[*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 seize to existing.]Rin knew nothing about the voice inside his head, but he was 100% sure that it could wipe him out of existence. This was an instinctive feeling he had."W-why are you doing this!?" Rin asked as he didn't understand the events that were happening clearly.[Huh!?... Am just upholding my end of the deal, after all, a deal is a deal ain't it?] a cold response was given by the voice."But why!? I didn't even agree to this deal in the first place, and I still don't know who In the hell are you!!"As the voice heard Rin's complaining, it went silent for a few seconds before replying in an idiotic manner. [Oops my bad. It seems that I've forgotten to give you your memories back (- _ -)]Rin's face soon showed confusion as he did not understand what the voice had been referring to. "What memories?[Hmmm. Sloth is the one who should be explaining this, but knowing how he is he'd just call it to drag and go to sleep. What about Greed then? No that won't do. (Sigh) I hope envy is available] The voice mumbled to itself as if it was in deep thought.And as Rin listened in on its mumbling, He became curious as to who the names mentioned by the voice were. The names that the voice had mentioned were Sloth, Greed, and Envy.The names mentioned by the voice were all weird, even the mumbling the voice had was weird. "Umm excuse me. So about my memories?" Rin interrupted.[Ohh Sorry I forgot about that. So our other siblings are currently busy at the moment and won't be able to help with getting your memories back. That's why I've decided to take it upon myself to return them for you, The only catch is that it's going to be painful, okay?]As Rin listened to the voice's words, He felt extremely uncomfortable the moment the word 'painful' was mentioned. He didn't know why, but he was sure that he shouldn't let this specific voice return his memories."Wait.. on second thought I..." and just as he was about to speak, Immense pain arose from his head. Rin immediately fell to the ground with his hands holding his head tightly.lThe pain Rin felt was uncontrollable as it felt like his head was cracking open. The pain he was feeling was immeasurable compared to the hundreds of deaths he had previously experienced.[Hehe.. oops. It looks like I've failed to control my strength... again.] the voice said."What do you mean again!?" Rin thought as he wanted to ask this, but his mouth wasn't able to say anything as it was only a cable of screaming.As Rin was busy rolling around on the ground, The voice answered his thoughts [Well... I have a tendency to use too much strength every time I try limiting it.]"Huh...wait what!? You can read my mind?"[Of course, I can. Didn't I tell you that before?]Rin who was already in pain started to be swallowed by anger towards his stupid older brother. " No, you didn't you moron!"[That's rude of you. You can't call your brother a moron got that!] the voice said in a scolding tone. [ Anyways it looks like the memory process is about to begin.]"Huh? what do you mean the mem..." just As Rin was about to finish his sentence, many images began to emerge from his mind.Each image Rin saw in his head had carried with it its own set of emotions. Some were of joy while some were filled with sorrow and hate. And because of this, Rin's emotions would constantly change with every passing second.Soon Rin started to lose consciousness as he passed out in the grasslands.[Hmm.. looks like he passed out again... That's too bad. Well I hope our siblings don't decide on hard punishment for him.]The voice mumbled to itself as Rin quietly slept under The ancient tree, and as the voice was mumbling to itself, the system showed up above Ruthven.< [Notice] The host's mind seems to be unstable, preparing countermeasures for the situation.>Just as the system was making its preparations for the countermeasure, It heard a voice.[ I don't think that's necessary] this was the voice Rin had been hearing all this time.< ..... The system demands to know who you are.>[Haha you don't need to worry, am just his older brother.]< If you're his brother, then do you mind explaining the current situation to me?>[ I would love to, but I think it's way better if you just silently observed for now.]<.... The system is still unable to understand your intentions.>[Like I said don't worry, We won't harm him, so just observe for now.]The system went silent towards the voice's words as it was analyzing whether to believe the voice or not.<... Affirmative, The system shall start observing the host as of this moment.>-----[Hours later]<[Notice] 10 minutes left before the Tutorial Quest begins> Rin was my was woken up by those words.Slowly waking up under the ancient tree, Rin had a huge headache and it would only get worse as he heard the voice. [Ohh you're awake. I hope you had a nice nap?]As soon as Rin heard the voice inside his head, he put on an angry expression."Wrath! Did you have to use so much power?" Rin said.[Ohh would you look at that, you got your memories back. Also, how dare you call me by my name am still your order brother got that!]Wrath seemed to be the voice's true name, and Rin calling the voice by his name was a sign that he had gotten his memories back."Yah yah I know, so where are the others"[ They are currently deciding on what's to be done with you. Since you didn't have your memories back when you were doing the tutorial Quest, it has been deemed that the previous deal was an unfair one.]Wrath properly explained the situation to Rin, but the truth was, Rin was happier that the previous deal was deemed invalid because this meant that his existence would continue.<[Notice] 5 minutes left before {Tutorial Quest} begins>[Ohh would you look at that, our time has been cut short once again, but there's no need to worry we'll properly catch up when I return.] Wrath said so with enthusiasm.But what he had said was confusing to Rin." What do you mean by 'when you return? "[Haha it's high time I played Ruthven now, I hope you don't mind leaving the body to me now.]"Huh. Your taking control of the body? why all of a sudden?"[ Like I said I'll explain everything to you when I return, so don't worry too much, okay]<[Notice] 1 Minute left before {Tutorial Quest} begins>[Time to go now.] Wrath said as Rin/ Ruthven was engulfed by a dark type of energy that kept getting darker with every passing second.Moments later Ruthven emerged from the darkness with a different type of air around him as if he had a personality change.<[Notice] 30 seconds left before {Tutorial Quest} begins>[Ohh such little time is left, What to do, what to do?] Ruthven said as he began to do some stretching.As He stretched his entire Body, Excitement could be seen on his face as the countdown from 10 began.<5><4><3><2><1>{Tutorial Quest} has begun>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
The teleportation had already begun, and soon a man wearing a red suit with a white long jacket that reached all the way to his knees appeared. A black sheath could be seen on his hips holding a katana with a red tilt.His head shifted to left and from left to right as Trees could be seen covering every inch of his sight."What a familiar scenery." Ruthven thought as he remembered his first experience on a quest. After getting used to the scenery around him, Ruthven put his hands in his pockets as he began to walk forward. He didn't know where he was going, but he knew that something was waiting for him ahead.As Ruthven continued down his path, he noticed a ray of sunlight that had been growing on his coat, this was how he knew that he was almost out. Soon Ruthven left the forest, and there he was greeted by a giant system panel that could be measured above 50 meters... " *Sigh* looks like this is gonna be Troublesome," he said in a worried tone. Though Ruthven hadn't done many que
Ruthven was now following the path he had found himself in, and a long journey it was. Structures that resembled buildings surrounded by high walls could be seen from far away, this was what had motivated Ruthven to move forward.Just before Ruthven was halfway from his destination, the system popped up...------"Huh ....what do you mean?" Ruthven asked as he was worried of how he would be keeping tabs on the progress of his quest.--The system answered his thoughts.Soon Ruthven fell into deep thought with his hand around his chin..." Okay... So how long will the update take?" Ruthven wasn't angry nor happy that the system would be gone, but he still had to know how long it was gonna be absent.------With the system's words, Ruthven Noticed that the quest that he had been giv