9 System Update (1/2)
\u003cCurrent Soul Count: 6.\u003e
\u003cSoul Count required for system update: 5.\u003e
\u003cCondition is met.\u003e
\u003cSystem Upgrading...\u003e
\u003cTime remaining: 30 minutes.\u003e
”The system upgrade?”
”Wow. For a moment there, I had almost forgotten about it.”
But before I could calmly analyse the situation, the system spoke once more,
\u003cConditions are met.\u003e
\u003cRank change in progress...\u003e
\u003cYou are now Rank B.\u003e
\u003cSpecies evolved.\u003e
\u003cSkeleton leader turned into Skeleton general.\u003e
”What the...?! I only reached rank B? Even after 100 le-”
\u003cSpecies evolved.\u003e
\u003cSkeleton general turned into Skeleton mage.\u003e
”Urgh... Not this again... I thought I had finally outspoken the sys-”
\u003cSpecies will now evolve further.\u003e
\u003cSkeleton mage will turn into Lesser Lich.\u003e
Unexpectedly, during this evolution, I was no longer able to talk normally as I had done before. The evolution started to intensify the headache the system had caused, and my entire body started to rapidly vibrate.
I grabbed my skull with my hand and let out an unrestrained scream to lessen the pain as I came on my knees, ”Arghhhhhh!!!”
Each and every bone in my body began breaking. As cracks formed, the pain intensified. Later, I noticed that a black liquid began oozing out of my cracked bones.
'Is this my blood?', is what I thought while I was enduring the pain. But right at that moment I shrugged the idea off when I realised that when BDSM broke my hand no liquid flowed out of my body.
Then right after that, the vibration increased. It increased to the point that my whole body was lit on fire. All this time I continued my scream until my whole body became numb with pain.
Soon after the immense amount of pain, my body stopped vibrating as the fire disappeared.
”Huff....Huff...Huff....”
I took a few deep breaths as I finally recovered to a functioning state.
Then, as I looked at my body, I saw the steam leave my grey hands.
”Wait. I got my hand back! I have hands! I can finally use it in the plural form! Not one, but two! I have two hands!”
I had stood up in this short moment of being elated, and as I did, I realised that I was taller.
The previous skeletal state I was in, was nearly about my height. However, in this body, I was 6 feet tall. But why was I grey?