《Paths of Destiny》 Prologue - The Birth of Our Little Protagonist Prologue Twas a dark and stormy night, and when most people were asleep, a woman could be heard grunting and screaming. Her screams were accompanied by another¡¯s, a man¡¯s, screams. Those that heard both screams could feel chills run through their spines. Inside a hospital room there was a woman in labor and a man in pain. The man was crying out from the pain of several deep gashes in his arms that end in the fingernails on the woman. ¡°Honey!!!! I know it hurts but you don¡¯t have to take that hurt out on me!¡± (man) The woman could only grunt in response as the medical team was trying to help her through her labor. The man¡¯s wounds got so bad that another doctor had to come in to bandage his arms. Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. After several more hours and bandages the screams finally stopped and instead there was the panting of exhaustion from everyone present as well as the cries of a newborn baby. ¡°It¡¯s a boy, a beautiful baby boy.¡± The father said to his exhausted wife. ¡°His name will be Nathan Katsu Silvahawk.¡± The man smiled to himself as he had much to teach to his firstborn child and future heir. He then handed Nathan to his wife so she could hold him. She smiled at him and everyone in the room smiled as well as it was a perfect picture of a happy mother and her child. The only one not smiling was the father as he knew what that smile meant and felt truly sorry for his new child. Nathan would have a hard time for a while. Chapter 1 Chapter 1 NOTE: ¡°¡± is for verbal dialogue; ¡®¡¯ is for thoughts and stuff "Of course I''ll be fine mom. You two just enjoy your time together." Nathan smiled as he hung up the phone. "Is that something someone in your position should be saying?" (???) Nathan merely smiled in response to the masked owner of the feminine voice. Nathan was a young man who looked to be of an average build at first glance . His black hair and eyes combined with his lightly tanned skin show his oriental ancestry. His face seems to be a combination of an ikemen and bishounen . This amazingly good looking young man is currently staring down the barrel of a pistol with his pants around his ankles. "If you''ll excuse me I must finish wiping. " (Nathan) Nathan proceeds to wipe his ass before promptly flushing it away. The stranger seems to be at a loss as Nathan pulls up his pants and walks toward the sink. As he dries his hand she raises the gun once more and points it at his head. " Why are you so calm in such a situation? "(stranger ) Nathan smiles at her once more before replying " Because of this " and all the masked stranger with the gun could see was a glint of metal before she realized her weapon had just got disassembled in her hands leaving only the handle of her pistol in her hands with the others lying on the ground. She blinked and look at Nathan confused before realising that she was looking at the ceiling with a fist coming down towards her face. With his opponent incapacitated Nathan took out his phone and made a call while sighing. "Right when I was about to go buy the new novel by John Doe too. " "Hello? " (male voice) " Come pick me up, I''m at XXXX-XXXX" "Understood bocchama" (NOTE: bocchama means young master and I will be using them interchangeably because I¡¯m an indecisive person) Shortly afterwards a black car arrives and out steps a tall gray haired man. He was a tall man at about 6ft 7 in (1.98m) and seemed to be of an athletic build. His slicked back, dull gray hair is a stark contrast to his piercing blue eyes. He looked at his bocchama and at his ¡°companion¡± and smiled wryly before picking her up at placing her carefully inside the car. Nathan placed himself in the backseat next to the unconscious passenger as the gray haired man started driving them back to their home. ¡°James?¡± (Nathan) ¡°Yes young master?¡± (James) ¡°Call Mary and tell her to prepare a meal for two seeing as how I have a guest.¡±(Nathan) James, the gray haired robot proceeded to do so as he drove them back to the Silvahawk mansion. Nathan threw his captive over his shoulder and tossed her into the kitchen where a beauty was cooking for him. The beauty was Mary, the robot maid, and she stopped cooking what seemed to be a stew and retrieved some zip ties and tied the unconscious masked lady before returning to the stew. The doorbell rang and as Nathan was placing his masked assailant on a chair, he could hear James answering the door as well as several men talking about how they were there to deliver the VR capsule for Paths of Destiny commonly referred to as PoD. Hearing that, Nathan remembered how today was the day it was publicly released and how it is as close to reality as something can be without it being reality itself. ¡°Thank you very much gentlemen, James will take it from here. Mary give these gentlemen a packaged meal as a thanks for their hard work.¡± Nathan says walking into the entrance. ¡°You sure kid? We can just set it up right now and then be on our way.¡± One of the men says in response. ¡°James should be able to do it seeing as how he¡¯s my butler.¡± ¡°Well, just call the number in the manual if something happens alright?¡±(man) ------------------------------------------------------------ POV: Nathan I take a seat on the couch in the living room and start to skim the manual describing the various ins and outs of PoD. And by skim, I mean rapidly skip and scan through it because it''s size was similar to that of a dictionary or encyclopedia. As I do so, Mary walks in with a tray of food and places it on the coffee table before bringing in the masked prisoner of war. As I read, a voice not entirely my own commands Mary to feed me as I read. Reading through I found that it was similar to other VRRPGs except with a lot more realism. Ten minutes later James walks in and informs me that the capsule is set up and seems to be functioning properly. I tell Mary and James to decide who will go in with me and so they leave to ¡°discuss¡± in the dojo. I leave my finished plates on the tray and go on to unmask the now squirming girl sitting next to me. The results of the unmasking were remarkable. She was a beauty, her face fine and fair as porcelain with bright blue eyes. She had moderately short blonde hair tied into a ponytail that was now sticking to her face in some places from sweat. I looked at her thick luscious lips and couldn¡¯t help but lean in kissing my victim. Seeing her confused eyes and frantic movements I pull away smirking as she looks at me with eyes of anger. Reaching to the side and grabbing a fork, I place the four prongs on the side of her neck and decide to start my questioning. ¡°So, why did you attack me inside a restroom?¡±(Nathan) She refused to answer me and kept her mouth shut while glaring at me. I smiled at this and pulled away my deadly fork. I removed her left glove and used my fork on her index finger drawing blood with one of the prongs. I stand and leave the room to get a certain device that would allow me to identify her. Bringing it back, I see her collapsed on the floor trying to worm herself out the door. Clicking my tongue, I close the door and place her finger over the device¡¯s hole and smile with satisfaction as I squeeze enough blood out into the hole. The device beeps and I look at the screen.
NAMESamantha V. Edwards
AGE17
The first and only match was Samantha V. Edwards. Tapping on it, I find more of her information and doing so finally understand why she came to capture me. Her guardian who is also her uncle had sent her over as a means of earning one of my favors. Samantha didn¡¯t know that and thought that she was just going to kidnap some guy and get a ton of money because that was the job description I put as the means of contacting me with the ¡°sacrifice¡±. I grab some tape I brought in with the identifier and tape her mouth shut. As soon as I finish. Mary walks in with James close behind. Knowing from the way the walked, that James lost, I tell him to contact Samantha¡¯s uncle for the compensation that he wants. If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. As James was walking away with Samantha, I went into my room where I had the capsule set up and started up the game. A couple minutes passed and I was still staring at the cover of the capsule. Mary who was waiting for me to start the whole time, knocked on the capsule. ¡°Bocchama, you did read the manual didn¡¯t you?¡± (Mary) ¡°¡®Course I did, who do you think I am?¡± ¡°A lazy impatient child of 8 years but developed remarkably fast and has the appearance of someone twice his age.¡±(Mary) ¡°Err... Why you gotta be soo ruuuude?¡± ¡°Anyways bocchama, the manual states that you must close your eyes and verbally activate the game and not just close the lid and jump in.¡±(Mary) ¡°WHAT!? We live in the 28th century and we still have to manually guide the machines on how to do their jobs?¡± ¡°That is correct bocchama, congratulations on your great detective skills.¡±(Mary) ¡°Thank you Mary, anyways ¡°Game turn on!¡±... ¡°VR activate¡±... WHAT THE HELL MARY!!¡± ¡°The manual states that you must state something along those lines but with PoD or Paths or Destiny or Paths of Destiny.¡±(Mary) ¡°*sigh* I see... PoD activate.¡± The moment activate left my mouth, all I could see was black. The black was quickly rushing past me and becoming lighter until eventually I was surrounded by white.
Brain scan and DNA sample has determined you to be an unregistered user. Would you like to register?
¡®DNA sample? What DNA sample? Ah well the manual said you need to register to actually play so...¡¯ ¡°Yes!¡± The white around me slowly changed to a grassy plain and floating in front of me was what seemed to be a humanoid doll with no features other than the general shape of the human body.
Abnormal brain waves discovered, now directing to overseer.
¡°Hello and thankyou for pre-ordering Paths of Destiny. I am Jennifer, your overseer for your character generation at this time, do you have any questions?¡±(???) A voice said from behind me. As I turned the doll remained in a constant position in front of me and was floating between me and a giant canyon. Raising my eyes upwards I saw that the canyon was connected to a lady, an attractive lady, an attractive young lady who was within my hit-zone. ¡°Yes I do actually, are you an angel who¡¯s come from the heavens to show me the gates to paradise?¡±(me) ¡°*sigh* Look I¡¯m just here to make sure you¡¯re not hacking into the system or something while creating your character alright? Anyways, do you have any prior medical or mental conditions that can attribute to your abnormal brain waves?¡±(overseer) ¡°Yeah I do actually, I have been proven to harbor more than one personality within my psyche however have demonstrated time and time again that I am able to be a functioning person in society. But anyways can I have a hybrid character?¡±(me) ¡°Hmmm, I¡¯m afraid I¡¯ll have to redirect you to a supervisor as he¡¯ll have to determine whether it is actually safe for you to play.¡± With that she disappeared and in her place popped some dude in his early to mid thirties. Seeing that he wasn¡¯t an attractive female person, I did what all heterosexual men would have done: I went straight to business. ¡°A more in-depth scan has determined the safety of your use of this device and so your character creation may now start. What would you like to be kid?¡±(Middle-aged guy) ¡°Again, can I be a hybrid race thingy?¡±(me) ¡°Kinda, you can mix two races together to get a mix of each but that¡¯s it. Just say something whenever you¡¯re done and I¡¯ll be back.¡±(guy) As he said that the doll disappeared and in front of me were about 20 people that looked like me except that they were all the various different attributes. Frowning and walking around looking at each of them I quickly started picking out my favorites. I finally picked something called a Draconian which is a humanoid with a dragon tail, more pronounced canines, and scale designs around the eyes (think of Natsu Dragneel¡¯s dragonforce) and also chose something called an Arcanian which looks like a human but with pointed ears, two small horns protruding from his forehead, and wings that seemed to be made of energy. I combined them to make a draconian me with pointy ears, horns, and wings. ¡°Ok, done.¡± (me) ¡°So a Draconian and an Arcanian huh, that¡¯s an interesting combo. Well, where do you want to start?¡±(guy) ¡°The Forest of Eternity¡±(me) ¡°Ok, well my name is Jed and I hope you have found this introduction to PoD satisfactory.¡±(Guy) The guy, or Jed, said this in a nonchalant and rather monotone voice. ¡°Well, young man what will be your name?¡± ¡°Katsu¡±(me) ¡°Well Katsu, you are starting off in the Forest of Eternity. Ah crap, forgot to balance out the races they¡¯re...¡± His voice faded away and then was replaced by countless others bargaining for cheaper prices. Looking around I saw many people walking around and many different wares being sold. ------------------------------------------------------------ 4th wall breaking tidbit: Nathan¡¯s parents are criminals. He was trained in their criminal ways. Nathan isn¡¯t your average human. Nathan¡¯s family on both sides were genetically modified centuries ago. There are a few other things but these you should know so that you don¡¯t get too confused as he starts doing crazy stuff that the average person probably wouldn¡¯t do Also while you were reading this some time has passed and Nathan has managed to obtain some money as well as move away from where he was earlier End of 4th wall breaking tidbit ------------------------------------------------------------ ¡®Well time to check my character status window or something¡¯ ¡°Status... WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!?¡± ------------------------------------------------------------ Hey any readers that read this, this is just a message telling you guys my updating plans for this ff. I plan to update at least once a week but if I don''t update this in 3 or more weeks, assume the worst which can include but is not limited to: I am dead, in a coma, or have no way of typing. Also I''ll try to keep all of you readers that probably don''t exist updated about whether I''ll drop it or go on a hiatus. Chapter 2 Hey everybody, it¡¯s the author, thanks for the feedback from the two people who commented that I have read. Sooo, I¡¯ve decided to keep things in the first person pov of our MC protagonist Nathan/Katsu. I have also decided to keep things in the past tense since people seem to like the past tense. That¡¯s probably it for this little break of the story. ----------------------------------
Status Window
Name:KatsuAlignment:None
Level:1Class:None
Race:Draconian/ArcanianGender:Male
Titles
The Impossible
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Health:1000 / 1000Health Regen:4 / Sec
Mana:10000 / 10000Mana Regen:10 / Sec
Stamina:1000 / 1000Stamina Regen:4 / Sec
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Strenght:20Agility:20
Vitality:20
Intelligence:50Wisdom:50
Charisma:10Luck:10
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Attack:20Defense:0
Physical Resistances
Slashing:0Piercing:0
Crushing:0
Elemental Resistances
Fire:10%Water:10%
Wind:10%Earth:10%
Light:0%Darkness:0%
¡®What¡¯s with these stats? They¡¯re so inflated. I¡¯m pretty sure the base human average is 10 for all stats with health, mana, and stamina at 100 each. And why do I already have a title?¡¯ ¡°Titles.¡±
Titles
The Impossible: Due to being an impossible existence, you have gained the title of ¡°The Impossible¡±. Effects: Anything impossible is possible when you are involved.
¡®Impossible existence? Ah well I¡¯ll probably find out sooner or later. I should probably check to see if I have any skills.¡¯ ¡°Skills¡±
Currently two types of skills available: Racial and Acquired
¡°Can you show both?¡±
Would you like to remember this setting for the future?
¡°Yes¡±
[Racial] Draconic Vitality LVL:MAX (passive) : Your Draconic ancestry has given you immense vitality. Effect: Vitality based stats/skills/effects are magnified by 5 from their base. [Racial] Draconic Senses LVL:MAX (passive/toggle) : You have enhanced senses due to your Draconic ancestry Effect: Varied [Racial] Draconic Ki LVL:MAX (passive) : Your Draconic ancestry has given you access to your ki in exchange for your mana. Effect: Access to Ki. No mana (Due to other effects mana still exists.) [Racial] Draconic Longevity LVL:MAX (passive) : Your Draconic ancestry gives you a much longer life than that of a human but it also takes longer for you to grow. Effect: Gain LVL experience at 1/10th the rate of normal humans. [Racial] Arcanian Mind LVL:MAX (passive) : Your Arcanian blood gives you a powerful mind and immense mana reserves. Effect: Mental abilities now amplified by 5 from their base. Mana now 50x wisdom. [Racial] Arcanian Talent LVL:MAX (passive) : Mental and magical skills come easily to you with your Arcanian blood. Effect: Mental/Magical skills gain 2x experience [Racial] Arcanian Senses LVL:MAX : Your Arcanian blood gives you enhanced senses. Effect: Varied Begging LVL: Beginner 3.47 : Your impoverished state makes others pity you and donate in order to allow you to make ends meet. Effect: Gain slightly more money when begging, effects increase with levels
¡®Aren¡¯t these, besides begging, really OP skills?¡¯ Katsu was slack jawed at the effects of his skills. ¡®But what the hell does varied mean?¡¯ ¡°Draconic Senses¡±
Draconic Sight: You are able to see much more than most due to being a Draconian Draconic Hearing: You are able to hear much more than most due to being a Draconian Draconic Nose: You are able to smell much more than most due to being a Draconian Draconic Touch: Your are able to feel much more than most due to being a Draconian Draconic Taste: You are able to taste much more than most due to being a Draconian
¡°Well, let¡¯s try one, Draconic Sight.¡±
The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.ERROR! Unable to utilize skill Draconic Sight. Reason: Conflicts with skill Arcanian Vision. Solution: Merging of skills to remove conflict. New Skill created: Transcendent Senses
The world suddenly illuminated as I saw lights and waves coming off everything in sight. An elf walking by the alleyway I was standing in had a blue light inside him that filled him up and lightly emanated from his frame. Inside the blue light there seemed to be currents of light flowing. The lines were similar looking to veins and arteries and flowed throughout the body. Looking at myself I could see the same but instead of blue, it was an iridescent form that changed colors constantly like an Aurora in my body. There were green lines present that seemed to release a faint glow. The green lines looked like the elf''s except that I had iridescent veins flowing through me as well as the green ones. The green lines all flowed throughout my body and gathered in the center of my abdomen forming a circular shape comprised solely of the green. This difference between us was an interesting discovery as everyone seemed to have a unique base color but they only had one color unlike my body. Before I could do anything else, I saw a group of men further in the alley cornering a beautiful woman and I, being the horn dog err gentleman that I am, decided to save a damsel in distress. Knowing that they were probably higher leveled than I was, I checked my inventory for the first time. The only thing in there was a small knife.
Thin Stiletto Damage: 1-2 Type: Piercing A thin piece of scrap iron with a handle designed to be thrusted into a person. It can easily penetrate flesh but is too bad to penetrate much else.
¡®Welp, I guess it¡¯s better than nothing.¡¯ Taking out my stiletto I was about to walk over to the band of ruffians and the girl until I saw how crappy the stiletto truly was. It was quite thin and seemed like it would be quite brittle. Seeing as how it basically sucks if you¡¯re going to be fighting a group of people, I decided to put it away. I walked up to the group and kicked the back of one of the men, knocking him down. As he got up I kicked him in the back of his head stunning him for a few seconds before I kicked his head again, this time knocking him unconscious. Hearing the guy falling and getting kicked, one of the men turned around and saw me. Before I could do anything else he alerted the other two of my presence and they all turned to face me. ¡°Halt scum, what are you doing to such a fair lady?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Hey buddy, why don¡¯t you mind your own business and we¡¯ll forgive you for attacking our friend there.¡± (Ruffian #1) ¡°Nonsense! I cannot merely walk away from a lady who requires my assistance! You incompetent men who need a group in order to get any kind of female interaction should leave before I get angry.¡±(Katsu) A twitch seemed to appear on Ruffian #1¡¯s face as he seemed to have gotten pissed off over something. Tilting his head towards me, the other two each pulled out a dagger before rushing at me swinging them wildly. Pulling off my best impression of some martial artist from some centuries ago, I swiped my thumb across the tip of my nose and said ¡°Waaah¡± before kicking the faster one in the crotch while saying ¡°taaah¡±, causing him to fall to his knees. The second one swung his dagger down towards me but I caught his arm and kneed him in his crotch, causing the same reaction as the first one. I decided to place the both of them in a chokehold sending them off to dreamland before facing the last guy, Ruffian #1. Ruffian #1 ran towards me and tried to punch me but before he could have, the girl mumbled some words and Ruffian #1 got hit by a fireball. As he was rolling on the ground trying to extinguish the flames, the girl mumbled some other words and drenched Ruffian #1 in water. She mumbled some more words and covered Ruffian #1 in a thin layer of white frost causing him to start shivering. I then proceeded to beat the crap out of him leaving him shivering and groaning on the ground before I went to the girl to check up on her. Now that I saw her up close, I could see how beautiful she truly was. She had moderately long blonde hair that flowed just past her shoulders. She was an elf as far as I could tell with her long pointed ears. She wore a green dress that covered her important parts but still allowed you to make out some of her curves. Her breasts didn¡¯t look like they would be large but they definitely weren¡¯t small as I could make out a faint outline on her chest. ¡°Thank you for coming to my rescue kind sir, but it was unnecessary.¡±(girl) ¡°Nonsense! Forsooth, twas unnecessary however, I''ll still do''t a thousand times if ''t be true I saw such a beauty as thyself in such a predicament.¡±(Katsu) ¡°Umm, thank you sir but why must you speak in that manner?¡±(girl) ¡°Uhh, you guys don¡¯t talk like this?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Most people don¡¯t, no.¡±(girl) ¡°Hmm, it seems that I had the wrong idea about this world.¡±(Katsu) ¡°Wait, are you perhaps a foreigner?¡±(girl) ¡°What do you mean by foreigner?¡±(Katsu) ¡°I mean one of those people from another world that have started to come into our own just recently.¡± (girl) ¡®Ah, she¡¯s probably referring to players¡¯ ¡°Yes, yes I am.¡±(Katsu) ¡°Oh great! Would you please come with me to the Arcane University?¡±(girl) ¡°Arcane University?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Yes, it¡¯s the place where aspiring magic users go to learn more about arcane arts.¡±(girl) ¡°May I ask why?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Oh yes, I overheard the headmaster complaining about how no foreigners would go to actually learn magic and instead went to the Mages Guild to get the class and just learn how to use magic basically before going out to start slaughtering critters. As such, I took it upon myself to go find a foreigner to enroll within the University.¡±(girl) ¡°Uhh sure, I guess I can go with you to learn about magic.¡±(Katsu) ¡°Really? Great! Well, Mister Hooded Person, I am Leona, an aspiring elemental mage studying in the university.¡± Leona said with a bright smile and extended out her hand. Finding her smile infectious, I smiled and said ¡°I¡¯m Katsu¡± and shook her hand. ¡°Great! Well, let¡¯s go to the university then!¡±(Leona) ¡®What did she mean by Mister Hooded Person?¡¯ Thinking this, I looked at my starting clothes and realized that 1. they looked like crap, and 2. they had a hood that I was wearing. ¡°Katsu?¡± Leona smiled as she looked back at me in the streets. ¡°Yeah, let¡¯s go.¡± I said and she started walking to the east. I smiled as I removed my hood and stepped out into the streets following her. ------------------------------- Author here again. The next chapter will probably have more stuff going down rather than just a bunch of tables and windows. That being said, if you have any ideas or wishes regarding this story, feel free to comment and tell me, and depending on whether I like it or not and whether enough people want it to happen, I will incorporate it into the story. You readers should also tell me how I can improve to make this a better experience for everyone. Thanks for reading.
Sorry about the little amount of content guys. But it seems that tables are hard to do. Chapter 3 I jogged up to reach Leona as she walks surprisingly fast in her dress. When I got to her, we were suddenly swarmed by a group of girls. ¡°Hey want to be friends?¡± ¡°Do you need someone to level with?¡± ¡°Do you want to go quest with us?¡± ¡°We should friend each other.¡± I was suddenly attacked by a barrage of questions. The reason was simple : I was good looking. I remembered reading about appearances inside the manual because I was concerned about meeting a person that could have been a G.I.R.L (Guy In Real Life). The answer to my concerns caused me to sigh in relief as the manual stated that PoD didn¡¯t allow much cosmetic and physical changes. You also had to play as your own sex because the game was supposed to be as close to realistic as possible. This meant that an average looking guy couldn¡¯t suddenly become a supermodel. The bombardment of girls was only natural as I was more than just good looking, I am arguably, one of the best looking males on the planet (at least according to my mom and Mary) The only reason as to why I didn¡¯t get this much females around me earlier was likely because my hood was on thus giving me the look of some hobo. But I couldn¡¯t just stop when I promised Leona that I would follow her to the university, as such I did one of the things I do best: BS my way out of situations. ¡°Bonjour, croiscant, Bourbon, Je ne se quoi, Je ne se pa, Au revoir, adieu.¡±(Katsu) As I said this the girls parted away and I could have heard mumblings of how I was apparently French. Seizing this break, I dashed towards Leona and picked her up in a princess style carry before the girls realized that not only did PoD translate a person¡¯s language, but France had a mandatory English course in their education system. ¡°WAIT! Doesn¡¯t the game have an internal translator?¡± ¡°Doesn¡¯t France also teach the people English?¡± As they said that I was already no longer surrounded by them. This all happened in the course of a few seconds and so I started sprinting away with Leona squirming in my arms. ¡°Leona it¡¯s me, Katsu¡±(Katsu) ¡°Huh? But I thought you were some beggar looking person who wore a hood because he had some kind of physical deformity.¡±(Leona) ¡°Actually, as a foreigner, we all come into this world with those clothes, some bread, and basically an over glorified toothpick.¡±(Katsu) ¡°Oh, ok I guess.¡±(Leona) ¡°So, where¡¯s the university?¡±(Katsu) ¡°It¡¯s in the Educational District in the east, just keep going straight and you¡¯ll find it.¡±(Leona) And find it I did. It was quite big, bigger than most of the other places in the Educational District. We passed through the gate and bumped into an short old human lady who seemed to be cleaning, commenting about how ¡°Kids these days are so amorous.¡± That comment caused Leona to blush furiously and politely asked me to place her down. Smiling, I did as she asked and she led me to the headmaster¡¯s office where I saw the headmaster. The headmaster was a short old man that many would probably love to have as their grandfather. He was short, probably at 4ft 6in (1.37m), he had balding white hair and an adorable white mustache. (Basically Makarov from fairy tail) ¡°Leona? Who¡¯s this hobo that you¡¯ve brought?¡± (Headmaster) ¡°Headmaster, this is a foreigner who has agreed to come study in the university.¡±(Leona) ¡°This hobo is a foreigner?¡±(Headmaster) ¡°I¡¯m actually not a hobo.¡±(Katsu) ¡°That is correct headmaster.¡±(Leona) ¡°Well, I guess even a hobo foreigner is better than no foreigner at all.¡±(Headmaster) ¡°Again, I¡¯m not actually a hobo.¡±(Katsu) ¡°Well come on hobo, let¡¯s get you started on your magical training.¡±(Headmaster) ¡°I¡¯M NOT A GODDAMN HOBO!¡±(Katsu) ¡°Geez hobo, I know you¡¯re excited but calm down because I¡¯ll probably need to explain to you what magic is in our world. You may leave now Leona.¡±(Headmaster) ¡°*sigh* Fine, carry on.¡±(Katsu) ¡°As I was saying, hobo, magic is the manifestation of our imaginations through the use of mana. It is theoretically possible to do anything provided enough mana is used when doing anything with magic. Although magic is the manifestation of our imaginations, most people nowadays use magic in its simplest form. They simply chant and expect the effect or spell they chanted to appear and happen. This seems to be especially true among you foreigners. There is no imagination involved at all with modern magic. The sudden appearance of you foreigners is likely to push magic further in this direction. That is a basic summary of what magic is.¡±(Headmaster) ¡°So basically magic is the conversion of mana into other forms of energy or matter?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Yes, hobo, that is correct. You are surprisingly sharp for a hobo.¡±(Headmaster) ¡°*inhales deeply* So, when can I begin learning magic?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Soon, but not now, I need to teach you how to harness and utilize your mana before you can actually do anything.¡±(Headmaster) ¡°Ok, so how do I do this harnessing and utilization?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Yes, well sit down on that couch there, yes right there. Now, I want you to clear your mind and try to feel the mana inside of you. Keep it up for an hour and if you happen to finish before then, ring this bell on the coffee table. Oh yeah, before I go, if you don¡¯t finish before the hour is up, I¡¯ll provide you a faster, albeit more painful method.¡±(Headmaster) And so, I sat there for what seemed like hours just trying to feel the mana within myself. I tried sensing it, searching for it, for as long as I could, but to no avail. As I started to doze off after staying still for a while, I felt an extremely sharp burning pain on my forehead. I opened my eyes to see the old man looking at with a finger about to flick my forehead. ¡°So, I¡¯m assuming that as a hobo, you were unable to find your mana?¡±(Headmaster) ¡°Uhh, yeah, it probably would have helped if you told me what I could have done to find it though.¡±(Katsu) ¡°Ah well, what¡¯s past is past, hobo open your mouth.¡±(Headmaster) And so I opened my mouth. The old man then put a spherical object inside my mouth and told me to swallow it, which I did. As soon as I swallowed it, I felt a tingling sensation inside my belly that quickly turned into sharp, burning pain. The pain soon grew to be immense and started spreading throughout my body. It felt as if my body was lit on fire from the inside and it was slowly spreading through the rest of my body. Gasping, I looked at the old man and he just stood there looking at my face. Beads of sweat rolled down my face before a window popped up.
Due to the status effect [Mana Burn], Transcendent Sight have activated in order to allow you to find the source.
I looked at my belly and what I saw was a dwindling sphere of black. There were black flames eating away at my iridescent color while the green seemed to be doing its own thing. The black flames were slowly growing faster and had across most of my lower torso. I could feel the iridescent color, or was it mana?, flowing away from the flames. Feeling my mana, I tried to move it even faster than it''s current pace. As my mana moved away, I pushed the burning mana towards my abdomen where the dwindling sphere currently was at. After a few minutes of me holding my mana away from the flames, the flames started to extinguish as the sphere was now gone. In half a minute, the flames all disappeared and I released my hold on my mana. *DING!*
Due to your actions a new skill has been created : Mana Manipulation
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:
Mana ManipulationBeginner106%
You are one of the few with enough talent in order to be able to manipulate your mana. You are able to control your mana.
My vision returned to normal as the mana burn stopped affecting me. The only difference now was that I could still move the mana around within me. ¡°Wow, either you have a crappy amount of mana or you have quite the talent with mana.¡±(Headmaster) ¡°I guess I have talent because I can move what I think is my mana around now.¡±(Katsu) ¡°That¡¯s extremely impressive because most aren¡¯t able to even manipulate mana, let alone on the first try with the mana burn experiment. Anywho since I was expecting you to be able to feel your mana return in order to allow you to have a grasp as to what it is and where it generally is, you¡¯re doing good. Keep meditating until you¡¯ve recovered all your mana.¡±(Headmaster) And so, I went back to meditating, but as I was just getting into my Buddha mood, I heard a ding that distracted me.
A new skill has been created: Meditation
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:
MeditationBeginner102%
Meditation allows one to recover energy faster. Effect: increased mana/stamina/ki regen. Effects increase with level.
Soon after I received the window, my mana was full. As such, I opened my eyes to find the old man sitting across from me drinking tea and getting his back massaged by a voluptuous black haired beauty. Her breasts were huge and seemed to be struggling against her black robes. From what I could tell, she was in her early to mid 20s and her hair was tied up into a bun. She also wore square rimmed glasses that made her even more attractive. She gave off an onee-chan vibe that seemed to leak out maturity and experience. ¡°Oh you¡¯re done, ok well let¡¯s actually teach you real magic now.¡±(Headmaster) ¡°Uh-huh.¡±(Katsu) ¡°HEY! Stop staring at my granddaughter like that you insolent hobo!¡±(Headmaster) I could only reply ¡°Right¡± as I kept on staring at her. The headmaster¡¯s granddaughter smiled seductively, stood up, and walked to the door, her hips swaying as she stepped and might I say that she looks just as good from behind as she does from the front. What stopped me from looking even more was another flick on my forehead. The old man had flicked me! AGAIN! ¡°OLD MAN! What¡¯s with you and flicking my forehead. You got the same exact spot as earlier too!¡±(Katsu) ¡°Hah! Quit staring at my beautiful granddaughter, she¡¯s too good for the likes of a hobo like you.¡±(Headmaster) ¡°I¡¯m not a goddamn HOBO!!! My name¡¯s Katsu.¡±(Katsu) ¡°Is that so, Katsu? Well I¡¯m the headmaster of the Arcane University of the Eternal Forest, Crom Quint. Now I need you to place your palm on this orb in order to become an actual student of the Arcane University.¡± (Crom) The old man pulled out a black or maybe really dark blue sphere about 12 inches in diameter (30.5cm) from seemingly thin air. Placing my palm on it, I could feel some mana drain from my hand and flow into the orb. The orb glowed to a luminescent azure and some specks of light flew off it before slowly fading away. ¡°Congratulations Katsu, you have officially enrolled in the Arcane University. This means that you can go into any Arcane Universities that exist and they will accept you.¡± (Crom) ¡°That¡¯s it? I thought it would be harder than that.¡±(Katsu) ¡°Normally it would be but since you are the first foreigner to ever enroll in the University, an exception has been made for you.¡±(Crom) With that a ding! sound appeared and some windows popped up.
Congratulations! You are the first player to have been accepted into the Arcane University. +2 Intelligence +2 Wisdom
¡°Welp, time to teach you how to do magic now kid.¡±(Crom) ¡®Well, I guess ¡°kid¡± is better than ¡°hobo¡±¡¯(Katsu) ¡°Ok, so where do we begin?¡± ¡°Well, I¡¯m going to teach you how to manifest your mana outside of your body. This is something only those who can control their mana can do. Anyone can use magic in the conventional spell way, but since I sensed that you have at least some kind of control over your mana, I¡¯ll teach you how to bring it out. First, you have to push it out of your body, which is harder than it sounds. This may take a while so ring the bell when you are done.¡±(Crom) With that, Crom left the room with me sitting there. Pushing the mana out was indeed harder than it sounded. Moving the mana in my body around was easy. It felt natural moving the mana around, as if it were my limbs. I could feel my mana coursing through my body but no matter how I pushed, it wouldn¡¯t leave. I then decided that I wouldn¡¯t stop pushing my mana until it left. It took several minutes of pushing before I finally felt leave my body. There was a slight tingling at first as my mana was slowly leaving my body. Before long I was covered by an aurora like outline that shimmered around me. *DING!*
A new skill has been created : Mana Manifestation
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:
Mana ManifestationBeginner105%
Mana manifestation is the ability to emit your mana outside your body in it''s raw and pure form.
If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. After the windows popped up, there was a sudden flash around me and all of a sudden I was surrounded by several corpses and fire. The smell of death and iron was strong. In front of me sat a single handsome man covered in numerous wounds and gashes. His left arm was partially missing, leaving only about half of his biceps to his shoulder. His breathing was ragged and there was a sword sticking out of his abdomen. Since he was the only one here that still seemed to be alive, I went up to check on him. I nudged him and his eyelids flickered. He gazed at my face before smiling bitterly. He raised his right arm and with his index finger, did something on my forehead before a reddish purple sphere came from his chest and into mine. Then I was covered in a reddish purple outline similar to the iridescent aurora before I got here and I was gone in another flash. ------------------------------- POV of One armed guy I was returning back to the estate with my guards when we were stopped by a group of men. There were around a hundred of them, all dressed in various clothing. There didn¡¯t seem to be any kind of unity between the group as they all took out weapons of all sorts and rushed at us, some pushing others out of their way. I told a young man to run and obtain help because although they were uncoordinated, each of them felt capable in their own right and my group of eight, or now seven might not be able to fend them all off without much harm coming to us. I smirked and drew my sword prompting the others to do the same. The one mage among my guards shot a large jet of flames towards the onslaught and killed about thirteen. My men and I held our ground and our blades met theirs in a clash of metal. Swinging our swords down, we managed to wound several of them before more came to meet our blades. As we were about to clash once more, a loud roar was heard. To my right, I saw a rapidly approaching figure. The figure seemed like it left prints of fire in its wake. As it ran towards us I could see its large size as it was about 16ft (4.88m) tall on all four. It had long bull-like horns that seemed to have a fiery glow to them. The eyes were red fiery flames that seemed to spill out from the sockets. Its back was covered in fire with some spike like protrusions sticking out. It crashed into the middle of their group and started thrashing about, killing and wounding about twenty of their forces before charging towards our side. It crashed into us, killing two of ours and about another ten to fifteen of theirs. Everyone forgot about any previous hostilities and we all started attacking the beast. It flayed its forelimbs about and its claws cut through my blade and my left arm as if it was paper. I, and several others, collided with the beast as it ran back to the other side. More were wounded killed as the beast did it''s mad charge. There was fire everywhere and there were men flayed about laying limply around me. I got up while cursing in pain as it seemed that my leg and several ribs had been fractured. At this point some of the remaining people started running away as the beast was occupied with stomping on us. I had barely taken a step before someone clad entirely in black thrusted a long blade into my abdomen. The person threw me towards the beast before running. As I laid there, gasping in pain, many were getting tossed about by the fiery beast¡¯s rampage. I was about to try and stand before crying out in pain as a sharp pain resonated from my abdomen from where the sword struck. I gritted my teeth before a coughing fit hit me. Pulling my hand back, I saw that the blood was an ominous black and smiled wryly as I had been poisoned. I picked up a branch that had been ignited by the beast when it was slaughtering us and used it to cauterize my wounds. I was going to try and make a break for it. I soon blacked out after cauterizing my arm. I was unconscious for an unknown amount of time before I felt something touch me. My eyelids felt heavy and when I finally managed to lift them, I saw a blurry world that was shaking. The beast was gone and I seemed to be the only one remaining from its attack. I was about to get up before I saw that there was a person in front of me. I had no idea as to who he was as I had trouble keeping my eyes open and even then I could barely recognize anything. I was about to ask him for help before I saw what must have been my right arm. It was almost entirely black and I realized that the poison must have spread through most of my body by this time. There seemed to be no point to getting help as nothing could have saved me. The world around me turned grey and I saw the only clear thing in this world since I opened my eyes. Next to the person in front of me, stood a pale man in an all-black three piece suit. He had a book out and seemed to be writing something inside of it. ¡°Raphael Decus, incubus, cause of death : poison, time of death : 21:56, place of death: road.¡±(Man in suit) ¡°Excuse me sir, but did you just say that I died?¡±(One armed guy/Raphael) ¡°Correct Raphael, I am a reaper, a servant to the horseman Death, one of some entities of the end and death. I am here to collect you as your life has ended. I apologize for being so late as the Inpetus had killed quite a few people and I was assigned to all of you.¡±(reaper) ¡°Wait, so that¡¯s it? I die and am now being collected?¡±(Raphael) ¡°Yes, unless of course you do not wish to move on, in which case you will be trapped in a ghostly visage for eternity until you are destroyed or you move on.¡±(reaper) ¡°So that¡¯s it huh, living a life having not done anything truly of worth and then dieing in such a way.¡±(Raphael) ¡°If I might suggest Mister Raphael, you can transfer some of your soul to this child here and your place in history would be set as one of the few demons who have voluntarily given another their soul. This will make you have done something of worth and may help you in the afterlife.¡±(reaper) ¡°Is that so, then I guess I can do that.¡±(Raphael) The pale reaper then grabbed my hand and color returned to the gray world. I smiled bitterly as I realized that I truly was dead. The reaper¡¯s hand was colder than ice and he guided my finger into drawing a sort of symbol on the kid in front of me. Then a sphere, which I assumed to be my soul floated from me and into the kid. The reaper plunged his other hand into my chest and sent chills throughout my body as he drew out my mana and placed them over the kid, encasing him with it before he disappeared. As soon as the reaper withdrew his hands, my body fell limp and I realized I was standing again. I looked down to see my dull lifeless body and smiled sadly as my life had ended. ¡°What did you do to that kid?¡±(Raphael) ¡°That child is not yet ready to be in this place.¡±(???) The voice was androgynous and ominous. I turned around to see a shadow atop a large black horse. The reaper behind my bowed slightly towards the rider before grabbing my shoulder and gesturing to a door that had popped up behind me. I placed my hands on the handle and opened... (End of POV) ----------------------------- *DING!*
Congratulations! You are the first player to have traversed through planes of existence. You have gained a new title: Planeswalker +5 Luck
Title
Planeswalker : You are the a person who has managed to cross through different planes of existence. Effects : Varies depending on user.
Congratulations! You are the first player to obtain the soul of another being. You have gained a new title: Master of Souls New information on self available: Souls +5 Luck
Title
Master of Souls : You are one who has managed to obtain the soul of another. Effects : Allows the acquisition and use of souls. NOTE: Due to the means by which you obtained your first soul, you may only acquire souls from voluntary means until or unless you find a method of acquiring souls in a different manner. NOTE: Getting a soul allows you to use their strengths and abilities from when the original holder of the soul was alive.
ERROR! Due to nature of title The Impossible, title(s) Planeswalker and Master of Souls has been absorbed into The Impossible.
You have acquired the soul of the Cubi noble Raphael Decus. Due to the nature of title(s) The Impossible and Master of Souls, you have become part of the Devil race Incubus sub race. +10 Charisma
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:
Animal MagnetismBegginner108%
[Passive] Your Cubi blood gives you an animal magnetism that makes others find you more attractive.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:
Incubus Lust SecretionBegginner100%
[Passive/Toggle] Your Cubi blood allows you to release an aphrodisiac-like pheromones and secretions, enhancing the lust of others around you. Passive: Your body fluids and certain other things increase the lust of others. Toggle: Release of pheromones.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:
Dream WalkingBeginner100%
The ability to enter and manipulate someone¡¯s dreams.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:
Appearance Shifting : Incubus VariantBegginner100%
Your Cubi blood gives you the ability to change your appearance. This ability is purely cosmetic with the exception of wings, horns, and tails.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:
[Racial] Incubus CharismaRacialRacialRacial
Any charisma based skill and effect is enhanced.
¡®What the hell was that?¡¯ Katsu sighed as he sat back down on the sofa. ¡°Souls¡±
Raphael Decus : A Cubi noble that you found amongst a burning field of corpses. He gave his soul to you as he was dieing.
¡®Well, I should probably ring the bell since I did just finish the emission test. *Ring* *Ring* As I placed the bell on the table, the old man came in with a smile. ¡°So I guess you¡¯ve finally done it kid. Now I guess I can have you start learning magic¡±(Crom) ----------------------- Welp, no sex/ero/ecchi scenes just yet, but there was a crappy battle scene and our protagonist now has what most readers have said they wanted: aphrodisiac-like abilities. Chapter 4 So here¡¯s a thing from the author readers. First and foremost, here¡¯s a sex scene at the end. Secondly, I apologize for the terrible quality as I have discovered it¡¯s hard to describe sex in an artistic and intelligent way. I promise I¡¯ll try to (Note the word try) to improve. ----------------------------------- ¡°Alright Katsu, I hope you¡¯re read... Wait, what¡¯s that on your forehead?¡±(Crom) ¡°Huh? What are you talking about, there isn¡¯t anything on my - WHAT THE HELL!?¡±(Katsu) As I touched my forehead, I felt something wet and warm. I brought it down and saw a black ink on my hand. The only problem was that the only thing that touched my forehead within enough time to remain wet was the one armed guy - Raphael and he was almost dead. Being scared of the liquid, I sniffed it and smelled iron along with something I couldn¡¯t quite place, most likely poison. As I was freaking out over the fact that Raphael put some fucking poisoned blood on my forehead, the old man came closer and stared intently at my forehead. All of a sudden, his eyes suddenly widened as if he just realized something. ¡°Have you been in contact with a Devil while I was gone Katsu?¡±(Crom) ¡°Uhh, kinda.¡±(Katsu) ¡°What do you mean kinda?¡±(Crom) ¡°I mean, when I finally got my mana out, there was a bright flash and I was suddenly somewhere else. There was this guy surrounded by corpses and when I went to check on him he drew something on my forehead. When he did he gave me what I¡¯m hoping is his soul and another flash and now I¡¯m back.¡±(Katsu) ¡°Did you push out mana from everywhere in your body.¡±(Crom) ¡°Yeah I did why?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Then you had a case of spatial displacement, which you are lucky to have come out from in one piece, not only that you are extremely lucky for having been able to return in one piece.¡±(Crom) ¡°Why?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Well spatial displacement is like travelling through space, except you don¡¯t know where you¡¯re going. This can happen when a spell gets fucked up or in your case, when raw, pure mana is encasing a person. Although there would have to be a substantial quantity and quality of mana in order to even shift someone, but you seem to have gone to hell and back, literally.¡±(Crom) ¡°Wait, that place was hell?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Yeah, Hell is a place much like our world of Terra, there are various countries and races but everyone there are Devils. Hell is the home realm of Devils, the originators of the Demon races. It¡¯s rare for Devils to be in Terra and even rarer for someone that¡¯s not a Devil to be able to go into Hell.¡±(Crom) ¡°Wait, what¡¯s the difference between Devils and Demons?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Devils can be considered the parent race of Demons. Demons are a race much like the Beastmen and Elves in that they have sub races which are originally from the Devils. Devils are typically more powerful than an average person because Hell is a lot less safe than Terra. Devils are essentially immortal in that they can only die from someone killing them and are typically weak against light and holy attacks. Demons are not weak against light and holy attacks. Demons did obtain the Devils¡¯ immortality, but they are not as strong.¡±(Crom) ¡°I see, well can we move on to me learning magic now?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Are you really just going to change the conversation just like that?¡±(Crom) ¡°Yup, just like that.¡±(Katsu) Sighing Crom said, ¡°Well, let¡¯s have you actually enroll in a class as I don¡¯t think I can handle you for much longer.¡± With that, he opened a folder and pulled out a card with my picture on it. ¡°This is your student ID, make sure you have it with you as it allows you to do a lot of cool stuff.¡± Taking the ID I suddenly received a mental map of the school. Looking at the card, I realized that I officially started classes tomorrow. Seeing as I wasn¡¯t allowed to go to classes, I decided to wander around the Educational District. Well at least I tried to before I got interrupted by James, telling me that my parents had returned. Sighing, I returned through the gates I just left and wandered to the student dorms. The ID apparently acts similar to a key and allows you to open a door to a room created specifically for you. Opening the door I found a simple room with a bed, a table and a chair, and a lamp. Sitting on the bed I logged out. ¡® The capsule lid opened and I stepped out to be greeted by my mother. ¡°Mom I was barely in there for probably an hour at most!¡±(Nathan) ¡°Yeah, well you need to go to Japan immediately. Like right now.¡±(Mom) ¡°Huh? Japan? Why?¡±(Mom) ¡°Well because in your eight years of life, you¡¯ve never met anyone from our families, and now they¡¯re a bit annoyed with that.¡±(Mom) ¡°What does that have to do with Japan?¡±(Nathan) ¡°A lot of our families have homes in Japan, so it¡¯s one of the easier places to be at.¡±(Mom) ¡°Ok, I guess. So how long do I have to pack?¡±(Nathan) ¡°No time, you¡¯re flying there immediately and don¡¯t worry there will be capsules for you to play your games. I¡¯ll also try to break in your new toy for you.¡±(Mom) ¡°Well, are James and Mary ready?¡±(Nathan) ¡°Actually, you¡¯re going to go alone.¡±(Mom) ¡°Ok, so where do I go when I get to Japan?¡±(Nathan) ¡°You¡¯re going to go live with my grandfather for a while. They¡¯ll know who you are when you get there.¡±(Mom) ¡°Do I just go now?¡±(Nathan) She tilted her head towards James who was in the doorway and he gestured his hands, telling me that I really did have to go now. Sighing I walked out of the room and followed James to the car. James drove me to the airport where I flew with a bunch of other people in first class. The whole trip was rather uneventful, with the most happening during the whole time being a few girls and women looking at me and whispering to each other. There was also some guy who stood weirdly close to me when we were using the urinals. Altogether it was your average plane trip. When I had landed in Japan, I waited in the airport for about thirty to forty minutes before a pretty young woman in a kimono walked up to me and asked if I was Nathan Silvahawk. I told her I was and she gave me a hug which, if I may say so, felt really good as her rather large bust pressed against me and I smelt her lightly scented skin. She smiled and told me that she was my great-grandfather¡¯s third wife, which made me cry a little on the inside. She took me with her and we found some big middle aged man with a large smile that grew larger when he saw me. ¡°Well look who we have here, a long lost son.¡±(Man) ¡°Uh yeah... Who are you?¡±(Nathan) ¡°I am your great-grandfather Hanzo.¡±(Hanzo) ¡°So, you¡¯re my gramps, well, where¡¯s your place gramps?¡± ----------------------------- This is me, the author, skipping the traveling to gramp¡¯s place as I don¡¯t think I can write anything actually worth anything during the trip. ----------------------------- Gramps¡¯s place was a fairly large place. Gramps told me that the place was about ten acres overall. The entire place was surrounded by a wall that was about five feet(1.524,) in height. The house itself looked like a traditional japanese house. There was a black tile roof, wooden walls, sliding doors. There were some large trees in the front and a pond in the back. The inside was fairly modern however with power outlets and various modern technologies. When I was shown the room I would be using, I suddenly felt something and for the first time in a long time, fear. My vision was getting blurry and my eyelids started drooping before I fell forward and unconscious. --------------------------- 3rd Person POV Hanzo cut off his killing intent as his great grandson fell forwards. The only thing he thought to himself as Nathan was falling was, ¡°So they really didn¡¯t teach him how to fight or martial arts.¡± Hanzo was about to walk away before he felt a tingling sensation crawl up his spine. It wasn¡¯t a shiver but fairly close to it. He looked back at Nathan and smiled. Nathan wasn¡¯t the same person that he was just a minute ago. His presence amplified and he released a strong amount of pressure. ¡°Oi oi, what¡¯s the big idea old man?¡± Nathan said, annoyed. ¡°You actually managed to wake me and the others up.¡± ¡°What do you mean ¡°you and the others¡±?¡± Hanzo asked, confused at Nathan¡¯s choice of words. Looking Nathan in the eyes, he realized that it wasn¡¯t exactly Nathan that said those words. There was a sharpness to his eyes that weren¡¯t there earlier. ¡°I guess you can consider me and the others as separate personalities of Nathan. We were sleeping for, what is it, seven years now?¡± ¡°Why were you sleeping if you were his split personalities?¡± ¡°I said you can consider us as separate personalities, but we are really separate souls that have made up his soul.¡± ¡°That still doesn¡¯t explain why you were all sleeping.¡± ¡°Well, Nathan wasn¡¯t ready for all of us yet when he was born, we tried easing into it, but he still couldn¡¯t handle the strain of mind, body, and soul, so we all went to sleep to keep him relatively sane and safe. I was the one who blocked up his qi channels so that he would be able to live a relatively inconspicuous life as he has a remarkable amount of qi. Now that we are up, I highly doubt we¡¯re going to go back to sleep again. Also, now that we are one once more, Nathan should be able to reach his full and true potential. Well, this should make for an interesting conversation with Nathan later, ah speak of the devil, he¡¯s waking up, I¡¯ll switch things over to him now.¡± ¡°Wai-¡± ---------------------------- When my eyes opened, I felt different. It didn¡¯t feel bad, actually it felt pretty good. It was the kind of feeling when you finally remember something you forgot or when you¡¯ve finally found what you¡¯ve been looking for in a long time. I felt complete and as if I was a new person. ¡®That¡¯s because we¡¯re back kid.¡¯(???) ¡®Wait, you guys are back, like all of you?¡¯(Nathan) ¡®Without a doubt¡¯(???) ¡°Nathan? You alright?¡±(Hanzo) ¡°Huh? Gramps?¡±(Nathan) ¡°Well, now that you¡¯re up, what did your parents teach you that you ended up so weak?¡±(Hanzo) ¡°Well, during the five years of hell¡¯s training that my parents put me through, I learnt lockpicking, pickpocketing, hacking, various medical skills, cooking, sewing, fishing, and some other stuff. Oh, I also got really good with guns.¡±(Nathan) ¡°What¡¯s with the diverse assortment of skills?¡±(Hanzo) Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings.¡°Well, they thought I should learn how to do criminal activities, Dad thought I should learn medical skills in case shit goes down and he¡¯s not around, and most of the other stuff were because I wanted to learn them after the shit they¡¯ve put me through.¡±(Nathan) ¡°So you learned cooking and sewing because?¡±(Hanzo) ¡°Well, when I was two, they threw me in some jungle in south east Asia and I had to live there by myself for about a week and I vowed that if I was ever alone again, I would at least eat good food because I literally ate nothing but shrooms and fire cooked fish.¡±(Nathan) ¡°Well, I¡¯m going to teach you martial arts kid, as one of us, you must be strong in body and in spirit. You must have a will of iron and a heart of burning passion. You must have a mind as open as a doorway but the confidence of a king. You must shine with the radiance of a sun but always accept the darkness. You must-¡±(Hanzo) ¡°Yeah, I think got it gramps.¡±(Nathan) ¡°What, but I wasn¡¯t finished.¡±(Hanzo) ¡°I got it.¡±(Nathan) ¡®Sit down kid.¡¯(???) ¡®Why?¡¯ ¡®I need to unblock your channels if you are going to learn martial arts.¡¯ And so I sat down and allowed the voice to do what it was going to do. My arm moved by itself and struck several areas on my body. When it was done, I collapsed on the floor. It was almost half a minute before I finally breathed again. As I slowly got up, I could feel the power coursing through me. I felt lighter and stronger. ¡®What the hell did you do?¡¯ ¡®I unblocked your qi and now it can flow.¡¯ ¡®Qi? Do you mean like Ki in PoD?¡¯ ¡®Ki is one of the ways you say qi. Qi is essentially the your life force and energy. It is also considered to be part of your breath. It can be called many things and is also commonly known as your internal/inner energy. Trying to do martial arts without qi is like trying to breath without lungs essentially.¡¯ ¡®You do know that we can transfer memories and information that we know to one another right Haruto?¡¯(???) ¡®That¡¯s your name? Haruto?¡¯(Nathan) ¡®Yeah, anyways how do we transf- oh. Ok hold on Nathan, let me give you what you need to know.¡¯(Haruto) ¡®Wait, what¡¯s this ¡°Nine Yin Body Type¡±?¡¯(Nathan) ¡®Huh, you saw that? Well you were born with the Nine Yin Body Type, it blocks the flow of your qi in all the 9 places that qi flows through. This causes you to be unable to learn martial arts as it might even kill you if you attempt it. It¡¯s said that curing this condition will give the person who has been cured limitless potential. When you were almost a year old, you were attacked by assassins aiming for the Silvahawk corporation. There wasn¡¯t any way to use modern medicine to save you as it would have been too late so, your mother continuously poured her qi into you while your father and the others fended off the assassin. When they were done, they saw what your mother was doing and joined her because it was the only way to keep you alive. This caused a legendary phenomenon that had never happened in the history of the world. It is a legendary phenomenon known by many names, one of them being Overhaul Rebirth. It stabilised you and your father gave you medical attention immediately. The qi rearranged and healed you but you were unconscious for a few weeks, and we discovered that it was because of us, and so we took your place, after I managed to move your body enough to restrain your qi.¡¯(Haruto) While I was having this internal conversation with Haruto, Gramps had dragged me off and stripped me, placing me in a gi. ----------------------------------------------- Timeskip because training is boring ----------------------------------------------- It¡¯s been three weeks since my training had started and now I¡¯m finally done. I¡¯ve learnt all the techniques gramps and his teachers could teach me. I used to think that mom¡¯s training was hard, but I now see where she gets it from. I¡¯ve learnt many martial arts throughout those three weeks. It had been a great help having Haruto and the rest of the guys help me. Now I had to get back into PoD and learn magic as I did martial arts. ¡°PoD activate¡±
Welcome to Paths of Destiny
The area around me returned to the room I was in before I had left. It was exactly as I could remember, making it seem as if time hadn¡¯t passed at all. If the time ratio was accurate, I was gone for a whole 30 weeks. I decided to go make the headmaster teach me magic because since I was gone for so long, it would be awkward just going in to a class. When I went in, I saw Headmaster Crom sleeping with his mouth wide open. I poked him and, in an awkward manner, he jumped up and slipped on some papers. He looked around confused before his eyes settled on me. ¡°Katsu! How have you been? I haven¡¯t seen you in almost a year.¡±(Crom) ¡°I¡¯m doing good old man, anyways I need you to explain to me how to do magic.¡±(Katsu) ¡°Katsu, I¡¯ve already told you, magic is all about imagination. You need to release your mana and then change it through imagination. There are books on magic in the library, so you should go there to learn more, I need more sleep.¡±(Crom) And so, I went off to the library to learn more about magic. When I got inside, I saw who looked to be the old man¡¯s granddaughter reading. Since she seemed to be the only person besides me inside the library I decided to talk to her. ¡°Hi, aren¡¯t you Headmaster Crom¡¯s granddaughter?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Yes, yes I am. I¡¯m Erika Quint, the librarian, so if you need anything just ask okay?¡±(Erika) ¡°Thanks, and I¡¯m Katsu.¡±(Katsu) ¡®Dude she totally wants the D¡¯(???) ¡®Who the hell are you?¡¯(Katsu) ¡®I¡¯m Barnabas, the legendary male gigolo, legendary playboy, one of the original authors of the playbook, and Harem King.¡¯(Barnabas) ¡®Yeah, this guy¡¯s Barney, he¡¯s a guy who will probably do whatever it takes to get into a girl¡¯s pants. Actually, you two are kinda similar in that regard.¡¯(Haruto) ¡®Trust me, she wants you. Going through your memories, I see that you have this pheromone thing as well as this mental enhancement thing. If the game considers the pheromones to linked with mental abilities, then you should use it. Like now¡¯(Barney) As he said that, I instinctively felt the pheromones activate. Barnie must¡¯ve toggled it. Wanting to see what would happen, I walked closer to her. As I walked around the table to her, I could see her blush slightly. ¡°I have something I do need help with actually.¡± (Katsu) ¡°Hmm? And what would that be?¡± (Erika) I was about to answer when all of a sudden I fell unconscious and woke up moments later in a different place. I was sitting down on what seemed to be a bed and Erika was blushing while locking the door in front of me. ¡®What the hell just happened?¡¯(Katsu) ¡®I just took over really quick since you were taking forever to get it started.¡¯(Barney) ¡®Did anything happen?¡¯(Katsu) ¡®Yeah, you¡¯re about to get laid is what happened. Also, take it easy on her since she¡¯s a virgin and hasn¡¯t even kissed anyone yet.¡¯(Barney) Erika turned around and disrobed, her black dress falling down her body. It was then that I saw her body for all its beauty. She had a slim belly and thin waist with a nice ass. Her breasts were huge, her clothing had seriously made them seem smaller than they actually were. They must¡¯ve been about 120 cm more or less and were perfectly shaped. Eager to get this started, I removed my clothing as well, revealing my rapidly growing member. She and I laid down on the bed. She looked awkward and inexperienced which was quite different from how she acted. I decided to take it slow and kissed the back of her neck. The moment I did so, she moaned loudly and fell rigid within my arms gasping. Smirking, I decided to attack her lips while my hands went towards her massive mounds. She moaned into my mouth and her hand reached for my cock. Her touch sent tingles through my body and I reached one hand down and palmed her wet crotch, rubbing her outer lips as her hand stroked my cock. I sent a finger, then two to explore her inner regions before coming to a stop caused by the thin membrane that was her maidenhood. I pulled away from our kiss to see her gasping. ¡°Are you sure you want to do this with me? Once we do this, there¡¯s no turning back.¡±(Katsu) She could only nod in response, and as I hadn¡¯t had any kind of sexual contact for a while, eagerly entered her depths. I felt her hymen, and with one quick thrust, made her a woman. Before she could make a sound, I decided to thrust my tongue into her mouth. She was a quick learner as soon after we were dueling tongues. I started to move slowly as to allow her to get used to me and the pain before quickening up the pace. She moaned loudly and seemed to orgasm with every thrust. Seeing that her large breasts were being neglected, I moved my mouth down to suckle on one of her eraser sized nipples, eliciting a pleasant moan from her. I started to thrust increasingly faster and she moaned increasingly louder. I was about to pull out when, as if on cue, her inner walls clenched around me pushing me over the edge and I released all my baby batter inside of her. Panting, she looked at me and smiled. I smiled back and we continued for several more hours before finally collapsing in each other¡¯s embrace. --------------------------------------- ¡°The kid¡¯s pretty good.¡± A blonde haired man who seemed to be in his mid twenties said to a room full of people. ¡°He must be if the great Barnabas Silvers says so.¡± Another man replied. This man was black haired and had his hair tied coolly back into a short ponytail. ¡°What do you think new guy?¡± The blonde haired man said, addressing a red haired man who was wearing a black suit that had one sleeve hanging limply against his side. ¡°Leave him alone Barney, the new guy¡¯s still not used to the whole souls in a soul thing.¡± The ponytail guy said to the blonde haired one. ¡°It¡¯s not exactly that I¡¯m not used to it, but more of I didn¡¯t expect to have gone all the way when I gave the kid my soul.¡± The red haired man said in defense. ¡°Anyways, he is pretty good like Blondie over there think.¡± ------------------------------------- I awoke to the glaring face of the old man Crom and Erika kneeling, now fully clothed next to him. ¡®Ah crap¡¯ Chapter 5 - Learning and boring background And so the old man just stood there looking at him. Katsu looked back staring blankly while Leona was fidgeting uncomfortably in the back. "Pfft the look on your face is hilarious my dear student." "huh?" "I honestly don''t give a damn about what our who my granddaughter does after all, she''s a grown woman now, but if you hurt her you will find that hell is a pretty homey place. Do you understand what it is that I''m saying? " "Uhh, I hope so." "Now then, I am however a bit irritated that you chose to fornicate with my granddaughter rather than doing what I told you to do. " "What exactly was that?" "I told you to go to the library and study up but what did you do? You went and banged my granddaughter without even studying and for that I am now going to punish you. " With that said, he started flicking Katsu''s forehead nonstop for fifteen minutes. By the time he was done, there were tears in Katsu''s eyes and his forehead had a bright red mark right in its center. "Goddammit old man you could have stopped at a billion or at least at the green minute mark. " " I was at an uncomfortable time when I got to a billion and there was an awkward number at ten minutes. Anyways since at this point it''d be faster to just give you the knowledge here you go. " With that Katsu saw the old headmaster place his palm on the red spot on his forehead before a mind splitting pain and started writhing in agony on the bed as information continuously appeared within his memories. Half an hour had passed before Katsu stopped with heavy breaths. "That''s actually pretty impressive kid, it only took you thirty minutes to process all the information that I just shoved into your head. Well now that that''s over with, I''ll let you rest for the day seeing as how we don''t want you breaking now right? " After Katsu''s spams are over, Crom took his leave with Katsu''s laying on the drenched bed. ''What a surprisingly earnest teacher, he actually stayed until I was done.'' *WARNING* With the new satiety system, you now require food and drink to survive. Your thirst has reached past 50%. This message will not be shown again Seeing that Katsu took out his canteen and drank the entirety of its contents before letting out a satisfied sigh. ''Hmm it seems that I''ve woken up'' (???) ''Who the hell are you?'' (Katsu) ''Ah do forgive my rudeness we''ve only met briefly when you were born, my name is Alexander Colvin. I like to think of myself as an expert on magic and the other arcane arts.'' Alexander Colvin was a pale skinned man with raven black hair that was graying. He had blue eyes that did not seem to be natural. He was rather slim and had what seemed to be tribal tattoos scattered all over his body. ''What do you mean that you like to think of yourself as an expert on the arcane arts?'' ''I don''t realize what else you can get from my statement other than what I said but anyways the magic knowledge here is quite underdeveloped compared to that of my universe'' ''Your universe? '' ''Yes in my research I''ve found that there are what seems to be infinitely many universes in existence. For example your universe had magic but it was sent away quite a long time ago'' ''What do you mean that my universe had magic? How was it sent away?'' ''Your universe had magic but with it came magic creatures that were significantly more powerful than humans. As such we devised a way to send away the magic.'' ''What did you mean by we?'' ''In your universe, occasionally something is born with the ability to use magic, these things are generally more powerful in certain aspects compared to others. Many magic based houses were formed since it increased the likelihood of a child with the ability to use magic. Although humans were more adept at consciously using magic, beasts had more instinctive usages and were also generally stronger than humans. Of course there are always exceptions but generally humans were slaughtered by magical beasts. This lead to many magicians sending the magic in the universe out and with them the beasts but we either had to leave or lose most if not all of our magic. Many were split and so magic disappeared along with many knowledgeable people. Although I say that, magic still does exist there, just not quite like it used to be.'' ''Wait so you''re telling me that there are other universes out there? And that this game is also a universe?'' ''Yes to both those questions. But anyways the magical knowledge here is quite lacking seeing as how this universe seems to be older than ours. Then again in our universe magic users were generally the minority and so magic progressed along with science and all that good stuff albeit a bit slower but with more insights as technology and science evolved.'' ''So then how does this game work? How does it send people to this other universe? ¡°I can explain that.¡± said a man from nowhere. The man wore a black suit and had grey skin. His shaggy tyrian hair stopped above his eyes which seemed to be blue stars of sorts. ¡°Chaos? Heh, should¡¯ve known it was you. This transcends the limits of magicians even during the peak of magic on Earth,¡± (Colvin) You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.¡°Hey Colvin, can I call you Colvin? Imma call you Colvin, who¡¯s this?¡±(Katsu) ¡°This, dear boy is Chaos, you can basically consider him the actual God.¡±(Colvin) ¡°God as in the guy that made the universe and everything in it?¡±(Katsu) ¡°And then some.¡±(Chaos) ¡°Huh, I would¡¯ve expected you to be more majestic.¡±(Katsu) ¡°What, maybe something like this?¡±(Chaos) As he said that the walls, ceiling, and floor blasted away and Katsu was surrounded by darkness until small bright light gradually got closer and bigger forming what seemed to be a gigantic body filled with stars and supernovas and lights of all kinds creating a dazzling display in front of Katsu. ¡°Yup this is majestic alright.¡±(Katsu) ¡°You¡¯d probably like Cosmos then, since he typically takes a form similar to this when he goes into one of his universes. But yes, mass transportation of souls from one universe to another that doesn¡¯t use a massive amount of energy or other form of payment, or rather any payment whatsoever is definitely not due to the likes of ordinary creations.¡±(Chaos) ¡°So what is the point of all this then?¡±(Katsu) ¡°Ultimately, entertainment. You see beings like me, reign supreme above all others. Unlike the biblical God, or Allah or Yahweh or the Greek Pantheon and etcetera, beings like me, Creators or True gods or whatever you want to call us, we don¡¯t create because we have to or create because it is our duty. We create because we have no needs, we have no responsibilities, we only have power, time, and boredom. Thus we create worlds.Although we do have the ability to know what will happen most of the time, we generally choose not to because it is a form of entertainment akin to novels and films where we are entertained when we don¡¯t know what will happen next and what choices the characters will make. There are many ways with which we can enjoy these things. Some choose to go and live in their creations other choose to directly manipulate. There are also others like me who prefer to set a template or create a character with which the story writes itself around, for example you. You are one of the few who I personally created. All those people and all that knowledge and information that is locked away inside of your very soul is because I wanted to see how entertaining it would be to put such things together and unleash it into the world. Now this situation isn¡¯t because of me. The whole transportation into another universe thing is because I¡¯m letting some game developer gods who are newbies mess around with some universes. What they do is up to them so best of luck Nathan, and Colvin, tell the others hi for me.¡± (Chaos) ¡°Sure thing Chaos, but do tell me this, why did you put the things you did into this child. There isn¡¯t a pattern or anything we really have in common¡±(Colvin) ¡°Why? Well because you all were some of the most interesting ones in my omniverse. Although that young prince that was recently added wasn¡¯t from me, I thought that if I integrated the souls completely into one, there¡¯d be something interesting, and I was right. Also, Nathan, the pre-release trial run is over now, the beta reports from the testers are sent in and since you didn¡¯t read the email that told you, here¡¯s the news.¡±(Chaos) With those parting words, Chaos dispersed into bright lights, which although beautiful, caused Katsu to shut his eyes. When he opened them, he only saw the ceiling of his room and the opened lid of the capsule. ¡®Welp, there¡¯s Chaos for you, coming inside whenever he damn pleases and pulling out whenever too.¡¯(Barney) ¡®You knew Chaos Barney?¡¯(Nathan) ¡®I¡¯m pretty sure we all knew him even if we didn¡¯t know that we knew him.¡¯(Barney) ¡®Anyways kid, you should hit the sack, you haven¡¯t slept in three days.¡±(Haruto) ¡®Yeah, fine whatever¡±(Nathan) With that Nathan went to bed. *SMACK* A loud and painful slap sounded out on Nathan¡¯s face as he awoke from his sleep. ¡°Alright kid, I¡¯ve just realized that I¡¯ve put nothing but techniques into that little head of yours, and so now I¡¯m sending you off on an adventure to really learn. Have fun.¡± (Hanzo) and with that Hanzo tossed Nathan out of the plane that they were in. ¡°Wait what? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU OLD BASTARD!!!!?!?!?!?!!??! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!¡± (Nathan) Before a parachute deployed on his back. What¡¯s will happen to Nathan? What¡¯s this about magic in the universe? Will everything that the exposition explained actually have any relevance to the plot? Find out on the next Paths of Destiny. ------------------------------------------------------ Right, so as you guys may or may not have noticed, I switched back to third person, sorry but I like the flow of 3rd person as compared to 1st so... Also sorry if my updates are sucky as real world stuff has been complicated and will likely remain complicated, but when is it not right? So while I will try to update as frequently as possible, don¡¯t expect anything other than crap from me. Thanks for reading.