DING!
DING!
DING!
DING!
"The fuck is that?"
DING!
DING!
DING!
DING!
"I don't remember setting an alarm...."
Those were Puck's first thoughts as soon as he regained consciousness.
His eyes were heavy and the only thing that let him know that he was still alive was the continuous sound of notifications from the system.
He let out a heavy sigh before finally growing tired of the unbelievably annoying dinging.
"Status."
As soon as those words were spoken in his mind a screen appeared within his mind, like the clearest thought he's never had in his entire life.
~WARNING! User has lost consciousness due to overuse of abilities!~
~WARNING! Experience gained has been halved due to the use of the skill "Gacha Wave"!~
~CONGRATULATIONS! The user has "single handedly" defeated the S Ranked Dungeon Boss known as: The Red Dragon Of The Apocalypse!~
~Reward Items have been Automatically deposited in your inventory!~
~CONGRATULATIONS!~
~YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!~
~YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!~
~YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!~
~YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!~
~YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!~
~YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!~
~YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!~
~YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!~
~YOU HAVE LEVELED UP!~
~YOU HAVE....
The screens and notifications that flashed before his eyes immediately caused Puck's to begin throbbing, causing him to immediately turn off his status. This put an end to the notifications....
For now anyway.
A pained groan escaped his lips as he slowly raised a hand to his head to massage his temples gently.
He took the chance to try and open his eyes, which helped to relieve the pain from his head, if only slightly.
It helped that the room he was currently in was shrouded in darkness.
The only thing he could tell was that he was in a bed of some sort that was DEFINITELY not his own. The feeling of the sheets and the bed itself felt wrong and the smell of disinfectant was filled his nose.
"A hospital?" He mumbled to himself as he looked to his left at the different monitors and equipment he was hooked up to. He was just glad that the heart monitor didn't seem to be beeping for some odd reason.
He tried to sit up, only for a pain to shoot through his entire body. He clutched his ribs, which throbbed with every breath he tried to take.
He managed to curl up into a ball in his side as the memories from the other day came flooding back like a tidal wave. The images filling his head as his breath his caught in his throat as the image of a white cloak with red games licking the bottom came to mind, the word "Hokage" showing proudly.
Puck could help but shoot up into a sitting position at this, his eyes widening in realization as he looked around wildly for his saviors.
His throat felt dry and his body was throbbing from his sudden movements, but he didn't care. He had to see them. He had to make sure that wasn't a dream.
"S-Sasuke? N....Naruto?" He managed to choke out, he didn't know why his words were failing him now, but their names were heavy in his throat.
.....
He was met with a deafening silence.
"T-There's no way.... Wait! My status!" His hands gripped the hospital bed tightly, tearing at the thin fabric.
Just when he thought he had finally gone and lost it, the memory of all the notifications from his status filled his head.
And just like that, his status appeared in front of him. His eyes widening in disbelief at what he saw.
~Notifications: 314~
He had to take a moment to collect himself at this. Most of those had to be system warnings and notifications from the other day....right?
Letting out a small steady break, he braced himself to find out just how many levels he went up from "defeating" the dragon.
He felt bad taking the credit since he didn't really do anything, but he felt a bit better since the system said the experience would be halved.
Stealing himself, he pressed on the screen to go to his status....
His breath immediately caught in his throat and his mouth went dry at what he saw.
~Status~
Name: Puck Gier
Age: 21
Lvl: 48
Race: Human (?)
Job: Summoner (Rank: Mythical) (New!)
Status: Awakened
Class Type: Gacha (Humanoid)
Rank: SSS
Str: 489 (+376)
Int: 320 (+306
Dex: 600 (+585)
Luck: 248 (+196)
HP: 890/1000
Cost: 225/400
Current Titles: God of Gacha, Dragon Slayer (New!)
Skills: Gacha Summoning, Gacha Inventory, Gacha Wave, Assimilation (New!), Full Assimilation
~Status~
Puck's hand shakily went up to cover his mouth as he looked at his status in horror.
He tried to keep himself calm, but how could he?! He shot up 47 levels not even a week after he just awakened! That's absolutely unreasonable! Impossible even!
To put things into perspective, the current number one DPS class Ranker in the world is a man named Gregory Oswald from England. He's an A Ranked awakener who's class type was of the wizard category. But luckily for Gregory, after discovering a unknown S Ranked dungeon that had a singular look goblin, he was able to evolve his class from A to S Rank.
Not only that, but he also acquired the legendary ranked Job: TimeWalker, which allowed him to manipulate time in different ways.
If that wasn't luck, then Puck didn't know what was. But that's besides the point.
The point is that Gregory was the highest level DPS class in the world at a whopping level 62!
Even after all the support he got from his country!
THAT'S how hard it is to level up!
Especially after level 30, most rankers hit a major road block and stagnate with their base class type. The only way to get past it is by either evolving their class, or by somehow changing their job into a higher level one.
So for Puck to suddenly jump 47 levels at once....
It was just unheard of!
And he even got a new job! A mythical ranked one at that! He's never heard of such a rank, nor has he ever heard of a Gacha type awakener ever attaining a Job, but he's stopped thinking of impossibilities at this point!
Though his stats were a bit on the lower side of things. Most awakeners around level 40 have a base stat of 1000 or above so he was a little disappointed about that, but hey! Beggars can't be choosers!
And so, with a huge grin splitting his face and a new grip on reality, Puck excitedly began checking his newly acquired job, title, and skills!
He held his breath as he clicked on his new class, hoping that it's a good one.
~Class: Summoner - Ranked: Mythical - Description: Only those who've reached the pinnacle of the Gacha class type maybe advance to this job. Those who do will be able to summon various types of creatures based on those found in the User's inventory. Now this may sound like a basic Gacha Summoning, but Summoners are able to assimilate certain skills and stats of those they summon. They have no limit to how many creatures they can summon as long as they have the appropriate cost to summon and their cost will be halved if certain conditions are met. There is no time limit to how long these creatures can be summoned for, but the cost of summoning these creatures will be permanently removed from the user's total cost until the creature's death or return to the user's Gacha Inventory!~
"Certain conditions, huh? Wonder what that could be. At least this explains my new Assimilation skill.... What's Full Assimilation though?" He thought to himself, tapping his chin in thought, but decided to put his thoughts on hold for now.
"Next up, titles." He mumbled to himself, grinning widely.
~Title: God of Gacha - Description: You have succeeded in breaking past the boundaries of normal Gacha users and have awakened as the incarnation of the God of Gacha! You have now unlocked the fabled "luck" stat that can interfere with the laws of reality and hands of fate!~
"That explains that.... Though it does sound pretty terrifying....I won't get in trouble for this....will I? Meh, let's not dwell on it for right now." He said with a small nervous chuckle, a small bead of sweat rolling down his face as he clicked his second title.
~Title: Dragon Slayer - Description: Congratulations! You are the first person in history to kill a dragon "by yourself"! For that, all your stats have permanently increased by +25!~
He couldn't help but let out a small impressed whistle at that. It's not every day that you can get your stats increased for free without the use of equipment!
Though, Puck was starting to get tired of reading all these descriptions. He was never one for reading too much text, especially in his Gacha games.
Luckily he only has to check one last thing. Pretty good timing on his part too, he cauld hear the sound of birds waking up outside the window.
He couldn't stop the soft smile that appeared on his face as he finally clicked his new "Full Assimilation" skill.
~Skill: Full Assimilation - Rank S - Skill Type: Active - Description: Unlike it's other incomplete counterpart, this skill will allow the user to FULLY assimilate a selected creature from the user's "Gacha Inventory". Allowing the user to gain all stats, skills, knowledge, and experience of said creature! - Cooldown: 24 hours - Duration: 1 hour - WARNING! The assimilated creature may try to take over the host if it's unwilling to be assimilated! The user is recommended to only do this with creatures he's familiar with and is confident of their personality traits!~
This....
This one skill....
Made Puck's draw hit the floor.
It sounded absolutely absurd! Who'd willingly risk their lives with a skill like this?!
Well that answer was simple.
"FUCK YEAH!!!" Puck exclaimed, jumping up onto the bed as he stared down at the skill in disbelief and excitement, a wide grin splitting his face as he read the description over and over again. "Holy fucking shit! This is a fucking jackpot!"
Of course it was! He was a weeb after all! Being able to become any character in his gacha inventory for an hour?! That's all he's ever wanted!
Speaking of inventory, he has yet to check both his regular and Gacha inventory. Especially now that he knows Naruto and the rest of Team 7 we're in there. Who knows what else could be inside?! Plus he still needs to see the rewards for defeating that dragon dungeon boss.
Just as he was about to swipe over his Gacha inventory, the sound of rushing footsteps reached his ears. He didn't know if it was due to his new rise in stats, but he could tell that it was 4 people in total.
3 men and 1 woman.
"Shit! Fuck me and my loud mouth! I forgot I was still in the fucking hospital!" He cursed his loud mouth under his breath before swiftly moving back to laying down, taking a position like he was sleeping and calming his breathing just in time for the door to his room to burst open.
"Hello?! Who's in here?! Is everything alright?!" A feminine voice exclaims as the lights in the room we're flicked on, revealing a attractive brunette wearing a tight form fitting suit with short sleeves and fingerless gloves. Draped over her shoulders was a fur cape like article of clothing.
Her voice held an edge of authority that Puck had never heard in his life, though he had no idea what she looked like due to his eyes still being closed, he couldn't help but feel that her voice was....
Familiar?
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End Chapter 3~