The Anime Trope System: Stone Vs. The Viper, A LitRPG Novel. Chapter 364

Clyde's phone rang just as he was about to lead the group outside. He glanced at the caller ID, curious. Asu? Wasn't it a little after midnight on that side of the world? No squash that, his lich actually called. He had about three hundred lewd pictures of her saved on his phone…The young man should probably tell her to stop sending them. Probably.

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"Hey Asu, what's up?"

"Oh great master, cutest of all b.u.t.ts, slayer of G.o.ds, savior of the weak, great prot—"

"Asu," Clyde said, voice deadpan.

"Oh yeah. Uhm, we have an itsy, wittsy, problem," Asu said. Clyde frowned, unhappy to hear that from the lich. She easily handled situations and is rarely discouraged. She weakened Hijo's clan before the main team finished them off.

"A problem," Clyde said.

"A problem, Great One," Asu confirmed. "Drum roll…badadadbuuummm…" Her voice took on a fake dark tone. "The b.o.o.by monger herself, the Supreme is in the city." Asu's voice jumped to perky again. "The good news is that Clare refused to answer her questions. But the Supreme keeps pestering her. Soooo yeah. Oh and she's rude to the magical girls too. You should come here and slap her on the lips with your pole of justice." Asu sighed. "My lovely Stone Maidens are shaken—they don't want to go back to Clare's shop. I think they foolishly challenged her, my elongated lord, but got their b.u.t.ts kicked."

Clyde's widened eyes captured the hardened attention of his party.

"You've got to be s.h.i.+tting me," Clyde said, voice a little tired. "f.u.c.k, it's one thing after another. Do you know where the Supreme is?"

"Yes, Great Milk-providing Love. Her hulking power is pretty much impossible to miss. But if you were to order me to—"

"Wait a f.u.c.king minute," Clyde said, "my ability to detect threats in a territory didn't give me an alarm."

"Oh, OH, yeah, Tear told me about Lot City being your territory, oh Great Master of Naughtiness Who Should Return Home and Inject Me With Milk," Asu said. "There's a tiny loophole with that defense system."

"And n.o.body told me this…why?" Clyde said, feeling the bulls.h.i.+t anime trope rising through his throat.

"The spell can detect their actions, intensions, and future intensions with seriously powerful and precise magic. Supposedly, you can't mask anything from it," Asu said.

Clyde gulped, realizing the implications.

"You seem to get it now, my great chocolate love," Asu added. "She didn't come to fight, mentally of course. Which means she can walk through your territory without a care in the world. I think she's still under the debuff though, because of my heart core. You're welcome my lovable, huggable, injecting, awesome master, who should impregnate me a million times over."

Clyde coughed. His face heated up, confirming that talking to the lich was more embarra.s.sment than he could handle. "Can you use your sciencey voodoo alchemy whatever to conjure up something to watch her? Make sure it can't be traced back to you, my house, or the maidens. In fact, have the data sent to me."

"A task from the Great Dong of my life—yes, I will get it done, my master," Asu said. Her voice became amus.e.m.e.nt. "By the way, did you enjoy the gifts I sent you? m.a.s.t.u.r.b.a.t.e to them well, Master! Goodbye!"

She hung up before the young man could reply. Good thing he didn't have that on speaker phone, paranoia of Team Stone secrets getting to the wrong hands at the max. Yes, it was the media's fault, giving away their location, which put the lives of all the people surrounding them in danger, but that's beside the point.

"G.o.ddammit, Asu," Clyde said. "How did a genius become like that."

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"What happened?" Alice and Tear asked.

"You were giving us a scary look," Harumi said.

"The Supreme's in the city," Clyde said, gaining the hard gazes of his party. "She didn't come as a threat, so the territory spell didn't trigger. Luckily, Asu's going to create something to watch over her. A drone maybe. It's going to send us data."

"Good," Tear said. "But to be honest, I'm fully confident you can take out the Supreme with one hand tied behind your back."

Clyde felt his face heat up again. Even if that was true, all of that experience and rewards would vanish. Maybe even the deed to the Monster Kingdoms. If he used Stone Mode, ninety-five percent of his earnings would be cut. f.u.c.k that.

Abruptly, the young man's phone buzzed with an incoming text message.

Asu: My great lord of the hidden lewd, I've created a prototype magical droid that should be undetectable. In theory. It will take pictures, send messages, and beam it directly to your phone. Please fill me up as a reward! Tta! I would say I'm going to bed. But I don't need sleep.

Clyde blinked.

"She's got things under control."

The young man reflected on the repentance status alignment. Permanent, unremovable, but incredibly difficult to inflict. Most creatures easily resisted it. Since Asu already believed in the Stone, the alignment encouraged her to follow up on that belief. The lich herself blew it out of proportion. Not that it surprised Clyde—her personality was exactly the same when they first encountered the lich, the object of wors.h.i.+p being science and experimentation, rather than him. His quick thinking to take a risky gamble in recruiting her paid off greatly.

"She's a hot whack-job," Yusuke said, "but really helped us out when the inquisition had us backed in a corner."

"Let's not forget that she stopped a deadly a.s.sa.s.sin from that idiot wizard's group," Tear said. "I'm not sure why she let him live. Odd for a Lich."

"We'll discuss our non-murderous lich girl later," Clyde said. "Let's go knock out this patrol. If we finish this, get Palona to take us to the princess, then we're out of here. Well, with a plan. Remember, this is the same b.i.t.c.h who sent the inquisition after Tear. And it was HER inquisition that cost the lives of many."

A glow flashed brightly in the young man's eyes. Time and s.p.a.ce briefly bent around him, as if caving to his will. The pressure he released plunged fear into the entire city. "When I catch her, I'm going to put an end to this s.h.i.+t."

He let out a breath, his aura receding, allowing the party members to relax and breathe easier. Alice swatted Clyde's arm.

"Ow," Clyde said. "What was that for?"

"You've really got to stop doing that. Naoko and Nattie didn't train you like crazy only for you to exert your power in a way that shows a lack of control," Alice said.

"Sorry," Clyde said, then smiled. "It's just the blood-shedding beast within. It's even worse to stomach when the Watchers did absolutely nothing."

"I bet there'll be nutcases defending them," Tear said. "The bulls.h.i.+t excuse of them being Watchers, not interfering in the world, yet watching a city of innocent people die horribly when they could've stopped it with a thought."

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Clyde shrugged.

"At least we've got three from their realm on our side."

"Who?" Yusuke said.

"Selkie, Venus, and Naoko," Clyde said. "Four if you count Alice's mom."

He pushed away the thought of Alice's striking mother. Now wasn't the time to let the pervert within dance about.

[Your relations.h.i.+p with Asu has increased to Wors.h.i.+pped, level 8. Super-Extreme s.e.xual interest. Your faith level has increased to 21. Yes, one person alone actually increased a faith level. The system is unsure if that is more scary than impressive. You have gained 100 faith points for the odd level increase. Total number of faith points: 110. Remember, the last Sunday of each month gives you access to the faith store. The items may or may not change. Then again, you probably love random item systems.] Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

[Ahahahahaha.]

System, why do you torment me, Clyde thought tiredly as he led his party outside the hotel. The first thirty minutes sucked. Cold as b.a.l.l.s was an understatement due to the annoying wind. Misaka didn't seem affected, a suspicious orange glow surrounding her during the entire walk. His party with him didn't complain aloud, though Harumi looked as if she slowly reached a boiling point. Kitome, a member of another group, texted him every ten minutes or so, expressing just how cold she was and where Clyde could shove this patrol. Out of pettiness for that remark, he told her to suck it up. They were Team Stone and needed to learn how to operate in the chills. Sure, an equivalent of Earth's thirty-six degrees Fahrenheit or two degrees Celsius mixed with heavy wind made the young man want to dive into a lake of boiling water, but if they couldn't handle this now, they wouldn't when it actually mattered. He recited those thoughts to all of Team Stone. That stopped Kitome's vicious texting and Harumi's explosive build-up, the cannon aimed at him retracted.

Their break came when they noticed seven blue-robed wizards, armed with drumstick-like wands, walking toward a technological inst.i.tute, purpose in their steps. One of them carried a gray sack. Clyde a.n.a.lyzed him.

Wizard- Frodo.

Level: 164

Type: human, spellcaster.

Work under: Kindas Wizards.

Special: Desperate Call of Mary the G.o.ddess

Weakness: Water.

Resistances: Fire.

Secret: his girlfriend pegged him after he drank half a barrel of strong ale. He still feels it with every step. A sad existence hahaha.

His name is seriously Frodo…

"Alice, use your telekinesis and do secure that bag," Clyde ordered. "Everybody else, attack. Don't kill them. We'll leave that to the androids that will conveniently show up after the fight is over."

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"Why does it sound like you're mocking a common trope from a TV show," Alice said.

Clyde just chuckled, then gestured for his party to proceed to the a.s.s-kicking.

[Your party has entered combat!]

Frodo ordered his fellow wizards to fight back the moment Alice swiped the bag away from him using the Force. A growing crowd of civilians watched from afar, excited at the sight of the wizards and the group of random foreigners attacking them.

Snarling, Frodo gave his wand a wave, taking aim at Clyde.

"You will burn for interfering in our important affairs! Siding with those who only hinder the growth of this Nation. You cannot see what's happening."

[Frodo activated Tier 1 skill: Eruptos Del Fire Beamo.]

In one quick motion, Clyde switched from Bloodlight to the Executioner's Staff.

[Executioner Staff of Merlin. Item cla.s.s: *Legendary, One of a Kind*. Does Dragon and Volcanic damage. You may trigger its special attack: Balinor's Havoc, after filling the weapon's soul bar to 100%.]

[Clyde activated Tier 2 skill: Neptune's water edge.]

[Tier 2 skill: Neptune's Water Edge. Type: water, holy. Cla.s.s: very rare. Unleash a sharp blast of water blessed by Neptune himself.]

He easily dodged Frodo's beam of fire and watched as the slash of water magic smashed the wizard to the ground. Thanks to the weakness and his own stats and bonuses, the tier two skill did a lot of damage.

[Critical! Weakness exploited. Frodo's HP has dropped to 35%]

"I won't let you do whatever the f.u.c.k you want," Frodo snapped, raising his wand.

[Frodo activated Special tier skill: Desperate Call of Mary the G.o.ddess. This is a suicide skill.]

Clyde wasted no time and countered.

[Clyde activated Binder's hand.]

[Binder's hand 6. Type: spiritual. Cla.s.s: mysterious. Bind your enemies with tendrils of spirit energy. 46% chance to bind 1 enemy. Does no damage unless you will it. If willed, will do 14% damage per second. Able to will it to hold allies. Cannot damage allies.]

The skill was a success, grabbing hold of the wizard, preventing him from casting his spell. Within seconds, Team Stone knocked out his accomplices. The surrounding crowd cheered.

[Battle completed. Victory! Reward: 20,000 dollars. 600,000 EXP. Special Portable Forger's Anchor. Item cla.s.s: epic.]

Clyde accessed his Ki, utilizing his newly obtained Area sense skill.

[Area sense level 1. You will be able to detect all enemies within a vicinity. You gain a Mini-map to accompany your mental navigation system. Your foes will show up as red dots. Level this system up and you'll gain more details and range. Example: yellow dots indicating tougher enemies and much more.]

The area was good to go, all enemies secured. As predicted, the androids showed up, took custody of the terrorists, and left without so much as a thanks. At least the civilians were happy, which mattered. From observation, they were a mix of monster girls and normal humans. Not a crowd of rich people or corporate overlords, seeking to make their wallets fatter with cash. However, what the wizard said still bothered him.

"Siding with those who only hinder the growth of this Nation. You cannot see what's happening."

What did he mean by that? Was there something going on that Clyde or the party missed? Even Airi and Tear. He'd have to push those words aside as terrorist misguided dialogue until spotting evidence of such a claim. After all, the wizards were the ones attacking and breaking s.h.i.+t. If not for them, the young man could finish this quest and get moving.

His phone buzzed, indicating a text message. Tetra.

Tetra: there is supposed to be a large gathering of wizards, set to attack the palace in about an hour. Get your a.s.s over there now.

Clyde: copy that. We'll get to the place as quickly as possible.

Hinako: be careful. I don't know a lot about magic, but I don't want to see any of our own hurt.

Clyde turned to the others, each of them putting away their phones after reading the group text.

"Their leader has got to be among the crowd. If we can bring him down, we may finally be in the clear. I don't know about you guys, but not being able to buy a lot of s.h.i.+t because of the lack of having a bulls.h.i.+t license is making me eager to leave," Clyde said.

"I kind of like it here," Misaka said. "Besides the license thing I mean. The technology is nice."

"It's definitely impressive, though something seems off," Alice said.

"I agree," Clyde told her.

"After what the blue-robe said, there might be more than what meets the eye," Yusuke said.

"Let's just find out first," Clyde said, his mental navigation system marking the location. "Holy s.h.i.+t that's far. Harumi, do you mind calling up a cab?"

Harumi nodded.

"I'll make sure to get one that's nice and toasty." She winked. The other girls expressed their agreements. Yusuke simply grunted his acknowledgement.

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