Day 4
12:10 PM | 14th June 2016, Tuesday
'If only 5 people have a rank 6 ability (known people) then what about my rank 7 ability 'Steal'?'
'Is there anyone else who has a rank 7 ability?'
While these thoughts were swirling inside my head I looked through the recent news articles.
I come upon a news article saying that animals are also starting to gain abilities, but unlike humans who can get different types of abilities, animals only gain a specific ability according to their race. Though the animals only get a specific ability according to their race, there are some very rare animals who get the racial ability and an extra ability.
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Day 8
10:27 PM | 18th June 2016, Saturday
The past couple of days I have been practicing my abilities in a remote location outside of the city. The ability's grade rises the more you use it, so now 'Enhanced Strength' is grade 3, and 'Fire Manipulation' is grade 4.
Before I leveled up the two abilities I had trouble controlling the strength of them, but now I have a little better control over them, and now I can create fireballs with 'Fire Manipulation', but they aren't that big yet, only about 2 meters in diameter. When 'Fire Manipulation' levels up, the amount of heat and the amount of flames I can emit also increases.
I am aiming to be able to fly using 'Fire Manipulation' but I have to at least get to grade 6 before I can do it I think. The good thing with 'Fire Manipulation' is that I won't get hurt by my own flames, but other flames still hurt me as normal.
While practicing 'Enhanced Strength' on a tree I see something moving in the distance.
"Is someone there!?"
I try to look closer, and when I am able to finally see the figure I am completely astonished.
"Orcs and goblins...?"
Yes, the figures I saw was the fantasy creatures often featured in web novels and games, but now they weren't very much in a game nor a web novel.
I quickly shake off my surprise and back away from. I lower my center of mass and stand ready for anything the monsters will do.
"If you can understand me, stop!!"
The monsters didn't even flinch when I yelled at them, and it seemed like they didn't even understand what I said.
'I knew it wasn't going to work, but I had to try.'
There are 5 monsters total, 2 orcs, and 3 goblins. Usually, goblins aren't very strong individually, but they can be fast, and they often travel in groups. Orcs are very strong, but they are also slow, so I can most definitely win!
When the monsters are about 20 meters away from me, the goblins make their move, they start running at me with a speed no human their size could run, and they cross the distance in about 4 seconds. But I didn't just stand there, I had prepared a few fireballs and before the goblins are able to reach me the fireballs charrs their bodies badly.
Next is the orcs. The orcs are also coming this way, but they aren't going very fast. I clad my hands in the hottest flames I can make and jump towards the one closest to me. I punch him in the stomach, and my hands go straight through and the flames burn him up from the inside killing him almost instantly.
The other orc is about 2 meters away, but I wasn't quick enough to back away so the orc attacks me with a surprising speed.
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'So even though their speed isn't that great, the speed they attack is fast.'
I remain calm and use all my strength in my legs to fly towards the other orcs body, and punch its head making it explode.
I deactivate 'Fire Manipulation' and look at my carnage.
'Ugh, even with the stronger mentality I still feel grossed out by this sight.'
'Wait, am I able to take the ability of dead beings? There is nothing wrong with trying.'
I touch the cleanest part of one of the orcs and try to take the ability.
Enhanced Strength (Rank 2 | Grade 3)
You have stolen the ability 'Enhanced Strength'.
Enhanced Strength (Rank 2 | Grade 3)
Since you already have 'Enhanced Strength', the two abilities will merge.
Enhanced Strength (Rank 2 | Grade 3)
Your 'Enhanced Strength' ability has gone from grade 3 to grade 4.
Steal (Rank | Grade 2)
You have stolen an ability from a dead being. You are able to steal an ability from a dead being without knowing what the ability is as long as the being died within 24 hours.
"What..."
I am completely astonished.
'To think that 'Steal' was capable of that.'
I take the rest of the abilities from the other corpses so 'Enhanced Strength' rises from 4 to 5, and I get something called 'Enhanced Agility' from the goblins, and it stops at grade 4.
I am currently walking back home, but in the distance, I can see smoke rising from the center of the city, and on the streets are corpses of humans and monsters mostly humans.
There is no one near here that can see me, so I start taking the abilities of the dead people and monsters.
I start with the monsters, and 'Enhanced Strength' rises to grade 7, and 'Enhanced Agility' rises to grade 7.
There were only 20 dead monsters most of them were goblins.
'Looks like monsters also only have 1 ability according to their level.'
Next, I take the humans' abilities.
'I still feel pretty bad for doing this, but it is for my survival in this new world.'
There were about 50 human corpses, but all of them were grade 1:
Body Illumination (Rank 1 | Grade 1)
You have stolen the ability 'Body Illumination'.
Wall Walking (Rank 1 | Grade 1)
You have stolen the ability 'Wall Walking'.
Clothing Generation (Rank 1 | Grade 1)
You have stolen the ability 'Clothing Generation'.
etc.
But when I was taking the last ability, the ability was ridiculously powerful, at least for me.
Ability Appraisal (Rank 4 | Grade 1)
You have stolen the ability 'Ability Appraisal'.
'This... This is the most overpowered ability I can gain right now!'
'Now I no longer need to figure out what the ability is, and can just take it!'
Back in my apartment, I am looking through the internet for what the heck happened. Luckily didn't my power or internet go out.
The same thing happened around the world, and it has been estimated that the death toll is around 4 billion.
'4 billion... That's more than half of the world population.'
The monsters that appeared weren't only orcs and goblins, but also other fantasy creatures like wyverns, giants, trolls, kobolds, slimes, and even dragons. One dragon attacked a city but it couldn't be damaged by anything they attacked it with, and it left after it killed about 99% of the population there.
'Dragons... It is too powerful for me now, but someday I will be able to kill them with ease.'
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Day 15
02:21 PM | 21st June, Tuesday
In the past week, the military has taken control of everything in Irondale (City where MC live) and they won't let anyone out of the city without permission, so I can't train my abilities, but I have trained my 'Ability Appraisal'. Well, the military has protected us from the monsters, so I guess I should be grateful.
Since the city is under lockdown, it has become harder to get food, but the military hands out food every day so it's okay.
The government has already started implementing abilities into the police and military, and there are talks about ability user schools since children born after the 'Awakening' also developed abilities. The 'Awakening' is something coined by the people of the internet, it is the day everyone got abilities.