A new beginning

Ruth had a long dream, in his dream he saw a beautiful girl. The girl had a beautiful pair of almond shaped eyes , her eyes were bright and clear with no ripples, just like a quiet and tranquil lake. Her skin could be said to be exquisite with no blemish whatsoever. He was looking at her with no lust but as an admirer to her beauty. The girl merely smiled at him and offered her hand, or rather than her hand, it was a black colored ball of energy. He looked at her with puzzled expression to which she merely smiled again. Then without any warning, she then slammed her hand right through his chest with the energy ball placed right into his heart. He wanted to scream but to his horror, he discovered he could not do so, then everything went black.

*splash*

Ruth woke up from his dream, In his half-awaken state, he could feel a throbbing pain in his head.

That's right; I was in a strange place with a dragon attacking me!

He sensed his surroundings but there is no movement around him.

He quickly tried moving his body, there was no problem, but It felt as if he is underwater.

He tried to remember what happened after he defeat that dragon, but could not recall anything..

Just when he was about to find a way out, a clear mechanical voice could be heard inside his brain.

"ding.. Congratulation to host for obtaining 50000 experience points for killing 500 golden carp fish.."

"ding.. Congratulation to host for unlocking the new avatar the golden carp fish as a reward".

"Ding"

"Ding"

He was shocked.

What!

What was that voice?

Experience points?

Is this a game? Such were his thoughts, but he quickly denied such possibility. The battle with the dragon is still clear in his memory; that pain, that struggle was not something a mere game can imitate. But what are these experiences?

Back when he was at Earth, he remembered playing games in which experience points are granted to a kill or a quest, does the same principle applied here too ?

More importantly, his previous reincarnation does not have the concept of obtaining experience points. This is something new, he definitely remembered the voice saying something about the killing golden carp fish, but when did he kill those?

Such were his thoughts but he quickly calm down and began to get out from water first.

Suddenly the voice rang out again inside his head.

"Ding.. Do you want to switch to your avatar, the golden carp fish?"

Ruth was shocked, it seems it is indeed like a game where a certain number of kills could grant him a new rewards, although it was a long time ago back in his life on Earth, but his time as a neet is not for naught.

Having become whatever fish should be better than a slime, He thought.

He cried out loud , "Yes" inside his head.

Nothing happened, just when he was wondering whether he guessed it wrong, he could feel a warm energy enshrouding his entire body. He didn't feel uncomfortable but rather it had a soothing sensation.

Not long after the system beeped again..

"ding.. transforming into the golden carp fish, player can now use this avatar for 24 hours, you can check your status inside system menu."

Then Ruth felt dizzy, all power drained from his body, in a mere two or three breaths he felt as if he had died once more, finally he recovered and what he saw is clear blue lake before him. There were carcasses of several fish lying around in his vicinity.

Escaping out from the world of darkness made him feel extremely grateful. It seems he had to transform to a suitable avatar to gain the ability of sight and hearing.

Then remembering what the mechanical voice has said earlier, he willed in his mind to show the status and just as he imagined a box like interface appeared before his eyes just like in games.

Above it were words written in bold font "The Karmic system".

"It seems my guess is right" he thought. He was a little skeptical before, but now it seems that his guess was spot on. This system is indeed like a game.

Calming his racing heart down, he looked carefully at what is shown right before him:

Name:Unamed

Race:poson dragon slime

Age:0

Attributes:poison

Cultivation: spirit 1 beast

Avatars:golden carp fish(currenly in use)

Hp:150/150

Soul:20000/20000

Spirit energy:120/120

Countdown:1/24

Kama points 10

Wow!

He was astonished. He never imagined such a fantasy like setting could be possible in real life but then again he was not the one to talk, who had experienced magic in his previous life.

Spirit energy could be the energy the dragon was talking about while his hp refers to his health points. He had no idea what soul refers to.

Countdown could be the countdown to his current avatar after which he would revert back to a slime.

His race is rather intriguing, poison dragon slime, is it due to him killing that dragon or was it this all along, he had no idea but one thing is clear his journey will going to be a perilous one, where it is a luxury to even hear or to see.

Next, He decided his next course of action, that is to find a place where he could find civilization.

Ruth having being overly excited with the discover of the system, neglected a small possibility, currently his appearance is no different from a golden carp fish, in other words, a fish at the bottom of the food chain. A huge spirit bird swoop down from the sky and before he could react,

"Gulp" he was swallowed whole by the big birds mouth.