Chapter 2: The Villain's Planning
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It's been a few days since his transgression started... Or is it?
What if someone was messing with him? To expose that, he marked his calendar everyday.
"Hmm, there's no changes..."
Noting that there's no discrepancies in his calendar, no marks or whatsoever, no signs of changes made by something or someone.
He deeply sighed, "I must be really paranoid..."
He observed the ceiling of his room, a grandiose room is an appropriate description.
He thought of the ways on how to survive this harsh cruel world, with his trash character. A bastard who kept messing with people that he can't fuck with, in short, an ignorant person that many people wants to die.
Despite that, he thought of some countermeasures to the events that will happen in the Arkansas Imperial Academy.
"Arkansas, huh? Maybe... I'll get some clues if I enter the Academy as a student."
He put those thoughts on the back of his mind. And for the meantime, he planned on his next moves, he thought of the various crucial events that will happen in this story.
"Let's think of the events that will happen and... my options first, if I even have one."
First, in the Arkansas Imperial Academy, he will encounter the two, the Main Protagonist, Jacques al Sundawn and Heroine, Eleana ze Nightfallen, they were in the same class as the bastard, Kudos von Zekenia.
Those two... are important characters in this game destined to fight the Chaos, and all the events that will happen between— including the difficulties of Episodes in the Nevestria.
The Episodes refers to those main events storylines that happen in the story itself including the first one, where I am included with. Episode One: The Beginning of the Counterattack.
"I didn't even know... if I could survive Episode one, shit..."
Episode One will emerge when the semester starts— with various entities and characters making their names known to the player themselves.
This includes those minor villains, like me, neutral people and the supporting casts that will help the MC in his journey toward the fight with the Chaos.
Episode One will also introduce the first conflict of the Arkansas Empire that Jacques must face, the Social Inequality between nobles and commoners, which resulted in that 'famous accident' that included me, the shitty bastard.
This is also the time that Jacques must choose, his morality or his path to become the Hero.
For reference, there's a lot of Episodes in the story of Nevestria, the First Episode, is literally just the start of the story.
"Ahhh, and... also, those children..."
Second, there was the story of the Five Damnations, the destined villains that aim to destroy this world, and they fought with the Protagonist. They are the avatars of the Outer Gods from Another World.
"Compared to a small... time like me, I will die if I see these people."
They even managed to fight on-par with the protagonist, with all of his main character buffs and his personal equipment, the Divine Sword, The Sword of the Lake, known as The Holy Sword, Excalibur.
These damnations will appear after the Continental War, and will surely erase ninety-percent of the population in Nevestria.
That's why I have to avoid that fate, and make sure that I manage... to save those children before they turn into Damnations.
Or even before they turn into avatars.
Because of one definite reason, if those Outer Gods emerged in the Arkansas Empire with the use of their avatars—I will die, one-hundred percent with no escape.
"Damn..."
Third, the Continental War, it was after the Third Year of the Academy. An extremely significant event happened.
Dorotheo Xerxes Arkansas, the Emperor of Arkansas Empire was assassinated, leading to the Empire launching a grief war to find the culprit of the event, which led to a Continental War between nations.
It was also said to be the dark times of Humanity, that even the most prominent people in the Arkansas Continent were afraid of being labeled as contributors in that assassination, it means guaranteed death.
Even the various races of other continents hid in these dark times, as they might be mistaken to be the culprits of this event too. And might also lead to a Racial War between Races.
"Shit..."
Lastly, the Fallout of the Universe, it meant that the Chaos emerged completely from the void, all the monsters that the rankers fought in the dungeons and gates, made their way on the continent, leading to an extinction event crisis for the Humanity and all other races.
"I will die if this happens... one-hundred percent, again..."
Shit, all of those events that he thought of, was a death sentence to him, if he made even the slightest wrong move, he will die.
"Is there any way... can I survive this place?"
He wondered, knowing that death was guaranteed, and that's really a fucked-up situation for him.
"But for now, let's focus on good things in hand, what was my goal in this game, that will give me the drive to live, just for another day...?"
It was the first thing that comes into his mind, the drive to live, if not, he will just take his life and suicide. He had nothing to lose after all.
'Simple, I want to live a simple noble life, where I can eat and sleep whenever I want. A grand goal for someone like me, that worked as a bullied corporate drone, experienced a lot in his 9-5 job, and was always alone in life.'
'It was my dream life. I dreamt of being able to buy things that I wanted, even with a little bit of selfishness, because I have nothing before. I was living paycheck to paycheck.'
'And I have no one in that world, my parents died when I was young, and I was raised in an orphanage that I can't even remember the name of. I was always alone, and introverted, and avoided talking to people, and even bullied.'
'Maybe... just maybe, if I live in this world, I can finally associate myself with other people, even if they're just game characters. I longed for human connections afterall, even if it's just artificial, I'll take anything at this point.'
'I soothed my loneliness, and pain through playing games, and that's when I learned about the difficulty of Nevestria, notorious on many blog posts as one of the most difficult games in the world, I was immediately hooked when I played it, and I grinded, and pushed myself to finish the game.'
'And then, I find myself here. At first, I was afraid... really afraid of death. But as day passed by, my anxiousness slowly subsided, and I managed to think of plans that will probably save me.'
Here's my solution to these problems, that will give me a chance to survive in this world.
First, I will completely avoid the protagonist and his woman. I will completely ignore them, and focus on my own stuff. I will sit the fuck down, and hide like a NPC in the Arkansas Imperial Academy to avoid conflicts and my own death.
"This is the only way... I can survive Episode One..."
Second, I planned to save those children before they turned into damnation.
"Thank God... I know the locations of those kids."
Third, I'll also focus on getting that. It will increase my mana power, even for a little bit.
"Hmm..."
A little bit of mana power might save me from crucial situations especially in this shitty world where you can expect events happening to turn the want you don't want it to.
Fourth, I will also build a concealed hideout with various enhancements and survival kits to hide from various conflicts that will happen in the Empire especially the purging of the Continent after Dorotheo's death.
I'll be able to hide and live safe in that hideout before the Fallout of the Universe happens.
"I already have... planned the place."
But that's it... if I survive Episode One.
"System..."
I already know the code words needed to make this thing appear.
And as I thought of those words, I immediately saw a typical panel of a character in a game, just like what i see on my cellphone before when I'm playing this game, Nevestria RPG.
However, there's a huge fucking problem....
[Kudos von Zekenia]
[STATS:]
[Strength: 1]
[Mana: 2]
[Dexterity: 2]
[Endurance: 1]
[Mental Strength: 2]
For reference, the MC was already 5 on all of his stats, while me. I'm completely shit, shitty beyond comparison.
My character was shit, it was completely shit.
"Goddamnit..."