"You said the apocalypse wasn't supposed to happen, so what changed?" Ali asked, ignoring his worries for now. Maybe now that he has a system, atleast he won't be beaten easily right.
Even though this system is sounding a bit chunnibyo type, it shouldn't be that unreliable.
[Who knows.]
[Those answers are way above your level host. So just ignore them. Okay. ]
"Whatever. Tell me, is there some newbie gift package or something." Ali said, as he remembered, all the main characters get something that can help them with this. But he didn't have much hope considering this system's attitude.
But to his surprise, the system spoke up in approval this time.
[Rewards are being distributed.. ]
[All the injuries of the host are healed, reverting to prime condition.]
[Devil gifts you ???] LOCKED.
[Darkness gifts you the cure for infection.] (Gray colored)
"Hey system, I think you made a mistake. Why is your gift just healing me, and I can't click on the other two too." Ali asked, confused as he basically got nothing till now.
[Well, healing you was a gift from my side, which I already gave you since you were on death's bed.]
[The gift that Darkness sent is grayed out cause you need 250 points to buy it.]
"Don't you know gifts are supposed to be given for free, system?" Ali said but seeing the system silent, he just changed his question. "What about the one from Devil, I can't even see what it is?"
[That's cause I locked it.]
"What do you mean you locked it, why?" Ali asked surprised by this unexpected answer.
[Cause you're not worthy. Prove to me that you are, and I'll give it to you.]
"Say what, that's cheating. You can't just confiscate someone's gift. Also, aren't you afraid Devil's gonna kick your ass if he knew it?" Ali asked as he heard the system's voice. After all, if this Devil guy can make the system come here against its wishes, then it can also beat it, right.
[You don't need to worry about me, my weak as an ant-like host. I'll deal with him myself if he comes. But if you want the gift, you'll just prove your worth.]
"And how do I do that?" Ali asked, as he felt arguing with this system was useless.
[It's easy finish this quest for me, and I'll unlock it.]
[Quest name - Kill the cockroach]
[Objective - Kill Kevin Harper Wells]
[Limit - One month]
[Reward 1 - Gift of the Devil]
[Reward 2 - General rewards for killing a protagonist.]
Ali read the notifications popping up as another display appeared before him with the quest icon. Reading it, he just smiled and didn't bother with the quest.
After all, he was going to kill Kevin even if the system didn't say so, or even if he wasn't a villain and Kevin a protagonist. That guy was his lifelong enemy and without killing him, Ali didn't know if he could ever rest peacefully again.
But there was still something he needed to ask - "I'll do the quest, but what's with the time limit, and what happens if I fail the quest by any chance. There's not some penalty or stuff right?"
[There is no penalty for refusal or failure of the quests. But you won't receive anything for them afterwards.]
[As for the time limit, that's just me. I added it, so you don't just drag this idiot around all your life.] System said in a stern tone.
[If you fail to kill even this level of little shit in a month, then I'll just go offline. AFTER, I snap my fingers and destroy this world completely, leaving only you behind in your total zombie form.] System said in a serious tone, as a graphic scene of earth just blasting in pieces played on Ali's status display.
"What the fuck? You gave me zero gift, zero support, and told me to fight against a protagonist, and my failure leads to world destruction. Are you a psycho?"
[I'm a villain, host. The sooner you understand that, the better it is.]
Hearing the serious tone, Ali was sure this sicko might really do that. After all, it's been speaking so haughty like this anyway.
"Wait, don't systems follow some rules or something, you can't really kill your host, right?" Ali asked doubtfully.
[There are. But it won't be my first time destroying a world or killing a host, so I can manage.] System said in a nonchalant way, like it's an everyday thing.
"What about Devil? He sent you here to help me right. I'm sure he won't let you do that?"
Hearing Ali's question, the system remembered about the Devil again. The scene of those red eyes staring at it, made it glitch for a few seconds in fear. But then it got its guts back and said - [He can try, but I'd still rather die as a villain, then to live as some pansy ass chicken.]
"....." 2 minutes silence
"What about my infection, it's increased to 72%" Ali said as he glanced at his status and noticed the growth. Won't he turn into a zombie if it hit 100 percent.
[Don't worry about it, I'm not that heartless. Since I gave you a month's time, I'll hold back the infection and keep you sane till that point.] System said, acting generous with a smile.
[Ohh one more thing, I forgot to mention. The crueler, brutal and more broken death you give to the protagonist, the better rewards you receive.] System jumped back again and said before going silent again.
Ali, who heard everything the system said, looked at his display where the GIF of earth's destruction was still playing in a loop couldn't help but curse the Devil in his heart.
'This Devil is really not a good thing, if he wanted to help me, couldn't he just send a system which gives free gifts daily and make me invincible directly. But instead he sent this sick system here.'
"Also what kind of names are Devil and Darkness, so fucking edgy." Ali cursed again, but got silent when two new notifications appeared on his system.
[The Devil smiles and wishes you a playful journey]
[The Darkness hopes to see you reign over this planet.]
'They're not watching, are they?' Ali thought, as the timing of those notifications gave him a scare.
[Okay, that's all from my side for now. Now open your eyes and leave this space already.] System said and a snapping sound rang out in the darkness. Ali felt something push him away, and next second his consciousness got pulled back to his body and he opened his eyes staring at the familiar ceiling of his house.
Looking around he noticed, he was lying on the cold floor, instead of any soft bed like he hoped for. But then he remembered the scene from two days ago when he woke up on the floor like this once before, after teleporting to a new place. "Was that the system too? Bitch can't even put me on a bed both times."
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A/N - there might be some things I forgot to mention here, so just ask me in comments and I'll exolain everything