Chapter 40
The hologram revealed the king's deeds over the past few years in the form of video and voice recordings. A very corrupted king indeed.
He used the tax from his citizens for his luxury, allowed human experiments to find a way to "improve" his military by turning them into hideous monsters, had a few scandals here and there, assassinated people that he doesn't like for no logical reason at all and so on.
He even gives some "silverfish" vibes because he shut everyone up using the kingdom's wealth.
"What the..." Says the announcer.
I look at Reina in the spectator's area, she nods to me and I return the nod. She managed to make it in time.
I sneaked into the castle when the arena is in its resting interval and stole those recordings and videos. Seems like many people tried to expose the king and they were executed but the recording and videos were not destroyed but locked away...interesting...
I collaged all of those videos and recordings and gave the USB stick to Reina.
Reina then uses one of the holograms projectors and insert that USB to project all of that when I give her the signal.
I don't know how she managed to sneak into it though.
After the hologram ends. Nobody spoke a single word. I can feel an intense killing intent; the killing intent of everyone in the kingdom. But they are not directed towards me, they are towards the king.
"I-I...DON'T BE BRAINWASHED BY THIS REBELLION!!! THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF CRAP!!! HE DON'T EVEN HAVE CONCRETE EVIDENCE!! HOW CAN YOU BE SURE THAT IS NOT EDITED-"
"Enough." Says the knights near him, raising his weapon against the king. "I always heard some sort of screams whenever I walk past the dungeon but I always thought it belongs to the prisoners... I didn't think..."
Everyone started lashing out at the king, throwing everything they can find, stones, vegetables, tomatoes...everything.
"So the reason why my sister suddenly disappears is because of you!!??" Shouts a spectator in the arena.
"Give me back my son!!" Shouts another.
"You bastard!!! Because of you, my daughter committed suicide after you impregnate her and toss her aside!!" Shorts a father.
I smirk and shouts "WHO WANTS THE KING DEAD!!!"
"KILL HIM!!"
"DO IT!! YOUNG LAD!!! GIVE HIM THE MOST PAINFUL DEATH!!!"
"THIS BASTARD DON'T DESERVE A FAST DEATH!! KILL HIM SLOWLY!!!"
Both children and adults alike all cursed at the king, wanting me to kill him.
I grab the king and throw him into the arena for everyone to look at.
I jump down and draw my katana.
"Y-You...d-don't come near me!! D-Don't come near me!!!!!!!"
I dash towards him and slice both of his legs off.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
He fell onto the floor in pain and everyone cheered.
The smile on my face becomes wider as he attempts to crawl away using his arms.
"So pathetic!!" I shout.
"W-Wait...please!! Mercy-"
I stab into his lower part that raped quite a several women.
"ARGH--#++KKWKZ!!!!!!"
"Now you won't be having fun messing around anymore...and your corrupted bloodline ends here!!" I shout as I continue to butcher him bit by bit.
"YEAAAAH!!!!"
"YOU DAMN SCOUNDREL!!! HAHAHAHA!!! YOU DESERVE IT!!!"
"NICE ONE KID!!!"
*huff* *huff* *huff*
Finally, he passed away after his body becomes unrecognizable. Damn... I avoided his vital organs because I wanted him to live a little longer.
I punch the air with my katana held tightly, everyone started cheering loudly.
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After that, I went back to my village. Words of me spread like wildfire and my negative reputation instantly turns into a positive reputation.
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Reputation: 1009338
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I instantly cleared the requirements to this stage...now I just need to wait for 2 more months to come by.
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System announcement:
Congratulations! User "Karma" is the first to clear the stage. As such, the 3rd stage will end in 2 months. Good luck to all the remaining players, please try to pass the requirements in these 2 months.
User "Karma" can now choose a reward from this 3:
1. Sakura Katana
2. $1000000
3. x2 Stats
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Sakura katana!?!?
Amazing!!! The Katana I always wanted came to me on Stage 3!!!
I got it on stage 11 last time!! This is another blessing!
"Sakura Katana"
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"Sakura Katana" has been chosen
This katana chooses its master. Are you sure you want to try?"
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Yes.
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What happened?
I felt some sort of impact hit me and lost consciousness?
I'm stepping in some sort of dark shallow water. The sky is white and I can see a dark tree nearby.
Is this...? This never happened to me before.
"Who are you." Says a female from behind.
?!!
I look back and instantly see a long black hair woman wearing a white dress.
Her eyes are yellow and azure...Woah... A nice combination there, developers.
"WHO ARE YOU!" She shouts again.
Ah!
"I'm...Karma."
"...why do I sense some sort of bloodline in you... it's as if you are the previous owner of me."
...what the...so my character has some sort of data implemented into it and it follows me even when I went back in time...now things just got a bit more confusing with the reincarnation stuff...
But I should not think too much about it, even though there is a possibility that the world and reality I'm in is not even real anymore...
But...
I sigh...of course I will be confused.
I was reincarnated back but all of this makes no sense. I am the sole definition of "defying the law of physics"...
It's impossible...well not so impossible now since I'm here.
"I...used to be a user of you...even I am confused but... I can assure you, I can bring out your full potential and fulfil your vengeance," I say
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"Y-You know I have a grudge?!?" She says.
I nod. "I know every single detail of it and I know the method of revenge that satisfies you the most. In exchange, lend me your power for a bit."
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"I don't know who you are but fine...you are an interesting player, I will acknowledge you as my master."
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I regain consciousness and found out that my character was just standing in this one spot for a while. Reina decided to stay in the capital to see what happened. she gained quite a reputation too when I announced her as my sidekick.
I continue with my journey back.
when I reach my village, I can see everyone gathered at the gate, awaiting my return. Once they see me, they started cheering and waving at me vigorously. I return the wave and smiled. Mino was the first one to run forward and hug me.
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uh...her mother and my parents are weirdly staring at me and Mino...they are smiling.
Whatever. I take out a large bag of gold and show it to the villagers. all of them started tearing up and some started to cry tears of joy. This...is a rare sight. Every one of them went up and hugged me afterwards.
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I look around the village, everything is going well. They started renovating their houses using better materials and not just hays with bamboo sticks, the walls are being built high enough that even a leader of a wolf pack could not jump over.
This is great. Now I just need a source to buy all the resources required for further development from...hmmm.
I contacted the other three on team chat.
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Karma: Girls hi. I have a favour to ask.
Reina: Oh hi what is it?
Ika: hm?
En:?
Karma: Do anyone of you know a merchant or a trader of some sort.
En: A merchant? I do...know one at my side.
Karma: At your side? What is your role and where are you?
En: I am the daughter of a Baron at the capital in the south. My father in this world wished for peace but war is always raging on. In the end, I took over as the Baron of my land and I currently have 900920 reputations.
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Woah...900920...as expected of En.
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Reina: Ehhh?!?!? Karma is one thing but even you, En?!?!?!
Karma: She is our team's strategist after all...
Reina: Oh right.
Karma: Anyway, I need your help...Are you in need of money right now?
En: I...am. Why?
Karma: En, let's trade. I need resources and money isn't a problem. I can give 10% more gold than the market price.
En: ...Tell me more.
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