2025-04-11 09:33:37‘A new notification?’
Indeed, the system had sent him a new notification. ‘What were the chances that It was good news? Or maybe it was bad news?’ He would have to find out. Adjusting his position on the bed, he quickly checked the notification panel. There were a couple of unread messages there, but he chose to read the latest one. [Host, your short term quests have arrived. Complete them to gain astonishing rewards] A short term quest? There was really another type of quest?!. He quickly grew ecstatic instantly. He navigated to the quests panel. [Quests Daily Quests … Short Term Quests Undead Slayer Description: Rid a floating island in the endless abyss of nothing from undead creatures. Rewards: Unknown Rank: Grade 3 (89%), Grade 2(10%), Grade 1 (1%) Daring The -unknown- Description: Currently, -unknown- is resting in a secluded desert infested by Metal devourers. Kill -unknown- Rewards: A Grade 2 ore vein. Rank: Grade 3 (50%), Grade 2 (40%), Grade 1 (10%). ] Haruto froze. ‘Crap! Two grade 3 quests?! And what the hell is a ore vein?!’ There was no telling how much he'd gain from a grade 3 quest. With how his captain had described power systems, even the lowest was bound to hold bountiful rewards. Somehow, he knew or rather, he guessed that the system's power grades was similar to that of the sentinels. And so, there were two things he wasn't accounting for. One of it was that in reality, he had never truly encountered an horror!. Remembering how the Captain had painted those creatures, he shivered. As a dormant human, he didn't have a chance at challenging even the weakest of monstrosities like that. And going alone?. ‘Isn’t this too much?’ The first one was especially harrowing. He more or less had an idea of what undead creatures were. They were living bodies already ridded of their souls. They were dark creatures that had no goal but to devour life. They were true horrors!. They were terrifying. ‘Were they called undead for naught?’ And… Haruto squinted his eyes. ‘What the hell is unknown? Was it some kind of secret? He was going to have to fight it?’ The second quest said he had to kill the unknown. If there was anything that killed a man very swiftly and efficiently, it was something he had absolutely no idea about. Grimacing, he chose not to dwell on it for now, he navigated back to his status panel. [Status Name: Gensei Haruto Age: 19 Level: 1 EXP: 30/100 Strength: 10 Intelligence: 10 Agility: 10 Health: 100 Endurance: 10 Spiritual Level: 10 Stamina: 10 Title: — Stat Points: 5 ] Staring at the panel again, he got tingly thinking about how powerful he would become If he upgraded his stats. According to his guess, the system gave him 5 points for his daily quests. He would have to check the notifications left unread but wasn't that stinginess! Just five points?! Really?!. As an experiment, Haruto chose to invest 1 point into his strength stat. Ecstatic, he approached the chair near the table beside his book shelf and lifted it. He lifted it easily, with one hand. But… He palmed his face. He would've lifted the damn thing normally after all!. In annoyance, he invested all 4 remaining SPs into his strength attribute. Then, he tried to lift it again. ‘What the hell!’ Haruto found it many times more easier to life the wooden chair. He even had no trouble lifting it with just one hand until it reached the most centimeter it could reach above his head. ‘Wow!’ ‘I can grow stronger!’ Haruto grew even more ecstatic. He had found a unique way to grow stronger!. ‘Scratch that’ The real thing was. A unique way to grow stronger had found him. Either way, there was now a clear path to get to his sister. He could now get to Lilly!. Suppressing his excitement, Haruto looked at the barricade of different stats on the panel. He could more or less understand a few things on it, like Strength, that meant his physical sturdiness…right?, Intelligence, Agility. But what the hell was Spiritual Level?. Sighing, and realizing he had to be done with the system as soon as possible, he got serious. There was only one thing left for him to do… *** Back when he had fought Lord Khai, he was sure he heard the system said something related to receiving. He couldn't have been mistaken…right?. The chances he could be mistaken were close to zero. He was sure. ‘Goddamnit! You better give me something worth it!’ The battle with that bloodlust bastard was one of his darkest memories. The bastard had shown no mercy and would've without a doubt killed him if he slacked even by a little. He gritted his teeth in annoyance. Filled with emotions, he checked the group of notifications and quickly located the one from when he defeated the knight. It read: [You have survived a clash with a Grade 1 abomination. Your rewards have arrived, do you wish to check them?] Haruto froze. He stared at the notification in disbelief. His eyes widened so large, he was having trouble enlarging them anymore. ‘Grade 1!!! That bastard was grade one even in his weakened state!!’ Haruto broke a sweat. If it really was grade one, then, there was only one way to describe his attitude that day — NONCHALANT!!!. Yes, he was nonchalant!. He remembered all his actions, smirking, resilience?. Damn it all!. Of course they were all useless!!. The bastard had definitely let him escape. He was definitely putting the act up just to make it look real. How many strikes would a grade 1 Sentinel need to kill a mere dormant human even with the most mundane weapon?. With the way captain had given his explanation, None!. The oppressive aura alone was enough. Even with the quantum guard. If that thing really wanted to kill him. He was very sure he would not have escaped. His face quickly paled. ‘Damn it!’ He hated being mocked at. He hated being regarded as weak even though he was. He felt resentment towards that knight. He could imagine the smirk on the knight’s face — if he could — after he left. He gritted his teeth. ‘Damn it! Damn it all’ Even so, it was hard to think that the system would hire someone to train up it's host. Someone has powerful as that?. Who exactly built this thing? What was his/her aim?. Was he/she the unknown in the short term quest?. ‘Crap! So much questions!’ With no visible answers to his questions, Haruto chose to check his rewards from surviving a clash from the monstrosity. He wasn't shocked. …He was left speechless.
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Chapter 32: Maybe You're Right.
Since Haruto was done with the system, there was only one thing left to do. The chorus of a thousand steps. Back when he had first used it, he had almost broken his entire spinal cord. The technique was a very complex one. It was for humans to practice at all. An attempt would result in brink to death situations. But, Haruto couldn't care less. He could always heal himself. Besides, not that he was the same with every other human anyways. Like the technique’s name implied, It was the chorus of each step that formed a thousand. Each step however, could only be made by a series of dances of it won't count as a step at all. That was why the technique was boundless. Each set of dances was as complex as mathematics. Remembering himself trying to solve differentiation and integration in his former life, he grimaced. ‘That was really hard for me’ In each dance set, one would have twisted limbs and crazy angles, twisted the back at specific angles. Beca
Chapter 31: HollowWraith
“What do the chitin walls look like?” Haruto, making a taciturn expression, looked ahead into the smoke and bones. The dwarf dropped his book. “It was built by the spire lord himself, it's made of countless nightmare meat and bones. Haruto shivered. ‘How ruthless’ He couldn't imagine how harrowing the walls would look. Shifting ever so lightly, he turned to look at the darkness behind them, then back at the space ahead. Then, he dusted a bit of ashen sand of his tunic, then he said: “Think we'll make it?” The dwarf looked ahead into the smoke too and shook his head in doubt. “Probably” After a moment or two, he added: “If we don't encounter an Undead Commander we might just make it.” Haruto furrowed his brows. “Undead Commander?” The dwarf shifted, as if uncomfortable in his current position. Then, he explained: “In the Hollow Spire, Undead creatures had ranks, the first one were Graveborns. They were always found outsi
Chapter 30: Quantum Malevolence
The thousand piercing punctures was a passive skill. It demanded piercing objects which would be used to pierce the victim at specific locations on the body. And guiding essence…or mana in Haruto's case through the piercing objects, one could circulate that mana through the orifices to wherever the victim was affected in the body and heal it. The only hindrance to this rule was the quality of objects used, one could not just use any. But something like a relic, one injected with essence or any other supernatural element. Which in Haruto's case, was mana. Normally, people who mastered this skill, according to Haruto's guess, would have to carry something like needles around every time. But, wouldn't it be stressful to carry needles around all the time? That was what Haruto thought. More so, the thought of being stabbed by the needles in the pocket wasn't a pleasant one. So, one had to improvise. ‘Not that I even have pockets now’ Unlike other sentinels, he had t
Chapter 29: A Mad God's Painting
Now that Haruto was severely wounded, walking that was so hard already, in the unending darkness of the harrowing shore suddenly felt much harder. The dwarf would've helped but the damn creature was just too short. Besides, crouching was the last thing he wanted to do right now. For fear of breaking his already aching back. After all, this body was weak and couldn't withstand so much as he had done in one night. He could've stopped to rest. But that only meant death for the both of them. It was a huge gamble, but they just kept going north in hopes of getting so far away from the reaches of the black sea before the songs began. Gods! They could've been going sideways. But, trying was better than sitting down and doing nothing. Turns out their gamble was right. The dwarf smiled excitedly: “Look! Light” Sure enough, as they moved, the darkness started to dissipate, and dissipate, and dissipate. Until it was no more. Then there was light. A l
Chapter 28: A Short Battle With The Night
Even wild beasts needed rest after running for hours. They were soon surrounded by pitch black, eerie darkness again. Haruto could see just fine, but the dwarf had lost his ability to see again. Both of them stood panting heavily with dry raspy gasps. They were out of breath, their stamina reserves had run dry. Of course that was to be expected, since they'd run for…who actually knew how long? Haruto's guess was 20 minutes. But… ‘Curses’ Stopping. They couldn't stop, they just couldn't. The sea would sing soon. Even at this distance, after seeing the sea himself, he felt like he was never going to get out of its reach. ‘Damn it!’ Swallowing hard, Haruto looked at the dwarf and said lowly: “We can't stop” The dwarf nodded. They wanted to continue running, as they'd before they stopped. But something halted them. The shadows suddenly moved. Jagged spikes, miry obsidian filled empty sockets in place of eyeballs, and four long limbs that ended with
Chapter 27: A Crazy Plan Begets A Befitting Reward
They were silent, and shivering, consumed by fear. Both Haruto and the dwarf. Staring back at the deep black night, immensely tenebrous, miry of deep obsidian. It eclipsed their vision, the dwarf the most. All they could do was stare back at the unwavering gaze of the night. The dwarf was holding a piece of properly tied grass in his hands, with all the might he had left in his joints. Turning his head ever so lightly and robotically, not daring to shift his gaze from the night. Haruto wanted to ask, but he thought better of it and stared back ahead. “Rowan Twig” The dwarf whispered. Haruto twisted his head again, and said, almost silently. “What?” “The women from our village, fetish as they are, say it invokes the spirit of the Rowan god. Chases away evil spirits. They swore to it.” Said the dwarf with a shaky voice. Haruto turned sharply, receiving a corresponding jolt of pain from his hind leg as a result. He groaned in pain. “Shh, keep it l
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