The moon hung low in the sky, casting silver threads through the small window of Vedik's room at the orphanage.
His bed—a thin mattress on the floor—bore the weight of his anguish, hatred, and helplessness.
The other children slept soundly on their blankets, but Vedik's grief kept him awake.
As he layed on his thin blanket, trying to find solace in sleep, a voice pierced through the silence—a soft whisper echoing from the depths of his mind.
Vedik concentrated on this voice, and tried to discern its source, but aside from him, everyone else remained lost in slumber.
He thought he might be hallucinating.
Maybe, due to yesterday's ordeal , fatigue washed over him like a tide, and he closed his eyes to sleep.
Morning Revelation
Morning arrived, transforming Vedik's room into a realm of light. Sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating dust motes suspended in the air like tiny stars caught in a web.
As he woke up, something felt different—something stirred within him; his senses sharpened, and he felt energy currents swirling around him.
Then something magical happened. Before his eyes materialized a translucent interface: "Godhood System Activated."
Vedik stood there, breath caught in his throat. The room seemed to hold its breath too, as if aware of the momentous change unfolding. Was this a dream? Or was it something far more extraordinary? Instinctively, he reached out, and the interface responded with four boxes:
1. Attributes
2. Mortal Connection
3. Celestial Tasks
4. (-------------)
Suddenly overwhelmed by the weight of the Godhood System pressing upon him, he snapped back to reality and noticed his fellow orphans watching him with wide eyes.
For them, it must have looked like Vedik was standing still with his eyes wide open and moving his hands up and down as if conducting an unseen orchestra.
Feeling embarrassed by their stares, he walked away from them and started doing his daily work around the orphanage as every orphan has to do some work in the orphanage.
After completing his tasks, instead of training as usual, he found himself lost in thought about the Godhood System and the mysterious voice he had heard last night.
He didn't know how it was possible but felt that this Godhood System had become a part of his being.
Seeking solitude to explore this new power further, he found a quiet secret corner where not many people passed through.
He tapped the Attributes box, and a new interface blossomed before him:
• Strength: 25
• Speed: 15
• Charisma: 50
• Constitution: 10 (---------)
• Potential: Restricted
Skills:
- Weapon Mastery : 5%
- Herb Gathering : 10%
- Mortal Qi Basic Mastery
- Arcane Magic Awakened
- Cursed by : (-------------)
- Weakened
- Soul State : Shattered
A thousand thoughts crossed Vedik's mind as he read through the attributes panel. His pulse quickened; this was no mere curiosity—it was woven into his very being.
He could feel divinity—the promise of something extraordinary—but what lay beyond? And who—or what—had cursed him?
"I am just an orphan," he thought bitterly. "I don't even know if my parents are alive or not... so how could I have been cursed? And why ?"
Yet despite these uncertainties, his resolve remained unshaken.
Determined to become stronger, Vedik vowed to unravel the secrets and origin of this system and discover who he truly was.
As the sun climbed higher in the sky, Vedik calmed himself down.
His fingers danced across the interface again as he summoned the Mortal Connection function. It revealed details about his relationships:
1. Raj - Your loyal friend and a talented
magician with many secrets.
Favorability -> ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. William - Your teacher and a very
strong warrior.
Favorability -> ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Miss Nuwa - The head of the
orphanage; she brought you here.
Favorability -> ⭐⭐
4. Rony - The bully in the orphanage;
after getting beaten up by Raj due to
you, he hates you.
Hatred -> ⭐⭐
So , Vedik understood that through this function, he could see not only relationships but also their favorability levels—and even hatred.
Next was the Celestial Tasks function—a path filled with challenges and rewards whispering of destiny. He tapped it open:
Task 1: Reach Mortal Qi Mastery Level
Reward: The Echoblade
Description: A forgotten weapon wielded by a God; it can transform into both blade and sword at will, repair itself, cut through mana, and is a growth type weapon .
Task 2: Reach Advanced Level of Initiation of Arcane
Reward: A Mysterious Pill
Description: This pill contains elemental powers that will help achieve harmony among different elements.
Vedik could hardly contain his excitement; he had always dreamed of owning a sword .
Since growing up he saw many adventurers wielding swords and he seeing them he always thought that they were soo cool.
But his intuition told him that these were not ordinary treasures but artifacts from another realm—just like this Godhood System itself. But why had he been chosen?
That question lingered unanswered in his mind as he contemplated what lay ahead.