1 That day my life changed

Year: XX01

Bob's daily life has never been anything special, he was born into a normal family of normal parents and has always lived a normal life. Nevertheless Bob was known for his incredible patience, in every situation Bob was always calm and patient. Bob had never lost his temper in any situation, at least until that day...

Place: Empire, City of Revedlay

Temperature: 18° C

Weather conditions: Moderate rain

Hours: 00:30

After the last customer of the restaurant had left Bob went to change clothes, put on his jacket, put on his hood, turned off the lights and left the restaurant locking the door. Bob worked in the restaurant three times a week, on the evening shift, to pay for food and rent for the accommodation he lived in.

When Bob came out of the restaurant he noticed, not far away, an individual dressed in a pitch black cloak letting visible only his black shoes, while he was wearing a blood-red, rain-soaked, glittering mask.

The mask did not have a particular expression but had many scratches and marks probably resulting from multiple close-combat fights and poor care from the owner. On the mask there were also horns very similar to the classic demonic horns of fictional novels but of a longer length, with one of the two horns cut in half...

As soon as Bob noticed the mysterious individual on the road, silence fell, as if all sounds, including the sound of rain, had changed. Although the tension ran through Bob's veins, thanks to his peculiar attitude he was still pretty calm, the same calm that the individual showed at about 70 meters from him.

At first Bob thought it was some crook intent on robbing the restaurant but the hypothesis was immediately discarded, no normal crook would cause such tension.

Working for quite some time in the restaurant during the late shifts Bob faced simple robbers more times, without being injured but instead trapping the criminal until the arrive of the police.

While Bob was thinking about possible ways to escape from this situation given the evident danger of the person in front of him he noticed the movement of his opponent.

The individual began to walk, first slowly, then accelerating his pace until he reached a gait very similar to running as speed, even though he was obviously walking normally in the direction of the protagonist. In that instant Bob realized he was in trouble, he decided to run away on the road behind him in the hope of finding someone who could help him.

Despite his good physical skills, Bob was not a professional athlete and the rain certainly didn't help the escape. Instead, the individual behind him was slowly catching up with his very fast "walk".

[Bob's speed ≈ 23 km/h]

[Individual's speed ≈ 35 km/h].

As Bob was fleeing he noticed that there was no one on the road, no cars, no passersby, no homeless people, nothing at all, almost as if the city had suddenly become uninhabited.

The protagonist, after realizing he could not escape for long, took refuge in an alley on the right. The pursuer followed him and both found themselves face to face as a few minutes ago. The situation was identical to the previous one, with the individual covered by the cloak watching Bob.

When the man began to slowly approach Bob, the latter decided to go for it all, instinctively he relaxed his muscles and lost his calm.

A barely perceptible vapor came out of his mouth as all the muscles stiffened.

This situation happened only once in the life of Bob, when his sister got killed by a gang of drunk men in front of his eyes, causing Bob to a period of reclusion for almost killing them after losing his peace.

[SYSTEM ACTIVATION REQUEST!]

[THE SYSTEM RECOGNIZES THE INDIVIDUAL AS SUITABLE!]

[SYSTEM ACTIVATION IN PROGRESS...]

[RESTRICTIONS DEACTIVATED!]

[Skill: Furious Release Lv1 Activated]

[Increase of all physical capabilities by 15 for 5 seconds. Magic abilities reset to zero for 5 seconds. Probability of fainting after use: 90%]

Bob, full of energy, charged the aggressor and threw a punch with all his strength, hitting the aggressor's left arm that he used to defend himself.

The individual made a few meters in flight before bumping into a dumpster, creating a hole where he was fell and spilling out some rubbish from the dumpster.

[BACKSLASH FROM Furious Release LV1 ACTIVATED!]

After throwing his fist Bob relaxed and collapsed unconscious from the effort.