My werewolf system

Chapter 6: Werewolf

Chapter 6: Werewolf

Gary had seen the concept of the mythological creature being used in books and movies, but he had never really been the type to pay too close attention to these things. Thinking back to the few films he had watched with such being, a certain thought came to his mind.

‘Am I now an Altered?’

It sounded a bit strange, because from what Gary knew becoming an Altered should be a long and difficult process. However, perhaps the thing inside the suitcase might have been a new product from some company that had discovered a way to speed up the process.

Looking around him, the suitcase itself was long gone, probably left behind at the construction site.

‘Maybe it’s just called a ‘Werewolf’, because it has made me into an Altered based on a wolf-type beast? Who knows maybe all Altered have such a ‘system’ and have just kept it a secret or maybe it’s something new that was in the suitcase? Either way, if I am an Altered, then my body should have changed!’

Gary knew for a fact that his vision had suddenly improved, so why not other things?

When a human became an Altered one of the big changes he would undergo would be getting superhuman strength. To test his theory, he walked up to one of the trees, looked at it for a few seconds and then started to shake his whole arm.

Gary was confident, all the signs were telling him he had become an Altered. With no doubt in his mind, he threw out his fist and hit the tree with great force.

For a few seconds, there was nothing and then an almighty scream travelled throughout the forest.

“Ahhhh!” The tree was completely fine, but the same could not be said about Gary’s knuckles. Looking at them he could see they were grazed and slightly bleeding. The skin was starting to peel off. It was apparent he hadn’t held back at all when throwing the punch.

[You have been injured]

[- 2HP]

[98/100 HP]

‘Minus 2 HP for that? I’m not sure if I should complain about this being a lot or be happy about it not doing more damage to me… Also what happens when I hit 0 HP? Will I just instantly die? Well, I suppose hitting it 49 more times at full strength would eventually break my fists and lead to severe blood loss…Maybe‘

It was clear that the system itself was quite complicated

[Your heart rate has increased]

[50 BPM]

It seemed kind of useless to Gary that the system showed off his heart rate. He didn’t see any need in it as it didn’t seem to affect anything else.

After the pain had subsided Gary wanted to run a few more tests. He planned to check if he was now faster or could transform parts of his body. Unfortunately, being in the middle of a forest, he lacked any equipment to measure his speed and just running felt the same as always. Gary also had no idea how to change parts of his body.

He tried concentrating on his arm, wishing for it to turn into something else, but nothing happened. It didn’t make any difference when he tried to do the same with his legs, nose, ears, eyes or any other parts. Eventually, he sighed and gave up for the time being.

He was interested in the quests, but it was already starting to get late, so he couldn’t go to the gym at this time to see if there would be any improvements. The food quest was theoretically the easiest to complete, but given his family situation, it would be a tough one. Meat was expensive and eating two kilograms a day would be near impossible. There was half the payment upfront, but if he could he would have still liked to help his mother with that.