[Location: Grasslands]
<{Tutorial Quest} Shall begin again in 24 hours> Those were the last words Ruthven heard as he passed out in the grasslands, and hours later, He would wake up to a ringing sound in his head."Argh.. my head hurts." He said aloud as he stood up under the ancient tree.[Of course, your head hurts, You just experienced over 50 deaths.] A cold yet carefree voice responded to Ruthven's cries inside his head. "Wh... who's that," Ruthven asked. [ Huh!? Have you forgotten me already?] The voice responded.Ruthven after slowly digesting the words of the voice inside his head, he then began to remember the events that had unfolded back in the dark forest.With his sudden realization and although reluctant to, Ruthven asked terrified of the response he would get." Are you the one who was planning on killing those villagers?"As the voice heard Ruthven's question, a cold silence was soon delivered upon the grasslands. The silence didn't last long as the voice responded with enthusiasm in its tone.[Ohh. You catch on quickly. I thought it would take you a while to notice, but you noticed it almost instantly, am very proud of you.]Ruthven put on a disgusted look on his face as the voice's words rang clear in his mind. With anger and hate, Ruthven continued to ask, " Who in the hell are you? and what are you doing in my head?"An evil laugh soon echoed in Ruthven's mind as The voice sounded it in pleasure.[ Now now Ruthven or should I call you Rin, Who said that this was your head, to begin with?]Rin. This is what the voice had called Ruthven, Though not completely familiar with the name, Ruthven felt a strange attachment to the name, It was as if it was his origin.The familiarity Ruthven got when he was called Rin had thrown him into a whirlwind of confusion and panic. "W-who Are you, Also why do you call me Rin?" He asked, and the response he got was a heart-shaking one. [Because of your stupid actions We died 54 times in the tutorial. Do you what this means?] The voice asked.Ruthven or Rin as he was called, suddenly remembered the deaths he had just gone through. While he didn't want to, he tried to respond to the voice's question."W-what does..." Before Rin could finish his question, The voice quickly interrupted wondering why you're called a failure, You don't belong in this body!!]" F- failure" That word had almost brought the downfall of Rin as He screamed at the feelings from the past. They weren't words he was completely familiar with, but they still caused him great pain.[Haha. Do you see that? You haven't changed a bit.] The voice said in a scornful tone. [ But You know what? am feeling generous today, after all, I am your older brother. So you'll be getting a second chance to redeem yourself]Hate, anger, and familiarity were the emotions Rin felt as he tightly gripped his chest asking "What do you mean?"His question wasn't only directed at the second chance he was to be given, it was also directed at the words of the voice being his older brother.----At a distance, The system was closely observing the actions of the voice and Rin as it had just confirmed the abilities of the special trait: True Nature.< Fascinating, The special trait: True Nature seems to be in effect.>/////< Records of the host's action shall be taken as of this moment. >The system continued to closely observe the conversation between the voice and Rin as it took many notes of the situation. Soon time was almost up, and the system was soon to begin the transfer.----As The Voice and Rin were still conversing, a system panel popped up before their eyes, and in it was written < [Notice] 5 minutes left before the Tutorial Quest begins.>As the system panel popped up in their face, The voice and Rin had to cut their conversation short.[Well would you look at that Rin! It seems the second chance we've been talking about has arrived.]"Wait what!?"[ Why the surprised reaction? Since you can't stand violence and think that there's another way out of this. Well I say give it a shot, and of course, if you fail your existence shall be terminated.]" Wait. I didn't agree to this, what your doing isn't fair."[Huh. Fair!? since when has our relationship ever been fair?]"But you can't just..." as Rin was just about to speak, the system interrupted once more with < 30 seconds left before the Tutorial Quest begins.>[Our time has been cut short, so I hope the next time we meet will be at your victory. Anyways chat to you later... Ruthven] at the end as the voice called Rin by Ruthven, it was like a sign of approval to use the name.The system noticing this had halted at its countdown from ten, but that didn't last long as it soon continued again.<3-2-1 *Ding* Commencing Transfer.> and with that, Ruthven was engulfed in holy light.----[Location: The First Village]"Huh, what's this?" Ruthven asked as his head was filled with curiosity.He tried to touch the system panel that had shown up before him, but as soon as his hand reached it, the experience of 54 deaths came flooding back.Screaming was soon heard throughout the entire village as Ruthven held his head in pain and fell to the ground " Make it stop!! Make it stop!!" These were the only words that he was capable of saying. His mind was being attacked by the pain of the 54 deaths he had experienced, and each death was slowly eating away at his mental state to the point where he would soon pass out.-------Sometime later Ruthven came through to find out that he was in an odd position.His arms were spread out and his legs were crossed together, He had been tied up on a wooden cross.With a crooked voice tired from all the screaming, Ruthven asked. "What's.... going .....on?" A while later when Ruthven had almost calmed down, He slowly began to analyze the sit
[*Sigh* You've disappointed me once again, Rin!] The familiar cold yet carefree voice spoke inside of Ruthven/Rin's head, and hearing the disappointment in its words, Rin remembered their conversation from earlier.Rin was now remembering the deal that was made earlier, even if it was an unfair one it was still a deal. The deal was if Rin were to fail once more in the tutorial Quest, he would seize to exist."O-older brother" Rin unintentionally blurted out while backing away from something he couldn't see as a sign of fear.[You know out of all of our siblings, I was the only one who had faith in you, But now you've gone and lost that faith!]Rin started to feel fear, and as fear coursed through his body, minor changes began to happen to the peaceful grasslands.The once clear sky started to have dark red cracks all over it, and the grass that was peacefully laying down was now on edge like sharp razor blades.[*Sigh* Looks like our reunion will have to be cut short as your soon to se
Ruthven's eyes opened as he was standing at a familiar location, The forest path that lead to the village. "Looks like it's about to begin," he said as he then took three deep breaths before following the path.After a while of walking, and as the light began to pierce through the forest, Ruthven stopped on his journey."This is far enough," he said as he began stretching his body before looking for resources that he would use to create weapons.Hours later when Ruthven had gathered all he needed from the ground, He climbed up a tree that had a view of the entire village, and while atop that tree he stared at the giant system panel above the village. "Hehe... I guess I should thank you now." Ruthven said before he began creating his weapons. The creation of his weapons took a while, but when the sun set, Ruthven had 3 spears, 5 knives, 10 Arrows, and a bow.All his equipment were made out of bamboo shoots, vines, and stones. With his preparations complete, it was now time for Ruthven
Having finally accomplished the tutorial Quest Ruthven breathed in peace as he would soon fall asleep, floating atop the water in the well.___The wind sang as the ancient tree danced to its tone. The vast grasslands that now had cracks in their skies continued peacefully as Ruthven sleptRuthven was tired, he was busy all night taking lives as ordered by the system.Hours later he woke up and his first line of duty was to stretch. He had already noticed the system panel that had shown itself under the Ancient tree, but he wasn't interested in it as he had something more important to do."*sigh* I enjoyed playing Ruthven, but I guess all good things must come to an end." As Ruthven said those words, An {Astral Soul} in the color of evil red left his body, This was Wrath.Moments later after Wrath Left Ruthven's body, 6 more {Astral Souls} left the body leaving it in possession of Rin. All {Astral Souls} had the appearance of Ruthven with just the difference of their colors.#*Nb: Each
As Rin's head was filled with echoes of the name BloodBath System, Time quickly passed without a word or sound from the system.As the system had stopped showing itself, The 7 {Astral Souls} took this as a chance to move on to their main goal, which was deciding what to do with Rin.{Now Rin, are you ready to accept our judgment!?}As Rin heard Pride's words, his mind would create a familiar scene inside his head of the days when they all got along, but this scene meant nothing in the current situation hence why Rin with a resolved look on his face answered with a yes to Pride's question.{Haha looks like you haven't changed at all, little brother.}[See. I told you that he was still stubborn.] said Wrath who had a carefree look on his face.Rin was trying his best to forget about the old days, but with how his brothers acted a gentle smile formed on his face even in his current situation._ Yah.. yah we know he's your favorite, so could we get this over with?_ said greed who had a loo
Just as Wrath had suggested, Everyone was now getting ready for Soul fusion.And at the same time when Wrath and the others were forming a circle around Rin, The system that had been closely observing their actions this entire time, and in its observation, it realized that the first interference wasn't due to the old gods, but instead, it was the work of the 7 souls.The system's sudden realization was a big one because what this entailed was that the 7 souls at full strength have enough power to rival Gods.This had made their future potential as gods unimaginable as their power would only grow the moment their energy returned, but it would be a while before that happened as they still had Soul Fusion in their minds.The 7 Souls that surrounded Rin, now began to hold hands as a magical phenomenon started.Thin threads began to emerge from the 7 souls, each in the color of their {Astral Soul}. The threads that had emerged from the 7 Souls then began to move towards Rin who was in the m
--- ------ ---"Let's begin the massacre!" Ruthven shouted High enough that his screams were mistaken as roars. A massive amount of killing intent was soon released causing those that had led the attack of the two armies to faint. The disturbed march of the armies gave Ruthven an opportunity, He then dashed to his first victim with one of his hands positioned in the form of a sword. He then proceeded to Stab his hands into his first victim, Blood splattered everywhere as Ruthven got his first kill on the battlefield.He took no time to rest as he soon took the club that was held by the dead warrior in his right hand. One powerful swing was enough to create space between him and the enemies, But this wasn't enough to stop the march.With the enemies that kept on approaching, Ruthven held his club in a sword-like position before closing his eyes and taking slow deep breaths. Upon Opening his eyes, a cold aura was released onto the battlefield as his long hair made him look like a
Ruthven could understand the other stats that were extremely high, but he still didn't understand one thing, and that was his age. Not even a year had passed Since he was in the war, but his age had already increased by 85 years. "Man, am I that old?" Ruthven/Rin was an {Astral Soul} so it was understandable if his soul was over a thousand years old, but what got Rin worried was that his body, Ruthven, was the one who was now over a thousand years old.Ruthven/Rin moved about the now chaotic safe zone in deep thought, and that's when he finally came to realize that his clothes and hair were all messed up." How long do I have to wait till I can wash my hair?" Ruthven pouted as he asked that question.-----What the system had said was important as it would involve the mission, but Ruthven didn't pay attention to it as he only Heard th