"If you didn't know, the creatures of this planet have mysterious powers. They are stronger than humans. When creatures of this planet discovered the abilities of humans, they wanted to kill us. The ability for humans to adapt anywhere. This power would be deadly if given to an evil creature." Everyone wanted to see where the speech was headed because this was information everyone had already known.
"When these creatures got our ability to adapt they became Poisonous, they could sniff us out from miles away, they were dangerous to live around, and bloodthirsty. Well all that was lies, the city wanted us to live in fear, but you shouldn't fear these creatures. Notice how you all have moved away based on what the city wants. Did you really want to leave, and live here?"
Some citizens began realizing what they were being used for. They followed the orders of the city to move next to the Yellow Forest, a forest that was seemingly vacant of monsters. The city had promised them a good future when moving here.
"Seems you guys are realizing what I'm saying. This place was supposed to be safe, but it seems that was a lie." Aki shook her head
Most citizens were angry that they had been moved to such a dangerous area, but others were skeptical with Aki's Speech. It was hard enough to live out here, now they have other problems. Monsters won't stay put now that the humans have made a move.
"Me and my friends right here took care of the rest of the wolves in the forest, we used skills to take care of them. These powers can help protect the village and its future."
Aki motioned for Nikhil to come over to the stage. He knew what he had to do. Nikhil had his hands to his sides, he lifted his arms up and shot streams of fire into the air. He had to catch himself because the blast threw him off balance.
The crowd looked in awe at the sight that was on stage. There was a man doing something thought to be impossible. "How? How is it possible?" The crowd wanted to know how Nikhil could do something so unimaginable.
"The Wolves left me with this skill after I ate one of them. Right after i ate it i knew how to use the ability. It just felt normal to use." The chief walked back onto the stand. The chief had disbelief in his eyes, he hadn't ever thought the city was lying about anything. They had given him a job he was good at, so he never batted an eye
"It seems the city is untrustworthy, I'm not willing to follow orders from people like that." The chief said to Aki. "Let me handle the crowd, they will listen to me." Aki walked off the stage with Ozan and Nikhil. They headed toward Nikhil's house which was the closest to the center of the village.
"Let me clean up before you walk in." Nikhil ran inside and slammed the door right behind him. Ozan heard Nikhil telling someone to leave out the back door. Ozan peeked over to see a girl leaving Nikhil's house. "Just like him to be with a different girl every day." Ozan looked at Aki, she ignored everything Ozan said. She didn't care who Nikhil had over.
Nikhil opened the door and they seated themselves inside. Ozan had a smirk and looked over at Aki. She was already looking at him, making him quickly look away again.
'Why did I look away?' Ozan thought. Nikhil cleared his throat and decided to speak up. "Let's face it, the citizens don't need us anymore. We should leave and find new skills that could be helpful, they've got it here." Nikhil had a fair point, but Aki had something to say. "How the hell can you say that? My brother died fighting for this place, I don't want to leave it just for his bravery to go to waste."
"Aki, it's fine. The citizens can fight for themselves. If you want, we could train them before we leave if you want." Ozan wanted to leave as well, but did not want to leave Aki behind. He didn't know why, but he felt bad for her. Ozan had just lost almost all his comrades, but he didn't feel a thing. Yet, when it came to Aki's brother, Ozan couldn't stand the thought of how he could've saved him.
Ozan stood there, telling Karusu he would jump in and help, but Ozan stood in fear a little too long. "What if we gave the citizens skills from monsters that live in the forest." Ozan didn't really think much about this plan, but it was the best they could do.
"F-fine."
"It could also be good to learn that new form of yours." Everyone went and prepared for the next day. Ozan headed back to his joint home and began looking through the system more. He went to the updates screen to see what it could do.
Ozan waited, but it would take ages for the thing to hurry up, so he went to the restrictions again to undo them. Immediately, he heard a sharp dinging noise in his ear. It didn't hurt, but it definitely got his attention.
A screen popped up displaying some tasks for Ozan to do. These tasks were specific for him.
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[Tasks]
Daily:
-0/10 sit-ups
-0/10 pushups
-0/1 mile run
-Use skills 0/10 times
Reward - 2 status points
Other:
-Obtain a Lover
Reward - Skill
-Create new skill
Reward - Skill
**
'Guess I won't be handed skills and such. Maybe my body can't handle them now, but why do I need a Lover?' A screen popped up for Ozan
[You are lonely]
'What? I'm not lonely!' Ozan was confused by the words displayed by the system.
[Name one person who loves you]
'That's harsh…' Ozan had never loved someone before, but he decided to do the daily quests instead of worrying about getting a girlfriend. Ozan got on the floor and started with the sit-ups, he could easily do hundreds so this only took a minute.
[1/10]
[2/10]
[3/10]
…
He then did the pushups. They were a little harder than the sit-ups, but still extremely easy. When he was done Ozan decided to sit on his bed and use his energy skill. He had to concentrate on the gem to make it move faster as it moved at the pace of a slug.
The made its way to Ozan's hand and he tried to transform it. He slowly turned it into a blade like shape, it was crude and looked like a jagged rock. Ozan could easily maintain the blade, it was sharp enough to leave scratches on his dagger.
'It's not working…' Ozan didn't know why it remained at 0/10. 'I should try my other hand.'
As Ozan retracted the blade and began moving the crystal he heard a ding sound.
[1/10]
'I guess I need to finish doing something for it to count. What about doing this?' Ozan lifted his left hand in front of him. His hand grew sharp claws and then they disappeared.
[2/10]
'Yep.' Ozan had to fully use his ability to make it work.
'I can take the energy from living things…What about something like a fruit or rock?' Ozan walked out of his room and got some fruit from the storage area. He focused his skill on the fruit. The fruit had a slight bit of energy, but not enough to be helpful.
'Is this the energy you get from eating it? Can I see all types of energy?' Ozan began pulling the energy from the fruit. The fruit turned gray and crumbled to dust in his hand. 'I guess I can use all energy types.'
[3/10]
'Time for a little run I guess, I'll use my skills while running and do both at once.' Ozan got his gear on and walked outside, He began running and using his different skills to get the tasks completed
[4/10]
[5/10]
…
[ status points added]
When Ozan was done with the tasks and had decided to head home, he ran into Aki. She was in the training area. Ozan had seen how she was breathing heavily and assumed she was in the midst of training. Ozan was about to walk away when she turned around and saw him standing there.
"Uh… Hey! Aki, How's the training going?"
"W-What training!?" Aki was Flustered by the sudden appearance of Ozan. She didn't want to admit that she listened to his advice.