Harrison Zagan.

Harrison's heart beat faster and faster. He felt nauseous and his breathing became erratic.

He still couldn't believe his eyes and what was happening to him.

He recalled the last thing he remembered.

'I got hit by a truck... and then... I woke up in this... shithead's body...', Harrison gripped his head and started pulling on his hair.

To his dismay, he felt the pain, indicating that this was no dream or hallucination.

Confused and disoriented, he looked at the console panel once again.

[Console]

[Name: Zagan]

[Level: 7]

[STR: 5]

[STM: 8]

[MAG: 5]

[INT: 4]

[Attribute points: 1]

[Active Skills: {Horizontal Slash (Sword)}, {Vertical Slash (Sword)}, {Lesser Parry (Sword)}, {Dash}, {Pleasure's Touch}]

[Passive Skills: {Mana Sense}, {Sword Sense}, {Danger Detection}, {Devil's Charm}]

[Mods: {Increased Drop Rate}, {Quick Learner}, {Dungeon Detector}, {Boss Detector}, {Item Detector}, {Minimap}]

Specifically, he inspected the 'mods' section.

'Those are... all the mods I made... No, wait... there's one mod missing... Ah, it doesn't matter!'

'Okay... calm down... Let's go step by step...', Harrison thought as he slowly walked away from the mirror and went back to his bed.

'I died... and then somehow ended up possessing the body of Zagan... I have no idea how it happened or who or what made me do this... But that doesn't matter right now... Right now... what should I do to survive?', Harrison sorted out his thoughts.

Harrison reminisced about his past life in silence.

Harrison's life after the age of 8 had been hollow. After his parent's deaths, Harrison was taken in by an orphanage. He wasn't adopted into any other family and grew up alone.

He did have a few friends but none to cry or weep for him on his passing. He was sure he wouldn't receive some grand funeral either.

It was a bit pathetic to die while thinking about an eroge game but what's done is done.

He can't undie himself, right?

He decided to shelf the worries about his death at the back of his mind and focus on more pressing matters at hand.

Zagan's story.

Harrison wasn't sure how much the story of the game had progressed but looking at the level of Zagan, he had a feeling that Zagan had already NTR'd the protagonist once.

He also wasn't sure which route the protagonist was taking in this world.

Also, if that wasn't enough already, Zagan's backstory puts the icing on the shit cake of a situation Harrison found himself in.

Zagan was actually a human spy employed by the demonic cult to infiltrate the Hero Academy, the place where most of the game's storyline begins, and leak information to them.

The demonic cult was a group of rebels who believed that the resurrection of the demon king would grant them eternal freedom and happiness.

The way Zagan NTR'd the protagonist?

Well, he did it through blackmail.

One of the protagonist's harem members had ties with the demonic cult. The demonic cult had kidnapped her brother and forced her to work for them.

Using his higher authority in the cult, he threatened the girl and NTR'd the protagonist.

He made her coerce the other 2 girls to do the same and he succeded.

Just recalling the story about Zagan churned Harrison's stomach with disgust.

But, he had now come to somehow possess the body of that same Zagan.

Harrison was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

On one side, is the demonic cult, who will immediately execute him if he shows signs of betrayal or change.

And the other side had the protagonist who would cut him down if the news of him NTRing him reached his ear.

Harrison had just died once and even though he didn't really feel that bad about it, he did not want to die again. The feeling of death was extremely scary to Harrison.

But, what do you do when you are stuck between a rock and a hard place?

'You climb out of the hole...', Harrison thought calmly.

Yes, that's right. Not all hope was lost. He still had the game knowledge and also the mods he made. It was definitely possible to survive and escape the predicament he faced at the moment.

With enough preparation and time, nothing was impossible.

'What day is it?', Harrison wondered as he looked at the desk beside him.

On top of it was a small analogue clock that indicated the time and the date.

After examining the date, Harrison let out a deep and frustrated sigh.

'It's just as I thought... This shitstain has already NTR'd the protagonist once... The first girl is already compromised...'

He had expected this though, so he didn't make a big fuss about it.

Currently, Harrison's top priority was to figure out what route the protagonist was taking.

Depending on the protagonist's route, he will adapt and change his route.

Orion was a game of many possibilities. It lets you choose what your player character could be.

You could be a swordsman, a mage, an archer, an assassin etc. There were a lot of artefacts and weapons along with powers you could get along the way depending on your class.

If you were a swordsman, you would naturally put your attribute points into STR and STM.

If you were a mage, you would invest in MAG and INT.

You get 1 attribute point for each level. To get a level, the EXP you need will be equal to level times one hundred thousand.

You get EXP from killing monsters, subjugating dungeons with good scores and completing quests.

There were also items that increased your stats if you wore them.

The spell casting was similar to souls-like games, specifically like Elden Ring. You could hold a maximum of seven spells. You start off with only two though. To get more spell slots, you need to find Spell Cards that are scattered throughout the world. The number of spell cards needed to unlock a new slot was: slot number times 2. So for the 3rd slot, you would need 6 spell cards and so on.

There were also weapon upgrades. It was done using smithing stones. Each stone was meant for each level. A +3 smithing stone would let you upgrade any weapon or armour from +2 to +3. It couldn't upgrade a +1 to +2 or +3  to +4 or anything like that.

The concept of skills was also quite interesting.

Each skill had levels to them, but the player couldn't see them.

They could upgrade an existing skill by completing quests.

Players could gain new skills by either training under professors or through quests.

To completely max out a character, one would need at least 100 hours playtime, without any mods or cheats.

The game's world was set in the medieval age with some hints of technology, like the clock and telescopes.

'Honestly... the game is so big it seems kind of stupid to advertise as an eroge... it's a pretty good souls-like...', Harrison thought with a bitter smile.

After sorting out his route, Harrison got out of bed and started to get dressed up.

Zagan was taller than Harrison's original body so he was a bit disoriented at first, but he managed.

He opened the wardrobe and found 3 dresses hanging.

2 uniforms and one casual clothing.

He quickly picked up the uniform, wore it and exited the dorm room he was currently in.