Harem Reborn c1-297

by Author：Magic_

  "Oh, can I interest you in one of my fine pieces of art?"

  The lady ended up selling me two rings for fifty coins each, but they looked nice and I hoped the girls would like them, but I might find Grace murdered, even though Kierra's Dere infliction was cured. Grace tended to bring out the worst in people, but she was also caring when she needed to be.

  I tracked down the in, but I heard them from a block away, and I started to run. Seriously, these women needed to get their shit together, but I was surprised to find the girls yelling at the same man who was cowering down. I wasn't sure if I should cheer that they were finally doing something together or If I should just back away slowly until it was all over.

  "Dave!"

  Shit! They saw me! Well, no running now, so I stepped forward with a friendly wave.

  "Umm, What's up girls? Why are you yelling at this fine...gentle fish face?"

  "We looked too normal and said we were scaring the customers!"

  "Oh, wow, that does sound like a silly thing to say. Is there another hotel for us to stay at?"

  "Yeah, The Rusty Hook."

  The fish face man turned back and went inside, and both girls round on me, but I put up my hands.

  "Don't go getting salty with me, you two were the ones that started the yelling match with a computer-generated personality. This place is made with the old software and we don't have the life-like NPC's. I don't know why this game doesn't have them, or maybe they don't have enough?"

  "What are you talking about?" Kierra asked me with confusion.

  "Nothing, we will go to The Rusty Hook and get some sleep. Then, we have a mission for tomorrow!"

  Chapter 189: Faceless God

  Sleep is what the girls got, I on the other hand got kicked, punched, and pushed until I finally slept on the floor. That was rough around the time that the two girls both needed to use the bathroom, one after the other. We were in the water, so there was no way I should even need a bed, but the designer must have just made it look like we were in the water because I woke up with all the stiffness acquired from sleeping on a hard floor.

  One nice thing about this game was that we never had to eat, but because this was the only money we would have in the foreseeable future, we would share a bed. Unforutanley neither were that great at sharing in their sleep. I don't think we actually need sleep, but the feeling is good to be somewhat refreshed, I don't think it would be healthy for us to stay awake the entire game, and that may be why they put up a shitty town like this.

  "Okay, before we go, and please don't yell at me for spending money!"

  I held the two rings out to the girl, and both of them got very excited. That was a relief, and after they put them on, I received a long and deep kiss from each of them. Ha! This was better, makes all that shitty sleep worth it.

  We headed back out the tunnel and my eyes were again drawn to the moss, we had to be careful, our temporary home would become the next battlefield. Then again, maybe we didn't have that choice, but we were soon outside, and I let those thoughts go, for now, bigger fish to fry. I asked Mom to activate the tracking system, and a green line lit up.

  I let my body elongate, and shift into the form of the water dragon. Changing the shape of my body was becoming more natural for me, but maybe that was the point, there were other games like this when I first started that we failed. I let Grace attach herself to me, but I didn't let the thought go, we had a ways to go, so the girls could chat while I thought this though.

  We took off, and I started to contemplate what it meant if this was built as a training exercise, but really just to learn how to use my shape-shifting form? There has to be more than that, why not just let me finish the sequence, and then I reset? I can replay the levels after that and get better then...Mom, what is the purpose of this game for me?

  'This was an exercise built to train you and your members to use this system to defy the system, Those are the words left for you when you asked that question.' -Tequila.

  Okay, time for some answers.

  'What can I do with the System that I don't know about?'

  'Auto-travel is the only function you have unlocked that you do not know about.' -Tequila.

  That was good, but I wasn't going to use it yet.

  'How can I get more skill points?'

  'There is no other current way to get skill points besides using the mating skill in this current game.' -Tequila.

  'We can do that if you want before we get to the mission location, I think you still owe me some spanks!' -Grace.

  'No, you interrupted my turn, you greedy weirdo!' -Kierra.

  'How about we go together? I can remind you of our little lesson from the first time!' -Grace.

  Dammit, I could not wait for the next game, Serina would be there, but maybe she will have news about the faceless god. Now would be a good time to find out what he has been doing this entire time. After the first game, he took me in, told me I looked like I could handle it, and then disappeared. I had no idea that this was what he was talking about, but where did he go? Was it Simon?

  'No.' -Tequila.

  'What? No? Mom, do you know who the faceless God is?'

  'Yes.' -Tequila.

  '...And, what is his name then?'

  'I can't tell you, but I can tell you about him.' -Tequila.

  'Better than a kick to the head with a frozen boot, let's hear the tale Mom."

  'Storytime! We should stop and make a campfire! I am just kidding, but we should stop if we are about to hear a tale this important. I don't know who this faceless god is, but it sounds juicy!' -Grace.

  True enough, no point in blundering into danger while knee-deep in a story. Kierra and I both transformed and then got comfy on the ground together next to a rock. After we got settled down, Mom started her story.

  'After when we first started to create the game, we had tried to create an AI for the game to run it, basically, we tried to make a MainFrame but failed. That was a general thought, and we completely forgot about it. After I died, I found out that the AI had not failed, but instead it had lived inside games to hide from us as players. During this time, the AI developed a personality after interacting with the NPC, but something happened in the first game he won. The God was Granted the status of God of the game world, but he denied it; the god had developed a love for the affairs of the people, but wanted to play how he chose. In the end, after Reborn took the game, he has been hiding and helping in secret. The Game Master's know about him but they can't stop him, and he is the only one that stops the Game Masters from wastefully deleting worlds. The faceless god Transmigrates other heroes to help save those worlds and has a dedicated staff of wives that enter with the heroes to guide.' -Tequila.

  'So, then that means he is working with another hero right now?'

  'Yes, he is on Kelios right now fighting with one of the top three Founders. The god's hand has also been forced again on another world, but he doesn't have his own personal hero there, but his wife is there with a new system user. He needs you to finish the Sequence, once that is done, everything will make sense, and you can join the real fight.

  Chapter 190: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

  Great, he is the master of all, and my boss, but not the master? This was a lot to take in, so, god is not god, but pretty close and he is the leader of the resistance? Was there anything else? Oh, yes, he is a self-taught AI from video games, though, games usually try to instill the best traits in the main character, so maybe he is the...ow!

  I got a poke in the ribs from Grace and I realized we were still just sitting here, long after story time had ended. I got up with them and smiled.

  "Sorry, this is a lot to take in, but we have a mission to complete so let's haul ass!"

  "Now you're just ripping and raring to go, you are so indecisive! What it would be like to be young again!" Grace said with feigned indignation.

  "Get on, or you can slither there my little old sneky lady!"

  "How dare you! T
ake that back! I am the same age as you!" Grace cried out, but I was already transforming.

  "I can see it, you seem to like that old lady body." Kierra teased Grace before shifting as well.

  Grace looked like she was going to have a nervous breakdown, so I swam close to her so she could easily get on me.

  'If you want, later I can tell you what a bad little girl you have been over my knee.'

  'Promise?' -Grace.

  "You two are nasty, can't you talk dirty like normal people?" Kierra complained.

  Grace crawled on me and we finally headed off to the site of the missing shipment. We didn't really know much more than that we were going to retrieve a shipment that didn't make it to its intended location. I was thinking that we should have gone around town and asked the people about what we should expect, but we didn't, Dave-style!

  The line ended and I could see a horse-drawn wagon on its side. Why was a...no I refuse to let logic get in my way today, too many things were already stretching it to the max, there was no way something like a wagon in the ocean was gonna throw me off my game! Wait, where are the girls? Oh, man.

  The girls were already looking inside the wagon, and there were ten shark men converging on them, but Grace's detection must have set her off, but I was already streaming through the water. Grace blasted green light from her eyes as Kierra shifted into the Mecha whale. Kierra flipped as she transformed, using her tail to hit the ones outside of Grace's petrifying stare into it. I came and smashed them all like a runaway train, blowing them apart.

  [Bite]

  [Bite] Skill is now level 8

  I was about to cheer, but my body was ripped down by a massive form.

  [-450] 783/1233 Health Points remaining.

  I was dragged down and smashed into the ground.

  [-200] 583/1233 Health Points remaining.

  I watched Kierra both tear into the side of the massive thing that was pinning me down.

  [Scan]

  [Scan] Skill is now level 10

  Name: Megalodon

  Health Points: ???/????

  Skills:

  [???]

  [???]

  [???]

  ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! You little bitch MainFrame! If I survive this, I will get to you one day! I was filled with rage, this asshat of a computer program was out to get me because I was the one cheating! I have never seen so many goddamn question marks!

  [Bite]

  [Bite]

  [Bite]

  [Bite] Skill is now level 11

  Finally, after the three of us tore into the massive airliner sized shark, it exploded into a massive explosion of black particles.

  [Rank F] Achieved!

  Ha!

  "Dave! Are you okay?" Kierra asked as she rushed over, shifting back to a girl as she came.

  "Yes! Friggin shark, did you see the size of that thing? I have a new view on how a worm feels like as bait!"

  "It looked like you got hit by a brick, that was a stupid shark. That has been a going thing lately though hasn't it?" Grace said floating over to me.

  She wasn't wrong, I waved her off and the girls went to go check the wagon while I made my evolution choice.

  //8TH EVOLUTION CHOICE

  I just ignored the first three, I wasn't going to pick, the System had me trained now to just expect the greatest things from it.

  [Or You Could Pick That](Passive) Skill Activated!

  {Leviathan}

  See? Good System! I picked the choice and grew three times my normal size, towering over the top of the girls, who were now staring up at me. There were two flashes and Kierra was a bigger killer whale, but Grace had a weird change. She now had two sea horses and a palanquin for her to sit on, but her body hadn't changed at all, of course.

  "Did you two find anything in there?"

  "Yes, a package that is in my inventory." Grace explained as she relaxed on her new ride.

  "Good, let's all shift back and I will teleport us back."

  "Teleport?"

  "You can't tell me this was the one time you weren't listening?"

  "Do you mean I just wasted my choice?"

  "No, If the System puts it as a choice, there will be a reason, so don't worry too much about it. I think it is a good idea for you to be able to move around, I can only teleport us back to town or marked locations. There will be a time where we will need to split up so you having that is a good thing, maybe not what I would call practical, but I am sure it has machine guns or something crazy, right?"

  Grace just gave me a funny smile and stuck her tongue out at me. Yeah, it had something, but now it was time to go collect the spoils! I looked at both girls, they were ready to go, looking cute.

  'Okay Mom, show me the new skill! Beam me up, Tequila!'

  Chapter 191: Wasted Wish

  One moment we were standing around the wagon, the next we were outside of The Rusty Hook. I had a moment of vertigo, and I was hit with a flashback of Kyrina and Kyrin...that bastard...he would be in this game, but I would figure out something for him. The girls were looking at me, so I nodded towards the door of our Inn.

  "Let's go see what kind of items we get, hopefully, it's something good!"

  "I wonder if that skill will affect the outcome?" Kierra asked as we walked inside.

  I just shrugged, we were two shakes of a lamb's tail away from finding out so no point in mulling over it. I walked up to Mr. Crabman and told him we had finished the mission, and that we would like to collect our rewards.

  "Oh! So Good to see you again! Yes! You have completed the current mission! Please pick from one of these items! You can each pick one!"

  The three items before us were a potion, a necklace, and a ring with a white stone in it.

  [Or You Could Pick That](Passive) Skill Activated!

  {All Of The Above}

  Yup, that looked like it would make for a fine choice, high five System! I looked at the girls and they were both smiling, so I made the choice and we each received all three items. I sent the girls upstairs with our pile of items then asked for the Barracuda mission, but before going upstairs, I sat down beside the single person sitting at the bar.

  "Bout time you decided to come to sit down! This NPC never moves!"

  "...Who the hell is this?"

  "Dan, the game designer."

  "YOU!"

  "ME! I know it's shocking, but not really, if Simon could get into the mini-games then why couldn't I get into my own games?" Dan asked.

  "That's not what I mean, you are the prick making all these weird games!"

  "BWAHAHA! You don't complain when you're getting busy! Anyway, shut up and listen, You know what's going on, so let's make this short and sweet. Shit is getting heavy out here, after Simon was killed, many people left, even knowing that the world was about to end. People are slowly finding out the truth, and that means that Reborn is amping up their game."

  "Oh boy, you're trying to tell me that there is less time left for me to finish the game?"

  "Kind of, I can help you once I'm in the game since I designed the levels and the system you are using right now. I gave it to Simon to get to you, but two things need to happen. First, you need to complete the Sequence, then destroy MainFrame."

  "Only that? I could always climb an active volcano in a mini skirt for a warm-up, right? What is this Sequence that everyone is going on about?"

  "The System that you have was tweaked and edited by yours truly to hide what it actually is."

  "Stop beating around the bush, what is this system actually supposed to be?"

  "It was not ever supposed to be a system that could be accessed or used. You have G- the faceless god's system that he created from the games he played before reborn was created. It use some weird things, but the important part is that it works and well! But, in order to unlock the walker function, you need to complete the last two Sequences, about 16 more members plus the ones you have right now and in the Hall."

  "Okay, so then what,
we are just going to start dropping me off on worlds, getting things started and bug out?"

  "Yes, and no, Since you will no longer be on that world it will freeze, but the Game Masters have ways to respond, that's why you need to get all the teams in place fast and they need to be strong off the hop. The thing is, before any of this can happen, you need to take down MainFrame on its super game world, but you have to complete…" Dan was about to continue, but I cut him off.