Ash barely managed to win the great battle against Garuda's group. However, what happened next surprises the hell out of him.
[Ding! 15x]
The system's notification rang through Ash's brain.
"Urgh! Could you please lower that notification noise? It's so loud."
[!!!]
"Oh, are you mad because I don't want to hear any noise at the moment? Just so you know, if you haven't seen it, I fought 9 guys and almost got myself killed. And for the record, you said you will guide me through this life but you didn't even bother to help me during the fight! So I'm sorry for wanting some silence for a while, okay? A little consideration will be a great help. Thank you!"
Ash snapped at the system because of his frustrations.
[...]
The system chose not to rebat Ash's argument, as it could understand where Ash was coming from.
"What are those notifications, anyway? Why are there so many? And why am I only receiving this now, when there is a lot of time earlier?"
Panting after yelling at the system, Ash reviewed what the notifications was all about.
[The system hanged a bit because of so many notifications arrived at the same time. I would like to apologize if it took too long, but I promise to be on time next time.]
"Sigh. On the bright side, I don't think the notification being on time can help me win against their group. I might end up dead because of it, as I can get distracted so easily. Notifying me after the battle, works better than notifying me on time. So, next time please do the same."
[Affirmative.]
Ash opens up the notification tab inside the system.
*Congratulations for slaying your first Basic Rank enemy. 200 points and 100 Exp. added successfully.*
*You killed Basic Rank enemy. 100 points and 50 Exp. added successfully.*
*You killed Basic Rank enemy. 100 points and 50 Exp. added successfully.*
*You killed Basic Rank enemy. 100 points and 50 Exp. added successfully.*
*You killed Basic Rank enemy. 100 points and 50 Exp. added successfully.*
*You killed Basic Rank enemy. 100 points and 50 Exp. added successfully.*
*You killed Basic Rank enemy. 100 points and 50 Exp. added successfully.*
*Congratulations for slaying your first Advance Rank enemy. 2,000 points and 1,000 Exp. added successfully.*
*You killed an Advance Rank enemy. 1,000 points added successfully.*
*Congratulations for using the System's Healing Program at below 5% Hp. 10,000 points added successfully.*
*Total points accumulated: 13,800 points.*
[Current Points Available: 13,899 (+13,800) Pts.]
*Total Exp. accumulated: 1,350 Exp.*
*Leveling up 12x*
*Congratulations! You reach level 10. 5,000 points will be added to the accumulated points.*
[Current Points Available: 18,899 (+5,000) Pts.]
Ash's jaw dropped to the floor after reading all the notifications in the system.
"How… how did this happen? I… I thought… well, I guess I'm rich. Although it's a shame that two of them got away but at least I had receive more points than I expected. Open system overview."
[Opening System Overview.]
[System Overview]
*Name: Ash Magnus*
*Level: 13 (↑12)*
*Level-up Meter: 150/200*
*Age: 15 years old*
*Gender: Male*
*Height: 5' 7"*
*Weight: 110 lbs*
*Blood Line: ???*
*Title: Weakest Beggar (+5 STR)*
*Current Points Available: 18,899 Pts.*
*HEALTH POINTS: 100/100*
*STRENGHT: 26 (↑12) (+5) (+4)*
*AGILITY: 23 (↑12) (+6) *
*ARMOR: 17 (↑12) (+2)*
*MANA: 23 (↑12) (+1)*
*INTELLEGENCE: 100 (↑1) *
*AVAILABLE LEVEL UP POINTS: 12 (+12)*
"There are a lot of numbers added to my stats. Hey system, can I ask what are all those numbers meant?"
[…]
"What? You're not going to explain it? How useless can you be?"
[Those numbers are already self-explanatory. It's not the system's fault that the user is dumb.]
"Ha! Then explain to this dumb user what those numbers meant because he wants to understand it! Even just a little like the numbers with arrow."
[The numbers with an arrow means that your base stats was increased by how much points added to your level up points. Since you receive 12 level up points, your base stats was raised by the same points as well.]
"Then why is my INTELLEGENCE raised only by one point?"
[INTELLEGENCE can only be raised by 1 in every 10 level up points. If the user receives more than 10 level up points in a single event, the remainder will be stock until it reaches 10.]
"What would happen if I use my level up points to my INTELLIGENCE? Would that affect the stocked points as well?"
[…]
"Wha…! Alright, I'm dumb! Just explain it to me already."
[The user's INTELLEGENCE level will increase, but it won't affect the stocked remainder points since the added level is a whole number and the remainder is just a fraction.]
"Okay! Gosh! You don't have to over-explain that last part!"
[Do you have more questions that could be figured out by common sense?]
"I don't understand the MANA part, why did you add another one point?"
[Now that's a question. The (+1) actually came from the INTELLEGENCE. Every time your INTELLEGENCE gone up, your MANA will be raised by the same points.]
"Ohh, now that make sense."
[Do you have more useless questions? Feel free to ask.]
"You know what? F*ck you! And why don't you shut up for just a bit!?"
[…]
"Hmm, that's what I call peace."
[…]
"Now, how do I practically spend all these points?"
Ash sat down near the dead bodies as he scan through the items available in the system's shop, when suddenly more people came into the alley.
"That's him! That's the one who killed Garuda!"
The other two members of Garuda's group who Ash let go, came back with more than fifty people.
"Hey kid! I apologize for disturbing you, I am Nathan Groques, the vice-captain of Garuda's group. As much as I'd like to kill you this instant because of the sight I was witnessing right now, I still want to ask you the question in order for us to have a clarity and you could clear your name before we kill you. Were you the one who killed these people?"
Nathan unsheathed his katana, preparing to slice Ash if he answered wrong.
"I was just protecting myself, that's all."
Ash replied as he slowly stands up from sitting.
"Ohh, so you're just protecting yourself huh? Okay, I apologize for what our leader did to you."
Nathan slowly walked back to the group, as if he was letting Ash off the hook.
However, Nathan stopped from walking and turned back to face Ash.
"Is that what you're expecting me to say? You massacred all these people and you think I would let you off the hook!? Everyone, you know what to do!"
Nathan raised his katana, pointing to Ash and everyone started to run towards Ash with their weapons drawn.
"Damn it! Why does the owner of this body had so many enemies? And how should I face these many enemies, all by myself?"
Ash didn't have enough time to think for a plan as his enemies were already in front of him, swinging their weapons, aiming at his head.
"I just wanted to be at peace for a moment, but I don't think this was it."
Ash dashed forward, slashing all his enemies in their vital points.
Since the alley was narrow, Ash has more advantage as his enemies couldn't move properly. Every slash he made, a body would fall down to the ground dead.
[Ding! 5x]
"And, yes of course, how could I forget this system's annoying notification!"
[!!!]
"Ah please! Don't be mad, I was having a hard time here, and we already talked about it. Why don't you help me instead of getting mad for no reason?"
[Do you want to use your 30 seconds free trial for autopilot?]
"Autopilot? I have that kind of ability? Why haven't you said anything earlier?"
[The user didn't ask for anything earlier.]
"Urgh! Whatever, Activate Autopilot!"
[Activating Autopilot Free Trial.]
Ash stopped moving but he could see all that's happening in front of him.
"Everyone! He seem to stop moving, cut his head off, now!"
The enemies seized the opportunity when they saw that Ash was just standing and wasn't moving.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing!? Shall I deactivate this B.S ability?"
Ash was actually in a panic when he saw that all the enemies' weapon was about to land on his head.
Ash thought that it was already too late, even if he deactivate the autopilot he would still be hit by the weapons. However, what happened next blew his mind.
[Autopilot Activated - Dance of the Empty Void.]
Ash's body move swiftly and gracefully, cutting every head that was on his way.
"Wha… How!?"
Flabbergasted by the turn of events, Ash couldn't contain his happiness.
"HAHA! Go on, end their lives!"
[Ding! 15x]
…
[Ding! 18x]
…
[Ding! 25x]
"Wow! How can I move like this? You know what? I'm actually glad that you weren't so useless after all."
[Autopilot time remaining: 10 seconds.]
"What? 10 seconds remaining? How can it end so soon? How can you give me an awesome ability that can only be used for such a small amount of time!?"
[Autopilot time remaining: 5 seconds.]
[Ding! 33x]
[Autopilot time remaining: 4 seconds.]
[Ding! 34x]
[Autopilot time remaining: 3 seconds.]
[Ding! 35x]
[Autopilot time remaining: 2 seconds.]
[Ding! 36x]
[Autopilot time remaining: 1 seconds.]
[Ding! 37x]
[Autopilot Free Trial Ended.]
Ash came back to his body, and can finally move it by himself.
Seeing Nathan's katana slashing towards this face, Ash jumps backwards, managing to avoid the attack.
"How dare you! You did not only kill our leader, but you're trying to massacre all his members as well!"
Nathan raised his katana above his head and made a slicing move downwards.
Ash noticed it and thought that Nathan made an awkward move like Garuda did. That's when he realized about the wind blade, so he jumped to the side in order to avoid the attack.
"Ho… how? How did you know my attack?"
Nathan was so shock about what Ash just did.
"Simple. Garuda made the same awkward move earlier, so I figured that maybe you are doing the same thing he did."
Ash raised his dagger, pointing to Nathan's face.
"I'll give you one last chance to stop bothering me. If you can do that, I will spare your lives."
Ash gazed his enemies with a menacing look.
Due to his fear in following Garuda to the next life, Nathan dropped his weapon and went on his knees to apologize to Ash.
-End of Chapter-