Free Web NovelChapter 22: Heaven’s Domain!
Andrew felt his body was pulled, stretched, and compressed through dimensions he couldn’t even begin to comprehend! He felt like a single grain of sand being sucked through a straw. It was disorienting, nauseating, and exhilarating all at once!
And then, just as suddenly as it had begun, it stopped!
[Welcome Player ’#25,572,516,687’ to Heaven’s Domain]
[Current Location: Rattus Forest]
[Range: Level 1 - Level 3]
When the spinning in his head finally reduced, he focused on his surroundings and saw he was in a massive, claustrophobic forest.
Trees with long, twisted branches blanketed the sky, blocking out the sun.
At this exact moment, another notification popped up.
[Tutorial Quest: Escape To #326,536,732 Beginner’s Village]
[Info: The Grey Rat King has commanded his minions to round up humans in Beginner’s Village #326,536,732 to feed the next generation of Grey Rats. You and other Players have spawned deep in Rattus Forest.]
[Objective: Escape Rattus Forest and seek refuge in #326,536,732 Beginner’s Village]
[Note: Directions to #326,536,732 Beginner’s Village have been marked in your system. Please follow the map and get to safety.]
[Time Limit: 3 hours]
[Penalty: Become meat food for baby Grey Rats and an incubator to warm their nests.]
Andrew was still weak, but his [Limitless Bloodline] was constantly sucking mana from the air and the Manachip in his grasp, rapidly refilling his reserves. His mana was quickly recovering, but he desperately needed food to sate his gnawing hunger and restore a bit of vitality.
He read the system notification, and his body instantly shivered when he read the last part. Becoming an incubator to warm baby Grey Rats was easily among the top ten worst ways to die in any game, let alone real life.
Just as Andrew was distracted by the system status, another stream of messages popped up.
[System: Heavenly Matrix Communication has been activated]
[You have connected to Village #326,536,732 World Chat]
[Ding! Ding! Ding!]
[Samuel F: Shit! Those rats are terrifying!]
[Roland C: You actually dared to fight them? Even the system advised us to escape.]
[Winner J: Almost a hundred people died from not being smart enough!]
[Ivory K: This quest is quite exhilarating. I’m heading deeper into the Rattis Gorge.]
[Uranus P: The one above, are you Ivory? The one who got a B-Rank talent and became a Godscion?]
[Yusuf I: Do you want to hit on her? Pervert.]
[Monica N: Who wants to form a team? I just received a quest to kill 10 Grey Rats. Will share rewards 10-90 percent.]
[Desmond F: Deal!]
[Astrid R: Desmond! Are you trying to hook up with another girl!?]
Andrew rolled his eyes at the chaotic chat. The chat automatically retracted to the left side of his vision and faded to nothingness.
Then he focused on his surroundings.
The grasses were almost waist length long but he noticed patches of compressed grasses all over the place.
And in those patches were pools of congealing blood and severed limbs scattered carelessly across the ground.
Andrew blinked. Bodies? That meant people had actually died here in this game-like world, unable to return home to where they came from.
He frowned slightly. Knowing he too might have been among them if it weren’t for the system.
"Thank you."
Ten meters away from him was a severed leg with its torn muscles fang ng from the bloody severed part.
Andrew slowly bent down and without hesitation, he grabbed the severed limbs.
[Ding! Infinite Extraction System Activated]
[Flash Light (D-Rank) has been Extracted]
A surge of energy pa’s through his entire body like a sudden shiver after a cold shower. An energy he could feel and control settled in a meridian close to his dantian, connected to the center of his mana pool.
He could circulate mana through the meridian and the talent would activate instantly.
Andrew stored the Manachip from his left palm into his inventory. At the same time, he slowly stretched out his hand and focused.
"Fwooosh!"
A brilliant, blinding flash of light erupted from his palm, lighting up the entire forest like a mini sun! It was so bright that it even blinded Andrew, who hadn’t expected it to be so intense. He lost his concentration for a few seconds, severing the mana flow to the talent and plunging the forest back into gloom.
Andrew’s vision cleared, and he raised an eyebrow. In such a dark, dreadful place, this talent could be considered OP. Grey Rats were used to the dark; this talent could blind them and render them useless for about five to ten seconds. So how come this person didn’t survive?
Andrew shook his head and stood up, walking toward a severed skull about ten meters away. He picked up the head of the beautiful female elf and activated his system.
[Ding! Unable to absorb Ruby-Serpent Saint "Godscion" Title as you’re a Divine Godscion]
Andrew was stunned. For this girl to be a Godscion, she must have had at least a C-Rank talent. But it seemed having just her head wasn’t enough and could only absorb the Divine Godscion title. He needed her full corpse to to absorb her power.
Andrew walked for more than ten minutes, absorbing the talents of the corpses scattered around him.
He never saw a full corpse—just severed heads, limbs, and piles of intestines.
Till today, Andrew never realized human intestines were actually so long, like doodles and pasta, and the way they splayed across the forest floor, he even figured that they could be used for bungee jumping.
[Ding! Talent: Devouring Intestine (E-Rank) has been Extracted]
[Ding! Talent: Diamond Heart (D-Rank) has been Extracted]
[Ding! Talent: Oily Skin (E-Rank) has been Extracted]
These were the only talents he was able to absorb from the mangled limbs on the ground. freēwēbnovel.com
He loved the Diamond Heart Talent the most. It was a passive skill that turned his heart into pure diamond while still functioning perfectly as a muscular organ without any discomfort. Now, during battle, he wouldn’t have to worry about getting his heart pierced through.
Andrew touched the last thick thigh of a female succubus when he suddenly froze.
"Snap!"
Sounds of twigs snapping sounded out a few distance away from him.
Abruptly, he raised his head up and he went rigid. Five monsters, about half a meter tall, were staring at him with beady black eyes. Stinky drool dripped from their fanged maws.
[Name: Grey Rats]
[Level: 1]
[Combat Index: 23]
"Grey Rats." Andrew’s eyes squinted as he stared at the vermin slowly closing in on him from all directions.
"Squeeeeeeck!"
One of them squealed and instantly, the five Grey Rats charged at him from every angle!
Andrew’s lips curled into a smirk, and he waited for them to close the distance. Just as the five rats were half a meter away from him, an explosive shockwave burst from Andrew! His entire body was enveloped in roaring blue flames!
"Squeeeeeck!"
The five rats were instantly sent flying backward by the sheer heat blast, crashing to the dirt with a heavy thud. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Andrew snapped his fingers. Five blue balls of flame, each the size of an orange, shot out from his body and flew directly toward the giant rats!
The flames landed on them and immediately spread across their entire bodies, violently burning through their fur and flesh!
"Squeeck!"
"Squeeeeck!"
"Squeeeeeeeck!"
They rolled around on the ground, struggling desperately to put out the flames, but if an SS-Rank flame was so easy to extinguish, it wouldn’t be an SS-Rank! The blue fire clung to them like a curse, ignoring the dirt and the thrashing.
In just a few seconds, the rats were reduced to piles of grey brunt corpses!
[Ding! 5x Grey Rat killed]
[Loot: 50 EXP, 10kg Grey Meat, +10 Star Credits]
