Chapter 4 :New Beginning
Haaaa...
'My head hurts so much.'
'My throat feels dry and my body feels hot.
Pitch darkness enveloped him from all around.
A murky and dark world filled with murmurs was instantly shattered. The eyes of the sleepy Roy opened up as he felt an abnormal throbbing pain in his head as if he had been bashed in his head with a club repeatedly.
In his stupor, he tried to move his head but he was unable to look around as if he had lost the power to move his head and limbs.
His eyes were hazy and everything around him seemed to be blurry and dark.
'What is going on?'
'I feel as if I am in a half-asleep state. I can think however I am not able to perceive my surroundings.'
Still in his reverie, he attempted to focus his mind and found his thoughts were difficult to control.
His mind was unable to focus on things and started to fleet apart with random thoughts.
Why am I in this state and what is this pain?
The last thing I remember was something falling over me, so what is happening now?
And what is this pain?
Aaaah... it is really painful…
Did I have a cerebral hemorrhage or did I fall into a coma?
Am I now treated in the hospital
While myriads of emotions flashed in his mind, unknowingly the pain in his mind started to subside.
And abruptly his mind felt cool and relaxed.
What the hell is going on?
Roy, who could perceive the change in his mental state, finally broke out of his reverie.
His murky vision dispersed and a dark fabric greenish ceiling appeared in his vision.
Roy, who was just trying to discern it, was suddenly startled by the appearance of a blue screen which shocked him greatly.
His eyes widened as he scanned the contents of the screen displayed before him.
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[Status][Shop][Locked]
Name: Lucas Bright
Species:Human
Bloodline Grade:Bronze
Level: 1-star
Combat Ability:G-
Strength: 1-star -
Agility: 1-star-
Stamina:<1-star-
Perception: 1-star-
Magic Power: <1-star-
Stat points: 2
Exp: 0
[Profession]
Swordsmanship level: Beginner
[ Skills]
None
[ Arts]
None
[Bloodline Ability]:Locked
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A series of words and numbers appeared before his eyes.
Roy, who was taken by surprise, for a moment thought that maybe he was just dreaming or this might be his illusion just like yesterday's nightmare.
Roy felt the feeling of being able to move his body once again and raised his hands towards it however his hands went past the intangible screen.
He moved his hands around making all types of weird motions however the screen remained in his sight.
"What is going on?"
"And Lucas…..who is he?"
Roy muttered faintly and got up to look around.
Everything around him was a bit dark and he found himself in a soft and comfortable sleeping bag.
There was a dimly lit lamp beside him and his eyes slowly adapted to the atmosphere.
Rustle...
His hands touched some kind of soft fabric sheets.
Silence!
For a moment except for the sound of his breath, other noises ceased to exist.
It took a moment to realize where he was.
"I am in a tent."
Flaps were sewn on the entrance acting as the door.
He looked around the space and the virtual followed his eyesight.
Through the obscure screen, he found a backpack beside the sleeping bag.
"Ahhhh…..I am going mad."
"What the hell is this screen? Is it a system like those in games?"
Roy muttered with a panicked tone.
He inhaled deeply to calm himself.
He closed his eyes and regained his composure.
He thought the screen might have disappeared once he opened his eyes, however...
The virtual screen was still before his eyes.
Roy looked at the screen, particularly at the name, and repeated it.
Lucas...Lucas...Lucas…
Oddly, the name felt familiar as if he knew about the person.
As he muttered the name, an excruciating pain assaulted his brain which caused him to hold his head and crouch down on the ground.
The throbbing pain seemed to split apart his head.
"Ahhhhhhhh!"
He groaned in pain and tried to get up but he stammered in his steps and fell back on his butt and screamed while his body wriggled like a maggot.
Mist...City…Mosvil...Ivane ….Horizon...Academy …...Three days.....
A series of broken murmurs leaked from his lips as Roy wriggled in pain and lost his vision for a moment again.
After a series of outbursts, the pain resided and Roy regained his consciousness.
His eyes opened wide and his body jolted in shock.
Cold sweat covered his forehead and he covered his face with a stunned expression.
"Dawn Of Legend."
"No, it cannot be. I need to check."
He remembered the backpack he saw just a minute ago.
Roy muttered and his body lunged towards the backpack, he opened the chain and started to draw out the things in it.
The first thing he noticed was a dagger and a small vial of healing potion.
He put it aside and looked for other things.
A packet of food, a steel water bottle, a few sets of clothes out of which two seemed to be some kind of uniform, a flashlight, and a smartphone, and then he found a watch.
He clicked the side dial and the display screen opened asking for the password.
"Password...Password."
"My memories of this guy are still blurry. I can't remember the password."
"There might be another way."
Roy muttered and then slid the screen and the lock screen changed from password to finger scan.
He presses his thumb on it hoping for the watch to open.
With the soft ring, the watch opened.
The screen finally confirmed Roy's suspicion.
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User ID:Lucas Bright 𝒃𝙚𝒅𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒍.𝙣𝙚𝙩
Status:First Year
Age:17
Class:??
1st Year
Rank:2209
[Horizon]
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"It's real."
Roy slumped back on the ground with a hollow look still finding it hard to believe.
From the bits of memories and seeing the name of the academy he inferred that he somehow ended up in the world of Dawn Of Legend.
A world filled with myths and legends.
You can find all types of fantasy settings and creatures here.
The main plot of the book follows the tales of Fredrick Frost, The Legendary Spearman who fought against all odds foiling the plans of Demons who wanted to devour the whole.
In a way, you can say that the main plot was centered around the fight between the world and Demon.
Thousands of years ago a catastrophic war broke out due to the invasion of Demons.
All the species allied to form a united battlefront against the Demons and countless world-shattering battles took place to repel the demons.
During the last battle, Demon King fought with everything and the devastation of such a battle caused the world to undergo many changes.
At the end of the battle The Demon King and Martial Saint were gravely injured.
Demon King, seeing himself losing the fight against the Martial Saint who was designated as the head of Allied Forces, used some of his power to separate the Demon continent into a separate realm moving it to a new plane below the world.
In the end, the Demon realm was separated and the demons hid in the dark space while peace and serenity returned.
The Martial Saint was gravely injured and was in the last thread of his life so he gave up on pursuing Demon King and decided to dedicate his life to the betterment of the next generation.
Meanwhile, Demon King used some forbidden arts to seal his life while passing his will and a way to resurrect him.
It was written in the background of the novel and not many knew about all of this.
However, this was not the end. When demons retreated, the Demonkins such as beast man, vampires, and various monster races form a coalition engaging in constant war against humans.
The protagonist of the story is Fredrick Frost who is the son of Duke Frost whose fate changed because of a fortuitous encounter with the spear The Doom Piercer.
However, there was something else that attracted the attention of everyone....
On the last page of Volume One, there was the sentence.
[Hiding under the veil of darkness, the harbinger of destruction pushes the world towards nothingness.]
Many experts guessed that this might be hinting at the contents of the Volume 2.
Roy who was thinking about all of this suddenly shook his head to stop his thoughts from running all over.
"Damn, instead of thinking about all of this, I should solve the primary problems first."
Before wasting his time thinking about all the troublesome things in the world he needs to find out more about his situation which begins with how to close this damn screen.
Roy observed the screen while trying to discern the perks of his so-called system.
He tried to search for the description of the screen from the knowledge of the book.
As far as he remembered, in the book everyone could check their stats with the help of the Divine mirror in the temple.
There was a person who wanted to measure all his stats however he was unable to do so.
With eyes and senses, you can discern a person's strength but you can not figure out all his particular stats.
Naturally, you can undergo tests to estimate all this however it would be cumbersome to test out all this.
The problem was solved by Goddess.
He got a revelation according to which a certain kind of mirror made of some special materials after being blessed by Goddess Rebecca would reflect a person's characteristics.
You just need to stand before the mirror which will reflect the status similar to the screen along with your image.
However, contrary to the novel system, Roy found that the screen contains some additional things.
Exp, stat points, and shop.
Except this, every other thing remained the same.
He thought that this might be his transmigration perks which he still find unbelievable.
"But how do I turn it off?"Roy muttered as it was quite frustrating to see the screen moving around with his gaze.
"System shutdown."
"System disappear."
"System off."
Roy clasped his hair and wondered what kind of crisis he encountered on his first day.
There had never been any mention of this in any kind of system novels he read.
"Do I have to live with this screen flashing before my eyes? It's frustrating and interfering with my vision."
If the protagonist from other novels saw him struggling to turn down the system like this, they would die laughing.
Roy cursed and attempted to calm himself.
Roy, the hoarder of knowledge of countless novels, searched for a way from in mind.
An idea finally struck his mind.
Instead of issuing commands, he closed his eyes trying to see the system with his eyes closed.
He imagined a system appearing before the dark.
He delved deeper and finally, his concentration reached its peak.
In front of the dark space, a blur screen started to materialize.
"I see."
"Let's repeat this process to turn it off," Roy murmured and started to think of the system disappearing in his mind.
The system disappeared into the dark space and as he opened his eyes,to his surprise the system had disappeared from his sight.
He tried this a few more times and succeeded. He was about to leap in joy when he heard a loud crackling noise of thunder causing him to tremble in fear.
Roy walked outside and the scene that unfolded before he startled him.
Red clouds covered the sky.
Thunders were roaring.
An endless wilderness greeted his sight which horrified him.
Unknown fears started to creep into his mind suddenly.
It was only then that he felt that something was wrong.
He had been too calm.
Someone like him who had died and come to this new world, his mind had been surprisingly stable.
Maybe it was because his mind was preoccupied with the thoughts of the novel world and system.
Or maybe his mind was influenced by the previous owner for whom this might be natural.
But now that the realization struck him, his eyes started to tear up.
"Mother..."
"Father.."
"My friends.."
"I could never see them again.."
The scene of his mother nagging and his father's smile appeared in his eyes.
Various scenes of his past 20 years appeared before his eyes.
The more he thought about it, the more empty his heart became.
His heart felt suffocated and even though strong gales were surging, the air felt stagnant.
The tiny bit of reason and calmness he had, disappeared instantly.
Instead of being transmigrated, he felt as if his parents died leaving him alone and he was not even able to take a look at their graves.
Guilt started to well up inside him as he thought about today's morning when he had not even properly greeted them and left them with a stuffy feeling.
It was a scene that he knew would haunt him.
DRIP!DRIP!DRIP!DRIP!
With the sound of thunder, the rain started to pour soaking Roy's clothes.
Roy stood there with a blank expression and did not know whether his cheeks were wet due to the rain or due to tears that were forced out of his eyes filled with sadness and regret.