[You have used one of your undistributed stat. ]
The moment Bittu saw this notification, the pain in his body stopped for a couple of seconds. Bittu's eyes had just had a taste of happiness when unimaginable pain spread across his body as the slow process of changing him genetically got faster.
'.....sigh....'
'....it didn't help.....', he thought in disappointment.
From just his shoulder and a part of his chest, the corruption erupted rapidly and consumed two-third of his left hand. Not just that, it has also corrupted half of his chest and stomach on his left. On the left, only his heart was safe, that was still not corrupted.
"... Argh.... "
Even though that was the case, pain, like a million needles thrust in him at once, was spreading all over his body, which made him involuntarily groan. This action resulted in Bittu being short of his breath, therefore he choked on the water.
'Ahhhhhhhhhh' he roared in his mind.
The choking put him in even worse condition. He was losing his consciousness with each passing second, but he kept fighting back, clinging onto his life, refusing to resign and let fate have its way with him.
'So what if my choice was wrong? I will fight till the end!', thought Bittu, refusing to yield.
In the last moments of his life, right when the last bit of his consciousness was about to slip away to the realm of the dead, Bittu saw something mysterious, something intangible go right into his body from what seemed like the universe itself.
That is when he heard new notifications.
*Buzz*
[You have met the prerequisite.]
*Buzz*
[You are resonating with your class ]
*Buzz*
[Congratulations, your class Jocker has deemed you worthy to inherit its special skill. ]
[You have unlocked your second skill. ]
[Congratulations, you have gotten your second skill from your class, Jocker. ]
[Class: Jocker (Unique class)
Skill 1 : Danger Intuition (passive)
Skill 2 : Sufferance Synergy (passive)
Rating : S+
Description : A skill that empowers its wielder through a harmonious growth fueled by both physical and mental pain, turning adversity into strength.
Note : A special skill given birth by someone ignored by the @&#, abandoned by the £€$¢ and toyed with by π^√. ]
The moment he saw all these notifications, his last slip of consciousness drifter away. It was going further away from his body when suddenly a hand caught his hand.
Bittu raised his head to look at the one who caught his hand. He saw that the one who caught his hand was a man adorned in a black suit, wearing a white glove in both hands and had a mask on his face.
Bittu could not see what the mask looked like since his vision was already blurry. That is when he heard the man say something,
".... Where are you going?!.... "
The moment the voice slipped in Bittu's ear, dark clouds slowly manifested above the city, with Bittu as the center.
Seeing the confusion on Bittu's face, the man instead laughed.
".... Hahahahaha.....You can go later...", it said with a mysterious voice.
The cloud above rapidly formed enormous, it could now cover half of the city.
"But first live the life that you should always have..... ", it said as suddenly twenty-two cards appeared beside it, surrounding Bittu and the mysterious masked man.
These cards feature intricately illustrated cards with rich with vibrant colors and a touch of mystique. Each adorned with elaborate symbols and mystical imagery, creating a visual tapestry. But, unlike their unordinary appearance, their shape and size was just like ordinary cards.
"... Because I am here with you.... "" The moment it said that.
*CRACK*
*BOOM*
*Rumble*
The dark cloud that was now big enough to cover the entire city and the hill Bittu came here from, crackled with an intense sound as if warning someone.
The masked man suddenly looked up and snapped his fingers. Eighteen of the mysterious cards shot up and in the next moment, the remaining six cards caught him in place of the man's hand and pulled Bittu back in his body with a swift motion.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
Suddenly, the clouds above sent down twelve lightning and thunder straight at the place Bittu was at.
The masked man once again snapped its finger as it laughed and said, ".... Hahahahahahahaha"
"....You wanna play, then Let's play... ", the moment he said that, all eighteen of the cards in the sky began to spin. It spun until it became invisible to the naked eyes in a mere second and shot straight at the thunder coming down.
Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every part of the city could hear the collision of the thunder with the cards. All the people in the city had a horrified and fearful face as they heard these sounds continuously.
They knew that when the dark clouds had suddenly gathered above their head and blocked a shade of light from falling on the city; it was a bad omen and something bad was about to happen once again, but they didn't think it was going to be a fight between the heavens and something invisible and unknown because they couldn't see the other party at all.
Suddenly, someone started to pray, thinking that gods were fighting against evil to save them all. Slowly but gradually, all older adults and most of the middle-aged people of the city prayed while some of them even kneeled no matter where they were.
".... Oh god... Save us.... Please save us... "
"... Oh god.... I will be devoted to you for eternity. Please save us... "
"... Kill the evil.... "
"... Help us... Please help us God... "
Strangely, the zombies were also not attacking anyone at all. They froze, still in the place they were at, the moment the thunder started showering. This further fueled their belief as they prayed relentlessly.
Amidst the fight between the masked man and the clouds above, who represented someone unknown and the praying of the ignorant and, in the eyes of the watchers such as the man with the system, a group of gangsters wearing weeding outfits and two mysterious girls that were on top of a tall building, Bittu's spirit after entering his body became unconscious.
Even the corruption done to his body had stopped, as they were instead being used as a fuel for his new skill, gradually making him stronger.
But the mysterious cards didn't stop as their job was still not done.
They attached themselves to both his legs, both his arms, his head and his stomach and pushed him further into the water, taking him to the deepest part of the river.
".... Hahahahaha..... How's it? Do you still wanna play?... "
*BOOOMMM!!! *
"... I mean, if you insist. "
He snapped his finger once again. The cards that were invisible suddenly stopped and arrived right above the masked man. They then stacked themselves together, after which they gradually rotated, making a pointed circle. The points were sharp for each of the eighteen cards.
'Hahahahahahahaha"
If we had to compare it, then we can compare it with Sudarshan Chakra from the Hindu mythology. That is what it looked like right now, even though it doesn't have that much power.
It became a new weapon, even though its appearance charred because of the continuous thunder.
"... Go... "
The new weapon spun faster than before and with even more power, once again becoming invisible to the naked eyes.
*RUMBLE*
The dark clouds also didn't back down and sent down a thunder that had the power of all fourteen thunders, that it could muster at once.
CLANK! BOOOMMMM!!
The chakra collided with the thunder and this time it actually won as the chakra cut right through the thunder and arrived before the dark cloud and passed right through it, making it disappear in moments.
The dark clouds not giving up once again formed above the city.
The sudden disappearance of the cloud, like thin air, horrified the people in the city, but they heaved a sigh of relief when they saw the clouds slowly manifest once again.
The masked man ignored it this time and looked at Bittu and spoke something filled with mystery," Now that I have sometime, let me get you to a place where it won't be able to interfere with you. "
The masked man dived into the river and shot straight into Bittu's body and the moment it did, it whispered, "... Oh and here's a gift for giving life to me... "
As the voice lingered in his ear, all the cards one after another shot into his body, which also increased his speed as he reached at the deepest part of the river just before the dark clouds formed once again.
The deepest part of the river, unexpectedly, had a portal.
The portal was spiring around in a circle. It was blue and small balls of light that were shining like stars were coming out of the portal. It would have been a captivating sight to see, if not for the moment Bittu approached the portal, its original blue colour changed into pitch black.
Bittu shot right into it. The moment he did, the cloud in the sky also shot a massive thunder just like earlier right into the river. But, it could only shock the mutated aquatic lives in the river as Bittu had already entered the portal.
Once Bittu entered the portal, the portal once again changed, its colour going back to being blue. With the constant spiring and the small balls of light coming out of it. It was like it had never even changed its colour.
After waiting for a while, the dark cloud dissipated just as it manifested. People below looked all around as the shadow cast upon them vanished as rays of moonlight fall upon the city.
"... Wooo.... Yess.... "
"... Hail the Lord. "
"... God saved us.... "
"... Finally, God killed that evil.... "
"... We are free..... "
...
*drip* *drip* *drip*
Only after around a day of deep sleep did Bittu finally open his eyes. The first thing that appeared before his eyes was a notification.
[Your spirit stat increases. Spirit : G -> F ]
And the next notification was,
[You have entered a dungeon. ]