《THE MECHANIST: A CLASS SUMMONING》 A Class Summoning ¡°Oh great heroes from a distant land, I beg of you to come to our salvation and save us from the great evil that plagues our land!¡± ¡°What the?¡± BEEP,BEEP,BEEP That¡¯s bad, my alarm seems to have gone off, that alarm is scheduled only to go off at 6am, now it is 6am it did its job, perfectly actually, too perfectly. Why is this a problem well that stems from the simple undeniable fact that I myself have not slept at all. I stared at my screen, blinked, you know when you don¡¯t close your eyes for a while and it¡¯s sort of dry, ya that seems to be what I am experiencing right now. I can¡¯t believe I pulled an all-nighter again. I slowly stood up and walked towards the bathroom grabbing yesterdays school clothes of the ground ¡°Doesn¡¯t smell so bad, I can wear it again¡­ouch!¡± Yelling out as I hit my head on the doorframe of the bathroom ¡° I always forget this door is lower than the others¡± After finishing up in the bathroom I ran to grab my backpack, packing all my school supplies. ¡°Pen, check, book, check, handheld console¡­.check.¡± Grabbing for the loose piece of papers sprawled across my desk, my eyes wandered to the letter the school gave me about my grades. ¡®Dear Mr¡­blah blah blah Alex is on the verge of failing¡­ blah blah blah¡­¡± and so the letter went, my school had a policy of allowing the students to first own up to their grades by giving the letter to their parents but I always thought that it was just dumb, hey it gave me more to play before the proverbial thunder strikes me. I just want to clarify I am by no means an idiot but it¡¯s just what is the point of it all, I study, get a job I hate and that it is it, I don¡¯t know what I plan to do, well sort¡¯ve, there is this part of me that wants to be a pro gamer, damn¡­imagine playing games for a living. The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Anyways, I made my way downstairs, my parents and siblings had left already, lucky me, I¡¯m late, no one to yell at me to get moving. After throwing some random snacks in my bag I hopped on my bicycle and left for school, or at least that was the plan, looks like I got a flat tire , I won¡¯t make it on time by foot, I have a spare tube for days like this but this is the perfect excuse to miss a day. ¡®I get to sleep some more, play video games sounds like a perfect day¡¯, Okay I¡¯ve made my decision As I went back I ran into my best friend, ¡°don¡¯t look at me like that, fine, I¡¯ll go to school¡±, right in front of me stood a fluffy fur ball, staring at me. I swear that dog knows when I am going to do something wrong. A few years ago there was animal shelter stand in front of a game store and that was where I saw this little fluff ball , the plan was to use the cash I had to buy the next Call of Duty, instead I ended up buying him, well it¡¯s not really buying the fee is for vaccinations and stuff like that, okay I¡¯m sidetracked and that is how I met Soap, yes I named him that. Sighing I began to change the bike tire, ¡° I¡¯m making a huge mistake¡± Another 30 minutes later I arrived at the torture chamber, sorry I arrived at school, ¡°Alex, I was wondering when you¡¯d show up¡± Ms April said with a gleaming smile. ¡°Ma¡¯am if I knew you¡¯d be so happy to see me I¡¯d be late every day¡± ¡°Very funny, now have seat¡± ¡°Yes Ma¡¯am¡± Miss April was one of those fun teachers, you know, just graduated, still happy and ready to change the world, wonder if she¡¯ll still be like that In a few years. ¡°Hey Rick¡± This was Rick, my best friend from elementary school, somehow we still hang out despite being like oil and water, he¡¯s an athlete, on the student council, oh and he¡¯s smart, he says he¡¯s gonna study to be an engineer. ¡°Hey man, you look horrible, did you even get sleep last night¡± ¡° nope, but soon as the energy drink kicks in I¡¯ll be sort¡¯ve back to normal¡± ¡°Alex, first you are late, then you disrupt another student, I might just have to send a write up to your parents¡± ¡®Sorry Ma¡¯am!¡± I stumbled out as I sat down, she was serious about that threat, my parents would kill me if she did that, or they¡¯d probably change the wifi password, I mean I¡¯d find the password eventually but that¡¯s beside the point. ¡° That will be it for today, remember your test tomorrow, you all may leave now, oh and someone wake up Alex¡± Ms Aprill announced before she sat down at her desk. ¡°I¡¯m awake!, just resting my eyes¡± I drowsily yelled out ¡°Man you gotta stop gaming so much it¡¯s starting to affect your health¡± ¡°Ethan, that is like me telling you stop working out, besides I have a disease where if I don¡¯t play video games I turn into a lemur, do you want that?, it won¡¯t be the dancing kind either. ¡° Whatever you say Alex, let''s head out¡± About half of the class left by now, when the whole room became encapsulated by a blinding white light. I¡¯m talking so bright you can¡¯t see what is in front of you and boom 5 seconds later I was in a room draped with red carpets and gold decor, surrounded by men in cloaks and square in the centre stood a man with a crown ¡°Oh great heroes from a distant land, I beg of you to come to our salvation and save us from the great evil that plagues our land!¡± ¡°What the frick!¡± Chapter 2: Saving The World? Ever heard that saying, ¡°the calm before the storm¡±, or something like that, ya that¡¯s a common saying for a reason one second everyone is staring dumbfounded, confused, delirious and other synonyms I can¡¯t think of. Some were having panic attacks, others were crying and everything in-between. I¡¯d love to describe my classmates'' anguish in detail but that would take too much time so I¡¯ll tell you just. So there¡¯s this world named Evith, from what I can gather we are one of the 8 continents, this one being Edith, in the country of Elcanreath, I don¡¯t know why they like their E¡¯s so much but that''s just how it is. The first one of us to gather everything together was unsurprisingly Ethan, there¡¯s a reason he was our class head, So apparently there¡¯s this prophecy where a great plague, Anguish, Catastrophe or whatever word that King used, but anyways we ¡°heroes are meant to be summoned and save this world¡±, this is getting interesting! After hearing those words my class erupted into a mini¡­ah¡­ hurricane so to speak, even miss April, as level headed she was normally perceived was going through a what looked like a mini heart attack. Amongst the chaos a single classmate stood up to address the king and it was not me, it my best friend Ethan, ¡°What if we don¡¯t want to fight, you pretty much kidnapped us now you want us to fight, this has to be some kind of sick joke¡± ¡°I was wondering when one of you would come to your senses, goodwork boy, of course if you don¡¯t want to fight we won¡¯t force, just please listen to what I have to and I promise tomorrow all your questions will be answered¡± the king said with a smile ¡°Now now, you all must be tired after receiving but before I send you to your quarters I would like us to have a great feast, this is a momentous occasion the summoning of heroes is a even that is prophesied and revered, so please follow me¡± As the king stood up his true stature showed, now I¡¯m tall, 195cm, but he must have been a head taller than while being well huge, this wasn¡¯t one of those kings that were he himself looked I damn hero, I wonder if I¡¯ll ever look like that. Walking through the palace was something out of this world, gold plated everything, red carpet and not a speck of dust anywhere, every person we walked past bowed and gasped as they saw us. Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. Soon we arrived in the dining room, an extravagant buffet greeted, all sorts of food I¡¯d never seen before leid on the table, is that a dragon head on the ceiling! When we were all seated the king stood up, ¡° tonight we feast, tomorrow we will begin the class ceremony, I know that each and everyone of you must have countless questions, but I implore you all to enjoy tonight as treacherous and scary it may be¡±, while we all should have hysteric somehow he found just the right words to calm us down. I sat next to Ethan, ¡° hey man, this is crazy right¡± ¡°You have no idea, I don¡¯t know if I should be excited or not¡± ¡°Excited, this is like a video game or movie or or¡­whatever, this can¡¯t be real!¡± ¡°Ya man, and this food, it¡¯s amazing¡± While everyone was chatting and going on about our current predicament I noticed my chair seemed different from everyone''s, not as ornate of fancy, same as my cutlery, maybe they didn¡¯t expect this many people, I¡¯m sure it¡¯s nothing¡± Eventually as dinner finished everyone was shown to their rooms by the knights, I was directed to another room separate from everyone, ¡°please come this way we apologies for the inconvenience, we did not prepare enough rooms on this side of the building¡± he said bowing low. ¡°N..no worries¡± I awkwardly responded, A new world and still struggling to talk to people, great. The room was a bit beat up, it''s the only time I saw dust anywhere in this place, ¡°positive thoughts, a new world, I¡¯m supposedly a hero, or at least can become one, this can¡¯t be real¡± I couldn''t help but smile. This is crazy. Who am I kidding? Something is not right, at that dinner the maids barely even looked at me, the food I received was cold, something really isn¡¯t right, I can¡¯t place my foot on it. I may be socially awkward and maybe weird, or everyone else is weird and I¡¯m normal, anyways, first the maids not looking at me, cold food now this room, I saw my classmates, decorated to the nines, gold tapestries and everything but mine, there even damn mould in the corner of the room. Once happenstance, twice coincidence but thrice, someones messing with me. I tried to open the door but it was locked, okay maybe the window, looking outside I could see an enormous city with lights stretching as far as my eyes could see. ¡°Forget about that idea, I can¡¯t even see the bottom¡±, there''s nothing more I can do for now at least. I clutched my chest, calm down, ¡® peace, inner thoughts, peach¡¯ ya just said that sentence, Okay here''s my plan, sleep for now and see what tomorrow brings. I jumped into bed, ready to sleep. 10 Hours later I couldn¡¯t sleep Chapter 3: Classes Chapter 3 Doof Doof, ¡°Rise up, the king requests your presence along with the heroes¡± ¡° I¡¯m up!¡± I said groggily as I stood up walking to the door ¡°Follow me at once we are late for his majesty''s meeting¡± He said immediately walking ¡®Asshole¡¯, I thought as I stumbled behind him Once we reached the summoning hall I saw my classmates had received new sets of clothing ¡°Hey Alex where were you¡± ¡° Asleep in my room? New clothes?¡± I responded ¡°Ya the knights said you wanted to sleep in for breakfast, wait did the not come into your room and take measurements for you?¡± ¡°No, they didn¡¯t¡± I¡¯m starting to get pissed what going here Before I could get another word in the king stood up ¡°Great heroes, today we begin the class ceremony where we see what special gifts god has bestowed upon, this is a tradition that has been done for thousands of years, so please when you are ready each of you must step forward on the awakening circle¡± The first person to walk up was obviously Ethan, the second both his feet were planted on the circle there was a bright light like that of when we were first brought here ¡°My god, It can¡¯t be!¡± The pope?, I think its the pope at least, yelled out Similar gasps came out of crown and a not small number of the servants and knights dropped to the floor praying
Name Ethan
Health: Stamina 200 500
Race Hero Racial ability: Heroes are able to level up at twice the rate of other races
Class Divine Paladin
Lv 1
Stats: Strength Agility Intelegince Dexterity Constitution Perception Wisdom Luck 25 15 10 15 20 15 5 10
Skills Language comprehension lvMax Holy Blade strike lv1 Divine Retribution lv1 Divine Healing lv1
¡°Divine Paladin!, the stories are true, when a hero is summoned a great champion will be summoned with them to lead us against the great evil.¡± ¡°All his stats are that of an elite level knight, and only at level one, imagine when he levels up, the world is saved!!!¡± After the crowd calmed down, Sarah went, Ethan''s girlfriend, sorry just wanted to add that
Name Sarah
Health: Stamina 100 600
Race Hero Racial ability: Heroes are able to level up at twice the rate of other races
Class Divine Archer This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.
Lv 1
Stats: Strength Agility Intelegince Dexterity Constitution Perception Wisdom Luck 10 25 15 20 10 25 5 10
Skills Language comprehension lvMax Holy Arrow lv1 Divine Arrow storm lv1 Divine Quick Step lv1
¡°My god another one¡±, the wails of happiness continued I didn¡¯t notice it at the time but there was an elf smiling in the corner Next up was Ms April
Name April
Health: Stamina 50 200
Race Hero Racial ability: Heroes are able to level up at twice the rate of other races
Class Divine Farmer
Lv 1
Stats: Strength Agility Intelegince Dexterity Constitution Perception Wisdom Luck 5 5 25 5 5 15 20 10
Skills Language comprehension lvMax Holy Harvest lv1 Divine Plant analysis lv1 Divine Plant stasis lv1
The next 20 min were pretty much repeat after repeat, someone stands on the circle, they have morbidly amazing abilities and crying ensues, we had clerics, rogues and everything in between and out, does that saying work, don¡¯t know, don¡¯t care, my turn now ¡®My whole life, I never knew what I wanted to do, now the time has come, I can change¡¯ Each step walking towards the circle felt amazing, and soon I entered
Name Alex
Health: Stamina 20 5
Race Otherworlder Racial ability: As an otherworlder you are not know to this worlds way, due to this you need to level up fast in the hopes that you don¡¯t die, due to this it¡¯s dangerous to go alone so take this: learn skills at an exceptionally fast rate
Class
Lv 1
Stats: Strength Agility Intelegince Dexterity Constitution Perception Wisdom Luck 2 2 10 3 3 15 5 1
Skills Language comprehension lvMax
The gasping started ¡°He¡¯s weaker than a 13 year old boy¡± ¡°He¡¯s no hero, I was wondering why 13 people had been summoned, a mistake then¡±¡¯ ¡°What will we do for him?¡± Of Course I¡¯m the unlucky one, everybody get there piece of the pie while I sit in the corner playing sticks, same thing as back home, nothing has gone right this year ¡°Order, order I say!¡± The king yelled out ¡°This is a most unfortunate event, we have brought a person from another land into to our own, this is my responsibility to bare, I promise that I will personally take responsibility The king walked up to me and placed his hand on my shoulder ¡°It will be alright son, don¡¯t worry¡±, that sinking feeling in gut vanished, maybe things won¡¯t be so bad afterall. ¡°Now please welcome my head knight Xavier von Elderen, he will escort you all to the training grounds so that you may learn how to use your skills for this first¡±, he placed emphasis on you all, so that means me included ¡°Now brave heroes follow me¡± the huge man in silver armour and a surprisingly handsome face. Seriously, why does everyone in this world look like they could be models, now that I think about even my classmates'' faces have become healthier looking? I don¡¯t know but me? I still look exactly the same. Eventually we reached a huge training ground, filled with practice dummies and all sorts of weapons, ¡°Now l non combat roles please follow nun Gloria¡± gesturing to the small woman to his left. After the non combat roles left, there was about 8 of us, ethan was given a huge white glowing sword, I can¡¯t make this up, it was literally glowing, Sarah was given a bow and Conner, Ethans ¡®normie¡¯ friend, never much liked him but anyways he was given a huge battle axe. Everyone looked like DnD characters ready to take on the world, meanwhile little old me had a tiny dagger, pathetic ¡°Now I need to remind you all these are weapons, so be careful and you in the corner head over to me after I¡¯ve assigned everyone their tutors, on cue numerous fantasy esque people came out of the castle, training arc! ¡°Good morning sir, I look forward to being in your care¡± ¡°Sure kid, now I heard you were a miss summon, don¡¯t let t get you down, even now the fact that you are here is enough for you to improve your self, now give that dagger a swing¡± ¡°Yes sir¡± I readied myself and slashed down with the dagger Ding, skill learned Dagger: look at you, first weapons are usually daggers, perfect for beginner/lv 1 ¡°I learned a skill?¡± ¡°Wow that was fast, most people would be at it for hours before that notification even showed up, good work, maybe there''s hope for you left but not with a body like¡± He said with a sadistic smile Something tells me I won¡¯t be enjoying the next few ours 3 hours later ¡° I hate running!¡± ¡° Elcanreath wasn¡¯t built in day, keep at it, ha ha ha¡± Chapter 4: A Heroic Leaving After what was an endless onslaught of pain I was finally allowed to rest, what was it he said ¡°Ha, I was expecting something more from a summon but that just means I get to push you harder to tomorrow to catch you up, look at the upside kid if you keep at it you¡¯ll get stronger, don¡¯t know when you¡¯ll notice but you will one day¡± As much as I hated him I felt some warmth in his words, maybe I can change, ya, I¡¯m in a new world maybe, just maybe I can get strong enough to make something of myself Ding Strength stat has increased by 1 Agility stat has increased by 1
Name Alex
Health: Stamina 20 5
Race Otherwordler Racial ability: As an otherworlder you are not know to this worlds way, due to this you need to level up fast in the hopes that you don¡¯t die, due to this it¡¯s dangerous to go alone so take this: learn skills at an exceptionally fast rate
Class
Lv 1
Stats: Strength Agility Intelegince Dexterity Constitution Perception Wisdom Luck 3 3 10 3 3 15 5 1
Skills Language comprehension lvMax Dagger skills lv1
¡°Neat¡±, I¡¯m already getting stronger, it¡¯s only going to take The smell of food permeated the air, I followed the magnificent scent until I found my classmates sitting outside enjoying a whole buffet of food as I walked up to them Ethan signalled to me ¡°Hey Alex how are you doing¡± ¡°In pain, how about you mister saviour of the world?¡± ¡°Great we did some training to day, ever since we awakened my strength increased so much that I was even able to smash a boulder with my bare hands¡±Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon. ¡°That is something, just like a video game, meanwhile I¡¯m still as weak as ever¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it, I spoke to the head knight and he said since the king took responsibility for you the kingdom will after you even after we all leave on our training camps¡± ¡°Training camps?¡± ¡°Ya they are going to send us to some of the greatest masters in the world, it will only be for a few months though, so we¡¯ll see eachother soon¡± Alex went on to talk more about his day but I tuned out most of it I¡¯m gonna be alone here for awhile, I¡¯ll be okay, just focus on training ¡°Anyways let''s grab something to eat¡± ¡°Ya that''s sound great¡± I responded
Soon a day turned into 2, then 3 and eventually a week and it was time to say goodbye to the heroes, I heard the kingdom was celebrating the summoning and would continue for the coming weeks ¡° Well this is Ethan, goodluck man¡± ¡°Thanks, hey don¡¯t look so down, I can see the anxiety riddled on your face¡± ¡°Can you blame me, you guys are all heroes going off to save the word meanwhile I¡¯m still the same¡± ¡° Don¡¯t think too much, the king said he¡¯d look after you, looks like the carriage is ready to leave, I¡¯ll see you on the other side¡± he said after reaching his hand for a fistbump before leaving I obviously returned the gesture ¡°Bye, I¡¯ll be stronger than you the next time we meet¡± I yelled out ¡°Believe what you want¡± he teased back I truly am alone now, everybody is gone now, I should head back to my quarters, I have a long day of training tomorrow.
Name Alex
Health: Stamina 20 5
Race Otherwordler Racial ability: As an otherworlder you are not know to this worlds way, due to this you need to level up fast in the hopes that you don¡¯t die, due to this it¡¯s dangerous to go alone so take this: learn skills at an exceptionally fast rate
Class
Lv 1
Stats: Strength Agility Intelegince Dexterity Constitution Perception Wisdom Luck 4 3 10 4 4 15 5 1
Skills Language comprehension lvMax Dagger skills lv1
My stats are going up, slowly but surely, If life back home was like this I would¡¯ve been working out and studying just to level up KNOCK KNOCK!!!, that didn¡¯t sound good, I stood up from my bed and rushed to the door It¡¯s the same knight I met on the first day here, what does he need ¡°What''s wrong?¡± ¡°Follow me¡±, I hate this guy After walking for around 5 minutes I reached the castle gates ¡°What''s going on?¡± I demanded ¡°Well you see, you¡¯ve overstayed your welcome summon, but since we couldn''t get rid of you while the heroes were around we had to wait and serve you, feed you, damn piece of filth you are¡± This isn¡¯t good ¡°What the hell!¡± I was grabbed from behind by another knight ¡°Let go of me!¡±, I was powerless, he picked me up with ease and threw me outside the gate I got ran back only to be greeted by a spear pointed directly at me, ¡°another step and it will be your life¡±, I stopped in my tracks ¡°Relax, we are monsters, here a little present¡± The knight tossed a bag at me I caught it, It was filled with coins ¡°You see, aren¡¯t we generous, now you have till the count of 3 to leave or I¡¯m going push my spear through your heart¡± ¡°You can¡¯t do this!¡±, my voice was getting desperate ¡°1¡± ¡°This isn¡¯t right, you brought me here¡± I heard a crack in voice this time ¡°2¡± ¡° My classmates won¡¯t let you do this¡­waah!¡± he jabbed at me with his spear, ¡°did I say 3 I meant 2, now run the next one won¡¯t miss¡± I took that as cue to leave, I bolted, he was really going kill me, what going on, this really is some kind of sick joke. After I put some distance between me and the castle I stopped, a lot of gasping for air ensued I can¡¯t breath, this really can¡¯t be real, I slumped next to wall, breathing hysterically Calm down, I need to calm down, why me, why me, ¡°GAAH!¡± I screamed Okay, plan I need a plan, ya this is a huge city, I gotta find out where I am, okay, I calming down now. Chapter 5: Adventurers Guild This place is huge, everything looked straight out of some medieval movie, the cobbled streets, cobblestone houses and winding alley ways, I almost forgot about the fact homeless and alone in a new world. Soon I reached some type of market square area ¡°Amazing!¡± The streets were filled with countless different people and when I say different best believe I mean different, from humans, elves..that person has cat ears! And that person is a cat! Is that a giant lizard pulling a carriage, I want one!. This is what I expected from another world, not just some medieval knights but actual fantasy people?, I can¡¯t think of the word, my mind is racing. I walked up to one of the vendors grilling some meat ¡°How¡¯dy ye stranger, would ye like some fine lizard meats¡± the scraggly looking man in the apron asked me. ¡°Sure, how much¡± ¡°Aye, that¡¯ll be 3 bronze¡± Looking in satchel I say a few silver and gold coins but no bronze ¡°Does a silver work¡± ¡°Sure¡±, he said side eyeing me Handing me back 9 bronze coins and a grilled lizard on a stick, ¡° Thank ye fur de business¡± with a big smile he waved me off ¡°This tastes delicious¡±, its sweet, savoury and amazing in everyway Now what to do now, usually in video games I¡¯d have to look at adventures guilds, I wonder if that is a thing in this world? I¡¯m getting giddy just thinking about, damn I¡¯m homeless and jobless though, positive vibes, If I break now I¡¯ll never recover I saw a knight standing guard on the side of the street ¡°Hhh..hi, is there an adventures guild near here¡± I stumbled out ¡° Ya, two corridors that way and then a left¡± He sleepily responded with a yawn ¡°Thanks¡± I said as I sheepishly walked away What''s wrong with me? My heart skipped a beat as soon as I talked to him, ¡®breath, breath¡¯, it¡¯s okay, I¡¯m okay, I¡¯m fine, ya I¡¯m okay ¡°Two corridors and one right¡± okay let''s get walking This place sure if beautiful turning the last right until I say the huge building in front of me, It looked like it was made of glass and gemstones grown from the ground itself, hundreds of people were surrounding itReading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. ¡°Looking for a mage!¡± ¡°I got healing potions for sale!, one silver piece!¡± And similar chants echoed through my ears. This must be it, the adventures guild ¡°This is getting exhilarating¡±, time to start my new life as an adventurer, what should I specialise in, maybe a mage but warrior sounds so cool, doesn¡¯t matter, lets get some gear I took step out of the alleyway, this step was for a new life, one that I would work for, one where I could be happy 5 bludgeoning damage inflicted The last clear thought I remember was my head meeting the pavement ¡°Grab him!¡± ¡°This is the guy right, the one with the cash?¡± ¡°Ya the boss said so¡± ¡°Let go of me!¡± I said punching the air trying to grapple with the huge man currently holding onto me Punch landed¡­1¡­damage ¡°That hurt ye bloody bastrard¡± the huge man said as he picked me up and slammed me into the ground 10 damage inflicted MAJOR DAMAGE INFLICTED Losing conscience in 3¡­2¡­1 ¡°Let''s get out of here piggy before the guards show up¡± Some hours later ¡°HAAAAA!¡±, owe, my head, clutched it Critical damage sustained, health points was decreased to 1 causing loss of conscience ¡°What the hell, where are my clothes!¡± My shoes and shirt were stolen leaving only my pants and undershirt were all I had left. ¡°Oh no, the money!¡± Those bastards took everything ¡®What do I do now, this can¡¯t be it, nope¡¯ ¡°This is some hero origin story, yes, that¡¯s it, has to be it¡± Okay, this is some setback, I can fight through Tears started rolling down, I started shaking ¡°I want to go home, this isn''t fair, I did as I was told, I trained and I was ready to make something of myself for once in my miserable life but no I don''t get that opportunity, why!¡± I started slamming my fists against the floor, other people have it easy, they''re smart, good looking, charismatic but me no, all I have is me, nothing extraordinary, only me Feck this world and everything it stands for I don''t know for how long I was on the floor like but soon the sun came up, so quite some time must have passed. I started walking through the markets when I noticed something peculiar ¡°That fecken bastard¡±, that same lizard meet salesman had my coin bad, he didn''t have that yesterday As I walked up to him a large man stopped in front of me ¡°watch where your going pal, that''s the boss¡± That voice was familiar, this is the same guy that slammed to the ground I froze, not again, my mouth went dry, I couldn''t say anything ¡°move or we are gonna have trouble¡± the pig said with a smile, seriously he was an orc, I also noticed that damn lizard salesman smiling as he was looking at me I walked away¡­.this is no different to back home, can''t stand up for myself. Why couldn''t I be big and strong, you know what? Screw everyone who uses physical force to threaten someone I hate myself more everyday Growl ¡°shut up stomach, we can''t get hungry now¡± I have to find a way to get food or I''m gonna die Chapter 6: Thunder dome I¡¯m so hungry. It''s been 3 days, I thought maybe I should try to steal something, that was until I saw a kid''s hand cutoff in the street by a guard. I¡¯ve since found that eating from wasted food thrown out by taverns is quite a viable strategy, that''s if you can fight of the other ten people trying to get the same food you need Currently I was eating a half rotten apple trying to avoid the bad bits, ¡°This tastes awful¡±, Cough cough My body is giving up on me, I was sleeping in some small alley, It wasn¡¯t ideal but no one can sneak up on me, I considered finding a sharp piece of metal and going after that damn salesman, problem was he was always surrounded by his guard. Somehow the dirt on my fingernails is adding flavor to my apple, ¡°Ha Ha HA!¡±, I love a good laugh when I¡¯m down in the dumps ¡®Time to get moving before a guard shows up and tells me to move, I¡¯ve been here too long¡¯ I slowly lurched through alley after alley, avoiding the less than savoury characters, weird huh, been here 3 days and I can already tell who¡¯s out to get me I suddenly turned out, ¡°What was that!¡±, Gasp, I still can¡¯t walk more than a few steps without checking if someone was behind me, my was aching just from the thought of it ¡°Never again¡±, I¡¯ll never let someone get the drop on me again, ¡°no never¡± Damn maybe I should go steal something from the market, my mind suddenly shifted to the second day I was out on the streets and watched the guards beat someone half to death after they caught him stealing. ¡°Why me!¡±, I slumped down on the side of one of the buildings sobbing, this really isn¡¯t fair ¡°Excuse me?¡± My head shot up as i saw an old man standing in front me ¡°W..what do you want?¡±, ¡°Sorry young man but you seem to be struggling, I don;t have much but here''s what I can spare, Sammy?¡± he said gesturing to the little boy behind him The little walked over and handed me a small loaf of bread. ¡°Uuh?, thank you so much¡±, I took the loaf from him and took a bite immediately, it was probably the most delicious thing I¡¯d ever eaten ¡°Why?¡± I looked at him in disbelief ¡° Does helping someone in a bad place need a reason?¡± ¡°I guess not¡±, I smiled softly at him ¡°Oh introductions, I¡¯m Gabriel and this is Sammy, I¡¯m his grandfather, sadly his parents are no longer so I¡¯m his primary caretaker at the moment¡± He said clapping his hands togetherThe genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. ¡°Name¡¯s Alex, not much to say besides that¡±, I decided it was best to not tell people I¡¯m from another word ¡°Nice to meet ya Alex, me and Sammy need to get going but do me a favor, after you get yourself out of your current predicament pay the kindness forward¡± ¡°Will do Gabriel, will do¡±, I waved goodbye as they left I feel better now, ya, gotta find my way out of this, ya, that¡¯s what I gotta do
¡°Pssst, kid, wanna make some cash¡± I heard a voice come from the shadows ¡°Who¡¯s there?¡± I said getting ready in my attempt at a fighting stance holding a sharp piece of metal, it had been around 7 days now, I figured out how to survive, well really just not die ¡°Ha ha ah! This is why I asked ya, ready for a fight¡± He chuckled ¡°Make sense your you¡¯ll regret it¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry kid, I have prospect for you, it could be lucrative, well it depends on how you perform of ofcourse¡± he said smiling ¡°I¡¯m listening¡± looking back I must have pretty desperate to even consider listening to him ¡°You see I have a¡­game, yes a game where if you win you get cash, hell, since it;s your first time I¡¯ll pay ya even if ya lose¡± ¡°Not enough information¡±, I may have been desperate but I wasn¡¯t stupid ¡°Follow me and everything will be explained¡±, he turned around his trench coat swinging behind him This going to be a mistake I thought running after him Soon we reached¡­the best description is a Thunderdome ¡°GET HIM!¡± ¡°RIP HIS THROAT OUT!¡± ¡°Damn, so much blood!!!¡± ¡°Welcome to the arena, where poor becomes rich or die trying¡± ¡°Feck no, I¡¯m no fighter I turned around¡± ¡°1 silver if you win, 50 bronze if you lose¡±, I stopped dead in my tracks, ¡®don¡¯t do it¡¯ ¡°Even if I lose?¡± ¡°Most certainly¡±, he gave creepiest smile I had ever scene ¡°Who will I fight?¡±, I swallowed as I said those words ¡°That bloke down there¡± He said pointing to a man that looked even more emancipated than you ¡°What''s in it for you?¡± ¡°Do you really care, think about, a warm meal and winners get to stay in the dorms, a deal you can¡¯t refuse¡± The smile grew larger as he stuck out his hand I begrudgingly gave my hand shaking it Quest accepted: A fight of the century: You have been tasked by a mysterious man to fight a opponent: Reward: Bare Handed fighting LV1 ¡°A quest?¡±, I never gotten on of these before ¡°Wow! A quest, to think one would trigger from something like this, maybe I made the right choice picking you, now now, head down those steps. Ask for Sheila, Say Rick sent you¡± Shooing me away I walked the steps he said contemplating every decision I¡¯ve made so far The place looked like a gym, fighters sparring and training, my eyes locked on to the girl with the blue hair in the corner dozing off She must be Sheila, I hope so ¡°Excuse me, are you Sheila¡± I asked in a semi loud voice to wake her ¡° YA, what¡¯s it to ya¡± ¡°Rick sent me¡± ¡°Ahh, so your his next sacrifice, nice, head over to that locker over there, wrap your hands and take of your shirt and wait at that bench¡± She said going back to sleep immediately ¡°Okay¡­thanks I guess¡± Chapter 7: Fighting ¡°How do I do this¡± I said as I figured out how to wrap the the bandages around my knuckles, they make it looks so damn easy in the movies, you know the one where it cuts to the main character, his jacked, beads of sweat dripping down him as he adjust his and wraps before the biggest fight of his life Now juxtapose that with me, I skinny, malnourished twig, fumbling around looking like he¡¯d drop from the slightest gust of wind but fear not for I have a plan. You see I am a sort¡¯ve connoisseur of the martial arts games, so here''s the plan, use my reach advantage wait for the knockout punch and take him down and ¡®ground and pound till he makes no sound¡¯ ¡°Oy, you there head to the cage entrance oh and what''s your name by the way¡± said the man in steel armor ¡°Uhh, name¡¯s Alex¡± ¡°Okay, goodluck in there, really don¡¯t want to drag a dead body out of there¡± I gulped at those words I stepped in to the arena ¡°Ladies and gentlemen today we take two men of the street and give them a chance to make a name for themselves, oh how generous are we, ha ha ha, Let¡¯s get ready to see some blood¡± The announcer dressed in bright purples continued on about fighting or whatever, I could barely focus on him,okay confession time, I¡¯ve never fought anyone in my entire, okay that was a lie, the only time I¡¯ve fought someone was when he beat the shite out of me, I didn¡¯t even punch back, that¡¯s a story for another time though. ¡°Fighters ready, doesn¡¯t matter anyways, Begin!!!¡± He didn¡¯t look like he wanted to be here anymore than I did ¡°Okay let''s do thi¡­¡±, The bastard tackled me, I felt my head hit the ground as the series of punches came ¡°AHHHHHH¡±, he wouldn¡¯t stop screaming ¡°Kill him¡± ¡°Fight back, I bet cash on ye sorry ass!¡± You know that saying everyone has a plan till they get punched, ya life ain¡¯t like those mma games where you can take punches like it¡¯s nothing and can still think straight. Real life is very different as it turns out. This bastard is going kill me! I felt around grabbing a fistful of sand and flung it into his eyes ¡°Ghaaa¡±, he recoiled, which gave me just enough time to shake him off and for me to stand up This time I went in for the first punch hitting him straight in the jaw, I remember reading in a fight your punches feel like feathers, this was true, nevertheless I continued with my flurry of punches and so did he until he tried to grab me again ¡°Not again! "This time I was able to sprawl and maneuver myself so that I was able to wrap his neck around my arm, squeezing as hard as he could to get free.Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! You know what feck this guy, I shoved my fingers into his eye, the screams that followed were harrowing, thankfully, for me atleast, I was able to secure the chokehold and soon I felt his arm go limp. I stood up and faced the crowd, bloody and beaten, I raised my hands up ¡°This what we came for¡± ¡°You should¡¯ve ripped out his eyes¡± ¡°Encore, Encore!¡± ¡°Well, well folks, looks like we have a winner and in such a short time, maybe next fight will be longer but lets allow our fighter some cheers¡± I won¡¯t lie this felt good, it felt really good, Quest completed: 1xp earned and skill: Bare Handed fighting LV1 acquired Bare Handed fighting LV1: You have acquired the ability to punch someone with your hands and possibly injure them, use this newfound power wisely Constitution: +1 I walked back into the fighters training area ¡°Good job kid, here a little extra reward for winning¡± Sheila reached out here and and a golden light appeared, ¡°Heal¡± The pain I felt instantly disappeared My look of astonishment must have confused her ¡°It¡¯s just healing magic, comes standard if you win otherwise it¡¯ll be 5 silver¡± ¡°Ahh, thanks¡± I responded ¡°Oh and here''s your cash, Rick gave it to me said he thought you¡¯d win¡± I reached out and clutched the silver, Finally I can get something to eat I noticed that my opponent was being dragged away, ¡°What''s gonna happen¡± ¡°Well, he had nothing to offer in case he lost, so probably slavery¡± he said nonchalantly ¡°What!¡± , this was the only response I could formulate ¡°Those were the terms if he lost, if he was that desperate that was on him, word of advice, starve to death if you have to but never take that deal, that is a fate worse than death itself¡± ¡°I¡¯ll take note of that¡± I said as I left ¡®Time to get something to eat!¡¯, I was so excited
¡°I¡¯m so happy¡± I exclaimed as I munched down on the loaf bread in my hand, I¡¯m happier than when my parents took me to the game store to by the latest COD on release. Damn, I¡¯m so happy, food is amazing Eventually after the bread forced euphoria wore off I began to weigh my options, yes I could¡¯ve died in there but I earned money, even though after the adrenaline wore off I almost threw up. And now I¡¯ve got this skill right, maybe I should try my hand at another fight. Rick on the other hand, I don¡¯t trust him, hell I don¡¯t think there¡¯s a single person in this city I trust I¡¯m going to need to find the heroes, my best bet is to wait for them to return from there training, then I can find Ethan or my teacher so that they can talk some sense into those bastard knights and that damn king. Well I¡¯ve arrived, ¡°Home sweet home¡±, remember that crack/ditch in the wall I found, Well it is now a crack palace and that¡¯s what I named good old ¡°crack palace¡±, I found some old sheets in a trash can and filled it with hey to make a bed and some bricks laying around so that I could cover it up at night when I sleep or when I¡¯m away.\ It¡¯s weird, I¡¯m almost happy to see it, guess it''s turned into a safe haven for me, maybe I get one of those oil lamps and table, yes it''s actually quite spacious, best bet it was a basement that was covered up in some later construction, Imagine that a table. ¡°What is wrong with me¡­I¡¯m feckin homeless that''s what it is, wow I almost forgot, Ha Ha Ha!¡±, A good laugh when things are going badly never fixes anything but hey forgetting about makes it manageable. Yawn¡­ I am beat, okay another fight, last one and then I¡¯ll find another way to make cash Chapter 8: Winning ¡°I wanna fight again¡±, said sternly to Rick ¡°Oooh, I love the enthusiasm kid, but are you sure, it is quite dangerous some would say, I mean some die in there, some become slaves and some lets just say they wish they died¡±, The slimy bastards grin was large enough that a damn dentist would tell him to close his mouth ¡°I don¡¯t care, same payment as last time¡± ¡°Mmmm, without the loss bonus, I needed something to stir up the crowd so I needed a fighter now well, I have enough fighters now¡±, he reached out his hand ¡°Deal¡± I extended shaking his hand I walked down into the training area where I saw Sheila half asleep just like last time, I walked over and began wrapping my hands ¡°First wrap your wrist, then palm and finally each individual knuckle¡± , The healer said half asleep ¡°Uhh, thanks¡±, that feels better than last time, my heart won¡¯t stop beating, is this normal? ¡°It never gets better¡±, she said ¡°Huh?¡± ¡°The fear, the anxiety or whatever you want to call, I¡¯ve seen hundreds of fighter and no one, No One, goes in there without an ounce of fear¡­unless your crazy¡±, I guess she noticed me clutching my chest. ¡°Thanks for the words of encouragement¡± I said ¡°They were words of warning, this place will be the death of you¡± ¡°So why are you here then?¡± ¡°Because I get paid dumbass, no risk to me whether you win or lose¡±, she nonchalantly ¡°I¡¯ll take words to heart¡±, I said approaching the dome ¡°You better, here''s some advice though, never take a deal from Bruno¡± I didn¡¯t catch those last words, I wish I did though ¡°Ladies and gentlemen, today we have a returning fighter, and oh he gave us a show yesterday and now he wants more!¡± the announcer screamed The crowd screamed, I guess I never described this place, when I said thunder dome I meant it, it was dingy, muddy and any other synonym that goes with those words and the people watching, they looked like normal people. This was worrying, Why?, that was because they were normal people, they turned into screaming maniacs, shouting out every human atrocity known to mankind. All this so some poor bastard could beat each other senselessly.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°Now his challenger has been here before, will he win, likely not, so sad, that¡¯s enough talking on end, let the bloodbath begin!¡± We both entered, he was frailer than the last guy, don¡¯t let it give you confidence. We slowly approached each other, I went in for a jab and he did the same only difference mine landed. The punch sent him back a few steps, I can¡¯t let him recover, I went in for another punch and there it was the, the very thing I prepared for, the tackle. As he about to grab my legs I intercepted him reaching in my pocket grabbing the oh so great sand that I had specially prepared incase this happened again, you see this was the deciding factor in my last fight but then I didn¡¯t know the power sand, no now it is called pocket sand, I painstakingly searched the streets for the most groutiest and rough sand I could find to fill my pockets and oh it worked. The pocket sand hit his eyes at an unparalleled speed, giving me enough time to slam my knee into his face, leading up with punches, I can¡¯t describe it, ever since I got the bare handed skill my punches just flowed, one landing after the other, like a well oiled machine. Before I knew it my opponent was sprawled on the floor, the crowd was silent, they had just witnessed the marvel of pocket sand, how could the say anything after seeing that marvel. I reached for the sky and screamed ¡°Pocket sand!!!¡± The crown went crazy, this feels good, no this feels great, ha ha ha ¡°Well ladies and gentlemen, today we witnessed a spectacle, will he back, no one knows!¡± I left as the announcer was talking, time for payment Skill acquired: Pocket sand lv1- Today the power of pocket sand was acquired, only the lonely walk this path, what will it be next beach sand, mountain sand or just a pile of gravel found on the street. Only a pocket sand connoisseur can decide. ¡°Good work kid, here¡¯s the payment as promised, will I be seeing you again, the crowd seem to like you¡±, Rick said as he handed me a silver coin ¡°Same time tomorrow?¡± ¡°You betcha¡±, I hate that damn smirk I passed Sheila on the way out, as she used healing magic on me she said something about not letting winning go to my head, who cares she says, this was the first time in my life I was actually winning at something, I¡¯ll be damned if I stop now The next few days passed in a blink of an eye, I fought a lot, so much so that I earned the name ¡°Sand Bandit¡±, this pocket sand skill somehow gave me laser focus precision on throwing sand, people tried to block to avail of course I wasn¡¯t all sunshine and rainbows though, I lost a few fights as well, luckily Sheila offered to heal me, maybe she felt bad for me or had a crush on me, I know that sounds stupid but hear me out I¡¯ve been single my whole life so I don¡¯t know I tend to get my hopes about this sort¡¯ve thing. Anyways, things are finally looking up, I was saving up some cash to enter the adventures guild, It required 10 silver coins to register but with that I could take quests and earn back that cash like its nothing. Almost there, the past few weeks were hell but now I can see the light at the end of this horrid cesspit of a tunnel. I walked into the arena looking for rick when I heard someone call out to me ¡°You must be the sand bandit¡±, the man dressed in a surprisingly well fitted coat said ¡®Ya, who¡¯re you¡± I cautiously asked ¡°Name¡¯s Bruno, Bruno Delmar, I have a proposition for you¡±, He said with a smile that somehow triumphed Ricks Chapter9: A deal I can refuse ¡°Okay, I¡¯m listening¡± ¡°You see, some of my patrons have interests, now some of those interests are seeing people mauled to death in the Arena but there¡¯s simply one problem¡±, Bruno said gesturing to me. ¡°And I¡¯m the solution to your problem?¡± ¡°Yes my boy, you catch on fast, so you see many fighter don¡¯t go for the torture, the pain, the¡­kill. So some of my friends become bored so that¡¯s where you come in, you need to as they say ¡®beat him to a pulp¡¯, the fighter will not be someone skilled of course¡± ¡°I¡¯ll stop you there, I¡¯m not some deranged maniac¡±, I said trying to walk away ¡°1 gold coin¡± He announced ¡°What?¡± ¡°I¡¯ll play you 1 gold coin to fight but there¡¯s a catch¡± ¡°Which is?¡± ¡°You decide not to go through with beating, you become my slave. Just to reiterate, the fight will be rigged in your favour but you fail to deliver and I¡¯ll own you¡±, The expression on his face was like a chasm of darkness, devoid of all emotion A gold coin, that¡¯s one hundred silver, enough to feed me for a few months and to buy myself into the adventurers guild ¡°I¡¯ll do it, just beat him to an inch of his life, no killing of course¡± ¡°Of course my dear boy, I am ecstatic that you agreed to do this, I dare say I owe you one, jokes of course, I am paying you after all, ha ah aha¡±, that damn pompous laugh creeped the living daylights out of me. ¡°When do I fight?¡± ¡°Right now actually¡± ¡°If that''s true, that means you knew I¡¯d agree to this¡± He only responded with a smirk I walked up to the arena like I¡¯d done before ¡°So you made a deal with Bruno?¡±, The blue haired girl look at me disappointingly as she said that. ¡°Ya, gave me an offer to good to refuse¡± ¡°All his offers are too good to refuse the only thing is he somehow benefits no matter what, I¡¯d say be careful but you¡¯re now in the lair of the dragon, either fight or run and trust me it¡¯s too late to run¡± ¡°Well looks I¡¯m up, wish me luck¡±, I said tightening my wraps ¡°Ladies and gentlemen we have a returning fighter the Sand Bandit on the one side, no one knows how he always manages land his mischievous sand attacks but he does and well there are no rules against it so who cares, ha ha ha, and in the other side we have a first time fighter unnamed and unknown, all we know is that he¡¯s here to kill!!!¡±, the announcer screamed. ¡°Now what are we waiting for, I guess its time, let the fight begin¡± ¡°Okay, just do it, beat him and I become a adventurer¡± I entered the ring and so did he, the man in front of me was eerily familiar, It was that same man who gave me that loaf of bread after I ended on the streets. ¡°What are you doing here!¡± I yelled out to himIf you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. ¡°How poetic it is you, Sammy''s sick and the medicine is expensive I¡­.I had no choice, I was told that if I fought I would be given money, I¡¯m sorry but I have to do this¡±, the frail old man raised his hands signalling he was ready to fight. He ran in for a punch, I easily dodged and he fell over into the mud, this continued for a few minutes ¡°What the hell is this!¡± ¡°Do something¡± ¡°Rip his throat out¡± The crowd was starting to get annoyed, what do I do. ¡°Fight me¡±, he yelled, ¡°Please I need the medicine for Sammy, even if I die please make sure she gets the medicine¡±...he looked like he was on the verge of tears I finally raised my fists, I landed one punch to his stomach, then face and so on, I don¡¯t now how much time passed but there was blood, a lot of it. Eventually i was on top of him¡­time to finish this. ¡°Stop!!!¡±, I heard the shriek of a little girl I looked and there she was trying to get in the arena as a guard pulled her away ¡°Grandpa!!!¡±, she went on I bit my lip and stood up, ¡°Get up old man we finish this standing¡±, I proudly announced and oh the crowd loved it. The frail man stood up, raising his fists with what little strength he had ¡°You ready old man!¡± ¡°Bring¡­it¡­on¡± he said in between pants. I went in for a punch and so did he, the only difference was that mine landed and so did his. I fell backwards pretending to be knocked down. We both locked eyes, I gave him a little, he knew what he had to, from here things go blank, remember a flurry of punches Damage received 1 point Damage received 1 point Damage received 1 point Damage received 1 point¡­..losing consciousness in 3¡­2¡­1 ¡°Look at the upset, the Sand Bandit has lost, ha ha ha, looks like this will be the end of him¡± The announcer yelled out ¡°Thank you¡±, he said ¡°No¡­problem¡­.¡±
¡°Round up the rest of the bastards and place them in the carriage on the left¡± I awoke to the sound of a guy giving odd orders Heavy damage obtained Duration until fully head: 75 hours Bare handed fighting Lv2 Reached! ¡°That¡¯s good, level 2¡­what the feck is this!¡±, I said grabbing onto the metal collar attached to me ¡°Looks like my little fighter has finally awaken¡± ¡°Bruno, what the feck is this!¡± ¡°Well, according to the terms of our last agreement, I own you now oh but don¡¯t worry so much, soon you¡¯ll be sold off and we¡¯ll never see eachother again. ¡°What do mean sold off¡± ¡°Don¡¯t see look around you, you¡¯re my slave now, ha ha ha¡± he said as he walked away¡± ¡°What the feck do you mean slave, Bruno...Bruno!¡± ¡°Shut up¡± one the guards slammed the blunt and of his spear into my side ¡°Blahh, fecken bastard¡±, I blurted out ¡°Oh look we got a funny guy over here¡±, he said picking me up ¡°Oh the greatest, your mom says my jokes are the best¡±, I said giving the most annoying smirk I could ¡°You¡¯re going to regret that¡±, raising one fist I closed my eyes ¡°Leave the merchandise alone, we¡¯re selling them off soon and that one''s pretty beat up already¡± ¡°Go your masters calling you¡± ¡°You¡¯ll regret those words soon¡± I¡¯m sure I will. Now usually I would be pretty depressed getting becoming a slave and all but after surviving everything that I just went through I have a feeling I¡¯m gonna make it out of this one alive Warning Slave collar effect: you must obey your master till the very end or you will meet your end Otherworlder status invoked: Slave collar effect overridden-Well you were sent to another world the least that we can do is allow you not to be a slave ¡°Perfect¡±, I felt the sides of my mouth curling, is that a smile? I didn¡¯t notice Chapter 10: Escape ¡°Ahhh¡±, I sat there watching one of the guards beating a slave for not walking fast enough, that guard in particular was one of the worst ones. He was the same one that almost beat the everloving shite of me on the first day I was here. ¡°Goddamn gruel tastes horrible¡±, I somehow found food worse than the trash apples I used to eat, apparently this stuff was made up of actual maggots and left over corn byproducts from the millers. Perfect to fill unwanted slaves'' bellies. ¡°We leave at sunset so make sure you eat or I¡¯ll make you walk next to the carriages!¡± Looks like they¡¯re finally shipping us off, from what I gathered from other slaves we are probably going to head to the mines where they would auction us of and then to some surrounding countries, they would clean us off by one of the rivers so that we¡¯d look more presentable. The plan is to wait for them to take us there and then to run to all high hell, strategic, I know, I wonder how I came up with that everyday. ¡°Told you to be careful Bruno¡±, I saw Sheila standing in front of me, looking disappointed ¡°Hey you were right, he always wins¡±, I solemnly looked at her ¡°You look pretty chipper for someone who just became a slave¡±, she said suspiciously ¡°After I ended up on the streets I thought I was a goner, then I had to fight in the arena, that wasn¡¯t fun and now I¡¯m a slave, I made it out of all those situations since coming to this world, I¡¯ll make it out of this¡±, I said with a smirk ¡°That damn smile, it¡¯s the same one that you use when going into the arena and somehow you always win when you have¡­wait what do you mean since coming to this World?¡± The carriages started moving, ¡°I¡¯ll tell ya when I get back¡± ¡°What do you mean¡±, She protested I waved back, okay now the hard part, getting out of this hell hole.
The carriage rocked back and forth, I felt every damn hitch in the cobblestone road, eventually we left the city looking back I saw the sun setting over the huge castle in the middle of it all, how poetic, I a summoned on the highest peak and thrown out to the lowest slums and guess what I¡¯m still alive. ¡°Hey, how¡¯d you end up here¡±, One the slaves next to me asked, it was man with bunny ears, rabbitmen, I read about them in one the castles books. They were a race known for agility and speed but they were to weak to be used in combat so they generally took on more ¡®homey¡¯ jobs, usually taking care of others or foraging. ¡°Lost an arena fight, you?¡± ¡°My village was plundered by bandits, me and my family were captured and sold off to these slave traders¡±, he said looking down ¡°And your family?¡± ¡°My wife¡­uhh¡­ she¡¯s working now enslaved in a brothel in the capital, my daughter as well, they¡¯re still there I think, I don¡¯t know¡±, he looked like he was on the verge of tears. ¡°I¡¯m sorry¡±, It was the only thing I could think of ¡°Thanks, name¡¯s Erodoeht¡± ¡°I¡¯m Alex, umm, why don¡¯t you have a slave collar?¡±, I noticed that some of the slaves weren¡¯t any ¡°Collars ain¡¯t cheap so they only put them on the slaves they think will put up a fight, but something on yours, there''s usually a sort¡¯ve hue on the collars, did yours malfunction?¡±, he asked leaning in closer for those last wordDid you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. ¡°Something like that, listen I want to escape and the way I look at is that when they stop to wash us off at the river we make a break for it¡± ¡°Your crazy, they¡¯ll have archers posted everywhere, we have no chance of making it through them¡± ¡°The way I look at it is if we don¡¯t try we¡¯ll be sold off to the mines or wherever else we go, they won¡¯t expect a person with a slave collar to run with rabbitman no less. The only way you can even consider saving your family is if you escape, what do you say?¡±, I looked at him with stern eyes ¡°Fine, your right, I¡¯m in, this may be a suicide, I hope you know that¡± ¡°I¡¯ve been through hell and back at this point, what''s another trip gonna do¡± ¡°We stop here, everyone head down to the river and wash off, we need you looking your best for tomorrow after all¡±, the guard said chuckling to himself They first led down the kids and then us, sick bastards, damn this world to hell The cage flew open, ¡°Get moving we haven¡¯t got all day¡± Me and Erodoeht stood up and continued down to the river with the rest of the slaves, each of us looking for an opening The water was cold, ice cold, it felt like being pricked by thousands of needles, I dunked my head in, the dirt washing over me in droves. Just then I saw one of the larger slaves, a bullmen punching one of the guards, the electricity that came off his shock collar was something to witness, like a contained lighting built, all the guards turned to see what was happening. This was out chance Erodoeht and I looked at each other, we made a break for it, running as fast as we could into the forest ¡°Some slaves are getting away, his damn collar isn¡¯t working, get after them. Archers!¡± Arrows flew by in droves, ¡°Don¡¯t stop¡±, I yelled out to the rabbitman, ¡° I wasn¡¯t planning on it¡± ¡°Release the hounds¡±, Barking noises ensued I passed tree after tree, tripping on myself, my lungs burned like hell, ¡°One more step, comeone, one more, please¡± ¡°Ghaa¡±, I saw arrow strike Erodoeht square in his back ¡°Erodoeht!¡±, I ran up to him, pushing him to his feet, limping forward, ¡°Come on¡¯ we¡¯re making it out of this¡± ¡°Stop, let me down, promise, you¡¯ll find my wife and daughter¡±,Blahhh, he was coughing blood,¡± their names are Rachel and Vera Sunwood, please¡± ¡°I can¡¯t leave you bastard¡±, My hands were drenched in his blood as I tried to apply pressure the wound ¡°Run, don¡¯t let me die in vain, please!¡± I released my hold on him, ¡°Run!¡± I took off when I say one the dogs running towards, ¡°Eat this¡±, I threw pocket sand in eyes, stunning him as he fell over Pocket Sand LV2 reached Usually I¡¯d celebrate but there was no time for that, I continued, ¡°damn you gamer lungs¡± It seems that sitting around playing video games my whole life was to my detriment I heard footsteps, they¡¯re catching, ¡°Feck me¡±, there was cliff in front of me, If the moon wasn¡¯t out I would¡¯ve walked right over it ¡°AHHHHHHH¡±, A dagger was thrown into my right shoulder 5 Points of damage obtained, left arm will not be usable ¡°My lucky day, the loudmouth that escaped my clutches falls right into my lap, that rabbitmen friend of yours survived, I¡¯m going to make a nice example of him to the rest of the slaves after I kill you¡±, Of course it was him, that same guard ¡°What''s¡­your name¡± I said in between pants, this hurts so much! ¡°Reginald, remember it well,not that you¡¯ll have much time to remember it¡± ¡°Feck you!¡±, I said as I pulled out the dagger from my shoulder and flung it towards him He easily dodged it and flung one of his own, This one landed square on my chest, I couldn¡¯t breath I took a step back, except there wasn¡¯t any ground to catch, I fell down the cliff, him laughing as I tumbled. My vision going black Heavy damage obtained¨CRight lung ruptured, heavy blood loss¡ªLosing consciousness in 3¡­2¡­ I hate that damn countdown 1 Chapter 11: Surviving You know that saying, ¡°My life flashed before my eyes¡±, well I was watching mine, damn I played a lot of video games. Turns out there was a river at the bottom of the cliff, the ice cold water enveloped me taking me into the depths of the waters, that was enough to shock me awake From the very first second I was brought to this world I had to fight, I had this mentality of okay this sucks, get over it and try harder. You know what that got me, nothing, ¡®I can finally change¡¯, I filled my head with such lofty ideas. Who am I kidding, I don¡¯t deserve to be here. That''s right, I don¡¯t deserve to be here, that damn summoner brought me here on the order of the king and pope for some prophecy. My memory shifted back to when the knight captain told me ¡°everything''s gonna be alright kid, I¡¯ll make sure of it¡± and that fecken king saying he¡¯ll take responsibility for me oh and how could I forget Bruno and his slave traders. This isn¡¯t fair, no it''s fecken not! My thoughts are slipping, those bastards get to continue living when, if I make it out of this I¡¯ll make them pay, ya¡­I¡¯ll¡­make them¡­pay Current Health points:0 Hidden Trait(Otherworlder): You have been brought to another world against your will, you have fought until the bitter end. Take this second chance and continue fighting Second Chance invoked All status effect healed Error¡­.no class given¡­please select a class I reached out for anything, my fists filled with loose gravel as I was washed away by the strong currents, I won¡¯t let it end here I¡¯m running out of oxygen, come on¡­grab something, there we go, I latched on to a rock, pull, we are not dying like this, one¡­final¡­push. I was out of the water, the skin on my hands were ripped apart, I had scratches all over but I was alive, that was something and from something we can create more of something, I don¡¯t know what I¡¯m saying but hopefully it sounds philosophical. Cough¡­cough As I expunged the water that my lungs I looked around, I made it, I actually made it ¡°Ha Ha ah ha ha ah¡±, I couldn¡¯t stop laughing, I literally couldn¡¯t stop no matter how much I tried, I was gasping for air and I just couldn¡¯t stop laughing. ¡°Those bastards thought I would just crawl over and die, I¡¯ll get them, each and every one of them will regret the day that they cast me aside¡±, I don¡¯t think I ever smiled so much in my life before Eventually myself induced euphoria began to fade, "It''s so cold¡±, I was still drenched from the river. ¡°Think, what do I do, fire maybe, okay let''s try a fire¡±, now I¡¯m talking to myself oh insanity is so much fun. I walked over and grabbed some sticks, picking the driest looking ones and began rubbing them together. Fire starting attempted¡­.failed Damn Fire starting attempted¡­.failed Fire starting attempted¡­.failed ¡°Feck, it¡¯s not working¡±, I need this or I might really die out Warning hypothermia risk increased ¡°Great, just great¡± Pick a class! Pick a class! Pick a class! Pick a class! Pick a class! My screen was flooded with messages, okay, let''s give it a shot I clicked on the class button on my screen and hundred of different classes were open to me, warrior¡­no, archer¡­no and so on, becoming a druid or mage wouldn''t help me right now. Maybe this one? Craftsmen¨CYou look at the world through the lens of a maker, if it can be built why not build it?, with this class no invention is out of bound no idea to great I clicked on it Are you sure? Y or NLove this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! I selected ¡°Y¡± Craftsmen class selected Skills acquired: Crafting lv1: You gain the ability to make items that may proves useful to you Eye of a craftsmen: Gain the ability to see the finer details in items and people Makers own: gain the ability to be proficient in any items you make Trait obtained: Crafter Crafter: As a craftsmen you learn skills based on crafting at an accelerated pace
Name Alex
Health: Stamina 20 5
Race Otherwordler Racial ability: As an otherworlder you are not know to this worlds way, due to this you need to level up fast in the hopes that you don¡¯t die, due to this it¡¯s dangerous to go alone so take this: learn skills at an exceptionally fast rate
Class Craftsmen
Lv 1
Stats: Strength Agility Intelligence Dexterity Constitution Perception Wisdom Luck 5 3 10 4 5 15 5 1
Skills Language comprehension lvMax Dagger skills lv1 Pocket sand lv2 Bare handed fighting lv2 Crafting lv1 Eye of a craftsmen Makers own
Imagine someone grabbing your brain and writing information inside of it, crazy I know, but that¡¯s how it felt picking that class. I attempted to make a fire again, It was like I knew exactly where to place my hands and just like that¡­. ¡°Come on¡­fire!¡± Skill acquired: Fire Starting lv1 I quickly added more wood to make sure my little spark of flame wouldn¡¯t burn out, ¡°Yes, I have fire¡±, I swung my hands up in victory. So now I¡¯ve achieved caveman status. I took off my clothes and put them by the fire to dry and sat down, besides the running river there was no sound, I looked up and saw the stars ¡°I wonder which one is earth¡± I felt conflicted, do I want to go home, my family? They¡¯ll live on without me, I found myself wondering about Soap, he¡¯ll be fine, my siblings will look after him, ¡°Damn I¡¯m gonna miss him¡±, okay I¡¯m going off track, I didn¡¯t really want to go home, there wasn¡¯t much of anything for me there. I wasn¡¯t going to university with my grades, hell I wasn¡¯t even going to finish high school, the plan was to maybe become a streamer¡­some dream that was but now I¡¯m here. I piled some dirt to make a makeshift pillow, ¡°What a day¡±, I thought drifting off to sleep. Chirp, chirp ¡°I¡¯m up!¡±, damn it wasn¡¯t a dream The only thing that remained from my fire was some embers and ash, I grabbed my now dry clothes and put them, ¡°That is a nice scar¡±, I said touching my chest looking at the spot that a knife was inside of me. ¡°Thank you otherworlder race¡± Okay¡­pocket sand check¡­Now I¡¯m ready to go ¡°Goodbye first fire¡±, I said as I saluted the pile of ash Now which way to walk, probably downstream, hopefully there will be a settlement soon I had no idea how far I travelled down stream so my bearing were very much off, like I knew the area anyways You know, now that I think about it, this place is actually very beautiful, a nice green forest with birds chirping and a nice clear river, very picturesque. If I wasn¡¯t in my current situation I¡¯d be quite happy, well I just need to picture that damn kings head on a stake and I¡¯ll be happy, oh the simple things in life. A few hours must have passed and still nothing ¡°Damn I¡¯m thirsty¡±, I thought looking at the river I read that in a survival situation it¡¯s best to drink water since if there are any diseases I wouldn¡¯t need to worry about it for around three days which is the amount of time it takes to die from dehydration ¡°When in Rome, right?¡± I dunked my head in the river taking the biggest swig of water I could, sure I could¡¯ve use my hands as a cup but I don¡¯t know it felt right to do it this way. ¡°That hits the spot, okay, back to walking¡± I continued to walk for another few hours before I saw the sun start to set, okay I¡¯ll set up camp here looking at a huge to cover me from the wind Fire starting skill used ¡°Fire!¡±, I wonder maybe I could make a spear, I grabbed a big stick and broke it in half and kept the pointiest part Crafting skill used: Broken stick made¨C1 durability Quality: Bad ¡°I mean, I literally just broke a stick in half, what should I expect¡± Crack ¡°Who¡¯s there?¡± I turned around to be met by a huge black wolf Eye of craftsmen used: Dire wolf ¡­this individuals level exceeds yours so you cannot gauge their strength ¡°That¡¯s just great¡± Chapter 12: A Mysterious Man ¡°Hey bud, lets not do anything rash here¡±, Why was I talking to the wolf in front of me I don¡¯t know. When I say his fur was pitch black I meant it, they gave a stark contrast to the pearly white teeth that he was probably going to use to rip me to shreds. He took one step forward and I took one step back, wait is it a he? Upon closer inspection¡­okay yes it¡¯s a he, eventually my back was facing the rock The only thing separating him from me was the broken stick that I pointed towards him GRRRRR I used my spear to fling some of the red ash from the fire towards him, that was enough to make him flinch and give me enough time to make a run for it. ¡°Feeeeeeeeeeeeckk meeeeeeeeeeeee¡±, I yelled as I ran, what is up with me being chased by so many things. ¡°Oh shite, he¡¯s right behind me¡±, I was always told to never look behind you if you want to run fast, hopefully that true Oh great it¡¯s starting to rain and when I say rain I mean out of nowhere it started pouring, this would put cats and dogs to shame. ¡°What the?¡±, the wolf appeared to my right and naturally I took a left ¡°Crap¡­ghaa¡±, I tripped on some roots and fell face first into some mud ¡°AWOOOO¡±, The howling echoed the forest ¡°Get up¡±, I told myself, I flung forward as another wolf appeared in front of me, ¡°another one?¡± How many of them are there? Another two appeared to my side, oh great even more. The chase continued like clockwork. One would appear and I would turn the opposite direction, this continued for a while. Maybe the adrenaline was hitting me too hard but soon I found myself at a dead end. Six wolves emerged from the brush,¡±Eat this¡±, I threw pocket sand towards the closest Due to pocket sand being wet, the attack was unsuccessful ¡°Well it was a good run pocket sand¡±, I said as one the wolves nipped at me Eventually my back was up against a tree When was the last time I climbed a tree?, the answer was never, As I climbed one of the wolves grabbed my pant leg, pulling hard. I was certain I was a goner, that was until I heard a thunderous roar, the only problem was that it wasn¡¯t from an animal nor was it from the huge mudslide approaching. Even the wolves realised something was up and began to run I clutched the tree as hard as I could has the mu enveloped the whole area
¡°HAAAAAAAA¡± ¡°I¡¯m alive¡±, this seems to be my usual response to situations where I become close to meeting my end, which is happening way more often than it should be.This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. Pulling myself out of the mud I scanned the area for the wolves to no avail, looks like the mud got them. It was still raining heavily so I couldn¡¯t see much in front of me anyways, I ploughed through the mud every step was like having 50kg weights strapped to you. Soon I emerged out of it, when I saw a peculiar sight Dire wolf cub lv1 Its leg was stuck in between some rocks I took one step forward and it began growling, maybe it would have been intimidating if it wasn¡¯t the size of a puppy ¡°I¡¯m trying to help¡±, I said as I slowly approached it, it hasn¡¯t bit me yet so I¡¯m doing something right. I grabbed one of the rocks and lifted as hard as I could until the little guy had enough space to wiggle his way out of it. My efforts were not in vain as he managed to escape his confines and make a run for it, or atleast try since his front leg was injured and after his first step he went face first into the mud. ¡°You good the bud, looks like your struggling¡±, The poor pup was shivering as he stood up I tried to walk away but my conscience wouldn¡¯t let me go. Did his family try to kill me yes, did I kill them yes, well I didn¡¯t kill them but it¡¯s the principle behind it. ¡°Fine¡±, I walked over to him and scooped him, he tried to put up a fight but he too tired to try for long, eventually he sort¡¯ve just accepted it. I tried my best to cover him as much as possible. I walked for a good hour or so before I found myself on the brink of collapsing, I lied down by the tree with the thickest brush I could find and fell asleep the second I hit the ground, the little pup still in my arms, ¡°It¡¯ll be okay bud¡±, I was shivering but somehow fell asleep in an instant.
Sizzle¡­pop¡­hiss When I woke up I found myself next to a fire ¡°Ahh, your finally awake¡± ¡°What!¡± ¡°Woah there kid, your still injured¡±, said the man mysterious man across from me ¡°Okay almost thought I was going to be executed, wrong game¡± The old man gave me quizzical look ¡°To earn I direwolf trust, impressive, little guy wouldn¡¯t let me get near you¡±, he asked me looking at the wolf pup in my arms ¡°Huh he¡¯s still here?, Wait who are you¡±, I asked defensively ¡°Name¡¯s Vance, yours?¡±, that doesn¡¯t help me much ¡°Uhh Alex, let me rephrase that, why did you help¡±, I¡¯ve been around long enough to know barely anyone helps someone of their own free will. ¡°You wanna know the truth?, it¡¯s because of that little guy there, anybody else would¡¯ve let him die or kill him for the xp, you didn¡¯t that interests me¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know, he was alone, so was I¡­look I just did it, I couldn¡¯t let him just be out there by himself¡±, I don¡¯t even know what I¡¯m saying ¡°Good answer¡±, He stood up, ¡°Let''s get going and bring him with you¡± ¡°Where are we going?¡± ¡°My place, you need some food and your friend need some medical care, so either ye should follow me or take ye chances out here by yourself, maybe a tigerbear will get ya¡± ¡°What¡¯s a tigerbear?¡± ¡°Trust me you don¡¯t want to find out¡±, he said as he walked away ¡°Hey wait up!¡±, I yelled as I picked up the wolf as he nibbled on my hand, ¡°come on, I thought we were friends¡±, I said as I wrestled my hand from his jaw ¡°So why are you out here anyways, in the middle of nowhere I mean¡±, I asked since I assumed there was no cities or town in the area ¡°Quiet, I¡¯ve done a lot of things in my life, it was about time I settled down, that¡¯s enough about me, what are you doing out here with a malfunctioned slave collar?¡± ¡°Uhhh, that¡¯s along story, a very longs story¡±, It¡¯s best I didn¡¯t mention the whole summoning things ¡°You sure are an interesting fellow I can¡¯t even analyze you¡± ¡°Analyze?¡±, I asked ¡°Mmmm, interesting, don¡¯t worry about it. Anyways my place is right up here¡±, he pushed some brush away to reveal a open meadow with a 2 story house in the middle of it, there was cows, a small crop field, a well, and everything a small farm should have I followed him up to the entrance, ¡°Wait out here while I grab some supplies¡± ¡°Sure thing¡±, I wasted no time sitting down This was the first time I was actually able to rest, I swear if this guy is some evil wizard or something like that, I¡¯ll just let him kill me, I¡¯m too tired to care at this point. Chapter 13: A Nice Dinner ¡°Here, he said tossing some clothes and a towel my way, there''s a well over there, go pull up some water and wash off. I¡¯ll take care of your friend in the meantime. ¡°Thanks¡±, those were the only words I could muttle out, I still couldn¡¯t get a read on him but my gamer senses were tingling, something about him doesn¡¯t make sense, for some farmer he talk a little too¡­well more noble like ¡°Goddamn you blimey little fish fecking,needle dicked ball of unadulterated horror!, Bite me again and I¡¯ll make ya regret it¡± he yelled out as the wolf bit him Nevermind he¡¯s just like any other person I¡¯ve met so far after leaving the castle ¡°Needle dick¡±, I¡¯ll make sure to remember that one I thought as I chuckled to myself. I started cranking the lever attached to the well, ¡°This is harder than look¡±, soon enough I saw the bucket of water approach from the darkness I heaved it up, picked up a cloth and began to wash myself off. Now usually I would complain that it¡¯s cold but after falling in that river I don¡¯t think cold water would freeze me unless there was ice in it. ¡°The mud never ends¡±, no matter how much I washed the same area there was still mud left over. After what felt like endless scrubbing I finally washed enough of the mud and grime to look sort¡¯ve cleanish, I put on the clothes, which were easily a few sizes to large for me, oh the banes of being a twig. ¡°Arf, arf¡±, the little wolf walked up to me with finely done splint on his right leg ¡°Hey, your looking better¡±, I said petting him ¡°Luckily it was just a light sprain, nothing too serious. Listen we got a lot to talk about, now I know you¡¯ve been through a lot these past few days so I¡¯ll go prepare some food, it¡¯ll give you a minute to decompress your thoughts so to speak¡±, he said heading back into the house rubbing his hand that the wolf recently bit I still don¡¯t know if I can trust him but it¡¯s not like I got a choice either I slumped down and looked to the sky, these past few days have been a living hell and I somehow survived them, still not sure how but I did. The little wolf walked up and layed on my stomach, ¡°guess I can¡¯t keep calling you wolf either, how about Price?¡± ¡°GRRRR¡±, guess not ¡°Roach..nope¡­mmm¡±, ah I know ¡°Grimmel?¡± ¡°Woof woof¡± he said jumping in my lap You have named the dire wolf Grimmel He has now become your companion Relationship:Associates ¡°Huh?, this place really is a game, amazes me every time I see it I continued to pet him until Vance called me inside.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. I took one step inside and could tell this wasn¡¯t a normal house, weird devices were sprung all about, gears and cogs, tools the whole ensemble. I walked up to the dinner table, chicken and potatoes, I just about cried seeing it Vance was already seated and motioned me to sit down I followed his instructions anxiously waiting for him to allow me to eat. ¡°Dig in kid, I can tell your hungry¡±, he said sighing ¡°Thank you!¡±, I wasted no time digging in ¡°You know, you really interest me, you see I¡¯ve seen few people in my time but you are just an anomaly, I hate a problem I can¡¯t solve, so you really are getting to¡±, he asked quizzically, I was to busy eating to notice him honestly ¡°So I was wondering maybe you are a noble, that¡¯s plausible but your speech doesn¡¯t fit it, plus that slave collar is working but you seem to be taking no effect by it and besides I can¡¯t analyze you so that perplexed me even further so I looked towards recent events. Now the most recent one I could think of was the summoning of the heroes¡±. I stopped dead in my tracks at those words ¡°But I¡¯m not done, that was 2 months ago, so you must have been through some interesting circumstances¡±, he looked up at me waiting for a response. ¡°Quite right there mister, so what now, gonna sell me, dissect or maybe turn me into some kingdom, I wouldn¡¯t bother. I was a miss summon so you probably won¡¯t get much¡±, we locked eyes. The tension was palpable ¡°Yawwwn¡±, Grimmel gave out a big stretch In that second we both stood up, my hand went to my pocket to find my secret weapon but before I could reach in there I was met with a crossbow aimed straight at my forehead. ¡°One wrong move and I¡¯ll be scraping off brains from my floor boards, I don¡¯t care where ya from or what ya doing here, I just enjoy a good puzzle that¡¯s all¡±, there was truth in his eye, only problem is I didn¡¯t know what was truth and what wasn''t ¡°Okay, I won¡¯t try anything¡±, I said sitting down ¡°So how¡¯d ya end up here miss summon¡±, he asked me ¡°A long, long story¡±, I said tiredly ¡°Well, it just so happens that I have a free schedule today, so let¡¯s start shall we?¡± What do I have to lose by telling him anything? I¡¯ll get a full belly out of this and maybe Grimmel will help me in a fight if my back is against the wall. ¡°Okay, this great story starts one morning where my alarm went off at the correct time, oh I guess you don¡¯t have those here, so an alarm is a¡­.¡±, and so I began to retell my great story of how I ended up in this strange world Many hours later ¡°Ha ah ha!¡±Vance bellowed laughter that echoed in my ears, ¡°You threw sand from your pocket in his eyes, wait is that why you went for pocket earlier? You put sand in there!¡±, he said, wiping away his tears. ¡°How dare you make fun of pocket sand, It is a righteous weapon that has saved me from peril more times that I could count¡±, I argued back ¡°I made the right decision to save you kid. This has been a good dinner, I don¡¯t trust ya in the slightest so you are gonna sleep in the barn out back¡±, he said pointing for the door ¡°I¡¯ll bring out some blankets, It shouldn¡¯t rain tonight either so you¡¯ll be dry¡±, he added ¡°Okay, thanks Vance¡±, Finally a proper place to sleep, didn¡¯t matter if it was a house or barn just a simple roof over my head would be amazing I stood corrected, I stood in the middle of the barn, there were cows, sheep and¡­¡±That¡¯s a 2 headed chicken!¡±, the demonic thing went into a flurry as I screamed that out ¡°Don¡¯t scare the animals, you are a guest in their house, not the other way round, take note of it¡±, he said carrying the blankets ¡°Thanks, again for this¡±, beggars can¡¯t be choosers ¡°Okay kid, I¡¯m going to hit the fairy dust¡±, interesting saying, Vance said as he walked out the barn I laid the blanket down, and sat down, where Grimmel jump onto me and snuggle right on my chest, ¡°This brings back memories¡±, I really miss soap Your bond with Grimmel has increased from associate to Friends Grimmel would fight by your side if the time called for it ¡°Huh?,this means you trust me boy¡±, You know besides Ethan, I didn¡¯t have many IRL or real life friends so Soap really helped me through some rough time¡¯s back home, I hope he is eating well. I slowly drifted off to sleep as Grimmel snored on top of me Chapter 14: An Offer Crank, Click, Cronk, Crank ¡°What''s going on out there¡±, I stood up, still groggy I swung open the barn door to see Vance working on somemechanical-lookingg device, ¡°What¡¯s that?¡± ¡°Look you finally decided to wake up, here I wasthinkingk it was only going to be me and the little one¡± ¡°Woof¡±, Grimmel barked seeing me. ¡°Anyways,it''s a water pump I made, hopefully I¡¯ll be able to fix it today but I can¡¯t seem to figure out what¡¯s wrong with it¡±, he said grinding one of the gears ¡°Like it automatically pumps water, what powers It?¡±, I can¡¯t believe technology exists here. ¡°Magical crystals, they ain¡¯t cheap but for something like this I''ll only need to replace it once every few months¡±, He said pointing to a small compartment holding a tiny pink crystal inside of i.t Eye of a craftsmen Used As he he continued tinkering I saw one of the gears had a red hue covering it, ¡°I think the problem is over there¡±, I pointed towards ¡°Mmmm, You¡¯re right, I used the wrong sized gear here¡±, he reached into his sack on his side and grabbed another gear that was slightly smaller and replaced it ¡°Let''s see if this works¡±, he reached out his hand and said Synergizee¡±, it glowed bright and the machine came to life like an old tractor that hadn¡¯t worked in years. ¡°That¡¯s damn brilliant kid, it would¡¯ve taken me days to figure that out, say how¡¯d you know that?¡±, he said patting my back. I flinched at him when he did, I hated physical contact with people I barely knew, ¡°umm, I sort¡¯ve just knew, I looked at it and there it was¡± ¡°Let me see your stats kid, I know that''s a personal question but if you wouldn¡¯t mind¡± Vance requests to see your states Y or N I selected ¡°Y¡± ¡°What in tarnation is a craftsman? I¡¯ve never heard of that, what''s your specialization?¡± ¡°I don''t even know what that it¡±, I stared at him confused ¡°Of course, you don¡¯t forgive my ignorance, you''re not of this world. A specialization I the choice of which branch of the crafting tree you choose, with emphasis on the word tree, I chose tinkerer¡±, he stroked his chin ¡°Wait a second, in your world did you ever train with daggers or fighting, wait your stats are too low for that, how did you learn all those skills¡±, now Vance usually had a poker face so seeing him this shocked was kind of jarring ¡°This otherworlder trait doesn¡¯t just increase the speed you increase your skills level but how quickly you learn new skills, my boy, do not tell anyone about this you hear me, ever. If someone powerful found out about this they¡¯d make you learn some¡­lets say unsavoury skills or best case they put you in a breeding program to replicate it, though I suppose if they thought you were too strong they¡¯d just outright kill you¡±, he said grabbing my shouldersUnlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. ¡°Okay good to know¡±, my guard was raised now ¡°Again with you thinking I¡¯m going to harm to you, I would¡¯ve done that to you already I wanted to and trust me there is not a thing you could do about it with those stats of yours it¡¯s miracle you haven¡¯t dropped dead yet after everything you¡¯ve went through¡±, he said with smile that was all too serious. ¡°Now, follow me I need your help around the farm¡±, Vance stood up and I followed ¡°You mentioned you''re a tinkerer, what''s that?¡±,I asked him ¡°It¡¯s my class, we tinkerers look at the world through gears and cogs, we create machines to help others and improve their lives, at least that''s what we should be doing in theory but most us just work for the kingdom serving nobles and creating weapons for their armies¡±, there was venom is his words ¡°But you kid, you just have a craftsmen class, I¡¯ve never seen that before, so I want to try something¡±, he said opening the door to the main house where he led me into the basement The whole wall was covered in tools and when I say the whole wall I meant it, the only open spaces were filled with parts like gears and screws, right in the middle of it all was huge cannon looking thing. ¡°What is that¡±, I pointed to it ¡°Not important¡±, he said motioning me to come closer, ¡° this is a handsaw, It¡¯s used in woodworking, now I want you to saw off a piece like this and attach it to this piece like this¡±, he said demonstrating it. ¡°Okay?¡±, I picked up the handsaw, it felt foreign, like a shouldn¡¯t be holding it. I began sawing away Woodworking attempted¡­failed I look up at Vance ¡°Try again¡±, he said Woodworking attempted¡­failed ¡°Again¡± Woodworking attempted¡­failed ¡°One more time¡± Woodworking attempted¡­succeded Woodworking skill acquired lv1 Woodworking: The way of the wood calls you, you can now craft items made of wood, with the right tools of course Woodworking Scales with Crafting ¡°By the gears!¡±, he grabbed my shoulders ¡°Normally it would take hundreds of attempts if you weren¡¯t a woodworker to acquire that skill but you¡­you just learnt it in three, your interesting case indeed¡±, He stared at me ¡°So what now, are you going to train me?¡±,I may have just found a mentor ¡°Gods no, I don¡¯t teach kid, I¡¯ll let you stay for the next few days until I head to town, then your on your own¡±, he responded swiftly ¡°Hold on, you can¡¯t just not teach me, after just saying all that!¡±I yelled at him as he led me out of his workshop. ¡°This isn¡¯t some grand story of a hero finding his mentor that will guide him to save the world, we¡¯re nobody''s kid. Look your abilities great but most people your age have already reached level 7 or higher, that¡¯s years of work that you are already behind¡±, He refuted ¡°Okay how about his you need help around here right, I can be your servant or whatever, you know someone that helps with the odds and ends, then if you have time I can work on crafting¡±, I needed him to agree, the last time I was on my own in this world I was sold into slavery. ¡°Mmmm¡±, He stroked his chin, ¡°Okay kid but don¡¯t complain about any of the work I give you, first word and your out, I¡¯ll make my final decision when I head to town by the end of the week¡±, He said relentlessly ¡°Thank you, you won¡¯t regret this¡± ¡°I¡¯m sure I won¡¯t, okay first job, you see that pile of logs over there?, chop them up for firewood and move them to the back of the house by tomorrow¡±, He said pointing to the huge stack of logs that was about as tall as me ¡°Goodluck¡±, he said as he left Chapter 15: Work I stood in front of the daunting pile of logs, ¡°I need to chop all this before the next morning¡±, It was easily 3 meters tall and 3 meters wide. I picked up the axe Simple woodworking axe Durability 150/200 Rarity-Common I raised the axe above my head and brought it down as hard as possible. I repeated this a few more times until I was out of breath ¡°I¡­barely¡­made a dent¡±, I can¡¯t do this Skill acquired: Woodcutting- Your blade naturally flows striking true most of the time Woodcutting scales with crafting skill Woodcutting lv1 ¡°A new skill, I guess it¡¯s technically a crafting skill, well these trees aren¡¯t gonna cut themselves¡±, I went back to swinging It actually is easier, each movement felt more efficient, no wasted energy. I¡¯m going to be at this all night. I looked over and saw grim chewing on some bone a few meters from me, ¡°Hey Grimmel, how ya doing boy, I haven¡¯t seen you much today¡± ¡°Arf¡±, the dire wolf barked playfully ¡°Sometimes I think you understand me¡±, I said as he went back to his bone A few hours later ¡°I¡¯m not even halfway done and it¡¯s almost pitch black out¡±, I stood drenched in sweat, and muscles ached that I didn¡¯t know even existed Strength increased by 1 The axe became slightly lighter, this place still amazes me. ¡°Feck this, I shouldn¡¯t have agreed to this¡±, I threw the axe and lied down in the grass ¡°Ahh, stop¡±, Grimmel came and licked my face, ¡°thanks boy I needed some company¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think this whole woodcutting thing is going to work out boy¡±, he stood there staring at me ¡°You know back home every time I tried something I quit, I did this over and over again, hell I even tried getting in shape, I said, I¡¯ll show that bastard today will be the last day he threatens me. I never stuck to anything and here I am repeating the same thing, all I need to do is chop some wood, pathetic¡±, I pushed my head into my knees. Grimmel came and placed his head in my lap. ¡°Come on, boy.¡± It didn¡¯t matter if it was here or back home; there was always some canine to help me if I was struggling. ¡°Say who¡¯s gonna look after you if I leave here¡±, he stood there staring, his eyes saying something like ¡°You, you idiot¡± ¡°Ah feck it!, I won¡¯t give up just, after everything I¡¯ve gone through, this is nothing, ya, nothing¡±, I stood and grabbed the axe and started swinging with a new energy
Soon the sun rose,Vance awoke to the sound of someone screaming, walking outside his home he saw the kid screaming like a banshee. He was about to yell at him for screaming but when he saw that he had chopped the whole the whole pile he couldn¡¯t even find the words.The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Impossible, the axe shouldn¡¯t even have enough durability to do that, he thought He walked up to the idiot, ¡°Good work go wash off and meet me in the kitchen for breakfast¡± ¡°Sure will¡±, the boy waved as he left Vance picked up the axe Simple woodworking axe Durability 0/200 Rarity-Common Status: Broken ¡°It must have broken hours ago, maybe this kid might be worth my time¡±, Vance thought dismissing it immediately
The cold water felt refreshing ¡°I don¡¯t even know how I did that, after the 3rd or 4th hour my mind blanked out, and I just did it. Woodworking lv3 reached I was at it a long time wasn¡¯t it After washing up I walked into the house where Vance sat enjoying some eggs ¡°Here¡¯s the little shite that woke me up so early today¡±, he said smiling I really hate that smile of his ¡°Well I was chopping the whole night away, miracle you didn¡¯t wake up through any of it¡±, I replied snarkily ¡°Hold it there, I thought you wanted me to teach you, why so angry? I know what it is, you haven¡¯t eaten breakfast today¡±, he handed a plate of eggs to me I reluctantly reached for them, ¡°Thank you¡±, I couldn¡¯t meet his eyes but I could he was on the verge of bursting with laughter. As I was eating he got up and dropped a book in front of me, ¡°can you read?¡±, he asked flipping to the first page, pointing at the title ¡°An idiot tinkerers guide to gears and cogs¡±, I read out loud ¡°So he¡¯s not an idiot, good, after you finish today''s work I want you to start studying this, I¡¯ll test you up to page 20 tomorrow¡± ¡°I¡¯ll be sure to study it¡±, I responded ¡°Good, now grab the bucket in the shed and go milk the cows, gather eggs from the chickens, and go clean up Grimmels shite on the front doorstep¡± ¡°Will do¡± ¡°Will do master¡±, he said correcting me ¡°Will do master¡±, he chuckled when I said that.
I stood infront the daunting task in front of me, bucket in hand. ¡°How do I do this?¡± The cow stared nonchalenlty at me while I stared in horror for what was to come. I felt my left pocket to ensure that if things were to go wrong I had assurance that I would survive. I placed the bucket down underneath, place my hand upon its udder and squeezed, as I did milk filled the bucket. ¡°Don¡¯t think about, don¡¯t think about it¡±, I said over and over again Soon the task was done, he¡¯s going to make me do this everyday is he not? Next up eggs, that should be easy, I bagan waking to the chicken coop. Two headed chicken ran around freely doing whatever two headed chicken do. ¡°How in the feck does this make sense evolution, one head is enough!¡±, I entered the coup and gathered the eggs, avoiding nips from the little devils as I did. Now for the last task of the day, Grimmels present Back home I had gloves, a pooper scooper and disinfectant but here I had a stick and some hands, I don¡¯t want to go into but it was fun¡­. I stared at Grimmel angrily, he just gave me that same blank stare as always. Now the fun part, I cracked open the book ¡°The module of gears is defined as the quotient of the pitch diameter and the number of teeth, this can be further impacted by the¡­.velocity ratio¡­.inverse relationship is also applicable¡­feck me¡±, that was the first paragraph and it wasn¡¯t even a quarter of the page, I need to know 20 pages of info by heart, can¡¯t I just go back to chopping logs, I cried internally. Intelligence increased by 1 Wait, even studying can increase my intelligence, not going to lie, this gives me a little motivation, maybe I can get through this book. Back home I barely studied, I wasn¡¯t dumb but I would say my talents limit in school was about 11th grade from there I had to study, I never did and that was failing but beside the point, this might sound crazy but I have no idea on how to study. I swear could see smoke coming out of my brain as the gears were turning in there, ha, see what I did there Eventually the only light out was the candle Vance gave me. Chapter 16: A New helmet ¡°Rise and shine my pupil!¡±, Vance woke me up by screaming in my face, I stood up as quickly as I could falling my first attempt to do so ¡°I¡¯m¡­I¡¯m awake¡±, I mumbled out ¡°How do you calculate dynamic torque¡±, he asked ¡°Product of moment of inertia and the acceleration of a gear¡±, Testing me already ¡°Good, here I thought you were an idiot, come on, we¡¯re grabbing breakfast then after that help me pack the carriage, I need to grab stuff in the nearby town I followed him into the house, where he asked me increasingly harder questions about gears, why in the feckin fek, is there so much to know on gears. Grimmel just trotted behind me as usual, somehow his presence helped I don¡¯t know why but it did. Everything went as normal breakfast, did some work, then we loaded the carriage and off we went, sadly we had to leave Grimmel behind, something about how having a dire wolf as a pet would be considered crazy but who am I to judge, his family did try to eat me. ¡°You seem pretty good at his tinkerer thing, how¡¯d you end up living around here¡±, I asked Vance, the question had been bugging me since I found out he was a tinkerer ¡°Well you see kid after you get really good at something people ask you to make things, you don¡¯t make them your career is ruined no matter how it goes against your moral code¡± ¡°So how do I avoid that from happening to me¡± ¡°Become smart or strong enough to fight or disappear¡± ¡°Which one are you?¡± ¡°Neither¡±, he stared off into the distance After some awkward minutes of silence, I decided to open the book and start studying until we reached the town. ¡°The towns ahead, pack the book away, first we¡¯re hitting up the traders market and then a smith friend of mine, although it¡¯s unlikely watch out for pickpockets¡±, Vance told me before entering the town ¡°Yes master¡±, it still felt weird calling him that The town wasn¡¯t all that huge, nothing like the capital but it was quaint, at most twenty no thirty thousand people. ¡°Hold it there¡±, A guard greeted us My heart skipped a beat when spoke to us ¡°State your purpose for entering¡±, the guard asked ¡°Trade¡±, Vance answered giving him a tablet ¡°Okay, continue¡±, the guard motioned for us to go through. ¡°What was that about kid, you looked ready to run the second you saw him¡±, Vance asked me ¡°Bad experiences in the past¡±, That was all I said, he didn¡¯t ask any more questions so that meant he knew I was not going to talk about it. We talked to some merchants and exchanged some goods I mostly just hung around the carriage and carried the odd thing here and there, Vance was approached by more than a few women, now that I think about it he could easily be a model back home, the short but well kept brown hair, blue eyes, and well-defined features, damn, makes me look like a baked potato next to him.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. I swore a silent curse to all good-looking guys out there, ¡°damn bastards can get a girlfriend without even trying¡±, I tried failed, tried once more afterwords swore to just give up, the only thing I needed was Soap, my video games, and the occasional Litrpg to read. We hitched the carriage behind some tavern where Vance took me through some corridors, I felt uneasy walking through them, after getting hit in the back of the head I couldn¡¯t feel safe walking in public anymore ¡°Here we are¡±, Vance said as he walked inside ¡°Smithy and Smothys Smithing Emporiam¡±, an interesting name ¡°Ah, Vance how goes it!¡±, a dwarve walked out to greet ¡°Good smithy, where smoothie I don¡¯t see him around¡±, Vance asked ¡°Aye, Smothy¡¯s gone to capital for some goods, you must be here for your parts, say did you fix that pump yet?¡± ¡°Sure did¡±, Vance brought out a sack from his pocket and pulled the pump that he was working on a few mornings ago from seemingly thin air. ¡°Great, how¡¯d you fix it, thought you¡¯d said it was unfixable?¡±, Smithy asked Vance ¡°The kid over here saw the problem¡±, Vance stood aside ¡°So got ya self a protege, never thought I¡¯d see the day the great Vance Gearwright got himself a student, HA HA Ha¡±, the dwarves laughter made the floor vibrate ¡°Interesting times indeed, say you have yourself a helmet, one with clear sight, full face covering, not too bulky¡±, Vance asked eyeing me ¡°Sure, got some in the back¡±, the dwarve responded Vance grabbed some other odds and ends, grabbed his parts, and headed off ¡°Cheers Vance and little student, till next time!¡±, The Dwarve yelled out as we left ¡°Interesting character¡±, I stated ¡°They¡¯re all like that, loyal to a fault though, just never cross them or they¡¯ll never trust you again. Besides that here you go¡±, Vance said tossing me a helmet ¡°Why?¡±, what was he planning to do to me with me that required a helmet ¡°Every time, we pass a corner you cover the back of your hear with your hand like someone¡¯s going to smash your head in, you don¡¯t have to wear it but I¡¯d recommend you do¡±, Vance responded The helmet looks pretty cool, pure black with one small slit through the middle, must be hard to see through it though. Simple helmet(Light): This light helmet covers all parts of the head Enchantments Clear site Clear site: Allows the user to see all his surroundings as if he was never wearing the face covering, to begin with I tried it on, and it was just like I wasn¡¯t wearing it at all. Vance was right. Every time I passed a corner, I felt my adrenaline go up, and my hand raised up, so I guess he does care. ¡°Good it fits, You''re going to have to work double for that. There it was, ¡°Will do Master.¡± Even though it felt strange to be wearing a helmet in public, I felt sort of secure. It reminded me of when we were forced to wear masks. Other people hated it, but I loved it. It allowed me never to show my face and I could hide behind. I don¡¯t know; I always felt anxious at the mall, but when I wore the mask, it helped. I also, admittedly felt cool wearing it. ¡°Okay wait here kid, I gotta go pay the tavern owner for the storage fees¡±, Vance said before he went inside Like clockwork the second he left, four guys emerged from the shadows, something tells me this isn¡¯t going to end well ¡°Oi, Here¡¯s how things gonna go from yeer, give us di goods and ye live or don¡¯t and ye die¡±, he¡¯s English is atrocious, is it English, well the translator skill makes it sound horrid so it probaby is. ¡°Sadly I can¡¯t hand it over¡±, I said readying myself for a fight ¡°That¡¯s going to be a yee problem¡±, they chuckled in unison The second the first one got in range the pocket sand went straight for him You know, 3 months ago, I told someone my first reaction to a fight I knew i was going to lose was to fight back I would have had you locked in a mental facility but here I am ready to fight. ¡°A feckin wench¡±, the one in front yelled and not too long after that I went in for a punch Ding¡­my head was suddenly accelerated to the right of me, looks like one of them had a metal rod, thank you for the helmet Vance I fell to the ground, I probably got a concussion from that blow, as the other three rushed me pinning me to the ground as the ¡®metal rod guy¡¯ prepared for another swing, this time I wasn¡¯t sure I was going to escape unharmed Chapter 17: A Fair Fight ¡°Grahhh¡±, I screamed as I tried to wrestle free ¡°Thought yee was some funny guy with that sand hey? We would a let ya live but ye just had to push us¡±, He raised the metal rod I heard the whistle of an arrow and directly after that screams Vance had used his crossbow to send an arrow through his wrist, ¡°How¡¯s everyone doing this fine night, oh, how am I doing?, amazing, but if I do say so myself I am going to miss that arrow, I do take pride in taking care of my equipment¡±, he said walking out of the shadows, he¡¯s trenchcoats hood on. Damn, He looks cool! ¡°Get him¡±, one of the ruffians yelled, I like that word, ruffian¡­ The first one pulled a small dagger and went to slash for his throat Vance dodged effortlessly, attatching a strange device to his wrist, ¡°Now, that¡¯s just mean, just lie down for a second here¡± The band glew purple and he was sent to the ground immediately, ¡°Me wrists stuck!¡±, the man yelled The other ruffian tried to grab Vance from behind, that was bad idea since before he could even touch him Vance turned around and landed one straight punch to temple, the thud of that man hitting the ground hitting the ground was something harrowing. In the same motion, he sent one of his knees to the ruffian head who still attached to the ground. Now keep in mind this whole sequence happened in less than 5 seconds, the remaining robber stood there speechless, ¡°Listen, sir, we mean no more trouble, just let us live¡± he pleaded ¡°No worries but If I ever see you again, I¡¯ll turn you into monster meat¡±, Vance said not even sparring him a glace as he retrieved his gizmo from the now unconscious man ¡°Alex, we¡¯re leaving¡±, Vance yelled I Followed and hopped on the carriage as we took off ¡°That took some mighty fine guts to stand up to a group of men like that¡±, The bastard was watching the whole time. ¡°I¡¯m used to it, so why didn¡¯t you interfere earlier?¡±, I asked ¡°Wanted to see how you¡¯d manage¡± ¡°And?¡± ¡°Short answer is you need training, in fact I don¡¯t even know if training you like a ratfrog on sniffer will help but I¡¯ll try¡± ¡°What¡¯s a ratfrog?¡± ¡°Little demons that eat your crops, seemingly never-ending energy, and they always come in packs,¡± he said, tightening his grip on his rains. The carriage came to a stop, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±, I asked ¡°Get off, your training starts now¡±, he responded ¡°What do you mean now¡± ¡°Well, if you can¡¯t even beat those 4 idiots in a fight you shouldn¡¯t be walking so get up¡±, Vance grabbed the back of my shirt, lifted me with one hand, and tossed off the wagonIf you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. ¡°You better stick with the carriage, otherwise the wolve¡¯s might get you¡±, his voice was becoming softer as the carriage left, he was serious. Cue me running as hard as I could for the next hour, luckily the sadistic fecker stopped every now and then ¡°You mentioned you did some training in the castle, I expected you to be fitter. Prepare yourself, kid, we¡¯ve only just begun¡±, he yelled out of the carriage as we approached the homestead Agility increased by 1 My lungs feel like they''re on fire! ¡°Good work kid, wash up, go read that book, I¡¯ll be testing you on the next chapter tomorrow¡±, Vance grabbed some crates off the back of the carriage and went inside his house I hate him sometimes, okay most of the time. ¡°Hey Grimmel, missed you too boy¡±, the little guy ran up to me and jumped into my arm. I walked over to the well carrying grimmel\ Sniff sniff ¡°Damn, Grimmel, you stink! Well, guess that means it¡¯s time for a wash for you too boy¡±, I brought up a bucket, picked up Grimmel, and dunked him in the tub. He stared at me as I scrubbed him down, I could almost tell what he was thinking. Probably something like, ¡°I¡¯m only putting up with this because I like you¡±, those were what his eyes were saying. I washed myself off, the cold water stinging me as usual, ¡°Nice and clean¡± I sat down and opened the book, something felt off, I just could not relax. I looked around the room and saw it, the helmet Vance bought for me sat there staring at me, I felt¡­exposed, is that the right word? I picked it the helmet and put it on, my anxiety disappeared, I guess being hit in the alley did mess me up. I cracked and began reading, ¡°Now that we have covered the basics of gear and cogs we will now learn how to implement magic stones into our designs¡±, interesting. The book went on to describe how synergists can link the two so that the gears are powered by the stones, ¡°If a link is not performed correctly stone can abruptly erupt¡±, good to know. There was a total of one page about the topic before it switched back to the usual formulas and theory, it is going to be a long night. I looked down and saw Grimmel snuggled up in my lap, ¡°lucky bastard, acts cute and receives food and attention.
¡°Rise and shine, ya little ratfrog!¡±, Vance was screaming at me ¡°I¡¯m giving you 5 seconds¡­.you know what you should be awake by now¡±, Vance grabbed my ankle and dragged me out of my haystacks, Grimmel was still sleeping on my lap peacefully. ¡°What¡¯s going on!¡±, I screamed like a helpless ratfrog, I don¡¯t even know what that is but it felt appropriate at the moment. ¡°You wanted me to train you, well, this is what you get, say hello to my Vance¡¯s very own extraordinary training program!¡±, The bastard yelled out Grimmel finally woke up and jumped off me, he simply just trodded behind as I wrestled for my freedom. He brought me to a table with some gears on it and a blueprint. ¡°Create this machine¡±, he commanded me I stood up wiping the dirt off me, ¡°How?¡±, these blueprints might as well be gibberish, the technical jargon, was something, to say the least. ¡°You build it that¡¯s how¡±, he was serious as usual, does he even what sarcasm is? Probably not. ¡°What ar you waiting for get to work!¡±, he yelled I hastily grabbed some gears and scanned the blueprints, this a a gear with ratio of 0.6 and it should be placed here Connection attempted¡­fail ¡°Wrong, take a lap around the farm¡± ¡°What, how does that have anything to do with gears¡±, I retorted ¡°Did I stutter, okay, let me say that again, run or either I dump you back in the woods¡±, he have the nicest most gentlemanly smile you¡¯ve ever seen but there was truth those words, and I didn¡¯t want to find out how much there was. ¡°Let¡¯s do this¡±, I said with a sigh as I started my first lap of probably many Chapter 18: Training ¡°Wrong again, give me 20¡±, Vance said as he sipped away at his, I don¡¯t even remember him having tee, where did he get that from? ¡°All the way down¡±, after he made me run till I dropped he finally realized that having me run the whole time wasn¡¯t sustainable so he switched to push-ups as he¡¯s punishment. skill acquired: Gear building lv1¡úTick, tock the gears go on the clock. You have the ability to build machines with gears I managed to obtain the building skill, although it didn¡¯t seem to help me much as I was still doing push-ups. I stood up, sweat dripping from my forehead and picked the gears, please work this time, I grabbed some tools and went for it Connection attempted¡­.success Simple machine made__quality: bad I did it! ¡°Finally!¡±, I swung my hands up in celebration Clap clap ¡°Took you long enough, I was expecting this to take a few days so this is a pleasant surprise¡±, he took the final sip of his tea ¡°Does this mean I finally get to rest?¡±, I asked on the verge of falling over ¡°Why not?, just make sure you¡¯re ready for tomorrow, training is going to be a tough one¡±, That feckin smile, I hate it. ¡°Thank you, master¡± I walked away scanning my stat screen¡­never seen that icon before Skill level up!!! Gear building lv1¡úlv2 You gain the ability to craft common machines Conditions met¡­.Crafting skill lv1¡úlv2 Crafting skill scales with other skills Woodworking lv1¡úlv2 Reached Level three skills to lv3 to obtain the Crafting skill level I read the screen, blinked, and reread it, this is big. I felt the ends of my lips curl, so all my crafting skills would level up. I need to test this, I ran to Vance and asked for a sowing kit, and he begrudgingly gave it to me after I pleaded that I would be forced to run around naked if i didn¡¯t fix my clothes. Okay let''s do this Sowing attempted¡­success Usually, that doesn¡¯t happen on the first try, maybe because fixing a rip isn¡¯t so hard? Sowing attempted¡­success Sowing attempted¡­success Sowing attempted¡­success Skill acquired: Sowing lv1 Sowing: Gain the ability to mend, craft and change fabrics Due to crafting skill, the sowing level is correlated to crafting level Sowing lv1¡úlv2
Name Alex
Health: Stamina 20 5
Race Otherwordler Racial ability: As an otherworlder you are not know to this worlds way, due to this you need to level up fast in the hopes that you don¡¯t die, due to this it¡¯s dangerous to go alone so take this: learn skills at an exceptionally fast rate
Class Craftsmen
Lv 1Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.
Stats: Strength Agility Intelligence Dexterity Constitution Perception Wisdom Luck 6 4 11 4 5 15 5 1
Skills Language comprehension lvMax Dagger skills lv1 Pocket sand lv2 Bare-handed fighting lv2 Crafting lv2 Woodworking lv2 Eye of a craftsmen Makers own Gear building lv2 Sowing lv2
It¡¯s right there in the stat sheet, I¡¯m not hallucinating. I walked over to the torture center Vance set up and began working on the blueprints Connection attempted¡­.failed ¡°Come on¡±, even though it failed it felt like my hands just knew where to go, atlease in theory they did, practically not so much Connection attempted¡­.failed ¡°One more¡±, I was getting close Connection attempted¡­.success Simple machine made__quality: common And so the crafting spree began, I flipped through the book to more complex designs and went for it. Connection attempted¡­.failed Connection attempted¡­.failed Connection attempted¡­.success Simple machine made__quality: common
Vance walked outside to go wake his apprentice, throwing open the barn doors, he took a gasp of air ready to scream at the top of his lungs to his apprentice. ¡°Interesting?¡±, the apprentice didn¡¯t happen to be here Grimmel ran up to him, ¡°Where¡¯s your owner boy¡±. Arf Arf ¡°I¡¯m going to take that as you know where and you¡¯ll show me where he went¡±, the wolf ran as Vance said that Vance followed the wolf until he came upon a peculiar site, his apprentice was asleep on the ground surrounded by parts Vance hit his foot on one of the mechanisms and looked down. ¡°The kid built all this, this something that would take beginner hours to do, I thought it was impressive that he was able to build his first machine so quickly but to do all this¡±, Vance stared in amazement at what his apprentice had built. He would never admit that though He walked up to his sleeping apprentice, reached into his dimensional bag pulled out a bucket filled with water, and threw it toward his apprentice
¡°Ahhh, why would you do that you sadistic feck¡±, I screamed the ice-cold water covered me ¡°Oh look at you with that mouth, how can you be so mean when this was all that you could build, if this were me I would have done triple this, looks like I¡¯ll have to increase your training¡± I may have made a grave mistake ¡°Follow me, today''s lesson is going to be fun I promise¡± ¡°I¡¯m going to die¡±, I hung my head down as I followed him We walked into his workshop where there was some parchment, pens and blocks of iron sitting on the table ¡°How much do you know about transmutation?¡±, Vance asked me ¡°The ability to change iron to gold, stuff like that¡±, I answered ¡°That is a going theory that it¡¯s possible but I doubt it is, but no transmutation is the ability to manipulate objects, namely metals and stones, with magic to change their shape without changing the objects¡­.nature, if that makes sense¡±, Vance said picking up some paper and placing it on one of the objects He then reached out his hand and said, ¡°Transmute¡±, the symbol on the parchment glowed, and the same one appeared in front of his hand floating in the sky and in a brink of an eye the iron ingot turned into some screws, gears, and other bobbles ¡°Now your turn, grab some paper and follow my instruction¡±, he said sitting down I followed suite ¡°Okay, step 1, the center, this indicates what type of spell you¡¯ll perform, this is the transmute symbol¡± It was an hour glass symbol, I expected it be something more crafty I guess ¡°The hourglass symbolizes the time we spent in our craft, without the will to dedicate yourself to a skill, it will ultimately be useless to even attempt it¡±, he said drawing symbols around He went on to describe how each ring adds some special features, and how if you place more intricate designs the product will be more precise but will cost more mana. After we had finished drawing he handed me an Iron ingot Eye of craftsmen used Iron ingot: A simple ingot made of 97% Iron: Quality: good ¡°The higher the quality the easier it is to translate, but skilled craftsmen should be able to perform transmute on any piece of ore.¡± I placed the piece of paper on the iron ingot Holding out my hand, ¡°Transmute¡±, it felt strange, like stamina was being zapped from my body, Vance said the reason we use parchment was to control how much mana leaves our body and if we didn¡¯t we could lose control of the spell which would lead to our ¡°so unfortunate demise¡±, his words not mine Mana used 5 Total mana:45 Skill acquired: Transmute lv1 Transmute: Gain the ability to manipulate an objects form Due to crafting skill, the transmute skill level is correlated to crafting level Transmute lv1¡úlv2 Transmute lv2: Gain the ability to create more complex shapes The block split perfectly in two ¡°Good work, now I want you to do that until you reach level 2, it should take you about 2 to 3 days if we take into account mana drainage¡±, Vance said preparing to leave ¡°I sorta already reached level 2¡±, I stated ¡°How in the¡­¡±, Vance stared at me in awe