Chapter 3 The Demon System

The Next Day

Mason slowly opened his eyes and blink away the black spots covering his vision. His head was humming, and it was a few seconds before his vision focused and he could see where he was.

He was lying on the ground with his face facing the sky. The entire ground was soak red with his blood while his clothes looked torn and damaged.

Slowly, he stood on his feet and looked around him to discover the blood that seemed to cover the entire horizon. The moment he saw the blood, Mason groan as everything came rushing back to him.

He remembered being chased by the neo-thieves the other night and had eventually fallen down from the cliff after getting to a dead end. He had felt every bone in his body broken and his life draining out from him. He didn't need anyone to tell him that he was going to die. So how the hell was he alive and breathing now? How the hell had he managed to survive the fall? He should be dead right now but how come he was okay? Mason wondered as he looked up at the cliff which was way up ahead. And then it clicked, he had seen something just before he lost consciousness, he had seen the pendant glowing brightly and then a blue screen had appeared in front of him. Now that he thought about it, he noticed it was huge and seemed to resemble a system.

Immediately he thought that in his head, a blue screen appeared right on front of his eyes with information he didn't know existed.

[You have unlocked the demon system]

"The demon system? What the fuck is that suppose to mean?" Mason wondered as he went ahead to look at the few notes that followed.

[User - Mason Blackwood]

[Race - Human]

[Class - ?]

[Level - 1]

[Hp - 15]

[Exp - 0/100]

[Strength - 7]

[Agility - 7]

[Stamina - 7]

[Intelligence - 5]

[Perception - 5]

[Normal Humans have stats of 5]

"Oh my God. What the heck is this?" Mason screamed in his head as he fell on his feet whereas the blue screen kept floating right in front of him.

Slowly but carefully, he reached out his hand to touch it but gasped as they slowly went through it. He withdrew them immediately and slowly stood on his feet.

"What the fuck does this means? Is this the reason why I survived?" Mason wondered as he kept staring at the screen. It seemed like those old games he used to play at the school cafe but what he didn't understand was why he was seeing this.

As Mason kept on thinking, he noticed there were more tabs on the status screen and quickly glued his eyes on the skill tab. Immediately he thought that in his head, the screen changed to the skill tab.

[Skills]

[0 skills unlocked]

[0 skills points available]

[Skill locked?]

[Skill locked?]

[Skill locked?]

.......

As Mason watched the screen, he noticed there were no skills available on the skill tab as everything was locked. So he immediately went to the shop and saw that it was also locked.

[Shop]

[Unavailable at the moment. Reach level 5 to unlock.]

"Why is everything so useless?" Mason thought as he went towards the last tab on the screen,the quest tab.

[Quest]

[Main Quest - Reach level 5 within a month]

[Reward - ?]

[Daily Quest]

[Complete a hundred meter run - 2 laps]

[Push up - 0/20]

[Sit up - 0/20]

[Reward - 20 Exp]

[Punishment upon failure - ?]

"What does this means?" Mason said out loud and thought of closing the system and immediately the system closed. Surprised by what just happened, he thought of opening it and it opened. Then he thought of closing it and again, it closed. Immediately he realized that the system was telepathic and worked whenever his mind gave it command like the old games he used to play.

"But does this means I have awakened an ability?" Mason thought as he kept staring into space. But he had never heard of an ability that worked as a system, or did all the other neohumans have a system like this? Mason wondered but quickly push the thought away from his head. It was absurd to think like that. There was no way the other neohumans ability worked like this. If they did then the entire world should know about it but they didn't which meant he was the only one with a system like this.

With that thought in mind, Mason pulled himself together and was about to leave when he noticed the pendant was no where to be found. He turned and search all around but still could not find it.

"Did someone steal it while I was unconscious?" He thought in his head but quickly push away the thought from his mind. There was no way that was possible as this side of the cliff looked deserted. If anything the pendant must have gone missing and he was going to forget about it as it wasn't important anyways. It was time he got back to the orphanage as he didn't want to keep Mrs Harper worried.

With that thought in mind, Mason turned and began walking down towards the only path he could see, hopefully it would lead him back to Beverly town where the orphanage was located.

He walked for about an hour before finally arriving at the orphanage where a little crowd was gathered. There were two cars parked in front of the building whereas Mrs Harper could be seen speaking to two men in the same uniform. Immediately he saw the uniform, Mason recognized them to be from the authorities, an organization in charge of neo crime activities happening around the towns. Mrs Harper must have called them after he led the neo-thieves away. Mason thought with a smile as he began walking towards them.

As he approached, a little girl of about five years ran towards him after recognizing him from afar.

"Big brother Mason, I miss you." The girl said with tears in her tears, alerting the others who came rushing over.

"Mason, are you okay?" Mrs Harper was the one asking this time around with tears in her eyes.

"Of course I'm okay Mrs Harper. I told you I was strong right?" Mason replied and watched as Mrs Harper eyes scanned the torn clothes on his body.

"You don't look okay Mason. Did those bastards do this to you?" She asked with concern in her voice while Mason just smile.

"I'm really okay Mrs Harper, you don't have to worry. All I did was hide in a cave anyways." Mason lied, knowing there was no way he could tell them that he fell from the cliff and miraculously survived. They'd think he was mad or something.

"Really?" She asked and Mason nodded.

"Still, don't you ever pull that shit on me ever again okay?" She added and Mason nodded and watched as the two men approached him.

"I guess you must be Mason. That was really brave of you. Because of you we were able to get here in time and secure the orphanage." The man said, offering a handshake to Mason who was taken aback but quickly compose himself and shook the man's hand, knowing it was rude to keep an elderly man waiting.

"It was nothing. I just did it to protect my family." Mason said smiling. "Did you manage to catch them?"

"I'm afraid no." The man replied politely. "They were already gone by the time we got here. We searched the woods you all went through but could not find any signs of them."

"Oh." Was all Mason could say as he clenched his fist. He really wanted them to pay for what they did.

"Anyways, it's nice to meet you Mason. I like brave kids like you. Come join the authorities if you ever feel like saving this little town. I will be sure to create a spot for you." The man said with a smile and tapped his shoulder before entering into the car and driving off, leaving only a gust of wind in his wake.

"Come on in Mason, you must be starving." Mrs Harper said and walked into the building while Mason followed quietly behind her.

"Hey we heard what happened from Mrs Harper. I didn't know you had it in you." Sabrina said with a smile as she punched Mason on the arm playfully.

Mason just smiled as they kept walking but unknowingly to them, he just couldn't help but keep staring at the blue screen in front of him, wondering if all this was merely a dream or not.

If not, then did it mean that he had really awakened an ability and was now a neohuman? Did this means that he finally had a chance to become a powerful neohuman and fight against the dragon bloods if they were to ever return?

Well, there was only way to find out. Mason thought as he kept staring at the blue screen in front of him.

[Daily Quest]

[Complete a hundred meter run - 2 laps]

[Push up - 0/20]

[Sit up - 0/20]

[Reward - 20 Exp]

[Punishment upon failure - ?]

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