My head hurts.
I remember being sent flying by a truck, there was heavy pain at first, but when it became numbness, my consciousness faded away pretty quickly.
And after that…
I can’t remember.
Who am I?
Hmm…ah! Something came to my mind.
Ichijou Haru
True Name: Diablo
LV.1
HP: 0
Charge: 0
[Harbinger of Karma]
Huh?
What the hell is this?
What’s with the level and HP thing…
And on top of that…0 HP…
I’m so confused right now…
I tried to open my eyes.
They were heavy, as if I only got to sleep 2 hours last night…
I lifted my hand and massage my nose bridge but…
“Where’s my nose??”
I touched all the places around my face.
“…not there”
My face was just…technically not there.
Huge eye sockets, no nose, no lips, just teeth.
And extremely solid hard…
“…seriously?”
I immediately checked my body.
I was still in the jersey and jeans of that time before getting kissed by that truck.
There was normal flesh on all other places of my body.
Except for the face…
“Is this what they call…Skull Face?”
I was terrifyingly calm, realizing the fact that my body changed drastically and yet, still calmly express my knowledge of the term Skull Face…
Since my mind was really calm, I decided to not sit in one place and whine anymore.
Let’s just go around and find out what the hell’s going on…
So I stood up.
Around me was a forest.
There were strange plants and fruits.
Even the trees had weird leaves I’ve never seen before.
I thought about myself for a moment…
Ichijou Haru
True Name: Diablo
LV.1
HP: 0
Charge: 0
[Harbinger of Karma]
Information came into my mind again.
This time I inspected it closely.
Level 1.
So, some kind of game?
Virtual Reality? Probably…
Now this is the headache.
HP: 0
In my knowledge of gaming, 0 HP means death.
Why the hell am I still living and kicking right now?
Is it because of me being a Skull Face?
I remember Skull Face is a being that is called “Demi-Undead”.
It’s something with a half-dead soul…
Then I truly did die after getting hit by that truck.
But the fact that I am still here proves that part of me is still living.
Hmm…
Some kind of world traveling?
Reincarnation of some sort?
That might be the case.
No, let’s assume that it went that way.
It’d be easier to think with a headstart direction.
And then, [Harbinger of Karma].
What is this?
I thought it was some kind of title.
[Harbinger of Karma]
Return what is done back to the source.
Information came again.
I don’t get this system of information being written into my mind…
But since it’s answering my inquiries, let’s say thank you.
Return what is done back to the source?
I mean, that’s exactly the definition of karma…
But what do you mean by to return “what is done”?
Like…what is “what”…
Alright I’m completely going in circle now.
Let’s drop the matter and move on.
I walked into the forest, for no reason at all.
Just wanted to explore and find out what is going on.
My mind was too calm to be afraid of going blindly into a forest.
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It was rather convenient to a certain extent…
I removed a strange fruit from a strange tree.
Looking at it with curiosity, information came to my mind.
[Ejur Peach]
Recovers 2HP
Nice.
Let’s see what’s wrong with my HP.
I bit the blue peach on my hand with the skull mouth.
When the piece was in my mouth, it strangely disappeared without any taste.
HP: 0
Ehh…
I give up.
[Achievement Unlocked]
Harvesting Fruit
+1 Bonus Charge[100]
Now what…
I don’t understand this one.
No, the achievement thing I do…
But the charge thing I don’t get at all…
What’s a Charge[100]??
What’s a Charge in itself actually…
What can I do with it?
All kinds of questions popped up in my mind.
But this time, strangely, no information came.
What a troublesome thing…
I continued striding through the forest.
My mental state: Extraordinary Calm.
A normal person would become fearful of me right now if they saw me like this.
Well, the skull face aside…
No human being would be this extremely calm striding through an unknown forest.
I’m not even human anymore, actually…
Then I encountered a thing.
It was ugly, green and kind of stink…
It had a dagger on its left hand and a stout shield on its right.
I assume the rag cloth around its hip was the pants of some sort…
Right.
You guessed it, a goblin.
Again, my curiosity on this thing brought information to my mind.
Green Goblin
LV.5
[Dagger]
[Stout Shield]
It glared at me and bared the tiny tusks.
I felt neither fear nor threatened.
My head was still strangely calm.
It jumped at me.
With the shield in front, the Green Goblin charged towards me and slashed at my chest.
I was calm, but was also taken by surprised.
It was faster than I thought it would be.
The dagger pierced really deep.
I thought I was done for sure.
My second life is too short…
But.
I was completely fine.
The huge wound was there, but no blood came out.
It also didn’t regenerate…
My HP…
Still Zero.
[50 DMG]
A number popped up in my field of vision.
I recognized its meaning.
“So you just slashed me with 50 DMG huh…”
Charge: 1[100]; 1[50]
That line popped up in my mind.
What?
I don’t understand…
Anyway, let’s take care of this thing first.
It’s so noisy and stinky…
I dashed forward and punched its head.
[+50 DMG]
Charge: 1[100]; 1[50]
Oh?
The goblin died instantly.
And the 1[50] thing disappeared from that line of information.
OH!
I get it.
I fucking get it.
Karma isn’t it?
It’s karma!!!
It hit me with 50 DMG.
I charged it into me.
Then returned the exact same amount to the owner.
The other 1[100] came from the achievement.
So I’ll be able to use it offensively on someone without a karma with me…
And for HP: 0…
I think…I’m immortal…