AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
I scream and try to thrash around as pain shoots up my body, but I can feel hands hold me in place firmly which makes me panic even more.
Where the hell am I? And what's going on?
One minute, I was shot and was left for dead by a person I trusted the most and now I'm waking up with pain assaulting my body. I'm pretty sure Lloyd killed me. I'm pretty sure I'm dead!
I continue struggling even more but the hands hold me even tighter!
Damn it! What the hell is going on!
Wait, I have to see what's going on!
I decide to open my eyes and I see three, no, four people surrounding me, holding me in place on the bed.
"He's awake!" shouts one of them.
I don't know why but I feel my body tremble at the sudden shout.
First of all, I don't know who are the people holding me down, and second, I don't like the situation I woke up to.
I try to struggle even more but somehow, it's not working.
Why?!
I hear the door open and an elderly woman strides in. She has a smile on her face that makes me calm down.
"You're finally awake. How are you feeling?" she asks.
Did these guys save me or something?
"April, how are you feeling?"
Eh? She knows my name even though I don't know her?
"You… know me?"
"What's wrong April? Do you-"
"I-"
Everything suddenly goes black which catches me off guard. I see myself, or rather a younger looking version of myself, on the ground with a gaping wound on my stomach. I look around and see everything is on fire.
"I don't want to die." says a voice which makes me look around.
What's that?
I hear it again and I immediately get myself in a guarded stance.
"I don't want to die!"
Calm down April. Remember what you learned; a calm mind can always figure something out.
"Do you really want to live?" says another voice.
I look at the direction where it's coming from and I can see a woman with long flowing crimson hair.
Looking at her is giving me some odd vibes. Who wears a white dress in the middle of a raging fire?
"Do you want the power to live?" she asks again.
"Y-yes."
A bluish-white orb suddenly materializes on her hand and she crouches, putting the orb closer to the younger looking me.
I got a bad feeling about this.
"Do whatever you want with this."
Eeehhh?
I suddenly feel something cold encase me and I can feel myself freezing.
It's so damn cold!
And with that, I find myself awake once more. But this time, I'm alone in the room and it's already dark outside.
What the hell was that?
Images suddenly pop up inside my head. No, they're not just any images, they're memories; memories that are mine yet not.
I am April Frost, an orphan from a countryside village. I was taken in by an orphanage after I was discovered in the ruins of my village.
If I am to take a guess, April Nera and the original April Frost merged. I remember my memories as April Nera, who obviously died after getting assassinated by a person he trusted. And just now, I have access of April Frost's memories, which makes the current me, both April Nera and April Frost.
Five years ago, the village I belonged to were pillaged by rogue werewolves and I was the only survivor. Dead bodies, dismembered limbs and blood were everywhere. Such memories were too much for a thirteen year old but not for a twenty year old like me.
Then there are also the memories of the red-haired woman who offered me another chance at life.
Hmm… With that information, it's safe to assume I'm in a parallel world right? A mirrored world of my previous world where I, April Nera, am April Frost. And if the village really was attacked by werewolves, then it's safe to assume that the supernatural exists in this world.
But it seems like this parallel world is behind a few years if I'm actually thirteen right now.
Wait… That's not right. If I (April Frost) was thirteen when my village got wiped out, which was five years ago, I should be eighteen right now, two years younger than April Nera.
Eeeehhh?
But why do I look thirteen still?
*DING!*
Hmm? What's that?
[Merging Complete!]
[Host has fulfilled necessary conditions to use the system!]
System?
[Congratulations! [Slayer System] Configuration Complete!]
I'm literally puzzled with everything going on and no one is present to give me the answer.
Wait…
No person can give me an answer, but there's a system that might.
So… what's the [Slayer System]?
[Answer. The [Slayer System] is a support system that can help the host become stronger.]
Ooh. It can hear my thoughts. But then again, I feel like the monotone female voice is only inside my head.
So, how do I become stronger?
[Answer. The [Slayer System] can identify nearby enemies, analyze information, gives advices and helps host to become strong like in video games and novels! The more enemies you defeat, the stronger the host will become!]
Like in fantasy novels huh.
Now that I think about it, I got addicted with isekai novels and those novels with systems on it, back when I was in high school. If I were to take a guess of this [Slayer System]'s usage, it should be something similar.
So Slayer, I think I'll call you Slayer-
[Do what you like.]
Eh? Why do I feel like the system has its own personality or something?
So Slayer, I only have a few questions. I can already take a guess how to use you but I still don't understand how I came to possess you. Also, if you know why I'm stuck in the body of a thirteen year old when I'm supposed to be twenty?
A series of memories flash in my mind; the red-haired woman in the white dress, the bluish-white orb in her hands and that same orb entering my body.
You're the bluish-white orb?
[Answer. Yes. That orb is called the [Heart of a Primordial]. The [Slayer System] is created based on the power and capability of that orb, as well as matching the host's preference. As for the host's body, it's an after-effect of possessing the orb.]
So I'm stuck as a thirteen year old due to the power that saved me back then. And when the system announced just then that I fulfilled the necessary conditions, it meant the merging of April Nera and April Frost?
[Answer. Yes.]
I suppose there's that. I still can't believe I'm calm after learning all this.
Hey Slayer, why did April Nera and April Frost have to merge in the first place? And how did we even merge?
[Error!]
Huh?
[Host has Insufficient Level of Authority. Please increase your Authority Level to inquire further information.]
Tch! There's also that kind of thing? I suppose there's only one thing left; Status!
A light-green window screen pops up in front of me with a set of information:
Name: April Frost
Age: 18
Level: 1
Experience Points: 50/200
HP: 500/500
MP: 800/800
Authority Level: 1
Authority Points: 0/10
Life Points: 800
What's Life Points?
[Answer. Life Points are the points host will acquire alongside EXPs, APs and SPs. It will help host in accessing and buying from the system's [Store] as well as create skills using
So there's something like that?
Stats:
>Strength: 70
>Intelligence: 88
>Agility: 79
>Stamina: 90
>Defense: 100
Allocated Stat Points: 0
Geez. Look at those pitiful stats. At least my defense is a hundred points.
Skill List:
Ehhh… Those are some sweet skills as well.
[Answer. Yes.
Hey Slayer, do I have to increase my Authority Level to unlock those locked skills?
[Answer. Yes.]
That confirms it.
Hmm? What are these icons?
At the edge of my vision, three icons are displayed; a box, a scrolled paper and a stall.
Hmm? What day is it anyway? And what time is it?
[Answer. Today is January 31, 2018. It's currently 3:34 AM. According to the weather satellites, the chance of rain is-]
Okay stop! Too much information.