[The God of Past Heroes has taken an interest in you.]
[The God of Past Heroes has issued a quest, will you accept?]
Yes/Yes
"Hmm...What should I have for dinner? I'm starving after all this work." I say while walking away.
"ID Es..."
[You have three seconds to accept this quest, or there will be consequences.]
[3]
"That's cute. Please do punish me, your godlyness." I say nonchalantly.
[2]
"ID Escape." I say slightly irritated.
[You cannot escape.]
[1]
[You will now be forcibly summoned. Prepare yourself.]
"Haaaa, lets get this over with."
A sickening feeling crawls all around my body. It's as if insects have made a nest inside my organs, very unpleasant, do not recommend. Piece by piece, my body starts to flake away. From my feet, to my ankles, then my torso, and lastly, my eyes. Everything has gone dark, Gamers Mind has stopped any form of panic, but I doubt I would panic anyway, too much work. Guess this is a good as time as any to take a nap.
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(Pov ???)(A little over a year ago)
"This is bad! Really bad! How am I going to explain this to dad?!" I say while hyperventilating.
"He finally put me in charge of my own world and this happens? What kind of luck is this?"
This used to be a relatively normal world. Sure, there were a few vampires here and there, but that's normal for any world. They're like cockroaches, no matter how many you may kill, there are always 10 more in the shadows. That's besides the point, my problem is with these DAMN REINCARNATORS! All of these people awakening memories from their past lives has created an imbalance in the system this universe runs on.
Souls are hard to come by, so when they get transferred to world they aren't supposed to be....it can have rather devastating effects. Such as the fabric of space-time ripping apart and transporting monsters that wreak havoc as they please. That's why I decided to use some of my own influence to send the souls of people who were Heroes in their past lives. It worked for awhile...then it didn't.
I didn't account for the fact that these stronger souls would bring even stronger monsters to combat them. This is the way things go, after all, balance must be kept on both sides of the playing field. In short, this has been the worse two-hundred years of my entire life. Granted, it is the tiniest bit my fault for taking such a long nap, but it was only like a thousand years. Every god deserves a break every now and then. Right?
Just when I thought it couldn't get worse, the "Will of the World" decided to choose a champion for herself. Gaia she calls herself. She decided to use every bit of her power to give a child a system. Why? WHY?! I had everything almost, probably, maybe under control. Okay, I didn't have anything under control, but that doesn't excuse bringing this unknown variable into this already shaky equation.
"Ha, ha, ha.....AAAAAHHHHHHH! Now is not the time to have a panic attack! I have everything under control!" I lie to myself.
"A curse...Yes! That should work! If monsters have a natural attraction to him then he might just die before being born. This is perfect!"
(A year later)
*Panik noises*
"Really! One year and he's already entering the mirror dimension?! ONE YEAR?! I'm going to die, this is it for me. I can only hope for a permanent death and not a mega-murder-death-kill-super death....wait, there's one more thing I can try. I hope for my sake that this works." I say as I type out a message to send to the little hell-spawn/thorn in my side/please die already you little cunt.
(Gets left on read.)
*Snap!*
"Ok, you fun-sized prick, we're gonna have a little talk. Summon!"
I make sure to summon him as slowly as possible to make this as unpleasant as I can. After about an hour, he should be completely formed.
(1 hour later)
Rage....cannot describe...what I'm feeling right now. This little snot-nosed, spoiled, lazy brat has decided it was a good idea to take a nap in front of me. The god that manages this world. I-I I'm done, I will not deal with this anymore.
"WAKE UP YOU LITTE SHIT!"
"Huh? Who? What? When? Where?" he said as his snot bubble popped
"Ah, ah, ah, focus over here please, you little miscreant." I say with righteous anger.
"Oh, you must be the God of Christmas Past right?" he says nonchalantly.
Don't get pissed off, don't get pissed off, don't get pissed off.
"Yeah, sure kid. I'll make this as quick as I can. Ahem, I'm going to issue a quest to your system, and you are going to complete this quest. Then, I don't care, go create a harem or something."
"First off, harems are stupid. They look great on the surface with multiple women chasing you and all, but the moment you mess up or they lose interest....they'll take everything you own and stuff your body in a barrel."
"Yeah, cool story, now about this quest..."
"If that doesn't happen then they'll manipulate you into taking more partners to drain you of any vitality you have left."
"OKAY, I get it, harems are stupid. Can we move on?"
"Oh, sorry, I figured you wouldn't mind a bit of conversation. I didn't know you were socially awkward."
"Huuuuuu, I'm chill. I won't kill a child, I won't kill a child." I mumbled.
"Hey! I thought you wanted to get this over with? Why are you mumbling? You're sending me mixed messages here."
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! Ok, here's what's gonna happen. You are going to shut that cum guzzler you call a mouth and let me explain what's about to happen to you. That or I can throw you at a Neutron Star, how does that sound?" I say with my eye twitching erratically.
"Child endangerment? Honestly, death by Neutron Star sounds like a cool way to go. How good is your throwing arm?"
"Listen kid..." I say, my anger about to overflow.
"No, I don't think I will. You kidnapped me here, and you expect me to be all cordial with you? Also, you won't kill me, you need me to do a job. Make the threats before the job offer. This is the basics of doing business, so send me back and go show Mister Scrooge his childhood or something." the boy said in a mocking tone.
"I hereby Declare: The chains of hell release no dead. Bind!" I flick my finger and a chain moves at light speed and wraps around the insufferable cur.
"Seriously?" he activated Prana in an attempt to break the chains.
"Do you really think your meager strength can break the chains that I personally retrieved from hell? You think just because you have your "All Powerful" system, that you could beat the originator of all heroes? Pathetic!"
"Hero? You? Don't make me laugh. You sound just like any stereotypical villain: bitter, desperate, and out of control. I'm not afraid of you, nor will I ever be. Just do what you must, you pathetic excuse of a god." he stares me in the eyes with reckless abandon.
"It seems Gaia didn't make a mistake by choosing you after all, but now that you've slighted me...there will be consequences. It didn't have to be this way, but I've been left with no choice..." I say with a sadistic grin. "So until you have completed your task, I will take something you love."
"I Hereby Declare: Thy dreams will remain but a reflection in the water; right in front of thee, yet so far away. Though thee may try, the sweet embrace of Hypnos will never grace thy presence again. May the world of dreams forever elude thee. Curse of The Restless!" I flick my finger yet again, hashing out my Step Fifteen curse.
"Now begone from my sight!" I yell as I unsummon him.
I look at his disappearing figure one last time. Waiting in glee to see the look of hopelessness on his face. However, what I saw was something entirely different. A disgusting, unnerving grin was plastered on his face. Is he broken?
"Remember this day....and tell Scrooge hello for me. hahahHAhahHAHAHAHAH!" he cackled as his head turned to dust.
"......"
A long silence ensued.
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I appear back in my room as if nothing happened. My bed is calling to me....my only hobby, the sole reason I haven't killed myself and gone back to my eternal sleep. It is no longer an option. Why do I know this? Well, this system notification is all the information that I need...
[Status effect: Curse of The Restless is too powerful to be resisted.]
[Quest Granted: Genocide for The Greater Good!
Recommended Level: ???
Description: The God of Past Heroes has "requested" for you to exterminate a majority of the reincarnates on the planet. It is the only way to make sure that this world survives.
Task: Exterminate 80% of the reincarnates.
Reward: Curse of The Sleepless will be revoked, +696969696969696969696969696969696 EXP, One Wish of Your Choice
Punishment for failure: Possible Death, Never Sleep Again, Suffer the Wrath of the Original Hero]