A Dead Welcome[3]

"A system huh..."

Atlas blurted out.

"Damn!!"

[Quest 0 has been issued]

[Special achievement rewards]

"Huh? Special achievement?"

Atlas had a spark in his eyes for a moment, but it quickly dissapeared.

He turned to look down at the one-armed corpse.

He quietly picked it up. The blood from it had already stopped flowing; it was barely a trickle.

'I should atleast cremat him if I can't bury him'

A burial in the middle of the city. It was quite possible.

He got into the elevator and pressed the button for the 4th floor.

A short wait he got out the now bloody elevator.

'I thought this much blood would smell bad'

He walked to for a short distance untull he reached a door. Room no.403.

He inserted his keys and went inside.

He chucked the landlord's body onto his supremely clean sheets and headed towards his kitchen.

"Will these knives even be useful?? I don't even have a bag to carry supplies..."

Atlas brandished a kitchen knife before placing it back down.

His regret for never buying a bag was palpable.

He looked around but gave up on finding any items of use.

"Wait, let's check the system... How does it work?"

He attempted a few key words.

"System activate! System open! System!.... umm Menu! Status?"

A screen appeared in front if his eyes.

"I really hoped it was not gonna be status"

[Name]-Atlas

[Stats]:

STR-6

CON-6

AGI-7

PER-7

MIND-7

[Skills (0/10)]:

None

"Damn... I'm going to guess the average for stats is 5"

A dark thought crossed his mind, 'If it's 10 then all my work was for nothing...'

It was a relatively bland status. It betrayed his hopes of greatness.

'Oh right, a special achievement and quest'

On the corner of the screen was three lines within a circle; how typical.

'That must the menu'

He pressed it and multiple options appeared.

[Quests]

[Inbox]

'That's it? I expected a shop. Hmm' He felt that something was something missing from his status and the menu.

"Ah whatever it's just a misconception due to those stupid webnovel"

He first clicked on inbox.

[Special Achievement- P□□g□□□□□r □□ □h□ □□o□□□□□e's rewards]

"What da...? Don't tell me I'm actually important??"

Atlas, whose life was the EPITOMY of NORMAL, experiencing such an abnormal occurrence got the gears in his head turning.

'If the random letters are clues then what could the achievement be? What did I even do?'

Before he could delve into the mystery, screams reached his room from the streets. The bloody smell also helped distract him.

'I know myself all too well, I'm not smart enough to figure this out with only this many clues with my current time limit'

"Let's check the rewards"

He clicked on it and it expanded downwards.

[- 1)Unique Title '??? ? ?? ???'

2)Item Attribute Card]

[Item Attribute Card has activated]

'What?'

The gun on his waist started to glow slightly for a few seconds, only to go back to normal.

[Item Attribute Card(Unique)]

-Gives the most suitable item in your possession a random attribute. Using the weapon in different ways may influence the attribute

"Oh... the most suitable... also the only one in my possession"

Atlas looked down at his side as the gun. A strange feeling came when he looked at it, like something from within was telling him that,

"Status"

The gun's status appeared.

[Name]-Landlord's Gun(Can be renamed)

[Rarity]-Common(?)

[Attribute]-None(?)

[Durability]-92/100

[Condition]-Normal

[Note- This Weapon has had the unique Item 'Item Attribute Card' used on it]

"That's more information than my own status..."

He didn't dwell on the usage of the card. He might have done the same in a dire situation anyways.

"Anyways, I got a title... does it show on my status?"

It did... and more?

[Name]-Atlas

[Titles]: ??? ? ?? ???(Unique)

[Disposition]: Actor. Survivor.

[Stats]:

STR-6

CON-6

AGI-7

PER-5

MIND-7

[Hidden Stats]:

None

[Skills (0/10)]:

None

[Unique Skills]:

None

[Talents]:

Dexterous, Acting

[Gifts]:

None

[Techniques]:

None

[Special]:

None

"I'm an actor? Makes sense... but why survivor?"

He faked frustration for God knows why.

Maybe he really was cracked in the head.

"Well whatever, it's good to know that I have nothing else too!" Atlas flashed a smile.

'Why did the status change?'

'Wait, is it because of the...'

He clicked on his title.

[??? ? ?? ???](Unique)

-System lvl 1. Access

???(locked)

???(locked)

"Well, all this is well and all, but all these question marks are reminding me of high school"

Atlas never went to college.

"Let's check my quest now... no. 0 if I recall"

[Quest 0- A Dead Welcome]

-A welcome is needed to the apocalypse, and for that, a quest has been issued to everyone! Each person's tutorial quest is decided based on geographical location, situation, etc.

For the people of Sylvius, a place reeking with the communion between the living and the dead, the unliving have been given a chance to reciprocate the feelings they harbor towards the city!

Survive in your city for a week will grant you a reward! But be warned, leaving might bring disaster to both you and the people around you.

Reward- ???

[System lvl 1 access detected]

The questions soon faded.

[Reward- Gift Awakening]

More words soon appeared.

[Quest properties]:

1)2X rewards from monsters

2)2X rewards from bosses

3)2X rewards from dungeons

4)2X rewards from killing humans

5)2X rewards from pioneering

"That's a lot of bonuses... I guess that's sweet."

'I should use this knowledge to get ahead of the others... without risking my life too badly'

Just as Atlas thought he had experienced all the surprises he could, a screen popped up.

[It is night now, and the dead wish to welcome you]

A sound came from his front door,

And from behind him.