My Harem Of Dangerous And Crazy Women: As A Two Way Vessel

Chapter 6: A Broken System

"...Did either of you see that?" Ray asked.

"...See what?" Lucian answered

"Don't worry its nothing!" Ray replied.

The forest had finally grown completely quiet at this time, only tye occasional rustling of leaves could be heard here and there.

Ray dragged himself up leaning heavily against a tree trunk, with his chest rising and falling with every exhausted breath.

Dried blood had now clung to the shallow wound across his cheek, while sweat soaked through his shirt.

"....I almost died." He said as a bitter laugh escaped his lips.

"... Congratulations!" Lucian said after a while of silence.

"... Congratulations?" Ray blinked... "For surviving. Is that worth congratulating?"

But before Lucian could reply, he was interrupted by Kael.

"Hardly.." he added. "If someone dies to four dire wolves on their first day, they were never meant to survive this world to even begin with."

"Most people awaken their authority after years of training," Lucian added ignoring the remark from Kael and continued speaking to Ray. " But you awakened yours in the middle of your first battle. That topped with the fact you had no training or experience whatsoever."

Ray lowered his eyes towards his trembling hand. Even now still, he couldn't fully understand what had happened. All he remembered was touching the alpha, feeling the direction of its momentum and then changing it completely.

"... What exactly is an Authority?" Ray asked. " I mean, it does sound a bit weird.

"An Authority is more like a physical manifestation of your soul." Lucian replied almost immediately.

"Wrong!" Kael clicked his tongue.

Lucian sighed. "Well well, here we go again..."

"It is not your soul," Kael continued. " It is desire. Around here, the world bends itself around what your seek most."

Lucian shook his head. "If that were true, Authorities would constantly change.."

"But they do evolve, they do not replace themselves but they absolutely changed," kael argued. "A coward becomes brave, a king becomes a tyrant, and a hero becomes a monster, so why shouldn't an Authority?!"

"Do either of you ever agree on anything?" Ray asked rubbing his temples.

"...No!" They both answered simultaneously. "Never!".

Ray couldn't help laughing, it was absolutely ridiculous. He had somehow unwilling became the mediator between the two greatest legends of another world, a world they both failed to save.

"What a mess..." Ray murmured

Just then a system vibrated in his head interrupting his thoughts..

Ding!

And the familiar interface unfolded before him.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

NAME: Ray Salvatore

RACE: Human

REALM: Awakened I

TITLE : • The Wrong Successor

PRIMARY AUTHORITY: Vector

"The Authority to perceive and redirect force."

GLITCH RATE: 0.80%

DOMAIN: Dormant

.........

Attributes

Strength : 5

Agility : 5

Vitality : 5

Mana : 5

Perception : 6

Will : 9

Hero Sync : 50%

Villain Sync : 50%

Legacy Points : 3

System Fragments : 0

ERROR.exe : Locked

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

"..."

"So my Perception increased..." He said as he stared at the screen. "And my Will."

Lucian nodded. "The System reflects your growth. You relied on observation and lastly You trusted yourself."

Kael crossed his arms. "And you survived, the System rewards results."

Ray continued reading and his eyes stopped at one line.

GLITCH RATE: 0.80%

"...Wait! What's this?" He asked but was faced with complete silence from the other two

He frowned. "...Lucain?"

"..."

"...Kael?"

"Your both know something you aren't telling me."

"We do not know enough." Lucian answered first.

"The Glitch..." Kael spoke moments later. " It didn't exist during our time."

"What?" Ray asked.

"We had systems!" Lucian continued. "They functioned differently, there were no contradictions, no merged quests and definitely no glitch Rate."

"Whatever happened when we died..." Kael's tone grew unusually serious as he added. "It changed everything."

Before Ray could ask another question.

Ding!

Another information appeared and unlike before, this one followed a brilliant golden light..

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[Emergency Quest]

Objective:

A frightened child is hiding east of your current location. Hostile forces are closing in.

Protect the child and escort them to safety.

Time Remaining: 17 Minutes

Rewards: Hero Sync +2%

Legacy Points: ×3

Minor Reputation Increase

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And the screen faded screen faded.

"...A child?" Ray asked.

"We don't have much time left." Lucian immediately answered. "Go!"

"Alright then," Ray replied as he pushed himself to his feet.

Just then a second notification appeared. This one burned crimson and the letters seemed sharper.

Ding!

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[Villain.exe]

Opportunity Detected: A bandit squad transporting stolen resources has entered your vicinity.

Estimated enemies:Six.

Objective: Eliminate every bandit.

Claim all supplies.

Resources strengthen future survival.

Rewards:

Villain Sync: +2%

Legacy Points: ×3

Bandit Cache

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"..."

"...Excuse me?" Ray exclaimed as he stared at the two window flaoting side by side. Golden and Crimson.

Two completely different objectives.

Two completely different directions.

"...You've got to be kidding." Ge said under he's breathe.

"The child Comes first," Lucian said pointing east.

"The bandits. If they die, the child survives" kael immediately countered.

"You don't know that." Lucian said

"I calculated it." Kael replied

"No, no you didn't calculate s**t, you assumed."

"I predicted."

"They're different."

"They're not "

"They are ."

"They aren't."

"They ....."

"STOP!!!" Ray shouted and they both fell silent.

He took a slow breath before pointing accusingly at the floating windows.. "Do you two even realize that these quests completely contradict each other?"

"Yes!" Lucian nodded.

"They do," kael nodded as well.

"And you're both okay with that?" Ray asked again.

"Naturally."

"... Of Course."

Ray blinked. "What kind of broken system is this?" He asked. Immediately those words left his mouth, the interface tend to vibrated.

The golden window flickered and so did the crimson window. Thin black cracks suddenly spread across both notifications like shattered glass

".... That's new!" Kael said.