Chapter 6: CHAPTER 06-System and Quests
'Sin system'
A black window appeared in front of Ray which only he could see.
[Name: Ray Celestia
Age: 18
Species: Human
Bloodline: Royal (A+)
Physique: Self-Healing (S)
Mind: Calm (SSS)
Disposition: Neutral
Title: Celestial Empire Crown Prince (Unique)
Strength: (A)
Agility: (A)
Intelligence: (SS+)
Charm: (S+)
Dexterity: (A)
Stamina: (A+)
Mana Quantity: (B)
Mana Output: (A+)
Mana Control: (SS+)
Mana Purity: (B+)
Passive Skills: (???)x7 (unlocked after specific quests), System Backlash (Divine), Reincarnation Cycle (Divine)
Active Skills: (???)x7 (unlocked after specific quests), Appraisal (Divine)]
Since rankings generally went from F to SSS, Ray could be called an unprecedented monster, an absolute menace on the empire. No one before had such high stats after awakening. If it was known, there would have immediate wars to prevent his future growth.
Above SSS was divine, and to cross that boundary one had to somehow ascend to heaven or obtain something called divinity.
Ray had been training his body using only the best body and mind training methods obtained in his last life and as such after intense training and hard work for more than fifteen years, his stats reached a bottleneck. Now he could only use the system to grow more. And thus for the rest of the time before his awakening, he could only train his techniques and practice magic control.
Since magic quantity, physique and mentality were set at birth, they were unchangeable.
Normally that is.
Sin systems, especially legendary ranked ones had a lot of power.
Even then his physique was inherited from his mother, after all Isis also had the Self-Healing physique. Unless he was killed in one shot, or he received a fatal wound, everything else would slowly be cured. His wounds would heal and even arms would regrow. It was a monstrous skill.
His mind was essentially the same since his last three lives, and developing a top-tier mentality was something he knew would happen. This would prevent him from falling under illusions or mind magic. He was basically immune to psychics and illusionists.
He would obtain one passive and one active skill from each of his systems after he did their respective first quests, essentially unlocking fourteen skills!
The System Backlash was a divine skill and this was the reason anything that pried into his system faced complete obliteration. Appraisal was an innate skill, and having a divine one at that meant he could see others' system as they saw their own.
He could basically see everything in others' systems, names, stats, everything. The only thing he could not see was their quests.
Anyway, with only this he could be said to be one of the strongest people in the empire.
"First task is to unlock all system skills."
Saying so, he started looking at the systems one by one.
'Pride System.'
[Pride System (Legendary)
Quest: The Beginning of Pride
Requirement: Defeat one of your teacher
Clear conditions: (1) Duel with someone who officially taught you something on that very topic.
(2) Defeat all your official teachers until now in their very own topics.
Rewards: (1) Passive Skill: Strong Body – (B)-(The stronger your opponent, the greater your defenses grow), Active Skill: Intimidation-(B+)-(Induce fear on your enemies), 100 points
(2) Passive Skill: Reverence-(B)-(People respect you instinctively), Active skill: Pride Aura-(A+)-(Everyone feels you are superior), 100 points]
'These systems are all sly little devils... but its better this way'
Ray had an evil smirk on his face.
The quest asked him to defeat his 'official teachers' in their own subjects. For the crown prince an official teacher is someone he would have to request from the ruler and then be screened and finally sent to him in the name of the empire.
Since it would be an official teacher, the empire would only provide the best of the best for the crown prince. Wording this way, the system made it extremely difficult to complete where one could only complete the quest using the first condition.
'System ah system… if only you knew…'
Ray had only ever asked for one official teacher. In chess.
He already knew almost everything from his last lives and hence somehow managed to convince Isis to not appoint him any teachers.
His reasoning being: 'If I achieve things with next to no support, I will be hailed as a genius.'
Isis being the completely trusting and innocent mother towards Ray accepted on the condition that he would work hard.
'If I defeat Berthold in chess I'll clear both in a single go.'
The Pride Aura skill was something he really needed. To talk to dragons and other higher lineage beings as an equal, this skill was a must.
'Well, I can already defeat Berthold in chess pretty easily; I'll do it officially tomorrow… hmm… Wrath system'
Now a bright red system opened in front of Ray.
[Wrath System (Legendary)
Quest: The Beginning of Wrath
Requirement: Punish someone who has in your knowledge harmed you or someone close to you.
Clear conditions: (1) Kill people you deem as valid targets.
(2) Make people you deem valid targets your slaves.
Rewards: (1) Passive Skill: Boiling Rage-(B)-(The angrier you get, the higher your stats soar), Active Skill: Berserk-(A+)-(Obtain explosive strength for limited time by exchanging intelligence and stamina), 100 points
(2) Passive Strength: Subdued Rage-(A)-(The calmer you remain in enraging situations, the higher your stats soar), Active skill: Reverse Berserk-(A+)-(Debuff opponents on a large scale by exchanging your intelligence and stamina), 100 points]
Ray had an extremely high status in the imperial palace. Unofficially one could say Ray was even more respected than the Empress. Not because he was the future Emperor, but because from a very young age he had captured a lot of corrupt officials and criminals within the palace and kept them in the dungeons below the palace.
Since Ray knew these names from his previous lives, he gathered conclusive evidence against them in this life and presented them to his mother and arrested them on behalf of the empire. He remembered them as during his second life they led a rebellion and tried to kill him during his coronation by sending assassins and blaming everything on other nations.
In any case, those traitors would have been killed but Ray asked them to be imprisoned until he awakened and handed them punishments by his own hand.
Since he was a prince and a future ruler, rather than staying away from blood and murders he was rather encouraged to get accustomed to them. Well, at least that's what everyone said other than Isis. Finally after being persuaded by Ambrosia, his mother relented and gave him permission to do what he wanted.
'This quest would have to be the last… I have a plan for these guys…'
'Hee hee…. Now comes the interesting ones… Lust System'
[Lust System (Legendary)
Quest: The Beginning of Lust
Requirement: Lose your virginity
Clear conditions: (1) Have sex with someone who is infatuated with you using your charm.
(2) Have sex with someone who has no feelings towards you using your authority.
Rewards: (1) Passive Skill: Love Sight-(SS)-Can see the target's nature, fetishes, love and other special stats towards host, Active Skill: Suggestion-(S)-Can slowly change the target's way of thinking about host depending on love stats, 100 points
(2) Passive Skill: Weakness-(S)-Can see target's weak points, useful both in battle and in bed, Active Skill: Nirvana Fingers-(A)-Make even the most cold emotionless or reserved woman cum like a bitch, 100 points]
'Like always, the beginning skills for lust system are strongest, after all going from a virgin to a lust crazed beast was not a linear journey, slow and difficult at the start and easier the more you get corrupted. So, in the short term, this system will provide me the strongest skills, while in the long term the other systems would overtake it…'
'But man I really want all four skills… but I can only choose (1)… Love sight is my lifelong companion. It's undoubtedly my favorite skill.'
'Furthermore it's extremely easy to complete the first condition for me…'
'I also need to rake in a lot of points…'
Every system had a shop. This is where one could use their points to obtain skills they previously missed out or items.
The higher the rank of the system, the cheaper and better the products.
If Ray could buy a (S) ranked skill with a few hundred points, someone with a common or rare level system would have to spend hundreds of thousands of points.
Thinking so, he decided to keep the other systems for a later date and complete the Pride and Lust quests the next day.
Opening the shop for a quick glance he immediately found the things he wanted.
[Shop (Rank: Divine)
Bookmarked Items & Skills:
(1) Item: Ring of Killing Intent-(B)-Absorb blood to increase killing intent of the user. Killing intent can be used to induce fear on monsters and other living beings with low intelligence. [Price: 60 points]
(2) Active Skill: Lust Overflow-(A)-Cause target to feel lust towards host. Depends on target's mentality and intelligence and host's charm. Greater the difference between host and target, greater the effect. [Price: 120 points]
(3) Active Skill: The Divine Rod-(S)-Can mark certain targets to develop feelings of craving and addiction towards host's cock. Addiction level and intensity depends on target's mentality, intelligence and love towards host. [Price: 240 points]
Total Price: 420 points]
'Can't understand those battle maniacs. Once I obtain the unique skills of the seven systems, my growth speed will be unimaginable. And furthermore, I want to enjoy this life, not fight and shed blood continually…'
Thinking of the various things he could do with the skills he would obtain the next day, his lips stretched into a smile as he slowly drifted into sleep.
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