The darkness that's all Luke saw darkness, everywhere. Just moments ago he was lying in that hospital bed surrounded by his family his mother could barely contain herself her youngest son taken from her so early on in life an event no mother should have to deal with.
'soul detected for trial'
"what was that"
'Please select a class'
• warrior (subclasses available)
• archer (subclasses available)
• mage (subclasses available)
• rogue (subclasses available)
• priest (subclasses available)
"what can you explain what do you mean"
'Please select a class'
"is it like a video game?? Erm warrior I guess that's what I normally play in video games"
'warrior selected. Please pick subclass'
• duelist
• shield barrier
• berserker
• holy
• magic swordsman
...
"wait is that the only option what's the ellipsis for"
'soul unable to access more subclass options due to lack of previous life experiences
"What that's not fair, it's not my fault I got cancer at 15 and spent most of my last years in the hospital"
'soul please pick a subclass'
"fine can at least some more details"
'negative soul please pick subclass you have 5 seconds before the random assignment'
'5'
'4'
"wait let me think"
'3'
'2'
"Berserker "
" I pick Berserker"
'soul has selected Berserker'
'soul is now in queue for transfer. Will be transported after 100 souls have been collected'
'95/100'
"wait there are still 5 people left and you made me hurry"
...
'97/100'
"stupid voice can you at least tell me where im being transported to"
...
'100/100 souls being transported'
Luke was beyond confused he had so many theory's running through his head on what could be happening was he being reincarnated into a new world? Was he being reconnected with others though? Then he remembered that mystic voice said something about a trial maybe he would gain a chance to live a normal life one free of suffering where he could grow up and live freely
Suddenly a light appeared and luke noticed he was in a very crowded room filled with people.
"what going on"
"where are we"
"I just died why am I here"
Everyone seemed to be in a similar confused state as luke unsure why they were there and what was going on when suddenly.
"QUIET YOU NOOBS"
A deafening voice screamed out many people covered their ears some even collapsed to the floor the sound was so deafening. Luke looked up to see a large man with slick-back blonde hair wearing what seemed to be some sort of medieval-style suit of armor. Next to him seemed to be some others wearing what also seemed to be medieval clothing one looked like a wizard with a pointy hat and long robes he even had a long wooden staff just to fit the whole wizard theme.
"you may be shocked and unsure of what's going on and we are here to explain to you all that," said the blonde man
"First of let me explain you all died in your worlds previously but we were all lucky enough to be allowed the opportunity to come to this world. This world has a system every person has and everyone in this world has been in the same situation as you at one point or another. To access the system simply think about opening it"
Just as the man was explaining this like had a look of excitement on his face many of the people around him did. Luke quickly tried to access his system.
'Welcome to the system would you like to view your status panel'
' yes'
STATUS
Name: Luke Scott
Level: 1
Class: Berserker
Talent: (not unlocked)
HP: 200/200
Mana: 0/0
Rage: 0
Strength: 12
Constitution: 20
Dexterity: 10
Intellect: 0
Wisdom: 0
Charisma: 5
Luck: 5
Abilities:
•(Rage is power- Passive)-Berserker standards ability the angrier you become the more strength and high constitution you gain temporarily 1 rage= 1 strength and 1 constitution point. (common rank)
• (Calm mind- passive)- you have an unusually calm mind rage does not affect sanity ( unique rank)
Skills:
• (Slash- Activate)-Empower weapons that can slash attack for a stronger attack. Power increase based on strength stat. (common rank)
'wow, so that's what that voice was trying to get me to pick. Wish id picked something better than a berserker now though. Hopefully, there will be a way to change class. A unique class ability though that has to be good but it sounds a lame'
"Hope you like the class you picked cause you're stuck with it. This world is called 'The End Realm' it's a world like no other hear you can rule an empire become a god or just live peacefully if you have the strength and class has nothing to do with it it all comes down to talents"
The news everyone had just been informed of shocked them some were originally cursing about the class they picked including luke but hearing class meant very little and it was all about talent have them new hope.
"but I don't have a talent" shouted an unknown voice from the crowd.
This made like finally have a good look around we're he realized that not everyone here looked human some were green with long lower teeth. There was a beautiful young woman right next to him with strangely long ears and various other different-looking people. This slightly freaked luke out but inforced the idea he was defiantly in some weird fantasy world.
"hahaha" laughed the blonde man
"Why do you think we are here to awaken your talents for you think of us as recruiters we come from various factions within this world and we are here to pick some of the strongest new talents if there are any in this group that is you will come up one by one and have your talents activated you talents rank will be visible. but the actual talent will be private to yourself unless you wish to tell us that is. Talents are ranked from E to SSS with E being lowest and often pointless"
Excitement filled the room everyone was filled with enthusiasm thinking they will be able to awaken a broken high-level talent like in some sort of fantasy novel. One by one people slowly made their way up to the group and we were told their talents ranked and were sorted in lines. Everyone went up with so much excitement but many came down with looks of defeat and others with big grinning smiles.
It was finally Lukes's turn to go up and get his talent he had some many pop talents wiring through his head that he could wait to see what he got. The weird wizard-like man put his hand on Lukes's back and muttered a few incomprehensible words and a large F appeared on his back.
'Congratulations on awakening F-rank talent (Permanent Rage increase)- increase rage by 1 each use rage can never be lowered (warning high rage can lead to lack of judgment and twisted morals)
'hahaha wow, how is that an F-rank talent well I guess I can understand why but with my unique ability it's so broken. How come I got that ability anyways'
" that line on the second to the right," said the mage
The line on the right looked to contain the most people about 50 people so far and everyone looked miserable and defeated so when Luke came over with a big smile on his face everyone gave him odd looks. Little did they know Luke was constantly using his new talent
'Rage +1'
'Due to rage increase strength and constitution +1 temporarily'
'Rage +1'
'Due to rage increase strength and constitution +1 temporarily''rage +1'
'Rage +1''
' Due to rage increase strength and constitution +1 temporarily'
...
Finally, everyone seemed to be sorted into lines some looked happy with their new talents some looked like they were about to cry. On one side of the room, a single woman stood it just so happens to be that beautiful tall long-eared woman Luke was standing right next to when he first arrived.
She was then called up to the group at the front and escorted out of the room through a large door that despite its large size Luke hadn't noticed till now.
"she was lucky she had a B-rank talent as for the rest of you trashes we don't have much use for you well except as slaves that is" the blonde man loudly announced
A look of terror struck the remaining group of 99
"Mass Magic Bind" yelled the wizard from the group in front
All 99 people suddenly got encoded in chains each connected by their arms and legs to the person in front of them there were instantly 3 lines made up of chained people.
'Rage +5'
' Due to rage increase strength and constitution +5 temporarily'
'calm mind activated -5 rage'
'-5 strength and constitution'
Luke wanted to be angry by this but their calm mind weirdly made him chill with the fact he had just been taken hostage and told he would be a slave. he just thought it was weird everyone else was so silent. So he went to ask someone when he realized no matter how hard he tried he could speak.
'must be due to these chains' luke assumed
°Switching from 3rd person pov to Lukes's Pov front of this point°
The lines slowly started to be dragged through the door. They exited into a sort of forest and then straight into an enclosed carriage of sorts. I barely got to see the outside before I'd been crammed into an even smaller space there was barely enough room to breathe in the carriage never mind move.
'I wonder how high my strength and constitution are now I must have actively my talent hundreds of times by now
'system status
STATUS
Name: Luke Scott
Level: 1
Class: Berserker
Talent: F-rank (Permanent Rage increase)
HP: 10000/10000
Mana: 0/0
Rage: 980
Strength: 992
Constitution: 1000
Dexterity: 10
Intellect: 0
Wisdom: 0
Charisma: 5
Luck: 5
Abilities:
•(Rage is power- Passive)-Berserker standards ability the angrier you become the more strength and high constitution you gain temporarily 1 rage= 1 strength and 1 constitution point. (common rank)
• (Calm mind- passive)- you have an unusually calm mind rage does not affect sanity ( unique rank)
• (major physical resistance)- 50% reduced damage from all physical attacks ( legendary. Rank)
Skills:
• (Slash- Activate)-Empower weapons that can slash attack for a stronger attack. Power increase based on strength stat. (common rank)
• (magic break- Activate)- strength is now so strong you can break magic just with pure strength. (Legendary rank)
If someone had ex-ray aviation and looked in the carriage at this moment they would notice a man with a shocked expression on his face.
'wow I've got that strong maybe I should cool it on this talent for a bit still don't know if there are any side effects calm mind doesn't negate'
Oof the carriage started to move this pushed a lot of people into one another so got smothered into the wall and some red liquid filled the floor of the carriage the smell and sight of this it's like made like experience euphoria for the first time in a long time it awakedned something he never knew was there.
'why does that make me feel so good I just want to rip someone open just to make this experience last longer'