Opening his eyes slowly, the first thing the young man noticed was that there were several people in a completely unknown place, most of them seemed to have woken up some time ago, the young man being one of the last people to regain consciousness.
Groan
'Ah damn my head hurts. Where am I? This doesn't look like a classroom at all' the young man thought as he looked around. There were people of various nationalities such as Americans, Japanese, Koreans, Chinese, Indians, French, Spanish, Italians etc. Some were in their youthful peak, some were in middle age, some were in their senior years, and some barely looked elementary school.
Some people the young man recognized, there were classmates, teachers and some neighbors but they were a small minority compared to the large number of people in the room. Looking closely at the room in which the young man was found, he found it strange as well as fascinating, from the floor to the walls to the ceiling everything seemed to be built according to the style of the Middle Ages but much more detailed and beautiful.
In the center of the room there was a statue of a person, the statue looked like an angel from myths and legends, it was incredibly beautiful, the features of her face were ambiguous like the rest of her body, thus avoiding knowing exactly if she was a man or a woman. He wore white tunics and sandals that resembled those used by the people of the Roman Empire, but definitely the most striking thing was what came out of his back, they were three pairs of feathered wings carried by the angels and gave him a touch of purity and divinity. .
The young man stared at the statue entranced by the beauty and wondered if there was a person who could create such a work of art, it was simply unimaginable that the hands of a human being could sculpt such beauty and the only reasonable answer was that it was created by a divine being such as a god or a demon.
While the young man admired the statue and tried to discover its origins, it began and as if it were a dream the stone that made it up began to crack, the cracks plagued the statue and pieces of stone fell to the ground while the interior was revealed. The robes, the wings, the hair, the skin... the whole statue was previously made of stone but now everything seemed alive and left all the spectators dumbfounded and speechless, it was simply unimaginable to see a statue come to life.
The beautiful golden hair like the rays of the sun fell on a flawless white skin that was hidden by a neat white robe, her blue eyes like the sky looked at everyone with gentleness and affection just like a mother, her lips formed a slight smile that She was able to calm anyone who watched her, the six wings on her back opened as a calming, bewitching, divine white aura filled the room.
Everyone present gasped in shock and amazement as they saw the beauty of the transcendent being in front of them, but regardless of the beauty of the being in front of them none of the men or women had a hint of lust in their gazes, it was as if they were all afraid of staining. her divine figure with her impure gazes so they only looked at her with adoration but without fear, even if she was a devil who came to take their lives they would not resist or scream and would only feel sadness that her dirty blood stained their being.
"Humans".
Her voice was sweet, soft, calm and seemed to have unimaginable wisdom behind it.
"My name is Gabriel and I am an angel under the command of the Gods. I know you are confused and don't know why you are here, but there is nothing to fear so please don't worry. We have brought you here out of God's desire." the Gods, all those present have been selected by us angels according to the criteria of the Gods, all of you are the chosen warriors to go to another world.
Everyone don't worry you will be teleported to a safe zone where you can slowly learn and adapt to this new world. Before you are transported, I need to brief you on various matters that you need to know. In the first point would be the status window, to make it appear you just need to think or say "status" and it will naturally appear in front of you, the status window contains your basic information about you and your abilities, it can also be said that the window status is only visible to the user and other people will not be able to see it, naturally it contains more functions than just showing your information and skills but I trust that you will be able to learn about them in due course.
The second point to talk about would be about the classes, these are determined by your soul but don't worry since your current class is not your permanent class, your current class is a "test" class and contains the basic skills that will dictate your path to follow according to your preferences, to obtain a permanent class you will have to level up your class to level ten but this will not only go up by hunting monsters but you will have to do the activities related to your class and understand it to be able to do to level up, if someone is a swordsman they will have to fight and understand the sword to raise their class and thus make it evolve to a permanent class and even after obtaining a permanent class it can evolve to a superior one an example would be a spearman to a master of the spear.
Finally, there will be the statistics, these are dictated by your physique and other factors that I will not delve into, so it is up to you to find out, if you have more or less statistics, it totally depends on you and your body and soul, they can increase as you go up of level but also that they will have to train to increase them, to increase their resistance they will have to exercise and in a similar way for the other statistics, it cannot be said that they are not related to their level but there is a limit for them to increase depending on their level this was done so that they don't just focus on them and not on the level of their class.
An example would be that before reaching level ten you can only increase your stats up to a certain point in order to avoid certain problems, don't worry these "blocks" will naturally disappear after passing a certain level.
With all this said, I wish you good luck and great fortune, may the Gods bless you all."
Everyone present did not know how to react and had great difficulty processing the newly acquired information, what before might have seemed like a joke in bad taste now became a reality, their reality. There were countless questions that everyone wanted to ask but before they could even open their mouths strange symbols shone on the ground, everyone was instantly swallowed by that blinding light.
[Starting the teleportation process]
[Entering destination coordinates....Error]
[Coordinates of destination could not be entered searching for solution]
[Could not find a solution to this problem]
[The teleportation process will start randomly]
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When the young man opened his eyes he found himself inside a house in ruins, the whole house seems to have been consumed in the flames a long time ago, ashes flew all over the place giving the place a strange and indescribable atmosphere. Looking around, the young man realized that all the houses around him were in a similar state, a great wall of several meters high was placed around what seemed to be a city, the young man noticed that there was also another wall of lower height more ahead.
There was no building that had not yet collapsed, rubble filled the entire place and only pieces of the original structures survived, the whole place smelled of burning wood and various other odors that the young man could not identify.
'First of all I better check my status' he thought as a screen appeared in front of his eyes.
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[Name: Adolf De'Ath]
Race: Human
Title: - - -
Class: Black Mage
Strength: 6 / Speed 9 / Stamina 5 / Health 13 / Mana 9 / Regeneration 20
Active Skills: [Shadow Cloak] [Lesser Blind] [Raise Undead].
Passive Skills:
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"I see, the three skills I guess represent the three main paths I can walk as a black mage. Lesser blindness is from some curse mage type path, shadow cloak is from some sort of warlock or something similar and lastly raise undead is by a necromancer Leaving that aside for now what bothers me was the message "random teleportation", it means that unlike the others I was transported to another part of the world that I wasn't supposed to or something like that?.
Even if we leave the location issue my physical stats are low as well as my mana and the only thing high is regeneration and I can already imagine the reason behind this, but that's not the biggest of my problems either it's the monsters, According to what that beautiful lady told us, they would send us a relatively safe place where it would be easy to start, but seeing the state of this city, I deduce that there is no food or water, much less it seems to be safe and an easy starting point.... And from again I'm just talking damn.
I also don't have a weapon or anything useful with me, the only good thing was that I'm wearing thick clothes so I don't have to worry about freezing to death from the cold at night, the only bad thing is that I don't have food or water and last time I ate and drank something was this very morning.
I essentially understand lesser blindness and raising undead but shadowcloak is something I don't understand so it's better to know that does".
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[Shadow Cloak (Unranked-Level 1)]: Covers your body with shadows which makes you more difficult to detect. Stealth is increased by 20% while the skill is active. In the presence of enemies superior to the user, stealth decreases between 5-10% depending on the difference in strength. In the presence of enemies inferior to the user, stealth increases between 3-8% depending on the difference in strength.
Cost: 2 mana points per 10 seconds.
Cooldown: 10 minutes.
[Attachment Skill
Duration: 25 seconds.
Cost: 80% of current mana. 50% of the current resistance.
Cooling: 12 hours and 30 minutes.
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"Damn this ability is pretty cool and if it wasn't for my low mana I'd become unstoppable, but I can still keep it active for about forty seconds or so before my mana runs out. Well it's better if I start researching the surroundings now that the sun is still up.
At this time it was noon and Adolf wanted to take advantage of what was left of the day to investigate the place where he was, right now he was in a totally unknown place inhabited by unknown creatures and he had no idea what fate would hold for him, if he were the protagonist might have gotten a class like "hero" or "sage" along with overwhelmingly high stats but he wasn't the protagonist, not only was his class pretty gloomy being this black mage but also his stats were low, if not for his shadow cloak ability Adolf would have balled up and started crying over his bad luck.
In the end, he walked with great caution using the rubble as a hiding place while he was prepared to use a cloak of shadows at any moment, Adolf moved between alleys trying to be as stealthy as possible in order to avoid drawing the attention of any creature that was nearby. The sight that Adolf's eyes observed could only be described as depressing and lonely, everything was burned, there were various objects such as clothes, toys and others scattered among the rubble, all were in poor condition, partially or totally burned and were scattered in such a way as to if they were taken out to be packed.
But if this was the case, Adolf wondered why there were no bodies or marks of these, although he preferred not to find corpses, the city was too mysterious, strange and plunged into a total silence that was sad. Adolf walked the streets looking for things that could help him but without much success, after an indefinite time Adolf managed to catch the sound of footsteps and quickly hid himself in the rubble, looking everywhere to find the origin of the sound there he could see it, he was one meter tall he had green skin, yellow ones, large fangs, pointed ears, a large nose and bumps all over his body, his physique was similar to that of a small child, his body was covered by a cloth and he carried a thick branch as a weapon.
It was a goblin and its appearance was as described in stories and legends, Adolf tensed thinking about how to proceed, he went out and attacked or activated shadow cloak to avoid detection, but his thoughts were interrupted by a new series of noises that they were getting closer.
Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap Tap
A sound of footsteps accompanied by various indescribable metallic sounds, it sounded as if some incredibly heavy metal was being dragged across the ground, every second that passed the sound became louder and louder and seemed to be getting closer, Adolf was flustered and afraid of whatever was approaching so without hesitation he activated his shadow cloak ability more quickly.
[[Shadow Cloak] skill has been activated]
[Your stealth increases by 20%. Now you are harder to detect]
[2 mana points will be consumed every 10 seconds while the skill is active]
When Adolf activated his shadow cloak ability his body was covered by several shadows around him making it seem as if the shadows were hugging his body thus hiding him in the process, if one were to look in his direction at this instant it would not I would see Adolf. Soon the noise got louder and Adolf could see the existence that caused it. The existence measured two meters, its armor that seems to have been burned was black and its original color is unknown, they carried a giant halberd that measured two and a half meters and like their armor, it was also burned and was black. Black, her steps were slow and stiff, floating above her head Adolf could see the creature's name.
[Burnt Knight of >< (Level ???)]
Adolf not only could not see the full name of the burnt knight but he couldn't even see his level either, that meant the burnt knight's level was incredibly high and possessed enormous strength, Adolf didn't doubt it even for a second longer and activated the shadow cloak attached skill, fusion of shadows, immediately his body and aura completely disappeared without a trace.
[The attached skill [Shadow Fusion] has been activated. 80% of current mana is consumed. 50% of current stamina is consumed]
[Stealth increases by 100% for the next 25 seconds]
While Adolf trembled like a leaf, the burned knight slowly approached the goblin and when he was twenty meters from him, he released a deafening roar as he ran towards the goblin, he was taken by surprise and could only watch in horror as the burned knight raised his huge halberd. and then lower it with great force.
BOOM!!!
The goblin split cleanly in half like a hot knife through butter, the ground where the halberd hit shook but not even a crack appeared on it, ash and dust kicked up by the wind the halberd created upon impact. Adolf trembled from head to toe, his face turned white as a sheet as he covered his mouth with his hands to avoid letting out any noise and attract the burned knight, in his eyes there were a few tears as he prayed to some God or Demon to prevent the knight from approaching where he was.
tap tap tap
The same footstep sounds resounded again, Adolf's eyes were tightly closed as he listened to the footstep sounds slowly recede, his heart pounded and he couldn't help but feel a great relief when he no longer saw him close, a couple of seconds more Later the attached ability of shadow fusion was canceled at the end of its use time, Adolf felt dizzy and tired due to the lack of mana and resistance, before activating shadow fusion Adolf had already activated shadow cloak for about twenty seconds or so. least so that at this moment he did not have a measly point of mana left. His vision went to the panels that were displayed.
'What will those messages be? I don't remember activating any other ability or anything similar 'Adolf was confused but he still looked at the messages, but when he saw them his pupils shrank and trembled with indescribable emotions.
[The Gods have noticed your existence]
[The Gods delight in your fear]
[The Gods mock your existence]
Gods.
What were the Gods? In any religion and whether good or evil, the Gods are considered powerful and omnipotent existences, ancient gentle and kind beings or evil and ruthless, they are objects of faith by billions of people throughout history and although the Gods who know Adolf might not be the same ones who brought them into this world, they both have something in common, they are Gods and maybe they are watching them.
They brought them to this world without even being able to choose whether they wanted to come or not, by mistake he ended up in an extremely dangerous place and now it turns out that the Gods not only did not take pity on him but also insulted and despised him. Before coming to this world, Adolf did not faithfully believe in any God or anything like that, but he always liked the idea that some superior existence was observing them, he was comforted by the idea that his actions would lead him to eternal peace, but now that image it went to pieces.
Adolf just couldn't take such a blow and he just stood there in a daze staring into space. Humans are beings of beliefs by nature, they always need a figure or idol to worship, be it a God, human or mythological creature as long as they demonstrate something "impossible and surprising" or that being should give guidance and comfort, as long as when those conditions are fulfilled that figure will become an object of adoration by human beings.
Now, what if those figures of worship you placed your faith in treated you like Adolf? The answer would be a blow that would be quite difficult to recover from, human beings can lose their honor, pride, their values and everything that it means to be "human" but faith is different, if faith is broken it is difficult to recover.
Adolf was never a great believer but that does not mean that he did not have faith, like any other conscious or unconscious human being Adolf had faith for the Gods and, now this faith was broken and trampled by the same Gods that he believed.
In the end he simply stood there dazed, hidden in the rubble while tears flowed from his eyes like two rivers, perhaps the other summoned were having a bad time like him at the starting point, but compared to them they could support each other. the others and share the burden both physical and mental, he couldn't, he was completely alone in this cruel new world.
Adolf simply lay there doing nothing, an advantage of having so little stamina and mana was that his regeneration could restore them in an hour, from time to time Adolf would hear the footsteps of the burned knight again and instantly activate shadow cloak to avoid detection, now Adolf had realized that the burned knight was standing guard or something similar.
He was an ancient knight who, after being consumed in flames and his body having died, continued to guard the city, he continued to fulfill his duty even after losing his life, he was a simple, sad and lonely existence.
The sun fell and the moon rose, beginning a cold night and even if he could, Adolf did not dare to light a fire for fear of being discovered. When night fell Adolf realized that the sounds made by the burned knight had stopped completely, thanks to this Adolf was able to breathe a sigh of relief as he no longer felt that he could die at any moment.
'I guess that gentleman or whatever he was only shows up during the day, but I should still research exactly his schedule so I don't run into him, it also seems that night seems to be safer than day as he doesn't hang around anymore that gentleman but there is still an unknown to be resolved, was that the only gentleman burned or were there still others hanging around...? Just thinking about it gives me chills.
I better go check the corpse of the goblin, the burned knight after finishing him I just leave him there, maybe the body contains something that could help me, even in the worst case I will be forced to eat his meat and drink his blood...'
Adolf felt his stomach churning at the thought that he would have to feed on the goblin's corpse, he didn't even know if his meat was edible or not but it wasn't like he had any other options either. Adolf looked around before walking towards the body of the goblin as a precaution, after making sure that there was no one or something in sight Adolf walked slowly to the corpse, his legs trembled slightly and it took all his willpower not to vomit there same.
The goblin's body was perfectly and cleanly split in half, his guts were spilling out and there was a large pool of blood around the body. This was not like video games where when you kill an enemy it disappears and only leaves behind objects and experience, this was real life and although not the same world where things worked the same, the corpses did not disappear to leave behind objects but they remained as they died.
The disgust and fear that Adolf felt was immense and just thinking about what would happen if he were in the goblin's place made his blood run cold and cold sweat covered his body. In disgust and fear, Adolf approached his trembling hands to a shiny object inside one of the halves of the goblin's head, Adolf felt his fingers touch something viscous and soft and felt an immense desire to vomit but he did his best to grab the object. object before running back into the rubble where it had previously been hiding.
Opening his hand to see that it was Adolf he was surprised to see a small red stone, the stone was the size of a lemon and its appearance was quite strange.
'What am I supposed to do with this? I better try to see what it does before throwing it 'Adolf thought that if he could see the state of it he could also see the information of certain objects, concentrating on the stone quickly new information came to him in front of his eyes.
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[Mana Stone (Rank: Lower)]: Condensed mana stone from low-ranked monsters.
Uses: Unknown
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[The system has detected that the user is in possession of a mana stone]
[Does the user want to use the mana stone to enable the shop?]
[Yes/No]