The 13th Plain

{Acquire 10 Ayer Progression until completion 10%} Stopped at a corner of a tree, as it bled, a sensation of heat embraced him wholly, and sweat poured out like fountains. 'Gasp! ...All this quest...and...I'm still at level 1. 'This has got to be a joke. I got a system, a cheat. He ripped his clothes in thin layers with his bare hands and mouth to make a bandage that covers the gaping hole of his chopped-off arm. 'Open...Character Stats! ' His eyes were on edge; he squinted and moved his palms outwards, his palms forming liquid water into the shape of a ball, which condensed—"Pop!"—forming layer upon layer of panels of text that vaguely reflected his image. HP: 3/10 Qin Xin, M /Grafted Being\ Lvl. I Stats: ↓ Severe Bleeding, Exhausted V Mind: 07/20 Stamina: 03/15 RP: 10 STR: 10 INT: 17 DEF: 03 AGI↓: X Wild Card: |Survivor|4| Inventory: [Ayer X1][][][][][][][][][] ↓Expand 'Raise 10 of my health.' Forcing himself out of the edge of slumbering, he awoke to a sight of the system raising his health. It increased his capacity for health, not added health. The thought that it would heal his body in some way made him tear up—a complete failure. 'Curses! - The level five of exhaustion, it seems—'I...can't...run...anymore...' The comforting heat that made him secrete sweat all over his body cools him down, and his eyes seal themselves. This can't be happening. It hasn't even been a year, yet now I'm about to die on this stupid quest. In a second his chopped-off arm bled, reducing his health to 1. "{Death Awaits}," the system says. 1 For the first time, it was truly fun while I still had it 0 |Survivor| Blood all over burst outwards, not a single piece of excess innard or skeleton left. After it, a skeletal hand molded out of nowhere; slowly but surely, it started to put together a skeleton body. Veins loomed through the skeletal hand, producing a skinless being. Bit by bit, it started to take the shape of a colorless skin all the way from bottom to top. The face appeared without an eye; it formed something inside as the skin colors developed, and lastly, eyes appeared. The being falls to the ground, kneeling at the pond of blood. He cries and then begins, 'I fucking lived! ' said while tears flowed through his eyes.