Chapter 17 - Picking Trouble (Patreon)

[Intimidator has reached Level 20!]

[Effect for Intimidation: Halting]

[Strength depends on Intimidation Level and Intimidator Level.]

'This is a nice bonus~.' Nova narrowed his eyes.

'Anyway, let's pick them.' Nova smiled.

'Hyperthymesia...' Nova pondered on this, but he was slightly scared...

[You have chosen: [Fated Love (❂)]]

'Dammit! I'm such a wimp!' Nova cursed himself, but he was too scared of Hyperthymesia.

'Next up would definitely be-' Nova smiled.

[You have chosen: [Craftsmanship (✦)]]

'There was not even a question about this, since the others are meh.' Nova smiled foolishly.

[You have chosen: [Rebel (✦)]]

'There was no thinking about this. If they allow me to break their Rules, I will have an easier time.' Nova shrugged. ' I also don't want to pick a Womanizer, so there is that too.' He chuckled.

[You have chosen: [Negotiation (✦)]]

'Again. The others are quite meh, so that left me with only this option.' Nova sighed.

'Ah, the next one is quite the pain in the ass.' Nova ruffled his hair. He had to choose between [Resource Management] and [Storage Management]. 'No, if I can play my cards right. Resource Management is like Storage Management, but with extra steps and quirks.' He narrowed his eyes.

[You have chosen: [Resource Management (✦)]]

[You have chosen: [Sword Enlightenment (✦)]]

'Like, why would I pick anything else?' Nova laughed in his mind.

[You have chosen: [Pathfinder (✦)]]

'Again. Why would I take one dubious or one stupid Skill.' Nova shook his head.

'I don't want to pick it! I really don't want to pick it! But the others are so bad too!' Nova was crying.

[You have chosen: [Lust (?)]]

[You have chosen: [Last Squad Standing (✦)]]

'The last one was once again easy, since I don't intend to have such a large army.' Nova shook his head.

Nova brushed his legs. He finished picking his Skill and it was time to crack on why he couldn't progress further.

[Lust (?) is quivering in anger.]

Nova blinked a few times. 'Don't tell me it's one of THOSE Skills...'

[Lust (?) says that she does not approve of your body.]

[Lust (?) says that you are too lazy and that you need to pick up the pace.]

[Lust (?) says that she is displeased at the fact you are still in Tutorial.]

[Lust (?) says that she wants you to leave the Tutorial as soon as possible!]

"No, be quiet." Nova frowned.

"Pardon?" Nina was startled. 'Why is he acting so weird all of a sudden.' She found it very strange.

"Sorry, not you. There is just a certain Skill that worries me..." Nova sighed.

"Okay..." Nina stared at Nova strangely. "As I was saying. I can already leave the Tutorial, but you get a Merchant when you defeat the Final Boss. He sells many things and one of them is additional life." She said seriously. "It costs just 1 Rat Coin, but then you can't buy the other things, like potions and stuff."

Nina continued. "There are also Skills, but they cost 100 Rat Coins each."

"Pause. Rat Coins?" Nova stared at her strangely.

"Yes, that's what you get for clearing the Tutorial." Nina then added. "Moreover, you have to clear all the Stages again and in order, to be able to get more rewards. So we are here to repeat them in order to earn more Coins."

"That is very useful information." Nova nodded. "You can hit the monster from the previous stage. So if you clear the traps and then attract the monsters in the second part, you can get back to the first stage and kill them off. I have tested this only on brainless monsters that follow you, so further testing is needed." Nova exchanged information with her.

[Lust (?) screams that she is livid because you are ignoring her!]

[Lust (?) is Awakening!]

"Ah, fuck..." Nova groaned. That Skill was a mistake!

[First Sin has Awakened inside you! You are on a path to becoming a Demon!]

"What's wrong?" Nina suddenly blushed at Nova.

"Nothing much. Gotta go." Nova spotted that abnormality in Nina and immediately rushed into the >Hard Tutorial.

...

"Fuck!" Nova cursed loudly, since there was no one around.

[Sin of Lust smirks at you.]

"Fucking bitch!" Nova cursed her.

[Sin of Lust thanks you for the compliment.]

"..."

Nova checked his status.

[

Name: Nova

Age: 21(?)/63 (125)

Race: Human

Title: [Suicide Specialist]

Sin: [Sin of Lust - Awakened - Hungry]

...

]

This was not good!

"What am I going to do?!" Nova groaned.

[Sin of Lust says that you should go eat.]

"And I'm guessing we are not talking about food." Nova groaned even more.

[Sin of Lust is surprised.]

[Sin of Lust says that she didn't expect a dumb Human to be so smart.]

[Sin of Lust says that this will make everything easier.]

[Sin of Lust says that she will reward you for each unique or special time you eat something.]

"What are we talking about?" Nova narrowed his eyes.

[Sin of Lust tilts her head.]

[Sin of Lust says that she does not approve of your body.]

[Sin of Lust says that while she does not approve of your body, she did take some liking to it.]

[Sin of Lust]

[Effects: Max. Vitality: +10%]

[

Stats:

Vitality: 122/122 ((100)x(1+.21+0.01)) (Max.110=(100x1.1))

]

"This is... surprisingly nice?" Nova could now heal a lot more, moreover, his modifiers would also give him more Vitality!

[Sin of Lust says that if you please her more, she will give you more.]

Nova pondered upon this. "I have not cleared the Tutorial, since I don't have a proper Main Class."

[Sin of Lust is confused.]

[Sin of Lust checks the ???? Records.]

[Sin of Lust tilts her head.]

[Sin of Lust is confused.]

[Sin of Lust is bewildered.]

[Sin of Lust doesn't believe her own eyes.]

[Sin of Lust says that it's impossible to have so many Skills at this stage!]

'She is kind of cute...' Nova smiled.

[Sin of Lust screams that she is not cute!]

[Sin of Lust demands an explanation!]

"What do I get in return?" Nova was in a good mood since he was not stuck with some kind of old geezer that would harass him.

[Sin of Lust is angry that you dare to tease her!]

"Yep, you are a certified cutie!" Nova laughed happily.

[Sin of Lust almost fainted from anger!]

[Sin of Lust screams that she is not cute!! (╯°益°)╯彡┻━┻ ]

Nova laughed loudly until he cried.

[Sin of Lust demands an explanation!]

Nova chuckled. "As you wish, my Queen." He tried to bow elegantly, but failed miserably.

Nova narrated his short journey and reasoning.

[Sin of Lust (・_・;) ]

...

......

[Sin of Lust (O_O;) ]

[Sin of Lust doesn't know what to say.]

[Sin of Lust says that she didn't know of anyone who would have such a strange Classification.]

[Sin of Lust is shocked that someone would be willing to go that far...]

"I just want to know what I can get for maxing it out before I get proper Class." Nova shrugged like it was nothing, but deep inside; he was very pleased with her reaction.

[Sin of Lust changed her opinion about you.]

[Sin of Lust is guiltily whirling her hair.]

[Sin of Lust coughed awkwardly.]

"What's wrong?" Nova felt that something bad was coming.

[Sin of Lust says that you will still need to eat...]

"Son of a-" He smashed his wooden sword on the ground.

[Wooden Sword Embryo trembled in delight!]

Nova immediately recoiled. "What did you do?!" He asked the Sin of Lust.

[Sin of Lust laughs awkwardly. (⁄⁄>⁄▽⁄<⁄⁄) ]

[Sin of Lust says that thanks to her awakening, you will now hear other beings that are connected to you...]

"YOU WHAT?!" Nova was shocked silly, now he would have to listen to his sword too!?

[Sin of Lust likes your Sword.]

[Sin of Lust gives you a thumbs up for your taste. (*￣ii￣) ](AN: Nosebleed.)

[Wooden Sword Embryo quivers from happiness! ☆:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:☆ ](AN: Sparkling from happiness.)

"AGH! I HATE YOU ALL!" Nova screamed loudly.

...

He went ahead and cleared the first stage of the >Hard Tutorial again.

For some reason, both of them were silent, but Nova didn't dislike it. Thanks to that he was able to focus and he died only 3 times!

He was able to arrive at the next stage quickly, but he still paused.

"You wouldn't happen to know how to bypass theoretical Max Level, right?" Nova suddenly asked.

[Sin of Lust is startled.]

[Sin of Lust is enjoying the journey and doesn't want to interfere.]

"Thanks for nothing." Nova sighed.

[Sin of Lust fidgets.]

[Sin of Lust says that there is a sure-fire way to bypass that, but you would have to find an item.]

"That is all that I need to know." Nova nodded. He didn't need to know more since he would be looting this place. As long as it's located somewhere in here, Pathfinder, in theory, could guide him to his destination!

He felt a gentle nudge towards a certain direction, so we went there.

'Zombies' came swarming at him, but he casually bypassed them, since there was no need to kill them.

He was exploring for a long time before he arrived in front of a certain hallway.

[Sin of Lust is confused.]

[Sin of Lust doesn't understand why you came here.]

"I'm looking for that item!" Nova rolled his eyes.

[Sin of Lust rolls her eyes.]

[Sin of Lust says that if it was so easy to find, the world would be filled with powerful people!]

"And I will soon be one of them." Nova shrugged.

[Sin of Lust rolls her eyes.]

Nova continued forward. There was more moss over here, then vines and soon the whole corridor was filled with roots, vines and other vegetation.

Nova was slightly puzzled, but he did remember something like this in the >Normal Tutorial.

Nova pressed on.

[Sin of Lust tilts her head.]

[Sin of Lust says that this feels familiar.]

Nova paused cutting, but he was already deep inside this place.

"What is it?" Nova asked while cutting another root with his wooden sword.

[Wooden Sword Embryo trembled in delight at such rough treatment!]

Nova's forehead developed yet another case of visible veins. He was quite angry at his 'weapon'.

[Sin of Lust pouts at you.]

[Sin of Lust says that she won't tell you.]

[Sin of Lust grins pervertedly.]

Nova rolls his eyes, she is not useful at all! He wished that he could throw her away, but unfortunately; he couldn't!

Nova kept cutting the branches until there were none left. He finally arrived at the destination with the strange doors.

[Sin of Lust (*￣ii￣) ]

[Sin of Lust says that she wishes you luck! (￢‿￢) ]

"What do you mean by that?" Nova was completely confused. This Sin was so abnormal that he couldn't understand what she was saying!

Nova rolled his eyes and pushed the doors open. There might be a secret boss battle in front of him, but he will-!

...

......

.........

Nova woke up groggily. The only thing he could remember was him opening the doors, but nothing else afterwards.

[Sin of Lust thanks you for the food! (*￣ii￣) ]

[Sin of Lust appreciates your body more. (*￣ii￣) ]

[Sin of Lust]

[Effects: Max. Vitality: +15%]

[Vitality Necklace Embryo trembles in anger!]

[Vitality Necklace Embryo trembles in anger!]

[Vitality Necklace Embryo trembles in anger!]

Nova was confused about what was happening. Since when did he get yet another pervert into his group?

He checked the Vitality necklace and was shocked.

[Vitality Necklace Embryo (Q-21): 136/136 ((5x21)x(1+.3))]

[Rarity: Starting Gear Lv.20/20]

[Traits: [Growth], [Soulbound], [Persisting], [Embryo]]

[Bonus Stats:

Vitality: +41%

Comfort: +41%

Awareness: 21/100]

[Growth: +20% All 'Effects', +20% All Bonus Stats, +20 Quality]

[Soulbound: Nova]

'I got another pervert!' Nova cursed silently, but that was not all!

[Disciple Clothing Embryo trembles in delight at being ripped apart!]

[Disciple Clothing Embryo trembles in anger for not being ripped apart by its owner!]

[Disciple Clothing Embryo (Q-63): 2,012/2,012 (((5+5+5)x63)x(1+.3+.83))]

[Rarity: Starting Gear Lv.20/20]

[Traits: [Growth], [Soulbound], [Persisting], [Embryo], [Slight Mind Increase], [Slight Insight Increase], [Slight Willpower Increase], [Small EXP Increase], [Small Proficiency Increase], [Small Familiarity Increase], [Small SubClass Gain Increase]]

[Bonus Stats:

Durability: +83%

Comfort: +83%

Comfort: +83%

Awareness: 63/100]

[Growth: +20% All 'Effects', +20% All Bonus Stats, +20 Quality]

[Soulbound: Nova]

'Why did this thing have two comfort bonuses?! And when did my clothes get ripped?!' Nova had a painful headache, but all was explained when he looked carefully.

[

Name: Nova

Age: 21(?)/63 (125)

Race: Human

Title: [Suicide Specialist]

Sin: [Sin of Lust - Drained - Overate]

...

Stats:

Vitality: 2/2 ((1)x(1+.41+.01)) (Max.115 = (100x1.15))

...

]

His max Vitality was only 2!

"..." Nova glared at the Sin of Lust.

[Sin of Lust pouts at you. ( ￣^￣) ](AN: Pouting)

[Sin of Lust says that she had nothing to do with that.]

[Sin of Lust says that you should thank her, otherwise you would be food for a plant!]

"...?" Nova looked confused, but did she really help him? She suddenly felt goodwill towards her.

[Sin of Lust asks you to not go there any more, since she would be unable to eat more.]

And all that goodwill evaporated with a single sentence!

However, Nova would not give up so easily! He would achieve that breakthrough in Classes!