Author: Hopefully you all liked the action in the previous chapter...I know it went a bit fast, so I did some edits. You can re-read it from the section that says [EDIT]

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Well, anyway, thanks for your support/guidance!

Oh, and I was thinking of writing an original comedy for a while now...I actually started with one, but I ended up not liking the result as much. I plan to write a comedy on the side, just when my mood isn't equal to the setting of this story..if you know what I mean. Well, fill out the poll if you're interested!

Chapter 7

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A small window appeared before me:

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New stats:

- Willpower: You have the ability to power through any obstacles that come before you. Due to your position as a reaper in this new world, the more effort you put in, more bad luck might get in your way. This stat inversely variates with the luck stat. The more emotion you show towards one action, the more powerful the according stat is permanently buffed.

- Luck: Some things can go your way, even when everything looks bleak.

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Seeing this, I thought status, and another screen appeared before me.

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Name: Roran Nex

Age: 16 Years

Level: 35

Class: Death God's Reaper (lvl 15)

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

Rank: B

HP: 550

MP: 200

Strength: 300

Endurance: 190

Vitality: 150

Intelligence: 120

Agility: 190

Willpower: 5

Luck: 0

Skills:

Active Perception (lvl 15 MAX) -- Can inspect items/living things to extract known information from the largest library database in the world - (the Kingdom of Katylda). User must be looking at 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.

Black Phoenix [Legendary](lvl 30 MAX - default)(Active): {You have risen once from the dead, now...*don't* rise again..} Granted by the Death God's favoritism. In exchange for being sacrificed once the user is killed and not being able to use any other magic, the user is granted the divine power of a black phoenix. The Divine Power is the ability to fly, and steal 1* skill of the same attribute of the darkness. Only one of such a phoenix lives, and to see one is considered too "holy for the eyes" by the followers of Death. Obtain the Blessing of the Black Phoenix to maximize the potential for this skill. To activate this skill, you must be almost dead, or someone you know needs to be dead.

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The soft cry of a phoenix resounded throughout my mind.

At that moment, immense pain ran throughout my body, and it felt as if someone was tearing me apart into pieces.

I grasped my head, and felt blood running down my cheeks, seemingly from my eyes.

I let out a yell, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH"

I heard a loud crack behind me, and black wings grew from my back. It ripped through my black coat, and there were 2 knife-like claws that grew out of both the ends of the wings. Feathers floated around me, and the silver blades on the wings gleamed under the dimming sunlight.

The Hydra watched patiently, as if wondering whether or not to attack. I heard growls coming from each of the different heads of the Hydra.

I tried to move my wings, and a gust of wind was blown towards the hydra.

The hydra took another step back to steady itself, now at the edge of the lake.

I grinned at the sight, and I flung each of my katanas at the one head in the center - the blue eyed hydra, and the chains wrapped around its neck. I put all my strength into pulling it towards me, and I saw another screen appear before me.

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Willpower: +50

- Strength: +5

Luck: -100

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What the hell? Looks like the Gods of luck don't appreciate me...

I forced the Hydra to take a few steps forward. I needed it to be closer to be more accurate with my katana throws.

The black hydra breathed in, and black lightning was sent towards me. I flinched, and took a step back, but I didn't run away. I reached my hand out, and the lightning ran throughout my body. Despite the pain, I was able to steal the ability to wield lightning.

Getting ready to attack again, the black head opened its mouth.

I stretched out my hand, and sent my lightning at the black head's open jaws.

The black hydra screeched, and its head started to disintegrate. I jumped off the ground, and flapped my wings. After I had gotten used to being in the air, I sped towards the white eyed hydra with breathtaking speed.

The Hydra dodged, but I did a dive pull-up, and planted my two katanas in the head of the white hydra. Silver blood flowed out of the holes made by my blades.

Hmph. Looks like it can only predict so far...

Not waiting for it to regenerate, I elongated the blades at the end of my wings, thrust myself towards the blue hydra, and spun in mid-air to decapitate it.

I slowed myself down, and saw the hydra head drop into the lake with a loud splash. I was pleased with my work, so I smiled, and waited, expecting another attack from the 2 hydra heads left.

I noticed again that the blue hydra was steadily healing, with a black aura around the decapitated area. I turned to look at Akia, and saw that the same black aura surrounded her. By this time, the skeleton was already dismantled, and in pieces, laying next to Akia's body.

Akia's probably still alive....The f*cking hydra seems to be taking Akia's health and MP... I'll take a look at her status.

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Affected by: Blood Stain. MP is being taken out at a rate of 100 MP per minute, and HP is being taken out at a rate of 1 HP per minute. The MP and HP goes towards healing the Hydra.

Name: Akia Nex

Age: 16 Years

Level: 65

Class: Hero of NEX (lvl 20 MAX)

Titles: The Savior of Azbarak

Rank: A

HP: 5

MP: 300

Strength: 800

Endurance: 770

Vitality: 700

Intelligence: 1000

Agility: 600

High magical affinity for: Void-related Magics..

Skills:

Mind Perception (lvl 20 MAX) -- Can inspect the thoughts of any person that is standing within a 10 meter radius. Uses no MP.

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). Uses no MP.

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 15 MAX)[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. Once dead, you can choose to become a lich, or preserve your abilities in the case that you are revived.

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Seems like I can extract some better info...not only that, it seems like Akia's level raised from decapitating some of these hydra heads...Akia will die in 5 minutes... I need to wrap this up quickly.

I knew that the heads are healing very slowly, since Akia doesn't have as much MP or HP as this monster - so she doesn't have much to give. Taking this into account, I should be able to finish this quickly once I get the flame magic from the red hydra.

Suddenly, red flames were blown towards me. I let it hit me, and my skin started boiling. I gritted my teeth, and waited for the pain to end.

Blue blood poured out of my burnt skin, all around my body.

Once the pain from the flames was gone, I let out my hands, and sent flames towards the decapitated heads. The heads melted, and didn't start regenerating again.

Thanks to being a half-demon, my physical state would recover quickly, so I didn't pay much heed to the pool of blood around my feet.

"HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! YOU THINK YOU CAN KILL ME NOW D*MN HYDRAS?"

I yelled, and I expected to get the hydra heads angry.

The green hydra head stopped time, and I wasn't able to move once again. Again, I expected this as well. All the green hydra can do is stop time for about 7 seconds in the scope of about a 1 meter radius, but that is enough time for the red hydra to burn me once again.

As expected, the red hydra sent its flames at me. I materialized the flames outside the scope of the time-stopping ability, and sent them towards the flames sent at me.

The two flames mixed, and both sides were unaffected by the fire. I was able to move again, so this time, I sent each of my katanas on both sides of the neck of the green hydra.

The blades pierced, and I pulled as hard as I could once again.

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Willpower: +50

- Strength: +5

Luck: -100

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Well, f*ck. That ability is only useless...this is a product of my luck I guess.

I continued pulling, and the green head was pulled off of its body. The head came flying towards me, so I jumped back, and flew out of the way. I melted the newly decapitated section of the hydra, and smiled at the only head left.

The Hydra roared, and at that moment, I swung my two katanas in the left direction on the chain, and sent flames running down the blades.

The blades were lodged in the red hydra, and I saw that the neck area was slowly melting. I strengthened the flames on my weapon, and the last head finally dropped into the lake.

I sighed, exhausted, but I immediately called for Evie, who was hiding in the bushes. We crouched down, and inspected Akia's body.

I called for her status.

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Akia Nex - DEAD

Blood Stain

HP: 0

MP: 0

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I screamed in my head. I've failed once again.

WAIT...I can still take her soul with me. I'll get her a new body...hehe..what am I worried for?

I....Ive never eaten a soul before... I just do what feels right.. I think I'll get it.

I sat down, closed my eyes, and placed my hand on her chest.

A blue light started glowing from her chest, and flew above her body, now at eye-height for me.

I reached out to grab it, and felt the warmth of the soul around my hand.

I pulled it closed to my mouth, and ate it. The sensation was enjoyable. I felt the warmth once again, except this time all around my body.

After the feeling was gone, I thought of Akia's face, and she appeared before me in spirit form. Her body was a dim blue, and she looked perfectly healthy.

She was surprised for a second, since she looked at her semi-transparent arms, and asked, "Am I dead?"

I nodded, and she looked depressed for a moment..

"Akia, it's alright. I'll get you a new body, don't worry. I don't know if you can get your abilities back, but you can work towards getting new ones.."

Akia looked at me, and responded to my words, "Thanks Roran! I'll do my besht! Ow..."

She bit her tongue...

Suddenly, a screen appeared before me again..

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Your first Soul Acquired.

Name: Akia Nex

lvl: 65

Abilities: Saved. Choose which one to attain:

Mind Perception (lvl 20 MAX) -- Can inspect the thoughts of any person that is standing within a 10 meter radius. Uses no MP.

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). Uses no MP.

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 15 MAX)[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. Once dead, you can choose to become a lich, or preserve your abilities in the case that you are revived.

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Ok.. let's choose one... I'll make sure this mistake doesn't happen again.

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Author: I haven't forgotten about Evie!

Akia(dead) inventory:

- 3rd-Grade armor[leg-piece, arm-piece, body, gloves, boots]: Used by A-ranked adventurers. Nothing too brilliant, but is very reliable. Standard equipment. Mainly made of leather, and bolts as fasteners.

- Warrior's Vengence [RARE]: Great sword. Weighs 8 pounds, needs to be used with two hands, about 4.5 feet long. Returns to user's hand in the case that it is broken, or lost, when it is called for.

- Money: 1 gold piece. 1 platinum piece (worth 100 gold).

Evie inventory:

- Worn robes: simple fit. Made of cloth, comes down to make a skirt.

- Slave Collar: Makes sure the slave doesn't attack the master.

- Basic lvl 1 Spear: basic standard spear used by military cavalry.

- Simple boots.

This should be it. With some more cash on hand, inventory should change. Should I keep updating it every chapter? Please comment on your opinion.

As for the poll, if you want to see an interesting comedy, then do vote! I plan for it to be a light-hearted read, just for fun, and to better one's mood, I guess.

Well, Thanks for reading, and your support! See you next time!

Next Chapter: Trust. - Chapter 8