*Poof*
Suddenly, a small ball of light appeared above a corpse. After a while, it entered the body in the middle of the corpse's eyebrows.
No one noticed the ball of light nor the corpse since it was in a secluded place near the trash area.
A small groaning sound could be heard in the mouth of the body. After a while, the body shivered and started to stand up.
"The fuck..." The body started murmuring.
Kite abruptly stood up and after a second an intense pain flooded his mind. He actually coughed up blood and fainted.
It was night time when Kite woke up for the second time. After waking up, the pain still lingered his head. He turned his head sideways and discovered that he was laying in a pool of blood.
Warning!
HP is critically low!
The warning repeated three times before it vanished
What? HP critically low? What's happening. Kite can't still describe what in the world was occurring right now.
When he tried stood up to check what was happening, an intense pain that was undescribable flowed in his mind and he fell unconscious again. And then when he woke up he received a ton of messages in his mind. It sounded like someone was talking in front of him but there was no one.
"God, it hurts so much!" he shouted in a hoarse voice.
Kite wanted to fell asleep again when the message appeared once more in his mind but this time a piece of additional information was added.
Warning!
HP is critically low!
Death is near!
System advises to take a health potion or go to the nearest life fountain!
Death is near!? Kite can't believe what he heard just now. Health potion? Life fountain? What the hell is that? Do you think this is a fucking game!? He cursed the voice in his head. But before he can vent his anger, the pain in his mind intensified. Another message was heard once more.
Host is about to DIE!
System will automatically point out the nearest life fountain.
The voice emphasizes the word 'die' just then. Kite can't help but be serious this time. When someone threatened that they were about to die they can't help but be serious about the situation they were in. Death was not a laughing matter.
*Bzzz*
Suddenly a buzzing sound can be heard and after that, a white arrowhead pointed to a direction. Kite looked in the direction and saw a small fountain that has a small amount of water. It was about 20 meters away.
This life fountain was basically useless; only people at Level 1 to Level 3 can use it. But Kite doesn't know of this not even a simple knowledge in this world.
Kite then had an abrupt epiphany. Unknown voice? An almost dead body? Health potion? Life fountain?
Don't tell me I'm transmigrated in an unknown game-like world! Kite can't help but be surprised for a moment since this was theoretically impossible. He loved to read a lot of books and reincarnation-genre novels were common. He loved to read about it and even though he also wanted to experience it, he knew it was nigh possible.
But the surprise he felt didn't last long. If this was just a dream or the real deal, death was possible. He was about to stand up but remembered his experience before. He gave up on this idea and decided to crawl instead.
The pain was intense. Kite can't help but shed some tears. He never experienced such torture before. But he continued because he might just die here.
After a minute of crawling, he finally reached the fountain. The fountain was so small that he can reach out for the water below.
After scooping a small amount of water he stopped for a moment. Will he drink it or will he pour it in his wounds?
After a while, he decided to drink it because it hurts so much to move around.
After drinking it a new message appeared in his head and this time a new screen in front of him generated out of nowhere.
|1 HP is added!|
|1 HP is added!|
Every mouthful of water he takes this message screen pop out of nowhere.
Kite was amazed because he didn't feel anything at all while drinking. Normally he can taste the water and at least feel it flow through his throat. But whenever he drinks this fountain water he tasted nothing at all. Heck, he didn't even feel the water flowing through his throat. He also didn't feel full after drinking a lot of fountain water.
He continued drinking until another message appears.
|HP is full!|
Kite finally stop drinking and stood up. He was astonished to discover that he didn't feel anything at all. His wounds earlier were gone but his clothes were drenched in sweat and blood. His whole body was full of dirt and he smells like shit, literally.
He looked at the screen in front of him.
|Name: Kite
Human
Title: None
Class: None
Job: None
Level: 2
Experience point: 25/210
HP: 150/150
Attack Damage: 25
Attack Speed: 140%
Stamina: 130/130
Magic Damage: 0
Attributes: Strength 7, Agility: 9, Endurance: 8, Intelligence: 7, Vitality: 10
Free Attribute Points: 0
Skills:
None
Equipments:
Ragged Shirt
Trash
Level 0
Defense +0
Durability 1/10
Ragged Pants
Trash
Level 0
Defense +0
Durability 2/10
Ring
Unknown
Level: 2
Durability: Indestructible|
"It's really like a game...", Kite can't help but comment when he looked again on the screen. The screen showed his status in real-time. There were virtual reality games in his own world but it was not this realistic. Although this was another real-world itself.
Kite remembered what he read in novels with the same scenario as his. Normally he will obtain this body's memories. But when he contemplated hard for a minute, he can't found anything at all. He tried again and again but to no avail. Suddenly a new message appeared on the screen in front of him after he wasted a ton of brainpower.
|Host is detected searching memory fragments.
Random memory will be obtained by sacrificing any amount of Experience Points.|
"The hell! I still need to sacrifice ExP just to obtain a memory fragment!" Kite frowned. This was too much of a waste. Being in a modern world where he played a ton of RPG games, he understood how important ExP in games. ExP can be described as the core of the game itself. Without it how can you level up? Without leveling up you will not proceed a single step in the game.
Kite decided after learning about his situation, that in order to go back in his own world he must first grow stronger. He knew from the start that when leveling up maybe a normal occurrence in this world, then strength can answer all questions he has.
Even though he liked this world because one of his fantasies was living in this kind of scenario, he still has his family and friends waiting for him in his world. What will his mom and dad do after learning he was gone? What about his siblings? What about his friends? And lastly, what will his lover do when she learned she was gone? He must find his way back at all costs.
He must level up as soon as possible. But although he was itching to grow stronger he knew that knowledge was a must. He decided to obtained 3 memory fragments. Two that cost 10 ExP and one that cost 5 ExP. He first sacrificed 5 ExP.
|Click confirm to proceed sacrificing 5 ExP|
Kite was puzzled at first. He thought that the screen was untouchable but since the system said the word 'click' it must be so. He tapped the confirm button and memory not his own surfaced in his mind.
All people in this world can level up. Only people at the age of 15 can begin their journey on leveling up. They began at level zero and start climbing up. The more you level up, the harder it was to continue growing stronger.
He obtained a basic knowledge of this world in the first memory fragment. He continued sacrificing ExP until the second fragment surfaced.
His name was Kite just like his own name in his world. He was an orphan. He didn't remember how he was abandoned but he was sure that at the age of 4 his mother and father left him. Somehow he can't remember their faces nor their names since he was still a child. All that they left to him was an ordinary ring with a symbol of '∞' in it. Then Kite was taken by an old man until the age of 8 and after that, the old man disappeared out of nowhere. For unknown reasons he didn't even know what the old man's name was. He only called the old man 'grandpa'. He was still a kid back then so he thought that grandpa was his name.
The second fragment he obtained is about his own origin. Luckily this memory fragment was useful. He thought he will obtain trashy memories like how he first know how to ride a bike or something.
He sacrificed his last remaining ExP and the last memory surfaced in his mind for the last time.
His old self was walking in a dark alleyway to search for food in the trash section when he was attacked. The attacker killed him using a short sword and struck his back. He died after that. But luckily he caught a glimpse of the man before his death. It was an ugly man with disheveled hair. He has a square face and hos eyes were bloodshot. This was the man that killed this body he currently has.
"I must grow stronger!", Kite then left this area and headed to the forest. He must grow powerful. Game starts now!