High Human

After an hour of rest, I open my eyes with Joe staring at me, looking for answers. Promising him the solutions that he deserves, I ask the system to proceed with my rank up. I would be lying if I said that I wasn't excited about it. It's not like I think I'll get big like Crystal or just an entirely new form like Sakura, but how cool would that be if I did. Calming my excited mind down, I prepare myself for what's to come.

[Ranking Up]

Joe stares in wonder as a cocoon of lights slowly form around my body. Not knowing what to expect from my rank up, Joe paced back and forth, waiting for the process to finish.

As I am in the light cocoon, I feel a warm feeling washing through my entire body. I can feel the cells in my body getting more robust and the damaged tissue repair. It feels so good that I think I could get addicted to the feeling.

'The feeling of one's strength getting strong by the second is a wonderful feeling indeed.'

The feeling was gone just as fast as it came. Soon, I could hear Joe and the system talking to me at the same time.

[Rank Up complete]

[Race: High Human – the next evolution of the human species. They are twice as strong as regular humans in all aspects and have a life span of 250 years]

"Bro, why do I feel that you have become as tall as me, and I think your face looks more attractive too. It's a little bit pissing me off; how am I supposed to get a girl with you looking like that," said Joe.

Looking into the mirror I take a closer look at myself. Joe was right I had grown a couple of inches and was now the same height as Joe. My hair got longer but the only bad thing was it looks like a have an afro now. The beard of my face grew out and became more flushed. My muscles became more toned and it looked like I stepped straight out of that spartan movie. My skin became smoother and my complexion healthier. All in all, I could only say that I look good.

"Status"

Name: Dwayne Storm

Race: High Human

Bloodline: N/A

Lvl: 11 Exp: 1875/2500

Rank: Bronze (11-25)

Ability: Space/Time

Str: 106 (10)

Spd: 118 (5)(5)

Vit: 94 (20)

Int: 86

Luck: 25

Charm: 16

Hp: 740 (Vit x 10)

Mp: 860 (Int x 10)

Free Stats: 4

Active Skills: Time - Speed Suit (LVL 2), Space - Shackle (LVL 2), Space – Blink (LVL 1)

Passive Skills: Tamer (LVL 2), Inspect (LVL 2)

My stats were off the charts, and as Joe said, I grew a couple of inches. I went from 6'0 to 6'3; he is now just one inch taller than me. Looking at my reflection, I can tell that I'm more handsome than before as well. My body became perfect, and I have better control over my muscles. I also feel that I can absorb mana more efficiently. Feeling good about my improvements, I calmed back down to give Joe some information that he might need.

I tell him all knowledge I have on the zombies. Like how and why they came to be and the proper name for them, the incompatibles. I go into detail about how I acquired a Mana Diamond and how it improved me. Also, I explained why Crystal got so big and where the little pixie, Sakura, came from.

Doing all that explaining made me hungry, so I took some food out of my space pendant for us to eat while Joe recounted his experience to me.

"I woke up from my bed because of all the disturbance going on outside. Wiping my eyes to get the blurriness out of them, I walked to my window. What I saw outside scared the h**l out of me. I then grabbed my phone to call and check up on you, but that's when I found out it wasn't working. Trying to plug it up to charge it, I then found out that there was no power in the whole building.

I was checking my food supply next because to figured I'd wait for the government and the army to come out and take care of everything. I soon realized how foolish that was because, after two days of nothing and my food running low, I decided that I had to venture outside.

I got my pistol and shotgun from under the bed, changed my clothes to a Nike tracksuit to cover my body, and was ready to get supplies. As soon as I made it down the hall, I ran into one of those zombies. I got so nervous that I emptied the pistol clip into it but soon realized it was a mistake. The sound from the gun drew ten more zombies towards me. Using the shotgun, I killed a few, but it was like a vicious cycle. The more I dropped, the more kept coming because of the gunshots. The large swarm of zombies in the apartment forced me to escape and hide on the roof. Finally getting a breather, I had had enough of all the pings in my head from the system so I chose to check it out.

I saw that I could level up from killing the zombies, and I learned the passive skill [Military]. That I can only assume came from my prior military service. I noticed that I also had the element of fire, but I couldn't control it at all. I tried to use my flame; it melted anything I touched, and I couldn't shoot it off like how I have seen in movies.

However, I saw that I could keep the fire around my fist with no problem, and that's how I have been fighting the zombies so far. I learned the skill of flame Fist soon after and figured I could do the same with my feet only to burn my shoes off.

From there, I started to kill as I moved in your direction, and that's when I ran into that ridiculously colossal zombie. I could take him, but he overpowered me soon after, and that's when you showed up."

"Damn, it seems like you had it rough. Good thing I came when I did, or you would have died."

"Let's see if I can take you into my space pendant." With a swoosh, the pendant pulls Joe into the space pendant.

Sending my continuousness inside, I find Joe petting Crystal as he looks around wide-eyed at how amazing it was inside the space treasure.

"Bro, this crazy I have to get one of these, and this little pixie thing. Where did you get it?"

"It's one of a kind, and this is one of the four pieces to this item. Although I do think they have other space items, but not as big as this one. As for the pixie she evolved from a bonsai tree, but I think you can get the tamer skill if you force a beast into submission. At least that's what I did with Crystal before I got the skill."

"So, what's your next plan Joe, are you coming with me to find my family or are you going to look for that girl you have been talking to?"