Chapter 13 : Pause and foward

(Pov Gallant)

|Time - 02:58:17| |Date - 22nd Lost 1111|

|Location - Dungeon ????? Underground|

Whoosh...whoosh...!*

I was falling into the chain infested pit... again, my heart was filled with nothing but horror at this, and worse yet, my HP was as low as it could get,

{HP 12 / 2}

A strong and powerful hit could kill me instantly

"Oh...for fu*ks sakes can't I take a moment to catch my breath for once!" (Gallant)

Whoosh...whoosh...!*

'Damn.' (Gallant)

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Shing!*

Bam...Boom...Qwack!..bang!*

Shhhhh*

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'Uh?' (Gallant)

I thought in utter puzzlement at what the hell just happened. One minute, I was falling to my doom, and the next second, I'm laying against a wall....somewhere?

'What the heck is going on?' (Gallant)

I was confused about it, but before I could even process this, I suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of dizziness, my head hurt, and my bowls felt twisted beyond anything humanly possible

Luckily, my stomach was empty, so I didn't vomit anything... if a vampire could vomit, of course, which I don't know

"Cough...ugh damn." (Gallant)

A few moments later, the strange nauseating feeling slowly faded away like it never existed, and finally, peace was brought back to my consciousness

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Whew*

I let out a sigh of relief, no wait maybe...not relief but....in release?...and after that....

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I just sat there staring at the darkness I had somewhat gotten used to and just did...

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I paused for a second and began to introspect myself and the past few days that have passed for a moment and thought

"What am I even doing anymore?" (Gallant)

I rhetorically asked in a hollow tone to no one in particular

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"I'm going...nowhere." (Gallant)

Is what I had thought, since I had reincarnated into this world, I hadn't really had the time to think in too deeply about it at the start, but now that I do and with all that I experienced I-I....

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"Don't know." (Gallant)

I spouted out in utter ignorance. In this world, I had done nothing, I am going nowhere, but just going with the flow, nothing in my current life makes sense, I had accomplished nothing but...

But...to persevere through pain...that I don't even deserve...well not entirely

I sent my senses to my left arm...

"Why am I even moving forward in a story that doesn't belong to me anyway? " (Gallant)

I asked in puzzlement at this, when I had made my promise to young Gallant I....admit I had my doubts and misgivings about it...and the only reason I even made that promise was because...

"My heart and soul had accepted the responsibility....but my mind, on the other hand, think otherwise...." (Gallant)

And the funny thing is I don't even know why my heart feels that way...I don't know anything...I don't even know if it's my past life affecting my decision in this

Sigh*

Ever since I had gone through the aura of fear and doubt, I had thought that my conviction had solidified, but...it seems I was wrong

"Why am I moving forward?" (Gallant)

I asked my mind this question again, expecting it to not be answered

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Pump..bump....!*

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"Pfff Haha...seems my answer was done for me." (Gallant)

In the end, it seems I am still stuck on the same question without a solid answer

'Why.' (Gallant)

But I quickly pushed that thought into the back of my mind as doubting myself all day isn't going to change anything...after a while of thought I uttered words the many may know...if they read ch7 of course

"I may feel it in every waking moment of my current life, I may suffer setbacks that it brings my way, but in the end...it is just a fleeting emotion." (Gallant)

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Sigh*

"Enough introspection, now that I cleared my head somewhat, I need to figure out where I am and what I am going to do next." (Gallant)

But before that...

'I need to check my status first, I think I remember getting a notice or something like that... right?" (Gallant)

Although checking my status is an unknown place may not have been the best idea, I don't feel any danger, so I thought it would be fine... maybe?

Cough*

With that decision, I quickly called up my status

Ding!*

[Name : Gallant Nova Lock

Age : 4 years

Race : Vampire/Iris

Rank : I <incomplete >

Class : -

Level : 1 <Soul 4 15 Essence (SE) :>

Bloodline : VampIris (Cursed Vampire variant)

Status Conditon ; Partially damaged soul, damaged wrist tendon (left arm), Fractured bones (left arm), torn muscles (left arm), slightly damaged rids, slight burns, Tired, Hungry

Curses : Eternal blindness (directed towards soul), °•▪︎○□♤☆¤□°¤• •○□● (°•●□•¤¤▪︎°□¤)

HP : {10 / 2} > {12 / 2}

MP : {120 / 20}

Strength : {1} > {2}

Defense : {6} > {8}

Intelligence : {20}

Magic : {20}

Resistance/Toughness : {20} > {26}

Agility : {6} > {7}

Luck : {-20} > {-28}

Spirit : {10} > {12}

Charm : {10}

Elemental Affinity : Blood, Fate, and ¤○•°●□¤

Skills : {Lesser regen lvl 6 > lvl 7} {Lesser Pain Resistance lvl 5 > lvl 8} {Lesser soul pain resistance lvl 1} {Lesser sunlight resistance lvl 4 > lvl 6} {Lesser poison resistance lvl 4} {Mental disorder} {Lesser hunger resistance lvl 1 New!}

Unique skills : {Enhanced senses}

Ultimate skills : -

Soul skill : {True Synthesis}

Titles : {Cursed child} {Forsaken child} {Cursed bloodline} {Incomplete Slave} {Half-breed} {Lonley} {Unlucky Truth} ]

After checking my status, the first thing I noticed is that some of my skills had leveled up as well as my basic stats, and the reason could be because....

"My level went up." (Gallant)

My level had increased by 1, which was initially empty but was raised soon after I had killed the goblin, anyway after checking out my level and this soul essence, which is just another form of Exp... I think? I looked at my other stats

"What does this mean?" (Gallant)

I thought as the second thing that the notification stated was my increase in rank, which I don't really understand much about... and for good reasons

"Incomplete... what the hell does that mean." (Gallant)

I thought in confusion at this, as my status wrote that my Rank is incomplete, which I have no idea is good or bad due to my own ignorance

"I can't deal with something I don't fully understand, I will just have to deal with it later." (Gallant)

Everything else in my status was standard, and nothing really changed that much except for one thing

Ding!

{Unlucky Truth: A title given to those who had experienced bad luck at its finest

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An unpredictable bad luck with no sense of meaning what so ever, go from a catastrophic world destruction level or the annoying unscratchable itch level you may never know

Though bad luck may not strike all the time, when it does...?????

Requirements : -25 in the luck stats and •●°○▪︎●●□●•○○•}

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" /[ Ô__Ô]\ " (Gallant)

"Damn it!." (Gallant)