Eldritch Beauty, Killing Live

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Congratulations! You have successfully reincarnated into Doki Doki: Heart-Pounding Another World!

Enjoy your new life and begin your second one!

At age zero, you were born.

[Due to your unique constitution, “One the Gods Cannot Look Upon,” your appearance is permanently increased by 50%, and your magic is permanently increased by 50%.]

[Your beauty, impossible for a baby to possess, was so overwhelming that your parents died from looking at you.]

[You became an orphan. Family background: -50.]

[With no parents, you wandered into the forest and were picked up by a heretic. He was awestruck by your beauty and decided to offer you to an evil god.]

[Warning: Your life is in grave danger.]

Noklan: 6

Who gets a hell-mode start? Oh, me. Well, that’s fine, then.

*

After transmigrating, Noklan got stuck with a completely useless System that kept reminding him his life was hanging by a thread.

But as a player, the one thing Noklan feared least was a challenge.

In the eyes of his fellow academy students, he was the ultimate grind machine. He never missed a single elective or required class in magic or swordsmanship, could brew potions and forge equipment with ease, and had grades and credits far ahead of everyone else. He was the academy’s untouchable number one.

Noklan: Not really. I’m just grinding stat points.

In the eyes of his mercenary teammates, he was the king of adventurers. He charged headfirst into cliffs, caves, and underwater ruins, excelled at solving puzzles and cracking mysteries, and could recite ancient languages and spells at the drop of a hat. He was a one-of-a-kind oddity among adventurers.

Noklan: Not really. I’m just grinding achievements.

In the hearts of the people of the continent of Dirya, he was a fearless hero. When rebels attacked a city, he was on the front line. When magical beasts went berserk, he was on the front line. When the undead invaded, he was on the front line. Oh, heavens! He was practically a god made flesh!

Noklan: Not really. I’m just grinding monsters and leveling up.

Damn it, how could he make these ignorant people from another world understand that he, Noklan, was just an ordinary player?

[Bonus Scene]

The evil god of the abyss revived today. It devoured its followers and destroyed the church, roaring in a frenzy like a wild beast.

Then a boy as beautiful as a blood-red rose cupped its twisted, malevolent face and met its loving, slit-pupil gaze.

“Do you love me?” The boy’s words were an unfathomable darkness that drew it into their depths.

Then he laughed joyfully, and the most vicious words in the world spilled from his lips. “Then die for me.”

[Ding.]

[Congratulations, player, for killing the evil god and unlocking the achievement:]

[“The Abyssal Evil God’s Death, Proclaimed in the Name of Love.”]

Reader’s Note:

1. The protagonist is a troublemaker. Readers with high moral standards may find some parts uncomfortable.

2. A long-form, light-novel-style fantasy story set in a Western-inspired world, with adventures, an academy, and world-building among its many elements.

3. This is a no-romance story, everyone! The bonus scene is meant to flesh out the protagonist’s personality. There is no romance in the story, and the evil god dies as soon as it appears.

4. My next no-romance story will be So Much for Survival, Why Are You Cheating? It’s an unlimited-flow survival story. Synopsis below:

*

Fu Fan sat in a rented room barely ten square meters wide. The light was dim, the corners of the walls yellowed, and pills were scattered across the floor.

He picked up the lighter that had fallen to the floor. When he looked up, he saw a pop-up ad appear on the old computer that had been with him for four years:

[Are you still struggling with the hardships of life? Want to escape the suffering of the mundane world? Join our Infinite Prison! Food and lodging included, no rat race, and together we’ll build a friendly world!]

Fu Fan snorted, shut down the computer, and left the room without looking back.

The narrow, pitch-black corridor was empty. Behind him, floorboards creaked. Fu Fan turned around and saw his door half open. A man with the same face as his wore a strangely twisted expression as he slowly closed the door.

A sticky shadow dripped from the ceiling and grabbed Fu Fan by the shoulder. Fu Fan seized one of its feelers and rammed the cigarette butt into its filthy body.

As it let out a shrill scream, he glanced up lazily.

“Get lost.”

…

“Out of my way.”

*

In a single night, the Infinite Prison System descended upon Blue Star.

Everyone was forced to register as a prisoner and sent traveling through endless worlds,

where they had to complete missions, reduce their sentences, and earn their freedom.

Name: Fu Fan

Prisoner ID: LX199707280728WXJY001

Rank: Strict Supervision · Death Row Inmate (Execution Imminent)

Time Left to Live: 07 days, 08 hours, 34 minutes

Bound to a death-row identity from the start, with only seven days left to live,

Fu Fan drew the trait [Smoking Is Harmful to Your Health].

Enemies are forcibly made to inhale his secondhand smoke, losing 10 HP per second and gaining disease debuffs.

The Newbie Village’s monsters, with 50 HP: trembling.jpg

World One: The Dark Kingdom

“I’m bald, but I’m stronger. Let’s discuss the possibility of a bald head being a renewable light source.”

World Two: The Hot Jungle

“Crazy Thursday, send me 50. Want a fried mosquito combo?”

World Three: The Divine Kingdom of the Dead

“Zombie or jiangshi, I don’t care. You’re all joining my suicide squad for artifact hunting, working 24/7!”

…

After traveling through one world after another, Fu Fan fought his way to the top.

He became the supreme

Uncrowned King.

Theme: Even when faced with adversity, you must fight bravely.