own choice
My name is Raina, and I've been a 'former winner' since the day those windows with options appeared before me; that's when everything started going downhill.
Due to the 'choices' made against my will, I had no other option but to quit my job, discard my money and possessions, to live as a prostitute selling my body cheaply to all sorts of vile people...
It's ironic that until recently I was admired by children and recognized as a brilliant rising star of S rank. Only for children to now look at me with disappointment, while I am played by the same corrupt people I tried to defeat.
I even abandoned my groupmates due to the chosen option of [abandon all friendships], even though they tried to stop me, saying things like "try to resist his influence" or "you're not this kind of person." But sadly, the option had already been chosen without my consent, so I had no choice but to do it.
While living my life in such a degrading and humiliating way, I noticed that the option windows disappeared as mysteriously as they had arrived, leaving me trapped repeating the already chosen decisions in a loop. In that way, I believed this cycle would repeat with me living like this forever...
<<What do you want to do?>>
It was then that the text window returned with these words written instead of the typical two options.
"Who are you? Why are you only speaking now?"
<<I am the "new" player in charge of you.>>
"Player...?"
<<It's as if I'm in charge of influencing your decisions to lead you down one path or another.>>
"Then, are you the ones to blame for my current state?!"
After having repressed my emotions without anywhere to release them, it was then that an object of hatred finally presented itself before me, but...
<<You're wrong about that. Each player is randomly assigned a 'PC' at the start of the game, and I simply inherited your save file.>>
"....Huh?"
<<That's why I'm asking you, what do you want to do?>>
Honestly, I wasn't able to understand some of the words he said very well, as if there was interference, but at least I understand that whoever put me in this situation was his predecessor, and considering that this one at least bothered to communicate with me instead of selfishly creating and selecting more options...
"I-I..."
And having before me the power to choose my own destiny after so long, I spoke my opinion for the first time with a voice charged with all the emotions I had been holding back.
"What... I want... is... REVENGE!!"
[unleash your revenge] [live a normal life]
After saying the words I had been repressing for so long, it was as if the old two options that had brought me here appeared again. However, this time I was the one who had the power to decide.
☆ [unleash your revenge]
And without any hesitation, I made my choice...
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"Mmhm..."
There I was, lost in my thoughts, realizing that finding a way to make Raina the strongest again was going to be very complicated, seeing how the previous player had left her.
How difficult is it?
Well, dear reader, the guy literally left Raina with no money, no equipment, no job, and even cursed!!
So, indeed. I'm working with pure brick (no offense).
At first, I thought I could manage with Raina's stats, but then I realized that the effect of the "erotic cursed dress" made it impossible to attack the male gender, making her pathetically weak against men.
But things only got worse when I realized that it doesn't specify species, which made Raina unusable when facing any male creature.
Sending her to fight a goblin would be the same as recreating the famous "Kuh... Kill me!" scene for no reason!!
Furthermore, not having equipment, companions, or even money makes the difficulty unnecessarily high.
Fortunately, not all was lost, since before the game started, it seems Raina gained some abilities (at the cost of losing other more powerful ones) that could get us out of this problem.
The first is "Charm," which, according to the list of abilities, is considered trash...
Why?
Well, that's because it only works on beings of a lower rank than yours. An example of this is that if a goblin used Charm, it would only be able to control a weaker monster than itself, like a slime. And to top it off, other races can resist it to a certain extent, making it an ability classified as trash...
But something is something!!
And if I, who am considered pathetically weak for having almost no means of attack of my own, have been able to survive unharmed until now, then...
I know Raina can too!!
And I know what you're going to say next.
Just with optimism, you won't get out of this, right?
But guess what, I actually do have a plan. You see, this game has many mechanics, such as there being no level limit, allowing you to increase your strength without an apparent end in sight, or being able to control other 'PCs' to form your own personal group.
How to get other 'PCs'?
Well, that's easy (more or less). You just have to tame an NPC to turn them into a PC. An easy example of this would be if your character were a King, only having to give an 'order' to his loyal subjects to automatically gain a large number of characters.
A more normal way would be by 'training' or 'buying' an available character.
And the last way to get a character is to steal one from another player with the nefarious 'PvP' mechanic, NTR mode...
I don't want to talk about it, but basically, if you win, you keep the opponent's character, and if you lose and don't have any more characters... Well....GAME OVER.
So, taking advantage of the Charm ability, I'll go with a strategy of training weak monsters to fight for me (Raina)!!
Maybe in reality I'm weak, but in the virtual world with Raina by my side, I'll be invincible!!
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
<"Why are you laughing like that?">
"Ah... Ahem... Please forget about it, Echidna."
Crap, I got carried away. I almost resurrected my dark past where I wore black clothes, a scarf, and an eye patch...
That was really close. Ah, but before carrying out the "invincible Raina" plan, first, there's revenge, and it turns out Raina acquired a perfect ability for it.
What do you think?
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