After having the suspicion that the person in front of him was a challenger, Jin listened to their conversation with great interest.
Jin initially suspected that because the person before him was asking weird questions like, "Where can I find….." or "What is this place?"
If the person in front of him were an alien, he would not know how to act because he had never been to a bar. Even if the memories were inserted into his brain, there may be a chance that the person whose body was given to the alien had never been to the bar.
Not just that, the alien wouldn't have the experience in real life on how to act in areas like this. Due to this, Jin suspected that the person in front of him was a challenger.
So Jin walked up to the person and started talking to him. Jin discreetly asked his questions without making it clear that he was actually a challenger himself.
While talking to the said person, Jin thought that he was going crazy because it was like the person had no memory of anything. So after some time, he turned to the bartender, who was looking at him, and the bartender nodded and said, Yeah, he has Alzheimer's.
Jin felt stupid thinking that he would be able to find a Challenger this quickly. After some time of lingering, Jin got up and went back to where he was initially sitting.
He continued just sitting there, and suddenly a person sat near him.
Jin frowned while looking at the said person. He just looked like a regular person. The person spoke, telling how He was unable to get and work because of how much competition there was present.
Jin asked him what he did for a living, and he told Jin that he was a hunter- he went into the jungle and looked for animals or monsters or whatever that was present and took back the meat, skin bone, then sold it for whatever they were able to get for it.
Jin sat there without talking for a bit and asked the person
'How can hunting have too much competition? You can just go into the jungle and find prey for yourself.
The person in front of him laughed, then told him.
Of course hunting can have competition if the number of prey for us are really low. That's exactly what is happening. Too many hunters are present and we can't say the same about the prey and so I am unable to get a job for myself.
After some time, Jin just nodded, agreeing with the person.
After waiting for a moment, the person in front of him whispered while getting close to Jin's face.
That is, unless you are a Challenger.
Jin,s eyes widened, and for a second he froze. A shiver went down his spine.
The person infront of him smiled insidiously.
Before Jin could react, A hand flew his way aiming straight for his face. Jin tred to dodge, but ultimately failed.
Jin was sent flying back, crashing into many tables. His momentum was stopped by the wall of the bar. The wall itself cracked and Jin felt as if his whole body was going throught a meat grinder.
What hurt the most was his face which took the dirct blow.
Many terrified people ran out of the bar.
The hunter smirked and asked
So which one of the challaners are you?
Jin's face was hurting way to much for him to speak up.
Just untransform already -what the hunter meant was that while in a {trial}, Each participant would be able to transform into a person who was originally present in the area where the {trial} took place and they would also be able to untransform at will-Jin gritted his teeth.
It was because he knew that the moment he took off his transformation, he would instantly be killed. Jin knew that he was the weakest of the challangers, hell even the other human looked way tougher than he was.
Jin begrudgingly commanded the system to take off the transformation.
After a few secounts, his body sparkled in blue light and then his body started to morph. Now he was no longer the farmer who had a nice, bulky body, instead he looked like a frail, weak kid.
The hunter walked closer to him slowly with more malice appearing on his face.
Jin had no hope of escapeing anymore and braced for his death. He was happy that he was chosen by the {trial of void} and felt that his life was starting to look up but it looks like his life was going to even before he was able to acquire any abilities or anything at look. He was that he was going to be loser till the end. He was felling powerless.
After a few minutes, he opened his eyes slowly because nothing was happening. He looked at the tall and mighty hunter.
After a few seconds, the hunter kneeled near him. While lookin at his face, Jin was able to see that the hunter had a soft and worried expression.
The the hunter told
oh its you, the human I met before coming to the {trial}. I thought that it was one of the other challenger, if It was them , there would be no chance of making peace.
Jin looked at the person, not understanding what he meant. After some time of awkerd sience, jin suddenly understood what was happening. He was luckey enough to meet the slime who he had met before entering the {trial}.
Jin tiredly spoke up,
I thought it was game over.
Suddenly the hunters body was also enveloped in a blue sparkling lights and he transformed into a slimey blue colored creature.
The creature came near Jin and swallowed his body into its own body.
Jin felt a bit better. The slime was healing jin. After waiting for a bit, jin could perfectly move his hands and legs.
Then he got up and walked out of the bar.
If anyone had seen him, he would have looked like a person wearing blue armor. It was actually the slime augmenting Jin,s body, supporting all of his broken bones by acting as a bandage. While jin tried to move a limb, the slime helped him do so.
After walking a bit away from people who were watching him with suspicion because of what happened at the bar, he went into an alleyway and alsked the slime which was on his body
How much longer are you going to stick to me?
After some moments a mouth was formed formed from his heart. It said while faceing him,
I have to wait till you comepletly heal. I am really sorry. If I knew it was you, I wouldn't have attacked. You know a slime has to protect itself. The other challaners were too terrifying. The rhino-alien might not be that much of a problem, but the mantis was really big trouble.
After lingering for a moment, Jin asked and why would that be? The rhino looked way more terryfyin and formidable.
The slime said in grim voice
The mantis, her name is jackey she could be considered the most famous person in our system of planets, especially because she is the princess of mantis tribe. The mantis tribe is an extreamly powerful one.
Then jin asked what the name of the slime was.
Slime said
Oh im sorry I didn't introduce myself sooner.
My name is Roi, I am from the blue-slime trible our tribe is a weak one, that is why I have to win this trial and help them get to the top among the slime tribes.
Jin asked which of the way of solving the {trial} did Roi prefer.
Roi said
I would prefer to resolve everything in a peaceful manner, but I don't know what the others would think
Then Roi asked
Hey you should introduce youself too.
Jin lingered, then said
I am Jin from planet earth I am a human. I don't really have much of a ambition I have never had anything in life I hope that, with what powers I might receve, I would be able to build a life fore myself.
After a few awkard moments, Roi asked
Ok.. Jin then what is your ability.
Jin was dumbstruck he didn't know what to say and mumbled.
Wh..what do you mean by that? I thought I would only get it after completing the trial.
Roi, while looking at jin, said
No you can receve one ability by stealing it from the system.
Jin was dumbstrck again stealing..from the system..?
Roi made a smiley face and now got out from his body.
See? I was able to heal you.
Jin felt it too. He no longer felt hurt.
Roi said
That is because that is my ability I am able to heal other people's bodies by possessing it.
Jin was kind of jealose because he himself had no ability.
Jin had a malicious smile in his face and while grinning he told the slimey creature infront of him
"lets steal some abilities,shall we?"