Last Descendant: Awakening The SSS+ Rank World Devouring System

Chapter 11: Here For Peace

"H-How long? Just how long have I been out?" Draxus wondered aloud, he could feel his head throbbing with an incessant headache, bells constantly ringing in his head like there was no end to it.

{Nothing much, just half an hour}

Hearing the system’s mechanical voice brought him a strange sense of unexplainable comfort, it meant there was still someone around, it meant he was at least still alive.

"What happened just now? This is the third time I’ll be falling unconscious today I doubt I can handle another one or I’ll just collapse from the pressure." He muttered while rubbing his head with his right palm then swiped his hand over the rows of panel notifications arranged in his vision.

{Ding! Host’s bloodline Anemoi fully awakened!}

{Ding! Host successfully killed a mutated black Bengal!}

{Ding! Congratulations to the host for turning what seemed to be an impossible fight to his own favour, you really impressed me there, be proud!}

{Beep! Beep! Unknown sources of infection detected, taking precautionary measures!}

{Ding! Host has been infected by the unknown source of infection, countdown till death: 2:00}

{Beep! Source of infection reversed, host has successfully awakened the first racial talent: Cosmic Adaptation!}

{Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing an hidden quest: awaken a racial talent before exiting the simulation! Complete the simulation and the rewards will be assigned afterwards!}

"A black Bengal? You mean that was a cat? A black Bengal definitely isn’t meant to be that huge and what’s with the infection?" Draxus asked while swiping them away and navigating over to the profile section to check whatever might have changed.

{That indeed was a black Bengal but it has deviated from it’s normal pathway long ago, apparently there’s a mysterious source of energy in the air similar to that of the Bangal that caused it’s deviation to this point, if I were to guess it’s probably also the reason for the existence of whatever is in that high school}

"So I’m supposed to be affected but now I’m immune huh? That seems nice." Draxus said then opened the main interface to check what the new racial talent was all about.

{Name: Orion Kyrosis}

{Age: 17}

{Class:- Mutated Human (corrupted)}

{Race: Human}

{Bloodline: Anemoi}

{Level: 19}

{Exp: 03/1900}

{HP: 290/290}

{Energy: 380/380}

{Strength: 196}

{Agility: 456}

{Stamina: 203}

{Intelligence: 263}

{Luck: 2 (fixed stat, how to increase this? Don’t ask me I have no clue also)}

{Charisma:- 8 (slightly higher than average, will increase automatically after "certain" circumstances, that aside? just leave it}

{Skills: sprint, lightning swipe, fast reflexes, lightning elemental affinity}

{Universal Power grading: Grade F+ (The second weakest brunt at the very bottom rug of the power levels, less viable to death than the useless F- grades but are at risk of death at any point in time}

{Racial Talents}

{A human, usually born at the weakest F- grade but have the unique and incomparable ability to assimilate the bloodlines and talent of other races, an irreversible process which can only occur once in a lifetime and will be passed down through countless generations, it effectively erases the previous race ability to seek for stronger ones. The human race (Anemoi) was created after Orion made a pact with the god of lightning and speed Anemoi, simulating the race of the ancient god to grant him an evolutionary and growth pattern, possesses immense potential and abilities}

{Racial rank: A+ (pretty descent but still lacking)}

{Note: Racial rank affects the system tier therefore the current system’s tier is A+ rank, adjusted to fit with the A+ rank human race (Anemoi)}

{Kastiyan Bloodline Talents}

{Cosmic Adaptation}

{A racial talent exclusive to the Kastiyan race, grants a hundred percent survival rate under any and every extreme conditions}

{Effects: All resistance +100}

"Full immunity to all effects? That sounds amazing!"

{Just a minor racial talents, the top races of the realms have it also}

"Whatever, my body just feels so amazing and light, is it an effect of the anemoi bloodline awakening?"

{Of course, what else could it be?} The system replied in it’s usual sarcastic tone.

"All’s good, I just have to find a safe place nearby and stay hidden for the next five days and I’ll leave this simulation, but the issue is knowing where is actually safe in this damned world."

{Mhmm, I might have found something we could use}

"What’s that?" Draxus asked while scouting the area and buildings in fear of another attacker suddenly dropping from the sky.

{Don’t worry about that, the cat was the only one close by, the next sign of life is in that high school and others kilometers away}

"There’s another?"

{There’s a crowd gathered a few kilometers away, population should be a little over two hundred but there’s no sign of life left in this city as far as I can see}

{You could choose to stay in this city and hope it’ll be safe for the next five days also}

"That won’t work, I’m not going to stay here and hope, besides I’m pretty curious about what could have happened or if there are other humans left in this world. You said it’s a real world event which means everything here happened at a certain point in time and whatever is going on here must be real right?"

{Of course!}

"Alright then, aside from the task, or quest. I’m more curious about what changed this world to it’s current shape." He said then leant downwards, his back arched inwards with light crackles of lightning spreading up along his spine.

’I have to admit, the most interesting ability of this race must be the ability to utilize any body I have to it’s fullest, I don’t even understand how I’m able to do this.’ he thought then burst into a long sprint, his steps leaving behind deep imprints on the road’s gravel.

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After nearly ten minutes of running at full speed without pausing for a rest he finally arrived at a huge bunker where the system had indicated for him.

’Yeah, this definitely looks familiar. An apocalypse world usually has this, a shed for the survivors. I should be able to find my answers here and maybe stay till the end of the five days countdown.’ He thought then paused the stream of current running along his spine and walked towards the bunker with slow, measured steps.

There was a camera at the far edge of the bunker obviously capturing his movements so he raised his arm in the air as an act of surrendering while walking forward slowly.

’I’m here for peace, for peace, nothing more than that.’

"An intruder?"

"A mutant, I just saw him run at an a average speed of 212 meters per second, that’s nearly as high as the speed of sound and he’s suddenly giving up resistance and choosing to submit."

"An high grade mutant choosing to submit? I’ll be damned if that really happened."

"What are we to do sir?"

"Fire, focus all firepower on him and force him back, kill him if possible. I’m not letting another one of those degenerated wretches get anywhere near here."

"Understood sir!" The voice replied then pressed a row of buttons on the controls.

Draxus who was still walking towards the bunker with arms raised suddenly froze in place, his hair stood on ends as his eyes darted around.

’Why am I getting this feeling like something bad is about to happen?’

{Because something bad is about to happen moron, get your ass out of the way for the love of Christ!}

Raising his head, the bunker’s exterior suddenly opened up to reveal rows of huge cannon-like weapons with dazzling beams of energy gathering at their ends.

"Oh shit!"

Boooooooooommmmmm!!!