The sun was shining, a brilliant and searing light that reflected off the glassy surface of the lake. I awoke with a yawn, my eyes still heavy with sleep. I blinked several times, trying to make sense of my surroundings. I had been lying in a patch of lush grass, the gentle breeze carrying the smell of wildflowers.
I sat up and looked around in awe. I had never seen anything quite like this before. As if by some unseen force, the landscape was surrounded by tall, thick trees that were interspersed with bright green foliage and a variety of multi-colored flowers.
The sun continued to beat down on me, and I could feel the warmth radiating from the surface of the lake, a deep blue that stretched for miles. I couldn't believe my eyes. This place was unlike anything I had ever seen before.
I've only heard of this in novels, but I never expected it to be true.
๐๐๐!
These weird memories flashed through my head in seconds.
"๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต..๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต?" I said.
"๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต.."
I would look deep into my memories. Apparently I was recently killed in a car crash.
But for some reason that's the only thing I remember about my death. I remember my entire life up until that point. So why? I asked.
[DING!]
"๐-๐๐ถ๐ฉ?"
[SYSTEM LOADING...14%]
[25%...]
[45%...]
[75%..]
[SYSTEM FULLY LOADED! HOST FOUND!]
"๐-๐๐๐๐! ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!? ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ?!" I exclaimed.
"๐-๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐?!" A happy and gleeful look was on my face staring at the system screen.
[Status]
NAME - Zeno Darksent
STR - 8
AGI - 5
END - 10
POT - ???
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"๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ..๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ? ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด?" I asked the system.
No response.
"๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ~ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ?"
[DING!]
[QUEST: Beat At least A Level 5+ Dungeon]
[REWARD: ??]
[PUNISHMENT FOR NOT COMPLETING: Death]
"๐-๐๐๐๐๐?? ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐! ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐!"
A bright red marker would hover above a supposed dungeon.
"๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ..."
....
HAH! HAH!...WHEW!..
I would wipe away the sweat on my forehead from running.
"๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญy, ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ."
The small yet menacing dungeon stood before me.
"๐๐ฐ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ?"
[DUNGEON STARTING IN 5...]
[4..]
Whew... "๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ.." I said.
[3..]
[2..]
[1..]
[DUNGEON STARTED!..]
I was met with a dark ominous room. Dust and silence were the only things that filled it.
RAGHH!
[LEVEL 2 GOBLIN]
!..
It would use its claws to swipe at me.
Swoosh!
I would dodge its claws easily.
Sending a heavy blow to its face.
RAUGH! It exclaimed.
"๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต?.." I mocked the goblin.
RAUGHHHH!
the goblin would repeatedly slash as I repeatedly dodged.
Bam!
My back would hit a wall.
"๐-๐๐*๐!"
SLASH!
The claws would graze my chest just by my hair.
I had stopped the goblin with my foot, kicking it away from me.
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ธ..๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ!"
"Hััซะฐะฟ..!"
"๐๐ข๐ช๐ต..๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ? ๐๐ถ๐ต..๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?"
In the corner of my eye a small glint would catch my attention.
DASH!
I would reach out for it.
It was a small knife.
"๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฉ..๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ!"
DASH!
SHING!
[YOU KILLED A LEVEL 2 GOBLIN]
[LEVEL UP]
[LEVEL UP]
[YOUR POTENTIAL IS .... YOUR BEING GIVEN A BETTER REWARD!]
"๐๐ข๐ช๐ต..๐๐ถ๐ฉ?"
[REWARD FOR LEVEL UP: SS+ RANK 'SMITE SWORD' ]
"..๐-๐๐+ ๐๐๐๐??! ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐?..๐๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ?"
I would look at my potential stat with curiosity.
"๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.."
I'd put 5 stat points in my 'STR' stat and 5 into my 'AGI' stat.
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"๐๐จ๐ฉ..๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ."
RUMBLEE..
TINK!
"!.."
I would block the throwing dagger that was launched at me.
"๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ!"
The red goblin would smirk at me.
DASH!
SWOOSH
.....
TINK!
TINK!
TINK!
I would block the rapidly thrown knives with my sword.
SWOOSH!
I would dash directly behind the red goblin.
SLASH!
TINK!
It would block my attack as well.
[LEVEL 5 'RED GOBLIN']
"๐๐ค๐ฉ..2 ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ!"
DASH!
TINK! TINK! TINK! SHING! SHING! SHING!
Me and the Goblin were exchanging blows with each other.
"๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ..๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!!"
SWISH!
I would punch the goblin it its giant nose, knocking it into a nearby wall.
BAM!
SWOOSH!
I would dash at the goblin with my 'Smite Sword' ready.
SMITE!!
A Giant lightning bolt would appear out of thin air and smite the goblin, killing it.
[YOU KILLED LEVEL 5 'Red Goblin']
"๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐!"
[LEVEL UP]
[LEVEL UP]
[LEVEL UP]
[YOUR POTENTIAL STAT IS TOO HIGH..YOU REWARD IS BEING CHANGED..]
"๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ!"
Whew...
I would wipe away the sweat from my face.
DOOM!
DOOM!
DOOM!
The loud and heavy footsteps got louder and louder as they approached.
"..!"
[LEVEL 8 ORC]
GULP.
I would instantly drink my strength potion and get ready to attack.
DASH!
[ STR - 13 (+ 25 ) ]
I would smirk a bit.
SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
I would move rapidly all around the orc confusing it.
SHING! SMITE!! SHING! SMITE! SHING SMITE!
Slashing and smiting the Orc at the exact same time.
"๐๐๐๐๐๐!! ๐๐๐๐๐!"
SMITE!!!!
One last smite would finish the Orc.
[YOU KILLED 'LEVEL 8 ORC]
[LEVEL UP]
[LEVEL UP]
[LEVEL UP]
[LEVEL UP]
[YOU HAVE CLEARED THE DUNGEON!]
[REWARD LOADING..]
[LOADING..]
[YOUR POTENTIAL STAT IS TOO HIGH! REWARD WILL TAKE LONGER LOADING!]
"๐๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต.."
I would smile.
"๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ."
[EXITING DUNGEON]
I would return to the dark oak forest I was previously in.
I would turn my head to look at the dungeon, but it was gone.
"๐๐ฎ..๐๐ฐ ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด." I said.
"๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ."
"๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐'๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ."
I would arrive at this small inn on a long dirt path.
"๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐บ, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ. ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ!" A child said.
"๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต!" The child's mother said.
I would open the inn door and I was greeted by a beautiful women.
She had long blonde hair and big breasts. A beauty mark by her mouth and bright blue eyes.
"๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ, ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ!" She said.
"๐๐ฎ๐ฎ..๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ?" I asked her.
"25 ๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด!"
Hmm..
I would check my back pocket and for some reason I had the exact amount.
"!.."
"๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ!" I said.
"๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ! ๐๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐บ!"
I would walk up to the room they gave me.
It was a small room. One bed, a wooden-chair, a window on the other side of the room, and a small cracked mirror near the door.
I would take off the dark-green dirty hoodie I had on from previous world.
I would walk over to the small cracked mirror near the door.
Picking it up.
"..!"
For some reason my hair wasn't black but white, and my eyes weren't dark brown they were now blue.
"๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ..?"
'My jawline is even more defined' I thought.
Sigh~
PAH
I would fall backwards onto the small bed.
"๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ." I said.
My eyes grew sluggish and my body grew weak.
I soon fell asleep.
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[DING!]
[REWARD HAS LOADED!]
[WOULD YOU LIKE TO REDEEM IT?]
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