Unexpected System
Dante, who was gazing at the dark bedroom, found himself flabbergasted as he was now staring at a vast flatland of emptiness. It was nothing but a wasteland of the void, and within this wasteland stood the dark figure who he had recently met in the dark bedroom.
The dark figure stood tall, higher than its form in the dark bedroom of the past memory. Dante looked at it with his head pointed upward to stare at the face of the nothingness that was the shadowy figure.
"T-That was unexpected."
"I never thought that I would get immediately teleported out of nowhere."
Dante remarked since he was a bit confused regarding what had happened.
The figure that called upon him tilted its head in confusion, wondering what he was trying to say. It then realized what it had done and apologized once again to Dante.
*𝕬𝖕𝖔𝖑𝖔𝖌𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖕𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖆𝖓𝖞 𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌, 𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊.*
"It's okay, I was just astonished on the instant teleportation. That was the first time such a thing happened without me blacking out."
He replied, as typically he would lose consciousness before displacing into another location. This moment though was different. He saw the scenes before his eyes changed in an instant. It was his first time experiencing teleportation.
Dante wasn't sick or anything. He also wasn't tired, and the teleportation didn't affect him in a bad way. In any case, his confusion wasn't that special. It was simply a reaction of a first-timer.
"Other than that, where are we?"
He questioned while looking around to survey the surroundings. He was curious about the location he was in. The area seemed to be a flat plain of nothingness. It strongly resembled that of a wasteland, and such a location appeared to not exist within Dante's memories.
Was it a hidden memory deep within Dante's mind?
'Nah, this isn't a memory.'
He denied his words after looking up at the heavens.
A giant planet dwelled upon the vast night skies along with thousands of twinkling stars. It was broken into many fragments ranging from pebbles and dust to entire crusts of continents. Crimson flames and gas could be seen escaping from its unstable core.
Such a sight was also shrouded with a beautiful aurora.
The world from above was getting nearer and nearer to the one he was standing in.
Meaning that this wasn't the world, he got reincarnated in. It was something different, another world that must not have existed within his memories. This only points at the dark figure since it was the one that teleported him to this place.
*𝕺𝖚𝖗 𝖑𝖔𝖈𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓, 𝖍𝖚𝖍?*
*𝕴𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖆 𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝕴 𝖘𝖆𝖜 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖘𝖈𝖊𝖓𝖊.*
*𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖒𝖞 𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉, 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝕴 𝖈𝖆𝖒𝖊 𝖋𝖗𝖔𝖒. 𝕴𝖙𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖞 𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖊 𝕴 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖆𝖘 𝖆 𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖊 𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖕𝖎𝖙𝖊 𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖔 𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖞 𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖇𝖊𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖎𝖋𝖚𝖑 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖒𝖘.*
*𝕴𝖙 𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖐𝖘 𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖈𝖆𝖒𝖊 𝖚𝖕 𝖆𝖋𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝖋𝖑𝖆𝖙 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖘𝖎𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖊.*
The dark figure calmly replied with its distorted and ancient lady-like voice.
Touching the base of his neck, Dante wryly smiled as he asked a quite sensitive question. Asking for more information regarding a broken homeworld would be insensitive. Even he himself would rather not talk about his past, so he knew his boundaries.
'I guess I should continue talking about the system.'
He thought to himself while planning to change the current subject. He slowly walked towards the dark figure and stood before it. Looking at the shadowy figure directly with his eyes, he coolly suggested with a composed expression.
"Why don't we start talking about the system, Ms. Dark Figure."
Dante's suggestion had an honorific within it, seemingly considering the dark figure as a female one. It was one way to get closer and possibly break the barriers. The shadowy figure appeared to be a peaceful creature instead of a violent and hostile one.
*𝕴𝖙'𝖘 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊.*
*𝖂𝖍𝖞 𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖜𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖙 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖒𝖆𝖎𝖓 𝖋𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖜𝖆𝖐𝖊𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖘𝖞𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖒 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚, 𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊?*
*𝕴'𝖒 𝖘𝖚𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖙𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖆 𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖋 𝖎𝖙.*
He nodded with a curious expression after hearing the words of the figure as it continued on with its distorted and ancient lady-like voice.
*𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖞𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖒 𝖎𝖘 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖞 𝖋𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖘, 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝖑𝖊𝖙 𝖚𝖘 𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖐 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖓 𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖉𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖋𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖗.*
*𝖂𝖍𝖊𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖗 𝖐𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖘 𝖘𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌. 𝕿𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖇𝖊 𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖙𝖜𝖔 𝖈𝖍𝖔𝖎𝖈𝖊𝖘, 𝕮𝖔𝖓𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖗 𝕯𝖊𝖛𝖔𝖚𝖗.*
*𝕮𝖍𝖔𝖔𝖘𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖖𝖚𝖊𝖗 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖚𝖑𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖉 𝖇𝖔𝖉𝖞 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖚𝖇𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖗. 𝕸𝖊𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖙 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖇𝖊 𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖗'𝖘 𝖆𝖇𝖘𝖔𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖑.*
*𝕺𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖍𝖆𝖓𝖉, 𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕯𝖊𝖛𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖌𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖞 𝖇𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖋𝖎𝖙𝖘 𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖍 𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖎𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊.*
"I see… So that's how the system works."
"I can choose to subdue and control the corpse I killed, or devour it to gain biomass and experience."
"Sounds like a fairly complicated system, and seems to be intriguing."
The edges of Dante's lips rosed as he found the recently gained information interesting. The system he would gain has features that would have taken a while to explore without the dark figure's explanation.
So with this in mind, he was a bit thankful that the shadowy figure was willing to explain. If it was thrown at him without any warning, then much harm could be done. And Dante wouldn't be able to use the system at its full efficiency.
"So what does biomass and experience do to my body?"
He continued the questioning, which the dark figure answered without delay and hesitation.
*𝕭𝖎𝖔𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖘 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝖚𝖕𝖔𝖓 𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖍 𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖊 𝖆 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊 𝖇𝖆𝖘𝖊 𝖔𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖎𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖔 𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖎𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖊𝖛𝖔𝖑𝖛𝖊 𝖊𝖝𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊.*
*𝕰𝖝𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖔𝖗, 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖕𝖔𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖘 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖚𝖘𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖑𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖑 𝖚𝖕 𝖘𝖐𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖘, 𝖆𝖇𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘, 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖑𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖑𝖘. 𝕴𝖙 𝖈𝖆𝖓 𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖔 𝖇𝖊 𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖎𝖓𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖊 𝖔𝖓𝖊'𝖘 𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖇𝖚𝖙𝖊.*
Dante's focused gaze could be seen since he was incredibly intrigued by the dark figure's words. The information regarding biomass and experience was extremely important. And their uses were information Dante really needed.
'Biomass are used to evolve subjugated minions or create new ones.'
'Experience can level up anything and can also increase my attribute.'
Such were the things he would gain if he devoured the ones he had killed. He would gain both experience and biomass as, fortunately, they weren't exclusive from each other. But in his first moments with the system, it might not be the best way.
Experience and biomass require stacked numbers to be used efficiently. If Dante couldn't reach such numbers, then the experience and biomass would simply stay there until he gains enough. But if he used conquer instead, he would have a chance to hunt more creatures.
'T-This is…'
Excitement wouldn't contain enough meaning to portray what he was feeling. This was like having your life turn around. Instead of hiding and slowly getting stronger in the misty path of power.
He would have a path before him with a clear foundation from behind.
"The system is great."
"Do you have more info?"
Dante wanted to ask for more information, but unfortunately, the dark figure shook its head and said in its distorted voice.
*𝕸𝖞 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖑𝖒𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖎𝖙𝖘 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖈𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓. 𝕬𝖕𝖔𝖑𝖔𝖌𝖎𝖊𝖘, 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝕴 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉𝖓'𝖙 𝖇𝖊 𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝖊𝖝𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖓 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖔 𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊.*
"What do you mean by that? Your time here is reaching to its end? Why?"
He was confused and didn't understand what the dark figure said. Shouldn't it be latching onto his soul? Why would it disappear when it already got the host it needed.
*𝕴 𝖆𝖒 𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝖆 𝖋𝖗𝖆𝖌𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖋, 𝕯𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖊.*
*𝕸𝖞 𝖉𝖚𝖙𝖞 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖒𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖘𝖚𝖗𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖞𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖒 𝖌𝖊𝖙𝖘 𝖎𝖙𝖘 𝖓𝖊𝖜 𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖔𝖗.*
*𝕹𝖔𝖜 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖆 𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖔𝖗 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖈𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖊𝖓. 𝕴𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖒𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖋𝖆𝖉𝖊 𝖆𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊.*
"Okay, I understand."
"So you have completed your mission, huh?"
Dante didn't expect the dark figure before him to be nothing but the caretaker of the system. It was the shadowy figure's duty for the system to have a next successor. Meaning that there were many owners of the system before him.
They might have come from other worlds with their own stories to tell.
It makes him wonder if his life was nothing more than a story to be told in the future.
'No need for such depressing thoughts, Dante.' He shook his head as depressive thoughts do nothing more but corrupt and leech upon one's spirit. The future wasn't his business to worry about, and it didn't matter if his story was one of the many others.
Dante looked at the dark figure for one last time and uttered his final question that goes beyond the last one.
"What is the name of the system."
"I'd like to know."
The dark figure gazed at him and replied.
*𝕴𝖙𝖘 𝖓𝖆𝖒𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝕴𝖒𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖗.*
"Imperator?"
After uttering such words, everything in his sight disappeared as he blacked out from his consciousness. It took a while, but as he opened his eyelids, he found himself lying at the bottom of a bark with the rifle beside him.