I Slaughtered My Way Through a Horror Scenario with an Ovum - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

When I was dragged into the horror scenario, I was utterly dazed.

Everyone around me, however, was worked up, their eyes red with excitement, like beasts that had caught sight of flesh and blood.

While I stood there in a stupor, the system had already announced the scenario details.

Excited shrieks rose from the crowd. “A historical romance scenario! Perfect! Historical romance is my favorite. Fifty billion! I’m going to win!”

“Who here hasn’t read a few hundred historical romances? What are you showing off for?” someone immediately snapped.

“Fuck, I only read cultivation novels! I’ve never read historical romance for women!” A male player scratched his head in frustration.

A female player immediately reassured him. “What’s there to worry about, bro? How could a man possibly do badly in a historical romance? ‘Rule the world, know boundless solitude’–ever heard that one?”

“Who the hell is your bro? Ugly bitch, quit being so dramatic.”

The two sides promptly started arguing.

Then the system’s voice rang out.

[Players, please select your starting skills.]

A gigantic panel appeared in the air.

Someone shouted at once, “I want Beauty!”

[Player 031 has acquired Beauty.]

Once the skill was chosen, [Beauty] disappeared from the screen.

Each skill could bind to only one person. First come, first served!

The others immediately panicked. Shouts broke out everywhere as they fought to avoid being a second too late.

“I want Wisdom!” “I want Talent!” “I want Strength!!!”

Players called out the skills they wanted.

The choices made my head spin. The moment I took a liking to one, somebody else snapped it up.

Sweat beaded all over my forehead. Then I noticed [Female-exclusive skill: Ovum] at the very bottom.

The skills around it had long since been taken, leaving a large empty space that made it stand out even more.

I heard someone sneer. “What the hell? A female-exclusive skill? I thought it would be something amazing, and it’s a fucking egg! Hahahaha!”

“What kind of skill is Ovum? A skill for waiting to get fucked?”

“Let’s see who picks it. What if she starts ovulating right there on the floor?”

“Now that sounds like fun. Heh heh heh.”

My eyes blazed with astonishing brightness.

Over the stream of filthy comments, my firm, ringing voice carried through the entire waiting hall.

“I want Ovum!!!”

[Player 0100 has acquired Ovum.]

Everyone around me roared with laughter.

“Oh my God, we’ve got a retard in here!”

“Has she lost her mind? Couldn’t grab a skill, so she just gave up on herself.”

Ignoring the malicious looks around me, I addressed the system. “System, aren’t you worried that introducing this skill will break the game balance?”

Before it could answer, the laughter grew louder.

“Hahahaha, she really is a fucking retard!”

“I’m dying here!”

Amid the mockery, the system answered calmly. “Let those with the ability prevail.”

I understood.

This scenario had no stat cap. Anyone capable of crushing everyone else was free to do so.

A game where you staked your life was hardly going to bother with numerical balance like the online games on the market.

Before I could think any further, the system announced:

“Scenario: Contest for the Realm is now open. May fortune favor you in battle.”