"Gahh!!"
My body hit the cavern wall behind me with great force.
*Huff* *huff*
My heavy breathing resounded around the cave.
I stared at the source of my pain.
Corrupted lizardman. A monster is an evolved animal that reached evolution thanks to mana. Although such things happened hundreds of years ago, such monsters reproduced and created nests around the world, these nests were called Dungeons. Lizardmen were such monsters.
Corrupt monsters were, on the other hand, monsters who were tainted with demonic energy.
The corrupted lizardman had black scales and purple eyes. In one of his hands was a blade that he probably stole from a hunter.
In that blade my face was reflected.
Black hair and blue eyes.
I could feel it. I'm gonna die.
I was always weak. When I awakened, my talent was unranked, meaning it was nonexistent. But I work hard, and the best that I could do was to improve my Willpower stat from B to B+.
That does not change anything! I don't need Willpower, I need Strength, I need Speed, I need Magic. But all of those were stuck a G-.
The lowest of the lowest.
That is what Liam West was.
I stared at my hand, which was holding a special herb meant to heal his mother.
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"I'm sorry, mom."
The lizarman aproached slowly and raised his blade.
And then, I snapped.
Why shoud I give up? Why should I let this lizzard kill me?
I was born with a sixth sense. I was able to tell what was about to happen.
That's how I knew I was going to die.
That's how I knew that my father was going to die that day.
That's how I knew that there was no hope for my mother.
But I refused.
Why should I accept?
I stood up and picked up my own blade and stared directly in the eyes of the lizardman.
A sudden feeling coursed through my veins—the feeling of power.
I felt like I was burning, like I was about to explode but I didn't falter.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
With a beastly war cry I moved forward and charged towards my enemy.
The burning sensation intensefied and I felt blood flowing out of my ears, nose and the corners of my eyes.
SWOOSH CLANK SPLURT
My blade whistled as it traveled through the air, before meeting the blade of the opponent before shattering it.
The sword continued it's assigned trajectory and penetrated the lizzardman's skin, cutting him in half.
*Huff* *huff*
The burning sensation disapeared followed by excrutiating pain.
[Congratulations! You have defied your fate! You have received Fate-Severing Expansion for your System]
Hearing the System's neutral voice, I was surprised. The System, or Status Window, was a holographic display that appeared for awakened users and showed their status and skills.
Up until now, he only heard the System's voice when he awakened and when he leveled up his Willpower stat.
[Scanning fate lines . . . . Three anomalies detected, the host will receive more functions!]
"Huh?"
[Status]
[
Name: Liam West
Age: 14
Rank: G
Talent: ???
Profession: Swordsmen(G)
Strenght: G-
Speed: G-
Stamina: G-
Vitality: G-
Magic: G-
Willpower: B+
Charisma: S (This stat is completely unrelated to mana or combat, this stat cannot be evolved)
Skills:
->[Basic Aura Control(G)](20% proficiency)
->[Basic Mana Control(G)](14% proficiency)
->[Sword Aura(G)](2% proficiency)
->NEW!! [Overdrive (EX)] (0.8% proficiency)
Profession Skills:
->[Basic Swordsmanship(G)] (35% proficiency)
NEW!! Functions:
->[Map(F)]
->[Shop(E)] » Reward for 1 anomaly
->[Alchemy/Blacksmith Bench(D)] » Reward for 2 anomalies
->[Inventory(C)](Locked)
->[Relationship Evaluator(B)](Locked)
->[Training Room(A)](Locked)
->[Gateways(S)](Locked)
->[Skill Creator(SS)](Locked)
->[System Sharing(SSS)](Locked)
->[Reality Bending(EX)](Locked)
]
It's seemed that something superb had just happened.