"Hades."
Wait. Pause. Rewind. What'd she say again?
Her voice echoed in my head. "Hades."
That one. The Metal Bender who literally invented currency. The necromancer who gave Rizz Aurawoo a run for his money at least until, well, erm, no manhwa spoilers.
The guy had such an OVERPOWERED arsenal, it wouldn't be an overstatement to call him the Potential Man of Percy Jackson. And he still got hated on by old Gill Breath.
I wonder if Percy's racist, or just an obedient son to his dad, because as far as I remember, my father's the only olive skinned god in the series.
"You just said...Hades?" I asked my mom in disbelief. What kind of luck do I even have?
"Um...yes?" She looked at me nervously, clearly waiting for my criticism.
I honestly don't get this woman sometimes.
"WELL, FUCK YEAH!" I jumped up in excitement. And I couldn't help it either. Mom looked at me like I had batshit for my brains, and she honestly looked like the 'blinking guy' meme.
I forget that she can't understand me either sometimes.
"You're not...disgusted?" she asked me in amazement. I almost fell over in my amazement to counter her amazement, which would amaze her at how amazing my amazement was.
" Do you want Dad to open a crater right here and send you to the Underworld?" I spoke. "And for the record, no I'm not disgusted, because why would I? Like bro, he's a nice guy, he's got all these cool powers, and more importantly, he's rich!" I made the universal gesture for money. "Whoooo! Let's splurge!"
"No, we are not going to splurge, even though you fit the 'spoiled rich brat' part well," she facepalmed. I still think she's trying to digest the fact that I don't hate Corpse Breath. Better than Rapist Bolt and Kelp Beard anyway.
"Well, I mean, you raised me so if I'm a spoilt brat-" I was partially honest, she's my first parent in both lives, so I can guess what other kids' upbringing is like, but I'm pretty mine is far from normal.
She put her hand down and asked me with dead fish eyes-" Come again?" (check paragraph comment for Medea's expression)
Oh, and her tone.
It potrayed danger.
Not the 'young man, one more word and you're grounded for life' danger. More like ' Zeno hates all the universes and is about to destroy them all ' type danger. But I knew Mom could do worse to me.
Much, MUCH worse.
So taking the cue, (my only chance at existence by the way), I said verysubtly , "Oh is that mint ice cream I hear? Gotta go check the garden, in that case!' and catwalked away.
Smooth, right?
*sigh* " What do I do with this boy?"
*****
AN HOUR EARLIER
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you." Mom sang beside me. Ugh, fine, she has a nice voice, but why does she have to sing like that? It's sooooooo embarrassing.
"Mom..." I groaned.
" What?" she snapped at me.
"You know what? Nothing,"
She gave me the side eye but decided to ignore me and instead sing, "Make a wish, SweetieKai"
I don't know what I did to earn so many nicknames, but my mother is a serious hyprocrite. She gave me like what, 50 nicknames, and I'm not even allowed to call her anything except Mom or Mother or μήτηρ. Although mateir is a weird word.
"Make a wish!"
"Do I have to?"
"Kai,"
"Ugh, fine" What do I want right now? I've just figured out I'm the son of the Potential Man, and hopefully have the capability to live as long as a redwood tree. So what do I ask for? A cute waifu in the future? Nah, with my looks, I'll get all the ones I want. A weapon to match my greatness? Not that either, my dad's the Rich One, and if he's not a cheapskate, he'll give me a suitable object to take into battle.
Think.
Think.
Oh yeah. I wish for a instrument, not physical weapon, but a feature that'll help me become the absolute strongest, stronger than any primordial and help me protect all my loved ones. On that note, I blew the candle out, and proceeded to cut the cake,
"Let's eat then!"
PRESENT
I recalled my wish as I stared dumbstruck at the screen in front of me.
『 ALERT
System has been activated!』
『 ALERT
You have unchecked notifications!』
I pinched myself. Hard. And one more time.
It's gotta be a dream, I reasoned. Like you're probably in that alley, with no balls and this is all a hallucination. Or better yet, you're dead and like some people believe, you're having a very realistic, albeit illogical dream. I mean, that's the only reasonable excuse, right?
I mean, a crazy bloodline like mine and a system. There's no way that's real, right?
'Er, system?' I said stupidly out loud.
『 Yes, host?』
Maybe this all really is a dream, but even if it is, I'll enjoy it while it lasts. After all, I'm dead.
' Wait, I have a worse thought. Are you one of those Chinese protagonist systems that requires him to seduce and have sex with every waifu? Ew, get away from me.
『 The system is offended at your statements. As a result, System will begin transitioning to Chinese system. 』
"Wait. Wait. WAIT! NO! PAUSE! STOP! FIRE ALERT! LOCKDOWN! SHIT! FUCK!" I said, waving my hands in agitation.
"Please stop, I'll do anything," I sobbed, clasping my hands together.
『 On your knees, bitch. 』
"Excuse me?"
『 Not excused. Now, on your knees. 』
I slowly dropped. Every inch I moved felt like an insult to my existence. Every instinct forbade me to do it, but I still bowed, the anger radiating off of me, like a slave to its master.
『 Good boyyyyyy. 』
I'll fucking get him for this, I swear. I would swear to the River Styx if I was slightly more sure, or if Mom wouldn't kill me, but I don't want this dream to end too quickly anyway.
『 You may rise now, my child. Now what do you command me to do? 』
I rose, rubbing my shoulder." Go fuck yourself bitch."
『No can do. Now, would you like to open status page, or notifications? 』
I pretended to think. "Hmmm, let's go status page."
『 STATUS PAGE
PLAYER NAME: KRIARES WEBB
LEVEL: 1
CLASS: UNDEFINED
TITLES: NONE
HP: 2000/2000
MP:1000/1000
STATS
PHYSIQUE: 10
DEXTERITY:10
INSIGHT: 10
VITALITY:10
INTELLIGENCE:10
SKILLS
ACTIVE:
NONE
PASSIVE:
NONE 』
" Ok, not bad, but why do I have no skills?" I yelled out loud. Like bro, I'm the son of Hades and daughter of one of the greatest witches of all time. And I have no skills whatsoever. Why?
『 That's because you haven't practiced using your demigod abilities. And you might wonder why all your stats are 10, that's because that's the average stat of a mortal adult, excluding the mana.
Being the son of one of the Big Three, you're already stronger than any average kid even 10 years older than you.』
"Sugoi!" I exclaimed. Please, let there not be any sparkles in my eyes when I said that. That would be so embarrassing, especially when I wanted to beat this system to a pulp like a minute ago.
『 Yes, yes, truly "sugoi". Now check the notifications box anyway, there's a starter pack waiting for you.』
"A Starter Pack?!"
『 You want me to take it away?』
"No! No!"
『Heh, thought so. 』
Fuck, I just realised, this system is tryna manipulate me. I growled at the thought.
『 You gonna open it or what?』
"Ugh, fine!"
『 Whatever you say, bud. 』
『 OPEN STARTER PACK: CONFIRM?』
I took a deep breath. "Open."
『 Congratulations, host! You have recieved Active Skill: Nimrod Perception(Lvl 1)
Nimrod Perception:Allows the user to see the status page of any immortal or being with immortal descent, as long as the difference in power is not too much. Also allows the user to see someone's bounty.
Mana Consumption- 10 mana per second』
"Wait, bounty? What's that?" I asked. Is it like the rewards I would get if I kill something? If so, then I'd know who'd to anger and who to not. Sure, my dad's really cool and all, but he's not gonna be there when I make a 3000 year old god really, really, pissed off.
『 Oh, didn't I tell you? The main feature of the system is the Bounty System, which gives you Gold when you kill something and use that gold to buy abilities from different fictional multiverses.』
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Nah, I'd quit.
AN-
This chapter might be a bit low quality, but that's cuz I wrote it when I was depressed. Tryna do another chapter today,so I don't have to upload tomorrow.