《The END》 Prologue : The Beginning of the End PROLOGUE Hi there, I¡¯m new at writing and this would be my first time publishing a story, so please be easy on me. Thank you. I¡¯ll try to update my story as much as I can, but I¡¯ll only update it when I feel like it because I know that a story is only a good story as long as it¡¯s not forced or anything done for that matter. Now my grammar might not be perfect or my plot might have loop holes or something like that but this story that I¡¯m writing is purely for fun and I hope you guys will also have a blast reading. I¡¯m an avid reader for royal road dl fiction, xianxia and web/light novels so my story might have some or lots of elements that appear in other fictions already but I hope that you can see my effort in trying to write a good story. Thank you, future readers and I hope you¡¯ll enjoy reading as much as I like writing throughout this journey. ( ) ¨C refers to POV Near the Milky Way galaxy, where a seemingly quiet area in space with no stars or planets nearby. A huge crack in spaced suddenly appeared. Light seemed to bend right into it even the vacuum of space seemed to emit sounds and wind. Power not from this galaxy rushed out of the tear causing a massive light phenomenon that could be seen for planets lightyears away. A young man with long dark blond hair with eyes as red as the bloodiest moon appeared as he was flung out of the crack. He had an angry expression on his face as he shouted into the tear in space which has brought him here. (Navier) ¡°FATHER!!!! WHY!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE I NOT DONE AS YOU ASKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ¡° *BOOM* a loud thunder sound slammed into my ears as I screamed my frustration into the space around me. I barely acknowledged the sound as my rage clouds my mind and my power rises as in tuned with my emotions ¡°You have not right to question my judgement after what you¡¯ve done Naveir¡± A strict but powerful voice, the voice of my most hatred, the voice of the man who wields the power I so desire. Oh father dear, you¡¯re power will be mine one day and I will have the pleasure of executing you with the power you hold so dear. ¡°Oh but I¡¯ve done nothing wrong father¡± I said mockingly. Knowing my all powerful father can hear the tone of my voice. ¡°NAVIER!!! YOU INSOLENT BRAT!!! HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING??? NEVER BRING DEATH TO INNOCENT SOULS!!!" Innocent souls? Haha I laughed at those insect I killed with my power while completing the job my father assigned to me. Those puny, miserable, pathetic creatures, grovelling in their everyday lives, thinking how high and mighty they are to have other miserable insects at their feet. HA I laughed at what pathetic display of their so called power. Oh well I might have overdone it a tiny bit when did a complete species genocide on them. So what if I¡¯ve done that, it¡¯s not like I¡¯m the only one in the lords of the multiverse to kill innocent creatures. I may have overdone it but that is what they get for being so weak. ¡°NOPE OLDMAN!!! ARE YOU SURE YOU¡¯RE NOT SENILE WITH ALL THAT POWER THAT YOU¡¯VE CONFUSED THOSE SOULS FOR INNOCENT? ¡°YOU DARE QUESTION MY JUDGEMENT??? I HEREBY IN MY NAME YAFGERO THE KING OF SOVEREIGNS BANISH YOU TO THIS PATHETIC REALM WITH ALL YOUR POWER!!!! ¡± ¡°You FUCKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!¡± I felt my power being absorbed by him but not before I hid a tiny portion of my power in the depths of my soul. ¡°You will stay here for your sins and act as an overseer for this realm until I return.¡± This novel is published on a different platform. Support the original author by finding the official source. I cursed him in my mind as my eyes glowed red with anger and fury I had for him. If he wanted to play this game with me so can I. I will cause this realm as much chaos as I can with the tiny portion of my power left. I will make him regret taking my power and banishing me from to this realm. It was a good thing I stored a lot of power in my soul. The residue of both our powers left in space here can also be of great use to me with my secret skill that is only known to me. The other gods and even my almighty father did not even discover this skill and I know that I¡¯m the only one that has it. The power to change the laws of the universe. Hehehehe this power of mine will change the whole game. I will abide my time here until I¡¯m finally strong enough to return, my powers would grow and I will take what is rightfully mine when I return to Anoear. That worm cannot hold me here, no one can. For now let¡¯s see what pathetic realm my father has left me in. Ahh I see humans ehh? I think I¡¯m going to have lots of fun in this realm. Hmmm, lets see how I can cause the seeds of chaos. Interesting ¡­.. Interesting world indeed. I smile as mischievously as I can knowing that whoever saw my smile will piss their pants, god or not. I¡¯m going to have lots of fun (Yagero) ¡°Sigh that boy needs to be thoroughly disciplined. He wiped out an entire race just because they disgust him. All those innocent children, all dead because of his attitude¡±. I shake my head in frustration, regret, anger and disappointment ¡°It¡¯s not your fault alone, I¡¯m also to be blamed, we spoilt him too much and gave him far more power than he should have¡±. I turn my head and I saw my beautiful wife, my queen, the love of my life. ¡°Feione, my dear, I do not know if I can bear to watch him destroy himself, I hope there would never be a day I would be needed to destroy him¡± I told her as I grasp my face. ¡°With all my power and everything I control, I cannot force a person against their will. I have already tried my best to educate him, to let Navier learn what it¡¯s like to be a mortal. I gave him a mortal body he could use in one of my universe. Let him experience the wonders and pain of being a mortal. And then this happens, he only took home with him the dark side of being a mortal completely ignoring the wonders and goodness. All my lessons had thoroughly made him further disgust at the sight of mortals. I hoped that this final act of me taking away his powers and making him observe a galaxy with far too little to do and a far too primitive race for him to do anything would temper his emotions.¡± I said while looking at my wife¡¯s beautiful blue sparkling eyes. ¡°I only fear, he does not change and if he doesn¡¯t, he¡¯ll let ¡®him¡¯ in¡± I look worriedly at my wife¡¯s eyes and I can see it in her eyes too. ¡°We can only trust him my love, I hope our son would still come back to us in his own way. Besides, it is not only us having no power in that realm, even ¡®he¡¯ does not¡±. ¡°Yes my dear we can only hope¡± I said as I caressed her face. While thinking about our son and contemplating methods on how to lesson his influence on my realm. Author¡¯s note Now you will notice a inconsistency in length once I get a few chapters going but that¡¯s the great thing about creative writing and I hope that would not restrict me too much in my writing to let my work flourish *grin*. I guess you can expect my chapters to be at least 1000 words long. Well anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy. Chapter 1 – Demons Chapter 1 ¨C Demons (Hayden) Birds chirping, crows croaking, cold weather under the shade, hot as hell under the sun. An average day for an average guy, just a perfect day for me. Sigh, I hate going for lectures, it¡¯s so boring, lecturers teaching things that we would never use in our lives. I might be learning new things about diseases and how dangerous inflammation is and all these knowledge but seriously will I ever need to use it. I mean sure it¡¯s useful to know about these things but that only just the general knowledge, what I¡¯m learning is super in detailed. I¡¯m not even going to be a doctor, I¡¯m just at a dead end now. I took a science course that leads to nowhere. Everyone here is aiming to be a med student or looking to work in a lab or doing research while I¡¯m here just being here. Why can¡¯t I find something I want to do? Sigh. Pathetic. I¡¯m probably gonna end up doing something I told myself I never would do and end up hating my job for the rest of my life. Oh it looks like the lecturers almost done. ¡°That¡¯s how TP53 is relatively important in making sure we do not have cancer. Next week we will learn more about how malignant cells avoid the detection of our immune system which ultimately leads to the uncontrolled proliferation of tumours. Any questions?¡± I probably should do find something to do with my life. I tried lots of things, sports, martial arts, art, music, programming, gaming and all sorts of stuff and I still can¡¯t find something that actually makes me love it truly. I mean I¡¯m a huge martial arts fan, I¡¯ve learned tae kwan do, muay thai and maybe watch and tried a few other martial arts on youtube and whatnot but I¡¯m just too lazy to get anywhere significant enough to be considered good by my standards. I also tried kendo for something different but it still couldn¡¯t get it to be my passion. Frankly, I just get bored too fast. I¡¯m still physically fit, I mean I go to the gym like once every 2 days but do I enjoy it? Maybe a little. But do I love it? No that¡¯s for sure. I¡¯m still doing kendo since my uni has the club but I can¡¯t say I enjoy it truly, I mean who loves getting hit. Only masochist would love getting hit and I have a far too short of a fuse to love kendo. I mean if someone hits me too hard I¡¯ll get really pissed and I literally have trouble controlling myself in my anger. There was this one time I nearly threw my shinai on the ground when one of my kendo mates, a tall guy who for some reason ends up sparring with me despite me being the shortest in the group, constantly hits me really hard, in kendo you¡¯re not supposed to hit someone like your trying to kill them, I mean come on it¡¯s a sport. So anyway in kendo you¡¯re not supposed to disrespect your sword in this case my shinai, you can¡¯t even hold the shinai with the tip touching the ground as that is disrespectful so you can imagine what throwing the shinai on the ground would do. So something new I learned about myself throughout my 23 years of life, I have a really short fuse not to say I didn¡¯t already know that. I mean maybe it¡¯s my upbringing? Nah I had a pretty good childhood, bad parents? Nope my parents are the nicest people in the world? Sigh I don¡¯t even fully know anything about myself. I just feel as though there is a beast inside me waiting to be unleashed. It was much worst though, when I was younger I had very little self-control and the only way I could actually unleash or relieve my anger was thinking about dark things. When I mean dark I mean really dark gory stuff, like smashing peoples head in or burning their faces in a frying pan. It was pretty dark for a kid I guess, but it wasn¡¯t towards random people though, just towards people who were mean to me. While I was rambling in my own mind and pretending there was an audience who would listen to me the lecturer finally finished with the questions, I packed my things and nudge my friend beside me. ¡°Hey did you manage to pay attention throughout the whole lecture?¡± ¡°Not really, I kind of dosed of near the end, I stayed up late last night to finish my pharm assignment¡± with a very tired sounding deep voice The guy beside me, Dain is a friend I met in uni, we took the same course most of the time and he ended up being my lab partner usually. He¡¯s a chill dude, really tall not including the fact that I¡¯m pretty short. He¡¯s a yes-man and literally has girls head over heels over him. Me on the other hand, no such luck, I blame it on my lack of self-confidence and height. A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. ¡°Haha you should really get some sleep, you look terrible man¡± ¡°I know mate, I know. Im thinking of heading home now¡± ¡°Hey Dain, Hayden want to get something to eat first we¡¯re planning to get some food and discuss the assignment Niel gave us¡±. The guy who was sitting next to Dain during the lecture, Rowen spoke. Weird guy I tell you that Rowen, I met him first before introducing him to Dain in a lab in one of the classes I took a year back. He didn¡¯t start a conversation in a normal way, for example, I¡¯m like ¡°Hi names Hayden¡± and he¡¯s like ¡°Hi, I¡¯m Rowen¡± and that was it. No further conversation there. I couldn¡¯t even continue the conversation because he sort of made a face like he didn¡¯t want to talk anymore. Anyway after the lab, he started talking to me asking where I¡¯m from and when he realised we were from the same country and state he was like oh shit, I¡¯m your bro now. He totally wanted to follow me back to my place. I was weirded out but like I¡¯m sort of bad at socializing too so I just you know allowed it I guess, anyway that¡¯s how we became friends. I also met the 2 girls he was referring to when he said us there too. Cute girls, Jolene and Lana. Now who said guys and girls can¡¯t be friends without having any ulterior motives. Okay I wouldn¡¯t deny it but I kinda had a little crush with one of them butttt I¡¯m certainly not telling. Oh in case you¡¯re wondering we¡¯re all Chinese, pretty weird considering we¡¯re in Australia. Haha, I certainly didn¡¯t plan on only making friends with Chinese, I¡¯m not racist but hey, you can¡¯t blame me, I sort of have bad social skills that are currently in the stage of improvement and these guys well they sort of were the only ones who stick with me in the end. This is basically my gang throughout uni, their all aiming to be med students while it¡¯s only me rotting away as I like to say and them chasing their dreams. Sigh well enough sappy thoughts for now. ¡°Yeap, I¡¯m up for it.¡± I said while nudging Dain to join us too. ¡°Okay¡± he says in a tired voice. So our gang while walking to our favourite restaurant near uni, discussed about the assignment Prof. Niel handed us. We were asked to write an article which has to be novel idea with anything to do with cell, gene, or transplant theraphy. Anyway I was talking about how we could do something ingenious by putting the results gotten from a gene research article about using adeno-associated virus as vectors and a research article about how gene theraphy was successfully used to allow for the growth of genetically modified blood cells that can be transplanted into patients with low red blood cell count like people with anaemia or thalassemia. My plan was to write an article about how we could use aav as a vector to genetically correct blood cells without having to transplant a the genetically corrected cells into the patient¡¯s body. While my mind was focused onto what I was saying, I noticed none of my friends responding and noticed they were only focusing on the sky. What I say shocked me to say the least. I would like to say I wasn¡¯t terrified but I probably was and I would also like to say I was not afraid of death but when your life flashes through your eyes you probably will discover that maybe you would like to stay alive a little longer. *Sigh* As I steeled myself and calmed my mind. And with a voice that was loud enough for everyone in the entire district to hear especially for those who were so stunned that they stood still like statues, I shouted. ¡° RUN!!!!¡° Author¡¯s note Damn it¡¯s so tiring to write, and it¡¯s so late here it¡¯s considered early already. Sigh I totally understand how author¡¯s feel now when their writing and trying to increase their word count. Well hopefully you guys enjoy. Please don¡¯t hate too much. Thanks for reading! Chapter 2 – Powerless Chapter 2 ¨C Powerless (Hayden) So I¡¯ll like to go back to when I shouted with my voice learned from my years in training in martial arts especially kendo. Ki AI as they call it, you shout from your stomach instead of your throat. It¡¯s very important in lots of martial arts as it channels your chi as they like to say. In muay thai, my coach told me to exhale in short puffs, and it¡¯s basically the same thing, it kinda allows you to give that explosive strength. It¡¯s the same with boxing and so on I guess. Anyways back to the running. FUCCKKKK, I SAW METEORS HEADING STRAIGHT TOWARDS US, I BOLTED AS EACH OF US TRIED TO FIND PLACE TO HIDE, RUN OR TRY ANYTHING TO GET AWAY FROM THAT FUCKING HUGE PIECE OF ROCK THAT¡¯S CURRENTLY FALLING FROM THE SKY. It¡¯s a good thing I was a runner in high school because this would surely play a key role now. I hope¡­. ¡°RUN DAMNNIT!!!¡± I screamed as I urged my legs to go faster. I saw lots of people running and everything looks like chaos, people running everywhere, kids crying, cars speeding, accidents happening everywhere. Now you think I may have jumped the gun on trying to outrun a meteor but I¡¯m sort of panicking now and like I actually think I have a better chance of running away from the meteor instead of using a car considering how many people and cars are on the road now. I figured if I actually tried to hitch a ride or something like that, I would lose valuable time, besides I don¡¯t want to commit any crime. I¡¯m the type of guy that¡¯s against breaking the rules. Okay I know I¡¯m just lying to myself, I never actually thought about using a car. I mean there¡¯s pros and cons to the alternative. *BOOM* a nearby car collides into a petrol station nearby and causes a huge explosion. ¡°FUCK!! SHIT!!¡± OKAY ANOTHER REASON WHY RUNNING IS BETTER In all the chaos I noticed I was alone and I lost my friends in the chaos. ¡°DAMMNIT!!!!¡± I can¡¯t even see anyone I know, I might have outrun them or something. I looked around while trying to find my friends and saw both the kindness and evilness of human nature, strangers helping each other. A young kid who looked about 5 years old had fallen, and a man helped the kid by picking him up and carrying him. I saw an old man who was pushed down in the chaos as people stomp over him only for a lady to cover for him and helped him up. I saw drivers with their families in their car running over people trying to get away from the incoming meteor. I saw people breaking into cars with people already in it, just hoping that being in a vehicle can help them survive. I looked around and noticed I should probably start running faster or I¡¯m definitely going to die. I started sprinting as fast as I could, I ran passed so much people and never looked behind. I think I straight up sprinted for 500m. ¡°Shit dammit¡± I¡¯m starting to get tired and my heart is beating so fast it looks like it¡¯ll explode. I looked up, and saw that the giant fucking piece of rock is currently well away from my position but it looks like the trajectory of the impact when it lands might still fuck me up. I know I shouldn¡¯t be only worried about myself but in the chaos, I just couldn¡¯t get myself to be the hero. I saw people needing help but they weren¡¯t anywhere close to my position and path. I know I could probably sprint across and break my stride to help them but that would have cost me lots of time. Time that I need¡­.¡­.. I might just be saying this just to make me feel better. I¡¯ve past so much people that might have needed help, that I can¡¯t even count them anymore. I just wiped my tear swollen eyes and continued running. I felt so powerless. In all my years of working out, sports, training, studying, I¡¯ve never felt this useless, this powerless against my situation. When a fucking meteor is crashing towards earth, and you¡¯re a size of an ant compared to it, you feel so hopeless. I hope and pray that I¡¯ll be able to survive. I continued running for what seemed like hours to me as I noticed I just ran 2 km in like less than 5 minutes. Now you might be wondering how I knew it was 2 km, that¡¯s cause I past the little park where lots of kindergartener¡¯s always played in the playground there. I knew the distance I ran was roughly about 2 km or more from where I started due to the fact that this is the route I always used when running. I mean of course I¡¯ll use a route I¡¯m familiar with, I don¡¯t want to end up running into a dead end or up a fucking hill. Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings.I think I just broke my long distance record. HAHA. I still think I need to run more. I looked back and saw the meteor nearly reaching the ground. ¡°HOLY SHIT!!!!! FUCKING SPRINT YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!!¡± and I pushed my body to its upmost limits sprinting, hoping to widen the distance between me and the meteor as much as I can. If I paid more attention, I would have noticed that meteors wouldn¡¯t have taken that long to crash into the earth from the atmosphere but I couldn¡¯t help it I¡¯m nearly dying from running and definitely dehydrated. *BOOM* I heard and felt a massive shockwave as the meteor hit the ground. ¡° FUCK!!!¡± I said as I hid in an alleyway surrounded by multi-storeyed bungalows. I¡¯ve never been so scared in my life, I mean I¡¯m really bad at horror games already and this? This is just madness. The sounds, the screaming, the explosions, the deaths. My ears, my eyes, my nose, my body, its all trembling. My ears filled with ringing sounds of screams, explosions, My eyes filled with tears dripping and the horrors around me, My nose filled with the smell of blood, oil¡­¡­. death My body filled with lethargy and the trembles of the earth beneath my feet. *CRACK* I felt the ground shatter, as the after effects of the shockwave came. I saw people falling into the cracks on the ground, I saw families being torn apart by the forces of nature, I saw people dying¡­ I saw the end¡­¡­.. or that¡¯s what I thought at least for that moment. Then I felt the building I was currently taking shelter behind starting to collapse, but I had nowhere to go, nowhere to run. That was until I saw a nearby cellar which looked like a perfect place to hide. I jumped into the cellar and hoped for the best while praying to anyone that would help answer my prayers. It¡¯s so dark in this cellar, that I can¡¯t see anything. I really needed to look for something to hide under. That¡¯s when I felt something hitting my back and my body slamming to the ground where my consciousness fade. (???) Hmm, I felt a massive power being used in the realm, a power so familiar but so long ago, hidden within the depths of my memories. A power I¡¯ve nearly forgotten. I looked at where I felt the power and saw a young god there, messing around with Earth. I see, he is trying to cause chaos, using his powers to change the laws of this universe. He seems to be directing more of his attention towards this planet. Earth huh? Primitive world but their creations, technology and innovative minds are headed to the right direction. Earthlings with imaginative minds far superior to their current technology. If they were given a chance, they would have the potential to be a rising power in the galaxies of this realm. He must know that the power to change the laws will come at a price. I think I''ll like to help the little earthlings, I''ll like to see what they would do when all they know is torn asunder. I''ll tweak what he changed a little bit. There! As I grasped his laws and put my hands to work on his. He seems new to this power, I¡¯ll make the drawback a little more painful for him. That will teach him a lesson, causing countless of innocent lives. *Zueammmm* Power backlashed into the young gods face, causing a massive shockwave of cosmos energy in space. HAHA, he looks so angry, he¡¯ll probably need to slumber for a few years after this. Hmm, I¡¯ll tweak his laws a bit more, give the earthlings a fighting chance. There it is done. Back to slumber for me too, I¡¯ll like to see what this young god does when he wakes up. Hmm better record it all. Haha, maybe an earthling might surprise me too. That would give me entertainment for a couple of years. Chapter 3.1 - A chance This chapter took quite some time to write so I hope you enjoy it. I also had to keep on revising some parts of the chapter which further delayed its upload. This chapter is about 6000 words long. I¡¯m going to split this chapter into 2 so just a heads up. I might have actually had too much inspiration when writing this chapter that''s why it took even longer. Sometimes you just can''t stop or you''ll lose what you thought. Anyway thanks for reading. Chapter 3.1 ¨C A chance (Hayden) *DING* A sound appear in my head as I see this giant blue screen appearing in my face as I open my eyes.
Announcement
This is a system announcement, life forms in this planet, designated name Earth would experience tremendous pain for a period of time soon. This will allow lifeforms on Earth to be able to adapt to the changes being made to this universe. Due to the destruction of most of your planet¡¯s technologies, the system deems that all life forms on earth would receive a portion of the translated knowledge found on the internet. Please also take care of your lives as creatures and lifeforms not found in your world currently will start to emerge. This is your warning.
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You have been assigned the growth perk.
Growth Perk
This perk allows the user a growth of 2 times a normal individual detected in the system
I was overwhelmed with this knowledge, I mean I woke up in an unfamiliar place and suddenly have this floating holographic blue screen in front of my face. Is this real? I wonder if everyone is getting this same message, I¡¯m guessing there¡¯s different perks too. I try not to move in case it¡¯ll disappear or something like that. My eyes glance around the room first trying hard to look, it¡¯s still dark but at least I vaguely make out shapes in the room. I think what knocked me out was shelves or something that fell from the wall of the cellar. I better concentrate on the blue screen first before deciding what to do. The growth perk actually seems very attractive to me, I mean doesn¡¯t that mean I just have to work hard to become twice as strong as someone? Or smarter? I¡¯m actually scared to touch the holographic screen, or move for that matter as I¡¯m afraid it¡¯ll vanish before I¡¯m done reading. Hmm, I can¡¯t see any hidden meaning or clues anywhere in these messages. I mean I know for a fact now that this message talks about how monsters would appear. This is really a disturbing news, I pray that this message is lying. What do they mean by not found currently too? Does the system mean aliens? Monster aliens or like monsters that used to exist maybe from legends, dragons? I mean we don¡¯t know for sure that they didn¡¯t exist? Also dinosaurs¡¯ maybe? Then there¡¯s also this thing about receiving a portion of translated knowledge, I think this is talking about the perks? Maybe. What about the pain damnit I really don¡¯t like pain. This all feels so surreal. I wonder what would happen if I touch it. *WEUP* It disappeared like I thought, luckily I thoroughly remembered everything on the screens. *DING* [tr]
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Vitality:15
Intelligence:12Wisdom:15
Leadership:5Luck:15
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This all feels so surreal, like a game. I mean monsters, stats, perks? What are they gonna say something like you can become strong enough to be god? This¡­. This is madness¡­ I still can¡¯t believe I survived the meteor. I mean I know for certain that this is not a dream considering my clothes are still damp from all that running, also including the fact that I can currently feel the aching in my legs. ¡°What the hell?¡± what is this shit? I mean physical? elemental resistance? Would there be monsters with those elements? Damnit my head hurts so badly with all this new info to take in. ¡°ARGH!! FUCK!! WHY!!¡± I started crying, I know it¡¯s not manly but seriously I just saw countless of people died and I just can¡¯t help myself. I wonder what happen to the others, are they¡­..dead? What about my parents? My family? I know I need to be optimistic but I can¡¯t help but be worried. I take a deep breath and calm myself, obviously crying isn¡¯t going to help but at least it will keep my emotion in check for now. I check my stats carefully this time and saw that nearly all my stats are above 10, usually in games a person starts with 10 in all stats. I think I may be above average in a few stats. That¡¯s good news, it means it increases my chances of survival now. I have to test the limits and range of what this stats cause later. The system said something about monsters appearing. So I look around and my eyes had just fully adjusted to the darkness of the cellar. I can¡¯t tell how long I¡¯ve passed out, I don¡¯t even know if it¡¯s night or day. I guess I¡¯ll know when I leave the cellar. Before that, I need to get a weapon. First I try to find something like a switch, I mean cellars usually have lights right? I hope. I found something that could be a switch but the power seems to be out. Must be that darn meteor. Sigh I glance around, with my eyes widen in hopes of it helping me see better in the dark, trying to search for something that can be used as a weapon. Whoever had own the place seemed like they were using this cellar for both as a wine cellar and a storage, I see lots of equipment and junk in here. ¡°Shit!¡± I actually forgot I had my phone with me the whole time, I can use the flashlight! Maybe get a signal and call my parents. Fuck its low on battery and there¡¯s no signal. I¡¯ll worry about that later, I have to find a weapon first since I don¡¯t know if monsters are out there now. So, I went around the room and brought a few things back with me to the floor where I laid a moment ago. A hammer, a baseball bat, a saw, a shear, and a machete is all I found. I¡¯m actually surprised that this cellar had this much equipment. Must be my luck playing a role huh? Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. Trying to decide a weapon now is hard, I mean I thought I would only be able to find 1 or 2 objects that could be used as a weapon but this is plentiful. I mean a hammer would probably be good for damaging but so is a baseball bat, and the baseball bat had a greater range. I¡¯m actually not even going to take the saw and the shear but if I did some handywork and them they might actually turn out to be good weapons? Lastly for the machete, I think this has to be one of the best weapons I can use now but it¡¯s rusty. How bad I don¡¯t know and my phone flashlight is sort of weak in here. Damn its gonna run out of battery soon so I turn it off. *Ding* ¡°FUCK!!! Holy shit that scared me¡± as I saw that blue screen appear in front of my face all of a sudden. [tr]
Announcement
Changes would be apply now. This is your only warning
Shit the pains going to come, I hurriedly sat on the ground in a lotus position while trying to meditate in hopes that it help lessen the pain that is to come. *BIZZZZ* I felt waves of wind surrounded my body as a sharp pain runs all over me. ¡°ARGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!¡± This pain is so mortifying. I feel my bones breaking, my body creaking, I feel like insects are running under my skin, moving my organs and tissue about. In conclusion, I feel terrible . ¡°FUCK!!!!!!¡± I don¡¯t even understand how I¡¯m still conscious. I want to pass out so much right now! ¡°LET!!! ME!!!! PASS!!! OUT!!!!!!!! FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!¡± It felt like my blood was boiling and turning to magma, my ear drums felt as if it was constantly popping, my eyes their so itchy and burning 100 times more worse than when shampoo enters your eyes. I felt like I was being stabbed in the heart like once every second. It was a pulsating kind of pain. Torture¡­.pure torture. This pain continued on for what felt like hours to me. The previous situation seem nothing when compared to this pain. FUCK. *DING* And the pains gone ¡°ha¡­..ha¡­¡­..ha¡­¡­¡­¡± I¡¯m out of breath, gasping for air. OHH That ding sound it brings joys to my ears and also suffering if you considered the pain wrenching moment which happen a while ago. [tr]
Announcement
Survivors changes to the body has been made, stats previously seen are now in effect. Good luck survivors.
Holy shit what an experience, no wonder I felt the stats was weird. I mean for the strength stat, I know I shouldn¡¯t be above average strength. I go to the gym and see guys my age lifting twice as much as I can. Maybe for my size I¡¯m above average but for the entirely of humanity? No way. I actually feel much stronger now, faster. My vision feels clearer, my sense of smell, hearing all seems better. Maybe it¡¯s just my mind playing tricks on me. I mean I just came out of a hell like experience. *DING* [tr]
You are one of the few survivors that managed to stay awake throughout the entire process of the change. You will be rewarded an upgrade in your perk and a bonus stat points
Growth perk has been upgraded to 3 times the growth of a normal individual detected in the system
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5 bonus stat points awarded
Growth perk detected
Total bonus stat points awarded 15
¡°holy shit¡± what a cheat perk, I¡¯m actually hoping I¡¯ll be overpowered. Haha this perk, I love it. But this makes me wonder would the system consider this overpowered? Or do we survivors really need this much help. I mean obviously I¡¯m not the only one in the world to get a huge benefit from this right? That¡¯s when my eyes started glancing around the cellar which was when I noticed that I can actually nearly see in the dark. It¡¯s still a little hard but definitely better than with my phone. Was that due to the change? Or is it due to my slightly superior vitality? Holy shit! That machete is full of rust¡­. I don¡¯t know how much that would affect the weapon but I think it should still suffice as a good weapon for now. *GROWL* In case, you¡¯re wondering what that sound is, that¡¯s my stomach. I¡¯ve been so caught up with everything that I basically forgotten my basic needs. I¡¯m still thirsty from all that running and now I got hunger to deal with. I wonder if there¡¯s anything I can drink in here¡­¡­.annnnnd there¡¯s nothing, I mean there¡¯s wine but I don¡¯t think that would be a wise choice right now. There¡¯s also this red flashing I keep seeing right now on the side. *DING* [tr]
You are suffering from hunger and thirst. Stamina will not regen.
DAMN that¡¯s not good, I have to find food and water fast. Also does the system count this as 2 separate ailments? What would happen after hunger and thirst? Would there be a max stamina decrease or like a constant decrease in stamina? I hope I would never have to find out. Gotta go out and find some food I guess. Now I think I time, I chose which weapon to bring along. Hmmm, I think I¡¯m more inclined to bringing more than one weapon along 2 the least. It¡¯s just the problem is that I need to carry them and having too much weapons with me would be detrimental. I could probably take the baseball bat and the machete. I¡¯m not exactly worried I can¡¯t carry them since I found both of them next to a duffel bag that I can use. I should probably consider using this cellar as a hideout solely because I think this is a good spot. It¡¯s sort of hidden. I mean when I was looking for a place to take cover from up there, I only noticed this cellar because the metal handle of the cellar had reflected light into my eyes at that moment. The cellar door is inconspicuous because it was painted brown which was about the same colour of the ground. It will suffice for now. Okay time to move out. I climbed out of the cellar and all I see is destruction, mass destruction for that matter. My surroundings look like something out of a post-apocalyptic game/movie/tvseries. ¡°Damn, this is just sick...¡± I see bodies here and there, there¡¯s this guy who¡¯s body has been split into 2 across the road, there¡¯s bodies crushed under houses. Isn''t this the moment where a protagonist in movies/animes or something like that would feel their stomach rumbling and soon vomit their guts out? For me however¡­¡­ I feel nothing. Just disgust but that¡¯s it¡­.. I¡¯m not sure if it had anything to do with the change or am I always this heartless? I mean to understand my train of thought, you have to know that I¡¯ve known people who were close to me, that died and I felt nothing¡­¡­ No tears, no depressed state just maybe slight emptiness¡­. Maybe you would be wondering why I¡¯m having this thought since I was just in tears a moment ago. I actually think the reason why I cried was because I was just terrified, terrified of being alone. Alone in this world. With monsters? I ignore that thought and check my surroundings for houses that still look stable and possibly won¡¯t crush me by suddenly crumbling. I also noticed that everything is so quiet. There¡¯s no birds, insect, anything. It¡¯s sort of like a ghost town. This is weird but I should hurry get the food and water and just return to the cellar. The first house I chose was a nice looking yellow painted double story bang-low. This house is in pretty good condition still and it¡¯s just across the road from the cellar. I don¡¯t know if the owners of this place is still alive so I knocked the door out of respect, possibly etiquette, and all I got was silence. I guess either the owner¡¯s left or their dead. So I ransacked the place and empty it of everything, food, water bottles, and clothes. My bag got so full I don¡¯t think I can fit anything in it anymore. I also check if the water was still working and filled a couple of empty bottles I found. Okay now that I have everything packed, I can¡¯t wait any longer .I quickly proceed to have a light meal too relieve my hunger and thirst. Raw eggs, ham and good old milk, yummy. Anyway the first floor of the house was just like every other usual house, guest room, living room, sitting room, kitchen, laundry. The second floor was where all the bedrooms and toilets were. I might as well use the toilet and the shower quickly cause I think I won¡¯t have a chance when the water runs out. I don¡¯t want to waste too much water so I did a quick one and while I was still naked and dripping wet I heard something. I shut the water and focus my hearing more. I hear something rustling in the hallway outside. Fuck. Chapter 3.2 Chapter 3.2 (Hayden) Now in my mind I¡¯m thinking there are only 2 things that could be making that sound, it¡¯s either a good¡­ well slightly better option, like maybe the owners return or some stray animal and so on¡­¡­.or a slightly less desirable option Monsters I can¡¯t ask for a better moment for a situation like this, I mean I just ended my shower, now I¡¯m dripping wet, butt naked, either waiting to stumble into the owners of this place which would be very awkward for me or run into some unsuspecting monster¡­..butt naked. Did I mention butt naked twice? Yea that¡¯s how uncomfortable I am with this situation. Fuck me, just my luck. It¡¯s a good thing I didn¡¯t leave my duffel bag outside huh, I don¡¯t know if I have time to put on my underwear but I seriously have to be quiet. So I take my machete? Is it considered mine? Cause I think if the owners of the cellar are still alive, I just straight up stole their shit. Which is completely irrelevant at this moment considering I have to check out what that sound is. Anyway I wipe myself as dry as I can with a towel, put on my underwear as quietly as I can while holding my machete in hand, open the bathroom door and as I said before quietly peek out. Okay I don¡¯t see anything¡­. but I hear voices? What is that latin? The voices I hear are really high pitch, the kind that¡¯s sort of annoying to hear. There also sounds like there more than one voice, like a couple. 3? 4? Are they the owners? Or some other survivors? Or¡­.. Fuck. Lets face it there¡¯s no way anywhere in the world you¡¯ll find 3-4 voices all high pitch talking latin in modern day Australia. Still need convincing? Fine they all sound the same with maybe a slight variance in pitch but still all the same high pitch grotesque voice which, (I really really really wish I¡¯m wrong) leads me to believe that they probably aren¡¯t human¡­.. Not that I¡¯m saying that any human can¡¯t sound like that, but then that doesn¡¯t explain this flapping wind sound I keep hearing too. Anyway I creep up closely where I hear the voices coming from, and luckily it¡¯s from the library room in a corner near the stairs. Lucky? Why? Well because they can¡¯t see me coming that¡¯s why. The entrance to the room is facing an empty wall and I can creep up right next to the entrance without them noticing me. I peep in to the room and I returned as quickly as I had just looked¡­. If anyone saw me do that, they¡¯ll probably says something like ¡° Oh Hayden you didn¡¯t even look, I bet you just put your head out and back as quickly as you can.¡± I assure you I saw everything I could, I can even tell you their exact figures, their outfits, what was in the room and so on... Okay I¡¯m kidding but seriously I could actually get enough out of that quick little peek I did. I presume it was the stats that helped. So let me explain what I just saw. The room the monsters..., I know for sure now, are currently playing with books, throwing them around, tearing out pages while laughing in a very irritating voice. Basically making a racket. They are red in colour with tiny horns on their head, are small little things about 3-4 foot tall, with ridiculously small wings which allows them to fly in air. I know now that these monsters might be something from the bible, no? Imps? Hell¡¯s servants? I don¡¯t know but aren¡¯t they usually in some of the fantasy/rpg games? Sigh, I know for sure that I can¡¯t face them alone, they are like 5 imps in that room. I can also assure you that I cant. How you ask????? Because of this ??? LV ??? Which is right above their heads. And if I¡¯m not mistaken about this, I¡¯m in deep shit. Usually in games isn¡¯t a monster whose names and level you can¡¯t see a dangerous monster that is way higher than your level and you should probably like run away as fast as you can? Sigh I don¡¯t know how much their levels differ from me considering that I¡¯m not even level 1 yet but (and I don¡¯t believe I¡¯m going to say this) I can¡¯t take the chance to just run back and hide in my cellar. I mean there¡¯s countless of monsters, going to appear and I think these guys are just the beginning. They might be easy¡­. I hope. First this is first, I have to find a way to separate a few and also if possible take them out quietly. This is going to be difficult but I think I have an idea, so I went back to the bathroom still in my underwear and got my duffel bag with me. Not before putting on some pants and shirt. I then left the bathroom right into the hallway, creep back near where the stairs was but head to the room opposite the corridor where the imps are at. So the room I¡¯m in now is what I presume is the master bedroom, and before when I was looking through the place I thought it would be a good idea to check their drawers. I mean don¡¯t you watch tv¡¯s and all how usually people put guns in their master bedroom? Though that¡¯s in America while I¡¯m in Australia. I don¡¯t even know what the exact gun law they have here too. I just always presume having a gun here is illegal. Sigh who knew that knowing whether you can own a gun is so important in this situation. Anyway that¡¯s besides the point, while I was looking for a gun, I stumbled upon keys¡­ which I presume is the keys to the house and doors. So I quickly took the keys and search for the one that is likely the key for the rooms where the imps are in and this one. I know right? I don¡¯t know why this house uses keys for locks. My plan is basically, luring the imps or maybe just one with the laser pointer (I found in one of the rooms), yeah I know I hope they act like most animals especially cats, and bring them over here in this room where a bag of open chips are right in front of them. Yes a bag of chips which I took from the kitchen so that I can indulge later to some goodness. What? Don¡¯t judge. I couldn¡¯t help myself. I can then proceed to lock the door to the room and either beat the shit out of 1 or 2 imps, or run out of the room if there are more than 2 imps all while being stealthy assassin creed style. My other plan was basically the same thing only thing I lock the library room with the key leaving just a few or 1 imps outside with me where I can proceed to either kill or be killed. I¡¯m more inclined to the first plan. So I went to set my trap up. Closing the door slightly as to not let any sound out when opening the bag of chips and proceed to lay them on the bed, spread them out nicely, making it look like a luxurious meal waiting for a terrifying monster to ravage upon. Alright boys and girls. Time to execute plan ¡®luring imp with a laser pointer so that I can kill it while it is distracted by chips plan¡¯. Of course not before setting up the baseball bat next to the door just in case I need an extra weapon. This might take a while, as I point the laser pointer at the wall opposite of the room the imps are in. A minute has passed and my first victim, a larger looking snot nose imp comes flying following the laser. I¡¯m surprise none of the other imps are even bothered to follow him. I don¡¯t know if it is pure luck or coincidence but this imp is the largest among the imps in the room, about 4 feet tall. I guess its luck that I get to take out the big one first. So while it¡¯s coming closer to where I¡¯m at, I¡¯m trembling, either because I¡¯m terrified or I¡¯m excited¡­I can¡¯t tell. I quickly proceed to hide in the corner of the room while pointing the laser pointer to the floor of the room. The fat imp proceeds to fly into the room where it looks at the laser pointer for a while until I switch it off and it discovers something else. The bag of chips served like a platter in front of him. He rushes to eat the chips, and proceeds to shove it all down his mouths. It looks absolutely disgusting with its slob running down its face and onto the bed. I hold in my disgust and fear while proceeding to lock the door. I¡¯m lucky that he is so loud that he doesn¡¯t even notice the door closing. I gather my courage and steel myself before creeping up behind the imp which is currently kneeling down and ravishing that bag of chips. I hold my breath while raising my machete above my head with both hands on the blade and then I brought it down with as much force and skill I could muster. There shouldn¡¯t be a lack of skill when striking someone or something with an intention to hurt. I landed a blow right on the head of the imp and the machete proceeded to slice all the way through into the skull. The imp just stopped what it was doing. I don¡¯t know if I killed it, I mean something¡¯s wrong, it¡¯s way too quiet. I slowly back up as I left that machete that¡¯s embedded way too deep in its head and reached for that baseball bat I left beside the door. Once I successfully made it back to my backup weapon the imp started to move. It stood up and turn behind real slowly. This is starting to freak me out a little, it seems like one of those horror films where a killer or the ghost just turns slowly around before they seemingly appear infront of the screen. You know like a jumpscare. And boy am I bad with those¡­ but for some reason my instincts are screaming at me now that something like that is about to happen. So I did a spin dodge while lowering my body and swinging my baseball bat in what could be called a swinging spin hitting motion. Aaand looks like I was right I slammed the imp right in the neck which caused it to flip in the air before falling on to the ground. I¡¯m sort of exited at this moment I mean I just hammered a demon like a straight up boss. But of course I don¡¯t let my guard down. Though just as I thought that, the imp suddenly just pounces right at me. GAWDD that face is messed upped!!! It¡¯s already ugly before now it¡¯s like someone tried their hardest to make it look like the ugliest thing on the earth. I try my best to dodge roll but this time lucks not on my side as he clips my shoulder and I felt utter pain¡­ ¡°UFFF¡± I flew across the room and slammed into the wall. Damn that hurt, my shoulder looks torn and destroyed or that¡¯s what it looks like to me now. I can¡¯t really tell it¡¯s sooo bloody. I¡¯m actually wondering why it didn¡¯t hurt as much as I thought it would. I can still move my hands. I think this could be the fact that I¡¯m either filled with adrenaline at the moment or the change was much more agonizing that I developed a superhuman pain tolerance. Anyway I quickly get up on my feet and procced to engage that suddenly very quiet, messed upped face, fat imp. I did a full swing which is where I predict the imp would be as he pounced and*plong* there goes the imp again. Haha I¡¯m having fun right now. (and I swing my bat again and *plong*) I¡¯m not sure if all imps are like this one but from what I can see, *plong* they are stuuuupid, fast, and pretty strong but sttuuupid. I mean *plong* it keeps pouncing at me from the front and doesn¡¯t change even *plong* if I constantly hit it across the room. It¡¯s easier to hit it now that I got the rhythm going, *plong* you know it¡¯s all in the rhythm, but boy does this*plong* imp sure that hits, I keep *plong* hitting him and it still doesn¡¯t *plong* die. It even has a fucking machete in its head¡­ could that be why it¡¯s even more stupid? *plong*. Anyway before I gets up again since I¡¯m starting to get tired I rushed to it with okuri ashi, a kendo footwork, (just a habit since I just went for kendo recently and since well the situation currently is like sparring, only much more dangerous) before I proceed to do a strike on its head. This proceeds to push the machete further into the poor guy¡¯s head which ultimately makes it collapse on the floor, dead¡­ I hope. Also I didn¡¯t mention it but this guy for some reason isn¡¯t bleeding and I don¡¯t know if that¡¯s normal or not. Anyway I proceed to hit him a few more times on the head and body for good measure. By the way the other imps heard us fighting when I slammed into the wall, they¡¯re outside the door screeching, banging and what seems to be scratching the door. I then went to retrieve my machete from the dead imp when all of sudden something lashed out at me which broke a few of my ribs, tossing me right across the room. ¡°ARGGG¡± FUCK now that hurt¡­ I presume what hit me was its tail which I actually didn¡¯t notice until now. Sigh gotta be more alert. ¡°hah¡­.. haah¡± I¡¯m so out of breath and that thing it¡¯s still alive? I try my best to stand up and If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. ¡°GAHH... UPPP¡± While I¡¯m doing that I noticed the flashing red light at the corner of my vision again. Is that an indicator by the system that I¡¯m fucked? Like ultraman? I¡¯m still holding both my weapons by the way, my baseball bat and the machete. The imp slowly stood up too, he looked as battered as me, maybe worst haha, this gives me hope that there¡¯s still room for survival. The imp slowly starts its charge again this time though it¡¯s considerably slower. It rushes straight for me like before but this time I don¡¯t just bat it aside I proceed to do a kendo counter attack where I step diagonally to the left and strike at the imps head. I hold out my baseball bat slightly outwards at the side of my body while swinging my other hand with the machete at the imps head. The result is as expected, maybe a little too well, I managed to chop off the imps head and also block its tail strike with the baseball bat but that also broke the bat which caused the flying half of the bat to slam into my face. ¡°UFF¡± damn that was embarrassing. But who knew technique and stances actually helped so much. I mean I totally meant to hold out the baseball bat that way. ¡°HAHAHAHHAHA¡­.HAHA¡­HAAAA¡± It was pure instinct, I swear. Anyway this time I thoroughly beat the shit out of the imp¡¯s seemingly dead body but Before I could actually do that I realize that blood is starting to flow out of the imp. *DING* I heard a familiar sound and I¡¯m hoping it is what I think it is. I look at the edge of my vision which brings up the notifications.
You are bleeding.
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You are critically wounded
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You¡¯ve killed Elite Imp
+5 levels
You are the second person to kill a monster. You have been awarded the title ¡®The Second¡¯
You have killed a monster without adding any stats even though you have unused stats from the time of the change. You are awarded the title ¡®Fighter¡¯
You have killed a monster at level 0. You are awarded the title ¡®Survivor¡¯
You have unlocked the achievement ¡®Levels Don¡¯t Matter¡¯
Holy shit all this notifications, I¡¯m glad they didn¡¯t pop up during the fight, I mean that would have been just ridiculous. I look through and noticed something that made me face palm immediately. Oh shit¡­ I didn¡¯t even add the bonus stats. I totally forgot about it. Damn. Sigh nevermind, what¡¯s done is done I¡¯ll add it later after I¡¯m done reading through all these. [tr]
Title ¡®The Second¡¯
You are not the first however don¡¯t be too discourage, the second would always try harder than the first. This title gives you a bonus 1 stat point per level up
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Title ¡®Fighter¡¯
You are a fighter first before a survivor. You learn fighting skills quicker and have a fighter¡¯s instinct
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Title ¡®Survivor¡¯
You are one of the few who can survive when you need too. This title increases your physical and elemental resistance by 1%
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Achievement ¡®Levels Don¡¯t Matter¡¯
You have defeated a monster way above your level. Monsters that are 10 levels higher than you will receive a debuff allowing you to damage them with a reduction of 10% of their defence and resistance
Holy shit aren¡¯t I getting op? My gawd, all these titles/achievements are constantly in effect? Doesn¡¯t that mean the key to survival is getting more achievements? This¡­.this future is beginning to seem better. [tr]
Your growth perk is in effect. You have been awarded 2 strength point, 2 vitality point, 1 wisdom point and 1 agility point
¡°FUCK YES!¡±Growth perk I love you!!! Now how do I get my status page up? *Ding* [tr][tr]
Status Window
Name:HaydenAlignment:Neutral
Level:5Class:-
Race:HumanGender:Male
Titles
The Second, Fighter, Survivor
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Health:32 / 170Health Regen:0.017 / Sec
Mana:120 / 120Mana Regen:0.15 / Sec
Stamina:30 / 170Stamina Regen:0.017 / Sec
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Strenght:13Agility:19
Vitality:17
Intelligence:12Wisdom:16
Leadership:5Luck:15
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Physical Resistances1%
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Elemental Resistances
Fire:1%Water:1%
Wind:1%Earth:1%
Light:1%Darkness:1%
Unused stat points60
Alright!!!! Yeahhhhh that means I just gotta think it and it¡¯ll appear. It¡¯s the same for titles and achievement. So from that I can gather the system works via mental commands, I just have to consciously think about what I want to see and it¡¯ll appear, then I just have to swipe it to dismiss it. So I have 60 unused stat points. Now that¡¯s a lot I think it¡¯s because of the growth perk. So if I factor out all the bonuses I have which plays a role in stat points, I should have received 2 points per level but now I get 9 per level because (2+1(which I got from the ¡®The second¡¯)x 3(my growth perk). This growth perk is cheat haha. Anyway I think it¡¯s time I patch up my wounds and try not to bleed out right now. Sigh my health is pretty low now and it¡¯s decreasing by the minute by 1 hp so I think that¡¯s due to the bleeding. Funny I don¡¯t actually feel like I¡¯m dying. This could be extremely dangerous in the future because you can¡¯t actually feel like you¡¯re dying until your health reaches 0. I proceed to grab one of the clothes from the cupboard and make a very primitive looking bandage out of it. I wonder if it¡¯ll get infected. Sigh. I probably can find alcohol in this house somewhere, and if not I can get some in the cellar. Wow the bleeding stopped. Is this magic? ¡°What sorcery is this? I say in a shocked and slightly mocking voice. Okay, you probably wouldn¡¯t understand that because that was an inside joke, one of my friends use to say that when someone does something impressive and it sort of rubbed in on me too. All jokes aside, my wounds actually stop bleeding. I check my health on the status sheet and it looks like my health is slowly rising. What I mean by that is that it is very slowly rising as in 1 hp per min. I wonder if eating can speed it up. I went to take my duffel bag and sat next to the noisy door (well away from that dead imp) while proceeding to take out a few chocolate bar, you know way further from that dead imp. ¡°Ooooo, well what do you know¡± Turns out that chocolate bars gives 100% increase in health regen as well as stamina regen. By the time I¡¯m was done with a few bars, I had full health and stamina. I actually feel like I just went through a refreshing sleep and feel incredibly healthy. I mean my wounds closed themselves and my ribs where placed back where they belong as my health got fuller. Righty now that I¡¯m aaa okay, I can get on with killing the other imps or should I??? I mean there¡¯s no rush right because frankly I¡¯m a little afraid of fighting the imps currently. I mean what if all of them are the same as the one I fought? Doesn¡¯t that mean I¡¯ll probably have no chance of survival? Though the one I fought was significantly larger so it could be this one was a special one or an elite maybe? I don¡¯t know yet, I have to observe the imps more. I¡¯m also wondering why the imps can¡¯t break through the door, is it because they don¡¯t have the strength to do it??? This prompt me to look at the door¡­. And I noticed that the door is sort of like a high quality wooden type door, the type that people usually use as their front door. Holy shit¡­¡­ I could have actually died if it wasn¡¯t for this door. The imps could have gotten in and kill me. Since they can¡¯t seem to be able to come in the room, I should probably add my stats now¡­¡­ I just thought of something risky though, what if I don¡¯t add my bonus stat? Would that get me another achievement or title? I really really want to know because then I can abuse the system no? Isn¡¯t it perfect for someone like me though especially since I have the growth stat? I can try to improve my stats in this room for a while and see if it works, then I can proceed to kill the imps when I¡¯m confident enough. Authors note So I¡¯m still needing to write the next chapter but part of it¡¯s already done. The problem is that I can only write at night when everyone is sleeping and I think writing till 5 in the morning is unhealthy. So I¡¯ll see what I can do. Chapters would probably come out slow. Anyway thanks for reading. Chapter 4 – Testing? Chapter 4 ¨C Testing? (Hayden) I decide that trying to gain some stats now is pretty good idea, considering it¡¯s a nice room with lots of sunlight coming in, though the only downside is that there is a dead body there. I mean I have lots of food, water and there¡¯s also a toilet here so I basically don¡¯t have to leave for a while. So I start working out, going through my usual no gym, no equipment routine. Well I upped it my routine a little. 50 push ups, 30 sec rest, 15 jumping push ups, 30 sec rest, 15 wide push ups, rest, 15 close grip push up, lastly 10 burpees and that¡¯s a set. Obviously I did more sets once I realized I could go for more. I did at least 5 sets before running out of breath and what do you know, the red light is flashing. I look at the edge of my vision and I hear *Ding*
You have almost run out of stamina
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You have gain 3 strength, 2 agility and 1 vitality
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Status Window
Name:HaydenAlignment:Neutral
Level:5Class:-
Race:HumanGender:Male
Titles
The Second, Fighter, Survivor
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Health:180 / 180Health Regen:0.018 / Sec
Mana:120 / 120Mana Regen:0.16 / Sec
Stamina:25 / 180Stamina Regen:0.018 / Sec
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Strenght:16Agility:21
Vitality:18
Intelligence:12Wisdom:16
Leadership:5Luck:15
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Physical Resistances1%
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Elemental Resistances
Fire:1%Water:1%
Wind:1%Earth:1%
Light:1%Darkness:1%
Unused stat points60
¡°yes¡­hah¡­hah..¡±I said that in a tired voice, trying to steady my breath. The system really changed our bodies to totally incorporate the system. What I mean by that is the measurement of the system, one moment you¡¯re full of strength and stamina but once it hits like critical levels, you¡¯re nearly dying. This is dangerous but lifesaving at the same time. I also couldn¡¯t help but notice that vitality increases both health and stamina as well as the regens of both. It also seems like the system also incorporates some sort of immediate health and stamina when you upgrade the stat. What I mean by that is, I now have 25 stamina out of 180 which means, and I guess, that I had 15 stamina after I had done the exercise. This means that adding vitality immediately gives you 10 health and stamina. Since vitality is also full this proves it. I also felt an immediate relief, like it was easier to breath after the stats notification pop up. Like an instant stamina booster. I felt a lot stronger and faster than before and it was an instantaneous effect after the notification pop up. With this I can conclude that, stats only show an effect after you look at the notification not when you hear it ding. I¡¯m not sure what the exact amount 1 stat point in strength and agility gives since I have no way to measure it. However, I don¡¯t actually need an exact amount, do I? I mean regardless of how much a single stat point does in strength and agility, it just makes me stronger, does it improve anything else, yes maybe but I¡¯m already going to be improving it so it doesn¡¯t really matter. The same is for intelligence and wisdom. From what I can see, intelligence improves your intelligence (I mean isn¡¯t it obvious?) and it also increases your max mana pool. In accordance to that, wisdom makes you wise and also increase your mana regen by about 0.01 per stat in it. That is superb regen when compared to my health and stamina regen. I think sometime later when I train, during my rest phase I can probably read like books, hopefully it¡¯ll help increase my mental facilities. Oh dear. I think I might have forgotten something that might be crucial to my survival. Usually in games, when you kill mobs, don¡¯t they drop loot? Well while I was eating to get my stamina up, something (and it¡¯s incredible that this happened twice already), flash in my eye. I could have sworn it was from the dead imp¡¯s corpse. So I went over to see what it was and boy what a surprise. Loot! I can¡¯t believe it, 2 lucky things happened in a row because of a glare, first the cellar and now this loot? Luck much? I have to be more careful I mean I don¡¯t think it¡¯s possible I¡¯ll receive this sunlight glare luck more than twice. Damn I can¡¯t believe I made a fatal gamer mistake. I mean I totally meant to forget it¡­. so that I could have a big surprise later. Yes. Yes! A big surprise and what a big surprise this is for me! ¡­....... Don¡¯t tell anyone. Please What I found was a ring, and a book. It was sort of placed on the imps body, I don¡¯t think I noticed it before because of all the blood and stuff (also because I was avoiding the body as much as I can). Or could it be it just appeared? Like after a few seconds? Does it also only appear on the body? Or can it appear anywhere near the body since the body doesn¡¯t look like it¡¯s going to disappear? I have to check this out later. The ring looks actually really shiny, like a metal ring but it has inscription around it, sort of like the ¡®One Ring¡¯ from Lord of the Rings¡¯, only the words look sort of mesmerising and when I look closer at it I noticed that the words are actually moving. I wonder what it is? Shouldn¡¯t the system be able to tell me this? Like an identify skill or something like in games? Identify? ¡°Identify¡± ¡°Identify this item¡± ¡°Identify this ring?¡± Help? Guide? Then I noticed a flashing yellow on the edge of my vision, this time it¡¯s on the right top instead of the usual red flashing on the left top. *Ding* [tr]
Noir Ring
This ring is inscribe with the ??????? ???? which gives it the power to open an interdimensional space. This ring cannot be destroyed
Holy shit. Interdimensional space? With just this ring? Isn¡¯t it like those interspatial rings I read in those xianxia novels? How do I use it though? I ponder a little while more, while examining every inch of the ring before putting it on the index finger of my left hand. Then it happened, a sudden wave of heat travelled from my finger straight through my body to my head. It felt powerful, like and energy flowing in my veins, all the way to my head. I feel normal though nothing changed. Nothing changed except that I now have knowledge pertaining to how to operate this ring, as well as its interdimensional portal parameters. It is really intriguing, I mean regardless of how magical or amazing the system, blue screen, monsters and so on, this was different, this felt very different. I don¡¯t know how to explain it, it¡¯s just something at the back of my mind, it¡¯s as if a new gate of knowledge which had been shut tightly has just been loosen, not so much that I can open it but close¡­.. almost within my grasps. Anyway, since I can¡¯t grasp it, I will try again another time. There¡¯s another item I¡¯m thoroughly interested, and I can¡¯t help but wonder if it¡¯s what I think it is. I pick up the mysterious looking book which has a logo of a skull with blood pouring out of its orifice in the middle of it. *Ding* [tr]
Blood Control Skill Book
This book has the knowledge of the demon art ¡®blood control¡¯
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Do you wish to learn it?
¡°Why, yes I would. Don¡¯t mind if I do¡± [tr]
You have learned Blood Control
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Blood Control Level 1
You don¡¯t bleed unless you want too.
Holy shit, this was the skill the imp used. He was probably controlling his blood that¡¯s why he didn¡¯t bleed, but he was so stupid, could it be he used it on instinct and was actually brain dead already from my chop? That would explain why it just kept getting up and pouncing at me. But seriously this skill is cheat and it¡¯s only lv 1. Doesn¡¯t this means skill can evolve? Or at least this one can. Hahaha this means I won¡¯t ever bleed this can prove real useful. I mean think about it, bleeding is a real common way to die, if let¡¯s say my stomach gets cut open, I¡¯ll probably die by bleeding. But now it¡¯s different I won¡¯t ever bleed. In this world, this skill can definitely give me an edge. Oh right, I haven¡¯t look into a mirror since the change. I went into the toilet here, oh and if you ask why I didn¡¯t shower in this bathroom? It¡¯s because it was too small, I prefer a big bathrooms. Yes I¡¯m spoilt. And oh boy what a surprise. I grew like taller, I think, I hope. I mean last time I check my height I¡¯m around 150, I really hope I¡¯m 155 now. In the mirror I see a boy, yes you heard me, a boy (I don¡¯t look like a man, sigh even though I¡¯m nearly 23) with dark black hair, face sharper looking than before, still look like a teenager though, not a typical chinese face, piercing eyes ( I heard I look scary when I¡¯m angry, yes I look like a scary short man/boy), slightly thick eyebrows, normal black coloured looking eyes? I¡¯m not sure how do you describe my eyes, definitely not squinty and also I definitely do not have the stereotypical Chinese face that people seem to think that all Chinese have (or is that what only I think¡­. Forget about it, no stereotypes). Right enough about my face, what about my body? Holy shit, I have an eight pack. I mean I used to have 4 packs but 8? That¡¯s wolf boy level. And my arms, they¡¯re huge, well at least to me. It grew like maybe two inches? Anyway, I look buff but it doesn¡¯t look too weird on my body. My build right now looks like someone who has real explosive power. I also think this is mostly due to the change and not the stats. I mean the stats did improve it a little but not much I think. I can check when I start increasing my stats more. Anyway, I continued my training for a few hours, before deciding it¡¯s probably time for me to leave. Oh yeah and before I leave, I take another look at my beautiful body. Admiring it. Haha crap I¡¯m getting super vain. Before I forget to mention, the imps stopped knocking at the door about an hour or 2 ago. I didn¡¯t bother, they probably can¡¯t touch me now. Okay, I know I sound cocky but seriously I used to spar with people lots of times, both in kendo and my hand to hand combat training. I know that probably won¡¯t help much with monsters but sometimes I feel you have to be a little confident in yourself. Maybe I¡¯m a little too confident right now but wait till you see my stats. [tr]
Status Window
Name:HaydenAlignment:Neutral
Level:5Class:-
Race:HumanGender:Male
Titles
The Second, Fighter, Survivor
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Health:220 / 220Health Regen:0.022 / Sec
Mana:120 / 120Mana Regen:0.16 / Sec
Stamina:220 / 220Stamina Regen:0.022 / Sec
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Strenght:26Agility:32
Vitality:22
Intelligence:12Wisdom:16
Leadership:5Luck:15
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Physical Resistances1%
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Elemental Resistances
Fire:1%Water:1%
Wind:1%Earth:1%
Light:1%Darkness:1%
Unused stat points60
Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. I opened the door.... and well what do you know, no imps. So I slowly while being alert walk out of the house. By the way, I sort of have a few chocolate bars in my pocket now, just in case you know? I stroll out of the house like I own the world and what I see outside shocked me. 20 plus imps all staring at me, growling and speaking that weird latin language I heard before. So I didn¡¯t lose my cool, I slowly dropped my duffle bag at the front of the door and still continued walking as if I owned the place. I¡¯m holding the machete by the way and the broken baseball bat. Fuck I knew it. 20 damn this is going to be tough. I thought it¡¯ll only be a couple. I¡¯ll just see if I can get through this. So I continued walking while slowly adjusting my grip to the most optimal position for fighting. As I walk, I carefully observe the imps with my eyes, looking for the strongest while coming up with plans. It seems being an elite imp means being the boss because I don¡¯t actually see any elites among these guys. These guys look all the same, weaker but they look equally as fast as the one before, they look lighter and look like they can maneuverer a little more easily than dead imp. I also still can¡¯t see their levels yet. How much higher are their levels from me? Before I move on, I must tell you the stats I got will play a major role in my ability to fight now. I tested dual wielding both the machete and the broken bat before and the results were miraculous. I could now use the weapons as though I was using 2 hands, when in reality I¡¯m using only one hand. This means effectively my strength and speed has both doubled, well a rough estimation at least. As I got closer, the imps seem restless but they do not move. I stopped moving once they were under my range of attack. I looked at them while they looked at me. We both didn¡¯t move for like 5 seconds which I felt like was way longer. And then I struck. I immediately stab both the broken bat and the machete into 2 imps that were right in front of me. They immediately died. How I know that? Blood had spluttered out from them immediately. I pulled out my machete which immediately caused a massive pool of blood shooting out from the imp¡¯s head like water fountain, and procced to slash at the imp to the right of the 2 I just killed. I left the bat in there because right now it¡¯ll do more harm than good especially since it¡¯s broken. Why? Because I ain¡¯t ambidextrous, I tried to train my left hand so it¡¯ll be as good as my right before but it didn¡¯t work, it could be because I injured it when I was training young or I was born like this. I did a slash at the throat and another slash to the eyes, both cut deeply into the imp. The only skill/technique I used here was how I held my machete, the way I kept my back straight and the relax posture I was using, the rest was all instinct. Before the imps could react I was already on my 4th victim, the imp on the left, I did okuri ashi with a far faster pace than I could before and a kendo leap at the end followed by a trust with my machete at the eyes of the 4th imp. My machete easily went through the imp¡¯s eyes and then the head, as if I was stabbing through a seriously soft butter with an extremely hot knife. I was actually really surprise I could cut and stab through them so easily however I knew better than becoming overconfident, so I shall stick to my plan. After stabbing the 4th imp I kicked that imp with a front leg kick which sent that imp flying until it slammed into the other imps. At which point I¡¯ve already retreated backwards with okuri ashi, just until I passed the front door. It was here I¡¯m thinking of making a stand. Now that the imps are down to only 14, I hope I¡¯ll be able to deal with them, especially with the door way interfering with them. Some of the imps had gotten over the shock earlier and had chased after me while I was retreating. They were at the door when I had fully retreated into the house which ultimately led to their deaths as I did cuts to their heads the moment they passed the door way. So from this moment on I¡¯ve gotten rid of 7 imps. Now they are all alert and angry, all of them started rushing towards me. Got damn I don¡¯t think I¡¯ll come out unscratched from this one. They look utter terrifying, coming at you at speeds faster than a human can run. I however managed to keep my wits calm and my body alert. As soon as one passes through the doorway, I¡¯ll cut them down. 3 imps came at me at the same time one from the top, one mid and one at the bottom. This is actually perfect for a strike that we always do in kendo, joge buri. Usually this is a practice swing but I¡¯m going to apply it here. I put both hands on my machete, left hand near the end of the handle and right hand on the top near the blade, I breathe in and swung straight down. ¡°HA!¡± My machete slice straight down through all the 3 imps. 10 down, 10 more to go until I saw more imps coming from the neighbourhood houses and my mood dropped. The imps kept coming and I kept cutting through them like bugs. Swing my machete down, the next one dies, swing it from the side, I split an imp into 2. I just kept swinging, up, down, left, right, middle. Blood was everywhere, it was like someone exploded into pieces here. Guts of imps everywhere, brain on the hallway, bodies on the floor. I wasn¡¯t that bothered by the blood but more so the smell, it was disgusting and really stinks. I kept killing the imps. Until there was about 3 left, not including the 3 that are flying over from one of the houses. The 3 in front of the house right now look terrified, they look so afraid. Ah so I was right about the elite being brain dead, they clearly don¡¯t seem as stupid as the elite. I mean when I was fighting them earlier, they used some tactics coming at me at the same time, at different rhythm and angles. I kind of felt bad for them, but I know it¡¯s only them or me. There¡¯s no mercy in a life and death battle but at least I can show them a little compassion and make it quick for them. Before the 3 from the houses could join the group in front of me, I moved. This time I won¡¯t be the one defending, I¡¯ll be the one coming for them. I rush in front of them and did a leap strike at the imp closest to me. The other 2 imps were definitely shocked because they didn¡¯t think I was actually going to come at them. The other 2 imps only recovered from the shock after the imp I cut was split into 2. I moved and did a horizontal slash aiming for both the 2 imps¡¯ throat before they could actually manage to strike at me. I succeeded considering the 2 imps were only holding their arms out nearly touching my face before crumbling on the floor. The last 3 imps arrived just as the 2 imps completely fell on the floor with their blood splattering over the lawn. Needless to say they died quickly too. I actually felt I was getting better at sword fighting, my strokes felt sharper, my movement smoother, and I have this fighter¡¯s instinct that I can¡¯t really explain. It¡¯s the instinct of when to block, where to strike, how my opponents are going to move, how they¡¯ll react to my every move. It¡¯s actually quite fascinating. I mean I had a fighter¡¯s instinct from my training but it wasn¡¯t as profound as it is now. I would have won a lot of competitions with this instinct. I guess that title had something to do with it. Well overall that felt exiting, I mean not the killing but the winning. The feeling after a great battle, it¡¯s amazing, as if everything you did in your life didn¡¯t matter but now. This feeling of fighting to live and wining, it¡¯s like you are alive. Then you have the rewards *DING* [tr]
+2 levels
.You have killed more than 20 monsters without adding any stats even though you have unused stats. You¡¯re title ¡®Fighter¡¯ has been upgraded to ¡®Natural Fighter¡¯
You have unlocked the achievement ¡®One against Many¡¯
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Title ¡®Natural Fighter¡¯
You are a fighter by birth. You learn fighting skills 3x faster than an average joe and have a superior fighter¡¯s instinct
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Achievement ¡®One against Many¡¯
You have defeated more than 20 monsters in a single fight. You have bonus of 1% in both physical and elemental resistance when fighting against 3 or more opponents.
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You have been awarded 2 strength point, 2 vitality point, 1 wisdom point and 1 agility point
*Whistle* Wow that¡¯s some good rewards. I really could use more titles and achievements. Looks like not adding any stats rocks. So I would like to say I came out untouched out of that battle¡­. But then I would be lying. So I got a few cuts on my arms and legs, but nothing too serious. Especially after the notification they began closing up a little. I look around to see the aftermath of my fight and wow that¡¯s a mess. My stamina¡¯s not that low, it¡¯s around 50+, so I¡¯m not in real danger, I¡¯ll just eat slow¡­. There¡¯s like lots of bodies and body parts everywhere excluding everything else but the blood, the scenery is already pretty gruesome. There are definitely more than 20 bodies here. I hope there¡¯s loot! Haha I can¡¯t believe I can eat while looking at this gruesome scene. I guess it¡¯s because this all looks so surreal, like I¡¯m in a dream or something. So I scavenge through the bodies or parts of the imps and found a few loot. Well actually gold to be precise. I mean while I was fighting I happen to notice that loot forms 1 or 2 seconds after the body or body parts of the monster or imps to be precise, stop moving. This means that I definitely can¡¯t take loot while on the run or fighting unless I bring along the dead body and it also means loot can be prone to thievery. I certainly don¡¯t want anybody to steal my loot. Only I can steal other¡¯s loot. HAHA, WHY? Because I¡¯m the chosen one. Plebeian¡¯s must bow before me and give me their loot. It is for my wellbeing and they should be grateful for me accepting their offering. Well anyway so I found a total of 20 gold coins. I don¡¯t really know what they¡¯re for but hopefully I can find out soon. Wait. Isn¡¯t there stores where you can use gold? I mean in games usually you can buy equipment, skills, and items using stores. So shouldn¡¯t that be the same here? Open store *DING* [tr]
Growth perk detected, perk equipment¡¯s are now unlocked
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Store
Training wrist bands 30 g Training ankle bands - 50g Training chest vest - 150g Training waist band - 80g Training weights ¨C 200g Training sword ¨C 200 g Training knife ¨C 150 g Training axe ¨C 220 g Training spear ¨C 220 g Training gear set¨C 500 g (First buy only) Restricting vest ¨C 1000g ¡­
Holy shit! I can¡¯t believe I was right. This will make training even easier. I just have to find more gold. Sigh money really makes a difference. It¡¯s also a shame that its perk locked, I wonder what the other perks are? Can we unlock them? Anyway my plan from now is to get that training gear set. *DING* [tr]
For being one of the first ones to open store you have receive a bonus 200 g and a 50% discount for 1 buy.
Holy shit I better go hunt for more imps then. I gotta make most out of this right? So I threw the 20 golds into the noir ring space portal thing. What¡¯s that? You want to know how the portal looks like? Well it looks like a hole in space actually appear, kind of spherical actually, 3 dimensional. It¡¯s totally white inside, that¡¯s what it looks like from here at least. I wouldn¡¯t dare put my head in it, I¡¯m sort of paranoid my head would come off or something. Anyway while I was looking for more imps, I¡¯ve decided that I¡¯ll probably stay in this area and train while sleeping in the cellar at night until I¡¯m completely confident I can face and run away from most monsters. Chapter 5- A Very Familiar Face Chapter 5- A Very Familiar Face (Hayden) Hey there! Hayden here. I¡¯m back after around 2 weeks of gruesome training, I¡¯ve finally decided I¡¯m strong enough to leave the area. So far I¡¯ve only levelled up once. Wait, I know what you¡¯re thinking but I assure you I did a lot of training instead. Here take a look
Status Window
Name:HaydenAlignment:Neutral
Level:8Class:-
Race:HumanGender:Male
Titles
The Second, Fighter, Survivor
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Health:640/ 640Health Regen:0.064 / Sec
Mana:530 / 530Mana Regen:0.57 / Sec
Stamina:640 / 640Stamina Regen:0.064 / Sec
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Strenght:67Agility:73
Vitality:64
Intelligence:53Wisdom:57
Leadership:5Luck:15
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Physical Resistances10%
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Elemental Resistances
Fire:1%Water:1%
Wind:1%Earth:1%
Light:1%Darkness:1%
Unused stat points96
Though it was significantly getting harder to level up. So it turns out I was right about my hypothesis on the intelligence and wisdoms stats. Reading books does increase them. So far I¡¯ve discovered that reading anything you don¡¯t know which is basically in categories beneficial to growth of the human mind like physics, chemistry, biology, maths and so on increases intelligence. It increases wisdom also but only slightly. Wisdom increases faster if you read history, philosophy and strategy books. Same with the knowledge books, they also increase intelligence but to a lesser degree. I¡¯ve took the liberty to increase both of them equally by first revising and further reinforcing my knowledge on the human anatomy. I¡¯ve also read some strategy books on fighting, always could use the knowledge especially now since I¡¯ll probably need to use them. I¡¯ve actually found lots of books while scavenging for food, and regardless of how useless the books are, I¡¯ve stored them all in the noir ring. I¡¯ve also scouted this place and discovered that this is actually a small housing area. I didn¡¯t notice it since I¡¯ve often just run past this location without paying much attention but now that I have gotten a chance look around, it¡¯s actually pretty cut off from the other part of the district. There¡¯s only one road that leads here and out, it¡¯s surrounded by forest/ park. It¡¯s also the reason why I assume there¡¯s not a lot of monsters. I¡¯ve sort of scouted to identify where the imps where coming from and all the time they¡¯ve been coming from the direction of the meteor. So I think it¡¯s safe to hypothesize that the meteor is sort of where the monsters are coming from. I don¡¯t know if I should thank my lucky stars that I ended up here. Anyway, I¡¯m certainly confident that I can atleast survive if I left this place now. Plus I really want to go back home. My house has is a great location and I can¡¯t help but feel it is also extremely strategic. It¡¯s a penthouse suite on an apartment and people usually can¡¯t go up there. It¡¯s sort of isolated and basically I can fortify the place pretty well. Besides that, there¡¯s a supermarket close by that I can raid for goods. Oh and I also found a way to increase physical resistance. You just got to endure pain and hits, a lot. The way I increased was actually through my hand to hand martial arts training sets. I used a punching bag initially that I found in one of the houses, until I destroyed it¡­.. Then I moved on to something harder like make walls, until I started leaving cracks in them. So lastly I moved on to trees, kicking and punching, all with my new training suit. Yeap I managed to buy the training gear set, which came with the wrist and ankle bands, the chest vest and the waist band, with a training sword and knife. So basically I made use of them, wearing them all the time. It was hard to get use to them at first so I had to take it slow. The suit weight in total about 100 kg, with the sword and knife being 10 kg and 5 kg. I actually couldn¡¯t move much at first so I took it real slowly. First I had to start learning how to walk with these things on, the weight on them is incredible and I actually had a hard time trying to breathe sometimes. It also took an hour or so for me to start learning how to walk. But a very motivational sound totally resolved my will. You can¡¯t imagine how fast my stats were coming with these things on. I also trained my skills with both the sword and knife. I trained with both of them individually and together until I¡¯m actually proficient with using them. I also actually tried to use them in combat but they immediately disappeared. Only to reappear after the fights over in a notification window. Sigh, it would have been so much more worth it if I could actually use them to fight since they definitely would deal a lot of damage considering their weight. I have to say I¡¯m quite proud of the fact that I¡¯ve developed a new fighting style while I was training. I used what I know and mixed them together to create a fighting style that would suited my current needs. I¡¯m happy to say that my fighting style can transition smoothly between both monsters and humans. I hope. I actually just did mental training for monsters, that I hope I never meet. You know mythological monsters, I did image/ shadow training imagining I was fighting hydras, lions, wolf packs, rats, 6 armed demons, and so on. Basically I made my fighting style with an intention on fighting those kind of things and also humans. I won¡¯t say I¡¯m a genius martial arts, but I certainly feel like one right now. Now I know it¡¯s not perfect but it¡¯ll get there. Someday. I tested it on like multiple imps, I¡¯ll say around 50 which is the biggest battle I had in the last 2 weeks and I can confidently say it works. It¡¯s also growing fast, from a dream to reality because of this. [tr]
Title ¡®Genius Fighter¡¯
You are a blessed to fight. You learn fighting skills 4x faster than a fighter and have a master¡¯s instinct
My fighter title upgraded when I fought those 50 imps. I say it was definitely wise of me to not use my stat points. Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I¡¯ve actually cleaned up the machete, it¡¯s all shiny now. I¡¯ve found its sheath so now I can hang it on my back and look like badass, or at least that¡¯s how I hope I¡¯ll look. Oh and the imps are level 16 by the way, in case I forgot to mention. I don¡¯t exactly know the exact requirements for being able to see the level but I suspect it has something to do with the monster being in range with your level. I think it¡¯s about 10 levels. I¡¯m also certain that the elite imp is somewhere about lv 20. Oh yea I got another achievement too because of that fight. [tr]
Achievement ¡®One against 50¡¯
You have defeated more than 50 monsters in a single fight. You have bonus of 5% in both physical and elemental resistance when fighting against 5 or more opponents.
Also a note, I¡¯ve tried to experiment on what I could do with the blood control skill but so far I¡¯ve only been able to do what the description says. I can¡¯t help but feel there is something more to the skill. I guess it¡¯ll only be unlocked when I level the skill. So now I¡¯ve decided to move, to finally return go back to my house. If you¡¯re wondering why I¡¯m not saying anything about how I wonder if my parents are still alive or if their at home, it¡¯s because they don¡¯t live here. They don¡¯t live in Australia, only I do because I¡¯m studying here. Although I do wonder about them, there¡¯s nothing I can do, they¡¯re a million miles away. Anyway, I¡¯m sort of reluctant to leave my crib, my little hiding spot. It really has a special spot in my heart, especially after I refurnished the place. I brought in oil lamps, a king size mattress (mm hmmm big beds are good), pillows (lots of them), and posters and so on. Well I¡¯m taking most of that stuff anyway so a part of this room/cellar will still remain with my but still. I will miss you, my safe hidden cellar. Before, I left the area however I made sure I didn¡¯t leave anything that could potentially be of used to me especially any d.i.y equipment¡¯s and stuff like that. Those d.i.y stuff are vital in apocalyptic situations which I¡¯m sure is currently happening, considering the still lack of noises except those roaring noise and occasional screams that I hear in the distance. So I left the neighbourhood and proceed to walk to my next destination, my beautiful, gorgeous suite, while wearing my training suit. I mean I can easily take them off if I need too. I just have to open my storage portal and throw them in. Do you know why I call it a suit? Because they basically combine together when I wear them all. That¡¯s a definitely handy way for me to take them off because all I have to do to take them of is pull a zip. After walking for 10 minutes down a hill, I soon pass by familiar locations, a restaurant I used to go with my friends, now run down and destroyed, a few houses I recognise, and a park that¡¯s sort of destroyed, actually most of the structures and buildings in the area are destroyed. I also see a lot of dead bodies, rotting away but some of them looks like they¡¯ve been chewed on. I also noticed a few dead rotting monster bodies some I¡¯ve definitely never fought before. Must have been another survivor I hope. I can¡¯t help but feel like I¡¯m being closer to finding another person. I also don¡¯t know if I should be worried or happy. I mean don¡¯t you watch all post-apocalyptic shows? How mankind starts turning to evil scum once the world comes to an end? While I was having this inner monologue, I saw a few figures rushing out from the fenced up courtyard of one of the houses. *ROAR* Wow a new monster, it looks like a dog but only thing dark black in colour with horns on its head and it looks like it¡¯s not alone, it has a few more brethren and what looks to be a tiny green ugly men which I think are goblins. They start charging at me like I¡¯m food or something. As they get closer their names and level start popping up. Glargin Lv 12 Goblin Lv 14 Hmm aren¡¯t their levels a little low? I¡¯m actually wondering if I was lucky or unlucky that I got imps as my first monsters. As the 3 glargin come close to me with their disgusting slob dripping out of their mouths, I just relax into my fighting stance. I¡¯ve decided I¡¯ll go without weapons this time, with my training suit on. The lead glargin leaped towards me once it thought it was close enough to go for my neck. This prompt me to do a right leg turning kick aiming its head. My shin smashed against its head while it was in mid-air which actually caused it to rocket of to the left. I actually think it¡¯s dead from that one kick, I also heard and felt something cracked when I made contact with it. I then proceeded to do an axe kick with my left leg to the next glargin which smashed its head onto the road, cracking it both the road and the glargin skull, as my heel landed right on the top of it. I then proceeded to punch the other glargine that¡¯s opening its jaws aiming for my neck, on its nose which smashed its face in, which I think ultimately crushed its spine. All this took place in a span of 5 seconds. The 2 goblins that were rushing with their maces, actually tried their best to stop themselves. Fear evident in their face. It actually did them no good because I was right in front of them by the time they managed to completely stop. I then punch the goblin on the right in the face and next to the one on the left with a turning back trust kick. Needless to say they both died instantly while rocketing away with broken bones. ¡°Damn I¡¯m good¡± A couple more goblin¡¯s started rushing out of the house. It looks like an endless supply of goblins and glargine actually. Instead of waiting for them to come to me, I start sprinting towards them. I¡¯m actually getting excited and my heart¡¯s pumping super-fast. I reached them in about less than a second and as the first goblin is within my range of attack my sense of time starts slowing down. Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there. I weave under his badly placed swing and proceed to cut him in half with my now unsheathed machete as my body almost reaches the finished motion of my dodge. I then recover my blade into an adapted jodan stance which I then proceed to straighten my body as I cut another goblin from its head down to the hips. Which then prompt me to leap forward with okuri ashi and another timely placed head cut on a pouncing glargine. Followed by me lowering my centre of gravity while spinning 360¡ã before cutting the throat of 3 goblins whom all aimed their swings at where my head used to be. Which then prompt me to do a double slash, one diagonally from bottom left to upper right while the other from top to bottoms, while moving my legs forward a couple of steps with okuri ashi. This effectively caused the death of 4 goblins. Then I proceeded to do a spinning left elbow on one of the glargin¡¯s and another swing of machete to the last glargin successfully separating its head from its body. I stopped moving forward as I looked back to examine the trail of blood I just left. ¡°Phew¡± I breathe out as I released my built up energy back into a relaxed state, effectively speeding up time to normal as my senses stopped being that alert. The time it took for me to do that whole run was also about 10 seconds. Well aren¡¯t these guys painfully weak? I mean I feel bad right now, they got totally slaughtered. I look back at all the dead monsters to see if there was any loot but I only see a couple of gold coins which of course I promptly put into my storage portal. *DING* [tr]
You have been awarded 2 strength point, 2 vitality point, 2 agility point
I decided I should probably go into the house the goblins where using as their base. Who knows, maybe there¡¯s loot? I start walking in there an before I even reach the step something just slammed into me which caused me to go flying out of the courtyard. I effectively flew like 20 meters. I also felt like maybe something cracked? It¡¯s not like my rib¡¯s cracked or anything but more like a couple of fractures. Now I have to admit but I was slightly day dreaming about loot that¡¯s why I didn¡¯t notice a fist until I was about to be hit. Still I totally had enough time to move a step back to lessen the impact or adjust my body to lower the damage but I was pretty confident in my stats so I just took the blow. Turns out I really had it coming to me for being so cocky. I got up immediately, ignoring the pain in my chest to face my new enemy. Elite Goblin LV ?? Sigh this guy¡¯s level is pretty strong since I can¡¯t see it. This means its level is 10 or more level higher than me. Compared to the other goblin¡¯s isn¡¯t its level too high? I can¡¯t help but wonder if it was actually that level before or it had leveled up. I mean it had to be pretty strong to be able to gain so much levels. I definitely hope it didn¡¯t kill any of my brethren mankind. I mean I don¡¯t know if I should be happy that there is a high chance that there are survivors strong enough to cause the goblin to level up so much that it¡¯s far more powerful than the other goblins or that it killed a lot of survivors. ¡°ROAR!!!!!!¡± the goblin shouts as he slammed its fists together creating a slightly transparent white aura that appears surrounding them. I sort can¡¯t help but wonder what that skill does. After all it¡¯s probably going to be mine soon. Though I don¡¯t want to actually feel what it does straight up. So the goblin that seems massive about 6 feet with muscles bulging out of its body and definitely looks uglier than the normal goblins, rushes at me with a somewhat fast speed. Though the goblin¡¯s movement seems to be very explosive and fast, I can¡¯t help but wonder if he can constantly manoeuvre with that speed. So I test my theory out by leaping out of the way of the goblin obviously while doing so I slice its stomach as I go through the motions of my dodge. As my machete is trying to cut its body, I noticed from the response of the blade, that the goblins skin is extremely thick and most likely that cut only served to make him bleed. The goblin tried to turn and follow me but it¡¯s momentum was too fast and like I suspect it caused him tremendous effort to stop, turn and begin chasing me again. I did the same thing again once he reach me, with me aiming to cut the same spot again. This only infuriate him more with him growling and roaring. I then proceed to dodge a few of his punches, as he tries to hit me. He has to lower his punches since I am way shorter than him and this gives me a few opportunities to nick his arm with a slash or two. We proceed with that exchange for a while until his arm starts turning red. He then got seriously pissed and slammed both of his arms on the ground causing a massive crack to the floor followed by a shockwave. I quickly retreated but still the shockwave managed to injure my organs a little bit as I spit out blood that was coming out from my throat. After that he once again ponce at me, and I dodge and cut at the same spot on his stomach the same as last time but this time he manage to slam his fist into one of my shoulders by changing his pounce a little bit into a sort of rotating leap. Though it was just as slight graze it still stunned me long enough for him to close in the distance between us. Sigh, this guy is a lot smarter than the other monsters, and doesn¡¯t seem like it¡¯ll go easy unless I start getting a little serious. I sheathe my machete behind my back and waited for an opening. Before he could actually hit me, I slammed my knee into its crotch while grabbing the arm he used to punch at me and the other arm in a muay thai clinch, pulling his body slightly lower. The goblin howled in pain as soon as I had finished landing my knee on its groin. I then locked my clinch by holding one arm onto his arm pulling him lower and another onto his neck while kneeing him again in the crotch. I then proceed to do a couple of knees to his sternum and stomach with a changed grip, both hand griping his lowered neck before retreating with a slash to its throat with my quick unsheathing. Yeap playing dirty is the way to go, I mean come on it¡¯s a life and death situation, I¡¯m sure anyone would do the same. The combo was effect wasn¡¯t it? Don¡¯t blame me for taking advantage of the situation. I then jump and did a flying knee on its face effectively mashing up its ugly face when it was straightening its self. Which I then proceed to stab my machete into its head. It didn¡¯t die right away as it constantly struggled to remove the machete while getting a few lucky punches on me when I was trying to push the machete deeper into its head. Still it died in the end and all that matters is I won¡­¡­ and loot! *DING* [tr]
You have leveled up
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You have been awarded 3 strength point, 4 vitality point, 2 agility point
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Due to you fighting an elite goblin without adding any stats since the change, the skill the elite was using ¡®Aura fist¡¯ has evolved to ¡®Aura Enhance¡¯.
Oh wow, an evolved skill, what great luck. I intently wait near the goblins body while eating a chocolate bar for the skill book to appear. After a few seconds which for me seemed like a few minutes to me, the awaited skill book finally appeared. I immediately grab the book and learn the skill. [tr]
Aura Enhance Level 1
Your body is enveloped in aura effectively increasing all attributes except luck and all resistances by 1% for 1 stamina per second. It also has a slight paralysing effect
Hmm this skill doesn¡¯t seem to be that much when reading it here but it¡¯s the same with the blood control skill. I can¡¯t help but feel there is a deeper meaning and power hidden behind this skill. Damn. Let¡¯s not think about this or I¡¯ll get a headache instead let¡¯s see what else dead elite goblin left for me. Ooo a sword, it looks like a gladius only thing it¡¯s about 3 and a half feet long. A leaf like sword with quite a weight to it about 5 kg which is fine to me now since I¡¯m use to the 10 kg training sword. It also came with a sheath. I wonder if it has stats. [table][tr]Gladius[tr][td100]This gladius is quite heavy and long, it was used by an adventurer until it met the said adventurer met his demise against a mighty goblin. It is said that this gladius although seems normal albeit its slightly different parameters has the ability to heat up and cool. Oooo cool. I can¡¯t wait to test this. I swing the blade and try to get it to change its temperature. Nothings working? I decided not to test it yet, and threw my machete into the storage. Bye bye my old friend you¡¯re being replaced. Thanks for all your help. Wait Did the description say adventurer? Like in those fantasy world fictions? Doesn¡¯t that mean alternate worlds? These monster¡¯s come from alternate worlds? Well not really shocking after everything that¡¯s happening but I can¡¯t help but feel this is a clue to the mystery of why the change happened. I then proceed to try out my new skill aura enhance. Which seemed to not work. I mean I can¡¯t get it to work because there wasn¡¯t any instructions or anything of that sorts. It says it uses stamina so maybe? Use something like chi? I¡¯ve tried to learn how to use chi before but I¡¯ve never gotten that far with it. I mean I always felt something but there didn¡¯t seem to be any benefits. No harm in trying now. So I go into a calm state of my mind and try to draw out my energy from the depths of my body, which surprisingly works really fast as I start to feel a flow of warm energy gushing out from within my body. Then I proceed to wrap it around my whole body like what I¡¯ve seen the orc do with its fist. I open my eyes and all I get is a disappointed feeling instead. There¡¯s no changes in my body no transparent aura or anything. That¡¯s when I realized I should try to compress that energy around my body. Which was what I did. I started to see an aura rising around my body from my skin and I could feel the power underneath it. It worked! HAHA Holy shit this is a little addictive. Although it doesn¡¯t improve my stat much, it actually feels really good, like a personal shield or something wrapping around my body, also strengthening me. After that I tried to undo the aura. Which was surprisingly easy. I then proceed to practice calling it back and forth until I was successful in calling it at once. It was actually easier each time I did the enhancement. I feel like a goku right now with this aura on. I can¡¯t help but imagine that what it¡¯ll be when it¡¯s level upped. Would it get stronger until I can become super saiyan? I decided I should continuously use this skill every time I''m training or fighting to see if I can get it to level up. Anyway, time to stop standing like an idiot with a stupid grin stuck on my face, and go check out the house. Before that, I tried to do the same to the sword hoping I can activate the swords properties and it worked. I felt like there was 2 pathways to regulate the sword, one was deep in close to the core of the sword and another was close to the edge. I choose the one next to the core first and it seemed, like the sword suddenly turned cold. Slowly but surely mist started appearing around the sword. Holy shit that¡¯s pretty cool. Following that, I proceed to then direct my energy to the other pathway and the sword started turning hot. I could see its edge slowly turning red until it became blazing red kind of like a light saber. The heat from the sword can be felt from a distance. This sword is super cool. I check my stamina and noticed it didn¡¯t really drain my stamina. This means that the sword either doesn¡¯t need to spend any stamina or it has a really low upkeep. Great! I now go and check the house but all I see is basically dirt, poo and some rags. Wait I also see bones, and a very pungent and bad smell. The inside of the house is destroyed and filthy. There was basically nothing in there but poop and dirt. I see some human looking skulls hanging as decorations though.All the furniture of the place was destroyed. Though I found a coin stash upstairs in the main bedroom. Must have been the elite¡¯s bedroom. HAHAHA Thanks elite. Anyway after looting a few of the still standing houses, I continued my journey towards my house again. I also had to kill a few monsters but all¡¯s well. By the time I reached the area where my apartment¡¯s located, it was almost night time with the sun setting. That¡¯s when I heard sounds of what seemed to be someone fighting and lots of monsters growling. I quickly rushed to where the source of the sound is, with hope that it¡¯s another survivor. Please be a good survivor! Please be a good survivor! When I arrived at the area, it was down the street really close to the supermarket near my house. I saw a figure running away and constantly firing what seem to be arrows with a bow against monsters that look like dogs, not glargin¡¯s but maybe more like wolves. The figure looks tired and seems to have trouble running. I can¡¯t get a good look at the figure as it was getting dark and the person¡¯s back was against me still, I took of my training suit and sprinted towards that person. As I get closer, I notice the person is a girl and she doesn¡¯t seem to notice me coming to help. When I was nearly there about 30 meters away, I was able to get a glimpse of her face when she turned and fired another arrow. What I see, is a familiar face. A very familiar face.