Loser System and Berserker Me C.105: Mystical Prophecy

“GAHH!”

Stabbed, Charlemagne roared like a wild beast. She frenziedly swung the scepter in her hand, hoping to strike Shu Yichao.

However, the latter understood that a wild beast was the most dangerous when it was injured. He had already released his red-tasseled spear and darted off.

“Damn it! DAMN IT!!!”

In her berserk state, Charlemagne grabbed the red-tasseled spear that had impaled her abdomen. “Don’t think that you have defeated me like that!”

Ksh!

Rage bestowed Charlemagne with incredible destructive prowess. She snapped the red-tasseled spear into two with her sheer strength!

One had to know that this was no ordinary spear—Shu Yichao often used it to skewer rows of armored soldiers!

“Hmph!”

Charlemagne spat out blood. Holding onto the half-broken end of the red-tasseled spear, she searched the room with her red eyes for Shu Yichao’s silhouette.

“Where are you?! You despicable little brat! I dare you not to run!”

Then, she saw a cold gleam in her peripheral vision…

Shu Yichao, as a veteran gamer with years under his belt, understood the importance of ensuring that the boss was dead. While Charlemagne was raging earlier, he rolled toward her sword to grab it before using it to slit her throat!

Psh!

Charlemagne collapsed onto the ground, with fresh blood trickling from her neck.

She felt a mix of hot and cold. Her limbs were unbearably heavy. Slowly, darkness enveloped her vision.

“Hah!” Knowing she was in her final moments, Charlemagne sneered in self-derision.

The Scourge of God.

That fellow has no interest whatsoever in being the one true ruler or the conqueror chosen by the Lord. He must have known that those were empty glory.

How laughable that I, for these things, have always…

“It’s all a dream. What a pathetic fool…”

It was hard to tell whom she was talking about.

Following Charlemagne’s death, the golden sphere she had used to control others suddenly lit up with a new luster. It was silently inviting its new host, as if whispering…

Come, the new great conqueror. Pick me up. Accept your destiny.

With me, you’ll be able to control everyone’s hearts. None can defy your will.

You’ll become the greatest emperor, with the world in your grasp!

Shu Yichao walked up to the golden sphere.

The golden sphere trembled with a euphonious melody. As Shu Yichao picked it up, it began…

“I thought it was pure gold, but it’s hollow on the inside?”

“…”

Shu Yichao tossed the golden sphere on the ground and stomped on it.

Ksh!

The golden sphere was crushed into a flat piece of metal, its luster instantaneously vanishing.

“It really is hollow in the center.”

【???】

【What in the world happened?!】

System 12345 was on the verge of a breakdown.

【Didn’t Charlemagne’s belief that she is the Eternal Emperor waver under your onslaught? Hasn’t she awoken from her dreams of becoming the Eternal Emperor? She even sparked feelings of attraction toward you…】

【Everything was going perfectly well!!!】

【My host, you were on the verge of enjoying a sweet romance with this lofty flower! How did things suddenly…】

System 12345 felt numb.

【ARGH! JUST WHAT IS GOING ON?!】

【UWAAAA!!!】

【I DON’T GET IT AT ALL!!!】

【CHARLEMAGNE IS A DEMIGOD! HOW DID SHE EVEN DIE?!】

System 12345 bawled.

【My internship… My internship… It’s all over!!!】

It fell into despair.

The main capture target, the supporting cast, and the boss… All of them had died. A dating SIM had ended in an all-kill ending, and it even put in a ton of its academic credits into it…

【Hah…】

【I was a fool. I really… I thought that my host just likes to fight. I didn’t think he would fight even a demigod.】

Its dreams of becoming a great system were shattered on the very first step it took. It looked like its future was going to be dull and grim.

Now that I think about it, I failed to accomplish even something was basic as establishing contact with my host… Hah…

【UWAAAAAA!!! I’M TRASH!!!】

While System 12345 was crying so hard that it couldn’t even catch its breath, it glanced at the barely functional corner of its screen, and an idea popped into its head.

【Wait a moment…】

It tapped into someone’s profile.

【This character named Sophia… Her loyalty is 100?】

【This should be considered a successful capture, right? Of course it counts.】

【She’s unwaveringly loyal to my host! How can that not count? This is conquering a character too!】

System 12345 fell into deep thought.

【In the original game, she was supposed to be a background cast, a mob character.】

【But who says that mob characters can’t be conquered? Mobs can be promoted to the female lead too! Isn’t that a classic romance trope?】

System 12345 slowly straightened its spine.

I have modified my internship report once. What’s the big deal modifying it for a second time?

【Heh! She’s already so vicious despite her young age… That’s absolutely a femme fatale! There’s no question about that!】

【There’s hope for my internship!!!】

System 12345 cheered.

There was one last problem presented before System 12345—it didn’t have the authority to alter Sophia’s age.

However, it didn’t think that was a big problem. It just had to wait a couple years more and… Hehehe!

System 12345 quietly adjusted the minimum age requirement for the femme fatales down from 14 to 12.

And as for its next step…

【I’ll just keep my mouth shut, okay?!】

Every target it indicated just ended up dying. Its introduction of the capture targets ended up becoming more like a death note instead.

System 12345 swore that it wouldn’t speak a word or issue a mission from this point onward.

It would still stall for time till everything came to an end, and it would submit its report right away!

【May the great gods bless this pitiful child. Please don’t let any more mishaps happen.】

System 12345 prayed.

In Eternal City…

“We surrender!”

Those who resisted to their dying breath were in the minority. Witnessing the indomitable Metal Fortresses tearing down important buildings one after another, the remaining survivors couldn’t hold on anymore.

They raised their white flags and spoke fluent Mandarin.

Clearly, they had been secretly practicing over the past year.

“Put down your weapons and slowly come out.”

Sophia ordered her subordinate to step forward to handle the surrender.

Of course, another flag was being flown in the city other than the white flag of surrender—the blood eagle flag.

“We have been awaiting the Horseman of the Apocalypse’s arrival to rescue us from those demons’ tyranny!”

Those who surrendered prostrated themselves and cried their hearts out.

“We’re willing to offer our everything to cleanse our sins!”

These were the people who had decided to follow the tides and change sides.

As for why they chose to fly the blood eagle flag instead of the blood twin-headed eagle flag… that was a decision driven by fear. By this point, everyone was well aware of Shu Yichao’s tendencies. He was either chopping someone down or on the way to chop someone down.

What if Shu Yichao thought that they were provoking him by flying the twin-headed eagle flag, and he sent his heavy cavalrymen after them?

That would be such a wrongful death!

In the worst-case scenario, they might even fall to hell for defying the Lord’s will!

To be safe, they chose to fly the Basilinna’s flag instead as a symbol of surrender.

Sophia looked at the burning Eternal City and the blood eagle flags flown everywhere.

“The twin-headed eagle flag will fall, and the Lord’s city will burn in flames. Could this be what that means?”

The twin-headed eagle flag had been replaced with the flag of a single eagle, and the Lord’s city was indeed burning down, though it wasn’t Constantinope but Eternal City Rome.

It felt mystical how the prophecy was perfectly fulfilled, albeit a bit differently.

Just then, Sophia saw the Caesar galloping over on horseback, so she quickly bowed.

“Horseman of the Apocalypse, I, your most loyal follower, offer you my most sincere respect. Eternal City Rome, under your indomitable might, has been restored. Now, its fate is grasped in your hands.”

Countless behind her prostrated on the ground, not daring to look at Shu Yichao.

How should I deal with this?

The answer was clear for him.

Of course I’ll plunder them clean!