Life Of A Nobody - as a Villain



As the system heard Rio's boastful words praising Nyx, it came with a bucket of water and dropped that on Rio's head. 

[You're right about her powers, host. But you're forgetting you're just her follower, there's no guarantee she'll choose you as her avatar. Now or later - she hasn't done that for a thousand years, remember.]

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*****There are many Gods who don't choose an avatar, no one wants to risk losing one of their powers , especially when the returns they get isn't enough.

— As losing an avatar meant that said God would lose the power or skill which their chosen one was most proficient in for forever. 

eg. - if someone was an avatar of a fire God. And that someone had the most proficiency in a spell called 'law of fire', then after his death, that fire God would also lose that same spell forever. 

— Since every follower only wants to learn and master the best or most useful skill/power , after their death, that God would also lose that power, making him weaker than his others competitors. It would be harder for him next time to get someone good to become their avatar if they don't have much power to show for it. 

— Plus be it Gods or mortals, the weak always perish. The enemies of both could attack their other followers and Gods making him further weaker and destroying the power of faith, reducing that God to nothingness. 

—- That's why even after 1000 years, chosen ones are still very very rare in Arcadia, having them on your side meant having a God as your backup. Since to save their avatar Gods would do everything in their powers, that meant throwing out blessings to minions for them to act as sacrificial lambs so their avatar could survive. 

#A/N - There are certain rules & requirements for everything , even blessings , which will be explained clearly as we move on in the story.

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Rio also knew about this whole process from the plot, but he was confident since he knew that in the plot Nyx chose Rio as her avatar, and always supported him. This is why he was willing to change her future and save her from Amelia. He can't have Amy kill one of his best backups. 

[You're forgetting that we're changing the plot, host. Every moment, every decision of yours is affecting something, changing something - you cannot depend and be laid back, just because she chose Rio in the novel.]

[In the novel, Rio didn't have to use mana suction methods to get her blessing, she came to give that herself. But this time you had to try your extra hard to get her attention. Plus you got Kali who's also watching you now.]

"You're right. Show me all the notifications of Gods who were part of the plot and are watching me now." Rio asked the system as he understood what system meant. He could choose to trust Nyx, but if she doesn't choose him - then he should also think of a backup plan. 

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[Goddess Cassandra rages over the failed prophecy

[Skuld of the Norn sisters, feels interested in what your future holds

[Goddess Gauri gives you a chance to explain your reasons

[Primordial Goddess Nyx feels proud of her new follower

[Godking Indra wants to keep an eye on your talent

[Phonoi the God of killing has taken a liking to your methods

[Psyche the Soul Goddess feels intrigued about your mind

[God Maahes feels interested in your thinking

[God of wisdom Thoth praises you for knowledge and generosity

[Your decisions confuses God Apollo

[Your trickery makes the trickster laugh , Loki wishes to see it more

[The limits you cross for family reminds Anansi of his younger days

[Goddess Sekhmet watches curious about the gifts you gave

[Den of Devils watches your actions closely

[Goddess of justice Dike rages over you, calling you a culprit

[Ruler of hell Hel enjoys the crimes you committed

[Jesus calls you for a confession

[Eris the Goddess of discord whispers the rumors she heard about you

[Vampire God Dracul gives you mercy for saving his puppets

[Goddess of lies questions her mother's decision , she asks you to choose her instead

[Eirene sees the sign of chaos

[Demonlord Kali calls for an audience, as it sees the rise the darkness

[Myrkat watches the scenes unfold and pieces move

[??? waits patiently for all the changes you bring

[.... 

[... 

[These are all the Gods who you should know about, there are others but their interest in you is insignificant yet. And they have no role to play for the time being.]

"There are some names which I didn't think I'd see this early."

[Yeah, well crowds always attract unwanted attention. And the eyes on you will only grow over time.]

"Well they can watch all they want, before the plot reaches the point of Emergence 2.0 , even they can't do anything."

[That's why you should ignore them, and focus on getting stronger first. Just because the protagonist had a smooth sailing in a peaceful novel, won't mean you will have it easy too.]

"I know." Rio nodded his head as what system was right, he had only read the novel from protagonist's perspective so he doesn't know clearly how or why others did what they did in novels, some events which were called minor can equally decide the fate of a whole city since its a real world, the changes will keep accumulating and he'll lose all his advantages the more time passes, he just have to be strong enough to survive when that happens. 

'From what I know of Artemis, she'll probably start my training from tomorrow. I can learn shadow magic from her and Myra. I can practice foundation art with Asher since he's staying here for now. Agnus is here, but his knowledge is way out of my league, and not something I can understand any time soon, plus he's not the type of guy who can sit around and explain basics to a kid, I guess that's why he wrote The Foundation Art.'

'I've already collected pills and potions which might help me a little now, other stuff this family of mine can arrange.'

'That reminds me, I also need to prepare everything for Amelia's awakening, she didn't have any accident in novel, but I should still get some stuff for her.'

'Pura corpus potion is getting tested by Blake family's labs, it's probably getting experimented on volunteers of any servants or soldiers who were willing to participate in the awakening ceremony. If everything went well they should be able to mass produce it or sell it to a selective clientele in Arcadia , and roll in riches.'

'I should also try reading other singular books in Blake Family's library which weren't mentioned or translated in the novel, who knows I might get something good. My luck at the beginning is still good, so something might work in my favor.'

'I don't need to make some company or guild or whatever for now, first since I'm a fucking kid, and second I got all the money in the world.'

'Maybe I'll do that once plot starts. It'll be fun to collect all good minions and put them under one roof.'

Rio thought till then when he remembered the crucial question, what if they betrayed him - "oyee system, do you got any loyalty test meter function or something. I think I might need that in the future."

System who was tired from the longest day it had in over a millenia, where it got trapped, hunted, haunted and nearly died - was just about to sleep😴 when its host called for it again. And its dreams got disturbed, making it angry - [For the last time host, I'm at level 0 , you will get everything once the plot starts, and if there isn't a function, spend your points and buy it from the shop.]

[And how the hell did you went from training routine tomorrow morning, to opening your businesses in Arcadia years later. For fuck's sake just sleep already.]

As Rio heard system's banter he realized how did he reach that point, shouldn't he focus on near future instead of that far ahead - 

'damn this kid brain for getting distracted so easily.' 

Thus after blaming a 10 year old's thinking process, Rio closed his eyes, falling asleep with a happy smile on his face. For today's sleep was something which even he looked forward to - "I missed the times when I could sleep without worrying about nightmares." That healing potion did do its job, but his inner guilt was always there, making him a little scared to sleep, but after learning Ria and Amelia were same, that feeling was gone too. 

"Good night to everyone who's watching me." Rio said in a bright smile, and closed his eyes, but his system had to wake up again, as some fucking Gods started sending replies for that useless good night wish. And it had to mute the notifications. 

[Finally some peace.]

"Sleep already, ohh and wake me up early tomorrow, I should start training seriously now. Bye."

(Fucking fucker I wish you be a system one day, and I'll torture you just like this - then you'll know, how a system feels. We need respect too.) 

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A/N - reincarnators respect the systems man. They're working hard 24×7 too.