The world was peaceful, with Humanity moving to greater heights with their technologies. Finally, the first Super AI was going to get introduced, with society taking its next step.

But nothing works smoothly without any disasters. Humanity was able to go through various disasters in ages and still survived. But this one was not like any other.

In 2040, many gates opened on the Earth, putting everyone in turmoil. The fear of the unknown made them panic.

Various governments made special forces look at what the gates had inside. Canada was the first to send its troops.

It took many hours for them to return, which was not straightforward. More than half of the troops gained supernatural powers even scientists couldn't understand after various experiments. Finally, they said they could see a Blue screen in front of them telling how strong they were in numbers. And it all started after they killed the beasts inside the gates now known as 'Dungeons.'

Years passed with many beasts invading the humans, world-changing powers that changed the world map we know now.

Many artifacts and powerful techniques were found in the dungeon to hone Humanity's skills for the future.

With stability in the dungeons' control, Humanity was becoming stronger daily. A power ranking was made to make the world normal again. It went like this-

Beginner Evolved

Intermediate Evolved

Expert Evolved

Master Evolved

Grandmaster Evolved

Beyond Evolved

There could be more, but Humanity hadn't reached that level yet.

The world's leaders changed, with the most powerful at the top. Powerful people could now overcome the limitations of their race, which was the lifespan. Many people could now live more than a few hundred years which made them see their whole future family tree in front of them.

Things were not peaceful but still, they were moving forward and that was what everyone became satisfied with.

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In the present,

"Hey! Kill this bitch fast! My mana is going to get exhausted soon." A skinny guy said with a magic wand in his hand. His left hand was already cut, spurting blood every time he moved.

"Claire! Heal him; he will not survive the raid at this rate!"

"I am trying. B-But my mana dried out; I don't have any mana potions left!"

"Fuck!"

They all were part of a Beginner evolved group trying to clear the low-level dungeon on their own. But the problem was that the dungeon became dangerous, not something some beginners could handle.

The skeletons in front of them did not feel pain. They just kept attacking the human evolvers without fearing death.

Out of the four people struggling, one young man was the only one looking to surpass his limits.

With many broken ribs, severe internal bleeding, and many other wounds. He had no chance to live after this raid now, with the healer unable to do her duty.

The only thing holding out his body was his adrenaline rush, it pumped blood all around his body and while it got spurted out of his body through many wounds, he still persisted.

The only thing plaguing his mind was a simple thought.

'Survive'

He killed another skeleton in one strike with his standard sword.

His equipment's protection ability could be described with one word, 'Trash', the lowest grade gear one could find in the market. His leather jacket got torn with only one strike of the skeleton.

Since then, he kept fighting and the group did not even remember how many skeletons they killed, but it surely amounted to a couple hundred.

'Well, my luck's always been fucked up anyway,' Kyle thought while bleeding heavily and still fighting.

[Pain resistance level up!]

'....What's the point now, stupid system?' It could be said that the pain was less than before, but the only outcome was his death. Too much blood already got spilled.

THUD!

He looked back and saw the group's healer on the ground, her head slightly open and oozing blood and flesh chunks.

"MARY!" He shouted. He always had a crush on her, but because he was always busy playing around. He didn't ever go for her, with how much respect he had for her.

"N-Noo! I can't stay here!" A guy wearing glasses said while trying to run. But alas, he did not see the skeleton thrusting the sword in front of him. It pierced the shoulder.

Kyle's single blunder in the fight led to a measly skeleton taking advantage, stabbing Kyle's gut. Just like that, around ten swords were inside him. It was just too pitiful to look at.

'Well, I am no different.' The tenacious man finally dropped to his knees with a sword in his neck. He could see the skeleton looking at him without any emotions, just the empty eye sockets with a tiny red flicker of light in them.

The other guys just accepted their death after seeing the tenacious man die; he was the strongest in their group.

'Heh... It's sad that no one will remember me... maybe the brothel's owner would?' he thought.

He could not feel his Body; there was darkness all around his body. Kyle felt safe in that darkness as if all his worries were nothing anymore. Everything had ended.

'Am I dead?' Kyle thought, he opened his eyes again only to see pitch darkness. 

'Wait, is this what death means?' Suddenly, Kyle felt a shiver down his spine, he didn't like that thought.

He started panicking, with no sense of time; it was like many seconds or minutes had already passed.

Suddenly, Kyle could see the familiar hologram in front of his eyes, in all that darkness, the bluish screen was the only thing present.

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[Player number #888774744893827755]

[You have been selected for the path of reincarnation this time, congratulatuions.]

[Finding a body for soul transfer... ]

[Soul compatible with multiple body types]

[Choosing one for the best growth]

[Body found]

[Transfer in 3... 2... 1]

[Transfer successful]

'Haaah... I have become delusional.....no, maybe senile?'

After several notifications, he was finally feeling sleepy.

Kyle felt like he was asleep and awake at the same time, he felt like several hours had passed and finally, there seemed to be a new energy in him to open his eyes. A new refreshing feeling filled him for a moment before it returned to nothingness.

"Fuck... what a headache," He said, trying to scratch his head, but it had a rough feeling as if striking something solid.

He opened his eyes and froze; a skeleton was just in front of him, moving past him without looking at him.

'The fuck?'

He tried to go for his sword, which was not with him; looking down, he felt like some joke was playing on him.

'Bone?'

His hands were made of bone, and so did his body.

But still, there was a sword near him.

Feeling frustration bubbling, Kyle gripped the sword in his bony hand and slashed it at the skeleton near him.

The sword swung heavily, cutting its head in one go.

[EXP +10]

'EXP?'

Everything was still confusing, but one thing was clear..... he was alive and still gaining experience. 

'Status'

Kyle felt dumb looking at the ridiculous status screen in front of him.

"Haaa... me and my dog-shit luck" The voice came out hoarse but understandable to some degree.

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