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Chapter 3: My System appears to be broken!
Chapter 3: My System appears to be broken!
[Ding!]
[Congratulations! You have been chosen by Entity 000000007 from Sector Prime!]
[You have obtained the Demon Harem System of the Dragon God]
[Initializing...]
Strax heard the sound... and he internally freaked out when he heard the little bell and read the notification in front of him...
"Damn! I was right!"
Strax was thrilled by the discovery; finally, he could have his cheat in concrete form in this new world.
[Ding!]
[Connection completed with user's soul!]
[Character Information]
[Name: Strax Vorah]
[Age: 18 years old]
[Cultivation: None]
[Talent: None]
[Race: Human]
[Physique: Dragon-Demon (Destroyed)]
[Level: 1 (XP: 35/100)]
[HP: 87/100]
[Vitality: 7]
[Stamina: 4]
[Strength: 10]
[Agility: 3]
[Intelligence: 1]
[Defense: 5]
[Points to be distributed: 0]
[Abilities: None]
[Harem Members: None]
"Seriously... I don't have any abilities?" He read calmly, but the System was... well, it was nothing... it just appeared, without any explanation, ability, or anything useful... it just existed.
"Okay, let's take it easy." He analyzed the screen that appeared again, precisely reading every tiny piece of information.
"Okay, my last name is Vorah, at least it's not something common... let's see, the spider I just killed gave me 35 XP, that means I can gain levels, it's a good start."
"So, in this world, there's cultivation; I need to get out of here and find more information... Damn, I don't have any talent? And what the hell is this 'Physique: Dragon-Demon' about? And it's still broken? Damn it!" He roared; he was happy and frustrated at the same time, but that didn't intimidate him.
He decided to head back out of the cave, but on the way, more spiders started to appear. It seemed like the smell of the previous spider he had killed had stuck to his clothes, but even so, he wasn't intimidated.
It was something simple considering that previously he had killed one with many unnecessary blows, but now that he knew the main weakness of the spider, he didn't cower.
Strax went through, clearing his way back. Unlike before, now he had a better perception of where the spiders could be; he was more excited and more attentive, which made him work twice as hard!
With a well-deserved sigh, he finally concluded, "Phew, that was tiring."
[You have reached Level 3!] [Points to be distributed: 3]
"Okay, I have three points. If this is really like an RPG character, balance has to be maintained. Since I'm a miner, my strongest main statistics are Vitality, Strength, and Defense. Theoretically, I would be a heavy fighter, but I don't like that."
"Distribute two points to Agility and one to Stamina," he ordered, and immediately the screen in front of him changed; slowly, Strax felt energy entering his body and felt lighter and less tired.
[Level: 3 (XP: 120/375)]
[HP: 128/128]
[Vitality: 9]
[Stamina: 6 (+1)]
[Strength: 12]
[Agility: 5 (+2)]
[Intelligence: 1]
[Defense: 6]
[Points to be distributed: 0]
"Okay, it worked," Strax said, who was now already at the entrance of the tunnel where he had excavated; he quickly climbed up and sat in the corner, waiting for Eron to return.
It might have seemed like a long time, but all of this happened in less than twenty minutes, enough time for him to enter and leave without being noticed.
'I can't believe how fast that was,' thought Strax, slowly closing his eyes as he waited for his mining partner to return.
Some time passed, suddenly he heard someone shouting his name, and his thoughts quickly returned to reality.
"Ah, hi," he said when he saw three men casting their gaze upon him, then they questioned, "What are you doing that's so tiring you dared to sleep here?" That man from before, taller and burlier, questioned while looking at Strax.
"Ah, sorry, I had to deal with some spiders," he replied in his own way, but the three didn't believe a word he said.
'These people are annoying, let me be free already.'
Strax thought inwardly, noting the expressions of the older men; he felt like a child next to these orcs!
"Get up, the expedition has been canceled," he ordered, and Strax quickly got up while discreetly hiding the pickaxe on his back, not to show that it had broken.
Time passed, and night fell, Strax realized it was time to escape. He didn't know what he was exactly or where he was, but clearly, he wasn't an ordinary worker; on the contrary, he seemed more like a slave, but since he had nothing to lose, he stood up and walked towards the door of his dwelling.
Through the cracks, he observed some soldiers watching and patrolling continuously; perhaps escaping wasn't a reality at the moment, so he contented himself with observing the place first.
[Ding!]
[You have received a mission: Leave the Mine]
[Deadline: 20 days]
[Reward: 1* Ability]
'Look at that... it really seems like an RPG. The situation arose, and the system encouraged me to face it head-on, but at the same time, it gave me the possibility to ignore it since there's no kind of detailed explanation.
Maybe I can just leave and come back, and the mission will be completed?
Seriously, you System creators need to be more specific, besides giving loopholes for the user to break the mission, you make it even more difficult with the lack of information, be more specific.
And this ability? You don't even provide the name? This seems highly suspicious.
"Hey, system!" Strax tried to contact the system vocally, but to no avail... he was being ignored by the very system that should help him; nothing happened.
'This is all I needed, a system that doesn't even work properly. Just missing the system not having its own consciousness, then it's screwed. Not only the lack of information, now I'll have to guess what I have to do. Seriously, what a tedious reincarnation.
Well, at least Truck-kun didn't abandon me; my sacred god was by my side until the end!'
'Well, I have twenty days for this now. If I manage to enter the cave again, I might even level up a few times; now that I have experience, killing spiders will become easy peasy!'