My Gene System

The people in this world were vastly different from the characters in the novels and manga he had read. There, human and non-human creatures coexisted peacefully and understood one another. So, why does he believe those creatures intended to murder him? Simply by describing how they looked at him.

"On their behalf, I sincerely apologize," Pan said, deeply bowed his head to demonstrate his sincerity. Aside from that, despite the fact that it was his first encounter with this man, nothing had changed in terms of his appearance or attire. After all, he was still a human being.

Riku shook his head and hands in unison. "Raise your head, Pan; I see why they were acting this way."

"If you say so," Pan added with a smile. "Do you still want to go on a tour of this village?"

"Of course, since it's the first time I could see an old place like this." Riku responded, then looked straight forward. In order to avoid having interaction with them in the meantime.

"Old? Even though our location is close to the Irufolo forest, I can say the materials used to build this village are better than the others," Pan replied, puzzled as to how this man could say their village was too old. "Could you tell me where you're from?"

'Irufolo forest? I think it was the forest where I stayed for a month.'

Riku had given up on explaining where he was coming from at this point. So he pretended that he couldn't remember anything other than his name.

He scratched the back of his head gradually. "I can't remember anything, and if I try, I feel my head splitting in half," Riku replied weakly as he began to feel uneasy in the eyes of the people looking at him from the side.

"I apologize, Riku, and please don't force yourself to remember anything; lady Arisu would punish me if she knew something bad was happening to you," Pan said.

After about five minutes of walking, Riku and Pan arrived at the rounded structure made of solid bricks and brown cement.

"A.H.Q." He read the abbreviation letters in front of him.

Pan gave him a nod. "Yes, this is our village headquarters," he said, turning to face the other side. "And that's where all the guards were trained."

Where Pan was looking for from afar. He noticed the guards in silver-plated armor vigilantly guarding the area. Furthermore, they were inspecting the people entering the training camp.

"What are they doing? There are a lot of people stuck in that place," Riku asked, perplexed.

"Oh, we're holding a recruitment for new guards who are willing to give their lives for this village, and the card they were showing was called a Template; this is the quickest way to determine the person's name and level."

Well, Riku didn't expect this village that has old civilization could think something useful like this. Hence, he has wondered what kind of leveling had this world? In Japan, he was familiar with the word leveling in XR Online and the mutants' level as it could determine the experience and the power it had.

"Template, huh. How about leveling? Can you tell me something about it?" Riku asked.

Pan was looking at him suspiciously, as if he was worried that if he spits about the level stage, information about it would spread. He raised his shoulders after a few seconds because determining your level was used all over the place. To put it simply, it was passed from one to another.

"Hmm... No problem, but I'll just tell you about the common levels in our village, okay?" Pan replied.

Riku noticed how careful Pan was not to reveal any specific information to him. Even he cleared himself to Arisu that he was not a spy from the other country or kingdom. Nonetheless, she delegated someone to keep an eye on him while he was under observation.

"Yeah... I'm not forcing you to give any information, I just wanted to know more about it. So I would not look dumb if someone asked me."

Pan moved closer to him, "Riku, let's move to the other place." He suggested for no good reason.

Riku raised his brows and asked him once again. "Why?" He discovered that someone was bothering Pan, but he didn't intend to ask more about it. To be not suspicious of him, gaining his trust this was his plan for now to gather information.

"Look at these two guards. They are glaring at you as their brothers were terminated from being guards because of brutally torturing you inside the cell." Pan said in a low tone, enough tone to hear by Riku.

Now, that Pan has mentioned it. Riku was easily noticed the two guards were shivering to stab their keen spears at him. However, he was not terrified of them as he was confident the fighting techniques Haru taught to him could protect him in this kind of place.

Nevertheless, to could not create any commotion in this village, it was way better if he made the distance to them. 'I'm new in this place, lady Arisu surely would not be happy if I fight her guards.'

He spun around and followed Pan with his direction. "Okay, Pan, let's find a place."

They were walking down a street crowded with villagers' homes, street shops, and well-known merchants who imported new items.

If you look at the Arzotoc Village, you will notice how lovely it was, and even Riku was discriminated against by them. He tried to understand them because they were acting for their own safety. As they had no idea when the other kingdom would invade their village.

After seven minutes, Pan and Riku found a wooden bench next to an odd black pillar. They were admiring the small lake's transparency.

Pan deeply sighed as he felt relieved when someone was not around. "Hais... Now I can speak clearly without thinking too much to others."

"Sorry to give you so much pressure. But can you now tell me what I'm asking for?" He said in a polite tone.

"No, it's my part of this job, you have no rights to refuse any task that is given to you." He took a deep breath and continued to explain.

Pan just introduced the 5 common classification levels in this village. It was the Worn, Warrior, Great Warrior I, Rogue, Sage I.

In terms of strength, the Worn was weaker than the average person on Earth. Warrior level fighters were average fighters who could fight in close combat and midrange combat, also known as a troop in this world. Great warrior, it has surpassed the second level and can now cast low-tier magic to aid them in battle. Rogue was a difficult level to obtain as there was a tendency for a certain Great warrior to be promoted to Sage I. Because you must be fast enough to move without making a sound, or to be more specific, you must have the potential to be an assassin while also knowing how to use at least five mid-tier magic. Sage I, you must master mid-tier magic and how to use it in mid-range and close combat at this level.

He was slowly rubbing his chin. In his mind, the level in this world was concept into an RPG. Not quite accurate, still, it helped him to have how the level in this village works.

"The Worn level looks the level one to ten in the XR online, and the warrior level is eleven to twenty. Hmm... If this is a game-" He stopped as Pan intercepted him.

"A game? All the guards here are sacrificing their lives just to become a great warrior and you are telling they are just a game?" Pan slightly raised his brows as he didn't like what he heard from this man.

"You get it wrong, Pan, I just compare to the game so I could easily understand." Riku looked at him with serious eyes.

"I'm sorry, Riku, I assumed you knew the guards here were just playing." Pan bowed his head slightly, convinced by Riku's eyes for no apparent reason. Furthermore, seeing black eyes was unusual for him because the majority of the villagers had red, violet, green, blue, and so on.

"No, it's fine, I understand you're working hard to become a warrior," he said, leaning back on the wooden bench. "If you can determine the level, what do you think my current level is?"

Pan looked surprised, but he was already expecting that question would come. So he faced him with a serious expression. "No offense, Riku, but the current strength you have right now is like a Worn."

Just like Haru determined his strength, his mana pool still could not provide the power to enhance his body.

"Worn, huh... But how you certain that I'm just in the worn level. " He sighed, then looked at the sky.

"Oh, with small light aura releasing by your body. But don't worry, you can be a warrior if you train hard like me." Pan flexed his muscles.

"Hahaha! I'll try-" He stopped after the game system appeared in front of him.

[You're exposing too much to the sunlight. It will minimize your power and make you exhausted!]

"Eh? Expose too much light? What is this system problem? I'm not a vampire!"