Prologue

A girl at the top of a building was contemplating the beautiful full moon lighting the sky.

Namely, Me.

There was a time when I was happy, but I cant seem to remember, I remember being there the expression I was making but... I dont remember feeling happy.

"Maybe thats it... The End"

A lonely tear fell from my eye while I prepared to jump.

I didnt have a good life. My parents died in an accident when I was 12 I was taken by abusive uncles who just wanted a maid, and school does not care if your heart is broken into pieces.

I have nothing, no love, no desire, no dreams, im an empty shell.

"I look more like a ghost than a human," I say letting out a sad laugh

In a jump, my miserable life ended.

...

Or should have ended, calm down, let's go through it again.

I jumped and then in a blink, I was in the middle of a dark dense forest without a body.

That was not helpful at all.

This must be some kind of twisted god joke, it is the only explanation for this. Why the fuck im a ghost? God, you dont wish me in your realm? That must be it, right? Suicides cant enter heaven.

Im a fuckin white mist that floats... I swear that I can feel someone laughing at me, man just because I said that I looked more like a ghost you do this to me? what the fuck god!

For some reason, I can see everything in 360 around me, and my legs are gone everything is gone im a piece of smoke floating!

Calm down, think for a moment, breathe... wait I cant even breathe! I can at least talk, right?

Nothing comes out when I try to speak. I guess I was never much of a talker anyway.

I float a little bit forward, It is faster than with legs I can tell.

What the hell is this place anyway? there are only trees I cant even see the sky, and it is very dark, well im able to see so I guess ghosts have night vision.

But what do I do where really? couldnt someone send a tutorial on how to be a ghost?

A blue transparent window appears in front of me, a blue transparent window with Status written at the top.

( Lv 1/15

EXP: 0/30

HP 100/100

MP 100/100

Souls: 0

Race: Ghost

Class: None

Skills: Soul Drain Lv1 )

Ok... That is strange.

I might not have played video games before but im sure that this is a status window.

If I recall myself you usually have to think about it to appear.

Status.

The window in front of me disappears.

Crazy... again Status.

The window appears in front of me.

That is kinda fun actually.

Status Status Status Status.

wait, fun?

I dont even remember the last time I had fun.

Now that I think about it, I feel more normal.

Before I used to feel this constant sadness, I guess I was depressed, and now that I died it stopped.

Well, it is of no use to think about this now.

Hmm, I have a skill named Soul Drain and a counter for souls so these must be related to each other.

Im not that unfamiliar with video game terms so HP must be for health and MP for mana.

Mana is commonly used to cast abilities if I recall correctly.

[Soul Drain]

I used the skill and a cloud of smoke went forward like an arm connected to me, then it returned after a certain range.

This is crazy! I just thought of using the skill and it does.

My MP is now at 60, that is not like, too much? is just a mist going forward like an arm.

why it is almost half of my MP?

And now that I think about it, if there are skills there must be a way to acquire them right?

I close my status window.

The status comes when I think of it, I will try doing the same.

Skills.

A window pops.

(Skill tree: Teleportation Value: 10 souls

Fear Inducement Value: 30 souls

More skills will be available as the user evolves)

Wait, Teleportation??

That is not like, a super cheat skill?

And it only cost 10 souls but I dont really know how easy it is to get souls.

First of all, If it is souls then it must come from living beings.

My only option now is to float around until I find something alive to test it.

Floating around the forest I try to pass through a tree but I cant.

What kind of cheap ghost am I? I cant even pass through things.

I walk around for a bit and shit, this forest is huge.

"krishak kroshi krakra" I hear a strange voice

What the fuck? I hid myself in a tree and I looked at them.

2 little green creatures wearing rags around their waist and little knives poorly made on their hands.

They are talking in a strange language I cant understand.

I peek at them for a while and one of the green creatures looks behind and sees me.

He put on a scared expression and screamed something to his friend pointing toward me.

Shit! they are coming at me with knives!

I dont have a knife that is unfair!

Ghost technique RUN!

Fuck fuck, they are fast.

I can float goddamn! Why a bunch of tiny legs green creatures can keep up with me?

I can see with 360 vision that one of them is preparing to shoot his knife at me.

The knife comes in my direction and it passes through me.

Now that I think about it... makes sense that ghosts dont really get damaged by physical attacks.

I stop and start to run toward the green creatures.

My turn now hahaha.

I stop in front of them and they keep trying to attack me.

I looked at my status and my HP is still at 100 and I dont feel anything.

[Soul Drain]

I think of the skill and a line of white smoke comes out of me.

The Soul Drain hits the face of one green creature.

He keeps trying to attack me while his head is enveloped with smoke.

Slowly, the color of his skin starts to disappear and his body seems to be growing old.

And it feels so good, what the heck?

It is like im eating something without really eating something.

Soon the creature fell to the ground with an old and bony-looking corpse.

(EXP Gained: 4)

A tiny window pops up.

[Soul Drain]

I used it again at the other creature left.

It kind of takes time to finally kill it so I will see my status while he is still trying to hit me.

( Lv 1/15

EXP: 4/30

HP 100/105

MP 63/105

Souls: 1

Race: Ghost

Class: None

Skills: Soul Drain Lv1 )

Hmm? My maximum HP and MP went up by 5. 

And my MP is regenerating fast while im draining this creature's soul too.

Not that hard to figure it out, im a ghost after all.

so I can get stronger by feeding on living things' souls... it feels good, like im eating a piece of meat or something.

Thinking now of a ghost perspective, I dont really think im completely immune to physical attacks.

I think that these creatures are just too weak, im made of smoke so if a giant thing comes and smashes me making my body divade what will happen?

Now that I think about it.

Why am I so calm? I had never seen these creatures before.

They look kind of humanoid, but I do not feel anything about killing them.

Actually, it feels good.

Is this that? undead creatures dont feel compassion?

Makes sense if it is.

Undead... this reality just hits me right now.

As im lost in thoughts, the green creature fell dead into the ground.

(EXP Gained: 4)

My souls go up by 1 again.

Looking at my status I see that my Soul Drain skill is lv1.

If there is a level then there must be a way to up it, but how?

I will try thinking about keywords to see if I find something.

Level up.

Nothing happens.

Upgrade.

Nothing happens.

Evolve Soul Drain.

A window pops.

(5 Souls Required to evolve Soul Drain)

5 hmm... well it is the only skill I have that can kill things so I guess I will evolve it when I get the chance.

I guess my only option now is to roam around the forest to find more things to feed on.

Time to float around.