Bath of Cursed Energy

After hearing the sound of the door, he frowned. 'Tsk, I'd like to keep thinking, but... Well, let's better focus on my current situation.'

Klaus had transmigrated into a character who was born into a pitiful situation. Well, it's not sure if he was born, as according to his memories, he never had parents, not even as a baby.

A person with no name, no family, and no home, how did he manage to live for 20 years? The answer is simple and complicated.

He is a boy Reared in the Cursed Mist. Although Klaus could not imagine the reasons that led him there, the reality is that that place is not just any place. Even though he participated in the story's creation and knew about that Mist, he never thought that people would be reared there.

The Cursed Mist is a concentration of one of the world's most dangerous energies, the Cursed Energy. It is concentrated in places where the sun does not reach, so they are cold and lonely.

Considering the problems of the Cursed Energy, a highly corrosive and hazardous energy for living beings, he cannot explain how anyone lived there, even if memories tell him so.

'No one, tucked in by the Cursed Energy, can die there, huh? I didn't know that.' That's the logic behind it. He is not an ordinary living being, nor is he someone amazing.

He was simply thrown there since he was a baby (maybe), which caused the Cursed Energy to 'embrace' him from an early age. The Cursed Energy doesn't kill anyone under those circumstances; that's what has allowed him to live 20 years without eating.

Cursed energy was his food when he was there; he didn't even know what eating was. So the memories that came to his mind were either highly innocent or had been learned in the last month.

In short, he was like the living dead.

Being sustained purely by cursed energy, he needed no food, no medicine. He was living but in death. If anything hurt him, his wound would never recover, and if he were lucky, he would live to old age.

But then something happened in the last month: Powerful people took him out of there. They taught him various things and...

'They injected me with energy?' He thought, confused. He immediately realized that, in his memories of 1 month ago, he was taken to a Scientific Laboratory where they put him to sleep and did various things with his body.

Among those things... He could feel his body inside had a slightly warm energy, very different from the cursed energy.

'This is Positive Energy, isn't it?' He thought and tried to close his eyes to think, not knowing that it would lead him to look inside his body.

Suddenly, he found himself looking inside his body, and he could see that energy moving. Indeed, he was right. Someone had injected him with Positive Energy.

'Wow, they have some good scientists here.'

Although his current situation was ridiculous, he, as a scientist, could not exclude the possibility that amazing things like this existed because everything that scientists thought and then realized was real, to begin with, was considered impossible at the time.

So, he began to accept his new situation unconsciously, which made him think he should be careful.

Because he was supposed to...

*Knock*

The impatient sound of the door snapped him out of his rambling thoughts again, and he remembered. 'Right, I need information. Let's think about the important issues for later.'

He immediately opened the book in his hand. It wasn't a book with a lot of things written in it.

It mentioned things he knew, which further confirmed to him that he was in the world of the novel. But it also mentioned several unknown things.

'Soft Ring and Cursed Core - something all sorcerers have? Although I remember the illustration above, it wasn't something they all had. It looks like it's not the same.' He thought.

There were a few other topics, though they didn't seem very important or something he could read about quickly. So he focused on looking for crucial topics and soon found something important.

'The Birth System is your certificate of belonging to the World...'

His eyes sparkled as he read this and looked to his side.

'Right, the System!'

That which could give him the information was there; why wonder about silly things? That's what he thought.

Along with his thoughts, a System window appeared before him.

But there was only one, the only one for now.

This one said basic information. Like his first name, Klaus, no last name, the stipulated date of birth was October 28, year 3000, which revealed that he was now 20 years old and, in the end, the System Code: 00-00.

It was a peculiar code but one he didn't give much thought to. Even so, the System had one more line, which seemed to want to disappear and flickered continuously.

Cause of Death: Myocardial Infarction caused by external issues.

That made him think. 'External causes...' He thought. His mind couldn't help but come that memory from 1 month ago when he was taken out of the Cursed Mist and injected with that energy.

'I see... That's what killed this body. After all, I was injected with Positive Energy, and this body was already used to the Cursed Energy since it was a baby.' He thought.

It made him realize that these people were not to be trusted at all. After all, they were testing on humans.

So he decided to focus. 'I was stolen from the Mist, I died of a heart attack...' He thought but shook his head. 'No, I'm not dead anymore; I can skip it. With me came 30 more, and the name the System gave me was 'Klaus', the same name as my past self. Well, I think that will be enough for now.' He smiled.

He wanted to read the book some more, but the sound of the door was getting annoying already. He needed to get out.

'Hopefully, if I manage to escape these guys, I could find a way to get through my first Cursed Energy Bath and awaken my abilities, though I don't remember what abilities this character had; maybe they're different now.'

Although he was a bit skeptical, he was hopeful that he had not gone mad and that this world was what he expected. In his past life, he reached the apex of Science and discovered amazing things; even in the end, he could understand in depth how the universe worked. If he had a new life, he would naturally want to reach the apex of a fantasy world.

He eagerly grabbed the door handle and opened it just as the man planned to knock again, so he got a loud smack on the forehead.

Klaus frowned, put his hand to his forehead, and looked at the man across from him complainingly.

The man on the other side quickly retracted his hand with a look of embarrassment.

'What the hell? Was this guy like this before?' he thought, seeing his new form. 'Could it be because of the injection? God, it is that effective.' His eyes sparkled, and he smiled.

"Young Klaus, your System has been registered. I've come to hand you your ID card and find out how you are feeling." He said, handing him a small ID card.

As he did this, he noticed the book in Klaus's hand, and his eyes sparkled. "Can you understand the language now? Can you speak?" He asked quickly, making Klaus feel confused.

His mind traveled back in time, and he realized what was happening. 'True, being raised in the Mist, I technically never learned anything about the world. But clearly, this kid had read the book before.' He thought, confused.

Suddenly, he hit on what was happening, and his eyes widened like saucers.

'Did they somehow relay information to me to teach me the language? But... my God, are the scientists here that good?' Klaus almost smiled at this, but he had to answer.

He nodded. "I understand a little. I was... Reading." He spoke.

He didn't want them to realize that something weird was going on, nor did he want to be investigated. He knew better than anyone the kind of person a scientist could become when he was curious, so it was best to keep his mouth shut for now.

The man smiled broadly and immediately got into a good mood. "Good, good. Boy, follow me. Since you already read the book, it's time for me to lead you to the designated place, " he said, walking without waiting.

Klaus had some catching up to do. "Where to?" he asked.

"My name is Red; I am your guide. I will take you to an important place right now, and I must tell you you are lucky. Out of your 30 companions, 27 died of unknown causes, so you and two others are lucky."

Klaus gave him a sidelong glance, 'Causes unknown, you bastard? You literally killed them. Shit, these mad scientists...' He grumbled internally but soon remembered that he was a mad or crazy scientist, too, so he decided to stop insulting himself.

In the meantime, Red spoke again.

"The government invested a lot of money in you, so at this time, we are heading for you to go through your First Bath of the Damned Nightmare. If you are lucky, your abilities as a Sorcerer will awaken, and you will become one of the few Sorcerers in this world. Rejoice, boy; not everyone gets this chance."

Klaus' eyes sparkled.

'Am I that lucky!?' He thought. He almost laughed but restrained himself, and the excitement only showed in his eyes.

Red looked at him. "Do you know what it is?" he asked, and Klaus nodded.

"I read… a little."

Red then smiled and continued talking.

In short, Klaus would soon be sent to a place where the Cursed Energy would 'bathe' him, or that was the name received, but the reality is different. The Cursed Energy will attack him with ferocity to try to awaken the abilities in his body, so this one will test his capabilities.

But what abilities will he awaken? That will depend on the type of Sorcerer Klaus is.

There are two types of Sorcerers: Soft Class Sorcerers and Cursed Class Sorcerers. Both represent the two types of energy in the world: Positive Energy and Cursed Energy, respectively.

These energies are not born from nothing; they come from emotions. Anger and fear, for example, give birth to Cursed Energy. Love and joy give birth to Positive Energy. Both govern the world as we see it, giving birth to singularities like the Sorcerers.

But like all good things, there are also bad things. Cursed Energy also gives birth to Curses or Disasters; these are monsters.

Klaus will face those monsters in that 'Bath'. Those curses are very dangerous, but Klaus doesn't remember much about them, and the guy before him wasn't very explanatory about it.

But he was emphatic about some things. For example: If you kill a Curse or a Disaster, you might be able to get a Cursed Core.

And also on something else: The Bath happens in a different Dimension, and it's... dangerous.

'That's all? Really? I think they want to kill me. No, it's not believing. It's a reality; these guys want to kill me.' Klaus frankly thought as he saw that this guy wasn't planning to tell him anything more than that when he felt there was much more behind it.

In the end, he could do nothing but frown.

'I feel it will be more dangerous than I think. Too bad I didn't have time to read the novel; since I was so busy with my research, I couldn't keep planning it either.' He sighed.

'Forget it; it doesn't matter either. If it's dangerous, it means there are things to discover. Let's see what this test is.' He smiled.

He was excited, and something new and exciting captured his curiosity, although everything seemed to indicate that he wouldn't have the strength to pass that Bath.

But that made it all the more exciting.

Maybe he was crazy.

One minute later, he arrived at a vast wheel-shaped construction resembling a scientific laboratory; it was hollow inside. In the middle of the place were more than 50 strange machines, where Klaus was directed and explained what he had to do.

But before it all started, a person approached.

Klaus frowned. He remembered this person.

Inside the Cursed Mist, they both fought several times. That guy wanted to kill him, and in the last month, in training, that guy every time tried to gouge his eyes out.

The approaching person smiled, "You... I will wait for you... You have fought against me for a long time... I will kill you when this is over." He declared, his eyes glittering with malice. His manner of speaking was similar to Klaus' acting, so it made him proud.

'Looks like I'm a good actor.' He thought.

In response to that guy, he shrugged his shoulders. He didn't care. But since he wanted to take his beautiful eyes, Klaus would do the same with him, given the chance. But now he was more excited to go to the Bath, so he ignored him and leaned back against the machine.

That guy went back to his machine, too.

There were 48 people here lying on different machines, fully ready.

Suddenly, several people in lab coats moved, activating something strange on the floor and in the machines. A moment later, everyone disappeared.

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