Chapter 7: A Whole New World
"WAKE UP!!!"
A loud, alarming voice woke Alaric from his slumber. When he opened his eyes, he was laying on the ground, where a blurry shade of a person was shaking him intensely.
"Wake up soldier! Stand up and fight!" The man shouted at him, shouting at him with urgency. As Alaric tried to make sense of his surroundings, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen and back. Fresh, red blood was gushing down from his stomach.
His eyes were hazy, the world in his sight were blurry and. It took him a few seconds before he could regain his vision.
"I-What happened…? Arghk!!!" He tried to converse but the wound he has was growing worse.
"Thank the heavens you're alive!" The man, out of relief and joy dropped him, his poor head hitting the cold, hard ground.
"H-here drink this. We need to get out quickly." The man fumbled on his backpack, taking out a red vial. He helped Alaric sat up before urging him to drink the vial.
He drank it's contents with difficulty, the man helping him throughout the entire process.
A warm, strange energy coursed through his whole body, the intense pain were dissipating. His wounds had close, putting him away from harm.
Alaric glanced at his surroundings, surprised in what he saw. He seem to be in a modern city, judging from the tall, broken buildings around them. What has happened here?
He thought. The modern city reminded him of Earth, fear suddenly creeping in. What if, he was actually transported back to Earth? What if...
No. This probably is just another worlds, just similar to Earth. Alaric consoled himself, trying to believe that he was in another planet.
Suddenly, an alarming presence made it self known. A few meters behind him, a two meter tall, white wolf. It's piercing blue eyes locked onto them, fury emanating from those eyes.
On top of its head, the "Level 25" was floating in red. Checking his level, he sighed in relief. He was higher in level, which means he was stronger.
"Quickly, run away from here!" Alaric urged the man to leave. "What?? Are you crazy? That thing is a boss level beast!"
The man was gawking at him openly. The man felt that Alaric was too impulsive and harsh. Alaric scoffed, taking out his Iron Sword and began running towards the huge wolf, who was already running towards them.
The two met, with the wolf initiating the attack. It swung it's huge claw at him to which he evaded by a taking a small step backwards. Seeing it's attack fail, the wolf was enraged. It lunged forward with its mouth wide open, attempting to bite down Alaric.
This was exactly what he was waiting for. Alaric swung his sword widely, activating Arch Slash. His sword cut through the wolf head like butter, it's huge body falling on the ground lifeless.
[You have killed a Level 25 Beast! +25 UP|+250 EXP]
"UP? What's that? Status screen." Confused by something new, he immediately opened his system panel.
[ STATUS ]
>[Stats]< [Skills] [Inventory] [Store]
Name: Alaric |HP: 1000| MP: 750 |
Level: 30 (250/1000 EXP)
Physique: 100
Mind: 75
Magic: 75
Upgrade Points: 250
Before he could ask the man on what is are UP are, he heard several growls coming to his way. He didn't wait for them to approach him, he ran towards them on his own.
He met 6 white smaller wolves coming to him, all at level 5. He met them all with a smile and a sword in hand.
[You have killed a Level 5 Beast! +5 UP| +50 EXP]
With one swing of his sword, a wolf instantly fell to it's death. Alaric was much much faster than the wolves. Right after killing the first, he turned his attention to the remaining 5.
[You have killed a Level 5 Beast! +5 UP| +50 EXP][x5]
One by one, they all fell. Not even a single chance to attack or defend for themselves. After storing the corpse to his Inventory, he made his way back.
Upon reaching his destination, he found that the man who helped had dissappeared. Only the lifeless corpse of the wolf remained. He too, stored it in his Inventory.
"Store." A blue, transparent interface appeared in front of him, divided to different categories such as |Equipments / Consumables / Skills&Spells /Avatar / Artifacts / Buildings |
The Avater section immediately caught his interest. He touched on the screen interface, pressing the Avatar.
[Summon a Random Avatar?
- Lvl 10 Avatar - 100UP
- Lvl 20 Avatar - 200UP
- Lvl 30 Avatar - 300UP
…..
- Lvl 10 Avatar- 1000UP]
"Hm…Since I can just get points from killing, spending a little bit shouldn't hurt." Looking at his hard earned upgrade points, he felt a pang of pain as he watched it decrease after pressing the Summon Lvl 20 Avatar button.
The interface screen changed, a vortex of green light spiraled inside the blue screen. He watched intently as the vortex grew smaller, forming a green figure.
The interface changed again, this time displaying information about the avatar he had summoned.
In front of him, a beautiful, blue bladed sword was floating in mid air.
[Avatar comes in different forms, either as a living entity or an inanimate object. Congratulations, you have summoned "Sea Empress Sapphire Blade"]
[ Avatar Information:
Avatar Name: Sea Empress Sapphire Blade Lvl 20
- Active Skill 1 - Flow Cutter - Sends out a devastating slash, powerful enough to cut through even water and wind. Cooldown: 3 Minutes
- Active Skill 2 - Water Enhancement - Coat the blade with the element of water, enhancing all attacks with water elements for the next 30 seconds. Cooldown: 5 Minutes
-Passive Skill 1 - Ocean Strength - Whenever near a water source, increase all stats by 25%]