CHAPTER 174: INCREDIBLE GAINS

"Alright, girls... Let’s do this together."

He didn’t need to say more.

They instantly understood, having been waiting for his go-ahead for a long time now. They each agreed to do this together once they got home, but thanks to Grace ambushing them with her two bodyguards, they got a bit sidetracked.

Without another word, the Valkyries focused inwardly, each of them accessing their systemic interface.

In unison, they navigated to the Awakened Media Platform, quickly finding the channel labeled Valhalla’s Sinners. And there it was.

’Taming a Sexy Boss Monster’

Uploaded 12 hours ago. Thumbnail: sultry. Title: intentionally clickbaity.

Classic Kaiden.

The moment the video opened, the view count loaded...

342,781,139 views.

For a second, the room went still.

Then...

Aria, nestled against his side, just... froze.

Her glowing silver eyes locked onto the number, lips parted, brain clearly buffering. She went so still Kaiden briefly wondered if she’d glitched.

"...Aria?" he asked, nudging her shoulder.

Nothing.

She just... blinked very slowly.

Meanwhile, behind the couch, Nyx exploded.

"YEEEEEEESSSS!" she screamed, doing an excited hop in place before launching herself into a chaotic victory dance. "We broke three hundred million?! In less than a day?! The BTS twinks only gained 143 million views with their most viral video, and that took them 24 hours! Do you guys understand what that means?! We’re more viral than any of the pre-mana apocalypse superstars!"

She nearly tripped on her own feet as she spun behind the furniture, arms flailing like an overjoyed maniac.

Kaiden laughed with an incredibly big grin adorning his face, his heart beating from excitement so fast he felt it might just jump out of his chest.

And then he turned to see the final reaction of his Valkyries...

Luna didn’t scream or shout.

She just smirked. Wider than ever before.

That smug, knowing, confident smirk that told him she knew this would happen.

Lifting one hand, she held it up at just the right angle.

Kaiden met it with a firm, resounding high five.

The echo of the clap filled the room.

"Victory tastes sweet," Luna declared, eyes glinting with amusement.

And Aria, still in his arms, finally stirred.

She blinked again. Then very softly whispered, "...three hundred and forty-two million... That’s basically the whole United States!"

She tried to stand, perhaps to walk it all off, but her legs instantly gave out, making the Moon Valkyrie slump back into his hold, landing her perky butt on his lap.

Kaiden grinned at the girl’s adorable sight as he wrapped his arm around her waist to support her.

Now came the time to pay the price of his sudden loss of privacy... As he couldn’t trust either the twins or the equipment of their new home not to spy on him, he couldn’t discuss the Demonic Pornstar System’s unique stuff with his girls openly like he had beforehand.

Technically, he could use the Awakened Platform’s social tab to send them messages or even conduct a call, but he didn’t quite trust it enough to do so. There have been no public cases of someone cracking a private line, but he didn’t want to be the first victim. There was certainly going to be a myriad of strong people trying to do just that to him now.

Furthermore, he didn’t quite trust the Awakened Platform itself all too much either, as from what he could tell, they were part of the universal system that suddenly hit Earth alongside the arrival of the mana apocalypse... And considering that the Heavenly Demon openly rebelled against the universe and its laws, he didn’t quite know if the universal system would treat the Heavenly Demon’s successor well.

Be that as it may, it was time to check his gains. He first checked his status window, ignoring the three important system stats.

[Name: Kaiden Grey]

[Rank: 2 - Budding Star]

[Class: Paragon of Sin]

[Level: 16 - XP: 1138/16000]

[Stats]

{Vitality: 50}

{Strength: 53}

{Agility: 52}

{Endurance: 52}

{Mana: 10}

{Magic: 10}

[Sinsworn Valkyries]

Luna Aster

Aria Levander

Nyx Cosmos

[Skills]

- [Silent Casting] (???-tier)

- [Omni Cock] (SSS-tier)

- [Monster Girl Subjugator] (S-tier)

- [Adaptive Reflexes] (B-tier)

- [Harem Vision] (D-tier)

- [Remove Her Inhibitions] (E-tier)

After slaying Bastet’s Royal Guard, he hit level 16. As he was still a primary melee fighter, he was focusing on his physical stats. Mana and Magic would have to wait until he got a new sin stance that focused more on spells... Which one will ideally happen very, very soon...

Now, for his three unique system stats... They looked as such before today:

[Views: 1.36 million]

[Fangirls: 111]

[Income: 222]

Views were the least exciting as he’d already spoiled the fun by checking the video’s views.

[Views: 1.36 million ➢ 343.8 million]

"..."

Even though Kaiden knew what to expect, his breath still caught for a moment. This jump was simply astronomical.

As for income...

Kaiden had cut the boss fight video into a blood-pumping, 30-minute-long video, which he uploaded. Considering that income on the Awakened Media Platfrom came from hours watched and not simply video views, he was initially debating doing less cutting so that he could put out a very long video which he was sure many would still watch, but even now, even during this unique opportunity, he was looking ahead into the future.

Sure, in the short term, uploading a 3-hour-long video, if not longer, of the whole ordeal could’ve given them more benefits. More watch hours, higher income statistics. But that would mean a less interesting video under the banner of Valhalla’s Sinners.

The reason he went for the well-cut, much more interesting shorter form factor was that he was still in the fan-gathering mindset, not the fan-milking one. He’d rather truly impress 100 people so much so they want to know more about him and Valhalla’s Sinners than have the same 100 people watch a longer video and be like ’Damn, that’s pretty cool. Never seen that before, that’s for sure. So what’s for dinner?’

Thus, with excitement bubbling in his chest, he glanced at the income statistic.

[Income: 222 ➢ ...]