I woke up, feeling tired and groggy. It felt weird, as I never felt this kind of tiredness before.
Could this be due to the events yesterday? I opened the TV and saw the news related to the events yesterday.
"...Thousands of reports of people falling to the ground unconscious..."
"...Scientists say it is the altered concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere that caused the massive wave of people falling down unconscious...."
"....People say this was a joint biological attack from Russia and China, but the 2 countries quickly denied any involvement and cited that they were also victims..."
As more and more discussions continued on in the news, I just shut it off and closed my eyes as I rested on the bed.
What is happening to this world, I wondered to myself.
Huh? I opened my eyes startled.
What system?
Suddenly, it went quiet. I was confused and a bit scared. What was happening?
I tried to calm myself down and tried to follow what the weird voice was instructing.
What is happening? How did this System even appear in the first place?
So, what was the environmental restriction?
This led me to ask another question. How do I increase my authority over the system?
What are Achievements? What is karmic value? Does this mean I have to do good things for other people?
You mentioned tasks. Does this mean there would be something like a quest or mission to be accomplished? Would there be Daily, weekly, or monthly quests? Or is it based on the situation?
I see. What is this Magic interface?
Menu.
Immediately, I was surprised. I saw a set of rectangular boxes appearing in the lower left of my vision.
I nodded internally and explored the options.
There was "Magic", "Items", "Equipments", "Crafting/Forging", and "Upgrades".
I opened the "Magic" box and saw another window appear, showing what seemed to be a skill tree. I tried counting how many skills were available and saw that there was more than 1000 skills available. I checked the ends of the skill tree, knowing that there would be some final spells or the so called ultimate magic.
"Light's End, Immortal Dawn, Everlasting Twilight, Gaea's Destruction, Winds of Aeolus, Lightning Calamity, Lands of the Dead, Spring of Immortality, Death's Scythe, Broken Dreams, Reality Shift, Chronus' Hourglass..."
There was quite a lot of final skills. Seeing the names alone gave me a sense of majesty and power. I shook my head and focused on the base of the skill tree. There was 1 main skill, which was "Bolt", a neutral skill. I could see it branching to different elemental bolts.
I asked the system how do I level up the skills.
I asked if there were other ways of leveling up to the system.
[Strengthen and fortify
GOAL: Gain 15 levels in 2 months. Identify a place you can call as a base you own.
Reward: 150 skill points, 1500 System points. Unlocks "Cooking" Sub-skill under Crafting/Forging. Unlocks System upgrades menu. ]
As I digested the content of the task, I was already a bit shocked with the previous news that the system had mentioned. Mutated beasts?
So this world is slowly turning into an MMORPG, except it's real life and not online. Fuck.