The teleportation chamber opened revealing to Xander and George, a dark forest.
"The location is earth, alright. Thank goodness we're back.", George said as he sighed in relief.
"What happened?", Xander asked as he got up and headed out following George.
"Isn't that something I should be asking you? After I left, what happened Xander? How did those aliens die?"
As George continued to ask those series of questions, Xander remembered the last thing he saw. He had seen a holographic display before passing out.
"What was that about?", Xander asked himself as he tried to remember the details. Whilst thinking, a holographic blue screen appeared in front of him.
"Aha, can you see it. That was the last thing I saw before passing out, George. "
"See what, Xander? I think you hit your head hard that you're exaggerating."
Xander could see a holographic display in front of him. It had details of him displayed.
[Basic information]
[Name : Xander Stormhold]
[Age : 18]
[Level : 1]
[Exp : 50/100]
[HP : 10/10]
[Energy : 20/100]
[Warning : You are low on energy consume foods to gain energy]
[Strength : 10]
[Intelligence : 10]
[Agility : 10]
[Endurance: 10]
[Stamina :10]
Xander could see other tabs on the holographic screen. Out of curiosity he clicked on the skills tab.
[Available skills:]
[Laser Blast : Player can shoot lazer beams through his eyes or fingers. It causes explosions on the object shot at. Each blast takes 5 energy]
[Scan skill : Player can know the overall detail of an object or a creature]
[Skills locked???]
[Other skills will be unlocked when user reaches specific level]
After looking at what was in the skills tab, Xander decided to look into the Quests.
[Daily quests]
[Get your body stronger through exercise]
"The last thing I ever wanted was to exercise. "
[Main quest]
[Survive until level 10 for an upgrade]
"Survive?"
After going through the Quests tab, he decided to go through the notifications tab.
[Notifications]
[Quest title : Survive as a new user. Fight or flee.]
[Reward : instant Level up to level 2]
[Quest details: Do everything to survive against your enemies. Enemies : 0/6 defeated]
[10 exp obtained. Enemies : 1/6 defeated]
[Skill activated : Laser blast]
[10 exp obtained. Enemies : 2/6 defeated]
[10 exp obtained. Enemies : 3/6 defeated]
[10 exp obtained. Enemies : 4/6 defeated]
[Skill activated : Laser blast]
[10 exp obtained. Enemies 5/6 defeated]
[You were unable to complete the quest. O exp obtained. No rewards would be gained]
Xander could not process what he was seeing. No matter what he did, he couldn't remember what happened in the facility. He didn't remember fighting yet the system was telling him that he fought. He decided to test whether it was really true. "The system said I made use of the laser blast skill. Alright let's see."
[Skill activated : Laser blast]
[-5 energy]
As Xander pointed his right index finger at a tree, his finger gave a red glow. A laser beam was shot and hit a tree. The tree exploded to pieces.
"So it was true."
"What the hell just happened?", George, who had just witnessed everything asked.
"Apparently, this was how I defeated the aliens. I think this is an effect of the strange tablet we found."
Xander went on to explain how the tablet disintegrated and became one with him and the system he had just seen.
"Wow! A whole lot has happened today"
"George, as we are heading back to Astrum, please keep all these a secret."
"Okay. I promise not to tell anyone."
"Thanks."
George explained what happened after he went out including meeting the Aurelians and they helping in setting up the teleportation chamber.
"I always knew that we were not alone in this universe."
"I guess you were right on doubting what colour the teleportation chamber shows for newer planets."
"Yeah. We must let Mr. Joshua know. Not in full detail though."
Xander decided to test another skill he had on his friend.
[Skill activated: Scan]
[Details]
[Intelligence : 15]
[Strength: 5]
[Agility : 5]
[Endurance: 5]
[Stamina : 5]
[No skills available for this creature]
"Wow, George, I think you have to work out more if you want to survive. Your stats are too low."
"Give me a break." , George said as they both fell into laughter.
"Xander, do you think that the Luces would come after us?"
"I'm sure they would. I have something that's theirs. If they were planning on using it for evil, I'll use it to save humanity and help the Aurelians in stopping them."
"I think we will have to tell Kirk about what's going on with you now."
"Can they be trusted?"
"We have to risk it. I also can't put full trust in this system of yours. It's still something that the Luces created. They even called it an ultimate weapon. God knows what it could turn you into."
"We have to return to Astrum. Give our reports, let things die down and then contact the Aurelians."
With this said the two boys contacted Joshua and sent a location for rescue. New agents picked them up and they headed back to Astrum as they've planned.