Chapter 6: The Residual Echo in the Mind

Arthur looked at this novel dimensional world, initially feeling lost and hazy, as if it were a phantom in the mist or a shimmering reflection on the riverbank.

A sense of not being in this place enveloped his heart.

He slightly lowered his head and gradually walked toward a corner, a place where he wouldn't be noticed, which seemed to be his refuge. The damp air made his palms sweat coldly, and the wind rustled through his hair.

Crouching in the corner, he choked back a sob, and his fingers lightly touched the air—

A semi-transparent information panel popped up—

"King's Ability User, initial information generation in progress..."

The grayish text pulsed like the night, gradually revealing rows of information—

ID: Arthur

King's Affiliation: Elf Race [Faction]

Infinite Rank: Low Black Iron (There are seven ranks in total: Black Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Dark Gold, Crystal, and Rainbow. Each rank is divided into upper, middle, and lower grades. Each upgrade of the Black Iron rank provides one times the base attribute growth.)

Occupation: (Unspecified, inclined towards Swordsmanship Talent)

Health: 300

Attack: 150 [Each ordinary attack reduces the enemy's health by 150 points]

Defense: 100 [Each attack can be resisted by 100 points of damage]

Spirit: 100 [Total spirit affects the effects of 'Ultimate Skills' and 'Support Skills.' Using skills consumes spirit, which is restored at midnight daily]

Speed: 10 meters/second

Critical Hit: 1 [Each point of critical hit value increases the total attack value by one-thousandth]

Dodge: 1 [Each point of dodge value increases the total defense value by one-thousandth]

Pursuit: 1 [Each point of pursuit value increases the total speed value by one-thousandth]

Talent Skill [Swordsmanship Blessing (1 Star) (Leader) (Passive) (Blue)]: Increases the damage of all swordsmen in the party (including ordinary attack damage and spirit skill damage) by 10%. Passive skills do not consume spirit and are permanently active.

Ultimate Skill [None]: Ultimate skills consume corresponding spirit to attack. They are divided into single-target skills (can only attack one enemy), linear skills (can attack all enemies in a straight line), and area skills (can attack all enemies within sight regardless of range).

Support Skill [None]: During battles, can enhance allies or curse enemies. Support skills consume 50% of the spirit.

Passive Skill [None]: Passive skills do not consume spirit and are permanently active.

Equipment [None]: There are four equipment slots: head, weapon, armor, and accessory.

Bond [None]: Bonds can simultaneously enhance the health, attack, defense, and spirit of both the user and allies. A maximum of five bond attributes can be owned and activated through corresponding bond books.

Apostle [None]: Apostles can be deployed alongside King's Ability Users, similar to familiars. They are generally divided into 1-star colorless, 2-star green, 3-star blue, 4-star purple, 5-star red, and 6-star orange apostles. The higher the star, the higher the initial and growth attributes of the apostle. Apostles grow in sync with the player and have the same rank as the player.

Inventory [50]: Initial inventory capacity of 50 slots. Identical material fragments, skills, and equipment occupy only one slot. Each upgrade increases the space by 10.

Guild [None]: Bronze rank can apply to establish or join a guild.

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A dense row of information and numbers made Arthur feel as if his fate had been frozen.

All the attributes were basic, but what surprised him the most was that he actually had a skill, and it was a rare leader skill, and it was blue. According to Bubun Toshin's explanation, the rarity of skills is divided into colorless, green, blue, purple, and orange. Blue skills are already very powerful, and skills can be upgraded. The growth limit for colorless and green skills is 3 stars, blue is 4 stars, and purple and orange are 5 stars.

Leader skills are the rarest type of skill. They are generally passive skills that do not consume spirit and are permanently active.

Swordsmanship Blessing is a boon for the swordsman team. Although it is a blue skill, it can sometimes rival purple or orange leader skills.

This only happens when deployed alongside an apostle, and both the user and the apostle must be swordsmen.

Therefore, the appearance of the leader skill was the most surprising thing for Arthur. He had never handled swords or understood swordsmanship, and he didn't know how to wield them. How did he end up with a swordsman talent?

According to Bubun Toshin, at the beginning, King's Ability Users do not have any skills, but he was an exception!!

This might be an unspeakable secret. Only the user can see their personal information panel, and certain information can be selectively shielded from others. He understood the principle that "an innocent man is not guilty, but a man with a treasure is." As a newcomer to the dimensional realm, having such a leader skill would make him a target of envy, leading to various speculations.

Silence is golden.

This was the most rational course of action at the moment.

After flipping through the information panel, the task box of the Dimensional Tower system appeared, displaying the first task he needed to execute.

"Main Quest [Normal Level]: Prevent the parasitic creature from consuming brain tissue."

From this information, Arthur could understand three key points: his opponent was not human but a parasitic creature; this parasitic creature would attack with the goal of consuming brain tissue; and this parasitic creature was not large. Since it was parasitic, it was likely to be small in size, though it couldn't be definitively ruled out that it could be large. However, the likelihood of it being small was the highest.

But how to fight, Arthur did not understand.

With each passing second, his heart crumbled a little more.

Just as he was anxious, a stream of information suddenly flooded his mind, as if a door in his mind had been opened. He—

Foretold the plot of the anime "Parasyte"!!!

It was as if he had seen it before, and all the chaotic scenes unfolded in his mind!!!

This was the second surprising thing that happened to him.

The first was that he had a talent for swordsmanship, and the second was that he had the memory of the anime plot!

These things should not have appeared in him, but they did!!!

Why?

He didn't understand!

He really didn't understand!

But now, with the foreknowledge of the anime plot, he had a plan to escape the parasitic creature's invasion of his body.

Although it was unexpected, he had a feeling that he had seen these animes before!

If he had to pinpoint a place, it would be—

Dreams!

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