SLASH
The head of the Zombie starts to slowly fall to the ground in the slowed time.
And that's the 149th.
One left from the horde and I'm done with this shit, gotta admit, like everything at first it was fun and I got that adrenaline/dopamine combined reaction but, after a while, it just became completely and utterly tedious.
Kind of reminded me of my days farming gold as a part-time job, even though eventually I ran out of a job after being utterly destroyed by the Chinese gold farmers.
I will never forgive the Chinese...
As I kept strolling through the Instant Dungeon I eventually came across who I was looking for.
"Hey, little buddy! Ready to become my meal?"
Obviously, the Zombie didn't answer back but a couple of hours alone make you try to find a way to entertain yourself, my way was to taunt my undead opponents.
Unhurriedly, I started to walk in the direction of the Zombie.
SLASH
【1,536 Damage Dealt!】
And that makes 150, ah how I love round numbers...
I automatically opened my mouth and ate the Zombie whole, at this point the taste didn't bother me as much.
Human adaptability Banzai~!
For some reason I hadn't levelled up at all during the killing of the Zombies, maybe it was something similar to accumulative experience?
As I turned off Speedster Perception, multitudes of popups appeared in front of me.
【You've finished defeating the horde!】
【Battle Results】
Casualties: 150
EXP: 75,000XP
Rewards
16,703,850 Yen
90,000 Tokens
【You've Leveled up multiple times!】
【«Eternal Devourer Lv.1» is now «Eternal Devourer Lv.10»!】
【«Unseen Blade Lv.1» is now «Unseen Blade Lv.10»!】
【«Observe Lv.1» is now «Observe Lv.7»!】
【Comsumption Report】
150 Skills
150 Perks
+15 To All Stats but LCK & CHA
"Tokens..?"
What the fuck are those?
The windows filled my view and in a try to get them off my face I simply clicked accept on most of them, accidentally I ended up clicking the button Accept All on the consumption report and notifications yet again started to flood my view.
"Ah shit."
【You've acquired the Skill «Basic Bite»!】
【You've acquired the Perk «Ghoul Physiology»!】
【«Basic Bite Lv.1» is now «Basic Bite Lv.10»!】
【«Basic Bite Lv.10» has evolved into «Novice Lacerate Lv.1»!】
【«Ghoul Physiology» has evolved into «Vampire Thrall Physiology»!】
This continued for about 3 minutes until it finally stopped.
【«Divine Mutilation Lv.1» is now «Divine Mutilation Lv.10»!】
【«Divine Mutilation Lv.10» has evolved into «The Art of Carving Lv.1»!】
【«Vampire Lord Physiology» has evolved into «True Vampire Physiology»!】
Well, turns out the Zombies' Skills and Perks aren't as useless as I thought...
I closed the final notification and opened the menu, first, I checked the Skill.
【The Art of Carving[Lv. 1/10]】
Wounds can sometimes be as beautiful as they are lethal.
The user is able to dodge attacks from the target easily while moving around them.
The user can detect weak points in their target and attack them as fluidly as water.
The user has a complete understanding of the anatomy of the target.
When using any type of bladed weapons the user gains the buff «The First Concept»
That's...
So god damn ambiguous...
What does any of this mean? Is it really that hard to just put numbers on the Skills so I can go 'Yes, number up means good.'
Jesus Christ all mighty...
Quickly vanishing the annoyance from my mind, I opened up the Perks menu to look for the Perk I had gained.
【True Vampire Physiology[Divine]】
The user is a true vampire who is and will always be the first of their kind.
The user can shapeshift their form, transforming and reshaping themselves potentially down to their genetic and cellular structure.
The user is immortal, invulnerable to damage of targets 120 Levels bellow the user's and immune to all diseases.
The user has a greater affinity with the Dark Element, giving them easier control of it.
The user is resistant to sunlight, fire and other weaknesses possessed by lower-tier vampires.
The user can use their Authority as an ancestor to make lower-levelled targets of the same race submit.
The user's basic capabilities are greatly increased in the form of:
【HP & MP Regeneration Time: Per Minute → Per Second】
【Stats Gained Per Level: 0 → 5】
【Status Points Per Level: 5 → 25】
【Base Stat Multiplier: 1x → 2.5x】
"..."
Seems like yet again I've gained something ridiculous...
I opened my Status page to see the changes made.
Name: Hayate Oda
Title: Prophet of The World-Eater
Race: Homo Superior | True Vampire
Level: 15
EXP: 8,500/10,800
HP: 8,200/8,200
MP: 6,400/6,400
STR: 40
VIT: 40
DEX: 340
INT: 40
WIS: 40
CHA: 0.25
Status Points: 340
I take it back.
Bring me back to words.
These are too many numbers...
Sighing to myself I decided to think about the 340 Status Points I had, saving them for an emergency seemed to be the best option as I could simply gain stats from training thanks to the «Natural Potential» Perk.
Becoming resolute, I decided to simply leave the Status Points alone until an emergency.
"Hayate, you've changed yet again, this time I can detect traces of the First Vampire inside you..."
I jump a bit surprised by the cute voice of Alduin seeing as he didn't talk to me at all while I killed the Zombies.
"Ah, yeah, I gained some more Skills from Devouring the Zombies, here I'll send them to you."
Through our mental link, I send the Skills information to Alduin and also take the opportunity to ask why he didn't say anything.
"Ah, it seems that while you're in your "Running State" I cannot talk to you, I tried but I just got blocked by some kind of invisible wall."
"Hmm, something to figure out another time I guess..."
As I closed the Status Page a notification popped up in front of me.
【System Compromised, Unauthorized Access!】
【Message received from Lord Justice!】
What..?
I tap with my finger on the "Open Message" button.
While doing so a Scroll in parchment paper appears in front of me with letters written on it.
For the one chosen by Rot
I ask of you; Do you believe it's fair?
To gain such power without any difficulty?
To gain trust and affection without any struggle?
To gain things that others spend years of their short lives learning in mere seconds?
I do not believe it to be so.
Your simple existence is a disgusting mess of unfairness.
Prove yourself and I may turn a blind eye to you.
Fail, and become one with the rest of souls in the void.
Prove that you deserve the power you were given, Oda Hayate.
-Goddess of Justice, Justine-
As I finished reading the message it burst into flames as another notification appeared.
【The Floor Boss is Spawning!】
Before I could fully comprehend the notification, it closed.
"Oh? What have we have here?"
I turned my head around at the sound of another human voice.
What greeted me was a tall blonde man with an eccentric taste of clothing, this, of course, was none other than Dio Brando.
"Huh, wasn't expecting that one."
As the words left my mouth Dio raised an eyebrow as he sneered.
"How is it that such a pathetic being like you can defeat the Zombies created by, I, Dio?"
While he stroked his own ego I took the opportunity and used «Observe» on him.
【Name: Dio Brando】
【Title: Self-proclaimed Lord of The World】
【Level: 180】
【HP: 14,555/14,555】
【MP: 0/0】
Oh shit...
While Dio was still stroking his own ego like a teenager who just discovered masturbation, I activated Speedsters Perception and started to run towards him.
The feeling of moving while time is practically still was weird, it was like walking underwater but you can breathe the water and the water also doesn't slow you down, as I vanished my passing thoughts I concentrated in what was in front of me, when I was about 2 feet near Dio I saw it, his eyes moved, and he was staring directly at me.
I blinked and suddenly I was flying through the air.
【HP: 8,200 → 5,996】
"GAH!"
A scream left my mouth as my back crashes against a cement wall going right through it, as I open my eyes to look at Dio I can see he's standing there with his index finger stretched out and a mocking smile on his face.
He only fucking flicked me...
Chills run down my spine thinking about what could have happened if he used his fist, the speed difference, it's way too high...
Slowly I can feel my bones re-arrange and fix themselves in their place while smoke slowly flows from my wounds, it seems my vampire/speedster regeneration is doing its job.
I quickly open my Status Page and in a desperate attempt to keep up I pump 150 Status Points into DEX.
【DEX: 16 → 166】
The final result? A whooping 715 DEX.
I spit out some of the blood in my mouth as I stand up from the rubble my wounds fully healed in the few seconds.
"Was that all you've got? You poor little bastard, I bet even your dead mother could hit harder."
【«Provocation» Successful!】
As the words leave my mouth I can see Dio's face frown with intensity as he starts walking menacingly towards me.
Fuck, maybe taunting the undead vampire who has 100+ levels over me isn't the best idea...
I start walking towards him as I activate Speedsters Perception again, as I'm about 5 feet away from him he dashes towards me with his fist closed, not missing the Chance I activate Unseen Blade, I dodge to the side of Dio, there's a clear expression of surprise on his face, focusing on my task at hand I direct my hand towards his neck and slash it.
【 8,794 DAMAGE DEALT!】
【 Boss Health: 14,555 → 9,769 】
"Hah! Get fucked you fucking idio-"
Before I could finish my sentence I am, yet again, thrown through the air, this time a huge hole is on my side.
"BUAGH-!"
A minimum of 3 litres of blood spurt out of my mouth as I crash down the streets and drift through the cement.
【HP: 8,200 → 150】
【Perk «The Luck of the Nameless God» has altered the results!】
【Due to being focused on getting you away from him instead of killing you Dio has only hit your side!】
I quickly look back at Dio and see it, The World, his fucking stand.
I FORGOT ABOUT HIS FUCKING STAND.
I can see my wounds slowly knitting together as huge quantities of smoke come out from them.
"I'm done being nice."
The words leave my mouth as my defeated body stands up almost automatically, my mind slowly starts to formulate a plan.
I activate «The Art of Carving» on him and immediately my mind is filled with information about Dio, including his weak point.
Now comes the most important part, timing.
I start to walk back to where he is, on his face, a frown is still present, as I get until an adequate distance near him he suddenly pops out of existence and re-appears in front of me, his Stand ready to pummel me to the ground in 3 milliseconds.
Unfortunately for him, I'm a very unfair existence.
"«Seal Stand: The World»"
【MP: 6,400 → 1,400】
As the words leave my mouth chains begin to wrap themselves around The World as the stand seemingly de-materializes, the expression of Dio's face as his connection to his stand is severed can be seen clearly as his mouth hangs open in disbelief.
Without wasting time I shove my hand on Dio's chest and start cutting him with «Unseen Blade», at least 160 cuts every half a second flow from my body like water, every single strike directed to an essential body part in the Vampire's body, eventually, Dio's undead body slowly falls to the ground.
【 Vital Strike Critical Multiplier Added!】
【 4,591,944 DAMAGE DEALT!】
【 Boss Health: 5,761 → 0】
【Congratualtions you've defeated the Boss!】
Slowly trying to catch my breath with deep inhales and exhales I look at the notification, a smile appears on my face.
"I won bitch..."
I deactivated Speedsters Perception and notifications popped up in front of me.
【Battle Results】
Casualties: 1
EXP: 45,450XP
Rewards
11,250,000 Yen
4,500,000 Tokens
【You've Leveled up multiple times!】
【«Observe Lv.7» is now «Observe Lv.10»!】
【«Provocation Lv.1» is now «Provocation Lv.5»!】
【«The Art of Carving Lv.1» is now «The Art of Carving Lv.2»!】
Did the level 180 Vampire that can stop time give me less XP than grinding Zombies?
How?
What are Tokens anyway?
As the words left my mouth the menu button started to glow a bit with a small red 1 on the corner of it.
When I tapped the button I realized there was a new option in the Menu, the deadly Gacha.
"Ah."
So that's what the tokens are for.
Anyway, I'll check that later.
I look over my body and see my destroyed clothing and a few of my wounds still slowly healing.
"Guess I'll have to buy new clothes later..."
For now, though, time to dig in!
I call out my Sacred Gear and after answering Alduin's questions about what happened I turn to Dio's corpse.
Opening my mouth I call the name of my Sacred Gear and robotically consume the Vampire's body.
Instantly in my mouth, I feel the taste of sweet old wine accompanied by the taste of copper, silver and gold with a bit of raw bloody meat.
At least it wasn't rotten meat this time.
Finishing up with Dio, a popup appears in front of me.
"Give me a Stand! Give me a Stand!"
As I cross my fingers while chanting I finally decide to look at the popup.
【Comsumption Report】
«Vaporization Freezing Technique Lv. MAX» has fully Assimilated!
Due to Race Level Difference, the Skill has been transformed into:
«Zero Death Lv. MAX»
«Space Ripper Stingy Eyes Lv. MAX» has fully Assimilated!
Due to Race Level Difference, the Skill has been transformed into:
«Soul Cutter Lv. MAX»
«Stand: The World» could not be Assimilated!
Skill «Time Stop Lv.1» Salvaged!
«Stand: Spirit Photography» could not be Assimilated!
No Skills Salvaged!
«Personality Trait: Pride» has fully Assimilated!
+35 To STR & VIT
+50 To INT & WIS
+95 To CHA
+636 To DEX
HOLY!
Wait- what does personality trait mean?
Eh, I'll figure it out eventually.
No Stando huh? Shame, guess I'll have to find my own Stand.
Still got Time Stop though, you win some you lose some.
I opened my Skills menu to check the things I got from Dio's corpse.
【Zero Death[Lv. MAX]】
The last thing they'll see before their death is their own tears freeze.
The user is able to drop his body temperature to Absolute Zero and instantly drain the heat from anything he touches in a mere millisecond.
【Soul Cutter[Lv. MAX]】
A cut with the power to cut even the immaterial.
The user is able to project pressurized beams of energy at immeasurable speed and with extreme force.
The user is able to use MP to charge the beams with different effects.
【Time Stop[Lv. 1 / 10]】
Through exerting the user's will on the World, Time will be stopped.
Greatly consumes MP.
Max Time: 5 Seconds
I lightly whistle with a smile on my face as I look at the skills I just got.
"Merry Christmas to me..."
Standing up from the ground I began to look around for any signs of threat, luckily for me, another pop-up appeared letting me know the dungeon was about to collapse.
A small counter appeared on the corner of my view with 60 seconds left on it, seeing this I activated Speedster's Perception and ran around the Dungeon City looking if I had missed anything, unsurprisingly, I had not.
After a few runs, the dungeon collapsed and I found myself back in my room, the only difference being, it was now morning.
"Aw, come on, I wanted to sleep."
As I said this to myself in a low voice I could hear some of the kids waking up and talking with each other.
"Guess it's time to work."
I smiled as I remembered how easy it was for me to level up my household skills just by taking care of the children.
Before I forgot I sealed my Skills and Stats to normal human level.
"Seal: «Speedster Physiology» «True Vampire Physiology» «Stats: Peak Human»"
Chains quickly shot out from my heart unto my body and wrapped themselves around me, quickly melting into my skin.
【The Perk «Speedster Physiology» has been sealed!】
【The Perk «True Vampire Physiology» has been sealed!】
【The User won't be able to use these Perks until they are un-sealed!】
【The Perk «Human Physiology(Fake)» has been obtained!】
【Stats have been sealed to the limit of «Peak Human»!】
【STR: 177 → 0.01】
【VIT: 177 → 1】
【DEX: 2,355 → 1】
【INT: 215 → 20】
【WIS: 215 → 20】
【CHA: 287 → 20】
With that done, I moved to follow the rest of the morning routine.
"Have a good day Haru!"
"Nii-chan! You're embarrassing me! Go away!"
As I left one of the kids in the front of the gate of the elementary school something came to my mind, apparently, the previous me was planning on gaining a scholarship for, yep you guessed it, Kuoh Academy, this way the cost of living in the orphanage would go down, not that it would be needed to lower costs anymore seeing as just one night of Dungeon hunting left me with about 230k bucks.
I walked towards Kuoh academy as I looked at the GPS on the broken screen of my smartphone, I need to replace this thing as well, how disgraceful would it be to see someone like me with thoroughly used stuff.
Wait, I don't think like that...
Shaking my head out of my thoughts, I arrive at the front gate, "WELCOME APPLICANTS" it says, walking inside I look around and see mostly women and groups of men in casual wear with perverted gazes directed towards the women, ah yes, I forgot, recently co-ed highschool with majority women.
Laughing a bit at both the salivating men and the disgusted women I arrive somewhere I don't recognize, I scratch my head as I look at the GPS, for some reason, it doesn't seem to be working here, I sigh a bit and try to walk around to see if I find anyone that could help me.
While walking I hear a swoosh sound, like something being swung every 0.5 seconds and then resting for 2 seconds, I had gotten very good at recognizing patterns, most probably thanks to my ability.
I start walking towards the sound until I come across a boy, blonde hair, 175cm or 5'8 in burger measurements, and a very athletic build, the boy in question was drenched in sweat as he swung a short sword at a very rapid speed while also keeping his form steady and not making any unnecessary movements, his face had very beautiful lips accompanied by gorgeous eyes and a perfectly placed mole, overall this is what people would call an 11/10.
This boy was clearly Yuuto Kiba.
And for some reason I decided to describe another man as both beautiful and gorgeous, may the Lord help me...
The boy seemed to have noticed me as I stared at him and was very surprised, his expression almost seemed like he was about to become hostile but after looking me over for a bit he changed his expression into a fake smile.
"Hey, sorry but this area is off-limits, you seem like you're here to do the exam right?"
I simply replied with a smug smile.
"If it's off-limits how come you can be here?"
His fake smile is strained a bit as he replies.
"I'm something of a special case."
With the smugness still on my face, I taunt yet again.
"A special case to practice with a deadly weapon?"
With these words, his fake smile was clearly strained as he replied trying not to show how annoyed he was.
"H-Haha, yes, something like that."
A quick "Pfft." escaped my lips as I saw him try his best to not drop his fake smile, hearing the sound that came from my lips a tick appeared on his forehead, seeing this I couldn't hold back and just doubled over laughing in his face, the fake smile was now fully gone and what remained was a clearly annoyed bordering on angry expression.
"Anyways, you have to leave."
Wiping away a small tear forming in the corner of my eyes I simply replied.
"But I'm lost you know? Wouldn't it be a good example if you showed me the way towards the test, Paisen?"
"P-Paisen?"
"Yes, Paisen!"
"I have a name you know?!"
"Is it my fault that you never introduced yourself then, Paisen?"
Shocked and left flabbergasted by my teasing he fumbled with his words a bit, then an idea came to mind.
"How about we do this paisen, I beat you in a sword stick fight and you lead me to where the exams are taking place?"
This time replying with a look that said: "What is wrong with this dude" he crossed his arms.
"And if I were to agree, what do I get if I win?"
Putting my hand to my chin and rubbing the small stubble growing there I replied.
"How about... A favour, you can ask me for anything you want, that is if you're even good enough to win in the first place."
After the small taunt at the end, I could see him scowl lightly as his arms uncrossed.
"I accept, ready to eat dirt kouhai?"
"Geez, at least buy me dinner first before you try to get me into your weird fetishes."
"Wha-!"
Struck dumb by the reply he quickly moved away to go get two bokkens with his face completely red either from embarrassment or humiliation.
When he came back he threw the bokken at me and got in position, I too got in position with a smug smile on my face and mentally activating «The Art of Carving», a small pop-up letting me know the buff could not be applied since there were no bladed weapon equipped appeared and I mentally closed it as I stood in front of Yuuto, who seemingly was very relaxed and unpreoccupied by this fight if I were in his position I would be as well, after all, a human could never beat a Devil, or at least that's what he thinks.
I stand in the basic kendo position as I slowly walk towards Yuuto, without any previous movements Yuuto rushes me planning to end the fight in one strike, unfortunately for him, my skill let me know how to dodge and counter-attack.
I move around him to his right and I see multiple openings, I quickly throw a feint body blow to which he tries to quickly block but after a millisecond he realizes it's a trap, like a cutting flow the bokken quickly moves to the side where his carotid artery is located and I let it lightly rest against it.
I smugly smile as I see his face filled with surprise and incredibility, I lower myself closer to his ear and whisper.
"You're pretty good, Paisen... But it seems like it's my win..."
I pull back and give him some hard pats on the back.
"Come on, I don't wanna be late."
That seemed to put him out of his musings as he looks back and asks.
"How...?"
I simply smile back thoroughly enjoying the situation, humiliating someone stronger than you with pure technique feels good after all.
"A lotta practice!"
As I say this I start pushing him from behind while grabbing his shoulders.
"Come on! I'm gonna be late paisen!"
Yuuto seemingly resigned to the fact that he had lost in such a short amount of time, sighed as he started to walk in front of me.
"Follow me..."
I simply smiled as I put my arm around his shoulder.
"Paisen, you still haven't told me your name."
Looking at my arm wrapping his shoulder and then looking up at my smug expression he simply sighed.
"Kiba Yuuto..."
With a teasing smile on my face, I replied.
"Remember and marvel at the name of the man who beat you Yuu-chan! This one's name is Oda Hayate, Oda as in the clan and Hayate as in the butler."
"Y-Yuu-chan?!"
Quickly flustered by the nickname I chose for him his face went red from either embarrassment or humiliation, I can honestly never tell.
I simply smiled back at him with an evil glint in my eye, I never knew Yuuto was this easy to tease, no wonder onee-sans in animes base their whole personality around teasing, it's way too fun.
"You know, it would be pretty funny if after all this I just failed the exam and we never saw each other again, kinda like some bad bait in an anime."
These words seem to have made him calm down a bit and chuckle, a smile remained on his face as he replied.
"And then you come back as the main antagonist in season 2?"
I smile back.
"Exactly, you know, you look much better when you don't force that fake smile of yours."
As I said those words he seemed to get a bit embarrassed as his cheeks got a small barely noticeable red tint.
"Is that so..."
"It is so."
I quickly replied with the smile still on my face, Yuuto was easy to get along with and seemed like an honestly pretty good person, plus he was also hot and had that twink look that mak-
THOSE ARE NOT MY THOUGHTS.
Quickly shaking my head I remove my arm from Yuuto's shoulder, as I urge him to move faster.
Soon we both reach the entrance of the place where the exams are taking place and as I wave goodbye a small particle of something enters my eye, I quickly close it and open it then turn around to walk towards the exam thing, how embarrassing.
And like that, Yuuto and I parted ways.
"What should I cook tonight..?"
With those thoughts on my mind, I continue walking.
Unbeknownst to him, a small notification was letting him know something but he quickly closed it without reading it.
{The Knight of Gremory, Yuuto}
【Affection】[95|100]
【Loyalty】[15|100]
Yuuto Kiba was confused.
At first, he had thought the man was some kind of evil magician that had infiltrated the magic field put over the old building to assassinate Rias or something similar, after a quick look over he saw he actually was just a normal human, a very athletic one but a human nonetheless.
The man seemed to be lost and searching for the applicant's entrance for the exam taking place for the new year, so he approached and with a smile, he let him know the area was restricted, as the man saw the smile he put up he seemed to have made it his life goal to annoy him until the point it culminated in him sword fighting him, trying his best not to hurt him he didn't use his full power, that seemed to be his mistake, he expected the man to be simply a beginner kendo practitioner with a big ego, unfortunately, he was wrong, the man seemed to have thousands of years of experience using the sword, he identified his weak points and defeated him swiftly, he couldn't believe it.
After a talk and walking with the now named Hayate, Yuuto came to actually like the man, quite a lot actually, he seemed like a good person and when he smiled he always seemed to glow immensely, which, for some reason made him warm inside, he tried to ignore it but Hayate being so close and smelling so good only made him get more confused by all of it.
While walking he could notice some people looking his way and seeing the taller teen with his arm around him, Hayate seemed to notice the looks as well and pulled his arm away from him and shook his head a bit almost as if he didn't want to be a bother to him, he really was a nice person, although his body felt a bit lonely without his touch he continued walking, he tried to shake the thoughts forming in his head about the person he had met not more than 1 hour ago, he was never into men and women were mostly bothersome to him, he like many other men had their own collection of unnameable items underneath his bed, but never in his mind was a man present, Hayate, for some reason, seemed to ignite some kind of emotion inside of him, he didn't know what it was but he would make sure to ignore it.
And like that eventually, their walking had come to an end, as he waved goodbye he saw Hayate wink at him before walking away, he could feel his face heating up but he suppressed it as much as he could as he power walked back to ORC, he quickly said his goodbyes to Rias and the rest and then walked home trying not to think about what had happened today.
This marked the day that Yuuto, for the first time of his life, watched gay porn.
His search history: tall, black hair, muscular, twink.
When he fell asleep it was already 4 am.
AN:
Finally saved enough for weights, barely 100lb/45kg but enough to not let my gains waste away, quarantine is a bitch.
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