Chapter 2 - My Resolve
System
Clearing the body of the host of impurities.
Progress: 1%
A few hours later.
Sigh..what happened?
Did I fall unconscious while grabbing the book?
Out of nowhere, an interface appeared before my eyes.
And a female voice sounds through my head.
System
Clearing the body of the host of impurities.
Progress: 2%
Impurities? Like what? All the fast food I ate before in my life?
In the past, I used to order a lot of food online because I had neither the time nor the skill to make anything edible.
The one time I tried to cook It turned into a violet acid, which molded through my pot.
I don´t think that is supposed to happen with my food, and so after that incident I gave up on cooking.
But back to this thing called a system.
If my assumption is right and this truly is the novel I wrote, then I only gave the main character of the story a system to help him grow far beyond the normal capabilities of a human, but for one to appear before me.
I am really lucky, aren’t I?
System
Explanation to your questions.
To your first question:
You happened to learn a unique cultivation art through the Manuel you touched.
This cultivation art is right now cleaning impurities in your body to become a perfect being.
The moment you opened the Manuel a Technique should have appeared in your mind.
A technique to create the foundation of your cultivation, the art that you have learned, is the Abyssal Arts.
You can just answer my questions like that; how convenient.
There is a technique like that?
But I never created a technique like that in my novel.
And Cultivation?
That is not something from my novel either.
What happened inside my book?
Is this really the book I wrote?
To your second question:
No, you are not really considered to be lucky just because you awakened your system.
This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.
50% of the population is able to awaken their own system.
Huh?
But…
In my novel, only the main protagonist was supposed to have a system...
He was considered very weak in the beginning, and only after he awakened the system did he find a way to get stronger.
If so many have one...
Then that means everyone is at least as strong as the protagonist of my book?
Is this really my novel?
I need more information to confirm this.
But if I have a system, then I should be able to open it.
Status window.
Before my eyes appeared a strange interface.
It was my status window.
It really works.
Let´s take a look at my status.
Lv – 1
HP-2
Strengh -2
Stamina- 2
Endurance- 1
Magic – 0
Mind- 5
Unique Stat
Cultivation-Clearing State 2%
Skills- none
Condition Overview-
Cleaning impurities 2%
Weak body-training efficiency: -90%
Illness: You have a serious illness.
If not treated, you could die. In your current state, there is
no cure for your illness.
Curse of the Abyss: You have been cursed by the God of the Abyss; you are more
likely to become evil.
Curse of the Dragon-???
Title: You haven´t accomplished anything yet. Try harder.
…..
My condition seems rather unstable...
How am I even alive with so many debuffs?
And just what are these curses?
Back to my stats...
I want to cry, but I shouldn´t.
The protagonist of my story had around 25 stats in everything before gaining the system... And now that 50% of the population has status, they should be just as strong as him, and he was considered very weak with his average stats of 25.
My average stat is 2, so if I consider that everybody starts with around 25 stat points at least, they are around 12.5 times stronger than me in every aspect.
The only thing that is worth noticing is probably only my mind power and the unique stat cultivation.
…
This is going to be a difficult start to my new life.
After collecting his thoughts, he notices something in the room is missing.
Where did the Manuel of the Abyssal cultivation disappear to?
Did my system just devour it?
At least I know that these Manuels are one-use items, and that means this cultivation is unique to me.
And there was a note on the grave.
Here it is.
I was not able to read it before, so I should find someone that can...
What?
I can read it.
System-
The moment you unlocked the system, you gained the ability to read, write, and speak the language of this land.
That's convenient. Without the system, it would have taken me at least a year to learn the language and understand the people of this land.
The note says:
I, the *********, leave my abyssal cultivation behind for the person ***.
You will have to overcome many obstacles.
I wanted to leave you something behind; open the grave, and you will see.
You will understand when the time comes.
Your******
What is this? There are some words that I´m unable to read.
The note says there is something for me in the grave.
But who wrote this note?
And is this even supposed to be for me? The person wrote in a manner that makes it seem like he knows the person this was supposed to belong to.
And I don´t know anyone in this world, so it can´t be for me.
…
I don´t care if this was not supposed to be mine.
I found it, so I will keep it. If somebody complains, I will beat them up with Strength Stat. 2. There is nobody in the world that can rival me. Haaahhhaaaahhhaahhaha…...
…
Let´s open the grave.
I am sorry to whoever lives there, but I am going to loot this place dry.
Agghhh…...
This is heavier than it looks.
I tried to push the top, but it doesn´t even budge.
What is this?
On top of the grave there is a symbol resembling a pentagram.
The moment I touched it, the room began to glow in white light.
The top of the grave began floating and moved aside.
There isn´t even a corpse inside.
Was it taken out?
Or was this grave never used?
In the middle of the grave were 10 Mysterious Rings.
Their color was black, darker than that of the Abyss.
The same energy surrounds it as the Abyssal Arts.
After one breath of time, the rings began shaking as if they werepossessed.
They began floating, and then, in a blink of a second, they disappeared.
I couldn´t see them move.
The rings were faster than light, and it was as if they teleported on my arm.
There were 10 rings, five on each of my arms, emitting the violent purple energy.
As a few seconds passed by, the energy became more and more relaxed.
System -
You have acquired the 10 Rings of the Abyss.
The Rings are bound to you for life.
System –
The use of this item will make you more likely an evil being.
The Rings of the Abyss?
That seems powerful; they are giving off a similar feeling as the Abyssal Arts, but kind of different.
What can they do?
System
Item Information-
Name-
The 10 Rings of the Abyss.
Skills-
Devour
Energy Outburst
???
???
As the Abyss within you grows, so will the power of these rings.
I gained two skills?
Devour and Energy Outburst?
I will need to try them out later.
A few moments later...
How the hell am I supposed to get out of here?
Kraaghhh
A wall of stone began moving.
As the stone wall moved to the side light from behind the room, it lit up the tomb.
So there was an exit.
Let´s walk out of here, but... I don´t have a good feeling about this.
System-
You have entered the beginner-level Dungeon of the Abyss.
Difficulty- Nightmare
Good Luck:)
…
…
I knew it wouldn´t be so easy.
Am I able to do this?
I am too weak to accomplish this.
I should have just died back then; then all of this would have just ended.
…
No, I shouldn´t think like that; this is my second chance at life.
I shouldn´t give up this easy.
No, I won't give up this easy.
I will live my life as I please and do what I want.
THIS IS MY RESOLVE.
I AM GOING TO CONQUER IT ALL AND LIVE THE LIFE THAT I WANT.
Yes, I am going to conquer all Women hahahahahaha.
System
P.S. He was single for 22 years.
Hey, why would you tell them that?
That’s private information you BASTARD!!!!
End of chapter 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To be continued