Seed of Chaos : rise of a madman

"Warning: I'm still deciding which world to focus on next. I'll be exploring different approaches to the HOTD protagonist's ending. What do I mean by that?"

Using the battle at the Takagi mansion as a nexus point, different scenarios unfolded while I decided and read/watched materials to create a script for the next world.

If anyone has good recommendations, please comment.

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With the end of the brutal fight for survival that occurred at the Takagi mansion shelter, there were many things to be done. Taking responsibility after her husband's death, Yuriko divided people into groups to clean up the zombie bodies.

The cleanup process was basically piling them up and setting them on fire to eliminate any biological risk that their bodies could represent to humanity even after their 'second' death.

Thanks to Renji using subtle mental suggestions on her, he ended up in the same group as Rei, Takashi, and Saeko. Their mission was to take inventory of all the food they could carry and, after this task, take on the mission of patrolling the property to ensure that no other zombies could attack them while they prepared to leave.

The first part of the mission went well, but during a moment of distraction, Takashi didn't notice Rei leaving with Renji. Noticing her absence, he immediately asked Saeko where she had gone. Saeko told him she had been dragged into a nearby warehouse, and he furiously went after them.

Arriving at the said warehouse, he heard muffled voices, and trying to listen better, he heard Renji threatening Rei to give him a blowjob.

"If you scream, I'll tear that pretty little face of yours! And why don't you use that little mouth of yours to suck my dick, or do you prefer me to use force?"

With his heart burning with rage, he entered the warehouse and saw Rei pressed against the wall, Renji holding her by the neck. Yelling for him to let her go, Takashi lunged at Renji, throwing a punch that carried all his anger and sent him sprawling to the ground.

Casting a look of disgust at Renji on the ground, he opened his mouth to ask if Rei was okay. But before he could ask, she slapped him and ran to ask if Renji was okay.

Holding his face where he was slapped, for a moment his brain stopped working! When his system finally rebooted, he asked, practically screaming, what the hell was going on.

Calling him an idiot, Rei asked him what he had to do with the sexual role-play she was doing with her boyfriend. With these words, the sound of his heart breaking into thousands of pieces could be metaphorically heard even in Brazil, which is on the other side of the world.

Devastated, he stood still! Not knowing what to do, it was only when Saeko pulled him to sit on a bench under a tree that he came to himself.

While crying, he commented to Saeko that he had always loved Rei and that first he lost her to his best friend and now he lost her again to Renji.

Desolate, he continued to lament, stopping only when Saeko kissed him on the cheek, just an inch from his lip, and whispered in his ear before pulling away that he should focus his attention on the girls who were close to him and who would love to have a relationship with him.

Due to her attitude, he pushed what happened with Rei to the back of his mind and got up to go after Saeko, but at that moment, Tsunoda came towards him saying that Yuriko had ordered him to follow her to patrol outside the Takagi property.

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Warning: From here on it will be chapter three of my novel so you can see how it is being written.

Warning: The statistics system uses grades from F to SSS for most individuals, with the "Ex" grade reserved for those of Emperor Grade.

Each grade has a value between 2 and 3, depending on the individual, the method or technique used, and/or the strength of the beast or resource they consumed.

For example, a young Strongman with an A grade in strength (the highest grade before transcendence) and a multiplier of 3 would have a strength of 18 points.

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Inside the teleportation capsule, Liam felt a sting in his left arm. The glass screen in front of him lit up, displaying flashing numbers. After a minute, the screen stabilized, showing a panel with Liam's physical stats.

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Name: Liam Age: 18 Gender: Male Weight: 68

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Body Stats

Strength: C - 10 Constitution: C - 10 Agility: D - 7.5

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Body Sub Stats

Defense: B - 12 Speed: D - 6.5

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Overall Grade: C

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He was surprised to receive an overall grade of C, having expected at most a D. He was most pleased with the silver grade his clan had awarded him for his defense; this would significantly boost his defensive capabilities, making them comparable to a common, defense-focused insect-type beast with an impressive 27 defense points.

While Liam was focused on the status panel, the teleportation capsule used its data to determine its destination: Gaya, an immense and dangerous planet, only 20 percent of which has been explored by humans, according to calculations.

The screen in front of him changed to a 5-second countdown, and Liam mentally prepared himself for his first ultra-long-distance teleportation.

When the counter reached 0, Liam felt intense pressure on the back of his head, causing him to briefly faint. When he regained consciousness, he had a transcendental experience.

Feeling a strange lightness, Liam couldn't tell if he was seeing with his eyes or his spirit.

All he perceived was the beauty of the universe as he moved toward a gigantic planet that, despite the absence of nearby stars, emitted a beautiful, soft green light that illuminated that part of space.

Then, he felt the intense pressure on the back of his head again, but this time he didn't faint. He witnessed something like a film tearing apart around him, and before he could understand what was happening, he found himself in a stone room containing a simple bed, a small stone box, and a door that he assumed was the exit.

Despite his curiosity about the room, he heard a melodious ringing coming from his bed, where a transparent card made of an unknown material lay. When he touched it, he felt an electric current surge through his body.

The card lit up, and a beautiful female voice explained that this was his room in the fortified city of Iron Horn. He would always use this room as his means of teleportation to and from the world of Gaya, except in emergencies.

The card also informed him that he could use it for communication and for negotiations with other hunters and the Federation.

He was also advised to research techniques for controlling Qi, manipulating mental energy, and manipulating mana—the three pillars of human existence. He hadn't been taught these before because practicing them before the age of 18 could harm his physical and mental development.

By examining the card, Liam found that the Federation provided a free, pure method for each of the three energies. These would serve as the foundation for other, more specialized techniques. He was given an example of a Qi control technique with the primary element of earth and another with the subclass of metal. Choosing to practice the Qi control technique first, he followed the steps, sitting on the floor in a comfortable position and pressing his index finger against his chest, just above his heart.

Concentrating on his heartbeat, he slowly felt his heart becoming strange. Although this sensation was mentioned in the technique, it frightened him, especially when it made a popping sound, which was soon followed by a relaxing sensation throughout his body.

Not letting himself be distracted by the sensation, he quickly guided the new energy released by his heart to circulate through his body 369 times. Feeling stronger, he took out the hunter card to check his stats.

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Name: Liam Age: 18 Gender: Male Weight: 68

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Body Stats

Strength: C - 12 Constitution: C - 12 Agility: D - 8.1

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Body Sub Stats

Defense: B - 15 Speed: D - 7.1

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Overall Grade: C+

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