CHAPTER 2 THE GUIDE.
After sleeping for a while, Om opened his eyes. He found himself on the floor and felt pain in his left shoulder and right thigh.
"Ohh! So, you finally realized that this is not a dream." Om's vision was still blurry, but the by looks of the figure understood that there was someone, and it's not a dream.
As his vision became clear, He noticed that the one who spoke looked just like him. In shock, he quickly rose, similar to how dead rise from their graves.
He quickly check his body by placing his hands all over his body, "Wait, am I dead? Why do I see myself floating in the air like a ghost?"
"Idiot, you are not dead, and I am not a ghost. I have already told you that I am your Guide, to be exact, you believe in yourself too much, and therefore I look like you."
Om's facial expression said it all, that he understood nothing. His was mouth was shut a d eyes still popping out.
"You destroy all the skeletons, but almost get killed. Idiot, if you checked all the notifications sent to you, your battles would be easier. And also check the rewards for completing your first task." Guide boasted by pointing his finger towards the sky.
"You mean all those floating screens in front of me."
The guide slapped him across the face and said, "idiot, yes, those are the notifications. Have you ever watched a sci-fi film or series?"
With a loud slap, Om mind became clear, and he listened to the guide. Om checked all the notifications one by one and realized that if he had checked all the notifications first, he could have destroyed all the skeletons in one fell swoop.
"He is right, but everything seems unrealistic".
After reading all the notifications, he realized that he was not on Earth, but in another dimension which is located in a different universe. That universe only consists of four dimensions called Death, Life, Nirvana, and Truth. To reach all the dimensions, he must perform certain tasks that are available in certain places on each dimension.
"My status," Om whispered.
A screen appeared with all the information about Om.
Name – Om
HP – 65
Fatigue – 12
Strength – 18. Speed – 21. Endurance – 25
Defence- 14. Mana-00
Skills-
[Rage LVL 1], [Weapon master LVL max],
remaining points – 10
He quickly distributed 5 points in strength and another 5 points in defence. He checked his skills.
Fury LVL 1 (Legendary) < all the user's stats double until his fatigue reaches 100, continuously increasing rage >
Weapon Master LVL Max (legendary) (passive)- < all types of weapons can be used to their full extent without restrictions. All restrictions are removed, and all functions become available to the user >
Om checked his inventory and took the only weapon available, an ordinary spear. A rusted but sharp and almost double his size spear.
"Hey. When you are done, could you please give me a name?"
Om began to think of a name for the Guide, and after much thought.
"OK, from now on, your name is 'Soul'."
"That's the best name you have. Are you serious?"
Om walked up and looked away with a small smile and said, "because you look like me floating in air similar to a ghost or a soul, I will call you 'Soul'".
"You have made it through this floor, now let us go to another floor. Our next task is to defeat a 'mad nurse'".
Om took a long deep breath as always, prepared himself and said, "Who the hell thought up these weird tasks?"
Soul raised his right hand and a gate appeared in front of them.
"If you can open gates so easily, we do not even need to do these strange tasks."
"Do you think this is easy to use? Only after we complete the task, I can open a gate similar to this." He described.
He also mentioned that "I do not even know where this door leads. The only thing I know is that the second task is to defeat the nurse on the next floor, so just keep going."
With the spear in his right hand and Soul with him, Om walked through the door with his head held high and confident enough to reach the sky.
After they reach to second stage, they are a bit confused. The stage too identical to last one.
"Hey! Soul, are you certain this is the place where the second task will happen? This looks the same as the previous one."
"I'm also a bit. The location is correct, But something is not right."
"Why?"
"Look there."
One by one, more and more enemies appeared. Their task was to defeat the nurse, but the only enemies in front of them were baby skeletons. This time the number was almost double.
Om tightened his grip over the spear, took attacking stance by place his right leg forward and ready to sprint towards his enemies, said, "Soul, let's do some warm-up before the actual game."
The skeleton flooded towards him. There was no coordination between them, it looked like they were trying to defeat Om through numbers. Om began to swing his spear. His every swing destroyed multiple enemies. He was shocked that this was the first time he swings a spear. The way he used the spear looked similar to an artist painting using a brush.
"Weapon master is undoubtedly a legendary skill. Fighting is too easy but too backbreaking." he was enjoying the fight, but his untrained body showed signs of tiredness.
For no reason, the skeletons were avoiding Soul, with a care Soul mentioned, "It is a legendary skill without any drawbacks except for your physical capability. Next time, spend some points on your stamina too."
"Fine. Let's finish this quickly."
In a few minutes, Om destroyed almost 100 skeletons, but the longer the battle continues, hard the fight becomes. He finally showed the sign of complete exhaustion. He was on his knees and the only support for him was his spear.
"Soul! Help me. These guys are weak but annoying. I'm tired."
"OK, hear me out first. The previously known method to improve your stats was to complete tasks and spend stat points from the rewards, but you can also improve or increase your stats through training."
"So you are telling me to use these small fries as training means?"
"You really are an idiot."
"OK! Stop your sarcasm. I'm already tired."
Om took a long breath and escaped from there. He quickly entered a room. Behind him, soul also came. Inside the room, Om sat on a patient's bed while looking at the door. Skeletons were starting to swarm over the door.
"Why did you run from there?" soul asked.
Om opened his inventory quickly and took out a water bottle. As he was drinking water, he said, "I'm a normal human, I need water to survive. I'm also pretty tired."
Looking worried about this carefree behaviour of Om, soul explained, "Dude, use these opportunities to get stronger. We don't know what kind of rewards we will get. If by any chance, there were no stats points included in the rewards. How will we fight stronger enemies?"
After drinking water from the bottle, Om laid on the bed and yawned, "Chill buddy, these skeletons are not a big deal. And let future problems for the future."
Soul folded his hands and ignore Om, "Don't blame me if any problem arrives. I already warned you."
After sleeping for an hour, he slowly opened his eyes, but he felt uneasy for a reason. He felt a bloodlust towards him. He ignored the bloodlust and again opened his inventory and took out a water bottle. As he was about to open the bottle cap. A needle flew from somewhere and got stabbed in the bottle, puncturing it.
"What the?"
Om sifted his gaze in the direction where the syringe came from. His eyes were wide open after witnessing the scene. The enemy he needed to defeat was right in front of him. The nurse was so terrifying that he didn't notice how calm Soul was.
"Soul, she looks terrifying. I think I'm in the wrong room."
"You fool, you are in the boss room."
"Why haven't you told me before?"
"You didn't ask."
"Now, what should I do, she is coming?"
"Do you have a brain? If you do, then use it?"
Om tightened his grip on the spear and threw it like an athlete, but the spear was blocked. The boss nurse used a giant needle as a weapon and returned the spear toward Om. The spear penetrated the door and stuck on the wall in front of the penetrated door.
Om barely dodged the spear. Next, she used her syringe to spite some acid on Om, but Om again dodged. The acid was acidic to the point where it melted the floor and wall. The damaged floor released some light and self-healed itself, Om was shocked that he couldn't escape through the floor. More shocking for both Om and Soul was that the floor was healed, but the wall didn't.
"What the (yes, that F word). The floor is healed, and the wall didn't. The skeletons are coming inside. Soul, help me."