Chapter 238: Party At Dave's

NEW ROUND BEGINNING: Growing Powers

LOADING TERROR CITY

SUPERPOWER SYSTEM LOADING UP

ALL WEAPONS SYSTEMS ARE DEACTIVATED

AVATAR SELECTION SCREEN ACTIVATED

I could see myself standing with my arms and legs spread to the sides, and only wear underwear. There were two class types, Fighter and Caster Type, but I remembered that I was going to get an extra power for this round, so it would be best for me to look over all the different choices.

I opened the fighter list first and a list of fourteen selections popped down.

Gadget Trickster

Gravity Knight

Inhuman Reflexes

Phase Samurai

Sky Dancer

Super Strength

Wall Crawling

Wild Surge Battle Magic

Wild Surge Battle Ranger

Demon Hunter

Inner Struggle-Demon Blade

Inner Struggle-The Beast Within

Demon Controller: Demon Ink

Demon Controller: Steel Blood

That was a lot of choices, but there were a couple that stood out to me, but I was really going to have to get a look at the next list. There could be a good combo that I left in here for myself, so I should check out the next list. I kept the fighter tab and then opened the Caster tab, and twelve more powers were displayed. 

Destruction Mage

Dragon Mage

Geomancer

Mage Cannon

Omni Adept

Cymatic Singer

Metallurgists-Deep Crystal

Metallurgists-Starmetal

Metallurgists-Stormphrax

Manipulation-Energy Mastery

Manipulation-Electron Mastery

Manipulation-Portal Mastery

Nope, this was a lot to pick from, time to cheat. 

'Mom, Dansei! Are you here with me right now?'

No answer came.

Okay, so we will have to do this the old fashion way and just pick two. There were a lot of choices, but it was a matter of trying to pick what was the best fit for my style of play. I liked to be able to move and get places fast, but the Mage Cannon looked really good, but it was more of a mob gun, and I was worried that it wouldn't do well against a bigger foe.

There there was the Portal Mastery, which did not offer powerful attack, but unlimited mobility. Something about this one drew me in more than the others, and if my gut was saying yes, then I was going to run with it. Now, I just had to take a Fighter Class, maybe I would just scan through the names and see if anything stood out.

I was starting to get worried as I looked through the list, nothing was standing out, but then I stopped on Demon Ink, it was beside some other demon-based power, and the one below it was Steel Blood. Both were Demon Controller types, so I scanned through the blood first and there were some great offensive attacks, but every time you activated an ability, there was a chance that you could go mad.

After closing back up Steel Blood, I wasn't even sure if it was worth looking at. I had had my run with this type of thing before and it did not turn out well for me and the people around me, but I was drawn to it. Looking at it wasn't going to hurt me, and it wasn't like I had a time limit; I was about to make a choice that would affect me for a lifetime.

I commanded Demon Ink to open, and it was very similar to the other, but it was missing something. I looked over the entire sheet and then noticed something at the very end of the class, an asterisk. I reopened Blood Steel and quickly scrolled to the bottom; yup, there was nothing, and the Demon Ink had no Madness side effects.

My palms were starting to sweat and I was having trouble staying calm. Of course, I would have left something like this for myself! I went back to Portal Mastery and scrolled to the bottom; again, same thing, an asterisk at the end. Well, this was good and just what I had hoped for. 

The Demon Ink was a demon that could coat my body and make me bigger. Plus there was also an attack that made me stronger if I killed an enemy, but it was only limited use per day. Still, portals and turning into a big black monster that likes to bite people's heads off for a superhero power might be outside of the standard hero description, but I wasn't much for rules and standards. 

Both had short descriptions that I read through, and it was like stepping into my own thoughts, but I felt others got the right idea. They were just small blurbs about the powers at the basic level.

Demon Ink:

You feel your body changing on a cellular level, then you hear a voice. It offers you power beyond your wildest dreams but at the cost of your mind.

Portal Mastery:

You stick your head into a floating hole and look through the other side. From this point, the world feels upside down and it almost feels like you are being pulled out into thin air. Looking up which is down, you can see your body with its head sticking through an inky black hole floating above me. Strange.

Well, that was done and picked, now there was just the last part of the start-up. Tequila had explained after we kissed, about what my mission would be this time and how things would work. This time I wouldn't be hunting for more girls for my harem or maybe I would, hard to put a finger on exactly what was going on here.

PREPARE FOR ENTRANCE

My job this time was to be a hero, surprise, surprise. As one of my heroes, my job would be to rid the city of monsters as they popped up, but there would also be other events I would need to take place in. 

3…

All the girls would be my neighbors and a giant apartment block, but none of them would have powers. That was the biggest kick, but there was a block on the building so bad guys could just come and murder my ladies. 

2…

The final part that made this one special, and the largest pain in my ass to date. No System, No armory, and no Dragon Claws, AND, my Sub Skills were all gone. System, Armory, Dragon Claws, toss them, I get them back in the next game, but my Sub Skills…

1…

That means that I will have to win every girl over the hard way, not just make them see me and fall in love with me. Pain in the ass, but, my name was Hero Dave, and the pain was my game.

ENTRANCE COMPLETED

WELCOME TO TERROR CITY

Instantly, I was falling to a massive city that stretched in every direction for farther than I could see. Well, this was one way to get things started! 

'Where are we!' TDM.

'What? You're still here?'

'Wait, what do you still mean?! Do you think you can just get rid of The Destroyer of Men!' -TDM.

'Would you like power beyond your wildest dreams?' -Rough hissing voice.

Oh, for crying out loud. There are two of these idiots in my head now?! I was up high, but the city was starting to get bigger, really fast, so, time to do something. 

'Activate them using thought.' -Dansei.

'Remember, you can check your quick menu for all your current skills.' -Tequila.

Holy crap, what is this? Party at Dave's? I threw a hand out and commanded a portal to appear facing sideways and then one below me. Two black holes appeared, and I fell through the one below me and then I was spat out sideways like a spear. The direction change played hell with my stomach, but I started to toss them so I would fly into them rather than falling into it, and that made it a little easier, but this was no simple task. 

I finally dropped down to the roof of a massive building, and then everyone started to talk at once inside my head.

'Dave! Who is this raspy grease spot in your head with me? And I heard Other voices as well, are you going crazy? Or am I?' -TDM.

I wanted to laugh out loud at that. The Destroyer of Men sounds genuinely confused and worried. This was priceless, and the response I got from the other thing was just as good. 

'Wait...why can't I try to force you to activate your powers? Also, why do you have an old wrinkled, and toothless dragon in your brain? I also heard other voices, with the way things are going, I think we might all be going a little coo-coo. By the way, since it looks like I'm coming along for the scenic ride this time, I'm Jim. Normally I need to make you go crazy, and then you have to learn my name, but I'm just going to be watching with popcorn now, so we might as well be friends, right?' -Jim.

{Author note: writing Jim, I have the guy who does the, "I'm a snake, a sneaky little snake," voice in my head!}

'Don't demons have...demonish names? Jim just doesn't give me that feeling of...demon.'

'Oh? Talking about names, are we? And what might your fancy name be? Hero Dave? Yeah, that's what I thought. I do have a demon name, It's She'Helerreka Morsdorfin, wanna call me that instead?' -Jim.

'Who would give their child such a horrible name?' -TDM.

'Oh, and what your real name be, Oh Great Destroyer of Men?' -Jim.

'I HAVE A GREAT AND AMAZING NAME THAT IS TO GREAT AND AMAZING FOR YOU TO EVER HERE YOU FOUL GREASE SPOT!' -TDM.

'Mmhmm, so your parents gave you a stupid name just like me. Come on big guy, you can tell us. Were your buddies! Right, Dave?' -Jim.

'Buster…' -Buster.