"I should probably get out of here"
"There can be more adventurers here" Saying that I went to the route the Greater Skeleton came from.
It was a dark path but with my skill Visual Eye I could see it clear as day.
After walking for more than 30 minutes, I came across a skeleton. That skeleton was same size as me except for that it had a chestplate and wielded a rusty, almost broken sword.
"Should I fight with it?" I asked myself
"I mean it doesn't look any different from me except for the fact it has a chestplate and rusty sword"
"What harm can come anyway?"
"I will run away if it is stronger than I expected" Thinking that I approached the skeleton.
After I got closer to it, I punched it with every bit of strength I have. It fell down on ground and tried to stand up. Since Lesser Skeletons have intelligence to only recognize hostility, it didn't feel any emotions akin to hatred or shock from his own kind attacking him.
While he was trying to stand up I kicked it and jumped onto his abdomen and started attacking it without rest, since Undead have infinite stamina.
After once to got good serve what's happening to it, it started resisting but it was no problem.
When I was going to give a finishing blow to his head, it moved his head, dogding my attacking, causing my movement to become unstable. Taking advantages of it, it pushed me off it's abdomen. Even if it is an Undead it still has basic instincts.
I stood up and slashed at me. I tried to block it with my left hand but when the sword hit me a sound was made
*creak
Just when I thought that the sword broke and I tried to hit it with left hand but then I came into a terrible conclusion that it wasn't the sword that broke but my hand.
"Shit!!!" I cried and started running towards the nearest tunnel. I ran without looking back. After 45 minutes of continues running, I looked back and saw there was nothing behind me.
*Sigh
"Damn it! I underestimated the skeleton"
"I should have been careful" I said to myself
Just when I was turn around and go. I saw something.
"Damn.... another skeleton"
"But wait something is wrong"
"It's not moving, it's just laying on the ground" saying that I went closer to the skeleton.
When I went near it, I saw something that shocked me. That the Undead I thought was a human and his body had almost decayed showing his bones and only some tissues left here and there.
What shocked me the most was that the human was Mage, judging by his equipment.
His equipment was a black robe with a hood big enough to cover my head. The staff was like a mentality rod with a bird statue or something like that. The ring was silver with a blue oval gemstone.
"Should I take his equipment?"
"After all he is dead and has no need for this equipments" After I said that I knelt down and I took his robe and put it on me. After that I took the ring and wore it in right hand since my left hand is broken and finally the staff, I took it in my hand and analyzed it.
It was no doubt an expensive one, unlike the robe, and was weightless.
I turned away and was going to leave when a something caught my eye. It was Book in dead body's hand.
In this place and state, where I know nothing bout the world or about anything. Knowledge is the most important thing.
I opened the book. It was slim and red in colour.
"I can't understand it"
"What language is this?"
"Right, I am in a new world. I can't expect it's language to be English or Japanese"
*sigh*
I sighed and was leaving when I remembered something.
"If I remember correctly... then when I was dying that voice said something about a skill called [Cursed Book of Forbidden Knowledge]"
"I wonder if that skill will help me fill in the holes in the knowledge of world"
"There is no harm trying it"
"But how do I activate it?"
"Maybe I could activate by thinking or saying its name, like in the vr games!"
"[Cursed Book of Forbidden Knowledge]!"
"Hmmm.... nothing is happenin-"
"Aaaarggh!" Suddenly I felt pain.... no...
extreme pain but not in my body but in my head or more precisely in my mind.
"Skill [Cursed Book of Forbidden Knowledge] has been activated.
It was like my mind is tearing itself apart then mending itself and expanding and repeating itself at a speed of several trillion kilometers per second!
While this was happening inside my mind, my real body was already emitting a dreadly aura that would make even the hearts of the bravest knight would cover in fear.
"Cursed Book, Book of Abyss, Azazel Belial
has been acquired as the Being have activated the skill [Cursed Book of Forbidden Knowledge]"
For what it seems like an eternity, but only 10 minutes in reality, when my mind finally stopped reforming.... a huge amount of information flooded into my mind about the world, mana and many things I don't know.
What surprised me the most was that after everything was over I could feel and hear hear things like a human being no even better than when I was a human. I got all my five senses back..... advanced.
"Wow I can feel and hear" I said while touching myself.
I stood up, processing the new information, and when I was about to walk something tugged my leg.
It was book.... a dark red book, which was emitting a dreadly and malicious aura, was now chained to my leg.
Instead of feeling it as a accessory like equipments that we wear. It felt like it's part of me, like an organ.
"What the hell is this?"
"How can I feel it?"
"Why does it feel like it's part of me?" My mind exploded because of the number of questions I had.
"I have to move the book from my leg since it's gonna slow me down" saying that I tried to pull the book or break the chain but it didn't even scratched it.
"It was worth effort, heh"
"I wish it had been in my hand instead of leg in the first place" I sighed at myself for my badluck
As it heard my thought, the book transferred to my hand.
"What the-"
"Wait..... I can command it!!!!!!!!" I shouted at my own foolishness
"I see I can move it by thinking" as I tried to move it back to leg and it was successful.
After I played enough with the book, I teleported it to my hand and opened the book.
Name:<<<<
Class: Magic Caster
Sub-Class: None
Sub-Class: None
Race: Lesser Skeleton (Undead)
Skill: Neutral Space, Visual Eye, Appraisal
Rank: "Death Heirachy"
Corpse Rank
Monster Rank: Baron
"Wow, this solves the problem of insufficient information about skills and other things"
"Where is the skill called [Cursed Book of Forbidden Knowledge]
"Maybe that skill changed into this book"
"Maybe that skill is a one time use"
"Well there is no time arguing about it now and....."
"Why am I Unnamed?"
"I have a name.... right"
"Maybe because Takumi was the name of my previous body. It doesn't count as the name of this body"
"And what is this Rank and Heirachy thing?"
"And why did I got a new skills?"
"I also have Neutral Space skill"
"Should I try it now?" I asked myself
"No it probably like the previous skill"
"I am not ready to experience another hell"
*sigh