Chapter 3 — The desert and everyone's games
"Each person is the main character of his story and also the secondary character of the other's story. "
The sand was burning, a burning surface that cooked the skin. Sans Nom slowly opened his eyes, the sunlight piercing his eyelids like fire needles. His whole body made him suffer, every muscle, every bone, every nerve seeming to scream in pain, an echo of the agony he had gone through. It was at this moment that a woman of great beauty stood in front of him. She handed him a gourd and let him drink some water, then she removed it. Sans Nom wanted to drink again, but the woman did not let him. She spoke an ancient language that he had never heard, but, surprisingly, he understood, as if the world translated for him.
"It's enough for now. "
Sans Nom nodded, then suddenly a tall man, dressed in ancient ancient king's clothes, came towards them. In an authoritarian tone, he says: "It looks like he's waking up! "
The woman stood up and replied, "Darling, don't be too hard on him. "
The man laughed: "Hhh... You're right, he could be a good slave for both of us. I was the king and you were the queen before we woke up, three months ago, in this world. He is the first human we meet. "
Then he sighed and asked: "Does this desert have an end? "
The woman turned to Nameless and said: "My name is Nefirâ and this is my husband, Râhenhotep. We are not of this world. "
Sans Nom replied: "I also come from another world. "
Nefirâ sighed and said: "If you want water, follow us. "
She rose on her husband's shoulder, who continued to walk. Sans Nom began to follow them. After all, he knew nothing about this desert and they seemed to know how to find water. While walking, he remembered what had happened and saw again the square of his last vision. He concentrated on it and the painting opened a second time.
The painting of Nameless
Sans Nom statistics table
* Name: None or No Name
* Age: 18
* Height: 1.63 m
* Weight: 46 kg
* Gender: Masculine
* Hair: Black, which absorbs all the light
* Eyes: Deep black, which look like an endless abyss
* Skin: Cadaveric white
* Beauty: Ordinary
* Clothing: Homeless
"I see, it looks like an RPG video game this painting... He describes my appearance, "he thought, then continued reading.
Combat statistics
* PV: 50/50
* ATK: 2
* DEF: 3
* Vit: 4
* TOTAL: 59
"I'm really not strong. Do we kill monsters? Do our combat statistics increase like in an RPG video game? Or maybe this world is different? After all, since I arrived, I have never met monsters. "
He continued reading.
Species and class details
* Species: Human
* Type: Adaptive Species
* Species Description: Humans are the most abundant and weakest species in this ultimate world.
* Species Effect: Adapts to everything faster than other species.
* Rank: 0 (Non-existent)
* Description of ranks: The Rank measures your real influence on the world. It is not a simple brute power, nor a cultivation force, but the echo of your actions in the memory of the world. The world itself assigns your Rank - it does not depend on your clan, your status, or what you think you are. It reflects how much you are seen, recognized, feared or followed by the whole of reality. The higher your rank, the more the world reacts to you. You don't walk in the world - you fold it around you.
* Class: Homeless
* Type of Class: Subit
* Description of the class: Homeless beings are worthless people, with nothing, who are just waste of the world.
* Class effect: Their life is twice as hard as that of ordinary people.
"It seems that in this world, species have powers called 'effects'. But it's really humiliating. This world considers me to have no value. He calls me "Non-existent", thought Sans Nom while sighing. "He is not wrong, I have no power over this world. I'm not a threat says everything. He then said to himself that the most useless thing, but which most aggravated his situation, was this Homeless class. "It's because of her that my last days were not good at all. "
He continued reading the last part.
Capabilities and defects
* 1. Unique capacity: PREDATOR
* Level: 1 (Sleept)
* Capacity Type: Transgressive
* Description of the skill: This ability is the result of an unnatural union of two species that should never have met. A transgression of the fundamental laws of life. From this forbidden union was born an entity so dangerous, so fundamentally unbalanced, that even the gods themselves, in their infinite wisdom and terrible power, relentlessly tracked it down to eradicate it from the very fabric of existence. Does this unnatural existence represent an unexpected blessing for the world, capable of overthrowing the established order, or an unclean curse capable of consuming it entirely, plunging it into irreversible chaos? Only time, ruthless judge, will be able to decide.
* Sleeping capacity acquired: Absorbing a dead body allows you to steal the person's unique ability.
* Mission to reach level 10 (Awakened): Absorb 0/10 body to reach level 10.
* Acquired defect: Without dream
* Description: The bearer of this defect can never have a dream.
"In this last part, I learn a lot about this world," he said to himself. "The origin of the PREDATOR ability... This means that if one day my ability is discovered, I will no longer be safe. I have to be careful. But the most important information is not the origin of this ability, but rather its dormant function: Absorbing a dead body allows you to steal the ability... It means that there are other people who have abilities like me. "
He looked at Nefirâ and Râhenhotep. "Do they also have abilities, statuses like mine? For my fault, I will look for a solution later, but for the moment, I can only forget my dream. "
Nefirâ looked at Sans Nom and said to himself: "He follows us well. He has no strength and his presence brings me nothing at the moment. One more pawn. Then, without letting it appear, she opened her own status with a smile.
Statistical table of Nefirâ
* Name: Nefirâ
* Age: 36 years old
* Height: 1.70 m
* Weight: 54 kg
* Gender: Female
* Hair: Raven black, smooth and long to the lower back
* Eyes: Bright emerald
* Skin: Golden ivory
* Beauty: Elegant and graceful
* Clothing: White linen dress decorated with gold threads, belt decorated with semi-precious stones, refined bracelets and necklaces, thin diadem on the forehead
Combat statistics
* PV: 60/60
* ATK: 2
* DEF: 3
* LIVES: 2
* TOTAL: 67
Species and class details
* Species: Human
* Type: Adaptive Species
* Species Description: Humans are the most abundant and weakest species in this ultimate world.
* Species Effect: Adapts to everything faster than other species.
* Rank: 1 (Present)
* Description of ranks: The Rank measures your real influence on the world. It is not a simple brute power, nor a cultivation force, but the echo of your actions in the memory of the world. The world itself assigns your Rank - it does not depend on your clan, your status, or what you think you are. It reflects how much you are seen, recognized, feared or followed by the whole of reality. The higher your rank, the more the world reacts to you. You don't walk in the world - you fold it around you.
* Class: Former denied
* Type of Class: History
* Class description: This class is given to those who, in their world, were queens, but who, in the ultimate world, are only ordinary humans.
* Class effect: Even without an official title, some people can instinctively respect or follow their decisions.
Capabilities and defects
* 1. Unique capacity: Schessboard
* Level: 1 (Sleept)
* Capacity Type: Strategic
* Description of the skill: The bearer sees everyone as pawns and uses the chess game for his own personal benefit.
* Sleeping capacity acquired: He can anticipate one or two simple movements of those he observes, giving him a slight strategic advantage.
* Mission to reach level 10 (Awake): Use your 0/10 ability to reach level 10.
* Original defect acquired: Losing control
* Description: The bearer of this defect can only lose control.
Râhenhotep says: "Don't worry, in this world, I will become a king again as in the past! He laughed loudly, staring at the sand.
"Glory, true glory... here, in this world! He thought, consulting his own status.
Râhenhotep's statistical table
* Name: Râhenhotep
* Age: 42 years old
* Height: 1.85 m
* Weight: 80 kg
* Gender: Male
* Hair: Jet black, long and smoothed
* Eyes: Flaming amber
* Skin: Deep bronze
* Beauty: imposing
* Clothing: Gold tunic embroidered with hieroglyphs, pectoral necklace inlaid with precious stones, fine leather sandals, gold diadem topped with a uraeus (sacred cobra)
Combat statistics
* PV: 65/65
* ATK: 5
* DEF: 5
* Vit: 4
* TOTAL: 79
Species and class details
* Species: Human
* Type: Adaptive Species
* Species Description: Humans are the most abundant and weakest species in this ultimate world.
* Species Effect: Adapts to everything faster than other species.
* Rank: 1 (Present)
* Description of ranks: The Rank measures your real influence on the world. It is not a simple brute power, nor a cultivation force, but the echo of your actions in the memory of the world. The world itself assigns your Rank - it does not depend on your clan, your status, or what you think you are. It reflects how much you are seen, recognized, feared or followed by the whole of reality. The higher your rank, the more the world reacts to you. You don't walk in the world - you fold it around you.
* Class: Former king
* Type of Class: History
* Class description: This class is given to those who are kings in their world, but in the ultimate world they are only ordinary humans.
* Class effect: Even without a title, some individuals or groups can instinctively follow their orders thanks to their old charisma.
Capabilities and defects
* 1. Unique Ability: Domination
* Level: 1 (Sleept)
* Capacity Type: Mental
* Description of the skill: Only a conqueror who never submits to anyone can possess it.
* Acquired sleeping ability: Even without conscious action, individuals close to the wearer feel a slight respect or instinctive submission.
* Mission to reach level 10 (Awake): Use your 0/10 ability to reach level 10.
* Original defect acquired: Never have glory
* Description: The bearer of this defect can never have glory.
Sans Nom says inwardly: "For the moment, I have to forget my dream. The important thing is to survive, then I have to find a way to get around my defect Without a dream. "
At the same time, Nefirâ said to himself inwardly: "I must use these two for my survival and to get out of this desert. After all, humans are just pawns for me to achieve my goals. "
Meanwhile, Râhenhotep thinks inwardly: "I can't die in this desert, no, I can't die until I've found my former glory as a king! "
Three people in this desert. Three paths that cross, but three spirits who only think about their own game. They think they are the masters of their destiny, but the reality is that they are only characters in this world. Nothing more. But also, this is what makes the beauty and cruelty of this world.