'hmm? what? again?' 'I think it was a dream' this where the first thoughts of Aaron as he woke up again in a strange place, but this time everything around him was black, he was likely inside the place where the souls are sent before reincarnation.
'like it would be possible to be those protagonists, getting a system and be sent inside an anime world, were I really that delusional, *sigh*' after finishing my internal monologue I heard a sound that brought me back to senses, what I saw made me disbelieving.
in front of me there was an interface like the one you see in games, I focused on it and saw some numbers over this numbers there was written something, I could read it clearly, and what was written there made me feel excited.
[transport to over dimension and connection with central interface, verification Identity user.
time remaining until transport: 2h/10m approximately ]
'huh, so it was not a dream, I'm actually going to another world, which one would it be, maybe Naruto or bleach, hell there is a possibility of going to Marvel universe, I want to know please' I was extremely excited, not only it was not a dream but according to what I remember, I wished to have the powers and physical appearance of the king of heroes, Gilgamesh, dose this mean I will be like one of the strongest. after some time the system responded.
[the world in which user is going to start is an amalgamation of different works from hosts world]
'huh amalgamation? so it will not be only one world but some at the same time?' thinking of this gave me something to ponder about, thinking about how I should respond to this, but the system was faster than me.
[host will start transportation in some seconds, the body of the host was already present in the designated world of migration, the soul of the previous possessor of the body died, after the migration host will be given a quest to initiate the system, after the completion of the said quest all the other functions will initiate]
the notification the system gave me disrupted my Train of thoughts, ' so system can you show me the quest I'm going to receive, you know that at least I have to think of something ahead to be ready' I questioned to receive the information to continue.
[quest: save the sisters
after the church which you visited did not pay the loan fee to a gang, the children of said church where taken away.
objective: find the whereabouts of the group, save the two children.
optional: kill all the members of the gang that kidnapped the children
rewards: system startup, one starter pack - optional ( one magic book for one of the categories choose by host)
failure: not being able to save the other two children, death
penality: system will never startup
]
' holy mother, are you kidding, hey system what does it mean, do you want me to die again or something?'
as if ignoring me the system didn't respond, while I kept asking the system for the meaning it continued to ignore me until, after hours of cursing it showed again, what was written on the panel made me even more furious.
[the host will start the process of migration in 5 seconds please prepare]
it was blatantly ignoring me, as if I don't even exist, I'm supposed to have a system that helps me in the other world, but the hell is the problem with this one, is as if it wants me to die in the shortest and fastest way possible.
while I kept cursing the system, light started enveloping me while I felt dizzy and lost consciousness.
- unknown location -
a group of people in an abandoned building where dragging two children by pulling their hair, laughing as if they have won the lottery
" hahaha this chicks will bring us a lot of money" one of the man in the group commented looking at the two girls they where dragging.
" sure thing they are still untouched goods, the client will be satisfied with this two" another one replied grinning all the time.
" still is such a waste, some years and they will be great beauties, like this they could help working in the club" the man who was dragging the two girls said looking at them with lecherous eyes.
the two girls where between four and five years old, they have long green hair that are as smooth as silk, deep violet eyes and skin that make them seem made of porcelain, currently the two girls where hugging each other, the older of the two is hugging the younger sibling with moist eyes with a sad look in them. the younger sibling instead of looking sad had Fury in her eyes, she kept glaring at the people who took them to the abandoned building.
the younger of the two looking at the man in front of hare brought up her courage and said " I will see what happens to you, you will regret kidnapping us, when brother Gil finds out that we are not home, and find us he will beat you up" she this said with a ferocious gaze looking up the man that dragged them inside.
the man that was looking at her started to laughing and commented " hahaha that brat, do you think that he will be able to do something to me, don't make me laugh, he will be beaten the moment he even dares to step inside. no one will save you, even the orphanage you stayed in gave you out because they were not able to pay for the loan, and you think a brat of five years old will be able to do something, hahahaha"
after the comment of their boss the other started laughing, after some time they calmed down and the man continued " listen here, I really don't care what you think, if it was not for our clients right now you would be in a worse place, there you would have been drugged up an trained to perfection, and after some time transferred to the club and used as tools until you Brooke. remember that no one will save you, now you are only tools that are going to be sold" when he finished he signaled to the others. understanding what he meant they took and locked the two girls in a separate room, after which started waiting for the buyer.
- back to the MC -
in the living room of a house there could be seen a boy, the boy had short golden hair, red eyes with smooth and delicate skin, some time later he started to woke up, after opening his eyes he starts looking around in a confused manner, he sits on the sofa and looks at himself. the boy who is looking at himself is Gilgamesh, aka Aaron, some time passed before he could say something, not that he was not able, but the transmigration was too sudden.
"system how much time do I have to complete the quest, and where do I need to get for it to start" this was the first question he had to ask, apparently the system still acted by the default settings, so he could not blame it for the sudden threatening quest.
[ host have approximately three hours for the completion, and to start the navigation process host only need to ask]
Gil was relieved that the system was not so heartless to simply throw him here without any clue, at least he have some starting point.
"ok for first I need to know my current capabilities, system can you open my status" Gil asked the system since he needed to know what he is capable of to complete the quest, so he had to know his limits.
[status
Name: Gilgamesh kawamura Aaron
Job: gamer
Race: half-human / half-god
Level: 0 next level:(0.00%)
Title: king of heroes
HP: 1000/1000
MP: 1000/1000
STR: 100 (sealed)
AGI: 100 (sealed)
VIT: 100 (sealed)
INT: 100 (sealed)
WIS: 100 (sealed)
LUK: 💯 (sealed) {luckiest man on earth}
distribution points: 0
]
what he saw shocked him, this status was not possible for a human, after checking again he pondered for some time and asked.
" system what does this mean, how can my status be this high and what do you mean by sealed"
[ the hosts status represent what host wished, and the motive of the graf sealed means that, the host body is not strong enough to sustain all the power of the original king of heroes]
"this means this is a fraction of his powers right? so in alphabetical order like in fate which rank am I currently?"
[ hosts assumption is right, host has only a fraction of the original power, and based by the world ranking of fate host current power is between, rank E and D, but host doesn't need to be worried. when host reaches a breakthrough pointbin age, or mastery over the current power, then host will be issued a quest to initiate the process of adaptation and evolution, to be able to weld the new power]
the explanation was very easy so Gil understood everything instantly, and started to concentrate to how complete the quest given to him. the objective is easy to accomplish with the power he have, so before starting he need to know whose body he is inhabiting, and to do so he asked " system is there a way for me to get the memories of the previous possessor of this body? I would like to know more about myself"
[ yes is possible.]
[ ding. does host wish to absorb memory orb of the previous owner? ]
[ yes / no ]
" yes, and make sure it dose not affect the current me, I don't want to have a second personality"
[ initiating process of extraction, host will fall in slumber for one hour]
after the system notification I felt my head spinning, nausea hit me and I lost consciousness. after falling asleep I saw some fragmented imagines, alongside them there were parts of it that resembled a video with sound, and so I spent an hour watching the previous owner experience.
the previous owner was half Japanese and Turkish, his parents met each other on the business trip of the father, after which they fell in love with eachother, the first four years of life where joyous and happy, he lived with the mother while his father travelled aboard to earn money. one day his parents left home to go in China where his parents died because of the plane crush, the only friends he had where two sisters, named Enkidu the older and Kingu the younger one, irony they looked exactly like the original owners of the name in his world, but instead of being genderless they now where women. continuing to watch he found that the orphanage where the two sisters stayed, that orphanage took a loan from some gang, and today when he had visited the place they were no where to be seen. after pondering of what he saw, he deducted that the matter of the two sisters not being present today, and the loan of the orphanage where connected.
" system I wanted to ask you, why do the two sisters look exactly like the one from the tipe-moon word, and have the same name?"
[ this is connected to the fate surrounding your and their name, as the name Gilgamesh is bound to the names Enkidu and Kingu, it's like the bees can't live without flowers, your name Gilgamesh can't live without the names of enkidu or kingu]
" THE F**K, WHAT MEANING IS THIS, IS LIKE YOU ARE SAYING TO ME I CAN'T EAT BISCUITS WITHOUT MILK"
[exactly, host perfectly understood the message, now, dose host have over questions ]
" no " I said as veins appeared on my head, this system was clearly mocking me, but I could do nothing. ignoring the system I started thinking on how to save the sisters, my first thought was to use one of the abilities I have as Gilgamesh, but remembered that before the system starts, I could only open my status not my skills. thinking over a solution a thought came to me, if the people who took them where normal human, I could simply overwhelm them with brute force.
" system how much time do I have to finish the quest? "
[ 1h / 30min is the approximate time ]
listening to this, I quickly ordered the system to show me the direction of where the sisters where kept.
while the system started the calculations I took a baseball bat, and started heading off to the direction showed me by the system.
it took me nearly half an hour to arrive at the destination, Infront of me where an abandoned building, nearly all the windows where broken, and the entrance did not have a door. entering the first thing I saw where some thugs drinking, I approached them and one of the thugs shouted at me.
" WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE KID, SCRAM NOW AND I MIGHT ONLY BREAK ONE OF YOUR HANDS "
ignoring his shouting I kept approaching and glaring at all of them, after taking a distance of some meters from them, I looked at all of them and asked.
" where is your boss, I've come to talk if he does not come, I will beat every one of you into meat paste "
at the end of my words the thugs looked at eachother, and then looked at me, after some time they started laughing.
" hahaha what can even do a kid like you to us, don't get too ahead of yourself, hahahaha"
" yea, beat us? did you hit your head somewhere, go back to your mommy and drink some milk"
while mocking me one of the thugs started approaching me, when he was to touch me on the shoulder I used the bat and smashed it into his head. using all my strength in the swing the head of the thug exploded like a watermelon, and I looked around at the other thugs, now they stopped mocking me, and instead of looking at me with amused expression, they had fear in they eyes. some moment after I smashed the head of the first thug I had some nausea, but it calmed down instantly as Infront of me the system screen appeared, that screen described why I did not felt nauseated after killing someone.
[ ding, detected instability in the nervous system of the host, the skill gamers mind activated, abnormal state removed ]
after the notification of the system, I noticed how the thugs started to move, each of them took a weapon in their hands, some took a baseball bat like me other took a katana, looking at them I noticed how, instead of recklessly attacking, they where all on defense and on high vigilance. looking at them something clicked in me as I looked at them as insects. I think it's the fact that I have the blood of Gilgamesh that makes me feel this, so I decided that while I am at it I can complete even the optional quest. but to not be discourteous I looked again at them and shouted.
" LISTEN HERE MONGRELS, I FEEL MAGNANIMOUS TODAY, SO OR YOU BRING OUT THE ASS OF YOUR BOSS HERE, OR YOU CAN ALL DIE NOW "
listening to my words some of the thugs got angry and shouted " WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE BRAT, IF WE ALL ATTACK YOU NOW YOU SURE WILL DIE "
before he even finished speaking some of the goons run toward me, before they could use they weapons I sprinted at them too, and smashed again my bat killing three of them at the same time. seeing this the remaining three started to piss their pants, I started approaching them slowly, all three knelt and started to beg for forgiveness. the only thing I said before smashing their heads was " you could have done what I asked from the beginning, and could have lived a little longer "
after finishing off the remaining goons I headed to the second floor, apparently there they keep the hostages. after arriving at the second floor I saw a man in a black leather jacket and jeans, he had spunky red hair, maroon eyes and by his features he seemed a pure Japanese. looking at the man I approached him, two meters away from him I asked " where are the girls ". looking at me the man stood up and pointed with his finger a room to his left.
"Will you let me take them or do I have to kill you too"
after my question the man looked straight into my eyes rising an elbow, amused he smirked and started approaching me unleashing the katana on his waist. he man after unleashing his sword looked at me saying " I will not let you touch my goods, the have to be sold today. and for what you did to the man on the first floor, if you work under me I will forget it "
" who do you think you are old man, the two girls inside are my friends, not your tools. since you want to play such a game, for me is fine, after I kill you I will take them away"
" than you have to die brat " the man rised the sword over his head and swung it down, before the sword could even touch my head I leaped backwards. after landing I took my bat as a spear in the middle, and threw it with all my strength. the bat pierces the head of the man and implanted himself in a wall behind it. after having killed the boss of the thugs the system notified me of the completion of the quest, but I ignored it as the wellbeing of the two girls where more important. I headed up to the door and smashed it open, inside the two girls where crying, turning their head they saw me and instantly jumped at me. after some time and calming them down, I took them away from the building, making sure that they did not see the corpses. after we exited I left men not far away, and started heading back to the building, to which the two started clinging at me and saying to stay with them. it took me a quarter of an hour to convince them that I had to take care of the aftermath, and after promising them to return the fastest way possible I headed back to the building. entered the building I took some petrol cans and started to empty them on the corpses and the vehicles. burning down the building along with the corpses I left, along the way I took Enkidu and Kingu and headed back home with them.
- two hours before the massacre -
inside a dark room two figures where hugging each other, the two, are Enkidu and Kingu, the girls that Gil will save. after being held inside the room for some time, outside could be heard sounds of fighting, and the voice of a boy screaming. being to far away the girls could not know what he says.
Enkidu: onee-san do you think it's Gil? do you think he has come to take us away?
Kingu: it surely is he. he will never let us in the hands of such people.
after some time they coul hear someone opening the door to the room where they were kept. at first they were scared, but after seeing who opened the door, they jumped at him and started crying. the perso obviously was Gilgamesh, taking them out of the place where they were kept, Gil started talking.
Gil:" are you alright, nothing happened to you, right? "
Enkidu:" hm we are good, thank you for saving us Gil "
Kingu:" where were you, we where really scared, please don't leave us "
after the words of Kingu both her and Enkidu started hugging Gil, only after he promised to them that they will live together from now on that they stopped. after the cleaning that Gil made in the building, they all headed home together.
- at the home of Gil -
after returning the girls had gone to sleep, and Gil can be seen in the living room on the sofa. he started contemplating how could this girls be so attached to him. he was not the original, he only had his memories, but the feelings he had. he did not knew himself now.
" system can you say to me, how come this body died in the first place. the memories did not show anything. " Gil decided to ask the system since he, himself had doubts about some matters.
[ host was the one to posses the body from the beginning]
" what? how? "
[ does host know Chinese novels about cultivation ]
" yes, and so, what correlation does it have with the current situation. "
[ the process started when host first appeared in the void, after the meeting with my creator. when host stayed in the void to reform a perfect fit body, with compatible soul link. I took part of hosts soul and sent it to the process of reincarnation, after this used the time dilatation for the acceleration of time. simply when host was in void and due to the loss of a part of soul host was in slumber for nearly three months. this three months for the other soul fragment where five years, thus the link between host and the fragment got thinner, allowing me to bring the current host back to the created body. ]
" ok this answers many of my questions, but not the method in which my so said soul fragment died "
[ being a soul fragment it could not sustain himself for to long, so host could say because of ageing ]
" the hell, it died like a f*****g grandpa? " Gil shouted, forgetting for a moment that the two girls where still sleeping. after calming down, the system confirmed this by a simple yes.
" but still... it feels not good for me, this two girls where attached to the soul fragment. not me " Gil says with some guilt in his voice.
[ basically it was still host the one in control of the body. so it's not something to feel guilty about, rather than this. dose host wish to verify the completion of the quest ] the system tried to shift the topic.
" yes please " rather than thinking about the problem about my existence, I should concentrate about how to get stronger.
[quest: save the sisters
after the church which you visited did not pay the loan that they took from a gang, the children of said church where taken away.
main objective: ( completed )
optional: ( completed )
]
" ok system, before opening my rewards, can you show me all the skills that I currently posses. " I was more interested in the set of skills that comes by being Gilgamesh. one of this skills should be golden rule, this skill should help me the most since I need to have some assets to survive here.
[ skill board]
[ independent action { LV. 20 next level: 0.00%}: gives to host a boosting on all statistics by 200% if acting alone, every level the skill rise by 5% ( skill was modified because of a matter that host is not a heroic spirit ) ]
[ magic resistance { LV. 10 next level: 0.00% }: host is immune to magic that is the same level or lower then this skill. receives half a damage for magic twice the level, and three forth for magic three times the level of this skill. magic above three times the level of this skill inflicts nine tenths of damage to the host.]
[ Divinity { LV. 20 next level: 0.00% }: the skill shows whenever or not the host has aptitude to Divine spirit, and gives host a passive option called Divinity, this passive enables to perceive perfectly what happens around the user in a certain radius. correct radius: 25m every level add one mater to the radius, and every 10lv. the skill will have an additional effect.
current effects: perception, thought acceleration.
at a certain level host can gain Divinity that will affect other entities inside the field.]
[ charisma { LV. 20 next level: 0.00% }: possessing this skill people may be more eager to follow your instructions, give a chance of 20% in deceiving or convincing People. at current level people with lower intelligence than you will seriously consider your words. every level the chance of deceiving and convincing will rise by 1% until it reaches 50%]
[ golden rule { LV. 20 next level: 0.00% }: when host needs to take a decision, Infront of host will be shown some possible course of action, that will lead host to gain more profit of the situation. the skill shows the profit inside the options, that differs in colours. currently possessing two colours: gray and green. every ten levels add one colour.]
[ treasury of Babylon ( advanced ) { LV. 30 next level: 0.00% }: a personal space where ever stored object is maintained in his original state, time dose not affect the objects inside and every year the consumable objects like money, jewelry, materials, and food will be restocked, the treasury can also let living beings live inside. space: 300'000 km^2, every level adds 10'000 km^2 ]
[ power throw { LV. 1 next level: 7.50% }: using all the strength to throw gives the object a piercing effect. it adds a 20% strength thanks to the piercing effect, 5 MP for every throw. every level it adds 1% to the piercing effect until it reaches 50%, after this another effect will be added.]
[ skilled weapon { LV. 2 next level: 50.25% }: a skill to use blunt weapon freely, the attack increase by 10% when using a blunt weapon. the attack speed increases by 5% when using a blunt weapon.]
[ strong hit { LV. 1 next level: 55.75% }: an action to hit the enemy hard. increase critical hit by 15%, increases attack by 50%. every level critical and attack increase by 1%. every usage consumes 5 MP.]
[+]
"hmm?" seeing the plus at the end of the list Gil got a little confused, in his memory there nether was such a thing in the system of the gamer.
" system what does it mean this plus st the end of the list, i do not know what does it do."
[ the + at the end is to indicate to host the add of new skills, this skills host got them because hosts statistics reached 💯. as having reached one of the minor number of a hundred, the host received two special skills.]
" ok so how should I see them"
[ system suggest host to wait, and first take the prizes for completing the quest.]
" ok show me what I got "
[ ding, congratulation for completing the first quest, host got: (1) starter package, magic book ( choose )]
" ok first the magic book, is there a magic book specialized in necromancy. I would like something similar to shadow extraction of solo leveling." Gil wanted an army of creatures, like Sung Jin Woo. tough it would not be bad the necromancy of Ainz from overlord, since it would give him undead specialized in every job. Gil was in a dilemma, one side had shadow that will never die, and woul become stronger, the other side had all kinds of job correlated undead.
[ there are two books with similar requirements issued by host, one is the original book with all the teachings to become a shadow lord the other is for assassin job]
" what do I need to take the book for shadow lord, I mean is there some specific requirement, or is a job that will give me the skill correlated to the job."
[ host will need only darkness attribute magic, and sub-magic connected to shadow. since shadow magic is connected to the darkness attribute magic, host only need darkness attribute magic to unlock shadow magic.]
" ok take the book for shadow lord magic book, and show me how much will be to get a darkness magic affinity." since the system finally will start up, this means the shop will open too.
[ ding, host received the magic book of how becoming a shadow lord. the price for darkness magic affinity is 25'000 SP ( system points )]
" ugh... really expensive" one thing done, Gil tough, after some time he took out the magic book, looking inside there where described methods to how use shadow magic. one of the most interesting things stated in the book where that, to become a real shadow lord, one must live in the shadow. the statement, to Gil was like those classic speeches, the master gave to their apprentice after the end of their studies.
" ok now system open the starter package"
[ ding, starter package opened. host got...