‘I must be dead.’
Adam thought as he felt pain all over his body.
‘Dying is so painful,’
He thought, trying to open his eyes to see the world after death. He smelled the blood in the air, and with a struggle, he opened his eyes.
‘Huh?’
Even through the pain, he was confused
Because what he saw was a narrow opening to the alleyway.
‘This is where I came to escape from the city guards,’
Adam was happy. He was alive, but the panic hit him as he remembered the wound in his head. He could smell the blood on his old robe.
‘It is still morning.’
He could see the sun through buildings.
‘Where is my wound?’
He touched his head, and there was little pain, but he couldn’t find the wound that leaked blood all over his robe.
‘What is going on? Did I die or alive?’
Adam couldn’t figure out how his wound disappeared.
‘Wait, I remember hearing something before I passed out. Yes, something, something system.’
The moment he said the word in his head, a metallic sound echoed in his head, and a blue transparent square appeared in front of him.
“No.”
Adam wanted to yell for help, but his throat was too dry, and only a small cry escaped his mouth. Having no options, he backed away, crawling until his back hit the wall.
‘Now what can I do?’
He has no options left. If he had some strength to run, he would at least try to run past it, but the square moved with him, maintaining the same distance.
Adam had no choice but to wait until it attacked, but a few minutes passed without any reactions from the blue square. Adam had enough time to study the flickering dark-coloured words inside it.
There were five different words on the top part of the square, side by side.
namely Status, Abilities, Skills, Titles and finally a red word: Mission.
Below those five, there was another set of words.
Line by line, he read through each sentence.
- Detecting Wolf Amulet
- Detecting the Last worshipper of the Wolf God
- Initiating the Wolf God system
- Detecting host’s life in danger -> initiating forceful healing (First usage, available chances – 01)
- Authenticating passed
- Initiating forceful healing to optimal condition (available chances -00)
- Healing process successful
- Assessment of the host initiating -> Authenticating passed
- Assessment -> Host has a body below the average of a weak human
While reading, Adam totally forgot the danger he was facing, and many questions surfaced in his mind.
‘Who is the wolf god?’
The moment he thought a new set of lines appeared on the blue square.
- Wolf God is the God of shadows and the guardian of dawn, the host is the last known worshipper of the Wolf God
‘Gods are myths, right?’
He thought, but this time no new lines appeared in the blue light.
‘Fuck, what do you mean below the average of a weak human?’
He knew he was weak, but below weak human.
- Weak human status as follows, to compare with the host, the host is advised to look at his status
- Average status for a Weak Human
Strength - F-
Agility - F-
Spirit - F-
Intuition - F-
‘How do I check this?’
He tried to touch the Dark blue word Status, but his hand just passed through.
‘Status.’
He thought and suddenly blue square had a new section overlapping it
-Host Name - Adam
- Attributes
Strength - G
Agility - G
Spirit - F+
Intuition - F+
Attribute points – 0 Skill Points – 0 Ability points - 0 General points – 0
‘Fuck, G is below F; this thing is so cruel,’
‘How do I get out of this.’
He didn’t want to see this anymore.
‘Hmmm close?’
Suddenly the Status panel disappeared.
‘Again, close,’
The blue light vanished.
Adam finally had relief, then the realisation hit him hard.
‘Oh no, it healed me, that means… That means it went inside my head through the wound and closed it.’
He was again in panic.
‘What if it eats my brain, and if I tell someone, he will cut my head to take this out?’
He had only one person he could trust.
Adam got up and dragged his painful body toward his hut.
“Brother.”
Amy, who looked as if she had cried, ran into him, but Adam was in more panic; he simply hugged her.
“Amy, come here.”
He dragged her in and closed the door.
“Come.”
He sat in a corner dragging her near.
The little girl sat close to him and hugged him tightly.
‘System.’
As he thought, the blue square appeared again
“Brother, they hurt you?”
Amy looked at the bloodstain on his clothes.
‘Can’t she see the system?’
Adam thought
“Amy, can you see this?”
He pointed toward the blue square
“Yes brother, that is the wall,”
Amy looked at him in confusion
‘Shit, she can’t see it,’
He thought
“Amy, I think something is inside my head,”
He couldn’t think what to do.
“Of course, silly brother, father told me everyone has it,”
Her face was a bit dark remembering her father
“Really?”
Adam felt a bit better.
‘Did her father know about this?’
“Yes, silly brother. It’s called brain, Father said everyone, even animal has it inside their head,”
“Pfft.”
Adam choked on his own saliva
“I know better than you, brother,”
Amy said proudly
Helplessly, Adam could only pat her head and agree.
‘Fuck,’
Since last night he has been non-stop cursing. Now because he realised it was midday. That meant the school in the central district had finished distributing porridge for the day. Their breakfast was already gone.
Adam knew they couldn't stay here any longer, as last night's showdown with Butcher’s men would surely bring disaster on him. He went to a corner of the house and removed several pieces of wood that looked completely random. Under that were a few silver coins, his emergency money. This was something his mother taught him.
Suddenly a metallic sound again sounded in his head. He almost forgot the thing inside his head while thinking about money.
-Host condition is too weak, forcefully initiating the first Mission. The host is advised to check Mission immediately.
A set of words appeared, and he noticed this time the red colour word Mission was blinking fast. He realised he was out of options.
- Mission – The world is cruel than what it looks like, Survival is only for the strong.
- Mission target – Learn to survive
- Mission Progression – Arrive at the Westwood forest within one week.
- Mission reward -General points and one random survival ability
- Mission failure – Host is not suitable for the system, Elimination of the host.
Adam felt sweat coming from his head.
‘Elimination? I am right. This thing is inside my head and if I don’t get strong it will Kill me,’
‘No, I need to survive,’
He thought and recalled the things he knew about Westwood.
Westwood was the forest between West Coast city and the other cities to the west in the Crimson Empire. It was said to be vast and boundless. As it is located in the High pass mountain range to the north.
All these are things he heard from people; he had no idea about anything other than the vast mountain he could see from the city. However, he was sure it was not that close to the city.
‘I can live near the border of the forest.’
He had learned to trap from his old village. And he could collect fruits and live for some time safely there.
‘But how can I protect Amy?’
He fell into thought.
The only thing he could do is to ask for help. He made up his mind.
“Amy, get ready, we are going out,”
He took the coins from the ground and walked out to wait for Amy to change.
“Okay, brother.”
Hearing her cheerful little voice, he sighed, because he knew she must be hungry. She had a few clothes brought with them when they first came. Although they were a bit small, they still could manage.
After Amy got ready, he covered her with the little cape and collected her other few pieces of clothes
Holding the little girl’s hand, he walked out of his hut. His home for nearly five years, and he might never return here again.
‘I will survive.’
As usual for the daytime, it filled the main road of the port district with carriages and people. They were transporting goods from the city and to the city. West coast city and East coast city were the two main transportation hubs that connected the eastern part and the western part of the land through the sea. If someone wanted to avoid these cities of the Crimson Empire, they had to cross the High pass mountain range. That was something that even powerful magicians wouldn’t even think of doing. It said that no one had ever come out from there. Another thing was, that if the people in the Southern islands needed to access the western part of the continent, they had to land in this port city. This made the port of the West Coast one of the most prosperous and busiest ports on the continent. Amy felt worried. She had never been out of the house in the daytime. Especially out of their alley. In the morning she and brother Adam would go to the Central district old school gate for so
Adam made his way through the city. He felt bad for leaving Amy behind. He didn’t know how long it would take for him to be strong, but he had to keep the promise. After completing the system mission, he had to come back for Amy’s birthday in four months.Travelling through the city was a painful process for him. Many people were travelling in the streets, but for his luck, many people didn’t even get close to him due to his appearance. Even so, the city of the West coast was not small at all. By the time he reached the north gate through the market district, he saw the sun located in the sky west of him. ‘Couple more hours before the sunset,’ he thought.‘How do I get to the east?’ he looked at the mountain range stretching far and wide. However, the road he got out led the way straight toward the north. Both sides were farmlands. Although he didn’t know, Adam believed most of these farmlands belonged to nobles or the royal family.Many people were going in and out of the city. As
While Adam was trying to figure out the origin of Wolf God.In a village to the east, a young girl who was resting in her room heard a weird noise outside the house.It was like something scratching on the wall. For a few minutes, she ignored the noise until it got louder. Initially, she was hoping someone else in the house would check the situation, but since the noise was so disturbing; she decided to go and see for herself.‘Strange,’ she found that their living room was empty.“Ren, is that you?” she yelled her younger brother’s name, thinking he must be playing a prank on her. She listened for a few more seconds, but other than the scratching noise, it did not answer her. Finally, she lost her calm.“I will catch you myself,” yelling she got out of the house.The angered girl made her way toward the back of the house where the noise was coming from. However, her brother was not there. She saw a strange-looking girl with long black hair in a white dress squatting by the house wal
Luck was on their side, or whatever happened at the place where Adam found arrowhead might have been insignificant. The group managed to reach the open fields of the stronghold by afternoon.Adam noticed it had thick walls made of stone and a large area around it was grassland. He heard one old adventurer explaining to someone else that this place and surrounding the villages were the actual origin of the Crimson Empire. That was the reason this place had great security and high defence.Many roads were leading to different areas from the stronghold, and the surrounding area had a considerable number of small campsites. Adam realised this place was busy, although it was not at the same level as West Coast city, to an area without a town, the number of caravans and people gathered were extremely high.Once they reached the intersection between the roads, a small group of guards stopped the carriages. And Karina, who had experience, immediately went to them. Adam realised he was lucky to
“Yes,”His word made the smile on Carl’s face grow even brighter. He was not optimistic about a 9th tier mage travelling with a group of adventurers. Still, he will have all the available help.Westwood Village was not some common village. All the men here are at least around 6th tier warriors. Therefore, the disappearances were not something to disregard.Another thing that Carl could feel was the weird sense of superiority coming from this mysterious man. He has to say he hated it because they were warriors. The Crimson empire had the least number of Magicians, assassins and even well-trained arches. Because they loved to rely on their strength. In the military, Magicians didn’t receive the same respect as a magic warrior who knew how to fight. “I will check the surroundings first,” Adam didn’t wait for his response.He wanted to get away from this awkward position. Also, he needed to get the system reward. Adam turned to the jungle, looking for a secluded place.Looking at his depa
Adam had no idea he had caused a scene as he arrived at the Westwood Village. After all, he was astonished by the magnificent village. Buildings and roads looked much older and historical. Most people wore simple clothes or animal skins.Since no one stopped him at the village gate, he simply walked in. And he looked at the giant men walking around. He felt, even with his new strength; he was inferior to these men. The village had no visible area for farming, and he assumed that these people must be mostly hunters.Adam suddenly heard numerous footsteps, and he could clearly say that at least fifty or sixty men were moving together.‘Hunting party?’He looked in the direction people were coming from, ‘Ehh, definitely not a hunting party.’ He saw a few familiar faces among the group.That included Empire Calvary and Village guards. ‘They must be investigating,’ he glanced again at the group approaching from far and got back to his business.He at least wanted to take some time to loo
It took them more than half an hour to prepare for the search. The final group was around a hundred people, including Karina’s adventurer group, Empire Calvary and village guards.Other than that. Hunters from the village, Old chief, and to Adam’s amusement, Sean, the old priest of the village also arrived with the search party.Some men carried heavy bags with food and water. Adam started to think that it might be a long night.“Master Adam, we are ready to go. Should we send scouts ahead?” Carl was worried about what they would find with the girl.“Just follow me,” Adam took the lead without thinking twice. It would be night soon, and the more he delayed the search, the more the girl would be in danger.He didn’t forget what was the description of the curse by the system. It was not some magic, but a curse created by world laws. He had no idea what that meant, but if the system was correct, the curse was much more dangerous than any magic.“We are ready to move,” Joran finally finis
- Secondary mission - Prove that you’re the dominant one (Complete)- Mission Reward – Unique title Alpha Wolf (Acquired)- Alpha Wolf (Active title) – People or animals lead by the host who is within a three-hundred-meter radius around the host will have an increased recovery rate, more stamina and will have a boost to their status based on host status (Title inactive)-Special title ability 1 – Roar of the Alpha wolf (Natural magic) – Any hostile creature will undergo a test of spirit under the roar of the dominant predator. If the host has a higher spirit rating than the hostile creature, the hostile creature will be stunned and immobilised for a duration depending on the difference of the spirit. The affected hostile creature will take spiritual damage depending on the faith of the host by his followers. (Warning: lesser creatures might die under the damage to the mind)- Special title ability 2 – Alpha’s domain (Passive) – Hostile creatures with lower spirit rating within a hundre
“Amazing.”Despite her words, the older girl saw several teardrops in the eyes of her little sister, and she didn’t say anything about that. The story was sweet and sour. She picked her up and held her against her chest. Their mother and father were talking with some other families in the distance. Many pilgrims and worshipers walked around them, and some were telling the same story as her. It was the story of a legend. “That is the story of the Great Blood Wolf.” The older girl ended the story, holding her younger sister’s hand in front of the massive statue of their Grand Empress and Her Consort. The Blood Wolf. “Oh….” Her little sister looked elated, looking at the massive statue of the couple. The greatest rulers of the world. She knew her sister would ask about this story again and again, but she was happy to see her little tail swinging in excitement. “Are you happy?” “Yes. I am very happy. I want to be as strong as the Grand Empress in the future.” “Of Course, you
“Grandfather?” The old man shook when he heard this call. He wanted to strangle this thing to death, but first, he needed an answer. “Why did you do that? Why did you kill my Grandson?” His face looked tired and battered. Time was not a concept for him, and he hoped to see his Grandchild someday. He came here because he almost felt the presence of his little boy. However, it wasn’t him. He looked at Chaos. He remembered the day when he first saw the two-headed infant drifting across the universe. Their first meeting wasn’t a good one. The first time he met him, this kid attacked him and even injured him. However, he treated Chaos as a child and even adopted him into the family. He grew up together with his only Grandson. They were great friends and family. His Grandson never treated Chaos badly. That was the reason he permitted Chaos to go with his Grandson when he left to become the first Guardian of the universe. He was the one who even granted this power to his Grandson on
Adam crashed onto the ground with full force. He didn’t want to slow down when he saw the hideous figure standing on the beach. He knew what it was. He gritted his teeth to ignore the head-splitting pain that came with the memories. He was finally looking at the nemesis of this world; Chaos. Adam wished he could end this thing with one blow. Because it was something that shouldn’t exist. He was betting the lives of too many people, and the life of the Empress. If he failed right now, he would fail the entire world forever. His punch landed inches away from his target, but that thing moved several metres away with ease. The ground shattered under his blow, and the foul stench of the chaos entered his nose. He finally understood why the world and Mahisha failed to access this ground. Because it was contaminated by Chaos. He already created armour around his body and coated his sword with the aura of the Abyss. He didn’t have a reason to drag this. ‘This is not going to be
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Adam moved fast and landed in the area he saw the camps. He simply nodded at the people who started greeting him,He already found Alex, and he didn’t seem to be alright. “My Lord!!”Adam nodded at David before entering the tent. Already, there were several healers around the bed, including Mila. ‘Not good.’He felt Alex’s breathing wasn’t stable. “What happened?”The people made way for him with ease.“My Lord. There seemed to be a weird poison.”“Poison?”He didn’t smell any poison, but he realised Alex was unstable. Someone had removed the clothes from his upper body. His veins could be seen on his chest and there was a back lump on his chest. The wound was gone, but he wasn't getting any better. “Hm… Divine power.”He didn’t expect the enemy to use such a weapon. If it was before, he would have had a hard time dealing with this, but not anymore. The divine power was just another source of power restricted to this world. Although it was the most powerful, it wasn’t powerful en
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“We have to run!” Oliver heard someone yelling, but he didn’t know what to do. “He followed the orders of the king, coming here to destroy the Summer Palace city. The reason was to simply buy them more time. According to the information they received, the army was led by the infamous three Generals of the Crimson Empire. Since the main army was already divided into three, there shouldn’t be enough power to fight against twenty 10th-tier powerhouses at the same time. Besides, the Crimson Empire army should have more than enough Dwarven machines to face them. However, there shouldn't be enough time to move them for a defensive battle or to mount them on a wall. In a sense, there was no way this city could stand against them. What really worried him was the results. They were doing all these things based on the assumption that the owner of the taboo name wasn’t as powerful as they said. However, he didn’t understand why they were underestimating the revenge of the Crimson Empi
Alex floated toward the north using his magic. He wasn’t as weak as he once was when he passed through the Summer Palace city long ago. However, it was a lie to say that he wasn’t afraid. Their original battle plan was to separate their enemies by attacking the different parts of the Blood Baron Kingdom at the same time. Also, by using a portion of their units and the help of the Kingdom of Boria, they should have been able to delay the reinforcements from the other five kingdoms. Lady Helen was to show herself at the Dwarven mountain to create a distraction and intimidation. That wasn’t all. He was the one that took out the enemy scouts near the borders of the Crimson Empire with ease. Then he asked for the help of Lady Helen to take on the Wind Hold city to prevent any news from leaking to the rest of the city. He knew their enemies would realise the threat once the army was divided and Lady Helen fortified the Dwarven mountain. It all went as they planned, but he realised h