『Well, for one, the moment you entered into the Human World, your body reacted to the intrusion quite fiercely. To be honest, you are stronger here than in the Monster World... as your body began to purge all the toxins you accumulated over the years living there. Although it was not harming you, it still chose to purge it, as your body needed to be clean for Gaia to properly bless you』
"...Hmmm, Gaia was in the original HDXD... Is she still the same here?"
Adam asked the system, she replied back saying.
『For the most part, yes, on the other hand, no... Gaia is the Will of the planet, however, she has taken on a more Divine role than just being a mere Will like she was in the original HDXD』
Said the System, catching Adam’s curiosity as Adam spoke up, asking as such.
"Hmmm, in the original games, Planetary Wills were basically living planets that could manipulate nature and population, how does this differ from that?"
『Well, that is not the case here, master. Do you remember the Game called Prisma Online』
"Of course it was quite popular back in the day, I remember investing a lot in that game, a pity the company closed down after it lost popularity a couple of years back... Hell, I didn’t even remember that game existed till now."
『Well, yes, that aside, though, you spent quite a lot of money back in the day buying things to upgrade your Prisma. And the reason why this is important is because Gaia is a Prisma in this AU』
The moment Adam heard these words, his eyes opened wide with both horror and fascination as he said.
"Wait, are you serious...
"... So who is her Deus?"
『Ohhh, there is none currently speaking; however, she is infatuated with the current Overlord of Mankind』
"That... That can’t be good... I remember that Prisma Online was one of the most hated Pay-to-win games there is."
『I mean for good reason, dont you think』
"The problem with Prisma is that it is a die-hard Pay-to-win game through and through."
"Well, hated mostly by the poor people. Rich kids, on the other hand, love the game to no end... I can’t blame them though, that shit was actually addicting as hell till my account got destroyed."
"I just hated the rule that if you die in Prisma PVP, the game deletes your account with everything you spent, and I started to hate the game, given I spent over 862$ on it, only for it all to go down the drain."
Adam said as he arched his head and folded his feet, as he began to recall his golden days.
Gaming back then was either pure fun.
And Prisma Online was a game that was between pure dopamine to a literal scam.
"Every player had their own personal world, it is kind of like Clash of Clans."
"But in this case, the player domain is a digital server shaped like a planet. That planet, called a Prisma, was basically the soul of their server. Everything within it, from laws, rules, and reality, was built around the population of the planet."
"And from what I remember, the more people you attracted to live on your planet, and the more they believed and started following your rules...the stronger and more stable your world became."
"Their beliefs, or rather the more work NPC or online visitors contribute to your planet, you can literally take the earned World Points you can earn as a reward for them to progress the planet to access something called the World Stream."
Adam said, grabbing his chin as he continued to recall.
"The World Stream, as the game described it, was basically the planet’s lifeblood...it was a mystic stream that flowed through everything. By tapping into its power players could spend World Points to influence their Prisma in all kinds of ways."
"You could speed up evolution, freeze time to customize your world, control the planets, stars, and galaxies in the server...recreate cosmic events like the Big Bang, or even destroy and create new planets."
"Some players used it to time travel and gather rare resources from the past, or to rewrite history entirely."
"In layman’s terms, if you control the World Stream, you control the flow and operation of the server via the use of World Points... However, world points are the main currency of the game, you could purchase them using gift cards, crypto, and the like."
"Now tell me, System going off that mechanic, how exactly does that work in a real real-life setting ?"
Adam asked the System, who replied, saying as such.
『Well, this is the part whereby I explained how stuff works, and why you end up the way you did. First of all, remember when you said you wanted to end up with the Overlord of Mankind ending』
"Yeah, kind of the reason why I asked Beatrice to reincarnate me in the World of HDXD, but ultimately, I just want a harem ending at this point. Given this universe is an AU to the original, I figure out that nothing I know prior story-wise matters now... I might be an outlier, but none of that really matters now. But what does this have to do with me and Gaia?"
Adam asked a little confused, and the System clarified.
『Simple. Remember how Rakasha said she found you in the trash bin behind the stables? Have you ever stopped to wonder why—or how—you even ended up there in the first place』
The system asked Adam, as if these questions were leading up to something.
And Adam replied, saying as such.
"Of course I have. It is one of the biggest mysteries that has haunted my family for years. In the end, I just chalked it up to being my spawn point when I arrived here in this brand new world, so I never gave it too much thought, you know, cause I personally never care to begin with."
『Well... Don’t panic... However, you underwent an evolution not too long ago that awakened the dormant bloodline within you』
The System carefully explained to Adam, who listened intently.
『This bloodline normally awakens at the age of five. But it can’t awaken unless you are in your home domain. As it only awakens when you receive the blessing of Gaia, as you currently have at this moment』
『You might have ended up in the Monster World, but you were never born there to begin with. You were born in the Human World, which should be a no-brainer』
『However, the bloodline that awaken within you, is the Royal Bloodline, which is the Bloodline of the Royal family of the human world. And the Royal family in this AU. Is any person that is born with the blood of the emperor in them... In layman terms, you are the lost son of the Overlord himself』
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