, I noticed on the minimap that there were a large number of red dots 50 meters from my position. They seemed to be steadily coming closer. I activated Camouflage, and put out the fire. I got into the bushes, and looked around. Past the trees and branches I was able to see a pack of 9 wolves.
Dire Wolf
Level 5
A wolf commonly found in forests, known to hunt in packs. They are quite intelligent and in a group are quite deadly.
There were Dire Wolves between the levels of 5 and 9 and then finally there was their Leader.
Dire Wolf Pack Leader
Level 10
The Alpha Male of a Dire Wolf pack. As the leader, he has been blessed with greater strength and intelligence, and can even kill a grown man by itself. His claws and jaws are especially powerful; his own pack fears him.
I remember fighting wolves back in the day, these ones seem a bit different though especially that Dire Wolf Leader. He seems far stronger than the rest. Well at least they aren¡¯t rigged with explosives, this should be manageable to some extent even with my current level. I put away the cursed machete back into my inventory. The increase in strength and the damage that it gives isn¡¯t bad, but not right now. Instead I take out the quiver, along with the the ten extra arrows I got. I hang it over my shoulder, and grabbed the bow out of my inventory. I also grab two vials of poison and place it next to me. I slowly made my way towards the pack. In most cases I would keep my distance and shoot them from afar, but I doubt I¡¯d be able to kill them all with just this bow alone. I¡¯m about 30 or so meters away from the pack and they¡¯ve yet to notice me. I open the abilities tab, and activate Mind Control. I target 1 Level 7 Dire Wolf, 1 Level 8 Dire Wolf, and 3 Level 5 Dire wolves. I look at my MP gauge and it had instantly dropped from 90%, to a little less than 60%. Damn you can¡¯t underestimate the level penalty. Even when I am closer the mana usage is nothing to scoff at. I¡¯m only going to have a minute or two to settle this. I take a vial of poison and smear it on the arrow and launch it towards the unsuspecting Level 9 Dire Wolf. It¡¯s reflexes aren¡¯t bad, and it managed to notice the arrow before it hit its head so I only managed to hit its leg. It seems that they¡¯ve noticed me, but that¡¯s fine you¡¯ve got something else to worry about. I order the Level 7 and 8 Wolves to kill the injured Level 9 wolf, while I ordered the other wolves to attack the Level 6 Dire Wolf. Their Dire Wolf Leader growled, and unhesitatingly killed the 3 Level 5 Dire Wolves. But that was fine, they managed to injure the Level 6 Dire Wolf. I coated another arrow with poison and I shot it at the Level 6 Dire Wolf, killing it off. Now there¡¯s only another Level 7 Dire Wolf and the Alpha Male left. I command the Level 8 and 7 Dire Wolves to simultaneously attack the remaining Level 7 Dire Wolf, while I take pot shots at the Wolf Leader. Unfortunately, only a few arrows managed to hit their mark, but they didn¡¯t seem to be able to do much to the Wolf Leader anyway. Instead the Wolf Leader killed the Level 8 Dire Wolf under my control. I looked over at my Mana Gauge and it was already at 10%. I only have a few more seconds. II smeared more poison onto my arrows and shot the Level 7 Dire Wolf, while my Level 7 Dire Wolf held it in place. The Wolf Pack Leader managed to kill the last wolf in my control, but it was able to buy enough time for my arrow to pierce the last Level 7 Dire Wolf. With this I won¡¯t have to worry about the Level 7 Dire Wolf, I¡¯ll just leave it there to die. The Wolf Pack Leader turned to look at me. It rapidly began charging at me. I only have 19 Arrows left, I took another vial of poison and coat the arrows in them. I shoot and shoot, but the Wolf Pack Leader just dodges them. This is bad, 25m¡­¡­20m¡­..15m¡­... I put away the bow and the coated arrows and pull out the Cursed Machete and Ritual Dagger. Giri! Allocate all stats evenly to strength and endurance! With all the Wolves I killed I managed to level up twice, it seems I even gained EXP and Gacha Coins for the wolves the Wolf Pack Leader killed. Unfortunately, I¡¯m out of mana I don¡¯t have enough mana to cast Mind Control on the Wolf Pack Leader. I put a vial of poison in one of my pockets, and I got ready¡­... 10m¡­...5m¡­... The Alpha Male jumps at me viciously. It¡¯s quite fast, a definitely faster than your regular wolf. I can¡¯t block this. I dodge to the side, and his claws manage to scratch me. The injury is negligible, if I can wrap it up with some cloth I¡¯ll be fine. I swing my machete, and managed to cut into the Wolf¡¯s arm. Damn it¡¯s fur so strong. I grit my teeth, and run away. The Wolf Pack Leader comes chasing after me. I turn my head, and I see it jumping straight at me. I smile broke out on my face, all according to plan. I throw the vial of poison into the air, and bent my back watching as the Wolf Pack Leader passed over head. Naturally I didn¡¯t let such a wonderful chance go and I stabbed it¡¯s stomach with the Ritual Dagger. He landed right in front of me and turned around. He looked as if he was about to vomit, which is quite understandable after eating a bunch of poison. I could see blood coming out of his mouth, the glass probably cut up his gums and tongue when he took a bite out of it. Hehehe I start to back up but he charges at me with considerable speed. Shit, he¡¯s still this fast even after that! I had no other choice ,but to take the blow head on. I swing my machete at his neck cutting him, but there was a deep cut on my chests as I was sent flying back. My body hit a tree, and as I looked at the corner of my eye I noticed my health was at dangerous levels. Can¡¯t underestimate someone twice your level huh. I go into my inventory and tap a Health Potion, surprisingly the wound on my chest began to rapidly heal. Oh my these Health potions work way better than any performance enhancing drug I¡¯ve taken. I look at the Wolf Pack Leader, and it seems like his movements have been dulled. The Ritual Dagger is gradually draining his blood as it¡¯s stabbed into his stomach, and the poison is definitely doing it¡¯s job. I charge at him, and he fiercely jumps at me. It¡¯s over, his movements have slowed far too much, while with the help of a Health Potion I¡¯m in tip top shape. His powerful claws miss me, and I swing my my machete at his neck. This time the wound is incredibly deep. He¡¯s lost far too much blood, and is doing the best he can to stand up. He tries to charge me again, but he¡¯s grown far too weak. I walk up to him and cut off his head.
Congratulations
You Leveled Up. You have received 50 Gacha Coins, and 5 Status and Skill Points.
Congratulations
You Leveled Up. You have received 50 Gacha Coins, and 5 Status and Skill Points.
Congratulations
You have received the title "He Who Defies All Odds" after defeating multiple enemies greater than your own level.
Why do i do this to myself. These tables were such a hassle for me, but it looks so nice! Anyways my mind hurts and I still have tests. I wonder if I can even get a Saturday chapter up for my other story..... Whatever, anyways enjoy. My mind hurts so much I can''t think of anything else to say. By the way LIB is libido for the fun stuff. Hehehehehehehehehe! Chapter 2: Adventurers ¡°That was tiring.¡± (Blade) I walked up to the corpse of the Dire Wolf Pack Leader and pulled out the Ritual Dagger. I cut off one of it¡¯s legs and threw it into my inventory. I wonder if I feed something it¡¯s meat, will it get poisoned? I also take the time to suck up some of the Dire Wolf Leader¡¯s Blood. If I remember correctly it said I needed a proper container to extract blood out of the dagger. I take out one of the empty vials of poison, and hold the dagger over it.
Would you like to create a Vial of Blood
Yes/No
Yes
Select Blood Type
Snake Blood
Horned Rabbit Blood
Dire Wolf(Alpha Male) Blood Blood
Let''s go with Snake Blood
N Vial of Poisonous Blood
A vial full of poisonous snake blood. Due to improperly cleaning the container the blood became contaminated and poisonous. Due to the compatibility with the poison the blood has been able to minimize the dilution of the poison, and can still be used.
Oh, so as long as I refill these vials with snake blood I can still retain some of the poison without weakening it too much? I should drain some more snakes if I find any, this will be quite useful. I stab the Ritual Dagger back into the Dire Wolf Pack Leader, and only get up after sucking all the blood. I start walking around, and I end up finding a small lake in the forest. There don''t seem to be that many red dots nearby by, this lake seems to be a good spot to have lunch. I gather some dry wood and stack it together. After I get a fire going I go over and drink some water. If the empty vials didn¡¯t contain poison in them I might¡¯ve used them ,but this works just as well. Maybe it would have been fine if I used the health potion bottles, but when I checked my inventory there was no empty health potion bottle after I used it. Maybe it¡¯s because I used it directly from my inventory I cook up some more Horned Rabbit after getting getting some water. Let¡¯s see I should probably update my Status.
STATISTICS APP
Name:BladeRace:Demon
Level:7Alignment:Evil
STR:25AGI:10
INT:25END:20
WIS:25LIB:50
Status Points
10
Let¡¯s see from what I can tell, STR directly increases my physical strength, INT probably increases my mana pool, WIS should increase my mana regeneration, AGI should be speed, END should affect my health, and LIB should affect well my libido. My AGI is quite low, I¡¯m able to use STR to supplement my lack of speed somehow by doing short bursts, but I¡¯m not agile enough right now. But if I get more STR killing things should be far easier. I suppose I¡¯ll pump 5 into AGI and 5 into STR.
STATISTICS APP
Name:BladeRace:Demon
Level:7Alignment:Evil
STR:30AGI:15
INT:25END:20
WIS:25LIB:50
Status Points
0
The sudden boost in strength is quite an interesting feeling that I could honestly get used to. As long as keep leveling up I should be able to reach my former level of strength. As long as I can reach that level of strength I should be fine for the most part. Let¡¯s see I have 325 Gacha Coins, and 10 Skill Points left. I¡¯ll save save my skill points for now. As for these Gacha Coins I should be able to buy either a few Normal Gachas or a Silver Gacha. Giri do you have any suggestions? ¡°Master, is there anything you require exactly?¡± (Giri) Nothing in particular, maybe some offensive abilities, so far Mind Control and Camouflage don¡¯t directly do damage. But ability gacha makes it difficult to get specifically what I want. ¡°Is that so then how about trying Gotta Gacha Em¡¯ All. It¡¯s one of the more expensive Gachas but it provides upgrades to existing abilities, new Gachas, different Gacha shop options, and etc. It¡¯s a mix of a variety of miscellaneous things and something from each Gacha, even the ones you¡¯ve yet to unlock have been thrown in there. If you¡¯re lucky you can get a specific Gacha category like the Swords Gacha, or Spears Gacha. And if you are looking for expensive abilities you might be able to unlock Spell Gacha.¡± Oh, so you need to use a Gacha to acquire more Gachas who would¡¯ve guessed. Well let¡¯s pull it up for now. Geh! What¡¯s with this price! The Gotta Gacha Em¡¯ All¡¯s normal gacha is 250 Gacha Coins! The Silver 500, Gold 1000, Diamond 4000, and Platinum 20000! If I use it once I¡¯ll only be left with 75 Gacha Coins, only enough for a single normal Item Gacha. This basically robbery, and I can¡¯t even kill anyone to get my money back. Whatever let¡¯s just test it out.
R Monstra Translate
Gacha Translate has never been this good. Previously you were only able to speak with Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Beastmen but with this wonderful update to your Gacha Translate you can speak to any Monster that uses any form of language.
Well I suppose I can find some use for this. I put out the fire and start wandering around the forest.
After traversing a large part of the Bornean Forest I¡¯ve yet to encounter anymore Dire Wolves.I have been able to kill quite a few Horned Rabbits and Green Snakes. And with the Green Snakes blood I managed to fill up the rest of my empty vials. Now I have 3x Vials of Poisonous Blood. Though it seems that even killing a few dozen Horned Rabbits and Green Snake¡¯s I couldn¡¯t Level Up. It must be the level difference. ¡°RAWWWW!¡± (???) What was that? I hear the sound of metal striking metal, is there a battle going on somewhere? Good, I should be able to profit off of this. I activate camouflage, and charge in the direction of the noise. Soon enough a large crowd of red and white dots appeared on my minimap. I slowed my approach. Even if I looked straight ahead I couldn¡¯t see anything with all this vegetation, what a lively forest. I climb a nearby tree, and take out my quiver and bow out of my inventory. Even with my trained eye sight atop the tree I can¡¯t see anything despite only being 50m from my target. I jump from tree from tree, following the sounds of battle and my minimap. After reaching a tree about 20m away from the fight I finally caught a glimpse of the battle. Currently a group of Humans were fighting a number of goblins. [Analyze]
Name:???Level:13
One of the Human race, the race with one of the highest populations in the Continent.
I scan through all of the Humans, other than their level and race I can¡¯t seem to get any other information. It just repeats the same description for each one of them. There are two level 11 females who are hiding behind a tree. There¡¯s a Level 13 brown-haired female warrior, 2 Level 15 black haired male warriors, a Level 12 black haired female archer, and finally the strongest was a Level 17 blond, male warrior. They each wore similar leather armor, had a long sword, and a reinforced wooden shield. I look at the goblins and analyze them.
Goblin
Level 5
A goblin one of the weakest Demi-Humans. They usually inhabit forests where they prey on weaker monsters, and gather together into groups.
Goblin Raider
Level 11
A goblin raider, one of the most pesky fighters of the Goblin Race. They are much swifter than your average goblin and are much harder to hit and kill.
Goblin Archer
Level 8
A goblin who has picked up archer and is capable of using a bow. They might now have the best aim, but that doesn''t mean they won''t hit you.
Goblin Chief
Level 15
The chief of a group of Goblins. He rules with an iron fist, and all other Goblins have no other choice but to listen to him. All who oppose him die. He has been blessed with a larger build than your average goblin, and is far stronger. He is stronger than your average Hobgoblin
There are a bunch of weak Level 5 Goblins, about a dozen or so. And there¡¯s 4 Goblin Archers. There¡¯s only 3 Goblin Raiders, and naturally there¡¯s only one chief. The chief is quite large compared to the rest. Goblins and Goblin Archers are the size of a child, while Raiders are the size of a teen. The Goblin Chief is a tall lanky Goblin who is 7ft tall, and wields a large wooden club. I look over to the Human side, and It seems that one of the lower level Human girls was injured in the leg. From the looks of it the Level 11 Girls were only there to collect some herbs and berries. They must have been ambushed by the horde of goblins. It seems like the rest of them chose to stand their ground in an attempt to protect the girl instead of running away. But with the number of goblins they should have just left her for dead. From what I can tell they are amateurs, decent at best. They don''t seem like they are very experience, though I can give them some credit they can put up a fight. The ground is littered with corpses of the lower level Goblins, and even a raider and a few archers. But even then this is to disadvantageous for them it¡¯s only a matter of time. I¡¯m going to need some help to take down that Goblin Chief. The level difference is 10, with mind control I can turn the raiders and archers around as well. I lay out a ground plan, and decided that it would be for the best to save the Human side. The Goblin side is too unfamiliar, and I don''t know what they exactly have in store for me. Ah, before I forget I upgrade Humanification to max and activate it. My horns and tail then magically disappear into a black smoke. It doesn¡¯t seem to just hide it, I can¡¯t even feel my tail. I take out the a vial of poison, and activate Mind Control. I hijack the raiders, and two of the archers. I order one of the archers to sneak up behind the Humans. Currently the lower level goblins are struggling against the Humans, but thanks to their number they¡¯re putting up quite a fight. A large number of goblins are assaulting the strongest Level 17 Human warrior, but to no avail they just keep losing more of their brethren. I have all three raiders charge at him while he was being attacked by five other goblins. As the Level 17 Human Warrior fended off the attacks of the weaker goblins, I had the Raiders go in and attack him with your classic hit and run. Each time the goblins would attack, I would send the raiders in slowly draining and injuring him. Though after the fifth attack there were only two out of the five goblins left. I had the Raiders charge with them. The Level 17 warrior managed to fend them off, killing one more goblin, but one of the Raiders managed to leave a pretty deep wound. ¡°Eric! Why you little!¡± (Level 15 Warrior) One of the level 15 warriors charges forward in an attempt to aid his friend. However that wasn¡¯t exactly the best move. ¡°Dil don¡¯t!¡± (Eric) I manually control one of my Goblin archers to shoot him in the leg. ¡°Aaah!¡± (Dil) While controlling the Dire Wolves and experimenting a little with the Horned Rabbits, and Green Snake¡¯s I learned that Mind Control has several other functions. One of such functions is the method of control. You can either order someone to do something, or take full control of them yourself. This control can be be established over all units, but doing so becomes far more difficult to manage. But by controlling them manually I''m able to use their bodies far better than they could themselves. And my accuracy far surpasses any ole goblins. Dil stops in his tracks thanks to the arrow, and falls to his knee. It seems it was to difficult for him to endure the pain. So naturally I have a Raider end it for him. One of my raider¡¯s slit his throat while he''s wide open. ¡°¡°Dil!¡±¡± (Everybody) Dil''s body fell to the body lifeless causing everyone else to grow enraged. The female archer began to madly shoot arrows into the crowd killing my archer, and a few goblins. The others began to recklessly charge forward killing the goblins in front of him,just killed one of my archers. And swings his sword in a frenzy killing the rest of the goblins in front of him and the Raider that killed Dil. But before he killed that one Raider, I took manual control over him and stabbed him in the knee. It was a move that he probably could have avoid if he was thinking calmly, but emotions just got in his way. Seeing his injury the goblin chief ordered even more goblins to charge over sending the rest of the lower level goblins to charge in. ¡°Eric, patch yourself up! I¡¯ll cover you!¡± (Other Male Warrior) ¡°Thanks, Greg.¡± (Eric) ¡°I-I¡¯ll help too!¡± (Female Warrior) Eric backs up, while the rest of the group buys some time for him. He goes into his bag and quickly brings out some emergency medical supplies to treat his wound. ¡°RAWW!¡± (Goblin Chief) I activate Gacha-Translate and turn on Monstra Translate ¡°Archers Shoot! Everyone Charge!¡± (Goblin Chief) He¡¯s loudly giving out reckless orders, and charges in himself. It seems despite having the same level the Goblin Chief has the upper hand fighting against Greg, the other male warrior. It looks like it won¡¯t be long until this battle is over. Eric won''t be able to move as nimbly, and that other warrior''s having some trouble. It looks like the fruits ripe for the picking. I look at my Mana gauge and it¡¯s at around 30%. I have the Raiders charge forward, going around the girls and Greg. They recklessly charge at Eric who¡¯s patching himself up. ¡°Oh no you don¡¯t!¡± (Female Archer) She noticed the Raiders, and shoots one of them. The arrow hit the Raiders shoulder, he won¡¯t be of much use anymore. Eric grabs the sword by his feet, and swings it in an attempt to protect himself.I have one of the Raiders received his strike. Eric¡¯s sword slices halfway through the goblins body, but it stops. I have the dying Raider hold onto the sword for as long as possible. As my last Raider comes in from the side, Eric holds up his wooden shield. With their flimsy daggers there''s no way to inflict a fatal wound with the shield in the way.Of course this is only if he can hold up his shield properly. I assume manual control over the archer I positioned behind the Human¡¯s before. I take careful aim and shoot Eric¡¯s shoulder. ¡°Aaah!¡± (Eric) The pain causes Eric to lower his shield for a brief moment. ¡°Eric!¡± (Female Archer) The female archer screams, and nocks an arrow into her bow. She wants too shoot, but she¡¯s hesitant. She doesn¡¯t have enough confidence in her shot, which is too bad because she might have been able to save him if she took it. I relinquish control over the dying Raider, and manually control the last Raider to slice Eric¡¯s neck. Eric freed his sword from the the dying Raider, but it¡¯s far too late. I slice his neck leaving behind a fatal wound. Though with the last of his strength he stabs at the last Raider killing it. ¡°NOO!¡±(Female Archer) Seeing Eric collapse onto the floor lifeless the female archer falls to her knees crying. ¡°Liza get up!¡± (Female Warrior) The female warrior screams in panic, she¡¯s struggling with the goblins who are constantly attacking her with disregard for their own lives. ¡°God Damn it!¡± (Greg) Greg curses, as he struggles to keep the Goblin Chief at bay. Their strongest combatant is down, they¡¯re outnumbered, and their archer is on the ground crying. If this were bad before things just got a little worse. Well I suppose it¡¯s about time I finish this. I coat one of my arrows with poison and I nock it in place, waiting for an opportune moment. ¡°DIE!¡± (Goblin Chief) The Goblin Chief swings his club high in the air. I take the opportunity to shoot the Chief in the neck with my poison arrow. I didn¡¯t bother putting my bow and quiver back, and instead charged over with machete in hand. I quickly jumped from tree to tree until I was over the Goblin Chief, and with a single downard swing I left a deep cut in the Goblin Chief¡¯s back. ¡°HUMAN!¡± (Goblin Chief) The Goblin Chief roars at me furiously ¡°Die!¡± (Blade) I swung my machete severing the Chief¡¯s head from his body. All the goblins turned to look at their chiefs dead lifeless body. ¡°What are you doing kill them!¡± (Blade) ¡°Ah,Yeah! Liza, Cynthia!¡± (Greg) The female warrior answers, ¡°R-Right!¡± (Cynthia) We charge at the remaining goblins who lost their direction after losing their leader. I take my bow and kill the rest of the archers why, the other two Greg, and Cynthia kill of the level 5 Goblins. Though that archer girl Liza is still weeping.
That was some pretty good profit, I gained a total of 3 Levels, a little over 200 Gacha Coins, and 15 Skill and Status points. Giri distribute status points like this: 5 AGI, 5 STR, 5 END. ¡°It¡¯s been done Master, would you like to check your statuses?¡± (Giri) No, other than Mana which I still haven¡¯t gotten used to, I perfectly understand the current condition of my body. Anyway now to deal with this. Currently the four girls are crying over the corpses of their comrades. I walk over to them. ¡°I¡¯m sorry for your loss, but if you guys don¡¯t get moving things could get dangerous.¡± (Blade) And this isn¡¯t just a maybe, right now there¡¯s a bunch of red dots appearing out of nowhere. It seems there are quite a few beasts attracted to the smell of blood. There are a few beasts that seem to be as close as 30m away. I''d fight them, but I''m not exactly certain of their strength, and besides I don''t plan on throwing away my hard earned reward. ¡°He¡¯s right, we need to move.¡± (Greg) Greg picked up Dil¡¯s limp corpse, and urged the group on. I turned to look at him and shook my head, ¡°I suggest you leave the bodies, they will only weigh you down. His too¡± (Blade) Greg furrowed his brow and looked at his deceased friend. ¡°What are you saying! Leave them!¡± (Liza) ¡°Liza, calm down¡­¡± (Cynthia) ¡°They gave their lives to protect us and you want us to just leave them!¡± (Liza) ¡°Liza, s-stop¡­¡± (Girl 1) One of the non-combatant girls was trying to calm Liza down. ¡°Shut up! I don¡¯t care if this guy saved us or not, I¡¯m not abandoning them¡± (Liza) I take a little peek at my minimap , their coming closer, and closer by the second I can¡¯t delay any longer. ¡°You''re worth more alive than they are dead, now come on I¡¯ll apologize later.¡± (Blade) ¡°What-!?¡± (Liza) I punched her in the chest, and swiftly knock her out. I hang her over my shoulder, and look at everyone else who is shocked at my actions. Greg takes the initiative to thank me. ¡°Thank you for your help.¡± (Greg) ¡°I didn¡¯t save you out of the goodness of my heart, you should know that shouldn¡¯t you? Now come on where¡¯s the closest village or town¡± (Blade) Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. ¡°I know, but still you saved our lives, Thank You. Follow me.¡± (Greg) Greg leads the way through the forest, while the female warrior and other girl helped the injured girl out. It seems like whatever the hell all those dots were, were content with the corpses.
After walking through the forest, the group lead me to a road. After walking for about half an hour we managed to reach a small village separated from the forest by a wooden fence. Most of the land occupied by the village is farmland, but there are still a decent amount of houses. This small village probably only has about 200 or so villagers. This should be a good place to start, and I should be able to perform a few rituals in the book I¡¯ve been reading on the way here. It¡¯s quite convenient that I can read books straight from my inventory. Hey Giri, I remember that God of yours mentioning something about other actions providing experience and coins. What sort of actions gives you experience and Gacha Coins other than killing? ¡°Master, important events that impact a life, or a country will earn you experience and Gacha Coins. For example there was once a man who introduced vaccination. Naturally it changed the world drastically, and earned him an absurd amount of experience and Gacha coins. That was one of the larger events that earned someone experience and Gacha coins. This was done for the sake of different play styles. The Gods support innovation, and creation you see. They especially like the creations of Otherworlders who have a completely different outlook from everyone else.¡± (Giri) I see, can you describe this world to me? ¡°I can¡¯t tell you where you are right now, you will have to gather that information on your own. But I am allowed to tell you this. In every continent there exists several Guilds. The Adventurers Guilds, the Merchants Guild, the Magicians Guild, The Warriors Guild, and the Craftsmen''s Guilds. The Adventurers guild specializes in eradicating monsters, the Merchants guild supports Merchants, Magician Guild helps alchemist and mages, the warriors guild trains mercenaries, and the Craftsmen guild supports craftsmen. The Humans you are with are probably from the Adventurers Guild. These Guilds hand out missions to everyone, but for Otherworlders specifically those with Gacha Phones these missions don¡¯t just provide gold, but they provided Quests that will earn you Gacha Coins and Experience. Especially the higher ranked and more dangerous missions. Even if it¡¯s only a quest to fetch and item, as long as that item has some important it will grant you experience and Gacha Coins.¡± (Giri) I see, I¡¯ll probably join a few of the Guilds later than. ¡°Greg, Liza, Cynthia!¡± (Old Man) ¡°Dr.Jude! Quick, Alyssa¡¯s injured!¡± (Cynthia) An old man in an apron came running down the street as soon as he saw we had someone injured. He quickly ran up to the injured Girl, Alyssa, and inspect her injury. ¡°Alyssa I¡¯m going to disinfect your wounds before I apply any treatment, bear with me. Careful not to bite your tongue.¡± (Dr.Jude) Dr.Jude pulls out a small brown bottle out of his pockets, and empties its content on the wound causing Alyssa to squirm in pain. The doctor carefully dries the wound, before reaching down to the bag hanging from his waist. ¡°Do have any clean cloth?¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°Yes¡± (Greg) Greg puts down his bag, and digs through it. He takes out a roll of cloth, and helps Dr. Jude wrap the wound. The doctor holds his hand over the wound. ¡°[Heal]¡± (Dr.Jude) It seems he casted a Healing Spell, let¡¯s see Giri add 2 points into Analyze. ¡°It is done¡± (Giri) Good, Analyze
Name:JudeLevel:21
Class:Apothecary
A villager of a village bordering the Bornean Forest.
Magical Ointment (Cure)
A ointment constructed out of herbs, alchemical dust, and magical powder. It is currently enchanted with the spell [Cure], applying this ointment onto a wound will simulate the use of cure by 60%
Cure
Spell
A spell that increases that natural regenerative abilities of a living organism
Heal
Spell
A spell that quickly heals any damage temporarily, however as the effects are temporary the wounds will re-open shortly.
Name:AlyssaLevel:11
Class:Gardener
A villager of a village bordering the Bornean Forest.
Oh, surprisingly it didn¡¯t just analyze the ointment that he used, but the spells that he used. It even analyzed the spell that the ointment was simulating. That¡¯s quite interesting though, spells can be enchanted onto medicine huh? So if you use an incredibly powerful spell that could rapidly heal someone in a matter of seconds and enchant it onto an ointment even if it¡¯s only 60% of it¡¯s original strength if you create a large amount and distribute it casualties can be kept to a low. As long as security isn¡¯t too strict I should be able to steal some recipes, ingredients, and secrets to concocting these medicines. I should wait until I¡¯m Level 16 or higher, that way I can use Mind Control on the doctor so he can teach me. Anyways it seems like the treatment is quite effective, she¡¯s standing on her own two feet right now. ¡°Good, with this you should be fine. Alyssa I¡¯ll send you some medicine later be sure to take it, and rest. You can take a break from work for the next week as well.¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°Thank you, Doctor.¡± (Alyssa) Alyssa bowed, expressing her gratitude towards the Doctor''s kindness, and began limping home with the other girl. The doctor looked around, and asked ¡°Greg, where¡¯s Eric and Dil?¡± (Jude) ¡°They, they¡¯re dead¡­.¡± (Greg) Dr. Jude looked at Greg wide-eyed. But the sorrowful expression on Greg¡¯s face signified that this was no joke. The young man that Dr. Jude saw off today had died, tragically. ¡°I see, I-I¡¯m¡­...sorry. If I didn¡¯t send you off, then¡­.¡±(Dr.Jude) ¡°No, sir it¡¯s ours. If we weren¡¯t so weak, if maybe I stopped those Raiders¡­.¡± (Greg) ¡°Greg¡­don¡¯t you and me both know that we wouldn''t have been able to stop those Raiders. They weren¡¯t normal.¡± (Cynthia) ¡°But if I was stronger! If i was stronger¡­. maybe I could have saved them, maybe I could have saved my brother¡­¡± (Greg) Greg clenched his fist, it seems he can¡¯t help but blame himself. I¡¯m surprised he isn¡¯t blaming me, I¡¯m sure this one would be. I look over at Liza, the female archer who was hung over my shoulder. Judging from my short encounter she would have ridiculed me for not coming in to help them sooner. I mean I could have after all, but then I wouldn¡¯t have been able to kill Eric and Dil. I carefully put Liza down on the ground ¡°Excuse me?¡± (Blade) Dr. Jude looked at me, his eyes were practically saying oh right you were here ¡°Oh, excuse me sir, you are?¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°My name is Blade.¡± (Blade) ¡°I see Blade, um¡­.¡± (Dr.Jude) The doctor looked over at Greg, and Cynthia ¡°Uh, Mister Blade here saved us, he''s the reason we''re still here right now.¡± (Cynthia) ¡°I see, Blade, thank you. You saved not only my assistants, but these children and for that I thank you from the bottom of my heart.¡± (Dr.Jude) Dr. Jude earnestly bowed, tears were building up in his eyes but he made sure to hold them back. ¡°Mister Blade, thank you for saving us. I¡¯m sorry for earlier, with what happened with Liza and all. You see she well¡­..she loved Eric. If it weren¡¯t for you we wouldn¡¯t be standing here right now, I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive her. ¡± (Cynthia) Both Greg and Cynthia bowed towards me ¡°Don¡¯t worry it¡¯s not a problem, there''s no need to bow to me after all I didn¡¯t exactly save you guys out of the goodness of my heart, and I¡¯m sure I said this before.¡± (Blade) ¡°Naturally I will compensate you, but even then I wish to convey my gratitude. If there¡¯s anything you¡¯re looking for please don¡¯t hold back and tell me I¡¯ll do whatever I can to help you. I¡¯ll also mention your deeds to the Adventurers Guild Branch.¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°I¡¯m sorry Dr.Jude, but I¡¯m not registered with the Adventurers Guild.¡± (Blade) ¡°Oh? Are you registered with the Warriors Guild? We don¡¯t have a branch here , but when the caravan comes around I can send a letter down to the city.¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°Unfortunately I¡¯m not registered in any Guild. I was training at home until recently. I decided to explore the world and broaden my horizons.¡± (Blade) ¡°I see, I see. Do you want to register into the Adventurer''s Guild then? I can pay the registration fee for you and give you a referral.¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°That would be much appreciated.¡± (Blade) I¡¯m quite lucky there was actually a fee to register into a guild huh. It¡¯s a good thing I didn¡¯t just leave these guys as soon as I got here. I should¡¯ve looted Eric and Dil¡¯s corpses when those guys weren¡¯t looking. ¡°Cynthia, Greg can you take Liza back, I need to bring our friend here over to the Guild.¡± (Dr.Jude) Greg picks up Liza off the ground, and walks away with Cynthia. I follow Dr. Jude through the village towards the Adventurers Guild Branch. After a nice chat with the doctor learned that this was actually a frontier village in the expanding Kingdom of Demihel, called Boean Village. It seems that this frontier village in particular is a hunting village. There are quote a few farms around the village, and gardens inside the village but a majority of the food is gathered from hunting and gathering. It seems that wildlife in the Bornean Forest is quite abundant ,the village not only relies on it for food, but as a source of income. Hunters can make some money by hunting the beast commonly found in the forest for their skins, horns, and fangs. While others like Dr. Jude can create medicine from the herbs, berries, and materials naturally scattered throughout the frontier. Though the forest seems to be inhabited with a large amount of Monsters and Demi-Humans. Unlike Horned Rabbits, Green Snakes, and Dire Wolves who are considered beasts there are monsters like Slimes, Skeletons, and Zombies. Unlike beasts these monsters are nothing but a threat, you can¡¯t use their hides, teeth, bones, or meat for anything. As for Demi-Humans like Orcs, Goblins, and Ogres they can¡¯t be processed for the most part either. There seems to be a great quantity of Monsters, but it seems like Demi-Humans are the real threat. With the abundance of life in the forest food is no issue even in winter, and monsters typically don¡¯t travel very far. However Demi-Humans gather together and burn through large amount of food. And since Demi-Humans rapidly reproduce, there are times of starvation where they go as far as to raid the village. And it seems the village doesn¡¯t exactly have a proper military force either. It seems that when it is required they gather the hunters and men together to form a small militia to defend the village, but a majority of their fighting force are the adventurers that frequent the village. It seems despite being a part of the Kingdom the village is quite detached, they don¡¯t even seem to get conscripted into the military unless it¡¯s an extremely dire situation. I can''t believe I stumbled upon such a desolate place. I really couldn¡¯t have asked for a better place to start off. I entered the Guild and I was met with a female receptionist. ¡°Oh, Dr. Jude are you here to put up another request?¡± (Receptionist) ¡°No, I¡¯m here to pay remunerations for Eric and Dil. I¡¯ll leave it to you Janet.¡± (Dr.Jude) Dr. Jude hands the receptionist a black card, ¡°I see, I¡¯m sorry for your loss. Ah, Dr. Jude Eric and Dill didn¡¯t fill out the form yet. I can send Dil¡¯s to his family, but what about Eric?¡± (Janet) ¡°Send the money to the orphanage, also Janet would you help me register this young man. I¡¯ll be paying the registration fee and give him my referral.¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°Alright, here¡¯s your card Doctor.¡± (Janet) ¡°Okay then Blade if you ever need me just come to Janet.¡± (Dr.Jude) Dr. Jude got his card back and then left. Janet got some papers from under the desk. ¡°Okay, first let¡¯s fill out this form. Do you know how to write?¡± (Janet) Giri? Does Gacha-Translate work with writing? ¡°Currently no, It only works vocally, and when you¡¯re reading since it converts their intentions into thoughts. If you want to write you¡¯re going to have to get the skill upgrade from a Gacha.¡±(Giri) So I need to get it from a Gacha¡­ I might as well just learn how to write myself then. ¡°No¡± (Blade) ¡°Well sir if you would like every Saturday Night we hold a class in the Guild. Let¡¯s see, number one what¡¯s your name?¡± (Janet) Oh they have classes that¡¯s perfect, it will speed things up. ¡°Blade¡± (Blade) ¡°Age?¡± (Janet) ¡°21¡± (Blade) ¡°Place of origin?¡± (Janet) ¡°Can I skip it?¡± (Blade) ¡°Of course, your class?¡± (Janet) ¡°My class?¡± (Blade) ¡°How you fight in general. Do you use magic, a bow, a sword? It becomes easier to match you up with a party if we have this information.¡± (Janet) ¡°I¡¯d say I¡¯m a warrior.¡± (Blade) ¡°Okay, now can I have a bit of your blood?.¡± (Janet) The receptionist pulls out a small knife, so I hand her my hand. She pokes my thumb and stamps the paper with it. ¡°With Dr. Jude¡¯s referral you will start off as a Rank E Adventurer would you like me to explain the system?¡± (Janet) ¡°Yes¡± (Blade) ¡°In the Adventurer''s Guild you are Ranked from F-SSS. Each Rank signifies your level of strength. The type of quests you can accept are also limited by your rank. For example a Rank E can only do F,E,D class missions. As an E Rank you can increase your rank by doing a total of 5 D-Class missions, or accumulating accomplishments. The highest rank SSS can only be achieved through a number of incredible feats and accomplishments.¡± (Janet) ¡°How are these accomplishments recorded?¡± (Blade) ¡°The bigger accomplishments are usually seen by multiple eye-witnesses, but for simple deeds like saving a party it can be told by word of mouth. It¡¯s trust based so it can be abused, but if you do abuse it you might regret it later. Guild Branches like ours can only administer ranks of F-C, and for ranks B and higher one must go through an examination in a city branch or the headquarters. If you attained C-Rank by abusing the system you naturally won''t be able to pass the test. If you are found out you can be kicked out of the Guild and won¡¯t receive anymore benefits. You''ll also get blacklisted and no other guild will accept you.¡± (Janet) Janet handed me a wooden circle with a symbol carved into it. Gacha Translate recognizes it as the letter E. ¡°Here is a temporary medal, I will send this form over to a larger branch in the city where it will be inputted into a database. You will have to go to the city to pick up your Medal and Identification Card. For a smaller branch like ours we also use the trust based system for missions, but for larger branches they will use the Medal to check if you completed the mission. The Identification Card will hold your Rank, allow you to use the benefits of your Rank, and keep track of your accomplishments.¡± (Janet) ¡°Don¡¯t you have people who say they completed a quest and run away with the money?¡± (Blade) ¡°Of course, but if someone really had the strength to steal from the guild and get away, they would be spending more time earning an honest living or robbing some other place. The highest paying quests are B-Class missions and above but all B-Class missions require a Medal and Identification Card. To get these you are require to sign a magic contract stating that if you steal from the guild, the guild has the right to use the database to track you down.¡± (Janet) "You mentioned benefits before, what are the benefits?" (Blade) "The benefits are referrals, loans, equipment, discounts, information, and special services. Also if you are B Rank or above you are considered an Elite Member and are paid a salary each month, though it''s not enough to live off of." (Janet) I see, they thought this through pretty well. ¡°Anyway you should be able to pick up your Medal and Identification Card after a week, you just need to go to any city branch and hand over a drop of blood. Until then I will record any achievements and all of your completed missions. Would you like to accept a mission?¡± (Janet) ¡°Sure, give me a D-Rank mission.¡± (Blade) ¡°Are you sure? Don¡¯t bite of more than you can chew¡± (Janet) ¡°I¡¯ll be fine.¡± (Blade) ¡°Alright, since you don¡¯t have a party how about this mission-¡± (Janet)
D-Class Mission
Type-Subjugation
Description:There is a cave full of goblins in the Bornean Forest kill them.
Reward:4 Iron Coins, Experience, and 20 Gacha Coins
As Janet told me the mission a screen popped up on my HUD. ¡°I¡¯ll take it.¡± (Blade)
Notification
You have accepted a D-Class Mission
Hey Giri, where do I find my quests? ¡°It¡¯s in the Statistics App, however it only shows up if you have a quest.¡± (Giri) I see, then Giri how much is a Iron Coin worth? ¡°This world¡¯s currency goes like this, Copper, Iron, Silver, Gold. Each consecutive coin is worht a 100 coins before it. As for their worth, well it depends on the place.¡± (Giri) I see "Please take this, it''s a further description of the mission. The directions to the Goblin Cave is marked in this paper. If the information is wrong please return, and we will confirm with the person who put up the request." (Janet) I take the small piece of paper handed to me, and I leave the Guild. I wonder how much an inn is. I look around and I ask one of the villagers. ¡°Excuse me is there an inn?¡± (Blade) ¡°Ah, yes just go straight over there take a right and straight down the road there is the Bollen Inn, it¡¯s pretty good and only costs 20 Copper Coins a Night.¡± (Villager) ¡°Thank you, also-¡± (Blade) I activate Mind Control ¡°Do you mind lending me some money?¡± (Blade) ¡°Sure thing I have 3 Iron and 43 Copper on me.¡± (Villager) ¡°Give me 1 Iron Coin, also erase me from your memories.¡± (Blade) I get a Iron Coin off of him, and deactivate Mind Control. He stares at me blankly for a second before going about his day. I walk down the street and take a right, and I found the inn. ¡°Hello?¡± (Blade) As I entered the room the bell attached to the door rang attracting the attention of the few people sitting inside. A young girl ran from the kitchen to the counter in front of me and greeted me. ¡°Ah, Welcome to the Bollen Inn, my names is Claire would you like a room?¡± (Claire) ¡°I¡¯ll take a single room.¡± (Blade) ¡°That will be 20 copper then. Would you like a meal with your room, It will be 5 extra. If you¡¯d like some hot water it will be 10 extra.¡± (Claire) I look outside and it seems to be getting pretty late. I think I¡¯ll skip dinner for now, I¡¯m to tired. ¡°I won¡¯t be eating tonight, but can I have breakfast?¡± (Blade) ¡°No problem! If you¡¯d like anything in particularly don¡¯t be afraid to ask! Don¡¯t worry you won''t regret it, Mom¡¯s cooking¡¯s the best!¡± (Claire) She pumps her fist into her air cheering, ¡°Claire! Don''t bother the customers!¡± (The Mother) ¡°Ah sorry, that will be 25 Copper Coins.¡± (Claire) I hand her the Iron Coin and get 75 Copper Coins back. ¡°Here¡¯s your room if you¡¯d like anything else please be sure to tell us. I¡¯ll come by in the morning to wake you up for breakfast.¡± (Claire) She hands me a small wooden plaque with the words Room 203 carved into it, before she scurries off into the kitchen. I head up to my room and sleep.
Authors Notes: Merry Christmas, here''s a random post that I wrote. I am sick, and my head feels like it''s splitting right now. What am I even doing righting this while I''m like this. Well anyway here it is. I might not upload a weekend chapter for my other story though cause I''m sick. Sorry. If there''s any grammatical errors I''ll check em over later, for now I''m going to sleep Chapter 3: Palace of the Gods ¡°Hey! Hey! Wake up sleepy head, if you don¡¯t I¡¯ll make sex at you¡± (???) I hear an eerie voice, and immediately jump. ¡°Woah there¡± (Gachachacha) Gachachacha takes a few step back as I jump. Ah, so I''m back here. No, I''m not back there, this isn''t the white space is it. It''s more like a white palace. ¡°It¡¯s you again, what do you want?¡± (Blade) ¡°No need to be in such a rush, calm yourself. How are you doing? You seem to be doing pretty well, already level 10. You''re quite fast." "Did you bring over here for these shenanigans? Come on, out with it what do you want."(Blade) "Geez, No need to be so uptight. You see every first night of an otherworlders stay they end up at this palace for an interview of sorts.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°For what?¡± (Blade) ¡°For fun, like everything else they do. They¡¯re trying to add some spice to their never ending and boring lives.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°And why exactly do I have to do this?¡± (Blade) ¡°Because if you don¡¯t you¡¯ll be stuck here forever and starve to death.¡± (Gachachacha) Sigh, I get up and begin walking down the white road in front of me. After who knows how long, I ended up in front of a massive white door. As I approached the it slowly opened up beckoning me in. As I walk inside the massive doors behind me close, and I find a single white bridge leading to a circular platform hovering over a deep dark abyss with seemingly no end in sight. The room is filled with countless floating flames, and it appears that above me there is an amphitheater of sorts. I suppose this is a theater for the gods huh. ¡°Welcome, Demon Blade¡± (???) A loud voice echoes throughout the room. As I look up I find a massive floating man appears before me upon the lowest seat of the theater. ¡°I am the God of Entertainment, Enmu, I welcome you to the Palace of the Gods!¡± (Enmu) A bunch of massive floating trumpets appear out of nowhere and began playing music. Soon enough each seat began to be filled by a different, and equally massive god. There were Gods who looked like Humans and wore white robes, there were those who were beasts, those who were part beast and part human, and those who were just lumps of flesh. There was a God who looked like a Tengu, a God that looked like a Minotaur, a God in the shape of a Slime, and a God in the shape of a Demon. There were so many Gods I could hardly count them all. As each God appeared they would strike a pose and music would begin playing. At times they would introduce themselves in a grandiose manner. And at times they some would proceed with a short speech As I watched this act go on I could help but make a remark ¡°This really is just a game to you isn¡¯t it?¡± (Blade) Which the God of Entertainment unhesitatingly replied ¡°Of course¡± (Enmu) Tch, didn¡¯t even bother denying it. I guess a God''s free to do what he wishes after all aren''t Gods supposed to be the most powerful beings? Whatever, it¡¯s not like I can do anything to them, or can I? The HUD of the Gacha Phone is still active, and I try and take out one of my pistols, but it seems I can¡¯t access my inventory right now. I check my pocket¡¯s but I can¡¯t find anything useful. I suppose I really can¡¯t do anything huh. Even if I were in top form, I still wouldn''t be able to do anything to them, let alone killing them I can''t even reach them. I sighed. ¡°Let¡¯s get this over with¡± (Blade) ¡°Very well, I Enmu will act as representative for the other gods and I will ask you some questions. Ahem,.Demon Blade, do you wish to be a Demon King?¡± (Enmu) ¡°No¡± (Blade) All the god¡¯s begin chattering... ¡°Oh? Then Blade, why did you use the Demon Race Card we gave you?¡± (Enmu) ¡°Because it¡¯s stronger.¡± (Blade) ¡°You¡¯re not afraid of being hunted down? I¡¯m sure you understand the disadvantages of being a Demon, no?¡± (Enmu) ¡°Of course, but as long as I¡¯m not seen in my Demon Form I¡¯ll be fine, right? Isn¡¯t that why you gave me Humanification?¡± (Blade) ¡°Yes, but even then there was still the possibility of being seen through ,even with Humanification. I¡¯m sure you considered that, so then why?¡± (Enmu) ¡°I told you, because it¡¯s stronger.¡± (Blade) Enmu furrowed his brows. ¡°Is that also the reason you killed those other Otherworlders? For the sake of strength?¡± (Enmu) ¡°Sort of¡± (Blade) ¡°Sort of is vague, what do you mean?¡± (Enmu) ¡°Well after confirming my theory I was incentivized to kill the others for a head start. But-¡± (Blade) ¡°And you killed those innocent bystanders for that head start?¡± (Enmu) ¡°Hey hey hey! You didn¡¯t let me finish what I was saying. Besides they weren¡¯t innocent bystanders, well I suppose they were innocent but by no means were they bystanders. They were, no I should say to me they were simply a threat, a threat that I eliminated as soon as possible. The head start was sort of like the icing on top of the cake.¡± (Blade) ¡°What threat could they have poised?¡± (Enmu) ¡°What threat? You of all people should understand exactly how powerful they would have become. In just a day my strength drastically changed. Even if they couldn''t rely on previous experiences and formal training like I have, I doubt there would be anyone that could really be a threat to them. The only ones who would be able to threaten us are people just like us, other Otherwolders. And that¡¯s exactly why.¡±(Blade) ¡°Did you even think about talking it over, negotiating? How are you so sure they would have been a threat? Yes, they might they could have become a threat later on, yes, they could easily become one of the most powerful beings in this world, yes, they potentially have the ability to kill you, but did it you ever think that they could have possibly been one of your greatest allies!¡± (Enmu) ¡°That was a possibility...But it was only a possibility. And now that deed is done, that possibility is at most an improbability. You see from the information present when I made my choice there were only two possible scenarios that would occur should I let them live. They would either join me, or oppose me. Both of these events, naturally were only simple possibilities. But one possibility posed a risk, and that''s one too many.¡± (Blade) ¡°Why only those two choices? There were surely other possibilities, no? Is it because you knew they wouldn¡¯t accept your methods? You who killed both their friends and their enemies, yet feigned to be their savior.¡± (Enmu) Ah, so they were watching. He must be referring to what happened with the Goblins.. ¡°I suppose so. I suppose that might have also been a reason.¡± (Blade) ¡°You suppose?¡± (Enmu) ¡°Well there were probably several other reasons I killed them, but I¡¯ve already told you the main reason. If I let them live they¡¯d be strong, and that strength may potentially get in my way. There''s no reason for me to keep repeating myself.¡± (Blade) ¡°Then tell me, what are you planning? They wouldn¡¯t become a potential danger unless you were planning something. Are you planning some sort of atrocity you knew they wouldn¡¯t let go.¡± (Enmu) ¡°An atrocity? Possibly, I¡¯m sure if I committed one I¡¯d get a bunch of levels, no? So I suppose I should say yes, yes I killed them because I might just commit an atrocity.¡± (Blade) ¡°That¡¯s such a shallow reason, you killed them because of a possibility, a maybe. Is this what I¡¯m getting.¡± (Enmu) ¡°Yes¡± (Blade) ¡°Are you even Human?¡± (Enmu) ¡°Now? No. Before? Barely.¡± (Blade) ¡°What is you¡¯re trying to do exactly, what is it.¡± (Enmu) Ah, those oh so familiar words. I wonder how many times I''ve heard that repeated, how many times have I heard that meaningless question. What I want is- ¡°Strength, the greatest, most powerful strength.¡± (Blade) The Gods quickly began chattering, and Enmu looked back. They whispered a few things into his ear before he turned back to look at me. ¡°To what end?¡± (Enmu) ¡°To what end? There simply is no end. Strength is not a means to a conclusion, but the conclusion in and of itself.¡± (Blade) ¡°What!? Do you not seek glory, fame, women? Do you not seek the pleasures of life, the pleasures of sin? How could Strength ever be the end, when Strength has always remained a means.¡± (Enmu) ¡°How? Who knows really. Even I don¡¯t exactly understand. Maybe it¡¯s out of bad habit, or maybe because it¡¯s all I have left. What I seek is this oh so accursed strength, and this strength alone.¡± (Blade) ¡°Is that really what you want?¡± (???) ¡°Gremharl¡± (Enmu) ¡°The path of a warrior is one filled with an endless amount of blood, death, trickery. But those warriors who fearlessly charge forth into the hellfire of war are not back solely by their everlasting conviction to tread this corpsed ridden path of ours. Whether our path was forged for others or for oneself, whether our path was built from love, or hate, or honorably, warriors charge forth in earnest! But what of you? I see neither love, nor hate, nor emotion in your eyes, only death! You tread this honorable path with such a weak resolve, an empty drive for strength! I won¡¯t have you belittle this sacred path of strength! What is it you truly wish your you accursed calamity!¡± (Gremharl) All the Gods looked towards Gremharl. I recall when he appeared he was on of the Gods who introduced himself. Gremharl, the God of War. I see I suppose to him this path of mine is one of a warrior. ¡°God of War, you sure are making a lot of assumptions here..¡± (Blade) ¡°Assumptions?¡± (Gremharl) ¡°Just think about it for a moment, there are naturally more than just a warriors path. I who lack the passion of love, or hate, or the honor to fight for a king could never walk such a road. I¡¯ve been raised, and trained to always be a killer.¡± (Blade) ¡°But what drives you! Even killers have a goal in mind. They kill for pleasure, for fame, for vengeance, for a cost. But I see no such things in you. You lack the very thing that makes humans human! You¡¯re worse than even beasts who follow their instincts, for no beast would kill on a whim! You¡¯re a madman!¡± (Gremharl) ¡°Of course I am. And you know just because you¡¯ve yet to see a man kill without reason, doesn¡¯t mean they don¡¯t exist.¡± (Blade) ¡°But just because I haven¡¯t seen it doesn¡¯t mean that it does! What could you possibly know! I¡¯ve lived millions of years, I¡¯ve seen far more than you could have ever. All men act with a purpose, a purpose just beyond surviving. In the world there are those who could abandon their lives for the greater good, those who could abandon all else to indulge in sin. There is no man who doesn¡¯t follow their hearts, or man who is not held captive by his emotions.¡± (Gremharl) You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. ¡°Then what about me? What about me? At time¡¯s I¡¯ve killed killed not to live, nor to protect. At times I¡¯ve killed without rhyme or reason.¡± (Blade) ¡°What!?¡± (Gremharl) ¡°God of War, you brought up some good points you know. There are no emotions in these eyes of mine, you¡¯re absolutely right. There¡¯s nothing out there driving me to seek this goal of mine either, you¡¯re right. Because, you see I¡¯ve long lost those things years ago. No, no that¡¯s not exactly right. I suppose I should say, those things were stolen from me 14 years ago.¡± (Blade) ¡°They were taken from you?That¡¯s impossible! And even if it was there¡¯s no one around that could possibly control you, at least not without my knowing.¡± (Gremharl) ¡°Oh don¡¯t get me wrong, I¡¯m not saying anyone¡¯s controlling me to do the things I¡¯m doing. Well not anymore at least. I¡¯m sure I¡¯m a pretty rare case, so I¡¯m not surprised you¡¯ve never seen something like this before. In my world, out of all the millions of people there were only about a twenty thousand test subjects, and more than 97% of which have long since perished. The chance that one of those few individuals could possibly be picked to come here are so small that you¡¯d have better luck winning the lottery while simultaneously being struck by a bolt of lightning twice. So let me tell you a nice little story.¡± (Blade) The Gods quietly looked at each other. It look as if they wanted to say anything, but I just continued on. ¡°Once upon a time there was a race called Humans. They were incredible and in only a hundred or so years they managed to go farther than any other species ever had. But this rapid developed led them to rapidly reach their physical limits. You see Humans of this time relied rather heavily on machines, and these machines were reached what was considered at the time an unsurpassable limit. This was predicted to cause Humanities rapid development and most technological advancements to come to a halt, or slow down by a large margin.¡± (Blade) This was a time where scientist were frantically trying improve technology, and break past this limit. Their goal was to advance Quantum Computing and get a better grasp of this peculiar world to make practical Quantum Computers. But doing this was easier said than done. Quantum Computers already existed, but they possessed all sorts of limitations and flaws that were proving incredibly difficult to fix. It was predicted to take a few decades before we¡¯re able to fix all of the issues. ¡°However there was one Scientist, Wernher von Braunstein who asked a question: ''Is this really the right way to go about things?¡¯ Everyone was so busy trying to get past the limit and enter a new world that would usher a new world of possibilities that no one bother to ask, are we using what we have effectively? Our technology back then was optimized after years of hard work, but he decided to check to see if it was truly optimized. And after a mere five years of research he found an alternative. With the same amount of space he managed to make computers nearly a thousand times faster.¡± (Blade) I wasn¡¯t even born when this discovery was made, but it was so great that this story was mentioned every single year of my life. It came to the point that I could tell it by heart. ¡°The international focus shifted from breaking the limit to optimizing all existing computers and whatever else we had. And after only a few years of collaborative research we managed to improve the processing speed from a thousand times faster to hundreds of thousands of times faster. Though it was stated that at the Quantum Level that we were working on before was about 100 million times faster than your standard computer,but it¡¯s not like we required that much speed for most things anyway. And instead of stagnating, technology made leaps and bounds that surpassed those hundred years of development. In just ten years the world had evolved,technology from the year before was drastically different from the year after it. And so were a few other things.¡± (Blade) I look up at the Gods, they seem to be enjoying the story. ¡°You see, with this technology, scientists managed to perfect a certain technology they¡¯ve been working on for years called, Nanomachines. They were so excited that they were able to make this technology a reality that only a year of frantic researching and testing they already released it to the public. But you see that was a fatal mistake. It turns out that these Nanomachines didn¡¯t exactly work as well with Humans as they did the test subjects in the labs. The end result was a total of a hundred or so victims. Naturally the government covered it up, but they couldn¡¯t just tell the public this amazing technology was fatal to humans now could they. So they began using Humans in experiments. At first It started off with volunteers, but after a few dozen tests the extreme death rate became apparent and frightened off would be volunteers.¡± (Blade) And besides the amount of volunteers that the government could pick were limited anyway. Of course they could experiment on criminals, but with all the advances in technology the crime rate dropped to an all time low and there were only so many criminals out there. And besides wouldn¡¯t it be weird if a packed jail house was suddenly empty? Anyway.. ¡°Since there were no one they could test voluntarily at that point they turned to the orphanages. And after thousands of sacrifices they managed to fix the problem, and soon enough Nanomachines were so Human-Friendly.¡± (Blade) Those thousands or so sacrifices were the 1st batch of Human Test Subjects, and they were the unluckiest. The death rate for those subjects was 99%. Only a handful of people actually survived. Of course anyone who survived ended up being a test subject for even more experiments ¡°But you see after the first Human experimentations ended they found some rather interesting results. You see by using nanomachines they found that our Brains aren¡¯t working as efficiently was we thought. So the government secretly allowed Human experimentation on orphans again, and they began to start rewiring our brains. After years this experimentation escalated and escalated until it reached the 9th batch. Some of the more deadly experiments were over by then, but you see the 4th World War was just getting started. So the government issued an order to ramp up experiments and executed a Super Human Program in an attempt to create super soldiers. And you see I was a part of that program.¡± (Blade) I point a finger to my head ¡°You see there¡¯s always been a little voice in my head since the program, telling me to get stronger, and stronger, and stronger. And whenever a situation arises where I need to fight, regardless of my emotions my body screamed at me telling me to kill. They pumped a bunch of nanomachines into my brain to rework it, as well as all sorts of of antidepressants and inhibitors. I was fed steroids over and over, and I frequently lost limbs. Sometimes the parts that were put back in weren¡¯t even mine. Whenever they deemed a part of me was too weak they would take it out and replace it with a part they created in the lab. We were like dolls you see, broken broken dolls.¡± (Blade) ¡°Did you escape?¡± (Enmu) ¡°Of course, a certain group caught wind of the experiments and raided the lab. As soon as the raid was over, they took in the survivors, and with their help I got my revenge. I killed the President of the United Federation, I went over and massacred a bunch of people in China, I set off a bomb in Russia. I can keep on going ,but that¡¯s pointless there were just too many people involved with the experiments. But you see even while I was killing for revenge I didn¡¯t feel a single thing. I was simply fulfilling the wish of the me before, the me who stands before you. ¡± (Blade) All the Gods, remained silent after hearing my story. They simply looked at each other, and after a minute or so of silence. ¡°I see, well Blade we¡¯ll send you off then. Would you like to say anything before we send you off?¡± (Enmu) ¡°Say something? Well, I suppose I should thank you guys.¡± (Blade) ¡°Thank us?¡± (Enmu) ¡°You guys reset everyone to a blank slate of sorts right? That way we''re on the same playing field. I know my body better than anyone else, so I can tell the leftover nanomachines in my brain are gone, and so are some of the effects of the drugs, and I suppose I can feel emotion if that¡¯s what this is. Though it¡¯s not like that will change much anyway.¡± (Blade) Enmu smiled wearily, before extending his hand. The door behind me began opening and I turned around and walked away. As I exit the room I notice that Gachachacha is up front walking beside a girl. She looks oddly familiar ¡°Oh you¡¯re done already that was quite fast.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Oh, hey it¡¯s been a while. I didn¡¯t introduce myself before though I didn¡¯t really have a name back then. My name is Mary nice to meet you.¡± (Mary) Mary introduces herself. Wait from before!? ¡°Did the other guys with us finish? Well I¡¯ll see you later, possibly.¡± (Mary) Mary slowly walks into the room behind me. I quickly turn around and look at her. This girl, I killed her! How is she still alive. I snapped her neck, her heart should have stopped. How is she still alive!? Do I kill her? I don¡¯t any weapons on me, I still can¡¯t access my inventory. Do I snap her neck again? No, that didn¡¯t work before I need to crush her heart to be sure. Am I able to pierce through her body in my current condition? Shit, I need to kill her now! If I don¡¯t kill her she might be able to kill me later on. She doesn¡¯t seem to be hostile to me yet. Does she not know I killed the two others? What¡¯s going on. Damn I¡¯m out of time. The doors in front of me close, and I¡¯m left there with Gachachacha. ¡°What¡¯s going on here? I thought I killed her.¡± (Blade) ¡°Kukuku, I can¡¯t give you any hints. Now off you go¡± (Gachachacha) I suddenly wake up ¡°Aw Fuck Me!¡± (Blade) ¡°Umm¡­.¡± (Claire) ¡°Ahh¡­.¡± (Blade) I turn to the right, and notice a young girl standing by the door. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but I don¡¯t think we should wait before we do¡­.that¡­.um¡­.¡± (Claire) She turned beet red, and quickly runs away. I wonder why she was here?
Woot! Double Release. I had this one mostly done, and I woke up and decided, let''s see if we can upload this. It''s short anyway so I decided why not. I''m not sure If I entirely got what I was trying to get across but whatever. Anyway tell me if there are any errors, and I hope you enjoy. Chapter 4: A Bloody Day in the Forest I look out the window it¡¯s already morning huh. Last night was rather tiring, but I suppose I should get up and start moving. I slowly clench my fist, over before opening it revealing my palm. With all the time I spent training back on earth, I¡¯ve gotten a good grasp of my body. But this feels so weird. When I fought that Dire Wolf Leader, and those Goblins I didn¡¯t receive enough damage to confirm, but this is definitely my old body. Several things were removed like the nano-machines, and the side-effect of those drugs but something couldn¡¯t be so easily taken out remain. My bones for one still seem to be as hard as ever. These bones were specially reinforced in the lab, whenever I was injured heavily they would remove my bones and instead of putting them back they created new ones. These bone are incomparably tougher than your average bones. My cognitive capabilities, and eyesight don¡¯t seem to have weakened too much either, but my muscles don¡¯t seem to be able to exhibit as much power as before. I slowly inspect my arm, as I feel my muscles, veins, and tendons. They remained the same, but something seems to be limiting my strength. Is this because of the system these gods put in place, or is it because my actual limiter has been put back in place. It seems like all I can do is continue leveling up. I can rely on equipment and stats to raise my strength rapidly, but I shouldn¡¯t slack off either. I should go and get some practice, I suppose the old routine should do. I get of the bed, and head on down stairs. As I enter the lobby, I¡¯m greeted by the loud chatter of all the other guests who were in the midst of a hearty breakfast. From the looks of it they¡¯re most likely adventurers. There are a few who wear robes, a few whose clothes seem to be outfitted with bones, and a number who wore pieces of iron attached to their clothes. ¡°Oy, kid what¡¯s your name?¡± (???) I look over to the voice calling me to find a middle aged lady holding a wood tray of food pointing at me. I raise a finger, and point at myself to confirm whether or not she¡¯s talking about me. ¡°Mhmm¡±(???) She nods, and quickly distributes the food on her tray to the hungry adventurers sitting on the nearby wooden table. ¡°Ma¡¯am my name¡¯s Blade.¡± (Blade) ¡°Blade huh? The name¡¯s Helen, so what in the world did ya do to get my daughter so riled up in the morning?¡± (Helen) ¡°Daughter? Are you her mother?¡± (Blade) ¡°Damn right boy, better remember it. We¡¯ve been dealing with your kind for years, and if ya try any of this funny business, you¡¯ll be lucky I give you a piece of my mind before Joe rips ya a new one.¡± (Helen) ¡°Joe?¡± (Blade) ¡°The owner of this here establishment, now go and sit your ass down while I get your ass some breakfast.¡± (Helen) Helen, puts her tray in between her arms and walks towards the kitchen. ¡°I¡¯ll excuse myself for a bit.¡± (Blade) She hears me, and turns around. ¡°Whatta ya doin? Ain''t got no room to eat?¡± (Helen) ¡°No, if it¡¯s fine I¡¯ll eat a little later. I¡¯m just going to start my morning routine.¡± (Blade) ¡°Routine? Ah, this is an inn ya don¡¯t need to do anything here. Don¡¯t worry I¡¯ll send Joe to fetch the water and the wood. Just get over here and eat.¡±(Helen) Ah, I suppose that¡¯s what most people would refer to when they mention morning routine. ¡°No, I¡¯m just going out to work up a sweat first. A little training that¡¯s all.¡±(Blade) ¡°Training? Well you can go out back over there. We got a few dummies if you want, feel free to use them no one ever uses them anymore anyway.¡± (Helen) ¡°I see, I¡¯ll take you up on your offer.¡± (Blade) I walk outside into the backyard. I take of my shirt and leave it on a rather worn down wooden chair. They don¡¯t seem to maintain the backyard too often, the grass is overgrown and everything seems to be a bit worn down. But I don¡¯t exactly need anything in particular right now so this works. Let¡¯s see I don¡¯t need to focus too much on actually strengthening my body, I just need to recover my former strength for now. Besides stats can fulfill that role far more easily than actually training. I should focus on retaining my skills, techniques, and accustoming myself to a body this weak. No, retaining them isn¡¯t enough, I need to change them as well. This world is too different, I¡¯m used to killing those with firearms, and explosives but this world shouldn¡¯t have those things, or at least the possibility that someone was able to recreate it here is unlikely. I need to accustom myself to fighting against those who use swords and shields, as well as magic. Not only that , but the wildlife here only resemble the ones on Earth, those Dire Wolves are far stronger than your average wolf. I start out my workout with a few warm ups to get my body in a good condition, this way I can minimize the likelihood of damaging my body. Though with how much my bodies been messed with it¡¯s a lot harder for me to injure myself than others, especially since I can¡¯t exert as much force. After a few stretches, I walk over to a box by the inn and grabbed a wooden sword. Hmm, these aren¡¯t in the best condition either. Not only that, but it¡¯s quite flimsy, and it¡¯s so light. Swinging this thing around might be fine, but if I were to hit anything I¡¯m sure it would break. I guess I won¡¯t be using those wooden dummies over there. I grasp the wooden sword in my hand tightly, and lower it below my waist. As I ready my stance, and I close my eyes the world before me fades away. As I open my eyes the scene before me completely changes. I stand there motionless in this lush green forest surrounded by enemies. This is no longer the backyard of a simple frontier village inn, this is my battlefield. Everyone in sight is a threat, a foe, an enemy and nothing will come to save me. Whether it¡¯s the wolves, or the goblins, or the men, or the women, they are all out to kill me. As I charge forward so do they and we begin to clash. I maintain my form as I charge through all the enemies slowly whittling them down, and as soon as I¡¯ve killed all of them even more appear before me in an endless wave.
Covered in sweat, I dodge the number of swords and spears coming at me. I lower my center of gravity, and make a quick sprint forward as I lower my sword to cut their ankles. I suppose It¡¯s about time, my biological clock tells me it¡¯s been around an hour. A large number of men and women charge at me with their weapons, yelling at the top of their lungs. I close my eyes, and stand motionless. As soon as I open my eye¡¯s I¡¯ve returned to the backyard of the inn. To my right is the same old inn, to my left is the wooden fence, and in front of me are two worn down dummies. This was a type of visual training often conducted in the labs since they we¡¯re limited in the number of tests they could do in secret. This type of training would usually be conducted using either special compounds designed to simulate actual combat through holograms and androids, through the usage of the virtual reality which we were often testing, or through hypnosis induced by the nano machines in my brain. However after the I escaped the lab the nano machines in my brain were naturally tampered with and I could no longer use them reach a hypnotic state. So instead of relying on the nano machines I learned to use a self-hypnosis to reach a self-induced hypnotic state that was similar to the visual training from before. The only difference is the lack of information. Nano machines weren¡¯t just inducing a hypnotic state, but filling my brain with all sorts of information. This information was used to create the high level of realism, and made sure our enemies equipment was up to date. Without the nano machines, I became far more limited in the number of scenarios I could create during hypnosis. For example I was only able to use Humans, Goblins, Wolves, and Snakes in this battle because those are the only things I¡¯ve seen in this world so far. And I have too little information about Adventurers, so I changed their fighting style to modern day Martial Arts from Earth. It would be simple if there was just a book on how everything fought, even if I don¡¯t have access to nano machines it¡¯s still better than nothing. Well I should go eat breakfast, I need to prepare to take care of those goblins. ¡°Bravo!¡± (???) I hear cheers to I¡¯m right, and as I turn I notice that I¡¯m being observed by the different men and women who were busy eating breakfast. The inn¡¯s receptionist Claire walked through the door with a towel in hand and offered it to me. ¡°Um, please use this¡± (Claire) ¡°Thanks¡± (Blade) ¡°That will be 1 Copper¡± (Helen) Helen leans on the window, and tells me the price. ¡°Mom!¡± (Claire) ¡°What¡¯s wrong with charging him a copper? You have no business sense¡± (Helen) Claire turns beet red, and turns to me to tell me ¡°You don¡¯t have to pay for the towel, but if you¡¯d like some hot water that¡¯ll be 10 copper.¡± She promotes some of the inns services, before she quickly turns around and runs away. ¡°Ahaha, they grow up so fast.¡± (Helen) I dry myself off with that towel and toss it over to Helen, who catches it and stuffs it in her apron. ¡°You know you¡¯re really something kid.¡± (Helen) ¡°Hmm?¡± (Blade) ¡°You''re like one of those Sword Saints from the capital you know that? There¡¯s no one around here who moves like you do. And no one in these parts who would train in the sun for so long either. Now come on in and eat breakfast would ya? It¡¯s gonna get cold.¡± (Helen) Sword Saint''s huh? My swordsmanship might not be the best, but I¡¯m no amateur. However I hardly had to use these skills. Would I be able to win against a Sword Saint? I¡¯m going to have prepare myself should an event ever arise. Besides it¡¯s not like I have to fight a sword saint with a sword. I put on my shirt, and went back in to have a meal. The meal was some bread, soup, egg, and chicken. But the portions were surprisingly large, and it was quite a filling meal. Afterwards I left, and I entered the forest and using the directions given alongside the mission I managed to find the cave after a half an hour of walking. From the looks of it there are quite a few things in there. But whether or not they¡¯re goblins is indeterminable. I activate Camouflage and slowly near the cave. As I peer through the darkness I manage to see a flicker of light. It¡¯s torches. There¡¯s a good chance that whatever''s in this cave isn¡¯t a beast at the very least. I slowly walk into the cave, and as a I peer through the corner of the wall I managed to spot a number of goblins eating a meal. I move back slightly, so they don¡¯t notice me. From the minimap there seems to be about 23 Goblins. I spotted the Goblin Chief and 2 Raiders earlier, along with 11 other Goblins earlier so the rest are deeper in the cave. Luckily these Goblins are rather weak. The Goblin Chief is only Level 13, while the raiders are Level 11. The Goblins currently eating are only between the levels of 6 and 10. I can easily kill the goblins, and the Raiders but the Chief could put up a fight. And if more reinforcements come in things might not look good for me. I could possibly drag this out into the open where I can take out my bow and use the trees as cover, but then one of them might escape and I won¡¯t be able to finish the quest. I take out my cursed machete, and Ritual Dagger and put them on the ground. I also pull out three of my throwing knives and phang them on my belt. I deactivate Camouflage to conserve mana, and use mind control on the 2 raiders. I quickly charge in throwing the Ritual Dagger into the Goblin Chiefs chest. ¡°It¡¯s a Human!¡± (Goblin) ¡°Kill the Human!¡± (Goblin 2) ¡°DIE!¡± (Goblin Chief) The Goblin Chief is stabbed by my ritual dagger, and quickly becomes enraged charging at me. But as he charges at me I force the Raiders to stab him in the back. I each of my throwing knives at a goblin, and they each manage to pierce their heads. The other goblins start panicking as their two strongest fighters betrayed their leader, and three of their comrades have died. I take the opportunity to charge over and severe two goblins heads. The remaining Goblins scramble to either get a weapon, or charge at me with their rusted swords and daggers. I easily take care of these goblins, but it seems in the midst of all this the Goblin Chief managed to grab onto one of the raiders. He screams out, ¡°Why you little!¡± (Goblin Chief) And throws the raider at me. I relinquish control over both of the raiders, and kill the raider that was thrown at me. In his rage, the Goblin Chief grabs the other raider, and kills him with a club by his feet. The Goblin Chief is fuming and looks deathly pale from losing so much blood from the ritual dagger. I grab two throwing knives from a nearby corpse and throw them at a goblin piercing both his eyes, as I continue to slaughter the rest of these goblins. The Goblin Chief charges at me with his wooden club, but he¡¯s lost too much blood. I easily avoid his swing, as I swing my machete cutting open his chest. ¡°Damn Human!¡± (Goblin Chief) I jump back, avoiding another one of his swings. I charge forward and with a swing of my machete I severe his head as well. ¡°Filthy Goblin.¡±(Blade) I look over at the goblin who¡¯s eyes I pierced with the throwing knives, and I finish him off. With this I¡¯ve killed 15 Goblins. I pull out the Ritual Dagger, and the throwing knives out of the goblins but the throwing knives have been dulled. I probably can¡¯t use these knives for much longer. I¡¯ll sell them somewhere so for now I keep them. I look around the floor to see if there¡¯s anything I could use. I can¡¯t get anything much for the Goblin¡¯s themselves, their skin, bones, and flesh probably aren¡¯t worth much. They¡¯re only wearing rags, and their weapons are rusted and in horrible condition. I guess their only fodder for EXP. I see a narrow path way down the cave line every now and again with torches. I activate Camouflage once more. I slowly walk down the narrow path, and I hear some odd noises. I look over and notice the rest of the goblins the remaining 8 hanging around a brown haired girl. The girl was chained to the wall naked, and was covered in all sorts of fluids. She was surrounded by the goblins naked being defiled ,yet she was completely unresponsive. Well this makes things easy. I walked up to them noiselessly with the help of a technique I learned for assassination, and Camouflage. And with a swing of my machete I severed 3 of their heads. With another swing 2 more were down. And by the time the goblins noticed I swung once more and killed the last of them
Notification
Congratulations, Goblin Subjugation Quest Complete
You¡¯ve received 20 Gacha Coins, please collected your 4 Iron Coins from the guild.
Congratulations
You Leveled Up. You have received 50 Gacha Coins, and 5 Status and Skill Points.
Even after I killed all the goblins, the girl remains unresponsive. I call out to her ¡°Hey.¡± (Blade) She doesn¡¯t respond to me ¡°Hey!¡± (Blade) I squat down and look into her eyes. I see she¡¯s dead inside. ¡°Dead inside?¡±(Giri) Giri? I thought you only pop up if I have questions. ¡°Ah, I¡¯m sorry the curiosity got the better of me.¡± (Giri) Curiosity, I thought you would have a database or something. ¡°Ah, I do, but that database only contains information that you might need. I¡¯m clueless about anything else in the world.¡± (Giri) I see ¡°You don¡¯t mind this do you?¡± (Giri) I suppose not, conversation helps pass the time. It¡¯s all I really did for years in the lab anyway, well at least when there weren¡¯t any experiments. I suppose you¡¯re curious about her then? ¡°Yeah¡± (Giri) Well, she¡¯s long since lost the will to live. She couldn¡¯t care less if I were to kill her right now. I¡¯ve seen it numerous times, in the labs, outside. It¡¯s all too frequent. We, Humans, are really too fragile. We only need a little push before we break. We¡¯re only one step from turning insane. No more questions huh? Well that¡¯s okay. An A.I that develops a personality, it¡¯s just like the old days. Maybe she¡¯ll end up the same. Now what to do with her. She isn¡¯t worth much EXP, or Gacha Coins since she¡¯s only level 9. Should I bring her back to the town? No, wait I can try that out. Let¡¯s see we got 8 bodies over here, so I should fetch two more bodies. I walk back to the part of the cave where I called the goblin chief, and I stuffed his body and one of the raiders bodie into my inventory. I opened my inventory, and opened the Demonic Rituals book inside my inventory. I flipped through the pages to the entry about Devil Summoning. Apparently in this world there¡¯s a distinctive difference between a Devil and a Demon. Demons refers to the category of races that all the Demon Gods collectively created. Devils on the other hands are servants of the Demon Gods themselves who exist in another realm entirely. These Devils are one of the most hated beings in existence that even the Demon race hates, after all Devil are loyal only to their God and summoner. It doesn¡¯t matter if they¡¯re ordered to massacre their own race, as long as their God or Summoner commands they will obediently follow it. The other reason they¡¯re so hated is due to the method of summoning. Unlike normal summoning which requires a contract between the summoner and the summoned, Devil Summoning requires no such thing. In Devil Summoning is more to giving birth than actual summoning. So in order to give birth to a Devil a life must be taken. There¡¯s all sorts of bizarre rituals that are required to summon even the weakest of Devils, and to summon an extraordinarily powerful Devil requires the sacrifice of an entire city. For example the Devil I¡¯m summoning right now is called a Flesh Devil. To summon one requires 10 skinless corpses and a single living sacrifice. This particular Devil isn¡¯t particularly powerful, but it¡¯s incredibly discreet compared to some other devils. A Flesh Devil is capable of devour the flesh and bones of their foe leaving behind a pile of skin. The Devil can then transform themselves into the person they devoured and take over their skin, acquiring their memories, abilities, and identity. This ensures I won¡¯t be hunted down by anyone for being a Devil Summoner, and gives me a loyal companion that can never betray me. And their transformation capabilities are indefinite unlike Doppelgangers who have to waste their mana.Their transformation abilities could also prove useful eventually as well. For now I gather the goblin corpses and quickly carve off all of their skin. Afterwards I moved them to the corn a little, and start carving out the magic circle required for the summoning. I stab the dagger into the center of the ground and I receive a pop up.
Notification
Demonic Ritual App Unlocked
This App will not affect rituals in the slightest and acts merely to smoothly complete the ritual
Demon Ritual Commencing
Select Blood Type
Snake Blood
Horned Rabbit Blood
Dire Wolf(Alpha Male) Blood Blood
Goblin Blood
Goblin Blood I watch as the circle is slowly filled with the Goblins Blood, and as soon as it finished filling it up the circle begins glowing.
Please State your Ritual
Flesh Devil Summoning
Please proceed with offerings to the Demon God of Flesh
Requirement 10x Skinless Corpses
I stack the 10 goblin corpses on top of the magic circle.
Offerings have been received
Suddenly a dark mist fills the room, and a massive pile of flesh appears. It is just a big puddle of blood, flesh, and eyes is this the Flesh Devil? ¡°Hello Demon Blade, I am Orot The Demon God of Flesh¡± (Orot) ¡°A Demon God? What do you want, I¡¯ve hand enough of you Gids at the palace.¡± (Blade) ¡°Kekeke, you¡¯re summoning a Flesh Devil aren¡¯t you, and Flesh Devils are my servants so it¡¯s natural I¡¯m involved in this. We could appear in every summoning if we felt like it, but most of the time we ignore it and just grant them their Devil. But you¡¯re quite the interesting fellow ,so I decided to come out and have a nice little chat.Kekeke¡± (Orot) If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. A hand pops out of the massive blob of flesh, and from it a Human shaped figure pops out. That must be the Flesh Devil. ¡°The offering was too weak so I can only grant you a level 13 Flesh Devil since the strongest corpse you gave me was level 13.Anyway let¡¯s get down to business, would you like to form a covenant?¡± (Orot) ¡°A covenant?¡± (Blade) ¡°Yes, this in itself is a sort of covenant as well, it¡¯s a deal with a God. However it can¡¯t really be called a covenant as it¡¯s more of a transaction if you will.¡± (Orot) ¡°And what do I gain from forming this covenant?¡± (Blade) ¡°My blessings, it¡¯s the reason why summoned heroes are so powerful all those Light Gods just jump at the opportunity to give them their blessings in exchange for a covenant. Think about it, as the Demon God of Flesh I can change your flesh to be incredibly strong, you wouldn¡¯t be bound to such weak, and fragile bodies. Of course there are some disadvantageous too.¡± (Orot) ¡°Oh? And what do you Gods have to gain from these covenants?¡± (Blade) ¡°Reverence, worshipers, and in my case Cultist. You see a strength of a God is based on their believers, that is why over the millennia there have been a number of crusades against the Demon Race. Those damned Gods of Light want to massacre our believers to weaken us. Of course we too have sent our believers on Crusades, in the form of Demon Kings.¡± (Orot) ¡°Oh, I¡¯m surprised people even worship you guys.¡± (Blade) ¡°Oh? I thought you of all people would understand why.¡± (Orot) ¡°Oh don¡¯t get me wrong I know, but there shouldn¡¯t be too many people who are willing to form a covenant of some sort with you guys. There shouldn¡¯t be too many people like me, or those Demon Kings who are starving for strength.¡± ¡°Well as one of the Demon God¡¯s I was responsible for also creating a part of the Demon Race, so even if there aren¡¯t that many there are some believers. And luckily for us Gods reverence doesn¡¯t just mean they need to pray to us. Most Demon Gods are fine as long as you Mortal fear us.¡°(Orot) ¡°And that¡¯s why you try and form covenants with us Otherworlders who are capable of doing extreme feats. You want me going around the world spread terror, no?¡±(Blade) ¡°Indeed, by having our apostles go around the world we can spread either terror or fate. So what do you say? I won¡¯t prohibit you from forming covenants with other Gods, and I¡¯ll even grant you the highest possible blessing I can distribute. Of course this blessing will require you to consume rotten flesh every now and again, but there¡¯s always a catch with these blessings. I only need you to go around spreading terror, and become as infamous as possible.¡±(Orot) A hand popped out of the blood puddle with a brown parchment on it.
Will you form a covenant with the Demon God of Flesh Orot?
Yes/No
¡°I refuse¡± (Blade) ¡°Oh that¡¯s rather surprising. I was under the impression you were willing to do anything for power, for strength.¡± (Orot) ¡°Of course, but accepting this covenant will do more harm than good. After all If I became your Apostle wouldn¡¯t I just be making myself out to be a target of all those other apostles?¡± (Blade) ¡°That''s¡­¡± (Orot) ¡°I choose to become a demon because it was stronger than being Human. Even if I am to one day be discovered I just need to head over to wherever all the other demons are. I¡¯m not directly making an enemy out of anyone. But if I become your apostle those Gods are gonna send their apostles to make sure I don¡¯t make you stronger. And besides I¡¯d end up becoming a Demon King a target for all those Heroes that are possibly out there. ¡± (Blade) ¡°I see, that¡¯s unfortunate. Very well, take this¡± (Orot) The parchment in Orot¡¯s hand folded itself, and entered an envelop.
Notification
You have received Apostle¡¯s Contact: Orot the God of Flesh
The letter entered my inventory on it¡¯s on, and occupied a 31st slot that didn¡¯t exist earlier. ¡°If you ever wish to become my apostle, the offer is open. Now enjoy.¡± (Orot) The black mist suddenly disappeared and standing before me was the bloody Flesh Devil. The Flesh Devil, keeled down. ¡°Massstaa¡­.¡± (Flesh Devil) I point and the girl, and say ¡°Consume her¡± (Blade) The Flesh Devil walked over to the girl, and with his sharp fingers he pierced her shoulder causing her to final respond. She began screaming, but the Flesh Devil covered her mouth with his hands. The girl slowly began to turn into nothing but skin as all the flesh and bones were sucked out of her. The Flesh Devil stretched the part of her skin that would be her mouth open, and suddenly liquefied into a mush. The mush jumped into the air, and entered the girls empty shell. Slowly the flat shell began to form the shape of a Human until standing before me was the girl who was sitting there motionless. ¡°How¡¯s the body¡± (Blade) ¡°It could be better, it¡¯s been through quite some abuse.¡± (Flesh Devil) ¡°Are you capable of recalling her memories, what¡¯s her name, family, where does she live, her abilities.¡± ¡°Her name was Marilyn Hawkins, Age 19, daughter of a farmer in the Boean Village named Corey Hawkins, and Kate Hawkins. She also helped as a farmer along with several other siblings in times of harvest, however as the oldest child she helps with foraging. She had a fiance, but he¡¯s now dead and she¡¯s been missing for about four months now. There was a child in her womb, but when I absorbed her it died.¡± (Flesh Devil) ¡°I see what are the chances others would recognize her?¡± (Blade) ¡°Likely the village is a closely knit community.¡± (Flesh Devil) ¡°That¡¯s a problem, if I store her skin will you be able to become her again at some point?¡± (Blade) ¡°Yes, master. I can become anything as long as I have their skin. However if I do not absorb their flesh than I won¡¯t be able to use their abilities or retain their memories.¡± (Flesh Devil) I see, but Flesh Devils can only possess humanoids, I¡¯m going to have to kill one of those adventurers staying in the in. ¡°I see, for now I¡¯ll refer to you as Marilyn. Marilyn do you know where the goblins put your clothes?¡± (Blade) ¡°Unfortunately master my clothes were destroyed when I was attacked.¡± (Marilyn) ¡°I can¡¯t have you go around in naked.¡± (Blade) ¡°I¡¯m sorry Master.¡± (Marilyn) I guess I have no choice, but to do use the gacha. Hey Giri is there a way to choose the gender I¡¯m getting my equipment for? ¡°No, you¡¯ll have to acquire that in the Gotta Gacha Em¡¯ All Gacha. Until you do get that you will receive a random equipment for a random gender.¡± I open up the Gotta Gacha app, and use the Gacha Set
Notification
You have received Slave Set
1x N Collar
1x N Iron Cuffs
1x N Ball and Chain
1x Leash
Bonus Items
1x N Magic Collar Upgrade
What the hell is this¡­.. I suppose this counts as equipment, but why would anyone wear this? ¡°It still gives better stats than your otherworlder clothes so¡­.¡± (Giri) Well my clothes had no stats attached to them anyway, but no one would ever dress like a slave for a simple status boost. ¡°And no one would casually summon a Flesh Devil, or use a Cursed Machete.¡± (Giri) Maybe not the Flesh Devil, but the Machete¡¯s curse isn¡¯t even that bad. ¡°Marilyn from your knowledge are there slaves in this world?¡± (Blade) ¡°Yes, there exist Crime Slaves, Beast Slaves, Demi-Human Slaves, War Slaves, and Debt Slaves. However it¡¯s illegal to just enslave anyone, you need to have the proper paperwork done.¡± (Marilyn) ¡°Oh? Why is that?¡± (Blade) ¡°Slaves are a major income for a lot of countries, but they don¡¯t want everyone to go to other countries to hunt for slaves. That was a major fear in the beginning so it was made international law that slaves that are Humans can only be from Criminals or Debtors. The slave is given a special seal in order to mark that they¡¯ve properly gone through procedures and are a Criminal or Debtor. Of course that¡¯s only for Humans, they¡¯re pretty lax about Demi-Humans.¡± (Marilyn) I see, I suppose I can force a Demi-Human to be my slave later. Right now I don¡¯t have enough Gacha Coins for another Equipment Set Gacha, but I still need some clothes. Ah whatever let¡¯s go with a few Normal Equipment Gachas.
R Bracelet of Regeneration
A Magic bracelet that grants a natural regeneration effect to the wearer
N Robe of the Apprentice
A robe for beginner mages, or people of odd character
Ah I suppose that works, I put on the Bracelet of Regeneration and toss the Robe of the Apprentice over to Marilyn ¡°Put that on.¡± (Blade) The brown robe seems to be able to cover her for the most part. As long as you aren¡¯t looking from below you won¡¯t be able to tell she¡¯s naked underneath¡­ ¡°Come on let¡¯s go¡± (Blade) I walk out of the cave, and begin walking around the area. 50m might not be enough, I max out Radar to reach the full 100m distance. The mini map refreshes, and it¡¯s now filled with a number of red dots. Well let¡¯s go hunting.
I¡¯ve been going around hunting whatever I can and I managed to level up twice, and gained a total of 250 Gacha Coins. I allocated the points into 5 STR, 5 AGI, and 5 INT. After walking around I managed to find an Elk native to the Bornean Forest, and acquired some meat, skin, and it¡¯s antlers. I¡¯ve killed a few more Green Snakes and drained their blood. I also discovered a more powerful snake called a Vine Snake that¡¯s quite similar to the Green Snake in appearance. It camouflaged itself with a number of vines on the tree and carefully waited for me to near. It was a Level 8 snake so I bet it¡¯s blood will make a more potent poison catalyst. It¡¯s also venomous so I took the liberty of cutting of it¡¯s head and putting it in my inventory. I have 7 Vine Snake heads now. I¡¯ve also discovered a few more Goblin Caves, and a single Hob-Goblin village. I didn¡¯t charge in the caves because their numbers far surpassed the earlier Goblin Cave with each cave having over 40 Goblins. Not only that but there were even Goblin Crossbowmen, Goblin Warriors, Goblin Assassin, Goblin Thieves, Goblin Mages, and Goblin Healers in some of the Goblin Caves. There were a few Hob-Goblins in the Goblin Caves, but there were only 4 or 5 at most usually. The Hob-Goblin village was quite frightening. The weakest Hobgoblin was level 17 and the strongest was the level 28 Hobgoblin Chief. There were a few Goblins in the village, but the weakest of those were Level 8 Goblin Archers. Even with my boosted stats, with their level difference, numbers, and equipment I won¡¯t stand a chance against them. And I can only Mind Control the weakest level 17 Hobgoblin or the weaker Goblins too... I remembered the location and quickly left before they noticed me. I also came across an Orc cave. These Orc¡¯s look sort of like Pigmen, and they seemed to be generally stronger than goblins, and about even with Hobgoblins. The weakest of them were Orc Miners who were Level 15, and the strongest was the Orc Chief at Level 29. There seemed to be quite a few of them, from what I counted over 50. However that might not be accurate, after all I saw a number of them leaving the cave to forage or hunt. Their actual numbers might exceed 60 or 70. Other than that I encountered another pack of Dire Wolves which I easily killed which helped me level up to level 13. I made sure to properly skin them, and I took some of the meat as well. Anyway It¡¯s getting pretty late, I need to start looking for some adventurers to let Marilyn possess. what should i do with Marilyn. ¡°Well is this rare¡± (???) I hear a voice behind me, and quickly turn around to find a half naked woman standing ontop of a tree. She had unnaturally long green hair, and wore clothes made out of vines and leaves that only prevented one from seeing a few parts of her well endowed body. ¡°Who are you.¡± (Blade) I ready my Machete, and use analyze [tr] [tr][tr]
??????
She¡¯s 20 levels higher than me! This is bad... ¡°Me? My names Daeira one of this forest¡¯s lovely maiden, a Dryad. And who are you, Demon and you accursed Devil?¡± (Daeira) She knows I¡¯m a Demon? I have Humanification on how did she? No, wait she knows that Marilyn is a Flesh Devil!? I signal, Marilyn to run. But as I try and turn around and run I notice that there are a number of vines entangling my legs. ¡°You don¡¯t need to run, I¡¯m just going to ask you a few questions.¡± (Daeira) She jumped down from the tree, and landed right in front of me. I can still move my hands. I quickly go into my inventory, and pull out a single shot pistol fire it at near point blank range. Even if she is 20 level higher than me she shouldn¡¯t be able to survive a bullet to the brain. But unfortunately that was only if the bullet manages to go through the brain.. ¡°I didn¡¯t think a Demon like you would have one of these toys.¡± (Daeira) The bullet I fire is currently floating in the air as it¡¯s held by a sort of green transparent barrier. Damn, I underestimated her. ¡°How did you know I was a Demon?¡± (Blade) ¡°How? You think I can¡¯t see through this shoddy spell of yours? Its rare to find a Demon on this part of the continent, and to find one who can use such an Advanced Transformation spell like Humanification is even rarer, but to think I¡¯d somehow find such a weak demon who can barely even use it. I¡¯m surprised you can even cast such an advanced spell with so little mana. Maybe if you were a bit stronger you¡¯d be able to fool me, but you¡¯re simply too weak.¡± (Daeira) Is it the level difference? ¡°No, Humanification was designed so the level difference wouldn¡¯t matter too much. However if you get stronger it does become much harder for others to detect you¡¯re using it. You just got unlucky and met a Dryad, a powerful one at that.¡± (Giri) I see, so I¡¯m just unfortunate huh... ¡°So, what do you want?¡±(Blade) ¡°Some answers, first why are you here? Who sent you? The Demon Lords, the Demon Gods?¡± (Daeria) ¡°No one, I just so happened to end up here.¡± (Blade) ¡°Hmm, I don¡¯t like bad children you know?¡± (Daeria) Daeria took a seed from who knows where and plopped it into the ground, it quickly bloom suddenly turning into a bright pink flower. Daeria picked up the flower, and held it up to my nose ¡°Why are you here.¡± (Daeria) ¡°The God of Gacha sent me here.¡± (Blade) Why did I say that? ¡°God of Gacha?¡± (Daeria) ¡°He¡¯s the subordinate God of the God of Gambling and the God of Entertainment¡± (Blade) Don¡¯t tell me this flower.. ¡°Is that so? Never heard of him, anyway are you his apostle?¡± (Daeria) ¡°No¡± (Blade) It¡¯s forcing me to tell the truth! ¡°Why did he send you to the Bornean Forest, what is he after?¡± (Daeria) ¡°Nothing.¡± (Blade) ¡°Why did he send you then?¡± (Daeria) ¡°For his own bloody entertainment, and all the other Gods entertainment.¡± (Blade) ¡°Even though I know you¡¯re telling the truth it¡¯s still hard to believe.¡± (Daeria) ¡°I bet it is, now can I go?¡± (Blade) ¡°Not yet, now are you the one who summoned that despicable Devil¡± (Daeria) ¡°Yes¡± (Blade) ¡°Why¡± (Daeira) ¡°I thought it would be useful somewhere along the line.¡± (Blade) ¡°Are you an idiot? Don¡¯t you know how many people would be after you for summoning a Devil?¡± (Daeria) ¡°Sort of, but not really.¡± (Blade) ¡°What were you born yesterday?¡± (Daeria) ¡°Sort of¡± (Blade) ¡°What?¡± (Daeria) ¡°Well I technically was born yesterday¡± (Blade) She stared at me dumbfounded ¡°Can I go now?¡± (Blade) ¡°Honestly I don¡¯t even know what to do about you, I came over here because I felt a Divine Presence, but I found a Demon brat not even a year old and a devil. I was going to suck the life out of you, and kill that Devil of yours but I suppose I¡¯ll leave you be.¡± (Daeria) That¡¯s quite foolish to let go someone as dangerous as me, not that I¡¯m complaining ¡°You¡¯re quite interesting, come visit me when you¡¯re older and stronger. I like strong men. Also don¡¯t go too deep into the forest, at least not with that Devil. If you enter the Sacred Forest with her it¡¯s not my fault if you die, and don¡¯t think about attack us either or you¡¯ll incur the wrath of the mighty Treants.¡± (Daeria) Daeria gave me a kiss, her tongue coils around mine and a sweet nectar fills my mouth. I hear the a number of odd dings, and I look over and notice my Mana and HP are rapidly dropping. Shit she¡¯s going to kiss me to death! I beginning panicking, and try to struggle away from her, but I don¡¯t seem to have any strength. Finally when my Mana gauge is only at about 10% and HP at about 5% she stops. ¡°If you ever want to visit just enter deep into the forest alone, and call my name. I¡¯ll come find you then. Hehe, I¡¯ll rock your world.¡± (Daeria) She winks and me, and walks over to Marilyn ¡°As for you make sure you never enter anywhere near my Sacred Forest okay?¡± (Daeria) Marilyn quietly nods, and Daerie leaps over to a tree branch ¡°Oh yeah I didn¡¯t catch your name brat?¡± (Daerie) ¡°It¡¯s Blade¡± (Blade) ¡°Cya, Blade!¡± (Daerie) Daerie leaps of the branch and quickly disappears. I look over at my gauges and notice two boxes. [tr][tr] [tr]
Status EffectMark of the Dryad
As long as you¡¯re in the forest of a Dryad they will know where you are, this will permanently remain unless removed.
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Status EffectDryad Nectar
Gradually regenerates HP and MP rapidly for the next 10 minutes.
¡°Hey Marilyn what are Dryads.¡± (Blade) ¡°They''re supposedly spirits of the forest that have manifested. They are something akin to the Guardians of the Forest, but the true Guardians are the Treants the Dryads serve. Dryads tend to go around absorbing the life force of anyone who threatens the forest, or anyone else they feel like absorbing. They also produce an incredible Wine, a number of herbs, and the Dryads themselves excrete a special nectar said to boost healing, and slow down aging.¡± (Marilyn) I¡¯m going to have to kill her later...
Authors Notes I haven''t updated in a while so here''s a 7k word chapter! I might have to go back and change some stuff here honestly. I might have uploaded this to early, but I haven''t updated in a while so I wanted to get that done. Please point out any errors if you can so I can fix them. Suggestions are also welcome Spoiler : His Status right now if any were curious
STATISTICS APP
Name:BladeRace:Demon
Level:13Alignment:Evil
STR:35AGI:20
INT:30END:25
WIS:20LIB:50
Status Points
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Chapter 5: The Second Day Ends Hey, Giri are people of this world aware of levels? ¡°Not completely, but they understand the more they kill the stronger they become.¡± (Giri) I see¡­ ¡°Marilyn, how powerful are these Treants and Dryads.¡± (Blade) ¡°Extraordinarily so. Bornean Forest is extremely large, and holds a large amount of resources but there are a few things that reside here that keep the neighboring kingdoms from coming here to plunder it. The first is the mighty Earth Dragon, the second is the Elder Treants. The Earth Dragon itself is easily capable of burning down this entire forest, and destroying any normal army by itself. But the Elder Treant is a monster that easily surpasses the Earth Dragon.¡± (Marilyn) ¡°A normal army?¡± (Blade) ¡°Yes, an Earth Dragon is powerful, but they¡¯re considered a Lesser-Dragon. They can¡¯t hold a candle to those legendary dragons born from the very world itself.¡± (Marilyn) ¡°They¡¯re born from the world?¡± (Blade) ¡°Yes, every God is born from one way or another. They could¡¯ve started as a normal person and ascended to Godhood, they could¡¯ve been born from people¡¯s very beliefs or emotions, or they could have been born from the world itself. And of the many Gods in existence the Dragon God was born from the world itself. He then created the Lizard-kin, and the powerful Lesser Dragons. But the Dragon God isn¡¯t the only Dragon born from the world itself, and those dragons live on to become legends.¡± (Marilyn) "But has anyone defeat those Dragon''s before?" (Blade) "Yes, there are tales of heroes battling the dragons and at times winning." (Marilyn) So at least their not unbeatable , but I still need to watch out for that Earth Dragon for now. "What would it take to take care of an Earth Dragon?" (Blade) "Well powerful elite groups of larger kingdoms like perhaps a Unit of Dragoons, or maybe a Unit of Advanced Mages could probably take down the Earth Dragon but usually subjugating an Earth Dragon is the Adventurer Guilds duty, unless of course the Dragon attacks a city or an important official. Usually it would take Raid Group of A Class adventurers, or a party of S Class Adventurers. Though there are some S Class Adventurers who''ve single handedly defeated an Earth Dragon." (Marilyn) Oh? That''s interesting. Were those adventurers otherworlders? That is a possibility. Anyway I suppose it''s time to get out of here. I pull my legs out of the vines, and help Marilyn out of the ones covering her legs as well. It¡¯s getting a little late, we should head back now and see if we can spot any Adventurers still around. Let¡¯s see if we can spot any Adventurers. I hurriedly make my way through the forest eliminating a few animals on my way. I would have been able to get there faster, but the Marilyn¡¯s body was far too weak. She might be higher level than me right now, but that was only the Flesh Devil. The Marilyn behind me right now is only a level 9 human, and she can only keep up with me right now, because the Flesh Devil¡¯s pushing her body. I talked with the Flesh Devil, and it seems that if she felt like it she could ignore her body''s limitations but doing so would wreck the body she¡¯s possessing. Afterwards she¡¯d forcibly be ejected from the skin, and return to her true form. I look through my minimap, and I can¡¯t seem to find anyone just yet. So I climb onto a nearby tree, and wait. After a bit of waiting, I was able to spot three white dots walking through the forest on my minimap. And as I look in their directions, I¡¯m able to spot three adventurers walking down the road. I signal Marilyn, and quickly jump from tree to tree to as I approach the group with Camouflage. As soon as I¡¯m 20 meters away from them, I have Marilyn stop, and I scan their group. Perfect, the strongest of the group was a level 17 male swordsman, so all of them were in Mind Control range. So I activate Mind Control, and have them get off the dirt road and enter the part of the forest where we were. And as soon as they were all in front of me, I asked ¡°Which one do you want?¡± (Blade) Marilyn points at the only girl in the group, she had brown hair and wore light leather armor. On her back was a quiver with a few arrows inside. She also had a single dagger, and a bag. ¡°I¡¯ll take the female archer. She¡¯s weaker than the other¡¯s but a female body has more uses than a males as a flesh devil.¡± (Marilyn) ¡°That¡¯s fine¡± (Blade) I have the girl walk forward, and the Flesh Devil pops out of Marilyn¡¯s skin taking it off as if they were clothes. He walks up to the girl and with his sharp fingers stabs into her neck. Slowly all the flesh and bone was sucked out of her just like Marilyn and she to became nothing but skin. Once again the Flesh Devil possessed the leftover skin, and became the female adventurer. And naturally her level rose to 16. ¡°So who are you now?¡± (Blade) ¡°Stella Foster, Age 21. I¡¯m sure you suspected it , but she¡¯s an Archer. Her Adventure Rank is D. She was born in Lexel, a city to the west. She¡¯s from an orphanage so she has no family. This one over here is Toby, and the other one is Jackson.¡± (Stella) The strongest adventurer in there group was Jackson, and then there was Toby who had both a short sword and a long sword. ¡°They¡¯re both D Rank Adventurers, and this party seems only to be a temporary party.¡± (Stella) I see, I could use them, but I can only maintain Mind Control for so long. I could change their memories with Mind Control, but I can¡¯t guarantee they¡¯ll be loyal to me. They could also end up being hindrances. Hey, Giri I still gain experience from having the Flesh Devil kill right? ¡°Of course, but since she¡¯s absorbing them you get less that half the exp. If she just kills them you get half. ¡± (Giri) I see, then I¡¯ll kill Toby, and Stella can absorb Jackson. I pull out my machete, and cut of Toby¡¯s head. Then I order Stella to absorb Jackson, and she levels up to level 18. It¡¯s a good thing that I have Mind Control, the absorption of someone stronger than her takes quite a long time after all. I put Toby¡¯s corpse in my inventory, as well as what¡¯s left of Jackson along with both of their equipment. I also pick up the Robe, and Marilyn¡¯s skin and put it in my inventory. ¡°Stella, did you go out on any missions?¡± (Blade) ¡°No, we were resting after going to subjugate some Dire Wolves. We just went out to see if we could get something extra to eat before we left to go to the city.¡± (Stella) This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. ¡°Then, if anyone asks say that you guys went your separate ways and joined me. How much money do you have?¡± (Blade) ¡°My total saving are 3 Silver, 67 Iron, and 49 Copper, but I only have 7 Iron, and 93 Copper on me.¡± (Stella) ¡°That¡¯s more than enough, make sure to buy another room in the inn. Go back ahead of me I need to go to the adventurers guild. Meet me in the morning.¡± ¡°Very well.¡± (Stella) I quickly entered the village and headed to the Adventurer''s guild to collect my money. And I was greeted by the energetic receptionist. ¡°Hello, how was the subjugation? Was it too much?¡± (Janet) ¡°No, I¡¯ve completed it.¡± (Blade) ¡°Eh, well I suppose that¡¯s expected from someone the Doctor vouched for.¡± (Janet) That¡¯s not what you were thinking earlier¡­ ¡°Well with this you''re a step closer to D Rank! Oh, and here¡¯s 4 Iron Coins. Just give me a second. So how was it, were there a lot of them? ¡± (Janet) She took out 4 iron coins and put them on the desk, and began writing a few things down. ¡°There were 23 Goblins. Don¡¯t worry I killed all of them.¡± (Blade) ¡°23? That¡¯s a bit more than usual, did they already have a chieftain?¡± (Janet) ¡°Yes.¡± (Blade) ¡°Ah, then the information was a bit off, here take this.¡± (Janet) Janet took out an extra Iron Coin. ¡°The subjugation mission was sent under the assumption that it was a new goblin cave. Those usually have between 12-15 Goblins that were sent out from a larger cave. Once their population grows to 20 they select a chieftain, and begin organizing themselves into ranks like Raiders, Archers, and the like. Subjugation Quest with Chieftains are usually upper D-Rank to Lower C-Rank. I¡¯m surprised you came out of that alive, let alone killed them all.¡±(Janet) ¡°I¡¯m stronger than I look.¡± (Blade) ¡°I bet, anyway we¡¯ll send someone to check the cave. Any loot you took from there is naturally yours too keep, but if you brought over some of their weapons you can trade it with the blacksmith. He uses it as scrap iron. We won¡¯t send anyone for 3 days so you have that much time to head back to fetch the equipment. If you don¡¯t want to you can pay someone to go over and fetch the equipment as well. For now I¡¯ll just mark your achievements. Tell me if you want to take another mission, or if you have any other questions.¡± (Janet) ¡°Then can you tell me about Goblins and Orcs?¡± (Blade) ¡°Orcs? Did you happen to stumble upon one?¡± (Janet) ¡°Yeah, a mine.¡± (Janet) ¡°The mine! Your lucky none of them spotted you. That mine has an Orc Mage, and Orcs are as strong as or stronger than an adult male.¡± (Janet) ¡°I was able to spot them from afar.¡± (Blade) ¡°You ought to be careful, those guys have much strong equipment because of that mine. Orcs themselves are comparable to D-C Rank adventurers, but that mine would require a small army of C Rank Adventurers to take of it.¡± I see, a small army huh¡­ ¡°And what did you want to ask about the Goblins, don¡¯t tell me you bumped into a large cave?¡± (Janet) I nod my head yes ¡°I can¡¯t believe it¡­. Do you not value your life!¡± (Janet) Janet slams the desk, and stands up glaring at me. ¡°Ah, whatever you made it out somehow. I¡¯m sure you know but Goblins are extremely fertile. They can impregnate any Humanoid race, any they grow extremely quickly. They¡¯re capable of overwhelming others with pure numbers alone. They¡¯re a real menace for us here since there aren¡¯t too many Humanoid races out here. And since they¡¯re male to female ratio is an absurd 20:1, they have to constantly venture out to find mates¡± (Janet) Janet sighs, and sits back down. She pulls out a very vague map of the forest. ¡°This is our village over here, and this is the Goblin King¡¯s cave, though he¡¯s actually a Hobgoblin. Anyway there are hundreds of goblins here, and they leave their cave to form other caves. A cave lead by a Goblin Lord has around 50-100 Goblins, and a Goblin Chieftain leads 20-50 Goblins. I¡¯m warning you right now stay away from those large Goblin Caves. It safer going to visit a Hobgoblin village than it is visit those caves.¡± (Janet) I see, I don¡¯t think I¡¯ve been to that part of the forest. That¡¯s actually rather deep. I¡¯ll need to make a mental note about that one. I take the 5 Iron Coins and say goodbye to Janet, and head on back to the inn. ¡°Oh, Mr. Blade¡± (Claire) ¡°Hello¡± (Blade) ¡°Would you like to extend your stay? Would you like a meal?¡± (Claire) ¡°Yeah, I¡¯ll take both. I¡¯ll also pay for breakfast while I¡¯m at it.¡± (Blade) I had Claire 30 Copper extending my stay by a day. ¡°Do you have any preferences for dinner?¡± (Claire) ¡°No.¡± (Blade) Claire walks into the kitchen and puts on a apron, and begins cooking something up. I sit down on the table, and wait while listening in on several other conversations. ¡°Oh, you¡¯re going to back to the city?¡± (Adventurer A) ¡°Did you see that girl?¡± (Adventurer B) ¡°Oh, look Claire¡¯s cooking. I wonder if she has a crush on the new guy?¡± (Adventurer C) ¡°Yeah, I saw her. She was oddly cold. She wasn¡¯t like that earlier, and her party isn¡¯t with her anymore dont tell me¡­¡± (Adventurer D) ¡°Shit, I gotta take a shit!¡± (Adventurer E) ¡°Here¡¯s your dinner¡± (Claire) Claire walks up to me with a tray of food. She puts down a plate of bread with some meat, and a bowl of vegetable soup. Then she sits down, in front of me, and watches me. ¡°Um¡­¡± (Blade) She tells me with a smile, ¡°Don¡¯t mind me just eat.¡± (Claire) She was acting a bit weird, but I didn¡¯t mind it. I slowly finish my food, before I head up to my room to sleep. But just as I as was about to go to bed I noticed a single red dot, on my minimap. And as I looked through the window I noticed an oddly equipped Goblin. The day¡¯s not over just yet!
Authors Note Short chapter, especially since the last one was so long, but I put out such a long one since I didn''t update for a while. Anyway I posted this one cause it was snowing and decided to make another chapter. So give me a bit to make the other one. I''ll have it done by today I promise. Chapter 6: The Unfortunate Mary Let¡¯s go back in time a little bit Back in the white space there stood a massive capsule with legs and arms, it donned a crown and cape. He held in his hands a massive gold coins nearly as massive of his body as he stood of an equally massive massive crank in front of him. This crank had a single slot that looked like it could perfectly fit the massive coin his cartoon like hands. This capsule was Gachachacha, the God of Gacha. He has for years, used this Godly Gachapon to summon otherworlders into this world of his, before sending them into a whole new world. And today he had once again used his Gachapon to summon otherworlders to this void of white space. And amongst the four he summoned, there was a single wolf hidden among the sheep. The Superhuman experimentation subject now known as ,Blade. He had in just a few seconds killed every other otherworlder who came along with him. His expertise in killing, and the hidden weapons he had in his clothes made swift work of everyone else. But something happened that Blade would never have expected. Laying down on the floor in fron of Gachachacha right now was the sole survivor of Blade¡¯s assault. She was someone who if Gachachacha didn¡¯t know better, would have called the incarnation of Lady Luck herself. For she was the lone survivor. This nameless girl who Blade had killed by twisting her neck lay there silently. But something odd transpired, her neck began turning back to it¡¯s proper positions, and any and all damage done to her spine and neck were completely repaired. And slowly, but surely she woke up. She looked around in a daze and asked. ¡°What happened? Where¡¯s everyone else?¡± (Nameless Girl) The girl stood up, and began looking for the three other men who entered this world with her. She had completely lost any memories she had of her death, and due to dying first she possessed no memories of everyone elses. The girl looked up to Gachachacha, and asked, ¡°What¡¯s going on Mr.Gacha? Where did they go?¡± (Nameless Girl) ¡°Well as you can see they left, for the sake of privacy that¡¯s all I can say.¡± (Gachachacha) As a neutral party, and as a subordinate god Gachachacha had no right to tell the girl anything, nor would it be fair to the unknowing Blade. ¡°Is that so? We could have gone together why didn¡¯t they wake me up¡± (Nameless Girl) The girl puffed up her cheeks, and remembered the 3 men who were with her previously. But to something felt odd to her, something was amiss. In her head she couldn¡¯t help, but ask the question " but why was I asleep?" Something was wrong here, but she just couldn''t put her finger on it. And in the end there was nothing she could do, so she put it at the back of her head and forgot about it. The girl pulled out her phone, and entered the Gotta Gacha app intent on getting a few more things before she left the white void like everyone else. But something was wrong here as well, all her Gacha Coins were gone, her coins were reduced to zero. ¡°What¡¯s going on! Mr. Gacha!¡± (Nameless Girl) ¡°An unfortunate event.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°But what am I supposed to do without anymore coins!¡± (Nameless Girl) ¡°Well, Child let me help you with that¡± (???) A ray of golden light fell from the sky, and a hole opened up on the ceiling. From the hole a single angelic woman with gold flowing hair descended. She was a woman who could only be described in a few words, holy, beautiful, pure. On her back were a pair of beautiful white wings, and on her head a laurel wreath. Her very presence in the white space gave the nameless girl a feeling of awe and grace. ¡°I am the one Goddesses of Light, and the Goddess of Heroes Freya. Child, it seems you''re in dire straits would you like to form a covenant with me?¡± (Freya) The nameless girl watched the goddess wordlessly, and only after some time did she snap out of it and apologize for her rude behavior. She asked the goddess. ¡°A Covenant?¡± (Nameless Girl) ¡°Yes, we Gods are forbidden from interfering with you otherworlders for the most part, and we only form covenant with those who actively seek us out or whenever we end up forming a transaction of sorts. But you¡¯re a unique case, a very unique case. We, of the Council of Heaven, and those of the Council of Hell have come to an agreement to send me to assist you.¡± (Freya)
Notification
You have received Random Name ticket
Notification
Due to lacking a name, Random Name ticket has been activated
Notification
Name has been changed to Mary
¡°With this the problem with your name has been fixed. Hello Mary.¡± (Freya) ¡°Hello¡­¡± (Mary) ¡°We can¡¯t directly give you any Gacha Coins, but as the Goddess of Heroes what I can do is send you in with the current batch of summoned heroes. But in order for this to happen you must form a covenant with me, and become an Apostle under me. Should you refuse you will be sent to any random location.¡± (Freya) ¡°And then what?¡±(Mary) ¡°Well considering you don¡¯t have any way to defend yourselves, and you lack the equipment and abilities most otherworlders would start out with you¡¯d more than likely die. And since the location is completely random you won¡¯t even hear the name of it, or know if it¡¯s dangerous or not. Who knows it might even send you to a Dragon''s Lair. ¡° (Freya) ¡°Eep!¡± (Mary) ¡°I¡¯d suggest you make a contract with me, I¡¯ll grant you the highest form of blessing I¡¯m capable of giving. It will not only boost your base stats, but the blessing will allow you to work with the Church of Light as well as use the Holy Swords. And best of all you¡¯d have the backing of the kingdom you¡¯re summoned too.¡± (Freya) ¡°That sounds great, but Miss. Freya isn¡¯t there a catch?¡± (Mary) ¡°Hmm? How¡¯d you know?¡± (Freya) ¡°Well, I¡¯ve had a number of contracts in my other world and well there were quite a few shady ones¡­¡± (Mary) ¡°I see, well then I might as well be honest with you. Forming a covenant with such a powerful blessing like mine requires a price to be paid by the recipient. You see the stronger the God, the stronger the blessing, and the greater the price one must pay. And as the Goddess of Hero¡¯s I¡¯m considered one of the strongest of the Light Gods, so the blessing is extraordinarily powerful, but has an extraordinary price.¡± (Freya) ¡°And the price is?¡± (Mary) ¡°Your life¡± (Freya) ¡°That¡¯s¡­¡± (Mary) ¡°Let me be a little more clear. My contract requires you to be a Hero, and as a Hero you must always be just and righteous. The Humans down there believe only Heroes can receive my blessing, but in truth those who receive my blessing have no choice but to be a Hero. Once one violates the contract, and commits an unrighteous act then they will lose their life.¡± (Freya) ¡°That¡¯s¡­¡± (Mary) ¡°It¡¯s frightening right? A single wrong move could end your life, but don¡¯t worry if you tell a lie or something you won¡¯t lose your life. As long as you live your life honestly, and good intention, you fight for the weak, the poor, the suffering you will survive. Child I implore you accept the covenant¡± (Freya) Freya held her hand out to Mary, and from her hand appeared a single brown parchment. A pop up appeared on Mary¡¯s phone.
Will you form a covenant with the Goddess of Heroes Freya?
Yes/No
She stared at it a bit, before pressing, Yes. Suddenly a large amount of notifications appeared on her phone.
Notification
Your Alignment has been changed to Good
Notification
Your Race has been changed to Apostle of Freya(Human)
Notification
Your Base Stats have been increased
Notification
You have received the Skill: R Gacha- Translate
¡°Child I wish you luck.¡± (Freya) Freya waved her hand and a golden magic circle appeared beneath Mary¡¯s feet.And as the golden circle glowed with majestic brilliance Mary disappeared from the white space. ¡°You¡¯re seriously not gonna tell her? As an Apostle you could have given her some advice, or a prophecy of sorts?¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Why would I, this makes it all the more fun.¡± (Freya) ¡°Honestly I see no difference between you Gods and Light, and those wicked Demon Gods¡­.¡±(Gachachacha) ¡°Well I didn¡¯t feel like letting such a good opportunity pass. Those Demon Gods so readily jumped at the opportunity to send that one human brat a package with some ridiculous excuse after all. And besides we never expected that to appear¡­¡± (Freya) ¡°That?¡± (Gachachacha)
SR The Nine Heavenly Paths
Once the possessor of this mystical abilities dies, their body will be completely restored and they will be resurrected stronger than ever. The amount of time it takes to revive oneself varies as you must walk through one of the Heavenly Paths. Upon doing so you will also receive a permanent buff, and that path will be forever closed. Skill Cannot be Upgraded Lives Left: 9
¡°What¡¯s wrong with that?¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°It¡¯s understandable that you don¡¯t understand, after all it¡¯s been quite some time since he¡¯s died. But I¡¯m sure you understand how the Hero, or rather the Gacha System operates correct?¡± (Freya) ¡°Yes, the Gacha System creates two pseudo souls after scanning one¡¯s psyche. One of them is inserted into Giri the Assistive A.I. The second is into the replica of the Hero System in order to allow the system to fit the user. This way no 2 people will have the same results while using the system. Other than the random abilities, and items every now and again, most of what is distributed is based on the user.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Correct, this way the wicked become more wicked and the just more just. And should the user change his mentality, the system will change along with them. And you the subsidiary god was created to manage it. But do you know how these abilities are created?¡± (Freya) ¡°Where they¡¯re created? No, I¡¯m just in charge of the systems management. Though I know there exists a massive database of items, and abilities. But most of the complicated sorting, ranking, and the like are done by the system itself.¡±(Gachachacha) ¡°Well I suppose it¡¯s natural you don¡¯t know then. Most Trash, and Normal Items, and Rare items tend to be replicas of already existing items. Some rare items might just have an odd twist to them that was given by the system, but SR items and abilities tend to be things we Gods have personally created. In our spare time we have contributed a large amount of items, and abilities to that database of yours, and usually the system would just change a few things.¡± (Freya) The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. Suddenly a large machete suddenly appeared in Freya¡¯s hands. It had pieces of flesh attached to it, and there was even a wicked eye attached. The machete constantly exuded a visible dark, and murky aura. ¡°That cursed machete of his is a modified replica of this Demonic Weapon. It was originally an item that was blessed by a Demon god, and after a large killing spree it grew sentience and began devouring its owner. Afterwards the church of light sealed it. Things like these are given to our Otherworlders. And sometimes they¡¯re changed to fit the user.¡± (Freya) Freya threw the large machete towards the God of Gacha who promptly caught it. It suddenly grew frantic, and purple pieces of flesh began to spew out of it covering Gachachacha¡¯s arm. But what could a cursed item do to a God. Gachachacha simply smashed the machete against the white void¡¯s floor, and it smashed into thousands of pieces. ¡°Ah my bad.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°It¡¯s fine that¡¯s also a replica, the original remains in the a vault in the Mortals world. I just pulled a copy out of the database. Anyway the thing with The Nine Heavenly Paths is that it simply doesn¡¯t belong to anyone.¡± (Freya) ¡°What!?¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°There is no God that governs such power, not even the God of Life or the God of Death. They possess the power to bring back the dead as undead, or create an entirely new life. But neither of the possess the power to bring back someone who¡¯s already dead back to life. That¡¯s a power that disappeared a long time ago. In other words this is the power of a lost gods.¡± (Freya) ¡°A Lost God?¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°We don¡¯t know how this ended up in the database, or why it was in there in the first place. But when we searched the database we couldn¡¯t even find a trace of this ability. It¡¯s quite mysterious.¡± (Freya) ¡°Indeed.¡± (Gachachacha)
Mary¡¯s P.O.V ¡°Child I wish you luck.¡± (Freya) Thanks, I¡¯m going to need it¡­ To think that I¡¯d end up losing all my Gacha Coins. What sort of luck is this¡­ The golden circle underneath me glows brilliantly and I¡¯m sent to an entirely black space. What¡¯s going on? ¡°You¡¯re currently waiting for the summoning process to finish.¡± (Giri) The A.I on my phone began speaking. ¡°Oh, hey Giri.¡± (Mary) ¡°I would suggest activating Status Screen mode.¡± (Giri) ¡°Oh, right.¡± (Mary) I quickly change the settings to status screen mode. Suddenly the phone disappears from my hand and a number of icons start popping up. It¡¯s like a game! I can see my health and my mana. I can open all the other apps from here as well. This is so convenient. I can see why it was suggested. Oh, I can open up my Status Menu here as well. Let¡¯s see.
STATISTICS APP
Name:MaryRace:Apostle of Freya(Human)
Level:1Alignment:Good
STR:20AGI:15
INT:20END:15
WIS:15LIB:5
Status Points
10
Oh, I have 10 Status points. Let¡¯s up WIS and AGI then so we can have the first 4 at 20.
STATISTICS APP
Name:MaryRace:Apostle of Freya(Human)
Level:1Alignment:Good
STR:20AGI:20
INT:20END:15
WIS:20LIB:5
Status Points
0
There we go, now let¡¯s see how many skill points to I have. Eh! 0! I hope that¡¯s normal as well, otherwise I¡¯m really out of luck. To have 0 Gacha Coins and Skill Points left¡­ Hmm, wait there¡¯s a skill?
SR The Nine Heavenly Paths
Once the possessor of this mystical abilities dies, their body will be completely restored and they will be resurrected stronger than ever. The amount of time it takes to revive oneself varies as you must walk through one of the Heavenly Paths. Upon doing so you will also receive a permanent buff, and that path will be forever closed. Skill Cannot be Upgraded Lives Left: 9
This is a cheat! No doubt about it, it¡¯s a cheat! You know what who cares about Gacha Coins, when I¡¯ve got something like this! I probably have the rarest ability ever! ¡°Not exactly, your ability is only SR not SR+ or EX. There are probably more powerful abilities out there.¡± (Giri) Eh, Giri are you able to read my mind? ¡°Yes.¡± (Giri) Is that so¡­ Suddenly a bright light opened up in the black space. Is that, where I need to go? ¡°Yes¡± (Giri) Ah okay. I slowly walk over to that blinding light, and it turns out it was quite far. I can¡¯t really tell how long I¡¯ve been walking, but I can tell I¡¯m not too close. Though I eventually did make. And as I touched the source of that incredibly bright light, I suddenly found myself sitting atop a stone floor. Underneath me was a rather large circle filled with all sorts of odd colors, and in front of me is a large wooden door. I look around and there¡¯s a bunch of suits of armors, holding weapons and a open ceiling that allows the light to fall down. I stand up and walk to a window, and from there I could see a massive town. This really is a fantasy world! As I peered through the window I could see all sorts of medieval houses, and there seemed to be vendors in the streets. I could see guards walking around in iron armor, and people holding wands making fire appear. There were all sorts of weirdly dressed people in leather armor, or armor made out of bones. It looked like something straight out of an RPG, and some people looked like they were out of a certain game where you hunt Monsters. Suddenly, behind me I hear the door open and an old man with a broom walks in. He starts grumbling about something and walks over to the magic circle and starts sweeping it. ¡°Um, Hello?¡± (Mary) I greet him, and he slowly turns his head. He looks at me confused, and then suddenly he starts yelling ¡°$*&@#%!¡± (Janitor) What? ¡°You should probably turn on Gacha Translate¡± (Giri) Ah right, I activate Gacha Translate ¡°INTRUDER! INTRUDER!¡± (Janitor) ¡°No, wait-¡± (Mary) He holds out his wooden broom towards me as if it were a spear, and he slowly gets closer ¡°Don¡¯t you underestimate me, I may be a jan-¡± (Janitor) All of a sudden he starts having a coughing fit, I walk up to him worried and pat his back. ¡°Thank you dear.¡± (Janitor) Then he pushes my hand away, and backs up once again brandishing his broom at me ¡°I may be a Janitor, but I was once a mighty knight!¡± (Janitor) What¡¯s wrong with this old man? He suddenly charges at me, but in only a few steps he suddenly trips. ¡°I-I can¡¯t believe it. You¡¯re a monster to twart me the mighty Janitor! I- I mean the m-mighty knight!¡± (Janitor) I walk up to him, and ask ¡°Are you okay?¡± (Mary) ¡°D-Don¡¯t you pity me, Demon. I am a proud knight of this kingdom!¡± (Janitor) I hear loud clanging footsteps and see a young knight walk through the door ¡°No you senile old gramps, you¡¯re just a janitor. And you..¡± (Young Knight) He walks up to me, and unsheathes his sword. ¡°Are under arrest¡± (Young Knight) He places his sword right next to my neck, slightly above my arm. ¡°But wait, I didn¡¯t do anything!¡± (Mary) ¡°You didn¡¯t do anything? You''re doing something right now.¡± (Young Knight) ¡°What!?¡± (Mary) ¡°You¡¯re standing in the palace¡± (Young Knight) ¡°Eh?¡± (Mary) ¡°Entering the King¡¯s Palace without permission is punishable by death. I could kill you right now, and no one would say a thing.¡± (Young Knight) ¡°Wait! I¡¯m a Hero, a summoned Hero!¡± (Mary) ¡°A Hero? Lies, the Heroes have already gone with the King. We only summoned 4 of the and there are 4 already. And beside you aren¡¯t wearing a translation ring.¡± (Young Knight) ¡°But I-¡± (Mary) Suddenly, I lost control of my body and could no longer speak. ¡°[Astral Binding], anyways I don¡¯t know how you know about the summoning or how you even got in here, but you¡¯re under arrest. You¡¯re probably a spy, so we won¡¯t kill you immediately but don¡¯t worry if you sell out your country you might survive. We can¡¯t interrupt the ceremonies so, I¡¯ll put you in the dungeon for now.¡± (Young Knight) But, I¡¯m the Hero! The Young Knight picks me up, and carries me all the way down to a cold and dark dungeon. As soon he throws me into a jail cell I become able to use my body. I quickly get up, and grab the bars of the cell. ¡°Wait I¡¯m innocent!¡± (Mary) ¡°That¡¯s what they all say, that¡¯s what they all say.¡± (Young Knight) The knight quickly leaves the dungeon and closes the door behind him. I guess I have no choice but to wait¡­.
Authors Notes Welcome to the first chapter with Mary''s P.O.V I''m going to alternate every now and again. There''s gonna be a time skip in Blade''s P.O.V so I decided now was a good time to add this in. Chapter 7: The 5th Hero!?
Blessing of Light Integration 25%
Blessing of Heroes Integration 50%
Physical Changes have been partially implemented
Skills Remain Partially implemented
Time Remaining: 1d 4h 32m
Hmm, what¡¯s this? I woke up on the cold hard floor of the dungeon with a number of pop ups appearing before me. Blessing Integration? ¡°Yes, unlike Race changes which are rather simple to implement, your body needs sometime for blessings to fully integrate with one¡¯s body. You should be seeing a few changes in your body, and a few skills that you didn¡¯t have earlier should start popping up. While some skills might only pop up after certain requirements are met.¡± (Giri) Eh? Well, that¡¯s fine I¡¯m not in a rush or anything. Though it would be nice to get out of here, It¡¯s kind of lonely. I should have asked that one man where the other two were. I had a nice time talk with the God over at the palace during my dreams. I¡¯ll be sure to look for them later. I should¡¯ve taken the time to ask him, I don¡¯t even know his name. I hear the heavy metal door to the dungeon open and an old man in heavy metal armor walks in. ¡°Um, sir?¡± (Mary) ¡°Oh you¡¯re the one that brat brought in huh?¡± (Old Guard) He slowly walks over towards my cell, ¡°Hmmm, why would someone like you break into the palace. It¡¯s a damn shame really, a damn shame. But a job¡¯s a job, let¡¯s get this over with as soon as possible, I¡¯m sure it won¡¯t hurt. Well too much¡­.¡± (Old Guard) ¡°Huh?¡± (Mary) The old guard walked over to the end of the dungeon and grabbed a number of keys, a block of wood, and a collar and chains. He slowly flipped through the keys, before opening the door to my cell. He drew, the short sword hanging on his waist and held it by my beck, ¡°Hands up¡± (Old Guard) I obediently hold my hands up, in fear of the blade a few inches from my neck. He opens up the block of wood, and cuffed my hands. He attached the collar onto my neck. Pulling the chains attached to the collar he ordered me, ¡°Come on¡± (Old Guard) I really am being treated like a prisoner¡­.. Well, I¡¯m sure I¡¯m being taken to be questioned, so I should be able to clear things up. The old guard leads me out of the dungeon and through the palace with chains in hand. We seem to be attracting the attention of the palace staff as we walk through the large hallways. And after walking for a little bit, the Old Guard led me to an open yard at the side of the palace. I look over to the right and notice a smaller building that¡¯s separated from the palace. It¡¯s still within the palace walls, but there¡¯s a distinguishable difference between the two buildings. From walking around the palace I was able to see a number of beautiful cloths, sculptures, paintings, and decorations spread throughout the hallway. The palace gave of the sort of the luxurious, and grand feeling deserving royalty. While the building in front of me looked like it was built for the sake of practicality. The building was surrounded by a wide metal fence. And the building had a small courtyard of it¡¯s own fitted with a number of dummies, and it was filled with racks of weapons.It was more than likely a barracks of sorts. Well, I suppose with all these knights you would need a place to keep them. As I looked around I could see several knights in armor chatting, or sparring. There were some older knights who were in the courtyard who seemed to be directing some younger knights. And there seems to be a group of knights doing laps around the palace in a full suit of armor. As the Old Guard pulled the chains attached to my collar pulling me forward, some of the knights who were leisurely chatting came over to have a look. ¡°Hey, who¡¯s this? A new slave?¡± (Knight 1) ¡°Or is it a prisoner?¡± (Knight 2) ¡°Yep, she¡¯s a death row prisoner. She broke into the palace, who knows why.¡± (Old Guard) Death row prisoner? Wait, I¡¯m a death row prisoner! No, wait! ¡°Wait! I¡¯m a death row prisoner!?¡± (Mary) He turned to look at me confused, ¡°What did you expect you broke into the palace¡± (Old Guard) I panicked, even if I was trespassing I don¡¯t think that''s anything that warrants my death! I wasn¡¯t even trespassing either! I frantically start pleading in an attempt to fix this horrible misunderstanding, ¡°Please wait! This is just a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! Aren¡¯t you going to investigate me or anything? Aren¡¯t you going to ask me any questions?¡± (Mary) ¡°King¡¯s Orders, all prisoners are to be executed. All of the other prisoners who were in the dungeon before you were already executed as soon as the Heroes were summoned. We¡¯re a little busy so we can¡¯t send you to a proper executor so we¡¯ll just have to execute you here.¡± (Old Guard) ¡°But you can¡¯t just kill me all of a sudden, what if I was innocent!? What if I had some information you needed!?¡± (Mary) ¡°Hmmm, maybe if you were caught a couple weeks ago, but now that we have the Heroes what do we have to fear? I doubt there¡¯s a single country out there that would want to antagonize us right now, they won¡¯t start anything over a single spy. And It¡¯s unlikely we¡¯d have gotten anything off of you anyway. You can only blame your inadequate skills and yourself for getting caught and dying here.¡± (Old Guard) ¡°Please, I¡¯m a Hero. I didn¡¯t do anything!¡± (Mary) I begged and begged the old man, but he just merely sighed and turned a deaf ear to my pleas. No matter what I did he just wouldn¡¯t listen to me. And I started breaking down. This is it huh, this is the end. I¡¯m going to die¡­¡­ The Old Guard pulled me over to a stump that was at the corner of the yard. He held me down with my head facing the stump, and in the corner of my eyes I could see another knight walking over with a large axe. ¡°Stop!¡± (???) What was that? I thought I heard something. ¡°Any last words?¡± (Executioner) I cried out in hopes of saving my life, my face was soaked by my tears and my voice muffled ¡°P-Please¡­..I-I¡­..I di-didn¡¯t do anything¡­.¡± (Mary) ¡°Stop!¡± (???) I heard the voice of an old man in the corner of my ear, ¡°It¡¯s a shame, you don¡¯t look half bad you know.¡± (Executioner) ¡°Please!¡± (Mary) From the corner of my eye, I saw the executioner raise his axe into the air. There¡¯s nothing I can do now. I close my eyes and clench my fists a hard as I can. And I lay there awaiting my death. But even after a few seconds, I felt neither the pain of having my head lopped right off or the sweet release of death. All I felt was the gentle breeze the blew, and the sun that was hitting my back. I opened my eyes, and slowly turned my head. And less than an inch away from my face was the large blade of his axe, bound by several white chains. ¡°I said stop you bloody fools! You idiots! If you really killed her I would have had your heads chopped right off! Now unhand her, unhand her! I¡¯m heading down there right now!¡± (???) The executioner quickly pulled his large axe back, and the old guard loosened his grip on me. And as I turned my head to look up at the source of the voice I found a fat old man yelling from atop the castle. He wore white and gold robes and held a wooden staff decorated with gold pieces. And he had an odd resemblance towards a big. His knows was rather short and wide, and the old man himself was rather short and fat himself. The old man was fuming with rage, and he turned around and disappeared from his position. Eventually, he came running through the hallways huffing and puffing, sweating like a pig. His white robes were completely drenched with his sweat. He stood there taking a minute to catch his breath. He raised his staff in the air for a second as he mumbled something. And after a light shone from his staff his previously drenched robes were completely dried. That looks convenient. I bet he uses that quite often. As soon as he sorted himself out, the fat old man quickly made his way over at began swinging his staff at the knight beside me. ¡°You fool, fool, fool!¡± (???) ¡°Bishop Mason, please stop.¡± (Executioner) ¡°Why haven¡¯t you released her yet?¡± (Bishop Mason) ¡°Ah, Right!¡± (Executioner) The old guard and the executioner panicked and hurriedly removed the collar and the wooden handcuffs. I stood up, and stretched a little before looking at the old, fat bishop who saved my life. And sa he looked at me with a straight face, tears began falling down his fat cheeks. Walked up to me slowly, and took my hand. And as he fell down to his knees, he rubbed his tear soaked fat cheeks on my hand. He cried out, ¡°Oh Lord, oh Lord, forgive your humble servant. Forgive me! Honorable, oh-oh honorable one forgive your servant.¡± (Bishop Mason) He let go of my hand, and got on his arms and knees prostrating. He slowly crawled over to my foot, slowly caressing and kissing it. ¡°Um¡­.¡± (Mary) I didn¡¯t know what to do, I want to just step away, or kick him away but he saved me. And he seems to have some form of authority, I don¡¯t want to hurt him or anything. ¡°Forgive me!¡± (Bishop Mason) Stolen story; please report. He continues crying out, as he continues kissing my shoe. ¡°Bishop!¡± (???) An old man donning a cape and crown walked into the courtyard along with a large group of heavily armoured knights. ¡°Bishop Mason, I saw you rushing over, what has happened!?¡± (???) The Bishop quickly rose to his feet, ¡°Oh, your majesty I have great news, great news!¡± (Bishop Mason) ¡°What?¡± (The King) ¡°She¡¯s¡­..she¡¯s¡­.¡± (Bishop Mason) ¡°What is it Mason! What is she!¡± (The King) ¡°She¡¯s an Apostle! An apostle!¡± (Bishop Mason) The Bishop once again turned around and began prostrating once more. I backed up a little so he wouldn¡¯t crawl up to me and start kissing my foot again. ¡°¡°An apostle!?¡±¡± (Everyone) Everyone looked at me in disbelief, before falling down to their knees as well. The executioner and old knight, beside me both dropped what they were holding, and fell to their knees as well. As they clasped their hands, and began begging me for forgiveness. ¡°Miss, Apostle please forgive us we didn¡¯t know¡± (Executioner) ¡°Apostle please, I have a loving wife and child to feed.¡± (Old Guard) ¡°Ah, no it¡¯s fine¡­¡± (Mary) I mean I am sort of mad, ¡°Knights take them to the dungeon!¡± (The King) ¡°No, wait¡­.¡± (Mary) ¡°¡°Please!¡±¡± (Executioner and Old Guard) The several knights, quickly dragged the two by their feet towards the dungeons. And I simply stood there speechless. The king walked over with his entourage of knights, and asked me,¡°Honorable Apostle, may I ask your name?¡± (The King) ¡°It¡¯s Mary, you can just call me Mary.¡± (Mary) ¡°Very well then, Mary may I inquire about which God you serve, and your mission?¡± (The King) ¡°What God? She called herself Freya the God of Heroes.¡± (Mary) ¡°Freya¡¯s Apostle!?¡± (Knight 1) ¡°She serves the Great Goddess!¡± (Knight 2) The knights began to quickly chatter amongst themselves, and the bishop who remain prostrating began to cry even louder, ¡°Freya¡¯s apostle, oh her apostle!¡± (Bishop Mason) ¡°Um, and I don¡¯t exactly have a mission. I was just sent her to be a Hero or something. There was a summoning right?¡± (Mary) ¡°Yes, there was. Have you came here to assist the heroes?¡± (The King) ¡°Ah, no. I¡¯m also came from another world, I was supposed to be a Hero as well, I think.¡± (Mary) ¡°A Hero!? How odd¡­¡­¡± (The King) The King stopped for a moment to think, he waved his hands signalling one of the knights by his side to come over. After whispering something to his ear, the knight mumbled something and a light began covering his body. He quickly jumped into the sky, and in one fell swoop he was already atop the palace. Afterwards he was too far away to see. The King turned to me once more, and said, ¡°Please follow me Mary.¡± (The King) I nod, and follow the King back into the palace. I¡¯m lead up several flights of stairs, up until the third floor of the castle. The king leads me to a small room resembling that of a classroom, outfitted with a chalk board, several bookshelves, and a couple of tables. There was another door in the room that led straight towards a large open, balcony and the King signalled me to come along. And as I walk through the open door into the open balcony, I found several knights, and men and women in robes. And amongst the group there were four particularly beautiful women. The first was a rather short girl, red haired girl in shorts and a black shirt. Her that was tied into a ponytail flew from side to side as she ran back and forth, dodging a knights wooden sword or blocking at times with the black gloves she had on that were outfitted with several metal pieces. She dashed from side to side, letting loose punch after punch, dodging, weaving from side to side. While at times she would let loose a number of heavy kicks, with her shoes that seemed to also have been outfitted with a few metal pieces. Though regardless of what she did, she didn¡¯t seem to be able to do anything to the middle-aged knight she was fighting. And when she blew, the knights wooden sword back with her fists, and took the opportunity to charge in. She found that his sword had already reached her neck. A young knight watching to the side yelled,¡°Match!¡± (Knight 1) And the two relaxed, ¡°Damn, I thought I had you¡± (Red Haired Girl) ¡°Ahahaha, did you really think it would be that easy.¡± (Middle aged Knight) ¡°Mmmmm, I suppose not, but I was doing pretty well.¡± (Red Haired Girl) ¡°Of course, you have hardly any combat experience to be able to this much is already quite impressive for your level.¡± (Middle Aged Knight) The king, who was standing beside me began clapping, ¡°Well done¡± (The King) The clapping caught everyone''s attention, ¡°Good morning your majesty.¡± (Middle Aged Knight) ¡°Good morning¡± (The King) ¡°Good morning your majesty.¡± (???) I turned to my left, and noticed a young girl who¡¯s even shorter than the Red Haired girl. She wore a robe similar to the priests from earlier, that was white and lined with gold. I suppose I should say she looked the most ordinary out of the four beauties, especially since she only had short brown hair. But nevertheless she was a beauty in her own right. And as I stared at her, I could help but want to pet and hug her. She¡¯s so adorable! ¡°Oh, Good morning Sel¡± (The King) ¡°Good Morning your majesty¡± (???) A tall, dark blue haired woman walks up from the short golden haired short girl, and greets the king. She¡¯s wearing a blue robe, and a witches hat. And in her hand is a long wooden staff of sorts. ¡°You too Atla.¡± (The King) The king walked past the two beauties, and I followed behind him. ¡°Good Morning Father¡± (The Princess) A beautiful golden haired girl, with cool blues eyes bowed, and greeted the King. She was without a doubt a princess in every sense. She wore a beautiful pink, and white dress, as well as several fine rings, necklaces, and a tiara. She seemed like personification of innocence itself, yet she still exuded an aura of majesty, befitting that of royalty. She stood next to several knights, as well as one particularly handsome knight. He wore steels greaves, and boots, but his chestplate and helmet was on the floor so he only had a sleeveless skin tight shirt on that allowed one to see his thin, yet robust figure. On his belt was a particularly stunning sword, that despite being sheathed radiate a dim brilliant light. And his very existence seemed to draw in people, including myself. This feeling is one similar to that of attraction, but not of love. He¡¯s handsome, but I didn¡¯t fall in love with him. It¡¯s a weird feeling that just makes me gravitate towards him. Is it his charisma? Or is it something else? It¡¯s something I just can¡¯t seem to put to words. ¡°Good Morning Lance¡± (The King) The young man, bowed, ¡°Good morning your majesty.¡± (Lance) The King turned towards me and introduced me, ¡°This Mary the 5th Hero!¡± (The King) ¡°The 5th!?¡± (The Princess) Ah, old man in black and blue robes walked out of the crowd and asked, ¡°But your majesty we only summoned 4 Heroes.¡± (Old Mage) ¡°We did, I don¡¯t know the circumstances, but Mary has been sent here to be a hero. Bishop Mason has already confirmed that she¡¯s an Apostle of Light. And she¡¯s the Apostle of the God Freya!¡± (The King) ¡°Oh my, Freya¡¯s Apostle!¡± (Old Mage) I interject to make sure there aren¡¯t any misunderstandings, ¡°Um, I¡¯ve been summoned as a Hero as well. I wasn¡¯t originally supposed to be summoned here, but one way or another I ended up as an Apostle, and now I¡¯m here. Please take care of me.¡± (Mary) I slightly bow, and the old mage nods happily. Lance walks up to me and greets me, ¡°Hello Mary, I¡¯m Lance¡± (Lance) Ah,¡°It¡¯s nice to meet you.¡± (Mary) ¡°So you¡¯re a Hero as well huh? What¡¯s your unique skill¡± (Hero) ¡°Hmm? Um, what do you mean by unique skill?¡± (Mary) ¡°Oh, you weren¡¯t here for the briefing, just saying [Open Status Window], and it should you show everything you need to know,¡± (Lance) Wait do I have unique skills? ¡°No, you don¡¯t have any unique skills. Your system is different from theirs. They¡¯re operating under the Hero System you¡¯re operating under the Gacha system. Only those with the Hero system have Unique Skills.¡± (Giri) Eh, that¡¯s a shame, ¡°Lance I don¡¯t have any Unique Skills, I¡¯m a bit different from you guys you see.¡± (Mary) ¡°Eh, is that so? What¡¯s your class then, how about your stats?¡± (Lance) I change my status window back into phone form, causing everyone to look at me in shock. I open the Statistics App and show him. He holds the phone and looks at me in shock. ¡°You¡¯re only level one so why are your stats so high!¡± (Lance) Oh my Stats are high? ¡°You¡¯re an apostle after all. The Hero System operates like the Gacha System in regards to stats. And at Level 1 Heroes have 5 Points in every stat.¡± (Giri) I see, ¡°It¡¯s because I¡¯m an Apostle.¡± (Mary) ¡°Is that so¡­..¡± (Lance) ¡°Well you two seem to get along, I¡¯ll leave her to you then¡± (The King) ¡°Alright¡± (Lance) The King left with his groups of knights. ¡°Well, then once again I am Lance, this is Sel, she¡¯s Atla, and she¡¯s Kazuka. It¡¯s nice to meet you Mary.¡± (Lance)
For a whole month of not uploading this is rather short, but hey I got 3 stories, and a lot of work. It''d be less excusable for me If this was summer or something. Chapter 8: The Goblin Lord Blade¡¯s P.O.V It¡¯s been a full week, but I¡¯ve only managed to gain 8 levels, and only about 925 Gacha Coins. It¡¯s seems that I¡¯ve out grown this area already.... I open up the Statistics App,
STATISTICS APP
Name:BladeRace:Demon
Level:21Alignment:Evil
STR:43AGI:30
INT:40END:30
WIS:27LIB:50
Status Points
0
¡°You know you¡¯re leveling up at an absurdly fast rate, your level 21. Most people would only be level 8-9 by now, maybe if they were lucky around 10. ¡± Oh really? They''re rather slow. "You''re just too fast..." (Giri) But it¡¯s still not fast enough, I won''t be able to easily catch up to those Otherworlders that have come before me if I''m only this fast. They probably have quite a large lead with all the time that''s probably gone by. They''re going to have the advantage in levels, equipment, connections, allies, money, and skills. I¡¯m going to have to become a lot stronger a lot faster otherwise it might be the end of me, ¡°You''re being paranoid" (Giri) I''m being cautious "Whatever, you know you could always head deeper into the forest. There should be more dangerous monsters the further you go in. Though the further you go the harder it will become to navigate your way around the thick forests filled with all the these trees and vegetation.¡± (Giri) I was thinking of that, but that has risks of it''s own. I don''t want to run into another Dryad, I doubt I''ll be able to kill one with my current level. And I''ve been warned once not too go too deep into the forest anyway. For now we''ll stick with the plan, I''ll just have to make do with these weaker monsters. If I kill enough of them the EXP will pile up and I''ll be able to level up eventually. I check my surroundings using my minimap, and memorize the general location of the monsters within a 100 meters of my location. Let''s see I still have some time until I rendezvous with Stella, and I''m still a little ways away from the cave. I move the minimap to the corner, and quickly charge through the forest quickly navigating through the trees with machete in hand. And as I head to my current destination, an especially large Goblin Cave that I believe houses a Goblin Lord, I swing my machete killing everything I come across. If I were to just run to the cave directly it probably wouldn''t take that long to get there, but since I''m running in a sort of zigzag pattern killing as many monsters and beasts as possible it''s taking a bit off time. Especially since I miss a few corpses, and I have to stop for a bit too pick them up and throw them into my inventory where the rest of the corpses have been steadily stacking up. ¡°You know if you keep killing monsters and beasts like this they¡¯re gonna go extinct.¡± (Giri) Extinct? I doubt it, at most they''ll just end up becoming endangered . And if that happens natural will naturally balance itself out. If I kill too many wolves it¡¯s prey will have fewer predators. If there are fewer predators the prey that the wolves previously ate will start thriving and start rapidly consuming the vegetation. If that happens the vegetation will grow thinner and thinner until it can no longer handle the population of herbivores. And then that will cause a number of beasts to start starving, and all sorts of beasts will start weakening allowing the wolves to replenish their population. ¡°Eh? Is that how it works?¡± (Giri) Why am I giving you a Biology Lesson? ¡°I''m surprised you even know Biology, weren''t you a Human Experiment." (Giri) Knowledge is power, and I acquired a large amount of knowledge on Earth, Though most if it was related too killing. But you know I''m surprised you don''t know this stuff, aren''t you an A.I? "Technically you¡¯re one too, I just so happen to know who created me.¡± (Giri) Don¡¯t you have a database for things like this? ¡°Well I do have a large database, but that doesn''t mean I¡¯ve gone through the entirety of it. And besides I only have access to the part of the Database related to Otherworlders like you. I can access other parts of the database to answer your questions, but I have to pass it through the Gacha System first. So despite being designed as an A.I to assist you, I¡¯m not too knowledgeable on quite a few subjects.¡± (Giri) Is that why you¡¯ve been asking all these questions? ¡°Mhmm, and besides I¡¯m no different from those Devils you summon, I''ve been developing what you Humans refer to as Curiosity. You see, Mentality I¡¯m almost identical to you Humans. I can think, feel, and act as I wish as long as I fulfill my directive. And I even have a Pseudo-Soul.¡± (Giri) Feel? ¡°Yeah, even if I wasn¡¯t initially designed to have emotions ,I¡¯ve been created so well that I''m almost indistinguishable from all other self-aware sentient races on the planet that over time I¡¯d eventually find that I jut had emotions one day. I mean you Humans were like that too, originally.¡± (Giri) Oooh? ¡°At first Humans, Beastmen, Demihumans, Elves, Demons, and all other sentient races were kind of like Golems, Dolls. All of you were for the most part like empty husks, with a simple directive, "Survive and Reproduce". But you see over time all of you suddenly developed self-awareness, and a sense of self. And from that all sorts of inexplicable things popped up like emotions, and a sense of morality¡± Golems huh? Aren''t Golems still like dolls? How come they haven''t changed? ¡°Well Golems are a little different from most other races, because Golems don''t exactly reproduce. They''re like spirits that are birthed by the world, or at times created by other races. And due to this Golems could never really reproduce or die, so instead their God bound them to several Golden Rules." (Giri) The Three Laws of Robotics? "What''s that?" (Giri) A robot cannot harm a Human, a robot must follow a Humans orders, and a robot must protect it''s own existence. Or something along those lines. Though those rules were often broken quite a bit, there were Robots that ran amok killing Humans, and some that completely ignored Human orders. "Is that so? Well it''s something close to that, we don''t know exactly what rules were handed out to the Golems, but we do know this. Golems are forbidden to speak of it, Golems are allow only to retaliate not instigate, and Golems must fulfill the duty that they are born with." (Giri) A duty they''re born with? "Yes, each Golem is given some duty or role to fulfill, and they live out their entire lives fulfilling them. For example in some Forests there are times when a Golem would be born and it''s goal would be to eternally protect that forest. Anyways I digressed, Golems just aren''t given the sort of Freedom other races are by their Gods. The only way a Golem can over come the Golden Rules set by their God is if their Master allows it. And Golems that do happen to develop emotions or self-awareness are ones that have had Masters who''ve enabled them a great deal of freedom. It''s only then do they seem to truly resemble the other races, and only then do they develop emotions" (Giri) Is that so? Emotions huh.... I wonder if I still have such a thing...... Nothing seems to be hindering my judgement or state of mind so it should be fine if I leave it for now. Anyways, you sure are getting more talkative Giri ¡°Would you like me to stop?¡± (Giri) No, it¡¯s fine. It¡¯s a decent way to pass the time, this is quite boring. ¡°I think you¡¯re too relaxed when it comes to killing¡­..¡± (Giri) Is that so? I turn my head, and look at the pile of corpses that have collected on the ground over the course of my little conversation. I¡¯ve killed a total of 9 wolves, 13 horned rabbits, 3 vines snakes, 7 snakes, 2 giant spiders, and several different birds. I stuffed them all into my inventory, and began heading towards the goblin cave once more. And after about a half an hour of slaughter, and killing I finally managed to reach the cave. I slowly approach the entrance, with Camouflage activated. From the bushes I can see a few Goblins standing guard in front of the Cave''s entrance. They don''t look like they''ve seen me yet. I take the opportunity to climb a tree to my right and gain a vantage point on top of the branches, hidden by the leaves. And from the tree I managed to spot a few well hidden Archers hiding among the trees, it seems they''re using them as makeshift watch towers of. I checked my minimap and at the very least 80 or so red dots in the caves general direction. I''m assuming some of the Goblins have gone out, but even then this is still rather dangerous. If I were to charge in there right now there''s a good chance I won''t be able to make it out alive even with my level advantage. Of course I could always kite the goblins out of the cave where I could slowly, but surely whittle them down. But that would lead to a long and drawn out battle that just wasn''t worth the cost. And besides I doubt their dumb enough to just let me pick them off. Well they¡¯re necessary for the plan anyways, so I''ll leave them alive. After waiting for about a half a hour, a blue dot popped up on my minimap signifying that Stella was within a 100 meters of my current location. I quietly jumped off the branch I was on, and silently made my way in her general direction. ¡°Master the mission is complete.¡± (Stella) ¡°And the other three?¡± (Blade) ¡°They¡¯ve gone on another mission on their own.¡± (Stella) ¡°I see, that¡¯s fine. For now switch to Marilyn.¡± (Blade) I pulled out a pile of skin from my inventory, and Stella quickly transformed back into her true form before turning into a pile goo that infiltrated that plunged itself into the pile of skin that I tossed onto the floor. And as usual the pile of flesh quickly contorted, and a seemingly ordinary, butt naked Human stood before me in a matter of seconds. I took out another pile of skin, this pile of skin is from the Archer Tilleth a C Rank Adventurer I once partied with and had the Flesh Devil consume. Her skin was equipped with just some thin leather armor that seemed to be completely attached to the skin. ¡°Hurry up now¡± (Blade) The Flesh Devil¡¯s liquefied body shot out of Marilyn¡¯s body and then into Tilleth¡¯s skin on the ground. And soon enough the pile of flesh began to form the body of Tilleth. This is an ability that the Flesh Devil unlocked after reaching level 20 called [Possession]. It''s similar to her previous ability in that it can perfectly mimic the person she''s controlling, but it has the added benefit of being remote controlled. There doesn''t seem to be a limit to it''s range which is handy, but the body that is possessed can barely exhibit any of their former abilities. Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! It''s more of an ability designed to allow the Flesh Devil to more rapidly consume people, and for show. And since the Flesh Devil can only posses one person there''s a limit to how much we can do. But I can still put this ability to use. Though if I can keep the Flesh Devil alive long enough, she should be able to strengthen this ability, and unlock some more later on. Anyways, I pull out the Ritual Dagger and I cut a star onto the back of my hand. And then I stab the dagger straight through my hand.
Demonic Ritual Commencing
Please State Your Ritual
The Binding of Flesh and Blood, Ritual of Connecting Souls
Ritual Confirmed
Offerings have been received, Ritual of Connecting Souls ready
I pull the bloody dagger out of my hand, and the wounds rapidly heal, and it appeared like I didn''t cut myself in the first place. Even my health is completely full. Anyways, the Ritual is currently sealed in this Ritual Dagger. I was reading through the Book of Demonic Rituals and I found this rather handy spell. Basically by using your own blood and flesh you can establish what is known as a Spiritual Link. This is something usually only Summoners have, but by performing this Ritual it''s possible to form that same link with a Devil. It basically allows us to use telepathy within 500 meters of each other, and allows me too know her general location regardless of the distance between us. It''s quite handy, and if it weren''t for the second half of the ritual I bet it would be used a lot more often. You see the reason why this ritual only really works for Devils is because you have to do this. I walk up to Tilleth, and quickly stab the Ritual Dagger straight into her heart. The Ritual Dagger shines brightly, and I feel a sudden burning sensation in my Heart. I close my eyes, and send a message through the connection, "So how is it?" (Blade) And she responded telepathically "Painful" (Tilleth) I pull the Ritual Dagger out of her heart, and place it back into my Inventory. And while I''m at it I take the oppurtunity to pull out a bow, some arrows, a robe, and a few vials of poison. This insurance in case this goes down south. I look over to Marilyn and ask, ¡°So how¡¯s the connection?¡± (Blade) ¡°¡°Perfect¡±¡±(Tilleth and Marilyn) Marilyn has been moving around behind me the entire time trying to get used to controlling two bodies at once. ¡°Good, wear this and follow me.¡± (Blade) I hand the naked Marilyn the Robe of the Acolyte I took out earlier. I have her put on her hood, and completely hide her body as I slowly guide her towards the Goblin''s Cave. And right before I enter the line of sight I make sure to activate Monstra-Translate. And as I approach the cave, entering the goblins line of sight the grunts and archers notice me. It looked as if they were about to blow a horn so I used Mind-Control to stop them. I easily make it through the entrance without a hitch, and I enter the cave. The cave is quite large, easily 10 times as large as the cave of the previous Goblins I¡¯ve killed. I could hear loud chatter, and noises of Goblins talking, hammers hitting steal, and swords striking each other. As I turned around the corner there were Goblins of every shape and size eating, sparring, or taking an afternoon nap. ¡°GOBLIN LORD!¡± (Blade) I yell at the top of my lungs, and the sound echoes through out the large cave waking the napping Goblins, and bringing the attention of all the other Goblins. ¡°It¡¯s a Human!¡± (Goblin) ¡°Kill the Human!¡± (Goblin 2) ¡°Kill!¡± (Goblin) Several grunts charge at me as soon as they see me. I check their levels and they¡¯re only level 7s. I lightly kick them, making sure to hold back but I ended up sending them flying. ¡°Calm down, I¡¯m here to talk to your Lord. Now get him out here!¡± (Blade) ¡°Keeee! Human can speak Gob!¡± (Goblin 2) ¡°Human speak Gob!? Is the Human, Human?¡± (Goblin 3) ¡°I¡¯m Human, and I¡¯m here to talk to your-¡± (Blade) ¡°Lord, yeah I heard you.¡± (Goblin Lord) A tall red-hobgoblin walked out from the depths of the caved followed by several other Hobgoblins and goblins.. He¡¯s rather tall, roughly seven feet with a rather large build. He had a single horn on his head, and for some reason there were spikes on his knees and elbows. As for his equipment, he has some iron gauntlets, and some armor made out of bones and monster leather. While his weapon of choice seemed to be a large axe that resembled a saw. It looked like it was constructed out of bones and teeth. I activated Analyze.
Goblin Lord
Level 25
A Hobgoblin Variant who has managed to unite enough Goblins to earn himself a title of lord. As the leader of such a large group he has a great amount leadership, and strength, but his variation has caused him to receive an unusual amount of strength, and intelligence.
Oh, he¡¯s a lot stronger than I anticipated, and he¡¯s a Variant what¡¯s that mean? ¡°Well you should know that like all other races Monsters, Demi Humans, and Beasts all have levels right? Well when they reach a certain level of strength or level in general, the mana in their body transforms them and this is referred to as a Rank-Up. The Vine Snakes originated from normal snakes who grew strong enough to warrant a Rank-Up. And Variants are well variations in the Rank-Up that usually change the Monster in someway.¡± (Giri) I see¡­. ¡°It¡¯s nice too meet you Goblin Lord¡± (Blade) ¡°Enough with the pleasantries Human, give me one good reason not to kill you right now!¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°Because you¡¯d miss out on a wonderful deal.¡± (Blade) ¡°And what deal is this? ¡° (Goblin Lord) ¡°Well first, why don¡¯t we talk somewhere private.¡± (Blade) ¡°Fine, but if you try anything I won¡¯t hesitate to kill you.¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°Likewise¡± (Blade) I follow the Goblin Lord along with his subordinates deeper into the cave, and he eventually leads me to a stone room, with a table and a few chairs. He sat down, and his subordinate offered me a seat. ¡°Now we¡¯re only with my captains, and commanders and my trusted subordinates. Now Human, how exactly can you speak our language?¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°Does it matter? For now the deal.¡± (Blade) ¡°Very well go on.¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°Do you know what¡¯s going to happen a week from now?¡± (Blade) ¡°What?¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°The Harvest Festival. The harvest itself happened a while ago, but the Harvest Festival is going to happen in a week.¡± (Blade) ¡°And?¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°I¡¯ll give you the opportunity to raid the Boean Village, what do you say?¡± (Blade) ¡°Raid the village!?¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°You¡¯ve been eyeing the village haven¡¯t you? I tracked down one of the Goblins you¡¯ve had spying on the village to find you after all.¡± (Blade) ¡°Then do you know why we haven¡¯t raided the village yet?¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°Simple, because you¡¯re weak, you lack the equipment, the personnel, and the information.¡± (Blade) ¡°Why you filthy Human!¡± (Female Hobgoblin) The Goblin Lord held the Female Hobgoblin back, ¡°Don¡¯t¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°It might hurt, but it¡¯s true. The village has over 200 villagers, and even if all of them can¡¯t fight, you only have around a hundred goblins. And then there¡¯s the Guild, you might not understand what the Guild is, but you should have understood that there are powerful people in the village. You simply can''t match them in, well anything.¡± (Blade) The Goblin Lord glared at me silently ¡°But if I were to work from inside and weaken them, I could help you guys pull off a raid. You could get equipment, women, food, supplies. It¡¯s a pretty good deal if you asked me.¡± (Blade) ¡°And what do you have to gain from this¡­.¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°Me? I get to kill people, and I get too loot people. What more could I ask for.¡± (Blade) ¡°And you expect me to trust someone like you? You¡¯re saying you¡¯re willing to betray your own kind! How can I trust a Human trying to betray Humans!¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°And If I''m not Human?¡± (Blade) ¡°What!?¡± (Goblin Lord) I deactivate Humanification revealing my Demon Form. ¡°You¡¯re-¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°A Demon, yes. So do you trust me now?¡± (Blade) ¡°Well¡­.¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°How about this, Marilyn.¡± (Blade) ¡°Yes, Master.¡± (Marilyn) ¡°Strip¡± (Blade) Marilyn quickly took off the Robe of Acolyte and stood before the crowd bare naked. And all the Goblins in the room stared at her speechless. ¡°If you accept my deal, I¡¯ll give Marilyn here over to you as collateral. You can do as you please with her, I don¡¯t care. She¡¯s my slave anyway. If not I can always find another Goblin Lord, or maybe I can even turn to the Goblin King.¡± (Blade) The Goblin Lord took a large gulp of saliva, and turned to look at his subordinates before turning back to me. ¡°Very well Demon, we accept.¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°Good, I¡¯ll arrange a few things first. I¡¯ll be back in a few days, just get your men ready for a raid.¡± (Blade) ¡°Very well¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°Then, I¡¯ll be taking my leave.¡± (Blade) I walk out of the stone room leaving behind Marilyn, and I leave the cave completely unperturbed. As I walk out I signal Tilleth that everything went according to plan, and we regroup. I hand her Stella¡¯s skin and she switches back. ¡°Mmm¡± (Stella) Stella turns a little red, and her legs seem to shake a little. ¡°What¡¯s wrong¡± (Blade) ¡°Well Master, that Hobgoblin¡¯s variation didn¡¯t just give him an increased physical strength, and intelligence but an increase that as well.¡± (Stella) ¡°Is that so? Well don¡¯t kill anyone.¡± (Blade) We quickly head on back to the village.
Authors Note Hey guys I was gonna do a double release today, but things happened and I could only do this chapter. Anyways onto announcements. I''m now going to be doing scheduled releases for Gotta Gacha now. The release schedule is Biweekly release every Saturday or Sunday. Though you could technically call it a rotating weekly schedule where I upload Gotta Gacha and the Forgotten Soul alternatively. Oh and guys check out A Tale of Casual OPness it''s a more light hearted take on what I was gonna do with this series before you know I killed everything. Chapter 9: The Calm Before the Storm Part 1 As we neared the village, I stopped as soon as I was able to see the smoke rising from the village chimneys. I crouched down and hid myself among the vegetation, and checked the minimap for any villagers or adventurers within the vicinity. After confirming that there was no one within a 100 meter radius of our location, I pulled out one wolf carcass after another until I had 5 wolf carcasses, and an Alpha Wolf carcass. I pulled out a small knife I bought from the village blacksmith, and began skinning several of the wolves. Normally, I would have split the work between Stella and myself, but her other bodies current circumstances performing detailed work like this would prove difficult. So, I had her keep watch, and make sure no one notices us. This way I can focus my attention on the task at hand, this way I can get the most out of these pelts. Each pelt is worth about 3 iron coins each depending on how damaged it is, while the wolves flesh and innards could go for about 1-2 iron coins each. As for their fangs, I could either sell them for anything between a couple coppers each to a couple dozen coppers each. Or I could hand them in a proof of subjugation for 1 iron coin each. The process is rather time consuming, and if I wanted I could have brought it over to a butcher. He¡¯d dismantle the corpse and sell the parts for a price. But this is for the sake of being inconspicuous. After all adventurers can hold only so many carcasses, unlike me who can store as many as I want as long as they stack. So most Adventurers just skin, and dismantle the monsters and beast they kill shortly after killing them. Or they¡¯d just take back the proof of subjugation. But I¡¯d like to make use of this village as much as I can until the raid, so I¡¯ll skin a reasonable amount of the corpses that I stuffed in my inventory and sell them. I can use that money to further improve my equipment, and buy supplies for the trip to the next town over. So after a half an hour, I finished skinning three of the six wolves I pulled out. I took their pelt''s and handed them to Stella who stuffed them into a leather bag that she had before she was taken over by the Flesh Devil. In those thirty minutes I also took the liberty of cutting of a couple chunks of meat, and pulling out a few canines to serve as my proof of subjugation. ¡°I¡¯ll leave the rest to you.¡± (Blade) Stella,walked up to the wolf corpses, and opened her mouth wide open. And as usual the liquefied Flesh Devil shot out landing in front of the skinless corpses. The liquefied Flesh Devil transformed it self into a red blob that resembled a slime, and rapidly expanded before enveloping the three corpses. And after a few seconds the slime deflated like a balloon, leaving behind a a large pile of sentient goo which shot back into Stella''s skin transforming back into a Human. ¡°Thanks for the meal.¡± (Stella) I looked at her in admiration, she''s incredibly effective in cleaning up corpses. There''s no sign off blood, no stench, no markings, the grass underneath is unscathed, and the ground returned to it''s original brown color. And the whole process only took a couple of seconds. How useful! I picked up one of the remain wolf carcasses, and slung it over my shoulder before taking the Alpha¡¯s carcass and slung that over my other shoulder. Stella picked up the last wolf, and we head on back to the village. We quickly navigate the forest, and made our way to the dirt road that leaded into the village. And as I approached the gates I noticed a number of little kids playing with a crude brown ball. And as we drew closer one of the kids noticed me, and exclaimed, ¡°Ah, it¡¯s Blade!¡± (Child) ¡°Blade¡¯s back?¡± (Child 2) ¡°Ah, Blade¡¯s back! (Child 3) The children stopped what they were doing, and quickly ran over to me. ¡°Hey, Blade, Blade, Blade!¡± (Child) ¡°Wow, a wolf!¡± (Child 2) ¡°Blade, Blade, Hey Blade!¡± (Child) ¡°Stella, you killed one too!¡± (Child 3) The children circled us, admiring the wolf carcasses in our hands, and over our shoulders. ¡°What?¡± (Blade) ¡°You killed these wolves right?¡± (Child) ¡°Yeah¡± (Blade) I walk past the village gates, and into the village while being bombarded by question after question. ¡°Blade, teach us how to kill!¡± (Child 2) ¡°Yeah, teach us to do that thing you do every morning! It''s so cool!¡± (Child) ¡°Yeah, Yeah!¡± (Child 3) ¡°Well-¡± (Blade) ¡°Charles! Jackson!¡± (Cynthia) I turned my head, and noticed Cynthia on the other end of the street holding a wooden broom. She glared, at the children and started charging in our direction. ¡°You brats! Stay right there, you hear me!¡± (Cynthia) ¡°¡°Eeep!¡±¡± (The Children) ¡°Disperse!¡± (Child 1) The group of children around me quickly scattered in every which way . And by the time Cynthia reached me, the kids were already quite a ways away. Cynthia angrily lifted her broom in the air, ¡°Come back here you brats!¡± (Cynthia) ¡°Scary!¡± (Child) ¡°Run!¡± (Child 2) Cynthia paused, to catch her breath. So I asked her, ¡°What did they do now?¡± (Blade) Cynthia looked up at me, ¡°That, ball¡­¡± (Cynthia) Cynthia answered me in short breaths, ¡°That¡¯s...Sally¡¯s ball¡± (Cynthia) ¡°Sally?¡± (Blade) That¡¯s probably one of the kids from the orphanage, from what I¡¯ve heard Cynthia¡¯s helps out at the orphanage as a child who grew up there herself. As for those kids, a few of them should be from the orphanage as well. Hmm, I put down the to wolf carcasses on my shoulder and check my minimap. The ones hiding behind the build are probably the one''s who have the ball.. I look over at the corner of the building and notice one of the kids slowly peak their head around the corner. And when he turned around I quickly dashed towards the building, easily covering the distance in a matter of seconds. I stopped in front of them, and confirmed that they had the ball. So I lightly smacked each of them on the head. All of them, crouch down and hold their heads grimacing in pain. They look up at me with tears in their eyes, ¡°What was that for!¡± (Child) I bend down to pick up the ball, and reply, ¡°Don¡¯t go taking others things¡± (Blade) And from the corner of my ear, I could hear them mumbling, ¡°B-But it¡¯s not fair, she only pays attention to Sally¡­¡± (Child) Hmm, is he jealous? Whatever, I walk away, and tell them, ¡°Be good now¡± (Blade) I threw the crude brown ball to Cynthia, and I walk back to the two carcasses. ¡°Blade, you¡¯re really something.¡± (Cynthia) ¡°Is that so?¡± (Blade) ¡°Yeah¡± (Cynthia) I dust off the corpses, and sling them over my shoulder again, I turn to Stella who was patiently waiting, ¡°Come on.¡± (Blade) I was about to head back to the Adventurer¡¯s Guild to sell the skins and the meat, but Cynthia stopped me, ¡°Ah, wait Blade.¡± (Cynthia) ¡°Hmm?¡± (Blade) I turned around, ¡°Would you like to come over?¡± (Cynthia) ¡°Come over?¡± (Blade) ¡°Yeah, Liza has calmed down a bit, and we still haven¡¯t thanked you for saving us.¡± (Cynthia) ¡°Is that so? I¡¯ll think about it.¡± (Blade) ¡°Please do, by the way we can accommodate you tomorrow and the day after, but not after that.¡± (Cynthia) ¡°Oooh? Why?¡± (Blade) ¡°We¡¯re going to head over to the next town over for a mission, if we¡¯re lucky we¡¯ll make it back by the Harvest Festival. But there¡¯s a chance we¡¯ll miss it¡± (Cynthia) ¡°I see, well take care. I¡¯ll see if I can come over.¡± (Blade) I smiled, to her and bid her farewell. ¡°You¡¯re a surprisingly decent actor¡± (Stella) Stella used the Spiritual Link between us to send me a message, ¡°If I didn¡¯t know you were an absolute monster, I¡¯d have thought you were a somewhat cold, but nice guy.¡± (Stella) ¡°Of course, I can''t just go around saying I''m a serial killer now can I?¡± (Blade) ¡­ We made our way over to the Adventurer¡¯s Guild, and handed in the pelts, the meat, and the carcasses along with the proof of subjugation receiving a total of 29 Iron and 65 Copper coins. After that I had Stella meet up with the three other flesh devils I created over the week. They were members of a party we formed, and after subjugating a bunch of goblins I knocked them out and used them as living sacrifices to summon more Flesh Devils. I had them form parties with other Adventurers, and one by one they should slowly be increasing the amount of Flesh Devils in our little group. I handed Stella my Ritual Dagger earlier, so when she meets up with the three she can form Spiritual Links with them. And by linking each Devil with each other, we can increase their teamwork, and allow for information to be passed along quickly. And by using Stella as a sort of hub, I''ll only be relayed the important information. And this way I''m not flooded with voices in my head. Stolen novel; please report. As for me, I took the opportunity to head to Dr. Jude¡¯s office. I need to milk this place of what it¡¯s worth after all. ¡°Oh, Blade. What do you need? Ointment? A potion? Or do you-¡± (Dr.Jude) I activated Mind Control, ¡°Dr. Jude answer me, is there anyone that will be visiting anytime soon? Is there anyone else in this building?¡± (Blade) The doctor answered me with blank eyes, ¡°No, I¡¯m usually studying at this time no one is here, and no one should be coming today.¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°Then close up shop, and make sure no one comes in.¡± (Blade) ¡°Very well¡± (Dr.Jude) Dr. Jude got up and flipped the sign over his door from open to closed, and closed the blinds. He went around the room locking, and closing the curtains and blinds. ¡°Now, Doctor, teach me Magic¡± (Blade) ¡°Very well, Magic is the creation of miracles. And this is done through the mysterious energy known as Mana. Mana is very mysterious, how it works, why it works, and how it¡¯s created is a complete mystery to even the greatest sages and wise men. There are countless theories abo-¡± (Dr. Jude) ¡°I don¡¯t care about that, teach me how to use Magic.¡± (Blade) ¡°Very well, Magic is used by manipulating mana and granting it form. This can be done by a number of instruments that either control mana, or take advantage of it¡¯s nature. But the simplest form of magic is simply done by using our psyche.¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°Through one¡¯s psyche?¡± (Blade) ¡°Yes, you see from the moment we are born into this world we are touched by mana itself. No, it might be better to say, even before we''re born we''re enveloped by it. And over the years it has slowly strengthened our bodies, and forged our souls. Or so they say, though it¡¯s not to the point where mana is second nature to us, like some other races like the Spirit Race. But we are all innately able to use mana in some form.¡± (Dr.Jude) Dr.Jude held out his hand, ¡°Thee who returns all to ashes, [Fire]¡± (Dr.Jude) And on his palm a small flame suddenly appeared, ¡°Before I called out the spell¡¯s name, I recited a chant. And you see there¡¯s a big misconception out there, a majority of people believe that other than Mana the chant is the most vital part of a spell, but that couldn¡¯t be any further from the truth.¡± (Dr. Jude) Dr.Jude held out his other hand, ¡°Come oh flames, [Fire]. Ignite the Flames, [Fire]. Oh elements a light, [Fire]¡± (Dr. Jude) On three of Dr.Jude¡¯s finger a small flame suddenly appeared, ¡°If chant¡¯s were so vital, then I wouldn¡¯t be able to change them so easily. And a spell could just as easily be cast without it, [Fire]¡± (Dr. Jude) And on the Dr.Jude¡¯s remaining fingers two more small flames suddenly appeared, ¡°A chant serves only to support a Mage¡¯s psyche, it exists to help a mage visualize a spell. And it works to unite the mind, conscious, and unconscious and allow us to realize our innate abilities.¡± (Dr.Jude) I see, then let¡¯s try it out, ¡°Thee who returns all to ashes, Fire.¡± (Blade) But as I recited the spell, no flame appeared, so I switched to the other chants but the result was the same. What am I doing wrong? My mana pool is full, I¡¯ve used skills before, I remember the chants. What am I doing wrong? I thought back to Dr.Jude¡¯s words, Chants are useless¡­ They serve to support one¡¯s psyche¡­ Unite the mind, conscious, and unconscious¡­¡­ Is it a sort of self-induced hypnosis or something similar? Or is it something like the placebo effect? The chants themselves are useless, yet the still exhibit an effect. It''s possible that this effect stems from the users belief in the chant itself, and in magic. Then if that¡¯s the case¡­ Then it¡¯s probably impossible for me to use magic normally. But If that¡¯s the case, then why don¡¯t we try this. ¡°Dr.Jude you are to fall asleep, and wake up upon my command¡± (Dr.Jude) Dr. Jude closed his eyes, and sat perfectly still like a statue. I pulled out an iron coin. Chanting itself doesn¡¯t cause a hypnotic state to occur, but it probably has a similar effect. And if that¡¯s the case, then this should work and if this works I should be able to grasp that feeling¡­. On the count of three you shall enter a trance, And with this coin as a trigger, You shall awaken And before you will be A world of flames You shall control it, For that world is yours And as the twelfth second passes You shall break free. I flipped the coin in my hand into the air, and counted ¡°One, Two, Three¡± (Blade) And as I closed my eyes, I suddenly entered a void of nothingness. It was a place filled in complete darkness, a place where I could no longer see anything, hear anything, feel anything, smell anything, or do anything. But that darkness, that void lasted for only an instance. And as the faint sound of a coin dropping down onto the ground reverberated throughout the darkness, the very world seemed to crack, and soon enough that dark void shattered. And suddenly before me was a World of Flames, an Inferno of Red and Orange. It was an utterly awe inspiring sight that was reminiscent of hell, yet I felt an odd sense of familiarity with this world. And as I extend my hands towards the grand Inferno. The fierce flames began to move as I willed it, and as I opened up my hand and gathered the flames above my palm this world also began to shatter. And just as suddenly as it appeared that World of Flames vanished, and before me was the doctors familiar office. With one slight difference, the dark room was light by a small orange flame, a small and gentle flame that was floating above my palm. ¡°I have to thank you Dr. Jude, I¡¯ll make sure when the time comes It¡¯ll be painless. Wake up, you are to forget everything that has happened. You were asleep this entire time¡± (Blade) I dispelled the flame floating above my hand, and the order the Doctor to wake up. ¡°Oh, Blade. I¡¯m sorry did you need anything? I fell asleep.¡± (Dr.Jude) I smiled, ¡°No, I¡¯m fine I just came by to check up on you.¡± (Blade) ¡°Why, thank you.Here take this for your troubles¡± (Dr.Jude) Dr.Jude handed my a small jar of ointment. And I gratefully accepted it, though all of the medicine he has in his possession will eventually become mine. I leave the doctor¡¯s office for now, and I''ll head back to learn some new spells later. But since it was getting quite late, I decided to head on back to the inn. It seems that Stella and the other Flesh Devils are already back, and it seems they successfully made another Flesh Devil. After I got back I gave Helen an Iron coin and 40 coppers for a week¡¯s stay. And then after eating a rather late dinner I went back to my room. And as I opened my door I was surprised to find Claire sitting atop my bed in a nightgown. ¡°You¡¯re late!¡± (Claire) ¡°Shouldn¡¯t you be helping out with the inn?¡± (Blade) ¡°I am, I¡¯m servicing a customer.¡± (Claire) Servicing huh... ¡°Humans, sure change rather quickly¡± (Giri) Yeah, she was a lot more innocent a week ago. Too think she¡¯d change this fast after only a week. ¡°It¡¯s probably due to your race, and your level. You have far more mana than someone of your level, even for someone of the Demon race. There¡¯s a good possibility she¡¯s already pregnant and she¡¯s probably addicted to your semen by now¡° (Giri) Pregnant? Already? ¡°Powerful Demon¡¯s like most other powerful beasts have low-birth rates, especially if their partner is someone just as powerful. But that¡¯s only for females of the Demon race, the chance of inseminating a female of the other race is far far higher. Besides, with how large your member is, it¡¯s not too surprising that she¡¯s pregnant already.¡± (Giri) Is that so? Well, I don¡¯t mind it¡¯s far easier dealing with my libido if they¡¯re willing. I didn¡¯t receive too much training in controlling my sex drive since it was usually suppressed by the nano-machines. ¡°So are we going to do this or not?¡± (Claire) ¡°You¡¯re rather eager aren¡¯t you?¡± (Blade) ¡°Of course.¡± (Claire) ~Insert H-Scene Here~
Author''s Notes Hey guys here this week''s biweekly release. Unfortunately, there is no H-Scene. Why? Because. I actually don''t have an excuse for this one... Let''s just say my excuse is I''m sick. Not sick in the head, but actually sick. Anyways Part 2 will be coming up next week. Enjoy. Chapter 10: The Calm Before the Storm Part 2 I slowly opened my eyes as my biological clock told it me it was about time to get up, and as I turned my head to look around as usual Claire was nowhere to be seen. ¡°Despite how she looks she has quite the stamina and endurance, especially for one of her level.¡± (Giri) Yeah, she sure made a fast recovery even after going for so long. Well, I should continue with the preparations. I got off my bed, and changed into my equipment. I looked out side of the window and people were excitedly preparing for the Harvest Festival even in the morning. I walked down stairs to begin my morning routine and to grab a little bit to eat, and it seems that quite a few more adventurers have been coming in and staying in the village. Apparently they were former villagers, while some of them are simply village friends. Some come for the Bornean Forest, while others to come by for a visit, and some just come by for old times sake. But for whatever reason they came over, they were here to stay or at the very least here to stay until the end of the Harvest Festival, a festival traditionally meant to honor the Harvest Goddesses. And after a little practice, and some grub I moved on with the preparations. And over the course of the following week I took on a number of missions, slowly accumulating funds while getting to know the all the new faces. While I had Stella go and party up with a few of them, turning them into Flesh Devils under her command. I also had her set up a meeting with the the goblins, were we finished a few arrangements and exchanged information. The goblin¡¯s have a total of 134 troops comprised of Goblins, Hobgoblins, and Kobolds. And if we were to combine our forces we¡¯d only total 157 troops not including myself, a force far from enough to wipe out a village of 300 or so people. But for a raid it¡¯s plenty. After all only ? of the population are adventures, and maybe only ? of the population can fight. So we¡¯re only really dealing with 180 able bodied fighters. Now, Adventurers are generally more powerful than goblins and it would usually take a group of goblins to kill a single Adventurer. But in an ambush it would only require a single goblin to take out an Adventurer or two. And that¡¯s what we¡¯re going for. We¡¯ll go in, kill as many people as we can, kill as many goblins as we can, hit both sides as hard as we can, and run with whatever we can. ¡°That¡¯s nice and all, but what about him?¡± (Giri) Him? ¡°The Adventurer Guild Branch Director¡± (Giri) Him? Well, I¡¯m honestly quite wary of him. He doesn¡¯t show his face to often, but I¡¯ve heard quite a bit about him from the villagers. A former B-Class Adventurer, and a charismatic leader. He¡¯s helped fend off numerous raids, and single-handedly killed a group of Hobgoblins And to make matters worse he¡¯s somewhere in his late forties, meaning I won¡¯t be able to use Analyze to get any information on him. He¡¯s dangerous, but he¡¯s not a problem. Even if he¡¯s twenty levels higher than me, he¡¯s still Human. If I cut off his head, crush his heart, or destroy his brain he¡¯ll surely die. And if it weren¡¯t for the risks involved in doing so I might have already killed him myself. The experience from killing someone over twenty levels greater than your own is quite tempting, but the risks naturally outweigh the rewards, at least for now. I¡¯ve got too little on him, and this world in general. I still don¡¯t particularly understand this phenomenon they call Magic, and to even use Magic I have to learn magic I have to send myself into a hypnotic state. Magic, the foundation of miracles themselves. It¡¯s far too illogical! What is mana? What is magic? And how can I counter it? Until I have those answers, I can¡¯t guarantee I can kill him as is. After all magic could even stop a bullet shot at around 1000 feet per second shot at almost point blank range. This is a bet I¡¯m simply not willing to take. And besides how much can one man accomplish alone? He can take on a group of Hobgoblins alone, but how about an army of goblins? Even trained elites can be overwhelmed by sheer number alone. And what how much of that strength can he show under the influence? ¡­ I made my over to Dr. Jude¡¯s office as I surveyed the village preparations, and my own preparations. The Doctor greeted me with a smile, ¡°Oh, good morning Blade.¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°Did you prepare it?¡± (Blade) ¡°Of course¡±(Dr.Jude) Dr.Jude opened up a drawer, and pulled out a small leather packaged tied together by a string. I activated Analyze.
Weak Sedative
A rather weak sedative created from a particular species of mushroom, it will take a few hours before the effects start showing
Over the past week I¡¯ve been going around collecting mushrooms, herbs, and poisonous plants and handing them over to Dr. Jude who''s been converting them to poisons, medicines, and sedatives. I sent the Goblins, and the Flesh Devils most of the poison, while I¡¯ve held onto the medicine and the Dr.Jude held onto the sedatives. Now, this particular sedative is rather weak, however it¡¯s tasteless and has no scent meaning I can easily hide it in others foods and drinks. Which is of course the plan. So I bid the Doctor farewell after erasing part of his memory, and heading over to the Bollen Inn. The entire village was busy preparing so part of the Festival, and most families contributed so dish or meal but the Bollen Inn was off cooking up a storm. One could see an unreasonable amount of food outside of the inn, and just as much food through the windows. They had large pots out in their backyard cooking away, pigs and cows roasting over a large fire, and dozens of chickens hanging on a clothesline. An inside the usually crowded dining room where a number of baskets, ones usually used for washing clothes or fetching water, sprawled on the floor filled with cut and uncut vegetables. In the kitchen Claire and her mother Helen were cutting vegetables, peeling vegetables, watching the fire, mixing the pot, and plating the dishes. While Joe, was carrying heavy barrels of alcohol up from the cellar, and lining them up on the yard. I quickly entered the inn, and Claire greeted me, ¡°Oh Blade! Are you hungry?¡± (Claire) ¡°No, I just came by to see how things are going, and well¡­.¡± (Blade) I activated Mind Control, ¡°Can you add a little bit of this too all the food you¡¯re cooking, and the food everyone else is cooking?¡± (Blade) ¡°Sure thing.¡± (Claire) This sure is useful ¡°And if the other abilities weren¡¯t so absurdly powerful it would have been an SR ability,¡± (Giri) How powerful is an SR ability anyway? ¡°Well, a Hero would normally have only one powerful cheat that would be classified as an SR ability. And usually it¡¯s enough to take out a Demon King. Though there are Heroes who just have a bunch of Rare abilities¡± (Giri) I see, well I better go and spike some more food. I only gave Claire half of half of the sedatives, I¡¯ll hand Stella and her Flesh Devils a fourth, and I¡¯ll go around and spread the rest myself. This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. ¡­ And after slowly spreading the sedatives throughout the village, I patiently waited for the festival as I began sharpening my weapons. And as the sky grew darker and the sun began to set, all the men gathered together, myself included, and built a large bonfire in the center of the village. And as a hunched back old man climbed up a hastily built stage in front of the bonfire, he spoke with an oddly loud voice, ¡°I¡­.I¡¯d like to thank everyone contributing to this festival. And now I¡¯d like to say a few words to commemorate this occasion, but we all just want to party right? So let¡¯s party!¡± (Old Man) And with that out of the way, several men threw touches straight into the center of the fire causing it to burst into flames, ¡°Let the Festival begin!¡± (Old Man) And after the bonfire was lit, everyone scattered about drinking, eating, dancing, fighting, gambling, talking. Everyone ran around, and let loose, whether they were kids or old men, men or women. It was as if the invisible restraints that were holding them back were released and they ran around in joyous laughter. As for me, I made my way to the corner of the village and sat down with Camouflage activated. I watched as people got drunk and intoxicated. I watched as couples kissed, played, and laughed. As old men flirted with the old women, or joked among themselves. I watched as the sky grew darker, as the moon grew brighter, and the sky cloudier. And most importantly I watched as countless red dots began appearing on the minimap, and as the sedatives began to finally show their effects. I deactivated Camouflage and stood up to take a stroll and get a better gist of the scenario. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± (Claire) Claire walked up from behind me, ¡°Nothing, I was just taking a little break. I ate too much¡± (Blade) I smiled and tried to wave her off, but she pulled my arm, ¡°Come on then, you can rest later. We can¡¯t let loose like this everyday. Let¡¯s dance, have fun, and play!¡± (Claire) Claire dragged me back to the center, beside the bonfire where everyone was dancing amidst the flames. Should I use Mind Control and get her to let go off me? No, let¡¯s not waste any mana, this is only a minor inconvenience. So I danced, I held Claire¡¯s hand and spun her around. I moved to the inconsistent beat of the tired musicians. And as I danced I began to survey the area. ¡°Blade!¡± (Claire) ¡°Hmm?¡± (Blade) Claire pouted, and leaned her on my chest, ¡°Blade, you know¡­..I love you. It¡¯s an indescribable feeling, and I just don¡¯t know why but I fell in love with you.¡± She looked up at me, ¡°I don¡¯t know why, was it love at first sight? Was it after that one night? And why did I even let you have your way with me that one night? I just don¡¯t know¡­.¡± ¡°Was it because I was watching you? Was it because there was something about you that just, enchanted me. I don¡¯t know¡­¡± ¡°But Blade I love you, and I don¡¯t know you¡­¡± We continued to dance by the flames, and Claire looked at me with tears in her eyes, ¡°Blade I don¡¯t know you. The real you, the you I fell in love with, the you before me. I don¡¯t know you.¡± ¡°You¡¯re in front of me, yet you¡¯re an enigma to me. I¡¯ve be watching you, yet I feel like I couldn¡¯t see you. Whenever you¡¯re with me you smile, but I can¡¯t see anything past it. And it¡­..it scares me Blade. It scares me.¡± Tears began to fall from Claire''s eyes, and she leaned on my chest again as we continued dancing ¡°I don¡¯t know why I picked now off all times to say this, and it¡¯s weird really. I love you, or at least I think I do and yet I want to be away from you. I can¡¯t be with you Blade, I just can¡¯t, I¡¯m sorry¡­.¡± ¡°Shouldn¡¯t you say anything?¡± (Giri) Why, should I. ¡°Well, it¡¯s just. I just. I don¡¯t know, I just feel you should. I just feel if you don¡¯t, you¡¯ll lose something precious. Something you never had, and at this rate never will have.¡± (Giri) We continued dancing as Claire silently wept, she kept saying the words, ¡°I¡¯m sorry¡­...I¡¯m sorry¡­..I¡¯m sorry¡± And it was incomprehensible to me, what was she saying? What was she apologizing for? What did she do? What did I do? And then she separated from me, and smiled wearily, ¡°Blade I love you, but we can¡¯t be together. I can¡¯t describe why, it¡¯s just you scary me Blade. It¡¯s almost as if whenever you smile, or laugh it¡¯s all an act. It¡¯s just a play. It¡¯s as if¡­..it¡¯s as if you have no emotions, as if you¡¯re empty inside.¡± (Claire) And with those words, Claire turned around and ran away. A burly middle-aged man walked up to me and laughed, ¡°Your date ran away? Ahaha, don¡¯t let it get to you kid. You¡¯re still young, you¡¯ll find that special someone eventually. We all do.¡± (Middle-aged Man) ¡°Don¡¯t worry I¡¯m fine.¡± (Blade) ¡°Ahaha, is that so? Well, I won¡¯t stop ya, just don¡¯t hold it all in. You need to let it out every now and then.¡± (Middle-aged Man) And I slowly walked away from the bonfire. As if I¡¯m empty inside, as if I don¡¯t have emotions huh¡­. Sadness, Love, Happiness¡­. Stella asked me through the link, ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you¡¯re getting all sentimental now.¡±(Stella) How did you¡­. ¡°It might not be sent over to your side, but I can feel it on my side at the very least. You¡¯re minds disturbed, your thoughts and emotions are passing through.¡± (Stella) Emotions? I¡¯ve lost those a long time ago. Are you in position? ¡°Of course¡± (Stella) Good, be on standby, and send the signal on my mark. ¡°Very well¡± (Stella) Now, I should find an isolated target¡­ ¡°Ah Blade¡± (Dr.Jude) The Doctor called out to me, ¡°Oh, Doctor.¡± (Blade) ¡°Are you enjoying yourself?¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°Of course, what are you doing out here? Are you taking a break¡± (Blade) ¡°I just like to have a little alone time you know.¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°I see¡± (Blade) Speaking of targets, I mighty want to eliminate the doctor as soon as possible. ¡°And while you¡¯re here why don¡¯t you give me your opinion on something.¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°On?¡± (Blade) ¡°The sky, the clouds, the wind. Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s ominous? And I just have this disturbing feeling something¡¯s going to happen soon. It¡¯s like the calm before the storm you know. I feel like something bad¡¯s about to happen.¡± (Dr.Jude) I looked up at the sky, ¡°Doctor, you¡¯re oddly perceptive. But you¡¯re a little wrong here.¡± (Blade) ¡°Hmmm?¡± (Dr.Jude) ¡°This isn¡¯t the calm before the storm, because you see the storm¡¯s already here!¡± (Blade) I pulled out the cursed Machete, and severed the Doctor''s head from his shoulders. And sent a message to Stella through the link, Begin!
Authors Note This is a little late, breaks over and I had a lot of work to do. I didn''t have a lot of time for this one, so tell me if there are any mistakes. Chapter 11: The Storm On my mark the numerous Flesh Devil¡¯s hidden among the party goers began slaughtering the unsuspecting guards around the village perimeter. The guards were mostly comprised of villagers and volunteers stationed atop of a few houses. Their job consisted of looking out for any late night perverts, and making sure nothing dangerous approached the village. It¡¯s a shame that the village didn¡¯t have any proper guards, maybe then these watchmen wouldn¡¯t have fallen asleep due to the sedatives. But I suppose this works in our favor doesn¡¯t it? I opened up my minimap and watched as several white dots suddenly vanished in the perimeter of the village, and a numerous red dots began to scurry inside under the cover of the night. ¡°Master, Phase 1 is complete the guards and watchmen have been dealt with¡± (Stella) Good, move on with the plan, kill everyone in the perimeter and anyone hiding in the houses. ¡°Very well¡± (Stella) Now let¡¯s see, I observed the minimap, and watched as a small group of red dots serving as the vanguard led a massive group of red dots. And if he¡¯s following the plan that should be the Goblin Lord and the Goblin Elites. They¡¯re systematically killing any men in sight, while silencing any women that catches their eyes. Hopefully they can get to the center of the village before anyone notices, but if they can¡¯t it will be fine if they can do an adequate amount of damage. Anymore would be asking too much from them, they only have so many Hobgoblins, and Goblins aren¡¯t the most intellectual creatures out there. As a matter of fact, I¡¯d rather have had them blot the sky with arrows before charging in to finish them off, but where would we even get all those arrows? And we¡¯d have to take some time to train all these goblins too shoot. Besides the Goblin Lord would never agree to it, such an assault would indiscriminately kill the women and children, though they don¡¯t have any particular qualms about killing the children. But according to the Adventurer Guild¡¯s records they¡¯ve found a number of children, girls and boys alike, being raised in the Goblin¡¯s Caves. So I ended up promising to spare any women, and children. And apparently I¡¯ll receive something for every woman, and child I send over so that¡¯s a plus. They don¡¯t give too much EXP anyway. Now, I suppose I should get to work too, it won¡¯t be long before they¡¯re spotted and this ends up turning into a large skirmish; one we¡¯re destined to lose. So I pull out the Robe of Acoctyle and put it on over the leather armor I¡¯ve had since the beginning. I move around a little to get used to the rather stuffy robe, and pulled the large hood over my head, covering my face. The robe itself isn¡¯t too heavy, but it¡¯ll definitely get in the way. But if I don¡¯t want anyone to recognize me I¡¯ve got no other choice, besides robes like these are rather helpful in concealing weapons. And that reminds me, De-Activate Humanification Now, let¡¯s see, ¡°Master¡±, Stella messaged me, ¡°The perimeter''s clear, all the men are dead. All the women, and children captured.¡± (Stella) Oh good job, we don¡¯t need any more Flesh Devil¡¯s so just send them over to the Goblins. Remember to mark them. ¡°Very well¡± (Stella) So let¡¯s¡­.. ¡°It¡¯s Goblins!¡± (Villager) ¡°It¡¯s a Raid!¡± (Villager 2) ¡°Get your weapons!¡± (Adventurer) Oh that was fast, they already noticed. ¡°Master¡± (Stella) Stella, what is it now? ¡°I¡¯m sure you¡¯ve heard the screams, may I request permission to join the fray?¡± (Stella) Personally? No, you must remain in position, command the Flesh Devil¡¯s and if it comes to it just kill the goblins. As for the other Flesh Devils, have them collaborate with the Adventurer¡¯s until they gain the upper hand. You may attack them then, and make sure you kill as many Adventurers you can. ¡°By your command, but I¡¯d like to ask about a little something.¡± (Stella) What? ¡°If we ever get the chance, and we¡¯re alone with an unguarded target are we allowed to eat them¡±(Stella) No ¡°But Master¡­.¡± (Stella) We can¡¯t afford it, we can¡¯t have anyone seeing your true forms. ¡°But what if we do it when no one¡¯s around¡± (Stella) No ¡°Fine¡­¡± (Stella) ¡°You¡¯re a worry wart you know.¡± (Giri) I¡¯m just cautious, I¡¯m not like those Heroes you spoke of. The more people who know who I am, the worse it will get for me. Especially with what I¡¯ve done so far. ¡°Are you regretting it?¡± (Giri) It¡¯s too early to regret anything, now shut up I need to get to work. ¡°Rude¡± (Giri) Now then, I looked through my minimap and made my way over to two white dots, stuck between two houses. I silently approached them with Camouflage activated, and peered around the corner of the wall with my machete in hand. ¡°Nick¡­.no¡­.don¡¯t...aah...the village¡­.there¡¯s a raid we need to¡­.¡± (Village Girl) ¡°Don¡¯t worry, we¡¯ve fended off raids time and time again. And they picked an especially bad time to attack the village, we¡¯ve got so many more Adventurer¡¯s with us, what¡¯s there to be afraid of?¡± (Village Guy) ¡°But, out in the open like this... that¡¯s¡­aaaah~¡±(Village Girl) ¡°Come on, no one¡¯s watching, besides look how wet you are already.¡± (Village Guy) ¡°Don¡¯t act like you don¡¯t like it, look how wet you are.¡± (Village Guy) ¡°Aaaah~¡± (Village Girl) The two were a pair of young lovers intertwined together, passionately making heated love in the night. They, drunk on the food, booze, and atmosphere, were wildly making love atop of a wooden crate, ignorant of the encroaching danger. The two interlocked legs, and passionately thrust, thrust, and thrust, forcing the young woman too let out one muffled moan after another. ¡°Aaaaah~¡± (Village Girl) ¡°I¡¯m, I¡¯m cummin-¡± (Village Guy) ¡°No, not, inside! Eh!? Nick?¡± (Village Girl) The young woman watched as the young man¡¯s body fell atop of hers, ¡°Nick? Hey, Nick. Nick, wake up Nick! What¡¯s wrong? Nick, wake up!¡± (Village Girl) The young woman frantically tried to wake the young man up, and to her surprise she found her hands were stained with blood. And she stared blankly stared at the young man¡¯s shirt, soaked with his own blood. And just as she was about to scream, I cast a spell I recently learned, ¡°[Silence]¡± And no matter how she struggle, the young woman was unable say a single world. She looked up at me, crying, her eyes stared at the man who killed her love. She stared at me with intense hatred, but more importantly fear, a sight I¡¯ve become rather accustomed too. She desperately tried to cry out, and she began pushing her former lover away from her body in attempt to get even a centimeter further from me. But it was useless, they were locked at the hip, and behind her was a wall. There was nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and no one to save her. And the closer I got to her, the more desperately she struggled. She turned to the wall behind her, and with the young man still attached to her tried to claw her way up the walls. ¡°This is¡­..¡± (Giri) The norm really, I cast another new spell I learned, ¡°[Bind]¡± I¡¯ll leave her to the Goblins. I walked up to the young man, and snatched a small pouch hanging off his belt and stuffed it in my inventory. Then I extracted the throw knives of his corpse, and threw him to the side. I turned to the young woman, ¡°You¡¯ve been a wonderful test subject¡± (Blade) I cut a small X into her right shoulder, and dragged her out to the streets half naked. So the range of Bind and Silence is still pretty short huh¡­. I need to be rather close to use Bind, and it takes a few seconds before the spell itself is complete. While Silence has a range of a few meters. I suppose all I can do is practice. I looked through my minimap, and spotted a few more stragglers, so a went over and kill them. There were only a bunch of Adventurers, so capture was unnecessary. ¡°How are the Goblin¡¯s doing?¡± (Giri) Hmm? That¡¯s a good question, it¡¯s about time we head over as well. I messaged Stella, How are things over on your side. ¡°The Goblin¡¯s aren¡¯t doing so well, the townsfolk grouped up, and began fighting with the Adventurer¡¯s and the Adventurer Guild Director is putting up quite a fight.¡± (Stella) Is that so? I¡¯ll head over. How many Flesh Devil¡¯s do you have left. ¡°Only 10, however six are in the town¡¯s perimeter. I had them move inwards, and attack the houses with people in them.¡± (Stella) I don¡¯t remember telling you to do that. ¡°Master, I thought it was in our best interest¡± (Stella) And how¡¯s that worked out so far? ¡°We¡¯ve located a number of men, women, and children. And we¡¯ve killed and captured them all.¡± (Stella) I see, then I won¡¯t scold you for now. Remain on stand by, I¡¯ll head over in a bit. I cut the link, and quickly made my way over to the center of the village, and climbed a nearby house. Let¡¯s see the Goblin¡¯s seemed to have lost quite a few men, there are corpses lying all over the ground, while the village seems to have lost quite a bit of men as well. There¡¯s a large number of corpses on the ground, but they seem to be holding out of the most part. But why are they so far apart from each other? Is it a precaution against the Flesh Devils? But it¡¯s making it far harder for them to fend of the numerous Goblins by themselves. Actually, how come there¡¯s so few Goblins? I only see like 30 to 40 corpses, but there are only about 70 Goblins out there right now. I opened up my minimap, and to my surprise there were a bunch of red dot¡¯s scurrying all over the village, those bastards¡­ ¡°Well, it is a raid.¡± (Giri) Well, I suppose it can¡¯t be helped, I should have added a few more lines into the contract. There¡¯s nothing I can do about it now, though I¡¯ll probably lose a level in the process. I climbed down, and noticed a number of Goblin¡¯s being sent flying by a heavy greatsword. That¡¯s the Adventurer Guild Director, right? ¡°Yep¡± (Giri) He¡¯s stronger than I anticipated, to think he¡¯d be this strong even under the influence of all those sedatives. They won¡¯t last long at this rate, and I doubt I can stop him either¡­ I pulled out the single shot pistol I brought over from Earth. With this I might be able to kill him, but that¡¯s a maybe¡­ And even if I assume he doesn¡¯t have any countermeasures for bullets this is still a low-caliber pistol It was never meant to be shot from a distance, but from up close. I¡¯d have to be about 5 meters or closer to ensure a killing blow, but even then I¡¯d have to land a headshot in a flurry of those absurdly fast swings. That¡¯s¡­. ¡°Human!¡± (Goblin) I turned my head, and a goblin was jumping at me with a knife in hand. What a fool, I¡¯m your ally. I swung my machete instantly severing his head from his shoulders. ¡°And yet you still killed him¡± (Giri) ¡­ ¡°Hello?¡±(Giri) He was level 9 correct? ¡°According to the log he is, why?¡± (Giri) And I¡¯m level 23, easily over double his own. And with just a strike I instantly severed his head from his shoulders. He couldn¡¯t even last a second simply due to the disparity between our levels. ¡°Yeah, besides you have far more experience than him too.¡±(Giri) Then would this happen to me? With his speed how long would it take him to cover the meager distance of a few meters, what are the chances that I¡¯ll be able to hit him even then? What are the chances that it can even kill him? ¡°Umm, that¡¯s¡­¡± (Giri) Don¡¯t bother, the disparity between us is too great. My experience is useless here, this isn¡¯t world of nanomachines, guns, and superhumans. It¡¯s a world of swords and magic, a fantasy world I simply unable to comprehend. If I fight him now, I¡¯ll die. ¡°But what about the raid? At this rate won¡¯t the raid fail?¡± (Giri) Fail? For the goblins maybe, but even with all these casualties this is a wonderful achievement in their eyes. Just how many houses do you think they¡¯ve looted by now, how many children and women have they kidnapped? As for me I¡¯ve already leveled up twice, and I¡¯m sure I¡¯ll level up once or twice before the end of the raid. The raid is a success, for both of us. But¡­. ¡°But?¡± (Giri) How do I put this, it doesn¡¯t feel right to leave it just at this. ¡°Eh? That¡¯s not like you.¡± (Giri) I know. If I joined the fray right now I could easily take out a few dozen Adventurers, and with the Goblin¡¯s help we could easily take out over twice that amount but then what? How are we going to fight that bastard? ¡°Are you afraid?¡± ¡­ Who knows, I don¡¯t particularly understand it really. Is this what fear feels like? Am I even capable of feeling fear at this point? I don¡¯t particularly understand the concept of fear either¡­ It¡¯s something I¡¯ve just become accustomed to, not feeling of course but seeing. I¡¯ve seen the dying, the diseased, the starving, the crying. I¡¯ve seen fear in all their eyes, fear mixed with despair, hatred, hope, and maybe a few other things. But in the end it would all disappear, clouded over by death itself.... This really isn¡¯t like me. ¡°Yeah. So what are you going to do?¡± (Giri) I can¡¯t leave it like this. The risks are high, and the chance that I¡¯ll succeed is frighteningly low, but that doesn¡¯t matter to me right now. Something¡¯s telling me I can¡¯t let it end here... Giri! ¡°Y-Yes!¡± (Giri) Put everything I¡¯ve got into agility.
STATISTICS APP
Name:BladeRace:Demon
Level:21Alignment:Evil
STR:43AGI:40
INT:40END:30
WIS:27LIB:50
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Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. I opened up the Gotta Gacha app, and tapped on the Silver Weapon Gacha which cost the large sum of 300 Gacha Coins twice.
Flaming Flail N+
A flail that¡¯s been enchanted with fire magic enabling it to burn anyone it touches, including the user.
[Ancient Dwarvern Musket R-
A long musket forged from Dwarven Steel, created with absolutely exquisite craftsmanship. But due to the passage of time this musket has been damaged, it''s incapable of exerting it''s true power and it''s accuracy has dropped. If you can find a Dwarven Blacksmith to repair it, it can be restored to it''s former state.[/td4
Musket requires no gunpowder as it''s powered off of mana. Come''s per-loaded with a single Musket ball. Tch, there¡¯s only one shot. But this means I¡¯ve got 2 shots at killing that bastard. I moved over and selected the Silver Ability Gacha, priced at 250 Gacha Coins, and the Gold Item Gacha, priced at 200 Gacha Coins, clicking both once. [td4]Flare N
A light magic that creates a large flash of light. Caution indiscriminately blinds everyone, including the user.
Notification
Due to your Race¡¯s characteristics if you are caught in Flare¡¯s affects you will not only be blinded for a brief moment, but receive damage and be in a weakened state for a period of time.
Super Flashy Coin R
A Coin that¡¯s so flashy that it¡¯s effects are basically magical, mainly because it¡¯s a curse. In your hands it means nothing, but if you throw it on the ground anywhere everyone in the surroundings except for yourself will be forced to look at it. Item can be re-used.
Due to the Super Flashy Coin''s inherent nature this skill has been provided to make collection of the coin easier
Well there goes all my Gacha Coins. ¡°You¡¯ll get more eventually.¡± (Giri) Yeah yeah, I head over to the Goblins, and activate Monstra Translate ¡°Goblin Lord!¡± (Blade) The large horde of Goblins turned towards me, and the large red Goblin Lord jumped out of the crowd, ¡°Oh you¡¯re finally here.¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°I¡¯ve been busy, now help me kill that bastard over there.¡± (Blade) I pointed at the Guild Branch Director maniacally swinging his large great sword. ¡°Why didn¡¯t you tell me there was a monster like him, he¡¯s killed over twenty of us alone.¡± (Goblin Lord) ¡°Well, I didn¡¯t know he was this much of a monster¡­¡± (Blade) And if I told you, you probably wouldn¡¯t have agreed to help me raid the village. Besides I need you guys too die too. ¡°Now help me take him down, bring your best men.¡± (Blade) ¡°Fine, let¡¯s go!¡±(Goblin Lord) The Goblin Lord quickly began sending out orders and only a minute three hobgoblins came to his side. A female hobgoblin, a bulky hobgoblin close to the Goblin Lord¡¯s size, and a rather average sized hobgoblin missing an arm. The goblin lord introduced them, ¡°This is Mai, Ren, and Tai. Just call me Zil¡± (Zil) ¡°Those are some odd names¡± (Blade) ¡°We¡¯re different races what did you expect, Demon?¡± (Zil) ¡°Nothing really, and feel free to call me whatever you want.¡± (Blade) ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± (Zil) And with Zil in the front, we charged straight into a group of Adventurers and villagers. Zil jumped straight in, and cleaved a village right in half before sending a few Adventurers flying backwards. While Mai pulled out two small crossbows, and began shooting them one after another at people''s legs, and feet. As for Ren and Tai, Ren would charge in with an axe in one hand and a hammer in the other. He¡¯d smash apart anyone¡¯s defense with brute force, and forget blocking he didn¡¯t even bother parrying any attacks coming his way. He¡¯d either block it with his thick skin or armor, or just smash their weapon to pieces. While Tai would run around quickly stabbing people in the back, or cutting people''s wrists, necks, and ankles. And in under a minute they took out a group of nine Adventurers and villagers by themselves. ¡°Aren¡¯t they neglecting defense a little too much?¡± (Giri) Yeah, they¡¯re lucky they aren¡¯t against anyone too skilled. Even with their level of strength brute force like that can only take you so far. Though even I¡¯d have some trouble fighting against the four of them in my current state. Now, why don¡¯t I earn my keep. I followed them charge straight into another group comprised of a few villagers, about four Adventurers, and two Archers. And as the four of them violently clashed with the Adventurous and villagers, I snuck by them and threw a few of my throwing knives at the Archers. And as I closed in on them in a matter of seconds, I swung my machete down beheading both of them. ¡°We need some help over here!¡± (Adventurer) An Adventurer behind me called out, and a small group of Adventurers charged out from the defensive line fighting back the number of Goblins recklessly charging in. I pulled my throwing knives out of the Adventurer¡¯s lifeless corpses, and charged straight into the small group of four Adventurer¡¯s. I threw my throwing knives once again, but one of the Adventurer¡¯s jumped in front with a shield formed out of bones and knocked them away. I threw my machete straight into my inventory, and grabbed the Flaming Flail. I abruptly stopped and slammed the flail straight into the Adventurer¡¯s bone shield crushing it and his arm causing him to fall to his knees. I pulled the heavy flail back, making sure not to hit myself with it, and threw it at the Adventurers head turning it into a smoking bloody mess. The other Adventurers looked on with fear, but quickly calmed themselves and circled me. So I put the flail back and opted for the machete. And as the three Adventurers simultaneously attacked me, swinging their swords and axes. I looked straight down towards the ground, and raised my hand upwards casting my new skill, Flare. I immediately crouched down, and kicked all three of them down. Then I quickly stabbed each of them in the heart.
Congratulations
You Leveled Up. You have received 50 Gacha Coins, and 5 Status and Skill Points.
Giri put it into agility again. ¡°You bastard!¡±, a few more Adventurer¡¯s turned around and charged at me in a fit of rage only to be stabbed in the back by a nearby goblin. You can¡¯t be ignoring your enemy now, even if they are weaker than you. I threw a blood stained throwing knife straight through his skull, and watch as his lifeless body fell to the floor. ¡°Careful that¡¯s a Goblin Lord! All D-Classes back the hell up! C-Classes group up and protect the weaker Adventurers. I¡¯ll take care of this.¡± (Guild Branch Director) I turned around, ¡°Looks like we got their attention, you ready?¡± (Blade) ¡°Not really, but it¡¯s not like I have any other choice.¡± (Zil) ¡°You could always run away¡± (Blade) ¡°And leave my men to die? Like hell I¡¯d do that, we may be one of the minor races, but we have our own pride too.¡± (Zil) ¡°Is that so?¡± (Blade) I turned back around, and Owen slowly walked over with his heavy greatsword. Mai shot a few crossbow bolts at him, but he simply blocked them with the broadside of his sword. He¡¯s able to move that sword around rather quickly despite it¡¯s size. ¡°You over there, are you the one who instigated all those people?¡± (Guild Branch Director) I deactivated Monstra Translate, ¡°Me? Why of course.¡± (Blade) ¡°So tell me, those horns you¡¯re a Demon aren¡¯t you?¡± (Guild Branch Director) ¡°And what if I am?¡± (Blade) ¡°Then, let me ask you this. Why are you doing all of this?¡± (Blade) ¡°Why? Well, I don¡¯t have one particular reason, it¡¯s just something that needed to be done.¡± (Blade) ¡°Why though? Was it a Demon King¡¯s order? One of his generals? One of their captains?¡± (Guild Branch Director) ¡°No ones.¡± (Blade) ¡°Is that so? Well I thank you for humoring me. My name¡¯s Owen by the way, I hope you¡¯ll remember the name of the one who killed you in the afterlife.(Blade) I reactivated the skill, ¡°Zil, Ren, Tai hold him in place!¡± (Blade) ¡°Don¡¯t give us orders! Do you have a way to deal with him?¡± (Zil) ¡°Yeah, now go!¡± (Blade) The five of us charged towards him, when suddenly Owen burst forward reaching within striking distance in only a moment''s time. ¡°Tai, Ren!¡± (Zil) Owen swung his massive great sword, and in turn Zil and Ren swung their weapons respectively meeting Owen¡¯s own. Tai took the opportunity to climb Owen¡¯s sword, and jump up in an attempt to cut his neck, but Owen was far too strong for Zil and Ren too handle. Both Zil and Ren were only able to hold out for a seconds worth of time before being blown back by Owen¡¯s sheer force, and Tai was sent flying by the broadside of Owen¡¯s great sword. I sped up, and closed my eyes casting Flare right in front of myself in an attempt to blind him. I swung my machete with my other hand and I felt as it cut through flesh and as blood began to splatter onto my hand. But as I opened my eyes, I was suddenly jolted to the side and sent flying. What was that? Something hit me, and then Owen smacked me with his great sword like a baseball. ¡°Demon, watch out!¡±, The female hobgoblin called out to me. ¡°Master to your right!¡± (Stella) I was too late to react and I felt myself knocked to the side again, as multiple projectiles directly hit my right side. I watched as my health began to quickly plummet, and as blood began to flow down my arm. I quickly opened my inventory and tapped one of the potions I got from the beginning restoring a bit of health. What was that? ¡°You were hit by a spell¡± (Giri) A spell? I propped myself up, and turned to my right. Standing there was a female magician covered in a purple robe holding a large wooden staff. She began chanting something incomprehensible at a ridiculous speed and four large balls of fire began to slowly form. I tried to analyze her only to receive a bunch of question marks. Shit, when was there another person over twenty levels higher than me in this village? And a mage at that! I contact Stella, have your remaining Flesh Devil¡¯s kill that mage! Quick! ¡°I can¡¯t she set up a barrier, and anyone who¡¯s caught going near her will be detained by the rest of the Adventurers and villagers.¡± (Stella) I turned to look at the Hobgoblins, ¡°Retreat!¡± (Zil) Damn it, I activated Mind Control, and had them shoot Owen only to have the arrows met with a barrier. That wasn¡¯t there earlier¡­ Don¡¯t tell me the mage, god damn it! Will a Musket be able to pierce that? Should I even risk it? There¡¯s no time! I charged back at Owen who looked at me with the eyes of pity, he raised his sword and charged at me once, ¡°Die!¡± (Owen) Let¡¯s hope this works! I pulled out the Flashy Coin, and threw it too the side. And as it landed on the floor it began to radiate a golden light causing everyone to turn towards it, including Owen. I pulled out the Ancient Musket, and shot Owen at near point blank range only to have it caught by a transparent barrier. I threw the musket back into my inventory, and pull out my pistol and held it towards his forehead. ¡°Die!¡± (Blade) And as I pulled the trigger, Owen turned back around and swung his sword at me. And with no other choice I blocked the strike with my machete. But even after being distracted for a moment the strike had enough force to send me fly, and I was knocked away. Shit, did I get him?
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¡°Owen!¡±(Mysterious Mage)
Author''s Notes Hey guys, I''ve been sick and I''ve been testing. And that makes for a horrible combination! So yeah this is a little late. Ops :3 Edit: By the way I just noticed some of the shit got fucked up somehow. Chapter 11: The Crow God Corvus ¡°Congratulat-¡± (Giri) Shut up for a moment! I immediately used the remaining potions in my inventory and watched as my steadily decreasing Health Bar suddenly refilled itself. I breathed a sigh of relief, that was rather close. I looked down at the broken machete in my hand, and at my bloodied right arm. That last strike really could have killed me, and it looks like this guys down for the count too. I''ll do something about it later, but for now I need to do something about this cut. Giri add ten points to endurance, five to strength, and to agility.
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Name:BladeRace:Demon
Level:26Alignment:Evil
STR:48AGI:50
INT:40END:40
WIS:27LIB:50
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0
¡°There you go¡± (Giri) I watched as my Health Bar expanded by a small portion, that should give me some leeway. I quickly cast a spell creating a small ball of fire to cauterize the wound. If I left it alone I''m sure the potions would have worked their wonder, but I can''t afford to let my guard down, not when she''s still alive. I looked around and spotted the female magician. She lay there kneeling over Owen''s body with one hand over the other on his forehead. What''s she doing? I finished cauterizing the wound, and I crudely bandaged it with a piece of cloth I tore off my shirt. I stood up and watched as she began casting one spell after another. ¡°Heal, Heal, Heal, Heal, Heal!¡± (Mage) She cast spell after spell in a futile attempt to save Owen''s life. ¡°Poor girl¡± (Giri) Don¡¯t pity her. As one who stands on the battlefield she should have been prepared for such a conclusion. I pulled a throwing knife out of my inventory, and threw it at her knowing full well that it would be intercepted by that same barrier from earlier. I wonder what is that barrier exactly? It''s most definitely a spell, but what kind of spell is it. Will it dissipate as soon as she runs out of mana, or will it continue to protect her even after that occurs? Is it something that exists for a fixed amount of time, or is it something that she actively controls? If it were possible I''d like to learn that spell, or at the very least study it a bit more for future reference. If I were able to learn it''s strengths, or it''s weaknesses it would prove rather useful in the long run. But... As the knife fell down to the ground, she paused for a moment and glared at me, ¡°You...You...You!¡± (Mage) I don''t think I''ll have the luxury to do so. I watched as she propped herself up with her wooden staff, and began casting a spell under the protection of her barrier. Half-way through her spell she bit the flesh of her thumb causing blood to slowly trickle down to the ground. She took her thumb and began marking her staff with blood. And as she continued chanting her staff grew bright orange as it began to ignite in her hands. But she held onto her staff adamantly as she continued chanting. And with the words, "Come forth, Awaken!" She threw her staff into the air, and fell to the floor unconscious either from losing her hand or casting whatever the hell that is. The staff fully ignited turning into a large mass of flames that floated into the air. The massive fireball twisted, and turned, contorting into the shape of a snake, a massive, fiery snake. ¡°Well that¡¯s not good¡± (Giri) You think? We need to go... I quickly scanned my surroundings, the Goblins were blindly charging into the Adventurers, riding on the momentum brought from Owen''s death to ganging up on the stronger Adventurers with sheer numbers. As for the rest of the village they seemed to have huddled up in the center, piling whatever they could to shield themselves from the Goblin Archers. I turned around and quickly ran away. ¡°You aren¡¯t gonna help them out?¡± (Giri) Why would I? I''d actually prefer it if some more of them died. More EXP for me. Suddenly, I felt an intense heat behind me, and as I turned my I saw the massive fiery serpent making it''s way over to me. But to my surprise the snake suddenly stopped, it stood up right and began coiling itself up. I suddenly had a bad premonition and quickly sped up. I jumped right through one of the nearby house''s windows, completely disregarding the pieces of glass that wedged themselves into my skin. I turned around, and saw a glimpse of the massive fiery snake shot straight towards me. I got to my knees, and kept my body as close to the floor as possible as the massive snake rammed straight into the house. I felt as the entire house shudder, and the temperature suddenly sky rocket as the house caught on fire. I got up, and quickly ran through the halls and kicked the back door open only for it to be consumed by a wall of flames. I found it odd that there was a wall of flames on this side of the building, but there was no time to think. So I climbed up the stairs, but wherever I looked the there were only flames. And to make matters worse It felt like the house was on the verge of caving in on itself. So I braced my self, and clenched my teeth. I dash straight for the window, and dove through it head first right through the glass and the flames. It was a horrible feeling really, to be surrounded by flames. Even if it was only a moment, I felt as my entire body was being roasted in the midst of those flames. But I made it through, and made a hard landing on the cold hard floor of that house''s back yard. I quickly grabbed a water skin out of my inventory and doused myself with it. My burns were nearly burnt to a crisp, and my health is doing so well either. But I got out of it alive at the very least. I turned to the building behind me, it seems that that god damn snake coiled itself around the entire building. No wonder there was fire wherever I went. I had to jump through the damn thing to get out. And is it just me or is it growing... ¡°No it''s growing, definitely growing. What a thing to summon¡­¡± (Giri) Do you know what that is? ¡°Why don¡¯t you see for yourself, that might be too strong for you to analyze but those guys aren''t¡± (Giri) Those guys? I looked at the massive serpent, it''s body was covered in a dozen or so black spots that began protruding outwards. These small protrusions began to quickly expand and form black eggs on the side of the serpents skin before falling down to the ground erupting bursting into flames. And each one of these eggs gave birth to an entirely new snake, each weaker and smaller than the original.
Salamander
Level 37
One of the world¡¯s resident spirits, Salamander. Salamander is one of the lesser spirits that reside over fire, and depending on the summoner it can manifest itself in many forms: a spell, a snake, a lizard, a dragon. These spirits are naturally hot, and extremely dangerous. If you ever happen to come in contact with a Salamander run the hell away! These monstrosities are nigh immortal, as long as there''s something to burn they''ll live forever.
Eh? Are you serious? ¡°Yeah Spirits exists in a separate sub-dimension what you''re looking it is a mass of mana acting as a vessel for the Spirits. So there''s no real way to kill it permanently, if you cut away at it long enough I''m sure it will dissipate on it''s own. But I''m sure you know how that''d end up.¡± (Giri) Yeah I know. I cautiously observed the dozen or so smaller Salamanders as I slowly started backing away. All of the turned towards me, and began hissing. It looks like they don''t plan on letting me go. The dozen or so Salamanders suddenly lunged towards me, forcing me to jump back. With no other choice I turn around, and quickly run down the streets with the Salamanders hot on my tale. If there were only one of them I''m sure I could do something, if there were two of them I might have been able to pull something off, but there had to be that big guy and a dozen of these little guys... What luck, don''t you think? "I think you''ve been rather lucky, you''re alive aren''t you?" (Giri) The grass is always greener on the other side. "No, it''s been burnt to a crisp." (Giri) You know what I mean. "But I don''t" (Giri) Yeah, yeah just quiet down, I''m focusing here. I turned around and the group of salamanders were slowly catching up. "Running doesn''t require a lot of concentration you know." (Giri) I''m trying to figure out how to deal with these little Salamanders! Should I make a break for the Forest? If I make them cause enough of a ruckus I''m sure that Dryad would pop up. "I thought you were trying to avoid her." (Giri) The enemy of my enemy is my friend, I''m sure she doesn''t want the forest burning down so whether she likes it or not she''s going to have to help me take care of these guys. And if she can''t, well she can at least stall them. Though I probably shouldn''t keep my hopes up, these little guys might make quick work of her. I turned towards the Forest and ran with everything I head until suddenly I felt the ground shake as a house just to my right suddenly collapsed, bursting into flames. I watched as the massive Salamander reared it''s head through the smoke. Did it just jump all the way over here from over there? You gotta be kidding me. Giri. ¡°Yeah?¡± (Giri) How many coins do I have right now? ¡°Well you used up quite a few coins earlier, but by killing Owen and those other Adventurers you''ve accumulated a total of 735 Gacha Coins.¡± (Giri) Then activate the Golden Ability Gacha and the Golden Item Gacha once.
Scaly Body R+
[The inherent ability of the lizard-kin, a demi-human race closely related to the Draconians, and Lizardmen. Their particular race is unique in that they appear Human until activating the hidden abilities of their bloodline. This ability will form a layer of Scales over your body boosting one''s defense in return for slowing one¡¯s movements. Toughness and lightness will increase as the abilities level increases. Level 1/10
Oh perfect, I haven''t used any skill points in a while.
Stone of Oblivion R
A stone from the Age of Oblivion, a mystery point in time. It seems to carry traces of the Element of Destruction, maybe you can make something out of it.
If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. A stone huh¡­ This system''s way to unreliable. ¡°Hey! That¡¯s no ordinary stone, it¡¯s the Stone of Oblivion.¡± (Giri) It¡¯s still a stone, now do me a favor and max out Scaly Body
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Scale Body has been upgraded into the ability Draconic Scaly Bdoy SR--?
Draconic Scaly Body SR--
Among the Lizard-kin¡¯s bloodline there are a few among them who possess a particularly strong bloodline. These Lizard-kin are able to enter a state infinitely closer to that of a Draconian than even the upper echelons of the Lizardman tribes. This ability will cause a naturally hard layer of Draconic Scales to form over your body acting as a natural armor for one''s body. Draconic Scales are one of the harder scales, and more light weight scales so they will not hinder one¡¯s movement greatly. They possess a natural magic resistance, and resistance to the elements. Toughness and weight varies by level. Level 1/5
This seems useful. Giri MAX it out. ¡°It¡¯s done¡± (Giri) I looked at the dozen or so Salamanders behind me, and the massive Salamander to my right. I activated Draconic Scaly Body and felt as layer of scales suddenly cover my entire body like a suit of armor. It covered my hair, my horns, my tail, my eyes, my skin, it covered everything except for my clothes. I felt as the Salamander''s behind me suddenly lunge forward phasing through my body burning my clothes. But surprisingly my Health hardly dropped. I looked down at my arms and legs, I was covered in black scales from head to toe. And despite all that I could still hear, smell, see, and feel everything perfectly fine even though my nose and mouth was completely covered by a think layer of scales acting like a mask. And there seemed to be a transparent layer of scales over my eyes. This is better than armor, it''s light, it''s tough, it''s fireproof, and it''s skin tight. It''s a shame this ability doesn''t seem to scale with level. Now that I''ve maxed it out, it probably won''t get any stronger than this. I watched as the dozen Salamanders began coiling around me, trying to bite through my scaly body, and burn me. And I''d have to admit it was getting rather hot, but it was only uncomfortable at most. I looked up at the massive Salamander above me, I doubt this one''s capable of stopping me anymore either. So I slowly began walking towards the forest with the dozen Salamanders coiled around me. And surprisingly when I entered the forest the Salamanders coiled around me jumped off, it was as if they were afraid of the forest. They just stared at me from where they stood, before turning around and heading back into the village. Well then now that that''s over, why don¡¯t we go meet up with our little friends. ¡­ In a large white palace the massive God of Gacha walked through the large halls that made even someone of his size feel like a dwarf, into a room filled with God¡¯s of all sorts of shapes and sizes. There a single golden-eyed Crow sitting by a number of other Gods greeted him, ¡°Oh Gachachachachachachachachacha! It¡¯s been a while!¡± ¡°Oh Corvus! I haven¡¯t seen you since I came into existence.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Yeah, I¡¯ve been busy creating an entirely new race. I heard the council dragged you into their little game though, hows that been working out.¡± (Corvus) Gachachacha laughed, ¡°So-so, I''m only in charging of randomly distributing things from a set database they¡¯ve given me. And I just based the current system off of the pre-existing Hero System, it¡¯s nothing big nothing big at all.¡± (Gachachacha) Corvus got up bidding the other Gods at his table farewell, and let them continue their game of Dungeons and Heroes a popular game among the Gods. They would create Dungeons of varying degrees of complexity and allow other races to invade it or exist in it. And they would watch as people tried to conquer the Dungeons. Corvus left as they were about to send an Oracle to the mortal realm to have them try and conquer this new Dungeon of there''s. Gachachacha pulled out a table, and a two chairs for them to sit on. ¡°So how many people have you summoned into this world?¡± (Corvus) ¡°Only a couple hundred, though nearly half of them have died by now.¡± (Gachachacha) Gachachacha sat down and brought out a bowl of eyeballs and coins, and as he munched on the coins he began recounting stories of some of the Otherworlders he''s summoned, ¡°Oh and just recently I summoned these four Otherworlders right. And you should have seen the look on their faces when they saw me.¡± (Gachachacha) He was laughing hysterically, slamming the table a few times and accidentally sending shock waves towards the mortal realm. ¡°Like, they were like, Oh my god it¡¯s Godzilla! It was hilarious! What is a Godzilla even!?¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Kahahaha, that¡¯s hilarious so what happened to that group?¡± (Corvus) ¡°Oh, two of them are dead, the other one ended up a Demon and another a Apostle.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Huh? Hasn''t it only been like two weeks?" (Corvus) Gachachacha stuffed a few coins into his mouth, "Yeah" (Gachachacha) "I know the current system relies heavily on luck, but there¡¯s no way they could have died so early. How''d they die? Did they get really unlucky and ended up being sent to an absurdly dangerous location.¡± (Corvus) ¡°Oh no, two of them died even before heading out into the world.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°What!?¡± (Corvus) ¡°We got a rather odd one in that batch, I believe his name was Blade. When everyone was using their initial coins, he just straight up killed them all. I wonder what he¡¯s doing¡± (Gachachacha) Gachachacha opened up the another rift and space, and through the rift one could see a man covered in black scales surrounded by Goblins, and Human women. ¡°Oh impressive, he¡¯s already level 27 and it¡¯s only been a two weeks¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Wait, chacha didn¡¯t you say he killed all of them?¡± (Corvus) ¡°Yeah, It gave him a rather large head start.¡±(Gachachacha) ¡°Then why did you say the one other one became an Apostle? I don¡¯t sense any blessings on him. And he¡¯s clearly a Demon, and why''s he covered in Draconic scales. How did that happen? ¡± (Corvus) ¡°Hmm, let me check the system log. Let¡¯s see, oh you know the Lizard-kin''s inherent ability? He was lucky enough to get that and then he upgraded it to a SR-- Ability known as Draconic Scaly Body." (Gachachacha) ¡°Eh? Even the Lizard-kins legendary ability is mixed in there? I wonder if this makes him the heir to that one lizard-kins legacy. Now how about the Apostle.¡± (Corvus) With a wave of his hand the image displayed through the rift changed to that of a woman clad in light armor swinging a short wooden sword. ¡°Oh Freya¡¯s blessing, how rare. But how come her hair isn¡¯t white?¡± (Corvus) ¡°It''s Freya¡¯s doing, she said it''d be boring if she received the entire blessing immediatly. So she adjusted the system to gradually integrate the blessing as she levels." (Gachachacha) "But isn''t that too little? I can hardly sense any Holy Energy coming from her." (Corvus) "It''s her Apostle, what can I do?" (Gachachacha) ¡°Whatever, so she''s the one?¡± (Corvus) ¡°Yeah, she died and came back to life. Just look at this ability", Gachachacha opened up the system and brought up her one peculiar skill, "It''s ranked at SR, but it''s almost basically an EX rank skill."(Gachachachacha) ¡°That¡¯s¡­.have you done anything about it?¡± (Corvus) ¡°No, why would I?¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Don¡¯t you find any of this weird? Hasn¡¯t the council done anything?¡± (Corvus) ¡°Not that I know of.¡± (Gachachacha) ¡°Something¡¯s odd, I need to do something about this¡± (Corvus) Corvus got up, and flew away, ¡°What are you getting so worked up about?¡± (Gachachacha) "Something''s not right!", Corvus ripped open a rift and flew through it entering his own domain. Something felt off to him, extremely so. The ability to come back to life after dying, what did this represent? It''s an ability not even the Gods posses! Not him, nor the God of Life, nor the God of Death! Not even the rulers of Hell, or the Council of Heaven! All things are bound by Death! No, I suppose it''s all but one.
Authors Note Hey guys, super late I know but do I have a story for you! So I was sick right? I''m sure I mentioned it somewhere in the last update. But if not I was sick. And I thought I was fine, I was well enough to write a story. And I didn''t have too much work, just a lot of tests like a lot of tests. I had like three weeks of testing. So I thought I''d be fine, there was no way my condition could get any worse right? So fast forward a week later, and I did recover. And then I got sick again... And then it got worse. Like I was in no shape to do anything. I was just in bed for the entire day, but I still had to take my tests. So I ignored my health, and took my tests. So I ended up making it EVEN WORSE. But hey I got my tests over with, and now I have a lot more free time(if you ignore the finale projects that are due sometime soon). So finally this Sunday I finally finally recovered. I went to the Doctor, got a prescription, and got like a bunch of pills and medicine. And I recovered. I even managed to get my PR on this story and I was like, Yeah! I can totally upload this chapter. And then I accidentally deleted it. :3 Now I had the chapter on a Doc, but I made way too many last minute changes and I didn''t wanna just upload it as is. But It was 1 AM, so I left it for the next day. And well, I got lazier and lazier and then I finally finished all the edits toady! What a month. Anyway I lost quite a few details after deleting it, so this chapter might be a little shorter. Anyway the first arc is done, let''s see if I can find some motivation to get another chapter done by Saturday or Sunday, if not then just wait like another week after that. I''ll try and upload a bit more frequently since I''ll be going back to the motherland over the summer. And I probably won''t be able to upload.
You know what I just realized I forgot to add a chapter title Chapter 12: Farewell Bornean Forest The day immediately after the raid, I woke up on a rough blanket in the middle of the Goblin''s Cave hidden deep within the Bornean Forest. I quickly got my bearings together in the mess floor of the cave covered in crumbs of food, rats, and broken pieces of furniture. ¡°So what now?¡± (Giri) We¡¯ll head to the next town over, there¡¯s no point staying here anymore. We''ve done what we could, now it''s time to leave before we attract any real attention. Besides that mage is a problem, even if she can''t kill me I''m in no condition to kill her. Which reminds me I need to go find a new weapon. The flail in my inventory isn''t exactly my weapon of choice. "Would you like me to pull up the Weapon Gacha?" (Giri) No, I''ll make do with the knives I have until I can find my self a sword or spear. I wonder if I can get something from the Goblins? It wasn''t in our initial deal, but they probably wouldn''t mind. I opened my mini-map, and noticed a large gathering of red and white dots in the deeper end of the cave. There still going huh. ¡°Good Morning Master¡±, Stella appeared behind me pulling a young boy by the chains of his collar. "Who''s he?" (Blade) "My breakfast, I picked him up this morning." (Stella) "Is that so? Give me a status report, how many of you are left?" (Blade) ¡°Seven including myself.¡± (Stella) Only seven? That''s a lot lower than I predicted. How troublesome. ¡°What happened to the rest?¡± (Blade) ¡°That mage set a field around the village, and everyone was forbidden from leaving. She caught the Devils that were leaving and used a spell to tell if they were on her side or ours." (Stella) "Did she find out you were Flesh Devils?" (Blade) "No, I had them attack her before she could use it. But in the process four of them died. That''s why we could only get here just now." (Stella) "Is that so? Well at the very least it wasn''t exposed that you were Flesh Devils. Then things would have gotten out of hand."(Blade) "Indeed" (Stella) "Anyway, finish what you need to in thirty minutes. And gather everyone else outside, I need to meet with the Goblin Lord for a moment." (Blade) "Very well", Stella bowed, and led the young boy to a corner of the cave. Her fingers deformed and pierced the child, but instead of being sucked to death the child began screaming and merely fell down. I opened up the Ritual''s book in my inventory, and scanned the article on Flesh Devils. I see, Devils have their own wants and desire too, and I suppose that just now was an Aphrodisiac. "That''s quite the breakfast..." (Giri) I suppose. "You have the weakest reactions." (Giri) You act like you haven''t watch me do it. "B-But....so young...."(Giri) ¡­ I made my way through the large Goblin cave into a large room lined with goblins and women. The consistent noise of flesh pounding flesh, and cries of pleasure and agony filled the room along with the horrid stench of blood, semen, and fecal matter. The women were bound my chains and collars to the ground or the walls, or simply held down by the Goblins around them. Some of the women had terrifying scars across their body, while others were beaten black and blue. While the lucky ones were merely covered in myriad of bodily fluids. These goblins were not kind in their abuse. They let loose howls of pleasure and delight as they finally had an opportunity to let loose all the hatred and despair they felt. All the pain from losing their loved ones, their friends had long since disappeared from their minds. The only things they thought of were the women in front of them, and the women around them. I quickly scanned through the room, and it looks like the Goblin Lord isn''t here. I quickly walked through the room to a room separated by a single dirty curtain. There I found the Goblin Lord surrounded by several unconscious women. Each of them were bare naked covered in sweat, blood, tears, and semen like the other women in the back, however it seems the Goblin Lord was less of physical abuser. Not like that matter too much, since he ended up breaking these women nonetheless. I looked around and I spotted a large pile of loot, and several more women chained to the walls. Some of them were glaring at me, at the Goblin Lord, and some of them were closing there eyes and covering there ears trying to look away from the reality of the situation. However all of them could hardly stand straight and were quivering. The Goblin Lord having noticed someone enter looked up, and smiled. He grabbed the women arms, and pulled her back showcasing her body before me as he quickened his pace. I could see a large deformation in her stomach as his large member was repeatedly thrust in and out of her body. Her voice filling the room with moans of pleasure and ecstasy contrary to her expression filled with tears and agony. "Quite a haul don''t you think?", he pulled the women closer, and held her in place with one hand on her breast roughly playing with them. "Look over there" (Zil) With his one free hand he pointed at the stash behind him, "Yeah, I saw it" (Blade) ¡°Isn''t it great? I didn''t believe it would work out at first, but look at us now! We killed that monster, we couldn''t do anything about the witch, but look at all the women! Look at all the loot we managed to scrounge up! And I can feel myself inching closer to ranking up? Come join me, take your pick!", he pointed to the women chained to the wall If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ¡°I gave them all powerful aphrodisiacs last night, they¡¯re still a little defiant, but that makes it all the more fun. And I''m sure some if you give them a little push they''ll be begging for it.¡± (Zil) ¡°I''m sure you already know why I''m here, so cough it up¡± (Blade) ¡°Come on, it won¡¯t hurt anyone if join me for a few hours would it? Well at least not them.¡± (Goblin Lord) I glared at him, I don''t intend on prolonging my stay here. News of the raid will definitely get out somehow, and with how unpredictable magic can be, I don''t plan on staying when there''s a mage around here. Especially a mage who''s seen me. He clicked his tongue, ¡°Fine¡± (Zil) The Goblin Lord accelerated once more quickening his thrusting, causing the women before him to screech in pain. Foam began to from in the corner of her mouths, and I began to see the white of her eyes as it soon became increasingly difficult for her to remain conscious. But each time his large member was once again thrusted into her deepest regions she would wake up for a split second before falling unconscious once again. And with one final thrust, the woman''s belly surged and protrude outward almost as if she were instantly impregnated and fell to the ground. The Goblin Lord''s pulled himself out of her unconscious body as a large quantity of viscous semen slowly spilled outwards. He moved over to the large stash of items and grabbed several large brown sacks, throwing them at me one at a time. "Here, take it. We have no use for gold, oh and take this too why don''t you." (Zil) He picked up a large sword still in it''s sheath and threw it at me. After stuffing the bags of gold into my inventory, I unsheathed the blade and inspected it. It was a rather well made iron broadsword. It was far from being as strong as the machete, but it was pretty decent. Having received what I came for I turned around and left, but before I could move past the curtains the Goblin Lordd called me, "Hey!" ¡°Hmmm?¡± I turned around, ¡°What do you want now?¡± (Blade) ¡°If you¡¯re ever around again come by, I¡¯m sure I¡¯ll have become the Goblin King by then!¡±(Zil) ¡°Maybe¡± (Blade) I¡¯ll only come back if you¡¯re worth killing. ¡°The names Zil, you better remember it!¡± (Zil) ¡°Yeah, yeah¡± (Blade) ¡­ As I left the cave, I was greeted by Stella,¡°Master all preparations have been completed¡± And following behind her were six of your average adventurers equipped with cheap and makeshift equipment that you could find anywhere in the village. Well, at least they were. As I walked forward, they all bowed and greeted me respectfully,¡°Good Morning Grand Master!¡± ¡°Grand Master?¡± (Blade) ¡°Mhmm, you''re my master master, and I¡¯m their master so that makes you their grand master right master?"(Stella) ¡°Whatever, introduce them¡± (Blade) ¡°Sure thing,¡± Stella pointed towards one of the flesh devils, a rather large Adventurer in leather reinforced bone armor and a large axe. ¡°He¡¯s one¡± (Stella) She pointed at a short female Adventurer in shorts and a light leather equipment. According to the guild she¡¯s classified as a thief, which is quite odd considering the fact that she doesn¡¯t actually steal anything. ¡°She¡¯s number two¡± (Stella) Then she pointed at each of the blood devils assigning them each a number. ¡°Do you even know there names?¡± (Blade) ¡°Of course not, they don¡¯t need names!¡± (Stella) ¡°Then how do you properly communicate with each other?¡± (Blade) ¡°Um, Grand Master?¡± (Two) ¡°Just call me Blade, or Master¡± (Blade) ¡°Well, Master um we do have names. It¡¯s just that Master I mean, not you Master but Master Master. Um.¡± (Two) ¡°Just call me Blade¡­¡± (Blade) ¡°Well, Blade sir Master orders us through our links. So she doesn¡¯t need to know our names.¡± (Two) ¡°But it¡¯s going to be rather difficult for me to communicate to you guys if I don¡¯t know your names¡± (Blade) ¡°Ah, mister Blade-¡± (Two) ¡°Is calling me Blade to awkward for you guys. You know what I don¡¯t care call me whatever the hell you want¡±(Blade) ¡°Thank you grand master. Grand Master it will be fine if you call us by our numbers, we tend to move from body to body anyway.¡± (Two) ¡°This is going nowhere isn¡¯t it¡­¡± (Blade) ¡°No, Grand Mast-¡± (Two) ¡°Just stop, stop, stop. What we¡¯re going to do now is leave this for later, and head to town. If anyone asks who you are as long as you haven¡¯t told them you¡¯re old name you may call yourself whatever the hell you want. It can be Alpha,Bravo, Charlie, Delta. Just don¡¯t call yourselves a number. Understood?¡± (Blade) ¡°Yes, Sir¡± (Two) ¡°Now, follow me¡± (Blade)
Authors Note I wonder why this keeps happening. I really don''t learn my lesson huh. And by that I mean two things. One I got sick again. I''m just gonna blame the weather on this one, though I suppose it''s my fault for getting like 2 hours of sleep every day. And two I accidentally deleted this chapter. I really need to have more up to date back ups...