'Now… who are you?'
[Now… who are you?]
…[Self-Heal!] [Self-Heal!] [Self-Heal!] [Self-Heal!] [Self-Heal!] [Self-Heal!]…
[What do you mean by that? I am the guy whose body you are possessing right now!]
'Body possession? Rebirth… or perhaps a reincarnation?'
[Are you a necromancer? Or a ghost? Or perhaps an Ancient God or something?]
The terms confused him for a few seconds before he closed his eyes for a few seconds, turning silent, arranging his thoughts for a few seconds. And then after using all his intelligence to understand the situation he was in, he reached one conclusion…
'I have no f*cking idea what is going on!'
[…]
…[Self-Heal!] [Self-Heal!] [Self-Heal!] [Self-Heal!] [Self-Heal!] [Self-Heal!]…
A strange silence followed for a few seconds before the white message appeared once again.
[Let's start with names then.]
A slight nod of agreement before he spoke his name,
'Noah. Noah Evan Trivago.'
[Elios. Elios Gregory. I am a human from the Auralian Empire, the one under the rule of the Goddess of Light.]
Strange questions. Yet, Noah decided to answer it as appropriately as possible.
'I am a human, too. I don't know about Goddess and Gods but I am from a place called Earth.'
[Earth? Never heard of it. Can you describe that place? Especially the colour of the sky and the soil.]
'Blue sky and soil in the colour of dirty brown. Though there are varieties depending upon the area.'
[Seems like a place in the Mortal Realm. Area their golden trees and Angels that fly in the sky? Though I doubt, could you be from the Heaven's realm?]
'…'
[No, huh? Then could you be…from a different plane, altogether? Tell me Noah, have you heard of the word 'Zarraf' it's the name of this place.]
'Never heard of it.'
[Do you know anything about your situation right now? How are you here and what are you doing in my body?]
'I do not know…'
[Well. At least you are honest. But it seems like we are at a stalemate at this. What-]
-Tack! Tack! Tack!
The sounds of footsteps approaching echoed through the prison hall, turning both Elios and Noah silent as they focused on that voice. Even though not one word escaped their mouth, both of them instinctively turned quiet, lowering their low presence even more.
"Are you sure you felt a presence here?" An aged voice echoed as the sound of the footsteps became more clear. Those who were approaching were almost in front of the prison cell.
"Yes. It came from one of these prisons. Although it was only for a brief moment, that holy mana did reverberate through somewhere here," another voice, this time of a young woman, echoed in the prison as the duo entered.
Both of them looked at the dead bodies lying on the ground and the absence of any life force from them. They checked some of the bodies by pressing their legs against them before both of them went outside the prison, toward the next one.
[Seems like we are safe for now. You are almost healed but we are out of mana.]
'Mana?'
[Don't tell me you don't know what Mana is? It's the fundamental principle of magic! Don't you have that in your previous world?]
'No. Is it something like a [Status] or something-'
[What's a Sta-]
The words of the duo took a pause as a golden screen appeared in front of them. A shining bright golden screen displaying the numerical status of the duo that stayed in the same body.
[Name: Noah/Elios
Title: None
Race: Human
Level: 1
Main Job: Acolyte(F)
Side Job: Necromancer(SSS)
Current Status: Weakened
Stats:
HP: 40/67
MP: 0/70 (Regen: 0.7 per minute)
Attributes:
Strength: 4(6)
Stamina: 3.5(5)
Agility: 3.5(5)
Vitality: 6.7(9)
Intelligence: 7(10)
Wisdom: 7(10)
Charisma: 6(8)
Luck: 5
Free Attribute Points: 0
Skills: [Self-Heal] [Self-Curse]
Shop: [Locked] ]
[WHOA! What's this?!]
'I don't know. I have just heard the concept of it from my old world,' Noah spoke as began explaining about the functions of the system and how it works. Even though he hasn't looked into it himself, his habit of researching allowed him to know bits about a lot of things.
[You have something so COOL in your world?!!]
'We don't have it. It's just a concept… like an idea or a dream of sorts,' Noah corrected Elios before they both turned quiet for a few seconds. And while Noah was trying to analyze the situation he was in, Elios excitedly looked at the System, checking it's functions as such.
[Race: Human
Effects: Allows the user to manipulate Mana without limiting any physical capabilities. Though the individual capabilities vary, the potential of the user is infinite, provided the right path is followed!]
[Level : 1
Experience Required to reach the next level: 100]
[Main Job: Acolyte
Grade: F
Effects: Allows the user to wield Light and Holy Magic with 5% more efficiency!]
[Side Job: Necromancer
Grade: SSS!
Effect: For each [Skill] that the user has, he gains a similar [Skill] related to [Necromancy!]]
[Current Status: Weakened (All Stats reduced by 30%)]
[Health Points: 40/67] [Mana Points: 0/70]
[Mana Regeneration Rate: 0.7 per minute!]
[Attributes!
Strength: Physical Capability to Exert Force
Stamina: Physical Capability to Exert Force for a long duration
Agility: Physical Capability to Exert Force at a faster rate
Vitality: Life force of the user!
Intelligence: Base of Mana Limit
Wisdom: Base of Mana Regeneration
Charisma: Innate Characteristics of user to apply or deflect charm
Luck: Innate Characteristic of the user that measures favourable outcome of a variable action]
Skills:
[Self-Heal(F)
Effect: Heals 1 HP
Cost: 2 MP]
[Self-Curse(F)
Effects: Allows the user to curse himself!
Cost: 2MP]
[Shop: [Locked]
Unlock Condition: Reach a Safe Place!]
Elios looked excitedly at the game-like interface over and over a dozen times. His eyes reading the same messages dozens of times, trying to understand the fundamentals of it.
'It hurts a bit but I think I can move now,' Noah spoke as he tried standing up but Elios stopped him.
[Not yet. At least let me heal the severe wounds. That would give you more edge in case you need to run.]
'How long? I don't think we have much time here,' Noah asked, his eyes looking at the open prison gate from where the duo just left. He might be a bit safer than before, but that doesn't mean he could let his guard down. The worst possible situation was to fight against those two strange people in this broken condition he was in.
[We should be able to get rid of the [Weakened condition] as long as we reach 50 HP. Should take about 30 minutes give or take.]
'Doesn't seem like we have that much time, though?' Noah spoke as he saw the shadow of a dog-like creature, moving towards the prison. Except, it had two heads and the body at least twice as large as a normal dog.