"Trust me, this is for your own good. You're too young and stupid to dwell with the humans I rather have you crippled but alive." My father proclaims his truth as if I didn't understand the dire world I would have to face already, and yet, what could I do now? I began to wonder while my legs started to bleed.
My mother tries her best to stop my father from continuing his debauchery on my small body since she knew the neighbors would soon arrive to stop him, all she had to do was delay, but my father was having none of that. "Please, stop already! You've done enough!" My mother yells at my dad, which angers my father.
"Shut up, woman!" My father yells back at my mother, followed by a strong slap, which sends my poor mother crashing to the floor with a broken nose and ruptured upper lip covering her face in blood right away. Why am I so useless? Am I not supposed to be the legendary warrior they speak of?
[Conditions for unique skill 'self-preservation' have been met, activating unique skill 'self-preservation' level one]
What the hell was that voice in my head just now? I wonder after hearing such a weird robotic-like voice coming right at the top of my head, followed by a brilliant shine that illuminates the dark of night with a powerful bright red hue mixed with a little bit of green and blue.
"What the?" My father, now worried, looks at me slowly, recovering from his lethal attack on my legs, now slowly regenerating right before his eyes, which seems to leave him speechless for a couple seconds before trying to approach me again, but failing this time, as a barely visible yellow barrier stops him from reaching me.
[Unique skill 'Self-preservation' shield activated, shield will now swap from HP scaling to defense scaling for more efficient use of healing capabilities, HP scaling will return to the shield once enough HP is available]
There it was again, that same cold, unfeeling voice on the top of my head saying things I could not make much sense of yet. At the same time, I did not understand what was happening. I did start to feel much better right away as I watched in awe as my legs recovered from their messed-up state to fully recover within a couple seconds, all right before my very eyes.
"What is this? Why is this happening?" I say out loud as my father desperately tries to hit me, getting repeatedly repelled by that mysterious barrier. The sound his fists make against that yellow barrier sounds very muffled, slowly wearing him out, while the barrier seems unaffected by his attacks.
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[This is the unique effect of the unique skill 'self-preservation,' this unique skill kicks in once the user reaches a low HP count. Once this happens, 'Self-preservation' kicks in, drastically increasing users' stats to preserve life in death-life scenarios.]
What the hell? Did it answer my question just because I asked? Wait a damn second who the hell is even talking to me? The voice suddenly responds to my thoughts right after.
[That would be me. I am your unique system guide and global system assistant. Not many get the privilege of having me, so consider yourself very special.]
Ay! Now this is more of what I am talking about! All that talk about me being legendary and whatnot just turned out not to have anything special in this body. I guess the beating was worth it if it activated this voice inside my head.
[Your HP is now above fifty percent, your shield will now become based on HP scaling. Once again, do you wish to counter-strike your opponent? (Yes/No)]
The voice talks again, this time followed by a weird prompt right at the center of my vision, as my father starts to clearly become exhausted from punching the barrier protecting me. Still, I picked the yes option because I wanted to see what it would do, because I had to experiment.
[Counter Strike initiated, sentry mode activated]
The system talks again, this time making my fists clenched in a blue hue as I suddenly start moving against my will. This leaves me a little perplexed until a weird UI pops up into view with a bunch of little icons all over my father's body and face. Why can I suddenly see everything about my dad in this weird interface? I ask
[This is the automatic reading of your opponents' stats, so they're available to you during a fight. Base your chance of victory by comparing your stats against your opponents; for now, sentry mode will beat your opponent for you.]
Holy shit how is this fair for anyone else other than me? If this talking skill is rare, then how could it even be fair for others to fight me? Man, I am not complaining, though I will take this gift and shut up about it! You did well, god of Reincarnations! I like this very much!
"Hey! Wait, Kenta! Wait! We can talk about this, right!? Kenta!?" My father, now pleading for mercy, tries to walk back up until my out-of-control body finally manages to pin him against the house, quickly knocking my father out with an extremely powerful right hook to the liver that probably shattered a couple of bones inside him.
"AHHHG! AHH!" Dad barely even manages to react to the strike before dropping to the floor completely knocked out from the intensity of the punch, which left me and everyone else speechless. [Enemy has been neutralized, 'sentry mode' has been deactivated, along with 'self-preservation'. You are now safe.]
Well, that was convenient, but this did help, believe it or not. Maybe I shouldn't have knocked my father out but man having this talking skill is going to be very useful specially if I want to gain an edge on this world who knew all I had to do was get beat the fuck up! Maybe I should get my ass kicked more often!
