Life; Death; and reflection

Running from the swarm like everyone else John had it rough, as a system user he was expected to fight as one of humanity's strongest. There was one small problem his system is broken it never worked in the first place. It's been 10 years since he killed that first zombie and from  the corner of his eye he has seen

System booting … 100% complete first task to unlock.

Task: ???

Normally according to other system users it should say the name of the system and the task you must do to unlock it, never has here been "???" On anything system related. But what good is a system when its broken so just like the majority of survivors without a system he struggled he begged for food he fought the undead with no bonuses the only thing he got was a core occasionally. That's when his best friend and the only person the stuck with him from the start pushed him to the ground where he was promptly trampled and the when the zombies caught up eaten.

   As the eternal darkness took hold of him he  saw every choice he made. He saw his father die shot dead by bandits and his sister r*ped to death. He saw his companions be used as bait pushed to the ground looking at him with resentment as they were torn apart by the undead. His friends be beaten,he looked apon as young girls were stolen from their families to become toys and traded as items to the powerful. He saw his cousin auctioned off as a toy to the highest bidder. He saw the treatment of those that were weak and swore to himself if he had another chance he would become strong. Stronger than anyone or anything else. Stronger than all those who wished to slight him and all those who wished to take what's his.

As he made his vow he saw a light and felt as though going to that light would let him become strong stronger than any and all. So he did he went towards the light.