running back but also not running back Cain is far lagging behind.. and there's a good reason for it.
you see, in order to draw the reincarnators in he has to trick them into thinking he's weak, but he also has to participate to make them aware of him.. which is exactly why he brought a certain item with him
'i knew it was gonna come in handy'
while the rest of his class is fighting, he himself is propped on the ground hidden, his sniper poised on an enemy students skull
'steady.'
'locked on...'
3...
2...
1...
'now.'
-LUCIAN POV-
dodging the incoming dagger of blood sent from ambrosia, he dashes foreword, attempting to close the distance, before a berserk Leona dashes at him, intercepting his path.
[incoming dagger from the right.]
'thanks Alexa'
alongside being able to wield the holy sword, he was also given a system, made directly from a piece of the goddesses authority. while sounding the least powerful of them, it has the most potential.
the goddess gives him quests, thes quests can be artifacts, information, skills, and he can even level up. in reality there isn't a specific limit to his power.
using his stopwatch skill, given to him as a starter gift by the system, and perhaps the most powerful of his skills, time seems to slow down, every move slowed to the point he may aswell have been a speedster.
[stopwatch]
rank: ss
type: active skill
ability: slow time down drastically for 1 second.
dodging the attack in lightning speed, and giving Leona a nasty cut to the stomach, he prepares to strike her head aswell, eliminating her
-BANG!-
not before a sharp bang passes, not a single person moving.. and when he looks to the side, he can see that sylvia's shoulder is bleeding.. from a bullet..?
'there's... another one of us..?'
[quest!]
quest: kill Cain, fragment of ????
time limit: non
reward: ???
failure penalty: death.
'w-what..?'
deciding its better to take care of this later, they take sylvia and run off. despite the fact they could stay and probably eliminate at least some of them, sylvia being eliminated is too big a risk.
-CAIN POV-
'their probably gonna give sylvia time to heal, and then find me'
but why... why was it when he had looked at the hero.. or even the saintess, why did his chest constrict. so much so he had nearly redirected his sniper at Lucian.
{are you okay dear..?}
'yeah.. why..?'
{because your crying..}
'am i..?'
reaching his hand to his cheek, he can indeed feel tears.. but why does he.. with all the pain, feel somehow.. relieved?
'I'm fine.. yeah.. I'm fine..'
feeling like this isn't something the current him can understand, he simply comes down, to be greeted by the shocked faces of everyone
"what.. the hell was that bro! that was sick! howd you do it?"
the first to ask had been caster, his eyes sparkling
"its called a sniper.. its like, a slower but more powerful long ranged bow. but it reloads incredibly slow and super hard to hit a moving target with, so it took me a while to get a good shot."
"ah.. so like a gun?"
"you could say its a more advanced gun yes."
while guns like a sniper hadn't fully been invented yet, ones like flintlocks and revolvers are already here. so it isn't an insane invention but no less impressive.
after treating a few injuries, especially the one Leona had sustained, they let Ambrosia treat her, since she seems the most capable of them.
-LEON POV-
"what's written?"
in the bullet, they had found a note, in it saying a quote sylvia has yet to reveal
"come find me on the last day.. fuckers.. written in English."
"was a name.. written, sylvia?"
it was Lucian who had wondered
"it says Cain.."
"so i was right!"
after a few looks, Leon explains during his time registering to the academy, he had came across a man with the name Cain, wearing headphones
"maybe his ability is to use earths technology?"
after a few more speculations.. Lucian speaks up, his words shaking everyone to the core
"i don't think so, my system.. it wants me to.. kill him, it didn't give me any more details aside from referring to him as the fragment of something, it was crossed out.. like its forbidden"
"and the penalty.. if i don't manage to kill him.. the penalty is death.."
with everybody silent for a few minutes.. no one can seem to come up with anything
"i guess.. i guess we just need to find him on the last day right..? what else can we do?"
due to this revelation.. the most of them simply go to sleep, sylvia going to the saintess to be treated
'just what.. what are you hiding.. Cain'
-CAIN POV-(sorry for all the pov switches il dial it down)
deciding its a good time, he takes out as much meat as he has left in his storage earring, making a feast for everybody
"this is delicious! where did you learn to cook like this?!"
instead of answering.. he takes out another thing from his earring, this time pulling Olivia along to the side
"i got some beer.."
holding out his finger to his lips to shush her, the go to the waterfall by themselves, chugging bear after bear
"ye'r a good friend mate! hahahaha!"
'someone's a lightweight..'
turns out, an alcoholic elven princess cant handle a beer.. who would've thought
"ya know! this whole test sucks! i already spent half my life in a forest and now im sent straight back into one..! so unfair right?!"
"mhm.. totally.."
despite how drunk she is, Cain Kinda just gives her more beer
'I'm an alcoholic myself, who am i to say she cant drink anymore'
plus, one of the code's he lives by is every drink that you drink is another drink kids don't drink right? and you don't want kids to drink right?
at some point, her dewy olive skin turns all flushed, her breath hot
'and this is where i shut it down'
he already barely managed to calm down mania after she found out about ariel, this wont do anyone ANY good
'she is hot though.. maybe one day, who knows.'
bringing her to Delilah who shares a tent with her, he gets a questioning look
"you didn't do anything? could've gotten the elven princess on our side."
"i may be manipulative but I'm not a scumbag, il give my first time to you at the very least."
her face flushing slightly, she moves closer. her lips suddenly feeling a little parched
"you know.. I'm suddenly feeling very thirsty.."
"what a coincidence.. so am i.."
after laying Olivia down, they give each other a quick kissing session before leaving, unable to let anyone have an idea of their relationship.
'that girl will be the death of me'
he had never had much of a thing for red hair but she.. for some reason she just attracted him
{the fact i let you do this doesn't mean I'm not jealous you know..}
'sorry.. il dial it down. well get you a body eventually though, don't worry."
{i don't know if to be mad at you or thankful that your willing to get me a new body..}
'the latter.. definitely..'
lets go before she decides she feels like making another place filled with mirror beasts..
a while later in the morning, he finds himself being awoken by a heavy thing moving about on his chest, and lo and behold it is the Mania herself, in her doll form of course
"you can summon yourself..?"
too bothered and outright too tired to deal with this as soon as he wakes up(not a morning person)
he simply picks her up and goes outside.. only for her to instantly be taken by Ambrosia.. with no explanation, or reason, the doll is just with her now
'okay..'
not bothering with that either, he walks up to Delilah, as bad of a morning person as him.. but now, he's going to change. her. life.
giving her a cup of a dark liquid, she looks at it hesitantly, before he explains
"trust me, you need it. take small sips, too large will be too bitter, if its still to bitter add sugar."
about 20 minutes later, she looks at him amazed, like he's a god
"w-what divine potion is this..?"
"ahh its coffee, extra strong."
giving no mind to the people around them(luckily their all asleep and or not near them to see)
she jumps on him, giving him the most passionate kiss she had ever given, tears streaming down her eyes
"i love you.."
'the fuck did i just do..?'
(he forgot his drink has an energy enhancing buff on that coffee.. also an emotion enhancing one, he basically just fueled her with 20 red bulls and a love potion)
luckily she had come to her senses in a few minutes, not before leaving him some definitely bug bites on his neck.
"ahem.. this never happened"
"im sorry? did you say something i was sleep walking.. i cant seem to remember a thing.."
'next time, less coffee drugs and more therapy.'
-CHAPTER END-
harems! single fl! no romance? what to choose..
the answer is you! its mostly on the author, i think its quite obvious i went the harem route, the reason is due to the fact i find it hard to choose the fl, lets take shadow slave for example, we all know alot of us wanted sunny to end up with jet, Effie and whoever else, a harem gives everyone the satisfaction of getting their ship.
but a single fl lets you flesh out the romance more, it basically depends on you. and what you like, don't let your readers opinions change your choice both a harem and a single fl can be good, it just depends on how good the writer is.
also 1690 words peak stuff, and we should be getting 5 k readers with this so thanks!
peace!