Zenon slowly opened his eyes and saw a little girl's face popper into his.
"Hasho! Omg you are awake!" Her voice was loud and shaky. She sighed and let go of Hasho's shoulder not minding his furrowed brows and confused gaze.
"The fuck? Hasho? Who bears that old boring name? " He mumured with disgust.
"You scared all of us!. How could you think about commiting suicide? I am going to kill you with my own hands. Just watch and see. " She said while hitting his shoulder with tears welled up in her eyes.
Zenon looked at the sorrounding and the white bedsheet neatly tugged on his body" where am I ? Afterlife? And I am well taken care of? Do I deserve that after the world disappeared because of my incompetence? "
"Hospital brother! What the nonsense are you spilling from your mouth. Do you want mother to die of heart ache? Why did you try to kill yourself? No body is pressuring you to be a higher rank hunter. Thank God you are alive atleast"
Sophia cried and hugged her brother tightly before whispering" Thank you for coming back to us big bro!"
Zenon scoffed. "Whatever! where is my place in hell? You are one hell of a dramatic soul reaper! " He sighed at the clingy lady.
It was as if she wasn't hearing him at all for she ignored him and did exactly what pleases her . "Let me go and fetch mother, she would be so glad you are awake!"
Sophia said and ran off
Zenon stood up gently. He looked down as his hands which wasn't wrinkled anymore, his feet and body were glowing and fresh!
'After life could be this amazing?. I get to have my killer look back' he smirked and walked sluggishly towards the window. "the city here is busy with people more than I expected. Is this where everyone moved into? Had i known, I would have died Sooner "
He jumped up in joy and the sat back in his bed waiting for the reaper to re- appear and show him his destination.
*Giggling. He couldn't wait.
soon the door opened with the reaper and an older woman emerging
"Hasho my poor boy! Thank you for coming back alive" the woman said in tears that really bothered Zenon. Who was this Hasho that everyone loves so much to the extent that they couldn't recognize the vector man?
"Sorry woman, I understand your plight but I am Zenon. Zenon Darius, the Vector Man"
Hasho's mother stared in confusion at her son before she burst into another uncontrollably tears.
The doctor came in almost immediately to examine him but zenon waved his hands in disapproval " I promised not to give any autograph in afterlife"
"We need to admit him in the psychiatrist unit. It's a miracle that he is awake however, changes like this isn't inevitable."
The doctor said and injected something on his IV.
Zenon soon fell asleep
This gave Hasho the opportunity to return to his body.
Hasho opened his eyes in an instant,
He rolled over and thought about the weird dream he had
. He then sat up and closed his eyes before he whispered quietly
" system"
There was no response..
"Legendary system!" He said again this time more focused.
No response came as well.
His shoulder shrugged in disappointment. "I guess it was just a dream. "
He lay back at the bed to sleep, but then something beeped. It wasn't his phone notification. He look up and saw the holographic display staring right at him.
Hasho was surprised at first before squeezing his fist in happiness " Guess it wasn't a dream after all. "
Haha!
"Let's get started then !" He laughed and went straight to his profile to check his rank.
Name: Hasho Blake
Department: Arcane Studies
Apocalypse Readiness: Level 0 {0/1000}
Survival Skills: Level 0 {0/1000}
Combat Training: Level 0 {0/1000}
Resource Management: Level 0 {0/1000}
First Aid: Level 0 {0/1000}
Shelter Building: Level 0 {0/1000}
Communication: Level 0 {0/1000}
Leadership: Level 0 {0/1000}
Elemental Magic: Level 0 {0/1000}
Summoning Magic: Level 0 {0/1000}
Illusion Magic: Level 0 {0/1000}
Divination Magic: Level 0 {0/1000}
Alchemy: Level 0 {0/1000}
Mind Control: Level 0 {0/1000}
Title: Novice mage
Rank: F
Achievement: None
Survival Points: 0
General Points: 0
Experience point: 0
His excitement dropped..
Hasho couldn't figure out what he was feeling at that moment, whether to cry or laugh.
"This system must be faulty somehow!. " He sighed.
A message icon appeared. But as he was about to click on it, his sister showed up with the mother
At that moment, Hasho threw the hospital bedsheet over to to the holographic display trying to cover it but the sheet fell back right on his leg.
"What are you doing Hasho!" His worried mother asked.
"Mom! Be careful don't hit the screen!" Hasho panicked.
"What screen are you talking about?"
"I mean can't you guys see this?" He pointed at the display but then the look he got from his family told him that he better stop or he will end up in the psychiatrist unit.
"Hahso, you must have lost some part of your memory, I understand considering the concoction you took. The old man that told you about awakening to a higher rank had being arrested. There's nothing like that. Once you are born. You are already awakened and your rank can neither increase nor decrease. It's all my fault. If I had even a little magic , you could have been born with a much higher rank considering your father's high rank"
"Mom it's not your fault. Father actually told me that once a mage faces a near death situation and survives , he would automatically be one rank higher "
"Is that why you have taken this same poison for five different times until the last one that almost got you killed? Do not believe such meaningless myths again "
He was disappointed that the system really got his rank accurately. He is still an F-rank hunter and the chances of fending for his family when the apocalypse begins was so low.
At least he survived.
He waited untill he was left alone before looking again at the screen
A line of text appeared on the display
{User please select your mission}
He clicked the mission icon..
Mission one : Resume your education
Hasho scoffed. He didn't plan to go back to that school just to be ridiculed but before he could make up his mind another notification sound came.
penalty: worst than death!