[Zero] (5)

[Your abilities have been sealed]

Was the very first thing displayed on the abruptly popped up interface, it was similar to what was seen around the core a few moments ago, it was a system window that displayed reality like a game.

Ivan, who gazed at the message in the interface, felt his core being sealed by an unknown but stronger power, his "core"-----which was the combination of his mind, body, and soul----was sealed.

Series of dense greenish chains made by the unknown power shackled his core, which stretched wide as if to scare the shackles but got bound when it was stretched out like a slab. Ivan could instantly feel himself becoming weaker, no, weakest, he felt as if he had become the weakest man to ever exist.

[User shall be compensated with an [Egg] of a [Spiritual Beast] and will be offered a [Choice] to select an [Rank-F Job], as the user shall be rewarded with the normal [Job] upon accumulating [Achievements] as every other being that's [Protected] by the [System]]

"Are you the [System]?" Ivan asked, though he felt bitter about loosing his powers, it was just that, nothing more, nothing less, and if given enough time, he could regain them and he somehow knew it, so he didn't bother thinking about what had already happened and began to look at his "now."

And "now," he wanted to know something that garnered his curiosity, to satiate it. He asked if the system was the one he had seen a few seconds ago, not really expecting an answer.

[..... Yes.] He smiled gently at the answer he unexpectedly received while his gaze glimmered in a profound wisdom.

"Is that so? Can you help me understand what's going on?" He asked innocently.

[.... You shall understand sooner than you expect.] The system replied and Ivan simply nodded in response.

POP-!

With a bubble pop, an [Egg] appeared out of nowhere and landed in his arms, which he hugged subconsciously, while waiting for his next compensation.

DING-!

[Food Vendor] -Let's user sell food at favourable prices.

[Mountain Bandit] -Let's user act as a notorious mountain bandit.

[Fruit Vendor] -...

.....

...

"So..... If it's considered a game, then Rank-F jobs are the abilities that are similar to that of an NPC's?" Ivan muttered as he stroked his chin in understanding.

[That's one way to describe it]

"Hahahaha...." He laughed as he continued to scroll through the long list of NPC-like Jobs.

...

....

[Librarian] -Increases user's understanding. [Special Ability: Can stack [Authorities]]

.....

His eyes caught an interesting Job with an extremely broken special ability, which he didn't understand what it meant by a special ability, but since the system said he'll know soon enough, he decided to go with that Job, all of them were ranked F anyway.

'Stacking an [Authority] is extremely difficult, I had to experience death once to create a new, my very own, unique [Authority] by stacking merely two [Authorities], now there is an easier way, so why hesitate to grab hold of it?' He thought and

"I'll take [Librarian] Job." Ivan stated.

[Understood]

By an instant, without Ivan really feeling the change even happening, his core that had stretched out and bound while shaped like a slab had turned into a sealed book. A greenish black one at that, due to the after effects of which, Ivan's crimson red irises morphed and turned into that of a brilliant bottle green coloured ones, while everything about the [Job: Librarian] got engraved in his consciousness.

"I had read somewhere that those with green eyes are passionate about many positive things....." Ivan muttered under his breath, and his next series of words were continued by the system, which stated

[But, never cross a green eyed individual, they have a well hidden temper you don't want to unleash. They can read you like a book, and deceiving them is a terrible mistake. They can be devious, jealous, sneaky, and sleek]

"Hmmm~" Ivan smiled intently, continuing to gaze at the system interface which had experienced the things it stated, and he stated, first-hand.

"Though it is merely an opinion of somebody~"

★★★

And after that, Ivan's vision shifted again after he thanked the [System], and by the next instance, he has being pulled down by a strong gravitational pull, that wasn't THAT strong compared to what he had experienced previously.

He, who had his eyes closed, snapped open his eyes as a strong ripple of shot, spread wide out, making the entire world know of his presence.

[WARNING!]

[User is unable to exert any of his sealed abilities, hence the user's presence is being erased]

"Hmmm...." Ivan pondered and nodded.

'Understandable.'

'But....'

Slow.

Everything was extremely slow.

The reality in front of him was extremely slow.

Maybe it was because his time was extremely fast, but whatever it was, it was slow.

He could adjust to such measly things at ease, but his now sealed abilities were making it difficult for him, he needed a platform if he wanted to adjust to the current planet's, reality's, speed. If only he could just land on the ground and experience the rotational speed of the planet he was thrown into, he could adjust, but until then

He had no choice but to float down towards the ground, extremely slowly as the reality moved differently for him.

He gazed down at the world in hopes of understanding its terrain at the least, but the dense poison cloud clouded everything in his sight, as pungent whiff of things rotting struck his nose, which scrunched in response.

★

After a month in real time.

Ivan had realised that the planet he was thrown into was Earth, that was in a state he never ever, not once, even in his dreams, had hoped to see.

He wanted to return to his home planet, though he had, it was in a state he didn't want to see it.

TAP-!

[You have obtained 1.28 experience points.]

His feet finally touched what seemed to be a platform, but he cared for none of it, as a single thought cruised through his consciousness upon finding the state, the once beautiful Earth was in,

"Disgusting." He muttered.

[You are now eligible to check your status by the activation phrase "Status Window!"]

"Hm? You are here too?" Ivan muttered, and thought 'status wi....' inwardly, but before his thought was completed,

DING-!

A similar system interface popped up in front of his face.

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<[Stats]> [Profile]

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[Ivan Lane]

[Experience points – 1.28]

[Level – 0] [Allocate]

[Main Job – Librarian] [Allocate]

[Title – Zero: The weakest man. Effects: [To Grow Stronger!] Daily Quest Auto-Initiation.]

[Fate – ----]

[HP – 0/0]

[MP – 0/0] [Allocate]

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[Strength – 0] [Allocate]

[Dexterity – 0] [Allocate]

[Stamina – 0] [Allocate]

[Tenacity – 0] [Allocate]

[Intelligence – 0] [Allocate]

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[Exclusive skill] [1/1] [Show more...] [Allocate]

[Passive skills] [0/4]

[Active skills] [0/6]

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DING-!

[Conditions have been met!]

[Achievements have been recorded!]

[Recorded achievements have been acknowledged!]

[Generating the title of approval!]

[Title [Returnee] has been acquired!]

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AN:-

Hello people! This is the author, I am adding a note here to ask you for help!

I am thinking of setting power stone "goals," which is going to be a start. I know nearly nothing about how and what to do about this, but for now, I am thinking of uploading [One new chapter for 50 power stones].

This is a learning curve for me, hopefully you can lend a helping hand if you know about this, I'll update this in the synopsis too.

Thank you for reading, and do stick around cause this story is going to be amazing.

Thank you again, and hope you enjoy reading!!

And,

[Peace!]