The Anime Trope System: Stone vs. Viper #17 a LitRPG (ATS) Read online

  Team Dark:

  Dark: the Leaf. A chuuni and an interloper from Earth; aka a “player.” Only five interlopers are allowed in the stone-viper games; however, many Watchers consider them illegal, along with any other intruder. Dark’s element is… well, dark. Brought to Satovia by a guide of his own, a green-haired Entity named Selkie, the young man is on a comical mission to… take over the world. Or so he says aloud. The truth is, Satovia is an escape from his horrific old life on Earth. He’s soul-searching. Unfortunately, when he thought he found a place of belonging, the Viper showed up and forced him to abandon them. Selkie was unsuccessful at getting him to return. He did not feel he had the right to show his face to the maids and butlers. He can never face Ikumi again.

  Selkie: a friendly Entity, who loves her Chinese-style dresses. A short beauty with green hair and mystery. Dark’s guide. She’s on a mission to save her sister from a special petrification. The Leaf will eventually gain the ability to save her.

  Myriad: a thunderbird, and Dark’s party member. Curious nature, loves to eat. Harpy family. She hates eggs, especially when they’re cracked near her.

  Team Viper:

  Aunder: the Viper himself. Our “antagonist” who lives for the honor of battle. An esper (from a warrior-race). Like Clyde, he was brought into Satovia against his will. Universally powerful, this man is feared. The Soul Taker was a nickname given to him on his home-world, though he doesn’t acknowledge it. He’s not evil, but will not back down from the sweet call of the fight. He’s on a journey to seek out the other “players,” following the rules of the game. However, his heart isn’t in it. His decisions will mostly depend on the journey. He single-handedly enslaved all three Venus sisters. Let’s not forget his love for the drink.

  Su Yang: a Venus sister. The Venus sisters are incredibly powerful sorceresses dedicated to Venus, the Goddess of Love and Sex. She’s a woman with long dark hair and alluring brown eyes, a beauty that transcends time. She began to fall for Aunder, because despite being the Viper (the Venus sisters know all about the stone-viper games), he was doing more good than anything. Liberating villages, slaying dragons, and saving children. It irritated her when the man blamed what she felt in her heart on Stockholm Syndrome. Her sister Olivia believed her to be a yandere, which was downright ridiculous. Things changed as time passed.

  After leaving the side of the Viper, Fatalus, the Goddess of Curses, attacked. Aunder didn’t step in to help, which revealed to Su Yang that she was alone. However, Team Stone stepped in, Clyde rescuing her, and unleashing an attack that caught the powerful goddess of evil off guard. This led to Su Yang joining Team Stone.

  Olivia: a Venus sister. A tall, busty woman with dark blonde hair. She serves as Aunder’s tracker, presenting him with possible whereabouts of the other “players.” She’s the reason why Aunder found the others so easily, despite their vast distances apart. Because the Stone hasn’t imitated the others, she is unable to track him. At least not yet.

  Momo: a Venus sister. A white-haired cool beauty. Lacking in the breast department, she is often seen in more revealing clothing. She’s able to Jump the party vast distances, though Aunder prefers to travel by foot. She is the best at hiding her emotions, not that the Viper cares. None of the Venus sisters can harm him due to the Soul Bond.

  Princess Dire: a mysterious figure throughout the lore, known to be named after a curse that turns its victims into children. There is a possibility that the princess herself is a victim of the curse. Aunder rescued her from being publicly executed by a group of crazy villagers who practiced witch hunting.

  Julius: Seth’s older brother and ex-member of a powerful cult. Bound to Aunder as a member of the Forgotten Party, he shares a mutual discomfort of the Viper with Momo. It is unknown what use Aunder has for him.

  Tiffia: A sex-teasing Crusader researcher with a secret project that could supposedly change the world. Many of her fellow researchers back it. She’s a blonde woman who was secretly a customer of Terrance, though he didn’t recognize her when she attempted to “purify” him. Orders from a now-dead Pillar.

  Terrance: dark-skinned man with black hair. A psychic, although he didn’t know at first. He didn’t believe in anything supernatural until strange things started happening around him. It is unclear why the Crusaders were truly interested in this man; however, so was Aunder, the Viper. He left Terrance a business card for recruitment, which he eventually accepted, seeking answers. He is the Viper’s prophet.

  Other characters:

  The Oyabun: Misaka’s father. (Yakuza boss.)

  The red-hooded stalker: a mysterious man in a red cloak that serves the Stone Maidens proper.

  The Stone Maidens.

  The Viper Maidens.

  The ex-kid-maid: the 14-year-old Mei sent away in Volume 2.

  The Watchers.

  Alena: Alice’s mother. An archangel.

  Madrian Tanaka: Chika’s mother.

  Naomi: a cute and shy, green-haired journalist who gains massive courage when angered. One of Clyde’s first friends.

  Hideo: Toru’s uncle. Crusader researcher. Defeated as a major boss of Volume 7.

  Kazumi: Harumi’s friend. Perverted girl with the glasses.

  Ming’s friends/minions: Han, Peng, Tyrone (Kazumi’s boyfriend), and Zack.

  Chesire: servant of the queen of Wonderland.

  Ashard: fairy son of Titania the Fairy Queen. He’s a man of mystery at this point, but is definitely a creature of the light.

  Thor, God of Thunder.

  The Lady Mayor.

  The Lady Mayor’s mystery tracker.

  Risa Soulless: the youngest of the Soulless family’s elder dragons. She was full of ambition to climb to the top. She’s a blonde beauty of a dragon girl with the ability to shift from human form to that of an enormous reptile of death. Chiyo and the others knew her as someone who wouldn’t hurt a thing.

  Sol Niye Lor: the Falcon, one of the five dimensional interlopers invited by the Watchers. With goals of glory, the young man had no intention of letting the other “players” get a one-up on him. If he could change the stone-viper games to the Falcon game… A skilled fighter, although a bit unreasonable. After being brought back to life by the Bright Ones, he joined Team Viper as the Golden Reaper.

  Anzu: from Volume 3. They first walked in on the loli while she was singing a cat-heavy song. She is the real estate agent who booked Clyde his first house. She’s 23. A friend of Harumi and Liru.

  Amaterasu “Juliette”: Melody’s mother. She Who Dawns Time. A legendary trickster demoness, wife of Platus, Dark God of Utopius. Crimson red hair like her daughter. However, she has unnerving glowing eyes. Melody does not share this trait. She was a major 3-phase boss in Volume 8. Clyde pulled a miracle summoning Over-Stone 75%, easily defeating her. (Gave her life to protect her daughter…)

  Platus, Dark God of Utopius: Melody’s father. He is not to be mistaken for He Who Paints the Night, a rogue dark god that impersonated Platus. Platus wants to harshly punish his daughter for accidentally breaking the realm’s core. She couldn’t control her immense strength back then. He sealed it as a result. He’s an angry, kingly figure who will do whatever it takes to get things done. Even if it means hurting loved ones.

  Fumi: a very kind slime girl with the ability to shift into human form. She is Toru’s lover.

  Nina: a gothic loli vampire, who first debuted as Kiko’s mistress, in Volume 4. She didn’t care about the system constructed by the Lot City vampire clan. Instead, she turned out to be a videogame addict and kid at heart. Surrendering and begging for her life the moment Team Stone attacked her clan. Not that she was aware of the plans of those on the upper hierarchy.

  Maya: a mucus toad monster girl, CEO of Nowie pizza chains and more. She’s in love with Seth. First appearance was in Volume 3.

  Nuri: half-pixy servant of Maya who actually attends Sato Academy.

  Ling: Tetra’s coworker and close friend. She’s a short woman with wavy brown hai
r, a bust somehow exceeding even Tetra’s, and a somewhat sexual-flirty vibe about her.

  Clare: a shopkeeper during the day, a maiden during the night. Long black hair, striking blue eyes, with breasts that are almost on par with Harumi’s. Her weapon of choice is the bow.

  Sahara: leader of the Fireside magical girls. Long silver hair, red eyes. Cool, calm, and collected: she is the picture of serenity. Powerful and resourceful. The FM has a history of trying to recruit Yusuke and Kitome into their group. Clare’s shop has been booming ever since Sahara and her girls worked the café half of it. The maid café on 21st Street may start to notice…

  Entities revealed:

  Mortem: the Entity who brought Clyde to Satovia. Technically Clyde’s guide. An asshole.

  Episode 80 (Part 1): Bloody Double Agents

  Last time on the Anime Trope System, Clyde decided to push for the completion of a major adventure quest, one which involved weakening the dreadful curse on Natalia. Lilith, the Supreme Demon Lord, joined Team Stone, and had the answers in the Monster Kingdoms. And indeed, the team succeeded at finding the second required quest item, leaving just one more to go.

  They didn’t acquire it without difficulty, however: the Bright Ones, mysterious beings, had finally made their move, first freeing Sol from Venus’s Hell, and then attacking Lilith’s capital city, stealing its World Star Fragment. This led to the Falcon joining forces with Aunder, under the direction of his saviors.

  Seeing that the team had enough chaos for the day, Clyde decided they’d head home for an important holiday. Harmony Day.

  Unfortunately, chaotic events followed anyway, leading to Su Yang joining Team Stone in earnest and Dire attacking shortly thereafter in an attempt to rescue her.

  Even after the decisive faceoff between Natalia and Dire, the struggle with her was simply not over.

  Lastly, what could Aunder be up to? Did he really just kill Freya, a Norse goddess? Will that terrible rage get offered to the Venus Sisters soul bound to him?

  Welcome to the Anime Trope System Volume 17: Tensions Rising.

  Midmorning…

  Clyde’s house…

  Wednesday. Week 3. Month 3. Year 1. Season: Winter.

  [Satovian Universal Calendar: Domino, 46389.]

  [School: Winter Break. Day 26 of 30.]

  [Current declared fiancée(s): Melody, Alice, Tear, Harumi, Chika, Natalia, Kitome, Yuki, Tessa, Ruri, Ming.]

  [Expecting: Harumi, Alice, Kitome, Chika.]

  [Countdown until babies are born:

  Harumi, kitsune: 4 months until due. Currently: month 2, week 1, day 1.

  Alice, half-demoness, half-angel: 5 months until due. Currently: week 4, day 4.

  Kitome, human: 9.3 months until due. Currently: week 3, day 4.

  Chika, human: 9.3 months until due. Currently: week 1, day 5.]

  Clyde found himself in the backyard, in a lawn chair, giggling as he held something beyond awesome in his hands. He had to swipe it. Yuki’s sword. A sword as dark as obsidian and as light as… a broom. It resembled a katana, only slightly bulkier and sleek, edge to edge. When he unsheathed it slightly, the pressure from the blade’s magic sent chills spiraling through his arm.

  “With this, I—”

  Someone pulled the sheathed weapon from his grip. He turned to see Yuki staring at him blankly. He gave her a sheepish smile, though the yearning for that mystery power still tickled the back of his brain.

  “I just polished that,” Yuki said. “If you’d gotten it dirty, I’d make you polish it for the rest of the month.”

  “Fair enough,” Clyde said, then kissed the kuudere demoness.

  “Do you plan to continue the search?” she asked as she took a seat in the young man’s lap. His erection dutifully rose to full height. “I’ll take that as a yes.”

  [Adventure Quest: find a Depleted Omen’s Sphere, an Essence Crystal, and the Horn of a Chimaera for Naoko. Reward: weakening of Natalia’s curse. Unknown. Items gathered: 2/3.]

  “We’ll have to go back to the Monster Kingdoms,” Clyde said. “I think I’ll bring a smaller group this time.”

  “You are including me, yes?” Yuki asked as she pressed her ass against the young man’s wood.

  Unable to hold back, Clyde slipped his hands into the woman’s panties, caressing until she was incredibly wet. He slid his wood inside her and somehow the two went completely undisturbed for a half hour.

  He ended up unleashing a load onto the grass. Yuki panted, leaning back, her body threatening to excite the young man again.

  [Ki increased, Yuki. +5.]

  [Ki stats gained from Yuki: Heart: 32. Mystery: 24. Power: 21.]

  [Thanks to reaching the requirements from Yuki, you’ve learned Purple Ki skill: Emotion Drain. Drain your opponent’s surface emotions and convert it to HP. This is a rare Ki skill.]

  Excited, Clyde used that time to take a quick look into the requirements of the Ki skills he was currently “learning.”

  For the passive Ki skill, Telepath, he needed to have sex with Kiko to fulfill its obligations.

  Zen Inner Control required a romping with Noona to unlock.

  That left a transformation that he honestly didn’t care about. It required him to bang Matsume a lot, Tetra twice, and Ruri once more.

  Why did the system offer him this? The system responded to his thoughts.

  [A Ki-based transformation will automatically increase your immunity to magic by fifty percent. This transformation gives you full immunity to fire, lava, hellfire, and stars. [Yes, suns. You will not be required to breathe and will be unaffected by cosmic radiation.]]

  Okay, he already loved Matsume, but holy crap! This ability was as good as the one he’d gain from marrying Yuki.

  That reminded him about the last line in Yuki’s marriage skill description. The Root Tree Seed could establish a relationship link with fucking Mother Nature herself. The leader of Celestial and Alice’s freaking maternal grandmother.

  “Nyaaa, romantic.”

  Clyde snapped out of his revelry to glance up at the catgirl who was looking down at the duo. Neko.

  Fortunately, he already righted his clothing, but Yuki was still in his lap, his arms around her, his lips on her neck.

  Ako, approaching from behind her sister, joined in on the banter. “Lord Stone… you player, nya. Do not think for a moment I’m going to cancel your training session.”

  Drops of sweat fell from the backs of Clyde’s and Yuki’s heads.

  “Cats,” Yuki said without emotion, but a twinkle in her eye signaled the playfulness.

  Ako simply sighed.

  “Nya, feeling ice cold out here,” Neko said.

  “I find the weather surprisingly pleasant today,” Yuki said after she and Clyde stood up.

  “That’s not what I mean,” Neko said. “Nya, never mind. You and Ako will never—”

  “What was that, dear sister?” Ako said, Gin smile emerging.

  “Nya—nothing,” Neko said. “Nothing at all. Samurai train all you want. I will take a catnap over there.”

  Yuki placed a hand on Neko’s shoulder and her cheery, and unsettling, Gin smile emerged. Clyde noticed immediately. The catgirl was standing on the demoness’s sword.

  Neko gulped.

  “Come,” Yuki said, her voice giving off a demonic vibe. “Let us chat. I shall instruct you on the ways of polishing. And I certainly do not care how long it takes.”

  “Nyyyaa, Clyde, help.”

  Clyde hid behind a blank stare.

  “Lord Stone has training,” Ako said. “I hope you learned your lesson on situational awareness, dear sister.”

  Clyde flinched as Yuki dragged the catgirl away.

  “Sucks to suck,” Airi said as she joined the group, more than likely curious about the gathering.

  “Right?” Clyde agreed.

  Episode 80 (Part 2)

  Airi’s eyes were starry as she watched Clyde dangle an energy-made feather stick over Ako’s face.

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sp; Clyde could barely contain himself when the kuudere catgirl swatted at the feather, before snapping out of her instinctual desires and blushing profusely.

  “L-l-l-lord Stone! I must commit seppuku for my family’s ho—”

  Clyde gave the catgirl a light karate chop on the head.

  “Lighten up,” he said. “Just know you’re extremely cute and I can’t help myself.”

  Oh what joy did he get, completely obliviating Ako’s seriousness, unpeeling the samurai shield, to reveal something so adorable, it made him wonder why she terrified her young sister.

  “Thank Stone I was here to see this,” Airi said.

  Clyde shot the druid a blank stare. She shrugged.

  “I’ll be asking Tear to dress you up again so Ako can witness your cuteness.”

  “Let’s not get carried away,” Airi said. “Let’s just appreciate the star of the—ow!”

  Ako delivered a paper fan to both Airi and Clyde. The duo chuckled.

  “I know who’s my favorite catgirl,” Airi said.

  Chesire just happened to be stepping outside, right in time to glare at the druid.

  “Nya, everyone’s a critic,” she said.

  Airi shrugged. “You’d understand after seeing Ms. Calm and Collected break down over here.”

  “I didn’t break down,” Ako said. “You merely distracted me with pointless silliness which has nothing to do with our training.”

  “Alright, ladies, let’s stop pestering Ako,” Clyde said. “I can’t choose a favorite between Ako and Neko… but Ako is definitely cuter. And obviously the most reliable.”