''What is this…'' I say staring blankly at the blue screen in front of my face that illuminated the room a bright blue color, the damned thing was so bright! First it wakes me from my sleep with a deafening ping and then when I opened my eyes I get blinded by some stupid box in front of my face!
-=PING=-
''I GET IT!'' I shout before clamping my hands over my hands and look towards the door and await shouting from my mo- Guren, waiting several second I let out a sigh hearing nothing and look back to the screen in front of my face, well screens now since there was five.
'CONGRATULATIONS! YOU ARE NOW OFFICALLY THE CHOOSEN GAMER OF THE WORLD! ENJOY IT BUDDY BECAUSE IT'LL SUCK SOON!'
''And I suddenly have the urge to punch this thing…'' I say flatly as the screen dismisses itself allowing me to see the next.
'AS THE GAMER YOU HAVE FREE RAIGN OVER THE WORLD AND WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN IT, IT IS NOW OFFICALLY YOUR PLAY GROUND!'
Dismissing the tab with raised brow and a grunt I move onto the next feeling a bit more interested in the boxes floating over my head.
'CURRENTLY YOU'RE LIFE IS EMULATING THAT OF THE LAST GAME STYLE YOU PLAYED, RPG MODE HAS BEEN SELECTED! ALL STATES CURRENTLY BEING WORKED INTO PROPER FORMAT!'
'Okay now that actually sounds interesting…' I say internally as I dismiss the tab with a swipe of my hand onto the end and begin to read.
-=STATS=-
Name: Yuuichiro Amane/Hyakuya
Age: 12 years
Race: Seraph
Title: The helpless
LVL: 3
HP: 501/501 (HP regen 1.3 per/sec, reduced to 0.3 in combat.)
MP: 0/0 (MP regen 0 per/sec, reduced to 0 in combat)
STR: 5
DEX: 3
VIT: 4
WIS: 1
INT: -1
LUK: 100
Skill points: 9 (+3 Per level)
Perks:
Seraph blood (100% damage resistance when HP reaches 0.01%)
Gamers mind (100% resistance to mental affliction)
Gamer's body (Damage is taken in the form of HP and resistances).
Debuffs:
Seraph of the end: Your Seraph's blood demands you destroy all human life around you (negated by Gamer's mind)
Apocalypse virus: A curse from the gods for the acts of humanity sins, causes infected to take 10% max HP true damage every second (Negated by seraph's blood and vaccine)
I stared, just fucking stared at my luck stat, screw everything else! 100 LUK?! What kind of horse shit was that IT WAS THE MOST USELESS STAT IN GAMES MOST OF THE TIME! And -1 INT?! DOES THIS THING THINK I'M AN IDIOT?! HOW IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE TO BE IN THE NEGATIVE INT ZONE?! WHAT IS THIS LOGIC?!, before I could internally shout for much longer I suddenly felt the anger leaving my body and felt calmness over taking me allowing me to think rationally followed by me swiping the stat screen away.
-=SKILLS=-
Swordsmanship: (Passive ability) (LVL 4. 23.67% EXP) You can use all types of swords… seriously that's it.
Small arms marksmanship: (Passive) (LVL 10. 17.46% EXP) You can use all kinds of small guns…seriously that's it.
Hand to hand combat: (Passive) (LVL 2. 93.57% EXP) An ability that gauges how hard you throw a good right hook!
Demon's child: (Passive) (LVL MAX) Born from a demon infected family you gain 100% resistance to poison, 50% fall damage reduction, Warlords bloodlust passive.
Warlord bloodlust (Passive) (LVL MAX) Demons blood flows in your veins, gain 1.5% damage boost for ever 1% of health missing.
Damage resistance (Passive) (LVL 2, 53.67 EXP) you take 3% less damage from all forms of attacks except true damage.
Observe: (Active) no cost: (LVL 1. 0% EXP) Observe allows the user to observe details of objects around them, detail varies depending on level. (No cooldown)
Seraph's call: (Active) 100,000 MP or 99% of current health: (LVL: MAX) Your seraph blood allows you to concentrate your destructive power into an object for several seconds and release it in a wave of destruction. (24-hour cooldown)
4th Trumpet: (Active) No cost: (LVL: MAX) Your seraph blood allows you to summon the 4th horn of the apocalypse. (LOCKED)
Humming as I looked over my skills I thought of ways that this thing was INSANLY BROKEN! If I'm fighting someone and they get me down to 0.01% of my health, then I gain 150% more damage from attacks! Broken, yes! But I wasn't going to complain seeing as I was the one abusing it. ''Alright, I'm starting to like this…'' with that I swipe the screen in front of me to find the next one.
THE GAMER BODY ALLOWS THE USER TO HAVE AN ACTIVE INVENTORY!
A what? Inventory…oh right the thing you store stuff in in games…Wait I have one? SWEET!
''Inventory.'' I blink in surprise seeing a large screen easily three times the size of the normal one's pop in front of me and low and behold it was an inventory with sixty slots, it also showed me standing in a T shape with a lot of boxes around me, three of which had my pajamas top, bottoms and underwear in them.
''Wait does that mean I can change my cloths in a few second?'' I asked myself aloud as I put my finger tip on top of my pajama shirt and pulled it out causing my shirt to vanish into thin air making me jump feeling the cool air on my skin.
''Okay now that's cool!'' A grin had made its way to my face as I put the pajama shirt back into the slot and closed the inventory only to blink in surprise seeing several blue boxes all saying 'CONGRTULATIONS', rather than reading them I decided to close them for now having felt I'd read enough for now.
-=DING!=-
''What now?'' I look at the new box in front of my face with a raised brow.
QUEST!
:Avenge your family:
TASK: Have over 90% of the vampire population slain before you die.
Bonus 1: Slay the 13th progenitor Ferid Bathory.
Bonus 2: Slay the 1st progenitor Shigama Doji
Bonus 3: Save Mikaela Hyakuya from the grasp of Ferid Bathory.
Bonus 4: Retain your humanity throughout the quest.
Completion: 1,000,000,000 EXP
Additional 1,000,000 EXP per bonus.
Failure: Enslavement? Death? Exiled into hiding?
Decline: Do not avenge your family.
(Y/N) ?
''that's…wow.'' I breath out in shock, that's a lot of EXP… I mean A LOT OF EXP! Seriously! 1 billion EXP? That's probably level me up a hundred times! Plus the EXP I'd get for killing Ferid…again and this Shigama Doji person? That's a lot more…and finally Mika…so she's alive? I'd be jumping in joy and crying in happiness if it wasn't for my gamer mind keeping me calm as I read the name over and over again…
Taking a breath, I moved my hand and pressed the yes button causing the window to close leaving me alone in the room in the darkness of the room. ''With all this…I can defiantly get Mika back…I can destroy the vampires…
-=DING!=-
''What now damn it?!'' I groan out in annoyance hearing the same dinging sound that was starting to become a type of negative ASMR…
-=Titles=-
Titles are earned through deeds done (or are given) through-out life! (Only equipped title gives boosts)
Blood prince: When health reaches a critical stage, body will go into a stasis for several seconds before sending out an explosion that deals 50% max health true damage to those caught in the blast while healing the user for the amount dealt, heal stacks up two times.
Child of humanity: Gives the user 15% extra max health.
-=Passive titles=-
The helpless: As the title states, you are a helpless child in a world filled with monsters and gods...
Well…the first one sounded pretty good and a little OP but the second one sounded like something a tank would use, and he defiantly wasn't a tank… though he could use it in a bind it if gave him the health immediately… actually what if he constantly switched between it and it did give him health? Would it be a broken healing mechanic? If it was he was going to abuse the hell out of it when he could and the last? It sort of made sense…
''YUU GET UP YOU PLEB!'' I jump on my bed and let out a surprised shout as I look to the sound of the shouting to see Guren had kicked the door open to his room.
''R-right!'' I stutter out as Guren lowers her leg before turning and walking away leaving me to my thought.
''Huh…it's a lot later than I thought it was…'' I say in surprise looking up at my clock to see it was 10AM in the morning.
''Time to see how this thing works then, inventory.'' I say aloud as I get up and head to my wardrobe and open it to find my clothes inside, picking them up I looked between the inventory tab and my clothes before shoving them into the tab and grinning seeing them pop into inventory slots. Quickly swapping out my pajamas for my actual clothes I made my way out of the room and into the hall where I walked down the stairs and stopped mid-way down smelling food.
''A fry?'' I ask, I mean…it wasn't unusual for Guren to make but when she did it meant he was in for A LOT of pain…
''Yep, not get your ass down here you brat so I can feed you and get on with the day.'' Guren replies getting me to let out a huff, should have expected that one from her, she tended to be like this during mornings…
''Smells nice.'' I comment as I walk into the kitchen to see Guren still wearing her pajamas and had a very bad case of bed head.
''Hm, of course it does I cooked it.'' Guren says sleepily as she pushes some beacon around the pan watching it Sissle.
''But doesn't that usually mean it'll taste bad?'' I ask with a grin on my face watching Guren flinch slightly at my punch to her ego, yeah Guren couldn't cook…she sucked at it and usually had one of her squad mates make food for her in the mornings but ever since she'd found me she always tried to cook food more often, even if it tasted like a block of tar.
''Ha-ha very funny, I don't need to go up there and clean the sheets again do I?'' Guren replies turning back to me her eyes a little dull but I could tell she was annoyed at me, wait she just insulted me for wetting my bed! IT WAS ONE TIME DAMN IT!
''Hey! that was one time! You always burn the food you can't compare them!'' I snap back with a small amount of red coming to my face in embarrassment, at my reply Guren only rolled her eyes and went back to cooking the food.
''So squirt what do you want to do today?'' Guren asks getting my attention on her, I looked like I'd just been asked to solve a page long equation if the look on Guren's face was anything to go by.
''Aren't we training like we usually do?'' I asked, we DID have these days as a break, once a week but I didn't expect it to be today, on the day that was usually the toughest day of training…
''Nah, I'm bored and don't feel like beating you with a stick today while you cry like a little girl.'' Guren replies flatly causing my eye to twitch.
''Hm, throwing harder punches than an abusive husband there Guren.'' I reply at her punching my ego getting a small giggle from her.
''Where'd you hear that one?'' Guren asks in amusement at the odd reply.
''Who do you think Mouuuuu…'' I suddenly pause mid-sentence, drawing out the word 'mom' as Guren's and my eyes widen, though her face did turn red and a look of happiness came to her face, though only for a moment as she shook it off and cleared her throat snapping me from my little shocked moment.
''W-well here's your food…I'll go get changed before eating!'' Guren says slightly rushed as she puts the food onto two plates and places one in front of me before 'walking' out of the room and rushing up the stairs leaving me alone.
''Didn't know she liked being called mom so much…'' I think aloud before grabbing a fork and knife and begin to eat me food, missing the sound of the front door being opened and the food steps that followed.
''Yuu! My favorite little shota!'' I pause as I was about to bit one of my pieces of bacon and turn my head slowly to see a tall white-haired woman with blue eyes and a figure that would make most woman envious, she practically glowed with mischief as she looked at me.
''Oh it's you Shinya…'' I say flatly looking at the adopted Hiragi daughter.
''Hey don't be so rude! I'm basically your second mom!'' Shinya draws out as she slithers towards me ready to pull me into one of her' hugs'.
''I'll cut you!'' I threaten holding my butter knife in front of me while leaning away from her as she sent a catlike grin my way.
''Oi Shinya what'd I tell you about molesting Yuu?'' Guren says causing Shinya to pause in her advances.
''But he's so cuuuttteee I mean look at his smol face! He's adorable! Why can't I hug him!'' Shinya says pointing at me with a devastated look on her face, though she only got a flat look from Guren in return.
''Because he doesn't like being touched by another woman, I think he's gay, so yeah.'' Guren replies causing Shinya to start laughing, though I did notice a worried look on her eyes, wait she just called me gay.
''THE ONLY GAY ONES HERE ARE YOU!'' I shout in embarrassment feeling my cheeks burn, though Guren and Shinya quickly joined me in the red-faced group as they looked at me in shock.
''Seriously! How the hell can you two be so loud! Doesn't this house have sound proofing or something?!'' I add on pointing at them with an accusing finger as the color drains from their faces.
''Y-you know about that stuff Yuu?'' Shinya asks shyly getting me to nod.
''Duh!'' I reply causing Guren to facepalm as her face becomes redder while Shinya looks away scratching the back of her head while laughing nervously.
''Hey what's with all the shouting? Don't tell me…oh hey it's the sassy kid.'' A woman with blond hair says turning the corner with a smoking pipe in her mouth, as you'd expect she was a beautiful woman, though she had more masculine features, such as her jaw line and short tied up hair.
''Why are you here as well?'' I ask turning my head to Norito who shrugs taking a drag from her pipe and blowing the purplish 'smoke' towards me.
''I don't know, Shinya just broke into my place and pulled me out of bed, sans the reason I'm in my pajamas.'' Norito explains gesturing to herself as she was dressed in a baggy T-shirt with nothing on her lower body besides her under wear.
''Who else is here? Don't tell me you bought my whole squad…'' Guren asks a feeling of 'dread' crawling through her body.
''Nah I only brought Norito with me.'' Shinya says waving a hand in front of her with a devilish smirk on her face that Guren seemed to want to slap off if the twitch of the eye was anything to go by.
Actually, now that I think about it didn't I have that observe ability? ''Observe…'' I whisper looking at Guren who was talking to Norito while Shinya listened in.
Name: Guren Ichinose
Age: 20 years
Race: Namanari
Title: The underdog
Level: ?
HP: 3052/3052
MP: 1635/1635
DP: 10000/10000
Damn Guren was strong, I can't even see her level! And she's so young I thought she was in her late twenties or something by the way she acts all the time! Though her young looks were a dead giveaway… but what's a Namanari…? With a shake of my head I dismiss the thought and look at Shinya to see another screen pop up over Guren's
Name: Shinya Hiragi / Shinya ?
Age: 20
Race: Human
Title: The untrusted
Level: ?
HP: 2544/2544
MP: 3200/3200
DP: 10000/10000
Hm, Shinya seems a little weaker physically than Guren if the HP difference is to go by but seems to be better at using magic… than Guren is, next I moved onto Norito who notice me looking but didn't seem to care as she chatted with Guren.
Name: Norito Goshi
Age: 20
Race: Human
Title: The slacker
Level: ?
HP: 2355/2355
MP: 5021/5021
DP: 10000/10000
So Norito is better than both Shinya and Guren at magic but falls behind when it comes to strength, well raw HP anyways…
''So Guren what are we going to do then? Since I'm here and I probably won't get to sleep again I'm sticking with you.'' Norito says as I dismiss the screen in front of me.
''Hm, fine whatever you can stay, same with you as well Shinya before you ask, just don't do any perverted things to Yuu.'' Guren says hitting Shinya atop her head as she turned towards me.
''Owww…'' Shinya moans out holding the lump on her head painfully. ''Yuuuu! Your moms being mean to me tell her to stop!'' Shinya whines out with faux tears running down her face getting no sympathy from me.
''Can I have a turn?'' I held a smirk on my face while looking to Guren getting a ''TRAITOR!'' from Shinya while Guren shrugged and Norito put a hand in front of her mouth to stop herself from laughing.
-=DING=-
Quest!
:A man in a woman's world:
Description: As one of the few men alive on the planet earth it is YOUR job to repopulate it! -JIDA 5th law of reproduction.
Task: Impregnate at least five women.
Bonus 1: have over ten children
Bonus 2: have a vampire child
Completion: Respect, children to care for (Is this even a 'completion' worthy thing)?, personal harem, a fathers pride title unlocked.
Failure: Exiled by humanity, possible execution for disobeying the 5th law.
Decline: Not an option kiddo.
(Y/-)?
Wot. That's…an odd quest…well he was told by Guren that the current male to female population ratio was 1/20 and even that was a stretch so it sort of made sense… but five women? What'd this thing think I was some sort of cheesy anime character that woman somehow fell for, for no reason at all?
''Put some cloths of Norito, take some from my room, I'll make some more breakfast for everyone.'' I accept the quest hearing Guren speaking.
''I'll be in the living room.'' I say getting up from my seat and leaving the three women in the kitchen. Barely an hour into having this and it's already given two long term quests that'll take years to complete… 'Maybe I'll get other quests eventually? It's only been around half an hour so I wouldn't be surprised if a few pop up today…
-=Ding!=-
God damn it!
Quest!
:Leaving a lasting impression:
Description: Guren's squad is to be sent on a suicidal mission tomorrow and you need to leave a lasting impression!
Task: Leave a lasting impression/good memory for Guren and Norito.
Competition: 5000 EXP. +50 Closeness with Guren. +50 Closeness with Norito. +50 closeness with Shinya. Guren's squad survives the mission.
Failure: -5 closeness with Guren. -5 closeness with Norito. -5 closeness with Shinya. Guren's squad is captured or killed during the mission.
Decline: Not an option boi.
(Y/-)?
Maybe I shouldn't have spoken…a quest this serious only half an hour in? now that's just messed up…I didn't even get a proper tutorial, Though the 5000EXP looked nice… did his thing seriously just call me 'boi'? what'd that even mean?
-=Ding!=-
Yes. Yes I did call you Boi.
Well fuck you too then… With a sigh I accept the quest and dismiss both screens ignoring the DING sound that'd I had accepted the quest. Looks like I'll need to work extra hard for this one…
''Huh?'' I says dumbly feeling something move me followed by me feeling something soft getting pressed against my face causing it to turn red noticing Shinya had pulled me into one of her 'hugs' while I was thinking.
''Let me go you witch!'' I shout as I struggled in Shinya's grip making the white haired girl pout.
''Aww! Yuu don't be so meeeaaannn~ you're turning into a mini-Guren and no-one wants that!'' Shinya says in a 'cutsy' voice as she continues to push me against her sizeable chest despite my protests of trying to push away.
-=PING=-
NOW IS NOT THE TIME! I'M BEING SUFERCATED BY A WOMAN'S RACK RIGHT NOW!
…Is…is that even considered a bad thing by people though…?
WAIT MY HP'S DROPPING!
490/501 HP (In combat status)
WHY DOES THIS COUNT AS COMBAT?!
''Oi Shinya you're suffocating the kid, he's turning purple.'' Norito says from the door with her new outfit on consisting of pair of tracksuit bottoms and a plain grey T-shirt flatly, before taking a drag from her pipe as she watches Shinya push me away from her chest to see that indeed my face had turned purple.
''OHMYGODI'MSOSORRYIDIDN'TKNOWYOUWEREDYINGINTHEREPLEASEFORGIVEME!'' Shinya shouts apologetically at a speed that made the words come out at such a pace it sounded like a single word rather than a sentence to him, oh and she pulled him back into her chest… Fuuuuu-
''You're doing it again Shinya…'' Norito says watching the scene with a smirk on her face finding it quite amusing that I was being smothered with affection by the white-haired woman.
''Oh god sorry!'' Shinya says pushing me away from het allowing me to inhale some sweet, sweet air for my oxygen deprived lungs, though I couldn't blame her for her actions, she had this odd…instinctual momma hen thing along with Guren, probably why they get along so well in bed or something…
''It's fine…'' I reply rubbing the back of my head sheepishly as Norito chuckled at my expense while taking another drag from her pipe that was exhaling…purple smoke, how did I not notice this properly earlier?
''Observe…'' I mutter very quietly to the point I'm positive that I was the only one that heard it while I was looking at Norito's pipe to which she seemed to pick up on and started talking about it, though I ignored her instead focusing on the screen in front of me.
Name: Kakuze
Age: ?
Race: Demon (Cursed)
Title: Master of nightmares
Level: 241 (Visible due to cursed status)
HP: 30,000/30,000
MP 50,000/50,000
DP: 1,000,000/1,000,000
''Who are you boy? How did you notice me why are you here?'' A distorted voice demands making my eyes widen as I close the observation instantly cutting off the voice from speaking again.
Holy shit what was that!?
WAIT THAT THING KNEW I WAS INSPECTING IT?! Creepy…
''What's a demon weapon though…?'' I ask aloud to myself making Norito and Shinya's eyes widen looking at me instantly causing me to regret my question. Dumb idea…yeah.
''How…do you know about demon weapon Yuu?'' Norito asks still in shock making me gulp while rubbing the back of my head as I broke eye contact with her.
''Your…pipe spoke to me?'' I say causing both women's eyes to widen while Norito looked down at her pipe before looking back at me.
''Kakzue says she did speak to him, apparently Yuu here appeared in front of her for a moment before vanishing when she tried to talk to him…'' Norito says looking at Shinya with a frown on her face before looking back at me.
''Hmm…say Yuu could you do what you did with Norito's weapon to mine?'' Shinya asks her bubbly and happy attitude gone replaced by a seriousness only found on the battle field.
''S-sure? I think?'' I reply with a stutter after swallowing the lump that had formed in my throat from feeling so…scared, I'd never felt so terrified in front of someone besides Ferid back when he killed my family…
''Byakkomura.'' Shinya says holding out an arm and summons her demon weapon, a black sniper rifle with a rotating bayonet attached to the end that seconded as a stand.
''Observe…'' I breath out as quietly as possible to not let Shinya and Norito hear me while I looked at the weapon.
Name: Byakkomura
Age: ?
Race: Demon (Cursed)
Title: Piercer of souls
Level: 357 (Visible due to cursed status)
HP: 27,800/27,800
MP 600,000/600,000
DP: 1,000,000/1,000,000
God damn that thing was strong…
''I see that your little experiment worked…and I'd prefer not to be called thing but thank you for the compliment.'' I shiver hearing a deep female voice in my head causing it to let out a chuckle. ''Fear not child, I will not hurt you unless my wielder chooses so.''
'Thanks…I think?' I reply internally much to the demon's amusement if the laughing was anything to go by.
''You're a very special child, the ability to make contact and speak with demons without going insane, a trait only found in strong vampires and women, tell me boy what makes you so special?'' Byakkomura asks making me gulp thinking over if I should tell him/her the truth or not.
''I see that you're indecisive, I won't hold it against you though, you are merely a youngling of your kind.'' Byakkomura says noticing I wasn't sure if to tell her or not, for a demon she sure is nice…
''Why thank you.'' Byakkomura says making me jump and for my face to turn red remembering that Byakkomura was probably reading my thoughts… ''You're quite the bright one boy, to find it out so soon.''
Yep…god damn it.
''Hey Yuu you look like you're about to pass out kid.'' Norito says shaking me a little breaking my connection with Byakkomura causing the observation screen to close.
''So you talked to Byakkomura, what do you think of her?'' Shinya asks bringing my attention to the right to see her face right in front of my causing me to jump away with a rather girlish scream making both Norito and Shinya laugh at my expense.
''She's…nice enough I guess…she seems wise as well'' I say trying to hold down the blush on my face and failing miserably. Why the hell didn't gamers mind help me here!?
-=PING!=-
: D
Go fuck yourself.
-=PING!=-
) :
Okay maybe I shouldn't insult this thing…Sorry.
''You're spacing out again kid.'' Norito says slapping the back of my head lightly causing me to lose 1HP causing my eye to twitch as I was suddenly rendered in combat.
''Sorry.'' I mutter putting on a fake sheepish look to mask my annoyance at the oddities of the Gamer ability.
''As I was saying Yuu, we have the ability to make contracts with demons for power but so far only females have succeeded in doing so, every time a male made contact with a demon they instantly go insane and start trying to kill everything around them.'' Shinya explains making my eyes widen, talk about an unfair advantage.
''But not you, hell you're even able to talk to our demons with no draw backs.'' Shinya says leaning a bit closer to me causing me to back up and gulp nervously under the gaze of Shinya, she must have learned to be this imitating because of the family she was related to…
''O-okay? S-so I'm special?'' I asks hesitantly getting a nod from Shinya.
''Yep, you're a male that can make contact with demons with no apparent problems, a power like that is something the JIDA would experiment someone on so I'm telling you to tell no one about this besides Guren.'' Shinya says seriously to make causing the color to drain from my face at the possibility of getting cut open.
I sure as hell didn't want to test how much I could level up my physical resistance skill anytime soon…
''You're scaring him Shinya, move.'' Notiro says with a sigh and uses her hand to push Shinya's face away from mine and takes her place, ignoring Shinya letting out a surprised scream.
''Basically what she's saying his keep this a secrete between us, hell when you're old enough we could convince Guren to let you have a demon weapon and join the demon moon company rather than getting an enchanted sword and joining the main army branch.'' Norito explains with a grin on her face noticing my eyes practically glowing at the prospect of getting a demon weapon.
What can I say? They're badass and powerful from what I can tell.
''See this is how you do it Shinya, with some sweet talking not talking to him like he's a soldier.'' Norito says looking over at Shinya who rubs the back of her head sheepishly.
''Sorry, I got carried away.'' Shinya apologizes looking me in the eyes.
''Don't worry about it, I'm sure you mean what's best for me.'' I say accepting the apology with a small plastered onto my face causing Shinya's face to turn a little red along with Norito's as I was practically glowing.
-=PING!=-
Quest complete!
Leaving a lasting impression
Competition bonus: 5000 EXP. +50 Closeness with Norito. +50 closeness with Shinya. Guren's squad survives the mission.
No closeness gained from Guren due to not being part of quest completion.
-=PING!=-
You have leveled up! (x2)
Well…that was a lot easier than I thought it'd be…And I leveled up twice to boot, Noice.
''Oi what's going on in he- Why the fuck is Yuu glowing?!'' Guren asks as she walks into the door causing me, Norito and Shinya to look at Guren who was pointing at me with wide eyes.
Wait I'm- Holy shit I'm actually glowing!
''What the hell?!'' I shout in shock and alarm looking down at my arm seeing it glowing white for a few seconds before it fads away. Probably had something to do with me leveling up…
''Umm...Guren we sort of have to tell you something…'' Norito says getting Guren's attention off me and onto Norito.
''Does it have something to do with him glowing?'' Guren asks curiously prompting Norito to shake her head.
''Nope, Yuu here was able to speak to our demons.'' Norito says causing Guren's eyes to widen as she looks back to me.
''He's okay, right?!'' Guren asks in a slight panic as she practically teleports to my side and grabs my head and starts looking at my face inspecting for any signs of corruption.
''He's fine, he heard my weapon only for a second before snapping out of it before he had a small conversation with Byakkomura afterwards.'' Norito explains to Guren prompting her to let out a released sigh seeing no sighs that I'd been corrupted by the demons.
''I knew the kid was special but damn…'' Guren mutters with a sigh quickly followed afterwards as she looks down at me though I wasn't looking at her more I was looking at the man hovering over her who was smiling at me only for him to vanish without warning confusing the hell out of me.
Must have been Guren's demon or…something…how the hell was I meant to know? I have like -1INT anyways…I really need to level that up.
''You know I'm special? Does it have something to do with that fact I'm not human?'' I ask causing the occupants of the room to freeze and look at me wide eyed.
Me and my big fucking mouth…
''What do you mean 'not' human?'' Norito asks cautiously making me gulp. Yep I should have shut the fuck up.
''How do you know about that Yuu?'' Guren asks seriously getting confused looks from Norito and Shinya.
''Wait you knew he wasn't human?'' Shinya asks only to be ignored by Guren who continued to look at me sternly.
''Y-yeah…I found out today…'' I mutter quietly while averting my gaze as Guren's hardens before she lets out a drawn out sigh.
''No, I can't be angry…I should have told you…'' Guren mutters pinching the bridge of her nose.
''Oi Guren what the hell do you mean the kids not human?'' Norito asks seriously while grabbing Guren's arm with a frown on her face.
''I can't tell you…I'm sorry but I just can't, it's not up to me.'' Guren says sending a glance my way causing Norito to look at me with a frown on her face along with Shinya knowing what Guren was implying here.
It was my choice to tell them.
-=PING!=-
Quest!
:Barer of truth:
Description: Due to your slip of tongue Shinya and Norito are suspicious of you not being human.
Task: Tell Shinya and Norito that you are a Seraph.
(Lie option) Convince Shinya and Norito that you were experimented on as a child and a slight part demon due to this (5% competition chance)
Competition: +5 Closeness with Shinya and Norito, -5 Closeness with Guren
Lie option competition: +5 Closeness with Shinya and Norito +5 Closeness with Guren
Failure: -5 Closeness with Shinya and Norito, +5 Closeness with Guren
Lie option failure: -10 Closeness with Shinya and Norito, - 5 Closeness with Guren. Must tell truth about Seraph race.
Decline: Not an option.
(Y/-)
Well this fucking sucked, but then again that's what I get for being a dumb ass, fuck you -1INT I blame you for this…
With a sigh a press the yes button in the form of a fake stretch before telling them.
''I was experimented on as a child and I'm pretty sure because of that I'm not entirely human, something just feels…off about me…Like I'm not all there'' I explain a false story and begin to pray it worked.
-=PING!=-
Due to high amount of luck you managed to pull off a convincing half lie!
Holy shit that actually worked, wait half lie..? DOES THAT MEAN I WAS EXPERIMANTED ON?!
-=PING!=-
Quest complete
-=Barer of truth=-
Lie Competition bonus: +5 Closeness with Shinya and Norito +5 Closeness with Guren
Although Guren could see right through the lie Norito and Shinya didn't as evident by the guilt that suddenly overtook there features.
''Oh…I didn't mean to offend or anything, sorry about that…'' Norito mutters with guilt riddling her voice while rubbing the back of her head and suddenly finding the wall extremely interesting, Shinya was in the same situation, an apology while looking at the ground.
This sure did make thing awkward…
''D-don't worry about it! It's nothing really!'' I say with a small stutter trying to get rid of the awkward and depressing atmosphere in the room.
''Kid's right, by the looks of it he doesn't really care that much.'' Guren adds on before chopping the back of Norito and Shinya's heads causing them to let out comical shouts of pain making me chuckle a little at the antics of the three women.
''Guren that's rude why would you do that to me!'' Shinya asks holding her head with fake tears flowing down her face making Guren roll her eyes at Shinya's antics.
''Because we should get going, or do you want us to be locked in this room for the rest of the day?'' Guren asks flatly making Shinya stop for a moment before an 'Oh…' managed to escape her lips.
''Whelp! The boss has spoke, time to get going!'' Norito says while rubbing the back of her head as she walks out of the door followed by Shinya and Guren and me deciding it was probably a good idea to follow after them.
''So where're we going anyways? We can't exactly go to a bar or anything with Yuu with us.'' Norito asks as we walk out the front door making Guren shrug.
''I was planning on asking Yuu if he wanted to do anything before you lot came, so it's up to him.'' Guren explains before looking back at me with Shinya and Norito.
No pressure, amirite…
''I could always see if I can get Shinoa to play with him, he does need friends his age.'' Shinya offers seeing I wasn't going to come up with anything any time soon.
''Fair enough.'' Guren agrees with a nod before leading the group to Shinya's car prompting us to get in, with Shinya in the driver's seat, Guren in the passenger seat and finally me and Norito in the back.
''Umm…who's Shinoa?'' I ask from the back seat getting Shinya to look at me through the mirror.
''She's my younger sister, she's about your age so you should get well.'' Shinya answers with a small smirk on her face before putting her eyes onto the road.
Hopefully she wasn't like Shinya at all or we probably won't get along…
As expected the drive to Shinya's house was quiet, I expected it mostly because Guren always told me to never distract a driver, even if they are a soldier they can still crash, yes it was dark but it was true as well.
''We're here.'' Shinya says as she slows the car to a stop and before any of them could even do anything the door to her house suddenly burst open followed by a little girl with purple/pink shoulder length hair that had side braids in it, skin so pale it was practically transparent running towards the car with a massive smile plastered onto her face and to finish it off she wore dark grey sailor style dress. All and all to sum it up she was the embodiment of 'adorable'
''I'm guessing that's Shinoa?'' I ask getting a nod from Shinya as she opens the car door and meets the small girl by picking her up causing her to start laughing mid-air.
''She seems excited…'' I comment getting out of the car and drawing Shinoa's attention on me.
''Who is he?'' Shinoa asks cutely, yes cutely. As to how it was possible not even he knows, while pointing a finger at me with her face scrunched up in curiosity and a bit of mistrust.
''He's Yuuichiro Hyakuya, Guren takes care of him.'' Shinya explains getting a cute hum from Shinoa, how in god's name was everything she did cute?!, before looking at him.
''You're short.'' Shinoa says pointing at me causing Guren and Norito to start snickering in the background while my right eye twitched, the first damn thing she says to me is I'm SHORT?!
''Who're you calling short you overgrown strawberry!'' I shout angrily causing Guren and Norito to start laughing at my odd insult while Shinya started to chuckle.
''Meanie!'' Shinoa says with a huff and pout looking away from me causing my eye to twitch again. She was the one that insulted me first damn it!
''What do you mean?! You're the one that insulted me first!'' I reply only to be ignored as she once more lets out a huff looking away with her arms crossed over her chest.
Jesus this girl's WORSE than Shinya…
''Come on now Shinoa, don't be so rude, he's here to play with you.'' Shinya says causing Shinoa to look over at him her pout now gone replaced by a wide-eyed look of happiness while looking at me.
-=PING!=-
+40 Closeness with Shinoa
Woah…That escalated quickly…
''Shinya she's scaring me…'' I say flatly while pointing at Shinoa causing Shinya to chuckle as she puts Shinoa down allowing her to run towards me causing my eyes to widen as I back up slightly, though it wasn't enough to stop her from ramming into me, knocking us to the ground and winding me.
499/501 HP (In combat)
Oh god damn it…
''Ow…'' I groan out instinctually even though I couldn't feel the pain from being winded due to gamers body.
''You're going to play with me?!'' Shinoa asks in excitement looking down at me as I stared up at her flatly.
''Sure, why not.'' I reply with a sigh getting Shinoa to let out a 'YES!' before jumping off me allowing me to stand up and brush some dust from my back while Shinoa practically danced around on the spot much to the amusement of those watching.
''We'll leave you for Shinoa to take care of.'' Shinya says making me look at her with a frown on my face, her take care of me? What'd they think she was some sort of tank?
''Shouldn't it be the other…or just walk away…'' I say as Shinya, Norito and Guren walk into the house ignoring me leaving me in Shinya's garden with Shinoa who was still dancing around and laughing.
With a sigh I watch Shinoa dancing around for another few seconds before deciding to use Observe, couldn't hurt right?
''Observe…'' I mutter under my breath and take a look at the screen appearing in front of me.
Name: Shinoa Hiragi
Age: 11
Race: Human
Title: Cute incarnate
Level: 14
HP: 1,300/1,300
MP: 200/200
DP: 1000/1000
What. The. fuck.
Level 14?! How in god's name is she level 14?! She's younger than me damn it! And she has DP as well?! What the hell is this?!
''What are you looking at?'' I look up from the blue screen and jump a little seeing Shinoa standing in front of me.
''N-nothing just…nothing.'' I say with a sigh while dismissing the screen while scratching the back of my head while looking off to the side.
''You're weird.'' Shinoa says poking my face and pushing my head to the side in doing so making her giggle at my expense as I sigh once more going with it.
''So what do you want to do?'' I ask moving Shinoa's hand away my face making her huff.
''Well there's a park nearby we could go to.'' Shinoa suggests getting me to hum in thought, going to the park did sound fun…
''It's up to you.'' I say getting Shinoa to send me a wide smile as she grabbed me hand and began to pull me with her as she ran towards the park getting me to shout in surprise not expecting her to be so strong, then again she is level 14 and I'm level 5…
Yes I admit I'm…awkward, especially around new people but Shinoa was something else, I couldn't even say a salable without her laughing at it like I just told the world's greatest joke, so I kept my trap shut as she pulled (Dragged) me with her to the park.
The park itself was pretty standard, some swings, a slide and so on and it was fairly empty besides a woman walking her dog, I was sort of thankful for this since I didn't do well in large crowds of unfamiliar people, again I'm awkward person.
''Come on let's go on the swings first!'' Shinoa says as she drags me through the gate to the park and towards the set of swings, for some reason I had this off feeling it was going to be a long day…
And indeed, it was, we ended up spending hours playing in the park, I did find it enjoyable though, Although Shinoa was…odd, she was good company, always happy even when she fell face first into the ground she only laughed it off before continuing what she'd previously been doing. Overall it's been a nice to say the least, a lot better than getting whacked around by Guren during sword training…
Only downside to this though was that I somehow managed to lose a whopping 200HP throughout the duration of my stay here from a mixture of falling, running into things or Shinoa tackling me to the ground or into things during that one game of tag.
Still a fun day though and Shinoa would agree if the extra 15 closeness gained by her was anything to go by…I really needed to check how I seen how to view closeness information at some point.
But sadly, that all came to an end when I suddenly found myself in the park alone with no-one around, it was just me standing in confusion while looking around trying to figure out what was going on, I was running after Shinoa a few seconds ago and then bam I hear glass shattering and everyone just vanishes.
''Where is everyone?'' I mutter aloud in confusion while looking around trying to spot someone and letting out an annoyed groan, hell even the cars had just stopped in their tracks being left abandoned on the road!
BOOM!
What was that?
BOOM!
Well whatever it was, was coming his way.
BOOM!
This time I managed to figure out the direction it was coming from and turned around only to suddenly pale looking at the deformed white monster with the body of a bug the size of a house looking at me with its grotesque face with well over eighty teeth in its maw.
''Observe.'' I mutter looking at the beast feeling my feel suddenly evaporate from my body due to gamers mind kicking in.
Name: Child of Abaddon
Age: 637 years
Race: Horseman of John (Juggernaut class)
Title: Horseman of the apocalypse.
Level: 63
HP: 50,000/50,000
MP: 0/0
DP: 0/0
As if this thing wasn't bad enough several more that had the exact same everything rounded another corner and zeroed in on me with a hungry gaze.
How in god's name did I end up here, as a level 5 character I was now facing off against things that were level 63…These things were practically dungeon bosses compared to me!
Honestly it felt like the gamer ability was out to get me…
Feeling something jabbing my leg I look down to see another horseman of john though this one was…well far less scary… ''Observe''
Name: Skarner.
Age: 10 years
Race: Horseman of john (Skitter class)
Title: Destroyer of humanity
Level: 13
HP: 100/100
MP: 0/0
DP: 0/0
It was a scorpion the size of my shoe and it's 'attack' only damaged me for 5 HP, though it did poison me with a minor poison that did 5 damage every ten seconds for the next minute… far from a 'destroyer of humanity'.
*JAB*
Ow…Little shit's still attacking me!
With a frown on my face I lift my foot and stomp on the scorpion making it hiss before I hear a crack under my shoe and lift it again to see the corpse of the scorpion twitching on the ground.
Name: Skarner. (DEAD)
Age: 10 years
Race: Horseman of john (Skitter class)
Title: Destroyer of humanity
Level: 13
HP: 0/100
MP: 0/0
DP: 0/0
Well I guess level doesn't mean everything in the end…
Looking back up at the larger horsemen I frown seeing them very slowly walking towards me, at least that was something good about the situation, they can't run. Probably why they're called juggernauts…
-=PING!=-
LOOT DETECTED NEARBY!
DO YOU WISH TO ENABLE AUTO PICKUP?
(Y/N)
I could have sworn the moment my finger hit the yes button I heard a crack due to how hard I hit it but decided to ignore it for now in favor of my new LÜT.
New item: Skarner's shell neckless (x1)
New item: 1421 Japanese Yen
Hey! That's pretty good!
Going into my inventory I take my new neckless into my hands, it was just a normal scorpion shell with glowing red eye sockets and small red markings running down it's spine. While I moved backwards, away from the slowly approaching Horsemen of John while ignoring their booming stomping that shook the earth. ''Observe.''
:Skarner's shell neckless:
Armor: 10
Magic resist: 0
Health: 20
Passive: (Iron shell) Iron shell passive turns the users skin into pig iron on points of impact. (15% damage reduction from same level enemies, decreases to 0.1% on 10 level difference)
Debuff: (Gluttony) Causes the wearer to feel immense hunger while in combat and have urges to digest their enemies (Negated by gamers body)
This was actually a pretty decent item for such a low level pleb such as myself to have…besides the debuff, though that was negated by gamers body so that was nice.
Without a moment of hesitation, I equip the neckless and immediately feeling myself become healthy, in an odd way and take a look at my health bar.
421/521 HP (In combat)
Sweet, though not all my health's regened from Shinoa man handling me while we played tag…that sucked…
Looking back up at the horseman I see that the closest one is about a bus length away from me so I decide in that moments it's a good idea to run, and run I do, I ran like hell was just behind me while trying to find a way out of this place only to come across more and more Horseman of john in difference shapes and sizes lumbering through the streets.
Wait my titles I can equip one, can't I? like blood prince…
-=PING!=-
Title: Blood prince has been equipped
Well that was convenient…
''Right so wh-'' I wasn't able to finish my sentence as I feel a blistering pain in my back making my mouth open to shout in pain only for gamers body to stop it the agonizing pain from hurting only making me release a gasp when I fly through the wall ahead of me.
Ow…maybe I shouldn't let myself get distracted here…
10/521 (In combat)
Thank god for that passive iron shell passive… Now what actually hit me?
Getting up from my spot on the ground I look through the hole I came from to see a horseman of John (Surprise, surprise) that looked like a hybrid between a large dog and a lion…
''Observe.'' I mutter aloud as I walk backwards inside the dark room hoping the beast wouldn't see me until I got away.
Name: Horseman of john (Blood hound class)
Age: 10 years
Race: Horseman of john (Skitter class)
Title: Blood hound of Icarus.
Level: 14
HP: 240/250
MP: 0/0
DP: 0/0
Well it was only a level higher than that skarner thing but…well level didn't matter to much now did it? It's strength stat was probably almost three to six times mine if I was to guess by its semi-muscular build.
Wait, crap it was looking at me…
''FUCK!'' I scream as the beast leaps into the air with a ferocious roar causing my panic to overtake me for a moment as I curl down into a fetal position with my eyes slammed shut
Only for my eyes to widen hearing a shout of pain followed by whimpering making me look up to see the bloodhound had jumped into a loose piece of metal in front of me, impaling itself through the jaw and neck leaving its health rapidly draining as life started to leave its eyes.
Luck had something to do with this, that pole wasn't there a second ago…
Letting out a sigh as I stood up I looked at the bloodhound with a frown on my face noticing it's health has stopped draining and left it with a low 50HP left from it's original 250 leaving me to finish it off.
Maybe that was good since I'd get some loot from it…that still didn't stop me feeling slightly bad though…
''Sorry.'' I mutter as I pick up a nearby rock and start slamming it onto the hound's head chunking it in 15HP hits until the last of its HP turned to 0 causing a (DEAD) status to appear near its name and a small screen to appear in front of me saying that I'd leveled up and gotten some loot from the kill as well as the EXP
Loot automatically picked up!
Blood hound jacket (X1)
2843 Japanese Yen
A…jacket? Okay I could work with that.
Looking into my inventory I could see the jacket and pulled it out causing a black lather biker jacket with small white armor plates on the elbows and a rough looking sqaulder located on the right shoulder to pop into my hands. It also had small fur rimming's around the cuffs of the sleeves, to finish the jacket it off on the right side it had an image of a Trible lion sown into it with a glowing red fabric.
The thing looked badass…and I instantly observed it to see what it had in store for me.
:Blood hound jacket:
Armor: 20
Magic resist: 5
Health: 80
+3 DEX
+5 STR
Passive: (On the hunt) Increases movement speed by 50% (DEX) when on the blood trail of hostile enemies that are below 20% max HP.
Debuff: (Fury) Causes the wearer to feel fury putting them into a state of madness and attacking everything around them to sat this bloodlust. (Negated by gamers mind)
In comparison to this the damned neckless is pennies! This thing was fucking awesome! Again, the passive was a downer but I negated it so I didn't give a damn!
Equipping the jacket, I felt the weight of the sqaudler bear down on my arm making me cringe, the thing might not look like it but it was heavy…
Looking at my strength I could see that all together I had 10 points in it due to the extra strength given by the jacket but apparently, it wasn't enough to let me equip it without repercussions.
So, I did the 'smart' thing and dumped all my state points into strength causing it to jump from 10 all the way to 25 causing my eyes to widen feeling my body change suddenly and become stronger and a bit more muscular.
Hey I could ware my jacket without feeling like a ton was being dropped onto my arm at least!
-=PING!=-
Due to strength reaching over 10 a new skill has been created!
Stone fists: (Active) Turns the users fists into solid stone causing punches to deal 100% more damage! (Scales with strength)
(Morphable ability)
(No cost)
Huh…that's pretty cool… at least I have a decent weapon for now until I get a sword or something…Why do I have this really odd feeling that when I get my sword it's going to suck…
With a shake of my head I roll my shoulders before moving out of the hole I'd been thrown threw and start making my way through a series of alleyways in hopes to not draw any more attention from other horsemen of John, it was the last thing in needed right now with such low health…
Then again my health couldn't drop below 0.01% so I was immortal due to this, plus my demon's blood passive was in effect and I had another 100 something % damage boost on top of my stone fist active so maybe having low health was good?
I could work around it but for now I needed to get out of here before I ended up getting eaten or something and I for one didn't want to get eaten anytime soon.
Activating my stone fist skill, I look down to see that my fists indeed has become rocky and jagged and had a slight grey tint on them, giving them a few taps he could still feel it but it was slightly dulled… It looked badass to be honest and felt strong.
''This is sweet!'' I say with a grin on my face as I move my fingers watching the stone crumble and reform as the joints moved around, yep I needed more of these skills, maybe I should put more points into strength?
''Right I'm getting carried away I should be looking out for horsemen of john.'' I say shaking my head and giving myself a light slap on the face before peaking around another corner and seeing a group of Horsemen of John lumbering near one another instantly making me throw out the idea of going in that direction and turn around.
Only to stop feeling the earth under me start rumbling making me raise a brow in confusion as I look back at the Horsemen of John thinking they were the culprits only to be proved wrong as they simply stood still like a group of status…
''What the he- HOLY SHIT!'' I scream in shock watching as the ground under the horsemen gives in as a giant centipede eats the group in a single before looking around for more pray to eat as I stood and watched in the shadows of the alleyway in shock and awe.
''O-observe.'' I stutter out quietly hoping to not be heard
(Event boss)
Destroyer of worlds
Level:?
Nope. Fuck that. Not today.
Seriously? I could see Byakkomura's stats fairly well but all I could see with this thing was a name and a covered level, like how fucking strong was this thing!?
With that in mind I ran the way I came the moment the destroyer of worlds dived back underground having found something interesting to the north towards the walls.
I'd certainly learned a lot today that was for sure. My gamer ability, demons existing as well as demon weapons and that I could possibly use one, how strong Horsemen of John could be, this weird place and finally the destroy of worlds. A pretty progressive day if you ask me.
Sarcasm if you couldn't guess.
Well at least he met Shinoa at the very least, she was an odd girl who was oddly powerful for her age but she was fun to play with non-the less. Now that I thought about it she was probably worried sick about me since I just vanished into thin air in front of her eyes, she probably went to get Shinya or something so hopefully she was safe.
What the hell am I thinking? Of course she's safe, she's level 14 for god sake and had a pretty high strength and Dexterity stat if her manhandling me was anything to go by, so she should be good. I had to focus on getting out of here without getting eaten for now…
''Right so I have some decent stuff and a good strength stat and about 200HP left…'' I mutter to myself while putting one of my rocky hands onto my chin as I walk past the hole I'd made previously during the 'fight' with the bloodhound, the only way out of the alleyway was back the way I came and into the park again so hopefully the horsemen there had left so I wasn't just stuck in here…
Looking up at the sky in thought I pause noticing a crack in the sky making me raise a brow in confusion as it began to extend much to my confusion before my eyes widen hearing the sound of glass shattering while watching the crack suddenly encase everything before going back to normal leaving me in an alleyway hearing the sound of a nearby car beeping its horn making me sigh seeing that I had managed to escape.
Somehow…
Making my way back to the park I was a little surprised to find Shinoa sitting on a bench alone in a fetal position as she looked down at the ground with a depressed look in her teary eyes causing my own to widen as I speed up into a jog running towards the girl.
''Shinoa!'' I shout getting the girl's eyes to widen as she looks up at me with a gasp before breaking into a run towards me before diving into me like we'd first met knocking us both to the ground making me groan in pain for a second before gamers body stopped the pain.
''Where did you go! yo-you were there one sec-second and then you vanished!'' Shinoa demands teary eyed making me frown feeling guilty.
''I don't really know…but I have some cool stories to make it up to you!'' I say with a small smirk on my face as I pat Shinoa's head as her eyes widen again before she starts to nod and stands up allowing myself to stand before we start to make our way home as I tell her of my epic tale of how I got my neckless and jacket while Shinoa listened in on it with wide eyes.
-=STATS=-
Name: Yuuichiro Amane/Hyakuya
Age: 12 years
Race: Seraph
Title: Blood prince
LVL: 6
HP: 601/601 (HP regen 1.5 per/sec, reduced to 0.5 in combat.)
MP: 0/0 (MP regen 0 per/sec, reduced to 0 in combat)
STR: 15 (+10) = 25
DEX: 3
VIT: 4
WIS: 1
INT: -1
LUK: 100
Skill points: 3 (+3 Per level up)
Japanese Yen: 4264
SO! That's it for now! It's been a while since I've written a story about Seraph of the end so I hope you enjoy this massive 10,000-word chapter.
As always please do point out mistakes I've made such as grammar, formatting and so on, constructive criticism is always welcome
Until next time folks!