[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 situation as he looked left and right, only to see unfamiliar structures everywhere."What is this place, How did I get here?" He inwardly spoke to himself as he tried to recall his memories. That's when the 54 deaths came back to his mind. His efforts at calming down were now useless.While screaming his lungs out, Ruthven tried to get free from his bindings on the wooden cross, and soon villagers began to gather as they heard His screams."*#*#*#*#" They spoke a strange language as they were observing him."Huh, what are you saying!?" Ruthven openly asked as he soon realized that they were all wearing the same clothes as the old lady."Are these people In some kind of cult?" He inwardly spoke to himself as someone who seemed to be their leader came forward.He was an old man who had a bent back and a bold head "*#*#*#*" The old man also spoke strange language as he was informing the Villagers of something."Huh what is this old man saying"Were the thoughts of Ruthven who saw the old man's back?" *#*#*#*#*#" The old man continued in his what seemed speech, and as the conversation between the Villagers and their leader continued, They began to nod their heads in agreement with something.That's when Ruthven faintly realized the situation he was in." You're kidding me right?" Ruthven thought as he realized he was being showcased like a new animal at the zoo."Hey, can't you see am human!? Take me off from here!" Ruthven said aloud as he yelled at the Villagers, but this only made things worse as the expressions of the villagers started to be filled with fear."Huh, what's with those looks," Ruthven asked, but the villagers only backed away in fear of him.The old man began to walk forward as he raised his finger and spoke once more..." %^¥€¢" the old man had said something but Ruthven couldn't understand till a spark of fire came out of the man's finger."Magic" Was the only explanation Ruthven could come up with as he saw this."Hey what are you going to do with that," Ruthven asked the old man, but his words couldn't go through.The old man got closer and closer to Ruthven, and finally, When the old man had reached Him, he bent down as if he was going to light something.That's when Ruthven took notice of the pile of wood that was below him. Ruthven now truly understood the situation he was in.He was going to get burned."No, No! wait stop please stop!" Ruthven begged and begged, but his cries never got through as Fire Started to engulf his entire body.The villagers coldly observed as Ruthven was burned alive, some even had smiles on their faces as he did so.Ruthven screamed till the moment when his last breath escaped from his mouth.---<[Notice] The host has died before the completion of The Tutorial Quest>[*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
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