Sorry for the lateness, I have work and webnovel to take care of. But don't worry, I didn't forget about this. For this reason, I wrote a longer chapter than usual!
Review time:
Nightshifter the Dragon Shifter: What would exactly happen if the Michaels met up with each other? Would they merge with each other or will still they be separated? If separated then the heavenly knights will have each but the last two or three comments I put, u say that one of the knights has a better chance with just him. This is an interesting chapter and I can't wait for tomorrow!
Answer: Sorry for betraying your expectations with 'tomorrow', but better late than never! Anyway, Michael's objective is 'collect' the system fragments, so he has to absorb them in his body. However, the fragments are protected by their own bodies, which means that Michael has to remove the body in some manner before collecting his reward.
Lucario1.1: I would like to see granberia's thoughts on her fight with Michael and the aftermath of it.
Answer: Wish granted, but I asked which character you want to see the stats on. Still, it's no problem.
thelich7245: Why do some of Id's skills look like Dragon Quest skills? I am NOT complaining. It's just something I noticed that just popped into my head.
Answer: Fuck if I know, I never played Dragon Quest before. I am using Monster Girl Quest Paradox's skills, jobs, and races; so maybe MGQ Paradox took from Dragon Quest.
Dinosaurchicken: So Id is just hanging out around Yamatai, casually murdering kitsunes? I have to imagine that Tamamo will notice soon. That's going to be an interesting encounter.
Answer: Hahaha, you have no idea. Besides, it's not Yamatai, it's directly the Kitsune Village, which is in an island close to Yamatai Village.
Imperial Guard 1337: Well, Luka is a warrior and Michael is a Rogue/Trickster all we now need is a magic user that buffs the party and debuffs the enemy.
Maybe Merasmus from Team Fortress 2? He owns the Bombinomicon; the book of bombs. (Basically the Necronomicon only all the tentacle stuff is replaced with bombs!)
*GASP* Michael could become a bomb-throwing maniac! (See Demolitionist from the game Grim Dawn, other classes are interesting to, I advice to click the icons of their skills to get a clear description)
Answer: I absolutely have no idea of who you are talking to, and I am also surprised you didn't pull any weird omake this time.
saeedysha: Michael is now meeting the bandits? Will he steal stuff from them? Take their sweets away? Or will they become friends? Although can he even summon demons from other versions of hell?
Answer: The bandit time isn't here yet, there is something else before that, and it belongs exclusively to Paradox. As for summoning demons from other versions of hell, no, he can't. Just for the fact that he and the other hells are in separated multiverses.
LittleWhiteMouse: Goddammit Id.
Just how many kitsunes has he murdered by now? Is he going after the three and four tailed ones because there aren't anymore left alive with less tails or because they can't give him enough Exp to level up at this point. If its the former holy shit, he's performing genocide!
And given the fact that he, Ego and Super-Ego can't really be killed he could continue doing this until he meets the original or one of the others.
And since I don't think Tamamo would be able to differentiate between Michael and the three others this may complicate things massively with the Heavenly Knight of the Earth.
Answer: What sort of good fanfiction doesn't have unexpected parts? That's all part of my plans! As for the first question... I think we reached a bit more of 73 by the end of this chapter. As for why he passed to the four and three tails, it is because the Exp they give is more than 5 times bigger than 2 tails. However, when his stats will effectively surpass the 200, he will target the bigger ones, such as five and six tails. These kitsunes are just a bunch of Exp packs ready to explode in front of Id's eyes, who doesn't have any moral center to shake him off from his murder spree.
I am also going to give you worse news. Id doesn't have any food except for meat. As for what meat it is, I will leave it in your imagination.
WhoKnewThatWhoKnows: This story thus far has been really good. I love how the different parts of our main character psychology interact with the world. Also the fact Id knows prayer, is quite terrifying considering the only deity watching over him right now.
Answer: Haha, that's true... Small warning, soon Ilias will soon actively assist Id's job, since she will notice his abnormal grow.
Now let's go with the story!
In what felt like 20 minutes, the group finally left the capital city of the continent of Ilias, Iliasburg, and stepped on the western side of the continent.
However, there was only silence in the trio, at least until they were far enough from the city gate and Alice could transform once again in her original form before she stopped on her spot. Her sudden change made Luka and Michael pause on their steps and turn towards her.
"By the way, I noticed earlier…" Alice began as she looked at Luka. "It really seems like you don't want to kill your enemy, so you don't really utilize your abilities."
"What?" Luka didn't understand much about what Alice meant, and Michael, knowing where the conversation is going to end, caught on the point and elaborated.
"The strength you use between practicing and fighting for real is different. You don't want to kill anyone, so you use just enough strength to be sure that you won't really kill anyone. For example, if I truly wanted to kill Granberia, I would not have waited instead of trying to break her arm immediately."
"Oh! So you're saying I lack that killing intent thingy?" Luka asked, and Alice sighed in exasperation at the manner he said that.
"Something like that… As I told you before, you shouldn't bother with the other weapons in the weapon shop, because I have something better for you than those scraps in Iliasburg."
Alice then stuck a hand inside her short skirt in a Doraemon-like way and unsheathed out a sword from the said skirt. The sword was something that you could find in the H.P. Lovecraft's works, with countless suffering grey angels hugging the blade of the sword, and their wings acting as the new blunt edge of the weapon. In fact, it looked like a bludgeoning weapon rather than a sword.
Luka and Michael recoiled in horror at the appearance of the weapon. Michael was speechless, expecting something less terrifying than that shit, while Luka's face morphed into a disgusted one. "Eww… What is that?"
"Angel Halo…" Not minding the disgusted looks of the spectators, Alice explained. "The only sword of its kind in the world, it's very valuable. Use this sword from now on."
"Uuuee… This thing? No way… That thing is creepy. Hey Michael, can you use that instead? We would make a clearer job with you."
"Fuck you, I'm not going to touch that." Michael rudely replied without missing a beat.
"Just use it, it's not going to eat you, you chicken." Alice pushed Angel Halo closer to Luka, who backed away from Alice. However, he still gulped and grimaced as he grasped Angel Halo from the handle…
"Ahhhnnn…"
"FOR THE LOVE OF ILIAS! DID THIS THING JUST MOAN?!" Luka swore as he pushed away the hand that was grasping Angel Halo's hilt.
Alice scoffed. "That's to be expected. The sword was refined from 666 melted angels, after all."
Michael immediately opened his Alter Ego System and checked on the list in the Alter Ego category, even if he didn't found what he was looking for. "...No, I don't have any exorcist to imitate here."
It was then that he detected underground movement with his radar, and remembering what enemy he will face, he changed position accordingly to one of the signatures' movements.
"Listen up. Because the angels' grudges are hammered into this sword, it holds their curse. It eats away the magic of whatever it slashes, making it hard for the opponent to maintain their form."
"...I don't get it." Not understanding what Alice was talking about, again, Luka honestly gave his opinion.
Alice let an exasperated sigh and shook her head. "You idiot. If you beat a monster, they won't be able to hold their form. They won't die, they'll just temporarily be made harmless."
"...This sword can seal monsters…?" Luka tried to guess what Alice was saying in short. However, Alice didn't reply to his question and smirked.
"Ah, good timing. Give it a try."
"Eh…?" Luka's attention was grabbed by the ground around him that was buckling and swelling, and Alice used that opportunity to disappear. Luka panicked and held up his new sword to guard himself against any surprise attack.
Two spots in front of Luka opened, revealing his opponents which were a blonde and a short brown-haired Earthworm Girls carrying a usual lewd yet somewhat extremely expression on their faces.
"Hehehe, an unbaptized hero… Hey, hey, can I wring some semen from you? I am really hungry…"
"No!" Luka pointed Angel Halo to the two Earthworm Girls in front of him, getting ready to attack. "Ilias forbids that, and I am not going to abandon her teachings!"
…
"I GIVE UP! I GIVE UP!"
[You have defeated Earthworm Girl: 13 EXP, 1 Job EXP, 1 Race EXP, 11 Gold]
[Stored EXP: 500'075]
[Stored Job EXP: 1'513]
[Stored Race EXP: 1'513]
[Stored Gold: 100'037]
[Stored Attribute Points: 5]
Meanwhile, Michael was having it really easy with the surprise attack of the third Earthworm Girl, who was currently lying on the ground with a dagger close to her throat. She surrendered since his system gave out the alarm, so he let her dig the ground and run away.
It ended really quickly. The Earthworm Girl jumped behind him from the ground with the intention of coiling around him, but because he already sensed her coming, he struck her with a knife-hand and then blocked her movements with a knee. To be sure that she would not slip off from him with her slimy body, he dragged out his dagger and put it dangerously close to her neck.
Thanks to that, the Earthworm Girl was really scared of the thought of the dagger getting even closer and surrendered on tears before he let her go.
Michael stood up on his feet with a satisfied smile, seeing that he was just as agile as ever. However, there was something that he couldn't see through…
Slimes don't have a signature that his radar can pick up.
"I WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR HURTING MY FRIEND!" All of a sudden, from a puddle of water close to him, a blue enraged slime came out from there and approached Michael with the intent of engulfing him.
Michael, thanks to his massively large reflexes, saw through her slow movements ever since he heard her voice and stepped back, dodging the small wave of slime.
Michael raised an eyebrow as he fiddled with his dagger. "What? You're angry because I defended myself? What sort of ambush are you trying to accomplish?"
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" The Slime Girl silenced Michael and rushed at him. Whoever that Earthworm Girl was, it looks like the Slime Girl held her dearly. Maybe they were best friends? Well, it wasn't Michael's affair to put his nose into, and he didn't want to deal with this crap.
Knowing that a dagger would be useless, Michael dodged the Slime Girl's tackle as he opened his Alter Ego System, before opening the Alter Ego category.
By the time that the Slime Girl turned around, Michael's body began to glow white before his military clothes were replaced by a blue suit with a checkered coat tail and several ornate features and three ladybug emblems on his torso.
Meanwhile, Michael's hair took a weird shape resembling three oversized curls arranged in a row over his forehead.
He would have not guessed he was forced to use this despite the handicaps the character gives him, but this was the only human character capable of inflicting heavy blunt damage.
A golden aura surrounded Michael, but what else happened after that, the Slime Girl couldn't see any of it…
"Gold Experience!" Michael lightly shouted before the Slime Girl's body burst in three different spots at almost the same time.
The Slime Girl was certainly alive, but she was surprised at what had just happened. Her anger was replaced by stupor as she tried to understand what had just hit her. Meanwhile, Michael walked closer to the Slime Girl with his new flamboyant clothes and stared down at her.
"Give up, you can't win."
"W… Wha-"
*Bam!* As the Slime Girl was trying to recombine, her body exploded once again.
"Give up!"
"YES! YES!"
[You have defeated Slime Girl: 5 EXP, 1 Job EXP, 1 Race EXP, 2 Gold]
[Stored EXP: 500'080]
[Stored Job EXP: 1'514]
[Stored Race EXP: 1'514]
[Stored Gold: 100'039]
[Stored Attribute Points: 5]
Since the Slime Girl gave up, Michael turned his attention away from her as she recombined her body and looked at Luka's situation. He was currently panting, probably due to fighting 2 monsters instead of one. However, he successfully sealed one Earthworm Girl since she was nowhere to be seen, leaving Luka fighting only the other one, with brown short hair.
She was glaring at Luka, knowing that it wasn't about being able to steal semen or not, but it was a real fight.
Her tail was swung forward, shooting mucus to Luka. However, Luka surprisingly blocked the slimy attack with his sword and jumped forward.
He reared back his sword and swung forward once. That attack was sloppy, but it was enough for the Earthworm Girl to back away, dodging the sloppy horizontal slash.
"...Demon Decapitation!" Luka shouted his attack as that 'sloppy' attack gained acceleration while Luka fully twisted his body at 360°. The second slash was far from sloppy, as it was really fast and also cutting through the air.
Realizing that she fell into a trap by thinking that Luka's charging was his real attack, the Earthworm Girl's eyes went wide open as she tried to dodge the attack. But her nerves couldn't send a signal to her body as Luka's Demon Decapitation cut through her, splitting the Earthworm Girl in half.
Even so, the Earthworm Girl didn't seem to feel pain as she stared at her lower half in surprise rather than pain. "W-What is this?! Kyaa!" Her body glowed dark and quickly vanished into dark particles that were getting eaten by the Angel Halo.
What was left of her was a simple and normal earthworm that flew through the air and landed on the grass.
"*Pant* *Pant* ...Whew… I did it!" Luka excitedly lifted up his hands after winning. "I won against 2 monsters at the same time!"
A smirk appeared on Michael's face, seeing his companion that excited. Meanwhile, Alice appeared at his side, taking him by surprise since he didn't have any extra-sensorial sense to notice her presence at the moment.
However, she ignored his surprise and slithered closer to Luka with her arms crossed over each other.
"Do you get it now? Those monsters from before turned into that. Totally unharmed… just left harmless."
"Ah, Alice…" Luka's excitement slightly died down, but he had his usual smile on his face. Nodding at Alice's words, he commented. "Hmm… I get it now… By the way, what would happen if I used this sword on a human? Of course, I don't want to do that… It's just that we could find other bandits like yesterday…"
"Even if it's a human, it can seal them. They would probably turn into a child or a dwarf." When she finished talking, a small glow attracted her attention and she turned around to find Michael approaching them while wearing his military outfit, after just changing into his Solid Snake outfit. Thinking about something, Alice continued. "Still, I am curious about what would happen if you attack someone without magic like Michael…"
"Ah-ah, don't even think about it." Michael quickly replied as he rejoined the group. Luka stared at Angel Halo and then back at Michael, before chuckling and shaking his head.
He looked at Alice and honestly spoke. "Thank you, Alice. With this, I can fight without holding back."
Alice simply smirked in satisfaction, somewhat weirding out Michael and Luka at her unusual expression. "As I thought, you fought a lot better than before. Not wanting to kill your opponent was holding you back… Finally, I can watch you fight without taking meds for headache every time it happens."
"Oi…"
"Pffft…" Michael held back a burst of laughter, making Luka look at him with a betrayed expression.
"Even you…?"
"Heh, don't mind it… You have to let go of the past and focus on the future. Look at you now, you are much better than before, without Angel Halo."
Luka hummed as he smiled again, looking down on Angel Halo. "I guess that's true…" Then he sheathed it on his right side, at the place of the custom sword he got from Ilias Village. He put the sword inside his backpack, not really wishing to let it go since it was one of the few things he has that belong to Ilias Village.
"Alright!" After getting prepared, Luka brought out a compass. "Let's head to the Irina Mountains. I can't ignore those bandits."
Alice frowned a bit and stared at Luka. "Really? So you want to die that badly? Idiot."
"Nevertheless, I'll win or die trying." After saying that, Luka began to walk forward. Alice looked at Michael with an expression saying 'Is he serious?', but Michael simply shrugged and followed after him.
Yet, there was this nagging feeling that there was something missing in this mission…
…
"*Sigh* That fight went in a weird direction…" A cloaked person carrying a massive sword behind her - judging from her tone - back commented, holding a glass of ale on one clawed hand.
At the other side of the table, the cloaked person was sitting on, there was a beautiful and really seductive human woman with long purple hair and unusual red eyes. She was dressed in a dark purple skimpy dress, and her back was covered by a blue enchantress cloak. And in front of her, there was a simple glass of cocktail.
These two people were in a tavern inside Iliasport, which surprisingly held quite a few people Even so, they attracted everyone's attention, especially the purple-haired woman.
"Hahahaha, you really were pushed down by a simple human." The woman laughed at the story that the cloaked woman just gave out.
An annoyed growl escaped from her mouth, listening to her friend's laughter to her mistake in the fight that happened in Iliasburg. "He's really weird… It feels like fighting a training dummy…"
"Ara? I don't understand." The purple-haired woman blinked in surprise at the opinion that her friend gave to the 'human in a dark suit' that successfully managed to sneak behind her back.
"He doesn't have anything at all… Whatever it is, he is really good at hiding his spiritual energy. I couldn't sense him at all, and he was even much stronger than a normal human… I'd say that he is as strong as a Behemoth. At the moment, the Lord seems to have him under her control, so I didn't take the initiative to deal with him."
"Heeee~" The woman let out a smirk at her friend's comment. "A human as strong as a Behemoth, you say? I wonder how much stamina he has in bed."
The cloaked woman clicked her tongue in annoyance. "Hey, Alma Elma, can you think about anything that isn't sex?! I'm telling you that he might be potentially dangerous for the Lord and the entire monster species if he is let to grow up."
"Then why don't you deal with him?"
"That's because I can't! Besides, I don't think my Lord wants him dead yet… He and his group will surely come here. I want you to observe the guy… Michael, I think the brat called him like that. If my Lord doesn't stop you, you can even kill him off. His death will be just a weight off from our shoulders.
By the way, I didn't hear anything about Tamamo recently, what is happening?"
The purple-haired woman, Alma Elma, tilted her head. "Tamamo? I heard that there was something extremely important concerning the Kitsune Village. She didn't say anything else…"
"I see… It must be something big if she isn't willing to speak…" The cloaked woman muttered before she gulped the last drops of her ale and slam down the glass. "I'm taking my leave; see you in another day, Alma Elma."
"Bye~" Alma Elma waved at her friend as she walked out from the tavern. Then Alma Elma also gulped down her cocktail and let out a long sigh.
"Ahh, there is nothing better than cocktail with semen…" After muttering that, she stood up and sat on the table, watching the few remaining men in the tavern who were secretly eyeing her body and curves.
Alma Elma licked her lips, holding her excitement back from revealing her true form. Then she loudly announced. "Everyone! Free service from me this night!"
Meanwhile, the cloaked woman was far enough from the tavern, so she could not listen to the crap that was happening behind her shoulders. When she knew that no one was looking at her, she walked behind an alley and vanished in black magical particles, as a black blur flew at the speed of light from that spot all the way to the opposite side of the world, Hellgondo.
The black blur crashed in front of a majestic palace. The cloak was gone, revealing the intimidating figure of Granberia as she stared at the entrance of her lord's castle.
Unconsciously, she massaged her left shoulder, under her shoulder plate. Even if the difference of strength between her and Michael was abysmally large, she clearly felt her shoulder's muscles tearing against each other.
It was embarrassing falling for such a classic martial art technique… If Michael somehow survives Alma Elma's attack, she will be sure to repay him for what he did to her pride.
Who will be the next character? Alma Elma!
Name: Alma Elma
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Race: Imp (MAX), Succubus (MAX), Elder Succubus (MAX), Lewdfighter Succubus (MAX), Queen Succubus (MAX)
Job: Prostitute (MAX), Devilish Prostitute (MAX), Martial Artist (LV.6)
Strength: 3750
Agility: 6'450
Vitality: 490
Intelligence: 4'200
Perception: 7'200
Skill:
Hand Job - Sexcraft
Melty Kiss - Sexcraft
Blow Job - Sexcraft
Paizuri - Sexcraft
Tail Drain - Sexcraft
Rape - Sexcraft
Cowgirl - Sexcraft
Rafujin End - Sexcraft
Teinkyurusu - Sexcraft
Melo Sophie - Sexcraft
Energy Drain - Sexcraft
Meltic Boa - Sexcraft
Nightmare Drain - Sexcraft
Succubus Arts - Sexcraft
Demon Incontinence Palm - Sexcraft
Ancient Succubus Way: Snake - Sexcraft
Succubus Ceremony - Sexcraft
Little Orgia - Sexcraft
Queen's Drain - Sexcraft
Ascending Fingerbang - Sexcraft
Semen Sucking Mouth - Sexcraft
Kiss of Death - Sexcraft
Nightmare Paizuri - Sexcraft
Courtesan's Fantasy - Sexcraft
Leg Sweep - Unarmed
Flying Knee Kick - Unarmed
Roundhouse - Unarmed
Pressure Point - Unarmed
Fist Thrust - Unarmed
Kamaitachi - Nature
Squall - Nature
Shamshir - Nature
Tera Cyclone - Nature
Wind - Black Magic
Demon Eyes of Sleep - Demon Arts
Invitation to Eternal Sleep - Demon Arts
Orgasmic Ascension - Demon Arts
Playful Wind - Special Skill
Devastating Gale - Special Skill
Ability:
Perception +100%
Agility +80%
Trance Strike 30%
Climax Strike 30%
Horny Strike 20%
Incontinence Strike 10%
Pleasure Booster 45%
Ridiculous, right? And I'll tell you more, Granberia can still defeat her under particular circumstances. Why?
The most important parameters here are Strength and Intelligence. They measure your physical and magical strength. Everything else is about stamina, coordination and reflexes. Granberia has more than 5000 Strength, which can tear apart Alma Elma's 3'750 Strength like paper if she is ever be able to hold on her. And her sword arts make up for her lack in the other parameters.
For example, Serene Mind would greatly increase Granberia's perception over 10'000 if ever used.
Besides, the match-up is also a problem.
Granberia excels at attack, which is weak against speed and strong against defense.
Alma Elma excels at speed, which is weak against stamina and strong against attack.
Erubetie excels at stamina with the amount of vitality her body holds, which is weak against defense and strong against speed.
Tamamo excels at defense, which is weak against attack and strong against stamina.