The void expands around Malone.
Completely encompassing his entire existence from all corner of his being.
The vivid sensation of been wet permeates through his body as he sink further, and further into the depths of the blood sea.
"...Ugh...
"...Ah where am?!"
He asked mostly confused about the puzzling situation. As the sound of water echoes around him, as he could feel the coldness in great detail.
He knew he was sinking yet weirdly, he could still breath, however he could not move or see. Muchless speak, if anything his sensation were evident yet only his mind remained in control, almost like he didn't had a body.
"The last thing I remember was fixing a bug... Then I blacked out... Ahh... Strange am I dreaming right now?"
He asked, still very much confused by his current situation.
However he was taken aback, by the sudden image that popped up in his head.
『Are you ready to choose your class oh Wonder』
The image was a black screen, whereby the words were red.
"What?!"
Malone shouted out in suprise, as he has no idea why he was seeing this. But being an avid webnovel reader back in the day.
He more or less understood what was happening here.
"No way... Am I dead... Wait Wonder? No...no.. Ahaha... Don't tell me?"
He question himself for a moment, as he started to panic at the familiar title.
"Am I...
He said, pausing his words, as he was familiar with this setting.
And the cliche scenario of reincarnation.
"It's obvious that I might have died, but still... If I truly am reincarnating, why... Why does it have to be in Ergo Souls of all places?"
"Fuckkkk... Can't a guy get a break? And besides, I don't want to reincarnate, I had a good thing going on with Jenna fuckfuckFUCKK...
Malone cursed his heart out.
Truly the world hates him.
Unlike most who would die for this.
He personally didn't want to reincarnate.
Sure he felt underpaid in his old job, but that's was because he contributed a lot to this game and company, only to get 3k a month for his services.
And a few words of appreciation from the CEO.
Not even a genuine thank you, bonus, or a higher position. He was only the lead programmer for the game but he was already informed he will be a normal programer for the next.
Still life was good to an extent, it was just his job that was pure ass for all the hard work he put in.
Only to get that much in return for making the company billions upon Eroge souls release.
"Sigh, fine... Nothing I can do about it, still how the fuck did I even die? Hmmm... Overwork maybe... I was starting to feel extremely weak hours before I collapse."
Said Malone as he began to speculate with himself for the potential cause of his death.
But he would get no answer for this.
Either way, he doesn't want to go to the world of Eroge Souls. But at the same time, he also doesn't want to die either.
"Fuck... God damnit, as much as I hate to admit it, I don't want to die either... Reincarnation it is then."
He shouted, then confirmed.
"Yes I want to choose me class."
Moments after he said that, another screen popped up in his mind. As it showed him a series of screen text's.
The first being what seems to be a heads up.
『Before you pick your class, here is what you need to know: every class comes with a sin gauge. It is a bar that fills up when you act in line with your sin class, and becomes your system of leveling up. Fight in rage for Wrath, seduce and fuck for Lust, do nothing but scheme from the shadows for Sloth, and so on. The more you fill your gauge, you collect What is known as Divine Essence which you can use to unlock Class Skills. The more you level up the more extreme you need to sin to level up again』
This was pretty self explanatory, however Malone was already aware of this.
He was the one that gets paid to program this system according to the Lead Developer request.
"Yeah, yeah, I get this, please just skipped to the class picking."
『Noted. Now opening Class Window, please picked wisely』
Right after that, another imagine popped up in his head. The image being a series of seven individual classes. Each with different starting stats, but when add up, the allocation is a total of 75 stat points.
The first class Malone saw was the Ravager Class.
『Ravager: Wrath Class』
This class allows the user to be an avid fighter. Ravager's thrive on battle, growing stronger through unrestrained violence. Every strike, every kill, every reckless charge feeds the Wrath Gauge.
How to gain Divine Essence: Kill your enemies, or torture them to death.
Starting Stats
Strength: 20
Speed: 15
Endurance: 15
Focus: 10
Charisma: 5
Intelligence: 5
Ego: 5
"Hmmm not bad, but it's not what I am looking for, Malone said as he began to go to other options.
He didn't quite remember the starting stats for most of them, but there was one class he wanted more than any other class Eroge soul has to offer.
For that reason he began to read through them all.
Thinking that maybe this world was different than the one he program, and their could be better options than just this as well.
With that said however, the next class to appear was Tempter.
『Tempter: Lust Class』
The Tempter class allows users to manipulate through desire, seduction, attraction, charm, and sexual acts. They can disarm enemies with a glance or twist the hearts of others through their words alone.
How to gain Divine Essence: Seduce, flirt, sexual acts of any kind, or manipulate through affection.
Starting Stats
Strength: 5
Speed: 10
Endurance: 5
Focus: 10
Charisma: 25
Intelligence: 15
Ego: 5
"Ahhh yes the most famous class among the gooner players of the Ergo soul community."
"This class quite literally allows you to have sex easily due to the high charisma early game. And usually everytime you level up you get +7 free stats point allocated between existing stats. And +4 everytime on the representors stat of the sin class. For Lust it was Charisma.