In Another World with Battle God System

Chapter 02 Talent.

Ren walked into the surroundings of the slums where the stinging scent that invaded his nose and the decaying house that could collapse with a bit of vibration filled his sight. He already got used to this place despite just reincarnating a week ago.

The gaze around him that came from the gap in the house, made his skin tingle with discomfort. The people around here are not too great with the neighborhood. They only care for themselves. Harhs world he lives in.

The deeper he got the scent became more apparent as he squinted his gaze trying to hold back the stinging scent that even affected his eyes.

Ren saw a lone building in the innermost part of the slum area nearing the wall. That is where the thugs usually hang out. Turning his gaze to the sides, he didn't see the three parties he met earlier. Probably they are being misguided by the other lackeys of the boss gang around here.

The door of the church opened and two people came out with a disgusting smile on their face. Ren was alarmed and he swiftly hid himself between the gap of some house and opened his ear.

“Fuuuh, sadly she was just a kid”.

“You are right, if the one we caught was a bit older, maybe we could have some fun while we hold her”.

“Yahaha,,, you are right. My son has been dying to search for a tasty warm sheath”.

“Haha,, Me too, bud”.

Hearing the loud conversation that those two had. Ren knits his brows as he keeps hiding himself from being discovered by them.

After the two of them left the vicinity. Ren plunged his head forward to check the surroundings. He didn’t find a single soul in his view. Slipping out from the gap, he turned his attention toward the church once again.

“..I must tell them”.

Even though the personality that affected his attitude was from this world. But, he couldn't help to be worried about the girl. So, at least he could tell them the place after he made sure of the situation first.

“Where are you going?”.

The moment when Ren turned his back intending to find the three parties. His eyes were locked with a certain bald skinny individual with a sneer on his mouth, holding a dagger in hand.

Ren tensed his body as he began to take his battle stance.

“Nishishi, ..where are you going boy?”.

The guy's tone changed as Ren could feel a chilling sensation creep out in his spine. With the tense atmosphere, Ren gulped his saliva before standing straight.

“I am going home, that's all. You know that I also live around here right?”.

“..Yeah, but. …I saw you are talking with those three right?”.

Ren opened his eyes wide and his pupils dilated, alarmed that the person before him had known his action since earlier. He turned his gaze at his surroundings only to find a straight path leading to a bald skinny guy before him and the church, the place where the other thugs gather.

The bald and skinny guy disappeared from his sight and soon he felt the chilling sensation nearing his throat. Duck down with sheer willpower and instinct.

“Oop, you can dodge that, huh? Impressive”.

Ren kicked the ground as he rolled forward before fixing his stance ready to intercept his enemy.

“Ah, I remembered you”.

The man put his fist on his palm as he began to realize something. He pointed his index finger at Soma and said.

“You are the kid who despite having no talent could fight well using strange martial arts”.

Talent was a gift that was bestowed by a god to every living being in the world he is living in right now. Every living person will receive their talent or blossom at the age of twelve or thirteen.

There are some rare cases in which a person's talent could be awakened sooner but it was only one in a thousand chance.

Talent could be given as a blessing from the Gods that govern this world. It could be a Magic talent, a fight talent, a merchant, or even a farmer. There are as many talents as there are living things.

As the man said it, Ren indeed didn’t awaken his talent yet despite already being in his late teens. This was never heard before and everyone around it called Ren Talentless(The child who was despised by God).

At that time everyday life was hell, he would receive a gaze of contempt by the people around him, and it also affected his parent's popularity as an exceptional adventure. He came to the church in the city as he prayed every day to ask the gods to give him a talent, but no answer. He still became a talentless person until the day he died and was replaced by another Ren.

It was probably a blessing in disguise that in his previous and current world he is trained in martial arts. So even without talent, he could still defend himself slightly even if that was still no match against the talented person.

Ren swallows his resentment because of the mention of talent the man has sprouted. Then, there is something that is triggered inside his mind. A certain memory where his mother was being held by several men and died in agony, surfaced.

His blood was boiling as he clenched his fist and teeth. Trying to endure the erupted magma they called a wrath.

The man noticed the change in demeanor in Ren, the corner of his lip lifted and he began to activate his talent.

[Talent C-Rank Thief Activated skill: Stealth]

Ren got alarmed as he began to tense his body and roused his alarm. The man's appearance vanished as if he was swallowed by the world.

“Boom!”.

A small whisper and the scent of a foul mouth entered Ren's senses. Then, he waved his right arm to get rid of the man's presence.

“Ack!”.

Ren’s hand felt hot as a stinging pain began to assault his nerve. He saw that his palm was pierced by a dagger that had emerged from one another. He didn’t have time to grimace as he felt that his body was flying for a bit before it slammed toward the hard ground facing the sky.

“How was this?”.

The man put pressure on the dagger that was still embedded in Ren's palm, then aimed the tip at Ren's throat. Realized what the man intended to do. Ren raised his left hand grabbing his other arms to try to keep the dagger away from his neck.

“Aack”.

“Gyahaha, good keep resisting because I like to see my victim beg for their lives first before I kill them”.

Ren raised his left hand to grab his right arm supporting it. The man keeps exerting a little bit of strength at a time as he says he enjoyed seeing his victim suffer first before resorting to killing.

He saw the tip of the knife that kept tickling his neck with warm liquid from his body and kept going deeper. Ren will do or die spirit roars like a wounded beast. Hoping that his resort would bear fruit.

“UuuAAAAAAACCCK,,,, HERE, OVER HERE!”.

Maybe because of the last resort or the surroundings that are quiet without a single soul. His voice reverberated like a rumble of thunder that roars in the dark sky announcing its presence.

“Shut up, kid”.

The man knitted his brows as he began to put more strength in his hand that was holding the dagger.

“DIE!”.

“Uuuck!”.

The tip of the knife touched his neck skin and caused a trickling of warm liquid and stinging pain in his throat. From behind the man hurried footsteps could be heard and one of them stopped up behind, before brandishing his sword from his waist and swinging the sword sideways to decapitate the bald man.

“Yuck! ptui”.

“Are you all right, young fella”.