[You have opened the Mysterious Red Gift and obtained: Mythical Trait, Demon King Body (Exclusive)].
[Do you want to integrate this trait now?"].
"Heh, heh, heh," my laughter didn't stop even after seeing this announcement.
This is because the Demon King's Body is undoubtedly the best feature that exists in Aerial.
[Demon King's Body (Exclusive): Magical aptitude in all elements (except light),
Ability to use all types of neutral magic.
Progressive increase of magic core.
Progressive increase of the user's physique.].
This body enables me to use almost all existing magic except light. Not only that, but it will also enhance my core to be able to store more energy, and most importantly.
Because it also improves my physique, I can go the magic swordsman route so I can take on the protagonist when he crosses my path, as he has a very similar trait that does almost the same thing.
[Hero's Body (Exclusive): Magical aptitude in all elements (except darkness),
Ability to use the exclusive skill: Miracle.
Progressive increase of magic core.
Progressive increase of the user's physique.].
That's the protagonist's trait, as I recall.
Just when I was about to give accept to integrate this trait, I remembered something.
(The first time I equipped this trait in the game, my avatar started convulsing as if it had been poisoned...).
Traits are perks you can assign to your character or the protagonist in case you're in story mode.
Some are as basic as a strength upgrade and others, as seen above, completely enhance the individual's existence.
That's the case with the Demon King's Body, as it grants you affinities for all existing magic except light. So when you equip it, there will inevitably be drastic changes to your body.
"Well, a little pain for a lifetime of pleasure," I said and selected accept.
Just as I selected accept, I could feel its effects....
"Ugh."
I felt a searing fire coursing through my veins, as if boiling lava was being injected into me. I screamed in pain, but I was lucky no one was coming.
"Agh!"
I was alone in my room, undergoing the most painful transformation of my life. It was the price of integrating the demon king's body, the power that would change my destiny. The power that would make me the most feared and respected being in the world.
"Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
But at that moment, I just wanted to die. Every cell in my body was rebelling against the demonic invasion, trying to resist the corruption.
It felt as if my skin, muscles, bones and organs were being ripped off and replaced with something dark and evil. I writhed on the floor, cursing everything and everyone, wishing the torment would end.
"AAAAAGGHGHGHG!"
But it wouldn't end.
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It lasted for hours, two or six? I don't know for sure, I lost track of time and reality. I only know that when I opened my eyes, I was no longer the same. My body felt stronger, even though it was covered in goo, I couldn't help but feel elated at the strength I was experiencing.
(I must clean this before someone comes).
During the integration process, I squirmed on the floor and, well, I guess I made a bit of a mess. A combination of goo and hair that who knows where it came from.
"But first I'll take a bath, ugh, I smell awful." My smell wasn't the best, in fact, if someone came by, they'd probably think someone died here because of the pestilent aroma my nose registered.
Thirty minutes passed...
When I finally finished cleaning up this mess and hiding the things I accidentally broke, I stood in front of the mirror.
Although I am the tender age of ten, a clear contrast in my body's physiology is already noticeable.
''Now that I reflect on it, no one has come to see me."
Generally, maids come every so often to check on their master's condition, in case something is wrong with them or they need something.
(The fact that no one has come means that there is something important).
The fact that no one has come after so long indicates that they are preparing for a big event or something similar.
"Well, anyway, that plays in my favor."
Was my thought, as I still had other features to integrate.
Thanks to the item duplication bug, I was able to duplicate all sorts of important or very rare things, such as weapons, consumable items, evolution items, armor, and even traits like the demon king trait mentioned above.
Why bother duplicating all my items, knowing the risk of being banned?
That's because I was already a notoriously evil player in Aerial, so it never hurts to have backups in case someone tries to hunt my character down to elimination.
(When you get hunted down to level 1 and die at that level, your character dies permanently and you lose everything).
So, I decided to take advantage of the bug, which consisted simply in buying an item renamed as "the bug stone", whose original function was to change an item you didn't need for a random one but of the same quality.
This item, instead of giving you a random item as its original function, gave you the same item if you disconnected the internet just when it was in process. Also, if you clicked on "redo" and connected to the internet, it gave you back the original item you wanted to change, but without taking away the one it gave you.
The bug was present for a total of 6 hours, but it didn't prevent players like me from duplicating hundreds of items. Of course, there were massive bans for those who took advantage of the bug, as it was a very serious thing, especially for those who duplicated unique or very powerful traits.
How did I save myself?
I bought carrots.
Most role-playing games have a log of buying, selling, obtaining and deleting items, which are logged at certain intervals. So, all I had to do to "whiten" my account was to saturate the log with a lot of carrot purchases, since they were worthless.
But that wasn't enough, since I still had many copies of my duplicate items. I took advantage of a feature in the game that allowed me to turn items into gifts that hid their information, which allowed me to send "surprise gifts" to my friends in the game.
After that, I simply sent them to another account and created a new guild to store the gifts in.
When the emergency maintenance was performed, millions of players were banned, but I was not on the list, and nothing strange happened when I logged into the game.
After a month passed, I came back to pick up the gifts with the duplicate items. Obviously, I didn't open them, as that would raise suspicions about my account. Instead, I just took out and used the items I needed at the time.
(Although it's a shame that this body only has 3 trait slots).
[Traits - [---], [---], [---], [Sealed], [Sealed]
Both the protagonist and the player avatar had a total of 5 trait slots. The fact that he has 2 sealed is already a big disadvantage.
(I'll have to choose the most optimal)
When I was Spectre, I had a very powerful combination of traits, such as:
Demon King Body: which granted a lot of flexibility both magically and physically.
Regeneration supercells: which allowed me to regenerate wounds incredibly fast (this prevented me from bleeding and losing HP suddenly).
Omnivampirism: which healed my HP with both physical and magical attacks.
Imperishable: which allowed me to gain extra stats, as well as resistances to any kind of attack as long as it didn't kill me.
Die Hard: this was my favorite, as it granted me immortality for 10 seconds when my HP dropped to 5%.
If I combined Die Hard with Imperishable, I accumulated a lot of resistances. It was really funny to see the faces of those idiots every time they saw that they couldn't hurt me, heh, heh.
(I can only choose 2 of those 5, since I integrated the demon king's body...).
Just as I was debating which one to choose, I heard something.
Knock, knock.
Someone was knocking on my bedroom door.
"Come in," I said.
The other person came in. It was a brown-haired maid who bowed and informed me:
"Young master, the lady asked me to inform you that in 3 hours you will be heading to the birthday of the second princess."
Having said that, she excused herself and withdrew.
But I was just processing those words in my mind.
(The beginning of the story, the first meeting with the main character and most importantly, the first NTR Kylo will suffer...).
It's today