“....Huh?”
As Max slowly opened his eyes a familiar roof came to his vision!
“Where… am I?”
Max wondered as he slowly got up from the floor and sat up straight!
Slowly memories of what transpired surfaced, making his face pale and suddenly a thought arose in his mind.
“Was I dreaming…?”
But just as he thought so, the familiar blue window once again popped up in front of him.
[Congratulations! You have defeated the tutorial monster
[You have completed the tutorial quest!]
[Please choose your tutorial clearance reward]
“....! It was all real….”
The appearance of the flesh demon that he met in the game. Sudden change in his physique and the awakening as this system called, he realized that everything was real.
Thinking about it, he was on the verge of death when suddenly he awakened….he wanted to know more about it but first he continued reading the notification about the rewards.
[Choose any one reward (Will automatically select one in random if not chosen in 45s):]
[1. Money: 2500$
2. Point: 1 point
3. Random Box: 3 Boxes ]
[Please make a choice.]
“What are these rewards….?”
Max wondered as he was quite taken aback by the options.
First of all, 2500$. It was big enough money to tempt him, and while there was no information regarding the 2nd and third options, he came to the conclusion that they must be just as good if not better than the money.
Nevertheless, he continued reading.
[Please make a choice….time remaining : 30s]
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[Please make a choice….time remaining : 15s]
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[Please make a choice….time remaining : 3s]
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[A reward will be randomly selected since the user has made no choice]
[Initiating return process]
It seems like the system chose the reward at random since Max was unconscious and was unable to make a choice.
“So that’s how I ended up back in my room….”
As Max was thinking about it, the VR device behind him made a slight noise and went back to normal.
“....There are so many questions in my mind…but my body feels heavy, I think I should rest first.”
He didn’t realize it when he was fighting against the flesh demon, but now that he had calmed his nerves, the muscle pain and fatigue from the fight kicked in and he felt incredibly exhausted.
Although he was very curious to know more about this system and his powers, his body was not cooperating with him, so he decided it would be better to lie down and rest for the night.
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{There have been several casualties due to an unknown explosion near an apartment close to Banglore metro services.}
{After the investigation by the police and fire department, they cautiously guess that it may be an act of indiscriminate terrorism and are looking for any possible evidence}
A reporter was reading a report from a shocking incident yesterday which Max was watching from his phone.
‘As expected, what happened yesterday was not a dream or hallucination. It definitely happened in reality.’
Max thought, flipping the bread on the pan.
After a good night’s rest, Max woke up once again wondering if it was a dream but to his disappointment, it wasn’t.
The unfamiliar figure he saw in front of the mirror proved him wrong.
‘A person who didn’t have anything to do with me died. I don’t know how to feel about it.’
Yesterday, he witnessed a man dying in front of his eyes. He didn’t know who he was nor did he have any relation to him, but somehow he felt guilty.
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Of course, he wasn’t the reason for the man’s death nor did he know whom to blame, but somewhere in his heart, he felt sorry!
But not everything that happened wasn’t bad.
‘Look at these abs ....Man, I really look handsome, I should have gone on a diet long ago!’
Getting up on a random day and suddenly having a fit body with six packs, it was a dream that all nerds would have dreamt of at least once in their life.
Max was currently experiencing that dream, so his excitement could only be imagined!
But that wasn’t the only thing, Max also found out about the thing called ‘Status’.
‘I thought it might work, since I got some abilities from the game. But to think it really worked….’
Max thought so….seeing a familiar screen that he only ever witnessed in the game in reality.
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> Name: Max Collins
> Age: 21
> Level: 01
> Title: None
> Profession: Healer
> Mana - 2/2
> Divine Power - 10/10
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> Strength – 2
> Constitution - 2
> Dexterity - 2
> Intelligence - 2
> Divinity - 10
> Charism - 5
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> Free Attribute Points – 0
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> Active skills: -
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> Arcane Wall
> 2. Last Hope of the Oracle
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> Passive skills: -
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> Curator of Holy Might
> 2. Healer’s Pride
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> Equipment: None
> Items : 3 random boxes
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Including the random reward, there was all the information about his current abilities in the status!
Seeing his status, Max was stunned. If the system is the same one from the game, then that means that his current status was comparable to that of a level 4 player.
Since all players start with 1 stat in each and an incremental +10 stat for their class-special stat like divinity for healers, Demonic energy in necromancers, strength for warriors, etc.
Considering that, Max’s stats were pretty good at level 1 but he didn’t know why his divine power, which was supposed to be 11, was on 10.
Anyway, he continued to look at his skills.
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Level - 01
Rank - Normal
A skill developed by a kind healer who wanted to protect those dear to him.
Action: Creates a transparent shield of divine power that can receive 2X times the damage of dexterity stat of the user.
Divine Power consumption: 02
Cooldown time: 5 minutes
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Level - 01
Rank - Unique
A skill developed by a holy knight when he fought against one of the 72 demon kings of Hell.
Action: Consumes half of the current divine power of the user and temporarily increases the strength of the user by two times the divine power consumed.
Divine Power consumption: half of the current amount.
Cooldown time: One day
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The first active skill was something he had as a healer in the game, it was the basic skill of all healer players, which allowed them to create a shield around themselves or a target but the second skill was a complete surprise for him.
“A unique skill….”
A unique skill, it meant that only one person could have that skill in the game, but what surprised him even more was the fact that it was skill that the one ranked number 1 in healer rankings had!
Max didn’t know why or how he gained that skill but he just accepted it since everything happening around him had even little sense to it!
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Level - 01
The one who bears this skill is the symbol of faith towards the almighty god, all those that worship the god must follow him and he shall be the light that guides them to God.
Action: Restore all the wounds and damages suffered at the last minute.
Divine Power consumption: None (Permanently reduce the divine power by the number of times it is being used (-1 in the first time, -2 in second-time activation, and so on….))
Cooldown time: 3 days
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The reason for the decrease of one point in Divine power….Max finally discovered the reason!
Curator of the Holy Might. Once again it was an unfamiliar skill for Max but it was an overpowered skill!
It was a skill that could possibly save him from near-death situations, but the problem was, the more he used this skill, the harder it would become for him to use it again!
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Level - 01
Rank - Unique
A skill that was formed due to the unbreakable will of a great Healer, which impressed the Goddess of Light.
Action: This can be activated when the health of the user falls below 10%. On activation, the user will be invulnerable to all attacks for 3s.
Divine Power consumption: None
Cooldown time: One day
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Once again, an unfamiliar and powerful skill. It was also the reason why Max was able to stand against the power packed punches of the flesh demon. The shield alone would have collapsed easily if it wasn’t for this skill.
Nevertheless, Max gave up on thinking about why he got these unique skills and just went on with it as thinking about everything that was happening around him would make him go crazy.
“I should try to be careful from now on.”
Max didn’t know why these things were happening to him nor did he know who was behind it. Worse, he didn’t even know if it was the last time, what if he gets teleported like that once again? Will he be able to survive once again? And what will happen if a strong monster from the game appears?
There were many questions but he chose to feign ignorance to them as there were more important matters at hand.
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<3 random boxes>
Rank - random
An item which randomly rewards the user, it may contain legendary skills or a useless item. Whatever the user receives depends on their luck.
Tip: You can exchange the 3 random boxes for 1 random box(enhanced) which will have a slightly higher chance of getting high-ranked rewards.
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“.....”
Looking at the message, Max felt like he was in a gambling house. What should he do when the system itself is telling him to gamble like this?
“....exchange it.”
Nevertheless, he knew that one high-ranking item is a lot better than 10s of low-ranking items so he chose to increase his chances of getting high-ranking rewards.
[You have consumed 3 random boxes and have received 1 random box(enhanced) ]
“...I am a healer right? Will praying to god increase my chances of getting high rank rewards?”
He was contemplating as such, when he suddenly heard a voice.
“I am Home.”
A woman who looked to be in her 20s entered through the front door.
“Ah! I am so tired….Max, are you ready for College……?”
She stopped at the door looking at Max who was preparing some light breakfast and Max greeted her in response.
“Ah Sis! Welcome back! You must be tired, wash up, I’ll prepare breakfast for you too.”
But Max’s sister just stood there staring at him for a minute before she asked.
“Um excuse me….Who are you?”
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