"20!"
"19!"
"18!"
I let it be known audibly that I was counting while I speed-walked through the classroom hallways.
Specifically, I was looking for something and not someone.
'I should be able to get more achievements if I complete things from the game.'
"3!"
"2!"
"1!"
'Finally.' By the time I finished counting, I finally found what I was looking for, in a small cupboard on the floor there were shoes inside of it, shoes the main character is supposed to get so they don't bleed on any glass Saiko leaves as traps.
'Outside of achievements this is just useful normally, I don't wanna go around barefoot anymore.'
I sat on the floor and took the shoes from the cupboard before putting them on. I then tied my shoes bunny-ear style.
[Achievement: Homeless]
[Note: You really want me to give you points for putting on shoes?]
[+0 AP]
[+0 GP]
'Fuck you too.'
I got up from the floor and dusted myself off.
"Ready or not here I come!"
I wasn't actually coming, there was no real reason to, this was obviously just an excuse to be able to explore the school without worry of dying randomly. However, Saiko isn't stupid, she'll realize this quickly so I'm on a tight time limit to find something worthy of an achievement.
"Hehehe~." In the corner of my eye, I could see glow-in-the-dark eyes peeking at me from behind a corner.
'For fucks sake.'
I acted as if I had never seen her and turned into a random hallway, trying any door to see if they were unlocked.
'Course, they're locked.' I clicked my tongue and turned to go back where I came only to remember that Saiko was at the end of it, well I was more reminded.
"Come and get me Senpai~." At the entrance of the hallway was a red-haired girl in a bunny girl outfit.
'I give up.' I got down into a sprinting position.
"Hope you can't dodge."
Seeing me about to chase her, Saiko's smile grew wide as she bounced up and down in her spot, anticipating the chase. I'll have to disappoint her though, I'm aiming to kill her not play with her.
'I have no idea how to use this but I would assume it'd be something like, use [Freight Train].'
I felt something change in my body as the world distorted, my breathing seemed to slow down and I could hear each individual beat of my heart.
Vfwoosh
The moment I pushed forward to sprint, the sound of groundbreaking and a train passing at full speed were the only sounds, at least for a second. The next second, in my perception at least I was in front of a surprised bunny girl who was only barely following my movement, only enough to know that I moved, but not react.
Even with the enhancement in my perception, I could barely register my own movements, and just before impact I managed to put my arm in front of my body as protection.
Boom!
I smashed into Saiko at 90 miles per hour, we continued traveling before being forced to stop as we smashed into the wall.
'Holy shit... where am I?' I was so disoriented from the impact that I could barely register where I was, the only thing I managed to do was check my HP. It was almost empty, with about 10% left while my stamina was even worse off at about 4%.
I let out a slight breath at the confirmation of being alive, which allowed me to focus on other things, the corpse of Saiko, she was plastered on the wall, her chest caved in to the point bones were poking out, one of her eyes had been popped out of it's socked, hanging on by a nerve ending. I could also see that her legs and arms were broken, almost snapped off.
'But... if her limbs are there, then who's are those?' Next to Saiko was a mangled arm barely recognized to be one.
'Is that...?' Next to the arm was a mush of something that I could vaguely recognize as a heart. My heart would've sped up in fear, but I don't think it's in my body anymore. My world gift allows me to be immortal as long as I have health still, but it doesn't do anything for my durability nor does it give me a player physique that stops my body parts from leaving me.
In a panic I tried to check the rest of my body, which proved to be a horrible idea, my adrenaline seemed to wear off as the only intact part of my body, my brain, finally recognized the extent of my injuries.
"ARRGHHH! FBUIK!" The pain made me thrash around, but the more I thrashed the more it hurt, in my pain I tried to curse, but my jaw seemed to be another thing not connected to my body. In the corner of my eye, one eye should I say, while Saiko kept her eye still hanging, my left one was splattered across the wall, but with my right one still intact... mostly, I could see my HP draining further.
'Did I get an achievement!? I should've right!?' I could barely focus above the pain I was in, the only thing allowing me to move was my want to live, the fact I could return to that place after death never managed to cross my mind.
My arms wouldn't move to my will, my bones would never have survived the collision whatsoever, however, that didn't stop me, just enough, I just managed to move my fingers enough to open the store.
'Buy [Minor Health Regen]!' I got it, there was a high chance that I had gotten some good achievements, but I wasn't certain.
For about a second my body had relief, before it all went to shit.
"...!" I wanted to scream but could not, the pain was far greater than anything I had felt before. My body was burning, and searing, it felt as if I was in an oven at full heat.
It was minutes before the pain finally calmed down and allowed me to breathe. I opened both my eyes. The body that could barely be identified could now function almost properly. My insides that were on the ground were now in my body. Well, they were still on the ground, but I had new ones now.
[Learned Pain Tolerance 1]
A nice skill, but not something my brain could focus on at the moment.
Instead glancing at my health and stamina bars, I saw the improvement. My health had gone up by about 2%, and my stamina was at 1%.
'Seems the regeneration takes stamina and pieces my body together but doesn't actually heal me very fast.' I could tell how low my health was even without the bar, just because of how empty I felt, I had almost no blood in my body, the only reason I was conscious was because of the magic my stamina bar was working.
"La la laaa~ hm, hm hm, hmmm~." My heart dropped at the sound of humming.
It took me considerable effort to turn my broken body away from Saiko who was dead on the wall, and to the Saiko skipping over to me while humming a tune.
'I forgot there were two... the store!' I moved my hands quickly to open the store.
Shing...!
My newly regenerated arm was separated from my body again, normally blood would splurt out, but I didn't have enough in the first place.
"No no no~ I can't let you do weird things Senpai~." Saiko cleaned off her bloodied machete.
"ARRGH!" I held the spot where my arm was in pain, tears streaming down my face. "B-buy! Buy [Minor Stamina Regen]!" I had opened up the store with my other hand and bought the skill with a voice cue.
However, as the name suggests, the regeneration is slow, so my stamina still ran out even with it... I fainted immediately.
"What a cutie~ fainting after screaming like that, I can't wait to chop you up even more~!" Saiko bit her thumb hard enough to the point it drew blood.
[Narrator POV]
"Tea party~ Tea party~!" Saiko grabbed Seth by the back of his shirt and dragged him along the floor, his excess blood leaving a trail behind them. She brought Seth to the front door and kicked the door off its hinges without care before she continued dragging him out of the school, sliding his unconscious body across the concrete now, leaving scratching any skin hitting it.
Saiko continued walking only a few meters in front of the school before the space in front of them rippled and a round table appeared, adorned with cutesy decorations, and beautifully designed tableware.
Like a delicate princess, Saiko picked up Seth and placed him into his seat as if he was a glass that could break from a light touch, once seated the space around him rippled and ropes wrapped around him, tying him to the chair.
"How cute~." Saiko blushed at the sight of him sleeping, tied to the chair. Without a single change in expression she lopped his legs off with her machete. "I should capture this moment~!" Saiko squealed in excitement.
[Seth POV]
I was woken up to searing pain, my legs felt like they were burning again.
'They're gone aren't they...' I looked down at my missing legs.
[Calm Mind 2] --> [Calm Mind 3]
[Pain Tolerance 1] --> [Pain Tolerance 2]
'Not an announcement I care about at this moment, but when did I learn pain tolerance?' I sighed through the searing pain, as painful as it was, it was bearable since it wasn't my whole body. With another sigh, I looked up to see the second Saiko watching me with a fervent gaze as she seemed to be painting me.
'I'm so tired...' Not physically, it was impossible to be actually since I had now gained 7% stamina, meaning my body could move as if it was in peak condition no matter what, however my mental...
'This is so tiring... so much pain... I hate it... It's pissing me off.' I moved my fingers the best I could, and with simple muscle memory and memorization, I opened the store once again, this time, buying a knife before I began cutting through the rope.
"I'm done Senpai~!" Saiko screamed in excitement as she spun her canvas around to show me a detailed painting of my legless, bleeding self unconscious behind the beautiful table.
'That superhuman ability... it's pissing me off.' I continued cutting.
'That smile... it's pissing me off.' The ropes began giving way from the relentless cutting.
"What are you doing Senpai~?" Saiko began skipping over to me.
'That voice is pissing me off.'
Clang!
I dropped my knife.
"A knife~? Really Senpai~?" Saiko looked at the dropped knife curiously, tilting her head cutely.
I gave her no mind as I bought the [Priest Cross]
SHREECH!
Just from the mere presence of the cross, Saiko gripped her head and fell backward, letting out an inhuman screech as her corporeal form seemed to shift inconsistently.
This in turn made her lose control of her own powers and erased both the table and the bindings holding me, "Hm, neat." I tossed the cross by her as I leisurely bent down to pick up my fallen knife.
Saiko only continued to thrash about and screech even as I slowly walked over to her, "Please. shut. UP!" I got on top of her, platonically of course, and stabbed down on her cranium.
Instead of what I hopped, I only hurt myself because of how strong her body was, instead of stabbing her, I only ended up cutting myself as if I had just tried stabbing a brick wall with my full strength.
'Annoying.' I turned my attention to solutions to this problem. Brushing past my notifications I looked at how many game points I had at the moment.
[Game Points: 575]
'Game time.'
[Physical Attributes: Athlete](100/100)Upgrade?
If my physical was the problem, then I just needed to get stronger, 'Do it.' More pain was what assaulted my senses, something that was becoming slightly more familiar, although I despised it all the same, I could feel my bones condensing, my entire body being exchanged for a stronger version of itself.
[Physical Attributes: Peak Human](0/300)
Peak human could have been enough, but it wasn't enough for me.
(300/300)Upgrade?
'Of course.'
The pain was even greater this time, added to the frantic punches I was now receiving from the demon woman under me, this was of course not a pleasant time at all, but I held on in pure spite.
[Pain Tolerance 2] --> [Pain Tolerance 3]
[Physical Attributes: Superhuman](0/1000)
"SeNPAiiii~!!!" Saiko cried under me, her voice distorting demonically.
"Voice. Pissing me off." I clenched my fists and swung down with all my strength, this time that fist found purchase, I could feel her nose give way to my fist, turning in ways it shouldn't.
Crack!
Both her head and the concrete under her cracked as her head bounced off of it, her screams only growing in octaves, much to my annoyance. Without care for my spending, I bought another [Priest Cross] and grabbed the knife next to me, bringing it to her throat.
[Narrator POV]
Seth stared down at Saiko indifferently, it seemed as if he held no particular feelings for the crying glow-in-the-dark girl who was now creating a pool of blood under her head, however, if you looked closely, the absolute despise he held for her could be seen as clear as day. Seth seethed just at the sight of her, he felt no pleasure in her suffering, but he despised her existence more, everything that reminded him of her was disgusting.
Holding her head against the ground, Seth slit Saiko's throat allowing her blood to gush out like a fountain her screaming breaking glass now, "Disgusting." Seth's expression contorted in disgust before grabbing the wound in her neck with both of his hands and prying it open.
Seth then grabbed the new [Priest Cross] next to him and shoved it down her throat, not from her mouth, but from the entrance he created allowing Seth his great relief from her noises while she chocked on both her blood and the holy object that rejected everything that made up her body, she might as well have poison in her body now.
"Urk! Guk! Ple-Gh! Senp-uk!" Saiko reached up for him weakly, but he simply slapped her hand away as her eyes lost focus and her body was unable to apply any more strength, letting her arm fall to the ground like a broken kite.
Seth's reaction to this was simply, he closed his eyes and smiled, "Quiet at last."
[Seth POV]
"How embarrassing..." I had been returned to the intermission space as my mind was cleared, allowing me to return to my senses.
Loki chuckled in his chair, "Aw don't say that, it was entertaining for those watching at least." His eyes smiling as much as his mouth was.
"How revolting."
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If you want to see them, here are the notifications he didn't bother to check:
[Achievement: Killed a Devil]
[+100 AP]
[+150 GP]
[Achievement: Tag]
[+50 AP]
[+80 GP]
[Player has slain: Saiko(Devil)]x2
[+100 GP]
[Achievement: Slaughter the Sisters]
[+200 AP]
[+300 GP]
[Achievement Points: 411]
[Game Points: 630]+100
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Should I continue adding the next 3 worlds or is that too much of a spoiler? Should I just show 1 world ahead or none at all so that it's a surprise?