Gary Von Geldstadt was Charlotte's elder brother and was one of the top heirs in the Von Geldstadt Family. He was the one responsible for the Auction this time around.
He was also one of Victor’s close friends whom he met by chance at this very Night club. They became friends before knowing each other’s backgrounds as Gary didn’t show his identity and preferred to stay low-key. And Victor was forbidden from revealing his background.
It was later when Gary saved Victor’s life from some gangsters that they learned the truth about each other’s identities and that made their friendship stronger.
Who would have thought that Gary who was one of the top heirs of the Von Geldstadt family would die of poison one day?
Victor casually drank from his glass as he watched Gary's status, from it he could tell that he was not poisoned yet… Victor didn’t know when Gary was poisoned in his past life, but in this one, he must make sure to stop that.
In that timeline, Gary was poisoned after getting demoted in his family because he failed the fight for the true heir position to his sister Charlotte who accused him of trying to kill her and arranged for him to be kicked out of the family.
Usually kicking someone out of the family was very difficult, But Charlotte had the punishment hall elder on her side. That’s what Gary told him back then.
Victor witnessed it all, Gary’s descent from greatness to a lowly beggar. He wanted to help out but ended up with the same destiny. Unable to prevent Gary’s death even after trying so hard.
After Gary was poisoned, Victor tried to ask some experts in his family for help, but they refused to interfere with the business of the Von Geldstadt family, so he decided to ask someone else, his lovely fiance Linda. That was a big mistake.
Linda didn’t disappoint him, she secretly came with him and checked on Gary’s health then told Victor that he was suffering from a strange poison and that she needed some time to check her family archive. Little did he know that she needed time to weave a net of schemes for him to fall into.
A week later, after he begged her for an answer she ‘reluctantly’ told him that she was only doing this because he was her future husband and that he should destroy all evidence of their conversations. He wept in her filthy arms back then as he promised to destroy all evidence. He was a fool.
Getting the info he wanted, Victor thought that he knew what Gary suffered from. According to Linda, he was suffering from something called the Dragon scale syndrome. The only cure was an ultra-rare dragon flower that grew inside one of his family's islands. The forbidden island to be precise.
Victor was disturbed, but after seeing Gary's suffering he decided to risk it all, so he called one of his big brothers. Max who was conveniently in town at that time.
Max told him that he can’t enter the forbidden island, but that he can help him go in there, but he must swear an oath that no matter what, and even if he was caught he would never tell a soul that he got help from him.
Victor naively agreed and with Max’s help, he entered the island smuggled into a cargo ship and was able to steal a stem of the Dragon flower successfully then return to Tetraquad city where he gave it to Gary who got better. Temporarily at least. The cure didn’t work and Gary died a month later.
That’s when all hell broke loose. The punishment hall elders came for Victor who was still grieving for his friend. His crimes were stealing one of the family's secrets and leaking them to their enemies. Those were some big crimes.
Victor was in trouble as Gary’s remains were cremated and he had no way to prove that the grass was used as a cure for his friend. Thankfully a certain girl who was faithful to Gary until the last moments kept some of Gary’s hair as a memento and it contained a trace of the herb. Thanks to her, Victor avoided death as the elders didn’t want to investigate his other crime of infiltrating the forbidden island as it implicated too many people who took a bribe from Max to facilitate his infiltration. Opening that case would disturb the delicate balance in the family. So Victor was simply kicked out of the family in the end.
After that, Victor made sure to investigate what happened despite his problems, and to his surprise, he learned that the one behind it all was Charlotte, Gary’s sister. At that time Victor didn’t know why she hated him. But now he knows that it must be to him busting Titus’s operations back then too, he must have unknowingly jeopardized her position in the family. And she knew how to hold a grudge.
He didn’t know if all the parties in this scheme were cooperating or if the entire thing was just his bad luck. He was more inclined to believe the former though. And now he believes that The scheme was way deeper than he initially thought.
Victor slowly stood up, excusing himself and telling the women surrounding him that he had to go to an important meeting, then swiftly headed to a VIP lounge that the Leopard had prepared for him.
Inside there was a pretty soft girl in a waitress dress that featured a relatively small skirt. She was shaking in fear while trying hard not to show it. She looked about 20 years old and had long black hair that framed a beautiful face that was 31% on the Lily scale.
“You are that April? I heard many things about your beauty,” he asked arrogantly as he sat down and looked at her, taking his time.
She glared at him as she squeezed her fists. He was handsome, but she didn’t care… Maybe a little… But she will not go down easily.
“I… I will not do that… If you dare touch me I will call the police…” She yelled but knew in her heart how empty her threats were. She didn’t have a phone and knew quite well what kind of place this was as she had been working here for a while now.
“You owe a debt to Big Leopard, and I just bought you… Feel free to call whoever you want, no one can save you today.” He said as he laughed loudly just as the door of the room was busted open by a heroic young man in a white shirt.
“Let go of April.” The young man yelled just as Victor slapped his face breaking his jaw then kicking his filthy crotch out of the room.
“Do you know that guy?” Victor asked. She didn’t answer. That young man was a young master who was annoying her lately but she didn’t like him at all. She thought that Big Leopard was protecting her, but now she knew better, he was just waiting for the highest bidder.
“Now… Where were we?” Victor said as he licked his lips making her remember the situation she was in.
“Don’t come near me.” She threatened as she stepped back.
“Don’t worry, I will be gentle.” He said as he stepped forward licking his lips.
“I….” She didn’t continue as the door burst open again, this time it was the same guy but followed by a police officer.
“Officer. It’s him… He is assaulting big sister April…” The young man who is still holding his crotch told the officer who appeared to be a little drunk
April was surprised, but the next moment, she formulated a plan. This young master was not useless after all.
“Officer… He is forcing me… Please help…” She begged, making the cop look at her with burning eyes… She was hot. No one told him that such a hot girl worked here!
“I will take the room and the girl. You can….” the cop said as he licked his lips then froze, nearly biting his tongue off, when he saw Victor’s purple token.
“Please enjoy your stay here young master.” He said as he sobered up 100% and bowed before leaving the room, not forgetting to drag the young man away with angry eyes. He didn’t dare to look at the flabbergasted April again.
“No decent policemen would dare come here… Only perverts like this one.” Victor chuckled as he gestured to the Chick outside to close the door. They were ordered to act only if a fight began.
“You…” April didn’t know what to say. She had been working here for 4 months but nothing like this ever happened as Big Leopard, who was the boss here, had promised that she could repay her debt by working just as a waitress… That was until 10 minutes ago when he made fun of her and told her that he had just sold her to a new master. She was a fool to believe him.
According to Big Leopard, her new master was really great and had many connections and she better serve him well. She didn’t believe it, but after seeing the look on that cop’s face she realized that he might have been telling the truth… No, she will not go down easily.
“I heard that you are a virgin. So don't worry… The entire club would hear your beautiful voice as you become a woman… .” Victor said pervertedly, making her shiver a little as he put his hand on her shoulder and squeezed it a little.
At that moment she swung a wine bottle that she was keeping behind her at his head intending to knock him out. Too bad he grabbed her hand professionally and threw the bottle away then pushed her onto a couch and grabbed her dress intending to tear it off just as the door was kicked open for the third time.
Thanks for the chapter!
@Akaichi I have again some questions and ideas i thought of.The longest comment I ever did . I made it during those few days since I was rereading and before I didn't have account . There are some questions an ideas so take some inspiration or whatever.
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I reread the chapter where Monica had her first debut. But her personality was completely different than now. I think you wanted to make her arrogant rich bit*h but changed your mind in the end and made her into sensible rich naive girl.Thus it will need some edit. Morever she had beef with Lily at the beginning so it would be troublesome once they meet if you don't change it. Which they didn't even though they met already.
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Question: I still don't understand why Guy died in that ceremeny even after rereading. I understand that artifact scanning his body and then erasing those bloodlines but why it scanned him several times after Lily looked at him ? Was it because of her bloodline or it would work with anyone ? There was even some comment complaining about it but it wasn't explained. It needs little editing.
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Question:Alpha binded Baron's slave artifact thus taking control over brothel girls. But how does she know that those are all slaves. That artifact can only punish or kill slaves( I reread the chapter and it is written like this) so she can't know if they are some other slaves hidden( like chicks -> if the ring didn't have tracking he would have problem to find them) Victor should use some tracking talisman or array to try if there are other slaves. They do not need to be women if you think about infinitive adding to harem. It would be better if they are a lot of evil men to use as cannon fodder or as practice targets for girls (Baron certainly has some subordinates like those that were in the mansion. Those propably had family tattoo but he should have hidden army/maids etc. just like Nick) and only few take seriously.
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Question: Can be artifacts properties(skills) be recreated into status? Victor's shadow ring basically gives him arficial skill. Morever Victor uses it often and it can be counting as 'training' of the skill. Is there chance that he can get it as acquired skill in status or some other shadow skill from that ? Of course with smaller grade.After getting the skill he could give the ring to Lily as it suits her.
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Question and idea: I think that there was someone who had sky steps but I can't find it in any chapter so don't if I didn't mistake novel.It doesn't matter as sky steps are self explaining. Jumping on air. I think Victor and girls should mandatory learn this skill like almost everyone has quick steps. Why ? well because it is extremily versatile + it would make you much stronger in fliying fights as most close combat martial arts needs leveraging on something(mostly ground or wall) and if you can't step on air you would need to rely on flying skill and that would make attacks weaker. Plus combining flying and sky steps would make it even more versatile and deadly. Yo Of course I think everyone should develop the most fitting movement arts for themselves( shadow steps for Lily etc.). But this should be mandatory secondary movement skill. Actually sky steps would suit Alex the most I believe(in 8. I analyze Alex's sky steps more).
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Question: The system bugs are divided into temporary(how that one guy got strenght for 3 days and started sleep with wives of people) and permanent. Can Victor use the temporary ones as trump card? He should be able to know how invoke some since he was roayal librarian and read a lot. Let's say he or girls are in danger that he can't solve or there is some goal where he needs extreme speed or strenght for important benefits. Then he use this temporary bug to solve danger or whaterer happened.
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Question: There are some System items that relies on authority. Like for example dispeling talisman or thak book testing bloodlines. How their grafes works since the authority makes difference. Victor can dispel one of the strongest curses(at least in this world) because of his authority with cheapest talisman. Does that mean that the higher level talismans are not stronger but you need just lesser amount of authority to dispel things ? The same is for blood testing book -> as long as you have enough authority you can find out almost everything about those bloodlines. My conclusion: The higher level authority item the lesser authority to use its functions
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Question: How big difference is between artifacts and normal weapons ? Alex's cousins that attacked the mansion had artiacts that can block 'anything' non-artifact ( Why nobody from mansion use it I wonder since it not everyone have defensive artifact) and I think that is either ignorance of those cousins or written badly. If that would be true does that mean atomic bombs woudn't work ? I know that systems items(I take every supernatural as part of system working) are on diffent level but there should be some logic. So it would be good to explain how much kinetic/ magic can defensive artifacts defend against and other type of artifacts as well.
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Question: What reation is between skills and techniques ? There are generic skills like sword arts and quick steps. Sword arts are sword moves but what does it encompass ? I quess that either it is just autocorrect tha helps you make the sword moves you use be better or there is some basic moves that are in the skill as a package. But can those skills change by practicing some martial arts or techniques ? And if yes can you get again generic skill to cultivate and again evolve it into another technique ?
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Some ideas: I really think that entire plot with families is similiar with mafias and I think you should use this similiarity more. The families are more badass mafias and acts like that as well. So I think Victor should act more like mafia boss. Blackmail, underworld take over, some shady business transactions(basically more business would be welcomed as it was not shown that much even though it is most important income for almost everyone) etc. Morever I always imagine Victor with cigar in mouth puffing executing people with gun. I actually that a cigar would suit him. Of course home made from some medicinal herbs and other things so it isn't harmful and more beneficial (refining body, increasing stats etc.) I can see Victor arrogantly puffing cigar while looking at someone who was beaten up and then stub out the cigar in the guys eye and tha would make him infamous even more and it will become his signature move. Well I mentioned this just because it is really similiar to mafia so you should grab the opportunity. + You can read Villain: The Play of Destiny -> it has some similiarity to this and you can inspire from the novel.
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Question: How much does Victor has of that SSSS rank poison left ? He use it quite often so it shouldn't be very much no ? If he finds way how to replicate or make it so it can't be depleted then it is fine (but there was only one black widow so I am curious how. maybe acting as acid eating another poisons and another materials not needing the original poisons(soul corroding ans black widow's). Morever Victor made SSSS rank poison and will upgrade it in the future. For that he should get skill and quickly evolve it into sub-class.
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Question: Will Windy be relevant in near future and is she(or may be if you didn't make your mind like with Nova) love interest ? I think she is interesting. Her circumstances, status etc. Morever I bet that taking control of female-only sect is Victor's wet dream ha ha. Maybe there is still some treasures from her family in some hidden vaults also.
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Question and ideas: Is the reason why Victor made 5 organizations and not more ? Like lack of subordinates (girls) ? Because I can imagine more organizations in the world that he can create to make everything more stable, efficient and controlled by Victor. Of course some of those organization I made up can be fused into the original 5 ( what would be more efficient for Victor).He can use those organizations not only for benefits but also for controlling the global conflicts -> He can org. attack others but also let his own 2 org. 'fight' against each other to fool others.
First can be organization that control underworld and black market. So either it can be fused with Master's fist or Golden Dragon. But M.F. is mercenary-like org. and Golden Dragon should be somewhat credible and being in the light. Maybe it would be G. D. hidden branch. The main duty of this org. is to control trade of the underworld (together with M.F. he can control most of the underworld.). The items like drugs, extracted bloodlines, stolen goods, cursed artifacts, human resources (slaves) etc. can be controlled and Victor can get them if need arise. He should start in Vein city since Titus was the one who controlled underworld before.
Next organization should be definitively Workshop. It would be normal technology workshop(cars,weapons, machinery etc.) + creation classes crafts. Victor should know a lot of talented people from the futute ( like that woman who poisoned Emperor. That girl was certainly genius in medicine craft I hope we will see her in the future) and know lot of items that were common after reckoning but would be priceless in current time. He and his Workshop can patent lot of things and after some time, most of the human created tech., pills, artifacts etc. will be pateted and branded by Workshop ( something like brands of clothes but with items for Players). He can also create artificial controlled conflict between different class crafters by the 'lack' of resources and making healthy competetive collective that will always work to be better.
Next one is similiar to Men in Black. They would be basically defenders of humanity and the world.Their duty is mainly eliminating intruders( like those demons in the painting), killing dangerous underworld people and keep in check big families and other powers. Another duty is to do system missions and destroying dungeons like those in thunder sect that went out of control. Basically they keep the order of the world.Best candidate for leader is Zoe who is Hero.
Another one is Magus Tower of Truth. Here would all guys with magic classes and other intelectuals go. So far in the story there ic can be seen how big difference in ratio of magic and non magic classes. Thus here would vast majority of mages go to. It would make them even more precious and their services will be very expensive.But their main duty would be research. Knoledge is power. Victor should know it the most. They would be researching basically everything -> magic, system, dungeons, bloodlines, monsters, system items etc. Victor would only come once in while to take research from leader.
In the future Victor can create even some org. or team that would raid other worlds.
Other things are maybe taking over that female-only sect of Windy.
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Some idea on cliche plot-branch: Some silly idea of mine since I like happy endings. But I think it fits quite good into story. Remember the best friend of Lily ? It wasn't mentioned how she died and what happened to her body. What if she had high-ranked bloodline that gave her high regeneration and had big luck maybe being even dark scion ? After near death experience (or dying for some time) her bloodline was stimulated and she was 'reborn' ( her bloodline could be phoenix, hydra etc. what have regeneration) and survived. She has similiar story as Alpha but that is because fate intervenes( and fate doesn't need to do some ultra plot-twists if it works why to change it right?). In the first timeline She would have suffered for the next 10 years and wandered ocean and was trapped on some dangerous island( since she 'died' on family islands) and found on it dungeon and became player. She would have awakened after suffering so she would have Eldritch class like Ruby. For example Eldritch Hunter. Why ? Well Eldritch because of her suffering and hatred and hunter because of her assassins training and hunting for her food and her desire to hunt down Guy and d*ck.After becoming player she takes an oath to destroy Von Weise family. And of course try to save girls. But at that time 10 years has passed. All girls are dead and Guy with d*ck abandoned family because of blood pill. So she let von weise go as killing G. and D. is more important.She will investigate annd find out they became members of death chamber(d*ck worked for the guy in the mirror). Thus she becomes member of death chamber and gets promoted until she could kill those 2. That is why Victor didn't hear about her or them anymore. In current life she still suffers but the dungeon awakening will speed up because of fate. Victor does lot of things fate doesn't like (mainly changing fate of scions and people around them). So she becomes his backlash as he has the girls as servants. She will try to kill him and even after knowing that he saved the girls and won't listen as she is broken after the suffering and has hate for von weise so she will be late love interest like Alpha. Similiar to Aplha's fate but it would make sense. As for the coincindense that 2 high-ranked bloodline holders becoming best friends it can be explained by good compatibility (same as Victor and Monica). She has for example Dark phoenix bloodline and Lily has Dark crow bloodline so they are similiar.As for her family it should be some big power since she has that good bloodline.It doesn't matter since it will only change the futute plot with her family so you can choose literally any dramatic plot since she is dark scion. Her family got destroyed and only she survived or She was kidnapped by her family enemies but something happened and she got away from them only to get slave tattoo by von weise. Or maybe her family got rid of her since she is somehow different. Perhaps they knew she is dark scion and tried to kill her ( with other scion in family like in Krone family) unsuccesfully.Or maybe some family members didn't like her bloodline purity and potencial. Or her bloodline mutated (like I said she can have dark phoenix that was originally just phoenix). Options are numerous and you can chose literally whatever to make another plot about it(revenge against family, reunion with long lost family members(some big sister maybe ? he he) etc.) or just let it be.
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I wonder if Blue phantom thief was player and how she died and how Iris did find out. Because she was not on the mission with her I quess(else she would die too) and it does not sound like blue phantom was working with someone who would then tell family(Iris,Mia,stepfather). I also hope Iris and Mia personally helps Victor to get treasures.It would be great laundered money + even if she wasn't player there definitively would be some artifact as she took 'best' treasures around the world(there are lot of things nobody knows about and lot of players are still incompetent surely). There would definitively be some hidden gems. Morever I hope he makes up with Mia and take her under his wing. She is in the academy but not in player class so he should change it. She has propably some PTSD and the longer it will be put away the harder it would take for them to become allies.
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I hope Elena can get better impression of Margret and Alpha. Some one on one conversation is needed as they don't deserve to be seen like that.
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Some Ideas and how Victor can exploit his knowledge and about classification of missions: Once Victor has free time he needs to grind his status.Of course with girls. Firstly the levels.There are other ways than dungeon so he should grind personal,class and skill levels. There were for example several times mentioned missions but victor or girls didn't get any. Morever he should know the best way and the best tricks for leveling both classes and skills(at least the generic ones). Next are titles. If I am not wrong after reckoning system updates itself. Thus in the library there should be lot of info how to get some titles. And last one is order points. Victor mentioned in the beginning that he has ideal way how to collect but never did so + now he can get them through monster killing ( I hope order points will get relevant soon. I also wonder if they are only for activating skills and artifacts or there is some other uses). Morever he should start plunder places only he knows. Dungeons he knows about, hidden vaults of richter family(alpha and hanna can tell him), thunder sects ruins etc. He was librarian and archeolog so he should know about some natural treasures, hidden holy lands, ruins of old families and sects etc. Morever he should know a lot about missions and how to exploit them. I quess that there are repeatable missions that can get everyone, event-like that can get everyone if they are at right place at right time and personal that can get one person by triggering it. As librarian Victor should know a lot of repeatable missions(those that can be reapeted infinitively) and the best tricks for them. Like triggering mission that is basically worthless after reckoning but now would be priceless. Event-like missions(like that one with killing mantises) he should know as well for famous events that are recorded in history. As for personal I can see that some famous people(mainly scions ha ha) bragging about their deeds and letting the world know. Morever girls needs stable way to get Authority stats before the level cap. It was mentioned that lot of people stagnated because of that. Victor should know some ways. It would be just stupid if everyone stagnated when he is building his power.
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Some ideas: Girls need build up their original skill set and fighting style.Well we don't know a lot about some girls as their status wasn't mentioned for a long time. Twin's statuses were shown only after they became players for example. Some there is need to update statuses of overyone. There are still those skills from hidden family vault but only few were mentioned for Lily and Victor.
Alpha has good skill set and know has quite stable fighting style(since she is the most broken girl and ruthless enough she should get some evil skills and techniques that are connected to blood like like blood sacrifice, where she burn blood of her enemies to buff herself, blood bending( from Avatar) etc.) but not others.
After her only Margret has the most unique fighting style after that soul poison spray. It is very cool(It would suit her to get skills and wield hidden daggers and needles(she can have those chinese hairstyles where they are tied with needles(of course poisoned he he)) and learn poison brewing and attacks.For example poison tea ceremony that was once mentioned in novel.After all she will work with Aria in organization so she will need a lot of schemes.She can also learn art of puppetry. Through soul poison, charm and maybe something else make loyal puppets that would work only for her and maybe after upgrading the technique she can give them to Victor.She can also use her charm skill in the auctions(I hope that Aria will create some autions halls because I love those auctions arcs!) and act as that one assistent introducing items(only for important auctions to make more money he he. She would also wear mask or some disguise just enough to show her charm).
Alex has also only spear arts to fight (he doesn't use thunder fists don't know why and spider hater that is normally useless). But I think tha while Alex is clumsy she is very talented in martial arts as she managed turn her spear arts from F to A grade in such little time. Morever she wasn't proficient with spears before. So she should learn a lot of different weapon arts and using storage ring to quickly swap them in battle(actually this fighting style would suit Zoe maybe even more. But I have hunch she is strenght type while Alex is speed-type so their weapons and fighting style would be still diffrent).After all quickly switching weapons can be deadly if you do that poorly but very powerful when done well + she should get thunder attribute to enhance her attacks(you know like weapon coating making it more destructive and faster(it is thunder after all). She should also get movement skill. The sky steps would be best as martial artists moves are mostly useless once the fight in sky(they can't leverage their legs against the ground which makes the moves more powerful) + with the swapping weapons she could learn 3D movements where she can attack from every direction(up,front,left,left-up etc.) with differen weaponry every time and different ranges(throwing spears,daggers,needles or shooting from heated weapons(guns) or bow. Actually I think Alex should learn bow arts first. Why ? Well because only Alpha has bow arts and Victor throwing knifes other rellies on guns. And bow would actually suit her in my mind.
Twins can mainly use sword only (mina should awake yang attribute and mana yin attribute since they have yin-yang sword arts and learn some combination skills so they would be dangerous alone and deadly together.That swapping artifact could be used when fighting. Their sword moves should also be different since one has yin sword arts and other has yang s.a. Yin is evil,cold, weak but dexterous etc. Yang is good,hot, with straightfoward strong moves etc.).
Rita will have big experiences with soul techniques so she should combine it with sword arts and turn into soul sword maid or something. I don't know more about her so I can't think about anything that would suit her for know.
Lily also so far looks like normal assassin( I can imagine her using shadows to turn intangible and turn herself as bunch of crows(like Itachi from naruto) or using some strings and chakram for fighting. She could also use eye techniques that attacks soul. That would be cool.).
Aria also has only barrier for fights. Well she can change once she awaken bloodline.Her bloodline skills would maker her good assassin and mage.
Theta also have chance to have very unique fighting skill with her gambling. Using revolver(ugraded) for russian roulette for example(if it is the shot it would get enhanced or something). Her fighting style can be centered around the artifact with different powers and restrictions and with that gamble. Other options can show after getting more skills. She should create some way how to scam free players in the quild to lose to her money, artifacts, skill etc. Like some casino near quild. Another Idea is making deck of cards artifact(Victor should be able to do that after digesting those souls). He can actually make several decks -> one for divination, one for buffs, one for spells etc. Then combine it ,with little creativity, with gamble and she would have versatility and power above others.
Another one is Mira who should be perfect supporter/priestess after she awaken her bloodline skills( she can heal, give buffs, make illusions, assasinate and disguise(skill + her acting ability).And that is only her bloodline skills. It would be also best to make her star celebrity and through her control public opinion and media).
Lin has perfect status for demon king. If she can turn into her demon form she can be perfect berserker with her regeneration and attributes.But her skills if done right can help Victor make his building Powers and organizations easier. I also wonder how her devouring skill works. Is it for regeneration or can she steal skills by rating enemies ? Well either way 'devouring' will be part of he life and her fighting skill since she fused with devouring demon. I also wonder if the summoning is temporarily or she can get servant forever. I hope it is latter as she can create army of them.She could also use them as laborers in building, mining(in dungeons) etc. If she can't she can use rings of the masters to make them hers. She can also devour some of them if it is benficial to her. Maybe she can summon them for girls to level up(they can use Victor's poison for strong ones). She could also be mediator between Victor and girls to make a contract for familiar. Victor can get some vampire queen chick or whatever he he he.
The last one is Ruby who has perfect skillset I would say. She has so many options how to fight. Her Eldritch Heal can act both as healing and as life drain(if she can use on others). So she can be healer and crowd controller(through life drain and curses she has). But the best synergy of her skill would when she acts af berserker. Not like Tom where he has stupid skill that would make him stronger but the real one. She has fear skill to intimidate enemies, Eldritch Heal to steal their lifeforce(she can combine it with curse skill to make it stronger) to heal herself making them weaker and her unkillable + her pain tolerance helping her and her status absorb, soul absord and flesh eating( she can bite them through the fight like berserker) to grow in strenght after each kill. There are other but I don't have enough information to use my creativity. Maybe Ruby can use in the future Status absord on Oliver and give it to Beta.
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Victor needs more balanced skill set. Right now it would be best to get movement skill (in auction for example). I don't count the shadow ring as that thing would be too unreliable in fight and is better for infiltration and vault raiding. Funny thing that there are lot a lot of skills repeating themselves like quick steps( I hope it will be explained because why there aren't more variations or if quick steps are basics then it can change by learning technique).Victor also does not have any long-range attacks(throwing knifes are mid-range), AOE attacks, defensive etc.
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Question and Idea: Recently there was chapter explaining how to get sub-classes but it sounded like you can get infinitive amount of them. That doesn't sound right. But it would also be boring if it was restricted forever on some number -> The solution would be every X authority stat you can get slot for sub-class (you can choose number, be it 5, 10 or 50 it doesn't matter to Victor). I am looking forward for Victor's grinding since he should know conditions for a lot of skills.
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Question: Can literally every skill turn into sub-class ? I wonder how that works. We can quess what class you get when you raise cooking skill or sword arts skill but what about some bizarre skills or the very specific ones ? Like for example Baron's fat sacriface skill. Morever it is good to know if you have several choices because each skill can be used differently or means several things --> Let's say you have Chess skill. What will the sub-class be ? If you could choose then there would propably this sub-classes for selection: Chess master - Board games master - Strategist. The same for example for Victor's Unlimited disquise -> Illusionist - Assassin - Spy etc. It can be used for lot of things. Sword arts is so generic that I wouldn't be surprised if there were tens of variations of class for swordsmen.
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Question: How does classes work ? This is another theme for next class in academy. So far in the novel I deduced that classes gives you skills that are connected to the class, that even if you have same skill the class makes difference ( but don't know how) and that classes can influence you(at least body) like blood master and dragon disciple at the beginning of the novel that can help to awaken Victor's bloodline. But I want to know more in-depth info like will it raise talent in that path ? will you get battle instinct when you have warrior class ? Does your attribute stat raise more quickly because of your mage class ? Those kind of things.It is also important to know if there are difference in classes and sub-classes(raising skill into sub-class sounds very cool but when the most important information we know about classes is that we get class skills from them it doesn't sound that cool anymore) Also it would be fine to have comparsion -> for example semi-player and player with same skills, stats, talent, potencial, weapons and experiences fight each other and player has warrior class. How big is the difference.
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Idea: I wonder who is Victor's paternal grandfather. It was stated that patriarch is not father of theodore and is weakest of the harem. So I wonder where he is and what is his background. Maybe it is chance for new arc. Because it was stated that rha harem members of hers are from big families/sects etc. So his grandfather can be some lesser elder of other big power. Maybe that power has some techniques that can be cultivated only by direct descedants. Morever there can be chance that he has bloodline. And it could really happen that some of his children and grandchildren inherited it. Family and them would never know about it because family only control elder dragon bloodline purity through nether stone. If the purity is high enough and their hair turns purple. It means that dragon blood eradicated the other bloodline (dragons are prideful + I quess every bloodlines would fight and clash with each other(Zoe is exception since she is scion)). On other hand if their dragon blood purity is not enough they are not blood heirs and family doesn't care anymore even though there is chance that they have different bloodline. They have chance to go to ceremony but not many would go there so there is just very small chance that someone would discover that. And if yes then sfter ceremony(when they test their status) family would propably think that he/she got it from mother side(or that they are spies) or Ann take care of everything and easily supress the information and get the kid(she has lot of guards after all) or give him to the power the grandfather is from. As Victor has best purity of his bloodline there is big chance that he could awaken other bloodline(not awaken like what victor wants to do but activating so the blood in his body turns into new one getting more pure) if not for the dragon bloodline. So basically victor doesn't have that bloodline anymore but maybe he could restore it through his genes or by getting blood from people of that power and try to balance it or combine. It would be cool as there Zoes showed it is possible.
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Question and Idea: Shouldn't Victor want his own awakening artifact( on players ?). It is extremely impractical and there is chance for casualty. It would be better to get the most dangerous artifact similiar to the one family had( the more dangerous the more rewards) and try him on some cannon fodder. Turn guy into blood slave(right now he doesn't have any but he only needs to level up) -> activate artifact -> watch through blood seal the ceremony ( it could have diffent system admin and other things to lessen variables) -> if he survived then kill him to open slot for blood slave(or he can give him to Ruby since she has skill status absorb) -> repeat eith different guy but turning Victor's name into system admin and try manipulate the ceremony -> kill the guy. After that Victor will have the safest method of turning his people into players + it would be much more rewarding than dungeon awakening since he can influence it.
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Question: Victor class from 'first life' wasn't mentioned even once. Maybe you have some plan or forgot but I hope that it will be mentioned in the future as it is waste. Victor became player after Reckoning so his class can't be archeolog that was his biggest achivement ( that was shown at least) in last life. So biggest chance is merchant class but that would be too boring. Next quess of mine is that his class was connected to his bloodline (like dragon disciple) because Victor's bloodline awakened immediately after becoming player. It would make sense since his 100% purity + it would explain why his life was so miserable after bloodline extraction as his class would become useless.All in all it would be interesting to know more of Victor status from the 'first life'. His skills and abilities ( we only know he was good merchant, archeolog, librarian and low-level alchemist and array master so I wonder if that is all). If you don't have some plans about it in the 24. point I have some idea for it.
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Idea: Victor's wife have yet to be born. But the butterfly effect makes it almost imposible for her to be born in the future. Victor changes subtly the world globally by his actions -> messing with scions, making the reckoning faster etc. In the future there will be so much difference that maybe even her parents were not born. So Victor should use some fate skill for her birth to be destined. You see he can even find her soul before she reicarnates and create her better body etc. Same later with kids. Even if he is doing baby-making with that wife there is almost zero posibility for them born. The children will be born but not those he had in first timeline -> even day can change outcome if you understand.
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Idea about how titles works:
Titles are divided into 3 categories -> good titles, bad titles and hidden titles
Titles are also divided into achivement-like titles ( for making something shocking or something what nobody ever did etc. like master of the sword title after player makes big progress in the path of the sword) and titles given for your deeds(dungeon conquering, becoming emperor etc.)
System evaluate your deed/achivement and brand it as good or bad. After that it gives perks according to that.
Good titles: Those are titles given by system for making meritous act that benefits or help to develop the world (like dungeon conquering or killing intruders) + the achivement-like titles that aren't harmfull or against the rules
Bad titles: Opposite of good titles. System gives to those who violate some rules or o something against the world benefit + he achivement-like titles that are harmful or against the rules . There is another difference. Good titles are given only when you have updated system but bad titles will be given regardless of system version ( it will be in the form of curse just like d*ck had)
Hidden titles: titles that system doesn't approve of but can't do anything against them. They aren't against the rules or being harmful so they are branded as good titles and system doesn't have authorization to make them forcefully bad titles. Still system doesn't like the things you did to create them. So it will make fate backlash in the real world and 'hide those titles' so Player will not see them in status + they will be deactivated.Those types of titles are OP and can be activated only after Player has enough Authority(like either after getting enough authority once you can change all hidden into good ones or every would need different number of authority according to the title's power).
Some hidden titles Victor should have on himself:
Regressor - requirement: Travel more than 10 years in the past
- rewards: - Bigger affinity with Time attribute + with some conditions there is small chance to unlock Magic Time attribute
- Class from 'first life' in the form as subclass (If current class is same, the reward will be balanced by getting expirience points from 'last life' making class level up or rank up)
-Random 3 skills from 'first life'(If you own skill already, the reward will be balanced by getting expirience points from 'last life' making skill level up or, if your skill is lower ranked, change rank to the higher one
System Exploiter - requirement: Exploit at least 5 small or 1 big Bugs in the system
-rewards:- System bugs are clearer to see for you
- System will be more lenient to you for exploiting bugs
Man of Authorization - requirement: Authority stat must exceed 100 000 (author can choose)
- rewards: - Player gets VIP pass in the system(getting some benefits with everything concerning system. For example merchant skill is connected to the system so system will offer better random merchandise things and things that it wouldn'tt normally offer like map to random unopened dungeon) and will be able to interact more with system than other players
- Player gets AI assisant that is connected to the system and your status ( example: Victor gives it instructions what would be useful for him so it will everyday survey random merchandise in his merchant skill and if there is either something what he needs or is insteresting it will notify him) -> The AI assistant can be only AI that does not think or sentient ( We don't know the ins and outs of system) as long as it isn't the annoying type (like whimsical system)
Scion slayer - Victor will definitelly do it in the future. If Victor will not solve the fate goal those scions have (sebastian recreating richter family for example) it can be seen as hindering the world and fate making it bad title.
- requirements: Kill person with S rank or higher Fate
- rewards: Players allies will get immunity towards Scion's halo
Scion's danger sense towards Player will lessen (everyone who can get this title is nemesis to scion's thus they feel it like Tom felt uneasy with Victor)
Scion's luck stat will lessen by 10% during fight with Player
Those titles are very OP and can disturb your planned flow of story so you can nerf them but I don't reccomend to do that. Those titles are for things that very few people could do (at least I think. In this world nobody could that that I bet). So you can just postpone the Victor's discovery of them until you are ready. After all Victor should not know about them as even after reckoning nobody had enough authority to even discover them ( one of the strongest had 200A but that is still rubish)
27. ] One of the most controversial topic in the comments of this novel. You don't need to answer this as I would rather you answer 1-13 than discuss this. The topic is INCEST. Yeah I know I know. You already said that there would be no incest in the comments but the teasing of yours is unbearable. I will pour here my grievances. You can't be surprised after writting this kind of novel that there is bunch of degenerates in the comments ha ha. Firstly to progress this discussion I(we) would need to know the reason why you didn't want it.The reason wasn't said in the old comments. The most sensible reason I can see is that you personally dislike it and it disqusts you. In that case the problem is solved and won't care anymore.Of course that teasing in novel should stop in that case. If there is another reason I can see it is you fearing about the opinion of the people. But that isn't that necessary since most of those sissies left after Alpha's rape, Linda's cheating etc.And even then you didn't change it so this shouldn't be reason. Another reasons I can see are those in novel like Victor disliking it or family disliking it. But that would not make sense to me. Here is my reasoning. Firsly Victor is old and broken man whose morals got shaved after years of suffering and he didn't see most of the family members for like 150+ years so While the love stay it could be either twisted or shackles of morals be destroyed. I would understand if he had family love for 3 women: mother, Lara and big sister. Morever Lara died early so he didn't see her for 180+- years. As for women like Lea, Iris and even his Grandma. He didn't build his family realationship with them. I mean he didn't know for long time that Lea is his sister, Iris met recently and I wouldn't be surprised If he met grandma for the first time( I mention grandma only for the fact that he can't feel that family connection between them when they met so little and See her more like mature milf matriarch even though she isn't love interest(well I wouldn't mind he he)).His big sister is also suspicious. She acts as degenerate but is highly competent and I have seen theory where she actually likes Victor and her husbands aren't real lovers haha( I don't really care as we didn't see her yet). So the morals of Victor shouldn't matter. As for genetics ? bit*h please this is fantasy. This never was problem as inter marriage was normal in those bloodline aristocrats so there must be solution in some of them. The worst thing about all this is that teasing I mentioned --> Lea is courting Victor ( even though with ulterior motives but I am sure that without her prejudice she should see that he is good guy already), Iris is also attracted to him even though she know he is her brother.As for Lara that is the worst thing. I always thought that she is like 11 because of her love for Victor but she is actually 14. That isn't normal behavior even for bro-cons. She is attracted to his body, is overly clinge and overreliant on Victor and she constally says she wants to be with Victor forever and talks about marriage(it was said that it was joke but it is hard to believe with other factors). Yes she is sheltered princess but she is still 14 that means that she propably hit the puberty and this isn't how you act before brother.If there is actually someone who Victor should see as sister it would be Aria as she was the family member he spend the most time in his 'first life' with thought that she is really his sister. Yet here he is sleeping with her. That could be called incest as she can be taken as step-sister.That is all I have to say. Maybe that you should make Elena's and Theodore's relationship more smooth. NGL it looks like they don't love each other and the only reason she is favorite is because of her children. Theodore didn't show the interest about her during the entire novel as his wives are more like trophy at home (except Luna).The same for Elena. She married him because he saved her and she actually didn't have choice. She could have good feelings because he saved her but love harldy. It feels like they are like the couples that are together because of children ha ha. So you should do something about it. Or make Victor cuck his father muhaha.PS: Grandma Ann needs spanking.
Get a life bro
@Dondai Like I said I made it during those few days in the notepad. It is not problem to write this when you know what you want write about ha ha. Normally I would write these things in author's discord where we would discuss it but since akaichi doesn't have one I can only make those long ass comments.
@Dondai hey, don't be rude about it. At least his wordings are polite unlike most commenters.
@Argon459 guy getting killed was answered. He used a drug that was difficult for the system to catch at first. After getting pushed to be scanned multiple times(lily looking at him) his drug usage was caught and he was penalized
Lol , I'm just kidding bro.
@Dondai I would genuinely be surprised if I took anything on the internet seriously lol
@Zohan Yes, I know but we never got to know why Lily's look made the system scan him several times. Or at least I still don't understand even though I reread that part several times. Well It doesn't matter that much since it does not influence story.
@Argon459 Even Victor doesn't know why the system does so. Only that it does.
@Zohan Hmm makes sense since Victor did not have much contact with that artifact last life after ceremony. But it is funny that only this second point that I added on whim is discussed even though I wanted to mainly discuss those more important points like Real grandfather, Lily's best friend and hidden titles I have written about even though I lost like 5 years of lifespan writing this lmao. I don't know if @Akaichi even looked at it since he didn't comment it and I feel like a fool for writing this.
@Argon459 very few people want to reply to a wall of text
@Zohan fair point.
I read this, wanted to reply after reading it thoughtfully , then totally forgot about it.
Some good ideas here, and Here are some quick thoughts.
1. Monica is still the same girl. She just act sensible in front of Victor and her family... She have 2 personalities like most girls do.
2. Guy died because the scanner rescanned him when Lily intensly thought about him, causing it to find conflicting data in the bloodline section. The first sample was a dragon, the second was a tortoise... The blood was hetrogenius, So it deleted that data all togather.
3. The number of slaves binded by an artifact can be known, and the numbers checked. I might change this in the rewrite though... The slaving things were always shaky in this novel.
4. No... Artifacts properties can't do that normally. The professionsy would increase in using the artifact, not in it's skill. But certin cursus and artifact might transfer skills to a player, but everything comes at a price.
5. There are many stepping techiques... I never thought of it like this.
6. Bugs are rare. And he only knows handful of them. Some would be used later.
7. That depends on the object, but mostly yes. Authority makes things easy. Too easy.
8. I usually use the names interchangbly, but artifacts are anything that is recognised by the system... I usually reserve it for non combat thingis. weapons usually means a system recognised ones. Normal weapons are the one's you find at your local store.
9. Skills are how effesiant can you learn a technique and apply it. Techniques are not messured by the sistem.
10. They are bigger, sronger and more organised than mafia's. though they have the same mindset
11. He has a lot. As he only uses less than a drop when killing his enemys. The rest of the poison is purple mist which he still have some bottles of.
12. Windy is planned for later... Much later.
13. Victor just wants to survive after the Reckoning. He is preparing his cards for the comming mayham. He might create other orgnaisations, but he doesn't have the man power or the resorces yet.
14. That girl really died... Maybe.
15. wait for the Blue phantom arc
16. Elena would probably never fully like Margret unless... Alpha on the other hand is a possibilty.
17. Noted, Those are for later.
18. Something like that.
19. Victor is already super overpowerd... He will get a full arc to grind though with no girls. Very soon.
20. In history only few got 1 subclass or 2. let alone 10. Victor doesn't know the limit yet.
21. Only S skills and above. And there are catalists involved and varius hidden conditions.
22. Classes would be explained by Victor in a few chapters.
23. A very important guy.... That's all i know for now.
24. Awakening artifacts are rare... He will get one soon.
25. Victor's class in his past life will be mentioned when he meets his old wife... It has soemthing to do of how they met.
26. Victor will soon be able to use some really crazy skill for one time... Some information would be revealed then.
26. I don't want to complicate things... But your idea might be feasible, but hidden titles are meaningless in fron of Victor's authority, so they would be redundant as only players can see their titles usually.
27. This novel contain no incest. But............ I will not spoil it!
@Akaichi Thanks for answering. It explains a lot. I am looking forward to future chapters!
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