Chapter Four -First Task

[System Notice!]

A blue rectangular shape slowly appeared on his front.

[Warning: Host's body is losing strength!]

Nereus continues to mutter spells while touching the Commander.

At first, Einar was surprised by the sudden familiar notification but when he felt that his consciousness started to fade away, he realized that something was wrong. His vision began to blur and everything became blurred. He felt dizzy.

He can hear the noise around him but he is unable to understand what is going on. Everything sounds blurry and his senses aren't getting any better. It's like his eyes can't focus properly or his brain has lost the ability to process things.

It's so cold, he can barely feel anything.

SYSTEM CONNECTING ...

SYNCING THE MEMORY TO THE HOST...

LOADING ...

Einar was stunned for a moment because of the memory rushing to his mind while he tried to stand up but he failed because of the pressure that he felt.

There is a young man wearing an all white uniform that talks to another guy with the same uniform as the other guy flashing in his mind. He recognized them immediately. He is sure that one of them was him from a previous life.

"Come on bro! Play this game with me." The first guy pleaded to his friend while showing his phone between his begging hands that clasped together.

The other guy picked up the phone, fearing that it might fall between his friend's hands and took a look at the screen.

The screen is blurry but he feels that he is familiar with the game.

"We can play it on our phones but it is better if we play it on PC for a wider screen and to see more awesome effects!"

Suddenly he remembered the night where he was taken in this game. But his memories have faded due to the constant memories that keep popping up in his head whenever he closes his eyes. He tried to remember more memories.

SYNCING FAILED. . .

SYSTEM WILL FIND ANOTHER WAY TO GIVE YOUR MEMORIES BACK. . .

He tries his hardest to recall the past memories but his brain refuses to produce any new ones. When he tries to dig more, he having more headache.

After failing numerous times to find any of the old memories, the blue holographic screen shows up.

SELECT YOUR NEXT CHOICE...

A list popped out and his brows furrowed a little.

The list was so long and overlapped with each other. That made him confused and didn't understand what their content was but there are three words that he is familiar with.

Reincarnator. Transmigrator. Regressor.

The words are in each other's boxes.The word Reincarnator is gray and the Transmigrator and Regressor are white.

He was still looking at the list as he tried to understand and that made him not realize that Nereus was staring at him with a creepy grin.

"The victory is ours!" Nereus shouts and takes the knight's sword that is lying near his ground to cut the unconscious Commander who is preoccupied while kneeling on the ground.

Nereus was about to attack and finish the job when suddenly a white mist surrounded him. Nereus raised the sword in his hand high and tried to block whatever attack he could see from the white fog. Then the mist disappears and Nereus finds that his left arm has turned into stone. He looked where the gray fog possibly came from and then he found a strange one who was just watching him from the side of the dead snowy tree. She had pale skin and her long silver hair was falling on her face, covering part of her face. She fixes her hood and decides to leave.

The figure disappeared before Nereus' gives his order to his subordinates to catch her and all he could do was stare at the spot where she was standing.

Einar who is on his knees at the ground starts to groan as he tries to wake himself up after choosing randomly on the choices.

System Task: Battle between Dark Forces

Task: Cut of the Dark Region's War Chieftain [Nereus] head.

Reward:

All attributes +25%

Level Experience

1,500 gold

Special : Fragment of memory x1

Failure: It depends on the situation (Probably DEATH.)

The last thing he remembers was when he was playing a video game and a hand from his monitor drags him inside. Suddenly his memories are gone and everything around him becomes hazy.

So now what was he supposed to do next? How can I escape this?

He looked up at Nereus as he was walking towards him while holding the sword of his knight.

"How the he... How am I supposed to beat him?" Einar asked himself the question while finding the way to finish the task in order to survive.

There must be some way.

[System Warning: Your health is not fully recovered so you can't fight anymore. If you continue, it might have permanent damage to your character. Please wait until your health recovers enough or drink health potion first to defeat your enemy before continuing with the quest.] The System Notification naggs him.

He checks his bag and the board shows [Inventory]. The list of his item shows up like in the game and he only found that the only item on it are magic dust and mana potion because he already used up his health potion from fighting his enemy earlier.

As he was feeling frustrated over his failure, he decided to ignore the notification and attacked Nereus. Nereus, however, seems unfazed at all despite having to defend against the incoming attack. His eyes squinted as he felt something strange from his arm like his arm feel tighter and tighter that made him uncomfortable and less focus on their sword fight.

So Einar continued to attack relentlessly and he managed to blind him by throwing a magic dust from his bag. He didn't waste his time, using his sword he give a huge slash with divine magic to cut Nereus's neck.

"It's now or never!" Einar shouted in desperation as he slash his sword towards Nereus's neck.

Even though his head has been cut down and fall on the snowy ground, Nereus's body keeps fighting until his muscle memory escapes on him. The purple blood splattered around and also to Einar's cheeks before Nereus finally fell down.

Einar breathed heavily while waiting for the status report to pop up.

Suddenly, a rectangular shape that glitch wildly and got stabled shows to the front of him.

System Task: Battle between Dark Forces

Task: Cut of the Dark Forces's War Chieftain [Nereus] head. (Completed!)

Reward: (The reward will start to take effect.)

All attributes +25%

Level Experience

1,500 gold

Special : Fragment of memory x1

On the other hand, the Witch got confused because she received a message from their demon king to get back because they already did their mission. She looked above and she saw that their troops are going back as their master orders. She looked everywhere to observe more until her sight glued to the other side of the battlefield. As soon as her eyes landed there, she saw the head of her friend flying away from his body. She scanned the area and she saw the one who made it, it's the human that she hated the most.

From a shocked expression, it turned to anger. Her eyes tears a blood and gazes at him fiercely.

Einar felt her gaze. He just turned his back as the Witch got caught by his people. With heavy steps, he unconsciously walked further ahead to go find somewhere else to rest before leaving this place.

He still feels lightheaded but he tries to process all the things while walking to nowhere.

His footsteps echoed across the silent space. Einar thought for a moment, trying to figure out where he should stop and get some rest. He doesn't want to stay here any longer because he has a bothersome feeling. His strength escapes from him as soon his adrenaline depletes in his body and luckily he finds a warm place in the forest. He rested at the tree that was covered with snow.

Even though he is inside of the snowy forest, the area starts to light up a little, showing that the night is finished.

Something caught his attention and it is his HP bar being filled a little and the amount of EXP being generated since earlier. The EXP from killing Nereus is rising slower than he anticipated but he quickly realizes that he is leveling up.

The system board appears.

[Congratulations! You level up! You may choose your skill]

[New Item! Fragment of Memory]

Description:

It contains a lot of information and the memory includes most of the player's memory and personality.

Note: This item may cause you pain as it contains painful memories of your past life. Do not touch it unless you're willing to pay for damages of 10% HP.

The system board overlapped to each other again but unlike earlier he can manage to separate them to absorb every information that they give.

Einar checked his health status and he saw that he regained a little from his passive regeneration and luckily it is enough for paying the price for the memory fragment.

He took out the fragment from his inventory and it immediately crushed as soon as he touched it with his hand. It easily turns into dust and dissolves into the thin air.

A familiar place suddenly shows in his mind, his bedroom where he used to play games on his computer. He saw that he is at the tutorial part of the game where they are chasing the fugitive that was released by an unknown person.

"The damage is too severe! We will have a hard time recovering!" his hero said and looked everywhere to find a possible way to recover his people from their grave danger.

His people were chasing their enemy but they got ambushed on the mid-way of their chasing.

The enemy's attacks were strong so the people had to protect themselves from their opponent. His hero was also injured but he can only rely on himself to save his people's lives. He was forced to use his only ultimate skill, a skill called 'Grave Slaying'. That is how he manages to kill the enemy in no time.

At the right moment, Einar is on his way to Northshire to reinforce them from the up-coming enemy. Einar saw the hero and assisted them by casting his 'Circle of Healing' skill. The Circle of Healing heals every single player that he encounters.