Standing on top of a cliff, a young man in his early twenties looked at the far-off horizon with troubled eyes. Although it was a picturesque scenery of dawn, it seemed colorless in his eyes.
He has just crossed ten minutes ago from a parallel world. Originally, being an avid reader of crossing novels, he should have been happy being able to transmigrate, but at this moment, he didn't know what to think.
"It turns out that… I am a villain now?" He muttered, staring at the horizon in a daze.
[That's right, host. That's what I have said earlier]
An emotionless yet sweet voice sounded within Hai Wang's mind.
"And in the upcoming year, I'll become impotent, my fiancée will be stolen and my family business's stock price will plummet and it will fall into protagonist's lap?"
[Correct, but you missed a few things. It seems like you weren't listening. Let me explain everything from start]
[Start with self-introductions. I am the voice of Villain System, and you, Hai Wang, is chosen to become the host of Villain System. When you were about to die in your past life, Villain System bounded to you and saved your life and then transmigrated your soul into this world]
[This world is quite different from your last one. This world is quite favored by Heavens and Blessed people like Children of Luck, Children of Fate, and Children of Destiny roam freely. But you stand on the opposite line, you are a villain, someone who is destined to be trampled by Blessed people. At least, that would have been the case if you hadn't bound to Villain System!]
[Bounding with Villain System gives you a plethora of ways to counterattack those Blessed. You can steal their Luck and even earn Villain Points. Those Villain Points could be used in various ways, from increasing raw strength to improving martial arts skills to buying things from Mall and much more]
[Ask the host to pick a choice:
1. Refuse to become a Villain and obediently become the protagonist's dogleg.
Consequence: Host survives but the Villain System is unbounded from him.
2. Accept your identity as a Villain and counterattack instead.
Consequence: Host is rewarded with 3 Mystery Packs]
Hearing all this, Hai Wang was moved and at the same time, he remembered something important.
What was the concept of being a villain in an urban novel?
Villains were already miserable enough creatures but how miserable they are depended heavily upon the setting of the story. Among the most miserable ones in existence were villains of modern urban novels.
From getting face-slapped to getting their fiancée robbed to getting their family business usurped to becoming impotent, the amount of shit they have to go through is uncountable. At each step, their only purpose is to make the protagonist stronger and uplift his status or help him get urban beauties.
There's a reason why those urban novel authors are called stone-hearted. They really spared no effort in making them look as miserable as possible.
Aside from this, beauties from all walks of life, cold-faced female president, seductive bar owner, sweet and naive neighbor, hot-tempered woman police officer, and fierce assassin, no matter who, all end up adding to the list of protagonist's harem in one way or another.
Thinking of all this, Hai Wang was angry, jealous, and annoyed, but he reigned in his emotions. His mood slowly converged and he calmed down, finally accepting the reality of the situation.
"If I have become a villain then a villain I will be." He slowly clenched his palm in a fist and exhaled deeply, a sharp glint of the resolution passed in his eyes.
Becoming a dogleg was obviously impossible for him. Otherwise, where would he put his face among the fellow transmigrators if he happen to meet them one day?
Coming to a decision, Hai Wang felt his mind getting much clearer. He immediately said to the system, "I accept the second choice!"
[Choice accepted!]
[Rewards are being generated…]
[Host received three Mystery Packs! Open them?]
"What's the use of holding them? Obviously, open them."
[Ding! Congrats to the host for receiving 10,000 Villain Points!]
[Ding! Congrats to the host for receiving Dark Realm Upgrade Pill!]
[Ding! Congrats to the host for receiving a Heaven Tier Skills: God's Vision!]
Hearing the rewards, Hai Wang was stunned. Truth to tell, he didn't hold many expectations from the mystery packs. After all, he was used to reading novels where mystery packs were just a massive pit dug by the system to legally steal their host's points!
Unexpectedly, however, this Villain System gave him three good-looking rewards!
"It appears as if my system is still righteous!" Hai Wang nodded satisfyingly and then checked the rewards.
No need to think about 10,000 Villain Points for now because he doesn't understand its value. Whether this amount was valuable or not, he will check and figure this out later.
For now, he focused on the second and third rewards.
Dark Realm Upgrade Pill, this was a pill that can make any mortal to a warrior of the Dark Realm. Warrior was not cultivators. To become a cultivator, one needs to pass four Warrior Realms, namely: Silver Realm, Dark Realm, Golden Realm, and Jade Realm.
One can figure out the realm of any warrior by looking at the color of energy they release. Silver Realm Warriors release silver color, Dark Realm Warrior releases dark color, and so on.
These Warrior realms were further divided into four stages: Early, Mid, Late, and Peak.
Hai Wang was currently a warrior in the Early Stage of the Silver Realm. Although much stronger than mortals, he was at the bottom among Warriors.
So now that he got Dark Realm Upgrade Pill, he was naturally ecstatic. Without hesitation, he took it out. A dark colored pill appeared atop his right palm. He sat down on the ground, pinched the pill between his fingers, and threw it into his mouth.
As the pill entered his system, it began releasing spirals of energy that swept through his body rapidly. Hai Wang only felt warm all over, extremely comfortable. After about ten minutes, he opened his eyes.
Dark-colored swirling energy danced on his fingertips. From Early Stage Silver Realm to Early Stage Dark Realm, it only took about 10 minutes. If it was known outside then it will throw the whole martial arts world into chaos.
Feeling the massive improvements in his strength, Hai Wang was excited. The feeling made him feel invincible.
Next, he wanted to take a look at this Heaven Tier Skill, named God's Vision.
"System, explain to me about this skill."
[God's Vision: This is a passive Heaven-Tier skill that will trigger automatically whenever the host comes in contact with a protagonist. After the skill is triggered, the host will receive the information about that protagonist's plot line]
The explanation was simple but it made Hai Wang dumbfounded. He will know about their plot line? Doesn't that mean he will become omniscient?
Truly a Heaven Tier Skill!
The dog protagonist is about to pretend? Cut off his chance! The dog protagonist is about to earn favor from a big man? Steal his opportunity! The dog protagonist is about to soak a heroine? Too bad she is already his, Hai Wang's woman!
With a loud laugh, Hai Wang excitedly stood up. Suddenly he felt that the colorless and bleak horizon looked particularly radiant and beautiful at this moment!