A voice rung loudly in his head, loud enough that it hurt. He covered his ears immediately, trying to relieve the pressure.
He turned and rolled on the ground, his ears bleeding in from the frequency.
" Ahhhhh!! Too loud, shut up, shut up!!!", he demanded, gritting his teeth hard.
And then it went silent, the voice in his head gone, the only thing left a loud ringing.
Gray layed there, the sand beneath uncomfortable, then it registered to him. He was butt ass naked, completely bare.
He sat up, trying to get his bearing, everything was still a confusing, blurry mess. He stood up but fell back down again, his legs weak.
Then it appeared again, the blue scream from before appearing, it glitched and twitched , as if it was alive.
"What the heck is this thing?". He said, trying to touch the screen but his hand passed through, it wasn't solid , more digital than anything.
A message flickered over the screen, text old and fading somehow.
[WELCOME GRAY GALAXY, DO YOU ACCEPT TO BEGIN?]
[YES? ] That's all there was, no yeah or nah, just one answer, YES?.
There was no choice, he had to accept, their was no other way.
With a loud sigh of annoyance, Gray punched the button, putting all his force Into it.
'This is absolute bullshit, pure fucking shit!' he thought to himself, laying back onto the sand, the cool breeze making him flinch.
He looked up to see the screen pulse and twitch, then it shattered and then rebuilt itself.
[THANK YOU ACCEPTING THE...THE GAME, NOW PLEASE....PLE.....PLEASE...ERROR!!! ERROR!!]
The screen had blurted loudly, glitching even more.
[PLAYER NOT REGISTERED UNDER DATABASE, FORCE SELECTION ACTIVATED....]
[YOU HAVE TEN SECONDS TO CHOOSE THE FOLLOWING.....YOU TIME BEGINS NOW!!]
The voice from the screen spoke in a glitched out tone flashing multiple times.
Gray was in shock, he was still trying to understand what had just happened but now he has less time to choose this.
[TEN.....NINE....]
The options on the screen blurred before him.
[SKILL, SPECIES, MAGIC TYPE]
The rest where pre-chosen for him .
[SIX .....FIVE .....FOUR....]
It continued counting down, Gray didn't have anytime to do anything, all he could do was watch.
[THREE ....TWO...ONE.... BUZZ]
The screen blurred, and pulsed before stabilizing.
[PLAYER HAS FAILED ASSIGNMENT, AUTO-SELECTION ENABLED.. LOADING..... LOADING... COMPLETE. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN TAKEN]
NAME : GRAY GALAXY
AGE : 20
SEX : MALE
HEIGHT : 168CM
MANA : LOW
MAGIC : EVOLVE
VITALITY: 18/20
DURABILITY: 13/16
STAMINA: 10/14
ENDURANCE: 9/10
INTELLIGENCE: 20
RANK : D
UPGRADES : NONE
LEVEL : 1
...OBJECTIVES
1. SURVIVE
2. FIND A MATE/LIFE PARTNER.
3. EVOLVE!!
GOOD LUCK!!
With that, the system disappeared before him, leaving behind only a pair of ragged clothes and a knife.
Gray just there frozen and confused, nothing makes sense anymore. He wants to cry and scream, but he can't.
Tears fall down his face, he doesn't want to be here.
He slowly picks up the dusty rags, putting them on, they feel itchy and uncomfortable but it's better than nothing.
He picks up the small knife and looks at it, multiple thoughts flowing through his head.
He looks back, seeing the dense forest , with a sigh and little to no confidence, he starts walking into the unknown.
The forest was quiet, so quiet he could hear his foot steps, we walked like a man without a way.
He just looked down, his feet sinking into the soft forest ground. His thoughts kept remembering what the system had said .
'Survive, Evolve, Find a ... Mate????. What is this some kind of freaky Pokemon game??' he thought to himself.
He looked at his knife again, his reflection shinning in the moon light.
He looked at his features intensely, then he noticed that his hair is now white, and he has better vision.
"Huh, I never noticed this, I guess I was just preoccupied with..... everything....."
He said to himself, more of a whisper that a sentence.
The leaves flustered as the wind blow, scattering most of the leaves on the forest floor.
He looked up, looking directly at the moon, it was bright, pure white, the sky was different from the one back home.
He smiled slightly, the cool breeze feeling good on his skin. But then something moved through the trees, it's huge shadow covering the forest.
'Oh shit, what the hell was that???' he thought in a panicked tone.
He started sweating, his knees shaking and his hands trembling. He tired to step back but he couldn't.
He could feel his heart beat in his ears, the sound intense. He started running, forward, the forest seemed to close in on him.
As he ran, something started chasing him. The faster he ran, the faster it chased him.
He ran as fast as he could, but then he tripped, rolling on the ground hard. He got up nose bleeding, he tried to get up but felt a intense pain shoot through his body.
He looked down and noticed his right leg was broken, he wanted to pass out from the pain but he couldn't.
"Shit when did this..... Fucking happen...." His words where cut short, as a huge figure loomed over him.
Gray looked up slowly, feeling all the blood drain from his body. His breathing increased, his heart beat as max, every sense dulled and returned instantly.
There looming before him was a Cerberus, all three head looking right at him, it gritted all the teeth in all three heads, the shone In the moon light.
The system reappeared before him, glitching more violently and dimly, Gray slowly turned his head towards it.
It blinked rapidly before him.
VITALITY : 6/20
DURABILITY: 7/16
STAMINA: 0/14
ENDURANCE: 1/10
[CAUTION: PLAYER IN CRITICAL CONDITION. NEW TASK ... SURVIVE!]
Then it disappeared, again he was alone, barely hanging on to life.
"What .....what the hell, S.... Survive!!, are you kidding me, how the hell am I supposed to do that!!!!"
He screamed loudly, his anger and annoyance etched in his voice.
The beast in front of him lashed out and grabbed him with its mouth, bitting into his flesh as it tore through him and tossing him away.
He bounced against the trees hard and fast, slamming against most of the forest.
He layed in a pool of blood, struggling to breathe, he couldn't feel both his arms and his left leg.
His vision blurred, he started going going, all the warm leaving, he knew this feeling all too well, he was dying..... again.
He slowly closed his eyes, accepting his fate, this time whole heartedly.
The blood started flooding his lungs, slowly choking him.
He stopped moving, completely still and motionless.
[CONGRATULATIONS, PLAYER HAS SURVIVED FIRST BATTLE.... HEALING PLAYER NOW.... COMPLETE]
Gray gasped as the breathe returned to his damaged lungs.
[REVIVING PLAYER NOW. ..... .. COMPLETE]
CONGRATULATIONS, STATS HAVE INCREASED.
VITALITY: 20/22
STAMINA: 17/18
ENDURANCE: 22/23
DURABILITY: 20/20
LEVEL : 1
SKILLS : NONE
YOU ARE NOW ELIGIBLE TO ... GLITCH....ERROR!!....ERROR!! ANOMALY DETECTED... BEGINNING TELEPORTION OF PLAYER ]
[THREE...TWO.....ONE .....ZERO]
"You have to be fuc ....." He tried to say but it was too late.
FLASH, POOF!