Chapter 6 - How To Fumble A Baddie

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

[System]

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(First POV: Grin)

[June 6th, 20:53:37, 2248]

"Grin." That was the only thing I could say without stuttering.

As she walked past me, her silvery-white hair flowed behind her. However, my vision followed her lower.

I could confidently say she was more bottom-heavy than top-heavy. But the top was definitely not something to take lightly.

I immediately slapped both my cheeks as hard as I could in order to try and stay focused.

[-1]

[You have taken a fatal attack.]

[You have died.]

[Logging user out. You will be able to log in again after 24 hours.]

[Quest: Investigate the weird surroundings]

[Status: Failed]

[Pentalty: -2 Levels]

[Secret Quest: (Locked)]

[You have gained +1,500 reputation with-]

My vision was immediately cut off as I woke up in the real world. My VR pod opened up, allowing me to immediately sit up from my laying-down position.

"Fuck..." I borderline whispered in defeat.

Not only did I fumble the bag, but I fumbled the chance to get with the girl too. The one time my life was looking up…

Getting out of the pod, I opened my door and went downstairs to the kitchen. On my way there, I was intercepted by my little brother.

"You get anything good done, Dez?" He said as he lay on the couch while on his phone.

"Unless you count almost getting violated in a cave as a good thing, then no." That was the only thing I said to him as I made my way to the kitchen and got myself some cereal.

'Heavenly should be on his phone by now.' I thought as I put my hand in my pocket, and I felt my heart sink into my chest as I realized I didn't have my phone.

Only to realize I left it on my bed...

After getting back to my room and now having my phone, I sent him a message.

[Gluttony]: Yo, Heavenly, have you got any time to carry me?]

[Heavenly_Demon]: Nah, I would, but right now is a bad time. Don't tell anyone, but the vampires and werewolves are fighting a lot harder than usual. Something's going on, and every time I ask the older vampires, they just make a serious and semi-scared face and say, "He's coming..."]

[Gluttony]: Damn, take your time; I've been logged out for 24 hours anyway.]

[Heavenly_Demon]: For real? Who killed you? I'll get your get back.]

[Gluttony]: Nah, it's fine; I died after getting a class change and having it reset my level.]

[Heavenly_Demon]: The only time your level resets is during a legendary class change. Did you get a legendary class as well? Holy shit! We could be the ultimate duo!]

[Gluttony]: Yeah, I got a legendary class, but enough about me. What's going on in the vampire vs. werewolf war?]

[Heavenly_Demon]: Well, only bad news on my side. The vampire queen is dead, and so our heaviest hitter is gone. The vampire princess, the last royal vampire, is missing. Apparently, the werewolves got their heaviest hitter, and he's said to be broken as fuck.

Seriously, I heard some vampires say that upon his howling, all the other werewolves went into a frenzy and got stronger by massive amounts. Even though I'm pure blood with a legendary class, I'm still low-level, so as of right now, I'm weak but still technically the heaviest hitter of the vampires.]

[Gluttony]: Damn, that sounds rough. I would come to help, but I'm literally level -2, even after I get back from my logout.]

[Heavenly_Demon]: Nah, you're fine. I just need to take all the time I can get to sleep because the last time I slept, I got woken up by a friend who drove to my house because I was sleeping while the werewolves were attacking.

I need every minute of sleep I can get before the werewolves try and push again. I'll see if I can record a small video for you of the werewolves's secret weapon. Until then, I'm probably going to be sleeping or eating.]

[Gluttony]: Alright.]

I stopped messaging Heavenly and instead went to watch videos on the website VirtualUnited. It was called something else but rebranded around 75 years ago.

I scrolled for a while until I found a peculiar video I hadn't seen before. It was five days old and had 60 million views and 6.1 million likes.

The video was titled. "What Really Happened To The Streamer Azaogdesz?"

If I remember correctly, Azaogdesz was that one streamer who streamed Entwined Destinies but died due to a fan killing him.

As I sat through the video, it first talked about his birth and then went to his family life. After that, the next topic was how he became one of the most popular streamers on Entwined Destinies. But the thing that caught me was the final part of the video.

["It was said on the news that Azaogdesz died due to a female fan breaking into his house and asking him out, but there's a rumor that has gotten out and turned out to be true.

Azaogdesz didn't die by a fan. He died by a Worshipper of Excess. As you know, Azaogdesz was a healer who got tired of his teammates being useless and became a Worshipper of the Blood God.

Azaogdesz was favored by the Blood God so much that the Chaos God of Excess grew envious as they believed Azaogdesz was supposed to be theirs.

So Excess sent a worshipper to his house, and for three minutes, they fought over a knife that the worshipper had brought. It's claimed that the reason the Worshipper of Excess won was because Azaogdesz wasn't trying to kill her.

Anyone who knew Azaogdesz before his passing could tell you how nice and supportive he was. He was even named 'The Calm Berserker' because of how well he could control his rage to work in his favor.

In the end, Azaogdesz died due to envy, jealousy, and because he was an upstanding and popular person."]

"Holy shit..." Those words came softly from my mouth without my permission.

I knew who Azaogdesz was. He was the person thought to be the closest to becoming a bloodthirster. The minimum level for those was told by the developers to be level 1,000.

He was, at one point in time, so powerful that people thought he was a raid boss. I remember people saying you needed to have a minimum 'favor' equivalent to level 300 to become a Daemon Prince, but Azaogdesz never became one.

Was it because he valued his human form? Or was it because Daemon Prince's were so tall that you could never have a fair battle with someone? I didn't know.

But even if Azaogdesz did have enough favor to become a bloodthirster, would he? If he rejected being a Daemon Prince and the Blood God respected his decision, would he reject being a bloodthirster?

Turning off my phone, I already knew the answer. He was a noble fighter, so much so that he'd give enemies free resting periods if they fought someone before him.

"He really did just want the faith of a one-on-one," I spoke with a scoff.

Azaogdesz was a once-in-a-lifetime Chaos God champion. The Blood God must still be absolutely furious about his death.

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(Third POV:)

[June 6th, 21:09:02, 2248]

In a cave in an unknown part of the world, a lush ecosystem existed. Yet, the life here was twisted...

Plants that released green noxious gas. On the ceiling grew mouths that had sharp teeth, long tongues, and sharp green eyes.

There were even multiple large maggots sticking outside the sides of the walls.

"Hehehe!" A shrill and daemonic laugh echoed from the cave as two small, infection-filled nurglings chased after each other.

Even deeper in the cave were multiple cloaked beings. Their cloaks were almost entirely green, with black lines being the only other color.

"The grandfather will be pleased!" A cloaked man spoke near the center of the cave.

"All the preparations are nearly complete to bring one of the greatest of the grandfather's children into this realm!"

The man began rubbing his hands, which held multiple warts, pus-filled injuries, and even some green pigmentation.

"We have drawn the grandfather's symbol all over the floor of the inside and outside of this cave. It should be enough to summon just one, but it'll need time." The cloaked man turned his disgustingly disfigured head toward the many kneeling worshippers below.

"All of you, get as many worshippers of decay here by the time the ritual starts! I want nothing by chance, especially with those changers around! They will definitely try and stop us!" The cloaked man pointed at all the worshippers as he spoke. Small amounts of green spittle left his mouth as he did so.

All nodded. However, those who were players received a quest instead.

[Quest Received!]

[Quest: The Grandfather's Great Unclean One]

[Status: Active]

[Description: Respectful followers of decay have put together a long plan to bring one of the grandfather's greatest children to this realm. By any means necessary, this plan must succeed, or the grandfather will be very disappointed.]

[Reward: ???]

[Failure Penalty: -1,000 favor with the Chaos God of Decay.]

[This quest cannot be rejected.]

The players who received this quest immediately had their eyes widen. They instantly went to share it on the decay-only boards online.

The boards lit up with excitement and feverish enthusiasm.

[EatMyPestilence]: No fucking way! A hidden reward? I've only got that one time, and that was the biggest one I've ever gotten!]

╚[Death-Top_Tier]: I'm pretty sure this is a two-part quest! If that's true, then the rewards would be even greater in the second part!]

[HowToBlue37]: Do you think this may turn into a world quest or something? This could be pretty big, and I'm sure the news will definitely cover it.]

 ╚[DefactoDiary]: Most definitely! This could be our chance to rise in the ranks of decay! If we can even get a glimpse of attention from the grandfather, then it'll be our win!]

[Couldn't-WinAtAll]: (NurglingsPlaying.GIF)]

╚[DamnedInLight]: (NurglingsPlaying.GIF)]

 ╚[GamblingToWinIt]: (ChaosGodOfDecay.GIF)]

[ForgetfulDesert]: This is it! This is what we've been waiting for! I'm trying to get down and dirty, and I ain't talking about plagues! (EvilSmirk.GIF)]

[DirtyDeeds11]: I'm trying to get deeds done dirty for no reason at all! Let decay ravage the world!]

╚[FiveAmWonder9]: Changer C till my bones decay!]

╚[Mildly-DisappointedOne56]: I don't like what I'm hearing, but... Changer C till my bones decay!]

╚[ArthurReplaced09]: Changer C till my bones decay!]

[TombsOfDecay115]: Plague Wizard Pestilence Gang, we love spreading decay!]

╚[Negative_Pride00]: This one is sponsored by... the Chaos God of Decay!]