I was currently pacing back and forth, seeing my Skill Points go up by 4 every fucking second as the part of Empire's 'Gain a Skill Point per Birth' was rather apparent. "Why…"
"...Yeah, I'm at a loss here too…" Abby told me.
"Four skill points a second…that's a lot…" I muttered. "And there's still the part where I have to wait to upgrade this stupid ability for more overpowered shit…"
"Hey D-2 look what I got!" Davy shouted as he burst through the doors, wielding the Chakrams that Axel had from Kingdom Hearts. "Can you believe these were in that weapons shipment the Greed Merchants turned over?!"
"Yeah, that's genuinely cool, now if you'll excuse me I'm in the middle of wondering what the hell I'm going to do with some overpowered bullshit…" I said carefully.
"Overpowered as in…?"
"As in the minute and a half of our current conversation I've gotten over three hundred and sixty skill points just as a start." I said carefully. "Cause Empire, a brand new Combination Ability I got, says I gain a skill point per birth in my Kingdom…"
"Huh. Neat." Davy shrugged as he was spinning the Chakrams in his hands.
"I know you are more interested in wielding Eternal Flames, but currently there's also a lot of other bullshit in with this Combination ability…" I sighed. "And it can be upgraded…"
"Sounds like it's gonna be useful then." He said, fire coating the two weapons and then vanishing as he spun them.
"Yes…and I can also give people titles as well and be able to do a lot of other bullshit…" I said carefully. "Like I can do some silly shit by making Holy a General with her Perfect Custodian nonsense, so that whenever you die, she can share that power to ten other people…and you can already guess where that's going."
"Sounds fun." Davy said, tossing them into the air and catching them.
…
"Do you even care?" I asked. "Or are you just fucking with me?"
"If I'm being honest I don't really see why you're freaking out so much."
"Imagine being handed Infinity on a silver platter that can be upgraded ." I told him.
"So?"
"I don't think you're understanding the size and scope of the bullshit I can now pull…" I said carefully. "With this, I can be stronger than you in a few days and still be getting stronger with no end…"
"Alright." Davy shrugged. "Isn't that kinda… what you wanted anyway?"
…
"Missing the point…" I groaned. "Anyways, what else did we get?" I asked, deciding to put my panic on the sheer bullshit that Empire allows me to do.
"You got these gloves I feel like you'll like." Davy said, pulling a pair of black gloves.
I grabbed them and looked at them. I used Scan.
[Scan Complete!
Interdiction
Att: 124
Def: 100
Mag: 120
Special Ability: Replicate - Can create multiple variations of itself for attacks. Amount and damage of these copies depends on the users MP.]
"Oh hell yeah!" I said giddily, putting on the 'gloves' and activating them, seeing the red lightsaber beams shoot out. "This is awesome."
"Told you. Honestly, you worry too much."
"If you think that's worrying too much you are sorely mistaken." I admitted.
"Overthink then." He shrugged. "That's why I rarely think at all!"
"Yes, I understood that when I heard you chugged a thirty ounce slushy during a hangover." I said simply.
"Fun fact, I can still get brain freeze, and it does not activate my regeneration." He chuckled, tossing the Chakrams up again and catching them. "But right now, you are the King… Hey, that can be your new name!"
"Oh no, that names already taken." I shook my head. "One of The Family actually." I admitted.
"Pfft, so? It's not copyrighted and the alternative is we all keep calling you David two or D-2 or some variation of." Davy chuckled.
"Or we all just call you Davy and that's the end of it." I said. "The one time I make a simple solution everyone else throws it away…" I grumbled and shook my head.
"Well considering everyone who calls you D-2 and all that are people that know me and have known me for so long as just David, are you really that surprised they don't wanna refer to me as a nickname? I mean, none of your family calls you David two, just like none of mine call me Davy."
"Point still stands though." I stated. "But I have cool Lightsaber hands made of Pure Nothingness, this is cool."
"Hmm… Hey I got an idea. We go by initials, or last names?" Davy offered.
"Well…I suppose that's fair." I admitted.
"Cool, so I can either go by Romero or DR. And you can go by… what is your last name anyway?"
"Alchem, my full name is David Alchem." I said.
"Cool, so DA or Alchem. Hey, King Alchem actually sounds way cooler."
Heh, true. Have a very medieval fantasy vibe.
"Right, King Alchem." I chuckled. "Weird medieval fantasy vibes going on here."
"Cool, now that that gag is dead, again, why the panic over this Empire shit?"
"Because it's overpowered as shit." I said, before showing him what the stupid thing actually does in its entirety.
"Well, it's impressive, but still, this is a good thing it's it?"
"It is, but it's the fact of how stupidly strong it is, and the fact that I got it to begin with…" I stated. "The scope of this is asinine with what I can do with it and unless we meet Reality Warpers or Admins…with what I'm thinking there's nothing on this planet that can stop us."
"... You just jinxed it!" Da- DR, said, giving my shoulder a light shove.
"I'm sorry Doctor, but it's the truth." I said, making a small joke on his initials.
"Hey, I got those PHD's literally thousands of years ago, there's no way in hell they're still valid." Romero joked back.
"Well as your new King I order you to validate those PHD's." I joked.
"Bitch I will usurp your crown." He laughed. "But seriously, that was a long ass time ago. When you're immortal there's few things that can quell your boredom and distract you from… well, the past, so you start learning things. Funny. I used to think College was a waste of time and pointless, and after the last of my old friends died, they became somewhere I could just… distract myself."
"College is a waste of time and completely pointless if you don't have the money and a plan." I stated simply. "When you went to College you had a plan and nobody probably gave a shit about the money."
"I mean, fair, the whole thing with education was reworked given basically all world governments were unmade, restructured and such…"
"So anyways…while I'm busy trying to figure out what the hell I'm going to do with my brand new limitless supply of Skill Points…I have to train with these things, see what other nonsense Midas gave us and…so much shit to do…" I groaned.
"And that's the responsibility of the King, so in other words… oh right that's what I came here for. Your first meeting as King is taking place."
"Oh come on…" I groaned. "I have more important shit to do than stuffy meetings." I frowned.
"You mean like running the kingdom, leading your people and making sure things are running smoothly, I agree, what could be more important than your kingdom and people's wellbeing?"
… Fuck….
"Great…well, there goes me doing literally anything else forever." I grumbled.
"Deligation is key and no you can't delegate your paperwork." Romero laughed as he gently pushed me out the room. "Come on, you have a lot to catch up on in terms of the laws and other things."
I groaned. "Yeah yeah…whatever…" I grumbled. "So where's the meeting taking place?"
"Office room nine. You're gonna be meeting with the heads of the kingdoms Economics, Budgeting, Military, Civil Development and various other departments. The people call the lot of them the Honorary Nobility. None of that means much, the positions are all elected by the king or queen, you, and all answer to you but they don't have special benefits like nobles and such. Only one with a title that means anything is you."
"Right…" I said carefully, hoping my minimap knows where the hell that specific office room is.
"Yeah. You'll have to be caught up on the recent stuff as well as, well, just be careful. Not too sure about the others but I know for a fact the Military and Public Relations heads are gonna be trying to intimidate you given you're the first new king in history here and word got out about your deal with Midas."
"Goodie, can't wait to immediately see how they'll try and act tough but be more like squabbling children." I rolled my eyes.
"They've been doing their jobs respectively for over sixty years. They aren't amateurs. The head of Military Affairs, Goji, he's a tenth generation Nokori, mostly bear with some lizard in him, explaining his claws, teeth and eyes. Military for over one thousand, seven hundred years has been mostly something that dealt with feral magical monsters and beasts and has in the last five hundred years been smaller and smaller since this world has known only peace for that long. The sudden influx of needing soldiers is gonna be what he's gonna bark at you for since now that the outer world is accessible, and they all know about the threats of the Chaos Guilds and such, Military needs manpower.
"The Public Relations head, Sandra, is human, and she's been the one dealing with making sure nothing the crown does can be seen as bad or negative to the people. For the most part that's been an easy job for her, but she got word of your deal with Midas and as you can imagine it's a PR Nightmare hearing your new King already made a deal with the head of a Chaos Guild and on top of that, that you've agreed to basically declare war on Midas's behalf of all things is a public relations hell."
"Great…" I grumbled. "Can't wait for this shitshow to happen…" I grumbled. "It's like being at work all over again…"
"Just remember, you're the King now. You have the authority but their willingness is something that's dependent on how you handle them. You can't expect to get them to play nice by calling them out on things, and finding replacements if you fire them or they quit will be a whole new nightmare and the news stations will have a field day with that outcome."
I'm already regretting this…
"So it's work all over again…" I shook my head. "Yeah, thanks a lot jackass." I told the birdbrain as I walked off to the stupid board meeting.
"Look, I'm just trying to help you here." Romero said as kept walking beside me. "I am still your Advisor, and it's really just these two that will be the issue. Dealing with Goji will be easy, an expanded budget, plans of benefits for soldiers and, you already got an ace in the hole that will make him shut up easy."
"All the gear Midas gave us and the Skill Points that Holy can throw around like she won the lottery?" I inquired.
"Heh, you're not wrong but you are right in one thing. Holy. This world hasn't known active combat in almost two thousand years, let alone against other people. Holy has. Luna has. I have. Squeaks and Meg have. Holy alone could train them from rookies to Marines like she was, add in that if she uses all these skill points on herself to get and test abilities she can then teach and give to others, if she puts them in her Custody. Odds are aside from the lot of us, she'll probably just save that for soldiers she sees as promising."
That would work best. So that means Holy would make the best person for my Empire's General Delegated Role. If she gets her Stats higher using the Skill Points, and shares them with ten people… that's an eleven person heavy hitting force if she can get her Stats high enough.
"Or, I don't need to overthink that and Romero over here dying would make Holy and ten other people as strong as him for thirty minutes, and stacking, which is even better." I thought to myself as I was already planning on giving Holy the General role.
Then again, she feels when he does die… I'd have to talk with her about it.
"Sandra is gonna be the one that's gonna be harder to convince…" Romero hummed. "She's good at getting intel and aside from her knowing about the Midas deal, I'm not sure if she knows anything else."
"Then I'll just tell her I made a deal with the equivalent of the Merchant's Guild, since that's basically what Greed is." I explained.
"True… Still, out of all the Honorary Nobles, she's the one I never trusted."
"Why don't you trust her?" I inquired.
"Her job is to make sure that the crown and it's rulers aren't seen as negative in any way to the people. When she first was hired she tried pushing a lot of new additions to history books that would have cleaned up and prettied the history into something that it wasn't. In short, she wanted to try and hide the truth about things from the public. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it, and back in her early years she tried her damndest to retell that war as some Disney esc remake fairytale. Thankfully Asgore didn't have any of it. He owned up to what the Monster Human war really was, what he, what I did back then. Not my fault she can't stomach the ugly truths."
"Fucking goodie…" I grumbled.
"Between us, I recommend you push her to retire. If you fire her, she can use her contacts to push a negative narrative of you, if she retires though, well, then that's that and you can pick someone new for the position. Pity, back in the day in Leto, she'd have been the very person I'd have on a list…"
Did the air suddenly get cold and hot at the same time?
"I'd personally like people to not destroy my newly acquired castle. Thank you very much." I said carefully to whoever the hell was currently having a pissing contest with what Romero just said.
"Fine, but in any case, I recommend getting her to retire. I know just how too." DR smirked.
"How so?" I inquired.
"How big is your family again? Partners and children? As of your coronation, they're all technically royalty too. Your children are Princes and Princesses, but your mates? Well, if you married them officially, all those new Kings and Queens will be part of her responsibility to make sure all of them look good. Including Tony, and I know for a fact she hates him."
"Seriously, why do people just hate Tony?" I asked incredulously.
"She hates him because an openly perverted, flirty literal horn dog is a person of her position's nightmare. All Tony would have to do is talk dirty and it reflects bad on her. It's just a dislike born from her work, nothing personal."
"So would that make it worse if she's the one being flirted with?" I asked.
"Hmm… maybe. But I doubt that will be needed. Just announce to her that you'll be officially marrying your mates, Tony included, and they'll all be given the same royal privileges and leaderships as you, she'll basically throw you the job and with luck will just quit on the spot. Two royals, and two royal children are one thing… your huge ass family and all those kids? She'd rather die than do all that footwork, and at eighty four, physically, she's in no shape to. Not unless she can make herself young, which I know is possible but for the time being she's stuck in that old body of hers."
"Yeah that's fair…honestly I don't want to give the old woman a heart attack." I said nervously.
"I do. Almost did one halloween… damn hag has more lives than a cat…" Romero growled.
"Just give her a break, she's trying her best to make things look good, as is her job…"
"Yeah… looking good by making people forget…"
"Yeah…that's not something I'll let happen." I admitted.
The meeting took a while, and Romero's advice was effective. Goji shut up after promising him that Luna, Holy, Romero, Squeaks and Meg would train and help gain recruits. Once I brought up officially marrying my mates, Tony included, Sandra looked like she wanted to explode.
After the meeting, she turned in her resignation to me. I'll have to find someone to replace her and I have a few ideas for that. Romero does too, thankfully.
After that meeting I was brought to my official office… formerly Asgore's. It was large, some binders lined the shelf built into the wall on one side, their other, another inbuilt shelf full of old books and such. The desk was large and wide, one small box was full of papers that the box labeled as In, and the other on the other end of the desk, was another small box labeled as Out with some papers in there too.
Yay…
"Hey, relax. Once you officially marry your mates, this becomes a shared responsibility." Romero said.
… Oh… Oh! So that not only got rid of Sandra but will make this so much faster!
"Oh thank fuck…" I groaned. "I won't have to suffer alone and be stuck here forever…"
"Yeah, which means you best prepare the wedding and expect to kiss a lot of lips if you're gonna marry them all… speaking of, one acts as a Symbiote as part of you right? Is she gonna marry too or?"
Hmm… that is a good point…
"Hey…want to get married and if so does it work differently with symbiotes or what?" I mentally asked my fairy lover.
Abby was quiet for a moment, then suddenly I saw something I haven't seen in a long time.
Water pooled from my hands and flowed out, over the desk and for the first time in… years… I saw Abby. She hadn't changed in terms of looks at all. "I… I'd like that." She said, giving me a smile.
I smiled. "You are still as beautiful as ever Abby." I said warmly. "And thank you…Romero, get the best jewelers and craftsman you can find…there's a lot of wedding rings that need to be made."
"Heh, sure. Also, nice to officially meet you, Abby." He said, giving her a nod.
"Nice to meet yo-ahh!" She said, turning then face planted on the ground. "Ouch… Heh… over ten years not in my own body and living inside David- er, Alchem… Walking no work anymore…" She laughed weakly.
I chuckled and walked around my desk and gently picked her up bridal style. "We'll fix that soon my love…though it has been ten years, I need to do something very special for ya."
"Hm? What's that?" She asked, rubbing her chin as I helped her up.
"Well, first is a date." I said honestly. "Something romantic and wonderful after so many years technically apart." I admitted with a smile.
"And you want to fuck me into the next Era right?" Abby asked as I blushed.
"Uh…I never said that…" I said sheepishly.
"Pfft. I have a feeling you and Shift are gonna get along." Romero chuckled.
"Oh I am so gonna girl talk with Shift." Abby said. "Alchem, I love you, but you are no fun to talk about sex with. Fun to have sex with, less fun talking sex with…"
"Oh yeah, you, Shift, Tony, the three of you are three peas in a pod." Romero chuckled.
"Oh god please don't get them involved." I groaned.
Why do I hear…
"Prepare for Trouble!"
Oh no…
"And make it Double."
"God damn it you two!" I whined as I heard Shift and Tony laughed as they walked into my office. "I'm trying to have a tender moment with my new fiance and how I might possibly fuck her into a new dimension, I don't need Team Rocket here."
"That's right, give them space you two." I looked down…is…how the fuck did they get a talking Meowth!?
"Hold up, where did you get a Meowth?" I asked.
"Oh, I'm not a Meowth, I'm a Nokori." He said, taking the fur colored bandana that held that coin on their head off. "I'm a friend of Tony's. Name's Fink."
"Yeah, he's cool." Tony nodded. "We've done this bit several times before."
"I can tell." I chuckled. "But it's nice to meet you Fink, and I suppose you two have been summoned at the prospect of 'girl talk'?" I asked.
"Yis." They both answered at the same time.
"This can also count as a pre-bachelorette party." Fink said.
"Sounds good. Care to give a girl a lift? I haven't walked in over ten years, and you~" She pointed to Tony. "I know full well you help Alchem forget how to walk~"
"Heh~ So would you like to experience that as well?" He asked.
"Well, I felt everything he felt so, I know how it feels~"
"Kinky." Shift chuckled.
"That's how symbiotes work…" I admitted. "Jeez…so much to plan, so much to do…"
"I'm making a plan and it's gonna be one fun three way~" Abby smirked.
"Dibs on helping you plan it!" Shift said.
"I know a great shop that sells various lubes." Tony said.
Oh no…
"Heh… yeah, that checks…" Romero chuckled weakly.
"I fear for my pelvis and all my naughty bits…" I said weakly.
"Well, that's one way to break your royal bedchambers in…"
"Oh my gods that's perfect!" Abby said, jumping as Tony caught her in his arms. "Let's go, my comrades in horny!"
And with that, the four of them, Abby, Tony, Shift and even Fink all ran out.
"Well… that happened." Romero chuckled.
"I just wanted a date first…" I whined. "It's been ten years…and already she's run off with the horny brigade…"
"Yeah… this is gonna be a thing. Have to admit, when you said she was a Water Fairy, I was picturing something different."
"Well, she's half Water Fairy, half Symbiote." I shrugged. "But what did you expect? Her to be made of water or her the size of my hand?"
"Eh, the size part if right but back on my earth, fairies were small, usually with pink, green, blue, green or orange skin, black eyes and wings akin to a dragonflies. They found a lot of them in Y Labs facilities back when the first one was raided. Apparently they were used as a magic amplifier to get the rituals to work, or were used for… parts in research…"
"Holy hell…" I groaned. "That's fucking terrible."
"Nothing about that place was good, and all the other facilities that were found were no better. Human, Elf, Fairy, Orc, didn't matter. You were materials for research to them… it's why while I don't enjoy preforming the ritual here, at least I know they're, the Nokori here never had to know that torture. If we run into any of those Violence Guild Y Labs… just give me the word…"
"Alright." I nodded. "I'll give ya the info needed if I ever run into anything like that." I said, sitting back down on my chair and sighing. "And while they're out having fun…I have to suffer with this…"
"At least until the wedding. I'll go inform the rest of your family." He said, giving me a nod as he left.
I sighed, slouching in my chair as I looked at the first paper.
Alright what do we have here? Reports on local taxes from the other continents. Looks like Gold Coins are the main currency here so… wow… that's a lot of zeroes…
Alright, the vast majority is from businesses that's good…
I'm already so bored…
"We have accountants for a lot of these, why do I need to look at these?" I asked incredulously.
I looked through all the numbers here… crap, this sucks…
Now I really can't wait for the wedding…
"Alchem." I looked up, seeing Holy walk in. It's been about a week since I was crowned, wedding is still two months away… having so many partners meant a lot of prep work… "We got the first Shipment from Midas of Greed."
"Oh thank fuck I can do something else ." I groaned, slamming my pencil down.
"No the fuck you aren't." Holy said. "I'm informing you, and while I can't make heads or tails of some of it, that's what a lot of your Mates, Abby, and some others are doing. It came with a list of everything but most importantly it came with the first data drive of Chaos Guild base locations."
"Cool, something else to do." I stated. "Now where is it so I can see what's in it, and no, you can't stop me."
"With Luna, since she's the most well versed she ocean outside. Looks like the closest base is two months sailing away." Holy said. She then tapped her Assistant and…
Wait where's my Skill Points… oh right…
"And that's for the sass."
Damn it I knew I should have spent them…
"Just be glad you're useful to me ya dumbass bug…" I mentally growled as I was so done with all this bullshit.
"Refer to me as a bug again in thought and see what happens…" She growled.
Holy fuck what?!
"When can you read minds?" I asked incredulously.
"Work long enough in politics and you can read expressions as effectively as you read minds." She huffed. "In any case you'll have the list of weapons, armors, materials and other stuff he sent us once we verify everything on it was in the shipment. And yes, Bureaucracy and responsibility blows." She added as she left, closing the door behind her.
…
…
"I'M MAKING FUCKING MAC N CHEESE! AND NOBODY CAN STOP ME!" I laughed in hysterics.
"You're setting the whole kitchen on fire, asshole!" Romero screamed as I heard the panicked wails of many of the kitchen staff.
"The flames of hell are a sweet summer breeze my dear Romero!" I admitted, though I might just be completely fucking delirious at this point.
"Motherfucker I've actually been to hell and this ain't the same!"
Ouch… Ouch… Ouch…
"Mental break aside, even with Holy's Perfect Custodian boost, your magic and energy resistances were way too low for your little 'dance of fire' thing. Also, did you really think tackling Romero while he was cloaked in fire was a good idea?" Marrianne asked me.
"I learned that I can still feel things." I said to my doctor weakly.
"Well at least this medicine will reverse the burn damage you received from your tackle of DR. Was it really worth it to get out of paperwork?"
"I've been doing nothing but paperwork for two weeks straight , you tell me?" I asked. "Ow…emphasizing while burned hurts…'
"Oh you're cute." Marrianne chuckled. "A Masters in Medicine and Pharmaceuticals, my Doctorate, took me a hundred and fifty years." She said. "Homework, essays, tests, exams, finals, pop quizzes and more notes taken than I have feathers."
"You chose to go through this pain…I didn't." I said, which was true because the whole 'become king' was kinda thrown at me and I couldn't really say no.
"True. But at least now I know you could not survive Med School." She chuckled. "Well, you'll be better in a few days. You do know that all that paperwork isn't gonna vanish just because you're in bed right?"
…
"...I'm out." I said, getting up and starting to walk out, not caring that my body was screaming in pain. "I have a million better and more important things to do than deal with more political bullshit that means basically nothing."
"Get back." Marrianne said, making me yelp as she touched my arm. She then forced me back on the bed… damn injuries! "Look, I know you didn't ask for it, but at the end of the day, these people see you as their new king. You can't just throw in the towel because of paperwork."
"I'm throwing in the towel over doing nothing ." I stated. "Do you know how many sheets of paper I had to sign that amounted to either literally nothing, something that any of my other departments could do or should do and somehow needing my approval to wipe their asses, or both? Ninety percent of it, the other ten is split between thing's I would sooner publicly wipe my ass with and the other five are actually things I need to give a shit about."
"So, does that mean the wedding's off?"
"The wedding was one of the better and more important things to do so no, the wedding isn't off." I said. "Literally everything about the wedding is more important than me putzing around in a stupid office room dealing with a dumbass nine to five again…"
"Then don't throw in the towel." She said, taking my hand. I could feel her new wedding ring on her finger. "Hold out and after, you'll have all our help, and not even all of your partners will be needed for the paperwork stuff. Besides, I'd like to see you wearing that cute crown as I walk down the aisle."
"That's what I've been constantly thinking about and wanting to work on…actually finally being with you all instead of me being preoccupied with so much other shit…"
"You can hold out. I know you're strong enough." She smirked, giving me a kiss that forced me back down on the bed full. "Now try not to move, otherwise it will take you longer to recover."
"Ugh…fine…" I grumbled. "This still sucks though…"
"Hm, would this help?" She asked, smirking as she suddenly took her shirt off, wearing her pants and bra as she then gently cuddled against me, her arm/wing covering over me.
"Yes…this helps me a lot…" I admitted.
"Good, now get some sleep." She chuckled, nuzzling against me as I finally felt relaxed.
"Good evening, my King." I looked up, seeing Asgore walk in. He was dressed in a plain gray-blue shirt and some yellow shorts. In his hand was a wrapped box, and strapped across his back was some long cloth wrapped thing.
"Hi Asgore, what brings you here today?"
"I got back from my vacation with Tori a while ago and figured I'd give you some gifts." He said, raising the wrapped box and motioning with his other hand to the cloth wrapped thing across his back. "I can see you're handling the paperwork."
I sighed. That pileup my mental break did sucked but thankfully I talked Holy into allocating some of the Skill Points of mine into a mix of Intelligence and Speed Force. Apparently some Abilities have stat requirements, but at least now I got Speed of Light Processing. Despite the name I'm not actually reading at the speed of light, yet, but I'm reading fast enough I can actually see the bottom of the In Box before my work day is over.
I really hate that I didn't look into that sooner…
"I set the kitchen on fire making macaroni and cheese then tackled Romero while he was covered in fire so…about as well as you'd expect."
"Heh. Sounds like Tori so long ago. She really needed that vacation. Course, we're retired now but she was happy to be out of the castle. She now refuses to set foot in here ever again." He chuckled, taking a seat in the chair across from me. He opened the box, handing me what looked to be a rather ornate tea set that looked… porcelain but… no, this was a mix of glass and smoothed volcanic stone. Four cups, the tea pot, and a gold and silver looking tray they all sat on. "I'm not sure if you like tea, but I figured this would be a lovely display piece if nothing else."
"I do enjoy tea sometimes, thanks Asgore." I nodded. "And you are lucky, because boy is the vast majority of my work literally pointless." I said honestly.
"I know it seems like that at times, but it has its place." He said, now pulling out a bag of tea leaves and a thermos of what I can see was hot water. "Would you care for some? Wild tea leaves grew all over that island and they all have a very sweet, tropical flavor when brewed."
"Not 'seems', it just is." I said. "And yes I would love some."
He chuckled, putting the tea leaves into a small pouch that he put into the pot, then poured in the hot water. "So, I heard Sandra quit when you announced your intentions of wedding all your partners officially. I have to say, I expected her to die in her post, though, I guess now that the outer world is accessed to us and we all have this," He looked at the Assistant on his arm, the small black image contrasting against his white fur like a spot. "Dying is no longer a worry… I must say, it's saddening that before this, so many passed before this… immortality of sorts was given to us. As a Boss Monster, my lifespan was already a long one, but now, well, it's comforting to know I won't be seeing any funerals for loved ones and friends any time soon."
"The moment she heard I was marrying Tony she gave up." I admitted. "And…yeah, it's not full immortality but it's something."
"Heh, yes. So, have you selected her replacement already?"
"Would you believe me if I said Sans?" I asked.
"Oh my." He said, but had a smile and a small laugh. "Well, he is charismatic, and he definitely won't be as… strict, as she was. I imagine he'll probably be able to make anything that happens look positive." He said, reaching around and pulling the item on his back to his hands and unwrapping me. I was surprised to see his Trident there. "Aside the tea set, I also came to gift you this."
"You…want to give me your Trident?" I asked in surprise.
"I actually have several." He chuckled, handing me it over the desk. I took it. It was lightweight, lighter than I expected but it felt… strong. "But this was my first. The very same I used in the Human-Monster War all those years ago. It's made from a special metal, Romero tells me you'd recognize it. Oricalcum."
Right. It's common in fantasy video games and such…
"Rare and powerful…" I said as I used Scan on the thing to see how strong.
[Scan Complete!
Asgore's Trident
Att: 250
Def: 150
Mag: 300
Special Ability: Passive Colors - Allows the user to use Blue and Orange magic when attacking at no MP cost.]
"Cool." I said with a smile, but now I'm in a dilemma of what weapon to use because To Be Made Whole is what I'm training and specced into…but Interdiction and the Trident are so cool .
"I hope you make good use out of it. I hear that with time you can… what was it, upgrade gear? So, maybe when you get to that point you can make it stronger."
"Yeah, I'm sure I can upgrade this." I admitted. "It's going to be really cool when it's upgraded though."
"Heh. I knew you'd enjoy it." He said, checking the tea. With a nod, he picked the pot up, pouring out two cups and handing me one.
I took a sip. It was good. Like a natural green tea with honey and mango mixed together. None were overpowering the other. A perfect blend.
"This is some good tea." I said with a warm smile.
"I'll leave the bag here with you then." Asgore said with a smile as he sipped from his cup. "I am curious though. From what I understand, there will be… many of your partners, all of them, you'll be marrying. Who will be the first to walk down that aisle to you?"
"That's…difficult to decide, cause Abby is first because she was my first girlfriend…then Marianne and Vais…then most likely Tony and…ugh, it's hard to think of the order when I love them all so much…"
Asgore chuckled. "I remember the day when Tori and I were wed. It was raining. Tensions between Monsters and Humans were high but the war had not yet started. We had courted for three years before that day, and despite all that, seeing her walking down that aisle in that dress… the thunder outside went silent, fears of the future at the time were forgotten, and all that existed was she and I in that moment." He said with a soft smile. "I'm glad you care so much for all your partners. I will admit, when Romero first told me how many you had, I was quite surprised."
"That someone could love so many or that someone would be crazy enough to have that many?"
"I suppose. The most a married group ever had in our world's recorded history was fifty. This certainly sets and breaks that record." He chuckled.
"Yeah, I mostly blame Abby cause she started this with her harem fetish and…well, I got it too."
"I believe it's called by a different name, but as long as you are all happy." He nodded. "So, that aside, tell me about your children. I was told you have quite a few, and I've already met Luna."
"So my mothered kids with Vais…they're all a bunch of troublemakers and hooligans, always enjoying playing pranks and doing all sortsa nonsense." I chuckled.
"Sounds like Chara when we adopted them." He laughed.
"Except Chara didn't have a sentient AI teacher that taught them how to make their own paints, chemicals or flashbangs." I admitted.
"Oh, well that's rather… unfortunate."
"The adorable Electronian's, the name the fluffy thunder ferrets race, are good at heart but they can be a handful sometimes."
"I see. Tony said before you arrived and started all this that made our world and people in the first place, you had some children with him too?"
"Yes I did, they're fluffy adorable thunder puppers." I chuckled warmly. "They're all still adorable little puppy's at the moment, adventurous little Zinogre's that just love to run around without a care in the world."
"I see. Still, must have been… an event, birthing twelve infants. Not even Nokori or Monsters usually have more than three and even then, triplets are rare."
"Well, that's a thing with True Alpha's, they always make their females breed the most they can…and I also took quite a few Mother skills…" I said sheepishly. "Twelve three year old Zinogre pups…so much fluff and electricity."
"I take it from the way you speak, you'd do it again?"
"Yes…yes I would." I said with a smile. "I'm proud to be both a father, and a mother…it's an amazing feeling."
"As a father, I'm aware. In fact… thanks to this all, Tori is pregnant again. Before, Boss Monsters could only ever have one child in their life, but her pregnancy is proof that is no longer the case. She's over the moon." He chuckled.
"Yeah, ever since you got that Assistant your Biology changed to be some weird new cell that can mix and match with literally anything and everything." I said honestly. "I don't know the specifics, you'd have to talk to Marianne about it she'd know better."
"I'll let Tori know." Asgore smiled.
The wedding was… well, it was amazing, seeing all my partners, now wives and husbands, walk up to me was both amazing… and kinda daunting. One by one, vows were said, kisses made, and for a long time I wished I had the ability to clone myself.
Still, in the end, everything went well.
Many began working, going through all the paperworks, leaving me some free time finally for stuff I wanted to do. Abby was still outside my body and in her own. She was enjoying it, but she also finally decided on us trying for a kid too.
As of the honeymoon to now, she's four months along.
I even had the Breeders married in. It only felt right since… what happened to them.
I also love to tease the shit out of Ny now that I'm basically his dad.
Things are going along. I made Holy the General, and I was actually going to a meeting with her now to discuss Skill Points. Abilities, and distribution of them.
I arrived at the meeting room with Romero, Shift, Bigs, Squeaks, Meg, Tony, and even Toshinori here.
"Took your sweet time." Holy said, sounding sarcastic but she had a grin on her face.
"I've been very busy." I said simply.
"Yes, there have been many a busy night." Tony teased.
"Very enjoyable nights." I chuckled, taking a seat in the meeting room. "Alright, so are we waiting for anyone else?"
"Nope. This is everyone in my Custody at the moment." Holy said. "Now then, as you all know I have been taking all of Alchem's Skill Points from them and stockpiling them. I've also taken the ones from Meg because of her Beloved Idol Title has gotten her a fair stockpile, and Bigs each time he cooks, and since I stationed him as the Head Chef in the Outside compound, he too has gotten many Skill Points. In total over the last two months, Alchem has gotten 20,736,000 Skill Points, Bigs has gotten 15,345 Skill Points, and Meg has gotten 20,540 Skill Points." Holy stated. "For a grand total of 20,771,885 Skill Points."
"Fucking hell…" I said in surprise.
"That's a lotta skill points." Tony added.
"Yes. Divided between the nine of us, that's 2,307,987 Skill Points each." Holy stated.
"More than I ever earned in my lifetime…" Toshinori said. "Well, prior."
"Really?" I asked in surprise. "That's…surprising."
"They aren't easy to come by, at least, normally. My prior stats were all from training." He said.
"Well, in that case we can start with our groups weakest, which is you Toshinori." Holy said, tapping her Assistant as suddenly Toshinori's Stats were on display for us all.
[ Toshinori Yagi
HP: 60 (20 Base)
MP: 6,000 (2,000 Base)
ATT: 105 (35 Base)
DEF: 30 (10 Base)
PR: 15 (5 Base)
MR: 60 (20 Base)
ER: 15 (5 Base)
Status R: 0 (0 Base)
Poison R: 0 (0 Base)
Fear R: 120 (40 Base)
Bleed R: 0 (0 Base)
Acid R: 0 (0 Base)
Psychic R: 0 (0 Base)
Disease R: 3 (1 Base)
Strength: 3 (1 Base)
Agility: 3 (1 Base)
Vitality: 3 (1 Base)
Vigor: 6 (2 Base)
Intelligence: 90 (30 Base)
Endurance: 12 (4 Base)
Dexterity: 12 (4 Base)]
"Well, the MP Makes sense. Nokori and all." Romero said.
"Most likely Chaos if it's that high." Shift said.
"Hmm…I thought the stats would have been higher since Alex threw it at us…" I frowned.
"That's from the Code he fused into it. Once it's beaten the stats are, well, basically akin to most base humans." Toshinori said.
"That's fair." I shrugged. "So, how are we going to get Toshi back into tip top shape?"
"Well, since this is for me, maybe start with just the stats." Toshinori said. "As you see, there's the two stats there. The top and largest group are Combat Stats. The second, smaller one is Physical Stats. Physical stats affect the Combat stats, usually one point of Combat Stats can be upgraded with one skill point and each point in Physical, affects Combat by two points. If you put Skill Points into Combat, one Skill Point increases it by five." Toshinori explained.
"Hm, interesting." Holy said.
"So work with Dungeons and Dragons logic, of getting the most bang for your buck by putting it into the Physical since it would spread out onto a lot of things." I pointed out. "Though I wonder what Physical stat correlates to what combat stat…" I hummed, scratching my chin and trying to math what would be a good amount.
"Here's what each stat gives." Toshi said as he showed Holy what to press as she did.
[Strength: ATT, DEF, PR
Agility: PR, MR, ER, Status R
Vitality: HP, Poison R, Disease R
Intelligence: MP, Psychic R, Fear R
Vigor: DEF, Bleed R, Poison R
Endurance: DEF, Poison R, Bleed R, Acid R
Dexterity: ATT, DEF]
"Huh, I didn't expect four thing's to be with Defense but I suppose that's fair." I shrugged.
"So, split it all across the Physical stats." Torhinori said.
"Alright that's 329,712 in each…" Holy said.
"So…that would be 659,424 to each Combat stat…which Defense get's boosted four times for instance…" I said, trying to fathom how stupidly tanky he'll be with this. "But that's if you want to evenly spend all your skill points into Stats alone."
"I think that would be for the best. After all, my new Nokori Magic is similar to One for All, only rather than building up energy to use in attacks, I build up Magic that I can convert into physical power." Toshinori said.
"Alright, well with all that then here's your new stats." Holy said, showing the now updated stats.
[Toshinori Yagi
HP: 1,978,332 (659,444 Base)
MP: 1,984,272 (661,424 Base)
ATT: 3,956,649 (1,318,883 Base)
DEF: 7,913,118 (2,637,706 Base)
PR: 1,978,287 (659,429 Base)
MR: 1,978,332 (659,444 Base)
ER: 1,978,287 (659,429 Base)
Status R: 1,978,272 (659,424 Base)
Poison R: 5,934,816 (1,978,272 Base)
Fear R: 120 (40 Base)
Bleed R: 3,956,544 (1,318,848 Base)
Acid R: 1,978,272 (659,424 Base)
Psychic R: 1,978,272 (659,424 Base)
Disease R: 1,978,275 (659,425 Base)
Strength: 989,139 (329,713 Base)
Agility: 989,139 (329,713 Base)
Vitality: 989,139 (329,713 Base)
Vigor: 989,142 (329,714 Base)
Intelligence: 989,226 (329,742 Base)
Endurance: 989,148 (329,716 Base)
Dexterity: 989,148 (329,716 Base)]
Tony whistled. "Now that's a power house."
"That's a lot of numbers." Romero said with a nod.
"At least now I can get to the battlefields. Have to admit, that's already more than my prior life's stats by a lot."
"Seriously?" I asked, as again I thought his stats would have been through the roof given what he's been through.
"Yeah. Numbers this high are… rather rare, usually." Toshinori said.
"So, who's next?" Tony asked with a smirk.
"I suppose me next? As I'm probably not as strong as I think I am." I admitted, though hearing Toshi say these high numbers are rare seemed…weirdly off to me.
"Alright, here's your stats Alchem." Holy said, displaying my stats for all.
[David Alchem
Hp: 50,139
16,713 (1,865 Base)
Mp: 13,500
4,500 (500 Base)
ATT: 1,170
390 (65 base)
Def: 3,780
1,260 (180 base)
PR: 360
120 (30 base)
MR: 180
60 (15 base)
ER: 60
20 (5 base)
Status R: 0
0 (0 base)
Poison R: 240
80 (20 base)
Fear R: 240
80 (20 base)
Bleed R: 1,080
360 (90 base)
Acid R: 120
40 (10 base)
Psychic R: 0
0 (0 base)
Disease R: 120
40 (10 base)
Strength: 750 (250 Base)
Agility: 540 (180 Base)
Vitality: 900 (300 Base)
Vigor: 1,140 (380 Base)
Intelligence: 240 (80 Base)
Endurance: 435 (145 Base)
Dexterity: 420 (140 Base)]
"Those aren't bad, even without the Custodian boost." Toshinori said.
"Huh, your highest base stat is Vigor. Wasn't expecting that." Romero hummed.
"I gotta keep up with my harem somehow ." I joked
"Well, that's 2,307,987 Skill Points for you kid. Wanna put them where or just have me look through Abilities?" Holy asked.
"Hmm…well, let's do a combination of the two, give all my stats 320,000 and then we work on the many skills I could get, which if my math is right I have 67,984 skill points left over to play with."
"Alright and… welp, here you go." Holy said, my stats on display updating.
[David Alchem
Hp: 17,330,355
5,776,785 (641,865 Base)
Mp: 17,293,500
5,764,500 (640,500 Base)
ATT: 23,042,340
7,680,780 (1,280,130 base)
Def: 53,775,120
17,925,040 (2,560,720 base)
PR: 7,680,360
2,560,120 (640,030 base)
MR: 7,680,060
2,560,060 (640,015 base)
ER: 7,680,060
2,560,020 (640,005 base)
Status R: 7,680,000
1,920,000 (640,000 base)
Poison R: 23,040,720
7,680,240 (1,920,060 base)
Fear R: 7,680,240
2,560,080 (640,020 base)
Bleed R: 15,362,160
5,120,720 (1,280,180 base)
Acid R: 7,680,120
2,560,040 (640,010 base)
Psychic R: 7,680,000
1,920,000 (640,000 base)
Disease R: 7,680,120
2,560,040 (640,010 base)
Strength: 960,750 (320,250 Base)
Agility: 960,540 (320,180 Base)
Vitality: 960,900 (320,300 Base)
Vigor: 961,140 (320,380 Base)
Intelligence: 960,420 (320,080 Base)
Endurance: 960,240 (320,145 Base)
Dexterity: 960,420 (320,140 Base)]
Holy shit!
"Huh, so those things I made you stack with the Custodian Boost. Cool." Romero said.
"Yeah uh…those are some big numbers…" I said slowly.
"Congratulations, you're now a strong bitch. Happy?" Holy asked.
"It's cool to be this strong now…but now onto the hard part of what skills should I grab?" I wondered. "Cause just with the stockpiled stuff that's well over 60K skill points."
"Well if you're after Abilities there's some I can look through for you and purchase for you."
"That would be cool, cause there's a lot of things that would be helpful or just good to have." I admitted.
"Alright. Anything specific you want?" Holy asked.
"Hmm…is there any skills that give me Affinity for elements? Cause gaining an Affinity with Void would be fantastic."
"Hold on…" Holy hummed as she seemed to be looking. "Hmm… No, nothing I can see unfortunately."
"Boo…" I grumbled. "Well…here, let's see how high Scan goes, so level it up until we get to an even 60K, so that would be 7,984 levels." I started.
"Fine Don't know why you want that but alright." Holy shrugged, dumping all 7,984 Skill Points into Scan.
"Because Scan is, while a basic ability, can be very helpful in a lot of situations." I said readily…though when I looked at my skill tree and Scan still had question marks next to it's max level I got…concerned…"Okay…so I have 60K to work with…"
"And no idea what to buy." Meg chuckled.
"There's a lot of shit I can buy with sixty thousand…" I grumbled, looking through my Skill Tree. "Well, I just got Interdiction, why not see what shenanigans I can get from that…"
"Why do weapons have their own Skill Trees?" Romero asked.
"It's not exactly known why weapons and weapon classes have skill trees, but some are specific and others are generic. Most assume the Skill Trees might actually adapt and even create new trees entirely for some weapons or even personalized weapons." Toshinori said.
"So… that's a thing…"
"Heh, yeah."
"Well, the way I thought of it was that it's basically both an upgrade system without needing crafting materials, and also a way to unlock different stronger abilities, like how I needed to use Skill Points to get my Drive Forms." I explained.
"That's also fair." Tony admitted.
"So let's see what things I can get from that skill tree."
"Well, here it is. Interdiction Skill Tree. Most of these seem to allow some weapon specific abilities to it, some increase it's damage and other stats when you use it. Some other stuff… This feels like filler." Holy said.
"Hm, there is debate given stat and abilities can also be put on weapons, armor and items through other methods, like enchanted, infusing and reinforcing it, and so on." Toshinori said.
"Looks like someone ran out of ideas and got lazy…"
"Remember, there's an infinite amount of skill's and skill trees here so sometimes things will get a little wonky before it opens up."
"Eh, this looks more like a waste of Skill Points than anything…" Holy huffed. "Huh. There is a hidden Skill but it requires you to have all the other Interdiction Skills maxed."
"Oh really? Well that sounds like fun, I'm sure I have enough to get that mystery skill." I said readily.
"Uh… Nope." Holy said.
Huh?
She displayed one of the Skills of the Interdiction Skill Tree. It was for raising the attack…
[Interdiction Skill: Attack Damage Increase +5
Cost: 1 Skill Point
Max Level: Max/+]
What does that even mean?!
"Wow. That's a lot of damage… and a lot of Skill Points…" Tosninori said.
"Uh…Toshi, what's the max number?" I asked weakly.
"Well, The Assistant is programmed that when any number exceeds 999 Centillion, it displays it as /Max+. Any number over the slash is how much over the 999 Centillion it is, and if it goes over 999 Centillion again, it will display as /Max+2 and so on and so forth."
…
What in the actual fuck?!
"Uh…" Tony was the first to start.
"Uh…okay…that's…what the fuck…" I said weakly.
"It's weird because they all go to that. Well, most of them anyway. The stat ones do at least." Holy hummed. "Also that explains some of Squeaks and Meg's stats. Wondered what that was about." She shrugged. "So, still want your Skill Points dumped into this?"
"I'd also like to clarify that increasing it's skill tree only affects the weapon when you use it. It will have the normal stats if anyone else uses it as well as weapon abilities and such from that Skill Tree, which is why most people just choose to increase the weapon itself physically through enhancement and enchantments and so on." Toshinori added.
"That makes sense…" I said carefully, as I now had to actually think about what the hell I should get because even sixty thousand wouldn't do much.
"Well if you aren't looking for abilities for your weapons there are a whole lot of other ones here." Holy said.
"Yeah, there are a lot of other skills." I admitted, thinking about what I should get cause there was still an asston.
"Well, Your combat style seems to mainly rely on your quirk abilities and energies, right?" Holy asked.
"Yes, with a bit of use with my Keyblade and soon to be Monster Magic's." I answered, thinking my colored magics and Gaster Blaster would help a lot.
"Alright, in that case I think I see something here that looks good. Your main quirk is One for All, right? All these other quirk abilities seem to link from that one specifically."
"They inherited it from me, so, that makes sense." Toshinori nodded.
"Well there's a hidden Skill here." Holy said.
I looked at my Skill tree, not seeing any hidden skills… right, that As The Twig is Bent Ability of her lets her see ALL my Abilities and skills! I can't see them yet but she can. Would that mean there's some abilities that only a Custodian can get for their Custody?
"Well, all my Quirks are Maxed so what's the hidden skill?" I inquired.
"All for One."
"That… how?" Toshinori asked. "Yes the One for All power originally came from that but… It must be since the powers are genetic… it's like an echo of the original power…" He said.
"Well…getting All for One would be cool." I admitted.
"It says it will allow you to steal any genetic based power, primarily Quirks, from a target if your will is greater than theirs. It also lets you mix and combine them into new quirks. On top of that you can pass on any Ability to another, even Legendary ones." Holy said.
"Well that's all sorts of cool…but…uh…" I blinked, now super confused here. "Then how was I able to mix quirks before…" I muttered.
"I think it's because you were using them at the same time, while All for One actually mixes the quirks together to make them function in a brand new way?" Tony suggested.
"Well…yeah that makes sense." I admitted.
"Well, if you want it, it's ten thousand Skill Points." Holy said.
"Sure." I said readily. "I have more than enough to buy that and some other things."
"Alright." Holy said.
[Notice! You have had the Secret Ability, All For One, Unlocked by your Custodian!]
Perfect.
"Cool, now I just need Copy Cat and I can start handing people stuff." I said readily. "Hmm, given that I just got All for One, is there any quirk combinations that just appeared?"
"Nothing I can see. I think you'll have to make those." Holy said. "So, that's still fifty thousand skill points. Hmm… which of these would work best for you…" She hummed.
"Well, can he upgrade anything about his human body?" Meg asked. "Our inborn magical abilities as Nokori can be upgraded, can the human body do that?"
"... That might just be the smartest thing I've heard you say, Meg." Holy said.
"I have my moments." She nodded.
"Moment's may be few and far between, but when she gets them they are fantastic." I admitted.
"Let's see here… here it is. Human Race Skill Tree. Basic Human, Male, Female, and Hermaphrodite Branches are all selected at their bases. They have branches and it looks like from Basic Human you can become an Advanced Human. From that, Super Human. From that, to Omega Human, then Alpha Human, then Perfect Human, and lastly it goes to something called Godhood Human." She read off.
"Godhood Human?" I inquired. "Seems a bit on the nose with what I'm imagining."
"It's more than that." Toshinori said. "They're the strongest beings born to this reality. Only surpassed by Admins and The Family. As infants their base stats are never lower than a thousand in any, they were supposedly created by the Admin of Genetics as soldiers for the Admin War WAY before the War for Creation." He said.
"So they're strong. I take it this makes any kids Alchem has the same?" Shift asked.
"They're gonna have a high chance of being born as Godhood hybrids, yes." Toshinori said. "Few actually make it to become a Godhood race member."
"Well, Alchem won't be either. Their Skill Points will be wiped out just getting to Super Human." Holy informed.
"Well, what bonus's would I get from becoming a Superhuman? Because at this point I'm surprised the influx of stats alone didn't jump me up to that point." I inquired.
"Advanced Human seems to increase your senses, smell, taste, touch, sound, sight, to levels normally not found in base humans. Super Human though gives you an inborn natural regeneration factor that speeds recovery times by three hundred percent and improves healing items effectiveness on you by fifty percent."
"Huh, that's cool." I said readily. "Well, I suppose that would help me out, got to have some goal here."
"Want me to get them or not yet?" Holy asked.
"Yes, let's become Superhuman."
Holy nodded.
[Notice! You have Evolved from a Base Human to an Advanced Human! Your five senses have all been increased!
Notice! You have evolved into a Super Human! Regeneration of injuries is three hundred percent faster and healing items and medicines are fifty percent more effective on you!]
I smiled as I saw that then… why do my clothes feel… tight suddenly? And this chair is-
Rip! Pop! Tear!
I blushed.
"There's my favorite Tattoos!" Tony cheered.
"You gained a whole foot and… some extra sizes." Holy said. "Yeesh. Hope you got clothes in that size…"
"Well, that happened…" Romero huffed.
"Shush people." I groaned and covered myself quickly. "Damn it…and stahp cheering you silly pup."
"What? I see a show and I cheer?" He chuckled.
I chuckled. Finding some clothes in my Assistant, the Hero Armor that All Might gave me thankfully resized itself and fit perfectly. Granted, since my bra, undies and such were torn and not being worn under this, but it will have to do. Guess later I'm getting some new clothes…
"Alright, now that the unexpected strip show is done, onto the next one. Bigs." Holy said, displaying Big's Stats.
[Bigs
HP: 12,000,000 (4,000,000 Base)
MP: 22,000,000 (7,000,000 Base)
ATT: 180,000 (60,000 Base)
DEF: 299,997 (99,999 Base)
PR: 297,000 (99,000 Base)
MR: 126,000 (60,000 Base)
ER: 135,000 (45,000 Base)
Status R: 600 (200 Base)
Poison R: 135,000 (45,000 Base)
Fear R: 0 (0 Base)
Bleed R: 9,000 (3,000 Base)
Acid R: 135,000 (45,000 Base)
Psychic R: 0 (0 Base)
Disease R: 12,000 (4,000 Base)
Strength: 90,000 (30,000 Base)
Agility: 720 (240 Base)
Vitality: 36,000 (12,000 Base)
Vigor: 241,800 (80,600 Base)
Intelligence: 120 (40 Base)
Endurance: 1,500 (500 Base)
Dexterity: 1,500 (500 Base)]
"Yeah that checks." Romero nodded.
"Yup." Shift nodded.
"Yup." Squeaks agreed.
"I thought Endurance would have been more." Meg said.
"Very vigorous I'll admit." I pointed out.
"So, where you want the points Bigs?" Holy asked.
"Honestly, I don't really care. I guess wherever you think is best." Big said.
"Hm. Alright. I'll just put it all into your Endurance." Holy said.
"Alright." Bigs nodded.
"Eh, can't all be fancy." I shrugged.
"Alright, that's that." Holy said.
[Bigs
HP: 12,000,000 (4,000,000 Base)
MP: 22,000,000 (7,000,000 Base)
ATT: 180,000 (60,000 Base)
DEF: 14,150,919 (4,716,973 Base)
PR: 297,000 (99,000 Base)
MR: 126,000 (60,000 Base)
ER: 135,000 (45,000 Base)
Status R: 600 (200 Base)
Poison R: 13,985,922 (4,661,974 Base)
Fear R: 0 (0 Base)
Bleed R: 13,859,922 (4,619,974 Base)
Acid R: 13,985,922 (4,661,974 Base)
Psychic R: 0 (0 Base)
Disease R: 12,000 (4,000 Base)
Strength: 90,000 (30,000 Base)
Agility: 720 (240 Base)
Vitality: 36,000 (12,000 Base)
Vigor: 241,800 (80,600 Base)
Intelligence: 120 (40 Base)
Endurance: 6,925,461 (2,308,487 Base)
Dexterity: 1,500 (500 Base)]
"Ever our tanky boy." Meg said with a smile.
"Yeah, the tankiest cook you'll ever meet." I chuckled.
"Alright, next up is Shift." Holy said.
[Shift
HP: 6,000 (2,000 Base)
MP: 3,600,000 (1,200,000 Base)
ATT: 900 (300 Base)
DEF: 1,200 (400 Base)
PR: 450 (150 Base)
MR: 90,000 (30,000 Base)
ER: 600 (200 Base)
Status R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Poison R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Fear R: 900 (300 Base)
Bleed R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Acid R: 1,500 (500 Base)
Psychic R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Disease R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Strength: 360 (120 Base)
Agility: 6,000 (2,000 Base)
Vitality: 600 (200 Base)
Vigor: 690 (230 Base)
Intelligence: 390 (130 Base)
Endurance: 21,000 (7,000 Base)
Dexterity: 19,500 (6,500 Base)]
"Huh… You know, I'm surprised but the Max Resistances there make sense." Romero said.
"Explains why I never got sick." Shift nodded.
"That's fair." I admitted. "So what do you want Shift?"
"Hmm… Can you boost Intelligence, Strength, Vitality, and Vigor by a thousand?" They asked Holy.
"You got it." Holy said.
"Yeah, rounding out stats is always a good idea." I nodded, as those four stats weren't their strong suit but Dexterity and Endurance were through the roof.
"Alright, what else?" Holy asked.
"Any abilities that can improve my shapeshifting or something?" Shift asked.
"Hmm… Well, your Race Skill Tree has Mimic on it, Mimic Royalty is the default, but there are others here…" Holy mentioned.
"What kind of things? Like if they can shapeshift into an elemental or something?" I inquired, cause so far all I've seen them shapeshift was a different gender and other people but nothing too weird.
"Well, the next evolution from Mimic Royalty is Mimic Spirit. Basically Shift will gain the abilities of whatever they turn into but only when they turn into them. This seems to include inborn magics… They just need to eat them first."
"That makes sense." Shift nodded.
"That just sounds like Consume but with drawbacks." Tony admitted.
"Probably because it is. Huh…" Holy hummed. "After Mimic Spirit is Mimic God, this one… holy fucking shit…"
The fact Holy said that made the room very silent…
"You…gonna tell us what it does?" I asked carefully.
"It gives Shift; Consume, Copy Cat and some Dark Skill Tree Ability called Voracity…"
"The fuck is a Dark Skill Tree?" Meg asked.
"The Dark Skill tree…" I sighed. "I don't know much about it as I have only gotten…one thing from it…" I shook my head. "Fucking technicalities…but from what I can assume, it's basically a 'the more terrible shit you do, the stronger you get and the more skills you gain because of it'..."
"Oh… Alright. So what's after Mimic God?" Shift asked.
"Godhood of Chaos." Holy said. "You can not only basically become an Embodiment of Chaos, you also gain the ability to warp reality to a minor degree."
"Okay that's cool." Shift smirked.
"Okay…that's a danger." I said carefully.
"Can I get it?"
"Barely." Holy said.
"Do it." Shift smirked.
"Alright." Holy shrugged.
"Hold on, before you agree to that, does anyone have any arguments for giving Shift reality warping powers?" I asked. "Also, having her gain a Dark Skill Tree ability, cause if they gain that They're literally unable to leave this planet."
"Bitch I've literally been on this planet the entire time I've been in this reality! We all have!" Shift countered.
"Shift has a point." Meg shrugged.
"Yeah." Romero nodded.
"From what you say, it sounds like you can't leave either, so why not enjoy the company?" Squeaks asked.
"Because you deserve to know what's on the outside?" I offered. "Not be stuck in this place and be lucky you were thrown into the safest area possible?"
"Eh. Screw safety." Shift said.
"I agree." Romero said.
"To war!" Meg screamed, summoning a Light Construct hammer that was ten feet long and the mallet itself was maybe thirty… forty feet around and it touched the rooms walls and ceiling.
"I'm good so long as I'm around you guys." Big said.
"Same." Squeaks added.
I sighed. "Fine fine…just don't do anything weird or stupid."
"Too late!" Meg shouted as she raised her mallet and smashed a hole up there. She then unmade it and falling from the new hole in the room was some bricks, furniture and such.
"... Yeah… saw that coming." Romero sighed as the table was now completely destroyed.
"Don't ever say that in Meg's presence again… she takes it as a challenge…" Holy sighed.
"You're remaking that table." I told Meg.
"Fine, but I expect payment." Meg said.
"You are rebuilding my property that you broke, so no." I told her.
"Hm, you're no fun." Meg said with an eyeroll. She then snapped her fingers, all the debris and such floating up… furniture moved back into place, and all the things that fell went back up, reforming the ceiling. The Table also reformed to be looking whole again. Even scratches and dents weren't seen. Nore were cracks.
I blinked at Meg blankly. As did Tony… And Holy even.
"Well that's fucking new…" Holy said.
"My control over gravity has only gotten better." She shrugged.
"That's…that's not how gravity fucking works…" I said slowly.
"My gravity says fuck your laws of physics." Meg smirked.
"And there's reason's why I think most of you are just mary sues…" I grumbled.
"To be fair, a mary sue would be the 'embodiment of perfect' or some shit… Yeah… That's not Meg…" Romero said.
"You don't need to be perfection incarnate to be a Mary Sue, Gary Sue." I frowned.
"And this is why I told you way back when that we don't question Meg…" He added.
I rolled my eyes. "Whatever, just…let's get Shift to become a God and move onto the next person."
"Already done. Speaking of Meg though…" Holy groaned, and put up Meg's stats.
[Meg
HP: 168,000 (56,000 Base)
MP: 39,000,000 (13,000,000 Base)
ATT: 231,000 (77,000 Base)
DEF: 300,000 (100,000 Base)
PR: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
MR: 600 (200 Base)
ER: 600 (200 Base)
Status R: 180 (60 Base)
Poison R: 15,000 (5,000 Base)
Fear R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Bleed R: 210 (70 Base)
Acid R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Psychic R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Disease R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Strength: 121,050 (40,350 Base)
Agility: 30,900 (10,300 Base)
Vitality: 16,500 (5,500 Base)
Vigor: 10,350 (3,450 Base)
Intelligence: 60 (20 Base)
Endurance: 10,500 (3,500 Base)
Dexterity: 38,700 (12,900 Base)]
"Okay… that explains so much but also leaves so many questions…" Tony said.
"Okay so…compared to everyone else at the moment…it's like the difference between a science textbook and a brick…" I said carefully.
"That doesn't surprise me at all." Holy sighed.
"Eh." Meg shrugged.
"So are you going to give Meg Intelligence or no?"
"I feel like that's a bad idea on principle." Holy said.
"So what should we give Meg cause so far she has retard strength in stats right now…"
"Well, might be worth it to divide them between her Magic, Energy, Status and Bleed Resistances." Holy said.
"Also Attack and HP." Meg added.
"That's fair." I nodded. "Sometimes more stats is all you need."
"Alright so that's 384,664 in each of those. Combat stats are five per Skill Point so each is growing a total of… 1,923,322 increase to each of those." Holy said.
"That's a big boost."
"Yup. Well, here's your new Stats."
[Meg
HP: 5,937,966 (1,979,322 Base)
MP: 39,000,000 (13,000,000 Base)
ATT: 6,000,966 (2,000,322 Base)
DEF: 300,000 (100,000 Base)
PR: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
MR: 5,770,566 (1,923,522 Base)
ER: 5,770,566 (1,923,522 Base)
Status R: 5,770,146 (1,923,382 Base)
Poison R: 15,000 (5,000 Base)
Fear R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Bleed R: 5,770,176 (1,923,392 Base)
Acid R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Psychic R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Disease R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Strength: 121,050 (40,350 Base)
Agility: 30,900 (10,300 Base)
Vitality: 16,500 (5,500 Base)
Vigor: 10,350 (3,450 Base)
Intelligence: 60 (20 Base)
Endurance: 10,500 (3,500 Base)
Dexterity: 38,700 (12,900 Base)]
"Yay! Big numbers mean good things!" Meg cheered.
"Heh, yeah pretty much." Romero said, then leaned over and whispered something to Holy, who nodded.
I raised an eyebrow at that. "But next up would either be Squeaks or Tony." I said, feeling like I'll learn after this skill point session.
"Alright, next is Squeaks." Holy said, showing the Mouse Nokori's stats.
[Squeaks
Hp: 2,259,000,000 (753,000,000 Base)
Mp: 2,970,000,000 (990,000,000 Base)
ATT: 14,251,650 (4,750,550 Base)
DEF: 0 (0 Base)
PR: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
MR: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
ER: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Status R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Poison R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Fear R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Bleed R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Acid R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Psychic R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Disease R: 6/Max+3 (2/Max+Base)
Strength: 30 (10 Base)
Agility: 60 (20 Base)
Vitality: 60 (20 Base)
Vigor: 150 (50 Base)
Intelligence: 300 (100 Base)
Endurance: 135 (45 Base)
Dexterity: 300 (100 Base)]
"Yeah… that makes sense." Romero nodded.
"Yup." Shift agreed.
"Looks right." Bigs said.
"Makes sense." Meg added.
"Fucking hell…" I grumbled.
"How is your defense zero?!" Tony asked.
Squeaks shrugged. "No idea."
"Pfft. And you bitched about me." Meg laughed.
"Oh no I was making that as a general thing with most of you, Bigs is the only exception to this." I said.
"Why?" Romero asked.
"Because he's our gentle giant cinnamon roll." I stated.
"Can confirm, he is a cinnamon roll." Meg said. The rest of them all nodded in agreement.
"So… put how much into defense?" Holy asked.
"All of it." Squeaks said with a shrug. "Might as well."
"Alright." She shrugged.
"Fair enough." I nodded. "So, last up is Tony."
"And I have a list of at least a few abilities I want to grab, but first let's see my stats."
"Well what am I, chopped liver?" Romero asked with a raised brow.
"Sorry." I admitted nervously. "Let's do you first before Tony."
"I thought that was Shift's job?" Tony joked.
"And mine." Holy added.
I lost it laughing as did Tony.
"Okay, that was good." I laughed.
"I deny nothing." Romero shrugged.
"Heh. Well, that just brings your defense from zero to 11,539,935 as the base, and with the Custodian Boost, 34,619,805." Holy said.
"Good. Gives me some wiggle room for taking damage." Squeaks said with a nod.
"Always good to have proper defense." I nodded.
"Alright, now for Romero." Holy said.
[David Romero
Hp: 150 (50 Base)
Mp: 126,090,00 (42,030,000 Base)
ATT: 45 (15 Base)
DEF: 3 (1 Base)
PR: 15 (5 Base)
MR: 6,000 (2,000 Base)
ER: 1,200 (400 Base)
Status R: 0 (0 Base)
Poison R: 60 (20 Base)
Fear R: 1,200 (400 Base)
Bleed R: 0 (0 Base)
Acid R: 600 (200 Base)
Psychic R: 450 (150 Base)
Disease R: 15,000 (5,000 Base)
Strength: 135 (45 Base)
Agility: 135 (75 Base)
Vitality: 10,500 (3,500 Base)
Vigor: 121,050 (40,350 Base)
Intelligence: 333 (111 Base)
Endurance: 240 (80 Base)
Dexterity: 720 (240 Base)]
"Bruh what the fuck are you?" Tony asked.
"Assembled incorrectly and built wrong." Romero replied.
"He was built Alternatively." I said.
"Constructed in an Unorthodox Manner." Meg added.
"Built stupid." Holy said, as I was shocked this reference train was still going.
Romero laughed. "Well at least now there's a quantifiable answer to what the fuck is wrong with me!"
"Eh, at least half of what's wrong with you." Holy added.
"Fair enough." Romero chuckled.
"Right, so you're gonna need all those skill points to fix this mess of a stat sheet." I admitted.
"It looks like you made something to piss off your Dungeon Master." Tony said.
"Eh, give me the Toshinori treatment then and put them all divided amongst the Physical Stats to alter the Combat ones." Romero said with a shrug.
"That works and fixes… so much." Holy said with a chuckle.
"But that doesn't answer the main question…how the hell do you have such high Vitality but your HP stat is so low?" I asked in concern.
"Maybe… Because when I was human, I had brittle bones, remember? The fusion fixed that, so maybe fixing it cost me the HP?" Romero offered. "Not sure, but it's better than nothing for an explanation."
"I guess that makes sense." I admitted, scratching my chin in thought. "I mean, you're also immortal with some bullshit healing factor so there's that."
"True, low HP is kinda nullified at that point." He shrugged.
"Fair." I shrugged.
"Alright, that's that." Holy said, putting up Romero's new stats.
[David Romero
Hp: 1,978,422 (659,474 Base)
Mp: 128,068,272 (42,689,424 Base)
ATT: 3,956,958 (1,318,986 Base)
DEF: 7,913,100 (2,637,700 Base)
PR: 1,978,287 (659,429 Base)
MR: 1,984,272 (661,424 Base)
ER: 1,979,472 (659,824 Base)
Status R: 1,978,272 (659,424 Base)
Poison R: 5,934,996 (1,978,332 Base)
Fear R: 1,979,472 (659,824 Base)
Bleed R: 3,956,544 (1,318,848 Base)
Acid R: 1,978,872 (659,624 Base)
Psychic R: 1,978,722 (659,574 Base)
Disease R: 1,993,272 (664,424 Base)
Strength: 989,271 (329,757 Base)
Agility: 989,361 (329,787 Base)
Vitality: 999,636 (333,212 Base)
Vigor: 1,110,186 (370,062 Base)
Intelligence: 989,469 (329,823 Base)
Endurance: 989,376 (329,792 Base)
Dexterity: 989,856 (329,712 Base)]
"Wow. Maybe now you can take damage and not regenerate." Meg said.
"That would definitely be new for me." Romero said with a nod.
"Alright, now it's Tony's turn for the buffs."
"Alright, Tony, here's your stats." Holy said.
[Tony
Hp: 4,035 (1,345 Base)
Mp: 5,250 (1,750 Base)
ATT: 9,000 (3,000 Base)
DEF: 2,100 (700 Base)
PR: 450 (150 Base)
MR: 900 (300 Base)
ER: 1,500 (500 Base)
Status R: 300 (100 Base)
Poison R: 900 (300 Base)
Fear R: 1,500 (500 Base)
Bleed R: 2,100 (700 Base)
Acid R: 600 (200 Base)
Psychic R: 0 (0 Base)
Disease R: 1,500 (500 Base)
Strength: 3,720 (1,240 Base)
Agility: 1,920 (640 Base)
Vitality: 2,250 (750 Base)
Vigor: 2,850 (950 Base)
Intelligence: 240 (80 Base)
Endurance: 2,250 (750 Base)
Dexterity: 360 (120 Base)]
"Wow that's a high base Strength Stat." Toshinori said.
"I am stronk!" Tony said playfully.
"Wait, out of everyone who had the highest base intelligent state before the upgrades if any?" Romero asked.
"I think it was Shift at 390, with you at second at 333 and Squeaks in third with 300." I answered.
"Wow. Neat."
"Yep." I nodded. "So Tony's got some pretty good stats."
"Alright, so I'll do what Alchem did for all my stats, cause I have a list of skills I want and need." Tony said readily.
"So 320,000 to all Stats? Sure." Holy nodded, putting in all the stats.
"So what kind of abilities you looking for then?" Romero asked.
"Well, first are some exclusives for me as I'm still a Zinogre, and that's Storm Flier and Artificial Evolution, and due to my new Ice biology I can get Blizzard Flier as well." Tony explained. "Storm Flier let's me channel the storm into boosting all my lightning attacks and heals me, Blizzard Flier does the same thing but in a Blizzard, and also I can fly without my wings but eh." Tony shrugged. "Next is Artificial Evolution, which says I evolve to also be able to control technology." Tony stated.
"Sounds useful. Especially once we start raiding Chaos Guild Bases." Shift said.
"Then I will need Scan at at least level two thousand, cause from what I've read that should be high enough for me to see the monster's health, stats, weaknesses and drop table."
"Excuse me what!?" Romero asked incredulously.
"Yeah, that's why Scan's so good." Tony admitted.
"That explains why Scan is your fetish Ability." Shift chuckled.
"At higher level's it's mostly to get past either monster's challenge rating, or other people's Scan levels from what I read up." Tony said simply. "Then here's two more Exclusive's I found, 'Raging Tempest' and 'Thunderous Whiteout', Raging Tempest basically turns the surrounding area into a localized Supercell whenever I'm in my 'Charged' Form, and Thunderous Whiteout is about the same but swap the Rain with the namesake of a Whiteout that me and my allies are more or less immune to while our enemies have to suffer lightning, blistering's colds and a fuck ton of snow."
"Damn dude, you're getting some bullshit skills here." I mentioned.
"I am a video game nerd and I looked into this a lot when I had the free time." Tony admitted.
"Cool, so after all that you have 1,050 left." Holy informed.
"Hmm…" Tony hummed. "Because I kept seeing a lot of other things, is there a skill that lets me naturally produce Fulgur Bugs? They're the special lightning bugs that help me enter my 'Charged' State that gives me a boost to all my stats and activate some of my skills."
"Let's see… yeah, yeah here's one. Symbiotic Production. The description's a bit odd so bare with me." Holy started. "User will have their skin and body become a natural environment where symbiotic entities can live and thrive within the user without actually being on or inside the users body but will enter and emerge from the users skin. This allows the user to let the symbiotic entities grow and reproduce and support their host."
"Well that sounds… like a thing that exists." Meg said.
"It basically means my body turns into a terrarium for 'symbiote-like' entities like my Fulgur Bugs." He said, bringing up a hand and showing off the fancy looking thunder bug that looked like a golden hercules beetle. "…I mean, it would be hilarious if I also got a Symbiote out of this." Tony added with a chuckle.
"Maybe if you knock up Abby next your kids can do that?" Holy said.
That made Tony and I blush a bit. Still can't believe Abby and I are finally having our first kid…
"Yeah…it's…it's definitely a thing." I said sheepishly.
"So how many skill points are left?" Tony inquired. "Cause I can gush about my future kids later…"
"That leaves you with fifty." Holy said.
"Anything he can get for that?" Squeaks asked.
"Well… if he wants to spend it all one one, yeah. This one looks accurate for you. It's called Pack Alpha." Holy said.
"Oh?" Tony inquired. "What does that do? Cause I was just going to ask to get the 'Improved Natural Armor/Attack' sweet from Dungeons and Dragons to however high it can go, but Pack Alpha sounds more interesting."
"Basically that, since you're a True Alpha, any feral Zingore you come across you can tame by howling. Says to make sure it's loud and with authority and so long as they are weaker than you, you'll tame them and they'll be akin to Tamed Monsters."
"Do not fuck the feral dogs." Meg added.
"I have standards!" Tony yelled.
"I know. Just wanted to rile you up."
Tony rolled his eyes. "And while it might not happen often or…ever, sure I'd like to take Pack Alpha."
"Alright, here ya go." Holy said.
"Alright, one last person to go." Romero said.
"Hm?" That's everyone?" Holy said.
"You forgot yourself."
"Oh, well I was gonna put the stats in private but if you wanna make a spectacle of it." She said, putting her own stats up.
[Holy
HP: 65
MP: 450
ATT: 35
DEF: 30
PR: 5
MR: 20
ER: 5
Status R: 0
Poison R: 0
Fear R: 40
Bleed R: 0
Acid R: 0
Psychic R: 40
Disease R: 15
Strength: 20
Agility: 24
Vitality: 23
Vigor: 25
Intelligence: 30
Endurance: 45
Dexterity: 40]
"Well, you did technically just get here, you are still rather strong Holy." I admitted.
"Stronger than I was." Toshinori said.
"Yeah, I guess the Physical Stats are all from my days in the Marines and working at the Agency." Holy shrugged.
"Yep, hard work and determination can still do great things, even here." I said honestly.
"I'll just do what Toshinori and Romero did. Gets me up there and I can at least take on some of these Chaos Guild fucks in a fight." She shrugged.
"Cool." I nodded. "You can easily get stuff from the Skill Tree later after you looked through it a bit more."
"Definitely plan on it." She nodded.
I nodded. "Sounds like a pla-why the hell are you a cyborg?" I asked Tony as I saw the phoenix thunder doggo have quite a bit of metallic bits to them like they just went through a weird cyborg operation.
"Artificial Evolution." He said. "Honestly, I kinda like the look." He said, blinking his new cybernetic looking eyes.
"Now go fuck and see if his dick is a vibrator." Shift said.
That got everyone laughing.
"Yeah yeah, I'll make sure my harem alone gives me a month's worth of skill points." I said.
"You wish it was that small." Tony admitted with a chuckle. "But come on, we got some fun to have."
"Alright. Next time We can focus on abilities and other things-" Holy started. Then was interrupted.
The doors to the room burst open, Undyne being the one cause the disturbance and gain our attention. "King Alchem, there's a Ship flying near the kingdom!" She informed.
"What does the ship look like?" I asked quickly, getting up and ready to go see the new shop.
"Like a sci-fi space ship made of stone floating over the ocean. Attempts to radio them are proving difficult." Undyne said.
A stone looking spaceship? Well that's unexpected.
"Hmm…well, let's go see what the hell it is." I said readily. "Lead the way, Undyne."
"Yes sir." She nodded as I got up and followed her.
Romero, Shift, Holy, Meg, Squeaks and Toshinori all followed behind. Bigs went back to his kitchen.
Hopefully this ship is friendly…
"Have I heard of this ship before?" I thought to myself