Meanwhile, Fai on the other hand , unaware of all the happenings just kept running.His speed never dropped.His breathing was steady.His eyes were focused.
The three opponents were now only meters away.And at that moment—He activated it.
'System,' he shouted in his mind.
'Activate Auto Fairy Defence skill!!'
The response was immediate.His vision blurred.For a split second it felt like time had slowed down ,Multiple screens appeared .Notifications flooded his sight.
Then, the cold mechanical voice echoed.
[AUTO FAIRY DEFENCE SKILL]
[NUMBER OF USES LEFT = 7>>6]
[HOST ATTRIBUTE STATS ARE TOO LOW]
[THE SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO OPTIMISE STATS TO REQUIRED LEVEL]
[HOST TEMPORAL ATTRIBUTE STATS]
[ATTRIBUTES]
[STRENGTH : 10 >> {20}] (physical power)
[STAMINA : 8 >> {20}] (sustain physical and mental effort)
[SPEED : 8 >> {20}] (how fast body can move)
[AGILITY : 8 >> {20}] (speed, reflexes, evasion)
[ENDURANCE : 8 >> {20}] (resilience and pain tolerance)
[PERCEPTION : 5 >> {20}] (awareness, sensory)
[HP : 23 / 23 >> {40}]
[STATS ARE NOW OPTIMAL]
[SYSTEM WILL NOW TAKE CONTROL OF HOST BODY TO FULLY ACTIVATE THE SKILL]
The next following moment,Fai felt strange,very strange.His consciousness began to slip.But he wasn't fainting.He wasn't collapsing,instead, a warm, addictive sensation spread through him.It felt good,too good.
'What's happening to me?' he thought.No answer came.Slowly, he felt it.His control over his own body was fading.First his fingers.Then his hands.Then his legs.Then his feet.
He could still feel everything.Every nerve.Every muscle.Every heartbeat.
But he couldn't command them anymore.
It was like someone else had taken over.
Like he had become a puppet.A living puppet.
He was still inside his body.Still aware.Still conscious.Yet powerless.It felt unreal.Like a vivid dream.Like a hallucination.watching the world from inside him .
All of this happened in seconds.Then, one final notification appeared.
[THE SKILL AUTO FAIRY DEFENCE HAS NOW BEEN FULLY ACTIVATED]
Now…It was time.
Fai's lips curved slightly in his mind .
'Now… let the fun begin.' he thought.
Since gaining the System, Fai had been accomplishing quest after quest, steadily earning experience points along the way. With each mission he completed, his experience increased, and whenever it reached its limit, he would level up.
Every time that happened, the System rewarded him with useful stat points—points he could distribute however he wished to improve his attributes.
Strength, speed, stamina, agility,each of them mattered in this cruel world. Fai was grateful for the System, because without it he would probably have lost the assessment long ago.
In a world filled with mutants and monsters, an ordinary human like him had little chance of survival. Still, as his numbers grew, he began to understand that attributes alone were not enough. No matter how strong or fast he became, he would never truly survive unless he learned how to fight.
Perhaps the System understood that as well, because it soon granted him his first truly useful skill.
[THE AUTO FAIRY DEFENCE SKILL]
Unlike ordinary abilities, this skill did not simply increase his power. Instead, it took control of the user's body and taught them how to fight by forcing them through real combat. It used experience as its teacher and danger as its classroom.
This was only the first time Fai had ever activated it, and if not for a certain quest, he would never have dared to use it so soon. Even now, he felt nervous about surrendering control to the system, but he had no other choice.
As the skill activated, a strange sensation spread throughout his body. Warmth flowed through his veins, reaching his muscles and bones, filling him with an unfamiliar comfort. His breathing became steady, and his heartbeat slowed into a calm rhythm. For some reason, he felt good—far too good for someone standing in the middle of danger.
"This feeling… for some reason I seem to like it. It's addicting. I wonder if it's normal," he thought.
It was as if some kind of happy hormone was being released inside him, washing away his fear and tension. Even though he knew he could die at any moment, he felt strangely relaxed.
Little by little, he began to lose control of his body. At first, it was barely noticeable—a slight movement of his fingers, a small adjustment of his feet. Then his arms shifted on their own, and his posture changed without his permission. He tried to command himself to move, but his body no longer listened. It was as though someone else had taken control.like he was a puppet.
Then a message appeared before his eyes.
[All Stat Points Temporarily Boosted to 20]
Fai's eyes widened in shock. He could immediately feel the change. His muscles twitched violently as power surged through his body. Strength filled his limbs. Energy rushed through his veins. His bones felt stronger, and his breathing became deeper. His entire body was undergoing countless small changes. Each one was minor on its own, but because they were happening so quickly and in such large numbers, it was impossible not to notice them.
"Man… and here I was thinking this skill only showed me how to fight like a seedling. But this… this is something else entirely," he thought.
The transformation continued until the final message appeared.
[THE SKILL AUTO FAIRY DEFENCE HAS NOW BEEN FULLY ACTIVATED]
From that moment on, Fai felt as though he had become a spectator inside his own body. Everything around him seemed both real and unreal at the same time, like a vivid dream that he could not wake from. He could see, hear, and feel everything clearly, yet he had no control over his actions. It was confusing and unsettling, but he had no choice except to accept it.