I excused myself from the girls, allowing them to rest. I don't quite get it though... they follow me too damn easily. I worry for them...
"Syrus, did you ever think of the allure that you have? I felt it in your memories, there weren't many good times for you. Even I feel it now... the desire to stay beside you. I want to do what I can to make things easier for you. So the first step, telling the truth. All I can say right now though, oh shit."
"So you can talk now, DLS?"
"Erm... so here's the big first one. I'm not the DLS. I'm it's inventor, Lilly."
"Ah. Explain who, or what you are then? You're kinda in my soul, right?"
I wandered through the forest, allowing my flames to probe the shadows for food.
"The DLS is a system I made some time ago. It was supposed to be something special for my people, but well... all powerful societies come to an end, right?"
I could feel the sadness from her voice. It stung slightly, but I don't really know her.
"I believe I'm the last of my people. A special race with no name, we are simply electric energy given life."
"So how'd you get in me?"
"Long story short, immense magical power formed on top of Xero. My spark shot down, integrating with you as you took over. While the DLS is in your soul, I'm in your brain. I can also be removed... but I'm too weak to survive without you. My race is proficient in lightning magic and magnetism, but physically... well we are just electricity."
"So explain the system. It can't be able to just do things so easily."
"Its linked to my peoples home. The Immortal Tower. It floats above the world, invisible to all. Everything we have within the tower is accessible by you. Including its location, if you so desire to find it."
"So, the shop for instance. When I unlock it, everything inside it is what I'm 'buying?' And what am I buying it with?"
"Hmm. Let me show you, now that you've gotten stronger."
My stats page appeared again.
Name: Xero (Syrus Wick)
Age: 20
Level: 15
Class: Dark Lord
Race: Dark Elf
Credits: 16500
The credits are new. Is that what I use to buy from the shop?
"Credits are actually a form of condensed energy. As you level up, or complete the tasks generated by the DLS, you'll acquire a thousand or five hundred in that order. I had to make it a little simple, otherwise it'd bug out occasionally. Whenever you absorb the energy, you'll gain more and more credits that can be used to transfer anything within the Immortal Tower."
"So Lilly, can I get... maybe something to help Nera's wounds? Or Yumi's bloodlust? She looked really hungry when she looked at me."
I heard a soft sigh in my head.
"There are healing items, but think bigger. You can get a special Lamia Amulet that will allow Nera to walk into town like an elf! She will have her own legs, though you'll need to buy her some clothing as well. As for Yumi, she wasn't hungry. That girl has an incredibly hug sex drive. She was horny. You may need to provide for her at some point. As well as with Nera... they both want more than just your kindness and blood."
"I don't understand girls. They do things that don't make sense sometimes. Just say what's on your mind and tell the truth! It'll make things easier than going behind my back and... AGGH!"
I fell to my knees, my head in my hands. The dream flashed back through my head as I began to feel tears slide down my face.
"S-Syrus. That's what happened? Your own friends..."
Soft sobbing resounded in my head. Lilly... why?
"Those two were a part of my childhood. Coming here from that world, well it was their fault. I had no intention of telling people what they did, yet they went behind my back literally, and committed one of the worst acts a human can possibly commit."
"Are you feeling okay? The sudden intake of memories seems to have caused some slight damage to your brain, but I'm healing it. There won't be any repercussions."
"I'm alright. I just can't trust people so easily anymore. I let those two in, mostly because they both saved me. You however, you've done nothing more than help me and send me forward. I'm grateful that you and I met Lilly. I'd hug you in I could."
I smiled to myself, like an idiot, and felt something akin to a jolt in my own head.
"Oww. The hell?!"
"S-sorry. I'm a girl too ya know... besides, you can keep that promise when you buy one of my peoples drones. We can pilot them, as long as we don't overdo it inside them."
"That settles it then. We rely on us four, and take no shit from humans. I'll be a Dark Lord you can be proud of, but still, why a Dark Lord? Couldn't I be a Hero?"
"Thats the thing. So many Dark Lords are trying to become the Dark King. They are fighting and destroying so much, I made this system. It's built to help you counter them, and I hope you'll be at the top. Your heart is ready to destroy the shackles on this world. I want you to break the horrid fate on this world and save it, as a true Dark King."
"Good enough. So what's next?"
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Party-
1. Xero (Syrus Wick), level 15 Dark Lord
2. Lilly, levelless Soul Spark
3. Nera, level 4 Shadow Lamia
4. Yumi, level 8 Noble Vampire
Syrus's Skills-
-No Active Skill-
-Spells-
Intermediate Fire, Level 6
-Fire Manipulation
-Passive-
Blood of the Dark Elf, Mastered
Weapon Mastery, Mastered
Bond of the Shadow Lamia, Mastered
-A bond with Nera. The closer you are, the stronger it becomes. Gives you greater resistances to dark magic, as well as providing your resistances to Nera. Your affection will nourish Nera.
Bond of the Noble Vampire, Level 1
-A bond with Yumi. The closer you are, the stronger it becomes. Gives you greater resistances to ice magic, as well as providing your resistances to Yumi. Your blood and affection will nourish Yumi.