Prologue 3- The System
"It means you are now my slave until I say otherwise!" Raylid pointed the knife at me and walked towards me, a condescending smile on his face as he did.
Big mistake! I might die, but I'm getting a clean hit in.
Just like that, I punched Raylid before he could react but just from that my body ached and felt weak… I just can't win… like this! My body is far too feeble…
"You little sh*t! Get this guy!" Raylid grabbed his face where I punched looking more so mad and offended I punched him than in any actual pain.
As the three goons approached, I grabbed the trash can from before and threw whatever trash was in there at them, and as they recoiled in disgust, I hit the run.
Unfortunately, I could not keep it up with my low stamina the weight of it quickly caught me, so as soon as I saw a big trash can, I chose to jump in since I could never outrun them.
"Fucking disgusting! He actually jumped in!… If you don't come out, Big Sin here will set this sh*t on fire!" Raylid threatened unwilling to touch the trash to get to me, but I doubt they have the guts to do that.
"Yeah! I got the lighter right here! Ready to- aah!" The second ruffian which he referred to as Big Sin lit up the lighter and then tripped causing it to fall into the trash can, but as my luck would have it, it didn't go out instead lighting the contents on fire.
"You frikin dumbass! Why did you do that?! I was just trying to scare him! We can't burn him alive! Now help me! You two go get water, now!" Raylid scolded Big Sin as they both moved to the sides of the trash can before knocking it down, which made the burning trash fall out together with me.
Unfortunately, it was too late, and my hair and head were already on fire as I fell to the ground.
"AAAAAAAGGHRGGHFHHFGHGF!!!" My scream was the most intense.
"Are you ok?" Raylid slowly approached me with caution, however to his unluck, I was in a panic and just jumped at him before trying to choke the life out of him.
"Let… me… Go!" Raylid pleaded, but I was no longer listening.
Big Sin who was watching this unfold, didn't want to get close to a burning man but made an effort to try and pull me, unfortunately for him, that got his hands burned as he fell to the ground in pain.
"Sor… ry!" Raylid uttered before stabbing me with the knife until I let go of him and fell to the ground, the fire spreading through my body and producing unbearable pain!
At that time the other two came back with water buckets and dropped them on me. Putting the fire out on my burnt corpse of a body, that somehow survived through it, even though I could not move or do anything, I was still alive.
Then the third ruffian talked. "We have to get rid of the body! And I know just the place for that!… but we need a car!"
"My dad has a second car we could use…" The fourth ruffian suggested.
"What?! Are you two crazy?! This bastard is somehow alive! Can't you see?" Raylid rejected the idea breathing heavily as he held onto his neck, the fully wide-opened and slightly reddened eyes should say all that needed to be said.
"So what?! We'll take him to the hospital and hope he doesn't snitch on us for putting him ON FIRE!" The third ruffian argued clearly distressed but more so full of worry, not that I could tell anything for sure.
"Damnit! Damnit! Damnit! Fine! Take us there! But listen, Snaptrap, and you too Rufus! This cr*p can't happen again! I'm a King at school, not some sh*tty murderer!" Raylid seemed frustrated with the situation but agreed.
So they got me and Big Sin, then carried us off after the fourth ruffian, Rufus, brought the car. I was put in a body bag, which the third ruffian, snaptrap, had at home.
Eventually, while still by some mysterious force, I was still alive, they took me to some ravine next to the ocean.
"A lot of people commit to reaching the other side here… then there are others who throw their victims here… which are which, is sometimes hard to tell… let's do this. You guys got the body, I got Big Sin's burns." The third ruffian, snaptrap, explained.
Just like that, Raylid and the fourth ruffian, Rufus, throw me into the waters of the ocean while Big Sin was by the third ruffian, snaptrap, on his hand burns.
At that time, still alive and slowly losing that same life as I drowned ready to become fish food, I couldn't help but want to fight back and do something about it! Something to survive! But what?! I was burnt out with an already weak body, drowning to my death with no movement, there was nothing I could do, and yet I couldn't accept this death!
(Not like this!… In the first life a lonely loser, in the second life a lonely hero… And now, I didn't even get to do anything? You want me to stay a lonely loser?! Is that it?! Well, I refuse!!!) I knew it was in part my fault for reacting so aggressively and making it escalate to this point, but if my other choice was submission! I'm tired of that! At that point I am better off here dying!
[Your titles The Hero Of All Men and Reincarnated Otherwolder have resonated with your wishes! You are the next candidate!]
What? A floating screen?! Wasn't that something that only happened in Mibran?! How is it here on Earth? Also, what do you mean by the candidate? For what?! Wasn't this because of the title I got at the end of my last life… I can't remember…
[Human, You have been selected among many many candidates as the next Lust Ruler, a vicious and dangerous being in search of conquering all of reality with a harem of beauties at their side. Will you take this position? Knowing that you will not be able to love only one woman or stop your quest for power even if you feel satisfied? A position that will drive you to be Amoral, doing whatever is necessary? If you do not only will you survive today but you will have the chance to be powerful beyond comprehension!]
[[Yes] Or [No]]
(I will not die without a fight!) I pressed [Yes] without so much as a second thought.
Not having only one woman? I don't know why I would want to limit myself, maybe I can't love the way other people do.
Always going for power? Of course, I will, I know all too well what power can bring and there's never enough of it.
Being Amoral? Is there any other way to live? People love to limit themselves! I will take my steps to rise above and I won't fail!
(It seems that while it still is my third life… fourth time is the charm… and I'll make it count!) I decided filled with hope from getting this new chance.
[You have made the right choice and I hope you don't regret it, as it is not fitting if your title. As such your body will be healed to health, and you'll be transported back home, consider this a reward for your choice just now.]
And as she said, I opened my eyes to find myself completely fine on my room's bed.
*Sigh!* "This was something else… it was a tough first day of school… and I don't even have my notes anymore, since I lost my bag…" I shook my head and tried to relax by focusing on something mundane.
[Human, I am yet to be done with you, let us begin your initiation.] Once again I heard the disembodied female voice as floating screens popped up in my vision.
"Go for it… what exactly did I get myself into?" I asked knowing this wasn't going to be simple.
While I looked at the floating screen in front of me, another one popped up as a new message came in.
[Ok, be ready this will be a lot of information, so please be ready. I will now initiate the system.] She informed.
"Ok..." Nivril was fine with it.
[Welcome! I am the Lust Ruler's Omni-Records System, modified to suit your needs.
How to use:
The system currently has the functions: Status, Quest, Harem management, and Lust Shop unlocked, aside from those there is the system's innate feature, Harem Assimilation, which does it so that after a Female target has consented or has submitted to you, the authority or possibly to add them to your harem and register them to the system appears. Once they are registered to the system:
Once a month per person, you can choose to gain one of their skills, abilities, and physiques among other things by having sex with them.
Having sex, defeating or killing an opponent, and having big accomplishments, are all ways to gain experience points to increase your level.
Note: You can only gain experience from sex once a week, per partner.
Finally, by partaking in lustful actions with members of your harem, you can gain Omni-Lust Points(OLP) which can be used to buy things from the Lust Shop.]
[Status: An RPG video game-like representation of your power and abilities. It can be readjusted for better understanding when needed.]
[Quests: Are missions offered to you by the system, which you can either take or reject. Completing them gives a reward and failing a punishment, which is all displayed whenever a quest is generated.]
[Harem management: You are able to manage your harem, from deciding who's in charge during your absence to putting restrictions on them, giving them ranks and privileges as well as demotions and punishments, spying on them, knowing their location, and being able to once per month directly teleport to their location, per harem girl. You also have the option to project yourself in spiritual form to their location at all times, and even interact with them to a limited degree in this form.]
[Lust Shop: A store containing a roster of items, abilities and other things related to Lust or to the world you currently inhabit.
Note: Any and all non-Lust related items have a much higher price.]
"Now show me my status screen…" I ordered.
[Report. As per the protocol, an explanation will come before the status screen itself. Only for the first time.]
[Status Screen]
[Name: self-explanatory
Age: self-explanatory
Sex: self-explanatory
Species: It contains the basic information of your species while also taking into account which world you've originated from.
Physique: Similarly to the parameter before, it contains information about your physical Constitution taking into account your World of origin.
Bloodline: self-explanatory.
Class: Your main class slots, which are limited by various factors the main ones being your soul rank and your level.
Sub-class: Similar to your class, your sub-class also has limited slots, but much more slots than it.
Titles: Not only do titles have their own effects and bluff but they also serve as proof of your achievements. There are infinitely many possible titles, not all of them beneficial.
Status: self-explanatory
Affinity/elements: A record of the elements with which you have an affinity, this means being able to cast spells of that element with the proper training.
Level: A numerical representation of your progress and power defined by the system's calculations.
Exp: The numerical value of how much progress has been made until the next level.
Lifeforce(HP): It is the numerical representation of how much more damage can be taken by you before you die. If it reaches 0 you die, also it can be instantly zeroed if any essential organs are destroyed.
Energy(EP): It is the numerical representation of how much energy you still have available. There are various forms of energy, such as mana, chi, psionic, etc. If it reaches 0, it will cause exhaustion, but if it goes beyond -100, it will kill you. Also, going into negative values will always have mostly irreversible consequences on your body.
Stamina(sta): It is the numerical representation of how long you can stay active and or battle. If it reaches 0, you will blackout and take time to recover and regain consciousness. If it reaches -100 through the use of some ability you will be crippled to varying degrees depending on what you did and might even die. Also, the lower the stamina the less of your full strength you'll be able to use.
Attributes:
Strength: The strength stat is a numerical representation of the physical strength and it might also affect speed depending on how it's used.
Dexterity: Dexterity is the numerical representation of hand swiftness and proficiency, having a major effect on production tasks such as cooking, blacksmithing, tailoring, etc. It also improves your ability to use weaponry.
Vitality: Vitality influences stamina, Hp, as well as the speed of recovery of your body, the higher it is, the longer you can stay active and the faster you can recover.
Intelligence: Intelligence affects the amount of energy that can be stored by you, as well as your control over your abilities and how powerful those abilities can be.
Endurance: It affects your natural defense and how resilient your body is, allowing you to take less damage from attacks and also affects how fast your stamina drops, if you have more endurance your stamina will drop slower.
Wisdom: Wisdom affects your resistance to abilities and the speed of recovery of your energy as well as how fast and how many of your abilities you can use at once.
Agility: it represents your overall speed of movement, flexibility, and reaction time or reflexes.
Will: It represents how powerful in both attack and defense your mind is, your will to keep fighting, how much your emotions affect your stats and there are rumors of it being able to distort reality to a certain extent if your will is high enough(The power of never giving up, no matter what!).
Charisma: It represents how attractive you are to others and also brings people's attention to you.
Luck: It affects probability in your favor in certain circumstances, as well as gives you overall good fortune.
Divine power: The gate to godhood. The method of acquisition may vary, but once enough of it is gathered you acquire a divine form and eventually Godhood. There are three main ways to acquire divine power, one is to harness faith from mortals and the other is to steal it from those who already have it, as for the last way it requires you to make your soul rank Divinity, then you will be able to obtain divine power naturally.
Demonic power: The more you kill the more demonic power can be accumulated and a demonic form can be unlocked and made even stronger by accumulating more demonic energy. Demonic energy is not easily gathered.
Spiritual Power: The power of one's soul and spirit as well as the door to unlocking the spirit form. Through cultivation one can strengthen their spiritual power and reach new heights.
Abilities/Skills: A record of all your non-magic abilities.
Techniques: A record of all the abilities not reliant on the use of any type of supernatural energies.
Magic: A record of all your magic abilities.
Extras: For things that don't belong in the other categories.
OLP: Omni-Lust Points]
"Holy!… so much… I'm already tired… but I have to see it through!" With some effort, I went through all the information and most of it was stuff that I was familiar with from having played video games.
[Status Screen]
[Name: Nivril Armondis Mortalis
Species: Human | Sub-Species: Earth Human
Age: 18 years old
Sex: Male
Class: Lust Ruler Candidate
Sub-Class: None
Physique: None
Bloodline: None
Affinties: Void, Neutral(Null), Lust
Lv: 0
Cultivation Level: None
Exp: 0/5
Titles: Reincarnated Otherwolder, The Hero Of All Men
Attributes:
Hp: 100% | EP: -/- | Stm: 15/15
Strength: 2
Dexterity: 4
Vitality: 3
Intelligence: 0
Endurance: 5
Wisdom: 0
Agility: 2
Will: 20
Charisma: 10(On Hold: 0/10)
Luck: 1(On Hold: 0/100)
Free Attribute Points: 0
Stats:
Diplomacy: I-
Influence: I-
EP Core: I-
EP Circuit: I-
Divine Power: 0
Profane Power: 0
Spiritual Power: I-
Racial Talent: Adaptability,
Abilities: None
Techniques: None
Magic: None
Extras: Lust Ruler's Omni-Records System,
Inventory: Locked(100,000,000 points)
OLP: 0 points]
"So this is my status screen… I hope it's not terrible." I was surprised at seeing it all in a display like that as if I had become some novel protagonist.
[Report. A quest has been generated.]
[Quest 1: Rise Up To The Occasion(Daily)]
[Description: You have experienced what it is to be weak for the first 18 years of your life in this world, and though you were lucky before, that is now over. You have to prove that you are worthy of the powers you have gained by becoming stronger than all else, one step at a time starting from now.
Objective- Complete The Daily Training Routine(Easy mode)
Tasks:
-0/30 push-ups
-0/30 sit-ups
-0/30 squats
-0/30 jump jacks
-0/100 Punches on the training dummy
-0/100 kicks on the training dummy
-0/30 minutes of flexibility training
-0/30 minutes of plank
-0/30 minutes of Evasion training
-0/30 minutes of Reflex training
-0/3 km run
Failure conditions: Unable to complete the training within the same day.
Rewards:
-100 OLP
-Body Fortification Burger(extra protein!)
-Lineage Solidification Protein Powder Bag(extra protein!)
-Cup with water(No extra protein)
Time Left: 23:58]
[[Accept] Or [Reject]]
"An easy quest? This sounds more like torture." I raised my eyebrow as I looked at the quest right in front of me, then pressed [Accept].
[You have accepted the quest. Good luck.]
[Quest Menu]
[Quest List:
•Completed Quests(0)
-None
•On Going Quests(1)
-Rise Up To The Occasion(Daily)
•Failed Quests(0)
-None]
"I see… now the last one, the Lust shop." I nodded and moved on.
[Lust Shop]
[Categories
•Sex Toys
•Items
•Equipment
•Materials
•Abilities/Skills/Techniques
•Magic
•Physiques
•Bloodlines
•Affinities
•Misc]
Looking through the various categories, it was all just expensive, or at least it seemed so, as most things cost at least thousands of OLP. The least expensive things were in the sex toy and Abilities/Skills/techniques categories. Currently, there wasn't anything I wanted from the sex toy category, so I just focused on the Abilities/Skills category.
[Lust Shop]
[Category-Abilities/Skills/Techniques
Meditation: A technique to increase the rate of recovery of HP, EP, and STM by meditating.
Price: 5 OLP
Ejaculation: A technique that allows you to cum whenever you want.
Price: 2 OLP
Ejaculation Resistance: A technique that allows the user to stop themselves from cumming.
Price: 2 OLP
….
100% Fertility: A technique that allows the user to guaranty that a target will get pregnant from their cum.
Price: 15 OLP
100% Infertility: A technique that allows the user to guarantee that a target won't get pregnant from their cum.
Price: 15 OLP
Cum inflation: A technique that allows you to inflate the stomach of your target with a shot of your cum inside them.
Price: 3 OLP
….
Child Selection: A skill that allows the user to choose how their child or children will develop in their mothers womb, from deciding how many to their gender, and general appearance or even more specific like inherited traits and so on, by using EP.
Price: 25 OLP
….
Hentai Logic: A skill that makes it so that the user and everything around them works like a hentai, being able to do a few things that would normally make no sense by typical logic. Basically making the user into a hentai protagonist by using EP.
Price: 150,000 OLP
…]
The list was long and went on for too long, but of the ones I saw, a few of them catch my attention either due to effect or due to how cheap they are despite their uses.
"Later on when I have OLP… I will come back to start getting these." I was excited to know this was all achievable.
[Report. As the newest Lust Ruler candidate, you will be given 2 abilities belonging to one as a start-up. The ones best suited for you will be selected… Commencing selection process…
28%…
47%…
69%…
…89%…
…99%…
….99.9%….
….99.99%….
…100%… Process complete.]
[Report. You have been given the abilities, <Instant Climax> and <Pleasure Multiplier>]
[Instant Climax.Lv-1: This ability allows you to make a target with at least 90 interest and 15 Sexual Love, to instantly experience a sexual climax. Once per day for each target.]
[Pleasure Multiplier(Safe).Lv-1: This ability multiplies the pleasure the user experiences by 1.1x and those directly or physically interacting with the user by 1.2x, without any risk of damage to their nervous system or bodies in general from this skill.]
Amazing! These abilities seemed great though I was not sure about the whole interest or SL thing, but I was going to figure it out.
[Report. As you have now been familiarized with the system, there is the option for system companions, to make you company through your journey, all of them female as per your own preferences and they can inform you about the system if you prefer to hear from them… the options are System Fairy, System Angel, System Devil, The System AI Operative, Lust Ruler's Maid, or None of the above.
Note: They are not allowed to interfere with your growth directly.]
"… I choose… all of the above." I couldn't refuse 5 beautiful companions like that.
[Report. Your choice has been registered. However, as you have yet to provide any results, you'll get to know them once you reach certain stages aside from the first one. Which one would you like to have as your first companion?]
"That… I would like… huh… the system fairy!" I started thinking about it and then decided after taking it into consideration that this body... Had a micro rod… Yup, I also plan to cultivate my way out of that one.
[Report. It is advised that you start your daily quest to help with improving your body's condition. The system fairy will be sent to you as soon as possible. Good luck, candidate!]
"… wait, I keep hearing about this candidate stuff, but am I the only one?" I questioned.
[Report. You are not the first candidate far from it, but I hope you are the last. As for others, there are none at the moment, since there can only exist one Lust Ruler candidate at a time. Is there anything else you need?]
"I see… and no, not for now," I reply and get up from the bed, it was time to start training. Later, I'll think about how to deal with the ruffians, the money problem, or whatever it entails to be a Lust Ruler.
Right now, my main goal is to improve this body and the rest will come after since you should know that you can do a lot with a handsome face.