Riley looked around as specks of blue light began to form around him. At once, they began to spin around him. As he watched, the same thing seemed to be happening to the mugger on the ground.

  There it was, those same words that Riley had seen before. A slight premonition began to tug on Riley’s mind.

  The world disappeared from around Riley, leaving an infinite void of darkness.

  This is one of those system apocalypse thingies, isn’t it? A strange sense of calm surrounded Riley. He had read a couple books with that plot. Despite many of the people around him thinking that he was some kind of thick-skulled brute, he was actually pretty nerdy.

  Um.

  An eye opened in the darkness. It was… massive. Easily several miles in diameter. It was… somehow 2D and 3D at the same time. It looked like a crayon drawing of a big eye, crudely drawn in red and it was constantly morphing, dimensions being pulled in one direction or the other.

  Dozens of other, smaller eyes resembling the first appeared surrounding Riley, all staring at him.

  “I SENSE A GREAT FATE IN STORE FOR YOU, DAUGHTER OF MAN—“

  “YOU CALLIN’ ME A GIRL?!” Riley acted on instinct, instantly roundhouse kicking one of the smaller eyes, sending it flying into the gloom.

  Moments later, the same blue lights appeared around him once more, this time seeming a bit more urgent.

  Colors came back into the world, causing him to blink as he appeared a foot off the ground. He landed face first.

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  Lifting his face out of the grass, he blinked at the man’s incessant system messages that crowded his vision.

  Oh. It is a system apocalypse. Wait, did the system call me a femboy? I’m going to kill them.

  Riley stood up, brushing the dirt off his clothes. Looking around himself, he seemed to be in a forest of some kind. Behind him, the mugger was still face down. Interesting to see they had been teleported so close to each other.

  System, Riley thought.

  “Why are your stats so unbalanced?” asked a voice from behind Riley.

  Riley turned and roundhouse kicked whatever it was that spoke from behind him. Violence solved all problems.