As Aiden slowly opened his eyes, he had no idea where he was or even why he was still alive.
He tried to move his arms and was surprised to see that they were still there.
'Am I in heaven?' He thought to himself, looking around in confusion.
But that thought was short-lived as he realized where he had ended up. It looked like he was in an abandoned building.
It was small and sparsely furnished, with just a bed, a small closet, and a mirror. The place looked like a cheap motel you could find on the side of the road.
As he started to look around, shock could be seen in his eyes as he looked at his reflection in the mirror. He didn't look anything like before.
His body was frail, without an ounce of muscle visible, but his face looked quite handsome. If we only took his face, he could probably be a model, and girls would surely be interested in him.
However, that beauty was somewhat hidden because of how sick-looking he was.
'Was I reborn in the body of a dead person?' Aiden thought, feeling a shiver run down his spine.
But those questions vanished when a massive headache occurred to Aiden. Memories from the body he had just taken over were all blurry, and he tried to understand some things, but none of them made sense to him since he had no idea where he was in the first place.
However, as he kept having those memories pop into his mind, he started to understand some bits of information.
The first thing he grasped was who he was. His name was Aiden Nightshade, someone who got disowned by his family because he held no talent at all, and since his family was elitist and couldn't accept failure, they kicked him out.
'Why is our name the same? Are we linked in some sort of way?' Aiden thought, trying to make sense of the situation.
The second thing he learned was that the place he had appeared in was one where the strong ruled over the weak, which is why he was in the slums with nothing to eat.
After that, he saw some memories of people doing things that should be impossible. People were able to jump from buildings and land on the ground without a single injury. He could see others lifting massive rocks with one hand, and some were even doing magic that he had only seen in movies, casting magic spells such as fireballs!
It was truly incredible and mind-blowing for Aiden. He couldn't make sense of any of this, especially when his life had been controlled by someone else.
Seeing those strong people, Aiden became inspired. There was one thing that he had noticed...all of them looked free. They just had this look in their eyes where they could do whatever they wanted without any problems.
Some envy took over him as he saw those free spirits.
'I wonder how it would feel living like this? Could I live this way?' He thought, clearly jealous of such a thing.
Suddenly, memories were starting to come back slowly and he learned that the people he saw in those memories were beings called Awakeners.
'Just how the hell can I awaken?' Aiden thought, wanting to become stronger at any cost. He didn't care about the method he would have to use.
Based on the memories he had, it seemed as if people could awaken randomly, but stronger families, like the one he had been part of, had some sort of special method to increase their chances, but since it didn't work for him, they banished him from the family he was from and made him disappear.
"Does that mean that I'm done for?! I'll forever be weak...is that what you're telling me?"
Aiden was devastated, if he couldn't awaken, he would live a life with nothing, being treated as less just like before. This was something he didn't want, anger could be felt as he remembered the face of Jack when he killed him, he remembered seeing Jack smiling not caring at all about him.
Emotions started overwhelming him. Anger, hopelessness, and sadness all started to manifest from the deepest part of his being.
The rage and the other emotions that he was feeling seemed to unlock something deep inside his being. It seemed like power that had been stored inside of him for many years, and he had never accessed it before.
Chains that were trying as hard as possible to keep what was inside of him started to detach themselves, but there were still some that stayed.
Aiden didn't even know about those chains as he couldn't even see them.
Then, as the chains started to loosen up, an interface appeared in front of him with some information.
[Aiden Nightshade]
[Level 1]
[Health: 100]
[Mana: 5]
[Race: Human]
[Class: None]
[Strength: 1]
[Agility: 1]
[Dexterity: 1]
[Defense: 1]
[Stamina: 1]
[Charm: 2]
[Unallocated Stat Points: 0]
[Skills]
[Shadow Steps Lvl.MAX(Passive): You can walk as silently as you wish. You have learned this skill through many years of hard training.]
[Dagger mastery Lvl.3 (Passive): You have learned how to wield a dagger with efficiency, always aiming to kill your opponent any chance you get.]
[You will be summoned to the Otherworld in 15 minutes.]
'I-I awakened?!' Aiden exclaimed, trying to calm himself as he watched a translucent screen right in front of him.
After calming down, Aiden started analyzing the screen which indicated general information about him, it seemed as if the system had taken into account that he came from another world which was weird.
'How can the system know that I am not the Aiden Nightshade of this world?'
Those preoccupations were of little importance for Aiden since he had achieved what he wanted since he got those memories.
He continued to look at the information in front of him, and he finally saw the message that was right under his Status.
'What the hell?'
Aiden didn't have any information about that place, and it seemed the memories in his mind wouldn't help him this time.
In fact, he was no longer receiving any sort of memories as if the link with the previous owner of this body had been broken.
'Could it be another world? Just how many are there?'
Many questions started to appear in his mind when he saw the word Otherworld. Wasn't he already in another world in the first place?
Minutes later, it was finally time for Aiden to be summoned to the place they called Otherworld.
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[You are being teleported to the Otherworld.]