1. A mere Hyena*
"What do I want?" Hilda thought for a moment before answering confidently, "I want to have a big penis."
The god, clad in white, looked at the naked female before her. He could see that it was the thing that Hilda really wanted. That very thing didn't make sense, even to the all-knowing God.
She was a woman who was a perfect daughter, wife, and mother. As a daughter, her deeds raised her father to an elevated pedestal of respect. Through thick or thin, she supported her husband, an idol of the generations. Her guidance cemented her husband's legacy with their five children.
A woman is perfect for the position of the next saint.
"You should reconsider."
"I don't need to. I want a penis. I just don't want to live under a man anymore."
"It would be hard."
"Hard? Not impossible." Hilda reminded the god, "Didn't you say I have much good karma saved up? Use that."
The god couldn't handle her anymore. After all, what she was saying was the truth. However, he didn't want to handle her anymore.
"You can wait a minute. An elder good will help you soon."
Hilda wasn't too worried. She had all the time. After all, she was dead. She lived for 89 years before passing away next to her grandchildren. For the most part, she felt confined throughout her life before those few joyful years.
When she opened her eyes again, she was before that handsome gentleman who was claimed to be a god.
After four rebirths, she had amassed great good karma in her soul. Using it, she will be able to dictate her next life. Yet, when she said what she wanted, he left.
"So you are the one who is asking for a penis?"
From nowhere came a cheerful old man with a beard nearly reaching his crotch and white hair.
"I hope you move those eyes away from my jewel."
"Well, I didn't expect a god to appear before me naked, either."
"I like you." The Elder God smiled at Hilda, asking, "So, you are the one who wants to have a dick."
"Yes." She paused before explaining, "I want to be a man. But the last god said that wouldn't be possible. So, I asked for a working penis that could satisfy every woman."
"Okay!" A table and two chairs materialized before them as the older deity whipped his hand. "Have a seat. Let me tell you, the karma you have saved is enough to be a man. But we can't."
"You can't, or you won't."
"A female soul cannot become a male or the other way around in a single reincarnation, according to the primal codex that the first god wrote."
"And I am not supposed to ask why, right?"
"A wise soul indeed. However, there is a way to overcome this. A forgotten world." Seeing her waiting for an answer, he continued, "You can spend a lifetime in a forgotten world where the rule from the codex doesn't apply. Then reincarnated in a normal world as male on the next reincarnation."
"So, you want me to use one of the nine reincarnations in a forgotten world, then be a man in the last four reincarnations, right?"
"That would have been the case. I can lend you an extra reincarnation if you fulfill a condition."
"A condition? I can't do it without a condition?"
"You can, as long as you tap into one of your reincarnations. But if you meet the requirement, you will not need to use one of your reincarnations."
"What is it? The condition…"
"That is something I can't say."
"You can't tell me to fulfill the condition you can't say?"
"It's complicated."
"Then tell me about the world."
"A world without a god. Rather, the world had started to forget about the gods. Think of it as the early Roman era."
"Land with a human?"
"How could it be? Have you ever heard of a human with two functional reproduction organs?"
"Both? With both penis and vagina? Is that even possible?"
"Normally, it wouldn't happen in a world with a proper God, but it is a forgotten world. Would it be a problem for you?"
"Why would that be a problem? I have to make sure only to use the sticks."
"Good." The elder god jumped up. With the swipe of her hand, the table and chair disappeared. "Let's not waste any more time."
"Wait a minute!"
"What?" The elder god had a bad feeling about it. "I can't make you all-powerful."
"Then give me some boons."
"Isn't having both reproductive organs enough?"
"That isn't a boon; that is my side compromising."
"What do you want?"
"I will be a non-human creature, right?" Seeing him nod, she added, "Then it is similar to some fantasy world. How about giving me something like a game panel, letting me know how to level up, giving me quests, and giving me extra lives… I heard there was a time such a concept was trendy in literature."
'Are you serious?' The elder god didn't say it out loud, but he wasn't hiding his expression either.
"What? You can't do that? You are making me do your dirty work, and you can't even do that?"
"I can give you a status."
"A status and ten extra lives."
"Status and level up."
"A status and five extra lives."
"Status and level up."
"Don't be stubborn. Wait a minute, is there magic in this world?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"How about the ability to nullify all magic?"
"Impossible."
"How about the magic being stronger than my level?"
"Isn't that the same?"
"How about mental magic?"
"What the hell is mental magic?"
"The stuff like hypnosis and the ability to control other people?"
"It doesn't work that way."
"Then how about nobody can use magic to control me."
"That…"
"And, of course, the status and the level-up should be added," she exclaimed as soon as she caught wind of his thoughts.
"Huh! Do you know it has been long since I have seen a stubborn soul like yours?"
"I will take that as a compliment."
"Let's see what type of surprise you bring…"
"If you don't mind, you can add a skill too."
"I would mind." And he snapped his finger.
*Dong**Dong**Dong*
"Khhhhheeee…"
The sound of a beating drum and the roll of crackling laughter woke Hilda up from her sleep.
Her arrival in this world was a year ago. However, she still occasionally has such dreams to this day. As she opened her eyes, the status screen appeared in front of her eyes.
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Age: 1/34
Race: Hyena
Grade: White
Level: 11 (1.3/12)
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Virtue:
Sin:
Condition:
Strength: 17
Dexterity: 21
Constitution:25
Intelligence: 100
Wisdom: 100
Charm: 8
Free point: 3
Skill: [*****]. [Bite]. [Claw]. [Night Vision].
"To hell with it." Every time she checked her status, she could not help cursing the old god. "Why the hell do I have to be a hyena?"
The only good thing about it is…
*Dong**Dong**Dong*
"Get out of here, you fuckers." The gnoll tamer came in, whipping his whip. "All of you pieces of shit only know how to eat and sleep. Time to get to work."
Hilda jumped up on her four, moving along with the other hyenas. While her stats were drastically different from the nearly two-year-old hyena, their bodies were identical.
She had been born as a litter that was supposed to die. This body's intelligence and wisdom were the only redeeming qualities, which were high due to her memory retention.
While the other litters had their physical stats in double digits, all of her stats were in singles.
The beast tamer continued to whistle from a distance.
'One whistle.' Hilda could hear the whistle from a distance. 'That's the signal to hide.' Hilda was quick to hide her body behind the stone. The other hyenas followed suit.
In the dry savanna, there wasn't much place to hide. However, brown-spotted hyenas like her found the long, dry grass an ideal hiding place.
She could hear the sound of horses and carriages rolling in the distance. It didn't take them long to come closer. Hilda could already see a couple of the hyenas leaking saliva from their mouths.
'Two whistles.' Hilda felt it came at the right time.
If the tamer hadn't warned them with the signal, a couple of them would have charged out.
Hilda was well aware of how intense her hunger was. It was because of the affiliation with the sin called
Luckily, she has an affiliation with a virtue:
Prrrrrr… Prrrrrrr… Pr…..
The hyenas couldn't wait for the third whistle to end and attacked. Hilda followed but kept her distance.
"Gnoll." The scout with the caravan cried out.
Alas! It was too late.
The mercenaries fired arrows. Quite a few of them stuck to the hyenas. Even an arrow to the eyes didn't stop it from charging at the one in front of them.
The mercenary in the front sliced it in half as soon as it jumped. The result was similar. For every three hyenas, only one human was taken out.
Luckily, there were too many hyenas. Hilda noted the humans who had high levels. Every being can be graded according to the aura level they release.
Her aura was white, which was the lowest. Most of the hyenas were aura-less, just like most humans. Only the mercenaries had a colorful aura like white or violets, while the burly man who looked like the leader had an Indigo aura.
{{Author: Aura level: White>Violet>Indigo>Blue>Green>Yellow>Orange>Red>Black}}
Hilda avoided the people with colorful auras and took out the ones with a hard time, even holding a weapon.
"Gnoll… Help. Help…" Just as the number of hyenas had reduced considerably, the cry for help came from the back of the caravan.
It was a strategy that their blood ax tribe frequently used. Hilda was curious to know if that was how most of the gnoll group hunted.
They would distract the enemy with the hyenas, while the stronger gnolls would catch them off guard.
With her eight attacks under her belt, she had witnessed their failure on a single occasion. The reason was that opposing forces possessed a blue aura user, while the tribe chief and shaman were Ingido aura users.
This time, it was an easy win.
The problem leading a gnoll tribe was to stop them from hunting more. It was only when the chief beat a few of them with fists that they stopped killing.
The hyenas, on the other hand, were easy to handle as the tamers trained them. Hilda took her chance and killed a couple more to add to her level.
Just as she was returning to the direction where the beastamer was, she noticed some movement at a distance.
A woman was hiding behind a rock. As soon as their eyes met, she instinctively covered her belly. The big bulge was big enough for her to understand what she was trying to protect.
Although she knew she had no chance of surviving, she was still holding a knife at Hilda. Hilda, on the other hand, checked to see if anyone was close to her. She walked away from the woman only when she found no one near her.
The mother's eyes still followed her. Just as she was about to sigh in relief, she felt something cast a shadow on her.
Looking up, she found it was the same hyena that just left. Before she could react, Hilda bit her wrist and swung it to disarm her.
After a year, Hilda realized her bite shouldn't be messed with. Even if it didn't separate the wrist, it was not usable anymore.
And before she could understand what happened, Hilda bit down on her neck and broke it.
Hilda wasn't done yet. It was hard to remove the cloth with her mouth, but she had become quite skilled with it after doing it so many times.
Hilda wasn't sure if her water broke or if she peed herself, but she didn't care. She ripped her belly button off and bit her stomach. After Hilda's inexperienced cesarean section, the baby popped out.
Hilda crushed its skull between her jaws before it had a chance to take its first breath.
'It is not going to survive either way. It is just a plus that I got the extra exp,' Hilda reminded herself, spitting out the body.
Such things no longer faze her. The fact that a human will not let a hyena go, even a hyena cub, was already clear to her. And she shouldn't do it either.
Rather, she grabbed the mother by the neck and dragged her body to the beast tamer.