3 Stigma Falsus
*
[Name: Stigma
Age: 10
Ranks: Unique
Skills: Unavailable]
*
Huh? Wait, wait, Stigma, my name isn't Stigma, its Cheng Xuan…
Cheng Xuan or Stigma, out of hunger, woke up from his short nap, only to finds a text that looked like it was from a character log.
Ah! I get it, I was reborn, and so my name had to change to the world's standards and customs, so my current name is Stigma.
So I am bound by some system huh? But wait, skill? Huh?
The text disappeared after a few seconds, it seems the text will appear under certain conditions…
'I'll figure it out later…first things first, where am I…'
Under him, was a straw mat covered in dried blood and dried vomit.
Looking around, he could only see a tunnel made of some brown red rocks at the end he could see a faint light, along the tunnel seems to be wooden pillars that have aged.
'…Well, I guess I can only move forward, if I stay here for too long the place might collapse any second.'
At the end, he could see a pile of straw mats, above was a hole that seemed to have caved in from constant impact of the mats falling from the cliff above.
'Wonder what's inside, I hope it's food I feel like I haven't eaten since…'
Before he could finish his thought, he grabbed the nearest mat and untied it, a few seconds later, he threw the object back.
What he did was by reflex, after all, what would be anyone's response if he or she saw a corpse that was covered in wounds.
The corpse was an old man, who appeared to be in his fifties, he had numerous wounds on his face and body, what he noticed was obvious signs of being tortured, like he saw in films.
And when he looked down there were more.
He wanted to throw up but he held it in, he saw a large pool of blood at the edge of the pile. From the size alone, anyone could tell the numerous bodies were more than just old men, but also young men, he also saw women all of different age groups, he even saw children.
The smell alone explained that these bodies weren't here for long.
He even saw a pile of bones in the back, some even still have rotting flesh still attached to them.
He felt nauseated from all that was happening at once.
First, it was falling from what seem to be a never ending darkness, then hearing some nonsense eventually waking up from what could only be described as a hellish wake up call, and now he found himself face-to-face with a mountain of corpses covered in blood tied in straw mats.
He closed his eyes to breath, and images abruptly came to him, his current body was from a youth called Stigma, a failure of the clan and was removed of any inheritance being left in the small room without anyone looking out for him, because he had no worth.
And then it hit him, there was a straw mat underneath him when he woke up, he felt a cold sweat came to him, he was dead, more accurately Stigma was dead, he was killed, and I took over his body.
Was he in the afterlife! Was this Hell!!!
He started to hyperventilate, he was dead, he had died, that can only be the answer he could think off. His hands started to tremble from all the realization…
The color drained from his face, his vision started to blur from the anxiety until he heard the notification…
*BING!*
[Host has established a realization of life and death…]
[Processing, host has accepted his death after assimilation, therefore conditions have been meet…
System will allow skills to be used…]
[Requirements have been meet…]
[Host has gained the unique skill "Essence Reader", System will allow body to continuously evolve to higher realm…Re-evaluating…]
[Host has gained the unique skill "Poltergeist", System will allow body to continuously evolve to higher realm…Re-evaluating…]
[Host has gained the unique skill "Soul Eater", System will allow body to continuously evolve to higher realm…Re-evaluating…]
*
[Name: Stigma
Age: 10
Rank: Unique
Skills: Essence Reader, Poltergeist (1), Soul Eater
Current Souls Absorbed: 0%]
*
Huh?
The text that disappeared before, had appeared again, but this time some more text are added.
Moments later, the text disappeared, he took a deep breath and started to calm down.
To check, he bit his lip and tasted blood, confirming he was alive.
Now, since he was considered dead, he was a free man.
He was not bound by the Naga Clan, so he can make a name for himself and get stronger so he will be able to control his own fate.
'Now then, how do I can make it appear again?'
He closed his eyes and started thinking, and started uttering words that would make it appear like he was playing a role playing game.
Open, View, Menu, Open Menu, Status, Open Status, Stigma's status, System, System Open, Life Gauge, Open System…
After numerous attempts, he could only say one more word he remembered that caught his attention.
"Right it was…Essence Reader!!!"
He closed his eyes then chanted 'Essence Reader'.
*BING!*
[Name: Stigma
Age: 10
Rank: Unique
Skill: Essence Reader, Poltergeist (1), Soul Eater
Current Souls Absorbed: 0%]
*
He saw it again, but that wasn't all that he saw, when he set his eyes on the corpses, orbs of light were floating around the entire room, and when he looked at one, information started to appear.
…
[Name: Gen
Age: 14
Rank: Common
Skill: None]
…
[Name: Dino
Age: 27
Rank: Common
Skill: Hunting]
…
[Name: Sandra
Age: 30
Rank: Common
Skill: Cooking]
…
There was about another dozen names, about the same status: common and some have repeating skills, and they were either farming, cooking or hunting while the majority had none, well there are some exception…
…
[Name: Danny
Age: 53
Rank: Rare
Skills: Blacksmithing, Glasswork, Masonry]
…
[Name: Wendy
Age: 25
Rank: Rare
Skill: Sewing, Dancing, Calculation]
…
[Name: Peter
Age: 40
Rank: Rare
Skill: Archery, Riding, Animal Rearing]
…
[Name: Oscar
Age: 81
Rank: Rare
Skill: Wood Carving, Pottery, Herbalist]
…
About a few more showed up, from the bones underneath them.
A thought came to him.
'Such people with talents were killed, but for what reasons…'
Looking for a way out, he looked above and calculated his options.
He then opened his status again, to see if any of the skills will have any help.
*
[Name: Stigma
Age: 10
Rank: Unique
Skills: Essence Reader, Poltergeist (1), Soul Eater
Current Souls Absorbed: 0%]
*
He could understand that Essence Reader was a skill that lets him see souls, then what about the other two?
Poltergeist, maybe it was like those in horror film where things move around, but I remembered, they could only move small objects like books or anything only you could carry with on hand and I think something heavy like a closet was floating too at one point.
Then, what about Soul Eater?
Let's try it out later, don't want anything weird coming out.
"Then, let's try this then, Poltergeist!!!"
He waited for something to happen, and what he got was a terrible scare.
The scene can only be described like you are watching an Asian horror film, like watching Sadako crawling from the ground towards you in a room with flickering lights.
But if you were watching the scene taking place, you might think that Sadako was cute, because you can see her face and appeared normal, this was far more eerie.
Imagine this, the room was dark and the only light can be seen is in one area, and that was where all the corpse were piled on, what happens next was you hear heavy stomping, so you turn around and you found the source, it was from a hazy figure walking towards you.
It slowly stepped out of the shadows, and you hear something, breathing heavily on its way to the light. The figure was bipedal, it had a dark aura, and it was slouching but was standing 4 foot, very short, but tall from a child's perspective.
It had long arms that were reaching by its shins, on its hands were sharp bird-like claws, which looks as though it was capable of cutting flesh, from its legs were lean muscles and had a normal appearance, if you didn't count its feet that look like a werewolf's.
The figure was very lean and was bandaged all over by head-to-toe, so his face was covered, except the mouth that was full of sharp teeth like that of a shark, it was hissing, like a snake waiting for something to move or make a sound to attack it.
What was weird, was that the figure was following Stigma's figure in its line of sight or line of presence, turning its body like it was a dog following his master.
Building up on courage he shouted: "Stop!"
The figure stopped turning after the command was given.
Upon closer examination the body was basic in its appearance, with a rounded, dome-like head, and a thin body that looks like it is composed of black bandages.
"Go away!"
And it did follow the order, eventually Stigma ordered it to stop and return to him.
To see what he can do, he had him jump around, and it appears to be extremely limber, even able to attach itself to walls and 'bounce' between at a fast pace.
*Crack**Crack**Crack*
"Stop! Stop! You can stop!"
That was close, anymore the wall will immediately give in.
It appears to have stopped at the first word, trying something else he had him move again but this time he whispered the order, it appears to have heard him.
Sigh, that was close looks like it works, now let's try 'Soul Eater' next…
*BING!*
[Current Souls Absorbed: 0%
Area is filled with abundant souls…
Would Host like to absorb them?]
[YES][NO]
Huh souls? Ah, ok, I get it, because of the dead bodies, then the lights are the souls.
"…Might as well help them pass on."
[YES]
…A few seconds later, another notification appeared.
*BING!*
[Special act taking place…Initiating…Soul Burial commencing in 3…2…1…]
When the notification finished, all the lights that were floating around started to flow towards him and a notification appeared, what happened next could make any feel serene.
[Soul Burial - a ritual where souls will pass on, cleansing them in the process. This ritual can only be done by heavenly beings or those blessed from them. Please note that mortals are not the only ones blessed to have an afterlife.]
The orbs of light that had a faint light, changed into silhouettes of people from children of boys and girls, men and women of young and old.
Each one had a talisman on their faces each of a different color, white, grey and red, underneath appears as though the injuries on their faces were now healed, and the clothes that were worn were white robes meant for the deceased for burial.
They were all ghosts of the dead.
The ghosts glowed brighter and shrunk, what happened next was they turned into transparent butterflies, and they flew towards his body.
[Soul Eater skill linking with Soul Burial...]
[Processing Skills absorbed…]
[Skills: Cooking, Farming, Hunting, Blacksmith, Glasswork, Masonry, Sewing, Calculation, Riding, Archery, Wood Carving, Animal Breeding, Herbalist, Pottery, Brewing, Dancing, Musician, Alchemy, Fishing, Throwing, Penmanship, Butchering, Decipher]
Skill to learn: [YES] [NO]
[Warning because of current strength only capable of absorbing one skill at a time!]
[Soul Absorbed:
Pure Energy: 1.1%
Grudge Energy: 5.8%
Wrath Energy: 3.1%]
*Note the total is computed by amount of souls absorbed!
A large amounts skills was gained from what had happened until now, and something called energy appeared next, must be their final emotions they had before they passed on…
Clasping his hands together, he closed his eyes and offered a silent prayer to them in the process…
*Bing!*
[System has recognized an act of kindness, Host will have an increased in familiars in the future]
"*Sigh*Well, I should give offerings and burn some incense[2] for them…" after reading the notification, he looked away before clapping three times.
"Now, it time to figure out a way to get out first, so I can do it properly."
But first it's kind of annoying, just calling myself just Stigma, after what his life lead him…
Based on what happened now, it reminded of that one guy… what was his name, ah right it was Faust, but let's change it a little, right…Falsus[1].
Stigma Falsus…
*BING!*
[System has updated…]
*
[Name: Stigma Falsus
Age: 10
Rank: Unique
Skill: Essence Reader, Poltergeist (1), Soul Eater
Current Souls Absorbed:
Pure Energy: 1.1%
Grudge Energy: 5.8%
Wrath Energy: 3.1%]
*
[Skills: Cooking, Farming, Hunting, Blacksmith, Glasswork, Masonry, Sewing, Calculation, Riding, Archery, Wood Carving, Animal Breeding, Herbalist, Pottery, Brewing, Dancing, Musician, Alchemy, Fishing, Throwing, Penmanship, Butchering, Decipher]
Skill to learn: [YES] [NO]
[1]Falsus –I wanted a name that would fit his situation. Falsus, is Latin for False, hence his origin.
[2] Burning incenses, specifies a religious meaning in Chinese culture for praying for the deceased (but it's only for relatives, however I was told that if you have a dept. of gratitude who is not a relative, its allowed for instance someone who is a step-father can be prayed to), since he gained something from them he will burn incense for them because no one knows where they are and they helped in some way.
[Name: Stigma
Age: 10
Ranks: Unique
Skills: Unavailable]
*
Huh? Wait, wait, Stigma, my name isn't Stigma, its Cheng Xuan…
Cheng Xuan or Stigma, out of hunger, woke up from his short nap, only to finds a text that looked like it was from a character log.
Ah! I get it, I was reborn, and so my name had to change to the world's standards and customs, so my current name is Stigma.
So I am bound by some system huh? But wait, skill? Huh?
The text disappeared after a few seconds, it seems the text will appear under certain conditions…
'I'll figure it out later…first things first, where am I…'
Under him, was a straw mat covered in dried blood and dried vomit.
Looking around, he could only see a tunnel made of some brown red rocks at the end he could see a faint light, along the tunnel seems to be wooden pillars that have aged.
'…Well, I guess I can only move forward, if I stay here for too long the place might collapse any second.'
At the end, he could see a pile of straw mats, above was a hole that seemed to have caved in from constant impact of the mats falling from the cliff above.
'Wonder what's inside, I hope it's food I feel like I haven't eaten since…'
Before he could finish his thought, he grabbed the nearest mat and untied it, a few seconds later, he threw the object back.
What he did was by reflex, after all, what would be anyone's response if he or she saw a corpse that was covered in wounds.
The corpse was an old man, who appeared to be in his fifties, he had numerous wounds on his face and body, what he noticed was obvious signs of being tortured, like he saw in films.
And when he looked down there were more.
He wanted to throw up but he held it in, he saw a large pool of blood at the edge of the pile. From the size alone, anyone could tell the numerous bodies were more than just old men, but also young men, he also saw women all of different age groups, he even saw children.
The smell alone explained that these bodies weren't here for long.
He even saw a pile of bones in the back, some even still have rotting flesh still attached to them.
He felt nauseated from all that was happening at once.
First, it was falling from what seem to be a never ending darkness, then hearing some nonsense eventually waking up from what could only be described as a hellish wake up call, and now he found himself face-to-face with a mountain of corpses covered in blood tied in straw mats.
He closed his eyes to breath, and images abruptly came to him, his current body was from a youth called Stigma, a failure of the clan and was removed of any inheritance being left in the small room without anyone looking out for him, because he had no worth.
And then it hit him, there was a straw mat underneath him when he woke up, he felt a cold sweat came to him, he was dead, more accurately Stigma was dead, he was killed, and I took over his body.
Was he in the afterlife! Was this Hell!!!
He started to hyperventilate, he was dead, he had died, that can only be the answer he could think off. His hands started to tremble from all the realization…
The color drained from his face, his vision started to blur from the anxiety until he heard the notification…
*BING!*
[Host has established a realization of life and death…]
[Processing, host has accepted his death after assimilation, therefore conditions have been meet…
System will allow skills to be used…]
[Requirements have been meet…]
[Host has gained the unique skill "Essence Reader", System will allow body to continuously evolve to higher realm…Re-evaluating…]
[Host has gained the unique skill "Poltergeist", System will allow body to continuously evolve to higher realm…Re-evaluating…]
[Host has gained the unique skill "Soul Eater", System will allow body to continuously evolve to higher realm…Re-evaluating…]
*
[Name: Stigma
Age: 10
Rank: Unique
Skills: Essence Reader, Poltergeist (1), Soul Eater
Current Souls Absorbed: 0%]
*
Huh?
The text that disappeared before, had appeared again, but this time some more text are added.
Moments later, the text disappeared, he took a deep breath and started to calm down.
To check, he bit his lip and tasted blood, confirming he was alive.
Now, since he was considered dead, he was a free man.
He was not bound by the Naga Clan, so he can make a name for himself and get stronger so he will be able to control his own fate.
'Now then, how do I can make it appear again?'
He closed his eyes and started thinking, and started uttering words that would make it appear like he was playing a role playing game.
Open, View, Menu, Open Menu, Status, Open Status, Stigma's status, System, System Open, Life Gauge, Open System…
After numerous attempts, he could only say one more word he remembered that caught his attention.
"Right it was…Essence Reader!!!"
He closed his eyes then chanted 'Essence Reader'.
*BING!*
[Name: Stigma
Age: 10
Rank: Unique
Skill: Essence Reader, Poltergeist (1), Soul Eater
Current Souls Absorbed: 0%]
*
He saw it again, but that wasn't all that he saw, when he set his eyes on the corpses, orbs of light were floating around the entire room, and when he looked at one, information started to appear.
…
[Name: Gen
Age: 14
Rank: Common
Skill: None]
…
[Name: Dino
Age: 27
Rank: Common
Skill: Hunting]
…
[Name: Sandra
Age: 30
Rank: Common
Skill: Cooking]
…
There was about another dozen names, about the same status: common and some have repeating skills, and they were either farming, cooking or hunting while the majority had none, well there are some exception…
…
[Name: Danny
Age: 53
Rank: Rare
Skills: Blacksmithing, Glasswork, Masonry]
…
[Name: Wendy
Age: 25
Rank: Rare
Skill: Sewing, Dancing, Calculation]
…
[Name: Peter
Age: 40
Rank: Rare
Skill: Archery, Riding, Animal Rearing]
…
[Name: Oscar
Age: 81
Rank: Rare
Skill: Wood Carving, Pottery, Herbalist]
…
About a few more showed up, from the bones underneath them.
A thought came to him.
'Such people with talents were killed, but for what reasons…'
Looking for a way out, he looked above and calculated his options.
He then opened his status again, to see if any of the skills will have any help.
*
[Name: Stigma
Age: 10
Rank: Unique
Skills: Essence Reader, Poltergeist (1), Soul Eater
Current Souls Absorbed: 0%]
*
He could understand that Essence Reader was a skill that lets him see souls, then what about the other two?
Poltergeist, maybe it was like those in horror film where things move around, but I remembered, they could only move small objects like books or anything only you could carry with on hand and I think something heavy like a closet was floating too at one point.
Then, what about Soul Eater?
Let's try it out later, don't want anything weird coming out.
"Then, let's try this then, Poltergeist!!!"
He waited for something to happen, and what he got was a terrible scare.
The scene can only be described like you are watching an Asian horror film, like watching Sadako crawling from the ground towards you in a room with flickering lights.
But if you were watching the scene taking place, you might think that Sadako was cute, because you can see her face and appeared normal, this was far more eerie.
Imagine this, the room was dark and the only light can be seen is in one area, and that was where all the corpse were piled on, what happens next was you hear heavy stomping, so you turn around and you found the source, it was from a hazy figure walking towards you.
It slowly stepped out of the shadows, and you hear something, breathing heavily on its way to the light. The figure was bipedal, it had a dark aura, and it was slouching but was standing 4 foot, very short, but tall from a child's perspective.
It had long arms that were reaching by its shins, on its hands were sharp bird-like claws, which looks as though it was capable of cutting flesh, from its legs were lean muscles and had a normal appearance, if you didn't count its feet that look like a werewolf's.
The figure was very lean and was bandaged all over by head-to-toe, so his face was covered, except the mouth that was full of sharp teeth like that of a shark, it was hissing, like a snake waiting for something to move or make a sound to attack it.
What was weird, was that the figure was following Stigma's figure in its line of sight or line of presence, turning its body like it was a dog following his master.
Building up on courage he shouted: "Stop!"
The figure stopped turning after the command was given.
Upon closer examination the body was basic in its appearance, with a rounded, dome-like head, and a thin body that looks like it is composed of black bandages.
"Go away!"
And it did follow the order, eventually Stigma ordered it to stop and return to him.
To see what he can do, he had him jump around, and it appears to be extremely limber, even able to attach itself to walls and 'bounce' between at a fast pace.
*Crack**Crack**Crack*
"Stop! Stop! You can stop!"
That was close, anymore the wall will immediately give in.
It appears to have stopped at the first word, trying something else he had him move again but this time he whispered the order, it appears to have heard him.
Sigh, that was close looks like it works, now let's try 'Soul Eater' next…
*BING!*
[Current Souls Absorbed: 0%
Area is filled with abundant souls…
Would Host like to absorb them?]
[YES][NO]
Huh souls? Ah, ok, I get it, because of the dead bodies, then the lights are the souls.
"…Might as well help them pass on."
[YES]
…A few seconds later, another notification appeared.
*BING!*
[Special act taking place…Initiating…Soul Burial commencing in 3…2…1…]
When the notification finished, all the lights that were floating around started to flow towards him and a notification appeared, what happened next could make any feel serene.
[Soul Burial - a ritual where souls will pass on, cleansing them in the process. This ritual can only be done by heavenly beings or those blessed from them. Please note that mortals are not the only ones blessed to have an afterlife.]
The orbs of light that had a faint light, changed into silhouettes of people from children of boys and girls, men and women of young and old.
Each one had a talisman on their faces each of a different color, white, grey and red, underneath appears as though the injuries on their faces were now healed, and the clothes that were worn were white robes meant for the deceased for burial.
They were all ghosts of the dead.
The ghosts glowed brighter and shrunk, what happened next was they turned into transparent butterflies, and they flew towards his body.
[Soul Eater skill linking with Soul Burial...]
[Processing Skills absorbed…]
[Skills: Cooking, Farming, Hunting, Blacksmith, Glasswork, Masonry, Sewing, Calculation, Riding, Archery, Wood Carving, Animal Breeding, Herbalist, Pottery, Brewing, Dancing, Musician, Alchemy, Fishing, Throwing, Penmanship, Butchering, Decipher]
Skill to learn: [YES] [NO]
[Warning because of current strength only capable of absorbing one skill at a time!]
[Soul Absorbed:
Pure Energy: 1.1%
Grudge Energy: 5.8%
Wrath Energy: 3.1%]
*Note the total is computed by amount of souls absorbed!
A large amounts skills was gained from what had happened until now, and something called energy appeared next, must be their final emotions they had before they passed on…
Clasping his hands together, he closed his eyes and offered a silent prayer to them in the process…
*Bing!*
[System has recognized an act of kindness, Host will have an increased in familiars in the future]
"*Sigh*Well, I should give offerings and burn some incense[2] for them…" after reading the notification, he looked away before clapping three times.
"Now, it time to figure out a way to get out first, so I can do it properly."
But first it's kind of annoying, just calling myself just Stigma, after what his life lead him…
Based on what happened now, it reminded of that one guy… what was his name, ah right it was Faust, but let's change it a little, right…Falsus[1].
Stigma Falsus…
*BING!*
[System has updated…]
*
[Name: Stigma Falsus
Age: 10
Rank: Unique
Skill: Essence Reader, Poltergeist (1), Soul Eater
Current Souls Absorbed:
Pure Energy: 1.1%
Grudge Energy: 5.8%
Wrath Energy: 3.1%]
*
[Skills: Cooking, Farming, Hunting, Blacksmith, Glasswork, Masonry, Sewing, Calculation, Riding, Archery, Wood Carving, Animal Breeding, Herbalist, Pottery, Brewing, Dancing, Musician, Alchemy, Fishing, Throwing, Penmanship, Butchering, Decipher]
Skill to learn: [YES] [NO]
[1]Falsus –I wanted a name that would fit his situation. Falsus, is Latin for False, hence his origin.
[2] Burning incenses, specifies a religious meaning in Chinese culture for praying for the deceased (but it's only for relatives, however I was told that if you have a dept. of gratitude who is not a relative, its allowed for instance someone who is a step-father can be prayed to), since he gained something from them he will burn incense for them because no one knows where they are and they helped in some way.
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