Nic arrived at a quiet remote island and immediately sat at the edge, staring out at the ocean.
"Zeta, should I go back and keep going in circles until the target is really achieved? I'm really curious about what you said before," Nic said.
Zeta appeared in front of him in her hologram form.
[ I already told you I'll help you finish it quickly if you feel stuck. If you keep going in circles, it'll take a very long time ]
[ As for what I said back then, I'll give you the details once you've completed the mission… basically, I just want to say that I'm actually the Goddess of Love ]
Nic was instantly shocked. If Zeta was the Goddess of Love, then who was the Goddess of Love he met back then?
"Wait… what? Are there two Goddesses of Love? If you really are one, you shouldn't call me master like usual…"
[ I said I'll explain later. Right now you need to get serious if you want that answer… there's a skill that can help you fill your girlfriend list really fast. Haha, are you embarrassed being called master? ]
"Ugh whatever, fine. What is it?"
[ Gate of Love. This system skill will automatically open a gate to places filled with girls in each country, like all-girls schools, dorms, basically places full of women, and you can raid them directly there ]
Nic paused for a moment. This method felt extremely brutal, like a love genocide… but after thinking about it again, he wasn't really forcing them, he was just borrowing their love.
"Ah, whatever's on my mind right now, I'll do it… but can I prepare first?"
[ Prepare for what? ]
"I want to make something like tickets. I'll place them beside them when I raid, so even if they're confused, the tickets will guide them to join Unity and guarantee their safety."
[ You always do things like this… but I like it. Do as you want, Nic ]
Nic nodded and immediately looked for something. He saw banana trees, but they were withered and barely alive.
"Time to make everything fertile again."
Nic used Fusion Plant skill and instantly made the withered banana trees grow healthy again, along with other trees and small plants and flowers.
After that, Nic picked some banana leaves and bananas for himself to eat.
He neatly cut the banana leaves into small pieces, but then paused.
"Uh, wait… what am I supposed to write with?"
[ Even if you had something to write with, are you sure you want to write 249,788 times? ]
"You're making my brain explode hearing that number, Zeta… is that the number of girls left? So now it's 212?"
[ Yup ]
Nic laughed helplessly.
So instead, Nic decided to place illusions into the banana leaves after distributing them later, which would disappear a few hours after being placed near them.
Nic stood up, his determination set.
"Fuh… ACTIVATE GATE OF LOVE NOW!!"
The portal opened. Nic immediately created a new Fusion Skill, Fusion Invisible, making himself unseen and his presence faint using his existing skills.
He entered and appeared at Western Girl University, the largest all-girls university in the Western.
Nic took a deep breath and immediately prepared to raid using Cupid Arsenal > Bomb. He moved unseen, planting bombs in every room and placing banana leaves beside them.
After that, Nic left while apologizing, continuing without wasting time.
[ 301 ]
[ 359 ]
[ 411 ]
[ 439 ]
Zeta kept counting so Nic would know, and by the last room, almost all the girls were affected except the teachers.
[ 721 ]
Nic returned to the remote island, and the Gate of Love appeared again.
"Looks like I'll just be raiding all day…"
Nic entered again and continued going from place to place.
Girls' dorms in every country [ 1378 ]
Largest salons in each country [ 2109 ]
Women-only yoga and gym places [ 4098 ]
Communities filled with women [ 8651 ]
As time went on, Nic's stats became ridiculous. He got faster even without skills. He stopped thinking and just kept going until nearing the target.
[ 165,109, just a bit more Nic ]
Nic lay down at the edge of the island, looking at the sky. "This is insane…"
[ You can return their love when you succeed in saving me later, and even let new love grow again ]
"Huh..? What do you mean?"
[ Because I'm not there, new love is very hard to appear, only old love remains… that's why you have to do this ]
"…."
Nic had no other choice. He was also getting more curious and wanted to fully hear what really happened.
And 10 hours later, at midnight—
[ DING! Congratulations Nic, you have completed the mission in the modern world! Target reached: 250,000 girlfriend list! ]
[ DING! Congratulations Nic obtained the title Harem Prince, now the portal to the next world is open ]
[ DING! Thousands of new system skills have appeared, thousands of new God skills have been added, and all skills in the modern world are now officially yours! ]
Nic looked completely exhausted. "Ugh I feel like throwing up, Zeta… so can you tell me the details now?"
Zeta finally smiled and began explaining what really happened.
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Divine Realm
The home of the gods and goddesses who oversee the three worlds.
The forms of these gods and goddesses weren't physical at first, only voices and transparent silhouettes like clouds. But realizing how strange they looked, they tried to shape themselves into more normal, human-like forms, though still different in size.
Their forms reflected their nature. For example, the God of Death looked terrifying, like death itself.
Then the Goddess of Love appeared with the most special form. She wasn't the Goddess of Beauty, not the Goddess of Elegance, not the Goddess of Kindness—but it was as if all of those existed within her beautiful form.
All the gods and goddesses were amazed. They respected her and shared a bit of their power so that love wouldn't just come from feelings, but could come from even the smallest things—objects, animals, anything could evoke love in the form of affection.
But of course, while many liked the Goddess of Love, there were also those who didn't. One of them was the Goddess of Negative Emotions—Envy.
By nature, she was already like that, but this time her jealousy grew immensely seeing the Goddess of Love surrounded and praised by everyone. It filled her with envy and gave her a wicked idea.
She, along with other goddesses of negative emotions, approached the Goddess of Love and praised her.
The Goddess of Love, being peaceful and innocent, didn't suspect anything. She was invited to the core area of the divine realm.
The Goddess of Envy explained that this place could increase the vitality of a goddess's body, though it was clearly a lie.
Curious, the Goddess of Love agreed to try. Meanwhile, the Goddess of Envy laughed internally, calling her naive and foolish.
When the Goddess of Love touched the core, instead of gaining vitality, her essence was sucked into it.
Her body collapsed, and the Goddess of Envy took the opportunity. She transferred her own essence into the body of the Goddess of Love, delighted to obtain the best body in the divine realm.
Meanwhile, the true essence of the Goddess of Love was placed back into Envy's original body. But since that body already had an essence, the original essence could only become power, unable to control the body anymore.
Now, the Goddess of Love had become nothing more than a tool for the Goddess of Envy, while Envy hid her original body.
Then the Goddess of Envy went further. When she heard someone praying to the Goddess of Love, she became jealous again because no one ever prayed to her like that. So she interfered and gave that person a gift—a love phone system.
But she didn't realize that when she infused power into that phone, she also inserted the essence of the real Goddess of Love into it, though she was still asleep and only became a system.
Not long after, the Goddess of Envy was discovered interfering with humans and was imprisoned. The gods and goddesses believed it was the Goddess of Love who did it, not knowing the truth. Meanwhile, the god who could reveal the truth chose not to interfere, seeing it as ridiculous.
The Goddess of Envy hoped the person she gave the system to would save her, but it failed. When she saw Nic's potential, she used him to try to free herself and return to her body, since the reputation of the Goddess of Love was already ruined.
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Nic went silent. "So… when I first talked to you, you weren't awake yet?"
[ Correct. I awakened when you did something insane—merging with the phone system, giving me access to your subconscious. That's when I realized I was inside another body, becoming a system ]
"But why when I shot the Goddess of Envy inside the Goddess of Love's body, I still got Love Goddess skills, not Envy?"
[ Your Cupid skill doesn't care about the core inside. It only sees the outer body ]
"I see… and these God skills… are also because many gods and goddesses liked the Goddess of Love and gave you their power?"
[ Exactly. Love can come anytime, anywhere, from anything ]
"I get the big picture… so I have to go to the divine realm, save you, and convince the gods and goddesses?"
[ Exactly. 100 points for you ]
"Hmph, such a naive goddess."
[ What!? …I can't deny that. Back then I was always happy without disturbance… I was too naive to realize there could be a bad goddess like that ]
"Alright… so what should I call you now? Goddess of Love?"
[ Just call me Zeta. This name is special without the 'goddess' title. I'm not a goddess right now… I'm just a system helping you, Nic ]
"Yosh! Then I'm ready to continue my mission!" Nic punched a tree beside him, sending it flying all the way across the sea.
"Eh…?"
[ Want to see your stats, Nic? ]
Nic crouched. "I already know there'll be numbers that'll make me want to throw up again… show me."
[ Here it is… ]
💪 Basic Stats:
STR (Strength): 128,750,000
END (Endurance): 160,000,000
AGI (Agility): 107,500,000
INT (Intelligence): 132,500,000
PER (Perception): 127,500,000
❤️ Emotional Stats:
CHA (Charisma): 47,500,000
ATR (Attractiveness): 23,750,000
LUK (Luck): 21,250,000
WIL (Willpower): 115,000,000
EMP (Empathy): 83,750,000
⚔️ Combat Stats:
REFF (Reflex): 55,000,000
ACC (Accuracy): 51,250,000
VIT (Vitality): 26,250,000
ABS (Absorption): 12,500,000
AUR (Aura): 51,250,000
"WHAT THE HECK!?"
To be continued...