When he finally opened his eyes, the first thing Erend saw was a clear blue sky. The little clouds moved in unison like sheep herded by dogs.
He blinked a few times then sit down. Erend looked at all of his limbs which seemed to be intact. He was now in a meadow that had also become a battlefield.
But now no Elves were attacking so the battlefield was deserted.
"Wait, am I not dead?"
Erend touched his head. His last memory depicted a spear stuck in his head before everything went black.
"What the hell..."
No wounds there. Even though there was blood clotting but Erend was sure that his head was intact and not hollow.
Erend saw the blood on his hand. If the blood was still there, it meant that the spear had indeed pierced his head. But now the spear was gone and Erend felt very healthy. There was no sign that he had just died.
[ Congratulations! ]
Suddenly, Erend saw a transparent writing float right in front of his eyes. Erend tried to touch the transparent writing but he couldn't.
[ You have been chosen to be the holder of Systema. ]
"Huh?" Erend frowned, surprised.
"What does this mean?"
'Hi, you must be surprised.'
As if this surprise wasn't enough, now Erend also heard a voice inside his head.
Erend jumped to his feet. "Who are you?!"
'My name is Tut. And I will be your guide for a while until you understand your new power.' answered the voice in his head.
"New power?"
'Yeah, you should have died but you were chosen to be the holder of the Systema, with that power you came back to life.'
Erend tried to calm himself down. None of this must have been a dream since he was on a real battlefield.
"Okay," Erend sighed to calm his mind. He sat back with his legs crossed.
"Explain to me from the start."
'Okay. Systema is power from another world-"
"Like the Elves?" Cut Erend.
'Similar. But not the same. This power came from a different place from the Elves. Can I continue?'
"Ah, yeah. Sorry."
'You must have heard of Video Games? Because in this world Video Games exist, right?'
"Yes."
'Now think about the Status Window.'
"Now I have a Status Window?" Erend asked in a confused tone.
The Status Window is usually in the Video Game. Even though Erend's experience playing Video Games was meager because he was poor, Erend already understood a little about it.
'Yeah, just think about it.'
Erend did it. How shocked he was when he saw what appeared in front of him.
[ Name: Erend Drake ]
[ Level: 1 ]
[ Race: Dragonborn (Lesser Dragon) ]
[ Exp: 0/50 ]
[ HP: 10/10 ]
[ MP: 10 ]
[ Strength: 20 ]
[ Agility: 10 ]
[ Stamina: 10 ]
[ Defense: 10 ]
[ Vitality: 10 ]
[ Intelligence: 10 ]
[ Magic Resist: 10 ]
[ 5 Status Points Available. ]
"Wow, this is like in a Video game!"
'That's right. With Status Points you can increase your Status. I thought you knew that already.' said Tut.
"Yeah. It's quite simple. What can I do to level up?" Erend asked excitedly. The concept of the Status Window wasn't something new to him, it was just that implementing it in the real world was like a dream.
Erend had always loved Video Games, but he couldn't afford them.
'Daily Quests will appear every day. Later there will also be Main Quests and Urgent Quests. All of that gives experience.'
"Hmm, alright alright." Erend nodded with a smile.
'WOOSHH!'
'BOOM!' Suddenly a Magic missile hit Erend. He bounced a few meters. When Erend got back up, he saw an Elf soldier standing with his hand raised.
Erend looked at his body. He only felt pain like when he was hit by a kick. Normally, someone who was hit by a Magic missile by an Elf should have died on the spot.
When Erend looked at his HP Status, he saw that his HP had decreased by 1 point.
[ HP: 9/10 ]
'Magic Resistance shows how resistant you are to Magic attacks.' Tut's voice came again. 'And that attack was pretty weak.'
"Why didn't you tell me that an Elf was approaching?!"
'I don't know about that.'
Erend saw the Elf in front of him had drawn the sword from his waist. The elf was injured but it seemed he was still dangerous.
Then he remembered what had happened to him last night. Technically, he had been killed by an Elf.
Now seemed like a good time to take revenge and try out his new powers.
'You can add Skill Points to use the available Skills.'
"What?"
"HYAAAA!!!"
The elf lunged at him. Erend who was holding nothing rolled to the side to avoid the slash.
Then he found an iron rod lying on the ground.
'TANG!'
Erend held the Elf's sword with the iron rod he found.
"What do you mean by Skills?" Erend asked.
'To start with, you have five lists of skills available for you. Do you want to add Skill Points?'
Erend was still defending the Elf's attack while listening to Tut.
"Add Skill Points available!" Erend said.
'To what Skill?'
'TANG!'
Erend's iron rod was blown away by the slash of the Elf's sword. Now he had no weapons to defend himself.
"Something that can keep me alive right now and instantly activate it!"
The Elf thrust his sword at Erend.
'Okay. Understood.'
Suddenly the Elf's sword stopped as if it hit something hard. Erend looked down and saw the sword stop when it hit his stomach.
Then Erend realized that his entire body was covered in black and red scales.
The Elf immediately jumped back and looked at Erend with wide eyes filled with fear.
Erend smirked.
[ Skill activated: Dragon Scale (Lv.1) ]
'That skill allows you to drastically raise your defense against both Magic and physical attacks.'
"Nice..." Erend smirked widened.
Erend lunged at the frightened Elf. "My turn!"
'BUAGH!'
Erend punched the Elf until he fell then jumped on top of him. Not intending to give the Elf a chance to react, Erend showered him with relentless blows.
The blood from the Elf's crumbling face splashed onto Erend's face. He didn't know how long he had showered the Elf with blows until the Elf had finally stopped moving.
Erend stood up and laughed in satisfaction. Letting go of his pent-up feelings.
The black and red scales on his body disappeared.
'You want to add more Skill Points?'
"How much do I still have?"
'Two.'
After that, a list of available Skills appeared before Erend's eyes.
[ Dragon Claw ]
[ Dragon Eyes ]
[ Dragon Wings ]
[ Fire Breath ]
Erend smirked. The blood running down his face at this moment made Erend look like a terrible monster.
"Let's add some for Fire Breath."
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