Villain Hiring: Help! Author Wants Me Dead

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"So… what do I do now?"

My nonexistent fingers felt extremely scratchy.

I was one the first generation systems created by the Goddess Gaia herself.

My soul if you could call it that was designed in a way that would either make a villain or break a villain.

Yeah.

After all, I never was the type to train heroes. To inspire them.

No.

I always teetered between the edges of black and white.

And I knew what I said next would totally define what happens next.

I knew it.

The dark side of mine slowly cornered me, baiting me to break this boy.

To tell him that there is no other choice.

That he had to be the villain.

And to be quite honest?

I would do just that.

Well.

That was if this was a normal scenario.

It had been so long since I was out of commission that I no longer knew what was happening among the deites.

If I wasn’t sure before, now I was that this couldn’t be the doing of Nyx or Zeus or even Aphrodite.

No.

This god.

The creator of this world was a noob.

Or he wouldn’t have made the mistake of threatening me.

Kekekkee

I still had zero idea if this was possible, but with this brat’s physique…It might just be.

I swallowed hard, already planning the outline of what I was going to do as I did something totally outside my expertise.

I gave the boy a speck of light.

I gave him hope.

"You survive."

"I wasn’t lying when I said that I had full access to the morse codes or in your language the fate of this universe.

And although it is true that I cannot share it with you but there is something else, something better I can let you in on.

[New Quest Received]

Quest Name: The Fated Villain’s Descent

Objective: Ensure Noah follows the intended path of the villain written in the Book of Sin. Manipulate circumstances to steer him towards darkness, securing the original trajectory of the world’s fate.

Progress: 0%

Conditions for Completion:

Guide Noah into making the set decisions. Lead him into situations where he must abandon morality for power.

Ensure he embraces his role as the villain without deviation.

Rewards: ???

Penalty for Failure: Permanent Erasure

[WARNING]

The Book of Sin has been seen by the host, triggering a butterfly effect. The world’s trajectory is shifting.

To maintain balance, corrections must be made.

[NEW DIRECTIVE FROM THE AUTHOR]

If the plot deviates more than 50% from its intended course, corrective measures will be activated.

For every major deviation, someone close to ’The Fated Villain’ will die.

Failure to comply with system codes will result in your immediate termination.

NOTE: You are no longer in control of your fate. Comply...or be erased.

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Another one of my powers is being able to project what I imagine to the host’s mind.

"You see, the creator of this world is an amateur.

There are many loopholes in this world he created.

One of them is that even though he can see and perceive everything that is happening in the world, he cannot hear our conversations as long as we talk in each other’s minds.

The condition he has given me is that so long as you follow most of the path determined by the Book of Sin, neither you nor will I be penalised.

"Follow the story, Noah. Keep playing your role. That’s the only way to make sure no one else suffers because of you."

I watched as the boy trembled. His breath had gone shallow and his pupils shrunk as the weight of my words pressed down on him.

Good.

Pain was the greatest teacher, after all.

"Always remember this Noah, A man who is scared of losing, is a man who has lost half the battle already."

The moment I said it, I felt something inside him shatter.

Humans were so predictable. Give them hope, and they’ll cling to it.

Take it away, and they’ll break.

But if you leave just enough room for them to struggle—just enough to make them believe they have a choice—they’ll do anything to survive.

Noah swallowed thickly. His fingers curled into his palms, his shoulders shaking.

He was trying to suppress it—the anger, the despair, the overwhelming sense of helplessness.

I had seen it before, countless times.

I knew that if I wanted to save him, then I needed to break him.

To mold him enough to follow the original storyline.

The corners of my nonexistent mouth curled wide. I was not saving him because I had a change of heart or any of that bullshit.

No.

I was saving him so that he would be just strong enough to serve my goals.

heheheh

As for what these goals were?

Only time would find out.

"You mean to say," Noah spoke, interrupting my thoughts as his voice came out rough and wary, "that no matter what I do, someone close to me will die? Just because… because I exist?"

"Yes."

Simple. Clean. I didn’t sugarcoat things for him. He needed to hear it.

His breathing hitched, chest rising and falling faster now. And then—

"Ma…"

Ah. There it was. The fear.

I tilted my nonexistent head, feeling something almost close to amusement. "Oh, her?" I mused, drawing out the words just enough to make his nerves prickle.

"She was supposed to die a long time ago, you know. When your parents were killed, she was meant to be taken out as well."

The boy’s body jerked, and his heartbeat spiked so fast I could practically hear it pounding inside his ribs.

Perfect.

"But somehow," I continued, lowering my voice just enough to sound thoughtful, "something changed.

The moment you saw the Book of Sin, the moment you read through the lines of fate, everything shifted.

And you know what that means, don’t you?"

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