Shadow Author
Chapter 4 0

Elijah had an Ability that no others did and a secret that could never get out.

He was an Ability. His body, his mind, his blood, his soul, it was all a part of the Ability.

What humanity knew and understood was that Gifts were powers randomly given out to strengthen. In reality, these Gifts were designed by an existence specifically for each person. From cruel Gifts to justified good Gifts everything was planned.

This would be the story of the fifth and final story of the series. The one I had just begun writing before my demise.

This was the being who not only created gifts but the monsters, dungeons, and towers.

It was simply for his entertainment however things quickly grew out of control and he lost the ability to hold command over these creations.

Thus he was forced to create a supreme being… Elijah.

Rather than given an Ability he was created as one.

Elijah's purpose was to be a collection tank. He was made to reverse what the being had done.

Elijah can steal and delete the Gifts, Abilities, and skills of others.

His mission is to take every Gift in existence and delete them. Once this is achieved the world will revert to how it once was.

No more monsters, no more dungeons, and no more towers.

Elijah is the savior.

As I stared at him and recalled his history he suddenly turned back and locked his eyes on mine.

Terrified, I turned away and looked down at my desk.

I could feel his eyes burning into my body but I didn't dare look up out of fear.

Then another buzz went off on my smart watch and I felt Elijah take his attention off of me.

"That was close."

Although Elijah was created with a great sense of justice and full of nobility in the end he would take everyone's Gift.

I didn't want to be the first and for that reason alone I swore to myself to stay as far away as possible from him.

But then I thought why would I care? Just what was my purpose for being inside the novel? Just what was my goal? To survive? Will there be an end? There's no way I will be able to go back to the real world, my body is a pancake.

Putting on hold what I wanted to do with my new life and what I should achieve, I looked at my smartwatch. Two buzzes went off and it seemed like I didn't have many if any friends. So questioning what messages I got I unlocked the screen.

[You've brought the first set of attention to your character]

[+50 SP]

[You've caused the main character to put attention on you]

[+100 SP]

Dumbstruck I read out the messages only to be confused beyond belief.

What did the SP mean and why was I getting it? None of this was in the original novel. What was happening?

Then as if to answer my questions another buzz happened.

Quickly raising my watch I read it to myself.

[Character Lucas's name was never mentioned, his face was never described, and his achievements were never recognized. Make Lucas an important part of the novel.]

Then before I could even make sense of what I read an app began to download on my smartwatch.

I blocked all thoughts and patiently waited for it to finish downloading.

Once it was finalized I tapped on it and a new screen appeared.

[Missions]

[SP]

[Stats]

[Information]

"Just what on earth is happening."

Tapping on the first pop up a subset of data appeared.

[Make Lucas an important part of the novel.]

"Well, that's obvious."

Going back to the main screen I tapped on the second pop-up, SP.

[SP: 2150]

[Abilities (0/1)]

[Gifts (1/3)]

[Skills (0/5)]

I tried tapping on each of the pop-ups but nothing happened. Thus, I was forced to go back to the main screen and hope that it would be explained later.

I tapped on the third pop-up.

[Vitality: 3.4]

[Strength: 3.8]

[Speed: 3.2]

[Resistance: 2.9]

[Magic: 2.0]

[Rank: 993]

[Credits: -300,000]

[Gifts: Sharp Sword (Beginner-7)]

The status screen I had seen before was there. This was actually the most important thing so far that I got.

Although I made status screens in the novel only the readers could see them. The reason I did this was to put power into perspective. However, now I could view my own. Not even Elijah could do something like this.

At first glance it might not seem all that important but when training being able to see numbers increase would be extremely helpful. I would be able to determine if I was doing something right or wrong based on the points I got.

Overjoyed, I went back and tapped on the fourth and final screen which finally explained everything to me.

[Lucas must get his role in the series, so do whatever to accomplish this goal. Become a murdering villain, become a side character who has his own growing trope, become the lover of another character, or become stronger than Elijah. Whatever you desire, do it and make your name known.]

[SP: Special Points - These are points awarded for doing something that brings attention to Lucas. The bigger the achievement and the more people that know about it the more SP.]

[SP can be used for anything. It can be used to strengthen stats, create abilities, create gifts, create skills, and influence the world.]

[Lucas is awarded 2000 SP for beginning his adventure.]

As I finished reading many of my questions were answered and any remaining ones I knew because of my role as the author.

Excited about what these new powers would bring me I calmed my heart and a smile crept on my face.