[Descent complete]
"Urgh," Lenny exhaled a soft groan. He had passed out not long ago after spending nearly an hour struggling to withstand the crushing.
The pain was too excruciating but he had expected it.
His eyes blurred for a second, and Lenny's eyes widened to see a transparent crimson panel floating before his eyes.
"The Fallen System," He whispered. This was something his father once talked about.
The mysterious existence of the Fallen System and how it represented the Fallen Realm as its Administrator.
No one knew what exactly the Fallen System was or who had created it in the first place.
Even the Fallen Realm, filled with horrors was still a mystery to humanity.
The only things known about the Fallen Realm were that it existed as a dimensional plane that united all planets.
And Earth wasn't the only planet to have suffered from its curse, as there are dozens of other planetary races spread across the Fallen Realm.
The existence of Orcs, Goblins, Trolls, Ogres, Elves, and Fairies is widely known and even documented.
As a descendant of a Great House, he was taught everything in preparation for his descent.
*
Lenny found himself floating in a sea of white expanse, completely naked as he faced the void.
The Fallen System shimmered before his eyes, it wasn't done yet.
[Identifying Player]
[Name: Lenny Night]
[Age: 18]
[Race: Human]
[Player Status: Carrier of the Fallen Rune]
[Fallen Rune Status: Unawakened]
Lenny went through the information displayed on the transparent screen, and he understood everything.
If he weren't sealed by the Government, he would have awakened his Fallen Rune even before the age of 18.
Instead, his Status would be reading: Awakener instead of Carrier of the Fallen Rune.
And his Fallen Rune wouldn't remain Unawakened.
He breathed deeply, since he wasn't granted the opportunity to awaken before.
The Fallen System would automatically awaken him.
[Player is Unawakened….]
[Initiating Awakening Process….]
With a loud growl. Lenny's body shuddered; he felt his body being flooded by mana radiation, and his senses were being distorted.
He felt as if his body was being pulled apart and reassembled at the same time and yet he felt no pain.
But nausea.
A searing heat crawled up his neck, like molten lava tracing a path beneath his skin.
The air seemed to ripple, and shadows danced as a dragon's form burst forth, it's coils wrapping around his throat like a living brand.
The tattoo's outline etched itself into his skin, scales shimmering like polished obsidian, claws digging deep as if to anchor itself into reality.
Its wings, half-folded and fierce, seemed to flex and strain against his flesh.
The process went on for a few minutes when he suddenly received a notification.
[Congratulations! You've awakened your Fallen Rune]
[Updating Player's Information]
[Name: Lenny Night]
[Age: 18]
[Race: Human]
[Player Status: Awakener]
[Fallen Rune Status: Awakened]
~
[Fallen Rune: Rune of Imagination]
[Rune Class: ???]
[Fallen Rank: Divine]
[Mana Aptitude: Infinite]
[Rune Level: 0]
[Rune Description: Your Imaginations are reality]
[Rune Slots: {0/1}]
[Your imagination resets every 24 Hours]
~
[Uploading Host's Stats]
-Strength: 0.5
-Speed: 0.5
-Intelligence: 1.5
-Mana: 2.0
-Endurance: 0.5
Lenny stood frozen in shock as he went through every piece of information displayed on the Fallen System.
He was left dumbfounded, unable to believe what he was seeing.
He ignored his stats and even his personal information. With his attention fixed on his Fallen Rune.
"A..A…A Divine Rune?" Lenny gasped, he felt a shiver run down his spine.
In this world of Fallen Regulators, a Carrier could only awaken one of the seven ranks.
Classic, Rare, Special, Supreme, Mythical, Demigod, and Divine.
Fallen Runes were straightforward as it simply entails the Fallen Path the Rune is linked with.
Lenny was currently an Unknown since his Fallen Rune was not tied to any known Fallen Path.
While the Rune Class represents the true aspect linked to the Player.
Mana Aptitudes were directly linked to the existence of Fallen Ranks, it exists as the digits which calculates the output of one's mana.
With the strength of a Fallen Rune dependent on one's Mana Aptitude, when the output of a Mana Aptitude is consumes.
It self regenerates.
Awakeners with a Classic rank Fallen Rune possessed only 5% Mana Aptitude.
Which meant they could only absorb and control 5% of the Universal Mana that surrounds them. And also their own Mana Cores.
This made the effects of their Fallen Runes extremely limited, Those with Rare ranks had 15% Mana Aptitude.
Special rank containing 25% Mana Aptitude.
Supreme rank possessing 40% Mana Aptitude.
And Mythical rank holding 65% Mana Aptitude.
Making those who awakened the Mythical rank capable enough to twist even the laws of reality to a certain degree.
Those who awakened a Demigod rank Fallen Rune possessed a 100% Mana Aptitude.
Making them exist outside the laws that restricts reality.
And those who were lucky enough to awaken a Divine rank Fallen Rune had passive status.
Meaning the Divine rank was beyond the laws of Mana Aptitude, using one simply does not consumes Mana Aptitude.
They went beyond the scale of any limits.
Creating their own laws.
Within the Regulator's society, 50% awakens the Classic rank, the lowest of the ranks.
With 30% awakening the Rare rank, 10% awakening the Special rank.
6% awakening the Supreme rank and only 4% awakening the Mythical rank.
In history. There has never been a single Fallen Regulator recorded to have awakened a Demigod-ranked Fallen Rune, not to mention a Divine rank.
Fallen Ranks were both the lethality, profiency and potential of a Fallen Rune and awakening a Divine rank was akin to having the potential of reaching godhood.
It was impossible until now….
A Fallen Rank was permanent to the Carrier; it could never be altered. The higher the ranks.
The stronger one's potential of reaching the peak.
Lenny couldn't believe his eyes. He slapped himself to see if he was dreaming, but he wasn't.
Everything was real, too real.
He finally found his voice, noticing something strange, "I awakened a Divine-ranked Fallen Rune? But why didn't I receive a class?"
He lingered for a moment, "Based on the Information I got from my father, all Fallen Runes are tied to a specific class"
"Just as they're linked to a distinct rank till their death, but my case is completely different" He took a deep breath, "I not only awakened a classless Fallen Rune but of the Divine rank as well"
He suddenly frowned, recalling that fateful night…..
His eyelid twitched for a second. He clenched his fist tightly. "If that man learns of this, he will surely come for me…"
"Until I'm ready to face that bastard who slaughtered my family, I can't afford to expose this secret"
This time, he focused his attention on his stats. They were all too low, the only noticeable one was his Mana which had 2.0
And his 1.5 Intelligence Stat as well.
His mind went back to his Fallen Rune, "The power of Imagination" Lenny shuddered.
His hands shivered, "I'm insane, I hallucinates, this power frightens me" Lenny whispered with a shaky breath.
He breathed in deeply, "Does it mean I can imagine anything or is it currently tied to my Rune Level?"
"Since I haven't conquered my First Apocalypse and haven't reached the state of a Fallen Regulator yet''
"My Rune Level reads 0, does my Fallen Rune grow each time my Rune Level increases?" Lenny was in deep thought.
He was also confused about the Rune Slots which read [{0/1}]
While trying to understand what it meant, he was interrupted by the whisper of the Fallen System.
[Your Time in the Fallen Zone is Up]
[You will now be transported into the Fallen Realm…]
[Your First Apocalypse has begun]
[Good luck, Awakener Lenny Night]