[Distribution of rules, confirmed.]
[World modification, confirmed.]
[Linkage, 100% complete.]
[You have been reincarnated into a world of our chosen.]
[Like all players, You will retain all of memories.]
[In addition, Date for point exchange has been reset to the 25th of every month by midnight.]
[You have been given the ability to modify your followers as you see fit.]
[Your followers in essence can be referred to as your life, so it is best they have the ability to defend themselves at least. And that ability is yours to create.]
[In order to modify a person, Please touch their life lines with your spirituality and imagine pushing your respective energies in your desired way of direction...The rest is for you to explore.]
[ Besides You, there are 99 other Players in this world...]
'Hmm?'
[The game starts in 20 minutes, you have access to your personal information and the game guide.]
[Have fun, I'm sure you'll understand how it feels to be a God.]
Immediately after the voice disappeared, everywhere became silent once again and suddenly felt like taking a cigarette for some reason.
Sighing, I couldn't help wondering what my 'Personal information' was, so I opened it with just the thought.
[Personal Information]
Name: **** (Please enter text)
Race: Demon God
Faction: Hell
Soul Age: 824,300
Useable Energy: 412150(50% of soul age)
Followers : 20
Champions: 0
Avatars: 0
Devil points: 0
Player skills(Skills that apply to everyone):
Possession Lv 1: Take possession of a follower for 1 minute, any longer damages said individual.
Other humans: 50 seconds
Animal- 40 seconds
Energy consumed: 1000
(Next level: 200 points)
[Passive Skills]
Hellish Energy Manipulation: Like the name suggests, it allows user to freely manipulate hellish energy.
Insidious whisper: project your voice into the minds of others, the amount of energy needed depends on the level of power of the receiver.
This does not apply to the users followers.
Blessed tongue: Allows one to understand and speak all known languages.
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824,300 Years, I spent 824,300 years in hell?, Once again I couldn't fathom how that was even possible but I soon took my mind of that issue as worry began setting in.
I looked at this people who were made to follow me, they had different expressions on their faces. Awe, conviction, fear and devotion, When I focused on each person, I felt different things from them and this confirmed my earlier guess.
This were actual living people with their own thoughts and design, this made me wonder, according to the briefing in hell. there are going to be those who were originally in this world but it was never explained and we have no idea of the technological level of this world.
In the end, it all boils down to us players exploring on our own. But...Why do I have this feeling like I'm missing something.
"Why doesn't the great one respond?"
"Perhaps he is not pleased"
"What makes you think that the great one is male?".
Suddenly, their voices became clearer as they began arguing amongst themselves. Only one remained bowing like she was saying 'I won't move unless you speak'.
I decided to respond, I mean how hard would it be to play a God.
'Wait, what kind of God would I be' This question lingered in my till my eye fell on my personal information again.
[Personal Information]
Name: **** (Please enter text)
Race: Demon God
Faction: Hell
'Demon God, yes yes yes...what is a Demon and what is a God' I looked at my followers with this thought and remembered the appearance of my statue.
looking at the argument below, which seemed to be escalating and then at the woman that chose to remain kneeling, I made my decision.
"Silence!!!" I projected my voice to the minds of everyone present and because I felt that I would need more energy, I infused more into it.
This made the area of my influence quake as they all struggled to stand still, perhaps due to shock, they hurriedly went on their knees.
The effect of the energy used, lasted for only 5 seconds. I took the time to recollect myself as I too was shocked by the power I controlled, but then it clarified my thoughts.
I am only powerful within 250 meters around my statue, I am unable to influence any further than that, which is where the followers come in and I'm not wrong to treat them as my hands and feet.
"Not only do you disturb my slumber, you dare fight amongst yourselves before me?!!" I yelled while adding a little more energy, making the earth quake slightly, this was to make them feel like I was angry.
""""Forgive us Great One!!!!"""""
For the first time I looked at them carefully, They were a mixture of people that looked like young adults. Ten men and nine women looking fearfully at him, one of the men seemed to be injured for some reason.
'Could it be a quest of some kind?' I thought silently about the possibility of quests being part of the game and then it hit me, why can't it?.
After all it's a game, so obviously there should be quest or should I say side quests besides the main goal. In fact, it can be said that I have a side quest already, which is to figure out a way to make them stronger.
With that thought in mind, I said, "very well... now leave me, you can go about your business".
They looked at each other with worry but ultimately left, as they got to their feet I projected my voice into the minds of the injured man and the earlier kneeling woman.
"Stay behind"
I was curious about what they would do now but I decided to experiment on how much I could alter the bodies of my followers. The energy lines from this lady was the brightest so I can't perform my test on her, which is why I asked the injured man to stay besides my obvious need for information.
the both of them remained behind and I swept my conciousness through the surrounding area, it was then I found out that there was a half ruined village just at the edge of my perception up north.
'Well that explains their appearance'.
"Speak, what happened?" I asked the injured man, despite his pale face, I could see the changes on the energy he was releasing, from the original blue light it was now a paler shade albeit slowly. For some reason, I knew it was a good thing but I wasn't sure how.
"Your grace, we never thought this day would come" The Man said as he fell to his knees in tears, his wailing disrupted his ability to speak but I chose to give him and busied myself with other things, like observing the minute details of things around me.
For instance, the clothes on the body of my followers. It looked like something one would see during the period of 400 to 900 C.E. if my history of Western Europe serves me well, I believe this was a time known as the Dark Ages. You need to know your fair share of history to play certain roles as an actor.
the Man wore a long dark tunic with a sort of trouser that was gaitered (wrapped close to the leg) with strips of some kind of cloth or leather. the young Woman wore an under tunic and an outer tunic covered by a short dark cape, or should I call it a mantle.
While I made my observation, He seemed to have collected himself and said, "I am sorry for my unsightly behavior."
"Hmm...I do not mind" From the way he sounded, it seems their memory makes them believe I have been here dormant all this while and his next words confirmed my guess.
"For centuries, our tribe has waited for your return but ended through the times, the few of us left behind were attacked by the Croos last night and was almost wiped out when a voice had told us to run to you, it said you would protect us..." He took a deep breath after spraying out those words.
"Do you blame me?"I asked.
""Hell forbids!!"" this time the both of them fell to their knees screaming but it was their phrase that intrigued me.
"The Ku...hum Elders have long told us tales of how you were injured in a bid to protect us from the hands of a foreign God" The Man said with a cough, I noticed a little blood stain in his hand and couldn't help worrying for a minute.
But then again, could that be the back story set for this game?, sadly there's no way to confirm it, after all everyone is an enemy at this point.
"Indeed I have been in deep slumber in order recuperate, luckily I have been able to recover but it's far from enough. but fear not, I am at least able to help my children, I see you are injured..." I quickly said as I set my plans in motion.
"Yes" His eyes seemed to brighten with the idea of hope, which brought the mischievous idea of messing with him and seeing his reaction but I chose to ignore it as I said seriously.
"I can not only heal you but I can give you power to protect yourself and the people against this Croos" without waiting for his words, I injected hellish energy slowly into his body and watched his reaction.
His ribs were broken, so I manipulated the energy in that direction and slowly spread it across his torso.
Puaaa!!
He spat out black blood as reddish black vein spread across his neck down to his waist. he laid on the ground convulsing as his eyes rolled back.
I wanted to quickly stop but I changed my mind as I became interested in his limit, I then spread the energy to his arms while avoiding his head and his heart began to beat loudly, enough for me and the young woman to hear without any need for special means.
What did this mean? Perhaps this is the limit? it looks really painful though...do I have to get them drugged first before doing this?, no let's stop for now.
With that thought, I quickly cut off the energy supply, I am sure that I can always continue from where I left off as I am now able to see a blue hologram next to his body that seems to say that I have only used 40% of this Man's current body capacity.
I looked at the woman and there was nothing.
'Could it be that it only works when they have the energy within them?'
"Get some people to take him back to the village to rest..." I ordered her when I saw something interesting, I noticed I can now go through the Man's memories anytime.
'How convenient' I thought as I watched the lady leave.