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Chapter 4

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Roran's POV

Two days after the betrayal, my injury fully healed, mainly because of my race as a half-demon. Evie often scouted the area, so she couldn't see me often, but nevertheless took care of me. Since I never moved far from the bloodied tree I was stabbed at, I couldn't help but replay the scene from two days ago again, again, again, again...... until I felt myself break.

Hehehahaaaa... my brot..ther.. he..he's back!!! I was much too kind before..yes, yes, yes... I can kill him AGAIN!Don't worry, I didn't forget you either CELEA! I DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOUR VILLAGE! I'll make them pay.. unforgivable.. yes, yes.. their pain is my bliss.. I'll torture them.. oh yeah.. which way shall I use? Hmm... internal organ damage? Maybe dislocating all their joints first.. I'll torture them slowly...

I seriously pondered every possible way I could torture the traitor, the false brother, and the villagers. I reassured myself that I needn't trust anyone. Then, I came upon a sudden realization:

Waitwaitwait...yes...I know now.. WHY didn't I think of this before! HAAHAAAHAHA..

My maniacal laugh resounded through the forest, and moments later, a large bear walked towards me on all fours. As it approached me, it opened its jaws to rip my head off, but I smiled. I put both of my hands on its neck, and the bear flinched. I then used my right hand to rip out its throat. The blood splattered all over me, and the bear fell unconscious... and I was still smiling.

No..no..n..no.. I've been too kind.. This way to kill a person is tooo sofft... Yes! yes... I'll avenge myself, I don't need anyone to help! I know they are here... If my brother was brought here with me, I'm sure I CAN KILL THE REST OF THE FAMILIY AGAIN!!!

While I was daydreaming, Evie walked towards me, surprised, while looking at the dead bear, and me. She calmed down, and said, "Roran, you are fine now. Let's head into the city. But first wipe the blood off your body."

After cleaning myself, we headed out into the city, and I immediately set out looking for a merchant that deals slave collars, since I knew I couldn't trust Evie either.

Thirty minutes into the city, I found a merchant, and I saw an interesting collar. It was black leather, with three small, dark blue gems hanging down the middle, staggered. Since I took a liking to it, I asked for the price, and the merchant replied, "Hello sir. This collar is one of our most reliable products. While it does prevent the slave from attacking the master, It doesn't completely stop the slave from disobeying an order. This was made with the newest magic yet, so it goes for the bargain price of 2 gold!"

I thought that the collar would fit Evie perfectly, and I paid the 2 gold, so I had a remaining 3 in my pocket. I tied the collar onto Evie, and whispered into her ear, "I don't forgive betrayal."

Evie shuddered at my words, and I walked away to look for the cheapest-looking inn, and entered the first one I saw.

The desk lady at Jak's Inn asked for 1 gold coin for a week's stay, and I retorted, "Impossible. This inn looks like sh*t, and you are asking for one gold coin? I'll pay 20 silvers, with bath, food, and a map."

The lady looked frightened. She handed me a map, told me my room number, and agreed to my conditions. With 2 gold and 80 silvers, I followed the map to the adventurer's guild location.

I walked around cautiously, and a girl with black hair and cat-like red eyes came into my view. She looked similar - no exactly the same as the girl that was with me before my summoning. I accelerated into a sprint, and caught up to her. I stood dumbfounded, since I realized that I never knew her name.

I tapped her shoulder, and said, "He...hello."

She replied with a bright voice, "Oh its you! How are you doing? I wanted to be summoned here with you, but I guess everything can't go our way.. But at least you found me. Well, let's go get a quest! And go on an adventure!"

She talked quite quickly, and my cool-beauty impression of her collapsed, since the way she looks doesn't match her personality.

She started running amidst the crowd, and I yelled, "Wait! Tell me your name!"

She stopped for a moment, and said, "Oh right, I didn't tell you my name yet, huh Roran? Well, my name's Akia."

With that, she continued on with her sprint to the guild, and both Evie and I followed her.

I realized, Wait. How did she know my name? I don't think I told her..

We entered the guild, and went to the help-desk man for a quest. He sighed, and said, "Akia, no one wanted this, so I'll just give it to you... I still don't understand why you do these crazy things.."

I looked at the piece of paper in Akia's hands, and it was a rank A quest. I knew that this was a level too high for me, a rank E. I thought 'status'.

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Name: Roran Nex

Age: 16 Years

Level: 30

Class: Death God's Reaper (lvl 10)

Titles: Jaas Village's Demon; The Oblivious One; Merciless Child Murderer; The Betrayed

Rank: B

HP: 500

MP: 100

Strength: 260

Endurance: 180

Vitality: 130

Intelligence: 100

Agility: 160

Skills:

Active Perception (lvl 10) -- Can inspect items/living things to extract basic, known information from them. User must be within a 100 meter proximity to the object.

Blessing of Death God Nex - ENRAGED (lvl 10 MAX) -- Can reach an 'enraged' state at the cost of 50 HP. (Enraged) = 30% boost to all stats, can be given to another person, in exchange for 100 of their HP. [CAN BE STACKED]

Sacrifice (Passive)(lvl 5) -- Every time a living being is killed, all stats are buffed permanently, based on the amount of pain that the being feels. In exchange, the soul is sacrificed to the Death God. [Cannot be used with Soul Eater]

Soul Eater (lvl 5) -- Blessing from Nex. In return for being betrayed, and your mind weakened, you are given the power to eat souls. For every soul eaten, you gain one of their abilities. One soul may be called upon at a time. [Cannot be used with Sacrifice]

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Reap (lvl 6) (Passive) -- [Obtained by lvl 10 as a Reaper of Death] Can grant excruciating pain to a person (using souls), but does not kill the person. In exchange for 10 HP, you can feed the souls already obtained with the pain of a living being.

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I was surprised at the huge increase in stats, and my raise in rank. The rank promotion was probably due to killing the Dragon, while the stat increase was probably from killing the bear. I became curious of Akia's status, and I asked if I could take a look at hers. She nodded, and a screen appeared before me.

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Name: Akia Nex

Age: 16 Years

Level: 55

Class: Hero of NEX (lvl 20 MAX)

Titles: The Savior of Azbarak

Rank: A

HP: 800

MP: 1500

Strength: 700

Endurance: 670

Vitality: 600

Intelligence: 900

Agility: 500

Skills:

Mind Perception (lvl 20 MAX) -- Can inspect the thoughts of any person that is standing within a 10 meter radius.

Blessing of Death God Nex (lvl 10 MAX) [Salvation] -- Offer salvation to the departing souls, by allowing them to sacrifice themselves for Nex. In return for every soul, your level is increased by 5, and you are given 100 points to spend in any category (except levels/skills).

Demolish (lvl 10 MAX) -- [Given at lvl 10 Hero Class] Can break another person's mind, making them confused permanently. Their actions and words will not make any sense. - Easier collection of their body w/ Necromancy. Uses 100 mana.

Black Magic (lvl 10)[Control] -- [Given at lvl 20 Hero Class] Can re-animate bodies that have already passed. Can control 3* at one time. Uses 50 mana for every minute used.

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Looking at her stats, I almost pissed my pants. She's a monster. Her skills are so powerful, that she doesn't even need to move to kill me right now.

Right, there are people like this good thing she's on my side -- Oh wait.. she can read my thoughts

I took another look at the quest paper, and I noticed that it was a monster subjugation -- of a 5 headed Hydra.

Looking at this, I told Akia, "Ok Akia, Evie and I, Oh I didn't introduce you two. Akia, this is Evie, Evie this is Akia."

They both greeted each other, and I said, "Anyway, we're not as strong as you Akia. We need a plan, so meet me at room 201 in Jak's in in two hours. Agreed? "

"Of course! I'll see you later!"

After demonstrating her happiness, she trotted off, exiting the guild.

I sighed, looked at Evie, and said, "Where does she get all that energy?"

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