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It seems that I cannot play with my little brother Demi until I complete this quest…
"Where can I find them?" I asked. "Your brothers and sisters?" But he was gone. I was alone, talking to myself.
Suddenly, my surroundings and where I was didn't matter anymore as I found myself in front of the most perfect woman. Envy. It was the first time I felt such an emotion. She was impossibly beautiful with indescribable features.
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"You will be dealing with me and me alone," and her voice. It made me want to obey her every word. If I checked my status conditions, I would notice that I had a charm debuff. "You are compatible with pride, wrath, greed, and envy. And so, four blessings are yours."
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"But you are incompatible with sloth, gluttony, and lust."
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"I owe you no explanations," Xanda smirked. "That leaves us with Drakul, Ajin, Lilith, Ragna, and Yaman. But they have demands. You will agree to them, won't you?"
I nodded my head obediently. "Yes, of course, anything for you…"
"Ajin wants you to take over the world," his blessing replaced my eyes with the eyes of absolute perception, allowing me to see detailed information about my targets. I was now a Maou of rank B.
"Yaman wants you to sniff out the religion," his blessing increased my dark element affinity to the maximum. I was now a Maou of rank A.
"Lilith wants you to create the Church of Lilith," her blessing upgraded my charisma attribute into dominion, multiplying my future follower attributes by a % based on its value. I was now a Maou of rank S.
"Drakul wants you to collect the heart of the strongest creature," his blessing evolved my race to its ultimate form, increasing all my base attributes tenfold. I was now a Maou of rank SS.
"Ragna wants you to kill all heroes," his blessing strengthened my body, increasing my strength, agility, and stamina at every level by an additional point. I was now a Maou of rank SSS.
"Don't fail us, champion." Those were the last words I heard before everything went dark. I lost consciousness; when I regained it, I saw an interactable prompt requiring my input.
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I was confused. What achievement?
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"No," it was the blessing of pride talking.
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It repeated seven more times, and then…
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"Let's go play," I sent a message to my little brother. But he…
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"That little!" I was angry, but it was hard to say whether it was due to the blessing of wrath or just his actions. First, he didn't play with me because I didn't have a job. And now, because of this? When he can easily get an extension too? "Then, I am going to play by myself!"
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"Well, obviously!"
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"Okay, next!" If you didn't get it by now, I was fuming.
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"The chosen one? Wasn't I a vagrant? How did this happen? Well, whatever…"
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Each attribute served two purposes: strength increased physical damage and weight capacity, agility increased critical strike damage and dodge chance, stamina increased maximum health and the stamina bar, intelligence increased skill damage and maximum mana, luck increased critical strike chance and luck in general, charisma increased favourability gained from all sources and quest rewards, and you already know what dominion increased.
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Element affinity increased damage dealt with that affinity and reduced damage received from that affinity. Additionally, if element affinity was above 70%, you couldn't be critically struck by damage of that affinity.
As for my skills, there were a few that I was not aware of: legendary race, which increased attribute points gained per level from six to ten; prime human, which increased proficiency points gained by 100%; the chosen one, which increased experience gained by 50%; and last but not least – promote. There were now seven variations in total, and each had three levels: minion, elite, and boss.
After reading through my skills, I cooled off, if ever so slightly.
First things first, "I am getting revenge against a young wolf for killing me…"
Luckily for me, Xanda sent me back to the spot where I was initially killed. "Now, where are you?"
Maybe it was not the same young wolf, but I still found a young wolf, and I was going to kill it.