"Another boring class…" Victor whispered to himself while glancing at the empty campus football field through the window to his left. "It's not even Léa's class…"
A heavy sigh exited his mouth while Professor Mathieu went on and on about the complexities of today's unstable economic climate.
"Should've just dropped out…"
It was a thought that he had had countless times, the first of which was on his third day of college.
"Nothing ever fucking happens…"
"What are you whispering about? Depressed or something?"
Victor glanced for only a moment before turning towards the window again and letting out another sigh.
"What's your name again?"
"...!" The jock was visibly upset. He turned back around and feigned interest in the professor's explanations.
A couple of seconds later, Victor turned to stare at the jock's back. His jacket was rather stylish, albeit a bit cheesy.
A great tiger was depicted leaping at the onlooker. A sentence was inscribed above and around that tiger in an arc.
Grab The World With Both Jaws.
"Hey, hey!" Victor called out in whispers as he tapped the center of the tiger's open mouth. "Captain of the Basketball Team, hey!"
"So you do know me." He humphed without turning around.
"What's your plan after this?"
"After this class? Why do you care? I'm not inviting someone who doesn't know my name." The jock chuckled.
"No, I mean after college."
"...?"
"Do you not have any?"
"You're even weirder than I thought." The jock sighed.
It wasn't a question that should be asked lightly. After all, it takes a while to explain one's future plans. Still, the captain had everything already figured out.
Victor listened to every word, which made the jock's esteem of him rise a bit.
'At least he knows when to listen!'
The plan involved a lot of studying, moving abroad for internships, working in the same company as his father, and rising up the corporate ladder quicker than anyone ever had, getting a salary of six figures, cars, houses, babes…
"So you'll work the job that pays the most."
"Well, duh."
"I see…" Victor scratched his chin and turned back to look through the window. "Please gods, kill me now." He sighed.
'What's wrong with this guy?' The jock asked himself, his expression a mix of disgust and dumbfoundedness.
A frown suddenly took over Victor's face.
He rubbed his eyes again and again.
"Did you see that?" He asked, tapping the tiger's jaws.
"See what?"
"The sky… I could've sworn it turned red for a moment."
The jock rubbed his forehead, sighed heavily, and suddenly turned around, slamming his palms on Victor's desk as he did so.
"Listen, I don't know what is wrong with you but you have to stop this shit. I don't particularly like you, but I'll tell you this still. You gotta pull your head out of your ass! The only reason I started sitting here is because you got better grades than me on the midterms! You're the only one in our class to have better grades, and I'm sick of it! You don't listen in class, you don't do the homework, you don't participate in anything, yet you're still doing-"
"What does that have to do with anything?" Victor interrupted with a scoff. "I'm telling you that the sky-"
The jock's hand suddenly reached for his collar.
"I'm starting to seriously get pissed off!"
Victor grabbed his collar as well.
"Well, fucking deal with it!"
"You know you're…"
The jock talked and talked, but Victor didn't hear a word.
"Are you even listening, you fucking retard?"
"Let go of him! What's happening here?!"
"N-Nothing, sir!"
"You can't use that word, man." A student to the jock's left sighed. "It's real offensive and shit."
Despite his collar being let go of, Victor remained standing, staring blankly at who knows what.
'Despite what I just said… Right now, he does look retar…'
"You." The Proffessor called out, unsure what the student's name was. "Are you alright?"
"C… Can I be excused for a moment?"
The Proffessor shrugged. They weren't in high school after all. With more than 200 people filling the lecture hall, each and everyone was free to do as they pleased.
Victor walked as normally as he could, despite his shaking knees.
His fear was visible, which all that noticed it attributed to the altercation with the basketball team's captain.
Victor opened the lecture hall's door, walked out, and let his back rest against the door to close it.
[Congratulations!]
[You are the first in your Area to notice the Advent of the Apocalypse!]
[You have gained Early Access to certain System Functions!]
[You have gained Early Access to your Status Window!]
He rubbed his eyes twice.
There was escaping it. The floating words were real. At the very least, real to him.
'I don't think madness can roll in so easily and quietly… I'm completely sane. This is real.'
Victor glanced to the right and then to the left.
The hallway was completely empty.
"Status Window." He whispered, filled with both anticipation and fear.
[Species: Human.
Name: Victor Reiss.
Title(s): {None}
Level: 0 (Requirements for Next Level Up: 1Experience Point.)
Class: {None}
Skill(s): {None}
Health Points: 60/60
Stamina: 120/120
Stats:
-Strength: 8
-Agility: 13
-Perception: 16
-Constitution: 6
-Endurance: 12
Available Stat Points: 0
Available Skill Points: 0
]
[You are the first in your Area to check your Status Window!]
[You have been Awarded 2 Stat Points to distribute freely!]
Victor felt there was no other to test this, and know for sure what was happening to him.
"Strength… Both…" He whispered.
[You have used 2 Available Stat Points.]
[Your Strength Stat increases by 2 Stat Points!]
[You currently hold 0 Available Stat Points.]
"...!"
He could instantly tell the difference. His muscles had suddenly become stronger, and his body lighter.
"This is for real…"
His lips twitched while his eyes opened wide.
"This is for real…"
[Advent of the Apocalypse Countdown: 1 hour, 1 minute, and 13 seconds.]
"In other words, when the current class ends…?" He frowned. "Why would that…?" Victor shook his head. "That's not important now."
A couple of seconds passed while Victor was debating internally what his next move should be.
'I have to tell everyone. If it's an Apocalypse then… How can I do so without them thinking that I'm crazy though? I mean… If someone else had come up to me yesterday talking about-'
[Congratulations!]
[You have received 1 "Early Access Started Pack[E-Rank]"!]
"Alright."
[Would you like to open it?]