God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

Keith lie in the shade of a tree with Amelia sitting beside him. She had a frown on her face as she looked at him.

"Can you talk? I have a few questions and the curiosity is getting out of control." she asked him.

Keith opened his eyes and looked at her, "Yeah, shoot."

"You told me not to throw accusations at you, so now I'm asking you questions instead." she said and began, "I want to know why you rejected Clara's offer to take care of you. Why did you say that you'd be fine with anyone other than her? I didn't ask her but I'm sure that she felt hurt."

"....." Keith silently looked at her for a few seconds before nodding, "Good progress. At least you didn't call me an asshole then and there. Well.. the reason I didn't want her beside me is thanks to Timmy. That bastard is right there, so if he sees us together, it might become a problem.

I mean, technically the chances are low. But if he sees us together too often, then it'll become troublesome. I'm just trying to reduce the amount of time we spend alone while we're under the scrutiny of everyone else.

Heck, I literally share a bed with her back in our camp and you know it. It's not like I don't want to spend time with her. I'm just trying to keep trouble away from her and me."

Hearing his explanation, Amelia nodded, "Makes sense. Now my second question, why did you try to fight that bastard when Clara is a way better fighter than you? What's his name? Anyways, as far as I know, you don't really like getting into fights so I want to know why you acted to impulsive."

"Clark." Keith said and went silent. He knew that he couldn't tell her the true answer. One of the reasons he wanted to fight him was because he wanted to see the difference between them. But that changed the moment Clark went for the first punch.

Everything happened almost instantly and before Keith even knew it, Clark was lying on the ground. Even though he won, he knew that if the guy was careful and fought the way he fought usually, then he would easily win.

'Clark is a monster even though he got an indirect nerf. If I wish to beat him, I'll have to take full leverage of Vincent's monthly taxes.' he thought but he gave Amelia a sheepish smile.

"I kinda got a bit possessive. Call it an instinct but I could tell that he wanted to get close to Clara, like establish some kind of connection. Though I don't understand what he'd accomplish by annoying her." he said.

Although he said this, his thoughts were different.

'That's his go to method though. He'll either annoy or piss them off and then using this as a way to communicate, he somehow manages to make them have a soft spot for him. I know all his tricks so there was no way I'd let him fight Clara.'

Amelia on the other hand, smirked, "Good job then. At least you won, but I don't understand why you went so... hard against the last team. Like, you probably won't be able to walk for at least a week."

Keith nodded even though he knew that he'll take less time than what she thought, "Yeah, I'm sorry for getting impulsive."

"Hey, it's fine. We'll cover for you. These guys told us that they won't let you rest back at camp a few minutes ago, so you'll have no choice but to come here. But that aside, Brandon said that there's no need for you to do any physical work. All we need is your creativity, like the log thing you did today." Amelia said as she looked around.

"Hmm." Keith thought for a second, "Something like that is not really common. Those kind of ideas hit at random times, so I can't really guarantee anything."

"That's fine. Don't worry about it. Anyways, we'll only have to wait for a little bit more before we go back to our camp so hang in there."

Keith nodded and silently closed his eyes, opened his system screen to collect his monthly tax from Vincent.

'I already have regeneration so I guess I'll take Battle Instinct this time.' he thought and immediately made a plan, 'Time to give him a slight push.'

Keith didn't have to pick the same thing again and again to upgrade it. Once he picked a skill, it'll keep increasing based on his system user's progress. In Vincent's case, if he upgraded his Battle Instinct to SSS grade in the future, Keith wouldn't have to take it as tax as his own Battle Instinct would be SSS grade just like Vincent's.

He picked Battle Instinct and felt his divine and mental energy increase. He then automated most of the upgrades so that they could be bought using money. Once that was done, he gave out a quest.

[Quest: Important Upgrades]

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Upgrade Battle God's Regeneration.

Rewards: For every 3 upgrades, you receive a free upgrade of any skill.

Punishment for Failure: None

Vincent was resting in his room when he saw the quest pop up. He immediately opened up his system screen and saw a change. There was a price tag for every upgrade just like how it was for his physique grade two months ago.

[System: Host is currently in Morose Kingdom. Default currency set to Moros.]

Currently, his battle god's regeneration was at E grade. He used his fingers to count and muttered, "SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D. In total, there's seven and to upgrade to D grade, it's 8 Moros. Back then I had to pay 4 Zen but since each Zen is the same as 2 Moros, it looks like the cost is same as the physique grades."

"I did splurge a little bit, but I still have more than 130,000 left. Maybe I can upgrade a few others too." he said as he began to invest all of his money into his skills.