Chapter 59
"It's okay. Everyone already knows my identity, it's fine. You can call me Karma now."
"Oh, uh okay!"
"Karma, why did you suddenly call us?" Asks Ika.
"I need your help for a bit."
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I explained everything that happened until now.
"Say..." Ika starts to show slight killing intent.
"Yumiko... Is a girl right?" She asks.
"Y-Yeah?"
Ika glares at me. "Tch, another girl." She mumbles.
"What?"
"Nothing. Let's go to Yumiko's mansion." Says Ika and she dashes off.
I throw a glance at all three of them. They've become stronger from stage 2...
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"Oh!! So they are your-"
"Say that one more time and I will expose that you used up 30% of your family's assets just to buy anime merchandise. No offence though, I respect that as well." I say.
"Tch." Yumiko looks away and sigh.
The three girls look at our conversation with no clue what's going on.
Yumiko looks at them and smiles. "Anyway, you are Reina, Ika and En, right?"
"You can tell?" Says Reina.
"Nope, Kel told me!" Says Yumiko.
Ika is frowning and glaring at Yumiko.
"What's your relationship with Karma?" She says.
"Hm? Oh? Is that jealousy I sense?" Says Yumiko.
I went to my inventory and take out a few divine pills, armour and weapons to distract them from going in that direction.
"Take this," I say.
"Eh? K-Kel aren't this a bit...expensive?"
"This is expensive to a rich noble like you? Damn, I'm rich. But still, keep it. All of you will need it for defending Japan while I'm gone."
The girl's eyes shine when they gaze upon the items I bought out except En.
"Leaving that aside, I have something to tell you, Karma." Says En in a soft voice.
Eh?! En is talking? What disaster in this world could make her talk?!?
"W-What is it?"
En tilts her head in confusion because of my awkward tone but she decided to ignore that.
"I was in Canada, Ontario, and heard an interesting rumour," says En.
Ontario?? It's in Canada??... I don't ace in geography but that's a province, right?
"So I decided to check it out. And the rumour indeed was true. Monsters around there are... becoming weird. They are more aggressive than usual and attack everything. The cultivators there tried to suppress the monsters but the dead one keeps rising and they suspect that it was a necromancer... A necromancer king."
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I see... haha... I was right. The system has already started its move. it was just not obvious.
This necromancer king almost bought upon stage 1 to stage 4...(Zombie apocalypse)
but instead of the ordinary stage 1, it's like an enhanced version of stage 1.
After all, stage 1 doesn't have... umm flying dragons and blazing tigers with the size of a mountain...that won't die.
Things will start to be troublesome. Although killing that Necromancer King, i will be able to end the stage early... but the process is a bit complicated. Not to mention the Necromancer king can't die and he has his "generals" as well who also happen to be necromancers...
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Task updated.
You have just heard from a player about the Necromancer King.
Task 1:
-investigate for more details(completed)
User already knows the Necromancer King and his army of undead. Task 1 is automatically complete.
Upon deeper investigation, the user found out that the necromancer king plans to take over the world by utilising the undead, Qi and monsters.
Task 2:
-Defeat The Necromancer King. (locked)(0/4 generals defeated)(0/?? Artifacts found)
Task 2(sub):
Defeat the generals.
-Defeat the first general, Gluttony of death(locked)(0/??? Undead defeated)
-Defeat the second general, Crimson Rash (locked)(clue: defeat Gluttony of death to find her location.)
-Defeat the third general, A.W(locked)(clue: He can be found in Canada, disguising as a normal human)
(extra information: he is currently neutral, have no intention to harm humans or help kill the necromancer king)
-Defeat the fourth general, Demon sword. (Locked)(clue: make a name for yourself as a swordsman)
(Extra information: likes fighting strong people who wield the sword, will easily come to you if you are famous for wielding a sword.)
Task reward:???
Task Failure: a zombie apocalypse in stage 4, end of the world.
*This task can not be rejected and is a top priority*
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Great...
One more useless quest to add to my bucket of troubles.
...
I check my current task.
There's no task about invading California or anything so I doubt that's deemed as "useful" in the system's eye.
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I clicked my tongue in frustration and sighed. "Alright, I will leave now. See all of you soon."
The girls waved and bid farewell to me.
I open the menu and bought a teleportation scroll from the shop.
"Use, California, Los Angeles."
My body disappears slowly and my conscious fades out for a while before I realise I am now standing in the middle of Los Angeles, out in the streets.
Phew...
Let's see...
I should go there first then.
In the western part of Los Angeles, there's one embassy cultivator guild.
I won't say there's only one embassy in Los Angeles but this one is a bit special...
I enter the lobby and the lady at the counter looks at me. There's no one else here at this time.
"Hunting period is over. Come back next month." She says, ignoring my presence and going back to her desk work.
"I came here to speak with the director, Mason Reiley," I say.
Her eyes open in shock. "You speak English. You look like a Chinese... Or a Japanese."
The way she says "Japanese" is as if she is talking about an irrelevant party. It pisses me off but that's the stereotype in this world.
Of course, I speak English. BOG requires at least a little basic English to play and I did learn English in school.
The lady then sighs and says "If you want to meet with the director, you need to book for a meeting ahead of time-"
"It's alright." Says Mason. "I have nothing on the schedule for the past three days after all."
He seems to be taking a walk to the embassy. "I finished my paperwork too."
The lady looks at me then back to Mason. "But he is a Japanese."
"... So? You might not be able to sense it since he is suppressing his cultivation but he is in the dragon realm." Says Mason.
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The lady gasps and bows down to me. "M-My apologies!! My naive mindset offended such a powerful young master!!"
I sigh. "It's alright..."
Mason smiles at my reply and guided me to the meeting room.
This Mason guy... He has the look of a middle-aged man and is already in the dragon realm... That's impressive for a normal NPC...
"So, what does the legend of Japan wants to do in Los Angeles?" Says Mason.
He knows...
"You are flattering me but I need your help."
"Hmm?"
"You desire peace right?"
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Mason nods.
"But you also know that it's impossible without violence," I say.
"That is the logic, yes." Says Mason.
Mason sighs. "Get straight to the point. It gets depressing just thinking about how violent and self-centred the authorities in this state is."
"Mason, you are not a naive person. I also know you want to avoid as many deaths as possible but there is only one way all of this can stabilise."
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"You are telling me you want to force..."
"Correct. Since Japan is supposedly the weakest country, someone strong like me who appeared out of nowhere will create chaos. So the only and simplest way I can think of is to continue and show every country its place."
"...Alright." Says Mason. "Although there are lots of better methods than that, the civilian's lives are still the most important in the end. Let me guess, you want to know the location of California's military bases, naval bases and the authorities location."
I smile. "Good, you understand me."
Mason sighs and stands up, stretching his arm. "I have nothing to do for the next few days so I might as well help you and make a change."
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Task updated:
To protect Japan and your pride, show countries that you are not one to be messed with.
Task:
Military bases destroyed or succumbed(0/10)
Naval bases destroyed or succumbed (0/5)
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"Just be careful." Says Mason. "I heard that there are lots of strong cultivators in the military. I also heard another strange rumour that they are testing drugs that can drastically improve one's cultivation by ten folds for a short amount of time. I am sure the side effects are huge but I doubt those fanatics even care."
"Understood. Thanks for your help.
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A few days later
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A soldier sees a man wearing a hoodie in the distance.
It's dark, late at night. Nobody expected an attack.
"Halt!" He shouts. "This is a restricted area! Go back at once-"
In an instant, his head is already rolling.
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The other soldiers near him stare at the corpse in horror, unsure of what happened.
I smirk and take off the hood.
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"T-That's Kel!!" Shouts one of the soldiers patrolling.
Without warning, they immediately attempted to shoot me with Qi-enhanced bullets.
With one slice, I created a shock wave as powerful as a hurricane and as sharp as a needle. The bullet dissipates upon contact and the shock wave ripped the soldiers apart.
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"S-Shit!! W-We need a backup-"
I kill the one trying to escape. One of them tries to throw a flashbang, I slice his arm from a distance, making him drop the flashbang around him.
*BOOOM!!*
"ARGHH!!"
The flashbang affected his allies nearby and I take that chance to finish the rest off.
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"We are under attack by Kel, almost all of us are wiped out!! Back up request-"
The person holding the phone was decapitated in an instant. I walk into the room, holding two katanas. I look up at the security camera and smiled at it before destroying it.
"T-That monster!!!!" shouts the commander, slamming his hand on the table.
At the other side of the camera is the main headquarters of the army.
"S-Shit... Why must he come at this time... WHAT IS THE AUTHORITIES DOING?!"
As the tension in the conference room increases, it is enough to choke a person to death.
"Good news!" Exclaims one of them. "The minister of defence has allowed us to deploy our strongest army!"
"W-Wait!! You sure you want to?"
"It's fine." Says the commander. "That military base Kel is in is away from civilisation for about 10000 feet. It won't affect anybody. DO IT!! SHOW THE JAPANESE THEIR PLACE!!!"
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I sigh.
Everyone here is slaughtered and I have nothing to do except to wait.
*Psst*
The radio starts to emit static... It's about time.
I feel immense pressure in the sky and I walk out to talk a look.
I whistle at the sight of an army of cultivators. Damn... There's around 500 in sight.
They are all in the dragon realm. There's only one who is in the Nirvana Realm, that young guy at the front.
"Halt!" He shouts and all the cultivators behind him.
He stares down at me and I smirked.
"Kel, let's make a deal."
"Oh?"
I sit on the pile of the corpse I created. "Speak."
"We are both once in a century genius, in about 3 years or so, there's a high chance you will surpass me too. I also know that you are doing this because we offended your country and your pride. I sincerely apologize for that! That's why, if you stop wreaking havoc, we can settle this peacefully." That young guy at the front says.
"Huh? Who the hell even are you?"
"I am Hazel Lil, third son of the royal family."
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"And you have the privilege of retreating your army?" I ask.
"The authorities only asked me to eradicate you, not ordered. I have a choice to reject or even help you." Says Hazel.
I sigh and stands up. "Too bad. I have another goal in mind and I can't have you standing in my way."
"... Truly a shame... Go!" Shouts Hazel and everyone starts attacking.
I jump into the air myself and slice the first cultivator at the front into two. Using his body as a boost, I jump to another and decapitate him.
One attacks me from behind some sort of golden Qi in the shape of a bullet.
A technique?
I use his dead comrade's body as a shield and kick it towards that attacker.
!!
Within a short moment, a katana was pierced through both the corpse and the attacker.
"Agh!!"
He spits out blood and I use the opportunity to decapitate him.
!!
They are going into an attacking formation.
Two from 12 o'clock, four from 7 o'clock, and 3 from 4 o'clock.
I smirk at their worthless attempt.
We are in an aerial battle. Did they forget?
I boost myself higher into the sky with Qi.
I know they predicted this as I see some of them charging some sort of martial techniques at the back.
"Fire!!" Shouts Hazel.
A red beam of light shoots towards me and dissipates my body into thin air.
"D-Did we get him?!" Exclaims one of them.
"I think so." Says Hazel. "There's no way a dragon realm-"
!!!!
Suddenly, two blades were pierced through Hazel.
He widens his eyes as he spits out blood.
"H-How...did you get behind me..." He says.
I smirk. "That was my clone. You fucking dumbass."
And I separate his body into two whole.
My bloody appearance was enhanced with my demonic smile and the moon partially shining its light on my face.
Everyone instantly lost their morale and only thought of one thing.
"M-Monster!! No, a demon!!" They all exclaim in fear.
"Lambs, get ready to be butchered," I say with a monotonous tone.