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Chapter 21 - The what!? A System?

Dante lay in silence on the soft bed while the cold rain kept pouring under the darkness of the night. Thunderclaps kept gleaming through the silky curtains, creating deafening noise along the way. *BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*

He was staring at the dark figure standing before him. It was tall, almost reaching the ceiling, and he couldn't clearly see its face. The appearance of the shadowy figure, and he wanted to know its reasons for dragging him into the current memory.

The dark figure did answer his questions, though he was dumbfounded by the answers he had gotten. The figure's name wasn't answered, but its reasoning for emerging before him was clear. It was confusing to him yet made sense.

"Wait, am I hearing this right?"

Dante quietly muttered to himself, confused by the words of the dark figure. He looked at it and wanted some clarification from the shadowy figure standing before him.

"The what!? A System?"

*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*

After uttering such words, thunderclaps followed one after another. The timing was really great since it made him feel even more tense than usual. What the hell was wrong with this memory, to begin with? Why does everything have to radiate a horror atmosphere?

Questioning thoughts kept pouring into his mind, which he then threw at the back of his head while shaking his head. That wasn't the main subject at the moment. He must hear the answer from the dark figure in front of him.

*𝕴 π–†π–˜π–˜π–šπ–’π–Š 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 π–’π–ž π–œπ–”π–—π–‰π–˜ π–†π–—π–Š π–ˆπ–‘π–Šπ–†π–—.*

*π•―π–†π–“π–™π–Š π•½π–Šπ–Œπ–Šπ–“π–™ π•¬π–˜π–™π–†π–—π–™π–Š π–π–†π–˜ π–†π–œπ–†π–π–Šπ–“π–Šπ–‰ π–™π–π–Š π•Ύπ–žπ–˜π–™π–Šπ–’.*

"Then, I really have a s-system."

He didn't know what to feel from the words of the horrifying dark figure. A golden figure was like a dream. It was like winning the best lottery in the world since it gave him a unique advantage. He thought he would feel happy, but…

Where did this system come from, to begin with?

'I always assume that golden fingers come along with the reincarnation. But I forgot to questioned their origins. Some might be ancient creatures, gods, or mythical apparatus.'

'So what kind of system would I receive?'

Dante thought about the words of the dark figure regarding the system, and the first thing he questioned was its origins.

With this in mind, he looked at the dark figure with a resolute expression and asked another question. "Where did the system come from? And tell me more about it."

His words escaped from his mouth, and the reaction of the dark figure was the tilting of its head. Dante would have assumed that it was an old woman from its voice, but since there was no face or body. He could only consider it as a supernatural being.

'Why am I thinking whether the figure is a woman or not.'

He shook his head in annoyance. The protagonist would always meet powerful females with great bodies. He didn't expect such a thing to happen to him since his situation was far from those within comics or novels. This was reality for him.

'I need to stop the comparison.'

'This isn't a story or a game.'

'This is my life.'

A short while later, the tilting dark figure finally answered Dante's question.

*𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖓𝖔𝖙 π–˜π–šπ–•π–•π–”π–˜π–Šπ–‰ 𝖙𝖔 π–™π–Šπ–‘π–‘ π–žπ–”π–š π–’π–”π–—π–Š 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 π–“π–Šπ–Šπ–‰π–Šπ–‰, π–‡π–šπ–™ π–˜π–Žπ–“π–ˆπ–Š π–žπ–”π–š π–†π–—π–Š π–™π–π–Š π–π–”π–˜π–™.*

*π–€π–“π–‰π–Šπ–—π–˜π–™π–†π–“π–‰π–Žπ–“π–Œ π–™π–π–Š π–˜π–Žπ–™π–šπ–†π–™π–Žπ–”π–“ π–’π–Žπ–Œπ–π–™ π–‡π–Š π–‡π–Šπ–™π–™π–Šπ–— 𝖋𝖔𝖗 π–žπ–”π–š 𝖆𝖓𝖉 π–™π–π–Š π–˜π–žπ–˜π–™π–Šπ–’.*

The dark figure said with its ancient and distorted voice that someone resembled a lady. It then turned its head without a face to the windows and continued on with its words.

*π•―π–†π–“π–™π–Š π•½π–Šπ–Œπ–Šπ–“π–™ π•¬π–˜π–™π–†π–—π–™π–Š, π–žπ–”π–š π–π–†π–›π–Š π–—π–Šπ–Žπ–“π–ˆπ–†π–—π–“π–†π–™π–Šπ–‰ π–‡π–ž π–Žπ–‘π–‘π–Šπ–Œπ–†π–‘π–‘π–ž π–•π–†π–˜π–˜π–Žπ–“π–Œ π–™π–π–—π–”π–šπ–Œπ– π–™π–π–Š π–‡π–”π–—π–‰π–Šπ–— π–‡π–Šπ–™π–œπ–Šπ–Šπ–“ π–œπ–”π–—π–‘π–‰π–˜.*

*π•³π–”π–œ 𝖆 π–˜π–”π–šπ–‘ π–Šπ–›π–Šπ–“ π–•π–Šπ–“π–Šπ–™π–—π–†π–™π–Šπ–‰ π–™π–π–—π–”π–šπ–Œπ– π–™π–π–Š π–‡π–”π–—π–‰π–Šπ–— π–Žπ–˜ π–˜π–”π–’π–Šπ–™π–π–Žπ–“π–Œ π–Šπ–›π–Šπ–“ 𝕴 π–ˆπ–”π–šπ–‘π–‰π–“'𝖙 π–Šπ–π–•π–‘π–†π–Žπ–“.*

*π–‚π–π–Žπ–‘π–Š π–‰π–—π–Žπ–‹π–™π–Žπ–“π–Œ π–œπ–Žπ–™π–π–Žπ–“ π–™π–π–Š π–›π–”π–Žπ–‰ π–—π–Šπ–˜π–Žπ–‰π–Žπ–“π–Œ π–™π–π–Š π–‡π–”π–—π–‰π–Šπ–— π–‡π–Šπ–™π–œπ–Šπ–Šπ–“ π–œπ–”π–—π–‘π–‰π–˜. 𝕴 π–“π–”π–™π–Žπ–ˆπ–Šπ–‰ π–žπ–”π–šπ–— π–˜π–”π–šπ–‘ 𝖆𝖓𝖉 π–‘π–†π–™π–ˆπ–π–Šπ–‰ 𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖔 π–žπ–”π–š π–†π–˜ π–žπ–”π–š π–ˆπ–—π–†π–˜π– π–‘π–†π–“π–‰π–Šπ–‰ 𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖔 π–†π–“π–”π–™π–π–Šπ–— π–œπ–”π–—π–‘π–‰. π•­π–†π–˜π–Žπ–ˆπ–†π–‘π–‘π–ž, π–Žπ–™ π–œπ–†π–˜ 𝖆 π–ˆπ–”π–Žπ–“π–ˆπ–Žπ–‰π–Šπ–“π–ˆπ–Š.*

The explanation of the shadowy figure was concise, and Dante understood every word of it. But while the explanation was clear, he still had questions as it was impossible for such a coincidence to happen. Besides, what was the border between worlds?

'I doubt that the figure would want to continue answering my questions regarding the origins.'

'So I guess I'll talk about the system.'

After this sequence of thoughts, he sighed to himself before replying to the figure.

"Thank you for the explanation."

"This will be the last question."

"Is it alright?"

The dark figure seemed to be thinking about it for a couple of seconds. It didn't take that time for the figure to answer his permission since it clearly wanted Dante to teach everything like some sort of tutorial teacher.

*𝕴 𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 π–’π–Žπ–“π–‰ π–π–†π–›π–Žπ–“π–Œ 𝖆 π–‘π–†π–˜π–™ π––π–šπ–Šπ–˜π–™π–Žπ–”π–“. 𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙 π–π–Žπ–“π–‰ 𝖔𝖋 π––π–šπ–Šπ–˜π–™π–Žπ–”π–“ 𝖉𝖔 π–žπ–”π–š π–œπ–Žπ–˜π– 𝖙𝖔 π–†π–˜π–, π•―π–†π–“π–™π–Š?*

"Well,"

Dante's lips curved into a smile while his eyes darted around the horror room of the younger version of him. It shouldn't be bad to ask for the product to see whether it was good or bad, right? Such things were normal for customers.

But was he a customer, though? While the golden finger latched onto him during the reincarnation. It was still like a heavenly miracle. It was some fortunate luck that he didn't expect to happen to him. He would have been grateful, but that was past him.

To tread in this kind of life, he must be cautious and have great awareness. Otherwise, death would start to creep itself onto him.

"I want to know what kind of system I have and what it does."

"The reason for this is because so that I could quickly use it without having trouble on exploring the options within it."

"After all, it might be different than I expected."

There was a possibility that it was a game system. Though, even game systems have their own complication as features would have to be discovered. Without the catalog of information, players would have a hard time exploring the systems in games.

*𝕴 π–˜π–Šπ–Š... 𝕿𝖍𝖆𝖙 π–π–Žπ–“π–‰ 𝖔𝖋 π–™π–π–”π–šπ–Œπ–π–™ π–•π–—π–”π–ˆπ–Šπ–˜π–˜ π–Žπ–˜ π–šπ–“π–‰π–Šπ–—π–˜π–™π–†π–“π–‰π–†π–‡π–‘π–Š.*

*𝕴 π–œπ–Žπ–‘π–‘ π–Šπ–π–•π–‘π–†π–Žπ–“ π–Šπ–›π–Šπ–—π–žπ–™π–π–Žπ–“π–Œ π–žπ–”π–š π–“π–Šπ–Šπ–‰ 𝖙𝖔 π–π–“π–”π–œ, π•―π–†π–“π–™π–Š.*

*𝕱𝖗𝖔𝖒 π–œπ–π–†π–™ π–Žπ–™ π–‰π–”π–Šπ–˜ 𝖆𝖓𝖉 π–π–”π–œ 𝖙𝖔 π–Šπ–‹π–‹π–Žπ–ˆπ–Žπ–Šπ–“π–™π–‘π–ž π–šπ–˜π–Š π–Žπ–™*

The dark figure uttered and wasn't hesitant to teach Dante more about the system. To be honest, the system within novels was as simple as needed for normal gamers to understand it. But Dante wanted to know how the system worked.

Exp gain, does it lessen the more levels he advances through?

Does killing the same thing over and over again lowers the Exp reward?

What about kill stealing? If he hires someone more powerful than him to subjugate something while he will kill it when it's weakened enough. Would he gain all of the Exp the monster have? Or would it be a portion of it?

Then about the growing percentage of Exp needed per level up?

Were there classes? How do skills work? And how does one efficiently advance their levels?

The answer to such questions might be extremely simple. But there were some game systems that would go on the mathematical equation. Sometimes gamers would analyze the drop rate, exp gain, and many more to conclude whether the place is a good farming spot.

Sadly, before becoming a draftee in his past life.

He was this game who would go through the wikis to see the analytical answers of others. This mostly happened in MMORPG, but such things could also happen in first-person shooter games.

'I beginning to delve deep into such thoughts.'

Dante immediately shook his head and threw them away at the back of his head like many others. He looked at the dark figure and smiled.

"I expected you to be some horrifying ghost trying to hunt me. But you were much different than I thought." His words were incredibly kind, and this, for some reason, gave him a strange feeling.

It was cringe.

'Damn, I sounded like a typical harem protagonist there.'

*𝕴 π–†π–•π–”π–‘π–”π–Œπ–Žπ–Ÿπ–Š 𝖋𝖔𝖗 π–™π–π–Š π–œπ–Šπ–Žπ–—π–‰π–“π–Šπ–˜π–˜ 𝖔𝖋 π–’π–ž π–†π–ˆπ–™π–Žπ–”π–“π–˜.*

*π•Ύπ–Žπ–“π–ˆπ–Š π–™π–π–Š π–Šπ–π–•π–‘π–†π–“π–†π–™π–Žπ–”π–“ 𝖔𝖋 π–™π–π–Š π–˜π–žπ–˜π–™π–Šπ–’ π–œπ–Žπ–‘π–‘ π–˜π–™π–†π–—π–™, π–œπ–π–ž 𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 π–œπ–Š π–Œπ–” π–Žπ–“π–™π–” π–†π–“π–”π–™π–π–Šπ–— π–‘π–”π–ˆπ–†π–™π–Žπ–”π–“?*

At that moment, the bedroom started morphing, and Dante, who lay on the soft bed, got teleported out of it.

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