Suddenly something appeared above the red Manhattan skies. An aurora borealis along with an... Angel... But unlike the one that summoned me this one has a cruel air around him. Suddenly everyone around me turned their focus away from me, and towards the turned humans who were now monsters. They then began killing each other for survival. The monsters who were once humans now started ripping apart their kin, and brethren limb from bloody limb. Blood flowed freely towards the streets as former friends, and family started attacking each other.
"Welcome contestant's! To the 3rd dimensional games! I'm your host Thakiuel Gzaht televising this event to you! Here in the world of the shield, gauntlets, book, and armor. And things are starting to heat up." Suddenly the angel looked at me surprised, and cruelly smiled. Gunshots rang while the angel kept observing the chaos. Around me monsters are both getting gunned down, and slaughtered humans. Some tried to beg me for mercy but I couldn't care less. Especially when they treated me like shit.
"Oh.. it seems this world only has one hero as of now. How disappointing. Unlike the other worlds this one only has one hero right now. The other weapons hadn't chosen any wielders yet. Well anyways if I were the contestants I would get to killing right about now. Chop! Chop! Ants!" Suddenly the angel smiled as he snapped his fingers.
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[Mission]: Survive the first round, and kill as many monsters as possible.
Reward: 10 gold coins per kill.
Penalty if not done: Death (by enforcers)
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A pop up appeared, and suddenly the shield's icons were overhauled.
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[Notice: Unknown interference detected! Modifying interference to benefit the user!]
[Rule: If the enemy tries to modify the weapon's it will immediately be countered to prevent being compromised by the enemy. Sometimes if the modification is somewhat beneficial some of the modifications gets integrated into the weapon implement system while those considered as a detriment will be deleted, and wiped by the system.]
System modification integration successful!
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"GRAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" A monster screamed. I quickly turned around to see someone that turned rush at me with blinding speeds. I quickly readied my shield, and got thrown into an electric pole. I coughed out blood, and laughed.
"This isn't my first monster fight you know."
"[Dragon vien of the world I ask thee to listen to me. I the heavenly hero of the shield asks for your help. Help me cast the healing light that enhances bodily repairs.
I then readied my shield again but instead of fully trying to block it's attack, my plan was to parry it, and activate shield bash which can temporarily staggers enemies if done properly.
I then eyed the monster. It was some sort of giant rat. A rat as big as a bull. I sneered at it, and smiled. "COME AT ME BITCH!" The rat then rushed towards me. The moment it got close to my striking distance i swung my shield into its face, and activating shield bash's requirements for skill activation. For a solid three seconds the giant rat got stunned, and I quickly used this downtime to stab the pointy bit of my shield into its eye causing a crit, and stunning it again. I continued to do this, and another hit later it died.
+45 EXP
+10 Gold!
+50 minor Soul fragments
Kazuhira Lv Up!
Lv 1 -> Lv 2
[Astral shield is available for soul enhancement. Would you like to allocate some soul fragments into shield enhancement? (Y/N)?]
I pressed Y, and my shield was enhanced into
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Equip effects:
+Infinite growth
+Enhanced growth
+Defense Up
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+Shield related abilities
-10 Atk points base cap
+Vitality Up
+Power ups available
Skill unlocked:
Shield bash
Eternal Frost
Immolation
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Suddenly more gunshots rang through the streets as everyone around me who still had their humanity began to scream for help. I sneered. These people aren't to be trusted. Especially after the suffering I've been through just because of people like them who think I was just some crazy person.
Suddenly the angel about the sky clapped his hands, and began to laugh. "You really think that was the only one? Come on hero you know that isn't true. Why don't you do your job? Your job as one of this world's guardians. Be a hero. Do you really think you can rest after defeating that level 6 rat? Come on you know there's still those turned humans around you, you know. Shame some of those people who were chosen for Apotheosis didn't have enough mental fortitude to survive the Apotheosis as demi-humans. It's really a shame that they lost their humanity. They could've gotten a lot of perks, and stat increases from the Apotheosis. It would've been boring to see humans vs humans vs monsters duke it out again. The God's demand variety damnit!" The announcer said in a sarcastic way. What the fuck is he talking about? Then it hit me.
'Your nothing but a pawn for the God that summoned you. This was all for entertainment.'
My rage boiled. DID SHE REALLY LIE TO ME?! WHY I REALLY SUMMONED JUST TO KILL SOMEONE HELL BENT ON PROTECTING HIS WORLD? DID I KILL ANOTHER HERO? WAS THAT FUCKING SPEAR A WEAPON SIMILAR TO THE SHIELD?
WAS MY FUCKING LOVE JUST A FACADE?! WAS EVERYTHING JUST A LIE TO SATISFY THE FUCKING GODS THAT TREAT OUR LIVES AS IF IT WERE MERE TOYS?! WAS EVERYTHING I FOUGHT FOR A FARCE?!
Anger boiled inside me as the idea of everything I fought for was nothing more than a lie, and was only just summoned to see me suffer for the twisted enjoyment of Gods made me angry. I'm nothing but a pawn! After that something snapped inside me ever further.
Suddenly people started to scream even louder as monsters started to overrun the area. I only clicked my tongue in annoyance. Fucking brats. Thinking they're soooo good. Well fuck you. I'm not saving all of you. Do you think you're all worthy of saving? After all you've done for me? Especially when the Gods wanted us to die, and suffer for their own entertainment? Fuck being a pawn in their machinations, and I'm going to do my own thing.
Suddenly the gunshots went silent as people started running away from here. Then I heard large explosions similar to something being blown up was heard. Around me the fire spread, and people screamed for help. People who turned into monsters killed those who they once knew, changed by the sudden apotheosis by the cruel gods. If you looked at them directly, you could see their feral, and soulless eyes, empty of remorse, and empathy. They weren't human any more.
"Please save me! Anyone! Please Mister! Help!" I watched a kid beg for my help as her father turned into a feral monster, and attacked his own kin. The child cried for help as her own father attacked her, and tried to rip her limb from bloody limb.
"Please daddy! Remember me! I'm your princess remember?" The kid pleaded at the turned adult, and I started snickering. Enjoying the suffering of the child. I did not care wether the child survive, and just watched as the kid got brutally murdered by her own father. I started laughing like a psycho as the child looked at me pleadingly as her own father ripped out one of her limbs. The child screamed, and I just continued to watch not giving a damn about what happens to me or this world. I won't play their stupid game. I don't like being a puppet. If the gods wanted me to help then they'd have to force me. After all they've done to me, I've gone apathetic. I could care less about the deaths of the people around me. After what the gods did to me, I couldn't care about anything anymore. Then a thick smoke covered the skies as the fire spread even further thanks to that explosion. Probably exploded gas pipes.
I'd rather watch the world burn rather than help it. Suddenly the father of child turned it's gaze upon me, and I just smiled. "Come on, and kill me already you bastard. You pathetic piece of shit." I taunted, wanting to die as to end my suffering. To end my misery. I couldn't give a shit if this was a human. I've killed a lot of people before, and this was nothing more than a person that lost his own humanity from this whole event. He's less than human. I sneered at the turned human.
The monster just looked at me with aggressive eyes, blood still dripping from it's mouth. I smiled. It then lunged at me, and I parried the lunge, and activated shield bash, stunning the monster. I then shoved the sharp edge of the shield into its eyes. The monster yelped in pain, and threw me into a pole. I started coughing out blood, and the monster angrily glared at me for what I did to it's eyes. It then rushed towards me, and I dodged to the left last minute. The monster hit a light pole, and was knocked out by the damaged it took from ramming itself into a light pole. I quickly rushed towards the monster, and killed it without remorse by hitting it's eye with the sharp end edges of the shield over and over again. Blood covered the shield as a pop up notification appeared congratulating me for getting to level 3, and getting a 4 large soul shards to enhance the shield's abilities. I wiped my face covered with the turned human's blood. I spat at the corpse.
Suddenly around me the screams faded, and everything went suddenly silent. Blood covered the streets, and the skies were covered in smoke. Around me you could smell the burnt corpses, and the people that died from the monsters. The smoldering figures of children, men, and women were in the field that I just raised to the ground. There was little to no survivors left other than me. The monsters turned their attention at me, and I just smiled. If I'm going to die might as well bring as many as possible with me. I smiled as I faced my death head on. This is better than dying in the streets cold, alone, and the people around me not caring what's happening to me. I'd rather die in a blaze of glory than die pathetically. I quickly tried to use the shield that burnt, and froze everything around me but it didn't appear.
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The shield is still on cooldown, and you don't have any SP left.
[Would you like to sacrifice some of your sanity to use it? (Y/N?)]
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"Yes." I started laughing, and everything around me turned black and white. The monsters turned into black shadow figures seemingly hell bent on torturing me. Smiles crept into their faces as they surrounded me.
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[Within this cruel world, we were born from the cold, and nothingness. Now I sentence you to return to the cold state of nothingness we were once from. I cast the sentence that killed thousands in the cold and harsh blizzards of the mountains, and thundra's. You shall suffer in silence, and anguish. Embraced by the cold embrace of nothingness.
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A pop up appeared seemingly wanting me to say it out loud. Then the shadows around me had white arrows above their heads. I smiled in a cruel way.
"Within this cruel world, we were born from the cold, and nothingness. Now I sentence you to the return to the cold state of nothingness we were once from. I cast the sentence that killed thousands in the cold and harsh blizzards of the mountains, and thundra's. You shall suffer in silence, and anguish. Embraced by the cold embrace of nothingness.