Chapter 1: The Man and The Spirits
Feeling the refreshing wind pass through him, a skinny young man with porcelain skin and blond spiky hair was standing on top of a leafy house, looking at a dark blue lake from afar.
But that's only under the assumption of the people walking by; they didn't think the young Liam HeartWood right here had a different view from them.
Liam Heartwood, an unknown boy who was discovered inside a hidden cave on the nearby mountain.
When he woke up, he didn't remember who he was, where he was from, or his family. The young boy even forgot his own name, but there's one thing he didn't forget: his age, which the villagers found strange.
In the end, a kind old couple took him in as one of their own and named him Liam HeartWood.
Liam was actually very energetic, intelligent, and very strong, much stronger than those around him, so people usually asked him to help them with certain things or to come with them and hunt some beast.
And each time he accepted it with a kind smile and did it so diligently, the villager slowly started to accept him as one of their own.
That's until after an incident occurred where their house was burned to ash, leading to the death of the two couples that raised him.
Due to grief, the promising boy slowly turned into a skinny man as he wandered around the village and used whatever money remained from the couple to sustain himself through the day.
The villagers pity the man and so many reach out for him for help but he refused and kept on wandering around the village; sometimes they spot him on the rooftop of a house, sometimes it would be inside a bush, and sometimes they even spotted him outside the village.
And most of the time they see him, he was sleeping… even inside a chicken hut or near a wolf cave.
There's no place he can't sleep.
So they slowly called him the Sleeping Man, a person who could be found asleep anywhere.
Though right now, they couldn't care less about it, for today is the day when the son and daughter get the chance to become the Spirit Bearer.
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On one morning, just like any other, the sun hung above the sky and shone its brilliance on everything.
Yet on this particular day, all lives heard the sound of the sun roaring like a hungry beast, and then the entire world was shaken, followed up with it were the cries of the sky as it seemed like it had been bitten.
The color of blood slowly dyed the entire sky, and the once brilliant sun had turned to crimson.
But that wasn't all; strange phenomena appeared around the world where motionless objects began to change their form into monstrous things and moved.
One of the laws of the spirit has been broken; spirits are now beyond a concept and have become living beings!
Some are docile; most are not, as they begin to destroy everything they have their sight on and kill all life, almost extinguishing the entire human race.
What's even worse is that there are only about a hundred at that time!
As the end of humanity drew near, a single human managed to find a way to fight back against these spirits by using their own power!
There are two ways to gain their power: one is by forming a contract between the two, and the second is to literally devour them. Whatever path you may choose, after gaining the ability, you will become a Spirit Bearer.
Spirit Bearers are the ones who stand at the top of the food chain; their ability alone is enough for one to dominate over a group of a hundred soldiers, and that's just counting one ability!
Sadly, the chance of becoming one is one in ten, so it's unlikely the small village he's living in has one, but hope remains within the people.
'Spirit Bearer'
Liam once thought that those who gain such a blessing from the spirit are the luckiest of all, since they could live a life without worry and everything was under their grasp.
Oh, how wrong he was, for he is indeed a Spirit Bearer, but right now, his life is full of pain, unnecessary trouble, and turmoil, and worst of all, he is now even more restricted than any human here!
"I cursed this damn system."
He glared at the red screen in front of him with bloodshot eyes.
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| The Path Of Spirit Destroyer |
[Stat]
Title: Blood Axe, Gravemaker.
Age: 18
HP: 100%
Status: Alive
Rank: Apprentice
[Spirits] (7/7)
Spirit Of Conspiracy (True Spirit)
Spirit Of Vision (Great Spirit)
Spirit Of Hardships (Grand Spirit)
Spirit Of Punishments (Avatar Spirit)
Spirit Of Name (Pillar Spirit)
Spirit Of Spark (Fragment Spirit)
Spirit Of Achievement: (Grand Spirit)
[Ability]
Axe Enthusiast: You are the expert on axes.
Rotting: You could cause things to rot faster than they should have.
Fool Deduction: All deductions on you will be misleading.
Alternate Vision: You could see what happened if the other person were in your situation.
Mission: You will be given a mission that, when solved, will give you a reward.
Cycle of Torment: Every week, you will suffer intense pain that may kill you.
System: An All-knowing system is with you.
Title: Your title gives you ability.
[Quest]
| Defeat the Spirit Of SadMan Lake | [WARNING]
Reward: Pain relieved, three points for all stats.
Failure: Double the pain of punishment.
Deadline: two days left
| Defeat the Spirit Of Four Tusk |
Reward: Pain relieved, title: Butcher, five points for all stats.
Failure: Removal of all teeth.
Deadline: Two months left
| Find clues about yourself |
Reward: Restoration of the Spirit Of Spark
Failure: The Destruction of the Spirit Of Spark
Deadline: A year left.