As soon as I opened Lukas's diary, a sharp piercing noise tore through my head, like nails scraping down the length of a sword. My fingers gripped the diary tighter, trying to steady myself, but the sound only grew louder, twisting and scraping at the inside of my skull.

Then, without warning, a hot, sickening rush rose up from my chest.

"KURRRGGGGGG!"

I stumbled backward, clutching my throat as a thick, metallic taste filled my mouth. Before I could stop it, blood burst from my lips, splattering across the floor along with the diary in my hands.

My stomach heaved as I choked out another mouthful, the blood dark and thick.

My whole body seized. I collapsed to the ground, feeling my muscles twist and spasm uncontrollably like I was being pulled apart from the inside. Every nerve felt alive with burning, jagged pain. I tried to breathe, to force out a scream or anything, but the agony was too consuming, leaving me writhing silently.

My body twitches like a fish flopping hard trying to get into water.As I rolled in pain, suddenly an odd eerie sensation crawled up my body due to which the hairs on my body were erect.

[Congratulations, the Ode ©©®®©®® has granted you a permanent blessing for sacrificing your soul.]

[May the shadow of death be with you and guide you.]

The agonizing pain subsided and as soon as I found myself able to talk I screamed.

"WHAT THE FUCKK!""

"Which God is this?"

"God Of Death……No, he can't be here as he had been missing, leaving behind his only legacy!’

I started to run my head but let it as this wasn't the crux but rather what just happened. Looking around, my hands fell on the dairy which was opened inside and there was a huge dark circle that lit up absorbing my blood.

"When did this maniac draw this?"

I had been watching this kid since his childhood but in recent years my vision had been blurred which might be due to my soul's natural mechanism shutting off things due to being intolerable.

I can understand the feelings he relayed so I wondered when it happened.

"Memory Manipulation.."

That is the plausible solution I can come up with. Either my memory was manipulated or Like entire memory was erased which erased mine also.

I was terrified for a moment at my own conjunction. I was dealing with a god level threat so everything was possible.

Shaking my head, I opened the panel and focused on the blessing part.

Talent/Blessing

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[Stats too low. Cross the threshold of 8 to fully utilize the blessing.]

I wasn't surprised at all as I somehow expected this so I dragged my eyes down to see new things appearing.

And as expected there was a new set of skills in it.

[Shadow Step](Novice)-0%

A skill that allows the user to teleport between shadows within a 10-meter range, merging with darkness to reappear seamlessly from one shadow to another. At novice level, the skill leaves a faint afterimage at entry and exit points, revealing the user's path to observant onlookers.Level up the mastery.

[Soul Reap(Novice)-0%]

A skill that allows the user to drain the life force from a target, weakening them and healing the user slightly.

Reading the skills, I already grasped what happens here as this was one of subtexts I noted in my notes.

“Ahh!I got it now.”

In the villain route, Lukas would sign a pact with the Wraith of Death sacrificing a part of his soul to gain a temporary boost but each time he used it would drain life.

"Hahahh!"

"I am really an idiot to get my hopes up thinking I got a wonderful cheat."

"That means the moment I awaken the full power the countdown to my death will start."

"..."

A deadly silence prolonged for a moment.

I face palmed...No I wanted to hit myself but at this moment I gave up.

For Lukas, there were two lit.

Being ostracized in the class he was even shown in the game. There will come a situation where you as the protagonist can choose to interact with him or not.

If you don't mingle, he will fade into extras but if you start becoming friends, as you grow stronger, Lukas would be left behind with feelings of jealousy and hatred.

The results of these twisted feelings would lead him to sign a contract and lose himself.

However, it was still a mystery of how he came into contact with this magic circle and spell.

Also we're those voices.

“Now that I think, except for pain and agonizing screams, I couldn't understand those words,” I massaged my forehead trying to remember it only to stop due to a sharp pain.

"The main aim here should be to get the cheats and power up, hammer everything down but considering all the men's events I wonder if it even matters now."

See, my stats were low but with all knowledge I can became strong but can I become strong enough to defeat everything?

I wasn't overthinking; rather it was the nature of the game.

A game that had hundreds of endings but there was only one true peaceful ending that he had yet to reach.

It was such a free-will game that you could even make the protagonist walk a dark path like Eren and kill everyone or just become a villain and kill the other main cast.

And until now all the good endings I haved reached ended with the protagonist and all the main cast sacrifices with most humanity dead so would he whose stat were worse could he make such a change?

Suppose I choose a dummy.

For example, let's take the protagonist who is already many times stronger than me with a great talent then with a base multiplier he would gain a big boost even compared to the game cause not all cheats were hoarded by him.

Becomes op, finishes things, and sets the world free.

So, here is the most important question.

Should I use the cheats and hidden routes for myself to get stronger only to be killed with the entire world fucked up or..

Guides and helps the protagonist to carry everyone like in the game.

But before that comes another yet very important question..

That is...

Do I care or should I care about this fucked up world?