<4 days ago>
"Uncle Micheal, when will we go and get something to eat?"
A small tubby girl was pulling on the jeans of a tall man with broad shoulders and long blonde hair that covered his face from view. Micheal knelt down and whispered to the girl" As soon as we get the others we can go and get something to eat, I made a bit more than usual at work today so we should be able to get dessert for everyone as well."
The girl shouted yay and sprinted around the corner at close to the speed of light, Micheal just stood there and gently shook his head. He pondered how such a big girl could move so quickly,before simply putting it on the mutation that she had allowed her to move quickly no matter her size. He then turned the corner after her but was forced still with a mixture of anger and shock, the orphanage that Micheal had been running for the mutant children in the area was on fire with a pile of the children's bodies next to the entrance way.
Consumed by his rage Micheal ran towards the building where he found the small tubby girl being beaten by a mutant in a long black trench coat, the mutant noticed Micheal and said" This all could have been avoided if you just moved out of this building. The humans need the church and you forced their hand and now I have to kill the children as well as you. If you had just bent down and begged, none of this would have happened"
*Would the host like to engage the transformation?*
Micheal smiled and said" Do it, I have tried to be a normal person but this world refuses to let me be, engage the transformation to 100%. I'm done pretending to be Human, if they want to burn everything I hold dear then I will burn their world, countries, cities and homes. Let Zero have control over our body, it was nice knowing you Maggy."
* It was nice serving you too Micheal, I'm sorry you were forced into this. The experience you have gained as Micheal will be converted and given to Zero. Transformation beginning, Goodbye Micheal*
Micheal made eye contact with the girl who was barely breathing in front of the burning building, he smiled at her and said" Uncle Micheal has to go away now, the person who will replace me will protect you from now on. He is a beast of war however he will let you live a normal life."
He then turned to the Mutant in the trench coat and asked" Have you heard of Zero?"
The man visibly began to shake and said" I have, what is your connection to him?"
Micheal smiled and said" I am him and he is me, you and your employers have forced me to give control over to him, I hope everyone connected to you is ready to face the demon of war. I heard that he has no control once his rage consumes him and I'm telling you right now I'm pretty pissed off."
Before the man in the trench coat could respond a large explosion surrounded Micheal which he directed towards the Mutant. The Mutant was barely able to dodge and to his horror, the man standing where Micheal was, smiled at him, scythe in hand and said" I'm Zero and I think you may have pushed Micheal over the edge, I'm going to avenge him here and then go after every single person connected to you, no matter how long that takes."
Zero instantly closed the distance between him and the Mutant and cleaved his head clean off before anyone could blink, he then took the severed head and carved a zero into its skin and placed it in front of the body. He then walked towards the girl and said" We are leaving now, if you slow me down, I will leave you behind however if you can keep up with me I will teach you the skills you will need to get revenge for your friends here, the choice is yours."
He then bent down and told the girl to drink his blood, she hesitantly did so and her wounds healed, he then asked" Are you with me or are you going alone from here on?"
The girl looked at Zero in the eyes and said" I want to avenge my friends and Micheal who had to sacrifice himself to save me."
Zero smiled at her and said" Then your training begins now, Maggy add her to the system, I know Micheal made it so all of the kids could be added."
*As you wish sire, A new quest has been issued at the mercenary guild, it requires two people, are you going to accept it? The reward is 2000 exp, this will be enough to level up Sarah and give you access to a class Micheal hid from you.*
Zero smiled and said" It looks like you start now Sarah, from now one you are called One not Sarah. We have no names as we do not exist, we are represented by numbers and nothing more understood?"
Sarah Nodded here head and said" Understood Zero, I'm now called One, I'm looking forward to learning form you."
Zero laughed and patted her head, he then said" There is no need to rush, your training will begin in the morning, you will wield knives for a while until you master the basics of combat, from there you can choose you own weapon. Now lets leave the burning wreck of a building, Sarah and Micheal are dead, its time to move forwards."
*End of Chapter*
Things will be ranked from F-SSS or using a level in the novel, Abilities and skills will use the letters while class and people will use levels. Below is an example of Zero's status.
Zero's Status
Name: Zero
Age: 18 (Can't Age)
Race: Mutant (Prime)
Level: 12 (0/10,000 Exp )
Stats: Strength: B Agility: SS Dexterity: SS Endurance: SSS Magic: B Charisma: S
Classes:
Prime Lvl 12 (0/10,000 Exp): A mutant that came into contact with a piece of the crystal, causing more extreme mutations to occur in their bodies. They can move at extremely fast pace, can take a any hit without going down and have an unnatural health regeneration ability. For some reason, the primes can't physically age as their cells never die, this allows them to keep their youthful appearance much to the envy of those they come across.
War Demon Lvl 11 (0/10,000 Exp): All aspects of Warfare come as second nature to the host, they are able to command troops with extreme ease and keep Morale high in any situation. The host has seen everything war has to offer and survived on countless occasions, this experience makes them seem as the reapers themselves on battlefields as they kill without flinching in the slightest.
Skills: Scythe Mastery: B (0/8,000 Exp) Shadow manipulation: C (0/6000) Eyes of Darkness: C (0/6000) Body of Steel: B (0/8,000 Exp) Death's Servant: B (0/8000)
Abilities: Shadow Clones: C (0/6000) Shadow Cloak: C (0/6000)
Death's Spear: B (0/8000)
Skill and Abilities explanation:
Scythe Mastery: A measure of how well the user can use a scythe as a weapon, higher levels indicate that the user can use it as if it were an extra limb.
Shadow manipulation: Allows the User to manipulate the shadows to perform many different acts depending on what they need. For example the user may instantly travel between two shadowed areas if they needed to.
Eyes of Darkness: The user can see everything clearly in the dark, more so than in light. The higher the skill the more the user can see and what they see gets clearer. At the heights of this ability the user can see in thermal vision in the dark.
Body of Steel: The user can deflect blows that would not pierce steel, once this skill reaches the S rank it can be mutated into a new metallic form. E.g titanium.
Death's Servant: The user has a connection with lady Death herself, Death has blessed the user and this gives them access to skills that can instantly kill those in their way. As the connection between the user and Lady Death grows the skills and abilities that the user can get increase as well.
Shadow Clones: The user can create clones of themselves that can fight at 1/3 of the user's power. As the skill increases in power, the user can summon more clones and the amount of damage they do increases also.
Shadow Cloak: The host becomes nearly invisible in the darkness, spotting them requires a skill like Eyes of Darkness. As the skill levels up it becomes even harder to spot them as things go on.
Death's Spear: A large spear made of death incarnate appears in the hands of the user, the spear does large amounts of damage to whoever it touches except those with a connection with Lady Death. It has a small chance to instantly kill those it comes into contact with.