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Chapter 5 : Hunt, Assassinations and Plots.
- 2 days later –
When they said that Sacred Gears were rare, I had often scoffed because they kept on popping up one after the other.
I was wrong.
Extremely wrong.
These fucking things are rarer than Danzo wearing a pink tutu and doing Gangnam Style.
Like fucking 1 in a million rare.
In my two days of search, I have only found 2 twice criticals and 1 unknown sacred gears which could help the wielder calculate faster (basically an over-exaggerated calculator. Fair to say I utterly pissed.
The IDs did help me release some pent up stress and helped raise my level a bit. I am now at level 72 with Umbramancer being at level 72. Leveling is getting harder with higher levels.
Today however I detected a signal. A white and red signal. That's huge. Like Longinus class huge. Just who was it that was in this place. England's sacred gear weilders were mostly being taken away by magician organizations or church. So to see a Longinus wielder here was…..surprising.
I didn't just go in like an idiot. Imagine Cao-Cao being inside and I would be dead before I even got to order anything in the restaurant. So I did the smart thing and send a Shadow Clone Great Explosion type clone inside. If they decide to be too handsy with my clone, they deserve what happens to them. I have put enough mana in it to blast the entire restaurant to the ground.
Imagine my surprise when I found an auburn haired, blue eyed cute girl sitting there, depressed and enraged. Interesting, very interesting.
Meredith Ordinton
Independent Magician, Former Member of Golden Dawn, Wielder of Alphecca Tyrant, Illegitimate member of the British Royal Family.
Level – 45
Rank – Veteran
Race – Human (Magician)
HP – 1,250
SP – 1,250
MP – 12,500
STR – 12
END – 27
DEX – 25
INT – 75
WIS – 57
CHA – 72
LCK – 87
Thoughts about you – None (She hasn't seen you)
Affection – 0 (She doesn't known that you exist)
Isn't she a treat just waiting to be eaten. 2 heart crystals in pocket increasing my confidence by a lot, I put on my game face and enter the restaurant sitting beside her as I order a bucket of chicken wings and a bottle of cola.
She notices me and her eyes widen just a slight bit before she controls herself, her expression changing to aloof, not bothered by my presence.
"Hello, Miss Magician. You seem to be quite sad, is there anything that you would like to talk about." This is my first time recruiting someone. I am putting my best devil act as I try to understand the situation she is in. She is an Independent Magician so that means I can recruit her. If she doesn't agree I can always try my Sacred Gear Extractor on a Longinus level Sacred Gear before I get the Boosted Gear for my peerage. She is cute enough for me give her a try than just snatch her sacred gear away from her. Her skills as a magician might have some effect too.
"Hello, Mr. Devil. Do you often use the same line on every girl you meet." Better than being completely shot down.
"Nope, only the cute ones. Though I have to say that you looking so sad did melt my demonic heart quite a bit to actually approach you." quickly I use a Heart Crystal getting +10 Affection with her.
The key to using items is to use them on correct timing. The raise in Affection can be confused with their own emotions and can further assist in increasing it again.
As expected, her cheeks darken lightly with a blush at the comment. "I bet you say that to everyone. I am still underaged, aren't you afraid that people would call you out for being a lolicon?"
Great, a Tsundere.
"I am not even 17 yet so I would say that I am quite safe. So wanna talk?" I pass off her comment as nothing serious.
"And what good would talking do, it won't bring back what was taken from me. People only care about what they want, nothing about others if it's inconvenient for them. You are the same as well. I bet if it wasn't for my sacred gear, you would have walked away without giving a damn about me anyway, so don't pretend to care when you don't know anything." she blasts off in a rant and starts huffing from exhaustion and anger. Poor girl, a subtle spell to keep others from paying attention to us keeps others from listening in.
"I won't lie that your sacred gear was a part of a reason that I approached you. about 20%, after all it did make me aware that you were even here. I would have still approached you anyway. You are just too cute for me to leave all depressed and sad here." I keep on talking as I pass her the cola while taking a bite of my own fries. "As for talking, don't you feel a little lighter after letting it all out?"
She looks at the cola for a second before gulping it down with big chugs. Wow, she was really thirsty just now. "So what is it that you want?" she questions me warily. I bet she would have been attacking me if it hadn't been for the Heart Crystal right now.
"Nothing before I know why you are so depressed. Even though I would like to recruit you, I make it a point to know about others before offering them a position in my peerage." I say with utter seriousness and she looks at me with a doubt filled gaze trying to read me for any signs of lies.
"And how many peerage members did you find that way? I doubt it would be many if you want to be so picky about them." Good, she is not revolted to the idea of being recruited. Even if she shows otherwise.
"No one yet. I am very picky that is absolutely true. But I am picky about the character of my peerage members. I am absolute certain to make them as strong as they possibly can become at the very least a Satan Class but if they don't possess the qualities I am looking for, there is no deal." It is true. I can make anyone stronger with the game helping me. Just level them up to high heavens and I can have a strong enough team. Snatch sacred gears from the others or just make new toys for them to use.
"What if I don't want to join you?" she asks me a little less wary.
Mental Attack (Suggestion Type) Blocked by Gamers Mind.
Is she trying to probe me? No it was a compulsion type spell to make me speak the truth. Too bad for her I am a Gamer and Gamers…..cheat.
"Then I would just walk away. No harm done between us." She looks at me wide-eyed for a moment which I use to apply the second Heart Crystal over her.
+10 Affection gained with Meredith Ordinton (20/100)
+5 Affection gained with Meredith Ordinton (25/100) for being truthful to her.
Perfect.
And I was being truthful. I would certain walk away right now because if I extracted her sacred gear here, it would attract a lot of attention. No harm done between us because I would have her sacred gear one way or the other. See, perfectly truthful and honest.
"I was denied what was rightfully mine. I belonged to the British Royal Family, an illegitimate child between a member of the Royal Family and his Magical bodyguard. But when I tried to confront them about this, they completely rejected the idea of accepting me. 'Taint on their image' they said that I should know my place and keep quite. When they found about my Sacred Gear, they even tried to use me to control other Higher Ups of the country and even other countries for their profit. I ran away and they are searching for me." She finally lets out all her frustrations. For all that bravado she was putting, she is still a young girl who is alone and abandoned.
"What do you want?" I ask her, my voice completely even, tone firm no hind of playfulness in them at all. This time I am actually serious. This girl has potential. If she is trained and nurtured well, she can become a great asset or at the very least someone who will not be my enemy. Her sacred gear's powers are just too good to leave it be.
"I want to make them suffer, regret ever casting me out. Denying me what should have been mine. I don't imagine becoming the Queen as I know the supernatural factions won't allow that. Too many connections being broken because of me is not something I expect them to do. But I at least want them to feel the pain." Her voice was low and dripping in venom. I think I am in love.
"And how do you plan to do this?" I ask intrigued as well. This girl is turning out to be more fun than I expected. I am going to thoroughly enjoy this.
"Damage their business, their standings. Attack them using others I control using my sacred gear. Make them all sorry for throwing me away." Her voice was rising bit by bit as was the venom in it. 'Hell hath no wrath like a woman scorned' so true indeed.
"And what good would that do? After you get caught, which you will. As you have said, they have many 'connections', they will gain whatever they have lost and maybe even more if they play the role of a helpless victim in all this. You will be left as the ultimate loser in the entire fiasco with none to claim for your own name and likely forgotten as a nameless nobody."
It is a treat to watch her eyes grasping my words and then her eyes turn back to an even deeper depressed though the anger in them does anything but decrease.
"Then what….should I ..do?" aww, her voice seems so broken. Fuck when did I become so sadistic….. okay I was always a sadist.
"The best way to make them regret is to become so important that they beg you on their knees to come back to them and then…..deny them. A simple but effective revenge. After all, the opposite of love isn't hate, its apathy. To hate someone, you need to expend effort to think about them and make them suffer. Do they really mean that much to you to expend so much effort on the them?" my voice soft but slowly making the girl think about what I say.
The emotions and memories of this body have affected me. Even if it is to a very low degree due to my own personality being the dominant one. It is similar to feeling connected to the main character of a book when you read it for a long time. I saw his whole life so it has affected me even if I would not like to admit it. This helps me understand her perspective and offer her the path I would have followed. To be honest if it hadn't been for the quest, I would have let them suffer under good ol' Volde for a while, but I have serious doubts that Dumb-and-Dork has done more than just fucked with me using seals, so I have to go back there as soon as I stabilize things over here.
She looks at me, her face showing various emotions one after another until she lets her head fall to the table in front of her and asks "What do you want?"
"I want you to join me. Really, I thought that was kind of obvious when I asked you this but this time I am making an offer, Join me and I will help you make those who denied you regret every instant of it till the end of their pathetic lives." I say standing up an offering my hand to her.
"What will you give me?" She asks looking at me right in my eyes. Yes, these are the kind of eyes I would like on my followers. The type which won't hesitate to cut down those who stand in her way.
"Power and soon enough position that will give your words a certain weight in the world. I am currently unable to do the second one, but soon within one year, I will do it for you." my voice carries no hesitation as I am completely sure that I can do the same in a few months. A year is for her to feel the offer is more genuine and not just words used for convenience to recruit her.
"If you go back on your word, I will make you regret it." She says while she offers her hand to me.
Obedience System Unlocked.
+ 20 Obedience with Meredith Ordinton (20/100) for accepting your offer.
"In the words of one of the coolest guys I know, 'My word is my bond miss." I kiss her knuckles softly before taking out the mutated bishop piece and pushing it gently into her chest. I watch as it disappears inside her body.
+ 20 Obedience with Meredith Ordinton (40/100) for becoming your servant.
Quest Added
[Balancing on a Nail's Point]
Alphecca Tyrant is a Sacred Gear containing the Nails used to crucify Jesus. Being covered in the blood of the Divine has given them extremely great Holy properties as they are considered one of the holy relics, the epitome of holiness. Now the wielder of such a Sacred Gear has turned into a Devil, a being of evil. This has caused a great imbalance in the magical energies of the Wielder. Find a point of balance soon to stop this matter from becoming worse. Make the wielder strong enough to bear this power.
Objective : Raise Meredith Ordinton's level to 125.
Bonus Objective : Raise Meredith Ordinton's level to 150.
Rewards : Holy Demonic Attribute unlocked for Meridith Ordinton, Increased Affection and Obedience with Meredith Ordinton, ?.
Failure : Meredith Ordinton dies from Magical Imbalance, you lose a Longinus class Sacred Gear wielding servant.
Time Limit : 3 days.
I have been saying this a lot since I became a gamer but ….FUCK.
It is still within range because she is already level 90. Level 125 should be easy.