Beep. Beep. Beep.
Currently, a teenage boy in hospital robes had his back against the surface of a hospital styled mattress bed , with eyes clearly wide open but evidently murky; a sign of being lost in a daze.
"Tch.." clicking his tongue in what sounded like a frustrated manner, Jedidiah snapped out from his daze as he broke the status of silence in his hospital Ward.
- Exempting the noise coming from the heart monitor of course.
"I was in a coma for an entire seven days?" Jedidiah thought inwardly, still avidly recalling the dialogue he had with the hospital doctor in charge of him, after he woke up from his bizzare comatose state nearly half an hour ago.
The Doctor had naturally been skeptical about his recovery. But even after undergoing several tests, the Doctor couldn't discover anything wrong with him!
However this was besides the point because Jedidiah had more pressing thoughts in his mind. Sensing the cold surface of a particular pendant hanging across his neck caused Jedidiah's lips to curl as excitement flashed across his eyes.
"Alright, close your eyes and follow the pathway of your meridian veins.." after an Elite experienced their "Awakening", the next step they needed to take was exactly this.
By familiarizing themselves with their newly forged meridian veins, Elites would be able to smoothly channel their different types of magic through these meridian veins. And as a bonafide fan of the Elites, Jedidiah was aware of this process; it wasn't like the Elites went out of their ways to conceal this piece of knowledge..
"N--Nothing?!" five minutes later, His expression darkened.
...
"Why isn't it working?!" trying his best to block out the noise the heart monitor was making, Jedidiah tried sensing his meridian veins for the tenth time, only to end up in failure.. yet again!
"I don't get it!" he couldn't help but mumble inwardly in a frustrated manner.
He had his suspicions that his bizzare comatose was linked to the pendant currently hanging across his neck. Not to mention according to the message he got from his family, this pendant was supposed to be the "key"
"Key?! what stupid key!" grabbing the pendant hanging across his neck , he attempted to yank off. Perhaps he was going to sell it at a pawn shop and make a couple bucks.
—[Ping!]
—[System Online!]
"What's this?" Jedidiah's fingers slowly withdrew away from the pendant, his eyes completely transfixed on the two virtual screens floating before his eyes.
"I'm not seeing things now am I?" he unconsciously reached out towards one of the floating screens, only to end up having his hand phase right through it. His actions ended up causing the floating screen to temporarily suffer a glitch.
"Hm? more are popping up?" Jedidiah's brows shot up in intrigue as he noticed a couple new virtual tabs appearing before his eyes.
Naturally, he checked out the first tab;
—[Host Info]
- Name: Jedidiah Kreese
- Title: ???
- Race: Human (???)
- Class: ???
...
"This is just like those progressive RPG video games.." this was Jedidiah first observation as his eyes trailed over to the second tab;
—[Profile I INFO]
Power Level: Lvl 1 (+)
ENG: 100%
STR: 100%
SPD: 100%
AGL: 100%
PHYQ: 100%
INT: 100%
..
"Now this is definitely a video game.." reading the contents of the second tab was like the final nail in the coffin. According to how those video games were played, he could progress his power level by slaying monsters?
However Jedidiah also found this bizzare. Never had he heard of an Elite capable of growing stronger by killing monsters. Although killing Kaiju Beasts has proven to be a lucrative venture over the years, they were not like those monsters in video games, capable of leaving behind "loots" after they were slayed.
Now completely immersed in the new experience, Jedidiah proceeded to read the third tab;
—[PROFILE I COMPREHENSION]
Name: Eternal Muse
Comprehension: Lvl 1 (+)
Core Skills: None
Bloodline Skills: None
Soul Weapon; None
Class: None
...
Just when Jedidiah thought he had finished skimming through all the system tabs, a notification tab popped up that read;
—[Congratulations! Host has received Starters Package!]
—[Starters Package has been opened!]
—[Host has received +10 Ivory tickets!]
..
"Tickets?" reading this notification, a certain suspicion popped into Jedidiah's mind. However he didn't have to mull over it for long because another notification succeeded the one from earlier.
—[System Tidbit 101]
- Tickets are currencies unique only to the system. They are capable of drawing the System inbuilt Lottery. Draw the Lottery and earn rewards!
—[Ping!]
—[New Special Function; Midas Lottery has been added!]
..
Mentally clicking on the newly created system tab, a spin wheel appeared before Jedidiah's eyes and below it was a string of small information.
—[Midas Lottery]
- Silver Ticket: 0
- Gold Ticket: 0
- Diamond Ticket: 0
- Ivory Ticket: 10 (one-time)
..
—[System has automatically induced first lottery spin!]
—[This action costs -1 Ivory Ticket]
..
"This system or whatever it is sure is gutsy.." Jedidiah pursed his lips, his eyes never leaving the spin wheel whose arrow was currently rapidly spinning around.
One of the few things that made Jedidiah's life barely enjoyable was his small collection of video games. Although he wouldn't necessarily go so far as to call himself an avid gamer, Jedidiah was a dabbler. As such he was aware that in some video games especially progressive ones, there were some events that were automatically orchestrated by the game itself. Was this System thingy similar?
"Hm?" however Jedidiah didn't have the luxury of mulling over this question for too long because he noticed the spin wheel arrow beginning to slow down until it eventually landed at a particular section on the spin wheel.