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Chapter 1 - The Awakening

In the quiet library of London university, amidst the bustling anticipation and anxiety of his finals, Kayn was studying. he was a 20-year-old law student, driven by ambition and a hunger for justice. The pale white glow of his laptop screen often illuminated his determined face as he poured over case studies and legal procedures. But fate had a cruel twist in store

It began like a distant nightmare, a creeping darkness gradually enveloping the world outside but it seemed distant and inconsequential, confined to far-off lands. Kayn focus remained fixed on his studies, oblivious to the gathering storm. Until the storm struck his doorstep panic-stricken people ran aimlessly, screams of terror echoed through the air, and a palpable sense of fear gripped his heart. The Cataclym had arrived, bringing with it an apocalypse she he never imagined.

Kayn ran outside, trying to find out what have just happened until a quiet but firm voice whispered In his head

"Implementation of the cataclysm complete - adding system functions"

Fear and confusion overwhelmed Kayn, but amidst the chaos, his legal training instilled a sense of analytical calmness. He realized that the laws he had studied would hold no meaning in this new reality. It a lawless world where survival became the ultimate priority. However before he could arm himself or do anything the world slowly faded to darkness.

Kayn slowly woke up, wondering if it all of it have only been a dream, looking around he realised that it has barely been a minute since he fainted and with a mix of trepidation and determination, Kayn armed himself with whatever he could find, he took a fireplace stick from the fireplace near him and his backpack that had his books and his lunch that he had packed before leaving the dormitory.

Armed and with his heart in his hands kayn walked out venturing Into the open ground that surrounded the university. Kayn witnessed In disbelief as all around the campus people slowly started waking up, however his disbelief barely lasted longer than a minute before a piercing scream breaking his stupor. Looking into the direction of the scream, Kayn found a woman, being attacked by a professor on his forties before being viciously devoured. The scream helped waking the majority of people and In turn also the zombies that seemed to have turned out of nowhere.

Chaos descended into the world as more and more zombies attacked every living being, Kayn immediately decided to run away, not bothering to help anyone and simply running for his flat, whoever he barely seconds after he decided to run a zombie who was nearby, turning its sights into him.

Kayn wasn`t an athlete by any means with a strong but with the adrenaline pulsing in his veins and the terror of being surrounded by the undead he did not hesitate to swing the fire stick as hard as he could and surprising even himself the zombie head exploded the moment the fire stick made contact with its skull, sending guts and gore all around him. Taking a few seconds to compose himself he started running again, smashing the head of every zombie that came across his near vicinity, and after around five minutes he eventually reached a bathroom and locked himself In.

breathing heavily as the adrenaline and fear pushed his body to its limits, Kayn closed his eyes for a moment only to immediately open them as notification after notification popped onto his eyes.

Kayn Instantly thought of the many video games that he used to play when younger and without hesitation spoke to himself

~stats

A screen opened amid in his mind showing his naked body in a T pose on the right, and a column of stats on the left

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race: - human

specialty: ???

Class: ???

Strength: 13

Stamina: 16

Agility: 15

Intelligence: 17

Vitality: 12

Mana: 1

extra points: 6

(healthy adults have the average of 10 per stats)

Skills: ???

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Kayn took a moment to analyse the situation before making a decision, before deciding that against the zombies, agility was the best course of action, so he added all 3 points into agility bringing his current agility to 18. Instantly kayn felt amazing, the muscles on his legs grew stronger and his fatigue slowly improved. Feeling revigorated and now with a new motivation to grow stronger Kayn left the bathroom stall and prepared himself for what would be the beginning of a new era.