Chapter 38

Once more Jack felt the softness of his bed, the light of the room, and the feeling of the air going through his lungs.

He took a deep breath, not because he needed it to live but because it was still a habit when he was a human.

And strangely it did calm him down mentally from the harrowing experience of the dark void.

Getting up from his lying position.

Jack sat at the edge of his bed and stood silent for a moment before opening his status screen.

[ Name: Jack Sparrow ]

[ Race: Vampire / Cold One ]

[ Age: 17 ]

[ Level: 17 ]

[ S.P.E.C.I.A.L ]

[ S: 8 ]

[ P: 8 ]

[ E: 8 ]

[ C: 4 ]

[ I: 10 ]

[ A: 8 ]

[ L: 9 ]

[ Enhancable Stats ]

[ Strength: 1/100 ]

[ Perception: 1/100 ]

[ Endurance: 1/100 ]

[ Charisma: 1/100 ]

[ Intelligence: 100/100 ] [Maxed ]

[ Agility: 1/100 ]

[ Luck: 1/100 ]

[Stat Points: 51 ]

Jack's face which had been stoic until now, finally showed a smile, a large one that extended through his whole face.

'Halfway there, this is it, I can get stronger, strong enough to finally live freely and however I want, strong enough to take revenge' Jack thought to himself before he opened another menu.

[ Weekly Quests ]

[ Kill 30 Zombies ] [30/30 ] [Claim ]

[Reward: 5 Stat Points, 1 Perk Ticket ]

[ Complete Zombie Dungeon Five Times ] [ 1/5 ]

[ Reward: 2 Perk Tickets ]

[ Reach Level 10 ] [ 10/10 ] [ Claim ]

[ Reward: 1 Perk Ticket, 3 Stat Points ]

Clicking the claim button, Jack heard a notification sound.

[ Ding ]

[ User has completed 2 Weekly Quests ]

[ Rewards have been given ]

Opening the status screen once more Jack saw the new number of status points.

[ Status Points: 59 ]

And at the end there even was a new line.

[ Perk Tickets: 2 ]

'Now I just need to complete the zombie dungeon four more times and I'll be able to gain 2 more perk tickets and then I can gain another legendary perk' Jack thought with that same smile before he started thinking of where to put his status points.

'Charisma would certainly be nice however my Luck isn't maxed out yet, and that could be a variable if I actually get the mythical perk, should I max that out first or start by getting my Charisma back to average levels? Or I could even start by enhancing my strength and combat abilities even more but that's not going to help me as much as a perk will.' Jack thought as he imagined himself fighting the Cullens with maxed-out combat stats.

'I'd still be overwhelmed by their numbers and experience in combat. The zombie dungeon is far too weak for me to gain any valuable combat experience and there's no way I can take all the combat stats to 10 in a short amount of time, so the best choice here is either maxing out luck or bringing Charisma to 5 so I can understand the Cullens better' Jack thought before sighing and deciding to let it be for now and saving the status points.

'I'll use them when the time is right. If I need to understand the Cullens better at a certain moment then I'll use them all on it directly and if I manage to get 5 tickets for the max roulette before that then I'll use it on luck' Jack thought before he got up from the bed and headed outside of the room, going down the stairs and into the living room.

Looking around, Jack saw Esme who was still in the kitchen trying what looked to be a new recipe from a cookbook whilst the others from the sounds he was hearing were in their room besides Carlisle and Rosalie who were in their office and the garage respectively.

"Hey Esme," Jack said as he gave the woman a wave which she turned around and returned with a smile.

"Hey Jack, I'm just trying to make this new cake that is shown in this book," Esme said as she turned the book and showed Jack.

Even though they were a few meters apart, Jack could still see the small letters perfectly.

"Uh sure, but why are you doing that when we're vampires? We can't really eat it" Jack said as he rubbed the back of his neck.

Esme then turned her eyes back onto the book and said with a downcast voice that even Jack with his low Charisma could feel.

"It's one of the last ways I help myself to feel at least somewhat human. I've always wanted to be a mother that could bake for her kids but I can't really do that so I at least pretend like this. I don't even know if they taste good" Esme said as she put the book back on the kitchen table and turned to give Jack a small smile.

It was shallow however and Jack could tell, the woman was hurting inside, hurting that she could never experience what it was to be normal. To have a normal life, normal children, and everything in between.

Jack nodded and then gave her a wave leaving behind only some small words.

"All right, I'm going to the front porch."

"All right, have fun Jack" Esme said with that same damned tone that almost sent Jack into a fury.

'You want a normal life? Yeah after you guys allowed Edward and even helped him take mine.' Jack thought to himself as he released a long sigh.

Once outside on the porch, Jack took one of the chairs on the balcony and sat down simply looking at the forest and wildlife all around him.

'I don't understand, even if I use all this computing and processing power that my intelligence stat has given me, even if I run countless simulations in my head, just why did you guys do that to me if all of you hate being a vampire? Hate hurting others.' Jack thought as he clenched his fist.

'Why did you do it to me and then went ahead and spare another human? What was so bad about me? Is it the low charisma at that time? Is it my bad luck but I had a high luck stat even then? Just why?' Jack thought before getting up from the chair and running into the forest.

His speed reached supernatural levels as he went around the trees, jumped on them, and killed every single animal in sight, leaving them all dry of blood.

It only took one minute for Jack to come back and sit on his chair.

In that one minute, he had taken the lives of more than thirty animals.

His strength still surprised him, and so did his speed, perception, and endurance.

On one side, Jack loved it. He loved being a vampire, being so damned strong.

On the other side, Jack also hated the fact that he had been forced and had been given an ultimatum to either turn or die.

That he could no longer bask in the sun without looking like a damned disco ball. That he could no longer be human, and have his own family in the future.

That was all gone, forever.

'But maybe it's not.' Jack thought as he gathered his thoughts.

'What if I can go beyond this vampire race? I mean I already changed my race once, whos to say that the system won't help me do it again? Maybe I can even evolve my race like in those RPG games.' Jack thought however soon enough he crushed these thoughts and buried them deep inside.

'There's no need to have hope to just have it crushed later on' Jack thought before he got up and headed inside, going directly to his room once more.

It was the night now, and it would be seven more hours until it was time to head to school once more.

Going inside his room, Jack locked the door and then laid down on the bed once more.

'Seven hours is more than enough for me to complete the dungeon four more times and get that second perk' Jack thought before he felt everything go dark once more.

There was no time to waste as soon it would be time, time to give back every ounce of hate that he had festered inside.

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A bit of a longer chapter today but I didn't want to make another chapter of Jack simply thinking about stuff so I included it in this one.

I know not a lot of people like emotional stuff and feel like it's just unnecessary drama but I felt like these kinds of chapters once in a while add to the character's personality a bit more. 

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