Chapter ??? – Dragoneye Mortis 1.1

Whatever Vita expected to be doing this morning, it sure wasn’t hurling head-over-heels through an unknown void. Like getting sucked down a river, she tumbled uncontrollably, no memory of how she got here and no idea where ‘here’ even was. Time seemed to have no meaning here, space was nothing but a force pulling her along. She’d given up struggling, spending her time pulling mana into and out of her soul. What else was there to do? Only when she was unceremoniously dumped into the middle of a field, landing face-first in the grass, did she come back to her senses.

And then the voices start.

[*ding!* Welcome to Pallos!]

[Name: Vita]

[Race: n<=£‡§ô!ã]

[Age: 16]

[Time remaining on System locks: -72,435:53:22]

[*ding!* Congratulations! You’ve survived your early years, and the system is now fully unlocked for you!]

“What? What the fuck?” Vita snapped, jerking her head up and looking around.

“Ooh! We finally caught one!” a sing-song voice announced.

“What is this thing?” another voice grumbled. “You were supposed to get a human!”

“This is a human!”

“I don’t think it is.”

“Who’s there!?” Vita shouted, trying to feel around. But there was nothing. No souls, anywhere. It felt like she was still in the void.

[*ding!* Congratulations! You’ve earned your first class – [Child of Nothing] – Mist]

[Child of Nothing] – A starter class for eÁ*Â>n £ÃûùZ9Ào¡ Aôâ/¥Wà ¼±»ÙBè! +4 Free Stat points per level.

[*ding!* Congratulations! [Child of Nothing] has leveled up to level 1 -> 8! +4 Free Stat points per level from your class, +10 Mana for your race per level, +1 Speed and +1 Dexterity from your element per level!]

[*ding!* Congratulations! You can now advance your class!]

“Class? What’s a class?” Vita growled, standing up to look around. “Who is saying all this? Where am I?”

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Observe]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Identify]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Meditate]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Lying]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Conning]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Stealing]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Walking]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Running]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Climbing]!]

“Ow! Ow, stop dinging!”

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Gymnastics]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Throwing]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Dodging]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Polearms]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Jumping]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Spotting]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Survival]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Knives]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Combat Reflexes]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Poison Resistance]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Pain Resistance]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Food Prep]!]

“What is this? Stop yelling at me!”

“Aww, the poor thing is confused!” the first voice tittered.

“We should probably just choose for her,” the second commented.

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Mood Detection]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Lie Detection]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Food Detection]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Stomach Capacity]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Monster Muncher]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Corruption]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Blasphemy]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Cannibalism]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the General skill [Pedicide]!]

“Pedicide!?” Vita snapped.

“Really? You want that one?” asked the first voice.

“Well, I’m not sure it will come in handy, but if you insist!”

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the Passive skill [Vigilant]!]

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[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the Passive skill [Adaptable]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the Passive skill [Active]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the Passive skill [Learning]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the Passive skill [Loyal]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the Passive skill [Dedicated]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the Passive skill [Intimidating]!]

[*ding!* You’ve unlocked the Passive skill [Cute]!]

[*Error!* SKILL SELECTION OVERRIDE!]

“Right, well, we’re choosing Pedicide… and she’ll probably need Polearms…” the second voice mumbled.

“Stealing!” the first voice insisted. “Stealing is fun!”

“Right, okay, Stealing… probably Survival? Oh, and Loyal, we should make her Loyal.”