SWNOVELXO Chapter 17: 12- nightmare and origin
"Heh, still just as pathetic as before. What did you achieve from this? You will never be able to defeat me."
The transfer student said to hiro who was on the ground, looking up at him.
'How? How did I lose? I-I should be stronger than him by now!?'
Hiro raged in his head, trying to make sense of the situation. He doesn't remember how he got there, what happened?
In a desperate attempt, he tried to [mind's gaze] to see his profile but...
[Evaluation failed.]
Hiro's eyes widen at the results, his mind trying to understand what he just saw.
"What...?"
"What? Did Your little toy not work?"
The transfer student said, making Hiro's eyes open to the size of saucers.
'H-how does he know about the system?! N-no, I must be overthinking. Yeah, that's right. There's no way-'
"-that he knows about the system."
Hiro's thoughts were completed by the transfer student who had a copy smirk on his face.
"What? Did you think having something like that will make you stronger than me? You'll always be nothing but a pathetic loser."
He said as sounds and words started to ringing around him.
"Useless person"
"Weak trash like you can never defeat him"
"You're just a defective piece, no one will care if you die"
"I wish I had married a superior man instead of your defective father."
"Useless"
"UselesS"
"UselESS!"
"USELESS!!!"
"USELESS!!!!"
"USELESS!!!!"
"USELESS!!!!!"
"SHUT UP!!!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!"
Hiro yelled while covering his ears, trying to drown out the voice but to no avail.
As he beginning to breakdown from the continuous voices, they....stopped.
Hiro removed his hands from his and looked up seeing kokujin frozen in mid laugh as if the time had stopped.
"Did you forget what I told you my boy?"
Hiro's eyes open wide as his head snapped in the direction of the voice.
What he saw sent chills down his spine. A tall figure that used to be his aspiration, those broad shoulders that shielded him from the world.
But there were differences. He looked healthier, his body more muscular and robust with longer hair tied behind his head.
It was gin mori, hiro's biological father. But Hiro knew, that the walking towards him wasn't his father.
The kind smile that he always had was twisted into psychotic grin and his were reversed with silver veins pulsing with madness.
"If things get out of hand"
The supposed gin continued, walking past him and standing next to the transfer student.
"And you can't handle it civilly."
His stand hand raised up and grabbed the foreigner's face and turned to look at hiro, his smile growing larger.
"THEN JUST KILL THEM ALL!!!!"
CRUNCH!
SPLAT!
With just a little force, the transfer student's head exploded like a watermelon.
*huff* *huff*
Hiro stared at the eye that rolled near him, filled with confusion.
That was the last straw as he jolt awake panting heavily, his blanket soaked in sweat as he tried to comprehend what was happening.
'A-a dr-dream... I-it was a d-dream. Y-yeah, Just a dream.'
Just for confirmation, he opened his status and sighed in relief.
[Name: Hiro yamazaki
LV: 24(1209/2400)
Title: Holy spawn
Origin: ---
Age:16
HP: 4170/4170
MP: 1,210/1,210
STR:95(+)
SPD:108 (+)
END:120 (+)
SEN:121 (+)
INT:121 (+)
Grade: Awakened
Enchantment token: +2 rare ,+11 uncommon, +19 common
Experience token: 9 uncommon
Awakening token: 0
Fortune token: 3
Rejuvenation token: 0
Credits: 20,950 ]
As he went through the status he noticed something he hadn't touched before.
[Origin: -- ]
Hiroki clicked and large panel opened up with various choices.
[Select Origin: ]
[Yamazaki: the blood of onis flows in your veins, giving you a unimaginable strength and a almost undestructable body.
Effect:
+2 STR upon leveling up
+3 END upon leveling up
Skill [Black bones]
Doubles END
Inherited from: Gin yamazaki ]
[Park: the talent of imitation is the most basic ability provided by this bloodline, but that's not all it provides.
Effects:
+3 SPD upon leveling up
+3 SEN upon leveling up
Skill [Water body]
Doubles SEN
Inherited from: Gin yamazaki ]
[Lee: a bloodline that is distantly related to the park bloodline, the blood has a mystical property that links them to the world's essence itself.
Effect:
+3 INT upon leveling up
+2 SEN upon leveling up
Skill [Essence fortification]
Doubles INT
Inherited from: Gin yamazaki ]
[Honami: a mediocre bloodline that does not possess much potential for growth, mixing with other bloodlines only weakens them.
Effect:
Skill [Absolute mediocrity]
Inherited from: kaede honami ]
"Well.... this is hard. All of These are great, except for the last one. Which makes it even more difficult."
Hiro thought, going through the options and calculating their merits and demerits.
'Yamazaki bloodline is a great choice as it provides higher defense and strength but it will completely ruin my current fighting style.'
He determined. His current fighting style depended more on speed and inertia like a assassin, but if he chose this he'll turn into a tank instead.
'Park bloodline is the best suited one for my current fighting style but it doesn't really seem much different from what I already have.'
He thought, reluctantly scrolling down so he can thoroughly understand the final option.
'This is by far the most interesting option of the three, it's related to the world's essence which means it can benefit my trait and stat exclusive skill.'
With the checking out of the way, it was time brain storm.
xxxxx
'Can't believe I spent the whole night thinking but still couldn't decide. Man, lets Just leave it as it is for the time being.'
Hiro thought as he continued to jog around the compound, kids from the clan joining in as well.
He completed his daily quest which had gotten more difficult than before but it was still easier than what gun put him through.
He returned to his glanced at the card he got yesterday.
Picking up the card, he thought the dream he had. He didn't like it. He didn't like being weak.
He took out his phone and dialed the number on the card and after a few seconds, it was received.
"Hello. I'd like to talk to you regarding me joining the club."