Just as Ten was moving forward towards the chainsaw, once again a voice resounded throughout the room—
"Player Ten Saturday, welcome to the Survival Games server No. 333, you are Player No. 336663996. Informing Player Ten that the Welcoming Survival Ceremony of the Universal game will soon begin."
Ten frowned. "Survival Games?" Wild ideas involving the several System novels he had read raged in his mind. Ten pinched his thigh just as he had always done to remind himself not to cry when his Father beat him.
The young man had always been accused of having a bad habit of appearing too cold because of the bad habit of reminding himself remaining unfeeling was the way to survive, courtesy of Caleb Saturday, and Maria Saturday.
Ten jolted back as a sudden mirage appeared in front of him. It was a light blue holographic template that appeared before him. On the template was three bars that wrote—
Player Ten Saturday:
[Personal information]
[Chat room]
[Game announcement]
Ten reached his hands towards his forehead to smooth out the creases that appeared because of his frown. Ten, curious, reached forward, it was hard to refrain his fingers from shaking but he did and then tapped the [Personal information] bar.
Player Ten Saturday:
[Serial Number: 336663996]
[Rank: 0 (0/300)]
Note: Players can rise in rank by absorbing essences from the Otherworld beasts.
[STRENGTH: 6]
[AGILITY: 8]
[VITALITY: 7]
[SPIRIT ENERGY: 30]
[INTELLIGENCE: 67]
[SKILL: NONE]
[CLASS: TO BE ACTIVATED]
[Talent: To be activated]
[Hunting Points: To be activated]
(Rewarding Points From Killing Otherworld beasts.)
Ten swallowed in certainty. It seemed like the child-system was not lying. He had indeed entered some kind of Survival Game, with a system nonetheless.
Ten shook his head and then returned to tap on the [Chat room] bar. He leaned back from the sudden explosion of messages swamping his template.
—Ah what's happening?!
—Shit is this some kind of light novel Bs?
—Am I the protagonist? I will devour the heavens!
—Upstairs has watched too many anime! We're all going to die!
—Does anybody understand what this means? I don't play games often.
This message had a caption which looked similar to the bars on Ten's template
—Wait, why does upstairs have rank 1 on his personal information?! Where is my rank 1, what is this rank 0 I am seeing!
As Ten looked back at the caption. It did indeed have rank 1 instead of rank 0 on it. Ten wondered why.
—Upstairs seems to be protagonist material, this kind of talent that directly sweeps you up to rank 1.
— Beh! What does upstairs know? This is a Survival Game not a light novel, it probably reflects their survival ability not talent.
—^^Your jealousy is shining through. Is survival ability not a talent?
Ten rubbed his chin with his palm while he looked at the caption again. He noticed more than one difference. It seems the Spirit Energy of the person was only 10. Ten watched as several people with Rank 1 posted a caption while gloating. There wasn't anyone with Spirit Energy higher than 10. Ten wondered why his was different.
Just as he was lost in thought a ding noise jolted him back to reality and a message overshadowed the chat screen.
"Talent activation will begin in ten seconds. Players should note that Talent varies from F- to SSS which means there are 12 levels in total. Level F- is the lowest, whereas Level SSS is the highest. And any talent that levels above A is unique."
The message disappeared a minute later and only the Chat screen was left. The difference was that there was a timer reading 8 seconds on the template.
—What Rank 1 is a special talent? Haha, here comes my moment of domination!
— All of those boasting with their Rank 1 should post a caption of their talents!
—I can feel it! I can feel the power coursing through me!
—I will wreck the mountains and hold the heavens in my palms! I am the SSS class hero!
Just as Ten was engrossed by the numerous messages, a ding sound brought him back to reality. He looked at the timer that was reading zero and a new message overshadowed the chat screen.
"Player Ten Saturday has successfully activated his talent! Goodluck to Player Ten!"
"...."
Ten was dumbfounded. What was this dogshitnesss? How did his talent awaken just like that?! He didn't even feel any different!
Ten shook his head and left the Chat screen and entered his Personal information again.
[Player: Ten Saturday]
[Serial Number: 336663996]
[Rank: 0 (0/300)]
Note: Players can absorb energy from Otherworld beasts to increase in ranks.
[STR: 6]
[AGI: 8]
[VIT: 7]
[ERG: 30]
[INT: 67]
[SKILL: NONE]
[CLASS: UNQUALIFIED
Remark: Only players with a minimum of one completed mission can select class]
[Talent: Eternal Instant Rush - SSS]
-[Distributable Points: 0]-
[Extra Talents: None]
[Hunting Points: To be activated] (Rewarding Points From Killing Otherworld Beasts.)
Ten blinked, feeling as if he was seeing double. This…. This was an SSS class talent? H-How— Ten was feeling ecstatic! An SSS class talent? Is this my good luck that Maryjane had been sucking away with her witchcraft?! The thought exhilarated Ten utterly.
Blowing out a breath he couldn't help but look at the shining SSS class attached to his talent once again.
"Hm?"
The talent bar had taken a different color from the rest of the other bars, becoming a glaring red.
"Can you….?" He tapped on the red talent bar, and indeed he was transported to another template.
On the template was a full image of a person…. Or rather a clown. The clown had a hat on with four dropping ends and gold colored bell hanging from the ends. A white and red makeup was painted on the clown's face, but the most striking feature was their eyes. The eyes were in spilt orbs, the upper half a dangerous red, and the lower part glowing polygons.
Underneath the clown's image wrote—
Type: Spirit of the Eternal Instant Rush
Name: Instance
Race: ???
Rank: ???
Class: Jester
Skill: Downloading data...…
Remark: He is the Banished Existence of the corrupted Other Side of the Moon Bloodline.
ACTIVATE NOW