His chest expanded and contracted as he took deep heavy breaths, His face covered in sweat from the exertion and pain. His palm was still around the handle of the sword which had pierced straight through the giant's neck and stabbed straight into the ground of the arena.
White sat on top of the giant's arm as he calmed himself, or at least tried to as his breath kept coming in short bursts if he didn't focus on deep breaths, and every single intake of air, hurt like he was being stabbed in his lungs.
'Either my lungs got pierced or the contracting and extending of the muscles near the organ are being punctured by a rib every time they expand.' White thought as he finally released his hold on the sword handle.
His eyesight had started to blur as he entered a critical state, his life hanging by a thread as he pushed forward with will alone.
*Ding*
[Player White Sins has cleared the Tutorial battle of the Historical Myth System. Congratulations on your achievement warrior.]
[Rewards are being distributed]
'What the hell is this thing saying now?' White thought as he tried to listen to the androgynous voice of the system though he couldn't make out what was being said at all.
[The Mythology System has recognized player White Sins as its rightful user, The Linking process will now start!]
[1%]
[5%]
[19%]
[43%]
[79%]
[100%]
[The linking process has finished, The Mythology System has now fully linked with the user's soul and will do anything to assist the User in their path towards greatness]
White was almost fully unconscious by this point from the blood loss as well as the head trauma he had received during the short but frightening battle.
[Processing the rewards from defeating the Laestrygonian]
[Rewards have been processed and will now be given to the user]
*Ding*
[User has leveled up]
[User has leveled up]
[User has leveled up]
[User has leveled up]
[User has leveled up]
[User has leveled up]
...
With a sudden rush, White opened his almost fully closed eyes and jumped to his feet.
"What, what just happened," White thought out loud as he looked at his body.
'I was sure that I was going to die from my wounds, though I took the risks that I did with me being healed in the end in mind, I thought I would just be thrown back to the training studio' White thought as he checked his body, only to find that the only thing ruined was his clothes and no signs of injury were present.
'Unless it's some high-level potion, there would be no way for me to recover completely from such heavy wounds so quickly' White continued to check himself for even the tiniest sign of injury as he thought.
'There are none'
At that moment he remembered hearing the voice of the system, moments before he had almost fully lost consciousness, he was sure that he had heard the voice from the beginning of this trial or whatever the hell it was.
Looking around, White also noticed that all the spectators in the arena had disappeared just as fast as they had appeared, almost as if they were never there to begin with.
"Hey, you system thing shows up again," White said as he turned around to look and see if it would appear, though turn as much as he wanted there were no holographic panels in sight.
White walked around but found nothing in the arena besides the marks of his battle with the monsters and the body of the monster itself, however, he did notice a change.
'I'm stronger, My body moves much more easily than before and my strength has gone way past what I used to have' White thought as he decided to grab the giant dead monster's feet and started dragging it along the ground.
'I can do this easily?' White thought confused with his own power.
'Was I the main character from the start?' White thought for a moment and then decided to shake his head to get rid of such ridiculous thoughts.
'Since it's a system and the reward was me getting access to it after I won the battle, there should be some sort of command I can use to activate it' White thought as he tried to think of any.
'Status? That's usually a part of systems in those old novels' White thought and then decided to jive give it a try.
"Status"
And then it appeared right in front of him.
A holographic screen with an image of his entire body on the right and what appeared like game stats on the left side.
[Status Screen]
[Name: White Sins]
[Race: Human]
[Level:9]
[ Attributes]
[ Strength: 19 ]
[Perception: 19 ]
[Endurance: 19 ]
[ Charisma: 19 ]
[ Intelligence: 19 ]
[ Agility: 19 ]
[ Luck: 19 ]
[Unspent Stats points: 9 ]
"So these are my stats?" White said as he looked at his status screen.
'Next to each attribute is a plus sign which likely is how I add my unused stat points into a certain attribute, I'm also level nine which means I get one point into all attributes at each level and one point that I can choose where to use' White thought as he pressed the strength attribute.
The Attribute name expanded as it now changed from strength to
[STR: The Amount of physical force that the user can use ]
'All right, let's see what each stat does exactly then though I can pretty much guess already' White thought as he continued to check each stat.
[PER: Affects the user's senses and his ability to perceive his surroundings ]
[END: The Amount of Damage and Strain the user's body can take ]
[CHA: The Users EQ as well as all categories of Seductive Abilities ]
[INT: The User's Intelligence and Ability to Understand and Manipulate Mana ]
[AGI: The User's Dexterity and swiftness of movement as well as his coordination and balance. ]
[LCK: The user's luck with any interaction with his surroundings. ]
'As I thought, it's pretty self-explanatory just by their name, now then where should I put my remaining stat points?' White started thinking as he paced back and forth in the middle of the arena.