Sat.u.r.day . Week 2 . Month 1 . Year 1 . Season: Autumn .

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Tear smashed a fist against Clyde's table, nearly cracking it . The young man sighed in relief that he picked up his mug in time . It was an early, cold morning and despite his protests, Yuki refused to allow him to sleep in . She even pulled him by one leg and dangled him upside down .

He often reminded her that she was an equal, not a servant . Focus on recovery . Tear and Natalia barged, full of cold fury—ready to bash anything that even hinted at Alice getting a life mate . They even dragged Harumi out of bed . The poor girl looked defeated, as if her cup of coffee was a lifeline . The blush, when Yuki wiped a tiny stain of toothpaste from the corner lip, faded .

"Are you sure he captured your agent?" Alice asked .

"Of course," Tear snapped . "We were so close to finding out what's hidden in the depths of his most guarded room . And if my agent burned down as much as possible, that would've been nice . I think she made the mistake of going through Nezerath's dreams and not using the servant route I established for her . " She shook her head . "Cousin, I try to maintain a sufficient network to help and spy but every now and then it seems one of my knuckleheaded demonesses get too c.o.c.ky . "

"That's a dangerous move," Alice said . "I'm just glad you weren't the one captured . "

"Please as if Nezerath's poor excuse for magic could touch me," Tear said then pinched Alice's cheeks . "Somebody has forgotten that her favorite big cousin taught her everything she needed to know about magic . "

"Ow, okay, so-wy," Alice protested . Tear released her cheeks, satisfied .

Clyde and Harumi blinked . Natalia closed Clyde's fridge .

"Highness how could you," she falsely wept . "I hid that last cupcake so well and behind a wall of illusion so strong, only a G.o.d would've been able to detect it . "

Alice smiled innocently .

"Whatever could you be talking about? You shouldn't point an accusatory finger without any evidence . "

Clyde gave her a Toru-approved blank stare . After she bathed the prior night, she spent maybe fifty minutes in the kitchen . The young man's exhaustion didn't give him the motivation to even so much as budge from the couch . She even fell asleep on top of him with a tiny speck of frosting on her cheek .

A knock on the door pulled everyone's attention . Clyde started to rise to answer, but Yuki was already there .

"Nya! What the h.e.l.l, Clyde?" Neko moved past the ex-maid . "I'm gone for a few days and you fill your apartment with women? You naughty boy, Nya . "

"Who invited the cat?" Alice said, bored annoyance in her voice .

Neko hugged Clyde then licked his face before Alice could barge in between them .

"You can't get mad, dear nylady Alice, I'm only doing my job," Neko said . "Besides, I wouldn't dare miss an Ashfall thras.h.i.+ng even if all of the world's gold was offered to me . Nezerath Ashfall has two Omen's spheres . One hidden in his estates, while the other, he's bringing with him like some kind of trade item or offering . "

The room fell into silence . Tear strolled over to the catgirl .

"Are you sure?" She shook Neko .

"Nya—yes," Neko replied in a frantic, playful manner . She rubbed her shoulders when the succubus let go . "Nya . Some of you fail to realize a delicate flower when you see one . "

Tear paced and forth . Her wings suddenly sp.a.w.ned into existence on her back, folded .

"I can't believe…" she looked at Alice . Everyone did . The cold rage on her face spoke volumes . Her father trading her like a barging chip . Clyde felt her grasp—she squeezed his hand .

"Tear, do you know of any way to distract the demon lord while we deal with Nezerath?"

"Yes, but there's one more thing you should know," she replied .

"Go on," Clyde said .

"Nezerath is visiting the city to meet with my foolish uncle, but the actual ceremony will be held at the Ashfall estates . "

Clyde grinned . Tear gave him a skeptical look .

"And here I thought we'd have to deal with your uncle's forces while Nezerath ran away or some s.h.i.+t like that," Clyde said, the cliché bubbling in his thoughts . "Alice, let her know of what we planned . "

Alice nodded then explained Clyde's idea to the succubus . Tear's eyes widened then sparkled with excitement . Even Neko beamed at the young man . Harumi groaned .

"The hard part is finding the numbers to fight," the pink-haired girl said .

"Leave that to me, Melons," Tear said . "A raid, you say . "

"Let's get the Fireside nuisances to help out," Clyde said . "Sahara's super buff will make this so much easier . "

"Super buff?" Natalia said .

"Some thirteen witches' ability," Clyde said . "Hands out power increases . "

"I can do way better than that, pervy-monster," Natalia said, holding her head up high . "Or do I have to remind you of that pitiful attempt to fight me . "

"We could still use the numbers," Clyde said, glaring at the loli .

"Nya, I'm supposed to guide him to the Omen's sphere," Neko said .

"We'll get the Ashfall sphere first then worry about Alice's father," Clyde said . He stood up and stretched . "We've got phone calls and last-minute prep—let's get going . I'll leave it to Tear to get us to where we need to be . "

"Too easy," Tear said . "I'll also start a rumor, one that states that Alice is heading to the Ashfall family estates . Maybe this will start a riot among her remaining supporters . Melody's also at play too . "

"She is?" Clyde said, surprised .

"Ashfall's the reason why she's here," Tear said .

Clyde sighed .

"And their hate list continues to grow . Alright, get moving people . I want to be moving and kicking a.s.ses within an hour . "

He was ready to end this ordeal with Nezerath and claim his next Omen's sphere . He had other things to do: find a new place to live, beat the ever-living s.h.i.+t out of Alice's father, visit the Labido Gra.s.slands and other places in this world . He wouldn't be rooted in one city for long . To be fair, he was only in the dimension for about two weeks, but the same went for the Viper .

Abruptly, a phone call snapped him out of his reverie . Kitome calling him was a surprise .

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Clyde's stat sheet . You may skip to the next part .

Name: Clyde .

Level: 40

Type: Main character/ Stone . Mystic .

HP: 100% (+10%)

MP: 100% (+30%)

Attack: 82 (+16)

Defense: 84 (+16)

Speed: 86

Luck: 78

Will: 84

Intellect: 87

Form: 1/1 .

Special: Tier 1 skill: Omen's Desolation . [Does almighty . Spiritual, and sound damage . Chance to cause hopelessness and despair . Triples super-severe damage against ent.i.ties, deities, spirits, and darkness-type enemies . ]

Special Abilities:

Flash Step: Briefly move at the speed of light . A high, speed stat will increase the critical chance of any attack combined with this ability .

Acrobatics: able to run and jump swiftly . Can leap from building to building .

Mystic senses: whether in or out of battle, you will be connected to nature and its spirits . Unknown benefits . Ability to sense abnormalities .

Skill Fusion- legendary special ability- combine skills and see what happens . You could unleash death on your foes!

t.i.tles:

The Man Who Shatters the Balance . Reckless Abandonment . Man of the Impossible

Hidden stats revealed:

Special Defense: 68

Paranoia:

Charisma: 76

Composure: 72

Evasion: 54

Reputation: Lv . 2 . Ah—Maybe I've heard of him .

Endurance: 84

Misc:

Free points: 45 .

Wanted rep Harpy clan: 5/5 .

Omen's spheres (some call them orbs): 1 .

Skills:

- Athlete: 10% bonus to speed and Will . [Pa.s.sive] .

- Mystic Calm: 100% resistant to fear, despair, discomfort, and shock . [Mystic Pa.s.sive . ]

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-Hostile Detection 4: detects hostiles within a certain range of you . Detects enemy information . [Pa.s.sive] . Can now see weakness .

-Heart Protection 5: you're 53% less affected by unwanted mental magic or skills from enemies . You gain a 41% bonus to your ability to convince others to do anything that would protect their hearts . 46% chance to break from any magic or charismatic hold . [Pa.s.sive] .

- Secret sword and martial arts combination . Random unknown increases to speed, defense, and will during battle . Chance to critical increases by 2% . [Pa.s.sive] .

- Crafting 4: enables you to craft items using everyday objects . Somewhat complicated unlocked . [Pa.s.sive] .

- Dagger combat 2: does physical damage . Enables dagger combat . Chance to critical at 3% [Pa.s.sive] .

-knife throwing 2: does physical damage . Enables knife combat . Chance to stun at 3% [Pa.s.sive] .

Trap Detection 2 . You will be warned by the system automatically on things your mind would consider a trap . Your will stats dictate this! [Pa.s.sive] . Range: 10 meters .

Party loyalty: Your party will know if you're in danger and need help . A boost of stats will be provided to anyone who's able to provide you a.s.sistance .

Unarmed attacks:

-Roundhouse kick . [Attack] – does physical damage . Change of knockdown at 5% .

-Mystic punch/kicks . [Attacks]- does physical and spiritual damage . Chance of stun at 1% . 50% stun if catching enemy by surprise .

Sword attacks:

-Precise Slash 5 . [Attack] – does physical damage . Chance of critical at 21%

-Deep Slash 4 . [Attack]- does physical damage . Chance to cause bleeding at 19% . Chance to stun at 2% .

-Spirit Slash 4 . [Attack] – does physical and spiritual damage . Chance to cause dizziness at 9% . Chance to cause spiritual blight at 14% .

-Shatter Strike 1 . [Attack]- does physical and fire damage . Chance to break barriers at 5% .

Defensive skills:

Spirit s.h.i.+eld: [Defense] – invoke a magical s.h.i.+eld around you for a few seconds . Will s.h.i.+eld you from magic and block physical attacks . Chance to invoke Spirit Counter at 1% .

Special skill:

Quick meditation: once per cooldown, you can boost random stats . The buffs will last for up to two hours .

Mystic meditation: once per cooldown, you can boost speed, will, and composure . This buff will last up to 2 . 5 hours .

Combat level:

-Intermediate level 4 . Combat style: somewhat skilled .

-Mystic combat level 3 .

Magic:

-Energy Ball . Type: spiritual . Cla.s.s: mysterious . (Mystic counterpart is available . )

-Scatter Shot . Type: spiritual . Cla.s.s: mysterious . Shoot a flurry of energy b.a.l.l.s at multiple enemies . 1% chance to stun an enemy .

-Spirit wave: Type: spiritual . Cla.s.s: mysterious . : Shoot a wave of concentrated spiritual energy . Chance to cause spiritual blight at 3% . Chance to do double damage on dark creatures: 15% .

-Binder's hand 2 . Type: spiritual . Cla.s.s: mysterious . Bind your enemies with tendrils of spirit energy . 35% chance to bind 1 enemy . Does no damage unless you will it . If willed, will do 2% damage per second .

- Charm 1 . Type: spiritual . Cla.s.s: mental . Once per cool, you have a chance to take control of 1 targeted enemy . At this level you can only charm 1 enemy at a time and only those with lower levels . Be wary of enemies immune to charm .

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-Mystic aide: invoke the power of nature to a.s.sist you . Does nature damage . 150% attack increase in forests, gra.s.slands, and spiritual domains .

-Mystic wrath: Enter mystic mode . This form lasts for a short time and drains magic points, but all physical and magic attacks increase greatly . You will be able to cast Mystic Lightning . Due to the strain this form does on your body, it is highly recommended to use if needed .

-Mystic Lightning- can only cast during mystic mode . Does spiritual, electrical, and holy damage . Change to cause spiritual blight at 34% . Chance to blind .

- Trust Bond Skill Mimic . Type: mystic . Cla.s.s: very rare . Once per day, you will be able to randomly activate a skill from any of trusted friends . If you do not wish to activate the revealed skill, you may store it for later use; however, if not activated that day, it will vanish from storage .

-Summon Mist: Type: water . Cla.s.s: uncommon . summon a thick mist that can cover an area the size of a small town . You and your allies will be able to see 40% better than any enemies . Warning, this is useless against enemies that do not rely on vision .

BCFUS lv . 1 . You can only present a temporary speed and jump boost . You may make only minor changes to their appearances, heal minor injuries, and sense their whereabouts .

Talent:

Main character stuff .

Mystic languages . [Can read and speak old and unknown tongues . ]

Bonus:

10% boost to relations.h.i.+p stats with Harumi and her friends .

+5% damage for a physical attack .

Marriage System .

Bravery noted to someone of great power .

10% boost to all stats- mystic bonus .

Inventory:

$ 150,700

-Map of Lot City, Satovia .

-Map of Libado Gra.s.slands, Satovia .

-Smartphone .

-Key .

-Reminder for practice- note .

- Natzo hand bomb . (Does Fire and Metal damage on enemies caught within the blast . 40% chance to cause burns, 20% chance to deafen . 30% chance to stun . )

- Zelt's printer . Level 1/25 .

- Wind blade . (item cla.s.s: very rare . )

-Melody's note .

Equipment:

-Basic demon sword level 14 - +16 to attack . Demon element .

-School uniform or casual clothes .

-School shoes or casual shoes .

-Necklace of strength . (Uncommon)- +1 attack +1 defense .

-Ring of Emergency Magic . (Very rare) +20% MP .

- Dust stone armor set . (rare) . +15 to defense .

- Steel dagger . (Uncommon) .

>Cards:

Attackers: [that he viewed . ]

The Sorceress Amina . Power: ??? Defense: ??? Effect: ??? Type: magic user and deck leader .

Wizard Otus . Power: Defense: Effect: Type: magic user .

Druid Karla . Power: Defense: Effect: Type: magic user .

Action cards: [that he viewed . ]

Fever Draw . (Action card)

King's Last Hold . (Action card)

Cla.s.ses: (year1) .

-Satovia History 1 .

-Romance Literature 1 .

-Sciences 1 .

-Crafting 1 .

Phone numbers:

-Chika .

-Harumi .

-Naomi

-Toru

-Seth

-Kitome

- Melody

-Dark

Quest log:

Main story .

DESTROY THE ASHFALL FAMILY . (Urgent MS) .

Locate the whereabouts of Kiko the vampire . (MS . )

Gather materials and craft three items .

Go to the Libado Gra.s.slands .

Defeat one person in either a non-real card . (Stone-Tokken quest . )

Defeat Dark in a Real game (Stone-Token quest . )

Call Chika in the late hours . (MS . )

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