"Content warning: This chapter contains graphic depictions of self-harm and suicide."
The world suddenly turned black.
"Ughhh, My head!!! What happens after?"
I teared up and just woke up face-planting on the ground.
My daydream was a memory of this body.
Darkness crept, and it became night quickly.
A line of light appeared. It led me to the coffin.
I came back to the coffin. As I touched it, the coffin shed a layer of locks and showed a shiny silver tint.
Light bounces off it, and the unknown creatures emerged from hiding and ran away from me or the light.
Seeing that this thing repels the creatures, I built a camp, and during that move, I immediately fell asleep.
Day 3, Morning!
I woke up in a daze.
My mind wandered, questioning my situation over the past 3 days.
~Sigh~
"I should stop the sad thoughts." Qin stood up, and a wet liquid dripped from his shoulder.
"Don't tell me!?" I remember the memories of the Creepy bird = Simurgh.
I saw a water reflection on the ground.
"Wait, it's not the creepy bird?!" It's the rain, not the creepy bird. Weird, there's no clouds.
"How, there are no clouds! What a day!" As I got drenched, I saw something weird again: the sun was the one making it rain, like the nozzle spewing water while it emitted sunlight.
"Mr. Cheon, what is this?"
Rain is liquid precipitation, specifically water falling from the sky as droplets.
Ah, yeah, Mister Go- Cheon thinks this is normal! I think these phenomena are normal for them.
"Never mind, Mister."
This world is so weird to me.
Yesterday, when I woke up in this world, I didn't question anything; I accepted it all: the current situation I've been brought to, the hardship, the loneliness, the guilt, and the disgust.
Now, I'm filled with the opposite thoughts, with thoughts of simply asking why?
I killed someone or some living thing, but it felt nothing.
It was natural to me, as if I were born to be this way, a hunter.
I felt a burning sensation internally at my heart.
I scratched my chest as it felt itchy
[Locked lvl.0]<[The Hunter Full Mastery]
"A hunter? Mister Cheon, what is the meaning of this?"
.... Nothing.... Mr. Cheon didn't respond to me.
Meanwhile, a small, two-flat round piece made out of what appears to be wood appeared out of nowhere before my eyes.
Store Item! It worked. Now show [Open Item Description]
[???????] There's no Item description, just an exclamation mark. The Item disappeared, and something changed; I instinctively knew something had changed.
[Open Character Stats]
My stats remained the same, but a new thing has popped up.
[Character Class: Hunter] Effectively tire your prey and have a greater chance to trap them. Unique Effect {Hunter Instinct} Instinctively know if someone is strong and dangerous.
Effectively tire the prey? In context, what prey is it that the system considers prey, or my own opinion? With no question answered, I move on to a new thing.
Wildcard: [Survivor] You can only level up if your health is 1%. Unique Effect {With only a limb or two} when your health goes to 1%, enter an invincible state for 1 second; Only level when I'm on the brink of death.
"f#@%!" I almost died, now I have to experience it again to get stronger.
Mr. Cheon? Nothing Again....
Alone again....
I immediately inspected the coffin from afar.
While I was inside the coffin. The interior is shaped like a box, while the outside is triangular, inscribed on it what I think is a rune.
Thinking back, it glowed fantastically at night.
"What do I do with this information!?"As I felt Itchy again, particularly my hair.
"I don't speak alien. Ugh! My clothes are in tatters." It became only a cloth that covered the downside of my body.
[Open Inventory] Store item [Leather Boots 1X]
Quickly undressed and stepped my foot onto the shallow river.
"Phew!" With how perfectly the water feels, I immediately bathed in the shallow river and washed my clothes.
With only a wash, it became clean and soft, but it still smells.
I dried it and hung it on the coffin.
~Roar!~ An unknown creature roared in the forest.
"Sh#@!" Naturally, I climbed into the coffin and hid like a rat in trouble.
"Ugh!" It's wet in here! It must be the rain that filled this.
Up to the middle of the day, I can tell with my hunter Instincts that creatures are beside me while I'm inside the coffin.
The clothes are dry; I got them through the inventory.
While hiding like a rat, a Transmigrator System Quest appeared; naturally, I accepted it.
The Transmigrator System Quest name is [Waiting for the dinner to be served]. The Corpse Eater smells an unripe food, and they are waiting for it to ripen.
[Survive from the Corpse Eater for 3 whole days = Receive Level Up 1X for accepting the quest, for completing the quest, Receive Level Up 1X and Elite Set 1X]
[Subjugate the 30 Corpse Eaters Reward = Received a Level Up 1X and Random allocated Stat Points 5X]
[Reject the Quest = Received an allocated Stat Point 1x and Item slot 1X]
"Same old, same old." Whispered
I chose the two. [!] For accepting the quest [Survive from the Corpse Eater for 3 whole days] [Rewards Received] [Level Up 1X] [!]
I didn't level up, even though I accepted the quest.
Due to my wild card effect, which accumulates my level and can only be accessed when I'm on the brink of death.
Day 4, in the middle of the day
[Open Inventory]
[Moon Essence X6][Beetle bug][Sleeping Mask 1X][Magic Wand 1X][Taec Seed 29X][Tattered clothes 1X][Leather Boots 1X][Empty slot X3]
~Munch~
I'm all out, this is the last Taec fruit.
Store Item [Received Taec Seed 1X]
It's been a whole day, and the Corpse Eater are still here.
~Growl!~ "Yeah, I'm not sleeping." I keep hearing the puddle moving.
This evil bastard is waiting for me to die of hunger.
"Sigh! Still no sign of Mr. Cheon communicating." Whispered
Moments later.....
[HP:12/18][Mind: 1|32][Stamina: 10/39]
"Yawn!" I want to sleep. Eyes watered from yawning.
Status: Tired, Sleep deprived
Kinda feel itchy. I scratched my back and suddenly lost control.
~Scratch~[HP:10/18][Mind: 0|32][Stamina: 07/39]
Out of nowhere, I suddenly not scratching my back and started scratching the wall of the coffin.
Nails detached from scratching the walls of the coffin, fingers bled then dripped, and it echoes the sound of blood splashing into the rainwater.
Status: Bleeding, Tired, Sleep deprived, Impatience
"Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Pain, Go AWAY!" Uttered fast, it echoed and echoed inside the walls of the coffin.
~Thud~ [HP:09/18][Mind: 0|32][Stamina: 05/39]
"I want-want to die!" The coffin filled with rainwater flowed with blood inside.
~Thud~ [HP:07/18][Mind: 0|32][Stamina: 03|39]
It echoes the sound of my head bashing against the concrete wall of the coffin.
Status: Anomic, Bleeding, Mindlessness, Tired, Sleep deprived, Impatience
~Thud~ ~Thud~~Cracks~[HP:03/18][Mind: 0|32][Stamina: 0|39]
Status: Anomic, Bleeding, Mindlessness, Broken bones, Tired, Adrenaline, Sleep deprived, Impatience
[Wildcard: On the brink of death, Level Up 1X.]
[HP:0/18][Mind: 0|32][Stamina: 0|39]
[Wildcard: On the brink of death, Level Up 0X.]
"It hurts!" My body hurts all over, my broken skull repairs, wounds on my head closed,
[Open Character Stats]
Race:? Raising Points: 90 Name: Qin Sin Level: XIII [HP: 19/19] [Strength: 35][Agility: 33] [Stamina: |40] [Mind: 0|33] [Defense: 39] [Intelligence: 24] Skill: [Demonic Scholar Guide System Mas.lvl.1]
[Character Class: Hunter][Wildcard: On the brink of death, Level Up 0X.]
Status: Adrenaline, Surprised, Delirious
"HAhaha! I lived!" Climbed the coffin and jumped down to see a 30 corpse eater waiting for me.
That was too painful and scary, I can't seem to control my body when my mind reaches 0.
Never gonna do that again. ~Growl~ I forgot about them.
They're surprisingly small for how vicious and loud they growl.
The corpse-eater is as small as a pygmy but with fangs and claws.
[Open Inventory] Equip Item [Tattered clothes 1X], [Leather Boots 1X], [Beetle Bug 1X], and [Magic wand 1X].
Store Item [Beetle Bug 1X] Converts Defense to Agility for 30 minutes.
I ran towards the screaming Bone-eater and pummeled it.
~Whack~5X It dies after pummeling it in five hits. [Subjugate the 1/30 Corpse Eaters]
Although I am the fastest among them, I can't rest as they outnumber and surround me.
HP:18/19][Mind: 32|33][Stamina: 40/40] Status: Adrenaline, Surprised, Delirious, Scratched
No Special moves, just a brawl with me pummeling them with a wand.
They scratch or bite, but no matter, I'll slap them to death.
~Growl~
~Whack~20X I killed 5 Bone-eaters and received [level 1X] [Subjugate the 5/30 Corpse Eaters]
HP:13/19][Mind: 30|33][Stamina: 34/40] Status: Adrenaline, Surprised, Delirious, Bleeding
With how slow and boring, I keep slapping the sh@# out of the bone-eaters. [Subjugate the10/30Corpse Eaters]
It didn't give me a level up. It seems that my standard bar has become higher. I decided to change my game and aimed for their necks. It became only 3 hits, sometimes one. [Subjugate the 17/30Corpse Eaters]
[Open Character Stats] Distribute 15 points to strength.
Now my strength has become 50, the I killed the bone-eaters in one shot. [Subjugate the 26/30 Corpse Eaters]
Received [Level Up 2X]
HP:05/19][Mind: 25|33][Stamina: 27/40] Status: Delirious, Bleeding
[Open Inventory] Give [Sleeping Mask 1X]
Leaving it out to only two bone-eaters, I tested my theory by making the bone-eaters sleep from my Sleeping mask, will it be considered dead or alive, but just asleep?
[Beetle Bug] Unique Effect wore off.
What timing. The two bone-eaters run off to escape from me.
HP:00/19][Mind: 20|33][Stamina: 12/40] Status: Delirious, Bleeding
Wild card goes off and level me up 3X and [Hunter] Unique effect turns on the chase, shortens for another day.
I easily know where they're going as I can see their mark they left.
Day 5, Night and Day.
Lucky enough, nothing bothered me chasing the two little bone-eaters.
HP:22/22][Mind: 30|36][Stamina: 38/43]
Successfully subdued the bone-eater and made it wear the [Sleeping Mask]
The quest says- "Lucky!"
[Subjugate the 28/30 Corpse Eaters and Survive from the Corpse Eater for 1.9/3 whole days]
It didn't register as a kill, so I then killed the sleeping bone-eaters.
[Subjugate the 29/30 Corpse Eaters and Survive from the Corpse Eater for 2.3/3 whole days]
I stored the [Sleeping Mask] and successfully found the last bone-eater that I've been chasing.
The bone-eater ran towards the smoke that I had seen in the past, and was curious about.
Excited, I used the unique effect of the [Beetle bug] and ran towards the bone-eater.
"There's no town!" My [Hunter Instinct] screams danger.
~Roar~ "My ears!" The tall trees shake, and the loud noise incapacitates the bone-eater.
I saw a gigantic 5-meter-tall giant demon dwelling in a tree, smoking.
"The smoke that I saw was from this demon!" Quickly kidnapped the incapacitated Bone-eater with the [Sleeping Mask] and ran off.
With no hearing, I traced the past steps of the bone-eater to quickly go back.
The ground shakes, and the trees shake. I can tell I'm being chased by a 5-meter-tall giant demon.
[HP: 20/22][Mind: 20|36][Stamina: 30|48] Status: Stress, Terrified, Bleeding, Deaf
The Bone-eater is getting heavier, with how tall he is, I need to be faster so that he can't see me through the forest.
[Open Character Stats] Distribute 30 points to strength, 30 points to Agility, and 5 points to stamina.
I saw the previous bone-eater I killed, and it was rolling around.
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