The Revival System Made Me A God - Harem

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Eren didn't wait this time. There was no room to waste time, not when the ghost-like feeling of a bird's beak was still stinging his shoulder. He knew what would happen if he stayed quiet. He knew that failing a task would drag him back to that dirt field, and he was done being a victim. He nodded to himself, a quick, desperate move. "Not again. Never again."

He raised his hand, his fingers shaking a little as they moved over the glowing blue screen. He looked at the two choices. Physical power was tempting—the idea of breaking Zion's neck with his bare hands gave him a rush of energy—but he moved his hand toward the other side. He clicked WEALTH.

"When I am rich, power will follow," he whispered, his voice becoming hard. "I can hire teachers, I can buy weapons, I can learn to fight. But just having muscles won't buy me the empire I need. Physical strength won't bring the women or the power. Money is the only real god in Audrex."

The screen blinked, and a thin line of light moved across the display as if it were reading his very soul.

[SYSTEM NOTICE]

You have selected: WEALTH PATH

[CONFIRMATION RECEIVED]

[ Congratulations to the host, for binding the ultimate wealth system]

Logic registered.

Survival motive detected.

Greed level: Acceptable.

Ambition level: Rising.

Energy level: Full.

[System Task: Will Be Available in 5 minutes]

A timer appeared in the corner of his eye, counting down the seconds. Eren swung his legs off the bed, testing his weight. He felt light and full of energy, as if the system had washed away all the tiredness of the fifty-floor climb from his body. He didn't know how a digital screen was going to make him a millionaire, but he figured the first task would give him the answer.

He grabbed an old red hoodie, pulling it over his head and pulling the strings tight to hide his face. He kept his head down, planning to slip out of the house without being seen to test his new life. He had only taken a few steps from the door when a voice, sharp and strong, made him stop dead.

"Where exactly do you think you're going?"

Eren turned. He found himself looking at a girl who seemed to take over the whole space she stood in. She was wearing a tight top that showed off her curves and a chest that seemed almost too heavy for her small frame. He pulled back his hood, blinking as he realized it was Lala.

Has she always been this sexy? The thought hit him hard. He had lived next to her for years, but looking at her now felt like seeing a stranger. Suddenly, his blue screen made a sound, updating with new information.

[System Detects]

Name: Lala Moore

Rank: E (Omega)

Status: Null

Energy Level: 43

Age: 22

Eren stared at the text floating over her head. This is amazing, he thought. I can see their stats. I can see everything. He was so busy looking at the digital words that he didn't realize he was staring.

Lala snapped her fingers right in front of his eyes. "Hello? Am I talking to a robot?"

"Technically, you are," Eren replied, a playful, dark smile appearing on his face. It was a joke she wouldn't understand, a secret between him and the machine.

"What?" She frowned, stepping closer. Her smell—something sweet and clean—hit him, very different from the bad smell of the field. "You haven't fully recovered, Eren. Why are you going outside? And..." She reached out, her fingers touching his forehead as she pushed his hood back more. She looked him up and down, her eyes staying on his face. "You look... different. Is it just my eyes, or did something change?"

"He's still the same," a rough voice interrupted. His stepfather walked past them without slowing down. "Nothing changed, except he tried to kill himself and failed at that, too." The man disappeared into the house without looking back.

Eren's eyes flashed with a quick, cold anger. He gripped the edge of his hoodie, his jaw tight.

"You don't have to listen to him," Lala said softly, her voice full of a pity that Eren now found annoying.

He didn't answer her. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his headphones—a gift from his mother for his twenty-fifth birthday. He pushed them over his ears, blocking out the world with a heavy, beating song. He began to run.

He ran past the Omega area, past the edges of the lower academy. If the boss or the guards thought he was dead, he wasn't going to tell them the truth yet. He felt faster, his steps longer. He stopped near a hidden group of trees, his chest barely moving, and the blue screen appeared again, glowing brighter than before.

[New Quest: Acquire wealth by wooing a member of the opposite gender]

[Target: High Rank preferred for maximum yield]

[Reward: $10,000]

Eren stared at the reward. Ten thousand dollars. That was more than his mother made in a whole year of cleaning floors.