The Forbidden Avorm is one of the highly popular high schools situated in the American metropolis of New York. It is ranked number 1 in the world. There, numerous teenagers of various origins live and study.
In a Forbidden Avorm student dormitory room, Rover is indoors on a chair staring up at a rope with a weary-looking face in his eyes.
Rover, feeling weary, secretly thinks to himself "Is it really my fault to end up like this, why does fate always play me. What did I do to deserve being played to this point? I just want a normal life where I have parents who take care of me and protect me, friends who are always by my side and accompany me, and people who always love me. Is that too much to ask for? Huh., even though I speak halfway to death and curse my fate, nothing will change. I should just finish this and go to sleep for a while."
The focus of Rover comes back on the rope placed before him, he starts grasping the rope and pointing it towards his throat. Just when he is on the verge of taking his life, an unknown voice comes into his mind which surprises Rover and makes him hit the floor very forcibly.
"Hey, you lowly humans. I am 'The Creator' whom you consider as the creator, Lord, and god you seek and worship. For millions of years, I have despised you who curse and hate me when you experience misfortune. I hate you who mock me as if it was all my fault. Therefore, starting now, I will give you a new chance to change. Fight, and work hard to change your lives. Only through that, you can achieve a result and be grateful to me. I await you at the peak of life!"
When the voice ends, Rover's pupils instantly constrict. Time freezes, he can feel the entire world slowing down within the blink of an eye. Time has come to a halt, and some countdown begins reverberating inside his head.
"5
"4
"3
"2
"1
After the countdown ends, he takes a deep breath as if he had run out of breath from the strange situation.
After he remains immobile for some time, he starts looking left and right and sees some objects and furniture around him. It makes him be sure that the strange episode that happened just a few minutes ago was real.
[The destiny trace has been inscribed on the earth planet. Now the Event will be carried out as determined. And to obtain information concerning yourself, the status window can be observed]
{Status}
[Name: Rover Aver]
[ Age: 17 ] [ Sex: Male ]
[ Race: Human ] [ Level: 0 ]
[ Occupation: None ] [ None ]
[ Fatigue: 02% ]
[ Mana Points remaining: 110/110 ]
[ Strenght: 20 (10) Vitality: 17 (10) ]
Agility: 16 (10) Sense: 14 (10)
[ Stamina: 18 (10) Magic: 11 (10) ]
[ Attribute point: 0 ]
[ Skill: None ]
From the figures in the brackets, which show the state of a normal individual, it is clear that the state of Rover's body is over that of a normal human being. And that is well understandable, given that Rover lived in a slum condition prior to the time he was picked up and taken care of by his stepmother 3 years ago. Hence it is clear that he needed to be strong initially so that he could manage to live within that slum condition.
"Magic?" He gazed at the word magic curiously. He once had a novel on magic as a gift from his mother a month prior. And spotting magic in the qualities, got him more than just a little excited to learn it.
However, he could not proceed further on that because he heard some terrible screams coming from the outside, which made the body of Rover instantly tense up and glance at the window to evaluate the conditions. Out there, the world that he once knew had been annihilated. And it was no longer the same thing that he had observed some time ago.
There were people moving around frantically, crying out for help hoping that they could get the help of the others and get away from the chaos that was unfolding. But the thing that terrified the most were the people who had transformed into other beasts and were feeding on the people around them like starving monsters.
"Mommy, where are you?"
There was one toddler screaming and crying for rescue in the chaos. Rover came to the rescue, but it came a bit late. Hordes of zombies just kept pouring in on all sides and began to surround the child, and soon they were brutally tearing and biting every limb of the child's body.
There was the freshest blood coming out of the child's body and the zombies were ripping apart and eating the insides of the child greedily.
Rover's eyes widened instantly and shook severely upon seeing such a horrific scene. Though he had witnessed numerous humans killed in a devastating condition within the slum surroundings, it could not have been worse than the one he had just seen.
Rover's body trembled greatly for some time before he stabilized and went back to normal as he began to calm down not to succumb to the same fate like the child.
As he remained observing the world outside, a strange voice came into his ears that caused Rover to involuntarily glance in the direction the voice came from.
A dragonfly of the size of a human head was flying towards a horde of zombies gathering around the dormitory. The zombies could not move faster than the dragonfly after the legs quickly chopped the zombies' heads and exposed their brains.
After opening all the heads of the zombie group, the dragonfly greedily took their brains and ate them quickly.
There was rapid growth in its body after consuming that disgusting stuff.
After having consumed it all, it looked around the whole room inside the dormitory and saw Rover looking at it.
Quickly, the dragonfly shot towards him at an unpredictable speed. In the blink of an eye, the dragonfly was already in front of him and aimed its front legs, full of sharp thorns, towards him.
Rover, in a complex situation, immediately moved instinctively. Rover slid under the table to avoid the dragonfly's attack.
The dragonfly that flew directly at Rover, got instantly jammed since one of its legs got stuck on the wooden table that Rover went past.
Not wanting to squander the chance, Rover quickly took the knife on the table and started to get up and pierce the dragonfly on the head.
The mutated being attempted to defend against the blow of Rover, but it came too soon. Its mind instantly faded away like a fleeting breath, leaving its body fallen flat on the pile of broken wooden tables.
A non-physical energy suddenly entered Rover's frame, causing him to warm up for a short period of time.
[ You have attained the very soul of the Fly Thorn level 11, Agility +5 Strength +3, Magic +4]
[ You have leveled up to level 1 ]
[ You have advanced to level 2 ]
[ You have leveled up to level 3 ]
"Wait, what is that?" Rover noticed an old paper that had a gray aura surrounding it. Upon ingestion of it, a notification message immediately appeared in front of him.
[ Blink (Classification: Ability ) (Sequence 1) Grade 8: Teleport yourself within a 10-meter range as needed. It can be used as long as the supply of mana exists ]
[ You want to learn it? ]
[ Yes/No ]