Chapter 2: I'm dead
When the BEASTIAL War started*
*BZZT BZZT*
A portal opened up in a dark and damp cave. The low but audible sound resonated throughout the room as the sound of 4 corpses hit the cold stone floor.
*Bwoooooooom*
The portal closed as soon as they were dropped their and a silence descended. Three dead wolves seemingly torn apart and blood leaking out of their sockets were laying around a young boy. This boy was Riden.
There was nothing, not even the sound of air could be heard passing throughout the room as everything just lay still. All of a sudden Riden sat up. Not with a gasp nor scream he just sat up expressionless. His hair was dyed red and his eyes were a dark Grey. They seemed to have lost the color they once had. Riden stood up with a stumble and looked around. When he saw the three corpses his stomach rumbled.
[You require experience]
[Consume 1kg of food (0/1)]
Riden ignored this as he thought it was an illusion from his hunger and the past events. He got on his knees and start tearing away the hair and skin of the closest one. He took off his ripped shirt and placed it on the ground. Grabbing the raw meat of its hambone Riden smeared away the blood and placed it on the shirt. He continued to strip away the meat and threw away the parts that smelled to bad to eat. He grew up hunting in the woods and while his grandpa didn't teach him completely how to skin an animal he still knew the basics. Alex was soon covered in blood as he sat back and looked at the small pile of meat.
Looking around only now did he take in his surroundings. There was neatly layed brick with light coming from an unknown place. There was a door in front of him but it seemed like if he opened it, something would swallow him.
After waiting a few hours, he grabbed the meat and start munching on it. He didn't hate it nor like it, in fact he couldn't even taste it. He continued to munch on it until he heard a loud ding sound in his mind.
[You need experience]
[Consume 1kg of food (1/1)]
[You have gained 1 experience]
[You have unlocked your system!]
[Your Undead System is now accessible]
Riden started staring in a daze at the random whispy black boxes that appeared in front of him. He only stopped staring when the meat in his mouth fell out and slapped against the hard ground. He raised his hand and pushed on one of the boxes but it just fazed through it.
Riden started thinking, what was a system? From the stories his grandpa read. They were supposed to be the golden fingers of transmigrators. As for what a gold finger in, he could only guess that it was quite literally a golden chopped off finger. He soon concentrated on the box and only after a few minutes of waiting they faded out of existence. Riden was confused on what to do now. He started looking around and soon looked down at his body.
'What's this rope right here?'
What looked like a blood red rope to Riden was actually Riden's internal intestine that was torn out during his fight. Riden just grabbed it and non chalantly put it back in. Only now did he realize that the beating in his chest wasn't there. He put his hand over his heart but he only felt cold skin and there was no movement. Thinking about his situation he wondered what else happened to him until two words appeared in front of him.
[Repeat "Status"]
Riden looked at the box confused until he did it.
"Status"
[Riden (Last name unknown!)]
[Race: Undead ☆ 0/10]
[Body type: N/A]
[Cultivation: N/A]
[Health:~Recovery speed 6 hours]
(Average human 10)
[Strength: 5]
[Agility: 6]
[Deception: 2] (Average human 5)
[Defense: 1] (Average human 1)
Riden backed away and fell on his butt when this appeared in front of him. Standing back up he dusted himself off and looked at his status. He wondered about most of this stuff but ignored it. searching the panel he soon found what looked like an arrow. Focusing intently on the panel it soon changed.
[Quests available!]
[Open the door and leave the safe room]
Riden looked to his left and there was the big wooden door. No light came through it and all that he could sense was dread behind it. So Riden froze, he stood there standing at the door because for him. It looked like it was looking back. Riden inched towards it, his hand reaching, soon touching the cold metal handle. Pulling on the door it opened with a loud creak. Even though he couldn't see light coming through the door it was clearly daylight as pure sunlight came out of the opening. He didn't squint and only his body slightly tingled. He stepped out and felt the grass against his feet. His shoes were ripped off by the wolves from earlier as well.
[Open the door and leave the safe room]
[Quest complete: 5xp]
Breathing in a huge breath of pure air he looked around. His smell was slightly heightened as the smell of grass and nature filled his nostril. Walking into the forest, Riden started looking around. The trees loomed above him as he looked through the thick leaves and branches. There wasn't really anything around him that he could notice quickly. It would seem that he was in a forest or segment of a forest. Riden kept walking and could hear the chirping of the birds as well as tiny animals skittering from above. This environment was really peaceful, a whole lot more peaceful than he thought.
Riden continued to walk for a while and ran his hands through the leaves. They felt....Real. Well he didn't really know what else to do. He continued to walk through the forest until he heard a growl. He ducked down immediately and looked around.
'Not once but twice, I'm about to be ripped apart by wolves.'
Riden peered around a bush and saw 3 huge green wolves that were cornering a single brown wolf. This brown wolf was huge and was growling at all three of them. It was injured and seemed to have a paw in the grave. Riden sat there and watched, he soon saw why the brown wolf wasnt moving and that was because under it was a light olive green wolf that was cowering in fear. Riden stared at the wolves until something popped up a moment later.
[You have listened to a language for a prolonged amount of time]
[You have gained the animal talking skill (1/10)]
Riden was startled by the sudden notification and fell to the ground with a loud thud. Immediatley he heard a voice followed by a growl.
"Human"
Riden dodged to the right and avoided a green wolf that had pounced on him. He looked around and found a pebble. Grabbing it he threw it at the wolf which just bounce off its fur.
'welp it was worth a try.'
Riden got up and ran in a full sprint towards a random direction. He had no idea where he was going but he knew he had to get out of here. But that by no means meant the wolf was sitting there idly. It followed after Riden quickly and soon caught up. Jumping at him from the side, it tackled Riden to the ground and tried to bite at his throat. Riden threw up his arm in defense and saw as the wolfs jaws closed on his arm. However no pain came, he just felt the heat coming for the wolf's hot breath. Looking around he saw a small stick. He immidiatley grabbed it and stabbed at the wolfs throat.
The stick.....broke. THE STICK BROKE! Riden cursed under his breath and threw away the broken stick. He tried pushing the wolf off of him but that just made the wolf yank harder at his arm. He soon looked down and into the wolfs eyes. Just then the danger signals went off in the wolfs head and Riden said out loud "Sorry bro I feel your pain."
With that he kicked up with his legs and felt his leg connect with two cylinder objects. They crushed under the force as the wolf's eyes rolled up and it fell over with foam coming from its mouth.
"Im sorry but its either my life or a pain all men feel."
Getting up to his feet he dusted himself off. He looked around and pulled a sharp stick from a tree. Walking over to the wolf he looked into its eyes. Raising the stick he thrusted down and shoved the sharp part of the stick through its skull.
[You killed a Swamp Wolf]
[You gained 15xp]
[You Leveled up!]
[You gained 5 SP, and a common gift bag]
"Status"
[Riden (Last name unknown!)]
[Race: Undead ☆☆ 5/50]
[Body type: N/A]
[Cultivation: N/A]
[Health:~Recovery speed 6 hours]
[Strength: 10]
[Agility: 12]
[Deception: 2]
[Defense: 2]
[SP:5]
Riden smiled when he saw that he now had two stars. It seems he gains those by leveling up. Now he was just wondering where that gift bag is supposed to be. Looking at the screen he soon noticed a blood red exclamation poin that wiggled ever so slightly. Concentrating on it he soon arrived at a list of gift bags.
[Common:1/100]
[Uncommon:0/75]
[Rare:0/50]
[Epic:0/25]
[Legendary:0/10]
[Mythical:0/1]
Riden showed a "0" face and concentrated on that one common bag. The number soon went the 0 and the screen changed. In front of him was a gift bag that hovered in the air. The bag was made of sewn together rags and had a worn out lace tied around the opening. He grabbed at it and it felt light in his hand. The black background disappeared as he undid the lace. Opening it up a box appeared in front of him.
[Silver swordx1]
[Hunting clothes set x1]
Riden saw his status pop up except there were now tabs at the top of the screen. A tab called 'Inventory' Shined in a golden light. Selecting it, a row of boxes appeared that seemed to be infinite but at the very first two boxes were an image of a sword and a pile of clothes in the one beside it. Concentrating on the sword it disappeared and appeared in front of him. It dropped down penetrating the soil beneath it and shined with a deadly glint. It was very obvious that the sword was sharp. He grabbed it by the hilt and pulled it out the ground. His hand trembled under the weight for a few seconds before he put it back in the ground. He then focused on the set of clothes. They soon also disappeared and he felt a wind surround him. The ripped up clothes he was currently wearing faded away and tight leather armor appeared around him. Brown boots covered his feet and a scabbard appeared on his waist.
Picking up the sword, he slid it into the scabbard which shrank down to match the size of the sword. Riden smiled and walked back to where he came from. He had to get more experience and get these loot bags.
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Death_Bane Hope you enjoy this chapter, I should have uploaded last week but had exams so im going to try and upload one more time this week.
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