first kill?

[time left: 15sec]

'I failed.' Jack knew in his heart he couldn't complete the quest, seeing the timer at 15seconds. He'd tried his best to complete his first quest as soon as possible, but unfortunately he just wasn't cut out for it.

'Wait.. can I bring him back with me?' Jack thought. He was unsure if he could bring this man back to the swamp area with him, as even though he'd exhausted his time limit to stay here. The quest didn't have a time limit, so he could still satisfy himself by killing him there.

It was a crazy idea, but jack wasn't willing to let this mister slip from his clutch.

[Time left: 07sec]

"You're coming with me!" Jack shouted like a mad man, wrapping his arms around the man like a snake constricting it's prey.

"Get the fuck off me you bastard!" The man cursed, hitting jack against the wall in hopes to get rid of him.

[Time left: 03sec]

[02..]

[01..]

[Warning time has elapaed!]

[User can no longer stay in this world and will now be transported back]

Under their feet, a strange drawing comprising of black and red color formed. The lights then got brighter by the second, swirling ferociously releasing an omnious aura.

"W-what the fuck is happening." The man watched with wide eyes, as the drawings then dissolved with the ground leaving a black hole. Struggling he tried to break free, but Jack's grip was surprisingly strong on him. Causing them both to sink into the black hole.

[Warning an anomaly has been detected!]

"Shit." Jack cursed, flying at the speed of light through the dark space with the man. He was surprised how he maintained consciousness at this insane speed, cause the man had long passed out.

"My suspicions were right." Jack cursed, as he'd guessed he shouldn't be able to move the man to the swamp, through the system. He also found it weird he could still read the system notifications at all.

[User can not transport any living being through the the dark portal due to weak state, and lack of the knowledge of dark arts.]

'I get the weak state but dark arts? As in black magic?' Jack thought, unsure what the system meant by the term dark arts.

[Every excess luggage will now be eliminated.]

Under his eyes, the man's body swelled like a bloated ballon. Reaching climax it exploded like a water balloon splashing blood, pieces of flesh, brain tissues and intestines everywhere.

Before he could process what just happened he was flung out the dark portal, back to the swampy area. Gritting his teeth, jack sat up straight checking his body.

"Did that guy just explode?" It was no doubt the man's body exploded, before his very eyes. He'd died but still, he wasn't used to the fact of people exploding like balloons.

"Sigh~ not only did I fail to see Kelly, I also failed to complete my very first quest." Shrugging his shoulder, he decided to still remain seated feeling his legs sore.

"Ugh! I got some flesh in my mouth." Jack said in disgust, spitting some flesh and blood that'd entered his mouth. Sure he was a corpse and had tasted his own blood before he died, but he wasn't a cannibal.

[Congratulations user on completing your first quest!] The system notification popped up in his view, catching him off guard.

"Huh? Is this some kind of glitch?" Jack was confused, seeing the system congratulating him on completing the quest.

'If I remembered correctly the quest said to kill him, But I didn't kill him?' It was awkward the system congratulated him for what he didn't do, as the man's body had strangely exploded?

'Wait.. does that count?' Jack didn't know how or why, but the only plausible explanation he could come up with was the system counted the man exploding as his kill.

[Rewards will now be distributed]

[+2 stat point for all stats]

[Congratulations host on beginning your journey by reaching level 1]

[Hp and body state has been fully restored as bonus for your first kill!]

Under his very eyes, he could see most parts of his flesh that had fallen off being magically replaced. Though it was not in the best conditions still rotting, but it grew back.

And as if that wasn't enough, more notifications assaulted his view.

[You have received a new title!]

[Bloody Samaritan: as an undead compelled by memories from past life you gain +10 hp for every 'bloody samaritan deed' you achieve.]

[Would host like to see his new profile?]

[Yes/no]

Looking at the bloody Samaritan title, jack knew exactly what it meant by 'bloody samaritan deed'. He'd thought walker of worlds was amazing, but bloody Samaritan gave him +10hp for every kill he accomplished.

It was a handful title that came in handle when in battle, considering his terrible state.

'I wonder if it also increases my hp?' Shaking his head, he decided to dismiss that for later.

"Yes." Jack softly spoke eager to see his new user profile.

[Name: jack Anderson]

[Lv: 01]

[Strength: 4]

[Agility: 3]

[Stamina: 3]

[Intelligence: 3]

[Hp: 60/60]

[Body state: 30/30]

(Free stats: 0)

[Title: Walker of worlds title: Allows user to travel back to his previous world for a duration of 5 minutes.

(Time left till host can travel back: 1hour)

Bloody Samaritan: restores +10 hp to host for every bloody deeds.]

[Abilities: locked??]

[Skills passive:

Decay: grants user the ability to make any living thing he touches decays which he consumes restoring his body state or hp. (Note: user can only use this on a living being body state lower or on the same as his)]

[Store: locked??]

[Shop: locked??]

[Reach lv 15 to unlock system store and shop]

Looking at his new profile, jack was a bit siked seeing some things had changed.

First was he'd finally reached level 01, prior to the former not attained by the system. He could also see his stats had added by two which was great, as it was better than his before stats.

"Haha! I was right." Jack chuckled seeing his hp had now increased to 60, prior to the before 50 thanks to the bloody Samaritan title. Other than that, nothing else had changed in his profile.

'Now I wait till an hour.' Having nothing to do, jack wondered what he could do in a creepy deserted swamp for a whole 1hour. Sighing he tried practicing how to fight, throwing out fists and kicks.

He hated his fight with the man, as he looked like a complete clown. So he decided to train himself a bit. After like 10 minutes though jack collapsed to the floor, panting heavily. His stamina had increased a bit, but he couldn't hide the undeniable fact he was still terrible weak.

"Argh! am so bored~" jack uttered sighing. He then got up thinking of what to do in the place.

"That's it!" Jack clicked his fingers, an idea popped up in his head.

"Why didn't I think of this earlier?" Jack smiled walking forward. He'd decided to stroll the swamp, in hopes to find any form of life whatsoever.

"I wander if that creepy old man and his cat are here?" He wasn't sure the weird duo were here, but he could never be too sure. Though this was meant to be a secluded timeline, he hoped there might be traces of life other than him.

'Damn! I've been walking for a while now but still no signs of life.' he'd been walking for a few minutes now but no matter where he looked, other than the spiked trees there was no signs of human life.

Walking some more, he finally reached an entirely different part in the swamp he wasn't familiar with. Listening closely, he could clearly hear the sounds of water rushing up ahead.

"There's a river.." Making his way up the small dirt hill he could see it. Stong waves of water, moving downwards in a straight line.

'Why's it red?' Jack thought staring at the river colored red like blood. At first, he'd thought this was river Styx which leads to the underworld, but in Greek mythology Styx was blue in color not red.

Going closer to it, he could feel the pressure of the water getting stronger pulling him closer. Crouching down jack stretched forth his hand to the water. Hesitating, he didn't know what the water was made of and what would happen afterwards.

'Am already dead.' Shaking his head he dipped his hand inside, preparing for the worst. But it never came, as it was infact the opposite.

"It's calm." Though the river streamed violently, it was strangely calm in Jack's touch.

[User have gained a new skill!]

[Would host like to bath in river to receive the full benefits?]

"What?" Jack was taken aback by what he was seeing. He never expected to gain a new skill, by just dipping his hand into this strange red river.

'What does it mean by full benefits?' The system had always been too complicated, for jack to understand. But if it urged him to bath in the water, then it meant it wasn't dangerous to him. Or so he thought.

"Here goes nothing~" Clenching his fist, jack decided to take the bull by the horns and bath in the river, just like his system asked.

Entering it, his head was immediately flooded by a soothing sensation calming his every nerve. The waters were raging but was calm against Jack's skin, almost drowning him in it's bliss.

[Congratulations host on bathing in the river of countless ancient blood.]

[You have received the lost ancient bloodline ability!]

Seeing this, a wide grin slowly formed on Jack's face.