《Reset》 Prologue: World Gate The ancient world was once connected as one. Portals were scattered all around the world, making it possible to travel across different universes. Different cultures and races were abundant that time. Elves, Humans, Orcs, Goblins, Trolls, Dwarves, Demons, Dragons, Demi-humans, Angels, Beasts and different kinds of monstrosity you could imagine.Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. These worlds converged at a single point, the world called Nostrus, the center of the universe where no one rules. All the races waged war to each and every race for dominance and for the right to rule such world. Until some stupid idiots destroyed the gates leading to Nostrus. Now all the races were trapped in this world, unable to go back to their beloved home. War raged on and on until they settled in establishing different countries and territories. But one thing still remains in this world, there is yet no one to rule them all. Chapter 1: Past Life Present Life Remembering my whole life I¡¯m sure that it was like this: I was born on the second day of November in the year 1990, the day of the dead in some countries, my father was the one who decided my name, and he gave me the name Suya, the first born of the family. Later on my mother birthed to four more children, three girls and another boy. Mother died after birthing to my youngest brother. It was quite hard to live without a mother. I never experienced motherly love when I was a child My awareness started when I was one year old. Numbers, letters, shapes, colors I already managed to understood all of those and can compute basic numeric operations that most of the children at my age couldn¡¯t comprehend. It was funny that my first word spoken was ¡®shit¡¯. When I was five years old father brought me at a special type of school, the school of the gifted. They tested me there, shown different images, computations, puzzle solving, abstract reasoning and others; luckily I managed to answer them perfectly. It seems that I do have a gift of knowledge. The news spread like wildfire among our neighbors that the son of Rivendeau family was a genius. Countless praises rained down on me, gifts were sent down to my home. It was actually annoying; I know that those pieces of shit were only trying to win my parents favor because the government fully supports individuals who have great talent that they could use in the future. Behind those big smiles and great gifts lies a fucked up meaning. My father was grinning about the gifts we received from the neighbors. It seems he liked the event so much that he couldn¡¯t stop his grinning. Casette players and Betamax were the hottest thing in that era, I shown great interest at those items especially when rewinding the whole tape. Sometimes I¡¯d pull out its magnetic tape and drag it around the neighborhood or strap it to a kite. It actually looks amazing in the sky; they flutter with the blow of the wind and shines when the sun hit the tapes. Until I turned nine years old, I got bored at school. Every time we took an exam I always get a perfect score. They required me to read different set of books, books that even a nine-year old kid wouldn¡¯t even dare to read. I¡¯m getting tired of it. I started to try different things that would entertain me, at first it was drawing then it turned into painting. Our school teacher in arts took interest in my painting, basically I call it scribbles becaus for me it was just making a different set of lines and splashing it with different colors. Different art-loving individuals started to look for me asking for me to paint more. They even go to our house just to convince me to paint, sometimes they bring gifts of different kind from food to the latest trends of gadgets. It was just a hobby for entertainment at first but now it was like this so I stopped painting, I don''t want other people to annoy me when I''m entertaining myself. My father beat the shit out of me when I quitted painting. But he couldn''t convince me even he beat me to death so he then decided to stop. I didn''t retort even he hurt me because I still respect my father even if he was like that. When I was at a certain shopping mall, I accidentaally stumbled at a toy robot that is controlled by a remote control. It picked my interest and started working to develop my own toy, I started to scavenge some old toys from my schoolmates those toys that they didn''t use anymore and started to create my own. I actually developed a simple robot capable of jumping, punching and even transform into something else, of course it was a remote controlled toy but instead of using a traditional remote control, I used my fingers to actually control it. Some toy company took interest at the toy I developed, so they contacted my father and paid him in huge amount just to meet me and get the formula on how to develop that toy. The toy was immediately gained fame among the customers making that company to boom in their line of business leaving their competitors in the dust. I then stopped forming strange kinds of hobby, it brings troubles to my life and hinders me from enjoying things that would entertain me. When I finished my secondary education I asked my father if I can enroll to a normal type of school. You know, where most of the students are just average. Not too smart and not too dumb. My father agreed to my idea in one condition, that I must be the top student at that school. I gained some friends after some time, true friends that will never abandon you just to have some fun. Sometimes we go to the nearby river behind the school after skipping the class. We are fully naked whenever we go to that river. Ah remembering those old days. It was still clear as it was just yesterday. ¡°What the hell are you waiting for Suya?! Get naked and jump down here! The water is great!¡± Aljay shouted after diving in the water. ¡°Wohooo! This is fun! Next time we should try bringing some beer, we have some at my father¡¯s refrigerator!¡± ¡°That¡¯s an incredible idea Bernard!¡± Ren said to Bernard. ¡°What are you waiting for Suya? Come here now!¡± After undressing, I felt a strange sensation to my back. ¡°What the fuck!¡± It was our teacher along the girls in my class. The teacher started to run at my direction. These girls surely notified our teacher about our plan. He was shocked when he saw me stark naked. ¡°What do you think you are doing Mr. Rivendeau?¡± ¡°Ahh, It¡¯s nothing sir. It¡¯s just a bit too hot and decided to undress.¡± ¡°Quickly wear your clothes now. And come with me to the principal¡¯s office!¡± ¡°Uhhh¡± The girls were now closer then they started to scream. ¡°Kyaaaaah!!!!¡± They screamed after they saw something dangling between my legs. ¡°I¡¯m sorry sir.¡± I jumped where my friends were waiting for me and the teacher started to scream. ¡°Suyaaaaaa!!!!¡± We crossed the river while naked laughing wholeheartedly. The next morning, me and my friends were sent to the principal¡¯s office along with our parents. We waited outside the room while our parents were inside the office. After a while our angry parents started to walk in front of us, some parents dragged their children away. ¡°Aljay, Bernard, Ren.¡± They didn¡¯t look back to my direction rather their parents did with scornful eyes gazing towards my direction. ¡°Do you know what you did Suya?!¡± ¡°Those kids were kicked out of school!¡± ¡°I don¡¯t care about them. They deserved it for ruining your studies.¡± ¡°I expected much better from you Suya.¡± Expectations, that single word is enough to destroy a man and his dreams. I really hate that word. That night my father beat the shit out of me. The next day I didn¡¯t see any of my friends. The principal pardoned my actions because they didn¡¯t want to let go of me that will bring great achievements to their school. They see me as a prodigy, a mere tool to gain merits and fame to the people. Thus the boring kind of life returned to me once again.This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. I decided to immerse myself on gaming like ¡®Leg of Legends¡¯, ¡®DUDA 2¡¯, and ¡¯Ever Watch¡¯, reading light novels and watching anime or movies especially those adventure type stories. Thus my elementary and high school life ended quietly. College life, it was a little bit entertaining for me. I managed to have a girlfriend out of curiosity. We loved each other but still we broke up. Experiencing the so called love is pretty interesting, and the most fabulous thing about it is the 18+ stuff. I graduated earlier than my peers; I was just 18 years old when I graduated due to skipping few years of college. They say that I have good insights for business after predicting what would happen in stock market. One of the big boss in the market heard my statements and decided to hire me for a year. Whenever they needed me they paid me in six figures sometime seven. This was a horrendously sick profession, just by spatting out words of utter nonsense you earn hundreds of thousands even millions of piece of paper. When I accumulated enough fortune to support my family, I deposited ninety percent of my savings for them. Gave my brother and sisters some pocket money and even paid for their school. After the contract was fulfilled I refused their proposal for renewing the contract for another year. The job made me sick. Its total bullshit, if they have that kind of money they should have given that to the farmers. They are the one who works hard to feed all three billion people. I decided to rent my own room for my own satisfaction. Now that my chance finally came to return to my former life you know the usual thing for a bored man (gaming, reading, watching), some called it a losers way of life but for me it was a paradise for reducing my accumulated boredom. Three years already came to pass without me noticing. Kriiing... Kriiing... Kriiiing ¡°Ahhh, goddamn! This alarm annoys me every damn time.¡± Suya opened his eyes, after he stood up; he scratched his butt a few times. Krrrrrr Grrrrrrr ¡°It¡¯s already this late. I didn¡¯t notice the time.¡± He then scavenged for food in his floor. There lie countless cups of instant noodles. ¡°Shit. I forgot to shop some food last night.¡± He was too immersed in playing the latest edition of ¡®Text of Duty¡¯. ¡°Ahh I feel like I¡¯m dying.¡± He then lied down again to his bed. Bang! Bang! The door exploded due to the banging of the door before it was forcefully opened with a loud thud. ¡®Shit it¡¯s my father.¡¯ ¡°What¡¯s the problem dad?¡± ¡°What¡¯s the problem you say?! You¡¯re the problem! Look at yourself! You look like a fat piece of bag shit!¡± ¡®Ah. Now that he said it I rarely get to groom myself. My beard was all over my face and I gained some weight.¡¯ The former prodigy was now overrun by his corrupted lifestyle. ¡°What are you doing lazing around like a pig in a pen?! Three years had passed and you¡¯re still not looking for a job! You wasted that chance to make a fortune for yourself and your family!¡± ¡®What? Is it about the money now? I don¡¯t care about money. Piece of paper is still a piece of paper at the end of the day. It will not make you feel alive just by having it. True it has some uses but that is just a tool for everyday life.¡¯ ¡°You failed my expectations!¡± ¡®Tsk! That word again.¡¯ ¡°So? What is it that you wanted dad?¡± ¡°You dare to talk to me now?! Don¡¯t you forget who fed that filthy mouth of yours when you were still wetting your bed! Pweh!¡± ¡°I have no use for you anymore!¡± So my assumptions were right, my father only wanted to use my knowledge for gaining money. Well I don¡¯t care about it. ¡°I don¡¯t have a first son anymore. He died today remember that!¡± My daily life of entertainment shattered that day. Everything that I collected for three whole years of being a NEET has gone to waste after my father burned everything existed in my room except for my clothes and some important documents. I left my apartment then decided to try something new, something fresh that might entertain this life stricken with thing called boredom. Maybe if I wasn¡¯t born with high intellect I might not have lived like this. I¡¯m starting to hate this world. I decided to join the military; luckily I managed to pass the exam even though my physical examination results almost failed due to lack of exercise. For some reason, a secret government organization took interest in me. The examination process was just a cover up for them to filter talented applicants then send them to their organization. They handpicked three more of the new applicants; blind folded us and removed our consciousness. When we woke up we are already in a completely sealed room. The lights suddenly went out and there was chaos, I felt a fist planted in my face, I was immediately brought down. Another hit came one after the other, the bastards introduced some kicks to our abdomen. We were already grasping for air but the attacks seemed to be endless. After that I don¡¯t know what happened anymore. Splash I woke from the sudden feeling of coldness that dampened my skin, my body hurts everywhere. My eyes wandered for a moment analyzing the situation. In front of me there stood a man with a body that seems to carved out by the gods itself filled with different size of scars. He asked me. ¡°Do you know why you are here?¡± I didn¡¯t answer. Pak! A powerful slap was met by my cheeks. Instead of pain I felt excitement. What?! I¡¯m not an M. I was just getting excited of these new feelings. I think this would be a worthwhile experience to blow off my accumulated boredom after few weeks of doing nothing. ¡°Do you know why you are here?¡± ¡°Yes sir! I am going to serve the country sir!¡± After analyzing the situation this man might be my manager so I called him sir. ¡°Good response. Then what will you do here?¡± ¡°To follow everything you ordered sir!¡± ¡°Ha ha ha! I like you fresh meat. What¡¯s the name?¡± ¡°Suya Rivendeau sir!¡± ¡°What is your opinion about the fresh meat grinding that you experienced?¡± ¡®Wait, what?! Fresh meat grinding?! They beat us out and it seems like fun for them. These people are sick!¡¯ ¡°It¡¯s a warm greeting sir! The greatest greet I received in my whole life sir!¡± ¡°Bwahahaha I really like this new guy. From now on I will be your instructor. I will teach you different kind of skills. From fighting, seduction, espionage, arms assembly/disassembly and every kind of skills that you need to survive.¡± ¡°We do not exist in the public eye, only few know of our existence. We work in the dark and stays in the dark.¡± Thus the days of hell started. Every day is like a new day in here after training for one whole year I am now ready to start my first mission. They mobilized us new recruits and two more veterans to guide us. Our first mission was to infiltrate some country in Asia and disable a nuke facility. They will drop us to a forest in the dead of the night and gave us 72 hours to complete the mission. It actually felt like I¡¯m playing ¡®Text of Duty or Bafflefield¡¯. I am getting really excited; this is my first mission, my decision was right to join the military. I never felt this kind of excitement before. When we started to infiltrate the facility the guards immediately poured bullets to our position. Randolph the black man decided to throw a smoke bomb to prevent their vision. He was one of the new recruits. He¡¯s a good man we often spar when we were training at the facility; they called him Blade because he preferred katana when sparring. We ran across the fence taking cover fire every time a comrade cross the smoke. Finally we entered the facility by cutting the fence. Suddenly a shot came behind us; Ian was hit in the head making him to collapse instantly. All those harsh trainings to survive were expunged in a single moment rendering everything for naught. I got scared at the thought of it but first surviving is my top priority. These mixed feelings, fear, excitement, anger, dissatisfaction all of it converged within me bringing forth a new feeling. ¡®This is it! This is what makes you feel alive!¡¯ Finally i found it. But the greatest blunder has yet to happen. Bang! Another shot came down, but it didn¡¯t hit anyone. Suya saw where the shot came, he aimed from where it was, held his breath for a moment then... Bang! A single shot was plastered to the head of the enemy. ¡®Huh? Huuuuuh????!!!!¡¯ Is that it?! This isn¡¯t how it should be! A single squeeze of the trigger drained all of his motivation. Later on they managed to secure the facility. But Suya seems down even after the success of their first mission. A single shot killed my target. Where¡¯s the fun in that? Now that I remember those light novels where they slaughter enemies in one shot. THAT IS A BUNCH OF SHITLESS COWARDS WHO DIDN¡¯T EVEN KNOW HOW TO ENJOY THE SITUATION! THEY ARE SO PATHETIC. IT¡¯S MAKING ME SICK JUST BY THINKING ABOUT IT! Just think about it, imagine a weak goblin get blasted by gun without it knowing that it was already dead, those little weak creatures also struggle to live and some stupid fucking random guy with OP powers uses a gun to insta-kill the struggling weak creature. Come one give them a chance to fight back even a little as a respect for them, at least let them fight for their life too. Suya was pissed off for those MC¡¯s who one shot their enemies with a gun. You see my friend the more you struggle the more interesting your life would be. That is my ideal life to entertain this boring life. But this world couldn¡¯t even give me this kind of life. I wish I wasn¡¯t born here. Every time he went to a mission he tried to prevent to use his gun as much as possible rather he preferred to use knives and bolo to finish off the enemy. This method slightly entertained him but not for long. I¡¯m getting tired of this. How many times did I have bored? I¡¯m sick of it. Three years came to pass. His comrades called him Immortal because he charges the front lines with only blades at his disposal but he still managed to live to tell the tale. Countless missions were given to him and every mission were completed even the most difficult mission he would clear it just using blades at his disposal. He often went solo when going into a mission. He was well versed to different kinds of killing techniques and strategies thanks to his mentor and his gift of knowledge and god-like reflexes (the gift of gaming). The most feared agent in the world, even the dead will tremble before Suya¡¯s might. ¡®I don¡¯t have any use for this papers Instead of making it rot in the bank I should give it to the ones who deserves this.¡¯ All of his accumulated money was spent to buy a large piece of land then he decided to donate it to the farmers. He even built a school and a hospital spending all of his savings. ¡®I should quit the organization.¡¯ He pondered for a moment. ¡°Agent Suya please head to the briefing room.¡± They paged Suya in his room. ¡®I have a bad feeling about this.¡¯ ¡°Good day Agent Suya. You have a mission. Your final mission.¡± ¡°Good, I was even thinking of quitting the organization. Tell me the details.¡± ¡°Take the paper under the desk; it contains the information of the location.¡± ¡°You assigned to infiltrate and destroy the target.¡± It was a desolate place, one that didn¡¯t exist in an ordinary map. ¡®They¡¯re trying to eliminate me. Let¡¯s see about it. Give me your very best, entertain me!¡¯ The organization feared Suya for becoming too powerful for an agent and he knows too much. They decided to nip out the buds from its root to eliminate the problem. But all of these were seen through by Suya. ¡®I don¡¯t care about it now; I don¡¯t have any attachment to this world anymore.¡¯ ¡°When do we leave?¡± ¡°1200 hours from now on. Meet me at the Heliport.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Chapter 2: Gates of Darkness Cold breeze kissed my cheeks. Winter is coming. ¡°ETA five minutes. Prepare for drop off.¡± Clank Clank ¡°Preparations complete, ready for take-off.¡± Suya strapped his beloved blade to his waist, a short blade around 25cm long he personally designed and crafted using the highest grade of materials. Rifle, pistol and some grenades, he brought it with him even though he hated those items. A supply bag containing medicines, water, and MRE (Meals Ready to Eat) strapped in front of him. He wore a black suit covered by carbon fiber vest, arm guards, knee pads, combat shoes and helmet. ¡°I don¡¯t need this helm.¡± Suya threw the helm. ¡°Opening hatch! In 3.¡± ¡°2.¡± ¡°1.¡± ¡°Hatch open!¡± ¡°Jump!¡± Suya jumped from the plane. Descending at a rate of 100mph, the air felt really cold. Before reaching the critical distance to the ground, he opened his parachute. He landed at an open field. There was no grass in the ground. The moisture in the air is too dry like the desert. The island was very desolate. Ruined buildings covered the area. Trees that have been long dead were scattered all around. Even though the island is already ruined, there were still signs that it was a former beauty along with lush environment. This island doesn¡¯t appear on an ordinary map. It was recently discovered by the satellite by accident. The target of this mission is to explore the gigantic ruins at the center of the island and report if this place could be used as a base of operations. ¡®They wanted me to explore this land, but i doubt it. They just wanted to silence me permanently.¡¯ ¡°This is strange. Even though the size of the island is vast and countless ruins were all around there was no skeletons here.¡± ¡°What the hell happened in this land?¡± ¡®No enemy to fight, nothing to hunt. I¡¯m getting bored. I¡¯ll just finish this mission and fuck the organization.¡¯
Secret Government HQ ¡°Status?¡± ¡°Target just landed on the target location sir.¡± ¡°Wait for him to enter the building at the center.¡± ¡°Yes sir.¡± ¡°Are you sure about this Vince?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know. I¡¯m actually against it.¡± ¡°He¡¯s our best. We won¡¯t be able to find someone like him that easily.¡± ¡°We don¡¯t have a choice. This order came from ¡®them¡¯. Even I hesitate to do this. I know you¡¯re the one who trained him Ryan. I know how it feels to lose one of your students.¡±
¡°Suya to HQ.¡± Bzzzzzzt The static interference meant that someone or something prevented him to contact the HQ. ¡°So their plan is now in motion.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s play along for now.¡± Suya looked up in the sky, raised his right hand, made a fist then pointed his middle finger. His left hand imitated a slicing motion to his neck. ¡°I know you¡¯re watching me over there. After I explore these ruins I will definitely return this favor. You will be my new source of entertainment.¡± Suya reached the center of the island and entered the target location. It was a grand building despite its ruined state. The front door was large enough to accommodate up to ten people simultaneously. Various statues were aligned at every pillar of the great hall. They were already destroyed and cannot be recognized anymore due to great time that has passed. At the innermost part of the building lies a golden throne covered with giant roots of dried trees. Above the throne there was a circular hole with strange symbols engraved around it. Moonlight shone where the throne was located. It was a beautiful sight. Even Suya was mesmerized at its grand image.
Secret Government HQ ¡°Target is now inside, waiting for orders sir.¡± ¡°What is he doing?¡± ¡°He was sitting sir.¡± ¡°Fire the missile.¡±
Click The lighter lit up a small flame. Suya lighted up a cigarette. He sat on the golden throne. PheeeeeewReading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. The sound of air being sliced apart echoed around the sky. ¡°You really intend to finish me up huh.¡± Booom! ¡°Target hit!¡± ¡°What¡¯s the target status?¡± ¡°Life signature detected. Target is still alive.¡± ¡°Fire the second missile. I never thought that he would be this tenacious.¡± ¡°Yes sir!¡± The walls collapsed, pillars were shattered into boulders, and the ceiling came crashing down. The place where Suya was located caved in due to falling debris. Under the golden throne lies a deep hidden area. Ughhh Suya coughs for a moment. Luckily Suya survived the first wave of attack. Immediately he checked his status. ¡°No deep wounds, no broken bones. I can still move around.¡± ¡°How about the weapons?¡± ¡°Rifle is busted.¡± He touched his waist, to his surprise his blade was nowhere to be found. Suya looked around. ¡°Ah! There you are little buddy. Come to papa now, I missed you already.¡± He loved this blade; he was one with his blade due to countless missions they¡¯ve been through. It was a part of him that will never be replaced. He even named it Betty, named after a certain TV show of an ugly woman that turned into a hot piece of meat. ¡°I need to get out of here before they start the second volley.¡± But it seems hopeless, wherever he looked there was no open path of him. ¡°Is this really my end?¡± ¡°The end of my boring life. In the end I didn¡¯t get to enjoy it.¡± ¡°All of those money I accumulated, all those piece of technology that I have used that is forbidden in the hands of an ordinary people.¡± ¡°After all those killings, those travelling, studying, playing, reading, watching. Even I did a lot of things, in the end I still feel empty.¡± ¡°Is there anything else that this world could offer?¡± ¡°Everything seems so easy to accomplish.¡± ¡°Why did they make this world a place of comfort? With a simple press of a button you can almost accomplish everything.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want that kind of life... That kind of boring life.¡± ¡°I just want to feel alive.¡± ¡°I wish I wasn¡¯t born in this world called Earth.¡± ¡°Ah, if there would be a chance to change my life, I will definitely take that chance even at the cost of this useless life.¡± The moonlight started to shine brighter to a certain place. Beneath where the throne was formerly located, light started to pour down. After the light settled down, the whole building quaked for a moment. Two spiky pillars were sprouted from the ground adjacent to each other with different symbols engraved within it. White liquid-film like substance filled the gap between the pillars. Suya approached the strange pillars. Tried to touch the strange substance, it doesn¡¯t seem to be dangerous. ¡°This seems to be a gate.¡± Pheeeeeew Another air splitting sound echoed all over the place. The second missile is coming. Suya decided to enter the strange substance. As he stepped in, he remembered something. ¡°Ah that¡¯s right. If this strange gate-like looking thing is a gate to another world then...¡± Suya threw the rifle, pistol and grenades far from the gate. But he kept his supply bag and his beloved blade. ¡°I will never bring this accursed thing to the new world.¡± ¡°I hope it¡¯s a new world.¡± As soon he stepped inside the missile came down. ¡°SAYONARA!¡± BOOOM! Loud explosion filled the air, the entire building was smashed into bits of dust. ¡°Target hit!¡± ¡°No life signatures detected.¡± ¡°Target completely obliterated.¡± Pweh! Ryan spat out some saliva leaving the operations room with a bitter expression. Vince didn¡¯t react because he understood Ryan¡¯s feelings.
The space distorted with different twists and turns. Suya felt his world being tossed around. He is losing his consciousness but tried to stay awake instead. He was in a dangerous situation where his life could end at any moment, that¡¯s why he tried cling in his fading consciousness. Over an hour has passed, the distorted space gradually settled down. He then saw a familiar substance. ¡°Finally it¡¯s the end of the gate.¡± After he stepped out the gate, the pillars were gone. He was still disoriented; his vision is still failing him. He knelt down feeling the ground, closed his eyes and calmed his breath. After he recovered, he immediately observed the surroundings. Thy sky is black; there is one thing that shined throughout the land. A red orb resembling the sun, it seems that it was the lands source of light. Air is too thin due to lack of oxygen; it is quite hard to breathe. It feels like your lungs would explode at any moment. The soil is dry; it seems that this vast land suffered from erosion. It stretched over the horizon as far as my eyes can see. Even rocks are dead. Even the word despair and desolation would not fit this place. Giant walls of rock were behind me. Not far from my location there was a strange looking bluish rock that seemed to be carved out by someone. It has giant lips and strange shaped eyes. It doesn¡¯t have a nose but there was a pair of pointed ears. It seems to be safe to move around. Suya decided to walk in front of him, past the strange rock. Krrrg There was a sudden grinding noise. Looking back, the strange rock was now in a different position. Suya prepared himself, drawing his blade and ready to attack. ¡°!@#$%%^^&¡± ¡°Huh? What is this thing is saying?¡± The strange blue rock went silent, but Suya was still on high alert. He didn¡¯t know what kind of dangers it might possess as this was his first time seeing a speaking rock. Deep silence covered both of them when the rock decided to speak once more. ¡°I !@$#... am @#$@!... Mar¡¯guth @#e$@@. ¡± ¡°Me $#@! ... #$#@ No ... $#@ Mean... !#$ harm.¡± He spoke with a broken language. Suya was shocked. ¡°How did you know the language I am speaking?!¡± ¡°!@# Please #$# wait $@#¡± ¡°%^**$%@¡± ¡°I am Mar¡¯guth, one of the ancient guardians of the World Gate.¡± ¡°I know every language of the universe. You are from a human race lived in a world called Earth.¡± Suya was speechless even his genius couldn¡¯t completely comprehend what was revealed before his eyes. ¡°So what does this esteemed ancient guardian ended up in this desolate place?¡± ¡°I have escaped the last great war over ten thousand years ago, protecting one of the few surviving World Gates.¡± ¡°What is thy name human?¡± ¡°I am Suya.¡± ¡°How did you manage to cross the World Gate?¡± ¡°It was just a coincidence, after entering the great ruins of a deserted island.¡± Suya answered honestly as he saw that the rock was not hostile against him. Lying will just bite him behind his back if he did so. Lying is only used when necessary. ¡°Anyway ancient guardian Mar¡¯guth, where is this place?¡± They talked for quite some time, exchanging different informations. Mar¡¯guth seems to be enjoying Suya¡¯s company. It¡¯s been a while since he talked to someone. It must be lonely without someone to talk to. ¡°Before you go, can I look into your memories? I am quite interested at those stories that you have read and watched. Staying here is quite ¡®boring¡¯ and I can¡¯t move anymore after my body was destroyed..¡± A word he adapted while conversing with Suya. ¡°Haha I know that feeling. You can read it all, I don¡¯t mind. We are somewhat alike at some points.¡± ¡°Thank you Suya the human.¡± ¡°Before you go there is something that I would like you to receive, an item that will definitely help you to roam these lands.¡± Mar¡¯guth spitted out some kind of a crystal, emitting a blue light with some kind of symbol etched in its core. ¡°Hold it in your hand and then absorb it. The process is just like breathing. Instead of sucking the air, you suck the energy within the skill crystal.¡± Suya understood the logic behind it and started to absorb the skill crystal. The light within the crystal faded leaving strange markings at the palm of Suya. An unknown set of symbols, yet he understood its meaning like it was his primary language. You have absorbed the skill Linguist. - A skill to understand all kind of languages. After a few moment the markings faded away. ¡°Thank you Mar¡¯guth.¡± Thus the two parted away. Mar¡¯guth immersed at his newly obtained entertainment.
So it was basically like this according to Mar¡¯guth. This was a pocket dimension that existed deep within the space. Its location was unknown. This place was called Ablyss, the endless prison for the most notorious beings of different worlds. There are three different factions that ruled this land. The Dragon of Death that ruled the North, the Demon Lord of the South and the Tribe of Spir of the East. Luckily I landed at the West which was a place where it could not support life. War waged these lands for thousands of years, especially the Dragon of Death and the Demon lord. They hated each other so much that when they clashed a portion of land would be destroyed. The Tribe of Spir avoided war as much as possible because of the dwindling of their tribe members. There was no food or water here that could be gathered in these lands. If you want to survive you should absorb other races essence. The essence of life that is present in every living thing is the main source of food in these lands. You could eat others corpse and drink their blood but it was a risky thing to do. Some of the races contained poison in their bodies powerful enough to send you to your demise. Absorbed essences will increase your magical capacity in terms of gaming ¡®mana¡¯. Skill crystal is the materialized form of the skills of an individual that developed over the course of its life. This can be absorbed by other races by killing their adversary. It will automatically float out of the body when killed. The stronger the enemy, the stronger the skill will be. If you surpassed your limits you will be granted a Racial Evolution. Only few have achieved this state. Learned skills cannot stack and overwrite the lower levelled skill if you absorbed a stronger skill. An item enchantment is also possible using Skill crystals and life essence. There are also storage devices, but it is very rare to find one. Only the powerful ones are known to possess such thing. Skills can also be shared among the others using scroll engraving, the success chance of creating a skill scroll is very low. To escape the Ablyss you need to gather three dimensional keys that the three major factions possess. That is the reason why they are always at war and cannot leave this place. This place doesn¡¯t give a damn even if you are a genius or talented. It doesn¡¯t care about any of your shit. Only those who struggle will live. ¡°At last! I found it! A place where I truly belong!¡± Chapter 3: First Battle and Awakening Two days of travelling, still there is no sign of life. Everywhere seems to be the same. Not a sign of life was ever seen. Suya¡¯s food supply is running low. It seems impossible to resupply. ¡®I might not survive.¡¯ ¡®Just when I thought that this is my chance to live the life I always wanted. ¡¯ ¡®Dying without even experiencing a moment of your dream really leaves a bad taste to my mouth.¡¯ ¡®Damn Mar¡¯guth he said that if I head south I should be able to find a town.¡¯ Yes, a town. It¡¯s not that desolate as it is. According to Mar¡¯guth far from the desolate lands of the west there exist towns and cities that are under the rule of those three major powers (rulers of Ablyss). Some who didn¡¯t want to be tied down under their rule decided to scatter across the land. Suya shortened his resting time to cover much land as much as he can. Another two days came to pass, he is impatient and his supply ran out. Even a drop of water cannot be seen from his bottle. His lips cracked, eyes were dried up from the lack of water in his body. He was now waiting for his doom to come. Hopelessness. Desperation. Disappointment. Suya decided to lie to the ground beneath his feet, closed his eyes for a moment. Fwhiiip! Splitting the air, a large great axe swung down towards Suya¡¯s neck. Out of instinct he opened his eyes, without a second thought he rolled down to his left side before rolling again in front to gain a momentum to stand up immediately drawing his beloved Betty from his waist. Not even a wasted movement was seen, a truly masterful movement. Even in his weakened state he still managed to dodge an attack that would have killed him without him knowing what had happened. He hated those kinds of attacks. His despairing heart was now brimming with excitement and anger due to that sneak attack. Now in fighting pose he observed what kind of bastard would do him harm. There stood a two meter creature with deep green skin, like a rock covered with moss for a long time. Long slim muscular arms and, wielding a giant axe now preparing for its next attack. Messy dark brown hair styled like a mohawk haircut, long pointy nose and sharp teeths and a humanoid face. A troll, not just an ordinary troll, chances are this troll might have gained a Racial Evolution. Just these speculations made Suya feel the impending danger that this creature brings forth. But there¡¯s no escape, its die fighting or die as a nothing. This was his first encounter, his first experience in this brand-new world, his chance to re-live his boring life. How could he think such trivial things? ¡°Ha.¡± ¡°Ha... Ha...¡± ¡°Ha... Ha... Ha...¡± He inhaled lots of air until he cannot fill his lungs anymore. The smell of battle and blood permeated the air. After he exhaled, he gave out a perverted smile making the creature to feel agitated. Raising Betty at the level of his chest, his left hand was in a ready position to defend anytime. ¡°Human... meat... soft... delicious!¡± The troll spoke in a different tongue but Suya who gained the Linguist ability understood what it meant. ¡°Come! Give me everything you have!¡± The two ran towards each other, the troll swung its great axe with such force aiming at Suya¡¯s body. Shattering the ground where it had strike, missing its intended target. Suya nimbly dodged the wide swing of the troll, stepping beside the troll then... Stab! The troll was stabbed at its left side of stomach, making it to grumble for a moment. It immediately swings its left arm where Suya was located. Suya raised his ready to defend left arm to block the incoming attack but... Slam! Suya flew out a few meters leaving his blade embedded at the troll. Immediately he recovered his posture, it was very dangerous to leave yourself open for an attack. ¡°Such strong attack! This is truly another world. Probably the strongest attack I ever received in my whole life.¡± He coughed out some blood before wiping it with his arms. Luckily he was still wearing his Battle Suit from the last mission; it lessened the impact from the trolls attack impeccably. ¡°I need to recover my Betty.¡±The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. The stabbed troll drew out the blade in its body. It threw the blade down the ground making Suya to sigh in relief; he thought that it would throw the blade far from them. Then a strange change occurred, the stabbed portion was emitting a light smoke, the wound seems to be closing making Suya to become more worried about the situation. ¡®The creature is bad enough, but regeneration? Shit! This is the worst situation to happen.¡¯ ¡®My body is in a weakening state. If I drag it longer I will definitely end up as its happy meal.¡¯ Suya decided to rush towards the troll again; the glaring troll was upset at his unexpected attack. ¡®It really wanted to kill me.¡¯ The troll swung its great axe once again, Suya ducked at the same time rolling where his beloved Betty was lying, waiting for Suya to pick it up. ¡°Welcome back Betty.¡± The troll followed up its previous attack with a kick at Suya¡¯s location but Suya once again dodged it with a simple slide to his side before initiating a foot sweep making the troll to stumble down. Suya immediately rushed down to stab the troll at its heart but was blocked by the troll¡¯s arms. A quick succession of chopping motion followed the failed attack of Suya, making the trolls arms covered with deep wounds. Pieces of meat splattered around Suya, but the troll didn¡¯t even paid attention to it. The moment Suya raised his blade above his head the troll swung his great axe while lying in the ground making Suya to fall back. The troll gained a moment and stood up, the wounds are already healing. This endless vitality of trolls was the most feared factor in the battlefield making them almost impossible to kill. It started to whisper some words, making Suya feel uncomfortable. His senses screamed that something big is coming. A glowing aura started to emanate at the trolls feet, before it started to run towards Suya. He then positioned himself to defend, but the troll almost vanished within his field of sight. Fwhiiip! The air was cut leaving an eerie sound; the troll swung its massive weapon at Suya with great speed. To his surprise he held his blade horizontally with both of his hands. Clang! He managed to block the weapon but numbed his hands due to great force it received, sending him back a few meters. Thanks to his great reflexes he wasn¡¯t knocked down as his feet was moving along the force it received, stepping back as he was pushed. It didn¡¯t end its attack from there; it once again dashed towards Suya¡¯s location. His left was shaking, and it will definitely not defend him from the next attack of the troll. His right hand is in a mess. ¡°It¡¯s getting hard to move it. I don¡¯t have much energy left. This might be it.¡± Suya was breathing heavily. Just before it reached Suya, the troll jumped into the air, lifting its great axe above its head. Fwhiiiip! Another quick attack! ¡®I can¡¯t move.¡¯ The troll came crashing down towards Suya. ¡°Damn!¡± ¡°Move!!!!¡± He raised his left hand to catch the incoming attack to lessen its impact to his body. The arm was split in half, making Suya to bend a little. It almost reached his body, only stopping at his shoulder. Thanks to his sturdy battle suit it didn¡¯t reach a fatal point in his body. ¡°Ughhhh!¡± At his last ounce of strength he raised his blade, drew it a little backward to gain some momentum. The troll realized what Suya¡¯s intentions were, pulling its great axe once more. The shoulder that covered the troll¡¯s heart was wide open due to it trying to swing its axe. Suya was positioned perfectly to stab its heart. As the swing was now coming for Suya¡¯s neck, he shouted. ¡°Agggggghhh!!!!!¡± Stab! Piercing the skin of the troll across its bony ribs, it stabbed the heart, making the troll to gasp for air. Huup Immediately, it lost its strength to swing its attack, collapsing to the ground while having seizure for a moment before it died completely. Even a powerful creature with regeneration would die if their heart was destroyed. For some stroke of luck Suya survived his first encounter. He fell down in sitting position. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect to survive this ordeal.¡± ¡°Shit. It hurts like hell.¡± But for Suya the most painful part is him losing his left arm. Now his battle capability was drastically reduced. Light covered up the troll¡¯s corpse, it then gradually faded away leaving a floating orb of blue flame along with two crystals with a strange symbol inside it. ¡°Those crystals might be the troll¡¯s skills, and this orb of flame might be its life essence.¡± ¡°If I remember correctly life essence is the primary food source in this place. I should try to absorb it and see what happens.¡± Suya stood up; his legs were a bit wobbly due to the fatigue while his left arm was dangling around lifelessly. He then grabbed the life essence, absorbed it without a hint of hesitation. ¡°What? Is that it? I don¡¯t feel any change.¡± He then grabbed a crystal; the crystal glowed with a green light surrounding it. ¡°So this is the troll¡¯s regeneration skill.¡± As soon as he finished up absorbing the regeneration skill crystal, an immense pain shoots up from his body. His chest felt tight. ¡°Kuhhh!!¡± ¡°Aghhh!¡± He screamed so much that his voice started to fade. His mind went blank as his body shook from the pain it received. Suya felt his consciousness fade away. The moment he woke up he scanned his surroundings for threats. The troll¡¯s body is still here, even the remaining skill crystal. ¡°I hope the blood is not yet too dried up.¡± Drinking blood is one of the best ways to survive if water is not available. Call it disgusting and inhumane but it is the only option to survive the situation. This kind of survival methods were taught to the special forces of the military. ¡®Seems like there¡¯s nothing to worry about for now.¡¯ It was a little dark, the red sun wasn¡¯t setting down like the sun on Earth but it fades its light sometimes. ¡®Betty is here, very good.¡¯ ¡®There¡¯s no pain in my body and I feel I¡¯m still alive.¡¯ ¡°Wait... Pain? I was just experiencing pain moments ago!¡± Suya scratched his chin. ¡®Hmmm... What could have happened? I just absorbed the life essence and regeneration crystal before i passed out.¡¯ ¡®Hmmmm... What am I doing?¡¯ ¡°Wait.. What the hell?! I¡¯m scratching my chin with my left hands! It¡¯s supposed to be destroyed! But what the hell is this?!¡± ¡®Is it the life essence? Or is it the regeneration skill that caused this?¡¯ Suya was pondering for what could have happened that his whole left arm was back into shape. He doubted the regeneration because it might only regenerate wounds but not a completely destroyed arm. ¡°That¡¯s right I should check that absorbed skill.¡± Suya touched the ground with his palm. ¡°Show Skills Absorbed.¡± The ground where Suya touched shined for a moment. After it faded the ground was filled with symbols. This is the method to check the absorbed skills according to Mar¡¯guth. You can also use it on a paper, wood and others as long as you touch it, it will show you your absorbed skills. But only the owner will understand what was written on it as long as it doesn¡¯t permit anyone to read it. It will automatically disappear at the command of the owner. -Linguist -Regeneration ¡°Show regeneration effects.¡± -Regeneration -Able to regenerate wounds as long as you are alive. Resists poison by small amount. ¡°Hide Skills Absorbed.¡± The ground shone for a moment then it disappeared along the symbols written within it. Suya then absorbed the second skill crystal that is emmiting a faint white light. You have absorbed the skill Burst of Speed. -A skill that will allow you to move at great speed for a moment. ¡®What could have happened to me while I was unconscious?¡¯ ¡®I don¡¯t feel hungry anymore and it seems my body was hydrated and my body feels a lot more comfortable from before.¡¯ ¡®It seems that this is the effect of life essence.¡¯ What Suya didn¡¯t know is that he experienced a Racial Evolution. Suya decided to dismantle the troll¡¯s corpse, taking out important parts of it especially the meatiest part. The blood has been dried off, so he couldn¡¯t gather it anymore. Its meat also stinks a little due to blood remained in it. Suya wasn¡¯t even disgusted at the idea of eating the troll¡¯s meat. Actually we are all just a piece of meat if you looked at it in a different viewpoint. ¡°I hope it¡¯s not poisonous.¡± He also gathered the troll¡¯s pants as it could be used for sustaining fire. He left the axe as he couldn¡¯t even use it because of its massive size and weight. Suya decided to move leaving his first battlefield behind. Chapter 4: Skills ¡°Burst of speed.¡± Suya tested his latest absorbed ability to gain knowledge about its capabilities and limitations. ¡°This is fun. It felt like I¡¯m floating in the air. I feel so light and it didn¡¯t make me too tired after using this skill.¡± ¡®But not fast enough, it¡¯s a lot different compared when the troll used it. It seems that the skills you absorb have reduced effect than the original. But it is quite useful; I can now cover much more area than before and I can now escape sticky situations.¡¯ The skill lasted for about twenty seconds, and can be re-used after five minutes. ¡®The only downside of this skill is that I can only use it for three times a day. I think that my mana capacity is very low, anyway it¡¯s not that bad to gain a quite interesting skill.¡¯ After three days of spamming his newfound skill he finally noticed some change in his surroundings. Suya¡¯s eyebrows crossed to concentrate his view on a certain spot. ¡°Trees! Finally some change. I¡¯m getting sick at the sight of this desolated land.¡± He must be lonely; he casually talks to himself sometimes. ¡®There might be some wild animals residing those trees. I can finally find something to eat. The troll meat is too bitter to consume on a regular basis. I hope I can also find some water.¡¯ When he reached the sea of trees, he hid his presence like a lion ready to pounce at its prey. To his surprise, the leaves of the tree were all brown, not just one tree but in every tree was all the same. Its leaves were not dry. The lack of sunlight made the leaves turned into brown. This was an unusual sight for Suya because he was often sent to a hidden facility located at the deep of the jungle. ¡®I¡¯m missing the lush green trees in that world.¡¯ Suya observed his surroundings out of instinct. He wouldn¡¯t want to risk his second chance after fighting the troll. That mistake almost took his life without even realizing the life he wanted for himself. What he really wanted for his is life is for him to live in every moment using his own strength. He remembered his former world where the people live in a static life; they eat and go to work, when they are tired they rest. Most of the people there were not living the life they wanted; they are just surviving each and every day. Suya didn¡¯t like that kind of life. ¡®I¡¯m glad to experience this kind of new life.¡¯ There were movements ahead of him. He slowly draws out his blade, silently crossing over the trees, hiding behind every tree trunk. What came into his view surprised him. A wild boar, a normal wild boar that even in his former world existed. Suya threw his blade, stabbing the poor creature before the blade lodged out of its body. It immediately collapsed on the ground while squeaking violently before it lost its strength to do so. ¡°Whoa! I didn¡¯t throw it that strong, why did it lodged out of its body? ¡± This was his first time using his strength after the fight against the troll, so he was momentarily shocked when he threw his blade away. A small faint light floated from the corpse of the boar. It was life essence. ¡®So even they got these essences too. But it seems a lot smaller and fainter compared to the troll¡¯s life essence.¡¯ He quickly absorbed the essence, alleviating his thirst and hunger. ¡°I¡¯m sorry little guy for killing you. Thank you for your sacrifice for giving me a chance to extend my life.¡± Suya paid respect for the innocent life he took away. He knew that the boar was also trying to live, and he killed it just for food that is why he always gave his respects to these innocent lives. ¡°I really hate sneak attacks but I don¡¯t have a choice otherwise this chance will not come by again that easily.¡± He took out his bottle from his bag and filled it the boar¡¯s blood before he dismantled it cutting into small pieces of meat. He left the skin as it was hard to consume. Suya then stored the meat inside a condom. He always brings condoms whenever he was in a mission as it was a great item for protecting things from foreign entities. For those who didn¡¯t know, condoms are great items due to its elasticity; it can even store up to one litre of water. A must have item when you decided to camp out in a forest. Suya was conscious of the surrounding, he can¡¯t just casually grill the meat that easily as it might attract nearby creatures of this forest.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. The light is fading away; it is dangerous to traverse the forest this time, so he decided to rest at the top of the tree. The former humid temperature from the desolate lands of the west was now a lot cooler. ¡®I should test out my skills tomorrow.¡¯ Morning came; Suya couldn¡¯t rest well as he was guarding his surroundings for threats. Suya wandered deeper into the forest. Birds, snakes, boars and other different well known animals from Earth existed here; Suya felt nostalgia from these animals. It wasn¡¯t even ten days since he was transported in this world but for him he feel that he already stayed here for a very long time. A familiar building peeked from the gaps within the trees. There were houses, built from branches of the trees, its roof was made up of straws of blade grass that is weaved together, it was commonly seen in Asian countries like China, Japan and Philippines. Suya didn¡¯t approach the suspected village yet; he hid and surveyed the movements of its residents. It was indeed a small village hidden deep in the forest. What Suya observed was that the villagers were small in stature, around three to four feet high with pale green skin. Goblins, but there was something strange about their behaviour, according to his worlds descriptions goblins were living in a cave and often live in groups. Instead the goblins before his eyes were few in numbers and seems to be living in a harmonious environment, there are animals scattered around, vegetables planted in every garden and their children playing everywhere. ¡®Oho, I think I should change my opinions about goblins.¡¯ Suya¡¯s eyes glistened with wonder about the things before his eyes, like a child that just started to learn to walk. His excitement grew expecting new things to discover about this new world. As he couldn¡¯t stop himself, he decided to approach the village. When the villagers noticed Suya¡¯s presence they immediately panicked, some rushed towards their home closing their doors, some stumbled down and others knelt begging for forgiveness while shaking. ¡°Wha...¡± He couldn¡¯t finish his words. He knew immediately, it was fear. He had already seen it plenty of times, people who are oppressed and extremely abused to their core. He left the village as soon as possible as he didn¡¯t want to intrude in their private space anymore. Without acquiring any information Suya traversed the forest once again. Suya started a fire and decided to cook some meat. The taste was pretty bland due to lack of seasoning. Crack Branches of trees were broken everywhere. Dried leaves crackled. ¡°As expected, the smell brought some uninvited visitors.¡± Suya was surrounded. ¡®It seems the goblins reported me to their owner. It seems that I was wrong, goblin is still a goblin wherever you go.¡¯ There were about ten trolls in every location, all of them were grinning. It seems that they were happy about something. ¡°New... kind... of... meat...¡± ¡°Gihihihi¡± ¡°Kill!!¡± Suya swallowed the remaining meat in hands before he drew out his blade. ¡°This is perfect, a chance to test out my abilities.¡± ¡°Burst of speed.¡± Suya immediately rushed down on the first troll, held the trolls wrist pushing it in front of him before stabbing it at its neck. The first troll immediately collapsed. He picked up the trolls broadsword slashing it to the nearby goblin. He then rushed again to another troll that held a spear, the troll then started a piercing motion towards Suya but it was slapped away by him making an opening at the troll¡¯s heart. Stab! Suya¡¯s stab pierced everything making the blade to protrude out of the troll¡¯s body. As he drew out the blade he sensed something coming towards him. Fwhiip An arrow was loose towards Suya, but he used the troll¡¯s corpse as a shield to block the arrow. He took the spear and threw it to the troll archer making its head to explode like a smashed tomato. The leader like troll shouted. ¡°All! Kill!¡± The remaining seven trolls joined the fray, they attacked Suya simultaneously but to their surprise what they hit is just purely nothing. Suya¡¯s senses were razor sharp; he can feel everything, every movement at every moment, all of it. He was breathing heavily. Huup Haa Huup Haa ¡®It¡¯s light; I can feel my muscles burn and explode with power.¡¯ Time seemed to stop from his vision. He kicked, stabbed, and slashed his enemies until they were cut into pieces without him realizing that the fight was already over. When he came back to his senses, the Burst of speed effect just ended, not more than twenty seconds had passed and he killed all of them. ¡°What is that feeling, it felt like this was not my body anymore. Never in my life had I moved like that even after all those trainings I did in the past.¡± Chopped parts of the trolls were scattered all around Suya along with their life essences. Unfortunately there were not even a single skill crystal was found. He gathered all the life essence in the area and covered it with a cloth taking from the dead troll¡¯s body. Strangely the cloth didn¡¯t burn even the life essence was emitting a blue flame. ¡®It seems that the troll I fought was a special one.¡¯ He can now last a few days without eating due to his harvest. After walking for a few hours he reached the end of the forest. Sound of running water prickled the ear of Suya, making him jump in high spirits. Unfortunately the water was discoloured; a golden brown tint covered the river. But he didn¡¯t care about it, what he was thinking is that this is a chance to clean his body. Ten days¡¯ worth of sweat and grate covered his body. No matter what happened one should never neglect personal hygiene. This was one of the teachings of her mother when he was a child. He even brought his toothbrush from his supplies. He chose a place where he could escape at any time if there was something unexpected would happen. Suya removed all of his clothes before heading out to the water. Just before he decided to dip in he noticed something that made him falter to wash his body. ¡°Is this actually me?!¡± ¡°Just what the heck happened back there?!¡± ¡°My hair! My eyes!¡± ¡°Even my body changed a lot!¡± His former black hair turned into a metallic shade gray while his former hazel brown eyes was also the same color as his hair. His medium built body was replaced by a slimmer figure along with an outlined body of an athlete. Suya immediately remembered his skills. ¡®So basically if I have to see my absorbed skill I have to use the keyword ¡®Show absorbed skills¡¯¡¯ ¡®How about if I try it like this, ¡®Show all skills¡¯¡± He touched a nearby boulder. ¡°Show all skills.¡± Light covered his palm and a portion in the boulder before it displayed the information. *Absorbed Skills *Owned Skills ¡°Show owned skills¡± *Owned Skills - Fatal Strikes -Passive: Able to attack fatal points at enemies defences with ease. - Weapon Mastery - Passive: Able to use different set of weapons with proficiency. - Battle Reflex - Passive: Increased reflex reaction when fighting - Battle Arts - Passive: Able to use different parts of the body to attack and defend at the same time, stacks with Weapon Mastery. ¡°Hide skills.¡± ¡°So that explains a lot.¡±