Prologue III

[Attraction] The part of his kill that allows him to pull things toward himself or pull himself toward things.

Out of nowhere, Hades's body flew toward the old man swinging a fist.

The old man quickly lifted his staff to block the sudden attack but it was no use. The staff immediately shattered. Hades's hands have been hardening all those years he spends hammering stones. A mere wooden stick won't stop him.

"You bastard!" The old man flicked his fingers and a burst of flame emitted from them.

[Attraction] Hades pulled his body toward the wall immediately dodging the attack. Just before his feet could touch the wall [Repulsion] he flung his body toward the old man again with a headbutt.

The old man swung his fist down at Hades's head. That punch had a strange power behind it that made Hade's body spin in place.

[Attraction] Hades attracted his foot toward the old man's face. Delivering a powerful kick.

[Attraction][Attraction] Pulling the old man's head toward the ground and his feelings behind it. Hades stomped him to the ground finishing him off.

{Favor: 0/100} => {Favor: 100/100}

{Congratulation, keep up the hard work!} The woman's voice rang in his head.

{Level: 0/100}=>{Level: 1/100}

{Favor: 0/200}

The eye looked down at him, {You have done well, how about I give you a treat?}

"What's a treat?" Hades stared back at her and the old man lying on the ground.

{You have leveled up for the first time, so I will tell you something interesting} The eye stared back at him. {I can revive your cat if you reached level 100}

"You can do that?" He looked at her with hopeful eyes.

{Of course, the more people and monsters you kill. The more levels and strength you will get. So how did you feel about ending your father like this?}

The devil was smiling from the inside, with the knowledge she gave him, she especially made the father figure very important. Knowing that the old man was his father, this would break and turn him into a controllable doll. Or so she expected.

Hades smiled, "I leveled up so…I'm glad I made progress toward reviving her!" He didn't care, not even a bit.

All the information she dumped into his head didn't matter, the only thing carrying importance was the cat he owned.

{You're an interesting one indeed, let me give you your second mission already, reach level ten to get a new ability. The more you get done, the more power I can grant you. Better than what you were doing before, right?}

"I don't care about power, I need my cat back," Hades growled at the eye, all he wanted is to get back to spending time with the only friend he made in his life. Nothing else mattered as he didn't have anything else.

{Oh, you need to care about power. Without it, you will never reach level 100, you will never see your cat again. Here's a list of powers you will get at each tenth level}

The eye transformed into a flat shape and displayed the powers in front of Hades. He couldn't read so she had to read it to him.

{From level 10=>70

Wrath: Break

Lust: Seduction

Gluttony: Devour

Envy: Erase

Greed: Copy

Sloth: Hibernation

Pride: Feet

At each tenth level, you can choose one of them to get, but I suggest you keep pride for last as your body might not be able to handle its power at lower levels}

{From level 80=>100

Arrogance: Challenger

Juggernaut: Over Drive

Betrayal: Sacrifice

Those are definitely not the kind of abilities that you can handle before level 80, Especially Betrayal, I suggest you keep it to level 100.}

{Each time you level up, you will get 3 stats points to distribute however you like between your stats. And talking about that, I suggest you get Gluttony at level 10. But that a conversation will have when the time comes.}

"I have one question…Why is Pride called feet?" He asked, as per the knowledge she gave him, this was strange even for him.

{Believe me, you don't want to know until you reach level 70 and get the ability. It's that powerful and that name couldn't be more befitting for it.}

"What for now?" He asked.

{You won't be able to talk to me again until you reach level 10, so for now, just survive till then.} The eye said menacingly. {You're injured, aren't you?}

Hades' vision started to blur as his blood cooled down, his stomach started to turn and he vomited what little bread he had eaten.

{That punch you got to the head was infused with magic. Spinning at that speed had rattled your inside and now that you relaxed, the damage is starting to show}

The eye pulsed and glared at the door, {Hurry, get out of here. See you at level 10} the eye then disappeared and he could no more hear the woman's voice.

Hades barely stood up using half of his father's broken staff. He stumbled to the door.

It was locked, but that wasn't a problem [Repulsion] A blast rushed from Hades's hand and tore the door from its rusted hinges.

With each step he took, it was getting hard to breath. He eventually coughed blood and collapsed on the grass outside the building. Yet, a massive wall still blocked his path.

'I could rest a bit, right?' He thought but he remembered the woman's order to get out.

Having to follow orders, he touched the ground with his hand. [Repulsion] BAM! His body was flung into the air and fell behind the wall.

It was a rocky hill and he rolled all the way to the bottom, from stone to stone, he got knocked over and over again until he landed in a wheat field bleeding and unconscious.

After a while, a girl noticed the dent in the wheat and called her father to check it out. What they found, was Hades' bloodied body.

"Father, is he one of the village's drunkards?" The girl asked. Young people from the village usually get drunk and fight, ending up in a similar state and being thrown into the field like this.

Her father shook his head and turned Hades on his back. "Never seen him in the village bar, he kind of reminds me of Galmond the mage when he was young."

"Galmond, the one living up the hill?" She stared at her father.

"I told you to keep focus in school, he is the mage keeping this god-forsaken island afloat by repairing the chains each year. If not for him, we would fall into the monster-infest lower ground." Her father growled, in this village where thousands of people lived, none dared disrespect Galmond.

To the people, he was their hero, the only man keeping life possible after the central church abandoned the place.

"What should we do then?" The girl asked.

"We will take him home and treat him. Galmond should be coming down the hill in two days, I will ask him then if he knows something." The man grabbed Hades and lifted him.

He blinked twice, hades was lighter than he expected.

The man immediately put Hades back down and peeked under his clothes. He only had bones and blood, shriveled and pale skin. There was no place for meat in his body.

"On top of being injured, the kid doesn't seem to have been eating for days. I swear to Galmond I will kill his parents when I see them." The man carried Hades again and rushed back home.