《The Galaxy's Unrelenting Force》 Prolude Elijah woke up with a groan, his body thoroughly exhausted. Last night really had been quite the nightmare to say the least. His mind was reeling; he stood up and slowly stumbled to his desk and grabbed himself a pill of aspirin and some amphetamine (legally acquired as he did actually suffer from ADHD). Swallowing those down with some water which he had left out the night before, he started slowly massaged his temples with his fingers. The one responsible for this unusually harsh morning was none other than his lovely roommate who had taken the liberty of coming home, for a lack of better word, shitfaced and making quite the ruckus. Normally Elijah didn''t seem to mind living with Alex, they had after all been best friends since their childhood so of course it was only natural that they both lived together when they were taking their masters. Normally Elijah would handle, and to an extend accept, this kind of attitude, it was after all a weekend and weekends were made for enjoyment. He did after all try his best to live by the saying his parents always said ''''One must first provide, then enjoy''''. This simply meant if you worked hard and provided for yourself and/or your family/loved ones be it test results, money, fame or whatever you worked hard for then and only then could you take time off and truly enjoy life. The problem this time was a big exam was rapidly approaching and abruptly waking up your roommate after a hard day of studying, for said exam, and yelling ''''DUUUDE you have to try this new kebab man'''', was in fact not accepted. At leash Elijah had tried to instill his parents saying into Alex, and it was painfully obvious he did not take that particular saying to hearth. Elijah actually felt pretty sorry for Alex; he really was a kind person who actually took great care of his friends. Problem was Alex had dropped out from the university and was actually quite lost in life from an outside perspective, and undoubtedly he himself was a little depressed and lonely. This was not the lonely where you actually was literally alone, but more the lonely where u ''''felt'''' alone, be it in life, the grand scheme of things or the universe. It could easily be seen as well, his former good physique was redused to a chubby 21 year old guy who hadn''t taken care of either his mind or body. The eyes that burned with his dark mahogany brown glow was now dim and almost devoid of life. To say he was a shell of his former self would be an understatement, at least he had a low paying job and did occasionally spend time at the local gym. How long that would last was a mystery in of itself, and many of his friends felt sorry for him. After all he was always the funny cheerful guy who cared more for others than himself, if he was not shitfaced that is, so seeing him going down this downwards spiral was indeed a sad sight to behold. Elijah himself also thought it was a rather sad sight to behold if he were to be honest, not that he didn''t try and help, but even he had his limits. And those limits had been reached! To say this was the first time he had been woken up in the middle of the night to attend a ''''adventure'''' or taste ''''This godly kebab'''' would be an understatement. The time to hold back was definitely over, making some tough love deliverance was necessary. Elijah quickly put on some new clothes and walked into the kitchen. He did note that it was still dark outside, but paid it little attention. Actually he was quite furios, which he never got, and walked straight into the room adjacent to the kitchen not minding the completely dark sky. Next thing a bystander could hear would be a hard thud as Elijah flipped the mattress where Alex was sleeping, marking the sudden awakening of one hungover and rather annoyed Alex. He of course blissfully unaware what a total dick he had been just some 3 hours ago. ''''Dude what fuck are you doing?!'''' Alex shouted with some slurred speech all while trying to get up from his own filthy floor, that was in quite the mess. One could see dirty clothes and empty cans all over the place, further hammering home the fact his life indeed was spiraling out of control. ''''I''m usually calm Alex but this has to stop! Do you even remember what the fuck you did last night!? I really fucking doubt it, as you never do.'''' Elijah was visibly shaking, not with anger alone as one might easily think, but more a combination of stress, pitty, sadness and of course anger. ''''Hey dude, I really am sorry, i promise i wi-'''' ''''NO! THIS IS WHERE YOU SHUT IT! this is what you say every damn time. it has to stop, you are either finding a new roommate after the summer or you are getting your life together or i swear to god i will throw you out!'''' Not even being able to finish his sad apology Alex could do nothing but shutting his mouth to the command and listen. ''''Now you know ur like my brother Alex, really i do care for you, but you gotta get it together man.'''' Elijah finished berating him and waited a little to let hiswords sink in. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. Alex, visibly shaken by Elijah''s unusual display of authority and ''''kind words'''', could do little but whimper at his own life. He did see his point quite clearly, and understood he had done something last night. Realizing he was about to cry out of pity for himself he tried to further hide his shame, in the form of lowering his head, letting the tears flow and waiting for Elijah to further berate him about life. Just as Elijah opened his mouth to speak and Alex looked up his entire vision became a dark blood red and his brain was made aware of a jolting pain, unlike anything he had ever experienced. Creeping up from where his legs were, or rather where his legs would be. Alex could do little but faint as the last thing he saw was something blue floating in his mind before he passed out.
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You have been dismembered. -90HP. You are bleeding to death wounds cauterized, bleeding stopped.
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Name Alexander Lie Name Value Name Value Name Level Progress
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Sex Male #EROR!"#E() #EROR!"#E() #EROR!"#E() #EROR!"#E()
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STA 100/100 (+1.0/sec) #EROR!"#E() #EROR!"#E() #EROR!"#E() #EROR!"#E()
HP 10/100 (+10.0/hr) #EROR!"#E() #EROR!"#E() #EROR!"#E() #EROR!"#E()
MP 100/100 (+10.0/hr) #EROR!"#E() #EROR!"#E() #EROR!"#E() #EROR!"#E()
Desperation Alex woke up in complete darkness. How long had it been? Where was he? Why couldn''t he feel his legs? As if the whole world came crashing down reality hit him with a major slap in the face. Taking in his surroundings, or lack thereof, Alex tried getting up when he realised his legs where completely gone from just just over his knees. All he could see was some blue screens floating in his vision like it was the most natural thing in the world. He scrolled through the notifications, noticing he actually didn''t have to use his hands, which was a good thing because all his energy was depleted and he really just felt like dying. He could summarize that the world indeed was not the same as he was lead to believe. The world had gone completely to shit was all his mind could focus on at the moment. Calming himself down, well as calm one could be in a hellhole, he once again focused on the more recent notifications.
You have been spawned in the dungeon maze [Nivlheim].
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Compensating.. Please stand by.
Distributing compensation. . . Congratulations you have been awarded the ability to choose 3 personal items to keep from your previous world. Congratulations you have learned the skill [Silent Casting]. Congratulations you have learned the skill [Lumos]. Congratulations you have learned the skill [Appraisal]. All previously locked attribute descriptions have been unlocked.
Stopping at the first notification that actually seemed to be useful, and dismissing the rest for the time being, he wondered how in the fuck he was supposed to choose 3 random items from his belongings and why that even was necessary. He then realised he actually wasn''t wearing any clothes, feeling the cold and pretty solid ground underneath him. ''''FUCK!! You think this is some kind of joke?!'''' He yelled out to no one in particular. ''''Just you wait I will fucking bash your skull in with a baseball bat if i ever find out who you are!''''. Being angry was a clear understatement, the ones responsible for fucking up his life like this would surely pay, not that his life was that all great for the time being, but that was not problem.
Congratulations you have chosen the uncommon item [Baseball Bat].
Alex just stared at the notification dumbfounded. Being reminded that this was all real hit him once again, not that he would forget, but the feeling of a baseball bat hitting him square in the forehead sure helped. He really didn''t mind the choiche of the baseball bat, what he did mind however was the fact that said baseball bat, without warning, had just spawned right over his head. Seeing as he was lying down it sort of made sense, but that didn''t help making his mood better. Being as paranoid as he always had a baseball bat under his bed, and for the first time he would actually get to use it, albeit not the way no sane person would think of. ''''No no, focus Alex, what else do we need..? Ah!'''' Focusing on the task at hand he once again focused. He actually felt like he was cheating, coming from Norway not many people played american football, but he, he did.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.
Congratulations you have chosen the uncommon item [American Football Armor].
Now for the last item he wanted, well that was easy. The first aid kit he, and any responsible person for that matter, had in the medicine closet at home. Well not his per se, but he shared it with his roommate and he was the one who bought it after all so it was good enough for this wicked system.
Congratulations you have chosen the common item [First aid kit].
He had actually made these two decisions right after one another, and being a little out of it to put it lightly both of the items popped into existence right over his head. ''''Well that one is on me i guess..'''' He said, not being able to blame the system this time around for his silly mistake. Trying to collect his thoughts again he moved on to the next step, figuring out what the fuck he was supposed to do that was. He figured he could check out what those spells he got awarded did, but how was he supposed to even do that? Remembering how he actually didn''t have to do anything special, besides focusing, to get the notifications to move along he came to the conclusion focusing on those weird spell names would be enough. Well two of them were pretty easy to understand, after all what boy hadn''t played some games when he was little. Seeing appraisal and silent casting he was quite sure those did exactly as one would expect so he moved over to lumos, at least knowing it had to do be something about light, right?
[Lumos] Description: Cast a ball of light that will shine and illuminate your surroundings. Type: Active. Activation time: instant. Cost: 10mp. Range: Self. Effects: Upon activation a small ball of light will follow you around for 10min. Duration will improve by 10min per level of this skill.
Wasting no time he cast the spell, not wanting to be in complete darkness any longer, figuring that he would only need to focus on the spellname since he had the silent casting spell available. Opening his eyes he could see a ball of dark red light hovering over him. Wait that wasn''t right, why was his vision all red? Using the little energy he had left he cleared his eyes from the strange liquid in them. Being able to see he took in his surroundings, which wasn''t much at first glance, as he expected he was in some form of dark cave. He turned his head to see that a small opening into the cave was visible over what seemed to be some form of opening over a small puddle of water, well at least he thought that, but he couldn''t be sure, seeing as he was lying down on the ground and barely able to move. The cave also seemed to be some 2 meters high and a couple of rocs were littered all over the place, and there just in a pile of rocks next to the puddle of water was a small blue transparent ball about 10cm in diameter. Well that had to wait for the next thing he saw when he tried to look at his feet made his heart sink deep into his chest, and reality for that matter as well. Ignoring the fact his legs were gone, he could see that he was not as alone as one might think. It would seem he not only had spawned in a dungeon, but the reason his legs were gone were made abundantly clear as well. Not only had he spawned in a damn dungeon, the reason his legs were missing was because he had been brought here with his legs cut clean off by him spawning with them inside the wall. At least he was lucky enough that the system had taken the liberty of cauterizing his wounds, not that he had the capacity to think about such matters for the time being. ''''HAHAHAH guess it is a silver lining too everything huh?'''' was the last words he spoke before his mind collapsed and he once again fainted. Because the last thing he saw was not his missing legs but rather that Elijah were missing half his body, from being spawned with his right side in the wall, and the reason he was seeing red at the start of all this was not because of some strange liquid, but rather that Elijah''s blood had sprayed all over his face. Fading into darkness the last thought that escaped his mind was simply ''''well fuck''''. Rebirth ''''HA, hahah ha ha ha'''' My sanity is almost completely gone. Feeling myself being severely hungry and parched, I have probably been laying on the ground for 6-7 hours not moving. Actually this is the first time I have been thinking of bodily needs. For crying out loud this world just simply is not fair. To say I had seen some shit in my life would be an understatement, first i would be beaten at school, then i would be beaten at home, a couple of years of that and add a little bit of severe depression, manic thoughts and bottled up emotions with a hint of rage one could easily say I had lived a second-rate life. Almost like God had went to the supermarket and bought a budget life and given it to a random baby. And now? Well now my roommate missed half his body, i missed my legs, had no idea where i was and all i had to my name was some, frankly speaking, useless items i had spawned on a whim. ''''HahahahhahaHAHAHAHA'''' laughing once more i decided God, well God was a cruel being. So feeling my sanity slipping more i decided to change. First, I will resent myself. I will take what it means to be human and twist it to my liking. Helplessly lying down in this hole, seeing Elijah dead, realising many, many of my friends will also be dead. I reject it, i reject my previous life, i reject this system, i reject my inability to do anything. Secondly is Power, everything comes down to power. With power one can do anything. With power you can change what you don''t like, make the things you don''t like and force it into something that you yourself find acceptable. So how can i acquire power? Well it''s simple, is it not? I already had skills and with that in mind only a fool would not realise that not growing your own skills into more powerful versions of themselves and acquiring new ones would be the right course of action. Well i guess i shouldn''t forget the most important thing with power; with enough power I shall tear this damn system and those responsible into submission and force it to my liking. The simple fact i spawned the way i did shows me a simple truth; God, well god is not all powerful, not even all good. It also showed me the one (or ones as I can not confrim otherwise) controlling the system did not in fact have full control over it, making me believe I should be able to subdue the system to my own will. This being a goal far, far into the future. And lastly, I will cast aside my own life, my own being and be reborn. I will rise from this wretched dungeon, even if I have to crawl I will escape, and enact vengeance upon those i seem fit. I will be an unrelenting force. A judge, a jury and an executioner of those deserving, but also to be a beacon for the human race moving forward. Gathering the ones i can find and establish our race; our race will be on the top. Feeling a cool calm wash over my mind i refocused, having my long and short term goals set for myself i would engrave them into my very being. Making myself a mental note of the 3, well 3 mantras I guess, and checking them over I confirm my own resolve and start thinking of a way out of this hell ho-
Congratulations you have found your resolve, found your calling, found your path forward. The system rewards those of you who seeks power, wealth, peace, war and everything between Heaven and Hell; as long as you will something enough the system will provide. Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.Being the [5th] of your race to Make your own unique path to power you have been awarded with 50 power points. Congratulations the power node [Power of the Phoenix] have been unlocked
Well, now this is an interesting development. Power points? Power nodes? And this node called power of the phoenix seems to be some part of the system that i were unaware of. At least this gives me information. Firstly i have skills, skills well those are simply put magick. No way around it, being able to call forth a ball of illuminating light is magick. Perhaps there are different types of skills like maybe throwing, fitness, sprint or stuff like that? Hmm, impossible to know or confirm at this time I guess, will have to wait. Secondly is that the systems seems to be some form entity or power that operates on its own, rewarding people for their struggles, simply put it is fair. Does that mean that it was random, all this suffering has been for naught? All these lives that have undoubtedly been ended by the system was not on the whim of some god? No, no I can not accept that; something like this does not simply come into being, there has to be some form of oversight, some form of administrator or entity that made this. At least something that made the system as accessible as it is now with language filters and the error messages earlier dictates that it does have bugs in it; meaning someone made this or took control of it and did not do a good job at it. Lastly it would that, call it what you want, meaning, a strong image or simply the will of mind can bend the world and give you power. A proof of this was the fact i got those paths, but also the name of this dungeon. I mean Nivlheim is literally taken out from Norse mythology, meaning that this dungeon was created the moment i spawned and took a name i would recognize, even taking the liberty of taking a name from my home country.
Congratulations Wisdom + 1
Well, this is interesting. Would seem stats also exist huh? Well to be expected I guess with all the crazy shit happening as of late. Also this confirms my hypotheses, seeing as the system actually took into account my critical thinking of the situation and awarded me with +1 to wisdom seeing as i thought something, for a lack of better word, wise. This easily confirms other attributes as well, will need to check those out some way as well with the power node stuff. ''''HAHAHAH'''' This truly is crazy. Well guess i can''t complain any longer it is time to move forwar- well crawl forward i guess.. Looking at my 3 mantras one last time i got to work. 1. Resentment - resent yourself, reject everything you don''t like and tear it down. 2. Power- Become the embodiment of power and lay waste to those that dare oppose me. 3. Rebirth - Be reborn from my past life and grow into someone, something new that can accomplish every goal and obstacle in my way and bring forth true Power.