A pressure distributed overtop of his body and a darkness that wouldn’t allow him to see light restrained Sebas’ senses as he lay under deck, crushed beneath dozens of crates.
“You know… I haven’t been feeling much pain lately… I wonder what’s up with that.” He spoke to himself in his mind, as his jaw was currently dislocated.
“This should really hurt… but it doesn’t.” He snaked his arm from its restraints, pressure on his body changed and redistributed as crates began moving. A loud snap was heard as he pushed his jaw back in place.
“Not very metal…” he thought as he pushed against crates, managing to sit upright with a massive box holding his legs down, several wooden splinters and rusted nails fell from above as he got comfortable.
A hiss noise was made as he attempted to blow a raspberry through his non-lips. He ran his bloodied fingers across boxes, unintentionally drawing a red line wherever his hand went.
“This isn’t a good look” he thought as a small ray of light barely illuminated the space around him. His Nightmare creature eyes seemed to be somewhat adjusted to the light.
He suddenly groaned. “No- wait, I’m feeling it now… what kind of sick person fights with high heels on?” Sebas clutched his chest where a drop kick sent him to the supplies and storage, the third level from the topside of the deck.
[ You have 99+ Hidden Notifications, would you like to read them? ]
“Since when do you ask what I want?” Sebas thought while focusing on the massive amount of sealed mental energy that wanted to present itself to his mind.
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[Perspective Shift; ??? (LV 31)]
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A maid with metal gauntlets covering her hands held a large black heel on the back of Taugath Malukume’s neck.
“Oi Stonehand” The scarlet-haired captain barked at the giant.
The Goliath sat in silence as the maid applied significant pressure on his neck.
“Talk.”
Yanking the massive man’s head upward, sad eyes stared back at his captain.
“Are you apologetic for your actions?”
Taugath stared back at the woman who held the top of his head.
“Sins are actions we ask to be forgiven for even before we commit them, Madam Red.”
Madam Red; otherwise known as Captain Scarlet Web, changed her grip on the giant man, she held up his chin while her maid continued to oppose the force holding his neck down. It was possible that it would be more uncomfortable to look at than to experience.
“You wish to be a forgiven sinner?”
“No, Madam Red.”
Taugath smiled while blood poured from his gums, his body was covered in a bruise like purple hue. Horrific damage was inflicted to his torso and upper neck, practically skinning the man alive.
“Tell me why?”
“Selfish reasons, Madam.”
“You dare have any desire on my crew?”
“No, Madam”
“What am I going to do with you… you were so hardworking Tau…”
The Goliath man smiled widely at the woman, “how about a congratulations Captain?”
“What’s the occasion?” She asked, pulling a dagger out from the back of her belt.
“I’m gonna propose to m’ girl, Captain.”
“That’s sweet.”
The curved blade in Scarlet’s hand slid across the Goliath’s neck, only to embed itself as his skin began to solidify, turning a deeper shade of gray and turning into a sort of stone.
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[Perspective shift; Adam Rynard (LV 20)]
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Standing on the Bow of the ship, Adam stared at the piers that slowly inched closer towards the ship that had finally reached its destination.
He held the pommel of his dulled sword, tracing his finger over the ”l” shaped rune while he waited for the ship’s proximity to the docks to be near enough to where he could disembark.
[Notice: Using Skill: [Identify (LV 3)]
Name: Adam Rynard
Species: Human LV 20
Class: [Little Hero]
Strength: 20
Dexterity: 20
Constitution: 15
Intelligence: 20
Wisdom: 20
Charisma: 52
Free Stat Points: 0
Skills: [Item Box LV 1(MAX)] [Hero’s Strike LV 3] [Lowest Rank Swordsmanship (Weapon-bound) LV 3] [Identify LV 3] [Refine LV 3]
Traits: (Weapon Mastery
Adam dismissed the floating images from his vision with his left hand and placed it back on the railing of the ship’s bow.
“Hey, Adam?” Karri asked from behind him.
Adam looked backwards, leaning both elbows on the guardrail of the ship, and gave his attention to her.
“What’s up?” He said with a smile, putting on playful airs of confidence with voice.
“Are you okay?”
Adam choked as he muttered the affirmational “mhm” out, turning around to hide his face from his friend. “I’m doing great. Never better!”
Karri hugged him from behind, resting her face against his shoulder. “I’m here if you need to talk.”
“Thank you.”
Adam laid his arms on the V shaped fencing, setting his head down on his hands. Karri placed a hand against his back, rubbing it softly while the ship slowly sailed to port.
“I still have a lot of questions you can’t avoid answering forever.”
“I’ll try my best to avoid them anyway.”
“I know, but don’t let it hurt you when you try to lift the world by yourself.”
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[Perspective Shift; Sebas Aren (LV 10)]
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[(Risk-Taker) has been activated]
[Experience has been gained.]
[You have killed a Human.]
[The God of Humanity Shuns You.]
[You have killed a Red Named Human.]
[The God of Humanity Hates You.]
[The Goddess of Mercy prays for you]
[The Goddess of the Hunt silences the God of Humanity]
[Notice:
[Health Points [ 105 / 192 ] -> [ 141 / 191 ]]
[(Risk-Taker) has been activated]
[Experience has been gained.]
[ ]
[Nightmare Level 9 -> 10]
[You have killed a Human.]
[You have killed a Red Named Human.]
[The Goddess of Mercy prays for you]
[The Goddess of the Hunt revels within the feast of blood]
[Notice:
[Class can be selected!]
[Please choose a class:
* Error]
[Health Points [ 141 / 191 ] -> [ 163 / 190 ]]
[Access. 5 Stat Points are available for Distribution.]
[(Risk-Taker) has been activated]
[Experience has been gained.]
[You have killed a Human.]
[The God of Humanity attempts to scream at you.]
[The Goddess of the Hunt restrains the God of Humanity, giving you a thumbs up]
[You have killed a Red Named Human.]
[The Goddess of Mercy prays for you]
[The Goddess of the Hunt claims that this is a very bountiful hunt.]
[Notice:
[Health Points [ 163 / 190 ] -> [ 181 / 188 ]]
[(Risk-Taker) has been activated]
[Experience has been gained.]
[ ]
The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.
[Nightmare Level 10 -> 10]
[Please Select your Class in order to Level Up]
[ERROR]
[VAR(CLASS); SELECTED]
[CONFLICT]
[VAR(“Select_Class”); AVAILABLE]
[CALLING ADMINISTRATOR]
[…ERROR?]
[You have killed a Human.]
[You have killed a Red Named Human.]
[The God of Humanity flails around in his restraints.]
[The Goddess of Mercy prays for you]
[The Goddess of the Hunt spins around while the rain of blood soaks “The Immortal Meadow”]
[Notice:
[Health Points [ 181 / 188 ] -> [ 186 / 186 ]]
[Access. null Stat Points are available for Distribution.]
[(Risk-Taker) has been activated]
[Experience has been gained.]
[ ]
[Nightmare Level 10 -> 10]
[You have killed a Human.]
[You have killed a Red Named Human.]
[The God of Humanity Hates You.]
[The Goddess of Mercy prays for you]
[The Goddess of the Hunt is extremely happy, wishing you were able to become an apostle]
[Notice:
[Health Points [ 185 / 186 ] -> [ 186 / 185 ]]
[Access. null Stat Points are available for Distribution.]
[Exceeded Maximum Health Points, Conversion of Life Energy will turn into Stamina Points]
[(Risk-Taker) has been deactivated]
[Experience has been gained.]
[ ]
[Nightmare Level 10 -> 10]
[You have killed a Human.]
[You have killed a Red Named Human.]
[The God of Humanity Hates You.]
[The Goddess of Mercy prays for you]
[The God of Afterlife attempts to find what caused such an influx of souls in the River]
[The Goddess of the Hunt tells the old man to “Buzz off”]
[Notice:
[Exceeded Maximum Health Points, Conversion of Life Energy will turn into Stamina Points]
[Access. null Stat Points are available for Distribution.]
[(Risk-Taker) has been re-activated]
[Experience has been gained.]
[Experience has been gained.]
[Experience has been gained.]
[ ]
[Nightmare Level 10 -> 10]
[Nightmare Level 10 -> 10]
[Nightmare Level 10 -> 10]
[Nightmare Level 10 -> 10]
[Nightmare Level 10 -> 10]
[Nightmare Level 10 -> 10]
[Nightmare Level 10 -> 10]
[You have killed a Human.]
[The God of Humanity]
[You have killed a Red Named Human.]
[The Goddess of Mercy worries.]
[The Goddess of the Hunt questions Mercy]
[The Goddess of Mercy is worried, too much growth is happening, however the body of The Beast has not continued growing.]
[The Goddess of the Hunt asks what that means]
[The Goddess of Mercy prays for you]
[Notice:
[Exceeded Maximum Health Points, Conversion of Life Energy will turn into Stamina Points]
[Access. null Stat Points are available for Distribution.]
[Access. null Stat Points are available for Distribution.]
[Access. null Stat Points are available for Distribution.]
[(Risk-Taker) has been activated]
[Experience has been.]
[ ]
[Nightmare ]
[You have killed a.]
[The God of Shuns You.]
[You have killed a Red Named.]
[The God of Hates You.]
[The Goddess of prays for you]
[The Goddess of the smiles down on you]
[The God of watches as souls pass on]
[Notice: and your body will be filled with the (null)’s remaining Life Energy]
[amina Points [ 1247 / 100 ] -> [ ? / 100 ]]
[Access. error Stat Points are available for.]
[Connection issue. Please try reconnecting to the server.]
[ping: 999999 ms]
Sebas took his time reading throughout all the messages. His confusion grew as the conversation between gods began to expand. Several DEITIES were looking down on him. Some bum had Gods WATCHING him. He just got his ass kicked as well, what a loser.
Sebas inspected the strange broken messages that were sent at the end of the notification list, curious. He wasn’t sure what was going on, but it had something to do with that fucked up man in the dinky ass outfit that he met at his… old family home.
He reached out to tap against the crate across from him to try and escape. His arm shoved through the box entirely, an ethereal form was summoned as his form was able to walk out of his monstrous body.
Shoving through physical matter was a strange sensation, feeling every single object that touched his insides made him nauseous, as his body slipped out from the pile of boxes, he attempted to vomit, both hands landing atop of the deck as he retched out only for his lack of stomach contents to properly expel.
“Sebas, Sebby, Sebas, Sebas,” a voice said, coming out from the dark interior of the bilge, a pale, blonde man wearing sandals, cargo shorts, and a shirt with glyphs that were alien to Sebas.
“Oh dear gods, why are you back? I thought it said you weren’t able to come back.” Sebas drug his hands down his face while groaning.
“The gods can’t help you, Sebastian, there’s something wrong with you.”
“Tell me something I don’t know,” Sebas groaned while walking away from the strange man, inspecting his surroundings.
A strange bluish hue overtook the world, an ethereal ghostlike mist floated through the air, filling the underside of the ship without obscuring his vision.
“Something you don’t know… let’s start with the fact that you’re a monster with a class.”
“Nope, I already got that, same with the fact I hit “Level 10” twice, I assume you’re here because of that?”
“Well, that’s one reason, but not the only reason for my intervention again.”
“But you can’t do shit to me?” Sebas asked, trying to confirm that information he received from his last meeting with the “admin”. Sebas discovered several tens of children, chained to bed frames at the ankle.
“Unfortunately not; I cannot delete you.”
“But you can delete someone else?”
“If the errors continue…”
“But not me?”
“You’re… too entwined.”
“Riveting information, care to explain?”
“I will refuse.”
“Shame. Well, goodbye!”
“I will refuse your dismissal as well.”
Sebas groaned and shoved his arm through iron chains, annoyed when his translucent body failed to interact with the material world.
“Then what can I fuckin do for you?”
“I have a few choices for a reward for you… for troubleshooting unexplored areas and problems initially… nonexistent.”
“What’s the catch?” Sebas asked as he continued to walk around, touching tools in the frozen world, all the still objects rejecting his touch.
“You’ve got three options.” The Admin said with a horrible smile, “you have three outlying errors with your body as well.”
“The catch?”
“No catch, I’ll just adjust your status panel so that a skill or trait can be added.”
“What’s a Status Panel?”
“Apologies, a God Window.”
“Hey so, are you a God?”
“Nothing so prideful.”
“Why should I accept your offer?”
“If you don’t, we can stay here, forever, in frozen time.”
“Sounds good to me.” Sebas said to the man, sticking his head through random crates, peering inside at their contents.
“But what about your party? I’m sure they miss you~. What would Arietta think about you avoiding the fate of the world?”
Sebas spat phlegm across the room at the man, a large red God window with an exclamation mark stopped it before the grime fell off and landed on the floor. “Since you’re all… weird and whatever, you should know better than talking about certain topics with me in a THREATENING MANNER.”
“Sebby, Sebby, Sebby~ we’re practically friends!”
“How do you figure that?” Sebas asked while sizing the man up, launching a fist that was blocked by another red transparent panel.
“I don’t think I’ve visited anyone more than once, that’s bound to count for something.”
“Tell me again why I should consider anything you ask?”
“Because Sebastian, for three reasons; Your Life Force has been disrupted, making your body into an overfilled sealed vessel with no possible way to release the energy inside. Second; because you have managed to exceed your natural energy reserves to an exponential amount, making you what amounts to an unending supply of power that isn’t plugged into anything. Lastly; you can’t have two classes, but your body, your fucked up, stupid, glitchy body, won’t recognize that you already have a class! Not to mention, you’re a monster, a monster shouldn’t have a class, it goes against the natural order.”
During the monologues, Sebas snaked his arms past the red panel’s threshold of defense, placing his hands gingerly around the admin’s throat, a small attempt to squeeze launched his arms backwards with a massive red panel that shoved him a meter away from the Admin.
“Please stop trying to kill me.”
“No promises, what are my options?”
“For the first issue, I can give you a body reinforcement skill, making you some sort of super indestructible cheat shield, no more losing arms, and your body will become something not unlike a phoenix, if you develop it enough, you may be able to come back to life. The second issue, I could create something like a berserker mode, where you can spend all of that nonsensically excessive energy, making you a force of nature at the cost of your energy, and some life force. The last one… I could probably do something for your class, I’m not much of a thinker.”
“So I will gain one of these “cheat” skills, because you say so?”
“Pretty much, I’m kind of a big deal.”
“These all sound like garbage, not going to lie about it.” Sebas said, in a muffled voice while shoving his head into a crate from the pile that fell when he was kicked below deck.
“Well, I need you to choose one of them! You’re almost eighteen, start acting like it.”
“What will happen if I choose the third option?”
“I can use the leftover lifeforce from your oversaturated body to modify something about your class, so that your overlapping body upgrade and class advancement will overwrite your current one.”
“And… do I get to choose what you… modify?”
“Since I’m a benevolent and charitable person, of course~.”
“That trait, (Monster), make it a little bit stronger, it’s a bit annoying that you can get a Unique Class and a trait that doesn’t do shit.”
Several red panels flew around the admin, he began to tap away on some horizontal surface, and one after another, each panel disappeared from Around the man.
“Well, Sebastian, I hope you enjoy your life, I can’t imagine you would’ve chosen such a thing originally.”
Sebas watched his hands as dark feathers sprouted from his arms and his skin dulled, turning into scaly talon-like claws with large black rounded nails that replaced his fingernails.
“Are you kidding? Fuck what other people think, the new me is fucking enjoyable.”
“Don’t fuck up the world anymore.”
“No promises.”
Sebas returned to his reality, crushed underneath dozens of crates, pins and needles started running through his legs as he suddenly returned to his consciousness.
[Class “Biter” has been Auto-Selected]
[Skill: [Bite (LV 1)] has been added]
[ ]
[I got it]
[Skill: Bite (LV 4) has increased -> (LV 5)]
[Trait: (Monster) has been Added]
[ ]
[Ugh]
[Trait: (Monster) has been forced to advance.]
[Trait: (Monster) has been replaced with Trait: (Elite Monster)]
[Monster Core -> Elite Monster Core]
[Leftover Experience has Consolidated]
[Nightmare Level 10 -> 20]
[Access. 55 Stat Points are available for Distribution.]
[Dexterity has been increased 30 -> 50]
[Access. 35 Stat Points are available for Distribution.]
[Constitution has been increased 35 -> 50]
[Access. 20 Stat Points are available for Distribution.]
[Strength has been increased 50 -> 70]
Sebas shuddered as his body began to vibrate, his body suddenly and rapidly enlarged, Sebas placed a hand on the nearest box to him. His blood caked hand shoved crates outward, causing a rumbling as an avalanche of crates settled into a new position.
One after another, boxes would fall, and he would push them off, the objects were almost weightless in the face of his indomitable strength.
After five minutes, he climbed out from between a pair of boxes, pulling his body forward with little effort as his huge physique weighed little to his combined flexibility and power.
Sebas looked around, down the different ends of the room, one side led to the children that were held captive here, while the other would presumably lead him back to the main deck.
He could always just jump up through the holes that sat diagonally to his position, however there were a few things to do first.
Sebas searched the room, breaking crates open. Some had silk, some had metals, others had some sort of fruit leather and jerked meats. He finally found the crate he was looking for, when he moved it aside, it sounded like thousands of marbles were inside of a crate.
His fist was slammed into the top of the box, pulling out a handful of small orbs that clattered back into the box as they rolled out of his hand.
Sebas focused on the misshapen marbles in his hand.
[20x
Sebas stared at the text, a glimmering smile glowed from his blood speckled fangs. He placed his palm against his mouth, and slung his head backwards, a very loud and forced swallow sounded from each object going down his throat.
[Notice: Consumption of 20x
[Elite Monster Core has begun to fill with Magic]
[Elite Monster Core State: Rank 0, Lowest Rank {0.5%}, Inert Affinities]
Sebas began to cackle loudly, and grabbed another large handful of magic stones, he ground the objects between his teeth, loud cracks sounded as the rocks broke between his teeth, he gorged on magic stones.
[The God of Humanity is Disgusted with you]
[The Goddess of Mercy prays for you]
[The Goddess of the Hunt encourages you, telling you to enjoy your spoils]
[The God of Afterlife is curious about you]
Sebas mentally dismissed the gods' messages, focusing on his task, it was the best way. He knew this instinctively, each and every time a mana stone entered his body, a sudden electrical burn of power zapped through his body, almost exactly like the magic his father used, or the electrical power the chest he once tried to open forcefully that hospitalized him, this one was different however, each stone that melted in his stomach seemed to energetically fly around until it got trapped in the stone within his chest. An odd warmth glowed as mana continued flying inside of his body.
[Notice: Consumption of 70x
[Elite Monster Core has begun to fill with Magic]
[Elite Monster Core State: Rank 0, Lowest Rank {2.4%}, Inert Affinities]
[Notice: Increase in state: {2.4%} -> {3.1%}]
Sebas grabbed at least fifty at a time, completely filling his mouth, struggling to chew, and sometimes choking before his strange birdlike constitution managed to regurgitate some stones for him to re-consume.
[Notice: Increase in state: {3.1%} -> {3.7%}]
[Notice: Increase in state: {3.7%} -> {4.5%}]
[Notice: Increase in state: {4.5%} -> {5.2%}]
[Notice: Increase in state: {5.2%} -> {7.3%}]
He increased the speed at which he inhaled the small magic objects, power had rapidly filled his body, he felt invincible.
[Notice: Increase in state: {7.3%} -> {9.8%}]
[Notice: Increase in state: {9.8%} -> {12.3%}]
[Notice: Increase in state: {12.3%} -> {16.5%}]
[Notice: Increase in state: {16.5%} -> {21.2%}]
Sebas lifted the crate with his arm, tipping the small objects backwards, letting them spill forward like a drink.
[Notice: Increase in state: {21.2%} -> {28.9%}]
[Notice: Increase in state: {28.9%} -> {35.3%}]
[Notice: Dangerous amounts of Mana entering body, please slow down]
[Notice: Increase in state: {35.3%} -> {46.0%}]
[Notice: Increase in state: {46.0%} -> {58.9%}]
The power transcended from invincibility, turning into something more dangerous, an explosive violence that threatened to rip his body open at the seams.
Sebas was forced to stop, not even close to a third into the box of marbles. It was an addictive way to increase in power. Temptation dragged him back in. He was annoyed, and grabbed a handful of the stones, crushing them within his palm, creating a large jagged gestalt crystal that he swallowed.
[Notice: Consumption of
[Notice: Increase in state: {58.9%} -> {75.9%}]
His body began to rumble as the colliding energy had to take turns entering the dim sphere that sat beside his heart.
He hesitated, losing control of his body, a glow started to appear from his being, a soft red hue not dissimilar to his skill’s aura.
[You have lost function of your body due to “Mana Overdose,” failure to regulate your mana will result in death, causing a small explosion.]
“Huh… that sounds like a Major Fuckup”
[The Goddess of Mercy prays for you, attempting to shoulder your burden.]
[Accept?]
[Yes] [No]
Sebas breathed in, forcing his focus on the “no” option, laying on the ground. He focused on his body, rippling waves of what he assumed was mana made his body launch destructive waves from the inside out, it was an alien substance that a mere percentile could be absorbed into his Core.
He clenched his body, each muscle seemed to shake and slightly bloat as each ripple of energy threatened to expel from his body. Sebas focused his attention on the small sphere within his chest, he wasn’t sure what it looked like, only that it was formed by the small red jewel he ate before.
His body, now broken and shattering, began to decay as the energy began to kill off every part of his body from the inside-out. Difficulty was brought out from controlling the tyrannical and raw energy.
[The God of Humanity hates you, and calls you a simpleton, telling you to move the energy in a rotation around your Manaheart]
Sebas, unsure what a mana heart was, attempted to control the energy, but immediately failed as his body began to shove blood from his eyes, and nose.
He was splayed out on the ground, dying from hubris, like some sort of idiot.
[The God of Humanity tells you don’t force the energy, but to guide it, while tapping his armrest]
Sebas laid still, waiting for his body to catch up, and began to prod around, wherever he would send his muscle or his mind’s thought to a certain spot, for example, activating a skill with his hand, sword, or teeth, it would create a ripple that would bounce from the point of contact, and bounce around his body.
Sebas placed several “points of contact” in a sequence around his chest, a large circle that he made ripples fall into, eventually, the ripples ceased bouncing, and began flowing, rapidly spinning within his body as the chaotic energy that was once trapped became encircled around his heart and core, slowly leaking its energy towards the natural gravity the core held to whatever energy that surrounded it.
[Notice; Trait: (Elite Monster)’s Subtrait: (Elite Monster Core) has gained a new form; Energy Flow Circuit]
[Energy Flow Circuit begins to absorb excess energy]
[Excess Energy Amount: 182%]
Sebas was finally able to breathe, the pressure in his body began to decrease, and he vomited inert shards of rock and a puddle of black blood.
He sighed and sat upright, grabbing a piece of dried meat from the food crate and chewing it slowly.