System in the darkness.

'' Where, Where am I?'' Alain wondered.

He had his eyes closed and felt that he was lying down, which seemed strange to him.

'Oh, I remember now! I was in the forest with Eloise and Louis. We were out this morning exploring the area.'

'Huh? Why can't I open my eyes? This is embarrassing... '

'Well, it doesn't matter, at worst, I'll just ask Eva to help me. But for now... '

'' Eloise, Louis, I'm here!''

'' I don't feel very well, help me!''

He heard her echo in the silence.

'' Come on! It's not funny, come on!''

''They aren't funny. ' Alain gently pouted.

'Come on, I have to get out of here. '

He tried to move his body only to see that he couldn't. To tell the truth, he wasn't even sure if his voice had gone anywhere.

'Wait...' Periodically, flashes came back to him, but he couldn't make sense of them. Who were they? He couldn't recall any one of them.

'If I wasn't in the forest with Louis and Eloise, where was I?'

[The host has wakened up, please check your notifications]

'Huh ?' Alain couldn't understand the logic behind these words. He still has his eyes closes, yet a could now perfectly see this message as if his eyes were opened.

'Whoa! Isn't that an artifact? Lucky me!'

Alain finished with a cute, happy smile despite the darkness around him, then scrolled through the notifications.

[The skill 'war veteran' has reactivated.]

[In the face of death, you used the system's karma to temporarily manipulate your body.]

[-300 karmas. 200 karmas left]

[You have unlocked the quest 'For my villagers']

[Evolving lord title obtained!]

[You have unlocked the quest 'My own village']

[Ding! Near-death, you used the system karma as well as your Karma to call for help. ]

[You used Karma to partially heal your body. You won't die from injuries]

[Ding! You have used up all your karma, so you will never be able to use it again. Please be aware of the effects].

Alain was puzzled.

'Well, I might as well check it out completely.'

He started with the first notification he could interact with. He still couldn't remember everything that had happened earlier, but his instincts sometimes told him things.

[For my villagers (Level 1 Quest)

Having defended your villagers at the risk of your life, you must continue to do the same and not just bring in others to serve as citizens.

Reward: none]

Looking at the quest, his eyes widened.

'Ahhh! Dream on!'

He still wasn't going to risk his life for some assholes he barely knew. He might be super cool, but he didn't give a shit about all those kinds of connections. To him, relationships were the most important thing, as for an organization... They could just fuck off. His life belonged to him alone, and he would never dedicate it to a single work.

Seeing that first notification, he really felt like it was a troll created by Louis and Eloise. In itself, such a bizarre artifact that called its possessor 'host' was not common among artifacts, not to mention that it reinvented his past!

'Or maybe I've drunk too much.' They had already hatched a plan to steal a bottle of poggerino to share together. That would explain his slight memory loss.

'Well, I'll get to all that in time. Go check the rest of the notifications'

[Evolving Lord: Gives you several rights like the most important one, the ability to create another village where you wanted].

'Well, this is what a call a good notification," he smiles.

'I'd really be in trouble if Louis hadn't taught me to read.'

He continued.

[My Own Village (Rank 2 Quest)

Form your own village.

Reward: Orb of Failure, 40% of the resources generated can be taken for your main village. As you develop your village, new features will awaken].

'Oh yeah, they're super cool,' he thought wryly, 'An orb of failure, right? Who do they think I am?'

As for karma...

[karma is one of the most fundamental laws of this world. Its use is normally only passive. Having exhausted your stock of karma, and having even slightly exceeded it, your probability of suffering negative events has increased. Moreover, karma is an essential tool for creating one's soul, necessary to increase one's talent or to reincarnate. Thus, a karma management device is now available.]

'This is not how you imagined life' he joked.

'More seriously, I have got no ideas why I am here for. And I feel that staying here will only bring me trouble. But as my body just won't move, I have only one thing to do. That is, understand this situation and this artifact.'