The gory scene immediately caused the sceptics to lose all of their scepticism closing everyone's mouths shut as they looked in awe at the winged imp in the air as he merely smiled a toothy grin – though his eyebrows were slightly raised as he noticed one human that seemed to not fear him greatly intriguing him.
The human had onyx black hair and coal coloured eyes as his figure stood out from the rest of the crowd- 'He's probably a chosen it seems, though I wonder which Transcendent picked him- surely he chose right with how he never even flinched upon seeing the man and woman's body spontaneously combust.
'Anyway, the other humans really are hairless apes- seemingly without any senses and greed overwhelms them so much its funny that they call demons greedy when they are the progenitors of such a sin, well I guess it makes sense staying on top before the reckoning and then falling so low that you'd stoop to do anything, it is the definition of mortals.'
"You see the development in power is split in multiple parts; {Spirit, Power-Ups, Artefacts and Runes.}"
Saying that the demonic Imp moved towards the site of combustion and then picked something up – it was a translucent object that seemed to contain some mystical language on it and then he flew up again showing this object to all as even though humans didn't know what it was they knew it was valuables- as their eyes glimmered with greed, mystery and curiosity.
"This item within my hand is called a Rune: Every living being in all realms possesses this and if you murder another being they will drop Runes – however the drops are random so if your unlucky nothing good will come to you but if your not you will be granted an amazing power."
Hearing this Jacen shivered, as gradually gazes began to fall on each other by everyone- it was obvious what that diminutive little piece of garbage wanted - 'Incite Violence- Massacre- Greed- Battle Royal.'
Already he was enraged at the imp as it seemed that his gaze had reached the Imps as he smiled at him before he spoke his next sentence- "This Rune you see improves ones power exponentially for humans like you are the most fragile race (until trained properly and awakened) and so with this your overall vitality and strength increases. Now then who wants this for I have no use for it..."
Seeing this scene all the beings on the ground were cautious as they saw what happened to the other humans who spoke and so they hesitated until- the onyx haired boy raised his hand as if it was obvious to do it and seeing this the Imp smiled.
'Hmm, he seems capable not scared I'd kill him- if I give him this then in the future he can repay my debt- with… lots of things.'
Seeing the boy again the Imp smiled again as he explained that with his he'd be stronger than most beginners here- causing everyone to regret not putting their hand up first- but alas one can not cry over spilled milk, though envy was present in several eyes.
"Excellent- your performance is certainly better than all these other pathetic life forms but you- your different you take initiative even though there's a chance I'd kill you. Now place this on the palm of your hand."
And as he spoke the rune gradually dissipated into nothingness as then a small glow followed from his hand, before it dissipated as well.
"Isn't this delightful – you're on top of everyone here in terms of strength- the natural law of your world has been broken now it has strengthened you.."
Surprisingly the boy merely nodded as it caused the Imps enthusiasm to vanish- 'oh well- I tried at least.'
"Whatever- Runes are important as they have varying uses and abilities that completely destroy whatever science outdated subject you all have learnt. - Anyway if you touch your right ear or think of it then your status of sorts will be available for viewing only for you- though unless someone has an absurdly broken rune or ability. Also a human's average stat is 5, 6 is athlete level, 7 is peak humanity and well the others don't need to be said you can use your own intuition for that. Also the only way to rank up is through using your runes that increase your stats or by obtaining more runes through questionable means."
Hearing this an unprecedented wave of fear and helplessness spread as everyone began to fear for their lives- anyone could kill them…
While this nonsense was happening Jacen was talking to AT about the validity of the Imps words.
[Host remember you are the chosen one, you are favoured by a transcendent and are the only one that has me so calm down- you do not apply to common sense- unlike them you can increase your powers through training and acquire skills that are called Runes by that Imp- so calm down and be wary of that onyx haired boy- he is clearly favoured by a transcendent. Also no one here has any spirit as it has to be acquired gradually after fighting beats and collecting runes, you are an exception as you gained this through the Dragon Force that is cultivating within you and killing the zombies in the tutorial.]
Saying that AT activated my Runic ability of perception and with that I immediately looked towards the onyx haired boy who was nonchalantly staring at his stats.
{Perceive]
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[Name]: Shin Su-ho
[Sex]: Male
[Race]: Human
[Title/S]: Regressor/ Sword Saint
[Level]: 8 (Every Level up gives three Attribute points to level up anything.)
[HP]: 800
[Spirit]: 1,600 (Double to health. The second person including you who has this- it is because of his past life/regression.)
[POW]: 24 → 36 (Due to acquiring Rune of Strength.)
[AGI]: 14 (Due to having Spirit- strengthens ones physique.)
[MND]: 12 (Due to his past life's memories.)
Runes/Skills: ….?
(For a normal human all their stats are of five.)
From just intuition Jacen knew that the dude would be strong but to this extent and then the fact that he's a reincarnate- [Regressor- Host they are people who travel back in time to their past self and most likely become anomalies becoming too strong.]
-15 Minutes Later:-
Finally the Imp began to speak again as if ready to throw us all under the bus, "Having talked enough I wish you all luck with the first task set to you by the other Transcendent figures- Also look into your pockets- they will be needed and valuable- well then good luck to all you hundred players precisely- win and collect runes!!"
After the Imp said as if on synch each person took out a short twisted club that looked like it was made of heavy stone- surprised they were, how did such an item fit in their pockets but before they could talk about this element- a low growling sound echoed out loudly familiar to Jacen as he remembered this when he fought that Goliath Type Zombie.
Instantaneously all the hundred people looked towards the growling sound as when they looked backwards- suddenly a white skull popped out of a portal – bore another ten, then another ten came out and in the end 200 Skeletal Undead monsters appeared as they growled lightly reminiscent of a zombie movie they marched forward with a cold gleam hidden in their red eyes.
Thus the panic began as countless screams echoed on this eventful day- of Death…