Chapter 2: Status
Eight months had passed, and then the old man took him home.
Now his whole body was healed. The old man was surprised to see his wounds recover that fast.
I will ask him when he will regain consciousness by saying he leaves Ank.
When he opened his eyes at last, regret was the first emotion that struck him. Slowly, he stood and scanned his surroundings. The room was neither large nor small—just a modest space with a single bed fit for one person. The ceiling was plain, the walls were normal, the room was not very decorated.
The first thing he remembered was the emotion of regret, not about his condition, not about the surroundings, not about that he was alive, only regret.
Regret of betraying his friends, the ones who believed in him.
"Sorry…" he murmured to himself.
And tears started coming from his eyes, and this was the second time the first emperor of the universe cried.
"I must not lose myself to the greed of power again," he quickly understood his condition.
The past is gone… I have to change.
I have to move on, he murmured to himself. He knew that he was saved by someone, so he had to live.
When a memory came before—all of his friends were fighting with him before they were sealed like him.
And their cold words hit him in his heart because of his mistake before their sealing. All said that they would kill Ank after their unseal.
After regretting some time, he decided to stop crying.
Slowly, he wiped his tears and summoned his Status Window.
To check how weak he had become; he knew he had become weak but how much, he wanted to know.
[Status Window: Ank]
[Race: Fallen True God] (Locked)
[Title: ????? – The First Emperor of the Universe and more… ?????] (Sealed)
[Rank: ?????] (Sealed – 0.001% unsealed)
[Level: ?????] (Sealed – 0.001% unsealed)
[HP: ?????] (Life Force Burning – Temporarily stopped, resumes after 2000 days)
[Energy: ?????] (Sealed – 0.001% unsealed)
[Magic: ?????] (All Elements Exist – Locked)
[Strength: ?????] (Sealed – 0.001% unsealed)
[Constitution: ?????] (Sealed – 0.001% unsealed)
[Stamina: ?????] (Sealed – 0.001% unsealed)
[Charisma: ?????] (Sealed – 0.001% unsealed)
[Intelligence: ?????] (Sealed – 0.001% unsealed)
[Skills: ?????] (Sealed)
[Spells: Basic spells only. Forbidden spells cost life.]
[Temporarily basic spells cannot be used for some time, so host has to wait for at least gods' permission before using spells.]
System Note:
To unlock Seals: Complete the tasks issued by the God of Creation, the God of Destruction, and the God of Protection.
To erase the Life-Burning effect: Complete a quest issued by the God of Protection.
To unlock Spells: Complete quests issued by the God of Creation.
To unlock Titles: Complete quests issued by the God of Destruction.
Quest: Not available [Accessible one month after Ank awakens].
A secondary window appeared—his current unsealed state:
[Status Window: Ank]
[Rank: Noob]
[Level: 1]
[HP: 10]
[Energy: 5]
[Strength: 5]
[Constitution: 1]
[Stamina: 1]
[Charisma: 1]
[Intelligence: 1]
[Skills: None]
[Spells: None]
System Note: This is your status after unsealing.
Ank's eyes did not believe what he saw on his status.
The first time he saw something weird like this.
"What is with my status? What is Noob? How am I supposed to survive like this?" His voice cracked with both anger and despair. "Why do I have to complete quests just to unlock my power?"
He knew his power would be sealed but he did not know about rank, secondary status, and quests.
I have to complete quests to regain my power, and why do I have to do this? This was the first thing he thought.
And the quest will unlock in one month, so that I can do it within one month.
He clenched his fists.
When he read, the gods made who were going to give him quests.
"Why…? Why are the Gods of Creation and Protection doing this to me? That I can't understand. The God of Destruction… fine. That one makes sense. But you two… why?"
"I understand the God of Destruction hates me.
But why are you both doing this as well?"
He walked away from the bed and tried to summon both gods.
He had the power to summon both gods and they would come.
But he failed.
The system screen popped up:
You cannot summon.
You cannot summon.
You cannot summon.
It was like a spam message surrounding him, and his head started hurting.
"Fine. I won't try to summon it."
He lowered his head, eyes dark.
"But what is this… system?
I don't understand anything."
The last thing he remembered was waiting for his death.
Ank was on the brink of death before someone sealed him to save his life.
Where I am, I remember fighting with my friends and after fighting waiting for death.
What the heck is this when Ank tries to summon his armor or weapon?
A new message popped up:
You cannot summon.
You cannot summon.
You cannot summon.
When Ank politely asked why he could not summon his armor and weapons.
The system replies in a cold tone. The owner's level was very low, and all of your weapons were not available for you because you have to first complete the quests. In reward you get your weapon and armor.
Why do I have to complete quests for my items, my armors, my weapons, all are mine?
And why is this system attached to my status?
I asked the system who attached you to my system.
When the system replied in its usual cold tone, this information is confidential, you have no access to this information until the system creator wants to reveal it.
When hearing this, Ank became very furious.
I swear I will kill the system creator.
Wait, then I find you and kill you.
From far, far, far Duskwild,
Somewhere in the universe,
A person standing in space started laughing, ha ha ha ha, the person is made of dark energy, from top to bottom only darkness can be seen.
You want to kill me, ha ha ha ha.
I am waiting for you to come and kill me, ha ha ha.