Prologue

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Prologue: Destiny is a bitch.... 

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When I was a boy, I thought life was boring. I thought that adults were stupid because of all their stupid rules and obstacles that they kept creating, until that time came for me too, they tried to instill their rules in me so that they could control me like a puppet that they could command at will.

But no matter how hard they tried, it all ended in failure because I did not want to be such a fate for myself, they could not do what they really wanted, and this made them envy and hate me for the choices I had made.

And no matter how much they tried to talk to me in different ways and try to condition me for their own personal purposes. If I'm honest, even I didn't understand why I behaved that way and instead accepted life as it should have been from the beginning.

But as I grew up, I found the answer to this question of mine, which was that I simply did not want to live by the rules imposed by others, so I simply abandoned my family legacy when I saw how much I was suffering from it and moved on with my life.

I rejected the reality in front of me and ran away from my family, who considered me important only because of all the wealth that should have belonged to me after my father's death.

Walking down the street after another boring day at work, I found myself reading the last chapter of my favorite manga, Berserk, and I was lost in thought as usual, carefully analyzing the whole story to form my own opinion.

After a few seconds, after reading the chapter a few times, I opened the Twitter app on my phone to give some "constructive" criticism to people who called Berserk bad.

Just because he decided that Guts needed empowerment so he could get Casca and she could really stand to be with him. Because it's really messed up that she not only can't stand to be around her savior, but she gets kidnapped by her villain again when she could have Stoockholme Syndrome.

Reading several such comments, I could only grit my teeth as my fingers raced through my phone to reply to the various haters:

My answer: It's actually a love story, of course revenge is a goal, but the main character does it for Casca, and he's been destroyed over and over again, but he keeps getting back up, he doesn't have his personality, he just stepped on the scale.

BobUchica_69: So you're telling me you want to wait another five years before anything interesting happens? Fine. Stop giving gas to all those who expect more story progression than 1/4 of a short chapter. They are rightfully disappointed. This is spinning the wheel on a political level.... If we keep going backwards, we could see 8 chapters of progress in the next decade and you are ORGANIZED about it, licking your boots?

My answer: These guys are taking their time and letting the story flow at the pace that Berserk likes, except when the shit really ramps up and hits the fan. Considering how much craziness has happened since 364, I'm glad they're taking their time with both production and storytelling. I really like that.

The real world was undoubtedly an exhausting and boring place. But at least I could have fun responding to these people whose only goal in life was to hate others ruthlessly.

But I could only admit that I always wished the world was more than what it was, like imagining if people had superpowers. How interesting would that be? I wish the world had more to offer than just making money until I die, I don't see the point.

While I was thinking about this, I couldn't help but respond to another comment that said Guts would become an apostle to stand a small chance against the hand of God.

No. Ganesha as a character exists to show that no matter how powerful or how much ego an Apostle may have, he will never be able to defeat or even truly challenge a Divine Hand that has its attention focused on him.

The encounter in human form on Ganesha's elephant throne is the best illustration of this. All of Ganesha's will, his ego, his anger, all of his personality, his past and his struggles up to that point are useless in the face of his innate desire to submit to Griffith...

He lived and endured only because Griffith needed him to be desperate enough to initiate Fantasia, he surrendered just by being in Griffith's direct presence.

If Guts becomes an apostle, it literally destroys the central theme of this work, and if that happens, it will be a sad day! People who really believe that Miura ever intended a depressing ending in which Guts is hopelessly lost to the Beast of Darkness seem not to be paying much attention to the flow of the series as a whole.

Even the scenario of Guts simply killing Griffith has been pushed back in more ways than one. Is Griffith even killable at this point? His power is literally a plot armor that makes sense.

Then there is the fact that Guts would *never* want to become an Apostle. Guts would *never* sacrifice Casca or his friends just to kill Griffith, what sense would that make after all this time?

I could see his very existence as an existential threat to the idea of evil (God), because he defies its demands, is not a slave to its whims, and shows that man has the freedom to choose.

If people follow Guts' intuition and slowly but surely take destiny back into their own hands, defying the idea that destiny shackles them... this would weaken and eventually spell the end of God.

Empowering the Dragon Slayer. We saw Rickert learn blacksmithing from Godot. Specifically, the weapons. I think Rickert will use the Behelit to give the Dragon Slayer the ability to really damage astral beings, body and soul.

After seeing Griffith play with Guts on the island, possibly with the improved sword, Griffith will no longer be able to perform this trick. He will probably get wounded trying, giving Guts the advantage in the final battle.

"And they think they have the story figured out..." I couldn't help but say, the obvious contempt spilling out of my mouth as I continued to walk around, adding to my apartment.

"Help!-"

"Hmm??" I turned towards a completely dark alley, the end of which was not even visible, "Am I imagining things? I thought I heard a voice..." I wasn't too far from my apartment, and I walked this street practically every day, and nothing like this had ever happened.

Finally, I decided to check it out, moved slowly and entered the dirty alley in front of me, obviously careful not to stumble in any way, and tried to stay there. 

At that moment I saw a scene that would stay in my mind for the rest of my life, a very massive or should I say fat man fucking a young girl in a school uniform.

The girl in question was crying, her mouth covered so that she could call for help or even just try to run away from this horrible scenario.

At that moment, my body went on autopilot and without missing a beat, I grabbed an empty broken glass bottle and smashed the bastard's head before he even noticed my presence.

At that moment I had to admit that I didn't mind killing the bastard, after all he was raping a girl who obviously didn't want it. And I seriously doubted that the police would put me in jail for self-defense with the girl's testimony.

*Boom*

Without much surprise, the pig didn't understand what was going on as he was quickly and painlessly killed with an obvious wound on his head that was losing more and more blood, "Don't worry, it's all over..."

The girl looked at me with obvious confusion, it was obvious that she was still shocked by everything that had happened, so I decided to give her some space to compose herself and in the meantime turn around to call the police.

"Ehh?" I could only shout as I could see that my side was quickly losing a lot of blood, and I turned around only to see the girl's expression change as if she were a completely different person.

Most importantly, there was a knife in her hands....

I fell to the floor of the alley as I felt my strength slowly leaving me, my body growing colder and colder as if I were submerged in a tub of ice.

The girl seemed to have completely lost her mind as she continued to stomp the ground in obvious frustration at the whole situation she found herself in.

"Fucking piece of shit! It was supposed to be a simple fucking job, you hear my voice and then you approach 'Daddy' and try to stop him. But no! Your first action was to kill him, you fucking psychopath!!!"

I could feel the girl's eyes on my body, "All because you are now a useless failure for your family, for whom you are of no use at all, but at least you could have died alone..."

'I can't even change my fate,' I thought as I felt my eyesight getting weaker and weaker.

In this world, is the fate of human beings controlled by a being or a transcendental law? Is it like God hovering above? At the very least, it is true that man has no control over anything, not even his own will.

[Interlude]

"So this is what comes after death, huh? I said aloud, wondering if someone or at least something would appear to tell me what exactly I was supposed to do in this place.

I was in a completely white room, I couldn't tell if the room was small or big, just white. It was strange not to be able to trust my senses, but if this situation was what I thought it was, then I didn't really care.

The only thing I could see in front of me was a simple metal desk with a PC on it, and although I was very surprised at first, I quickly regained my bearings and began to approach it, sitting down to read what was on it.

[How would you like to be reborn in another world?]

"I don't know, but I think I'd be okay with it," I simply replied, because who wouldn't want to give up their life for something more interesting and fun, or so I thought.

[Request Accepted]

[In Search of a Random World for Reincarnation]

"Well, it could have been worse," I said aloud, not really believing that those who controlled the system heard him. As if my hopes had come true, a message appeared in front of his eyes, making his entire body shudder

[World Search Accelerated]

All I could do was stare at the writing with a completely defeated gaze, happily waiting for the end to come so that I could move on with my new life.

[Random World Found]

[The World of Reincarnation: Against the Gods]

"Well, it went from 0 to 100 very quickly," I could only say, looking at the message in front of me.

"Still ATG, huh?" I muttered as I put my hand to my chin, "The only character I found interesting and with some intelligence was Qianye Ying'er.

I don't even want to think about the female protagonist, who was literally a puppet created by the Ancestral Goddess to guide Yun Che to fulfill her destiny. This means that every decision she made would soon affect the fate of (ATG MC), which I really dislike.

I really hate all this destiny crap....

But for me, who likes Berserk, this world is really perfect, suffering to get better. Basically always on the verge of death and then something happens, then you turn on, rinse and repeat.

"But I hope I have some advantages, right?" I asked.

[You can choose three initial advantages before entering the chosen world, but they cannot be too strong or they will be rejected and you will be reincarnated with nothing to help you survive]

[Advantage - 1: <Please choose> ]

[Advantage - 2: <Please choose> ]

[Advantage - 3: <Please choose> ]

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My hunch was right, I would be reincarnated in another world with advantages that I could choose. Something that many people want and I had the opportunity to do just that, in this case I could only admit that I was really lucky.

Reincarnating in ATG was good enough and all, but it was a dangerous world if I couldn't handle myself without being too arrogant with the young masters, so my benefits should be perfectly balanced, so after making that judgment, I decided on my first wish.

After all, how could I not? That way, I would have important knowledge in combat, a very powerful weapon, and armor that could save my life in the most dangerous situations for me.

As for my second wish, I had chosen something stereotypical to increase my overall soul power because it was so important in the cultivation world.

Therefore, I had chosen the Berserk of Gluttony skill, a mortal sin skill with the ability to steal a person's abilities and stats by consuming their soul.

But in return, the user will suffer from uncontrollable hunger, and the only way to relieve the pain is to have a constant supply of souls to feed it, and never gain experience levels. 

"Perfect." I said with a huge smile that could only grow on my face as I realized which last advantage I had to choose.

If my hunch was right, I would not need any of Rimuru's Op skills as long as I could use these three advantages to their full potential.

My third Advantage was to have the strongest power in the world of One Piece, which I knew would help me immensely, both at close range and from afar, so that I could be strong in any situation without any notable weaknesses anywhere.

[Advantage - 1: Having the di Guts of Bersek Template (Without Traumatic Memories)]

[Advantage - 2: Getting the Gluttony skill of the Berserk of Gluttony]

[Advantage - 3: Gura Gura no Mi (Without Weakness)]

[Advantages Granted]

[Reincarnation in Progress]

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A/N: It struck me as odd that I had never story a tale centered around Guts, my absolute favorite character.

Opting for a lighthearted narrative, my aim was to keep it entertaining without delving into unnecessary complexity. Nevertheless, I wanted the storyline to possess a discernible purpose.

In the initial segment, I drew inspiration from my observations while perusing the latest chapters of the manga, eager to share my perspective as a devoted fan. 

The story begins with a deliberate effort to capture the essence of Guts and my admiration for this beloved character.

Transitioning to the second part, I decided to infuse a darker tone into the narrative, albeit cautiously, wary of not plunging into excessive bleakness.

The chosen initial advantages were carefully selected based on their perceived relevance to the plot. Naturally, the distinct abilities featured in the story will exhibit unique nuances given the world chosen , a facet that will be elucidated as the story unfolds.

On the other hand, if you want to see something specific in the next chapters, or even just have some good advice for the story as a whole, I am always willing to read a comment if it is constructive criticism.

If you see any mistakes, I would be grateful if you would point them out to me, so that I can correct them when I have some spare time, and make the story as complete as possible for myself and especially for you.

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