The man in the black cloak took a step forward and directly appeared in front of Ram, and said extremely slowly, "Do not waste too much time. Just pick up your weapon and accept the reality."
"Haahh"
Ram woke up with a head ache and took a few breaths to adjust himself, then remembered what he saw.
"So it was a dream; it felt too real and scary. That man just looked like me."
"What did he say? something related to time-weapons? I can't remember it."
Ram then felt like there was no need to remember a silly dream. He could always go back to his bed and sleep.
Ram, while lying on his bed, muttered
"What kind of fancy childish dream is that? I have never even killed a bug, let alone demons. I just want to complete my purpose here and then return to earth and live with my family. Why would I kill anyone?"
"Ding!"
"Host, It is advised that you accept the reality of not being on earth. "If you want to move ahead in your journey, you would have to use the weapon from time to time."
The system unexpectedly answered what Ram was just muttering.
"I don't want to kill anyone. I could just bribe someone or offer some money or something and get out of any tricky situation. Money always does the trick."
Ram answered while trying to avoid this topic.
"Host, this is not earth; here if anyone needs your money. He or she could just kill you and take it."
Ram heard the system's reply and kept quiet.
Though he was aware of what the system was saying was the truth, he was just afraid of picking up a weapon. He had a strong intuitive feeling since the day he entered this world. that if he picked a weapon, there would be disaster all around him. He was afraid not for himself but for his surroundings.
Ram looked towards the sky with a serious, pensive expression and kept quiet.
After some time of remaining like this,
"Okay, I am up. I might as well wake up now and start the day." Ram got up and felt there was no point in sleeping anymore.
After a quick shower, Ram started his day with cultivation practises, and after some time, Ram felt some kind of Prana energy movement from the bottom of his spine, spiralling like a snake towards his head, and then this energy entered his head from behind his neck and made him feel extremely refreshed and blissed. It was like something sweet as honey had been spilled from above his head and immersed his whole body and mind in the feeling of blissfullness.
After enjoying this feeling for some time, Ram smelled rotten fish and egg-like smells all around him.
Sniff...
Sniff...
Sniff...
After trying to sense the direction the smell was coming from, he noticed it was all around him.
"What is this smell? What is this greyish-black substance sticking to my body? Is it the impurities that I learned about from the physical cultivation scriptures? I will have to take the bath all over again."
"Ding!"
"Congratulations."
"Wait. System, Not now; let me clean myself first. I can't bear this smell."