2 How Difficult It Is To Become An Antagonist?

"Dine-and dash?! Antagonist Manual?" Luo Hong was confused.

The bloody words appeared on the manual for the span of only three breaths before it slowly disappeared. With its disappearance, the eerie feeling faded slightly.

More importantly, Luo Hong somehow felt calmer looking at the manual now. He was not as scared as before.

'Did I just get the correct cheat manual just by touching it? Or did it just acknowledge me?'

After he calmed down, Luo Hong touched the cover again. It still felt like the soft skin of a girl.

He opened it and saw a line of bloody words written on the first page.

[Prelude: From today onwards, please become a great antagonist.]

'What the heck? Which antagonist before me left such a bland and lame message on the manual?'

The message seemed a little funny. Luo Hong wanted to roast it for its dark humor but did not know where to start. After a few more glances, he flipped the page. The contents on the second page resembled some statistics.

Character: Luo Hong

Level: 1

Sin Level: 0

Title: Little B*stard

Race: Man (Mortal)

Cultivated Arts: None (has not started cultivating)

Luo Hong's eyes glittered when he went through the contents of the page. It was his own character statistics! In his previous life, some online games would display the character statistics as such!

'System? Is that you? Do you really think I wouldn't recognize you with a layer of human skin on?!'

After being excited for a moment, Luo Hong fixed his attention on the Cultivated Arts row. "Has not started cultivating?"

He was slightly disappointed because he was just a useless but rich mortal. He sighed heavily, but since he was able to escape certain death, good fortune was bound to happen. Although the human skin manual might be a little difficult to possess, it was no doubt a treasure.

In this world, being a mortal limited Luo Hong's knowledge, but he was certain of one thing: this world was vast, almost endless, and it was beautiful and mystical. Unlike the ancient times of the old world, extraordinary powers that allowed one to fly into the sky or dive deep into the earth existed in this world.

Luo Hong had a hunch that his landlord father that had gone missing must have something to do with those powers. He had no idea what to call this world, and based on his memory alone, he did not even know how big this world was.

Based on his limited memory of this world, Luo Hong knew that he was currently in Anping County, which was under the jurisdiction of Jiangling Commandery of the Great Xia Empire. Other than the Great Xia Empire, there were also the Great Zhou Empire and the Great Chu Empire.

These three empires controlled this world and maintained its order with their unrivaled powers. As for the cultivation and all the news about the extraordinary powers, Luo Hong was clueless. It was something mere mortals could not get their hands on.

"This world is dangerous, much more dangerous than the ancient times of the old world. Maybe one day, I'll go missing like the father of this body. Then, I won't even get to determine my fate… I must cultivate!" His eyes glistened as his gaze settled on the Antagonist Manual again.

In this world, it was difficult for mere mortals to come across cultivation. The Antagonist Manual that he had gotten might not be something stellar, but it might be his only chance to come in contact with cultivation. It might also be the only support that could keep himself alive in this unknown world. Therefore, he ought to latch on to this life-saving manual.

He continued flipping the pages.

The third page was empty, but there were some words in the upper left corner: Antagonist Diary.

Luo Hong was surprised. 'The manual has its own diary section? Is it telling me to write my own diary? Who the hell with a sane mind writes a diary?!'

He pouted and flipped to the fourth page which seemed to be the start of the manual's contents. It was filled with words. In the upper left corner were some bloody words: Prize Pool.

Luo Hong continued down the page.

[Prize Pool]

Special Prize: Heavenly Demon Indestructible Body (Sin Level: +?? …? Exchangeable)

First Prize: Immortal Wicked Spirit (Sin Level +1,000,000. Exchangeable)

Second Prize: Completed Heavenly State Demon Cultivation Arts, Dark Night Codex. (Sin Level: +10,000. Exchangeable)

Third Prize: One bottle of Tiansha Pills (Sin Level: +100. Exchangeable)

Consolation: Random Demon Cultivation Arts Fragment (Sin Level: +10/ -1-??...? Exchangeable)

[Note: The prize from the Prize Pool will be affected by the entries in the Antagonist Diary. It will be based on the Sin Level of the Antagonist Acts. Once any of the prizes are drawn, the list will refresh in 5 days, and during the refresh, the Prize Pool cannot be used.]

Luo Hong breathed heavily. 'If everything written here is true, then the prizes are…freaking awesome! Heavenly Demon Indestructible Body, Immortal Wicked Spirit, and Heavenly State Cultivation Arts...the names of these prizes alone sound awesome from top to bottom!'

As he held the manual, his hands trembled. He shut his eyes to force himself to calm down. He knew he was looking at a huge opportunity here.

"These prizes are given based on Antagonist Acts. This Antagonist Act must be the key, but…what exactly is that?" Luo Hong pondered the question. Soon, his eyes gleamed in realization and he remembered the words that had appeared on the human skin manual.

"Wait a minute. Didn't I activate this Antagonist Manual because of the Antagonist Act: dine and dash?!" He believed he was on to something. "So, if I want to be stronger, I must do what an antagonist does to raise the so-called Sin Level. The worse I am, the better! This manual is forcing me to become a strong and confident antagonist!"

Excited, he closed the human skin manual and his excitement did not stop there. "Dining and dashing is just a petty prank! Maybe I should take someone else's wife as my own or destroy my ancestors. If that's not enough, I shall usurp the throne!"

"I'm going to be an antagonist to increase the Sin Level, right? How hard can it be?"

…

At the Luo Residence in Anping County.

Luo Hong finally found his way home. While the servants were shocked by his return, he quickly washed up and got changed.

He felt refreshed after cleaning himself up as if he had just come back to life.

After he sent the servants away, Luo Hong sat down in the study with the windows closed. He carefully took the human skin manual out again. Then, he flipped to the third page and stared at the blank diary page.

"Am I supposed to write the diary myself?" he thought.

A moment later, he picked up the brush and dipped it into the ink that the servant had prepared for him. He then started to write on the manual: "June 13th, the Great Xia Calendar. I traveled to Jishan Village to collect rent but encountered bandits and got killed…"

Luo Hong plunged into silence after writing the first sentence. He then drew a line across the sentence and canceled it out. He sighed and said, "I, Luo Hong, am really a straight and honest man. I can't even write a diary properly…"

Some thoughts later, he dipped the brush in ink again and continued writing in the blank space.

"June 13th, the Great Xia Calendar. 

"My first dine-and-dash. I ate two bowls of soybean pudding and two fried breadsticks. The lady owner was a soft person and her voice was pleasant. Unfortunately, she looked a little slovenly as she had soot and dirt on her face, so she was unpleasant to look at. Otherwise, I could have eaten three bowls. Besides, since I got this manual and it wants me to do bad things, I think…I don't have to pay her."

After writing a ton of words and filling the page, Luo Hong was satisfied.

However, the manual shone brightly and erased everything he wrote in the blink of an eye, returning to its blank and clean state.

Luo Hong was shocked, and he was at a loss of what to do.

"It really can't work. The dine-and-dash was used to activate the manual. I can't use it again, so it doesn't count…"

After all, it would be unreasonable if he could use the little dine-and-dash more than once.

"I guess I'll have to find some new antagonistic things to do."