A couple hours have past, and it was already 6 pm. The sun was setting and Loxley said that I can go home now, since it is sunday today. Tomorrow will be monday, and I have class tomorrow. Which means that I cannot go inside this world.
"Actually Loxley, I will be returning to my hometown and will not be able to come back for at least five days, are you okay of me not being present during those five days?"
"I do not really mind, after all I can just close down the store during those five days"
"Is that okay?"
"Yeah, my father told me that so, he will not mind a single bit"
"Oh, is that so? Well, Ill be going now, Ill come back after five days"
She only nodded when I told her that.
After coming back to the other world, I was broughg back inside the abandoned house. It was dark, pitch black. You could not see anything, other than the lights of the town.
I grabbed a flashlight from the inventory, and navigated myself out of the forest and I was on the road again. Grabbing my bike, I rode down the steep hill. Since, I was riding a fixed bike, it was hard to control the speed going downhill.
I could only slow down by skidding, and placing my foot on the rear wheel. After a struggle of getting down the mountain, I successfully got down and was on the highway.
"I hope that my sister will not be angry with me"
I did not say anything to her before I went to that abandoned house, getting back to my house. I finally arrived, my father and sister were already eating and they were waiting for me.
"Where were you? I messaged you multiple times"
Now that she mentioned it, I did not bring my phone with me....
"Oh, I did not bring my phone with me"
"Enough chit chats, come here and eat"
She ordered me to eat, which I immediately did. I sat down and ate together with my sister and my father.
After I finished eating, I went directly to my room and changed into fresh clothes. I sat down on my bed and picked up my phone, even though I did not charge it, its battery percentage was still at 50%.
"I want a new phone"
I said. There was not a particular reason to want a new phone, I just craved a new phone. Since, I have the inventory, I can "borrow" a new phone if I wanted to.
"I wonder if the items inside the inventory can be sold into money and not just points"
I got curious, I opened up the system and went to the inventory. I clicked one of the items that I "borrowed" from the mall, and to my surprise. It was possible, you can change the points into currency.
The sledge hammer that I used earlier, was worth around 600 pesos, which is around 10 dollars.
"Maybe with this, I can turn items into money"
I was ecstatic, and reached a infinite money glitch. With this, I can buy anything that I want. However, I was curious on how it will transfer the money.
I clicked on the sell button.....
SUCCESSFULLY SOLD SLEDGE HAMMER
Money started to appear onto my hand, it was real money and not a counterfiet. I was shocked, and felt a massive responsibilty on my part. I was also surprised that the system is this powerful....well it did grant me the ability to store items inside an inventory.
Still, it felt unfair....well life is unfair. It is a waste if I do not use the system to its full potential, after all this was granted to me, might as well use it to my advantage.
After that, I started to sell diffirent items inside the inventory and the remaining items inside the inventory, was only the daggers and the sword. After I sold all of the items, I had made around 3000 pesos, which I think is worth 50 dollars.
It was big for me, considering I am broke right now. But, thanks to the system. I can make money, without worrying about working a part-time job.
"Thank you System, I am forever indebted to you"
I was grateful, and said my thanks to whoever had given this system to me. I was happy, I can finally upgrade the parts of my bike and also buy the things that I wanted to buy.
I grabbed my bike inside the inventory, and it was in a rough shape. The wheels needed to be alligned, and the rear tire was already worn out. Overall, it had some parts needed to be tuned up and replaced.
Well, I did not have to worry about that anymore. I had thought of going to the bike shop tomorrow, and purchase some new wheels and parts.
It was already 9 pm, and I had went to the mall earlier to "borrow" some stuff. I had made another 6000 pesos. So now, I had around 11k to spend.
"I did not think that I could grab this much money"
I was jumping up and down, due to the excitement of buying the parts that I always wanted to buy. I placed the money inside my wallet, and went to sleep.
I suddenly woke up with a person strangling me, he had this expression on his face that was flowing with bloodlust. I tried to push the person off of my chest, but both of my arms were pinned down with knives. Blood were flowing out of my arm, it was painful and the person on top kept strangling me.
I could not breath, the blood circulation from my head stopped and I lost consciousness. I felt like I was floating inside of the abyss, where Citra once took me, while explaining one of her abilities.
I could not move, my body felt heavy and I was sinking towards the bottom of the abyss. It was pitch black, I could not see anything other than the color black. You could not differentiate between closing your eyes, or opening your eyes. Both of them resulted to the same results.
"I wonder if Citra also experienced something like this?"
I wondered, and had the answer to that question. She had explained it to me when we first met, she had said that the dreams obstruct her from sleeping peacefully. Which explained why she had massive eye bags and pale skin, but what made me curious was that....
"Is this my life from now on?"
Well, it was kind of obvious from the start. Ever since the system was given to me, my fate had already been decided. Not that I know that a 100%, but with common sense, you would instantly think of something like that.
I wanted to sigh, but my lungs were filled with water, it was a weird feeling, not being able to breath, but can breath perfectly fine as if there was no water inside both of my lungs.
A similar thing also happened from that mecha anime, what was it called again? "Genesis"? I am not sure, but it was an anime about mechas where they follow the story of two students, defending the earth from angels.
It was an anime filled with depressing things, where it encapsulate the stages of insanity.....
"Yeah.....something like that"
I said to my conscious thought, because the water inside my lungs prevented me from talking.
I wanted to swim up, but no matter what I do, the abyss will take me and sink me further down. It was a hopeless attempt, and a hopeless situation. Even though I know that this was a dream, I accepted my fate and let the abyss take control over me.
"Huh?"
When I opened my eyes, I was back inside of my room. Not remembering on what had happened, I felt that I was drowning inside a large body of ocean, where no matter what I do, the current from the ocean will engulf me up.
I looked at both of my hands, and the system suddenly popped up.....
YOU HAD GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO THE DARK, DUE TO THAT YOU HAD BEEN AWARDED TO CHOOSE AN ABILITY TO YOUR LIKING.
"What do you mean b-"
A window popped up, which says...
PLEASE CHOOSE AN ABILITY FROM THESE THREE AVAILABLE ABILITIES.
NOTE: THE ABILITY YOU CHOSE WILL BE THE BASIS OF YOUR OVERALL MAGIC, SO CHOOSE CAREFULLY.
DARK MAGIC ENHANCEMENT
-THIS ABILITY WILL AFFECT YOUR PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES, SUCH AS PHYSICAL STRENGTH, HEALING, AND TOUGHNESS.
DARK MAGIC MANIPULATION
-THIS ABILITY WILL MAKE YOU ABLE TO MANIPULATE THE THINGS SURROUNDING YOU, THAT INCLUDES BOTH THE LIVING AND NON-LIVING.
DARK MAGIC CONJURATION
-WITH THIS ABILITY YOU CAN CONJURE THINGS INSIDE YOUR IMAGINATION, BUT ONLY TO AN EXTENT.
"Enhancement, manipulation, and conjuration? This is similar to that anime called "hunter" "
So the system referenced the stuff inside an anime? Not that I mind, it makes things a lot easier to understand.
Anyway, out of these three, which will I choose? If i remember, enhancement will enchance your overall physical structure, with manipulation you can manipulate both the living and non-living at your disposal, and conjuration can make conjure anything inside your imagination.
It is clear on what I will choose, and that will be.....