He opened his eyes again , but this time , he was in complete darkness .
This time he didn't hear anything for a long time . He tried to speak but realized he couldn't .
" This is a bad time kid . This is a really bad time for you to show up . "
His body suddenly turned around and like a flash of lightning a sword appeared before his eyes , but a dagger intercepted it before it could hit his body .
" It has been centuries since someone got the chance to learn from me so focus properly . " The voice said .
But this time , Sam noticed a problem . The voice seemed silent , as if it didn't exist at all .
The owner of the sword revealed himself and started attacking his body .
His body also didn't hold back as it kept moving and attacking at the same time .
His body revealed another dagger and kept blocking and slashing at it's attacker every now and then .
Sam noticed something peculiar . Every time the slash hit it's target , the daggers would glow brighter and brighter . After some time , the glow of the daggers became blinding .
It seemed like the damage the man sustained also increased everytime he got hit .
Sam realized that the brighter that glow got , the higher the damage was being dealt to his enemy .
In the end the attacker lay on the ground , with his head cut off , but strangely Sam didn't feel any aversion to the blood . Sam even felt pleasure in seeing the man dead on the floor .
" Remember kid . The multiverses are chaotic and the people in them are hardly good . Always keep eyes behind your back . Who knows when you'll get attacked . "
[ Innate : Overlap awakened . ]
[ Proceeding ... ]
Sam fell into darkness once more , but this time it took a while longer before he opened his eyes again .
This time in front of him was a familiar scene . It was the ceiling of his own house . He kept staring at it for a while longer and a few seconds later , heard the digital alarm clock by his bed start ringing .
He turned his head to look at it and was surprised .
' 20 days . ' He almost shouted ' I was sleeping for 20 days ?'
[ Welcome , User . ]
[ Body condition optimal . Energy fully restored ]
[ Consider eating food for reducing weakening due to shortage of nutrients . ]
Grrrrrr
After looking at the interface , he heard his stomach rumble .
He shook his head and got up from bed and walked towards the fridge .
" Status ." He instinctively called out and the old interface vanished , replaced by a new one .
[ Phys ...
" WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE ." he shouted at the top of his lungs .
' What the fuck ... I thought this thing was only there for as long as I was in the dream ... This thing fucking followed me ? '
He scratched his head for a long time as he thought of this standing in front of the fridge .
Grrrrrrrr
" Fuck it . " He said " Status " before he opened the fridge and sat in front of it and started drinking a can of ' Wonster ' energy drink .
[ Physique : 1 Energy : 0
Potential : 9
Skills :
{None}
Innate :
< Restoration : 1 > < Magic Deck : 1 >
< Overlap : 1 > ]
Hmmmmmm
Sam nodded repeatedly as he ate a burger and looked at the interface in front of him .
' Weak ' was the first thought that crossed his mind . The he looked at everything in the status interface .
[ Physique ]
[ Physical growth . Includes agility , strength , stamina , etc . ]
[ Energy ]
[ Energy growth . Includes storage , resistance , efficiency , etc . ]
[ Potential ]
[ Latent potential of the body . Limits increase of Physique and Energy . ]
HmmmHmmm .
Sam continued nodding as his hands reached for a leftover pizza he had kept on a plate .
' This interface is like a game ... Well at least how it classifies things is like a game . '
[ Skills ]
[ Skills are learnt by repetitive practice and familiarity ]
[ Innate ]
[ Innates are awakened on coming in contact with an energy ]
Hmmmmmm
He nodded again as he reached for a sandwich on the back of the fridge . It was also on a plate like the pizza .
[ Restoration ]
[ Restore a constant amount of energy and stamina every minute when not using it or not in combat ]
[ Rate : { 1% * ( level ) }/m ]
[ Reset : 1 minute ]
[ Magic Deck ]
[ Summon 54*level cards with each Deck containing 54 ]
[ Cost : 1 * ( 10^level ) energy ]
[ Overlap ]
[ Use energy to overlap the last attack on the next one ]
[ Cost : 1*( number of last attack ) ]
[ Cap : 10 * ( Level ) ]
[ Reset : 1 minute ]
Hmmmmmm
He ate some fried rice he had in the fridge as he remembered the feeling he got when experiencing each of the innates .
Restoration was restoring his energy way more when he was in the dream , so clearly it was max level when he experienced it .
In the dream he clearly summoned 10 decks of cards , so that too was max level of 10 .
And when he was fighting he clearly felt the energy grow 100 times , so that too ...
Clearly he experienced experts using these innates before he awakened them . They had all raised their levels to 10 as [ Skills ] where they had to learn them from scratch but he was simply following their coat tails by experiencing them when they were already at the max level , so he had a certain feeling of what they will be like .
' Energy is a problem ... ' Sam thought as he put on a shirt and headed out .
' Where am I going ? ' He thought to himself when he suddenly stopped in the middle of a crowded street .
' Looks like they don't notice the interface ... That's a relief . ' He thought as he looked all around . He was still staring at his status interface while walking .
' This seems to have potential .' He thought as he was about to swipe away the interface , but he suddenly stopped . ' Wait potential . That's right . Potential . '
He turned on his feet and headed home .