Rise Of The System Trillionaire

‘Nexus’ The Dark System

The cool whiff of the evening breeze, whipped past fleetingly, and with a gasp, Arnold’s eyes shot open albeit painstakingly.

At the same time, he felt a splitting ache in his skull, and blinking through his blurred vision, he closed his eyes again, and tried to remember where he was.

He could hear voices nearby, the faint sounds of ambulance sirens wailing loudly, and he groaned as a wave of nausea swept over him.

"What was happening to him? Where was he?" He wondered, as he tried to move his stiff body ,but unfortunately, he couldn’t. And then it slammed into him all at once, like a ton of bricks and suddenly everything that’d happened came flooding back to him.

The disgraceful wedding scene. Him getting drunk afterward and attacked by a group of vile men who had beaten him to a pulp and robbed him. Then…

…… the accident.

“No…” The words tore out of his lips in a rush, and just as he tried again to get up from the hard bricked floor he heard a voice in his head.

‘Of course, Not. You can’t die just yet.’

“Huh?” Arnold was startled, confusion coursing through him as he tried to decipher who had that voice.

It was a rather unfamiliar one, and he tried to open his eyes once more, but his eyelids remained stagnant like they’d been smeared with glue.

‘Hello, Mr Arnold Stone.‘

“Who are you?” He wanted to ask, but moving his lips just didn't seem possible at the moment.

‘I can hear everything’s that’s going on in your mind. You can call me Nexus.’ The somewhat robotic voice replied. ‘I am your system host caretaker, ruler of the underworld and owner of wealth."

This made no sense. Arnold was definitely dead, and this was probably the moment before he got to Hell or Heaven it seemed. He was never one to believe in stuffs like that, or the after life, but oh well…

As he continued to think, trying his possible best to put two and two together, a bright screen appeared in front of him almost blinding and making his vision distorted..

It was a large flat black square, and the words “SUPREME LAVISH SYSTEM - THE NEXUS” were printed across it in white block lettering.

Small sparkly objects that looked like wads of bundled cash, hovered near the bottom of the screen and rotated on their own axis , occasionally giving off flashes of blue light or flashing red once in a while.

‘System activating. 15%…30%…45%… Activation half completed.’

Then the bright screen in his line of vision dimmed, and another picture appeared on the screen. This time it was his own reflection.

Standing tall, dressed in his wedding suit, with a strange cap on his head, Arnold stared at the screen in confusion yet again, different questions whirling in his head, when suddenly the voice from earlier began to talk.

‘Welcome aboard the Nexus, Host Arnold Stone. You’ve been single-handedly picked by the system, to carry on it’s legacies, until your time here is complete and you’ve achieved enough wealth as you may so desire.’

“Huh?”

‘You’re just the right man for the system, and considering your horrific past, Nexus has taken pity on you, and decided to transfer its wealth to you.’ Whoever was speaking drawled on.

‘Please take note that there are precautions to be taken, and this system is a one to one binding system that cannot be transferred. Once your task is completed, you’re free to opt out on one condition.‘

Whatever had conditions, wasn’t always good things but Arnold was stuck! Literally! He couldn't even speak!

‘The condition would be revealed to you during the course of your system journey.‘ Maybe Arnold was imagining things, but something didn't sit right. Nexus's voice sounded malicious somehow. ‘But for now, it’s time for a brief personal introduction.‘

Immediately, the previous screen went off and was replaced by another without his picture. Instead little texts with information about him began to pop up.

HOST - ARNOLD STONE.

AGE - 30 years of age.

NEXUS POINT BALANCE – Wealth currently locked.

BODY - 55 -Average

MIND - 11 - Fragile. Can easily be manipulated.

LAVISH POINTS - 0

SYSTEM USAGE - The host, Arnold Stone will obtain 100,000 lavish point, after spending 1 million dollars. This will be added to host’s personal balance, and it can also be used to boost life, better host’s skill and wits.

SYSTEM QUESTS & TASKS – The host, Arnold Stone would be required to carry on specific tasks and quests as time goes on. The faster the task accomplished, the higher host’s reward money and lavish points increases. For example – If host is asked to pay for some certain goods, or spend money on something irrelevant, and host does so successfully, then points would be added to his Lavish bank, and he would be able convert the point to money and use it on himself.

PRECAUTION/WARNING – If host accomplishes a task before the certain amount of days given, he will receive additional bonus points. If host fails and does not complete the task given, he would lose 100,000 lavish points from his balance.

Arnold blinked with shaky eyelids as he dutifully read the words on the screen, trying to understand what he was seeing.

At the same time, his rather stiff body moved a bit, and he could feel some hands on his body.

‘What's going on?’ He thought to himself and just before he could get any answer, he heard the voice, which he’d come to associate as that of the Nexus, speak again.

‘60%…75%…90%…100%… Activation fully completed. Welcome once again, Arnold Stone to The Nexus. A dark system, which has identified the host as poor and weak, without wealth and riches, and a broken heart. Now the system will give the host everything he so desires, provided he obeys certain rules, and perform certain tasks. The host balance which is still locked for the time being is uncountable and can be activated in any bank around the world, so far as the host provides his fingerprint, face, and customized black cards that would be provided soon.‘

‘What customized cards? What are you talking about?‘ Arnold should have known to stop asking questions at this point because he couldn't even voice them out.

‘ONE LAST RULE - There is only but one rule. The host can’t use his Nexus point balance to buy any expensive personal item. Only the lavish point obtained by completion of certain tasks and events can be used on the host only. Any violation to this rule, could result in the untimely death of the host.’

‘Death? Wait, what is this? Who are you? Can I get a glimpse of the person I’m talking to?’

Arnold was beginning to feel dizzy, his head still swirling. But it was too late and just like that the bright screen went off.

The splitting ache in his head seemed to have died down a bit too, and as if on impulse again, he felt a sudden surge of strength within his entire body.

Instantly he opened his eyes with a grunt, and surprisingly pushed himself upwards from the floor.

He had regained consciousness and shockingly he had no bruises.

Just what the hell had happened to him?