Big change…
If I'm not mistaken, it means that the world will have… Magic?
If the world had magic it would be great news for everyone.
"Wouldn't it be nice if the world had magic? That way everything would be easier."
>Girl, it's not that simple<
The voice sighed and spoke slowly.
>You see, yes, the world will have magic if the crystal awakens, but the whole process up to that awakening could destroy your species before they even see the magic<
She said her with a heavy tone.
Something that can destroy humans...
"How bad is the awakening…?"
>You saw it, that earthquake that occurred recently was a consequence of the crystal's disturbance... earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis... all these disasters will occur sequentially if the crystal awakens<
My God…
I didn't know something that sounds so good could be so deadly.
Although... Why does this representation care what happens to humanity?
Putting my doubts on the table I asked him.
>Everything is the order of the crystal, he is peaceful and does not want the destruction of this planet, so he ordered me to keep him asleep at all costs<
With what is it like that
"I understand…"
>That is why I chose you, you will be the one who will protect the crystal at all costs<
Protecting the crystal to save the world… all of this puts a heavy weight on my shoulders.
"Sorry for asking... but why me?"
There are many capable people out there, I don't see why I would have to carry this responsibility.
>That's a secret<
The voice said flirtatiously.
>But you have the option to decline, so I'll ask you, will you protect this world or delegate the task to someone else?<
Protect the world...
I will not deny that it will be a heavy task, but I, no, not only me, anyone would be an idiot if they denied something so important out of their own selfishness.
With that in mind I replied.
"I will try to protect the world"
I said after thinking about it carefully.
>Excellent, then I will grant you the power to protect the crystal<
When the voice finished saying that, a stinging pain invaded my head.
It was a pain that came down from my head and ran through my whole body, it felt like being stabbed with hot knives all over my body.
I used both of my hands to cup my head in an attempt to ease the pain, but the pain wouldn't stop.
Before I knew it I had fallen to the ground and was writhing in pain.
"Haha…"
The cruel thing about this pain is that it wouldn't let me issue orders to my body, because if I did, believe me, I'd already be screaming at the top of my lungs.
"Wow?!"
Rurik, perhaps sensing that something was wrong, entered my room and made piteous noises as he brought his muzzle up to my face and licked me.
This small action, although for some it would be nothing, for me it was enough to want to overcome this pain.
Ten seconds... one minute...
I don't know how much time passed, and honestly, I don't want to know.
After a while the pain stopped abruptly.
"HA…"
I took a big breath of air and with my trembling arms I got up from the ground.
"Wow!"
"B-Good boy"
I used both of my hands to support my body on Rurik and hug him tight.
If it wasn't for Rurik's company, I might have gone crazy.
>Your body was changed to accept magic, you are officially the first human to have magic<
I don't know if I should be happy about that or cry because of how painful it was.
>I took the trouble to give you the class that best suits you<
I carefully put Rurik aside and ask.
"And what class is it?"
>Find out for yourself, open the menu with the command 'Menu'<
Menu command? Is this a video game?
Hesitantly I followed his order.
'Menu'
What happened next pleasantly surprised me.
>Name: Sarah<
>Level: 1<
>Experience for the next level: 0/10<
>Class: Puppeteer<
>Skills<
Control (Level 1)
Creation (Level 1)
Command (Level 1)
Just like in a video game, a light blue semi-transparent screen appeared before my eyes and displayed my 'stats'.
"Is this a video game…?"
>Looks like that's the easiest way to show what you're capable of<
"You won't give me quests, will you?"
>You own your destiny, I can't control what you do, or do you want me to?<
"No, sorry for asking"
I apologized and began to see what was ahead.
"This… What do the skills do?"
>Think of them and a description will be given to you<
Well, let's see what they say.
>Control<
You can manipulate your puppets at will, the higher the level you can control more puppets and, consequently, be more powerful.
>Creation<
You can make a puppet that will obey you, the higher the level you can create the more number of puppets.
Limited for the moment to no more than one kilo in weight.
Currently limited to 10 puppets.
0/10
>Command<
You can give orders to your puppets and make them comply without you having to watch them all the time, the higher the level the puppets will obey more difficult orders.
Wow... all the skills complement each other.
Creating a puppet... doesn't sound bad at all.
I looked at the way to create a puppet and I understood.
I got up from the floor and went to the shelf near the bed, from there I took a small rag doll and left it on the bed.
If I understand it correctly it should be like this...
'Creation of puppet'
I raised my right hand and directed it towards the ragdoll, then thought of the command.
A soft purple light came out of my hand and entered the doll.
Now…
I thought about the doll getting up and, impossible as it sounds, the doll trembled a bit and then stood on its two feet.
"It can't be real..."
I gave him the command to raise his right arm and he followed it to the letter.
"Wow?"
Rurik was surprised by the doll's action so he got between me and him to protect me.
"Don't worry"
To show him that it was harmless I took the doll in my hands and put it on his head, then made him pat Rurik.
"Hmm..."
Rurik seemed to understand my action and let the doll caress him.
Now how about a command...
With my mind I ordered the doll to pat Rurik on the head.
Following my command, the doll began to do the action I wanted.
Now I won't have to think about it anymore.
It was very convenient to be able to command the doll.
As I watched Rurik having fun with the doll, a thought came to my head.
With these powers… with this I will be able to defend Oceana from foreigners.
Anyway my mission is to protect the crystal, so there is nothing wrong with my thinking.
But for that I need to level up...
"Hey, how do I level up"
I asked the voice intrigued.
>To level up you must consume the life essence of other living beings<
"Life essence?"
>In other words, you must kill others to improve<
Kill…
I do not like that word.
"Isn't there some other way?"
>none<
"Can't you just level me up?"
>If it were that easy, believe me I would have already done it, the truth is that the crystal can only activate your magic, but instead it can't make you have more than the initial power<
"I understand…"
To save my nation... I have to kill...
The idea seemed scary to me but... for some reason I wasn't so against it.
>You can kill any living being to level up, but, as you can imagine, the smarter the living being, the more experience it gives you<
"Oh..."
Hearing that makes me feel bad for even considering killing a human.
Although killing animals is not exactly better for me.
At that moment I thought of something.
"Isn't the crystal against violence?"
>I never said that, the crystal is only peaceful, if you destroy yourself it doesn't matter too much to him, yes, as guardian of the crystal he won't like it if you extinguish the humans, but as long as there are still humans he won't bother<
"Oh really…"
It seems he had the wrong idea about the crystal.
I watched Rurik play with the ragdoll for a while when I thought of something.
I left the room and headed towards the kitchen, and there I opened one of the drawers.
Just as I thought, some cockroaches came out in all directions as soon as I opened the drawer.
I took a small can that was next to me and began to kill the cockroaches one by one.
The cockroaches ran everywhere in an attempt to get away from me, but they couldn't avoid their fate.
In a few minutes he had already killed about five.
At that moment I stopped and looked at the experience gained.
>Experience to the next level: 0.005/10<
Seeing that paltry progress made me discouraged.
You would have to kill a thousand roaches to get one experience point, this is anything but convenient.
Dejectedly I closed the drawer and sat on the floor.
"Wow"
Rurik approached me and caressed me with his head.
With a smile I caressed it.
I wonder how many points Rurik will give…
The moment I thought that I stopped and raised my hand high, then hard hit my cheek.
What the hell am I thinking!?
Afraid of myself, I hugged Rurik and tried to calm my heart.
I love you Rurik.
As always, mere contact with my dear Rurik makes nothing matter.
That could give me enough experience…
I thought for a moment but nothing was feasible.
Go to a farm and ask to be allowed to slaughter the animals? I don't think they'll let me.
Go fishing and kill some fish? It would take a long time, besides, I don't know how much experience a fish can give me.
Go to the prison and carefully dispose of the prisoners… No! What the hell am I thinking?!
Destroying an anthill… hey he, that's not a bad idea.
I've heard that ants are smart, maybe they'll give me some experience.
With determination I got up and went to the front door.
"Wow"
Afraid to leave me alone Rurik followed close behind.
"Good Guy"
I stroked his head with my left hand while with my right hand I pulled the dummy out of his head and set it aside.
With a small command the doll stopped what it was doing and fell gently.
I opened the front door and was about to walk out when I saw my shirt sleeve.
It's true, I haven't changed yet.
I quickly went back to my room and went to the closet.
Ehm… anything is fine.
I took a white t-shirt and a pair of shorts from the closet and put them on the bed.
I should take a bath before.
With that said I left the room and went to the bathroom.
Inside I took off the rags I was wearing and got into the shower.
With my right hand I opened the shower, letting the water run and fall on my body.
Frozen water…
I raised my head and enjoyed how the water ran through all the corners of my body.
Compared to entering the water by force, it is better to enter the water voluntarily and thus enjoy it.
While I was at it I touched my body and noticed something.
I… have no scars.
I was sure she was bleeding when she was on the beach, it's impossible for her not to have anything.
>By merging with your body, I recovered all your injuries, believe me, without me you would have already died<
Perhaps noticing my movements the voice spoke.
"I see... thank you"
For the next few minutes I washed every corner of my body with a cheap soap that I had bought a while ago.
At the end I took a pink towel and began to dry myself.
Most of the time I spent drying my long purple hair.
When I finished I left the bathroom and went back to my room.
I went to my closet and took out a pair of white panties and an equally white bra and put them on.
Then I put on the T-shirt and shorts.
Once dressed, I took a pair of white knee socks and put them on, then took a pair of equally white sneakers and slipped my feet into them.
Ready, now to look for ants.
I left my room and, together with Rurik, we left the apartment.
We go down the stairs and reach one of the corners of the building.
Excellent.
A large number of ants carried their food and entered through a small hole in the column of the building.
Let's try one.
I crouched down and using my right index finger I squashed one of the ants.
It is resistant.
With resistance the ant refused to die.
Every time my finger rested on it the ant would writhe in pain and stubbornly try to run for its life.
Seeing that an ant was victorious before me, I frowned and looked around.
My gaze was fixed on a stone so I went to it and picked it up.
"You won't win..."
I crouched down again and used the stone against the ant.
With a little force the ant died before the stone.
I win.
I felt satisfaction at what I did and smiled.
With a thought I called the menu.
>Experience to the next level: 0.015/10<
It gives ten times more experience than cockroaches despite being smaller, so intelligence is a factor.
Although the progress is still slow, it is better than the cockroaches.
One by one I was killing ant after ant.
This is how the minutes passed until I counted about a hundred ants.
>Experience to the next level: 1,095/10<
Well, only nine hundred ants to go.
Nine hundred…
That thought made my shoulders drop.
"What are you doing?"
"Oh!"
I was so focused on killing ants that I didn't notice when someone got behind me.
I turned my head and saw a lady with a small child.
"Hello Mrs. Claudia"
"You haven't answered me, what are you doing?"
With a hard tone the lady asked.
She obviously couldn't tell him that she was killing ants, but she couldn't think of a credible excuse.
"Ha, it doesn't matter, what a little orphan does I don't care"
The lady said harshly and she went up the stairs.
My fists clenched at her words but I couldn't say anything.
"Oh, and also, if you have money to dye your hair in the current situation you should better go help in the rescues, someone as young as you shouldn't be wasting your time"
With that the lady entered apartment 101 and closed the door.
I looked at the direction she went for a while and then unclenched my fists.
She hated to admit it but she's right, she should go help those affected.
With that in mind, I stopped what I was doing and started walking towards the beach, which is where the earthquake was most intense.
"Come on Rurik"
"Wow!"
Rurik obediently followed me.
Together we headed towards the affected area.