[A/N: Social Experiment Time!]
Void, the beginning and the end of the omniverse
MC
I died
"Interesting start I know, but it wasn't like I didn't see it coming. Being at the top and screwing people over for money, classic evil thing. Screw people's wives and daughters as they watched me. They couldn't do anything, as they wanted money, didn't pay it in time, and now had to pay the price. HAHAHA, puns are funny. Seriously though, his daughter had THE tightest ass ever… too much?" I was quickly pulled out of my thoughts as a load sound, which I haven't heard in a very long time, echoed throughout the place.
*Ping*
[You have been chosen to Beta test this version of the "Gamer System"]
"What the hell! Am I in some purgatory bullshit? Is Satan himself, going to shove a pole up my ass, as I watch money be frivolously spend on some useless junk? Hey GOD, I want a fucking refund now!" I shouted into the void which consumed everything around me.
[Jesus Christ, can you shut the fuck up!]
[I'm here to inform you that you got a system.]
[But the way you lived your life…]
[It changes things.]
*Ping*
[System Changed]
[Rat King's Gamer System]
[Perks have been received]
[Gamer's Mind] (Passive)
Makes you think more clearly.
The user is immune to any psychological status effects.
[Gamer's Body] (Passive)
Grants a body that allows the user to live real life like a game.
You die when your HP hits 0
You don't lose any limbs unless the effect is nulled by high-level gives conceptual being
[Skill gained]
[Observe] (Active)
Allows you to see the information of a target
[You calm now?]
[Good. Now give me a moment to put up the provided popup]
[Beginners Guide to the 'Rat King's Gamer System]
System is gained via first gaining the standard 'Gamer System', while also being incredibly greedy in your first life.
The system revolves around money. You need it to level up, roll the gacha, etc.
System user can sell items for money.
User can, from the beginning, gain items from enemies without the need for the milestone perk [Lucky Find]
User's race has been preselected to [Rat]
User will also be given Flaw [Primal Sin of Greed]
"I feel…Ok fine, fine. Just get on with it already."
[Your no fun, the void and chaos duo were right about you.]
"Void? Chaos? What the-" I was cut off when it continued on the preprogrammed track.
[Rat]
Little creatures that are similar to cockroaches, in that they also spread diseases and are a general nuisance to society. With all their crawling and chewing of electrical wires.
Comes with the following skills.
[Electricity Immunity] (Passive)
Through the determination of your species, they have finally obtained an immunity to electricity. After many deaths by electrical wires, they have evolved into getting this special ability.
Electricity can no longer harm you.
[The Plague] (Active)
Spread a fast-acting disease that will target anything. Humans, Gods, Demons, and Aliens, nothing is safe from this.
Plague Effect: Will spread a fog-like gas that covers a 5-meter radius. User can control where it goes. Plague itself will cause decay damage, and eat through a person's body,
Damage- (MAG + INT) X (level/5)
Cost- 100 MP per person
[Lesser Repulsive Fear] (Passive)
Most find you a nuisance, but some avoid you because of your ability to carry disease.
Upon seeing you for the first time, most humanoid beings will avoid you
[Aura of fear] (Active/Passive)
Makes all beings fear you.
Can turn on or off
[Special Title Gained]
[Rat King]
Money Gained is increased by 50%
Authority to rule over any rat that you see
Can be evolved into [Rat God] after 1 hard world/ 2 easy worlds.
[Flaw Received]
[Primal Sin of Greed]
Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine…. MINE!
All shall be yours dear user. All shall be yours
[Please Select a Class]
[Fighter] [Mage] [Rouge]
Going over the mountain of information I was just dumped with, I took about 5 minutes to sort everything out. First, I'm a rat. Second, I'm a rat king, neat. Third, I just got a fuckin gamer system, one of the best systems out there, a system capable of making gods from mortals! And it made gaining power satisfying unlike those weird cultivator systems. But looking at my current options… I decided to pick… [Fighter]. Fucking up people up close and taking it was always fun.
It was then another menu popped up
[Melee Weapons Expert] [Martial Artist] [Berserker] [Monk]
Looking at his options… I picked [Weapons Expert] yet another menu popped up
[Select a Weapon]
[Sword] [Polearms] [Axes] [Whips] [Custom weapon] [Scythe] [Multi]
Going over the options, I pick [Polearms]. Honestly, swords are overrated, axes are ok, whips are hard to use, a custom weapon would be nice … but it's too hard, scythes are even harder than whips, and multi sounds too convoluted and it would take too much time maintaining each weapon.
[Choose a Starter Weapon]
[Staff] [Spear] [Halberd]
I was honestly tired of the amount of popup appearing in front of me. But with a sigh I picked [Halberd] They were like spears but you could slice easier.
[Class Gained]
[Polearm Expert]- LVL-1/100 [0%]
[Gains 6 STR, 4 DEX every level]
[Skills Gained]
[Polearm Mastery]
Gives 10% Damage Bonus using polearms
[Overhead slam] (Active)
Moving polearm over your head, you use your strength to bash your enemies heads in.
Damage- STR + (DEX/1.5) X 2
Cost – 100 SP
[You have Gain an item]
As soon as I see this, I felt a small pain course through my head. It wasn't as bad as earlier, probably because of 'Gamer's Mind'.
[You can get more skills as you level up]
[You can also get more advanced classes if you max out your current class]
[Pick a name]
"Kayneth" I responded; I always wanted a name that I decided on my own.
[Huh, I honestly thought you were going for some weird anime name]
[Good for you,]
[Generating Status Page….]
[Done!]
[Now to look at your status just say Status]
"Status"
[Kayneth
Rat King
Level-1
Class- [Polearm Expert] - LVL-1/100
Money- 0G
Race- Rat
Rank- Mortal
Alignment- Neutral Evil
HP- 50 [5 per min]
MP- [Locked]
SP- 50 [5 per 30sec]
STR-6
END-5
DEX-8
INT-10
WIS-10
CHA-10
LUK-50
MAG – [Locked]
MP Regen= MAG X 2
MP = MAG X 10
HP/SP Regen= END X 2
HP/SP= END X 10]
[You can take Random Flaws for Bonuses as you would call them hacks pls nerf.]
[Flaw Gained]
[Stressed Out]
Things that usually cause user to go into bursts of rants, will be boosted.
[Indifferent World]
A detriment and a bonus, the world does not care. People will not feel any sympathy for you, people downright ignore you unless you go up close to them. To everyone else, you are just another NPC in a world full of protagonists.
Rep/Aff/Obe Gain is harder when trying to sympathize or gain sympathy with people.
[Bonuses Gained]
[Fast Learner] (Passive)
Money Requirement is halved
[Wielder of Fold] (Active)
The power to fold anything
… Why am I not surprised? A world that won't notice me, a contrast to the whole world knowing who I am, my endeavors, my wrongs, but they couldn't do anything, they just owed way too much.
[It is Time for you to pick a world. You can go to other worlds later]
"Ya fine, let's just get on with it" I said with a tired sigh, this was going to be a pain.
[Payday]
Welcome to the payday gang, a group of people who rob the biggest bank… and murder thousands in the process. Ofcourse this isn't part of the lore, but we all know how many you've killed. You will gain [Payday] class upon entry into world.
If chosen, you have to complete White House Heist True Ending.
[Souls Games]
A dying world. A place where everything is deteriorating. God, Dragons, Demons, all crumble to dust. The only beacon of hope is for humanity to pass on the flame, and enter a new age of darkness. Just hoping the next age will be better than the flickering age of flame. You will gain the [Game Physics] {FromSoftware} perk upon entry into world.
If chosen, you have to kill the final boss of the selected game.
…
Both of these games have a money gimmick, one has a standard progression system, where you have exp and then you have money. While the other intertwines both money and exp. One might be easier, but the other would probably be better for the long run, the chance to kill gods and claim their power. And so, I chose [Souls Games]
It wasn't that, it would give me power or anything like that. It was just, you see while playing through dark souls (even if he didn't have that much time to go through the lore) the people he failed to save, hurt him a bit. The fact that Anri's 'good' ending involved her going fully hollow, was fucking bullshit. He wanted to at least salvage the world for what it had left and let history run its course.
So, hovering over it, I pressed the option.
[Are you sure you want to select world Souls Games]
[Yes] [No]
Once again pressing [Yes], he was presented with a CYOA sheet. These were going to be his choices going into the new world.
[Credits: 100]
[The currency credits are used for Dimensional Travel.]
[You will be given 100 credits each time you go to another world.]
Drop:
[Basic Drop]- 0 Credits
You just drop in with no identification, money, just a random soul.
[Royalty] -25 Credits
Drop into the world with money, a high background, and a ring upon entry into world. 10 credit discount to [Cinders of the Flame] race
Race:
[Undead]- 0 Credits
You died, and are now reborn.
[Cinders of the Flame]-75 Credits
A race of powerful humans that got their power from the first flame. These people were known as 'Gods'… Can't really call them that as they only have the flame powering them up, and not something like faith. Choosing this will give you a humanoid form, and a choice between lightning or dark magic.
[Demon] -65 Credits
Born from the bed of chaos, they are a dying race. After the destruction of the bed, they can no longer reproduce and are on the decline. Choosing this will give you a human animal hybrid form, and [Fire Magic].
[Dragon] – 75 Credits
These were beings that ruled over the world before the age of fire. But as the events of the story play out, most of them were hunted and the rest went into hiding. Choosing this will give you a dragon form, a passive 50% damage resist, and [Dragon Fire Magic].
Skill and Items:
[Weapon Master]- 25 Credits
You can use any weapon (that you can hold) effectively.
Gives [Weapon Mastery] (Passive) {Master}
[Great Mage's Disciple]- 20 Credits
Being taught by a great mage, you can cast spells faster, learn more spells, and have more 'Focus Points'.
Gives +40 DEX when casting
Gives 2.5X Multiplier to Mana
[Moonlight Great Sword]- 30 Credits
A Sword that fires a beam of light at enemies. Great for mage-type builds as it scales with the more MAG you have.
Going over the set of choices, I picked [Royalty] and [Cinders of the Flame], picking 'dark' as my main magic.
[Kayneth you have Chosen {Royalty} {Cinders of the Flame} (Dark)]
[Are you sure you want to continue?]
[Yes] [No]
"Yes"
[When do you want to be dropped]
"The third game. Can we just get this started?"
[Very well]
[Transporting into world in 5.. 4 .. 3.. 2...1]
[Good Luck Have Fun]
Dark Souls World
Crawling out of the ground, Kayneth took a breath of the air. 'Slightly burnt, hint of rotting, and a whole lot of dead.' He noted looking around him. A weird looking graveyard, most of the graves were open. 'Grave robbery? Or maybe something else? But before that, 'Status'
[Kayneth
Rat King
Level-1
Class- [Polearm Expert] - LVL-1/100
Money- 0G
Race- Rat/CotF
Rank- Mortal
Alignment- Neutral Evil
HP- 90 [30 per min]
MP-375 [125 per 30 sec]
SP- 90 [30 per 30sec]
STR-6
END-5
DEX-8
INT-10
WIS-10
CHA-10
LUK-50
MAG – 25
MP Regen= MAG X 5
MP = MAG X 15
HP/SP Regen= END X 5
HP/SP= END X 15]
'It would seem possible that, I was… or this guy was stripped of his power and killed. I hijacked his body, and now I'm on a journey to do something with the flame.'
Looking at his 'Inventory' the guy grabbed his halberd
[Halberd]
A type of polearm that has a point like a spear and a blade like an axe.
Damage- STR + DEX X 1.3
And it was like that, he marched on to begin his new adventure, to do a thing with the flame and save some people in this dying world.
…
Interesting start