System Vs Magic

His right hand was holed all over and drop limped while blood gushing out of the wounds.

Yeman gasped mouthful of air and went back into concentration.

Now only one shining red stone was left. But this one's movements were a bit weird. Hard to guess where it goes next. All of a sudden, it changes its trajectory.

Once again, he closes his eyes, then he perceived once more. He noticed the trailing reddish glow behind the red stone that looks like a snake. Because of its fast movements, it created something like after image.

He observed meticulously. He widened his perceptions and noticed the dilemmas that came approaching him.

*KABOOM!*

*WOOSHSH!*

Booming thunder and raging tsunamis rapidly came closing him. Whichever of the two struck him first, surely would be his end.

Like everything was in slow motion. Thunder and Tsunami were racing towards him.

A lone bead of sweat fell from his forehead. His mouth curled downward slightly while grating his teeth. He swallowed his saliva and cleared his throat. Yeman's left hand stretched upward like a whip.

Before the two dilemmas struck him, with a sound like tearing the space *Fwissh!*, he successfully grabbed it!

He was delighted!

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!

With a buzzing sound that signaled the end of his tribulations, followed by the system notifications,

<Congratulations Zombie, you passed 75% of your first tribulations!>

"Ha? 75%?!!!" He shouted and opened his eyes, then slowly open his left hand, but when he saw what's inside, he suddenly froze, with a wide-open mouth.

WHAAAAAAAAAAATTTT???!!! His lower mouth fell even more.

On his left palm, there was a flickering stone fragment that orange in color.

"How did this happen?!!!"

<Well, 75% is a passing grade> said the system.

He wondered what this system tried to tell him.

Did the system want to console him? OR,

Did the system dupe him?

"Hah," he sighed dejectedly. "I wonder if there is a reward for my effor--" he said, but before he could finish his words,

<You have received Small Fountain Of Souls>

<You have received 10,000 soul points> <Supposedly 100,000 soul points if your tribulations were 100% completed>

Yeman was fuming with anger. "What this system trying to say?" He mumbled. He was sure it's red!

But the system notification continued,

<You have unlocked your Soul Market>

<Your right hand received Finger Bullet skill book>

<Your left hand received Stun Finger skill book> <Supposedly a Ray Gun skill book if your tribulations were 100% completed>

He doesn't know whether he laughed or cried. Did this system want him to regret it? Did this system has a habit of putting fuel on the fire or adding salt to the wounds?

Yeman doesn't know what to think of it. But when he saw that it supposed to be a Ray Gun. His eyes were dead.

"M-My, Ray-Gun!" He wanted to cry for missing the opportunity to get his dream skill.

The scenery was slowly going back to normal. And now, Yeman was back on the rooftop, and still in meditation posture. He noticed the stone fragment in his left hand was half broken, and the stone fragment in his right hand has only small cracks.

The wild-stream of energy has calmed as well.

It emerges to his small fountain of soul.

Two books appeared to each of his hands. On the right was the Finger Bullet skill book, and on the left was the supposed to be Ray Gun, the Stun Finger skill Book.

He continued his cultivation to learn the skills. After a minute, he succeeded in acquiring both skills.