Homunculus

[Points: 100,528 remaining]

That number could literally make me feel horny...

I got so many points out of that fight with the Mythical Beasts.

Only two of them though, the third guy decided not to join the party.

Which I am thankful for...

It's been 2 weeks since, the new inhabitants became my believers.

My most basic daily points rose drastically due to their faith.

I also used 10,000P to expand my land a bit.

To be accurate, the radius of my sanctuary is now 250m, meaning 500m in diameter.

More than double the original size, the stone walls have also been expanded.

The turrets were installed to the wall so they moved along with it.

I also upgraded my Holy Barrier to LV.10.

Even if an Ogre steps in, it gets instantly evaporated.

Magic Barrier also rose to LV.10

Not even an Arch Demon can pierce it.

We're currently on our way to the peak of our era.

The Beast village construction is going well.

Some of the Beast people have met and learned from the Dwarfs before.

So the work is progressing smoothly without any problem.

As a fellow Beast person, Leila quickly got familiar with those people.

She's also helping out here and there.

Good good, I'm pleased with how things are going.

I also put down a [Two story-House(5,000P)] for Von and Ana.

Ana's the Arch Demon I summoned, by the way...

That house is for the higher-ups of this sanctuary.

The Beast chief and his family will also be living in there.

Leila doesn't want to leave her little hut, so I rebuilt it for her and upgraded it a bit.

She seems to have grown attached to that little cozy place.

That's OK, if it's convenient for her then I'm perfectly fine with it.

With various upgrades regarding the shrine and the idol, the little wooden house now turned into a brick Temple with fancy carvings and sculptures.

The ugly idol became a badass skull face-like mini-totem.

My bedroom also has an office desk and a closet now.

After all the fancy stuff done to my sanctuary, it left me with around 60,000P.

[Points: 61,853 remaining]

It's finally time to spend on the thing I've wanted all this time.

[Homunculus(5,000~50,000P)]

Yep.

An artificial body.

I read through the [Materialization] part in the Menu.

If I don't pay anything, I'll reincarnate again into a human with no powers whatsoever.

if I pay 100,000P I'll be able to keep 20% of my divine powers.

And that's it, no other deals were offered.

I'm not dumb enough to dip my hands into that...

I mean, I want a proper body but being unable to defend myself is just as bad...

So, with my knowledge from games being transferred into the Menu...

I looked into the [Items] menu and skipped over the type of Homunculus I wanted before, because it sucks.

I went straight to page 3, I'm only F-rank, I can't use things from beyond page 3 yet...

And found the kind of Homunculus that I knew about in a game I played before.

I read the lore and story line of all games I played, so the knowledge about this kind of Homunculus stayed with me.

How convenient.

Then, why does the price varied?

It's the difference in materials.

The very first one I saw on the first page is made from magic iron.

Which sucked because of its low durability.

Now that I know about my game knowledge affecting my Menu, I went straight for the most expensive one.

[Black-Demonic Sapphire - Homunculus(50,000)]

This thing was a quest item for the final quest before players finish Story Mode.

I did do some previewing with the further pages, but there wasn't Homunculus listed in there anymore. Seems like it stops at page 3 as the best Homunculus I can make.

Surprisingly, I had the option to choose its appearances.

And on top of that, I can change its look any time I want even while possessing it.

In the customization menu, there was also an option called [Soul Shape].

Meaning that the homunculus will take the shape of what my soul looks like.

Very convenient, I'm OK with my original appearance, so let's choose that.

Then my previous human self appeared in the Menu.

I clicked on [Create & Transfer].

My points of view suddenly changed just like the time I possessed the tiger man.

Let's see...

Hands, arms, legs, torso,...

Everything was good, everything felt the same.

Except for one thing...

「I'm ripped...」

Yep. This body isn't the 35-year-old me.

This is way back at the peak of my martial arts and kenjutsu training.

My 25 year old body.

I quit training because of my love for games.

Then eventually became a game programmers.

All the days and months sitting in one place coding degenerated my muscles.

It gave rise to fats and I became plump and slow.

But this body...it's the peak of my youth...

The time when I could even fracture human bones with a punch.

I had mixed feelings about it.

Then the door to the shrine, now a Temple, was pushed open.

It was Leila, who came every morning nowadays to eat breakfast.

Her hut was destroyed by the snake, so I had her stay in the shrine until it was fixed.

It just kind of became a habit now that she comes every morning.

「Good morning~ Ralph-sama!! May I ask for that fried eggs again today~?」

「Yo. You liked the eggs? Sure...sit down...I'll prepare it!」

「Eh?」

「Hmm?」

Leila suddenly turned bright red from ear to ear.

Her standing ears drooped helplessly.

I followed her gaze and met my "son" down there.

It was hanging gloriously outside.

Ah. I'm stark naked.

「KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!」

***

「You made me jump, woman...」

「I-I-It's your fault!!! Why would I expect Ralph-sama naked first thing in the morning?!?」

If it was the former Leila, she wouldn't even bat an eyelid at that scene.

She gained back her sanity as a young woman, so I guess screaming at that is pretty natural.

After screaming, she ran out of the Temple and slammed the door shut.

I calmly called up the Menu and took out an average hunter's leather clothing set.

[Points: 11,600 remaining]

I put it on and walked outside to look for Leila.

She was burying her face into a pillow with her ass up high to the sky in her hut.

「Pffffffft........」

「R-R-Ralph-sama is a bully!!! You're laughing at me again!!!」

「Sorry sorry...ha...I won't...haha...laugh anymore...」

My apologies, girl...but that scene was too cute and amusing.

I can't believe a former sex slave can become this pure and innocent.

Either it was because she's very adaptive, or she just recovers fast.

Well, I don't really care.

As long as she's fine, I'll be good with anything.

「Geez.....you're such a meanie...but to think that you materialized, it's quite a shocking news...」

「Hmm? Why?」

「If a god materializes there will be large voice coming from the sky announcing it...」

「Ahh that...I didn't materialize...this body is a Homunculus」

「Homo...lust? EEEEHHH???」

PFFFFUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

I spat my tea and coughed while laughing like a fucking nutsjob.

This woman...this woman...

I swear you would kill me someday without the need of any weapon...

「No, you idiot!! It's HOMUNCULUS. An artificial body vessel」

「Ahh...I see...」

Oh yeah, I think you might have been wondering how the hell do I converse with Leila and others.

It seems like Gods words are always understood by others.

I might not understand them if I don't have filter on, but they will always understand my words no matter what the hell kind of language I speak.

Now while I'm at it, let me explain a bit about Homunculus and Possession.

As I said before, I'm a man who reads manuals and instructions.

I learned that I can do this after reading "How to Use" in the Menu of [Items].

So, a homunculus, in other words, an artificial humanoid body, doesn't have a life by itself.

Though the body was made with all kinds of functionalities a human would have, it can't live on its own without a source of power.

That's perfect for a God to possess.

But the downfall depends on materials used to make the Homunculus.

Assuming that other Gods don't have game knowledge like me.

The only kind of homunculus they knew of would be the shitty one on the first page of the Menu.

Magic Iron isn't strong enough even for an F-rank like me, much less those high-ranking Gods.

So their choices were narrowed down to formal materialization if they ever want to ascend to the mortal world.

But.

With my knowledge on Black-Demonic Sapphire, a fantasy crystal ore that was spat out from the throat of the Dragon God, of course in a game I played before...

I was able to pull out a homunculus with an extremely strong structure.

The proof is that I'm moving in it without breaking it.

Though the materials were black crystal ores, I selected [Soul Shape] so the color of my skin and body features are human.

And surprisingly I can control the hardness.

Normally I left it at human flesh, but when needed I can increase it back to the hardness of Black-Demonic Sapphire and easily shatter diamonds.

If you fight me with just brute force alone, I'm invincible, probably.

This body is at the peak of my youth, when I was 25 years old.

So with just a little warming up in martial arts, I was able to fight skillfully again.

Plus the hardness of the homunculus itself, I'll break your skull like smashing chocolate.

But if a God use magic and their divine powers then I'm not so sure anymore.

Though because I didn't materialize, I can still use all the powers of a God right now, there's nothing to guarantee that other Gods don't have stronger powers than me.

Especially those higher in the ranking ladder, D C B and above...

Those people can use stuff from beyond page 5 6 7.

I have no way to know if their later pages have anything stronger than my knowledge from games in my pages 5 6 7...

In case you didn't quite catch that, I was talking about the Menu.

My knowledge from games I played was somehow put into the Menu for things I can spend points on.

So with this new body, it became easier to communicate and hang out.

My boring days of watching them partying around camp fire is now gone.

I can join my believers in their activities now.

That said, the moment I stepped out of my domain, I was pushed out of the body.

The homunculus fell to the ground like a corpse.

Of course, Leila freaked out, but I talked to her and comforted her.

The reason was because of the Crystal Core inside the idol.

As long as the Core is still in one fixed place, there will be a range that restricts my movements.

So I transposed the Homunculus back into the Temple and installed the current idol into it in replacement for the heart.

I pulled out another fake idol with 10P and placed it back on the offering table as decoy.

I think it's best to bring the core with me, my hard body can protect it better than this brick house.

With all that said and done, I am now a free young man who can freely walk around everywhere without worrying.

Nice.

It was a nice peaceful day!

Let's take a nap!

But where the hell should I sleep?

Let's tease Leila a little...

After lunch, she went to water the garden and then as I instructed before, went back to her hut and take a quick nap to rest her body after morning training and labor work.

With that in mind, I sneaked in and lay down next to her on her bed.

Don't get me wrong, a nap to me is only 20~30 minutes...

I'm not pulling anything dirty, just want to tease her a little bit.

Her reactions are going to be amusing...

Haha...goodbye!