Chapter 2
Guardian?...Aren't you a System?
According to Mayans , the world was prophesied to end in 2012, some fanatics believed that the Apocalypse would be The Judgement day of Humans where sinful would be cast to hell, while the faithful and virtuous would receive a place in heaven.
Sumit's POV:
"Even though I am not an atheist, I never believed in the end of the world."
"But what I am seeing right now is making me question everything about my life"
In front of Sumit's eyes a hologram appeared, any avid manga or webnovel reader could immediately recognize it.
"A system?!" in a bewildered tone Sumit spoke to himself.
"No, I am not a system , but I am what you humans refer to as Guardian Angel." a robotic voice directly chimed into Sumit's mind.
"But , No matter how I look at you. You are a system." Sumit still not convinced replied.
The voice replied, "Let me breakdown this in simple terms for you. At birth every human in this world was assigned a Guardian angel. But due to lack of connection with the Cosmic ocean , we were always dormant."
Sumit nodded in understanding.
The voice continued, "Since we don't have a physical form , we remained trapped in the spirits of human, but now with the presence of Mana energy we can finally manifest ourselves."
"So let me guess, every Guardian manifest itself according to the user's spirit?" Sumit asked.
"Yes you are right. Also—" , before it could continue Sumit's eyes wandered towards the edge of the terrace.
Walking out from behind a water tank was a dog . No.. , calling it a dog would be an understatement, because the supposed dog looked like a creature from hell.
"What the hell is that ?" spoke Sumit in a hushed voice while staring at the dog-like creature.
As if responding to his question…
[Initializing System…. 5%..15%....45%.....99%.... Initialization Complete]
[Identification Module functional]
[Identification complete]
[A Puppy that mutated to lesser Hell Hound
Level 2
Remark: "Good luck host. It was nice meeting you"]
After the Guardian finished it's analysis Sumit was at a loss of words.
"First of all… If that's a Puppy, then what would a dog be?!!"
Looking at the "puppy" which was almost upto the height of his waist, Sumit screamed in his mind.
"And… What do you mean by good luck?! , weren't you supposed to be my Guardian angel?"
Before any reply could be made, the mutated Lesser Hell hound sprinted and closed the distance.
With it's maw open ,revealing rows of razor sharp teeth , the hound jumped with the aim of biting Sumit's neck.
The fact that it was 6 pm did not help Sumit as in the pitch black darkness he could not see the hound clearly.
But still he was able to narrowly dodge the hound's attack , by rolling over to the side.
"Close one…" murmured Sumit.
"Based on this exchange, I can see that it's speed is only comparable to a normal adult dog." Thought Sumit.
"I told those guys to not raise dogs in the dorm secretly." sighed Sumit.
As Sumit readjust himself, he picked up an iron rod lying on the terrace.
"At least , I have a weapon now." Looking at the rod his hand Sumit thought of the time when the dormitory was being renovated.
As the dog and the man started circling each other, Sumit let go of all thoughts in his mind and his focus was pin pointed on the creature in front of him.
Suddenly both charged towards each other and Sumit swung the rod horizontally at the dog that jumped again.
"TAKE THIS !!!" following which a cracking sound was heard.
The hound whispered but Sumit's hand was damaged too.
"Argh! It's skin is too hard." But this did not stop Sumit from attacking it.
But this time the hound caught the rod in its Jaws.
"Let go! You mutt." Sumit screamed and kicked the hound at its head.
This caused the hound to lose the rod and Sumit pulled back.
"Mother***" looking at the now half bitten rod Sumit could not help but curse out loud.
He thanked himself that he did not rashly fought barehanded.
Suddenly an idea came into Sumit's mind.
Sumit again charged towards the hound and this time let the rod be caught on purpose by the hound.
After twisting the rod it broke into two halves and Sumit made sure the other half in his hands was sharp enough.
"DIE NOW!!!" with a final scream Sumit directly pierced the rod into the hounds forehead.
Despite the mutations the rod was able to pierce it's brain ending it's life.
With this Sumit collapsed on the ground panting heavily.
As the adrenaline left his body. He could finally feel pain.
"Argh! That thing really did a number on me." Sumit said after looking at the scratches on his forearm.
" I should get a rabies vaccine as soon as possible."
["Yes, you really should and within 24 hours."] the system returned again.
"And who are you?" Sumit asked sarcastically.
["Don't be angry host. I cannot interfere with your battles. But it's not my fault because I am a manifestation of your spirit itself."] system replied.
"Host?" I guess you have adjusted to your identity as a system huh ?"
[DING! YOU HAVE DEFEATED A LESSER HELL HOUND LEVEL 2]
[CALCULATING REWARDS…]
[YOU HAVE BEEN REWARDED + 100 EXP]
[CONGRATULATIONS FOR LEVELING UP]
[LEVEL 0 (0/10)>>>LEVEL 1(90/100)]
[BONUS EXP WAS GIVEN DUE TO DIFFICULTY]
[FOR LEVELING UP YOU RECEIVE 2 FREE ATTRIBUTE POINTS]
[TO CHECK OUT YOUR CURRENT STATS CALL OUT "STATUS"]
As the familiar cliché notification flashed in front of his eyes Sumit sighed and called out .
"Status"