The Anime Trope System: Stone vs. Viper, #9 a LitRPG (ATS) Page 5

He tried to deny the order, but compulsion by a goddess cannot be disobeyed. And to top every goddamn fucking thing in his treason book, he freed Titania. He had to make it look as if she escaped on her own, disabling god-level security, purifying the induced sleep, restoring her power with his master’s magic. Mortem desperately wished he could go back to the days of not giving a fuck and just administering the game.

  The Thousand-Eyed Dragon or sometimes known as the Thousand-Year Dragon took fifty fully powered deities to seal it. Yet…Venus could break the seal so easily with her blood. The crazy goddess somehow funneled the Supreme Demon’s influence on it, causing the creature to…to…to…turn into a monster girl. One dumb fuck deity made the monster fall to Satovia instead of killing it. Or resealing it in its moment of confusion.

  Venus’s crazy plan to use one deadly being to free another worked. She even weakened it significantly while in the process. Now instead of wanting to kill, it…it would succumb to the succubus magic and violate every man it fancies.

  Mortem finished the last of his master’s forced orders, perfectly hiding all trails and erasing evidence with undetectable Negative Ki. Illegal essence. As much as he hated Clyde, the System-disrupter was still the Stone. He just hoped the moron would take his advice. But…that Tessa girl truly believed that Venus was kind.

  Sure, she could be benevolent toward her daughters, but one wrong move, and that daughter would probably be abandoned.

  Abandoned by someone she believed in, that’s the new fate. Tessa may be the model daughter of Venus, but eventually the crazy goddess was going to task her with something impossible. Mortem chuckled as he made the escape warp.

  He was a doomed entity, anyway. Why. Just why couldn’t they assign him to Athena. With no war going on, the goddess was simply of Wisdom. Her kindness actually felt genuine. Her beauty rivaled Venus’s. Even Morrigan would’ve been a better host. Mortem would even be baptized and willingly go to the god of earth to be stuck with a bunch of pathetic humans.

  His master…just what was she thinking?

  Mortem knew the dragon wasn’t the only problem going on in Celestial. The talk of the fallen god being on the move made him nervous. Another force, just as dangerous as the Supreme, though the entity wasn’t sure who was worse. Her lost sword, which fell somewhere in the Monster Kingdoms would eventually be found. The wielder could ingulf the world into chaos.

  Fuck… Too many problems. For now, he’d wait to see what would happen with the Thousand-Year abomination… If only the Nine-tailed fox was still around. She’d take care of it…

  He blinked, gauging Clyde’s strength. The seal on his powers was beginning to weaken.

  **

  Late afternoon at Clyde’s house…

  [Quest completed: Retrieve the Heart core! Reward: Sweet-berry Alethian Soup recipe , a recipe from the lost nation of Alethar itself! You earned ten cooking points (CKP) for finding a recipe.]

  [System advice: giving that soup to Tetra will allow her to taste home. A dark elf depends on humans for reproduction. Showing that you’re interested in learning about her and her lost homeland will move her.]

  [Your heart core had auto-activated the moment you earned it. Just leave it in your inventory. However, the source of power has more uses should you find the right people to help you utilize the potential. Maybe the Stone Maidens?]

  Clyde drew too close to level one hundred, so he had to finish up a big quest. As much as he wanted the EXP from the lich, they left her alive and Jumped the hell away. He took Ruri and Kanako on a date first, then Yuki. Ming hadn’t shown up with her bags nor responded to the text, so she either declined the young man or wrote his words off as a joke. Or so he thought that.

  When he returned from the date with Yuki, the prophet was sitting in the dining room with Alice. She seemed to be explaining one of her mangas to his life mate.

  His prompt gave off a victory hum.

  [Excellent! Quest completed: Take all female party members on one date. Scaling rewards...Reward: 1 million EXP. 1 million dollars. Comforting soup recipe + 10 cooking points. *Gold achievement.]

  [For earning a Gold achievement, you may choose one of the following prizes: 1. Map to Red District City, Lewdlands. 2. *Seduction stew recipe 3. *Executioner Staff of Merlin]

  Clyde glared suspiciously at the city name. And now that he thought about… Lewdlands, really? This entire ordeal had to be RNG because the rarity of the staff practically made Clyde’s choice for him.

  [You have received Executioner Staff of Merlin. Item class: *Legendary, One of a Kind *]

  Another legendary weapon. He could barely contain himself—they were damn near impossible to find. Hell, even the epics were a difficult find, which was the point of rarity. Still, to have something that is both one of a kind and legendary. A bit redundant in his opinion, but hey, beggars definitely can’t be choosers, especially for amazing gear.

  Holy shit was it powerful. Now that he knew that OP enemies could cut him off from the power, he’d at least have something to keep him alive.

  [Let it be known that you can equip both a sword and a staff. Secondary weapon unlocked.]

  [The use of a staff will increase the damage output of your spells, increase accuracy, and in some cases, auto-deflect spells that were reflected to you. Just…don’t use it like a sword. It is embarrassing when scrubs do that, desu.]

  [Executioner Staff of Merlin. Item class: *Legendary, One of a Kind *. Does Dragon and Volcanic damage. You may trigger its special attack: Balinor’s Havoc, after filling the weapon’s soul bar to 100%.]

  [If married to Natalia, you will unlock Super Magician Duo Attacks with more than a 400% damage output increase when triggered. You will also gain access to her secret Auto-barrier.]

  [Hahaha. And they say marriage is a social trap. Not in Satovia! And especially not for you. +1 million EXP for allowing the System to get a laugh at your expense.]

  Clyde mentally glared daggers at the evil system. He had no words for this. His anger fell away when a new victory tune chimed in his head.

  [Congratulations! You have reached level 100 ! Stats increased! You have learned *Tier 0 skill: Eternal Soul Wind.]

  [*Tier 0 skill: Eternal Soul Wind. Summon an extremely destructive storm upon your enemies. Does severe damage. Does Wind, Dark, and Almighty damage. Chance to paralyze enemies at 3%. Chance to cause Soul blight at 3%. Soul blight damage has a chance to instantly send an enemy’s HP to 1%. Souls become vulnerable for the taking while inflicted with this blight. *Due to your high relationship status with Chika, this is now an unblockable attack.]

  [Warning: Tier 0 skills will drain an enormous amount of MP at once. Be wary of that when combining it with another MP drainer such as Mystic wrath.]

  [Holy spirit wave has evolved to Angel Spirit Wave. Six hand skill has evolved to Giga Death Scatter Shot. Energy blast has evolved to Bronze Tier Skill: Holy Energy Ball. Spiritual fire has evolved to Spiritual Blaze Burst. Spirit shield has evolved to Cosmic shield!]

  Clyde couldn’t help but check his new shield—the last part of the description told him so much that he couldn’t wrap his head around it. Which one of these power sources did the lich tap into?

  [Cosmic shield [Evolution 1] : [Defense] – invoke a magical shield around you for a few seconds. Will shield you from magic and block physical attacks. Chance to invoke Spirit Counter at 5%.

  Now blocks ki, chakra, negative ki, psychic energy, deitic power, cosmic energy, and unknown sources of supernatural power.]

  These evolutions were epic. He could even tell that the Energy ball had one more before it got to Angel Energy Ball—the attack he used on Nezerath from just a fraction of Stone Mode.

  He wanted to test out his new staff right away, but couldn’t ignore the prophet and life mate that looked at him as he entered the kitchen with Yuki.

  “Ming, uhm, hey,” he said, trying not to think of his embarrassing, cheesy text.

  [Your relationship with Ming has increased to Fri
end, closer level 6.]

  “Hi,” Ming replied. The dual-eyed trope of one being red, the other blue, seemed a bit rare in anime. Dark hair to go with striking beauty, Clyde knew he under-utilized his prophet. “About your offer.”

  “You—”

  “I accept,” Ming interrupted. “Moving in with you will bring us closer. And if someone threatens the lives of our team and I catch a glimpse of it in a vision or dream, I can warn everyone.”

  Natalia emerged from the hall with Ruri. They both held Loli saga light novels.

  “Oh my god, are you really moving in?” Ruri said, anime-diving into Ming. “That’s awesome.”

  Ming caressed her head as she accepted the embrace. They came a long, long way—Clyde couldn’t help but be proud of his team’s relationship as a whole. She was an outsider, treated a little coldly at first, possibly due to how she public proposed to the young man at the restaurant. Alice even laughed her ass off.

  “When can you make the move?” Clyde asked.

  “It will take some time to pack,” Ming said. “My apartment’s owned by my dad, so I’ll just turn it over to one of his maids. Maybe…tomorrow?”

  Natalia hopped on Clyde’s shoulder, draping her arms over him. A crunch that sounded like a gunshot, nearly rattled his brain. Crunch! Crunch, crunch-crunch!

  “Natalia, what are you eating?” Clyde said as he attempted to get the loli off his back.

  “Alonian boar rinds,” she said. “They’re a little hard for me.”

  “Don’t crunch in peoples’ ears!” he comically snarled. And once again, no matter how he tried, the young man could not get Natalia off him. He wondered just how the fuck the others plucked her with one hand…

  Clyde shoved the thought into his overflowing bag of logic.

  “Pervy nii-sama,” she whispered. “Look what I found.”

  She hopped off his back and flashed a Sex potion.

  “Where’d you get that?” Clyde said without emotion in his voice.

  “Airi found it as loot or something,” she said. “It looks like the lemonade from before.”

  “You—”

  “Lemonade? Let me try some.” Kanako snatched it, but the loli refused to let it go.

  “It’s mine,” Natalia said.

  “This is definitely no ordinary lemonade—I want a taste,” Kanako wined. “Don’t be stingy.”

  Poor Harumi happened to walk in at the wrong time. Logic dictated that what happened next shouldn’t be possible, but the tiny cap on the potion came off. Just a little liquid splashed into her hot cocoa and she downed it before Clyde’s warning came out.

  Everyone watched her.

  “What?” she said.

  Yuki whacked Natalia and the genie on the top of their heads.

  “Get to scrubbing,” she said darkly, eyes glowing. “I want every bit of it off my clean floors. You know where to find the bucket and some sponges. Go!”

  The duo scampered off to comply to the demoness’s orders. And Natalia whined all the way there. Clyde got a chuckle, but was cut off when Harumi casually sat in his lap.

  “What was that all about?” she said.

  “Well, they spilled a Sex potion all over the floor,” Clyde said.

  “That was a sex potion?” Alice said.

  “Long story, but let’s just say there are some alchemists out there that have no fucks to give.”

  “Like that lich girl,” Harumi said. She adjusted her ass a bit, strengthening the young man’s boner. And the pink-haired woman was in a skirt. Clyde felt a little beyond the panty barrier.

  Yuki sighed.

  “Lucky for you, only a drop of that got into your drink.” She collected Harumi’s half-finished cup. “Let me make you a fresh one. “

  “Thanks, but you really don’t have to,” Harumi said.

  “But it will give me a chance to show off one of my favorite recipes,” Yuki said.

  Tear eventually emerged, walking downstairs with a book in hand.

  “Tear’s living here too?” Ming asked.

  “Yep,” Ruri said.

  Tear’s smile seemed to double-Clyde’s boner, but nothing prepared him for the appearance of Harumi shifting into kitsune form. She laid back. He considered stealthily sliding his horn into the pink haired girl’s ass, but a familiar vibe of jealousy changed his mind.

  “You’ve hogged my seat too long, you cow,” Alice said, snatching Harumi away with the force. But Tear took her spot. Clyde almost released his load.

  “I want no less than five children,” Tear said softly. Harumi pouted.

  “You have no authority over seats,” she said to Alice, while pulling her into a hug then tickle-fest. Even she realized the cuteness of the half-demoness’s jealousy, blushes and all. Clyde was reaching his limit. Tear was in a succubus-style skirt, intentionally playing with him. If he released here, everyone would see it.

  Ming seemed a little flustered by everyone participating in the “get to Clyde’s lap” game. But when Tear was pulled up by Yuki’s force, the dual-eyed girl seized the opportunity. Everyone paused to look at her in surprise.

  Then he realized that at some point, the girls decided it would be funny to make him release. An on-the-spot joke, but cleaning up would be a disaster of embarrassment. The targeted spot would forever be known as “Clyde at Target Practice.”

  And…he also wanted to badly have sex with Ming. Even while wearing Yoga pants, he felt her. She adjusted herself too, but in a way that sucked Clyde in.

  [Your relationship with Ming has increased to Friend, closer level 7.]

  The beast was about to lose control. He had a Team Lead appearance to maintain. The girls wanted to tear down the image, but Clyde wouldn’t have that.

  Chika strolled from the hall, cheerful and she kissed the young man right over Ming.

  “Who’s studying well for finals?” she said as she pulled Alice into a hug.

  Clyde started to rise, but doing so caused Ming to release a tiny sound. The others didn’t hear it, but he certainly did. The blush covering her face made the young man grin. He pushed upward again. She smacked his leg.

  “Don’t,” Ming whispered. “It’s embarrassing.”

  He felt himself weaken just a little, but held back the urge to release. That’s when he realized that Chika gave him a way out.

  “Speaking of finals,” he said. “I need to start looking over a few chapters.”

  He gently moved Ming to the side, then flashed stepped into the hall. He just barely missed Natalia, but the genie grabbed his waist and took the ride.

  Not only did she closed the door, but also jumped him. Natalia burst in.

  “No you don’t, you stupid genie,” she snapped. “You’re going to help me clean that up.”

  And just like that, Clyde was alone again.

  His phone rang. Kitome?

  “Clyde I’m moving in. I can’t take this annoying, lovey-dovey relationship between that stupid cowbag and my brother. Come over and help me pack. They left on a date and I want to be long gone before they get back. We can use your Jump to lug my things back and forth.”

  “Sure, no problem,” Clyde said.

  First, he asked Yuki to send one of her subordinates to prepare the rooms of Kitome and Ming. He was pretty sure he ignored some others asking to help out.

  “Kitome said she doesn’t have a lot of things,” Clyde said. As soon as he stepped outside, a crushing fuck ton of power peeked into his city.

  [-Territory- Alert! Level: *EXTREME*. Fairy Queen Titania is entering the city! ]

  His heart almost dropped until another prompt reminded him of the reason why he went to a dungeon earlier in the first place.

  [Heart core activated. A ll attack, magic and non-magic, defenses and other stats are halved.]

  That helped a lot, but the young man truthfully had no idea what he was up against. Tear and the others stepped outside, feeling the magic vibrate through the air like a massaging chair on the lowest settings. Clyd
e figured the magical girl felt it too, but sent out the group text, anyway.

  Episode 46 (Part 2)

  Clyde needed to try out Ming’s rank up system before they set off to intercept the nerfed fairy queen. Ashard was long gone, back to some temple, but Titania still returned to the city, anyway. He just wanted a peaceful afternoon with Team Stone and instead they get yet another supernatural fuck trying to interrupt everyone’s lives.

  The young man could feel the power, just out of his reach, calling for him. All he had to do was grab it.

  “Ming, do you mind standing in front of me for a second?” Clyde said then he sat down, lotus-style.

  “Sur…sure,” she said. Blushing, she asked, “what for?”

  “I’m going to power you up,” Clyde said. He willed the system to pull up the BCFUS.

  [Would you like to pay 20 free points to increase your prophet to rank two?]

  Clyde selected yes.

  [Free points remaining: 125.]

  A giant geyser of purple energy fell from the sky, smashing into Ming’s aura. The young man almost thought it was an undetectable preemptive attack from Titania, but the energy quickly mixed with Ming’s own magic. Also, the others didn’t react, as if…they saw nothing.

  [Your prophet has reached Rank 2!]

  [Ming has learned passive skill: Seer Combat. She will always see an attack half a second before it happens.]

  [Ming has gained your Mystic senses.]

  [Marrying her will bring forth frightening power. And the child birthed from your seed will be a great seer, greater than his or her mother.]

  [To increase Ming’s rank any further, you must meet the following requirements: 1. Have sex with her to establish an intimacy. 2. Increase your friendship level to 9. This may not be easy, but it is just another challenge to overcome.]