hil looked at the dead body in front of him and wondered what to do now. anna wasnt the boss around here, for sure. she didnt look all high and mighty and didnt act like that either, but she still was a member of the place hes prisoned in. his situation was very bad right now: if anna didnt come back to the rest of her team, he will be screwed. if someone else comes here, he will be screwed.
[yep this shithole is deeper than your mom's]
"thats the only thing you have to say now?" hil asked his godgiven system which always helps him in times when hes at the lowest.
[well look at the bright side, you can level up now :D]
"how level ups gonna help me if im going to die soon?"
[well uh...]
[...]
[hmmm]
a few minutes passed till hil's system managed to think about something to say. it might be a system but there are souls and brains behind it that need to think about the stuff the system will say.
[erm...]
[you wont die if you leveled up enough?]
"well yea, i guess thats right"
[ye~yes YES, of course its right, everything that comes out of my mouth is truth and wisdom]
"yea thats not true, your only wisdom is the time you said you shouldnt have been born"
[oh and i am the toxic one here alright]
"well anyways since you brought that up, how do i level up? you said something about some kind of ritual" hil looked at his system window with a look of curiosity.
[well close your eyes]
"then how ill read what you are saying"
[close your fucked up eyes unless you dont want me to guide you]
"dickhead" hil muttered as he slowly closed his eyes.
[good now-]
"ahhhh what are you doing get out of my head" hil screamed as a manly voice appeared in his mind, it was the voice of the system of course but somehow hil managed to get startled even though they didnt even finish their conversation.
[what the fuck you want you said you wanna me to guide you through the ritual]
"you didnt say you will be talking inside my head" hil said after calming down a bit.
[god damn it. shut up. now, keep your damned eyes closed and do what i say]
"you know, your voice sounds pretty mixed, its like an old mans voice or an ancient voice and some distorted male voice" hil said completely ignoring what the system told him
[why the fuck does it matter now, and for your information, we couldnt decide which voice to put here so we put both of our voices. now keep your fucking eyes closed before i remove all of your souls]
"right, right. eyes closed"
[now focus. do you see that shining white dot in the corner?]
"yea i see something, its not shining though"
[well try to concentrate on it, it may help]
"uh... yea its starting to shine, its very faint. am i doing this shit right?"
[erm, how faint is it? its a dim light or the light is flickering?]
"uh i dont know its neither, its shining but not enough to light anything around it and the light is very dim, i almost didnt notice that"
[oh oh oh, thats amazing, you will get a choice here :D]
"choice? what choice?"
[well we wanted to spice things up so we added events for each level up :D]
"and what did i get?"
[an almost unnoticeable dim light means you get to spin the wheeeel oooooof skiLLS]
the system said the last three words as if it was the presenter of some tv show.
"uh, how does that work?"
[first, you have to choose if you want this event or not. if you do want to get a chance at the wheel of skills you have to pay double souls]
"how many souls do i need to level up?"
[well, for now its (level)*2 so i guess its 2 souls, 4 if you want to use the wheel]
"and how many do i have?"
[you just killed that woman and you dont remember how many you got?]
"no i dont, how many do i have" hil said, annoyed.
[exactly 4. so, do you want to spin it?]
"uh, i mean, sure. there isnt another way to get skills right?"
[there are many but i wont tell you ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀)]
"rotten pill"
[what kind of insult is that]
"a good one, now wheres the wheel"
[you cant actually see it you know, i am the one whos spinning]
"what, thats shit, why do i have to trust your luck"
[do you prefer to trust your own luck? is it still in the negative side? or did you get enough karma to get it above 0?]
"fine fine, point taken, now spin it"
[hehehe, you wont regret it. i hope]
"wait what wa~"
the sound of a spinning wooden wheel filled hil's ears, he could see lots of words on the wheel but it spun too fast for him to read any of the words but he could see the colors of the wheel. some colors stayed in his field of vision for a longer time than others, that probably meant some skills were more likely to be chosen.
after a few minutes the wheel stopped at a blue colored part and the skill name was...
"give me a break?" hil asked, dumbfounded.
[yep, give yourself a break]
_______________
skill: give me a break (level: max}, (active)
when times are tough and confusing, give yourself a break ;)
description: smash your head three times into a surface made of a strong material and give yourself a well deserved break.
effects: stop time for 5 minutes while you are unconscious and napping. after you wake up time is stopped for additional 10 seconds.
!: this skill can be used once 24 hours
!: this skill wont be activated unless the user is very confused, feeling like an idiot, feeling extremely stupid and doesnt understand his situation and/or regrets he woke up this morning and/or regrets hes been born
!: this skill wont be activated unless the user is near 1 or more life forms or if the user is conversing with someone
_______________
the skill hil just got was the most common skill on the wheel, having more than 50% of the wheel dyed with its color. this skill was the most common and useless hil could get.
"i wasted, 4... 4 souls... for this?"
hil felt completely cheated and idiotic, he couldnt believe he paid double fee to get nothing useful, he really did regret he woke up this morning.
[skill: {give me a break} has been used]
"what? no! no no no NO!"
hil's legs moved on their own as he rushed to his anvil. upon reaching the anvil he started to smash his head against it like a hammer.
[-7 health]
[stat: {health points} has been unlocked]
[-9 health]
[-16 health]
just as he smashed his head for the third time, the world turned black as hil's eyes closed on their own while he started to faint. he fell to the ground like a ragdoll and started to snore loudly.
[well i didnt expect you to use it so soon, a new record haha...]
[...]
[erm... is someone in the house?]
[it feels kind of lonely now]
[well alright ill let you have another try just wake up]
[...]
[well, at least you leveled up right?]
[...]
[well fuck this ill go to sleep as well, hmph. thinking hes some big fucking shot. im a bigger shot you dickshit. good night you dumbass]
[ mode: {sleep} has been activated ]
and with that the system and hil got their first nap in this new world.