The Anime Trope System: Stone vs. Viper #16 a LitRPG (ATS) Read online

  Jae: a kuudere that loves to eat, but never gains weight. She’s blunt about everything, but doesn’t talk much. Many of the others call her adorable behind her back.

  Yumi: a timid girl who is sometimes known for a sense of humor. That is, when she’s actually around. She has a tendency to lock herself in her room after work or take multiple bathroom breaks. Could she be…

  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 irritates her when the man blames what she feels in her heart on Stockholm Syndrome. Her sister Olivia believes her to be a yandere, which is downright ridiculous. What woman wouldn’t get jealous if another woman approached what was hers? She won’t let anyone else have him.

  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. [Dead. He remains on this list for memories of the five “players” of the stone-viper games.]

  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 four. She didn’t care about the system constructed by the Lot City vampire clan. Instead, she turned out to be a video game 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: hal
f-pixy servant of Maya who actually attends Sato Academy.

  Ling: Tetra’s coworker and close friend. She’s a short woman with wavy brown hair, 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 76 (Part 1): Off Again to Help a Loli

  Last time on the Anime Trope System, Clyde and Team Stone dealt with one of their biggest problems yet: an unexpected and uncalled for visit from the Punishment Squad. Group Eight, known as one of the most reckless and destructive divisions, was sent to conduct an investigation concerning Venus’s appearance and other major figures involving themselves with the Stone, possibly illegally. Haruko, captain of Group Eight, had other plans. His disobedience of Atlas’s orders brought Team Stone to the brink of death.

  But…

  Even when they’re overmatched, Team Stone should never be underestimated. Pushed to the edge, they fought back with strength that could only be awakened with backs to the wall. Unfortunately, there was still a loss, a casualty. Showing her love for the first time, Amaterasu took a blast from a Punisher’s attack that would’ve surely killed Melody and anyone near her.

  Her sacrifice didn’t go in vain.

  Through the power of friendship… Just kidding. The plans had worked, although for Clyde things went a little differently. He surely didn’t expect to awaken violently again. Last time he did was due to the Falcon nearly killing his childhood best friend, which spiraled his temper out of control. This time, the absorption of Tear’s energy and Haruko’s continued words as he toyed around and slowly dismantled Team Stone, did it.

  Tear’s conditions were met to become something unseen to the world. Ten million percent wrath brought out the awakening of the first succubus goddess. She easily took out two powerful Punisher leaders singlehandedly.

  Atlas himself did show up and while he had truly massive powers that dwarfed the entirety of Group Eight, the leader of the Punishment Squad as a whole wasn’t there to fight. He was there to protect his daughter. That’s right, Airi’s mystery is finally uncovered. She wasn’t human, she was an archspirit and didn’t know it. Haruko revealed his true intent as he attempted to murder the druid just to get back at Atlas. After Haruko was slain by Clyde, taint touched the world for the first time, reviving Haruko as a puppet.

  Unfortunately, all archspirits were weak against taint, putting Atlas at a huge disadvantage, including the chance of being one-shot by the creature. Clyde had no weaknesses, stepping in and showing Atlas the reason why Team Stone should never be underestimated. Even while not himself, the Tainted Puppet Haruko still wanted Airi’s blood. Clyde easily dealt with it without even so much as breaking a sweat.

  Atlas did leave, but not without reminding Team Stone that they had a job to do. Clyde of course gave him a warning. One that he should take to heart.

  Atlas informed Airi of a gift he left for her, one which would explain everything. Airi still wanted nothing to do with him.

  That night, Clyde declared that he was going on a major quest to do something about Natalia’s curse.

  Welcome to the Anime Trope System Volume 16: The Cursed Loli.

  Morning…

  Clyde’s house…

  Saturday. Week 2. Month 3. Year 1. Season: Winter.

  [Satovian Universal Calendar: Domino, 46389.]

  [School: Winter Break. Day 22 of 30.]

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

  [Expecting: Harumi, Alice, Kitome, Chika. Time left: Harumi, kitsune: 5 months until due. Alice, half-demoness, half-angel: 5 months until due. Kitome, human: 9.3 months until due. Chika, human: 9.3 months until due. Harumi: week 4, day 3. Alice: week 3, day 7. Kitome: week 2, day 7. Chika: week 1, day 1.]

  [Congratulations on completing the waifu quest: Get Chika Pregnant. Reward: one of your children will now inherit a variant of Stone Mode, EXP for Chika: she leveled up 33 times, Potion of Shouta. Item class: *Legendary. Drink the contents to turn into a kid for 1 day. Due to Alice’s energy, your stats will not be reduced. Warning: don’t try anything shameful, you degenerate.]

  [Alice and Ruri’s strengthened Friendship level has jumped to 7 out of 10. Only 3 left to enter the last step to gaining access to *cosmic energy.]

  He still wondered what the fuck he had been thinking, bursting a load out of nowhere into Chika. Yuki rushed them out of the room that previous night to join the party, so the duo had no time to discuss the intense orgasm, or impregnation. But the silver-haired girl noticed. She suddenly joined Alice, Harumi and Kitome in the non-drinking circle. No matter what, Airi couldn’t convince the yandere to drink. And she seemed flustered for the entirety of the party.

  Ah well, he’d cross that talking bridge when he greeted her in the morning. Clyde didn’t run from things like some ridiculous anime main characters did. He did want kids, though he hadn’t expected to get them so early. And Satovian culture was perfectly fine with that.

  He crawled out of bed, wondering if he could find Harumi or Yuki to pour out his troubles to. Alice would be fine if she actually woke up on time. Really, any of his fiancées were great listeners, especially Ruri. He opened the room door, intending to peek out into the hall, when all he saw was a crying Natalia anime-diving into him.

  “Onii-chan! The big booby-brained hound is bullying me.”

  “That brat is going to be the death of me,” Matsume said as she walked into the room.

  “What’d you do now?” Clyde asked Natalia, still holding her.

  Matsume plucked the loli from Clyde’s grasp. “She’ll be cleaning up the mess of papers she left all over my room.”

  “Help me, onii-sama. She’s bullying—ow!”

  Matsume tossed the paper fan to the side, and took a deep whiff of Clyde before giggling and leaving with the loli.

  Clyde glanced at the bed to see Alice and surprisingly Kitome still asleep. He brushed his teeth first and then took a shower. As usual, Yuki prepared a fresh set of ironed clothes, which always waited for him on the dresser. Melody and Alice tried to compete with her, Melody lasting longer, but eventually the duo realized Yuki outclassed them by miles.

  Alice just couldn’t get up extra early every single day. Melody was a bit clumsy and while improving, somewhat gave up, discouraged. Yuki still taught the redhead chores and cooking.

  Clyde was about to mess with Kitome when he noticed one more person sleeping in the bed. Pulled in after they drunkenly congratulated her, Ming ended up spending the night in the mega bed without warning. The young man figured she’d probably still want her privacy to write, but Tear and Ruri hadn’t allowed her to escape.

  A brief thought about his new item won from Chika’s waifu quest caused him to shudder. Why, just why would he’d drink that? Then the system called him a degenerate. That sounded like something that one would call the edge lord.

  Speaking of the edge lord, Clyde wondered if he should goad Ming into challenging him to a duel. Pfft, as if he’d waste time with that death game. Not yet, anyway. Today would be about starting the adventure quest to cure the team’s loli-witch. Or at least weaken the curse.

  [Adventure Quest: find a Depleted Omen’s Sphere, an Essence Crystal, and the Horn of a Chimaera for Naoko. Rewards: Weakening of Natalia’s curse, unknown. Items gathered: 1/3.]
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  This wasn’t the only one. Now that the interrogation of the Crusader researcher wrapped up, the young man had to move onto the next phase of the plan to take down the Order.

  [Adventure Quest: Pay the Order of the Crusaders a Visit. Stop their cruelty once and for all. Make sure Chizuru is heavily involved in this quest as your assistant.]

  [Have a meeting with the team about Tessa’s news after things calm down, if you survive the Punishment Squad. This urgent quest is mandatory and cannot be refused.]

  [Investigate Hideo’s secret laboratory.]

  All of the quests needed to be completed and off his list. He’d have to think carefully about the Order. If one of their pillars was an Entity, then chances were a deity or even a small team of deities led the Crusaders as a whole. The Order. Fighting gods, arch sprits, and other powerful beings required planning, just in case Stone Mode couldn’t handle the job.

  Clyde poked Ming’s cheeks. She awoke and immediately blushed heavily. The young man wasn’t naked or anything, the prophet girl was simply that cute.

  “Good morning,” Clyde said, then kissed his new fiancée. “Breakfast? Before I take you away.”

  Ming giggled. “Take me away please. Or at least carry me to the showers.”

  “I see someone’s eager for a morning cookie,” Tear said as she walked into the room.

  Clyde laughed. “Only mornings?”

  Tear’s eyes briefly shined with lust, as if considering something. “I hate to ruin this moment. But—”