Noon . . .

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[Reward for defeating Demon lord Noona in a Real game: 5 million EXP, 10 million dollars . The rest are pending after completion of the raid . ]

[You have established a relations.h.i.+p link with Noona . ]

[Your relations.h.i.+p with Noona was auto-adjusted to friend . It is very important to take care of her . Her loyalty is unbreakable . ]

[Warning: difficultly of the raid has changed to very hard . ]

Clyde was not surprised at the difficultly change, but couldn't the system give him a break? He followed Neko without much enthusiasm . That didn't mean he wasn't curious . Who or what could be the raid boss, if not Noona? And good thing she wasn't…He couldn't imagine laying a finger on her . Like Harumi, she housed a soft heart .

[Your HP: 210%]

[Your MP: 180%]

The others waiting Clyde and his division in front of the Cult Headquarters . The giant church-like building looked and felt creepier for some reason . Chika anime dove into him .

"You're not hurting from any strain, are you?

"Relax," he said . "I didn't use the power . " A flash of love and yandere l.u.s.t shown in those eyes, promising more later . The young man glanced at the party . The numbers were a bit obsessive, but he knew raid bosses required it . Or maybe world bosses? Oh well . He'd take this as preparation for when they would inevitably have to face giant monsters or other creatures from the books .

"Notice me, senpai," Natalia said to Ming, soliciting her glare . Alice whacked her on the head . "Ow!" She escaped the half-demoness's protective grasps and hopped onto Clyde's shoulders .

"Let's go in, kick some a.s.s and get going," Clyde said . "We're going to shut this d.a.m.n cult down for good, because I'm tired of hearing about it . Also, Noona has agreed to send guards to search for the minotaur camp, if it exists, and clean up . Now, everyone stick to your a.s.signed teams . After this…let's double-up on Sazuki and Kiko's training—"

Airi anime-dove into Clyde .

"Did you really fight the demon lord here? What was it like? Did you find anything interesting in raiding her skysc.r.a.per? Any goods? I have stuff to trade . I'll even trade my virginity—I mean my top tier items for any relics or artifacts . "

She had her arms wrapped around Clyde's waste, face looking up at him . He struggled for a few seconds to pull off the anime girl . Good thing she didn't share the breast trait with Harumi or he'd be raging for sure .

"This is the raid," he said tiredly . "Don't worry about anything pertaining to Noona, my new friend . " Airi's eyes continued to gleam until Harumi whacked her on the head . Clyde gave the pink-haired girl an appreciative look .

He started into the headquarters, followed by his armed party .

[You are about to enter the final section of this raid . There is no returning beyond this point, unless the raid boss is dead . Enter?]

The party hurried to the very back, utilizing Clyde's mental navigation system . Eventually they stepped into a large a.s.sembly area empty of bleachers or chairs, as if someone whisked them away . A familiar feeling of strangeness and repulsion struck the young man, causing him to slightly shudder . So, they were about to face the person Ming warned him about . The voice of a woman echoed through the room .

"So it's your group, he who opposes my master . If this is all the crusader wanted, I would've volunteered to kill you . I suppose they all prefer compulsion . "

A woman appeared from a sudden burst of light in the center of the room . Long white hair with green eyes and a curvy body, she looked amazing . Her red dress seemed to cling to every curve, b.r.e.a.s.t.s highlighted .

"She's hot," Seth whispered .

"There sure are a lot of you," the woman said .

Clyde a.n.a.lyzed her .

Sophia, Maiden of the Viper .

Level: 160

Type: Viper Maiden .

Work under: Maidens of the Viper .

Special: ???

Weakness: none .

Resistances: none .

Secret: she wants to lose her virginity badly, even if to the Stone, enemy of her Master . She has never actually met the Viper . She tries and often fails when it comes to cooking .

"You're a maiden of the Viper, but never actually met him," Clyde said, triggering his buffs . "And strong as f.u.c.k . "

"She's a maiden of the Viper?" Tear said .

"Nya, worst of the worst," Neko said .

"Power level of one hundred sixty," Seth said . "And unlike that thing we fought, she's not weakened . "

Airi cheered .

"Out of the way noobs," she said . "This is a job for anyone with raid experience and the right level . " She got into a combat stance . "I can finally stop holding back . Then afterwards, we can see what they're hiding in this place . It may be treasure . " Her eyes gleamed .

Tear sighed .

"Leave the front fighting to Clyde, Airi, me, and Chika . Natalia, you know what to do . Everyone else, support . "

Noona stepped forward, surrounded with A LOT of golden aura .

"Leave weakening her to me . And…thanks for being my friend . "

Clyde nodded, no argument in him . Her level matched Tear's .

"The pleasure is all mine," he said, wiping away the tiny nosebleed . He wondered if she was secretly some kind of G.o.ddess—because everything, her movements, her att.i.tude, was just…cute? No wonder why her servants were so protective of her .

[Secret objective completed: Ally with Noona . The raid difficulty, which was set to jump to Super-Extreme, has been locked to Very hard . ]

[Noona's blessing has engulfed the party . Your party is unaffected by instant-kill, party-wipe attacks . This buff is permanent . Your party has gained an unknown temporary boost to all stats . ]

[Alice's Prime Radiance has engulfed the area . You have been surrounded by Radiance . Unknown stat boosts to you and your weapons . Evasion increased . ]

[Airi activated Graceful Heart s.h.i.+eld . Your party's defenses have been increased by 50% Unknown extra defense boosts, varying by the Will stat . ]

[Yuki activated a new skill! Set Rotation . All stats temporarily increased by 30%]

[Toru activated Zen Brawl shout . Party attack boosted by 45% . Party fighting spirit increased by 40% Speed increased by 25%]

[Harumi activated Subtle Heal . Your party's HP will slightly regenerate faster in the background . Your Party's defenses, endurance, and will has increased by 15%]

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[Ming activated Prophet's field . The magical playing field between you and the Viper maiden has been leveled . ]

[The training of your team is showing!]

Sophia chuckled and allowed black aura to radiate around her .

"Interesting . But I am a maiden of the greatest being on the planet," she said . "I don't care if you bring an entire army to take me on, I will slaughter you all . "

[stone-viper games . ]

[Your party has entered a Boss fight!]

"Alice, to me," Clyde said . His life mate joined him at his side, pink aura flowing . "Those on support, do support . That includes you too, Ruri . "

The h.e.l.lhound sighed .

"Fine . It's not fair . "

Sophia held a hand into the air .

"Give me strength, oh great Viper . "

"She's nuts," Alice said, "serving someone who'd destroy the world . "

[Sophia activated Galactic slash bolt . ]

Clyde was about to step into it, for the spirit s.h.i.+eld, but Noona beat him to the punch .

[Noona activated Radiant Reflect . ]

The magic that funneled from the ceiling bounded back to the Viper maiden, but instead of damaging her, it vanished . Sophia teleported to an empty half of the giant and slowly aimed a hand at Clyde .

"You who are the enemy of my master . Perish . "

Chika interrupted, coming out of the stealth with a kick that knocked her to the ground . The silver-haired girl tried to follow up with a knife, but Sophia rolled to the side, then bashed her away with magic .

[Sophia used Force bash . ]

Sophia leapt to her feet, dusting herself off . Tear teleported next to her .

[Tear activated Tier 1 skill: Pulse drive . ]

Sophia quickly put up a guard, seeming to know the incoming magic, which jumped from the succubus's fist .

[Sophia activated Lunar s.h.i.+eld . ]

A yellow-white glowing translucent semi-sphere surrounded the maiden . Tear's magic hit, but barely budged . Level one hundred sixty nastiness, holding together despite so many buffs . Clyde and Alice simultaneous aimed their palms in her direction, as if in sync .

[Clyde invoked Mystic wrath . ]

[Clyde activated Mystic lightning . ]

[Alice activated Tier 1 skill: Raid destruction beam . ]

Sophia's s.h.i.+eld still held .

"Ha! Let me show you what a real spell looks like . "

[Sophia activated Bronze tier skill: Cosmic wave . ]

She leapt into the air, then punched ground, like a…super hero landing . Clyde wanted to laugh, but the shockwave bashed everyone in the entire room to their backs . Transformation deactivated, he fought the pain and stood . He decided to keep track of just his own HP, due to the party size .

[Your HP has dropped to 158%]

[You have been inflicted with slow . Your special defense is 132, therefore against her higher attack and will, your speed reduction is 35%]

Clyde frowned as he virtually moved against what felt like invisible weights . Sophia blasted both Tear and Chika into the air, but before she could combo, Noona took aim .

[Noona activated Tier 1 skill: Harmony's light stream . ]

Sophia didn't see that one coming, because the beam of white magic smacked the maiden to her a.s.s . Clyde followed it up, watching his attack through the combat log .

[You activated Spiritual Fire!]

The blue fireball he hurled at Sophia bashed into her from the side .

[Harumi and Airi activated Duo Attack: Whirling Grace Blast . ]

The maiden still didn't budge, nor did she take much damage . What kind of defense did she hold? Clyde touched the edge of the power, but a quick dose of severe pain made him think again .

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[Sophia's HP has dropped from 275% to 200% so far . ]

[You still do not have access to that system nor is it recommended to utilize . ]

"You fools still do not realize who I am," Sophia said then raised her voice . "Just who I serve! A maiden of the Viper is not trained to be a weakling . "

She teleported next to Clyde, hand on his chest . He flashed stepped out of her path then countered . At the same time, Chika prepared to unleash some kind of magic . The slow status effect wore off .

[Clyde activated Tier 2 skill: Neptune's water edge . ]

[Sophia's HP has dropped to 188%]

His attack seemed to p.i.s.s her off . Alice added to the fuel .

[Alice activated Tier 1 skill: Radiant Septor's blink . ]

[Airi activated Tier 1 skill: The King's first move . ]

[Chika activated Tier 1 skill: Rogue magic hand!]

[Tear activated Tier 1 skill: Blood Lightning . ]

With one palm smashed against Sophia's chest, blue and gold energy erupted from the half-demoness's hand, bounding the maiden at least a dozen yards, right into the wall . Airi's green magic followed up to put on more hurting . Tear and Chika added lightning and heavy-hitting magic to the pot .

Clyde couldn't track all of them, but the entire team worked hard, supporters included .

[Sophia's HP has dropped to 153%]

[Critical! Attack once more!]

[Talent . Main character stuff . Life of your party . ]

[The combined attack of your party entered your next attack . ]

Clyde trembled as he took aim . Then he cast the magic .

[You activated Holy spirit wave . ]

[Your MP has dropped to 50%]

When the magic hit Sophia, she screamed then slid from the wall to fall to the floor .

[Sophia's HP has dropped to 100%]

The maiden began to cry .

"I can't do this…this compulsion . It's frying my brain . I…just want to go home . I swear, I won't serve anyone . Please forgive me!"

Clyde shot the woman a blank stare . As if he'd fall for one of the most cla.s.sic clichés and anime tropes around . The crying girl sneak attack . The amount of damage it normally did was unreasonably OP, perhaps broken . He placed a hand in front of his softhearted new friend . If Harumi wasn't used to battle and the horrors, Clyde imagined Airi would be doing the same .

Just then, someone clapped and laughed .

"Marvelous, marvelous . " A man dressed in a white lab cloak dropped from the ceiling, which was at least fifty feet high, landing beside Sophia . Clean shaven, with short brown hair and strange orange eyes, this man made Clyde feel very uncomfortable . He a.s.sumed the feeling was mutual throughout the party .

"Uncle? What are you doing here?" Toru said .

Clyde a.n.a.lyzed the man . And his stats were not friendly .

Hideo, Crusader Researcher .

Level: 378 (compressed . )

Type: Crusader .

Work under: the Order .

Special: Holy Death Slash .

Weakness: ???

Resistances: ???

Secret: blocked by a barrier created by the Order .

"Your uncle's a crusader?" Clyde said to Toru .

"He is?" Toru said .

Hideo flashed a grin .

"You know the deal . To be a part of something greater than yourself, you must learn to keep secrets . Oh how you would've made a great crusader, nephew . It's still not too late . Come with me . There is much to learn . And if you want, you can practice your skills on this sack of trash right here . "

He kicked Sophia, causing her to whimper . "Crazy maiden was h.e.l.lbent on destroying the city . But we had a chat . Now she's an experiment . "

"Aren't you crusaders supposed to be fighting for what's right?" Harumi said . "You're not supposed to mirror the evil . "

"It's not evil," Hideo said . "I'm a researcher . Sometimes I do jobs no one else wants for the glory of science, discovery, and the Great Ones . It is believed that behind magic is something greater, something that holds back both the purity and tainted elements . I intend to find this gray area . Or prove it not to exist . " He knelt beside Sophia . "Are you going to join me, Toru?"

"No Uncle, I will not," Toru said .

"Very well, check this out . " He pulled out an injection needle then slammed it into Sophia's neck . She screamed and convulsed and began to change . "The orders still stand, you worthless trash maiden . Kill them all . " Hideo leapt into the air, vanis.h.i.+ng .

"Your uncle sucks," Clyde said .

"He's such a jerk," Airi said .

Sophia's skin turned green as she wailed and grew and grew until about fifteen, maybe twenty feet tall . Her white hair did too, but not as much . Grey wings sprouted from her back, covered in spikes . Her figure s.h.i.+fted from supermodel thin to bulky and muscular . Her eyes s.h.i.+fted to glowing ember red .

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"Well, we certainly can't leave her like this," Clyde said . "Or she's probably going to go Hulk smash on the entire town . "

"Hulk what?" Airi said .

"Nothing," Clyde said . "Everybody focus . Support, continue doing your jobs . Attackers, keep it up . Also, I want the snipers to actually do something . Kitome, new plan . Focus on attacking . "

[The Raid boss has manifested…]

[Your party has entered a Raid boss fight! Phase 2 . ]

[Hideo has changed Sophia into a failed experimental beast, a geist . ]

Sophia howled, which sounded like a giant depressed wolf . Clyde actually felt a little bad for her, but readied his sword . Alice pointed h.e.l.lbreaker at her .

"I'll start the honors," Clyde said, das.h.i.+ng toward the tall monster . He dodged its fists pounds—there were four attempts—then jumped, incredibly high . However, when he stabbed his sword toward the enemy, the blade shattered . The young man let go of the handle as it too, crumbled to dust . "What the f.u.c.k?" He dodged the fist pummel to the ground, then aimed .

[Clyde activated Energy blast!]

[Geist Sophia took no damage . ]

Clyde retreated .

"Any bright ideas, Alice?"

"Not going to ask Tear first?" she said .

He looked at her . She smiled .

"I'm joking," she said . "Truthfully, I have no idea what that thing is . "

"My a.n.a.lysis calls it a geist, whatever that is," Clyde said .

"A what?" Natalia said . "Never mind, get out of the way . "

Everyone did . The loli pointed the golden staff in a goofy manner . "Super kamikaze attack!"

Alice began to chant familiar, explosive words .

[Natalia activated Silver tier skill: Atomic Blast Meltdown De Grande!]

[Alice activated Special tier skill: Explosion!]

The amount of raw orange and red magic that came out of the Staff of Hopes made Clyde's jaw dropped . It helped ease the pain of losing a legendary sword . Until the prompt made him cringe .

[Geist Sophia took no damage . ]

She dashed toward Tear, but missed a backhand attempt, as the succubus jumped out of her path . She continued after her, failing to make a direct blow .

"Shoot!" Natalia said . "Why didn't it hurt her . "

"Nya, she's juiced up with more than drugs," Neko said . "I think the Omen's sphere is behind it . Clyde, you've got to NYA—neutralize it . "

"You tried to force that one in, didn't you?" Clyde said, staring at her blankly . Neko sighed .

"Win some, you lose some, nya," she said .

[Objective: find the Omen's sphere!]

[Time limit: 5 minutes…]

"Five minutes?" Clyde hissed then looked around, seeing nothing .

[Geist Sophia activated an undodgeable attack . Tier 1 skill: Wrath of the Cosmos . ]

The monster smashed the floor, just like with her other attack . The stronger shockwave hurled the party around like pieces of used tissue paper . Pain reechoed throughout Clyde's body until felt like dying .

[Critical! Your HP has dropped to 45% You are stunned . ]

A giant green backhand shot the young man painfully into the air . Everything slowed down for him as he hit the ground .

[Your HP has dropped to 15%]

[Time limit: 2 minutes . ]

[Harumi activated Skill fusion: Ma.s.s Drastic Heal + Ma.s.s Refresher!]

[Your HP has increased to 150% Negative Status effects gone . ]

[Your current MP: 40%]

"Harumi, you are too amazing," Clyde said as he recovered . He dodged a giant fist that almost turned him into a pancake . "Why is she targeting me?"

"Hey green vomit girl! You suck! f.u.c.k you!" Seth taunted then bolted as the furious geist chased him with reckless abandonment .

"Everyone in the battle now," Clyde ordered . "Help him!"

The raid party scurried into motion . But Noona joined Clyde .

"Are you okay?" she said .

"I've got a minute to find the Omen's sphere," Clyde said, searching frantically through wreckage .

"That's what you're looking for?" she said . "I think the girl with two different eye colors said something about it . "

"Where is she?" Clyde said .

"Over there . " Noona pointed to a spot only a few yards away .

"Thanks," he said then flash stepped to Ming .

"Clyde I've found this," Ming said .

"You're awesome!" he said, taking the baseball-size glowing orange gla.s.s...o...b..from her . The timer stopped at one second .

[Objective completed!]

That was close! This would've been a failing point for a lot of people, Clyde thought .

He was relieved the objective was no more than just a steroid-induced fetch quest . And impossible without Seth .

He concentrated, neutralizing the Omen's sphere, absorbing it . Ming watched him, curiosity in her eyes .

[Geist Sophia's Ultra Tough Skin has been disabled!]

"Finish her!" Clyde shouted, adding just a touch of power into his voice .

As everyone launched everything they had, the young man prepared to unleash his special attack .

[Geist Sophia activated *Almighty* Tier skill: G.o.d's Absolute s.h.i.+eld . ]

[You can feel that this is a copied skill from the Viper . ]

"f.u.c.k, this is a disaster," Clyde said . "How do we kill this thing?"

A giant fist almost made the answer for him—as the geist was right back on him . The spells everyone else shot missed or did little damage . "f.u.c.k it, nickel and dime her, I don't care . " Despite their efforts, she didn't look as if she'd be going down any time soon . The young man had to think . Maybe this should treated like a super boss fight . What else did he need to do? His MP wasn't infinite, charging too slow to matter much .

He missed a step and the giant fist came down on him…

"Clyde!" his party yelled, but they were worried for nothing .

Clyde caught the fist, which was almost the size of a car, with a single finger .

"I've had enough of this," he said softly then leapt into the air . With a single downward kick, white aura surrounding him, he felt the crunch of the monster's arm . Sophia screamed and roared at the same time .

Clyde spun-kicked the monster in the face, rocketing her to the other side of the room at thousands of miles per hour . She smashed into the wall, heavily denting it . The building trembled .

"Holy s.h.i.+t!" Seth said .

"I will free you from your torment," Clyde said, his voice a G.o.d's chant .

[Warning! You do not have access—]

He cut off the prompt as he lazily glided over to the unmoving monster . He lifted the giant into the air with a single hand . She choked .

"This is what happens to those who serve the Viper," Clyde said .

"Wha—what's going on?" Airi said . "How is he…"

[Clyde activated… . data not found . ]

A light surrounded the monster until she reverted back to human form, crying .

[Geist Sophia's HP has been absorbed! Sophia was cured of Geist poisoning . ]

"From this day forward, you will be a Stone Maiden," Clyde said .

[Perimeters accepted . You stole one of the Viper's maidens! You have unintentionally declared war on the Viper . Secret discovered . You have earned the t.i.tle: Robbing the Snake . ]

[Quest: take her virginity to increase the power of you, her, and your prophet . This quest isn't mandatory, but it cannot be refused . ]

"I shall serve, my lord," Sophia said softly, tear's falling from her face . "I…don't have any place to go . I do not know where your temple is located or if I should build a new one . "

He had a temple? Questions for later .

"Don't worry about that right now," Clyde said, voice normal . He looked at the others . "Let's get the f.u.c.k out of here . Tear . Noona . Can you please take care of Sophia? She's going to be doing… . whatever Stone Maidens do . " The young man addressed the rest of the party . "Check the building to make sure no one's left . Yuki will be blowing it up . "

The demoness laughed .

"I suppose that's a start," she said .

"A little extreme," Harumi and Noona simultaneously said .

Sighing, all he could do was dread the approaching morning of pain and strain . It actually temporarily lowered some stats and HP .

He allowed the delayed prompts to finally fill his mind's eye .

[Battle completed . Victory! Reward: 180 Million EXP and 50 million dollars . ]

[Congratulations, you have reached levels 76-90 . You've learned Ki Exchange . With this rare skill, you may convert unused Ki to HP or MP . ]

[You're almost to level 100! Skills will evolve soon . Make sure you're utilizing them all . Let it be known that it is HIGHLY recommended to start using your Ki system . Ki could be mixed into your magic and reduce the strain of using your true power . ]

[The Niyoto Quest line is completed! Congratulations . ]

Oh now the system tells me, Clyde thought . He'd put a big focus on Ki and get it running .

Rooftop of the Cult headquarters…

Hideo frowned, annoyed that his prototype was taken out so easily . How did that man deactivate his drug? This is why he carried out research projects among the crusaders and proudly served the Order . He'd convince Toru, whether his nephew wanted him to or not . Perhaps a visit to his brother's mansion was what he needed . Hideo chuckled . The fact that the drug didn't the kill the subject meant that he moved in the right direction . He wondered if he could heighten the magical effect of the Supreme demon lord . Maybe release the newly s.e.x-crazed monster girls out into the world to reproduce . The possibilities were endless . He made the Jump back the others .

This wasn't over . The crusaders would claim victory over every nation, bathe them in the light of the Great Ones . Make them repent of their patheticness .

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