From a Corpse To... A Beggar?
«Installing System»
«Error! Error! Error!»
«Ding!»
«Unable to proceed with system installation! Detecting the problem… please stand by»
«Ding!»
«Attention! The system was unable to identify traces of life in the current host…»
«Ding!»
«Attention! The system identified that the host's current body is very damaged, being unable to sustain life…»
«Ding!»
«Attention! Executing emergency protocol… please stand by»
Ta-thump! Ta-thump!
Just as anyone would expect, death not only caused Samir's consciousness to be consumed by darkness, but also caused his body to cease all activity. Despite this, strangely, this same lifeless body now had a heartbeats
Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump!
Not only that, but the heartbeats coming from Samir's body were many times faster than a normal person's, and as the seconds passed they became increasingly faster and louder
Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump!
At a certain point, that heartbeats became loud enough to echo throughout the cave, as if they were the sounds of drums echoing across the battlefield announcing the arrival of their general
Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump!
Along with the faster heartbeat, what followed was the blood pulsing through its veins becoming faster and faster, taking clotted blood to the wounds spread across Samir's dead body. As if responding to this, the dead body began to undergo tremendous changes
Slowly but visibly, Samir's muscular, athletic body began to catabolize at breakneck speed, withering and becoming thinner and thinner. In compensation, the connections of the broken bones began to regroup, shattered and corroded muscles began to reconnect and regenerate, even his torn skin grew back
Furthermore, as if it had absorbed all the blood that stained it, Samir caramel brown skin gained a darker and denser tone, becoming more reddish, like bronze
Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump!
Once the various injuries and burns that previously covered Samir's body had completely recovered, what remained were a large number of scars. That, even though they greatly affected his appearance, did not interfere in any way with his mobility and motor skills
In the end, even with the loss of muscles and the addition of several scars, the general physiognomy of Samir's body became better. And just like that, the recovery process, which should have taken at least a few months, was completed in just a few minutes.
Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump!
Once the body was restored and its injuries healed, the transformation stopped. At the same time, the drum-like beats began to decrease and become quieter and slower, before quickly reaching a normal level
Ta-thump! Ta-thump! Ta-thump!
Samir's body, which previously seemed to belong to a mutilated corpse, had turned into the body of a... beggar. A deformed beggar, covered in dirt and blood. Which wasn't exactly a good thing, but given the current circumstances it was a huge improvement
«Ding!»
«The system has detected stable vital signs coming from the host. The emergency protocol was a success!»
«Installing System… please stand by»
In the next instant, the eye-shaped pendant that had calmed down reacted again, its surface began to shine, emitting an intense golden light. A Light that quickly became wider, spreading and covering Samir's body. As this happened, the pendant slowly began to dissolve, becoming particles of light that were quickly absorbed by the body lying on the ground, as if the two were merging
The process continued for nearly a minute, before all of the pendant's light particles had been absorbed by its new host
«Congratulations, system installed successfully»
«Do you want to activate the system now?»
«Yes / No»
Even after several minutes, and despite breathing normally and having a stable heartbeat, the beggar remained lying motionless on the ground like a corpse
«Ding!»
«Due to lack of response from the host, the system will go into standby mode»
Before anyone knew it, half a day had passed, when the beggar finally started showing signs of waking up. The beggar's eyes twitched for a moment, as he slowly felt his consciousness slowly return, feeling extremely confused
"H-Huh? What...?"
After struggling for a while, the beggar, or rather... Nikolai, somehow managed to open his eyes, revealing a pair of blurry, fuzzy, bright green pupils. As soon as his eyes became accustomed to the surrounding light, he got up, full of confusion, feeling intense pain in his body
"Where am I? That's weird, I'm sure that I died back in that alley to that damn cuckold. So how did I end up here? Am I in hell– ARGHHHHHH!"
Buziiiiiiiiing!
Suddenly, as if it had been waiting for this cue, a terrible headache hit him...
Nikolai's vision blurred, along with this, like flood currents, countless pieces of information and memories were surging in his head from all sides.
These memories belonged to Samir, they came one after the other in a continuous stream. And with no way to resist, Nikolai had no choice but to helplessly endure the massive dump of information overwhelming his head. During this strange state he not only saw, but also experienced Samir's memories firsthand.
Assimilating not only his knowledge, but also his tastes, skills and even personality, gradually merging it with his own. Despite the long description, this strange phenomenon only lasted a few seconds.
Coming out of his strange trance, Nikolai, taking a deep breath, began to observe his surroundings
"Holly shit, I really transmigrated to another world…", he muttered, looking at the gold coins and gems thrown on the ground, just like in the memories he just assimilated
He then began to check his own body, only to realize that it looked quite different from the one in his memories.
Not only was he much thinner, but there were also several scars that weren't there before. Furthermore, he was confused to notice a strange symbol in the shape of an eye with an hourglass in its center, tattooed not only on the back of both his hands, but also on his palms
"That's funny, this one looks a lot like the pendant I had on earth. Wait, now that I think about it, this body also found a practically identical one, there's no way this is just a coincidence. But, where the hell did it go?"
As Nikolai looked around for the pendant, believing it to be the key to explaining the strange events, it happened
"Fufufu, welcome back to the land of the living, dear host. It's good to see you in such an energetic state!"
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