There's no one around him in proximity – counting out the farmers whose figure is blurry in the distance. Damn. Don't tell me it's talking in my head?
[Reminder, please fulfill the task of finding the protagonist at sundown at Caiyin Town, failure to do so will result to death -]
"Shut up!" he retort back. He grasped his throbbing head and went on ahead.
The voice said 'Slaying the demon'. What the fuck that's the anime he watched before he got shot. So what's this about finding the protagonist? What, did he actually enter the anime?
The fuck? Is this some sort of traveling between worlds? His head hurts from the mass of information coming into him. But he remains motionless. His face is totally expression.
Damn, maybe it's because he'd shut himself and had not held a conversation with anyone for five years now that talking, smiling and laughing is totally impossible to express from this stone like face.
He picks his nose. He treads toward the open field with lack of decency. What can you expect? His body felt weird. He's wearing someone else body and clothes. He tried hopping once; it seems this body is agile. Although rather dirty.
After hours of walking, he saw no sign of a town. But there are houses in the distance. When he entered his eyes shrunk. Indeed the place does not look like a town.
The houses are bult in wooden materials. Usually adorned with lanterns and such. Weird. But he knew this familiar place all too well. How couldn't he? He just watch his favorite anime, 'Slaying the demons' straight for two nights without sleep and have familiarized with the scenery.
He can't help but feel amaze at the surrounding. The color of the sky, the streak of the golden hue that brings out the color of golden orange red and blue all brush past each at the end of the horizon. Chasing after the sun that has already sink.
Wait…
Sink? The sun sink?
[Reminder: The task of finding the protagonist at Caiyin Town before sundown failed.]
[Reminder: The task of finding the protagonist at Caiyin Town before sundown failed. Penalty enacted. Penalty enacted. Your death will stage in five….]
"Wait! Fuck, fuck, fuck! The fuck! Sorry okay? Was it my fault the distance is so far? I can't find the protagonist in this town –" Lucien tried his best to argue the voice in his head. His heart is hammering against his chest. He's not going to die, is he?
[Four… Three]
"I said wait damn it! Are there any trial tasks or something? Why does the first task result in penalty already?"
[Two….. One…..]
After the "one" dropped the town became boisterous. Hooligans with ugly faces came forward and surrounded Lucien. They are ugly, faces full of lash marks their skin are deadly gray in color.
He racked his brain. He had seen these things before. They used to be human but not right now. Their movement are sluggish but the moment one of them bash its fist to Lucien's head, he is immediately knocked out.
His head is completely smashed to the ground in one hit. KO. Lucien can't help but curse his life. He really is unlucky. To die in the hands of a robber and to die in the hands of these inhuman thugs.
When his consciousness drifted back and his body awaken. He discovered that it was already midnight. He woke up because of the gust of cold wind penetrating his thin clothes.
He immediately sat up. He is in the alley. The stacks of empty dirty barrels at his side. Someone is kneeling in front of him. Tending his bleeding forehead. When Lucien's vision got better, he get to see clearly the little kid who is pressing his small full of grime face towards him.
Despite the look, the dirt, the ragged tattered clothes, he remembered his protagonist all the same. This was the boy whose family was killed by demons. This was the boy who ran away from his family's house because he was hunted down. This was the boy who had special blood in his veins. The blood of three races.
In fact, his awakening of power became crucial in killing demons. And in finding out the truth behind his parents killings and lineage. Because of shock to actually face the protagonist he admired for months behind the screen is now standing right in front of him, he was rendered speechless.
"Are you okay?" the kid is actually not that old. Probably seven or eight. He was using a ragged cloth dip in muddy water to wash away the blood from Lucien's forehead.
Despite all this Lucien's heart is ramming against his chest. Excitement bubbled up his throat. He was not okay. He was not okay! He got smack down by an inhuman thug! He got killed twice in a row! There's a creepy voice inside his head who keep repeating he needs to complete his task or else he's dead.
But now he's still alive and well! Even have the liberty to make the protagonist wipe away his blood.
Lucien sigh contentedly. If he really die today, he will die happily.
[Reminder host, complete the task of bringing the protagonist to the St. Louis Church. Failure to do so will result in three consecutive death sentence.]
The fuck?!?!
[Reminder host, complete the task of bringing the protagonist to the St. Louis Church within 48 hours. Failure to do so will result to three consecutive death sentence.]
Three consecutive death sentence?! Does that mean he'll have his head crushed to pulp straight for three times?! The fuck! Shit! Bullshit! Fuck your mother you robotic Casper! Take me back!
Where's my favorite chicken lunch box?!
"Brother, are you okay? Your face is changing colors."
The innocent voice of the kid, although encase with worry, having no ulterior motive still cause Lucien's anger to spark.
"The fuck? You think my face is some kind of led light?" Lucien snapped.
He has a sharp tongue. Lucien is aware of that. Lucien has been ostracized and hated by others because of that. But he can't help it. He was born with a constant cussing mouth. He can't breath normally if the word 'fuck' doesn't come out of his mouth.
But his sharp tone somehow surprise the little kid in front of him. His face frown in shock before the little kid retract back in fear. The boy is a beggar, like Lucien's state now.
The boy is used to adults maltreating him, beating him, kicking him until he can barely move and breath. He was worried this young man, who was a bit older than him will hurt him so he immediately take a step back.
The little boy know the young man in front of him is stronger. And one little mishap can cause the man to be angry, thus beating him. The little boy grit his teeth. He just got beaten up for stealing buns at the vendor. His ribs and back side hurts. If this young man beat him again, the little boy won't know if he ever survive.
Lucien will be considered stupid if he did not notice the little boy's fears. One look at his body and Lucien know the heavy injuries this little youth sustain. He wave his hand and tried to sat up. The little boy look at him in alarm but did not take a step forward, afraid Lucien will get agitated and start hitting him.
"I won't hurt you." Lucien quietly said. He shake off his throbbing head. He's still dizzy. The fuck. Just how did he survive being Koed like that?
Wait….
The robotic Casper said I will die…. But it doesn't say I will return to the real world. Does that mean in failure I get killed and then be resurrected? What about if I fulfill the tasks, will accumulating points let me return to my original world?
[To answer your question, yes dear host.]
Lucien gulp down the lump in his throat and felt the throbbing of his head got worse. The fuck. Just what the hell did he do to get involve in this reincarnation crap?
Or was it transcengration? (A/N: It's transmigration. Because of watching too much anime with little nourishment he's confusing words and his memory is not functioning properly today due to injury.)
In every task, how much will I receive?
[To answer your question, every fulfilled task will add 1 point, 3 points and 5 points respectively]
And how much points I need to store in order to leave this place?
[To answer your question -]
Fuck, can you skip the 'to answer your question' script and just answer straight to the point? Can't you see it's so awkward I'm having a monologue with you while the protagonist is staring?
[Then this humble one will comply. There are two requirements you must met in order for you to return dear host.]