Reaper's Resurgence: A System Reset

Alexia Knight

It takes me almost the entire five minutes to move again, and by the time I manage to stand up, a bright purple light shines in the room, and I find myself standing in the middle of some sort of cave instead.

I look around for a few seconds before beginning to move. Because gramps always said that to survive in the wilderness full of monsters, you always have to be on the move unless you have a good defendable place to rest.

Although the sight of black hair heavily tinted in deep purple to the point that I might even call it deep purple hair falling into my face as I do so does make me pause for a second due to its new color and that it's no longer in a braid. I quickly ignore it though, delegating it to a 'later problem' as I continue moving. But I don't even manage to make it to the closest tunnel of the large cavern I'm in before I hear some sort of skittering noise, bringing my attention to the ceiling where I find a meter-long spider staring at me.

{Lesser Taracht – Level 2}

Uh, System, where did the description go?

It, of course, doesn't answer. Instead, the spider lets out a screech and jumps from its place on the ceiling attempting to fall directly on top of me.

Well, now's as good a time as any.

I raise my hand towards it and activate my new skill, Quantum Bolt. And immediately, a bolt of purple energy of varying shades shoots out of my hand and strikes directly at the spider, making some parts of the creature struck by the bolt glitch out and then explode in a burst of gore as the creature itself is sent flying, its screeching rising in pitch and volume.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

I open my status to find that it took five soul to pull that off.

Bad. Very bad. I should only use that once or twice before regenerating my Soul, because if what the clone said was true, my Soul should be both my mana and health now.

And I'd rather not end up in a crippled state because I used too many quantum bolts.

My thoughts are interrupted by the sight of the spider landing on the ground and then flipping over to stand up again, albeit with some struggle. Then it turns around and hisses at me, seemingly ignoring the clear liquid flowing from its wounds which I'm guessing is its equivalent of blood. Because I'm pretty sure spiders don't actually have blood.

I quickly reach for my sword, only to finally notice that my armor is completely gone and so is my sword. Instead, I'm wearing nothing but a trashy set of brown leather armor with a simple and low quality sword instead of my magic sword, but on the wrong side of my waist.

Well, shit. Guess they're not letting us keep our equipment from before the reset either.

Then again, probably should've expected that. And it's for the best anyways.

Wouldn't want the other Legendary Feat holders bringing over some high Tier items to the Reset after all.

I awkwardly draw my new sword before shifting it to my right hand and rolling out of the way of the charging spider that seems to not understand the meaning of pain despite its screeches. But when I hold my sword in my hand, I somehow feel less confident in my sword skills.

Oh. Shit. I forgot.

My general skills are gone, including swordsmanship.

I grimace as I think of all the time I put into training those skills. Especially pain resistance which took a lot of literal blood, sweat and tears to get to where I got it.

Nothing I can do about it though. Just gonna have to do it all over again.

With that thought in mind, I sprint forward right as the large spider begins to turn around again from its failed charge. But I don't let it as I swing my blade to cut off one of its legs, following it up immediately with another, making the creature let out more loud cries of pain.

Wait, does it only feel pain when the damage is done? Does it not feel pain from blood loss? Or whatever that clear blood stuff is.

The spider swings one of its remaining legs at me right when I begin to swing my sword at its remaining leg. I grit my teeth as I realize I won't be able to stop my strike in time, instead letting the leg hit me at the same time as my sword cuts into another one of its legs, sending me flying at the same time as it loses a third leg, making it lose its balance.

I crash into the wall with a grunt, but I surprisingly don't feel all that much pain. Or at least, not anywhere near as much as I'd have expected.

Oh, right! Almost forgot about my new racial skill!

With that thought in mind, I open my status to check my Soul.

A direct strike from it only dealt me a single point of damage to my Soul. Interesting.

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I look down as I stand back up to find nothing more than some bruising on me, along with some scrapes. Although I have to pull a double take at the sight of my blood, which looks just like the System's Creator's blood.

Oh. Right. I'm technically a quantum being now as well.

Wonder if my eyes are like his now too?

I focus on the spider again, finding it failing to stand with only four legs on one side of its body and a single leg on the other, the creature simply unable to balance its large body without enough legs on both sides to hold its weight.

Doesn't help that it's still bleeding out.

So I start walking back over towards it with my sword in hand before jumping out of the way when it swings a claw at me for getting too close. After making it to its other, mostly limbless side, I jump onto its back, move the sword around to face the point downwards, and thrust it into the creature's back before twisting it and yanking it back out as the creature lets out one final screech of pain.

Then everything goes silent.

[Level 2 Lesser Taracht Defeated – User's earned EXP has been increased due to killing a being whose level is above their own.]

[Two points have been earned for killing a creature one level above you.]

Aaaand no level.

Didn't really expect one for a level 2 who's only a single level above me, but it's still sad.

The point thing is interesting though. Makes me wonder if it gives extra points for every level above you whatever you kill is.

Anyways, I try to flick my sword out to swing off the blood a little before wiping it on the spider's corpse. Then I climb off of the creature and set the blade on the ground as I begin to shift around the sheath on my waist to the other side.

"Much better," I mutter as I pick up the sword again and sheathe it into the newly adjusted sheath.

Now then. I look down to take better stock of what I'm wearing, only to realize that I'm seeing perfectly fine despite being in the middle of a cave. As if it were covered in light.

Do I have night vision? Because that'd be cool.

Normally only the higher Class species have… oh, right. Quantum reapers are Class S creatures according to the System. The same Class as dragons.

I turn my gaze to the tunnel I had been about to enter before this little fella next to me dropped by as I hear skittering sounds coming from it. And after a few seconds, another lesser taracht enters the cavern through the tunnel.

{Lesser Taracht – Level 4}

Are you serious?

The spider hisses, showing me just how serious it is.

"Ya know what? Fuck it," I mutter while raising both of my hands and using quantum bolt once, the bolt striking the spider in its side after it tries to avoid it. Then I use another bolt that directly hits its head.

Too bad these bolts don't do as much damage as the first bolt did against the level 2, seeing as this one is level 4. But it certainly cripples the thing.

Although, I also begin to feel rather tired. And when I check my soul, I find it at only nine left. Meaning no more using the quantum bolt.

The spider's crippled though, with part of its head destroyed making me wonder how it's still alive. But I sprint over to it anyways to finish it off with a quick thrust of my blade into its head, briefly avoiding the limbs it awkwardly sends towards me in the process.

[Level 4 Lesser Taracht Defeated – User's earned EXP has been increased due to killing a being whose level is above their own.]

[Four points have been earned for killing a creature three levels above you.]

[For attaining five points, you have earned your spot on the leaderboards.]

[#1 Lucas Nightshade – 7 points]

[#2 Alexia Knight – 6 points]

[#3 Aurora Frost – 5 points]

[#4 Leif Eriksson – 5 points]

[#5 Noah Kowalski – 5 points]

[#6 Leonidas Silver – 5 points]

[#7 Isabella d'Aragon – 5 points]

[#8 N/A]

[#9 N/A]

[#10 N/A]

My eyes widen at the very recognizable names there. All of whom were famous Ascendants prior to the reset. Except number five, who I've never met or heard of before.

But just seconds later, the leaderboards change again, making three new names appear while a couple others get another point.

Wow, that's competitive.

I purse my lips before looking at my soul, only to find a pleasant surprise in that it's already regenerated one point since I last checked.

Looks like my soul probably has the regeneration from both health and mana working for it. So that's nice.

Alright. So take a few minutes to rest before going out to search for more spiders.

Sounds like a plan.