Chapter 22

So then, I switched my attention unto the non respondent Rio.

[ Name: Rio Lucredia

Level: 5 EXP: 20/3000

Status: Alive (Broken)

Race: Human

HP: 100/100

Mana: 500/500

Attack Power: 780

Skills: Gather (Lv. 1), Farming (Lv. 1), Mind Manipulation (Lv. 5), Crowd Empathizer (Lv. 3), Stalk (Lv. 6), Observe (Lv. 4), Clever Words (Lv. 4), Hero Awakening (Inactive).

Titles:

Blessings: N/A ]

Hmph.

This creep.... just how much did he stalk his own sister?! Not to mention he's below average stats! What the heck, he's even weaker than Kinoko when he was at level 3!

I can tell that this brat is lazy but not only that, he spent all his time on his sister?

Sigh... Let's just get this over with.

Mind Manipulation!

Suddenly, his eyes became clouded and then stood up.

I went closer to him to inspect any other changes but except for the clouded eyes, no significant changes.

So then....how do I use this skill?

Hmm..

'Walk?'

Nothing.

'Do a backflip.'

Still nothing.

Hmmm...

'Punch yourself.'

Nothing? Nope.

Huh.. what could wo-

It was only then did I notice that there was a text box above him saying, ' Input Command '.

...

How could I not notice that first.

Ehem. Anyway.

[ Gather skills without reaching level 10 ]

Will that work?

[ Error! Command too complicated for current level. ]

What? current level? of what? the person itself or my skill?

Ugh... fine, I guess I could do some experiments during the time.

Oh yeah wait a second, this guy hasn't used his awakening skill yet.

[ Use Awakening [ Hero ] Skill. ]

Suddenly, once again, a beam of light fell from the sky and then hit Rio.

SZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSZ...

"GAAAAAHHHHHH!"

Then just like what happened to the girl, this guy screamed in pain as he levitated off the ground.

WOOSH!

Thud.

And then just like that, he fell unconscious on the ground.

I really don't appreciate your sailor m*on transformation, you know?

Yeah, look at me, I'm a hero. I turn blonde. <---- (Mocking like an incel)

"Ugh.."

Ho?

Surprisingly, he woke up much earlier than the girl.

"Wha.... what happened... ugh.. my head is killing me."

Uhhh... what? what? what is going on? why is this kid suddenly sane? where did my hardwork of depression go?

"Huh? Gah! It's you! how did you get here?! Just so you know, I won't hand over my sister to you, you demonic beast!"

I-it can't be....

"Huh? what's with that stupefied expression of yours? afraid of me? well you better be! I have the whole village on my back!"

This is so.. so... BULLSHIT!

ALL MY HARD WORK, FOR NOTHING. Did this guy seriously just forget what happened?!

'Y-you...'

"Huh? why are we near the walls of Saint Laurent?"

"Wait a second- where are you taking me?? Why did you-"

Smack!

Thud.

He was immediately out cold when I hit him with my tail.

That should put him out cold for a while. Hm... What should I do....

-

It was dawn and both those two should be coming back.

Actually, I'm quite surprised that Ruri isn't back yet. Has she been gathering skills the whole night?

Rustle! Rustle!

The bushes suddenly shook as someone pass through, it a was an incredibly exhausted, drenched in sweat, pretty blonde girl.

'How'd it go?'

"I... I... I need to rest..."

'Go ahead.'

I let her use one of my tails as a pillow.

"Finally.... I did my.... best... zzz..."

She must've really been exhausted, what did she do to be this exha-

[ Name: Ruri Lucredia

Level: 6 EXP: 40/4000

Status: Alive

Race: Human

HP: 1000/1000

Mana: 5000/5000

Attack Power: 4000

Skills: Gather (Lv. 7), Farming (Lv. 5), Bountiful Harvest (Lv. 3), Chop (Lv. 5), Hero Awakening (Active), Walk (Lv. 2), Run (Lv. 3), Dash (Lv. 3), Jump (Lv. 3), Enhanced Jump (Lv.1), Hop (Lv. 1), Slide (Lv. 2), Sneak (Lv. 3), Cut Slash(Lv. 3), Stab (Lv. 2), Cleave (Lv. 3), Diagonal slash (Lv. 2), Feint (Lv. 3), Sword Proficiency (Lv. 2), Footwork (Lv. 2), Block (Lv. 3), Dodge (Lv. 4), Multitask (Lv. 6), Clean(Lv. 2), Dismantle (Lv. 2), Dissect (Lv. 3), Climb (Lv.3), Quick Movements (Lv. 1), Observe (Lv. 3), Analyze (Lv. 2), Throw (Lv.2), Torture (Lv.6), Crush (Lv. 2), Break (Lv.3), Slice(Lv. 2).

Titles: Haru's Apprentice

Blessings: N/A ]

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Oh my go-

...

... holy hell..

Those are real skills?! What the hell is a jump, hop, and enhanced jump?!

Most of these feel like they came off from p*kemon moves!

Also.. Sword? where the hell did she even get a sword?

And... Torture Mastery Level 6?! How?! All this?! in one night?!

Im done.

Gods, if you're listening, cause I'm very well aware you are, This system is bullshit, just as much as you Demon Lord gonna be.

[ Yeah.. that's about right mortal. ]

JESUS-

[ Hou? ]

God.. stop fucking suddenly speaking in my head like that. You're sick in the head, cat god.

[ Mortal, Listen. ]

What is it!

[ We found and apprehended the celestials who were tampering with this world. ]

Is that so... and?

[ Unfortunately, we were too late to stop them. ]

Stop them from what?

[ Mortal, the Demon Lord was made to be the vessel of a god! ]

W-what? a god?!

[ That's right mortal. They were building the demon lord to be the vessel of a god. Meaning, a god would be reborn in the mortal realm! When that happens... ]

When that happens?

[ It could be the end of the whole Celestial Universe ]

What do you mean?

[ Hmm... I suppose it would be fine to tell you. ]

Tell me what?

[ Mortals of this world are able to ascend and achieve godhood. ]

Wow, why is it again.. am I not surprised?

[ What are you talking about mortal? ]

Nothing. Just saying that I've already read a secret (plot) like that somewhere before.

[ Y-you mean there are mortals who knows of this?! ]

No... it's nothing you need to worry about, at best, all they could do is just believe.

[ I see... ]

Anyway.. what were we talking about?

[ A god entering the mortal realm. ]

Uh.. yeah.

Wait hold on a second. I'm pretty sure gods like you can go down in this world and intervine just like the way Aeolus did right?

[ If you're speaking about Aeolus's child then yes, however, that is only made by our spirit avatars. ]

What are those?

[ Basically, we can send an astral projection here and interact with mortals here. However, it takes a very strong force to do anything at all. ]

How hard is it?

[ This hard. ]

Suddenly, I felt something pushed me on my chest and then all of the sudden, I left my body.

Woah....

I'm floating yet at the same time I'm not? I feel free and light....

It's as if-

WOOSH!

What the-

Suddenly, I felt a strong gravitational force dragging me to the the ground.

W-what is happening?!

The ground where I'm at suddenly started cracking and I can smell... foul? decaying meat? I don't know but it smells so bad!

The ground continues to crack that I felt like Im gonna go through the ground.

The cracks became larger and larger, and there I saw.... a glimpse of... of... the world below...

Grab!

And just like that I'm back to my body.

[ How was it human? ]

H-how was what?

[ You saw right? ]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[ Hmph, Is that so? ]

...

[ Well anyway, as I was saying-

I saw something... It was looking right back at me.. I swear to god.. It looked like-

It's appearance keeps flashing back to my head making me... What was that.. What was that.. What was that..What was that..What was that..What was that..What was that.. What was that.. What was that..What was that..What was that..What was that.. What was-

[ Goddamn it, stop it already mortal! ]

Huh?

[ It's a reminder that there is actually an even worse place than hell. ]

W-what is that?

[ They say when you look at the abyss, the abyss looks directly back at you. ]

Y-yeah thanks for the unconvincing, unnecessary, and unrelated quote.

[ Heh... we'll continue this talk for another time and seeing as how you won't probably be alright for quite a while. ]

...

[ Here's something to help you cope up with it. See you next time mortal, I expect that you're alright the next time I see you. ]

[ Calming Mind (2 months)

This if a buff given to by The benevolent Cat God! You'll unlock a skill with the same name.

During this time, you have to upgrade it to at least 2 star to be barely be able to cope up with that image ingrained in your head, Good luck! ]

...

Slowly, my mental state started to stabilize as the calming effect washes over the distorting imagine in my head.

I can't explain it... No, it was unexplainable to be exact.

It's like that monster in the Bird B*x movie... It almost made me want to kill myself just to forget whatever the hell it is I saw.

Jesus....