Having those kinds of titles would almost ensure he would be stronger than an opponent at the same level , unless the opponent also had some hidden means .
He now realized what the system meant when it said that the lottery was an opportunity . All odds were stacked against him , but if he survived he would not only gain a bunch of experience , but also amazing titles which would benefit him forever .
Protocol SL-34572 is a lottery opportunity . Congratulations user The robot voice once again droned , this time with a tinge of satisfaction discernable in the tone .
Still fuck you . - Zac muttered back , pretty sure he would have declined even if presented the opportunity again . It was only dumb luck he sat here today instead of being vaporized by the system .
Finally there were the first kill titles . It seemed that being the first in the world to accomplish certain deeds would give a powerful title as well . Most likely no one else on this planet would be able to gain the Born for Carnage or Ultimate Reaper titles as he took them .
From these facts he could somewhat imagine how the world would develop . Everyone would soon realize the possibility of becoming stronger and breaking the limits of the human body . The importance of titles would also soon be public knowledge , at the latest as soon as people started reaching level 10 . Maybe the tutorial in the safe-zones had already explained everything .
Those who were willing to take large risks and survive would gain strong titles which would make them even stronger , enabling them to level faster and gain even more titles . Some would become elites , being far more powerful than normal people .
Maybe some would keep their humanity and help the average citizens , but many would probably become tyrants , domineering everyone with sheer power .
The world had turned into a place where power was paramount . And if he wanted to protect his friends and family he would have to become one of the elites himself . Luckily he had a pretty substantial head start . Zac was pretty sure that high level titles were not easy to obtain , so very few , if any knew about the amazing power they could bring .
Finally below the stat points was something called Nexus coins , and he had 5100 of them for some reason . If he were to compare the menu to an RPG , then the Nexus Coins would be the in-game currency .
Nexus Coins . - Zac said , hoping to get an explanations similar to the titles , but nothing happened .
Coins . Currency . Shop . Store - He continued , searching for a correct keyword . But still there was no response .
System , are you there? - He grumbled up to the heavens . - Can you come and explain the menu for me real quick? Such as the Nexus Coins and stats? -
By accepting Protocol SL-34572 , user automatically declined standardized initiation protocol in favor of lottery opportunity . Please explore the system of the multi-verse yourself . Good Bye The system soullessly responded in a mechanical almost word-for-word repeat of what it said earlier . After this the system didn’t respond to Zac no matter what he asked or how he extolled , as though the system earlier somehow was here , but now had left .
After a while Zac gave up and refocused on the task at hand . He would have to keep his head start going , and keep pushing forward and get more benefits in this new world . He also thought about classes . Perhaps the class system was similar , where some classes were better than others , and some might even be exclusive ones . Finally there were the mentions of towns and becoming a Lord . While not something Zac was planning on focusing on now , it seemed that it was something extremely beneficial , seeing how hard it was to attain .
A plan was starting to form in his head of how to get out of this situation and head back to his family .
First he needed his weapon .
Chapter 7 - Outpost
It had been 4 hours since Zac woke up after getting hurt . Even after moving around for hours his wounds were just dully throbbing and he once again was amazed by the efficacy of his constitution . If his Endurance and vitality grew to 100 , would he be able to regrow limbs?
He had spent the last hours discreetly surveying the surroundings to come up with a solution to being stranded in the woods . He had made some discoveries during this time , some more shocking than others .
The first thing Zac had done after figuring out the basics of the system was head back to the scene of the fight to retrieve his axe .
When he arrived at the boulder the monster was still there , and by then a putrid smell had started to emanate from the carcass . This meant that the system would not remove bodies like in a game , what was dead was dead . After looking around the body , even somewhat moving it to look beneath it also hadn’t dropped any items such as gold or equipment .
He still didn’t know if that was just bad luck or whether the system was not that convenient and just wouldn’t hand items to you in that manner . Perhaps you would have to make do with what already existed , or whether there were chests strewn around the world .
Just judging from the smell and how the beast looked like when alive it would not be serviceable to eat , even if fresh . The axe lay next to the body , blood caked all over the shaft and the head . Luckily it hadn’t been corroded or rusted yet , and after a good cleaning the axe was almost as good as new , albeit slightly dulled .
The next realization he made on the way back to the camp . Since the world in a sense had turned into a game he thought maybe there was some sort of equipment system . But when saying things like - Equip - , - Equipment - and - Inspect - gave no response to the system he surmised that there probably was no such thing . An axe was just an axe . Maybe there would be magic gear in the future , but at least for now he had no means to distinguish it . He felt that he had missed something though , as one of his quests would reward him with something called - E-Grade equipment - , whatever that was .
However he still was no closer completing that quest now than he was back then . One thing at the time .
The next discovery was that will and determination does not a mechanic make . After popping the hood of the car he had blankly stared at the engine for a few minutes , hoping something obvious and easily solved would present itself . But he had to simply face reality that he would not be able to drive back , at least not with that car . The battery was well and truly dead .
But the most disturbing discoveries came after . Since discarding the car seemed the only option Zac had started scouting the road back to see if it was possible to traverse or whether it was teeming with monsters .
He stealthily moved along the road they came from , keeping to trees and brushes , axe at the ready and maintaining a constant vigil for any sign of danger . If he kept this pace going back the trip would likely take a week , and he didn’t cherish the thought of sleeping out in the open .
But before he got further than around a kilometer the road abruptly stopped , and dense forests gave way to a cliff with a drop of roughly 5 meters . The road , heck the whole ground , was simply gone .
The view that instead greeted him was a panoramic view of an ocean . At least he thought it was , as he could see no land in sight , and he was still too sore to climb down and test whether it was freshwater or saltwater . He guessed it was salt-water though from the smell in the air . In either case it was mind boggling as the camp site was hundreds of kilometers away from any body of water of that size .
Finally he remembered some words the system said in the start which he had completely glossed over in his panic . It said it had merged the planet with others and had been somehow randomized . Just how powerful was the system in the end , to grab multiple planets out in space and mashing them together without him noticing anything .