Chapter 1
“Where am I?”
The first words he had made upon waking up.
Rain found himself, lying at the top of a stone pedestal, an altar of some sort. It has some strange engravings that looked like Hieroglyphics that you can see from the relics and antics of Egypt… which he wasn’t really familiar with.
The stone pedestal was filled with strange pictures of animals and monster looking creatures and stuff. However, for some unknown reason, he can actually read them somewhat—
‘…he, who resides in shadow… light, cover, and cloak… spirit with…wings… serpent skin covered from the shedding of the Dragon…’
Rain’s brows furrowed as he could read them till that point as the other symbols were already spoiled and indecipherable.
But when did he able to read such Bizzare letters…?
I can't even understand french, much less, Hieroglyphics.
And where the hell am I?
“…How did I get here?”
That was the second question of the day.
And the third one?
“Shouldn’t I be dead already?”
Three questions that might answer other questions he had in mind… well, those are the priorities still…
What happened to him?
Rain raised his upper body and sat on the stone pedestal.
The whole place was covered by darkness and for some reason; he can still see a bit despite having no light existed in this place. Although it’s extremely dim, from his estimate still that shouldn’t be possible, being there no light existed. Not even the slightest glow, as it was all like an enclosed cavernous cave.
Yeah, he seemed to be inside a huge cave since, above him, you could see sharp tips of stalactites-looking sharp rocks that looked as if they could pierce you with ease if they fell upon you. That would be horrifying.
“Just what is going on…” Rain wanted to freak out but he knows that this was not the time to freak out. But I am freaking out!! Dam it! What the hell happened?! When I thought I had been killed by a damn truck, was I actually kidnapped?!
And what do I have to be kidnapped, anyway?
But what kind of kidnappers would actually choose a fucking cave as a hide-out?
This is not the era of the Three Kingdoms!
…and most of all, I’m not bound either, nor was I shackled…
Rain clenched his fist and swings it around. Then he pinched himself, and feeling the pain—yeah, this is not a dream…not a freaking nightmare either!
Despite all his thoughts lining up inside his mind, Rain still tried organizing the information he currently had.
He should be dead, killed in Action, hit by a truck, period.
… And even if he miraculously survived that collision, he should be in a hospital, bandaged, lying in a soft hospital bed and had a beautiful nurse taking care of him – it would be good if it’s blonde. But it wasn’t that fact and instead, it was a cold stone pedestal with no beautiful and sexy nurse in sight…
What a tragic reality…
Should be dead… waking up in an unknown strange place…
3 possible answers:
This was a hallucination or a dream. But that is already crossed out, completely unlikely. Next was, he was now currently in the land of the dead and this was the entrance to hell… of course, he wanted to be in Heaven at least… but everyone knows that devils are beautiful and sexy so, Hell is good enough, in any case, he wasn’t a good person when he was living.
He had never once gone to church and prayed, never returned something he had found and picked up, especially if it was a wallet filled with money, and most of all, he had lied a bunch to people since he was a kid. He was never a saint.
Liars go to hell, didn’t they say that?
However, arriving in Hell is also completely unlikely. If this was hell, then where are the flaming-flaming stuff, and the ice-ice stuff that tortured sinners? Well, at the very least he wasn't seeing anything that hinted him that he was on hell. So the only possible conclusion is the third possible conclusion.
A bit clichéd, but he was transported to another world…
The last one has the highest possibility.
Besides, one most important factor that confirmed this possibility was that:
… …
Truck-sama is the one who hit him!!!
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It was completely clichéd and in trend right now, that being hit by a damn truck was a short-cut warp hole to another world. Though, only idiots would actually believe that. Sadly, he was among them, especially when he saw where he was right now.
As Rain was satisfied with his conjecture, at this moment:
A voice suddenly echoed inside his mind.
[Entering New World
What? What?
“Who’s there?! Where are you!?” Rain was alarmed and immediately stood up, surveying the surrounding due to the sudden voice. But he couldn’t see anything, whether it’s due to darkness or it was because there was really nothing…
[Downloading Archives… 10%...30%...49%...63%...75%...]
Rain suddenly felt an acute sense of pain. As if something was invading his mind forcefully, an enormous amount of data had almost made his mind crashed, followed by it was an intense headache like his mind was being squeezed dry.
[… 88%... 93%... 98%...100%... Downloading Complete.]
Thankfully, it only lasted a few minutes or else Rain wondered if he would become an idiot if it still continued a few minutes longer.
[Launching Program Sylphy Systema, to properly support the host.]
[Good Morning Master.]
A cold mechanical voice rang out inside his mind. It was like a ‘Hello World’ kind of prompt. However, what made Rain even more surprised was the fact that; “Wait, you’re in my head?” That’s right, he was not hearing any voice, no, rather, the voice was inside his head.
And once again, the mechanical voice answered: [Affirmative! I am the most advanced, most epic, and most beautiful support system... Sylphy Systema. At your service, my new Master]
Though, the tone of the voice appeared somewhat cheerful, but the voice was lacking in emotion, which makes everything strange.
“Support system, huh…” Rain took a deep breath, calming his tense and excited nervous system that caused his useless anxiety. “As I thought, this place is not the world I think it is…?
[ Affirmative! This world is completely different from the Master’s original world… This is the world of
"... ..."
[... And I was created to support the Master's life in this world…so that Master may live in this world without any problem or discomfort. And making Master's dreams a reality...is my one and only purpose. Master, please say [Status Open] ]
“… Status Open…?”
And Rain did what he was told with a skeptical expression. However, to his surprise, a blue screen actually appeared in front of him.
Ding!
[ Rain Revert Lv1
Strength: H14 Endurance: H13 Dexterity: H18 Agility: H15 Mana: H8
Title: Lost Child
Age: 16 years old.
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Patron: ---
Class: None
Unique Skill: [Support System Pixie: Sylphy Systema], [All Language Comprehension] ]
Oh, so that’s why I was able to read those baffling hieroglyphic-like writings, Rain muttered inwardly as he saw the [All Language Comprehension] skill listed on his status.
Still, for a game-like feature appeared, indeed, it was quite a magnificent set-up. As a test, he tried to avert his eyes and the blue window followed. Left, right, and then left again, no matter where he looked, the blue window was still in front of him.
“Is this my status?” Rain asked for confirmation.
[Affirmative!]
“What is this H means in my status?”
Not H, meaning Ero... right? Rain started to get anxious but fortunately, it wasn't what he had expected.
[Strength, Endurance, Dexterity, Agility, and Mana are the most basic stats. They are measured by using the letters S, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H – where S is the highest and H, the lowest.]
“In other words, I’m weak…?” Rain cringed in his low stats. Another worry assailed him.
[Master, a normal human had all the Base stats in H1 – 10, and if one trained to become stronger it will rise higher until it reached 100 – the threshold for each rank and will be crossing G ranked. When all base stats had managed to reach B rank, you will be given an option to level up. Of course, you can also continue to reach the S rank before leveling up…]
“What good will it bring to me? And what’s the significance of leveling up?”
[Many people doesn’t normally care about reaching until S ranked and as soon as they ranked up to B or A, they will immediately level up. Several reasons why was that because they have no ability to see their own status every time they wanted and they are always fighting, trying to increase their levels as soon as possible to survive.]
[Leveling up will double the person’s power when they are level 1 and the base stats will once again back to H, of course increasing it will also become much quicker compared to increasing their base stats from B to higher. In that sense, they can increase much faster than trying to reach S ranked with their stats. There were some people who succeeded in reaching an S rank in the history of
“Fighting… you mean, they are also adventurers here just like those in light novels in my homeworld?”
[Affirmative. Adventurers, Guilds, Nobles, Kingdoms… situations and cultures depicted in the novels from the Master’s homeworld are calculated to have 72 – 75% similarities…]
“Where are you basing that data?”
[From the Master’s memories and knowledge…]
“So you’re just shamelessly trespassing my privacy now, ey?” Rain sighed. “Anyway, what are this Patron and Unique Skill column?”
[Wait for a moment… calculating … 46%... 65%... 88%... 99%... Complete!]
Once again Rain was hit by a headache but this time, it wasn’t as intense as before and it only made him winced a bit.
[Affirmative! Patron: Goddess of Chaos and Strife, embodiment of Carnage and Mischief; Goddess Atria! You have been blessed by the Goddess Atria and given hope of supremacy to stand at the summit of this world!
Master, please choose what you desire:
Unique Skill: [ Psychometry ]
Unique Skill: [ Predation ]
Unique Skill: [ Pyrokinesis ] ]
“Choose? What choose?” Rain asked again. “What is this Patron thingy?”
[Patron are gods that offers their divine blessings to a human or a creature. Receiving a god's blessing is a very rare event and only a few people can have the fortune to receive it in the world. Those who were able to acquire the favor of God are known to be [Chosen One] or [Blessing's Holder] and is quite treated highly, and some were even worshipped by the people.]