Party Function [C149]

In a forest, a girl could be seen running, attempting to chase someone.

In front of her, the green leaves, the brown trunks, and the wind passing on her face didn't matter, as, in her sight, only the back of a child was present.

The fluttering white fluffy tail, the long white hair, and his slender yet strong back in her sight were continuously getting further, as if running away.

At the start, she was in front of the child, looking him as she joked with him, having fun.

However, a moment later the child began to run forward, surprising her with his speed.

Initially, they were about evenly matched, and stood one next to each other.

Yet… after a bit, the child became faster and began to outdo her.

Using all her strength, she desperately tried to chase after him, however, no matter how much she tried, the child slowly increased his speed, until now, when he was barely in her sight.

Suddenly, when he was about to vanish from her view, everything changed, the forest, the sky, and the ground gradually became a white world, where only a white existed.

The child stopped, not turning around, still showing his back, floating in front, as if waiting for a decision she would make.

At that moment, the girl seemed to wake up, as her mind grew lucid. Thinking back at the dream she was having, her morale lowered, as that was most likely what was going to happen.

Her cultivation speed could not compare to Shu Himo, so her only destiny was to be left behind, becoming merely a side character.

Looking around her, she was stunned by the place, what kind of dream would make everything white? Perplexed, she involuntarily muttered, "Where am I?"

[This is the inside of your dream, you will decide here if accept the party request or not.]

"Eh?" Stunned by the voice of the system, she replied, "Who are you?"

[The Bullsh*t System.]

The Bullsh*t System? Why was it talking with her? Stunned, she asked about what decision it was talking about, "Party request? What is that?" However, before the system could answer she suddenly widened her eyes in shock "Why am I as lucid as if I were awake even if this is a dream?"

[The system altered your senses to the same level as if you were awake, this way you will be able to make a choice purely based on your will. The party request is an invitation to enter a party, the specifics will be shown with a display.]

As soon as the system completed his phrase, in front of the girl appeared a display.

[Party request from Shu Himo to Aura Azusa.]

[Do you want to enter in the party?]

[When in the party, your cultivation level will be raised at the same as Shu Himo, however, as such a method is not allowed by the world, there will be side effects which may kill you.]

[Side effects:

-need to overcome a trial for each phase;

-a stronger heavenly tribulation for each realm.]

[Loyalty: when you are inside the party, you cannot betray in any way the party leader(Shu Himo), this refer to, giving information to an enemy, attempting to attack the party leader with the intention to kill, and any similar thing. Every attempt will be forcefully stopped, and a report about it will be sent to the party leader.]

[The 'loyalty' part does not limit in any way the freedom of choice, exclusively stopping betrayal attempts toward the party leader.]

[Desire: Obtain revenge against the one who ordered the annihilation of the Vampire Race (You can change the desire only before accepting the invite.).]

[Note: Until the desire is completed, the party is considered as provisional, and you will be free to leave the party, however, once the desire is completed, such liberty will be nullified.]

Reading it, she widened her eyes, "Raising my cultivation at the same as Shu Himo? How is that even possible? To cultivate is needed the use of external Qi to increase the strength of the body, which is a tedious manual process, so how can Shu Himo's breakthrough be related to my own cultivation level?"

[The precise functioning is a secret, the system can only say that it's all thanks to a special seal.]

"I see…" She thought it was normal that the system would not want to disclose such information, so she did her best to calm down, however, no matter how she tried she could not hide her grin, 'Does this mean that I will not get left behind?'

Only after finally calming down, she changed her question, "About the trials… what type of trials are we talking about?"

[The trials for every phrase are Heart Demons, only by using your willpower you can resist them. Were you to fail to resist against one of them, your cultivation will go berserk, instantly killing you.]

Hearing the explanation she was puzzled, "Heart Demons? I thought that the Heart Demons could only be born when someone has a doubt, so how can a Heart Demon be the trial? They can't be formed from nothing!"

[That is not entirely correct. There exist three types of Heart Demons:

-The ones generated from you, born from your doubts,

-The ones from an enemy, created to get your cultivation in disarray, or to slow you down during a fight,

-And lastly, the Heart Demon Race, who cultivate by absorbing the cultivation from its victims.]

[The one who will test you will be the ones from the Heart Demons Race. The seal will put you in a situation where you will be able to cultivate easily and quickly, but such a situation always attracts one of them.]

[Overcoming them will allow you to reach the next phase without dying, but upon failure, only death is the result.]

'A Heart Demon, huh?' Aura Azusa grinned, 'If I can't even beat a Heart Demon, how could I claim to not fall behind?'

Placing a hand on her chest, she confidently said, "Very well, I, Aura Azusa, shall accept the party invite!"

She accepted without caring at all about the 'loyalty' and the 'desire' parts, as she considered only obvious to not betray someone who accepted her, without caring of her race.

[Party request accepted.]

[Party created.]

[Current party:

-Party leader (Shu Himo)_tamed monster (Phylia),

-Provisional member (Aura Azusa).]

Nodding happily by seeing the new display, Aura Azusa felt the need to ask a question which was on her mind from a while, "Sorry if I'm rude by asking this but… what does 'bullsh*t' mean?"

In front of her question, the system simply replied:

[Bullsh*t refers to something that is great and marvelous, incredible to the point which one cannot use another word to describe it.]

Hearing the meaning, Aura Azusa was not surprised and simply smiled, it was only normal that such incredible being had an incredible name!