"Your time has not come yet... Immortal"
"Awaken, and you shall never truly die again"
Those words resounded and echoed within my mind, yet I could not hear them.
Everything was black, from my vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. I could simply not feel them anymore
It was as if my soul was being dragged out of my destroyed and ragged body and drawn into a higher realm. A realm of warmth, calmness, life... It was the light at the end of the tunnel.
I tried reaching out my hand toward it, yet I did not seem to have a hand. I didn't have a body.
Everything was black except that peering light at the end of the tunnel.
[The trial period has ended]
[The Immortality System will now have all basic abilities unlocked]
[Please stand by as the Immortality System unlocks...]
[...]
[...]
[The Immortality System has been unlocked]
[Please stand by as the System calculated your grade]
[This might take a while, so please be patient...]
[...]
[...]
[...]
[Calculations complete]
[Welcome to the System, Immortal~]
[Ding!]
[Mission has been successfully completed]
[Trial mission: Survive for 7 days]
[Conditions: -
-All system-related advantages have been locked
-All blessings have been locked
-All affinities have been locked]
[Recognized accomplishments: - (Strength has been taken into account and will be used to assess the user)
-Indirect killing of 6 wasps
-Killed 20 wasps
-Found Shelter
-Did not activate the support feature of the trial period
-Killed 1 Shadow Spiked Wolf
-Indirect killing of 2 lesser Dragon Hybrid's offspring
-Killed 2 creatures with the dragon bloodline (<1%)
-Killed 1 Skinwalker (Wearing the skin of a female human)
-Killed 1 Infant Treant
-Destroyed 83% of a forest and killed 68% of its inhabitants (Calculations are ongoing)
-Severerly injured a Prime Trynasaurus Rex ancestor and left it on the brink of death
-...
[The System had deemed your accomplishments near impossible]
[Completion Grade: S
Reward:
-1 Immortality Token
-Appraisal
-Bloodline has been given the Evolutionary trait (LEGENDRY)
-You have been given the title Craftsmith
-You have been given the title Warrior
-You have been given the title Seeker of Death
-You have been given the title Lumberjack
-You have been given an eye skill
-You have been given slight control over the mysterious energy
-You have been given the skill De($£*&th Lo2%$k]
After reading through all of the words that had appeared on the screen before me, I could not help but let out a soft sigh, or at least imagined myself doing so.
I could not really hear myself think, but I was thinking.
I couldn't use my body or speak, yet I knew I was there in some way or form that I simply couldn't understand.
It felt different compared to the last time I had died. The first time I died it felt like I simply could not think for myself and was forced to observe, but this time it felt like I could produce thoughts yet simply not hear them myself.
It was a feeling that made my previous trauma of having experienced death for the second time and suffering so much before it, simply dissipate like it was never there.
I couldn't hear my own thoughts and therefore, I could not hear my own wails and screams of pain and anguish. My cries which represented every second I had suffered... My wails that told a story all on their own.
Of course, this was just a temporary solution to the suffering I had to go through since I would eventually be awoken again.
It was only then that I realized that the screen in front of me had begun to change once again, forcing me to read it.
[Status
Name: Ezra ----
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Immortality Tokens: 4
Affinities: $*&£
Bloodline(s): Lesser Human -----> Awakened Human
Unique Trait: Evolver
Title(s): Craftsmith (Lvl 1), Warrior (Lvl 1), Seeker of Death (Lvl 1), Lumberjack (Lvl 1), Transgressor of Time(Null)
Skill(s): Appraisal (Lvl 1)
Blessing(s): Chrono's Blessing ]
I would like to think that my eyes would have widened at this revelation but I still seemed to not have a face or body so all I could do was feel the emotion of surprise without expressing it inwardly or outwardly.
After what seemed like a few hours of me drifting through the dark and infinite space, the screen before me finally changed again, and this time it read a short and concise message.
[A day has passed]
[All death penalties have been removed]
[The system will automatically assign 5 points to all stats for your accomplishments]
[Body has been reconstructed with all the additional system benefits unlocked]
[Your body has become more resistant to sound attacks]
[Your body has become more resistant to piercing attacks]
The screen then disappeared and reappeared in what seemed to be the same instant with a different message.
[Think 'Status' when wanting to open your status screen]
[Think 'Stats' when wanting to open your stats screen]
[Your consciousness shall now return to your newly constructed body]
I felt the sensation of being pulled towards the light at the end of the tunnel. It was like a drifting sensation where I would move fasted the closer I got, yet it seemed like I was not getting any closer to the white light yet my consciousness felt like it was moving at turbo speed by the 1-minute mark.
Eventually, at the 10-minute mark everything had turned into a stretched blur before finally, I saw that the light was close enough for me to touch if I had a body of course.
However, even after knowing I did not have a body, I still tried to stretch out my hand and peer into the beyond.
The feeling was close to instinctual, but at the same time, I felt like I was being commanded to reach beyond the light. And so when I did, the sensation of my soul and mind being ripped apart tore my consciousness to its core before seemingly.
A loud sound began to ring within my ears while my eyes felt like they were being burnt due to the brightness of the light.
*SHHHHHHHHHHHHH*
The sound only got louder and louder until finally
*BOOOM*
An explosion resounded within my ears forcing me away from my endless slumber.
*Thud*
And with it came the pain of bashing my head into the tree in front of me, causing it to shake while the leaves rustled, some even falling on me when I looked up.
"Bastards" I cried out in pain, yet that was not the only pain I was feeling.
I began to feel a burden on my mind, as if something had chosen to heavily stomp on it, putting it at risk of shattering into a million pieces.
The situation finally sunk in
I crouched to the floor with my head between my arms as I rocked back and forward, the memories, the pain, and the suffering of having to die again replaying in my mind over and over again in an endless loop that would haunt me for the days to come.
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