I look at the sky. The array of orange and blue mix together in the sky, dawn has come.
From fatty's memory, it seems that Azriel is staying at an inn beside the most popular brothel.
?
I felt a stare targetted at me and I quickly hide. I am currently on the rooftop of a tall building that sells clothing masked like some bandit.
...
The stare disappears and I peek out.
!
I can see a group of students wearing the Academy uniform, one of them seems to be Mina, she was the one who detected my presence.
To my surprise, Julius is standing beside her.
??
Something changed, I don't know what caused Julius to enter the Academy. In my past life, Julius only entered the Academy one month after the Academy kicked me out.
Hmm... Is it some exchange programme or a programme to let them experience more things?
No, I don't remember such a thing... Then this is a self-organised trip, Mina and a few others decided to go to the Kingdom of Celturus themselves to...expose the nobles?
I know and can uncover some evidence of the corruption in Celturus because it was exposed to the public a few years later. But, can I complete the mission if I do it indirectly?
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Yes. As long as you play the main role in exposing the nobles, you can complete the quest.
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...
Upon inspection, the only academy students here are Mina, Julius, Irina, Kil, Eden, and another guy I've never seen. The stranger has an illusion spell set up to hide his pointy ears, an elf.
Is he another main character? I seem to be too far to extract or determine anything. Whatever, I should not mind about them first.
I jump from roof to roof until I can see the inn. Now...
I control the fatty to approach the inn and I hide in his shadow.
The fatty enters the inn and talks to the person stationed behind a counter. Once she is informed of us, she glances at a man leaning against the wall beside the entrance. He walks to fatty.
"You, what are you doing here?"
"I want to see my cousin. Now." Says fatty.
...
The man clicks his tongue and tells him to wait for a while. He walks up the stairs beside the counter. After a while, some footsteps can be heard creaking on the wooden stairs, the man is back and has signalled the fatty to follow him.
Fatty follows him up. On the way, I scout the area, there are only about 3 to 4 guards in the hallway. What's going on?
Once we step into the room, the man leaves.
An enclosed room with no windows with only a few chairs laying around. Azriel is sitting on one of them. Something is weird.
"W-What do you want?" Azriel says as he gulps. "Didn't you say you are spying on the capital-"
I jump out of the fatty's shadow and attack Azriel.
!!!
My blade was blocked by something before it was able to reach Azriel.
I turn to look at a black hair and eyes boy wearing a green hoodie and jeans, something people in this world don't wear.
!!!!!!!!!
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Warning.
System user protagonist "Akira" was detected nearby.
The protagonist has deemed the host to be a threat.
Current chance of winning: 0%
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Akira deflects my blade, the momentum pushed me back and causes me to crash through the door, landing against the wall.
!!!
The guards draw their weapons but Akira stopped them.
"He is mine."
W-Why is the future demon lord here?!
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[Akira]
(Protagonist of ??)
A former heavenly demon who was betrayed by his trusted ones and love.
He is transmigrated into this world before his death into the body of a young outworlder who came from the place "Earth".
Cultivation: Core Formation stage 4
Sword Cultivation: Sword Soul stage 5
Physical Cultivation: Muscle Reformation stage 6
(Have a system.)
System properties:
-Allows him to extract a quarter amount of cultivation base from living things he kills.
-Allows him to gauge the skill level of people and their role in this world. (protagonist, the main character, etc.)
-A more friendly gaming style UI, allows the host to see cultivation progress, etc.(level-up rewards will also be issued)
-Allows him access to the shop.
-Auto cultivation.
Talents:
-Demonic Affinity rank S
-Sword Talent rank A
-Alchemy Talent Rank A
Extract plot armour?
[Yes][No]
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I subconsciously widen my eyes as I am left speechless.
"Why do you look so surprised?" Says Akira.
Akira glances at something above my head and smiles. "A mere level 22 disposable background character. Are you a spy? Who sent you here?"
I ignore Akira.
Hey, system... Can his system properties be extracted?
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Absolutely.
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Isn't this...the lottery jackpot!
I press yes.
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Extraction is successful!
Plot armour rank: 10->13
Status function unlocked.
You can now see the levels of people and their respective secret trump cards.
Auto Cultivation is now available.
You can now obtain a quarter of the cultivation base of living things you killed.
You can now view a detailed description of each Ability you know.
Extracted Talents:
-Demonic Affinity rank S
-Sword Talent rank S->SS
-Alchemy Talent rank B->S
Extracted Abilities:
-Puppetry(Control)
-Demonic Sword Aura(Enhancement)
-Demonic Corruption(Damage)
-Demonic Qi Manipulation Rank B
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"Hm? Are you ignoring me? What's with that irritating smile?" Says Akira. His smile turns into a frown.
Oh? I am smiling? I didn't realise.
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It is recommended that the host focuses on Akira instead.
You can indulge in your rewards later.
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I know.
I can't defeat Akira as of now. Looks like Azriel is a minion of Akira, I won't be able to touch him with Akira's presence, I will need to abandon killing him for now.
Now I just need to escape.
!!!
The atmospheric pressure increases, forcing me onto my knees.
"You are not going to talk huh..."
A black ink aura engulfs Akira's sword. He is holding back his strength until it is just enough to kill a Foundation Establishment stage 2.
"Then die."
He swings his sword to my neck but I dissipate the Demonic mana(Mana and Qi are the same things) before it touches me.
!!!!
"You-"
I use that chance and draw my sword before executing a spinning slash.
Akira managed to barely dodge that by bending his body backwards. The guards stationed outside were decapitated by me.
I feel a sudden increase in strength, my Dantian expands and my mana in the Meridians flow smoother. I've reached the 3rd stage of Foundation Establishment at once.
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Level up!
Current level: 23
[Cultivation progress: 20%]
+5000 Plot Points
+3 Elixir pills
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My attack damaged the building. Part of the walls of this level are slashed through but the remaining ones are keeping the building intact.
I take that chance to escape.
"Fuck! Umiko!" Shouts Akira.
"Yes!"
A woman ninja jumps out of nowhere and attempts to cut me down.
However, I disappear when her sword comes into contact and appears at many different angles, slashing her at once.
One of my slashes managed to cut deep into her throat and a trail of blood spews out.
!!
Luckily that woman is only 3 stages above me.
"A mere mob dare do this to me!" Akira shouts.
He slashes at the air and creates a black mana crescent wave sending toward me.
Shit!
Due to the size and speed of the attack, I was unable to dodge it and relied on my Neptune Artifact to block the attack.
"Arck!"
The wave dissipates but I was sent flying through the wall and out of the building. I crash into the neighbouring building and out of it again, only stopping at the third building.
My body falls limp on the ground as I bite one pill of elixir with my shaky hands.
Huff Huff...
The pain disappears and I regain control of my body. The link between Fatty and me is cut, meaning that Akira killed my undead fatty.
I look at the Neptune Artifact, it broke and crumbled into dust.
But no problem! I came looking for gold but found treasure instead!
I escape through the alley between the second and third buildings as more people gather to see the commotion.
But there was one problem. I am unable to leave the kingdom.
I don't know if it is because of Akira or because of the commotion, the knights and locals are forbidding anyone to leave.
I take off the face mask and change my clothes, hiding my previous clothes in my mana storage. Afterwards, I blend into the large angry crowd in the streets demanding to know why they cannot leave.
People are upset about the sudden lockdown and the knights and government is not saying a single thing.
As I squeeze through the crowd, I bump into a familiar face.
"Loi?" Says Mina.