My name is Daren and this is well… a story about my life; which is as normal as it could possibly get, it is so normal that people could go as far as to call it weird or unusual. I have an average life as I like to remind myself; I’m awaken by my parents who go to extreme lengths just to wake me up (such as throwing water on me) for school. I don’t really speak to anyone and try to avoid as many conversations as possible and only do what is necessary, which is to gain an education in school. Although, I despise the life ‘us’ humans live; until adulthood you go to school to gain an education then, you get a job and get married to have children. You’ll work until you eventually die from whatever might kill you, whether it be natural causes or murder. Then your children follow your footsteps to continue your ‘legacy’ and such is the life of a Human in our world and by no means is it special.
After a very normal day at school, I make my way home and my apathetic expression that I’ve retained throughout the day slowly slips away and turns into a grin. Why? I can go home and play several various games. Games are somewhat my own individual form of freedom; other people like to go out and stay with friends but… I don’t like those things, I think they are a waste of time because, these ‘friends’ will eventually leave you anyway. I like to immerse myself within the thousands of various fantasies, imagining I am the character and the character is me. After, several hours of playing constantly – not even blinking to consider eating - I decide to get up from my computer chair and head towards the Kitchen. You’ve got to feed your stomach sometimes, no matter how much fun you are having. After eating I head back to play for another couple of hours until the nagging from my parents begin and I have to disconnect myself from my world and go to sleep for another day.
Agh, another boring day at school. I don’t find school hard at all and that’s all thanks to my special gift which is eidetic memory. I don’t really need to try to revise so I usually get quite high in the tests without having to worry as much as other students. After school, I decided to diverge from my normal curriculum which would be to go home right now and go play on my computer but, by chance I heard that there was going to be a fight between two people. haven’t seen many fights due to me being somewhat anti-social; watching the fight you could tell both of them have quite some experience because, their movements were fairly refined and had some power to them. One of the Males were called Joshua and the other was Abel. To be quite fair, Joshua’s movements were more refined than Abel but, on the other hand Abel possessed a bit more skill than Joshua; after several minutes of watching the two teenager trade blows; I decided to divert my attention from the main ‘attraction’ and it seems like another hooded-male was about to join in the fight.
Everyone began running away but, I didn’t know why; the two delinquents (Joshua and Abel) didn’t seem to notice the situation and showed no signs of stopping. I decided that it was my time to step into the limelight and I headed towards them to break up the fight; stepping in-between them, I told them to stop fighting and look at the hooded man. They both glared coldly with narrowed-eyes towards the male that I was currently pointing at; after several seconds they seemingly synchronized widened their eyes and began to start shaking uncontrollably. I decided to get a closer look at the man and idiotically stepped forward to get a clearer picture; his face seemed to be shrouded by the darkness made by the hood and his clothing was all black. He had something that was silver in his hand but, -with my poor eyesight- I couldn’t quite make it out; turning my head to ask the delinquents who were next to me, I noticed they were gone… Am I missing something? By the time, I turn around to face my attention towards the masked male; he was standing right in front of me and I felt something lunge deep into my intestines.
Grunting from the collision and spitting a miniscule amount of blood up; glance down at the knife which was currently deep inside my stomach; tilting my head back towards the male in front of me; I tried to narrow my eyes and get a better look at my attacker. Glaring deep into his hood I could finally see his face; eyes that were pitch-black like the night and a sadistic smirk on his face; the man slowly twist the knife inside of me as I yelled in pain as he began to chuckle which correlated with my yelling. As the excruciating and throbbing pain continued with the knife stirring up my insides, his laugh would increase and sound more sadistic…. Light was slowly fading away from my eyes and my strength was draining fast and my thoughts were exactly this…
“ I don’t want to die yet, I am a still a virgin damn it! Why am I so unlucky for this to happen to me? I want to go home and see my parents; I never got to show them how much I love them. “
My energy begins to fade away at a much more constant and faster pace giving up on all hope; my pupils that were once filled to the brim with energy and life were now cold and lifeless; glaring daggers towards my killer as he leaves me in my own blood. Closing my eyes, I thought to myself: “I’ve lived quite a horrendous life, I wouldn’t say that I’m physically unfit but, I never participated in any sports or events that were hosted nor did I really have any girlfriend to have any intimate relationship with… This is pure shit! “
Regret filled my mind… I certainly didn’t want to go like this but, it seems I have no choice in the matter. I blamed and cursed my weakness with my unsuccessful attempt to play the ‘Hero’ like others would usually do in the games I play – what was so pleasing about this?! Cursing my fate and my killer; I begin to start wishing nearly praying that I would get another chance at life because, I didn’t want to go like this… Disappear forever.
Closing my eyes forever, I thought to myself “ This is it. “
But, to my surprise I felt something warm touching me and my body was steadily regaining its warmth that I had when I was alive. “ Could it be?! ” questioning myself; forcing my body to try and open my eyes. I try forcefully move my head but, it seems like it won’t budge and when I prevail at opening my eyes; my eyesight was blurry.
“ A quiet baby; interesting, he has already opened his eyes…” the man pauses for a moment as he continues “ I feel his mana is quite strong. Congratulations, my lady you’ve got yourself a baby boy. “ the man’s tone was energetic and ecstatic and he had a certain masculine bass could not be denied.
“ Oh my darling child, I’ve bore you into this world which is filled with sorrow and grief but, I pray to the Gods above that you’ll be different and live a life filled with success… “ her voice was enticing and sweet; it had the motherly feeling to it; I assume this is my mother who sounds like she has gone through a lot, I don’t know.
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“ What is happening? Has my wished been granted to me and I’ve been given another chance at life? Also, what is this about mana! “ I had so many questions but, every time I tried to talk I couldn’t articulate my thoughts correctly; it seems that my undeveloped mouth is not allowing me to form sentences properly. My body felt weary, maybe it’s because of my new born body, so I close my eyes and begin to drift off once more but, this time it was more tranquil and eventually I fall asleep.
Suddenly, I receive a string of messages which appeared in my head which was quite weird but, reminded of the MMORPGs that I use to play…
Welcome to your new life, due to sheer coincidence you’ve been granted the same name as your previous life. In this world, you’ll be able to do as you see fit whether it is to become a king or even a God. Although do well to remember this : ‘ Only the strongest survive as the weak perish ‘
Seems like Darwinism to me, survival of the fittest. If that is the case, I’ll just have to be much wiser with my decisions in this well…
*Ttring*
An abrupt notification disturbed my thoughts as I then decided to look at the contents of the notification…
Granted Ability “ Eyes of God “ ( Passive / Active: Beginner Rank 1 ) Through the special actions of your previous life, you’ve been granted a legendary ability which was formed from your eidetic memory and special actions of observing others. This ability allows you to activate an eye technique which is capable of copying other techniques from just watching and understanding the concepts of the technique.
Mana Drain: 10 per second
Due to gaining the ability “ Eyes of God. “ Your natural eyes have changed and adapted forming a magic centre deep in you irises and pupils.
I couldn’t do nothing but stare at the window with awe and surprise; I was exhilarated and I start to think to myself in a condescending manner: “ Let the Gods challenge me themselves; I shall surpass and destroy all obstacles that come in my way. “
-Status-
[quart=Health Points, Mana]100, 200[/quart]
[quart=HP Regeneration, Mana Regeneration]0.1/s, 0.2/s[/quart]
[quart=Name, Title]Daran, None[/quart]
[quart=Level, Class]1, None[/quart]
[quart=Strength, Agility]1, 1[/quart]
[quart=Vitality, Dexterity]1, 1[/quart]
[quart=Intelligence, Wisdom]10, 10[/quart]
[quart=Stat Points, ]0, [/quart]