[Since there were no witnesses, you will not gain any negative rep with the Soulless family.]
[Now you cannot say the system had never done anything for you, desu.]
Clyde flinched as a flood of notifications paraded his mind’s eye. He delayed them for now.
“Let’s get the hell out of here,” he said. “We’re going to be transparent with our new dragon friends, offering them hospitality while telling them why we’re here. We’d appreciate your assistance, as the matter is important.”
Chiyo and Kimiko nodded.
[You have established a relationship link with all of the Rose sisters.]
[Your relationship with Chiyo is friendly-associate.]
[Your relationship with Kimiko is friendly-associate.]
[Your relationship with Aimi will be friendly-associate and respect level 5 when she receives the news. Warning. Aimi cannot fully control her sexual urges, poured down via the Supreme’s influence. She also hates most men.]
[You have fought well!]
**
Somewhere…
Venus’s bedroom…
Venus shook herself as she returned to her body proper, breathing hard. Splitting consciousness into three parts took an enormous amount of concentration. She wished she could figure out how Brighid made it look so easy. Blasted goddess of poetry.
Mortem followed orders to the letter. Sure, a little pre-installed compulsion may have forced him to move, but at least she didn’t lose a third of her deitic powers. That magic would have…probably… scorched the entire surface of the planet. She wouldn’t have the ability to cross dimensions for at least a few months—maybe even longer, which meant no meeting Clyde in person. Talk about a tragedy.
The goddess sighed. Splitting herself did not make the pain go away. To think that bastard Viper interrupted her current walk in the Garden of Eden Clone using Thor! Thor! One of her many long-time “frenemies.” Had she not split, the Viper would’ve enslaved her like he did her poor servants.
It was news to her—to find out they were soul-bound to him the entire time. She desperately searched for them, but in addition to the Viper’s own immense aura covering their presences, the soul-bond prevented the women from calling her.
Venus would appear to strike down any evil they cannot handle on their behalf. She’d also advocate for the women—protecting them from any scrutiny. In return, they guarded her Satovian temple…
An odd thought struck Venus. Aunder hadn’t mentioned Momo. The goddess searched for a connection to her but to her surprise, found none. Momo lost her faith.
Tears streamed from Venus’s face…For a Venus Sister to lose their bond with her meant that they called on the goddess again and again, but received no answer. The hurt…Momo believed that she was forsaken.
Venus closed her eyes, searching for the woman’s presence. An hour passed, but she finally located Momo.
Even if she lost her faith, Venus was still Momo’s goddess. The tiny thread of hope…it existed within the woman’s heart. Venus breathed her blessing onto her daughter.
“I am always with you,” she said softly. “Please do not forget. Fight your trials. And let me wash away your troubles, smite your enemies who are also mine. And do not worry, I will also avenge them .”
She watched as Momo lurched out of her sleep, tearing. Venus couldn’t risk going to Satovia and diverging both her location and Momo’s to that bastard Viper, so she covered the woman with blessings.
She left hints and sighs that urged her to keep her faith. And she waited for the voice that would call.
“That wretched had crossed the line, stomping on the intimacy between me and my followers,” Venus snapped. Too bad she couldn’t get revenge, not at the moment. She would be caught as a whole in Satovia. Some may try to connect the escape of the Thousand Year Dragon with her.
Well…She freed the misunderstood girl as a diversion. Then there was the matter with the Fallen God and her eerie silence.
Venus sighed. A good bath and some tea—that’s what she needed.
Volume 10 Epilogue
Night...
Ring City, Terravon…
Thanks to the many bathrooms of the giant modern-style house, Team Stone was able to take showers and baths with no trouble. Sure, Clyde received some skeptical looks from Tetra, Hinako, Fuyoko, Sazuki and Kiko when a handful of the women followed him into his room. Tear shut the door before any prying eyes got the chance to see too much, not that anyone cared. The young man had a harem. Big deal. They’d get over it. Wow, the exhausted thoughts are active , he thought.
Everyone showered first before entering the giant tub. Even Natalia was there, sitting on Alice’s lap. Clyde and his fiancées relaxed, allowing the therapeutic hot water to soak away their troubles. They’d discuss things with their dragon allies the next day. The young man decided to proceed on with the adventure quest. He considered leaving more than half of the team behind, but of course not without assigned tasks.
The young man closed his eyes, allowing the rest of the prompts to flow in view.
[Congratulations, you have reached levels 125-140. Stats increased!]
[Star storm has reached level 2. Telekinesis jumped to level 3.]
[You have received a mythic shard, dragon scale, glowing emerald, and gold bar.]
[Your heavenly aura has advanced to rank 2! Bonus: reduced damaged from the dark element and its attributes, including taint for you and your fiancées/wives .]
Clyde opened the crafting menu. He selected the dragon scale, glowing emerald, and the gold bar. One confirmation later, gave him a ring that shifted from a range of colors over its golden base.
[You have crafted the Ring of Innocence and Virtue . Item class: *Legendary *]
Of course he wasn’t going to reveal it in the tub. Natalia was already trolling with scandalous looks and perking up non-existent boobs. He waved it off as a kid being a kid. The young man figured a dumb fuck harem main character from a bad anime would blush and faint.
After the bath, everyone dressed in night clothes. Clyde motioned for Natalia to stay back while the others headed off.
“You did great, Natalia,” Clyde said, “and I have a question for you. But first, shift into your adult form.”
“Why?” Natalia said.
“Just do it,” the young man said.
“Fine, fine,” Natalia said, “but only for a few minutes. Geeze pervy-nii, if my magic didn’t increase the size of my clothes, I’d be billing you for this.”
The loli shimmered for a few seconds until the adult, her true self, stood before the young man in all of her glory. Curvy, busty, and long dark brown, almost black hair, Natalia was a work of beauty. Standing so close to her, he felt another part of him rise. He had to do this quickly.
Presenting the incredible ring, he said, “will you marry me?”
Natalia immediately kissed him, tears streaming from her eyes, then she hugged the young man.
“You know my answer, Clyde.”
He slipped the ring on her finger. Her soft body pressed against his and he wanted to do more.
But he felt the transformation reaching its last legs.
[Natalia has fallen head over heels in love with you.]
[Your fiancée, Natalia’s current mood: heart-fluttering happiness.]
[Base MP bonus from Natalia: +200%]
[Perk bonus on hold until you marry her: ** Supreme God tier skill: Dimensional Warp.** This ability enables you to Jump to different realms. You must know of it first. You will be able to manifest a visible three holographic dimensional map, choose a location, and also reveal the landing point as a safety mechanism. This skill cannot be negated except by yourself nor can any outside force interfere.]
[Congratulations, you have discovered a hidden tier skill!]
[Natalia only knows of the human way of marriage. She will refer to you as husband]
Natalia popped back into her loli state.
“Let’s get hi
tched!”
Clyde frowned.
“I really need to do something about that curse.” He chuckled. “Let’s go eat. Yuki’s got a hotpot waiting.”
Natalia pouted.
“But your wee-wee…ah, it wilted.”
Clyde laughed.
“No cops for me.”
Natalia hopped on his back and kissed his cheek.
“When the curse is weakened, take the rest of my heart.”
**
Somewhere…
Midafternoon…
“Wait right here they said. We’ll talk to the natives they said. How could those vile women treat the great lord of the Dark like this?”
He struggled against his magical binds, but failed to free himself. Damn these anime monster girls. Important mission to help save the world? Yeah fuck that—carnal desires. Lizardwomen, the female counterpart of the extinct monster race, lizardmen. Human-looking anime girls with lizard tails. If Selkie and Myriad didn’t hurry the hell up, the young man would be stuffed in a cart and taken back to their village.
What a twisted world! The lizardwoman requested a fair sword match to buy time since she was just passing through, looking to further her training. Dark used that opportunity to test out his new combat style: the way of the Dark Rain. Okay, so it was called the Way of the Rain, but the young man wanted to give it a little spin.
After winning, she revealed a marriage contract. Before Dark could react, several monster girls surrounded him. He woke up tied with anti-magic robe.
“Fuck my life,” Dark yelled.
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Clyde’s character sheet. You may skip past this.
Name: Clyde.
Level: 140
Type: Main character/ Stone. Mystic.
HP: 500% (+110%)
MP: 600% (+80%)
Ki: 300%
Attack: 246 (+150)
Defense: 248 (+265)
Speed: 288
Luck: 280
Will: 286
Intellect: 434
Form: 1/1.
Special: Tier 1 skill: Omen’s Desolation. [Does almighty, spiritual, and sound damage. Chance to cause hopelessness and despair. Triple, super-severe damage against entities, deities, spirits, and darkness-type enemies.]
Special Abilities:
Flash Step: Briefly move at the speed of light. A high, speed stat will increase the critical chance of any attack combined with this ability.
Acrobatics: able to run and jump swiftly. Can leap from building to building.
*Mystic senses: whether in or out of battle, you will be connected to nature and its spirits. Unknown benefits. Ability to sense abnormalities.
*Skill Fusion - legendary special ability - combine skills and see what happens. You could unleash death on your foes! [Can be very draining to your MP. Use seldomly.]
Jump: You can warp to area you’ve been to or picture in your mind. You can also open and close portals, but not create them. You can also warp with a party.
*Astral Projection level 2 : project an image of yourself to an area you know. Raise the level to be able to move around in this state as well as increasing the range. Your body will be vulnerable. At the right level, you will learn to be simultaneously aware of both your astral projection and your true self. Warning: it is recommended to have a composure of 200 or more before projecting yourself.
*Radiant aura: all defenses increased.
*Fly. You may fly for some time, if you have the MP. Practice to get better at it.
*Heavenly aura : unknown benefits. Rank: 2. Reduced damage from the dark element and its attributes, including taint for you and your fiancées/wives
Hidden stats revealed :
Special Defense: 204
Paranoia:
Charisma: 300
Composure: 380
Evasion: 276
Reputation: level 8: I…believe in you!
Endurance: 350
Regeneration: 180
Haggling: 178
Ki:
GOLDEN KI: GOLDEN DRAGON LINE.
[Harumi: Life: 4. Lightning: 4. Heart: 7.]
[Kitome: Strength:2. Passion:5. Energy: 2.]
[Alice: Soul: 8. Command: 8. *Radiance *: 8.]
[Chika: Vitality: 10. Speed: 10. Aura: 11.]
[Yuki: Heart(above), Mystery: 3. Power: 3]
Maki: Ambition: 2 Command(above), Submission: 2]
[Neko: Unpredictable: 1 Spark: 1 Rain: 1]
[ Tear: Spirit: 3 Passion (above) Love: 3]
[Kanako: Sweet: 2. Magical: 2. *Range *: 2]
[Airi: Leadership: 1, Defense: 1, Nature: 1.]
[Melody: Purity: 1, Romance: 1, Command(above)]
[Ruri: Control: 1, Agility: 1, Lust: 1]
[Matsume: Fierce: 1, Fire: 1, Composure: 1]
[Kiko: Acceleration: 1, Trust: 1, Vigor: 1]
[Noona: Light: 1 *Disguise : 1 Compassion: 1.]
[Untouched/unconsumed after Ki system introduction.]
[Ming: Desire, *Prophecy , and Focus.]
[Hinako: Wisdom, Courage, Wind.]
[Natalia: ???, ???, ???]
[Misaka: Calm, *Immortality *, *Phoenix Fire *.]
[Sophia: Poise, Discipline, Power(above).]
[Ako: Sharpness, Wisdom, Romance (above.)]
Ki-based skills:
Dragon Breath level 1. Unleash Ki-based dragon flames from your mouth or combine it with your fist for a dragon-fist. Dragon breath does Ki and fire damage which cannot be blocked by magic.
Cloaking, level 1 . For a percentage of your Ki, you may turn invisible for a very short period. This ability cannot be canceled by magic.
Ki-based ultimate attack: none.
Misc:
-Free points: 175.
-Wanted rep Harpy clan: 5/5.
-Omen’s spheres (some call them orbs): 7 . (2 of 5 super)
-Sato Academy Crafting Permission.
-* World Star Fragments* : 1/7.
- Faith level 20. Faith points: 10.
Skills:
- Athlete : 10% bonus to speed and Will. [Passive].
- Mystic Calm : 100% resistant to fear, despair, discomfort, and shock. [Mystic Passive.]
-Hostile Detection 5 : detects hostiles within a certain range of you. Detects enemy information. [Passive]. Can now see weakness. Can now see resistances. Can now see secrets.
-Heart Protection 5+ : you’re 93% less affected by unwanted mental magic or skills from enemies. You gain a 49% bonus to your ability to convince others to do anything that would protect their hearts. 70% chance to break from any magic or charismatic hold. [Passive].
- Secret sword and martial arts combination . Random unknown increases to speed, defense, and will during battle. Chance to critical increases by 2%. [Passive].
- Crafting 5+ : enables you to craft items using everyday objects. Can craft complicated items and a 1% extra chance to successfully craft one. [Passive].
- Dagger combat 7 : does physical damage. En
ables dagger combat. Chance to critical at 35% [Passive].
-knife throwing 7 : does physical damage. Enables knife combat. Chance to stun at 31% [Passive].
Trap Detection 6 . You will be warned by the system automatically on things your mind would consider a trap. Your will stats dictate this! [Passive]. Range: 32 meters.
Party loyalty : Your party will know if you’re in danger and need help. A boost of stats will be given to anyone who’s able to provide you assistance.
Unarmed attacks:
-Roundhouse kick . [Attack] – does physical damage. Chance of knockdown at 5%.
-Mystic punch/kicks . [Attacks]- does physical and spiritual damage. Chance of stun at 1%. 50% stun if catching enemy by surprise.
Sword attacks:
-Precise Slash 10 . [Attack] – does double physical damage. Chance of critical at 45%
-Deep Slash 10. [Attack]- does double physical damage. Chance to cause bleeding at 45%. Chance to stun at 15%.
-Spirit Slash 10. [Attack] – does double physical and spiritual damage. Chance to cause dizziness at 40%. Chance to cause spiritual blight at 45%.
-Shatter Strike 8 . [Attack]- does physical and fire damage. Chance to break barriers at 42%.
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