Pyro POV
Let me tell you this... Adeliza is AWESOME!!! Too bad she drifted off to dreamland on third mug, well more for me. By the way, I met a few dwarfs in this city, they were not slaves, but owners of 'Flumen Dei Spiritus', or 'River of Booze' in elfish, while in dwarfish it would be something like 'Fluss der Geister'. Funny bunch those mountain dwarfs, however owner passed after fifteenth mug, only his daughter, whom I mistook as son by the way because she had quite a beard, didn't participate. Oh and their family name is 'Schnabelbart', mainly of their family business.
By the way I managed to buy few kegs of this 'juice', 32 kegs actually, which was everything they had in stock. One keg was opened immediately from where we drank, with the mugs generously provided by Dieter, that's the name of the owner by the way, while the name of his daughter is Los.
After that I, along with Lilith, brought her mother home, after which I headed back to the inn where heroes stay.
That happened yesterday and now it was a bright tomorrow filled with lemon-orange soda, weakly carbonized, and chicken as soon as I get downstairs. Too bad I will travel back to the capital today, hope there is also kulpo juice, if not I will order through queen. I know what you are thinking, but she owes me.
That was good stuff, now to the annoying one. Status is still not working, nor can I access system functions except for Bianca.
After I entered the dinner hall I was met by heroes and their companions.
JJ: “My sword is strong, my goal is just, so give me the power to vanquish evil!” and he tried to kick me, which resulted in a broken table and concussion on his part.
Pyro: “Seriously? Don't tell your enemy that you are going to attack him.” Moron. Why does he act like that?
BDL: “He's actually quite angry at you as you finished the quest, not him.” intolerable egomaniac.
The breakfast was gone quite fast and it was time for us to travel back. Why don't they have teleportation arrays? Would be much better than those annoying carriages.
While we were traveling I told them a few stories of my past life, mostly stories where I worked with 'Rhinos' as they were mercs, not assassins. The stories were about zombie plague, civil war in new Greece and the hunt on Chupacabra, which was actually just oversized rat, albeit slightly mutated. Why hunt the Chu-chus? Well they were like very annoying pests, and we got a contract, was quite easy by the way, we just burned the forest in Vietnam where those pests nested. Yes it was not in South America, like most stories told. My guess is that some moron captured it and decided to experiment on it, resulting in quite aggressive and oversized vampire rat, which bred even faster.
After a few weeks we finally were back. Oh and the most fun stuff is that capital is not far from miasma territories.
After we entered the castle we were cheered upon as the heroes subjugated their first demon. Why does they act like that anyway? It's like they were either paid or brainwashed.
King: “And as the additional reward to the leader of heroes, I, King Gustav the XII, hereby declare the engagement between my daughter and hero Elizabeth.” wait what? Who? Is she a lesbo?
JJ: “I'm honored your majesty.” wait that moron is leader?
Pyro: “Hey king, he's not a leader.” and everyone fell silent.
Princess: “But he will be-”
Pyro: “OK. Let's vote, who will follow JJ?” and... silence. “Come on, no one?”
King: “Who's JJ?”
Pyro: “That Justice Jerk Elizabeth. Who from heroes will follow him?” and silence. “Hey guys, well ladies too, you won't follow him?”
BDL: “Nope, he's moron and could have killed us on the mission if we couldn't knock him out in time.” and... crowd laughed, while heroes had approving grunts.
Pyro: “See, JJ is not suited to be a leader.”
Princess: “Who will be the leader then? You?” she's quite angry.
Pyro: “Nope, she will be. I have small squad already.” and I pointed at BDL. Hey don't judge me. She's quite good at all that leader stuff.
Princess: “...” she's fuming with anger. I knew I should kill her. Those pricks always look at the profit.
Pyro: “Besides if you want you two to be engaged, why not say so? But if you wish to make him look good when he's not, I will not help your cause.” by the way, my standing with that bithc is now highly negative. I really hate that useless sack of meat.
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It happened a week after I cured her mother. She was chatting with other nobles, made some promises, acted like a dignified being. And told them that JJ is the strongest of heroes. It ended in me asking how did she get that info, and she told me that it was the light incident. After that I laughed for some time before telling them that it was few royal magicians who made it, as they trained hero. Nobles laughed at my statement, but after they saw my face, they stopped.
Princess: “Don't you have manners Kuro? I was talking with the nobles of my kingdom and you barged into our conversation.”
Pyro: “When you lie, please check if there is no one nearby who knows the truth.”
Princess: “Like you are the strongest? Right, you are just some-” I froze the entire room after that exclamation.
Pyro: “I cured queen, I helped your family against rebellion. Now you tell nobles that JJ is stronger than me? Organize duel and make all the nobles attend it. If you want we can also bid on the outcome.”
Princess: “Yes, you two will fight the strongest warriors of our-”
Pyro: “Nope, each other.”
Outcome? She rejected.
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Now it's time to play some of my cards.
Pyro: “Seeing as you didn't get it last time I will tell you again. If you lie, don't do it in the presence of those who know the truth.” The queen is currently on some diplomatic mission and will be back in a few month I think.
Princess: “It's you who lie and I will prove it.”
Pyro: “OK! It's official. Princess just issued a duel. Everyone heard that?”
Finally. KING IS PALE.
Princess: “As the princess I won't enter the duel, but I will choose my champion.”
Pyro: “Seeing as you so dot on 'hero' Elizabeth, why not make him your champion? Everyone will know if he's the one you describe him to be.” now wait a bit before...
Princess: “As a hero-”
Pyro: “We are both summoned, so we are both heroes as you call it. No escape this time princess.”
Princess: “By the royal decree-”
Pyro: “Royal decree can't be used on heroes, as they are not your subjects.”
Princess: “Your lands are-”
Pyro: “We were not given lands yet, and when we will be they will be considered separate Dukedoms.” yep, I read about it in the library.
Princess: “It will mean that you are declaring war on-”
Pyro: “Nope, you see the one who is declaring war is you, fucking warmonger. I am just defending my rights.”
Princess: “WHO CARES ABOUT SOME PLEBEIAN?!” hmm.... it was faster than I anticipated.
Pyro: “Citizens of this country, your so called 'Princess' is acting as a scum. Finally she showed her true colors as the one who don't care about the people unless it's useful to her in some way.”
JJ: “How do you address your future queen?” Really? Didn't he get it?
Pyro: “She is not queen, nor we will be her subjects. She's just spoiled brat like you.”
JJ: “As the hero I will protect the ladies honor! I accept the duel!”
Pyro: “Fine. Tomorrow, noon, Arena. We will fight.”
Princess: “It's not ava-”
Pyro: “THEN FUCKING MAKE IT AVAILABLE!!! Else you are on your own with the demon problems, as it will be the breach of contract.”
Princess: “Breach? What breach? What contract?”
Pyro: “The contract your father and me established.”
Princess: “Who cares about it?” and king tries to calm her down.
King: “Daughter, if you act like that, we will lose the support of people.”
Princess: “Who cares?”
King: “It includes traders and other countries.”
Pyro: “The contract clearly states that in case of making obstacles for the hero's progress, the hero will be allowed to scrap the contract without any consequences to the hero and his aid.” few papers, but they are contract.
Princess: “And what will you do? You only got like 10'000 gold. It's not worth a shit.” so they decided to be greedy. Screw that. I will steal all of their gold.
Pyro: “Hey guys. That is clearly a breach. According to contract we will be compensated according to the difficulty of the mission. The missions of SSS rank as stated in the contract have starting sum of 3 million and higher. 10'000 was the initial investment, along with the slave we chose. If you don't want to act according to contract, heroes will be able to act as they wish, without support of country, but also without the obligations to said country.”
Princess: “You... you won't ignore the needs of people!” and booing from the crowd.
Pyro: “Remember your words? 'WHO CARES ABOUT SOME PLEBEIAN?!'?”
King: “I know my daughter overreacted-”
Pyro: “It was fun trolling you guys, but you breached the contract when you appointed 'leader' without our consent. We are no longer obliged to help your kingdom.” YES!!! It will end soon.
King: “You won't-”
Pyro: “Hey I cured the queen, so she can take care of all that shit you poured on yourself, either by bathing you or by throwing you out.” now that I think about it, maybe it was the princess who poisoned her mother?
Princess: “Hah, you didn't cure her. She was-”
Queen: “He didn't do what daughter?” um... she's back?
Princess: “Mother, he called-”
Pyro: “She is a liar and she interferes with the duel she established between me and her so called fiancé. Oh and she breached contract.”
Queen: “She has no authority to act as a representative of the kingdom.”
Pyro: “But she acted like that, going as far as trying to use royal decree.”
Queen: “Royal decree can't be used against heroes.”
Pyro: “That's why I said tried. Anyway can you reserve arena for tomorrow? Well admit some citizens and all the nobles that currently in capital? There should've been meeting today between nobles, so most of them should be in the capital.”
Queen: “Sure. Now if you excuse me, I'm quite tired after the travel.” uh... and my idea of slacking off won't work. Uh...
Pyro: “JJ, if you won't come tomorrow you will be considered a liar and therefore 'false hero', so you better be there tomorrow.” hmm... I think he has fallen asleep. Whatever. I will teach him a lesson tomorrow.
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Evening. Finally. Rest... I hoped so. But no, the feast, nobles, etc. At least I made the princess look bad as well as her fiancé. They weren't on this meeting, well I wouldn't mind if they were like...
Wait... somehow it looks like that hero who got a shield and was looked down upon... good thing I don't stick to specific weapon, so I can easily attack anyone. Oh I know! I need a giant rooster, or chicken, you know, for the mount?
You should stick to dragons.
YES!!! I need to tame a dragon!
No I mean-
Yes! Summon one!
No-
Along with some elementals. Oh and I will summon-
You promised to make a golem!
Oh right. Will do after the system gets rebooted.
It's almost done. Should not take more than an hour.
Yay! Bianca you are the best assistant a man could ask!
Really?
Yes! Good Bianca, good. Um... how can I pet you by the way?
Get me a body!
Will robot one suffice?
MAKE IT CUTE!!!
Fine.
Oh right... she just told me that I have to wait a few hours before system reboots. Oh well need to wait a bit more... I hate waiting, so let's drink some kulpo juice.
Noble: “Hero Kuro, what are you drinking?”
Pyro: “Oh you know, some juice.”
Noble: “It's blue? How's it called?”
Pyro: “Kulpo. Quite tasty, want some?”
Noble: “Yes sure. Servant bring me the same juice hero is drinking.”
Servant: “I'm sorry sir, but we don't have it.”
Noble: “What?”
Pyro: “Oh I just bought a keg in a shop. Servant bring a few glasses.”
Servant: “Certainly sir.” and he stormed off. Only to return a minute later with glasses. “Here, let me pour your drink sir.” quite annoying.
Noble: “I would appreciate it.” he drunk and... “Strong stuff.*hiccup*” why are they so weak to it?
Pyro: “Why are they so weak to this juice? It's tasty.” and I continued drinking from mug. Yes I know that it's royal gathering, but hell, I won't drink from those 0.1 L glasses.
Servant: “Sir is it... kulpo?”
Pyro: “Yep. Good thing. Want some?”
Servant: “Sorry sir, but how can you drink it?”
Pyro: “It is tasty.”
Servant: “How can you drink so much and not become intoxicated?”
Pyro: “Dunno.”
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I'm back at my room. It's quite empty without my squad, but hey, at least I'm alone today, as I can be anyway. Oh and I maximized few of my new masteries. So... [STATUS]
Status V3.52
Name: Pyro
Race: Homunculus
Variant: Esper.
Sub-Race: Vampire (locked)
Variant: Daywalker (locked), Ancestral (locked),
Class: Polymath
Variant: Xenomorph
Extra: Chosen of Chaos.
Level 15
Experience 54%
Health: 13500/13500
Regeneration: 3000 H/hour
Mana: 18000/18000
Regeneration: 720 M/minute
Stamina: 45000/45000
Recovery: 4500 S/minute
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Weight
36.2 kg/1200 kg
Titles *active
Traits
Weapon Master
Alchemist
Pyromaniac
Master Assassin
Living Shadow
One-man army
Lone Wolf
*Hero
Firestarter
Distrust Gardener
Space-Time Apprentiece
Wielder of Curses
Twisted Genius
Parallel Processing
Enhanced Regeneration
Indefatigable
Tough Skin
Know it All
Discerning Eye
Prodigy
System Enhanced Assistant
Shape-Shifter
Psyker
Archmage
Harbringer
Illusionist
Vampiric Origin
Void Walker
Overlord
Polymath
Magic Blood
Undefeated
Legendary Strength 100
Legendary Vitality 100
Legendary Vigor 100
Legendary Endurance 100
Legendary Agility 100
Legendary Speed 100
Legendary Dexterity 100
Legendary Perception 100
Legendary Processing Power 100
Legendary Intelligence 100
Legendary Willpower 100
Legendary Magic 100
Legendary Charisma 105
Luck 100
Unallocated points 6'968
Coins 100'000
Stored Life Force 5'500
Stored Essence 0
Tokens 9 Common
12 Uncommon
6 Rare
1 Unique
Affinities
Fire 100
Water 15
Earth 25
Air 10
Light 10
Darkness 52
Lightning 20
Nature 10
Ice 25
Blood 25
Shadow 54
Illusion 15
Void 10
Time 10
Space 10
Psychic 100
Mana 10
Chaos 30
Death 10
Life 10
Weapon Masteries
Defense Masteries
Magic Masteries
Utility Masteries
Dual Wielding – MAX
Hand-to-hand – MAX
Dagger – MAX
Throwing – Expert
Archery – Expert
Whips – Expert.
Short blades – Expert
Long blades – Expert
One Handed – Expert
Two Handed – Expert
Axes – Competent
Hammers – Adequate
Spear – Novice
Shield – Untrained
Heavy Armor – MAX
Medium Armor – MAX
Light Armor – MAX
Evasion – Expert
Dodging – Competent
Blocking – Competent
Counter – Competent
Enchanting – MAX
Mana – MAX
Psychic – MAX
Illusion – MAX
Shadow – MAX
Darkness – MAX
Light – MAX
Fire – MAX
Water – MAX
Earth – MAX
Air – MAX
Ice – MAX
Lightning – MAX
Nature – MAX
Blood – MAX
Death – MAX
Life – MAX
Chaos – MAX
Void – MAX
Time – MAX
Space – MAX
Necromancy – MAX
Hexes – MAX
Summoning – MAX
Sneaking – MAX
Camouflage – MAX
Alchemy – MAX
Swimming – Expert
Survival – Expert
Traps – Expert
Hunting – Expert
Cooking – Adequate
Herbalism – Adequate
Crafting – Adequate
Fabrication – Adequate
Fishing – Trained
Smooth Talker – Novice
Intimidation – Novice
Flesh Carving – Basic
Runic Knowledge – MAX
Active Skills
Passive Skills
Magic Skills
Buffs
Debuffs
Slash
Assassination
Hide
Penetrating Strike
Devour
Blink
Charm
Bind
Power Strike
Shield Wall
Smoke Screen
Polymorph
Spirit Lantern
Fear Aura
Appraisal
Evil Eyes
Inventory
Last Stand
Polymath
Magic Control
Poker Face
Elemental Manipulation
Life & Death
Blood Pool
Magic Stabilization
Awareness
Resistances : Pain, Physical, Magical, Elemental, Mental.
Creation
Enchanting
Infusion
Transmutation
Personal Dimension
Domination
Icy Flame
Metal Manipulation
Magma Manipulation
Life Steal
Resurrection
Reality Slash
Gravitation Control
Time Control
Teleportation
Gate
Fly
Laser
Doll Creation
Summon Elemental
Blast
Shield
Ray
Orb
Spear
Blessing of Chaos
None
Cool, right?
Oh and the reason for my increased parameters are few of my traits.
Enhanced Regeneration
*4 to Health regeneration, can regenerate lost limbs and organs.
Indefatigable
*5 to stamina and stamina regeneration. No need for the second wind.
Tough Skin
Your skin is much tougher resulting in higher natural defense and *1,5 health.
Archmage
No more mana waste. Reduces amount of mana needed for skills and masteries by half.
Magic Blood
*2 to mana capacity *3 mana regeneration.
Psyker
Your mind powers increased to the point of where you can use your powers without the excess need of concentration. Reduced mana usage by 75%, increases effects by 20% and you will no longer be vulnerable while using your powers.
Illusionist
Your Illusions can become real. In exchange of increased mana cost you can manifest your illusions, albeit temporarily, in the world.
Harbringer
Every living being has essence, and you now can extract the essence from them.
Vampiric Origin
Blood is filled with life force, and now you can take the life force from blood increasing your own health. No need for the drinking it, unless you wish it.
Void Walker
Void, Space, Time, those are the origin of universe. Now you are more resistant to those elements and gain more power while wielding them. Don't look too long into the Abyss though.
Overlord
Your will is much stronger than of those pathetic weaklings, if opponent have much lesser willpower than your charisma it can become your servant. Charisma of other beings have much weaker effect on you.
Twisted Genius
Gain additional point in mental attributes when increasing them via points, they are easier to increase via natural methods, but cost to increase charisma *5.
Parallel processing
You gain another personality which can work on a task.
Know It All
System Assistant will have access to more information.
System Enhanced Assistant
System Assistant will be able to provide help outside of System Menu.
Prodigy
Faster to learn new masteries and reduced experience threshold by 10%, while increasing experience gained by 2.
Discerning Eye
Can access System powered Apprisal.
Polymath
The one who walks a path of balance (in powers). Slower experience gain and higher threshold, but gains masteries much faster.
Shape-Shifter
You can change the shape of your body. Can't change it completely, nor create something entirely new. Costs stamina and to a lesser degree health.
Undefeated
When your health drops to 10% your stats increase tenfold (*10) allowing you to either fight or flee. Fleeing isn't considered defeat, but tactical retreat.
Fleet Footed
Increase movement speed by 10%.
Oh and my Polymath class has increases to attributes every level after 15.
Strength +7
Vitality +7
Vigor +7
Endurance +8
Agility +8
Speed +6
Dexterity +9
Perception +8
Charisma +1
Intelligence +19
Willpower +23
Magic +15
Overpoweredness here I come! Well almost, my homunculus race is quite lame though.
Homunculus [Esper] lifespan (340 years + [-40 years])
Current age 14
The race produced by experimenting on living creatures. Homunculus are faster, stronger and resilent than human, but being the better version they suffer from perfectionism.
[Espers are the creatures who can use psyonic energy. Unfortunately espers can't be the mediums of divine powers]
All attributes +1 to each (except luck) for every level after 15.
Trait: Enhanced Regeneration, Indefatigable, Tough Skin.
[Psychic affinity +25]
[Trait Psyker]
+100% Experience Threshold
-15% Experience Gained
-25% unallocated points gained per level after 15.
25% conversion cost for coins.
[Holy Affinity -100, Holy affinity cannot be higher than 0]
Well my Polymath gets it covered, I think?