"*Yawn*"

"Huh? Where am I? Is this... A goddamn torso?!"

*Yato jumps out of the hollow Minotaur, visibly confused*

"WTF"

'Wait, I remember now'

"I really ate the whole damn thing, huh? And even took a damn Power-Nap inside the hollow body because it felt like a bed. I really am sick in the head, aren't I? And I really need to take a shit right now..."

As Yato took a shit in the corner, he slowly remembered the details of his fight, then he suddenly remembers the words he was told by that strange voice that killed the torturer.

"Well now, I wonder what kind of reward she has prepared for that hell of a mess my ass went through. But so or so, I am going to take the Minotaur's axe with me for now, seems strong enough to kill some mobs."

'But I have a feeling that it'd be something like a trash item that she just prepared to troll me again...'

"Oh?"

*Yato finds a Treasure-Chest after he left the Minotaur's territory*

"Oooh! My gamer looting senses are tingling!"

'Oh boy! What can it be? Health potions? Bags of gold? Jewels? MAGIC SWORDS? I HAVE TO OPEN IT TO FIND OUT! LETS GOOO~'

As Yato opens the chest, he sees something he didn't expect, It actually was a skillfully made iron armor, but it looks pretty worn out. It is a  mix of leather, chainmail, plated armor and some monster accessories, it also had two spiraled and pointy twisted horns at the side of the helmet, and some ripped red cloth at the back top of his helmet. (Just imagine the armor in the thumbnail, the thumbnail may change, but the design will be the same.)

As he thinks about putting on the armor the voice from before placed here, he saw something different, shining in the top right corner of the chest.

'Huh? What's that shining orb thing? And theres a book next to it?'

"Looks like a crystal ball and an old book to me."

[System Alert!: Items added to Inventory: [Skill Orb], [Strange Book]. Do you wish to use: [Skill Orb]?]

[Yes / No]

"Uhh, Yes...I guess?"

[System Alert!: Proceeding to use: [Skill Orb]!]

"Huh? GAAAAAAAAAAH!"

*The orb starts floating and seems to pour a blue aura out of it, letting itself be absorbed by Yato. After that, the orb breaks and disappears*

'What is this? It feels like something just connected itself with my soul!'

[System Alert!: Skill learned: [Analyse], allows you to inspect each and everything in the world you use the skill on]

"The f*ck? The [Skill Orb] literally just gave me a skill? And the skill is...[Analyse]?"

*Yato is still confused, but then takes a look at the [Strange Book] and armor he got*

"...Analyse?"

[System Alert!: [Strange Book] has been analysed! Item identified as: [Magic Grimoire (Cursed)]! Using the item will result in learning the magic spell imbued inside! Proceed to use: Magic Grimoire?]

[Yes / No]

'A free Skill and then a Magic Spell? OF COURSE I WANT IT! GIMME!'

"YES! GIMME MY FREE LOOT!"

[System Alert!: Proceeding to use: [Magic Grimoire (Cursed)]!]

'Wait, Cursed? F*ck, I didn't think this through...please don't hurt!'

As if.

*A demonic and dreadful Aura forces the grimoire into his heads, making him read through the book in full speed forcefully*

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH *pant* YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"

Sadly for poor Yato, this process continued for several minutes, it was a thick book. But after some time passed, he finally learned the imbued skill of the cursed magic grimoire.

"Gahh...*pant*...*pant*...Is- Is it finally over? *gasp*"

[System Alert!: Magic learned! [Cursed Flames], costs HP to cast, DMG output is equal to 250% of HP used, you gain the ability to fire cursed flames at your enemies. These flames will inflict [Fire] and [Curse] damage, converting 30% of the HP used to activate into [Curse] and [Fire] damage equally (as DMG to the user, as a self hurting effect). Maximum power output cannot go over over users maximal HP. Steals 30% of DMG dealt as HP. Using the spell can result in the users death. Able to use on items as armor, weapons, and accessories as a DMG-Buff. AOE-Spell, stolen HP can exceed the HP used to cast]

"*pant* Great, another ability that *gasp* drains my HP dry, at least it recovers some HP too, but what is so special about [Curse] damage?"

[System: [Curse] damage is special because it hurts the receivers mentality too, resulting in scaring and terrorising the receiver, used for different purposes, in combination with [???] it can be used to manipulate the receiver, turning the receiver into a servant. But if the [Curse] value increases the limit of the receivers mentality by over 100%, the receiver may go insane, turning the receiver into a mindless monster with the [Berserk] skill]

"Great, so if I get that yet hidden skill, I can create slaves and clones, huh?"

'Well, now since Im done with that, how about I analyse the armor next?'

"Analyse the armor!"

[System Alert!: [Worn out Armor] has been analyzed! Item identified as: [Ragnarök - Armor of the Beginning]! Description: Armor from the Age of Gods, a skillfully made masterpiece by the blacksmith of legend. It may have worn down over the ages, but it's unique effects are still intact. Unique effects: Armor's power grows in accordance with the users strength (LVL), Armor LVL 12. Stat boosts: STR = +1.200, AGI = +1.200, VIT = +1.200, HP = +1.200. Unique enchantment: If the users HP fall below 10%, skill costs will be halved and skills will always hit with 100% of their maximum power. Compatible with: [Brutalizer], [Cursed Flames]. The armor is said to be the favourite piece of equipment of the legendary berserker, that even slaughtered the gods in his crusades. Turning the tides over and over again, until The War of Gods, that happened 30.000 ago, finally ended with the sealing of the legendary berserker and a non-agression pact between the demons and the other four races. The name of the berserker of legend was lost long ago, but everyone that participated in The War of Gods and all the history books refer to him as [The Slayer of Gods]. After the war has ended and all people knowing where the berserker of legend was sealed, he and his amour basically vanished, just to never be seen ever again. Also, even though he fought in The War of Gods, he never fought for the demons neither for the inhabitants of the normal world, since his single goal was to murder those mischievous gods. For that higher goal, he switched sides over and over again, weakening and assisting both sides of the war, but neither side found out that he fought for both sides, because nobody survived to tell the story. That's how he singlehandedly made the war continue for long enough, to kill a total of 10 Gods. Seemingly, [The Slayer of Gods] left a message behind, that now has become a popular quote under seamen and pirates. It was "Dead men tell no Tales, but I will.]

(Oof, much text, I know, sorry bout that.)

*Yato gives off a veeeeeeeeeeeery confused look*

"Thanks for the explanation, but all I asked for, were the stats, not a history lecture. Ahh, whatever. A god slaying berserker armor, huh? And that voice just gave it to me? I smell a lot of trouble and debts coming towards me..."

'So my equipment is made of this "legendary armor", the two sided Battle-Axe I took from the minotaur and my [Berserk] skill, hmm. I probably should check my status after all that stuff happened.'

"Status open!"

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Name: Yato Ishida

Gender: Male

Age: 16 Years old

Race: Human

Class: Berserker

Lvl: 12

HP: 7150

MP: 0

STR: 1.200 - 3.600 - 7.200

VIT: 600 - 1.800

AGI: 720 - 2.160 - 4.320

INT: 0

M-RES: 0

P-RES: 0

Skills: Berserk, Bloodrush, [Brutalizer], [Aura of Demise], [Cursed Flames], [???]

Titles:

[Berserker], 3x STR, VIT, AGI in Berserk-Mode / All Stats except HP, STR, VIT, AGI = 0

[Through the Limit], Combat/Magic-Skills cost HP instead of Mana

[Gross Eater +1], allows you to Recover HP from eating Monster meat and gives a 30% Chance to steal a random Skill

[Merciless], all attacks instill fear on the target, has a 20% chance to double Fear of the target. Compatible with: [Aura of Demise]

[Otherworldly Hero], Fast Growth

[Well Versed], Understanding of Otherworldy Language

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"WHAT THE ACTUAL F!"

'WHY ARE MY STATS SO HIGH JUST AFTER 11 LVL UPS?'

"Ahh right, the [Otherworldly Hero] title said something of fast growth right? but for it to be that strong..."

As Yato equipped all of his gear, as he saw a red "X" on a wall at the end of the dungeon, he remembered the order of the annoying voice to let some of the monsters escape into the city to wreak havoc among the civillians. And so he did.

*Yato takes a deep breath*

"BRUTALIZER!"

[System Alert!: [Brutalizer] activated! HP used: 50. HP left: 7100]

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

-WALL BEING BROFISTED OUT OF EXISTENCE-

"With that, my half of the deal should be done, now I just need to get the hell out of the town before the guards are trying to arrest me."

As Yato talked to himself, the monster hordes already started rushing out into the town, taking all attention to them. Yato could easily escape and walk through the main gate because through the effect of [Aura of Demise], no monsters dared to get near him. And so he went into the great, great plains of the Etheria Kingdom. The Plains of Etheria, it has mobs, adventurers, merchant-carriages and all the fantasy stuff he could ever imagine!

"Now that's how it should be!"

Was what he quietly said to himself.

And with that, he suddenly heard a sweet, teasing, and most importantly, annoying voice from besides him.

"So you got out alive, hm, Yato boi~?"

"Oh no..."

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Thanks so much for reading this chapter! I know I took the opportunity to turn this chapter into a lore focusing one, but I think sometimes those are needed, If someone cant follow up or needs some extra information from the World Yato now lives in. The next chapter contains a small, but for some people maybe predictable plot twist.

Oh, and if you found any mistakes or things that don't make sense in this chapter, or ideas on how to make this story more enjoyable, please tell me!

I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter, see ya!