Chapter 39 - Dream Of The Past

After that realization, Nathan tries his best to think about important things that he might have unconsciously ignored before.

Then he really remembered something!

"Wait, it's been weeks that I have forgotten about it but, didn't my soul talent from the appraisal different after I awakened?"

Nathan didn't even have to consciously ask the system as it readily gave him the answer.

[Since the soul of the host came from a different world, the quality of your soul became better after going through the process of transmigration. This improvement was not seen by the Appraisal Skill of the host since it was only an E-Level Skill.]

Nathan was surprised, he did not expect that even skills still have levels!

But after thinking about it, he realized that it was really quite reasonable. Games also have different levels of skills, the higher the level, the stronger it is.

It's just that he did not expect that it was also being applied in real life.

Anyway, now he understands why something like a soul talent suddenly just changes after it is activated.

Nathan was honestly scared by that.

Imagine if your soul talent suddenly changes after you activate it and what you get is a soul talent like that of Mad Boomer's.

He might have got himself killed!

Thinking about all these things are making Nathan's head start aching.

Adding to that that he just experienced being shot by a gun a few hours ago, Nathan can't help but start getting exhausted.

Closing his eyes, he laid properly on his bed and fell asleep.

…

"I… don't… wan..t… to die…"

His hoarse voice came out of pale lips as he stared in the void with his lifeless eyes.

He is being surrounded by fire in all directions, obstructing every path for him to escape.

But even if it's not, the stab wound on his sides will still hinder him from moving.

The heat from the fire is already burning his skin while the smoke starts to suffocate him and he slowly loses consciousness.

…

Nathan wakes up and slowly opens his eyes.

He saw the clean ceiling above him.

Sitting up on his bed, Nathan took some deep breaths.

He suddenly muttered, "I thought I had already forgotten everything… I thought I won't feel anything anymore..."

The pain can be heard from deep within Nathan's voice.

Being a transmigrator, Nathan of course has memories from his past life.

But most of those memories are just nightmares for Nathan.

If possible he really wanted to erase every memory stuck on his brain and just live a life in this world like a normal person would.

But for some reason, the memories from his past life just won't get out of his head like it's been ingrained to every cell in his brain, hindering him from removing it.

Looking through the window, Nathan saw the blue sky, the fluffy looking clouds roaming above, and the birds flying freely like with their beautiful wings.

"How I wish to also have wings~" He muttered.

Sighing, Nathan left his room and directly headed to the kitchen to grab something to eat.

Natalie seems to be asleep since he heard a loud snoring from her room as he passed by it.

Frying some chicken nuggies, giving it a good crisp.

While cooking, Nathan felt the accumulated tiredness and thought, 'It feels kinda heavy with all these stressors in my head.'

He sighed, 'I should do something to clear up this building up weights inside of me.'

After all the nuggets were cooked, he poured all of it on a plate and went to the living room.

He grabbed the remote, turned on the tv and sat comfortably on the sofa.

The program that's being shown at this time is about hiking.

[Everyone should be careful, you know. Since the mountain is quite steep, it will be hard for just anyone to climb it. But all of them are actually professional hikers so no one needs to worry about anything, right now...]

*Crunch!*

Nathan bit into a crispy nugget while looking intently at the tv.

After watching for a while, Nathan said,

"I have decided! Tomorrow, I will be going out for a hiking trip!"

Since he wants to clear up his mind, Nathan thought that it might be good to get close to nature for him to feel more refreshed.

But that is not all the reason for this sudden decision to go hiking.

"I should also be able to gather some Nature's Energy that is important for my soul talent."

This is the main reason why Nathan decided to go hiking.

By going hiking, he will not just be able to go out and breathe some fresh air. But also, he will be able to try the method mentioned by the system.

With that, he will kill two birds with one stone!

With that in mind, Nathan took out his phone and started searching about things related to hiking on the internet.

He found all sorts of things like hiking beginner guides, hiking travel vlog, articles, hiker groups, etc.

"Looking for hiking companions? 'Let's Hike Hiker Club?'"

As he was randomly looking for more information on the internet, Nathan saw a post on his social media that attracted his attention.

It seems to be a recruitment post or advertisement for a hiking club that was located in Olongapo City.

From the information available on their profile, one can immediately see the link to the hikers group named, [Let's Hike!]

"Aish, thought I could take a look at it."

Since it's a private group, Nathan can't really see what's inside so he went back to the poster earlier

He started to read the post more thoroughly to understand more about it.

Nathan learned about hiker clubs or groups as well as some basic things you need to know and prepare before going out for a hike from the post.

It was nothing out of the ordinary, but it seems like it might come in handy so he read it carefully.

"I should go and try it out."

Curious of how this works, Nathan decided to contact the original poster.