It was 6:00 AM. The sun had not yet risen, and there were very few people outside at this time. One of them was a tan-skinned man with curly black hair and brown eyes. It was a night (day?) like any other. Zaid had just gotten back to his dorm at Beijing University. He'd been working late to save up some money, as he had a date the next day and wanted to wow the girl.
'Can't believe it's only been a few months since I transferred to this university, and I'm already going on a date with a hot Asian woman,' Zaid thought to himself jokingly. It had been hard for him to woo the girl, as he was still struggling to speak Chinese, but thanks to his best friend — more like a brother — he was able to get his words across.
Zaid continued walking back to the dorm, hoping to get a few hours of sleep before he had to wake up for class.
Just as Zaid spotted the building and was about to enter, he got dizzy and froze for a few seconds. He felt like he was choking and was going to vomit the last thing he had eaten, but just as quickly as the feeling appeared, it vanished. Then, a strange green message appeared in front of him.
[The Soul Record has arrived on Planet Earth. You can now view your status window whenever you wish. The first time, the window will open automatically as a test.]
"What the hell?!" Zaid said, and before he could do anything else, a new message opened in front of him. 'This must be the status it was talking about.'
[Zaid El-Amin -Level: 0Race: HumanJob: NoneTitle: NoneStrength: 11 (10) / Agility: 12 (10) / Health: 10 (10) / Stamina: 9 (10) / Mana: 200 (0) / Magic: 200 (10)]
Before Zaid could think about the stats more carefully, he saw something flying toward him at an insane speed. He threw himself out of the way, barely avoiding the attack. Standing up, he ran without looking back into the dorm building and slammed the door shut behind him. Finally, he got a better look at his assailant — it was a massive crow, about the size of his upper torso, bigger than any crow Zaid had ever seen.
The crow, noticing that Zaid had dodged, turned and flew at him again, intending to kill. Zaid, seeing this, quickly looked around for anything he could use as a weapon. He spotted a chair next to the welcome desk, grabbed it, and held it across his body with both hands. As he braced himself, the crow shattered the glass and flew straight at him.
Reacting quickly, Zaid brought the chair down on the crow's head, slamming it into the floor. He continued to smash the crow's head until a message appeared.
[You've gained level 5 Dark Crow's soul power!Agility +5, Health +4, Stamina +3.]
Just as Zaid finished reading the message, he noticed something appear above the crow's corpse — a glowing scroll with a skull emblem on it:
[Skeleton Summoning (First-Order Skill) - Level 5:You can summon skeleton soldiers to fight for you. Skeleton soldiers will always match your level and order but can increase their stats indefinitely. You gain half the soul power of any enemy killed by your soldiers.Skeleton Soldier Base Stats:Strength: 15 (10) / Agility: 15 (10) / Health: 10 (10) / Stamina: Infinite / Mana: 0 (0) / Magic: 0 (10)Max Summonable: 100Currently Summoned: 0]
Still running high on adrenaline, Zaid sat down heavily on one of the couches in the common room, fidgeting as he tried to relax. After about five minutes, he finally managed to calm down enough to think clearly. Next to him, he noticed another message he had missed from the Soul Record:
[You have reached Level 1.You have acquired 2 free stat points to distribute.]
'Now that I'm calming down, I'm starting to think a bit more clearly. First, I should check my stats and learn this skill — it seems really useful and OP. Then I need to find some other survivors. I hope my friends are as lucky as me.' he thought.
As soon as Zaid thought about learning the skill, the scroll vanished from his hand, and he felt a flood of information enter his brain. A black rune of a skeleton formed in his consciousness. Opening his status window again, he saw the changes:
[Zaid El-Amin -Level: 1Race: HumanJob: NoneTitle: NoneStrength: 11 (10) / Agility: 17 (10) / Health: 14 (10) / Stamina: 12 (10) / Mana: 200 (0) / Magic: 200 (10)Skills:Active: Skeleton SummoningPassive: (None)]
[You have learned an active skill. You can learn four more active skills.]
Finishing his review of the status window, Zaid decided to explore the dorm and search for other survivors before heading outside. After all, there was safety in numbers — or so he thought...
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Authors POV : What do you think, not bad for a first chapter right?