Rank
[High rank villain nearby. Host be advised to stay careful]
"Huh?" I say as I read the notification that I just received from the system. "There is a High rank villain nearby. I just opened yesterday so there shouldn't any reason for a High level villain to come here." I then think of many possibilities to why a high rank villain was around my shop.
"Do they live here? Are they just passing by? Are they here cause of the girl?" Many possible answers began to flood my head. I then see the young girl look at her phone and type something on it.
"Ok you two our ride is here" she says as she gets up and pulls out her wallet "How much do I have to pay." I had no way to answer this question of hers.
[The cost is six federation coins]
These words left my as if I intended to say them "are you sure that is rather cheap for this kind of alcohol" said the young girl as she looked at me.
[That is the reasonable price for the drink]
Once again words just left my mouth even when I didn't want them two. "Ok then" she says as she pulls three coins out of her wallet and hands them to me. My hands moved on its and grabbed the coins out of her hands. She then grabs the two kids and walks out of the bar.
[Have a wonderful day]
My body then postures itself and my hand waves at her as she leaves the bar.
When she finally left I had full control of my body once more. I fell onto the ground panting heavily as my body felt suffocated. "System what was that?!"
[The system took control of you when the customer asked for how much the drinks worth. To make sure the host doesn't overpriced the drink the system took over]
Hearing this response made me worried "System does this mean you are able to take control of my body anytime!?"
[The system is only able to control the host when the host is damaged badly or when the system deems it necessary, which isn't a lot]
Hearing the response the system gave I calmed down a bit, but I still had doubts about the last part.
[The high ranking villain has left your area]
I saw the notification and sighed a bit and thought what my ranking was. I remember seeing it on my stat window.
Name: Victor Skull
Rank:?
Ability: Monster Creation
Stats:
Strength: 29
Durability: 26
Agility: 37
Intelligence: 5
Ability: 20
[Monster Creation. Rank S+. Effect- the user is able to create monsters that are under complete control of the user. The Monster will be given a random ability when created. The user is able to merge with any Monster gaining half their strength and their ability, the user is able to unmerge with the Monster at any given time. Downside- the Monster will start at F rank and will raise rank over time and real combat experience. The user must wait over a week to create a new Monster. The Monster will have its own feelings and thoughts]
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I look at my stats and see my rank.
[Rank: ?]
"Huh?" I look at my rank once more and see a question mark where my rank should be at. "What is going on, system why does my Rank have a question mark."
[The system is unable to create hosts rank due to a problem it is having and is trying to solve]
"Oh and what is the problem, maybe I can help?"
[The system is trying to decide whether to rank host by the systems rank or to rank the host by using the world's ranking system]
"Ok I see the problem first tell me how you would rank me then tell me how the world would rank me."
[The system would rank host by these standards
Rank F: Ability stat 20-25
Rank E: Ability stat 26-30
Rank D: Ability stat 31-35
Rank C: Ability stat 36-40
Rank B: Ability stat 41-60
Rank A: Ability stat 61-80
Rank S: Ability stat 81-100
Rank S+: Ability stat 101-200
Rank SS: Ability stat 201-400
Rank SS+: Ability stat 401-600
Rank SSS: Ability stat 601-800
Rank SSS+: Ability stat 801-1000]
"Ok so how does the world rank us?"
[The World would rank the villain by popularity and public opinion]
I began to think for a bit. In my world public opinion was one way to grow in power, but it wasn't always the right choice since many public figures would fake how they are. So if I went by the world's standard, I would most likely be given a low rank.
The system on the other hand ranks one on their strength which is a good way to rank someone. Especially when they are in a world where villains and hero's are the norm.
"System you can rank me by power, since it is better than public. But you should probably add something that can show me how the public sees me."
[System has chosen the host answer as the best option, system is now changing its function to fit the hosts suggestion]
[1%]
[5%]
[20%]
[50%]
[90%]
[Host can now see the new changes on their stats window]
I open up my Stat window to see the changes the system made.
Name: Victor Skull
Rank: F
Public Rank: None
Ability: Monster Creation
Stats:
Strength: 29
Durability: 26
Agility: 37
Intelligence: 5
Ability: 20
[Monster Creation. Rank S+. Effect- the user is able to create monsters that are under complete control of the user. The Monster will be given a random ability when created. The user is able to merge with any Monster gaining half their strength and their ability, the user is able to unmerge with the Monster at any given time. Downside- the Monster will start at F rank and will raise rank over time and real combat experience. The user must wait over a week to create a new Monster. The Monster will have its own feelings and thoughts]
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"Well that solves the ranking then, and I now know how to increase my rank" I then walk to the back of the counter and put the six federation coins on the table. "What can I do with six federation coins."
I open the systems store and look at the orders/ingredients that were in it. I scrolled through the screen I see something that catches my eyes.
[Dragon fries: A side meal that works well with alcohol and helps get rid of hangovers. Cost 2 Federation coins a month]
"Huh, didn't know that bars could sell side foods, and by seeing what it does it sounds tempting to get." I think if it was worth it to get or if I should save up for something better.
On the up side it's cheap, it helps with hangovers, and I have six federation coins so I can have this meal for three months. The downside is that if I don't have a customer for three months then I would have waisted my coins.
"Well it's not like I would get no one in three months so may as well" I said as I click on the purchase button.
[Would the host like to try the side meal]
Seeing the message I could feel my stomach craving for something to eat "yes please."
A cup containing fries then appeared Infront of me and I could smell something delicious immediately. It smelt as if the world's finest ingredients were used to make this single cup of fries. I grab one and bite into it.
As soon as I taste it my mouth begins to crave for more, I taste it and the more I tasted it the more I wanted some. I don't know how to put it into words, but it's like the best food you ever had and craved for more but ten times better.
It kept eating some of the fries and stopped when I felt something tugging my leg. "Huh?" I look down to see Troupe tugging it and cloud behind him. "Oh you want some" I grab the cup filled with fries and bring it down to their level. Troupe grabs two and put one where clouds mouth is suppose to be.
The Dragon fries then gets sucked into the wool, cotton, fur, whatever you call clouds outer appearance. The next second I could see cloud jumping up and down.
Troupe tugs my leg and I see his white ball eyes starring intensively at the fries. "It's good right, here" I hand the fries over to Troupe and turns around and puts more fries into clouds mouth.
"Eating to quickly is bad for you" I say to them and the began to eat the fries at a slow pace. Within seconds the cup filled with fries had no more fries in it.
Troupe and cloud looked at me, asking me to get more "Sorry you two, but I can't get no more fries." The two of them had a sad look on their faces. "I could always try to find the ingredients for the food, so I can make it." Thinking this a question appeared in my thoughts. "Why didn't the system reveal the foods ingredients?"
Upon, what I thought was hearing, the system sent a notification to me.
[This is to stop the host from replicating this food somewhere else that is not the bar]
"Man it really is strict on this" I say as walk to Troupe and grab the cup out of his hands. I walk back to the counter and before I can clean it, it just disappeared in my hands. "I guess the system also doesn't want me to figure out what the cup is made of or how it is shaped" I say jokingly.
[That is correct]
I sigh upon reading the notification, the system is way to cautious.
I look at the two monsters that I currently have and say "What game do you two want to play?"
We began to play several games like tag and staring contest. We continued to play until I heard the door open. I look and I see the most sketchiest person. He had a black mask, black sunglasses, a black hat, and a black outfit. The only thing that wasn't black were the gold rings that was on his hands.
He looks around and looks at me for a bit, he then goes to a table and sits down. I walk to him and ask what he wants. "I would like the cheapest alcohol that you have here".
I head back to the counter and the same process happens. I get a cup, a hole appears above it, the drink comes out, and it's done. I grab the drink and bring it to him. He grabs the drink out of my hand and throws the cup onto the ground. "This is the worst alcohol I have ever tasted, I guess I should pay you back" he then claps his hands and nothing happens.
"Huh?" I claps his hands once more and still nothing happens. "Where are they" He mumbles. "What is he trying to do" I say to the system.
[He might be sending a signal to the group of people outside to come inside]
"Oh why aren't they coming in then?"
[Only villains that the public see as villains can see and/or enter. It is most likely that the public doesn't see the group as villains]
"I guess that makes sense" I turn around and look at the man who is now banging his foot and clapping loudly.
It was a strange sight to see if I'm being honest.