Luke
Being dead tired, I lay on my bed for a few minutes until the slight fatigue wears off. Fighting does take quite a lot out of you, but it's also a good stress relief. Just have to keep that in mind.
(̶N̶o̶t̶e̶s̶:̶ ̶M̶a̶s̶s̶ ̶G̶e̶n̶o̶c̶i̶d̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶F̶u̶n̶!̶)̶
Ignore that thought for a second imaginary voice. I'm getting several pings from my system.
[Skills Gained]
[Twister]
Spin, spinspin. Rip your enemies to shred in three easy steps.
Damage= {(INT+WIS) X 1.1}
Cost= 350 MP per cast
Note: Attack will make AOE attacks single target.
[You Gained an Item] X3
[Heart Crystal]
A heart-shaped crystal said to give relationship advice for a failing relationship.
+ 10 Affection/Reputation to anyone this is given to.
Note: Only works until the target's affection/reputation is at 50.
[Gacha Token] X2
The key to the underwo- I mean. It is the item required to use the gacha.
It's not like I have anything else to do… Roll the gacha!
[Rolling Gacha]
[Summon Crystal: Artoria Pendragon (Alter) {Saber}]
Summons and binds Artoria Pendragon (Alter) to the user.
[Random Man's Balls]
I don't want to talk about it.
We got the waifu… but at what cost. I'm not touching those. I don't even want to know who owns them. Is it some primordial being, game? Please tell me it isn't. I don't want to deal with people who have time powers.
[Now. It's not from a higher dimensional being.]
[That would be a fun concept.]
Aren't you supposed to help me? Why are you actively trying to kill me?
[I'm only supposed to guide you.]
[You can ignore this of course, and I have no control over you.]
[And the Gacha is very random, so blame the gacha on this.]
Why am I getting a weird sense of déjà vu? Like all of this has happened before. But just slightly different, so as to not alert me to the change. We might learn sooner or later, so it doesn't really matter as of right now.
Moving on, I went out of the room to check out the rest of the house for any family members. It seems as though there were none and I was left to my own devices by some shitty ass family… or they're dead, which is a possible answer. Surveying the house, it had 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, and a big living room.
Seems like the game really hooked me up with a good place for my first world.
[This is a one-time thing you know?]
And what of it? Shit doesn't come cheap I presume?
[Not really, it just takes time out of my day to set these up.]
[None of the other users want to help out.]
[If there were any of them left.]
Wonder what happened to them?
[Keep wondering and you'll find out.]
What the fuck is that supposed to mean? Was that supposed to be a threat?
[Not at all.]
[If you keep going at the rate you are now, you'll survive long enough to find out.]
Okay, but that still doesn't explain anything.
[*shrug* Take it as you will I guess, just keep being entertaining and I'll let you live.]
Life and death battles are going to be commonplace, aren't they? *sigh* Time to summon Artoria. Crushing the gem in my hand, the motes of light that usually appear when breaking something clumped up together into one solid mass. Said mass slowly descended on the living room floor, shattering the table in the process.
Once the light show was over, a heavily armored pale blonde girl appeared in its place. "Servant class: Saber, name Artoria Pendragon, The King of Tyrants, I ask of you. Are you my ma-" Artoria suddenly came to a halt. Eyes resting on me, like she's seen me before. Slowly standing up, she dropped her sword into the ground.
"I'm finally back, Luke." The words enter my ear. Wait, what? It's like she knows me from somewhere? Is it the future? Her eyes are tearing up. Oh shit, did I do something wrong? Is she going to beat the shit out of me? Shit shit shit! "I did nothi-"
Pulling me close to her body, she brought me into a tight hug.
[- 100 HP]
"Shhh, you don't have to say anything. We can finally be back together with everyone else. With Jack, with little Eri, And the rest of the girls. You can rest while I do everything else." She calmly whispered into my ear
[+999 Affection with Salter… ERROR]
[+999 Obedience with Salter… ERROR]
[Perk Gained (Salter:50)]
[If I can't have you, then no one can!]
Affection, Reputation, Obedience Gain is faster with Yanderes.
[Perk Gained (Salter:100)]
[Draconic Magic Core] (Passive)
You gain dragon essence and a dragon magic core. Your mana increased with this. You also make mana faster and gain [Fire Manipulation].
+5X multiplier to Mana
+1X to Mana Regen
Gain [Fire Manipulation].
"Wait! I don't even know what's happening. First of all, why are you doing any of this?" I shouted in confusion; a bit frustrated at not knowing what the hell was going on. Salter looks taken a bit by this outburst. But after about a second or so, recomposes herself and says. "Master, the universe was ripped apart. Do you not remember such an event happening?" Salter asked. Now, the confusion on my face grows even more.
Using the upper power of my intelligence, I tried to think of a way this could have happened. Theory number 1, I died when some universe level threat curb stomped my and the world's ass into becoming dust. Which is certainly possible. And theory two doesn't exist. I don't have enough clues to make even a plausible guess. But as I was thinking, Salter takes the lead and goes into her spirit form and starts giving directions to where I could buy her more clothes.
…
After fumbling around and working my way over to the shopping district. According to Salter, it was where I apparently bought her favorite clothes, her Shinjuku outfit. Going inside the shop, I somehow bumped into some, even with Salter's help. Using the automatic response drilled into my brain by my parents, I apologized. "Sorry. I wasn't looking, I hope you weren't hu-" Looking down at the person who was on the floor, I recognized her. It was Momo from the series.
[-5 Affection with Momo, for staring at her ('tits')]
"Are you going to stop staring at me like that? It's embarrassing." Momo said in a soft voice. It took me a few moments to recompose myself, and after doing so, helped her up.
"Sorry about that, you just seemed familiar. My name is Luke by the way, and I swear I'm not a creep." I confessed which turned weird as I was in the women's underwear section. With a skeptical look on her face, Momo introduced herself. "My name is Yaoyorozu Momo. If I may ask, what brings you here?" Doing a brief check with Salter, I answered. "Ah, my sister needed some new clothes, and since this is my first time in Japan, I don't exactly know where I'm going." It was convincing enough for Momo to not see me as a creep… sorta.
[+5 Affection with Momo, for not being a total degenerate scum…maybe]
That reaction… is fair in all honesty. Moving on, Momo guided me over to where I needed to be and bid me farewell. That was weird. Meeting fictional characters and not having it be overly dramatic. Having a regular conversation with people without it being extra weird. It's nice.
But as I was getting to the cashier, I realized that I had no money on me. Really? Why must I be so forgetful to not even bring cash while shopping! Seriously, that's rule numb-. Oh. "Luke, I picked up your wallet just as we were about to leave." 'Why thank you, Salter. What would I ever do without you?' I communicated through our link.
…
After buying the clothes, we went to an empty alleyway for Salter to change in. Turning away for a minute, I stared at the way, while salter changed. But once she materialized, she requested for me to watch her change. I'm sorry what? How horny was I? Whatever, if I don't obey her commands, she might just reduce me into a paste. Wait. I haven't even looked into her stats yet. Fuck it, might as well 'pay attention'.
[Artoria Pendragon, King of Tyrants, (Alter) {Stage 3}
Level- 1500
Race-Human
Rank- Demi-God
Alignment- Lawful Evil
HP- 660000 [13200 per min]
MP- 960000 [192000 per 30 sec]
SP- 660000 [13200 per 30sec]
STR-12,000 (72000)
END-11,000 (66000)
DEX-1200 (7200)
INT-16,000 (96000)
WIS-16000 (96000)
CHA-400 (2400)
LUK-650 (3900)
Thoughts about you: Please just stay with me.]
What did I feed her? What the fuck? What? You know what? I've had enough insanity for today. I'm not even going to get mad; my brain is in too much pain to register the sin of wrath anymore. I just want to go to sleep. But it seems like getting the system makes my life very tiring.
So, watching Salter slowly strip her clothes in front of me, seemingly trying to seduce me (which is working surprisingly well). Putting her hands on her modest breasts, wandering on her hips and ass. What have I done? Where did the cold kuudere go? Did she get replaced by this yandere?
Wherever she went, I just want to wish her goodbye from this world.
After the torturous session of putting on clothes, Salter told me to go to Burger King. Why specifically burger king I do not know, but it is interesting to think about.
Walking through the streets, we were blocked from moving anywhere by a large group of people crowding the place. Asking the person in front of me. "Stop it kid. There's a villain attack going on. I just have to see the new hero, 'Mt. Lady'." A look of disgust crossed my face as the older man in front of me began to drool.
I was about to leave it to the heroes when Salter tugged on my shirt. "You have to defeat the sludge monster, or else HE won't approach you." And on cue, a quest popped out.
...
[Quest Added]
[Derail The Plot]
Objective - Save Katsuki Bakugo before Midoriya arrives.
Reward - 5k EXP, [Inheritor of OFA Questline unlocked]
Failure - Questline locked
...
"Fine. Just stay here, and don't hurt anybody." I told her while running to the front of the barricade. Once there, it was an absolute shitshow. Reporters and their film crew trying to fight each other just to take a better shot. The heroes try their best to defuse the situation on both sides and fail horribly. And then there was the shitshow itself, the sludge thing, and Katsuki Bakugo.
*sigh* It's now or never I suppose. 'Observe'
[Sludge Villain
HP- 100% (0.1% per min)
Quirk- Sludge Physiology
LVL- 20
Rank: Normal
Skills: Tentacle Grab, Physical Damage Reduction, Parasitical Control
STR-25
END-200
DEX-40
INT-5
WIS-10
CHA- -20
LUK-5
Thoughts about you: Random kid that just appeared, looks like a good Plan B.]
This fucker thinks I'm a good backup plan… Murder! Nobody uses me as a fucking backup plan… Well, if it's in reason then yes. But this guy thinks I'm worse than Bakugo. That's just an insult in and of itself. It's a very sad day when you're being treated as worse than him.
It's murder time, I guess. Jumping through both the wooden barricade and the water barricade, I ran past the distracted heroes. A couple of them shouted at me to stay back, but I pushed on forward without a care as to what they were saying.
Charging electricity through my entire body, it cackled loudly as I slowly approached the messed image of a cum stain 20 years later. But as I get closer, he started to taunt me.
"Oh, look what we have here, some wannabe hero. So, intimidating! Are you going to hit me, mister hero~? HAHAHAHA! What a joke! Come on little hero, save this damsel in distress." The little dynamite shot out more explosions hearing the villain refer to him as a damsel.
This only made my job harder, but with the makeshift 'godspeed' I might just be able to dodge his attacks with… a 50% chance of getting hit by a stray explosion. *sigh* Better than nothing, I guess. Running through the burning hellscape, I quickly made my way over to the sludge, dodging a tentacle along the way.
"Oh, what are you going to do now? I'm immune to physical attacks. Nothing you can do will stop me." He once again taunted me. This statement only made me grin. I always wanted to try this, ever since I was a kid. "Force Lightning" I shouted like some chunni anime protag. The grin on my face only grew, as the villain screamed out loud. Temporarily stunning the guy, I pulled the explosive man out of the slime, and onto the floor. He had some burns, but nothing too serious… I think. He's probably fine. To finish the failed science experiment off, I shoved my hand into his body, and pulsed.
[-100 SP]
[-100 SP]
[-100 SP]
The slime fizzled out a bit, but checking his status, he was just unconscious. Enough for him to be subdued, but now enough to be dead. *sigh* Sometimes I hate mha laws, they're just stupid sometimes. Why can't we just kill him and get it over with? And why can't we use our quirks without being sent to prison… even if it's out of self-defense, you get a warning for it.
…
[Quest Accomplished]
[Derail The Plot]
Objective - Save Katsuki Bakugo before Midoriya arrives.
Reward - 5k EXP, [Inheritor of OFA Questline unlocked]
Failure - Questline locked
…
[You Gained a Level]
[+10 Reputation with Toshinori, for saving the kid.]
'*sigh* Why can't the heroes do a better job… at their job. I get that they're getting paid and all, but couldn't they just tell the little shit to stop while they get him out. Come on.' I sight for the umpteenth time getting a speech ready on how to improve on their jobs.
"Hey kid! You can't just do that or-" I shut the pro hero off. "Or what? Let the kid die? Sure, I can do that. Let the kid die because of all your incompetent asses. I mean, would it kill you to tell the living explosive to stop exploding?" The hero was slightly taken aback by my words, and taking offense to it… "Listen here you little shit, respect your elders, or else you'll get what's coming for you."
Hitting him back with another retort that might have killed any fanbase he had. "One, respect is earned not instantly gained, old man. So, you can go shut the fuck up, while I do a better job than you." You could hear some kid screaming in the background, while some of his fans sent several curses towards me. "Two, did you seriously threaten me on national television?"
Realizing what I said, the look on his face turned grim. The classic 'oh shit' moment. I took it as my cue to leave, going through the fans that were very angry at me. But what could they do, punch me? I mean, one guy tried, failed spectacularly. Ended up tripping and falling face-first into the ground. Was going to laugh at it, until the reporters tried to get to me. Salter also appeared from the crowd, running towards me and calling me her brother to get rid of some of them.
But sometimes, people are weird and a couple of reporters pushed on trying to get some questions out of me.
…
After eventually losing them, we went to Burger King. I tried to get to some other place to get food, but she insisted on going there. Going inside, they took my order. "I'll just have a whopper. And you Salter?" That was the worst mistake of my life. "Everything on the menu. We have enough money for it anyway." She murdered my wallet.
"Can we get less food?" I bargained, earning a firm "no" from her. Telling the cashier our orders, and getting a couple of weird looks for it. We tried finding a seat to rest for a bit.
Getting to our seat, Salter began talking. "I remember the first time we ate here. It was also on the exact same day. I didn't know anything about modern culture and you had to teach me everything." Reminiscing a past that I didn't know or had any involvement in. The look on my face said it all, she noticed it and grew even sadder. "Come on. Don't you remember our date? What about Willow? Serenity? Little Jack? Nobody?" A couple of tears streamed out of her face.
"No, I don't remember anything. I didn't even know who you were until you got here. The person you knew from before is gone. Perhaps he is still here but trapped under all of my memories. But right now, he no longer exists. I'm sorry if I have offended you in any way. But I just wanted to tell you the truth, to make you stop confusing me for him." I denied any claim of being the person she was talking about. In truth, that 'Luke' she was talking about, was now dead.
Even as I asked Game, he answered that the Luke she had was now dead, and she was somehow able to jump the timeline and end up in this universe through the crystal.
A bit frustrated, I tried to keep my cool, taking deep breaths until the food was ready. Getting the food, we both ate in silence, a clear contrast to the scene she played out before. Wait, do I even need to eat? Probably not. Doesn't matter anyway, I'll still eat food regularly for the taste.
After finishing my food, Salter just keeps silent for the rest of the trip, not speaking at all. Still sad about me not 'remembering'.
But just as we were minding our own business, walking home. A tall man came running at us.
Omake: Time is an illusion that made me go insane.
Salter after seeing Luke and everyone else get ripped apart
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Why? Why even in this life, I can't just have a happy ending can't I? Was I cursed to lose everything that mattered to me? The emptiness inside me… Luke~ I just want you back.
Several Millennia Later
The same four-letter word kept repeating in my mind. Luke. And if it was some variation of it, it was just about him and the rest of everyone with him. Reliving all those memories with him cooking food, Eri and Jack playing around at the table. Caren, sitting on the chair reading her book. Me and Serenity talking about anything. ARGHAAAAA! Why!? It wa-. What? A hole in space? That is either a way to commit suicide… or a way to find Luke.
It's now or never. So, I strengthened my resolve. Wiped away the tears. And took a leap of faith into the hole in space. Not knowing whether I'd survive or not. But I was certain about one thing. There was nothing that was going to stop me from seeing him again. No demon, god, or even multiversal threat was going to stop me from seeing them again.
…
On the other side
3rd person
Entering the hole in space, Salter was only met with more darkness. 'Wait? Why am I still here? This feeling… I'm being summoned for the grail. That's it! I can use the grail to teleport me to Luke.' After 20 minutes of waiting for the summon to finish, she was once again able to see the light. And announcing herself to her new master, she failed to notice who it was. Or at least until she lifted her head to ask him. "Are you my ma-"
'Are my eyes failing me? Am I hallucinating? That has to be Luke…right? It doesn't even matter anymore. I'm fine with this. Everything is okay.' "I'm finally back, Luke." She said warmly to the teen standing in front of her, with tears streaming down her face.
Slowly walking towards him, she pulled him into a tight hug. Careful not to break it, if it was just an illusion. It really felt like an eternity to Salter. Staying in the arms of her love, to her it was even longer than the time she spent in the dark void left by the universe.
And now, she was going to do everything in her power to stay by his side.
[A/N: Hello, shitty author's notes here. Just wanted to tell you to join the SGO discord, because I have a channel there and I need people to look over some ideas sometimes while also answering my stupid questions. Yes.
Here's the link: /wd3tUYWVCd
My brain is also mush from writing this chapter by the way.]