On June 23, Fukimo Arsen, a 16-year-old boy, was at the celebration of his younger brothers, Kenta, Tukky and Varmin. The atmosphere was cheerful and quite noisy, being the first celebration held without parents. The teacher called each one and awarded them for the effort made throughout the school year.
*I was proudly watching my brothers as they shyly but at the same time full of happiness received their awards. Tukky was dressed in a red dress that matched her cheeks that were burning with emotions. Varmin always looked at me with admiration and now he proudly stood on stage with the first prize, I felt how he was resenting me and how he would show off at home in front of his parents, apart from the third prize I did not have results that were up to par. Kenta, although he is already taller than me, even stuttered his name in front of the microphone. These are my brothers whom I love with all my heart.
After he finished with the last child. The teachers stepped aside and announced the humorous moment. The school called an actor to prepare a funny skit for the children, they were barely able to stop running around the hall, but when the Masked Actor entered the event hall door, everyone took their places
:The Actor- Hello children, in front of you I will call myself the Masked Actor, for today's skit I will ask you to put on the following headphones
The assistant handed out a pair of headphones to each child that block out the surrounding sounds
*It seemed strange to me at least but I said for the sake of my brothers to join in his game
: The Actor- Hello children. It's time for the show
*The actor makes hand gestures as if indicating that he would like us to cover our eyes. This makes me a little worried so I put them on in a way that I can see a little of what's going on. Apparently when your hearing is blocked, perception and other mini-senses don't help you anymore, I feel like I'm entering a vacuum.
After making sure that each person is isolated from the outside. The Masked Actor takes out a gun and starts shooting the children one by one. He didn't even bother shooting them from a distance, he happily walks through the rows and shoots them in the head
Fukimo numbly takes his hand away from his eyes for a moment only to notice how all the children in front of him are covered in blood, their eyes rolled back. He looks next to him, takes his brothers by the hand and runs to the closet where he can use his old prop to defend himself.
Despite his attempt. The actor shoots him in the right side of the stomach, throwing himself on his stomach in pain into the closet.
From everything he saw he was in a state of fainting but what really put him in a state of coma was the moment when Tukky was shot in the temple. She fell to her knees and ours could see how the blood was dripping from her mouth, down her face to the floor.
After two more gunshots, Kenta together with Varmin. At that moment Fukimo was already fainted which fooled the Actor that he was also dead, he left the theater where his helper was waiting for him outside in the car.
After a day....
*I start to see in the fog, from the impact with the ground my headphones had fallen off and now I can use all my senses. The first of them is that of pain, the area where I was shot being on the outside of my body more like a scratch. A strange sound is heard from the performance room
Fukimo looks through the slightly open door and sees the pile of corpses in which his brothers were also. In front of the pile is a boy, he seems to be the same age as Fukimo so the chances of him being the killer are minimal.
He was shooting a white to gray aura from the bodies while in the center of his body you can see a red heart shape
*I can't understand what's happening...who is that person, why was there this massacre here...after our parents left us now I'm left alone in the world....?!
:- Oh...it seems you woke up, Perseverance! Get out of there, I'm sorry I won't hurt you
:Fukimo- can I ask you what the hell is going on here?!
:- he he... First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Dremur Asgor, I needed these souls to increase my power, I hope you understand.
: Fukimo- not at all.....
:Dremur- I'll explain more to you but first of all you have to join me, Perseverance
:Fukimo- first of all, my name is Fukimo Arsen, and secondly my brothers are alpha in the souls you took, filthy murderer!
:Dremur-ohoho. Don't get me wrong, I didn't kill them, my associate did it with your brothers too, it's not like you have a choice. So if you want to keep your second life I would recommend you join me, what do you say?!
Their discussion was interrupted by a 4-armed creature. Slightly skinny wearing a black scarf, a gray coat with a yellow t-shirt and some baggy pants carrying a huge scythe, the blade being twice his body length.
:-man! Don't listen to him! Sooner or later he will use your soul for his own benefit, run!
Fukimo was paralyzed, in front of him a creature tells him not to trust Dremur and next to him he stood irritated looking directly at this creature. Dremur takes out a knife and goes to cut Fukimo when a mini scythe appears from the ceiling directly between the two and hits Dremur.
The creature takes Fukimo and leaves that place, running and pulling the axe after him
:-if I told you to run, then run, I don't feel like fighting, friend!
They stop a few meters down
:- first of all, I'm Ozrock buddy and I want to mention that you are in the semi-dead world!
: Fukimo -what...shit is this world?! And what are you?
: Ozrock-yes..... delighted to meet you.. please. You are in the world between total life and chronic death. This means you avoided a moment that could have cost you your life in a millisecond and now your soul is much more active than your body. There are many things to explain kid, and in this city full of normal people I can't explain much to you so we'll go 34km South to the area where we monsters are more numerous, it's much safer to explain everything to you there
: Fukimo-so for my former life I am...dead... I understand that you are a...monster and that guy...?
: Ozrock-if this seems complicated to you then see when I explain to you what the deal is with Dremur and the history of the Asgor family. We have to leave before...
He didn't get to finish his sentence because Dremur appears and it doesn't seem like he's going to hang out with them
Ozrock attacked him with Barrage. A move that creates several white scythes that attack from two sides in a straight line often used for defense
Dremur is again easily hit and it seems that he can no longer take a high-level hit. So he takes out his knife and tries to end this fight as quickly as possible by hitting with a Slash, a magical red cut that passes through the air until it hits something solid, Ozrock dodged but that was not the last move of Dremur, he hit with a hundred mini cuts that attack in random places one of them managing to hit Ozrock, he fell to his knees and instantly bled
Monsters naturally have a lower resistance to attacks than the half-dead.
: Fukimo- Ozrock....?
: Ozrock- eh, we are a little weaker than you. But it doesn't end here, he still has to wake up from the Final Attack!
The Final Attack is not necessarily the strongest move, but also the most annoying. In Ozrock's case, he summons a rain of scythes that fall from the sky, the more scythes that hit the target, the more they will fall
Dremur is hit by 3 of them but he managed to dodge the rest easily, but he is about to be killed so he lets the Shadow control him, this increases his Slash and in this way Ozrock ends up killed in the air, only a white heart remains which represents his soul.
To take the power of a soul taken from a human or monster after you kill it you must take it in your hand and break it
Fukimo jumps in front of the soul and attacks Dremur with Ozrock's scythe, Dremur knows that he cannot be killed like the rest and that if he is hit Ozrock will be brought back to life so he chooses to retreat
: Dremur - Next time we will kill you Fukimo, your soul is something that Determination always needed to become completely invincible.
Fukimo was left with a ton of questions but having no one to ask him, he chose to take Ozrock's soul and head to the location he said.
While walking, he arrived in a small town where people were normal, so he chose to turn left to rest in a library. He sat down on a bench, the dust in the air making him cough slightly. Checking the wound, he noticed that it was slowly healing and that he no longer needed to worry about diseases and infections because the only thing that could kill him was the blows that could affect his soul, he pulled his shirt back over the wound and started thinking
*I have so many questions to tell you, Ozrock.....I didn't know that such a thing existed until now, apparently being an antisocial doesn't help you get to know the world you live in....I was left alone. Kenta... Tukky....Varmin.... are you in that thing, in Dremur.....apparently that shit also possessed some kind of double consciousness, what was with that shadow that had shown itself then what his face....he had a red eye and the voice you say was that of a slightly hoarse girl who speaks In an empty room....it's at least strange... A little bit of a damn thing because it's really strange.... What the hell can I do!
Fukimo gets up nervously and leaves among the books, the moment he reaches a book with a torn cover, Ozrock's soul ignites super much. It took a while until he came across it, he didn't realize that the ugliest one was the one that was the correct one.
In it he writes in large everything that Ozrock already told him, until he reached some empty pages. Seeing a similar scene In a movie at some point, he takes Ozrock's soul and with the light emanating from this, the monster's scar began to fill the pages of that book. Most of them have the words, "wrong!", "her determination...", "refuse to die" and finally it reached a full page about the Genocide Knife!
The Genocide Knife is a weapon that dates back to the first monsters born on earth, namely those of the Asgor family being the only monsters that transformed into humans.
From this incident, due to the numerous members, this power Soul Level Powerb System or SLPS for short was born. Those who acquire this power by avoiding a critical moment become immune to physical attacks and the only thing that can kill them is Soul-based Attacks.
Soul-based attacks are the blows used by a SLPS owner in his fights, often being created according to the passion, type of soul and preference of the owner often influenced by the weapon he owns.
The types of souls are numerous and it is almost impossible to list them all due to the fact that some are derived from others and so on. the first 7 oldest and somewhat powerful are Patience. Happiness. Sadness. Perseverance. Courage. Justice and the strongest of all Determination!
Determination is the soul of a man who cannot be defeated! Even if he suffers extremely strong blows as long as the possessor has the will to fight, the soul will not break and will continue the fight from 0 so the possessor and the enemy will be returned to the stage they had at the beginning of the fight.
Apart from Determination, the rest of the powers can vary from possessor to possessor. An example would be Perseverance which often helps the possessor to get up from the ground after a blow received and fight twice as hard. Here the level of amplification differs
Unfortunately for Fukimo the book ends here, the rest of the pages being eaten by rats, but the information received makes him get up and continue his journey to the area described by Ozrock
*Although I feel my legs can no longer withstand this journey I can't give up now, I have to fight....for them! Even if I'm left alone in this strange world there's no point in letting myself be defeated, it will be a hard journey but it will be worth it for the moment when I stand victorious in front of the killer. The Masked Actor will not escape after what he did that day!
The journey lasted almost the rest of the day, in the evening he catches Fukimo, finally using the step counting he reaches the middle of a forest, takes Ozrock's soul out of his pocket and puts it next to a tree where he sits down too with the intention of resting, the surprise was that he fell asleep.
The next day, a strange figure tried to wake Fukimo. He wakes up scared and takes Ozrock's soul in his hand with the intention of protecting him. Looking closer he sees a female face, with elf ears, golden hair and 2 pairs of wings dressed in a black coat with a white cloak and 2 swords on the back surrounded by a frog, a bird with golden feathers and a bear.
:Fukimo-who....who are you!?
:Melly-don't worry young man, I'm not here to hurt you I noticed you have a monster's soul in your hand. Is it your friend?
:Fukimo-I won't let you take Ozrock's soul! You'd better back down
:Melly-Oz....My brother was defeated!?
Melly attacks Fukimo only to take Ozrock's soul. He summons a cross-shaped light with which he returns him to physical form.
:Melly- can you tell me why you lost to this boy?
: Ozrock -Melly, you misunderstood, sister. He saved me from Sasha's clutches! Please apologize for hurting him!
: Fukimo- argh....stay calm, it's okay. I'm not nearly hurt anymore, but I'd like you to tell your bear friend not to look at me like that, I don't think I became delicious overnight.
Fukimo gets up and goes to see how Ozrock is. In his spirit form, he could hear everything Fukimo did the whole way, so he knows he still has some important things to explain to him, so he goes with Fukimo and Melly to a clearing
*For the fact that they're both monsters, he looks pretty human. It's strange to think that this half-skeleton and this elf fairy are brothers. After seeing and reading these two days, this alone didn't surprise me anymore...
:Ozrock- good. It's time to understand how fights work, my friend. When you punch, try to hit the center of the chest to hit the opponent's soul.
Normally, we have two rows of points to increase in level. Mercy points and Kill points. You get PdM when at the end of the fight you made your opponent give up through words or actions that don't lead to his death, while PdO you get it when you killed your opponent.
If you kill your opponent, you take his level points that will be transferred to you as PdM. Your total level will be calculated by adding both types of points, so it's up to you what kind of Soul you want to be.
:Ozrock- in my opinion, you should only kill if you have no choice or if you do it for a good purpose and where you can offer Mercy to do so.
Human souls often have greater powers than monsters and what you can do against us specifically is that you can choose to take one of the powers of the monster you killed
These powers are formed from birth and are often improvements to our attacks. Of course there are experts like Melly
:Melly- my power does not affect my attack and in return I can bring a soul back to life once a day! That's why they also call me the Fairy Angel. Everyone loves me especially animals
:Ozrock- in my case, the attack I give you can have a pain rate of my choosing. So I am a perfect opponent for Determination souls. Okay, that's not what I showed last time...
:Melly-don't fool yourself now Ozrock, it's good that this boy saved you. As a reward, I think it would be time to show him how this world works!
Melly calls her three animals. The frog that throws metal flies, the bird with golden feathers and the bear with marble claws
Fukimo is made to fight each of them, whether he kills them or offers them mercy is his choice
*Fight these magical animals? Is this a test or do they feel like killing me in an elegant way? No... I shouldn't complain, I already know what I have to do, if this is the world I live in then I have to face it!
The frog starts creating flies that go to attack Fukimo, he avoids two of them and the third one hits him. Apparently those hit know how many more hits they can take before they die. His life can be attributed to the number 60 and a fly takes 20 of his life.
Fukimo looks through the air and sees some real flies, catches one and goes straight to the frog.
*That should calm you down, Mr. Frog!
Fukimo gets in front of the frog and gives it the fly. The frog eats it, lets himself be caressed by Fukimo and he refuses to attack him anymore.
Ozrock is amazed by Fukimo's approach, Melly although impressed does not stop and attacks him using the bird
*And if I find a worm to give it, this bird flies and throws its feathers down towards me and I have to constantly dodge. And if I have to choose the attacking side, I can't punch 3m away
Fukimo manages to dodge, runs from a distance and so even the feathers can't catch up with him. Finally he sees a stone on the ground and with all his strength, he misses..... Good thing he found another one and hit that one in the wing, knocking it off.
Fukimo goes to her, because the rules of this world apply and she wasn't hurt in the sense of taking away her life, but the wing from the impact still broke, so Fukimo stretches it out once and the bird could fly again. Instead of killing her, he chose to save her, so the bird refuses to fight him anymore
Melly is shocked by everything but also sends the bear to see if he's ready.
The bear breaks its nails at every step and shapes their dust into weapons with which it attacks Fukimo. The bear chases him until he runs out of energy. Fukimo is hit and only has 5 life points.
*At that moment, the soul inside me ignited as I could feel a cold liquid through my veins, the pain I had received until now seemed to have suddenly disappeared and from all the energy I had received, my body was struggling. This is the power of Perseverance? The soul that does not die until the last heartbeat and that will not give up until it reaches its ideals!
Fukimo dodges the next blow and begins to attack him with his fists in the chest. His attack speed does not allow the bear to counterattack and he pushes him back over the marble shards of his claws, the bear slowly starting to become lifeless
Fukimo realizes that he was about to kill a being who did something only because he was forced to, so he shakes the shards of skin from the bear's lifeline. The latter, moved by the fact that he risked his life to save his own, refuses to attack him again
Melly remains completely amazed, she watches as Fukimo gets down to rebuild his life and remains completely amazed how even if he could, he did not kill the bear that put his life in danger
:Ozrock- this boy has potential, I think it's time to send him to...
:Melly- no.....It's impossible....I can't accept being defeated by a man like him brother.....it's time for my last test!
Melly takes out her swords and jumps towards Fukimo and brings him to the brink of death again
:Melly- I would win if you can Fukimo!
Fukimo sets his sights on a golden bird and goes after it, Melly attacks it but at that moment the animals jump to help him so Fukimo reaches the golden bird
Melly kills the three animals and jumps to attack Fukimo with her move, Unforgiving Sword, a direct hit in which anything that gets in front of her ends up being cut. Fukimo also dodges using the feather as a knife cuts her in the back. She has 120 life points and now has 80 remaining.
* If I get hit once more here my story ends so I have to dodge every attack from her
Melly soars into the sky using her wings and begins the Divine Attack. She makes some magical waves using both swords and attacks Fukimo. He avoids each one by pulling her to a tree that he climbs and jumps from the tree directly behind her and hits her
Melly gets up tired from the ground, he knows that he can only take one more hit so one of the swords turns it into a kind of armor and with the other he uses the Final Attack. He uses his wings to travel at high speed from one side of the battlefield to the other and his sword to hit.
Fukimo uses up to deflect the attacks and tries to dodge as much as possible. He hits her and finds that thanks to her armor she now receives 9 life points less.
After a few hits Melly ends up with 4 life points and due to exhaustion she falls to the ground on her knees. Fukimo in turn, weakened, goes in front of her and puts it up to her neck
:Fukimo- you killed... the animals that served you blindly....how... do you allow yourself to have such an evil heart?
:Melly-the animals are fine...they are part of my power and I can bring them back to life instantly...in 3 days they are alive Fukimo....
Fukimo upon hearing that the animals are fine withdraws until he kneels down and forgives her for what happened. She surprisedly tells Ozrock
:Melly- you are right little brother...it is worth taking her to the Massacre Corner
: Ozrock- hmmm. I am convinced. Sleep well tonight Fukimo. You have work tomorrow!
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