Free Web NovelChapter 8: What Next??
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Immediately Theon stepped into the bathroom, he breathed a sigh of relief. ’Luckily they didn’t question me any further. I don’t think I would’ve been able to bring up any more excuses if they had.’
He noticed that Reed had a lot of questions that he needed answered, Lucius was the same, though he covered it up with his energetic personality. ’I guess they both decided to keep the questions to themselves knowing that Theon would give an excuse as usual...’
’The only thing that saved me today, was Theon’s personality.’ Theon sighed.
He knew that Theon liked to hide things from his friends. He never wanted to involve them in his problems, since he knew they would get hurt in the process. It’s why he decided to shoulder everything himself. freēwēbnovel.com
’The more I think about it, the more it angers me.’ Theon clenched his fists. ’More reason enough for me to find and destroy those bastards!’
He didn’t linger on the thought for much longer and took off his clothes. The dry blood was really getting irritating, to the point that it was beginning to itch him. Worst of all, he was oozing. And not the normal one. No. He smelled like a corpse that had been left to rot.
Signs of how long Theon had been dead.
He would think of how to expose the murderers later. For now, he would take his time and enjoy a long shower.
He grabbed a towel and stepped into the weirdly large shower. On entering, a holographic screen appeared in front of him with options such as how he would like the temperature of the water and whether he would prefer to use the bathtub or not.
Theon could only smile as he looked at the screen. ’Of course they have something like this. Not only is this world more technologically advanced than Earth but even ordinary citizens had abilities. Building something like this must be child’s play to them.’
After selecting his options, a large bathtub that could fit up to ten people rose from the ground and filled up with hot water.
Theon grinned then stepped into the tub and submerged himself in the steamy water. "Oh!! When was the last time I took such a good bath."
’Now that I’m comfortable, I can process things a little bit quicker now.’ He placed both hands on the edges of the tub and leaned on the surface.
’Status’
He gave a mental command and the system’s status screen popped up.
[Status]
[Name: Theon Grey]
[Level 1]
[Mutation type: Divine Mutation]
[Resonance Core: Triple resonance core (E rank)]
[Essence Purity: Divine]
[Strength: 17]
[Speed: 25]
[Endurance: 15]
[Intellect: 28]
[Charm: 30]
[Abilities]
[Flash Step: Enables host to move at lightning speed. At peak potential, host can cross universes within seconds]
[Death Slash: Infuses a weapon with necrotic energy that rots anything it cuts. Wounds caused by it can’t be healed or regenerated. At peak potential, host can cut through the very essence of life.]
[Umbra Bind: Shadows wrap around enemies, binding and crushing them. Shadow strength usually increases in dark environments. At full potential, host will possess complete control over shadows within a realm, allowing him/her to crush entire armies.]
[Locked]
[Locked]
[Host is currently incapable of possessing all abilities due to his weak body]
[More abilities will be unlocked as the host evolves]
Theon sighed after going through his status screen once more.
’Tomorrow I need to actually test out how each of these abilities work in combat. I also don’t know how strong my body is now, especially after I evolved into an E rank. There should be something like a training facility in this academy.’
’Theon has never visited one of those places before too...’ He massaged his temple. ’Tomorrow is really going to be a long day.’
Suddenly, another system message popped up.
[Quest Alert]
[Get revenge for Theon Grey]
[Theon Gray has been through much turmoil and suffering throughout his life. To repay him for taking his body, Host must find and kill the perpetrator that murdered Theon Gray]
[Time Limit: One Month]
[Rewards: The full potential of the system will be unlocked]
[Penalty: Death]
Theon abruptly sat up in the bathtub causing water to spill on the neatly tiled floor. His eyes widened as he re-read the message once more.
"Damn system," Theon spat. "I was already planning on getting revenge for Theon, even without your intervention."
"And what is with this time limit and penalty?" He questioned, but was met with silence as usual.
He clicked his tongue and stepped out of the bathtub. ’This stupid thing has spoiled my mood. Forget the bathing, now I have to look for the murderers, and all within one month too.’
He grabbed his towel and wiped his body, before wrapping himself with it and stepping out of the bathroom.
Theon didn’t linger nor try to form a conversation with his roommates, rather he went straight to his wardrobe, grabbed a fresh pair of pajamas and put them on.
All the while, Reed, Lucius and Damon watched as he put them on and went straight to bed. They also didn’t bother trying to converse with him since they knew he was exhausted and wouldn’t answer any of their questions.
Immediately Theon climbed his bed, he drifted off to sleep. Both the mental and physical exhaustion he had gone through from the time he had entered the Realm of Succession to the time he entered Theon’s body finally got to him.
Soon after he slept, the rest of his roommates followed after and before long the first ray of the morning crept through the window, filling the room with brightness and warmth.
"Okay everyone...get the f**k up!" Lucius as usual was the first to wake up and jumped down from his bed.
"It’s morning guys, get your lazy asses up. You know I don’t like being tardy. DAMON!!! REED!!! THEON!!! GET THE F**K UP!!"
"Can’t you ever shut up." Reed got up and stoned Lucius with his pillow. "Damn it! This is why you have no friends."
"Ohhh, come on Reed. You know I’m just trying to be helpful. Right Theon, you understand where I’m coming from right? You know I’m just trying to be as helpful as always."
Lucius turned and began shaking Theon. When he saw signs that Theon was waking up, he grinned and shook harder.
"Theon, come on...get up and support me here, like you usually do..."
"Ughhh!!!" Theon groaned and lazily grabbed Lucius by his mouth. "Please shut up!"
"Ohhhh!!!" Lucius gasped. "Now I really am heartbroken."
Theon gave him a side eye, before lazily getting up from the bed. He couldn’t understand the reason, but he only woke up more exhausted than he was yesterday.
’I would love nothing more than to sleep in right now, but sadly I have a lot of activities today. I just hope that there won’t be any problems today.’
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