Drake picked up the book "The powerup system" and felt dizzy. His vision swam, and the walls started getting blurry. All of a sudden, the lights flickered. "Wha-" Before Drake could finish his question, he crumpled to the ground, falling into unconsciousness.
When he woke up again, he was back in the inn. Even though Drake was pretty sure he hadn't hit anything hard when he fell asleep, everything hurt. Looking around, Drake saw that he was alone.
Drake looked out of the window at the sky. It was already dark. The sky was full of clouds. Drake looked down and saw his shirt. It was soaked with blood. He looked down at his hands and noticed blood was dripping on them. "What?!" He jumped up out of his bed and ran to the bathroom. As he washed his hands and looked at his reflection in the mirror, the sight before him horrified him. The skin on his face looked pale and lifeless, the colour drained from them entirely, and the blood dripped from his eyes. Drake grabbed a towel and dried himself off, feeling incredibly cold and realising that his skin was peeling off his face and his hands exposing shining red scales.
He looked at his arms and legs, where scales were growing rapidly under his skin. He stared down at himself in horror, not understanding what was happening. "W... Why..?" He was starting to panic now, tears threatening to spill out of his eyes.
Drake collapsed onto the floor and cried bitterly. He couldn't believe it. He was cursed to become a monster. He wasn't like everyone else. Was he condemned to live in a world of pain? Drake hugged himself tightly and let out a painful cry.
[System activated: Loading 1%]
{Loading complete.}
User name: Drake |
Gender: Male |
[Classified]
(Name: Drake – Dragonborn)
[Age: 18]
[Race: Human / Dragon]
[Attributes]:
+Dragon strength: 0/100
+Supernatural ability: +Fire
+Immune to poisons
+Dragon speed: +50%
+Dragon agility: +20%
+Enhanced healing ability: +15%
Class: Dragon Lord/Forbidden Librarian |
Level: 1 |
Type Description: [Dark/Dark magic]: Ability to absorb and store mana. You can use any mana to strengthen yourself or attack others. [Fire Magic] Ability to create and manipulate any type of fire.|
"What the..." Drake exclaimed as he saw a status board in front of his eyes. He looked at his arms and realised the scales were gone. "Am I hallucinating?"
*Ping*
Drake heard a notification sound inside his head. "What now?"
*Ping*
{Status Board has changed>>
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[HP: 90/820]
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[MP: 200/100]
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[STR: 10%]
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[WIS: 30%], [INT: 50%], [EL: 20%]
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[EXP: 0/10500]
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[Rage currency: 0]
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*Ping*
It suddenly turned bright red. The word 'QUEST' appeared above his head. "What the hell is this?"
[QUEST IN PROCESS: Forbidden Library
Quest description: Entering the Forbidden Library.
Reward: UNKNOWN.]
"What?" he blinked his eyes, trying to process what had happened. He realised the system was talking about the same place. He entered in a dream. "Wait a minute; I have to get back to that crazy place?" however, as he was saying, he heard a notification sound again.
*Ping*
[New quest available: First blood!]
"What now?!" Drake exclaimed. "You mean to tell me that there are more quests?"
[QUEST IN PROCESS: First blood
Quest description: Draw the blood of your enemy.
Reward: SSR gift box.]
"Is that a good reward?" Drake could not help but ask.
[YES] A notification suddenly showed up and startled Drake.
"Oh? You can talk to me?" Drake asked, surprised.
[Yes] the System replied.
"So, can you tell me more about the reward?" Drake asked curiously. The System replied instantly.
[Yes.] The system confirmed but did not explain.
Hearing the same answer began to irritate Drake, and he clenched his teeth and growled lowly. After a while, however, he calmed down and thought carefully about the rewards. Then, he decided to order instead of asking. "Tell me more about the reward."
*Ping*
[SSR gift box - A high-rank item that grants the user great power, weapons or other items. You can claim gift boxes by exchanging your Rage currency or doing quests.]
"Hmm. So the rewards are all high ranks," he murmured.
[Affirmative.]
"Could you... teach me how to use my powers?"
The System paused for a moment before replying.
*Ping*
[Yes.]
A slight smirk showed up on Drake's face. "Good."
[This will be painful.]
"Wait, what?"
Suddenly, darkness engulfed him, and Drake didn't even manage to scream, feeling the familiar pain coursing throughout his entire body as a loud ringing echoed in his ears, making him feel extremely nauseous. Then, he felt something pulling and pushing on his body, causing him to fall to the floor. Once he fell, he quickly crawled away from whatever was hurting him. When he stood back up, everything stopped and was silent. There was no longer an irritating ringing in his ears.
After the pain was over, he got up off the ground, sweaty and tired. He checked his body for any injuries, finding none. He also glanced at his hands, and then a small fire appeared on his palm. He stared at it in awe and excitement. He smiled and understood that the system uploaded the skills into his body as if they were instincts for him. What he was supposed to learn on his own was simply uploaded at the cost of immeasurable pain.
"What should I burn?" he looked around the room but decided against it since burning things might make him end up evicted. "Uh, maybe tomorrow."
Drake sat down on the edge of his bed and thought about the whole ordeal that just occurred, wondering if the dragon girl he met was just a dream.
"Lux..." Drake closed his eyes and thought about her, smiling slightly. "She was so beautiful."
Then he remembered something important. "I'm so hungry...."
He got out of bed and walked out of the bedroom. He sat beside a large table in the middle of the Inn. It was night. Despite that, many people were still in it, but most were drinking alcohol.