What's going on?!
Before Morsan came, this room was being used as a storage space.
No one except Morsan, was ready to use this space as a room which doesn't even have a single window. Thankfully Morsan's eyes were too used to seeing things in this pitch dark room.
Because of these reasons, he got to pay only 2 silver coins per month as rent without a meal.
Within Castle Town, a room for a single person and the cheapest meal available at a tavern is worth 30 and 9 bronze pieces respectively.
Morsan saves more than 8 silver pieces each month thanks to this cheap room that no one is willing to use.
Upon returning to his 'room', he placed his sack bag on the corner and soaked an old rag in water to wash his body. He hoped that would be enough to clean him up for tomorrow. Then lit a precious candle to examine himself in his fractured mirror that he placed in that room to see if any poisonous insect bitten on his body when hunting.
Fortunately, he didn't find any bite marks on him.
There are so many things changed in this past year, he has grown a lot stronger compared to the children his age. When he removed his chainmail he saw, his clothes were a patchwork mess, and washing himself wasn't going to change that, so he gave up.
He rolled onto the bundle of straw he called a bed, stared up at ceiling stains left by leaking water, and recalled what he had just been through today.
This day had started with a breakfast that he bought with bread and some fruits bought for 5 copper pieces. Then he went hunting Yellow Balloons and took an hour's break to eat lunch with bread and Usapil's meat soup. Then again another two hours of hunting Yellow Balloons and dinner before returning to Castle Town. On the way to return, he sold all of his battle loot and herbs for a total of 1 silver and 95 copper pieces. Today, he felt like he was in a dream.
'Finally, I am going to buy a new weapon, from tomorrow I can level up with ease...'
He worked like crazy this past year and managed to save up to little more than 40 pieces of silver pieces.
His eyelids felt heavy as he thought about the things that happened that day. He felt tiredness all over his body.
He fell asleep within a few minutes.
***
His sleepy face looked so peaceful after a long time. He had a beautiful dream, he bought a new house with his savings in that dream.
That day, a certain system panel was shown before his sleeping figure.
[-Notice-
Suitable Reincarnated souls have been found...
1%.... 35%.... 78%... 99%...
Connection with the soul has been established...]
In the middle of the night, Morsan woke up to a metallic sound he heard inside his head.
"Whoa! What the hell?!"
He exclaimed at the new panel which is similar to the status he saw daily. His sleep was completely ruined by the scene before him. He looked bewildered without understanding anything.
[-Notice-
Shop functions have been created...
Inventory functions have been created...
Great Sword Tizona has been given as a trial gift...
Trial runs have been started from this moment...
Rewards will be given at the end of this trial...
Rewards will differ depending on the assessment score of the host...]
"Oiii, ooi, oii, stop... STOP... what the hell is going on?! Trial?! Assessment?! fuck no, NO... I hate exams... get the fuck out of my he- AHHH!!!"
While he was cursing at those messages before him, a red scratch mark appeared on his right hand.
The ominous dark red aura that emitted from that mark penetrated his skin all over his body.
[-Notice-
Great Sword Tizona initialized a soul bond with the host...
20%... 45%... 72%...]
"AAAAAHHHH!!"
Due to sudden immense pain, his curse was cut in half by a high-pitched shriek that escaped from his mouth.
Morsan kept thrashing on the ground with their hands smashing everything that was near him. Fortunately, there is nothing valuable in his room.
He felt like someone peeling the skin off his body. He heard bone-breaking sound and muscle-tearing sounds in his right arm. He screamed for help like a madman.
Strangely, no one came for his help despite his loud screaming as if they couldn't hear him.
After a few moments, what felt like a year, his pain started to subdue slowly. He could feel something strange in his right arm.
Morsan begrudgingly looked at the screen in front of him while panting heavily on the floor.
[-Notice-
Great Sword Tizona successfully bounded with the host's soul...
Unique Skill of Great Sword Tizona [Bloodline Infusion] activated...
Great Sword Tizona analyzing the host's bloodline...
Great Sword Tizona found the host's talent for becoming a warrior and barbarian...
Affinity for Blood magic has been created...
Fusion of talents begins...]
Just when he was about relieved, he saw another series of messages. Bad feeling aroused from his heart.
"Oiii, W-wait.. we can talk... sto- AHHHHH!!!"
Once again his words were cut in half by sudden pain. This time he felt like someone stabbing his body with a hot iron rod all over his body, again and again.
He couldn't even move properly this time. He was lying on the spot as if some pinned him on that place. His whole body was paralyzed. He passed out in the middle of that process as he couldn't think straight.
Unknown to him, huge changes occurred in his nucleus cell that hosted the human DNA code while he was unconscious. Currently, this sacred code was being tempered by foreign things that invaded the majority of Morsan's cells. That thing started to break his DNA structure and fit DNA somehow, without killing its host.
The pain he experienced this time was far more brutal than before.
Now Morsan's body had already started to display some mutations after a couple of minutes in this process.