"Cold winds swept across the shattered plains of Floor 1, dragging silence with them."
Hmm... What was that just now?
(while remembering the fight with bonejack) I killed that by casting a healing spell? That's different from what I had heard before. I heard people saying that healing helps with recovery but, I have never heard it can deal damage.
Let's check the status window.
[Status Update]
• Name: Kaien Rook
• Class: Healer (Sync Error)
• Level: 2
• Title: The Misaligned
• New Trait Detected: [Sanctioned Error]
• Sync Rate: 5.3%
Wow!
My status window got updated. Now, I am Level 2. I even earned a title 'The Misaligned'. Let's see what the description says.
Title Acquired: The Misaligned (Rare)
"You were never meant to walk this path—yet you walk it anyway.
The system cannot comprehend your existence, but the world will remember your error."
Classification: Glitched / Error-Blessed
Effect:
+5% Damage to Undead and System-Corrupted entities Increases Skill Mutation Chance by 12% Enables hidden [Desync] dialogue options with certain NPCs Grants passive resistance to system anomalies
A rare title on the first level up. Great! (happy)
With this title equipped, I can deal 5% additional damage to undead entities.
It will also help me with hidden dialogues with NPCs?
Will there be hidden dialogues specifically for me?
Well, let's stop thinking about that for now, and better pay attention what's infront of me.
After killing the Bonejack, it dropped two items:
First, a Fractured Bonejack core, which is a junk so I will just throw it away.
Second, the jagged sword it was carrying.
Rusted Jagged Sword
Durability: 9/40
Ahh... Finally, something I can use to defend myself. Although, it doesn't have that much durability, I can still use it for the time-being.
What does 'Touch of Restoration' do?
[Touch of Restoration Lv.1]
Base Effect: Heals 20 HP
Current Output: Reversed (Deals 20 Magic Damage)
Inversion Trigger: Passive [Invert Output]
Mutation Potential: HIGH
According to this, 'Touch of Restoration' deals damage because of this bugged passive, 'Invert Output'.
Mutation Potential is high?
Whatever that means. Probably nothing good.
Okay, so... I'm not a healer. I'm a damager dressed up in support gear. Which might be fine, if I wasn't built like wet paper.
As I don't know which way to go, I might as well walk towards the direction where the Bonejack came from.
(while walking)
Maybe there are more of them. Maybe there is a shelter. Maybe there is a chest, or even a damn apple. Anything but this hollow field of nothingness.
I swear if I don't find anything in the next few hours, I am reporting this mess after I log out. And I will leave a bad review. Scamming me of my money, damn it.
[System Alert]
New Zone Discovered: Cradle of Glitches
Environmental Status: Stable (Unverified)
Possible Event Trigger: [Active Scans]
Security Level: -5
Warning: This area has not been debugged by system.
(confused) …Security level negative five? What kind of game is this?
Suddenly, static filled noise like radio static wrapped in whispers.
(spun around and saw nothing)
Then—
BOOM
"A pulse of blue light cracked through the air, followed by a thin wire of code that snapped like lightning and vanished"
My gut says I should run. But I've got nowhere to go.
(crouched low and fingers wrapping tight around the chipped blade) "What was that?"
(Inner thought) Wait, no monsters. No mobs. No terrain interaction. And now I find a zone that literally says it hasn't been debugged?
(Whispering) This isn't just a glitchy game.
This place is... abandoned. Like the devs gave up halfway through.