I jogged up to reach Leona as she walks surprisingly fast in her dress. When I got to her, we were suddenly swarmed by a group of girls.
“Hey want to be friends?” “Do you need someone to level with?” “Do you want to go quest with us?” “We should friend each other.”
I was suddenly attacked by a barrage of questions. The reason was simple : I was good looking. I remembered reading about appearances inside the manual because I was concerned about meeting a person that could have been a G.I.R.L (Guy In Real Life).
The answer to my concerns caused me to sigh in relief as the manual stated that PoD didn’t allow much cosmetic and physical changes. You also had to play as your own sex because the game was supposed to be as close to realistic as possible.
This meant that an average looking guy couldn’t suddenly become a supermodel. The bombardment of girls was only natural as I was more than just good looking, I am arguably, one of the best looking males on the planet (at least according to my mom and Mary)
The only reason as to why I didn’t get this much females around me earlier was likely because my hood was on thus giving me the look of some hobo. But I couldn’t just stop when I promised Leona that I would follow her to the university, as such I did one of the things I do best: BS my way out of situations.
“Bonjour, croiscant, Bourbon, Je ne se quoi, Je ne se pa, Au revoir, adieu.”(Katsu) As I said this the girls parted away and I could have heard mumblings of how I was apparently French. Seizing this break, I dashed towards Leona and picked her up in a princess style carry before the girls realized that not only did PoD translate a person’s language, but France had a mandatory English course in their education system.
“WAIT! Doesn’t the game have an internal translator?” “Doesn’t France also teach the people English?” As they said that I was already no longer surrounded by them.
This all happened in the course of a few seconds and so I started sprinting away with Leona squirming in my arms.
“Leona it’s me, Katsu”(Katsu)
“Huh? But I thought you were some beggar looking person who wore a hood because he had some kind of physical deformity.”(Leona)
“Actually, as a foreigner, we all come into this world with those clothes, some bread, and basically an over glorified toothpick.”(Katsu)
“Oh, ok I guess.”(Leona)
“So, where’s the university?”(Katsu)
“It’s in the Educational District in the east, just keep going straight and you’ll find it.”(Leona)
And find it I did. It was quite big, bigger than most of the other places in the Educational District. We passed through the gate and bumped into an short old human lady who seemed to be cleaning, commenting about how “Kids these days are so amorous.”
That comment caused Leona to blush furiously and politely asked me to place her down. Smiling, I did as she asked and she led me to the headmaster’s office where I saw the headmaster.
The headmaster was a short old man that many would probably love to have as their grandfather. He was short, probably at 4ft 6in (1.37m), he had balding white hair and an adorable white mustache. (Basically Makarov from fairy tail)
“Leona? Who’s this hobo that you’ve brought?” (Headmaster)
“Headmaster, this is a foreigner who has agreed to come study in the university.”(Leona)
“This hobo is a foreigner?”(Headmaster)
“I’m actually not a hobo.”(Katsu)
“That is correct headmaster.”(Leona)
“Well, I guess even a hobo foreigner is better than no foreigner at all.”(Headmaster)
“Again, I’m not actually a hobo.”(Katsu)
“Well come on hobo, let’s get you started on your magical training.”(Headmaster)
“I’M NOT A GODDAMN HOBO!”(Katsu)
“Geez hobo, I know you’re excited but calm down because I’ll probably need to explain to you what magic is in our world. You may leave now Leona.”(Headmaster)
“*sigh* Fine, carry on.”(Katsu)
“As I was saying, hobo, magic is the manifestation of our imaginations through the use of mana. It is theoretically possible to do anything provided enough mana is used when doing anything with magic. Although magic is the manifestation of our imaginations, most people nowadays use magic in its simplest form. They simply chant and expect the effect or spell they chanted to appear and happen. This seems to be especially true among you foreigners. There is no imagination involved at all with modern magic. The sudden appearance of you foreigners is likely to push magic further in this direction. That is a basic summary of what magic is.”(Headmaster)
“So basically magic is the conversion of mana into other forms of energy or matter?”(Katsu)
“Yes, hobo, that is correct. You are surprisingly sharp for a hobo.”(Headmaster)
“*inhales deeply* So, when can I begin learning magic?”(Katsu)
“Soon, but not now, I need to teach you how to harness and utilize your mana before you can actually do anything.”(Headmaster)
“Ok, so how do I do this harnessing and utilization?”(Katsu)
“Yes, well sit down on that couch there, yes right there. Now, I want you to clear your mind and try to feel the mana inside of you. Keep it up for an hour and if you happen to finish before then, ring this bell on the coffee table. Oh yeah, before I go, if you don’t finish before the hour is up, I’ll provide you a faster, albeit more painful method.”(Headmaster)
And so, I sat there for what seemed like hours just trying to feel the mana within myself. I tried sensing it, searching for it, for as long as I could, but to no avail. As I started to doze off after staying still for a while, I felt an extremely sharp burning pain on my forehead. I opened my eyes to see the old man looking at with a finger about to flick my forehead.
“So, I’m assuming that as a hobo, you were unable to find your mana?”(Headmaster)
“Uhh, yeah, it probably would have helped if you told me what I could have done to find it though.”(Katsu)
“Ah well, what’s past is past, hobo open your mouth.”(Headmaster)
And so I opened my mouth. The old man then put a spherical object inside my mouth and told me to swallow it, which I did. As soon as I swallowed it, I felt a tingling sensation inside my belly that quickly turned into sharp, burning pain.
The pain soon grew to be immense and started spreading throughout my body. It felt as if my body was lit on fire from the inside and it was slowly spreading through the rest of my body. Gasping, I looked at the old man and he just stood there looking at my face.
Beads of sweat rolled down my face before a window popped up.
Due to the status effect [Mana Burn], Transcendent Sight have activated in order to allow you to find the source.
I looked at my belly and what I saw was a dwindling sphere of black. There were black flames eating away at my iridescent color while the green seemed to be doing its own thing. The black flames were slowly growing faster and had across most of my lower torso.
I could feel the iridescent color, or was it mana?, flowing away from the flames. Feeling my mana, I tried to move it even faster than it's current pace. As my mana moved away, I pushed the burning mana towards my abdomen where the dwindling sphere currently was at. After a few minutes of me holding my mana away from the flames, the flames started to extinguish as the sphere was now gone. In half a minute, the flames all disappeared and I released my hold on my mana.
*DING!*
Due to your actions a new skill has been created : Mana Manipulation
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Mana ManipulationBeginner106%You are one of the few with enough talent in order to be able to manipulate your mana. You are able to control your mana.
My vision returned to normal as the mana burn stopped affecting me. The only difference now was that I could still move the mana around within me.
“Wow, either you have a crappy amount of mana or you have quite the talent with mana.”(Headmaster)
“I guess I have talent because I can move what I think is my mana around now.”(Katsu)
“That’s extremely impressive because most aren’t able to even manipulate mana, let alone on the first try with the mana burn experiment. Anywho since I was expecting you to be able to feel your mana return in order to allow you to have a grasp as to what it is and where it generally is, you’re doing good. Keep meditating until you’ve recovered all your mana.”(Headmaster)
And so, I went back to meditating, but as I was just getting into my Buddha mood, I heard a ding that distracted me.
A new skill has been created: Meditation
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:MeditationBeginner102%Meditation allows one to recover energy faster. Effect: increased mana/stamina/ki regen. Effects increase with level.
Soon after I received the window, my mana was full. As such, I opened my eyes to find the old man sitting across from me drinking tea and getting his back massaged by a voluptuous black haired beauty. Her breasts were huge and seemed to be struggling against her black robes. From what I could tell, she was in her early to mid 20s and her hair was tied up into a bun. She also wore square rimmed glasses that made her even more attractive. She gave off an onee-chan vibe that seemed to leak out maturity and experience.
“Oh you’re done, ok well let’s actually teach you real magic now.”(Headmaster)
“Uh-huh.”(Katsu)
“HEY! Stop staring at my granddaughter like that you insolent hobo!”(Headmaster)
I could only reply “Right” as I kept on staring at her. The headmaster’s granddaughter smiled seductively, stood up, and walked to the door, her hips swaying as she stepped and might I say that she looks just as good from behind as she does from the front. What stopped me from looking even more was another flick on my forehead. The old man had flicked me!
AGAIN!
“OLD MAN! What’s with you and flicking my forehead. You got the same exact spot as earlier too!”(Katsu)
“Hah! Quit staring at my beautiful granddaughter, she’s too good for the likes of a hobo like you.”(Headmaster)
“I’m not a goddamn HOBO!!! My name’s Katsu.”(Katsu)
“Is that so, Katsu? Well I’m the headmaster of the Arcane University of the Eternal Forest, Crom Quint. Now I need you to place your palm on this orb in order to become an actual student of the Arcane University.” (Crom)
The old man pulled out a black or maybe really dark blue sphere about 12 inches in diameter (30.5cm) from seemingly thin air. Placing my palm on it, I could feel some mana drain from my hand and flow into the orb. The orb glowed to a luminescent azure and some specks of light flew off it before slowly fading away.
“Congratulations Katsu, you have officially enrolled in the Arcane University. This means that you can go into any Arcane Universities that exist and they will accept you.” (Crom)
“That’s it? I thought it would be harder than that.”(Katsu)
“Normally it would be but since you are the first foreigner to ever enroll in the University, an exception has been made for you.”(Crom)
With that a ding! sound appeared and some windows popped up.
Congratulations! You are the first player to have been accepted into the Arcane University.
+2 Intelligence
+2 Wisdom
“Welp, time to teach you how to do magic now kid.”(Crom)
‘Well, I guess “kid” is better than “hobo”’(Katsu) “Ok, so where do we begin?”
“Well, I’m going to teach you how to manifest your mana outside of your body. This is something only those who can control their mana can do. Anyone can use magic in the conventional spell way, but since I sensed that you have at least some kind of control over your mana, I’ll teach you how to bring it out. First, you have to push it out of your body, which is harder than it sounds. This may take a while so ring the bell when you are done.”(Crom)
With that, Crom left the room with me sitting there. Pushing the mana out was indeed harder than it sounded. Moving the mana in my body around was easy. It felt natural moving the mana around, as if it were my limbs. I could feel my mana coursing through my body but no matter how I pushed, it wouldn’t leave. I then decided that I wouldn’t stop pushing my mana until it left. It took several minutes of pushing before I finally felt leave my body. There was a slight tingling at first as my mana was slowly leaving my body. Before long I was covered by an aurora like outline that shimmered around me.
*DING!*
A new skill has been created : Mana Manifestation
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Mana ManifestationBeginner105%Mana manifestation is the ability to emit your mana outside your body in it's raw and pure form.
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After the windows popped up, there was a sudden flash around me and all of a sudden I was surrounded by several corpses and fire. The smell of death and iron was strong. In front of me sat a single handsome man covered in numerous wounds and gashes. His left arm was partially missing, leaving only about half of his biceps to his shoulder. His breathing was ragged and there was a sword sticking out of his abdomen. Since he was the only one here that still seemed to be alive, I went up to check on him. I nudged him and his eyelids flickered. He gazed at my face before smiling bitterly. He raised his right arm and with his index finger, did something on my forehead before a reddish purple sphere came from his chest and into mine. Then I was covered in a reddish purple outline similar to the iridescent aurora before I got here and I was gone in another flash.
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POV of One armed guy
I was returning back to the estate with my guards when we were stopped by a group of men. There were around a hundred of them, all dressed in various clothing. There didn’t seem to be any kind of unity between the group as they all took out weapons of all sorts and rushed at us, some pushing others out of their way.
I told a young man to run and obtain help because although they were uncoordinated, each of them felt capable in their own right and my group of eight, or now seven might not be able to fend them all off without much harm coming to us. I smirked and drew my sword prompting the others to do the same. The one mage among my guards shot a large jet of flames towards the onslaught and killed about thirteen. My men and I held our ground and our blades met theirs in a clash of metal. Swinging our swords down, we managed to wound several of them before more came to meet our blades.
As we were about to clash once more, a loud roar was heard. To my right, I saw a rapidly approaching figure. The figure seemed like it left prints of fire in its wake. As it ran towards us I could see its large size as it was about 16ft (4.88m) tall on all four. It had long bull-like horns that seemed to have a fiery glow to them. The eyes were red fiery flames that seemed to spill out from the sockets. Its back was covered in fire with some spike like protrusions sticking out. It crashed into the middle of their group and started thrashing about, killing and wounding about twenty of their forces before charging towards our side. It crashed into us, killing two of ours and about another ten to fifteen of theirs.
Everyone forgot about any previous hostilities and we all started attacking the beast. It flayed its forelimbs about and its claws cut through my blade and my left arm as if it was paper. I, and several others, collided with the beast as it ran back to the other side. More were wounded killed as the beast did it's mad charge. There was fire everywhere and there were men flayed about laying limply around me. I got up while cursing in pain as it seemed that my leg and several ribs had been fractured. At this point some of the remaining people started running away as the beast was occupied with stomping on us.
I had barely taken a step before someone clad entirely in black thrusted a long blade into my abdomen. The person threw me towards the beast before running. As I laid there, gasping in pain, many were getting tossed about by the fiery beast’s rampage. I was about to try and stand before crying out in pain as a sharp pain resonated from my abdomen from where the sword struck. I gritted my teeth before a coughing fit hit me. Pulling my hand back, I saw that the blood was an ominous black and smiled wryly as I had been poisoned. I picked up a branch that had been ignited by the beast when it was slaughtering us and used it to cauterize my wounds. I was going to try and make a break for it. I soon blacked out after cauterizing my arm. I was unconscious for an unknown amount of time before I felt something touch me. My eyelids felt heavy and when I finally managed to lift them, I saw a blurry world that was shaking. The beast was gone and I seemed to be the only one remaining from its attack.
I was about to get up before I saw that there was a person in front of me. I had no idea as to who he was as I had trouble keeping my eyes open and even then I could barely recognize anything. I was about to ask him for help before I saw what must have been my right arm. It was almost entirely black and I realized that the poison must have spread through most of my body by this time. There seemed to be no point to getting help as nothing could have saved me. The world around me turned grey and I saw the only clear thing in this world since I opened my eyes. Next to the person in front of me, stood a pale man in an all-black three piece suit. He had a book out and seemed to be writing something inside of it.
“Raphael Decus, incubus, cause of death : poison, time of death : 21:56, place of death: road.”(Man in suit)
“Excuse me sir, but did you just say that I died?”(One armed guy/Raphael)
“Correct Raphael, I am a reaper, a servant to the horseman Death, one of some entities of the end and death. I am here to collect you as your life has ended. I apologize for being so late as the Inpetus had killed quite a few people and I was assigned to all of you.”(reaper)
“Wait, so that’s it? I die and am now being collected?”(Raphael)
“Yes, unless of course you do not wish to move on, in which case you will be trapped in a ghostly visage for eternity until you are destroyed or you move on.”(reaper)
“So that’s it huh, living a life having not done anything truly of worth and then dieing in such a way.”(Raphael)
“If I might suggest Mister Raphael, you can transfer some of your soul to this child here and your place in history would be set as one of the few demons who have voluntarily given another their soul. This will make you have done something of worth and may help you in the afterlife.”(reaper)
“Is that so, then I guess I can do that.”(Raphael)
The pale reaper then grabbed my hand and color returned to the gray world. I smiled bitterly as I realized that I truly was dead. The reaper’s hand was colder than ice and he guided my finger into drawing a sort of symbol on the kid in front of me. Then a sphere, which I assumed to be my soul floated from me and into the kid. The reaper plunged his other hand into my chest and sent chills throughout my body as he drew out my mana and placed them over the kid, encasing him with it before he disappeared. As soon as the reaper withdrew his hands, my body fell limp and I realized I was standing again. I looked down to see my dull lifeless body and smiled sadly as my life had ended.
“What did you do to that kid?”(Raphael)
“That child is not yet ready to be in this place.”(???)
The voice was androgynous and ominous. I turned around to see a shadow atop a large black horse. The reaper behind my bowed slightly towards the rider before grabbing my shoulder and gesturing to a door that had popped up behind me. I placed my hands on the handle and opened...
(End of POV)
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*DING!*
Congratulations! You are the first player to have traversed through planes of existence. You have gained a new title: Planeswalker
+5 Luck
TitlePlaneswalker : You are the a person who has managed to cross through different planes of existence.
Effects : Varies depending on user.
Congratulations! You are the first player to obtain the soul of another being. You have gained a new title: Master of Souls
New information on self available: Souls
+5 Luck
TitleMaster of Souls : You are one who has managed to obtain the soul of another.
Effects : Allows the acquisition and use of souls. NOTE: Due to the means by which you obtained your first soul, you may only acquire souls from voluntary means until or unless you find a method of acquiring souls in a different manner. NOTE: Getting a soul allows you to use their strengths and abilities from when the original holder of the soul was alive.
ERROR! Due to nature of title The Impossible, title(s) Planeswalker and Master of Souls has been absorbed into The Impossible.
You have acquired the soul of the Cubi noble Raphael Decus. Due to the nature of title(s) The Impossible and Master of Souls, you have become part of the Devil race Incubus sub race.
+10 Charisma
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Animal MagnetismBegginner108%[Passive] Your Cubi blood gives you an animal magnetism that makes others find you more attractive.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Incubus Lust SecretionBegginner100%[Passive/Toggle] Your Cubi blood allows you to release an aphrodisiac-like pheromones and secretions, enhancing the lust of others around you. Passive: Your body fluids and certain other things increase the lust of others. Toggle: Release of pheromones.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Dream WalkingBeginner100%The ability to enter and manipulate someone’s dreams.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:Appearance Shifting : Incubus VariantBegginner100%Your Cubi blood gives you the ability to change your appearance. This ability is purely cosmetic with the exception of wings, horns, and tails.
Skill Name:Skill Rank:Skill Level:Skill Experience:[Racial] Incubus CharismaRacialRacialRacialAny charisma based skill and effect is enhanced.
‘What the hell was that?’ Katsu sighed as he sat back down on the sofa.
“Souls”
Raphael Decus : A Cubi noble that you found amongst a burning field of corpses. He gave his soul to you as he was dieing.
‘Well, I should probably ring the bell since I did just finish the emission test.
*Ring* *Ring*
As I placed the bell on the table, the old man came in with a smile.
“So I guess you’ve finally done it kid. Now I guess I can have you start learning magic”(Crom)
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Welp, no sex/ero/ecchi scenes just yet, but there was a crappy battle scene and our protagonist now has what most readers have said they wanted: aphrodisiac-like abilities.