Reborn As A Bastard Child: Woah! I'm Super Overpowered-Chapter 29: VOID III

But after a few steps, his arms failed him. They did not possess the strength to move anymore.

Raven collapsed on the ground, his limbs awkwardly protruding in a varied angles.

His colleague who happened to be a mathematics teacher would have been elated to find a living specimen to explicitly demonstrate the 'Lines And Angles' Chapter.

Haa! Those were the days.

Suddenly something clicked inside Raven's mind.

Earlier, he had used a defensive barrier when dealing with that annoying brick. From what he understood about the system's skills, one thing was clear: these skills mostly activated when he himself commanded it but was not limited to this.

These skills also involuntarily activated when the situation called for it.

Then why had his skills let him get injured to this extent?

Also, Raven suddenly remembered, he had noticed skills like advanced healing and rapid regeneration when he had shifted through all the knowledge the system had transferred to his mind.

Then why the hell are these skills not responding to the situation?

Would he have to manually activate them?

But that shouldn't be....

As far as he remembered, all of his skills related to healing were passive.

"Here goes nothing" murmured Raven.

"Activate Skill: Rapid Regeneration"

Nothing happened.

"System, begin Advanced Healing"

Raven changed his tone this time, but no to avail.

The skills stubbornly refused to activate.

Even the system remained unresponsive.

"What the actual fuck? Okay, calm down, there must be something I'm missing....."

Raven kept himself engaged in a pep talk, hoping to keep afloat his already dwindling morale.

After racking his brains, Raven decided to again go through all the knowledge the system had transferred to his mind.

Maybe he would stumble upon a hidden trigger?

"To be or not to be?"

Hamlet had enquired.

Arnold Schwarzenegger had already given the answer long ago.

"Not to be."

Alas!

Schwarzenegger's answer held true for Raven as well.

When Raven attempted to access the system's information, a dull ache spread through his entire being.

His vision turned blurry, and he couldn't help but sputter our dark blood.

And just when he was down, his thirst decided to act up.

'Water. I need a damn drop of water.'

Raven vaguely understood that something was blocking him from accessing the benefits the system had granted him.

Much like a fucking AoE skill.

Only at a personal, intimate level.

First things first.

Getting to the source of water is the topmost priority.

That should be doable right?

With his maxed out stats?

Raven tried to stretch his perception stat over the limit to identify the exact location of the water source.

He had no more saliva left to gulp down. His entire mouth tasted bitter, like acid. If he did not find water soon, he was going to drop dead.

He was sure of it.

Finding out the exact location of water seemed to be the last chance at survival.

But unfortunately ....

It seemed Arnold Schwarzenegger's badass soliloquy came true once more.

It was simply not to be.

Raven's perception could not make heads or tails out of the situation and went to find a hole to bury itself in.

Lady luck struck again.

It seemed that anything related to the system did not work wherever he was anymore.

"Oh shit, I'm fucked"

These were the words Raven managed to utter with his cracked lips, before falling unconscious again, likely for the nth time.

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