Ethan had fallen on the floor. Miller was looking at him on the floor. Ethan has been defeated and badly injured. The only way to heal him was true a Mutant with such healing capabilities. His body was damaged beyond repair. His body statue had completely changed from the punch.
Another green words appeared on Miller's retina. They came from the system. Those words gave him the chills:
[NEW QUEST RECEIVED]
[KILL ETHAN SMITH]
[QUEST REWARD]
[AN INSTANT LEVEL UP]
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Honestly, Miller felt excited about the prospect of an instant level up. But he did not want to kill Ethan.
Maybe Killing Ethan would be a sign of him abandoning his Humanity and accepting the fact that he is no longer a Human, but now a mysterious being the System referred to as a Throsk'Bok.
Miller still has no clue why he evolves to a Throsk'Bok or what a Throsk'Bok really is.
The question right now that was circling in Miller's teenage mind was:
Will I kill A mutant for Experience Points?
"Miller, Miller, Miller" The crowd of Anti-Meta Human travellers soldiers cheered his name.
Miller was not even concerned about their shout. He was still thinking whether he should kill the defenceless Ethan.
There was something Miller had not noticed yet, since he turned into a Throsk'Bok. He no longer cared about a Human Life. Was this a Side Effect from the System?
"He....l....l...p.....me" An INJURED and extremely weak Ethan said.
Miller was still standing and looking at Ethan, not even a bit concerned about his well being.
"Miller!" Aurora Shouted his name. "It's over, just go to your room, you and James would soon be heading for Earth."
Aurora saw the look in Miller's eyes, they were the looks of a murderer, not an average eighteen year old teenage boy.
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James and Miller left the arena, Ethan was taken by his fellow Anti-Meta Human travellers soldiers to their hospital to be healed by those with mutant Abilities to heal others. ETHAN was injured to a state where he could easily die.
"You are getting stronger than usual" James said as he made a chuckle. The two of them were on their way to James's room.
"No, i am not" Miller lied. Miller was trying his best to hide the fact that he was a Throsk'Bok, no longer a human. He did not want anyone to know about the System in his head.
"You are not a good liar" James said. "I already know about the System...." James immediately stopped talking BECAUSE he knew he would spiel out words he ought not to.
There was a brief silence after James last words. Miller was confused, how did James know of the System. James on the other hand, knew nothing much about the System.
James only knew that the strange unknown man dressed in sack clothes warned him that it was Miller's destiny to acquire the System before it gets corrupted. He knew not how it worked or where it was.
He did not even have any idea that the System was inside Miller's brain.
They had finally reached James's room. The sound of the doors opening could be heard clearly because the two of them were extremely quiet.
Miller went and sat at A Sofa. He was wondering how did James know of this System? Was James the creator of this System? Did James and this System have some kind of connection? And also the last but not the least, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE THE SYSTEM'S CHOSEN?
Miller remembered when he asked the System this kind of question, the System would tell him that he would be told in due time when he was ready.
Miller felt like he was ready, but the system did not see him that way. He believed that maybe if James knew anything, he would be honest with him.
"How did you know about the System" Miller asked out of curiosity. He could not hold this question back any longer.
"It's a long story" James said.
"So everyone doesn't want to tell me what is going on!" Miller said.
Miller then explained to James about everything that had happened to him. And the strange voice in his head that came from the System and also the green words that flickered at his retina.
James went on with a Lie. He told Miller that he heard rumours of the System that was in Mala Ses. He did not tell Miller about the strange Unknown Man that told him he was the guide of the Long Awaited Saviour. He did not tell Miller he was his guide. He did not tell Miller that he was the long awaited Saviour.
"So what does it mean to be the system's chosen one?" Miller asked.
"I honestly have no clue, it would be better if the system told you itself." James said.
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In a realm shrouded in impenetrable darkness, devoid of any discernible location, an enigmatic place existed beyond the confines of the known universe. The absence of vitality permeated the air, rendering it inhospitable to any form of life. Amidst this desolate expanse stood a figure, cloaked in tattered garments woven from coarse brown sackcloth.
This peculiar man, clad in medieval attire, was none other than the mysterious individual who had revealed to James the identity of Miller, the long-awaited Savior. It was he who had orchestrated Miller's teleportation from the Tournament to the enigmatic realm of Kor'me'Lore, forging an indissoluble bond between Miller and the System.
Suspended in the unfathomable darkness, the man defied gravity itself, his form barely discernible save for the faint illumination cast by his weathered attire. He existed in a space that would be perceived by humans as an utter void, an abyss of nothingness.
As he hovered there, a faint smile graced his lips, for a voice now whispered into his ears—a voice reminiscent of the very System embedded within Miller's mind. The words uttered by the System resonated in his consciousness:
"[MASTER, THE CHOSEN ONE AND JAMES ARE NOW INTERACTING, WON'T THAT AFFECT THE PLAN, SHOULD I INTERRUPT THEM?]"
"No," declared the enigmatic figure, his identity still unknown. "James has a very big role to play in the upcoming great war".
What Role does James have to play in this upcoming great war? And what great War is this Strange Man referring to?
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