Becoming a Kaiju!
"Those bastards! Tervin! Donna! Kin! I swear I will kill you!" Lance Fehrman screamed. He tried at all costs to stop the blood that was leaking non-stop from his abdomen.
His teammates Tervin, Donna and Kin abandoned him to die in that dungeon. All treasure, all artifacts and relics were taken by the three.
Lance could have sworn he saw Donna smile right after Tervin stabbed him repeatedly.
They never planned to share the treasure, Lance was just the key to finding the chest of gold.
With his incredible skill with a sword, it was obvious that he would draw the attention of small to large groups of hunters, whether for the artifacts or the crystals of the monsters that inhabited the dungeons.
Dungeons were like any RPG. They appeared out of nowhere, in different corners of the world.
Some people were given the gift known as system that allowed them to use magical abilities and increase their power. But Lance was not that lucky.
Seven years had passed since the appearance of the dungeons and he still hadn't woken up. This was a nightmare.
Lance crawled to a corner, leaning against an uncomfortable pile of rocks. He couldn't get up, couldn't move fully.
The splatters of blood that had ended up on his face were descending to meet his eyes.
He was going to die at the bottom of that dungeon.
Not that anyone cared about it, his parents would never care about a child who couldn't make a financial return like his brother did.
Roland Fehrman, his brother, received the gift not long after the first appearance of the dungeons. It didn't take long for him to become a huge celebrity around the world.
His parents didn't care if he died. His brother didn't care if he died. The only people he trusted in all his twenty-six years of life betrayed him.
"Humans are despicable!" He talked to himself.
"If I could… If I could kill them all…! Rid this world of this greater evil, I would do it!" The young man's voice echoed through the deep cavern.
Everything was so dark he could barely see an infernal wolf approaching.
Red fur, seven pasty blue eyes, incredibly sharp teeth and a burning tail, plus meat that smelled bad. He swore he killed them all on the way there. Looks like one went into hiding.
"And to think… I'm going to die to an infernal wolf!" He chuckled as blood ran from his eyes like tears. His throat burned badly and he couldn't stop coughing up the clotted blood.
Fehrman's sword lay on the stone floor. If he could move a little bit, he could pick it up and kill that monster. If he had a system, he could have killed every one of those three! If he had a system...
"Damn! Is anyone listening to me? I know you're listening to me! Gods! Creatures from other worlds! Demons! I don't care! I promise only one thing, I'll kill every one of you! Every living creature that dares to do not help me, who dared to abandon me! Save my words you little shits!" Lance wanted to scream more, but his throat failed.
The wolf growled and then leapt, its mouth open, displaying sharp teeth and sticky drool. It was the end of Lance. He closed his eyes waiting for his death and then... nothing happened.
He didn't feel his face being chewed by the animal. Fehrman opened his eyes to find the animal stopped in time, exactly two inches from devouring his entire head.
"What…?"
An agonizing noise alerted his ears and suddenly, a yellow screen appeared before his eyes.
[ Congratulations! You were chosen by the Gods to receive the gift! ]
[ Would you like to receive the gift? ]
[ Yes No ]
What…? It can not be! Lance was chosen by the gods! It was the first time in a long time that he had smiled in his life.
Just as he was about to click yes, another agonized noise filled his ears and a red screen appeared.
[ Congratulations! You were chosen by the Ruler of Creatures to receive the gift! ]
[ Would you like to receive the gift? ]
[ Yes No ]
Two different gifts? What was happening?
That was Lance's lucky day. Even though he had been stabbed and left for dead.
A third agonized noise leapt to his ears. Could it be another gift? A black screen bathed in blood appeared.
[ Congratulations! You were chosen by the Demon King to receive the gift! ]
[ Would you like to receive the gift? ]
[ Yes No ]
What the hell? Three different gifts at once! All three unique gifts! Lance didn't know a single person who had received more than one gift.
This was unbelievable, even on his deathbed.
But why was he getting those gifts out of nowhere? Hadn't he just threatened every one of those pantheons? Was this some kind of joke?
Out of nowhere, another agonized noise echoed in his head and a gray screen appeared.
"What...? Impossible. There is no fourth gift."
[ The King of Kaiju has shown interest in you. ]
[ He grants you the vengeance you claimed on your deathbed. ]
[ He guarantees you the death of all those who abandoned you. Would you like to take revenge on humanity?]
[ Yes ]
Four different gifts. Four different systems. The fourth was the only one without a no button.
"The King of Kaiju… Like those Japanese movies? Wasn't that the same thing as the Ruler of Creatures?" Lance whispered softly, he was thinking out loud. "The death of each one who abandoned him". The phrase kept repeating itself in his head.
He wasn't just abandoned by his family and friends.
The Gods abandoned him when they didn't give him a system.
The Ruler of Creatures abandoned him when he didn't give him a system.
And the Demon King abandoned him when he didn't give him a system.
They all deserved to die, but a fourth system? The King of Kaiju? This could be the chance Lance had asked for, so many years ago.
He clicked yes.
[ Would you like to take revenge on the Gods? ]
[ Yes ]
He clicked yes.
[ Would you like to take revenge on the Ruler of Creatures? ]
[ Yes ]
He clicked again on yes.
[ Would you like to take revenge on the Demon King? ]
[ Yes ]
And finally, he clicked yes once more.
He thought it was all over, but another screen appeared shortly thereafter.
[ The King of Kaiju offers his strength and gift! ]
[ Would you like to take revenge on the King of Kaiju? ]
[ The King of Kaiju offers you the chance to get revenge of him for not helping you before. ]
[ He offers you a chance to kill him after you're done with your goals.]
[ Yes ]
"What the hell is this...? Are you offering me the chance to kill you in the end? " Lance thought fast, take it or die to the infernal wolf.
He could get revenge on each of them. Every one who left him to die. He would get revenge, no matter what.
He clicked yes.
All four screens disappeared from the front of his face, but time was still frozen.
He could feel something in his body, like a hot potato slipping under his back.
Perhaps it was the pantheons disappointed with the choice. Maybe it was them mocking his death. He didn't know, had Lance made a bad choice?
The heat increased dramatically. Now, it was as if the sun itself was inside Lance.
He started to scream, falling sideways on the stone floor. His body started to sway from side to side, he could feel his legs stretching and his arms too.
His teeth began to sharpen, his face gradually lost its human form and his entire body turned black and blue. He begged himself to pass out, begged the pain to stop, but none of it happened.
Instead, he lay awake for another ten minutes, his muscles distorted and his skin ripped open. In the end, he didn't look human.
Lance looked down at his hands, now incredibly thick but black. They had bright blue and yellow stripes that ran all over his body.
His face was similar to a dragon skull mask, full of cracks. His eyes were yellow with a black sclera.
His mouth was made up of countless sharp teeth that couldn't fully enter his mouth, with some coming out instinctively like a beast.
He looked at his abdomen, which now showed no punctures or blood. His new skin was covered in an incredibly rough layer that could very well resemble a rock.
Lance Fehrman was now a Kaiju.
The infernal wolf began to move slowly through the air. He was about to fall towards Fehrman when time returned to normal.
The wolf hit the stone wall and growled when he saw the man in front of him.
Lance instinctively punched him, causing the infernal wolf to slam into the stone wall and explode, splashing blood to the floor.
Surprisingly, the wolf was still alive and went to Lance without his lower body. He tried to bite Fehrman's leg, but was crushed when Lance punched him again, scattering brain mass all over the place.
One of the wolf's blue eyes flew to Lance's open mouth and he swallowed involuntarily. It was disgusting.
[ You have gained 15 XP! You evolved one level! ]
[You've evolved to level two!]
[Strength: 29 → 30]
[Agility: 12 → 13]
[Luck: 2 → 3]
[Magic: 3 → 4]
[Vitality: 1→ 45]
"Was I with one percent of my life? That was close!"
He punched one hand in the other.
"It's time to sort out some unfinished business."
Thus began the story of Lance Fehrman, the Kaiju who will destroy this world!