Bell looked at the message in front of him in surprise. He did not know how to reply to it because there have been these kind of messages going through his desktop lately. It came as a survey but every Otaku would be overjoyed when they saw the content. The first question was simple.
'Which two character would you like to get their powers?'
That was like asking a foodie which food was his favourite. He had many characters he would like to get their powers. But the one he would love to get powers from was Darth Vader and Deadpool. Bell had tried to close the app but it was not responding so with a heavy heart, started filling in the questionnaire. The second question came.
'Which Avatar would you like to be?
a) Nephilim-Born between the forbidden union of an angel and demon, Nephilims are a race that are considered to be a super race. They have fast growth to their powers and they are often killed by heaven and hell leading crusades against a single one of them. For all that trouble, Nephilims grow too fast that it might be too late for the two factions to finally take action against them.
b) Demigod- Sons and daughters of gods. They gain the divinities of their father and they unfortunately may stagnate in that state. But, the powers are enough to make them Overlords.
c) Angel- Sons and daughters of heaven are the front lines of Heaven's defenses. They are a race that serves a higher being and are immortal. Mostly, they deal with demons that threaten the safety of mortals but they can lead crusades against beings that are threats to themselves and heaven. They are masters in using holy magic and have high combat abilities.
d) Demon- Sons and daughters of hell. They are beings created in the abyss for its functionality. Unlike what most people think, the Creator made them to safeguard the place, Lucifer came down and ruled over them because he was too strong. Demons have different talents in different magic but have no talent towards Holy Magic. They have terrifying combat abilities but are mostly driven by their need to get souls.
e) Litch- An undead being that is considered the bane of all living things. A Litch is a being that can summon hordes of undead with almost limitless magic power to rely on and have an ocean worth of different dark spells to use against enemies.
f)Dragon- Dragon's are beings made to bring balance to the world. They have good combat abilities and when they grow to be powerful enough, they can go toe to toe against Demon Kings, Arch Angels for a few rounds and can almost hold a candle to a fully grown Nepbilim.'
Bell looked at the list and almost felt as if they wanted him to pick Nephilim. It was the best answer according to the stats shown here so he clicked on it. The page refreshed and the third question came.
'Would you like your powers to have a debuff or not? Based on your answer, the fourth question will be even more harder.'
Bell just scoffed at this sentence and immediately wrote he wanted the powers with no debuff. As soon as he wrote that, the screen went dark for a few seconds then the other question came but when he read it, he felt as if he was being watched. He tried moving but he was immobile. His eyes never left the screen and he was subconsciously reading it over and over again.
'What if we told you that you can gain all that power. In exchange, you will be accepting bounties from us. Take them as quests if you will and these powers are the pre-payment. If you sign the contract, you will be given the powers you asked for and with each completed mission, you will be paid with the method to further strengthen yourself. Do you accept? If you do not, your mind will be erased and you will continue leading your life down to the path of doom. Will you sign?"
Bell felt these words contained so many meanings that he was scared of thinking about them. He did not dare treat them as nonsense for what he was feeling right now was real fear, fear of dying! He felt the being looking at him was too strong for him to comprehend. So, Bell tried to nod and he found his head was not constricted not to nod. Immediately, he felt the pressure on his body fade and be could breath normally again but he couldn't compose himself for a long time. He looked at the words in his screen and saw them change once again.
'You have entered into a soul contract with the system. The contract will take till the day you will die or you have finished all the contracts available in the system. Good luck, Misthios, you have started a long road towards becoming an over powered existence. For now, the system recommends you getting acquainted with your powers."
Suddenly, Bell's vision became dark as his head hit the desk with a thud. His whole body was going through a change that he was not able to see. His fat loaded body slimmed down to one that seemed like he did not miss any swimming lesson from birth. His mind was being reinforced by a strange force while new cells started unlocking in his body and with each cell came a new found power. The injury he had just got from when his head hit his desk was now gone.
Bell finally opened his eyes and found he was drooling on the keyboard. With practised motion, he wiped the drool away and looked at the screen. He saw he was still in the webnovel app he was reading before. He rubbed his face with his hands as he got up, swearing to never go two nights in a raw playing games. He lifted his hand and took a whiff and backed away with regret. He was ripe and not in a healthy way so he took off his clothes and got into the shower.
He rubbed himself off the grim on his body as he kept his eyes on the wall. The reason is because he did not want to see his body and remember the kind of life he was living. When he was done, he wrapped a towel round his waist and that's when he noticed it, abs! He quickly ran his hands on his stomach once again to make sure and felt the clearly so he ran to the mirror, leaving the towel behind and looked at himself.
"Holy Shit, how the hell did this happen?" he asked himself as his fingers prodded the abs in fascination. He counted six of them, well defined and shaped. "I need to make sure I am not sleeping." Just then, his phone flew over to him and hit him on his head. Bell cursed as he turned around, ready to lash out at his assualtor but what he saw made his mind go numb. He saw everything in his room floating!
"What the actual hell!" he cursed and everything went down again. Bell scrambled away from the things in his room till his back touched the wall. That's when he remembered the questionnaire. "Did that really happen?" Just then, Henry felt something go through his body and at once, he felt calm. He immediately thought of the Force and sure enough, he could hear the whispers of excitement going through his mind.
"Does that mean I am now a force user?" he asked out loud. Whispers of agreement ran through his mind and his eyes shine even brighter. He ran into the kitchen and took a knife and just then, he thought of what to do next. He couldn't master enough courage to cut himself because he had been raised in a civil society that gave him the impression of self hurting was not okay. But, the whispers in his head assured him that it was okay and it wouldn't hurt so he hesitantly cut his palm a little. The cut healed itself as soon as the knife passed his flesh, making it that it was like he was never hurt.
Bell was suddenly intrigued by this knowledge that he didn't notice the maniacal look in his face. He cut himself once again, deeper this time and watched as his wound healed faster even. So, he got braver and cut even more. The wound healed in record time, not a milli second more. Bell continued cutting and observing and soon, his whole body would have been covered with scars if not for the insane healing ability.
Bell got even more courageous and cut off his pinkie. He felt pain but it was like a prick and his mind cleared a bit when he noticed this. But, the pinkie was healing, regrowing back to how it was before! He watched in fascination as the pinkie regrow to the length of his nail and the small hairs in it.
"This is amazing! Deadpool fought of cancer with this mutation and he would have lived forever with it! This is just broken and I can use it to get strong. There will be no limit to my strength because any broken tendon will be remade as soon as it breaks! Just thinking if that is just scary. I can also feel my body is strong...Holy Shit, my body is strong!" He immediately went to his bed and lifted it entirely with one hand. "This...I feel like I am barely holding anything! I need more tests but first, some clothes." Bell went to his room and wore his clothes but they were all oversize! He looked at himself with embarassment. Now that he looks back at how he lived, he could see that he was not living like a normal human being. If he was not careful enough, he would be counted as one of the many obese people. He looked at his room and shook his head.
"I can't live in this conditions," he said with resolve in his eyes.
Immediately, he reigned in the force and started moving things telepathically. The dirty clothes were floating their way to the basket as it slowly floated towards the door. The bed made itself neatly and the pillows fluffed themselves then put themselves on top of the bed cover. The door opened itself and the basket filled with dirty clothes went to the bathroom. Bell got out of the room and saw his telekinesis had spread to everywhere in his house as if the force knew what he wanted.z
The dirty dishes were washing themselves, the trash was putting themselves into the bin and the furniture was making themselves neat. He smiled at the scene in front of him then turned back to his predicament. He looked at his clothes again and suddenly, the clothes shrinked and hugged his body snuggly. They weren't tight, just sitting on his body just right but they definitely showed his athletic body. He looked at himself in the mirror and smiled. He was not good looking at all but he regained his courage with this new body. When everything was cleaned, he took his house keys, got out, locked it up and called for an Uber. When it arrived, he told the driver where to go and he got into the back.
"You look like a happy chap," the driver said when he saw Bell's smiling face.
"I sure am," Bell said as he looked at the sunny sky. "It might be the best day of my life."