1 Virtual Screen
Silence
Silence
And silence
In a mid-size house, Geof Calaguan couldn't perceive anything but the black fog outside and absolute silence.
"What the actual fock?" After a minute of peering through the window, Geof finally uttered his disbelief.
It happened not long ago...
An astounding scene of darkness shrouding his whole house in a blink of an eye.
"Am I on the television or something?"
Geof said as he glance around his room.
"You should try a prank that is actually funny!"
He mocked yet only his echoing voice responded.
Though his room was small, it had never echoed a sound before. It was as if he was inside a cave.
Geof's heart started beating quickly. An encroaching fear started to slowly grip his breath.
He checked every window in his house and still found the same veil of darkness.
"Anyone?!"
His voice sounded desperate and afraid. He wanted to go out but he reckon that it would be too dangerous to make contact with something unknown.
"M-my phone. T-th-that's right my phone! Maybe I could still connect to the internet."
Geof went to grab his phone and hoped there could be an answer.
Yet, like a fire poured by a bucket of water, his hopes were later distinguished.
"Why is it not working?!" Geof despaired.
"Could there be an Electromagnetic Pulse attack in the city?!"
"But that's not right, the lights are still on."
Muttering to himself, Geof raised his head and looked out of the window again.
It was still the same black fog. It was as if his house was in the cloud of a storm at night with no lightning.
However, Geof noticed something unusual.
Through the window, he could a person with an almond size diamond embedded in his forehead.
Geof moved. The person followed.
That's right. The person was Geof's reflection from the window.
"What is this?!" Geof screamed.
"How did it get here!"
It was at this moment that Geof tried to pull out the diamond. Shortly after his fingers made contact with the object latched on his forehead, it suddenly exhibited an abrupt reaction.
The diamond suddenly trembled and emitted an intensely bright light.
After that, the light gradually concentrated and a virtual screen materialize in front of him.
It was being projected directly by the light from the diamond on his forehead as though it was a high-tech hologram projector.
The contents are...
[ Name: Geof Calaguan (Human)
Age: 23
Talent: <Draw>
Puppet: None <Draw>
<Lottery>
<Shop>
<Spring of Creation>
<Inventory>
Soul Fragment (SF): 0 ]
"A virtual screen?" The virtual screen baffled Geof more than being frightened.
It could be his only way to get answers to the black fog outside.
"Based on my name and age, it should be reflecting my information." Geof made his assumptions.
"I have a talent for drawing yet it wasn't included, could it be implying a different kind of talent?"
Since he was a kid, he was always obsessed with drawing illustrations. And even though he wasn't the best, Geof can proudly declare his talent as an artist.
"Puppet? Lottery? Shop? Spring of Creation and inventory? What is all this?"
The rest of the contents further baffled Geof.
However, he wasn't stupid.
"Draw talent" Geof muttered.
It didn't work.
Still, he tried pressing the word <Draw> beside Talent on the virtual screen. And as expected, his efforts yielded results.
The virtual screen can be touched and operated like a smartphone!
Thereafter, the contents changed.
What appeared was a fortune wheel that was divided by thousands of prizes in a column.
The words were so condensed that the letters couldn't be identified up close. Only the colors of columns specified their distinctions.
"It's just like those games!"
Right at this moment, the fortune wheel started spinning and after a minute or so, it came to a halt at a golden color prize.
[Congratulations! You obtained a <Divine talent: Divine Battle Instinct>! ]
Bang!
Right after the notification, a sudden burst of unknown energy from nowhere surged into Geof's body.
Like a hungry wolf, it devoured every cell of Geof's body.
The unknown energy then turned into a cell it had consumed.
Fortunately, Geof went unconscious on the spot, or else he would experience the horrendous pain from a body churning in every direction.
5 minutes later, Geof finally woke up.
Sweat trickled through his face as he stared at his turned clothes on the floor.
"What happened to me?" He asked subconsciously.
He was bewildered not from his torn clothes. Not from his sudden blackout.
But from the change of atmosphere around him. It was like he could process anything in his mind.
While putting on a new set of clothes, Geof discovered that he could somehow feel the rhythm of the universe every time he moved.
It was like his every movement is in unity with the flow of time and space.
'This thing should have an explanation.'
Geof didn't think much and placed his hands on the diamond on his forehead.
[Divine Battle Instinct (Passive): An extraordinary ability derived from the God of War. It allows users to predict movements, possessed an automatic response, perceived events in nanoseconds, and achieve godly intuition for combat.]
"So that's why I suddenly have this unbridled confidence"
His reasoning has noticeably gone from 'should I do this' to 'I should do this'. It was as though he lived for a lifetime and experienced every moment of life.
Even his muscles were affected by a special power. It was as if he had experienced countless battles.
"But...it's still useless."
"With this frail body of mine, this talent is basically useless."
His newly obtained talent was powerful. Undeniably powerful. However, Geof was well aware that it has its weak points.
A dilapidated car with a high-power engine will only bring itself destruction.
"I am the weak point," Geof made a wry smile as he checked his 'stats'.
[ Name: Geof Calaguan (Human)
Age: 23
Talent: Divine Battle Instinct
Puppet: None <Draw>
<Lottery>
<Shop>
<Spring of Creation>
<Inventory>
Soul Fragment (SF): 0 ]
"Let's hope this puppet thing could do a thing or two."
Geof pressed draw and another fortune wheel immediately spun with high speed.
[Congratulations! You obtained a Beast-type Puppet: Werewolf!]
Swoosh!
Suddenly, a 1-meter tall bipedal furred creature magically materialized from the diamond.
It has thick legs and long powerful arms. A large head with a mouth full of sharp fangs. Looking at its hunched robust body, Geof had the illusion of an obsessed predator.
Although it was lifeless, it failed to hide its fierceness that was as sharp as its slender claws.
Indeed, the creature was the legendary Werewolf!
