Ranking System

[Charles POV]

"Are you done?"

"Of course I am. A man gotta rest for having this much action for one day."

"I see... That's a shame."

This project of mine was too ambitious. Ultimately, Eric could only do so much with this much power. I had too many expectations for the man in front of me.

"What do you think of dreams?"

"A different question this time?"

He has gotten cockier even since he just got the role of mayor. At least he wasn't in deep thought and refused to answer.

"Dreams? They're only something people would cling on to. If you don't got the talent for it, then it would be useless."

With how he was, his answer wasn't surprising. Everyone would likely have a different answer, depending on their lives.

"Then do you have a new dream?"

"Dream? Why would I need that? I can now be a king without anyone stopping me."

"I see... That's a shame."

Eric's brows furrowed, not understanding what I meant. Suddenly his eyes widened considerably, knowing what had happened.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING???"

He had felt something wrong when I had questioned him. The power that I gave him was disappearing. That wasn't the right word to use in this situation, but I was absorbing it.

"Well I don't got all day to watch you. So you had your use."

The despair on his face was apparent. All the powers he gained today disappeared in a blink of an eye.

[Skill Obtained]

[Revenge: Rank A (Level 1)]: Once damaged, an accumulative counter will be recorded whenever you're hit. When the skill has a counter, releasing the damage dealt, your attack will automatically land with the same amount of damage done.]

This experiment showed whether I could directly absorb someone's power. Even with my misfortune skill, I still couldn't do it. But it was a different story when I got to steal them when they had been inflicted with a curse.

Looking at the skill, I couldn't help but whistle. There will be a time when my misfortune skill could be ineffective against someone with a resistance skill toward it. This helps a lot if I am going to take a lot of hits.

"Oh yeah, I forgot something. Here's your memory."

"Eric" had widened his eyes, remembering everything. He was one of the invaders that tried to invade Earth.

No one had noticed him, and his rank had drastically decreased because I had changed his appearance. Before he returned to his world, I weakened him, so his rank had significantly lowered.

As for his backstory, I tampered with his mind convincing him that he was a lowly-born bandit with no talent whatsoever.

"It... Can't... Be..."

All the questions I had asked were to see whether the tampering on his head worked. I grinned like a maniac seeing the despair on his face.

"How does it feel? This portion of your life was an illusion. And your dream to become a king has been ruined. How does it feel? Do you feel hatred or despair?"

"AHHH!!!"

"Eric" was having a mental breakdown. The despair he had gained from two memories merged, and the negative energy was the highest quality I had ever seen.

"YOU FUCKER!!! WHY ME??? JUST END MY LIFE!!!"

He knew that he couldn't beat me in a battle. Holding the sword he used for the rest of this journey, he used it to stab his heart. I didn't take his immortality even if I had absorbed all his power.

"ARHHHH!!!"

"Did you forget? Immortal."

Even if he wanted to kill himself, he didn't have the power to do so. This was how he would live, a broken man for the rest of his life.

"DAMMIT!!!"

"Eric" slammed his hands onto the ground, which harmed him instead. Well, I had already killed the thousand top rankers of this world.

If Eric were determined to break free of this curse, he could use his immortality to regain more power.

Without saying anything else, I left the world. I had lost interest in that fish, so I left without having anything to say to him.

[Third Person POV]

"That damn monster!"

Felicia and the people of the world could see Charles's achievement. While they couldn't exactly see what he did, everyone knew that he had invaded six worlds.

With how dangerous Charles has become, there is a bit of fear around the world. Some speculated that the world was going to end once he had returned.

"Your lover wouldn't happen to destroy the world, would he?"

Felicia had arrived at Charles's mansion as a representative for the world. The world government already tried their best to calm the people of their world, but they couldn't believe something like that if they had no proof.

"There is a possibility. But we have everything under control."

Felicia hearing what Reina said, couldn't help but frown when she heard the word "possibility." She cursed in her mind seeing that there was a chance for this world to be destroyed.

"You have everything under control? Mind telling me this plan?"

Constance stared into the distance, hearing what Felicia had said. She didn't want to be the one to say, "I'm going to sleep with Charles for a month to cure the darkness inside of him."

"It's simple~! We're going to use these mommy milkers to distract him~!"

"Ayhh~!"

Constance moaned from Nene's groping. Felicia and Constance's minds shut down upon hearing what Nene said.

Felicia thought this plan was ridiculous. As for Constance, she felt the embarrassment of moaning in front of five people.

"And how is that going to work???"

Felicia couldn't believe that she needed an explanation for this plan. As ridiculous as it sounded, they didn't seem to be lying.

"Her light magic should do the trick. We're going to lock them in a room for a month. So, we would at least have a months time before the world explode."

Felicia thought, as stupid as it may sound, that was the only way it would work. She left immediately with her head hurting, listening to such a stupid idea.