A Mere Fate Of Mine - Chapter 1

“W-Where is this place?”

A boy stared at his surrounding in surprise. He looked to be around 13-14 years old. The young boy has pitch black hair coupled with a pair of big dark blue eyes. The chubbiness of his cheeks show his youthfulness. Overall, he looked cute like an obedient child.

Up until now, Lucien was on his way home from buying grocery, humming cheerfully, thinking of asking his mom to cook his favourite dish for dinner. All of sudden, his surrounding changed from a market full of aunties and grandmas buying vegetables into a middle of the forest. There was no warning at all.

Lucien sweated profusely and his heart was beating so hard like it’s going burst from the uncertainty of the situation he was in. Am I kidnapped? Is it my dad’s enemy? No way, I didn’t feel anything! W-what in the world happened!?

He tried to calm himself down by slowing breathing out.

“Pheww~”

System initializing

“-What the heck?” Lucien quickly turned back. He felt like he heard a voice saying something but with his mind in chaos right now, he didn’t catch it. As such, he was not sure whether it was an illusion. ‘I must have gone mad. Not just my eyes, but my ears are also done for.”

[ Welcome to Abyss! You have been summoned here by @%*&?#! You have now entered Legas and been given the system to not just survive but a chance to get stronger to fulfill your dreams! Good Luck!]

[…Congratulations! Due to you being one of the physically weakest race and got summoned into a dangerous place unwillingly, you have been compensated a title ‘Will of Survivor’…]

Status!

Lucien Santosa

Class: N/A

Level: 0

Title: ‘Will of Survivor’

Legacy: N/A

Health(/r per hour): 24(11.5)

Mana(/r per hour): 19(7.5)

Stamina(/r per min): 16(7)

Strength: 2

Agility: 3

Endurance: 2

Vitality: 2

Perception: 1

Reaction: 3

Dexterity : 2

Intelligent: 2

Wisdom: 1

Control: 1

Indomitable: 2

[…You can look at your status any time from ‘Menu’ and select ‘status’…]

“Wow!” Lucien exclaimed. “To think I actually got summoned to another world. It seems like I’m fated to be protagonist, huh.”

After knowing the situation, with his strong mentality, Lucien tried to cheer himself up. It is not easy to adapt to the ‘change’ after all.

“So This place is Abyss? What a scary name. It doesn’t look like a good place at all.” Lucien looked at his surrounding once more. All he could see were trees with white trunks and orange leaves. The ground was covered with red grass and some weird looking flowers. In contrast, the sky is same just like Earth where he came from. Only the sun here is redder, like a cherry. Too cute? let’s called it blood color then, to fit the name of this place.

Lucien was now in the middle of the forest wearing cartoon t-shirt, shorts and sandals. He also had a black zip up hoodie on. In his hand was a plastic bag filled with meat and vegetable.

rustling~

Right when he was about to check the ‘Menu’, the bushes in front of him shook. Lucien quickly became vigilant and narrowed his eyes. The surrounding was quite dim for him to see clearly.

After a few seconds, a poorly dressed man showed up. The man had a messy beard on his face, armed with dagger and a pouch at the side. He was wearing a dirty beast skin clothe. What caught Lucien’s attention is a black collar around his neck

‘That collar Is he a slave or something’ Lucien thought. It took just a glance for him to fully observe the man. Lucien decided to name him slave man. ‘Well, he looks absolutely like a bad guy.’

“Hell! Who are you, young one? Why are you here?” The slave man was astonished. Although the kid in front of him looked harmless and innocent, however, here in the abyss, he needed to stay vigilant. He couldn’t judge someone based on their appearance. Furthermore, the weird clothing of the kid made him curious. He unsheathed his dagger and pointed at the kid.

“C-Calm down uncle, p-please! don’t kill me!” Lucien was scared shitless. He never fought before let alone being pointed by a weapon. What is wrong with people these day!

“Who’s your uncle-”

May be this kid is not a young master from someplace or a disguised expert. The slave man frowned and stared at kid. Not long after, his eyes widen as he exclaimed.

“-What!? level 0!? How is that possible? Also a title? Will of Survival! I don’t have any title even I am a second classer! Hey kiddo, you better tell me the truth how a level 0 like you here!”

The man lowered his guard a bit seeing the kid was level 0. It was of no threat to him who has a second class.

Lucien was a bit relief seeing the man’s action. ‘So you can look at level and title?’ He concentrated at the slave man, trying not to be disrespect with his gaze.

[Ding! Your league is lower than the target’s. You cannot see target’s level.]

‘What? I can’t even see his level! What is this league? He must be very strong. Damn, I have no choice then!’ Lucien decided to tell the man the truth. ‘What I need now is information. I can’t fight him.’

“B-Big Bro, I-I also don’t know why I am here. I was just walking home a moment ago and suddenly I’m here!” He put on a scared face outside. It was like he could piss himself anytime.

“What’s a nonsense!” Now the man was 90% sure that Lucien was not some experts so his aggressiveness started to show.

“I-I’m telling the truth! There was also a weird system saying I was summoned here.” Lucien tried to look pitiful as possible. It’s not that he is not scared at all but he believe that he could get through this with his acting. In addition, he wished lower the man’s aggro.

“Show me your status and notification logs then.” The said coldly.

“H-How?” Lucien’s voice shuddered.

Lucien showed his own status and notification log to the man after knowing how. It was not a pleasant feeling at all. Lucien felt like he was naked in front of the man eyes. He looked down uncomfortably the whole time. The slave man contemplated as he looked at the log.

“Ok, kid, I believe you now. I apologized for making you scared. You can called me Gibbs, what do I call you boy? Lucien?” After confirming the truth, the slave- no, Gibbs gave Lucien a smile and said warmly. He seemed like a different person from a moment ago. His aggression he had shown was like a lie. He even sheathed back his dagger.

tump~

Lucien stepped back with a pale face. He bit his lip tightly and nodded slowly.

Seeing the kid still had not calm down, Gibbs tried to coax him. “Chill, kid, I mean no harm. I’m really sorry. Ah, you must be scared. Here, let me give some berries.”

The man took some pink berries from his pouch, giving a few to Lucien. He saw that the kid was shy so he ate the rest to show that the berries was edible.

The boy slowly nibbed a berry in his hand. It tasted sweet like a sugar candy, quite delicious.

Gibbs even patted the boy’s shoulder and smile kindly. He want to show his sincerity. With his face, however, he looked like a kidnapper trying to do abduct a child.

“Follow me, good boy, let me take you to the town nearby where I live. Maybe my boss can help you. Don’t be scared boy, everything will be ok!” The man, Gibbs, said cheerfully to lift up the atmosphere. His face looked really kind, of course, if you excluded his messy beard and scars on his face.

“Um” The boy, Lucien, nodded quietly. He didn’t look frighten anymore. He even seemed thankful to the man. With a pure smile on his face, he followed the man.

‘Hehe, what a special kid! My master’s gonna reward this old slave heavily, giving him this present!’ With a cold glint in his eyes, the old man felt like laughing heartily. He looked back at the innocent boy behind him.

‘Unfortunately, kid, you are doomed!’