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Published at 13th of May 2019 07:32:37 PM


Chapter 226

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Noon...

[Reward for defeating Demon lord Noona in a Real game: 5 million EXP, 10 million dollars. The rest are pending after completion of the raid.]

[You have established a relationship link with Noona.]

[Your relationship with Noona was auto-adjusted to friend. It is very important to take care of her. Her loyalty is unbreakable.]

[Warning: difficultly of the raid has changed to very hard.]

Clyde was not surprised at the difficultly change, but couldn't the system give him a break? He followed Neko without much enthusiasm. That didn't mean he wasn't curious. Who or what could be the raid boss, if not Noona? And good thing she wasn't…He couldn't imagine laying a finger on her. Like Harumi, she housed a soft heart.

[Your HP: 210%]

[Your MP: 180%]

The others waiting Clyde and his division in front of the Cult Headquarters. The giant church-like building looked and felt creepier for some reason. Chika anime dove into him.

"You're not hurting from any strain, are you?

"Relax," he said. "I didn't use the power." A flash of love and yandere lust shown in those eyes, promising more later. The young man glanced at the party. The numbers were a bit obsessive, but he knew raid bosses required it. Or maybe world bosses? Oh well. He'd take this as preparation for when they would inevitably have to face giant monsters or other creatures from the books.

"Notice me, senpai," Natalia said to Ming, soliciting her glare. Alice whacked her on the head. "Ow!" She escaped the half-demoness's protective grasps and hopped onto Clyde's shoulders.

"Let's go in, kick some ass and get going," Clyde said. "We're going to shut this damn cult down for good, because I'm tired of hearing about it. Also, Noona has agreed to send guards to search for the minotaur camp, if it exists, and clean up. Now, everyone stick to your assigned teams. After this…let's double-up on Sazuki and Kiko's training—"

Airi anime-dove into Clyde.

"Did you really fight the demon lord here? What was it like? Did you find anything interesting in raiding her skyscraper? Any goods? I have stuff to trade. I'll even trade my virginity—I mean my top tier items for any relics or artifacts."

She had her arms wrapped around Clyde's waste, face looking up at him. He struggled for a few seconds to pull off the anime girl. Good thing she didn't share the breast trait with Harumi or he'd be raging for sure.

"This is the raid," he said tiredly. "Don't worry about anything pertaining to Noona, my new friend." Airi's eyes continued to gleam until Harumi whacked her on the head. Clyde gave the pink-haired girl an appreciative look.

He started into the headquarters, followed by his armed party.

[You are about to enter the final section of this raid. There is no returning beyond this point, unless the raid boss is dead. Enter?]

The party hurried to the very back, utilizing Clyde's mental navigation system. Eventually they stepped into a large assembly area empty of bleachers or chairs, as if someone whisked them away. A familiar feeling of strangeness and repulsion struck the young man, causing him to slightly shudder. So, they were about to face the person Ming warned him about. The voice of a woman echoed through the room.

"So it's your group, he who opposes my master. If this is all the crusader wanted, I would've volunteered to kill you. I suppose they all prefer compulsion."

A woman appeared from a sudden burst of light in the center of the room. Long white hair with green eyes and a curvy body, she looked amazing. Her red dress seemed to cling to every curve, breasts highlighted.

"She's hot," Seth whispered.

"There sure are a lot of you," the woman said.

Clyde analyzed her.

Sophia, Maiden of the Viper.

Level: 160

Type: Viper Maiden.

Work under: Maidens of the Viper.

Special: ???

Weakness: none.

Resistances: none.

Secret: she wants to lose her virginity badly, even if to the Stone, enemy of her Master. She has never actually met the Viper. She tries and often fails when it comes to cooking.

"You're a maiden of the Viper, but never actually met him," Clyde said, triggering his buffs. "And strong as fuck."

"She's a maiden of the Viper?" Tear said.

"Nya, worst of the worst," Neko said.

"Power level of one hundred sixty," Seth said. "And unlike that thing we fought, she's not weakened."

Airi cheered.

"Out of the way noobs," she said. "This is a job for anyone with raid experience and the right level." She got into a combat stance. "I can finally stop holding back. Then afterwards, we can see what they're hiding in this place. It may be treasure." Her eyes gleamed.

Tear sighed.

"Leave the front fighting to Clyde, Airi, me, and Chika. Natalia, you know what to do. Everyone else, support."

Noona stepped forward, surrounded with A LOT of golden aura.

"Leave weakening her to me. And…thanks for being my friend."

Clyde nodded, no argument in him. Her level matched Tear's.

"The pleasure is all mine," he said, wiping away the tiny nosebleed. He wondered if she was secretly some kind of goddess—because everything, her movements, her attitude, was just…cute? No wonder why her servants were so protective of her.

[Secret objective completed: Ally with Noona. The raid difficulty, which was set to jump to Super-Extreme, has been locked to Very hard.]

[Noona's blessing has engulfed the party. Your party is unaffected by instant-kill, party-wipe attacks. This buff is permanent. Your party has gained an unknown temporary boost to all stats.]

[Alice's Prime Radiance has engulfed the area. You have been surrounded by Radiance. Unknown stat boosts to you and your weapons. Evasion increased.]

[Airi activated Graceful Heart Shield. Your party's defenses have been increased by 50% Unknown extra defense boosts, varying by the Will stat.]

[Yuki activated a new skill! Set Rotation. All stats temporarily increased by 30%]

[Toru activated Zen Brawl shout. Party attack boosted by 45%. Party fighting spirit increased by 40% Speed increased by 25%]

[Harumi activated Subtle Heal. Your party's HP will slightly regenerate faster in the background. Your Party's defenses, endurance, and will has increased by 15%]

[Ming activated Prophet's field. The magical playing field between you and the Viper maiden has been leveled.]

[The training of your team is showing!]

Sophia chuckled and allowed black aura to radiate around her.

"Interesting. But I am a maiden of the greatest being on the planet," she said. "I don't care if you bring an entire army to take me on, I will slaughter you all."

[stone-viper games.]

[Your party has entered a Boss fight!]

"Alice, to me," Clyde said. His life mate joined him at his side, pink aura flowing. "Those on support, do support. That includes you too, Ruri."

The hellhound sighed.

"Fine. It's not fair."

Sophia held a hand into the air.

"Give me strength, oh great Viper."

"She's nuts," Alice said, "serving someone who'd destroy the world."

[Sophia activated Galactic slash bolt.]

Clyde was about to step into it, for the spirit shield, but Noona beat him to the punch.

[Noona activated Radiant Reflect.]

The magic that funneled from the ceiling bounded back to the Viper maiden, but instead of damaging her, it vanished. Sophia teleported to an empty half of the giant and slowly aimed a hand at Clyde.

"You who are the enemy of my master. Perish."

Chika interrupted, coming out of the stealth with a kick that knocked her to the ground. The silver-haired girl tried to follow up with a knife, but Sophia rolled to the side, then bashed her away with magic.

[Sophia used Force bash.]

Sophia leapt to her feet, dusting herself off. Tear teleported next to her.

[Tear activated Tier 1 skill: Pulse drive.]

Sophia quickly put up a guard, seeming to know the incoming magic, which jumped from the succubus's fist.

[Sophia activated Lunar Shield.]

A yellow-white glowing translucent semi-sphere surrounded the maiden. Tear's magic hit, but barely budged. Level one hundred sixty nastiness, holding together despite so many buffs. Clyde and Alice simultaneous aimed their palms in her direction, as if in sync.

[Clyde invoked Mystic wrath.]

[Clyde activated Mystic lightning.]

[Alice activated Tier 1 skill: Raid destruction beam.]

Sophia's shield still held.

"Ha! Let me show you what a real spell looks like."

[Sophia activated Bronze tier skill: Cosmic wave.]

She leapt into the air, then punched ground, like a…super hero landing. Clyde wanted to laugh, but the shockwave bashed everyone in the entire room to their backs. Transformation deactivated, he fought the pain and stood. He decided to keep track of just his own HP, due to the party size.

[Your HP has dropped to 158%]

[You have been inflicted with slow. Your special defense is 132, therefore against her higher attack and will, your speed reduction is 35%]

Clyde frowned as he virtually moved against what felt like invisible weights. Sophia blasted both Tear and Chika into the air, but before she could combo, Noona took aim.

[Noona activated Tier 1 skill: Harmony's light stream.]

Sophia didn't see that one coming, because the beam of white magic smacked the maiden to her ass. Clyde followed it up, watching his attack through the combat log.

[You activated Spiritual Fire!]

The blue fireball he hurled at Sophia bashed into her from the side.

[Harumi and Airi activated Duo Attack: Whirling Grace Blast.]

The maiden still didn't budge, nor did she take much damage. What kind of defense did she hold? Clyde touched the edge of the power, but a quick dose of severe pain made him think again.

[Sophia's HP has dropped from 275% to 200% so far.]

[You still do not have access to that system nor is it recommended to utilize.]

"You fools still do not realize who I am," Sophia said then raised her voice. "Just who I serve! A maiden of the Viper is not trained to be a weakling."

She teleported next to Clyde, hand on his chest. He flashed stepped out of her path then countered. At the same time, Chika prepared to unleash some kind of magic. The slow status effect wore off.

[Clyde activated Tier 2 skill: Neptune's water edge.]

[Sophia's HP has dropped to 188%]

His attack seemed to piss her off. Alice added to the fuel.

[Alice activated Tier 1 skill: Radiant Septor's blink.]

[Airi activated Tier 1 skill: The King's first move.]

[Chika activated Tier 1 skill: Rogue magic hand!]

[Tear activated Tier 1 skill: Blood Lightning.]

With one palm smashed against Sophia's chest, blue and gold energy erupted from the half-demoness's hand, bounding the maiden at least a dozen yards, right into the wall. Airi's green magic followed up to put on more hurting. Tear and Chika added lightning and heavy-hitting magic to the pot.

Clyde couldn't track all of them, but the entire team worked hard, supporters included.

[Sophia's HP has dropped to 153%]

[Critical! Attack once more!]

[Talent. Main character stuff. Life of your party.]

[The combined attack of your party entered your next attack.]

Clyde trembled as he took aim. Then he cast the magic.

[You activated Holy spirit wave.]

[Your MP has dropped to 50%]

When the magic hit Sophia, she screamed then slid from the wall to fall to the floor.

[Sophia's HP has dropped to 100%]

The maiden began to cry.

"I can't do this…this compulsion. It's frying my brain. I…just want to go home. I swear, I won't serve anyone. Please forgive me!"

Clyde shot the woman a blank stare. As if he'd fall for one of the most classic clichés and anime tropes around. The crying girl sneak attack. The amount of damage it normally did was unreasonably OP, perhaps broken. He placed a hand in front of his softhearted new friend. If Harumi wasn't used to battle and the horrors, Clyde imagined Airi would be doing the same.

Just then, someone clapped and laughed.

"Marvelous, marvelous." A man dressed in a white lab cloak dropped from the ceiling, which was at least fifty feet high, landing beside Sophia. Clean shaven, with short brown hair and strange orange eyes, this man made Clyde feel very uncomfortable. He assumed the feeling was mutual throughout the party.

"Uncle? What are you doing here?" Toru said.

Clyde analyzed the man. And his stats were not friendly.

Hideo, Crusader Researcher.

Level: 378 (compressed.)

Type: Crusader.

Work under: the Order.

Special: Holy Death Slash.

Weakness: ???

Resistances: ???

Secret: blocked by a barrier created by the Order.

"Your uncle's a crusader?" Clyde said to Toru.

"He is?" Toru said.

Hideo flashed a grin.

"You know the deal. To be a part of something greater than yourself, you must learn to keep secrets. Oh how you would've made a great crusader, nephew. It's still not too late. Come with me. There is much to learn. And if you want, you can practice your skills on this sack of trash right here."

He kicked Sophia, causing her to whimper. "Crazy maiden was hellbent on destroying the city. But we had a chat. Now she's an experiment."

"Aren't you crusaders supposed to be fighting for what's right?" Harumi said. "You're not supposed to mirror the evil."

"It's not evil," Hideo said. "I'm a researcher. Sometimes I do jobs no one else wants for the glory of science, discovery, and the Great Ones. It is believed that behind magic is something greater, something that holds back both the purity and tainted elements. I intend to find this gray area. Or prove it not to exist." He knelt beside Sophia. "Are you going to join me, Toru?"

"No Uncle, I will not," Toru said.

"Very well, check this out." He pulled out an injection needle then slammed it into Sophia's neck. She screamed and convulsed and began to change. "The orders still stand, you worthless trash maiden. Kill them all." Hideo leapt into the air, vanishing.

"Your uncle sucks," Clyde said.

"He's such a jerk," Airi said.

Sophia's skin turned green as she wailed and grew and grew until about fifteen, maybe twenty feet tall. Her white hair did too, but not as much. Grey wings sprouted from her back, covered in spikes. Her figure shifted from supermodel thin to bulky and muscular. Her eyes shifted to glowing ember red.

"Well, we certainly can't leave her like this," Clyde said. "Or she's probably going to go Hulk smash on the entire town."

"Hulk what?" Airi said.

"Nothing," Clyde said. "Everybody focus. Support, continue doing your jobs. Attackers, keep it up. Also, I want the snipers to actually do something. Kitome, new plan. Focus on attacking."

[The Raid boss has manifested…]

[Your party has entered a Raid boss fight! Phase 2.]

[Hideo has changed Sophia into a failed experimental beast, a geist.]

Sophia howled, which sounded like a giant depressed wolf. Clyde actually felt a little bad for her, but readied his sword. Alice pointed Hellbreaker at her.

"I'll start the honors," Clyde said, dashing toward the tall monster. He dodged its fists pounds—there were four attempts—then jumped, incredibly high. However, when he stabbed his sword toward the enemy, the blade shattered. The young man let go of the handle as it too, crumbled to dust. "What the fuck?" He dodged the fist pummel to the ground, then aimed.

[Clyde activated Energy blast!]

[Geist Sophia took no damage.]

Clyde retreated.

"Any bright ideas, Alice?"

"Not going to ask Tear first?" she said.

He looked at her. She smiled.

"I'm joking," she said. "Truthfully, I have no idea what that thing is."

"My analysis calls it a geist, whatever that is," Clyde said.

"A what?" Natalia said. "Never mind, get out of the way."

Everyone did. The loli pointed the golden staff in a goofy manner. "Super kamikaze attack!"

Alice began to chant familiar, explosive words.

[Natalia activated Silver tier skill: Atomic Blast Meltdown De Grande!]

[Alice activated Special tier skill: Explosion!]

The amount of raw orange and red magic that came out of the Staff of Hopes made Clyde's jaw dropped. It helped ease the pain of losing a legendary sword. Until the prompt made him cringe.

[Geist Sophia took no damage.]

She dashed toward Tear, but missed a backhand attempt, as the succubus jumped out of her path. She continued after her, failing to make a direct blow.

"Shoot!" Natalia said. "Why didn't it hurt her."

"Nya, she's juiced up with more than drugs," Neko said. "I think the Omen's sphere is behind it. Clyde, you've got to NYA—neutralize it."

"You tried to force that one in, didn't you?" Clyde said, staring at her blankly. Neko sighed.

"Win some, you lose some, nya," she said.

[Objective: find the Omen's sphere!]

[Time limit: 5 minutes…]

"Five minutes?" Clyde hissed then looked around, seeing nothing.

[Geist Sophia activated an undodgeable attack. Tier 1 skill: Wrath of the Cosmos.]

The monster smashed the floor, just like with her other attack. The stronger shockwave hurled the party around like pieces of used tissue paper. Pain reechoed throughout Clyde's body until felt like dying.

[Critical! Your HP has dropped to 45% You are stunned.]

A giant green backhand shot the young man painfully into the air. Everything slowed down for him as he hit the ground.

[Your HP has dropped to 15%]

[Time limit: 2 minutes.]

[Harumi activated Skill fusion: Mass Drastic Heal + Mass Refresher!]

[Your HP has increased to 150% Negative Status effects gone.]

[Your current MP: 40%]

"Harumi, you are too amazing," Clyde said as he recovered. He dodged a giant fist that almost turned him into a pancake. "Why is she targeting me?"

"Hey green vomit girl! You suck! Fuck you!" Seth taunted then bolted as the furious geist chased him with reckless abandonment.

"Everyone in the battle now," Clyde ordered. "Help him!"

The raid party scurried into motion. But Noona joined Clyde.

"Are you okay?" she said.

"I've got a minute to find the Omen's sphere," Clyde said, searching frantically through wreckage.

"That's what you're looking for?" she said. "I think the girl with two different eye colors said something about it."

"Where is she?" Clyde said.

"Over there." Noona pointed to a spot only a few yards away.

"Thanks," he said then flash stepped to Ming.

"Clyde I've found this," Ming said.

"You're awesome!" he said, taking the baseball-size glowing orange glass orb from her. The timer stopped at one second.

[Objective completed!]

That was close! This would've been a failing point for a lot of people, Clyde thought.

He was relieved the objective was no more than just a steroid-induced fetch quest. And impossible without Seth.

He concentrated, neutralizing the Omen's sphere, absorbing it. Ming watched him, curiosity in her eyes.

[Geist Sophia's Ultra Tough Skin has been disabled!]

"Finish her!" Clyde shouted, adding just a touch of power into his voice.

As everyone launched everything they had, the young man prepared to unleash his special attack.

[Geist Sophia activated *Almighty* Tier skill: God's Absolute Shield.]

[You can feel that this is a copied skill from the Viper.]

"Fuck, this is a disaster," Clyde said. "How do we kill this thing?"

A giant fist almost made the answer for him—as the geist was right back on him. The spells everyone else shot missed or did little damage. "Fuck it, nickel and dime her, I don't care." Despite their efforts, she didn't look as if she'd be going down any time soon. The young man had to think. Maybe this should treated like a super boss fight. What else did he need to do? His MP wasn't infinite, charging too slow to matter much.

He missed a step and the giant fist came down on him…

"Clyde!" his party yelled, but they were worried for nothing.

Clyde caught the fist, which was almost the size of a car, with a single finger.

"I've had enough of this," he said softly then leapt into the air. With a single downward kick, white aura surrounding him, he felt the crunch of the monster's arm. Sophia screamed and roared at the same time.

Clyde spun-kicked the monster in the face, rocketing her to the other side of the room at thousands of miles per hour. She smashed into the wall, heavily denting it. The building trembled.

"Holy shit!" Seth said.

"I will free you from your torment," Clyde said, his voice a god's chant.

[Warning! You do not have access—]

He cut off the prompt as he lazily glided over to the unmoving monster. He lifted the giant into the air with a single hand. She choked.

"This is what happens to those who serve the Viper," Clyde said.

"Wha—what's going on?" Airi said. "How is he…"

[Clyde activated….data not found.]

A light surrounded the monster until she reverted back to human form, crying.

[Geist Sophia's HP has been absorbed! Sophia was cured of Geist poisoning.]

"From this day forward, you will be a Stone Maiden," Clyde said.

[Perimeters accepted. You stole one of the Viper's maidens! You have unintentionally declared war on the Viper. Secret discovered. You have earned the title: Robbing the Snake.]

[Quest: take her virginity to increase the power of you, her, and your prophet. This quest isn't mandatory, but it cannot be refused.]

"I shall serve, my lord," Sophia said softly, tear's falling from her face. "I…don't have any place to go. I do not know where your temple is located or if I should build a new one."

He had a temple? Questions for later.

"Don't worry about that right now," Clyde said, voice normal. He looked at the others. "Let's get the fuck out of here. Tear. Noona. Can you please take care of Sophia? She's going to be doing…. whatever Stone Maidens do." The young man addressed the rest of the party. "Check the building to make sure no one's left. Yuki will be blowing it up."

The demoness laughed.

"I suppose that's a start," she said.

"A little extreme," Harumi and Noona simultaneously said.

Sighing, all he could do was dread the approaching morning of pain and strain. It actually temporarily lowered some stats and HP.

He allowed the delayed prompts to finally fill his mind's eye.

[Battle completed. Victory! Reward: 180 Million EXP and 50 million dollars.]

[Congratulations, you have reached levels 76-90. You've learned Ki Exchange. With this rare skill, you may convert unused Ki to HP or MP.]

[You're almost to level 100! Skills will evolve soon. Make sure you're utilizing them all. Let it be known that it is HIGHLY recommended to start using your Ki system. Ki could be mixed into your magic and reduce the strain of using your true power. ]

[The Niyoto Quest line is completed! Congratulations.]

Oh now the system tells me, Clyde thought. He'd put a big focus on Ki and get it running.

**

Rooftop of the Cult headquarters…

Hideo frowned, annoyed that his prototype was taken out so easily. How did that man deactivate his drug? This is why he carried out research projects among the crusaders and proudly served the Order. He'd convince Toru, whether his nephew wanted him to or not. Perhaps a visit to his brother's mansion was what he needed. Hideo chuckled. The fact that the drug didn't the kill the subject meant that he moved in the right direction. He wondered if he could heighten the magical effect of the Supreme demon lord. Maybe release the newly sex-crazed monster girls out into the world to reproduce. The possibilities were endless. He made the Jump back the others.

This wasn't over. The crusaders would claim victory over every nation, bathe them in the light of the Great Ones. Make them repent of their patheticness.





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