I even carefully examined the pointy foliage of the hedge walls, searching for hidden caras.
Glancing up at the sky, I didn't spot any cara drones. Instead, I noticed the moon, pale and easy to overlook in the daylight. Then, I noticed another two moons.
"Three moons? That can't be right," I exclaid, baffled.
I looked back down at the floating screen, then back up at the sky. Still, there were three moons.
"Am I going nuts?" I wondered aloud.
I sat down on the grass, uncertain of what to do next. I kept glancing up at the sky and the extra moon. In front of , the screen still waited patiently.
"This is crazy, really crazy. Where am I exactly in this world?"
Another screen appeared next to the first.
Michael ????
Race: Human.
Current rank: Normal
Progression to Bronze rank: 0% (0/100 essences).
Attributes:-
[Power]: Normal.
[Speed]: Normal.
[Spirit]: Normal.
[Recovery]: Normal.
Free attributes points:- (0/1)
Human Racial Abilities:
- Interface
- Quest System
- Inventory
- Map
- Adaptor (Special)
"Is this so sort of character profile or Power screen? It seems like it, but it's unlike anything I've seen in novels before," I mused, shaking my head in confusion.
After a thorough examination, I pondered, 'Why is there a question mark instead of my surna? Does the system not recognize my surna, or is there another reason?'
'And, Why is it so hard to understand?'
"It would have been easier to understand if it was a simple gaming system," I added, glancing at the screen once more.
"Map," I repeated, recognizing the word. "I know what maps are. How do I access the map?"
Another screen appeared as requested, but with the addition of the third screen, the space in front of started feeling crowded. I absentmindedly wished for the other screens to close, and they promptly did so.
"I guess that's helpful," I remarked.
Things were becoming increasingly difficult to rationalize, especially with the additional moon in the sky. A voice-command hologram seed unlikely, but not entirely impossible. However, the idea of ntal command holograms was a whole different story.
"Now, this is troubling," I concluded.
Hoping it wouldn't actually work, I began to experint. Surprisingly, I found that I could open and close any of the windows with just a simple thought.
"Maybe I didn't actually die," I tried to reassure myself. "Perhaps the police officers saved and took to a hospital sowhere. Or maybe I simply passed out on the floor and I'm now hallucinating and dreaming of unbelievable things. Like a nice dream, with a big garden."
I let out a groan and closed my eyes for a mont. "How did it co to this? Is this really how I'm trying to comfort myself?"
Taking a deep breath, I slowly opened my eyes again. The screens were still there, patiently waiting.
"Just go along with it, I guess," I told myself. "Don't make any conclusions until you have more information. That's the logical thing to do now."
I shifted my attention back to the map hovering in front of . It resembled a map you'd find in a video ga, with a list of locations included.
[Zone: Vane Gardens (Bushy Maze)]
Similar to a video ga map, most of it was hidden. Only a small part of the hedge maze I had already explored was revealed.
I experinted with moving the map using my mind, discovering that I could zoom in and out just as effortlessly as I could open and close the floating screens.
"Now, let's check my current location," I murmured to myself.
As I zood out, I reached a world map that seed unfamiliar. Though the details were blurry, I could see the outline of the continent... Hold on! Just one continent?
It's unsettling. Even in most novels, there are usually two or three continents, but here, there's only one.
"That's not how I expected the world to be," I murmured to myself.
According to the map, I was in the North-west part. I glanced around at the thick, green hedges surrounding . I felt the soft grass beneath my feet and the warm, humid air against my skin.
"This doesn't seem right," I muttered.
With a sigh, I closed the map.
"This is all so weird."
Human Racial Abilities:
- Interface
- Quest System
- Inventory
- Map
- Adaptor (Special)
I started looking down the list.
"Interface seems obvious. Quest system and Inventory too, I guess. Adaptor? What the hell it is?"
I closed the inventory and pulled up my character profile again. Next down the ability list was the map, which I'd already looked at, then adaptor.
Ability: [Adaptor]
- Language adaptation: Ability to learn and understand different languages.
- Essence, Elental stone, and skill-book absorption: Capability to absorb and utilize monster essences and knowledge from Elental stones and skill-books.
- Immunity to identification and tracking effects: Protection against being identified or tracked by magical ans.
"Language adaptation? So, does that an with this, I can talk with the people in this world?"
'Anyway, nobody will answer ... let's assu it as yes.'
I glanced at the other items like Elental stone and Essence, but I couldn't figure out what they were for.
"No idea what those are."
After few seconds, I closed all the open windows except for the map with a ntal command.
"Alright, then," I said, glancing along the path ahead. Neither direction seed better than the other.
"Let's explore a bit more and see what's ahead."
I chose a direction without much thought and started walking.
"I really wish I had clothes right now."
...
I was walking through the maze, the map open in front of . It was being unveiled as I walked, so my current plan was to reveal enough that I could plot a way out. i froze when I heard a rustle in the hedges.
"Um, anybody?" I called out.
"Is anybody here?"
There was no response from the other side.
"Hey, you listening."
Still there was no response.
Again, there was so movent in maze.
I shrugged.
"Fuck you, if you are here, then stop Playing hide and seek."
I was about to resu walking when a screen appeared.
...
New Mission:
For so unknown reason, the nearby area is now filled with lesser-ranked monsters.
Goal: Find out why these lesser-ranked monsters have taken over the area (0/1).
Reward: Basic shirt and pants.
Bonus Goal: Defeat twelve lesser monsters (0/12).
Reward: Basic shoes.
...
"Monsters? That doesn't sound good."
I was looking around suspiciously when suddenly sothing small ca hurtling from the bottom of a hedge. Instinctively, my hands shot back over my privates, leaving my head exposed.
"What the fuck?"
Without warning, I was blinded by sothing latching onto my face, its sharp claws digging painfully into my scalp.
I panicked, yanking it off with both hands, feeling a chunk of skin tear away with it.
I dropped to my knees, the creature still squirming in my grasp.
With a scream, I slamd it into the ground over and over until it stopped moving.
(You have defeated [Stalwart Gerbil].)
(Defeat lesser-ranked monsters 1/12.)
Finally, I released the creature and scuttled back, still on my hands and knees, heart racing.
The wounds on my head throbbed painfully, blood trickling down my face.
I wiped it away from my eyes, trying to catch my breath and make sense of what had just happened.
"What on earth is going on? How did a Gerbil end up on my head?"
I glanced at the creature. The window that appeared described it as a hamster, but it was much larger than any hamster I had ever seen, almost the size of my head.
It looked swollen from being pounded into the ground, and there were streaks of blood on its fur from my head.
I approached it cautiously, prepared to move back quickly. With a hesitant finger, I reached out and prodded it.
As I cautiously prodded the body of the Stalwart Gerbil, a strange sensation washed over . The creature's body began to tremble, and then, to my shock, it started dissolving into minor particles right before my eyes.
As the Gerbil's body disintegrated, nurous system ssages flooded the air in front of , but for a mont, I was too stunned to pay them any attention. Instead, I couldn't help but dwell on the implications of what had just happened.
'If this little guy could hurt so badly, what'll happen if I et a bigger, high-ranked one?'
The thought sent a shiver down my spine, imagining the possibility of facing enemies capable of killing in a single move.
I quickly snapped out of my daze and focused on the barrage of system ssages hovering in front of .
(Ding, congratulations host! Monster Core (Lesser) has been added to your inventory!)
(Ding, congratulations host! Healing portion (Bronze) has been added to your inventory!)
(Ding, congratulations host! Monster Essence of Gerbil has been added to your Character Profile!)
I sighed.
Starting today, I can guess my life is going to get really busy.
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