Saying this, I went away from the hut, towards the busy slum road, my motive to find some way to earn food and money, because just now, one week of my rations got exhausted in a single meal, I need to earn more if I want those little guys at home to eat their fill. Walking away, I also told the system to place a sigil, and soon I felt a little heat on the left side of my chest. I opened my shirt a bit to see it, and there, just above my heart, a small Sigil of incomprehensible sign is formed, but just like Beacon of truth, I did not feel any strength increase or anything.
Sigh! I have to rely on myself to survive; this system and system rewards are useless.
Thinking about the system and its mysterious system rewards, I walked a little distance away from my hut, and now I am on the slum road. Both side of the road is packed with small houses made up of bricks and a tin roof, as I already know this is a slum area, of town 16.
If my memories serve right, then I have been living in this area for at least a few months, since my father is punished by the federation. I did not know much about this area, but I know quite a bit about this locality, because I usually do some work to earn my food.
When I first came to this place, it was a cold night, hungry and tired, I was running and hiding from everyone as I was paranoid I thought everyone was my enemy, so ultimately I reached that hut at the far end of this slum, it was a hut where only an old man lived, who seeing my condition helped me a bit.
He let me stay in his house and gave me food, but after some days, that old man passed away. He was already very old and ill, maybe it was his last moments when he thought, " Let's help this poor child. " Nonetheless, I am still thankful to that old man.
Before his death, he also introduced me to one of his friends, who was an old lady who ran bakeries in a small market, at the center of this town. Through his recommendation, I got a job at her bakery, which mostly includes serving and packaging food products, which gave me enough money for myself, but now I need money for 10 children.
So, I again walked towards that bakery in the hope of finding some solution. Soon, I got out of the slum area and reached a well-built locality. I walked on foot, covering another 2 kilometers to reach one of the big markets in town.
Despite being a world with martial arts as the main power system, this world still helps a good amount of technological advancement. I don't know about things like Nuclear or space technology, but this world has cars, trains, electricity, and aircraft, along with many technologies. So I could take public transport, but I preferred walking as I needed to save money.
The money in this world is called federation currency, which mainly consists of federal copper, silver, and gold coins.
100 copper coins = 1 silver coin
100 silver coin = 1 gold coin
Normally 2 silver coins were enough for someone like me to live with enough rations for almost a year, but now that I have another nine mouths to feed.
Soon, I reached that bakery, and entering inside it, the first thing I saw was an old lady sitting at the counter. Seeing me enter, she said, "You are late today, Ryuk."
I just smiled and said, "I was a little busy because of some work. I will not repeat it again, boss."
Hearing this, she nodded and moved back towards the back room of the bakery where the oven and kitchen is present. Intending to make more bakery items like cookies and cakes.
While I went towards the counter now working as a worker in this bakery, soon the first customer came, and I asked him about what he wanted and then gave it to him while receiving money, and giving him change. This is my daily routine, as in this backward town, it is normal for children above the age of ten to work; in fact, in this world, a human at 16 years is considered an adult.
After 8 hours, it was almost evening, and my shift was close, so I got up from the counter while my boss grandma came to sit on it. She will only open this bakery for a few more hours before closing it. I myself prefer going back before evening because my hut is located in a slum area, which is not safe at night.
Now, I finally talked with my boss about a salary raise; my original salary was 18 copper coins for a month, but now I need at least 30 copper coins. She looked at me with a frown and said that I first need to prove my worth before a salary raise, and she will talk about it briefly tomorrow.
Hearing this, I sighed and went out, walking back towards my hut. I started walking quickly as I was concerned about the situation of Yuki and the children. I am sure they are smart enough, but still, I am concerned.
Soon, I reached my hut there I saw some vagabonds trying to force their way inside hut, seeing it I quickly ran towards my hut, but before I could reach the shabby gate of hut opened from inside, getting outside Yuki punched a vagabond in stomach who got flung away to side, and another one got a kick on his chest before he could do anything.
After getting beaten up, both of the vagabonds now lie unconscious in front of my hut, while I started thinking, how is she so strong?
After reaching the hut, the first thing I did was to ask Yuki if she is ok, she said they were all right. These vagabonds originally wanted to force their way in and steal food from the house, but now both of them are unconscious, beaten up by Yuki.
Next, along with Yuki, I moved the unconscious bodies of both vagabonds away from home, as I don't want any problems once they get awake. Most of the work is done by Yuki as she lifts an adult man easily.
Now back at the hut, I asked Yuki about her strength, and she said, "Ryuk, didn't I tell you I am a prodigy in martial arts back at the academy? While I am not yet an official martial artist, I still have the strength of at least 5 adult men, and using my techniques, I can easily overpower ten ordinary men."
Hearing this, I was fascinated by the martial arts techniques she practiced, so she agreed to teach me basic techniques of her academy, which every student can learn. Currently, she only has two techniques, one is basic, and the other is a slightly advanced one, which I am unable to learn currently, according to her.
Slowly, she started showing a set of movements to me. According to her, I need to copy these movements to learn this basic technique, so I started to copy them, but I wasn't able to understand them, even though those movements are difficult for me. She said it may take months to learn it, as it is natural for me to face difficulty.
Sigh! I need to find a way to learn it, a way.
Then something snapped inside me, as if I unconsciously activated something. After that feeling, I started seeing lines made up of light in front of me, as if guiding me. Following those lines, I moved my hands and feet. Soon, I heard a system notification.
"YOUR MAJESTY IS PARTIALLY USING THE POWER OF THE BEACON OF TRUTH."
"THE LIGHT OF TRUTH WILL SHOW THE WAY."
"YOUR MAJESTY, YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LEARNED BASIC KICK AND BOXING TECHNIQUE(BEGINNER STAGE)"
Light of truth is this: a power of the Beacon of truth, if it is, then it can really help me learn techniques, as I have now learned this basic technique in the first try, only following those lines of light. Thinking this, I asked the system to show my status to see my progress.
Name: Ryuk Ashborn,{Rajeev}
Age: 11 years
Talent: Immortal Pupils(sealed), Law of Life stone fragment(sealed)
Possession: Beacon of Truth(level-1), Fragment of fallen kingdom
Bloodline: None
Martial arts: Basic kick and boxing technique{Beginner} (0/100)
Realm: None
System Level: Zero(upgrade to unlock full abilities)
System Quest: One quest available
Title: Emperor of Humanity???, Martial Pill
Evaluation: A simple human boy who does not know the fate he holds, somehow he gets recognition of something that is greater than creation itself, and now the whole creation is bound to acknowledge his rule if he is ever able to get that strong without dying, then he can establish his rule over everything that can be called creation. But his current future holds too many dangers; his original fate was nothing but tragic, so he had to survive first.