Home, sweet home! It's so good to be back! Why must shopping be so tiresome! But it was worth it! Just wait sister 215, this time for sure I picked out an outfit that will win, and big time!
What's this? A new case file to judge? More work so soon? Didn't I make my judgment on one case just a week ago? Are they out of free hands or something?
Heh... Let's see what atrocity I've got this time!
"Humen Matsuda, 26 years old..."
Humen, these must be the worst...
"A wannabe freelance writer and blogger. Social outcast and loner. Overall, an absolute failure in the previous life. Miserable death from overexertion reading light novels. A life score not worth even mentioning."
How pathetic! I'm sending him straight to the Hell's furnaces! Burn well and become nourishment for others, petty loser!
Hm, why is it not letting me...
Wait, how pathetic can one be – a cherry? In the twenties and still a cherry!
Hmm... I have no other choice but to temporarily reincarnate you then. Cherries like you can't be sent to Hell. Sister 666 and her rules.
Nothing can be done about it now. Let me try to not get depressed about this sudden setback and see instead where could I put you...
Oh, here is a nice place – a medieval fantasy world with magic, guns and many interesting races. All the good stuff. It is called Lyalia. I will make you the great calamity Mao there.
✧ "Calling changed: Mao!"
Inhabitants of Lyalia have been living in peace and prosperity for far too long. My income from that world has been dwindling for centuries. Destroy some cities, wipe out a nation or two. Eradicating those pesky Humen would be nice too. Sowing chaos and destruction everywhere you set foot surely will return that world on the right path and fill up my wallet. After you are done, you can enjoy the ordinary life or what was it you wished for.
Out there life is hard and dangerous. There will be plenty of chances for you to die on your own accord and I plan to get you off my neck as soon as I see an opportunity for it. Don't take it personally.
That realm will have two other souls coming from a different world, similarly to you. A prophet is already there. He can predict and affect the course of events but is too busy with fulfilling his own desires. Little later, a hero will be summoned to fight against you and protect the wrong ways. Keep them in mind when planning your actions.
If the hero kills you, you go straight to Hell. The prophet should be neutral and not dangerous to you, but who knows what is going on in his rotten head. If you will, you could try to get the prophet on your side.
To assist in your journey, I will give you a heavenly skill that lets you understand the language of Demons and the language of Beastfolk. I could teach you the language of Ancients as well, but you seem too stupid to learn a fourth one.
You can be very proud of yourself! Your mind is much bigger than I expected. It is rare for a mere Humen to know even one other language.
✧ "New passive skill acquired: Demontalk!"
✧ "New passive skill acquired: Beasttongue!"
Demontalk is the language spoken by Demon and demonic beasts wandering the deserts and mountains of the continent's east. Beasttongue is the common language of Beastfolk nations stretching throughout the continent's northern plains and forests. You should be able to talk your way out of any trouble within those lands. If all fails, you can always go to the Humen Empire.
To prevent you from dying too early, before you have achieved anything useful at all, I will make you vastly more intelligent than the average inhabitant of that world. A few points here and there, but most into intelligence.
That should somehow work!
You will be able to learn any magic easily, especially of the destructive type. Your magic attack, magic defense and amount of mana will be incommensurable by the caliber of that world.
✧ "The build has been changed!"
✧ "Changes to the build successfully saved!"
Your innate talent will be taming. Use it wisely! All points into taming! Your aptness will be that of a godly level. Nothing even slightly beast like will be able to disobey you.
✧ "Talent tree has been updated!"
✧ "New skills available!"
I must warn you though – taming does not work on Humen, Elfen, Elven, and Eldren; free will or some other nonsensical reason. The rest should be child's play to you. Drakken and some Higher Demon could put up a resistance but are doable with some effort.
Once taming is complete, you can summon armies of soulless carcasses just slightly less powerful than the original. They will be soldiers completely loyal to you.
Where was I... Assign subject a skill from the set...
I will bestow upon you a passive skill called "Luck". It says 'experimental' in the description, but whatever, be grateful. It significantly increases your luck and guides you to an outcome that is suitable for you.
✧ "New passive skill acquired: Luck!"
I am required to give you one more – teleportation. It is out of testing, thus safer and more useful than "Luck". It lets you instantly move anyplace in the world. There are different rules that apply, but I am not recounting all of them. Too much effort for too little gain. You can figure it out by yourself. Know that you can move long distances twice a day and move closer than a mile with no limitations.
✧ "New skill acquired: Teleportation!"
Right!
As a present from me personally, I will entrust you with this empty book, a heavenly artifact. It will contain information about all the living beings, plants, materials and items that you meet on your journey. As you discover new things, it will fill up with valuable knowledge. I am taking it back when you die, so take good care of it for the short moment you have it. I'm not giving you this book just because I was tasked to gather that information and write a report.
✧ "New item acquired: Explorer's journal!"
Finally, life records say that you are lying too much. I hate liars like you. In this new life, you will be an honest man, like you it or not. You will be unable to lie, ever. You will always say the truth and only the truth. If not, I will do away with you right away and we will repeat this all once again. We will continue until you finally learn your lesson, or I can send you to Hell. Choose whichever option you like better.
Hmm...
If I want to dispose of you, I need to make sure I deal with your "little" problem. I will make all Ancients look charming and irresistible to you. As soon as you give in – I send you straight to Hell and my problem is solved! To make this work even better, I will slightly increase your passive ability to charm them – light hair and blue eyes, a bit taller and more slender body, snow-white skin - that should do the trick.
Oh, and I must ask of you one personal favor. There is an interesting phenomenon I want you to explore in detail. I want to know more about it. As it is one of my personal requests, I will make sure everything about it is as pleasant as possible. You do not need to do anything. I will make it easy for you to meet the right people by using my goddess powers.
Wait, this is in the red and extra bold font! Never, I repeat, never, cross your blood with the children of Prophet or Hero. If you do, you will bring forth the destruction of the world itself. I have warned you.
Now, go and deal with some of my work. Do not come back before I have benefited from you.