God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

Fabian did as he was told to and rushed outside. He first went to the edge of the village and stood in front of a tree before taking a deep breath and with a sudden burst of strength, his fist shot forward.

A dull thud sounded along with a few cracks. Not on the tree, but one could easily tell that they came from Fabian himself if they saw the blood dripping from his fist.

The would healed in mere three seconds as he walked towards a decent sized rock and send a punch flying towards it too.

This time, there were no thuds and instead, just a small squish and the sound of bones shattering like before, but crispier.

Fabian only had a slight frown on his face due to the pain, but this was a very mild reaction to something as painful as having the bones broken.

Keith saw this and sighed, 'This guy, putting his questionable goals aside... he's way better than Vincent when it comes to fighting potential. Especially with his familiarity to pain.'

He took a deep breath and gave Fabian a free upgrade.

[Golden Jade Dragon Emperor Daoist Young Master: Good. I've seen all I need to see. My divine artifact will keep an eye on you from now on and I'll come back if there's something urgent.]

[Ding! Congratulation, you have received a free upgrade to Skin Hardening.]n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Fabian saw this and opened up his system to see that the skin hardening had gone from no grade, to F grade. He also felt it in his body, his skin going taut against his body, diminishing the wrinkles on his face that had formed thanks to ageing.

"Hmm..." he hummed and punched the rock again, only to see his fingers crack against the force he applied.

'I feel less pain, but the difference isn't much. Hmm... if I bring up the grade, then will I be able to hit harder without having to heal my hands after every punch?' he thought as an evil grin filled with excitement formed on his face.

He immediately went back to his system screen, wanting to find out how he could upgrade them more. The weird sense of happiness he felt from the sudden improvement in his body was hard to forget, even it it was negligible.

In his mind, the possibilities were endless and he wanted to make full use of it.

Keith still had his eyes on Fabian, but he panicked when he saw that Fabian was searching for a method on how to level up his body cultivation.

'I completely forgot about that...' he thought as he stared at the system screen awkwardly, 'Oh well, it's not too late.'

He immediately went to work on the automated progression system and the first thing he did was to lock all the realms of cultivation other than skin hardening, making it linear again, but this was just a temporary measure.

Knowing Fabian, he picked some of the more physically brutal methods as a prerequisite for upgrades. From F to E grade, it was a simple and small number, especially for someone like Fabian.

He created a training cycle. Each cycle consisting of 100 full power punches against rocks, 1000 full power punches against dry sand, 100 full power kicks against rocks, 100 headbutts to rocks, 100 friction body rubs until skin peels off and finally, 10 hours of body soak in extremely hot water.

Once he set up what each cycle consisted, he went ahead and put in the values needed for each upgrade of Skin Hardening.

Unlock F Grade: 1 Cycle

F to E Grade: 5 Cycles

E to D Grade: 10 Cycles

D to C Grade: 20 Cycles

C to B Grade: 50 Cycles

B to A Grade: 100 Cycles

That was where it stopped as Keith had other plans for the S, SS and SSS grades. He also had plans to give access to the other upgrade options, like the muscles and bones once Skin Hardening reached A grade.

Once he was done, the information was uploaded into the Body Cultivation system and Fabian also received a notification about the access to upgrades, which he immediately checked.

'Damn, so harsh. But it looks like I was picked for this specific reason, because it's so harsh that a normal person might die while doing it. Heh, who'd have expected that I'd get something out of my ability. Oh baby~ I'm a special man on this world~' he sang mentally, making Keith chuckle inwardly.

'Well, this was made specifically for you... but I guess I'll let you be delusional for now. Or maybe you're just singing, even though your voice is trash.' he thought as he closed the system screen, not wanting to listen more.

He stretched his body, feeling slightly better as he yawned, 'Well, now that he's busy with upgrading his Skin hardening, I have a good amount of time to get things done but before that... I must send this bastard a warning.'

Keith then began to create a quest for Fabian, wanting him to know about Vincent's arrival. As he created the quest, a playful smile tugged at the corner of his lips as he decided to create a persona specifically for Fabian when he talked to him as his "system".

[Quest: The ant that slipped through your fingers is returning back as a dragon. Prepare yourself to fight, or run to save your life until you turn into a dragon.]

Quest Reward: None

Punishment: None

[System: Old bitch, I don't think you can fight the young man, so just run. All you've been doing until now was fucking others' women cuz you couldn't get one for yourself. Talk about being pathetic. Ptui! Tch, it's a pity that I can't really spit... if I could, I'd have spit right on your face. Anyways, tell me if you're running or if you're going to stay here stubbornly and get burnt like a bitch?]

Fabian froze when he saw the message, his mouth wide open in shock until his rage took over.

[A/N: I'll be bringing down the chapter updates to 2 per day as I need some time to plan out the plot for the next arc. I won't reveal much, but get ready for Gang Wars in Auberg District.]