"Congratulations on experiencing your first death, host." a voice greeted my ears.
The next vision i had was a desert under the angry hot glare of the sun.
I imagined that i would be burning from the intense heat by now but all i felt was the solace of perfection.
I felt like a spectator amidst the creation i weaved. Like a god in his own domain. It was an exhilarating feeling.
"Who are you?" i asked the voice. My sight wandered and i saw nothing but the countless sands of the land.
"I am a system assistant tasked to guide you in achieving the pinnacle of what you can be." it answered. This one was not the same female voice who I've spoken with in the past, i concluded.
"If I’d chosen a different ability from what i have now, would you have also appeared before me?" i asked in curiosity.
I know that the gift i picked had granted me virtually unkillable. With a command with my thoughts, letters sprang up along the visions i saw.
Techniques:
- Point Flux - this ability could grant the user mastery over time. It could only go back and not forward.
(if the user was killed, would return to a previous save point instantly or stay in the users domain in a limbo where time does not begin nor end.)
This was also why i was totally fine with my misdemeanour that got me zapped.
"They would not hesitate to kill a student. What a bunch of merciless capitalists!" i mumbled inside.
But it was also no surprise. Who was I? HAHAHA! I'm nothing but an unknown boy from the rural areas. I doubted they'd do the same to a kid of some wealthy and influential person.
This was how the world works, i sighed.
"Affirmative, host! The system assistant was implanted along any gift that you would have received." the voice answered.
And now that i think about it, i couldn't quite put a gender unto its voice. A very eerie observation i got.
"Okay." I responded and uttered another wordless command. The letters that hovered before my eyes turned blurry until it was replaced by another image altogether.
In it, i saw one line that marked my birth unto this world until the last second i took my final breath.
A single dot depicted the ending that paused the reality from turning on the wheels of time.
"At what point to return." i was preparing for my second time in rewriting my past.
"Are you preparing to go back, host?" a voice distracted me from my thoughts.
"Yes." i whispered and did not bother to ask it its name. It was a futile point that i don't want to waste my precious time with.
"It would beneficial for the host to look at the system shop." it sounded once more.
"What system shop?!" i shouted in surprise. My head raked the lands from left to right while i waited for a fast reply on this system assistant something.
"You can buy techniques and items from the system shop, host." the system answered.
"Show me the shop." was my immediate command.
"Affirmative, host."
Welcome to the System Shop.
Technique List:
- Eternal Eyes - could see the past, present and future.
- Unbreakable Body - a physique that could outmatch the body of the gods in defensive capabilities.
- Heaven Divide - this ability could grant you clones that would embody yourself in both mind and ability. (numbers infinite)
- Elemental Dominion - all elements shall follow your will.
- Shattered Image - grants you the skill to copy any technique or natural ability that you see, touch and hear. (This is not limited to animate existences)
........
This was the same I’ve been presented with before.
I inspected the second column on the interface, the one that was marked with ITEMS.
Item list:
- Complete Warsuit of the Asura - this belonged to the most decorated immortal in history.
Since time immemorial, nobody has matched his might and accomplishments. His record is a sea in an ocean filled with blood and violence.
- Complete Relic of the Magister - the most intelligent man to ever live. This coverall were with the Almighty Wizard who reigned supreme during his time.
- Complete Battle Ensemble of the Upriser - this was created using the most advanced technology of man and of the multitudes of species in this reality.
It had vanquished its foes with the sheer sophisticated armaments embodied into its conception.
...................
The list goes on and on but i did not read any further than the hundredth because one question suddenly popped in my mind.
"Is it free?"
"Negative, host." and my heart sunk with its words.
Fuck this shit!
You made me drool on these things and for what?!
My emotions ran rampant inside but this did not totally reflect my external mien.
"How do i get them?" i asked instead.
"You need shop points to get them, host." it replied.
"Show me their costs." i commanded.
"Affirmative, host." the system followed.
- Eternal Eyes - could see the past, present and future. 1000 sp
- Unbreakable Body - a physique that could outmatch the body of the gods in defensive capabilities. 1000 sp
- Heaven Divide - this ability could grant you clones that would embody yourself in both mind and ability. (numbers infinite) 1000 sp
- Elemental Dominion - all elements shall follow your will. 1000 sp
- Shattered Image - grants you the skill to copy any technique or natural ability that you see, touch and hear. (This is not limited to animate existences) 1000 sp
“1000 shop points, huh?” I thought.
"Don't tell me I’ve got zero shop points to use?" i asked after knowing the prices.
"Negative, host." it started.
"The Evil God is not an unkind existence, far from that. He’s one who is easily amused and has a bountiful sense of humor." it continued that raised every hair on my body.
THE FUCK!
WHO ARE YOU?
But the words stayed stuck in my throat as if a giant hand perched around it indefinitely.
"You already have starting shop points, host. Look on the lower left portion of the screen." it returned to its usual characterless intonation.
I did that and a surging air from my lungs couldn't help but gush forth.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAA!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"
Wtf.... that teacher killed him??....
It took 3 chapters to find out what the mcs power is...im not having high hopes for this story but I'm gonna drink my drank and keep on reading
His one power is enough to dig his family out of poverty and get a harem. He doesn't really need more powers and items.
His one power is going back on time. Which is not really a good power to him considering that he has no status, no money, and no abilities at all. Even if he can go back on time he needs an ability that helps him achieve his goals. Respawning is just a last resort skill.
@GhostKiller Even though he can get free money off the stock market? He can also predict so many future events. It's a really useful and even broken skill by itself. If the MC is too stupid to make full use of it then he needs other powers.
@CashewFarmer This is a fantasy setting with magic, where he can die without even realizing it. Even if he manages to gain money, someone could just kill him and take the money from him. Even if he contracts bodyguards how do you know that the body guard won't kill him to steal his fortune? My point is that he can revive as many times as he wants, but unless he has the strength to protect himself then he will just keep on dying over and over. Especially since he's just a poor commoner, which means that anyone could kill him and no one would care. His family would care, but they don't have the power to do anything about it.
@GhostKiller It is more interesting the more of an underdog the MC is. In the beginning I never got the impression that it had a fantasy setting, I thought it was a regular modern day setting. I thought the story would turn out like Re:Zero before he got his second power.
@CashewFarmer The moment I see a system I just immediately think of fantasy. It may be modern or high fantasy, but most novels with Systems are fantasy (key word here: most)
@CashewFarmer It's more interesting with an underdog MC yes, but also i think is harder to write, i prefer a good story with OP MC than an bad story with a normal one. I think the author just need to write what he is confortable with.
Edit: Of course, if the author wants to challenge himself, writing outside his confort zone is a must. But i don't know him, so i just want to get him confortable writing first.