《Re: Hacker [Dropped]》 Prolouge : My name is Sendo Hutchings, most people just call me Sendo. I am currently a student in college. Who is average at pretty much everything apart from computer hacking. I had a passion for hacking things when I was as little as four years old. I was lucky to have a computer at that age. My passion for hacking could have left me in serious trouble if I were unlucky. I have moved past all that and decided to become a pen tester and avoid the unethical side of hacking. All that aside I am also a huge gaming fanatic currently addicted to a MMORPG called Fantasy Online. Despite having very little free time with my part-time job as well as my workload from college I still manage to play. I am currently on the college bus sat alone in the back like usual. I manage to watch the road through the front window to avoid falling asleep on the journey. I notice a car swerving left and right struggling to drive in a straight line like an overweight tightrope walker. "Watch out!" I scream as the poor excuse of a car swerves into the side of the bus. I swear it was deliberate, the coach hits the side of a fence. The only thing between me and the large drop was this fence?! That was so easily hit. For fuck sake what have I ever done to deserve this? The driver attempts to stay on the road however due to the bus being hit it was pushed into the wrong lane. The traffic pours into the side of the bus, like a stampede ramming into it, with no sign of stopping. It gets assaulted by the constant flow of cars. The bus stands no chance. It rolls over, falling to my certain death I manage to scream my last words for everyone to hear, hoping that someone was listening. The majority of the other students were unconscious, probably due to the shock of this whole thing, or damage from the impact of the traffic. "I don''t give a fuck whose up there God? Buddha? whoever the fuck just give me another chance, I barely experienced anything in this life, I''m still a virgin for fuck sake." After the remaining curse words left my mouth I was enveloped in darkness. I instinctively yelp out in pain preparing myself for the worse. I slowly open my eyes, surprised at the lack of pain after the fall, only to notice that I was surrounded by darkness. Pure darkness. I have never experienced anything like this before. Where am I? Am I alive? I can''t be dead, I can still think. shaking off those thoughts I peer down to look at where my hands were supposed to be, but nothing. I had no body, I guess I was just a fucking floating head. "What the fuck am I a bobble head now or something?" I shouted somewhat amused at my own joke. "PLEASE REFRAIN FROM SUCH LANGUAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF A GOD!" Bellowed a deep male voice.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. "What? who''s there?" I asked knowing full well I would not get an answer. "I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE YOU A SECOND CHANCE FROM THE HIGHER UPS!" The voice bellowed again obviously ignoring my question. "Can I at least have my body back? Where the fuck am I?" I screamed ignoring the warning about my language, what can this so-called God do, I was already flung off a cliff for fuck sake. *Poof* I was returned to normal, well somewhat normal I still had a large cut on my leg and chest and a sharp pain in my head. I assumed this was because of the crash I experienced. "LANGUAGE!" the voice uttered feeling stupid from saying the word. "Shit sorry," I said attempting to be funny. "Can you heal my wounds, please? It''s hard to focus, this constant pain in my darn head isn''t getting any better" I ask attempting to sound sincere. *Poof* Finally, I was back to normal. Now just the fact that I''m in a dark room with a voice that claimed to be a god was off. Ah well, progress was progress. "DESPITE THE ABSURDITY OF THE ORDER, I HAVE BEEN TASKED TO ASSIST YOU IN REINCARNATION TO ANOTHER WORLD. WITH A SKILL OF YOUR CHOOSING!" The voice thundered into my ear drums clearly stating that he was angry with me or somewhat jealous of how the "higher-ups" regarded me. Was this due to my last-minute pleading to the Gods? After a discussion with myself, I came to the solid conclusion that I have no fucking clue. I jolted my head back to see a computer screen with a long list of skills. At the top of the screen, there was an entry box where I could search skills which I assumed was to save people from scrolling down a whole bunch of skill they deemed useless. Instinct kicked in and I tried a simple SQL injection attack ignoring the fire magic, necromancy skills and what not. Laughing at myself for trying such a thing in front of a so-called God, I noticed something change on the screen. Did it work? I asked myself eagerly waiting for what would happen next. The whole screen was enveloped with green text on a black background. Fucking typical I muttered to myself in somewhat shock as to what was happening. The entire screen kept flashing, each flash was a different color eventually showing a full rainbow of colors. The other skills started fading away until all that was left was a single skill. ¡ºLegendary Hacking Skill - At low levels of this legendary skill you are granted the ability to steal peoples skills with a 20% chance of success, or a 100% chance of success if you attempt to steal just before the death of the victim or upon the consumption of the dead victim. The details of the high levels of this skill are unknown.¡» Without a moment''s hesitation, I selected this skill and relayed my choice to the loud voice that claimed to be a God. "INTERESTING CHOICE, I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS SKILL. I MUST HAVE MISSED IT. AS WELL AS THE SKILL YOU, ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ANALYSE ANYTHING YOU SEE FIT, DUE TO THIS BEING A TRAIT OF THOSE WHO HAVE REINCARNATED TO OTHER WORLDS. I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK, SENDO!" The voice bellowed. The voice assaulted my eardrums, I knew full well this was his intention but he seemed somewhat at ease. I still cannot make sense of what is happening around me is this really real? Or am I just dreaming inside a coma? Once again I came to the conclusion that I have no fucking clue! I thought to myself as I slowly faded out of consciousness. Chapter 1 : Slave My head was pounding, my eyes refused to open. I could feel every part of my body aching, I struggled to focus and bring myself to open my eyes. "Wake up human." grunted a voice as spit flew out of its mouth. Sendo could feel his cold spit sliding down his face, with disgust Sendo opened his eyes and jolted up right despite the pain he felt across his body and wiped the spit from his face in an instant. "He''s up." said a calm voice who was struggling to pronounce the words he was speaking. Two of them were tall and muscular with hunting gear attached to their belts, their skin was a dark muddy green. You could tell just from a quick glance that they were not friendly. The other green creature was very short and his skin was a lighter green, its ears were very large and it had a quiver with some arrows on his back. Before Sendo could react he was surrounded by the 3 green creatures and thrown to the floor. "Calm down." whispered the same calm voice. Sendo could not fight them off him he had to stop or he would be killed. "Get off me, I''m calm what do you want with me?" Sendo said holding back his eagerness to attack. "Calm down. We don''t want to hurt you." said another voice, deeper than the last. "Why would we hurt our own slave?" sniggered the calm voice. Am I a slave? I need to escape from this place, looking around Sendo tried to find an exit however the creatures still had him surrounded. He would have to wait for an opening. Or make one himself. Sendo remembered the skills he had and analyzed the creatures in front of him. ¡ºName: Gathor Race: Orc Skills: Blood lust Level 1 (12/20) Spear Level 2 (20/50) Rough Skin Level 3 (5/100) Leadership Level 2 (5/50) Special Skills : Orcs Rage Level 2 (10/50)¡» ¡ºName Kundor Race: Orc Skills: Spear Level 1 (15/20) Cooking Level 3 (60/100)¡» ¡ºName: Gallom Race: Goblin Skills: Archery Level 2 (40/50) Trading Level 1 (5/20) Perception Level 2 (10/50)¡» Orcs and Goblins just like in Fantasy MMO?! "You alive buddy?" questioned Kundor which I assumed was the cook of this group. "Uhh Yeah sorry, what do you mean I''m a slave?" I parried hoping I simply misheard them." "I can see you are new around here, my hunting party just happened to stumble across a lowly human and we thought you would be a perfect fit to be our porter." Gathor sniggered clearly showing he was the alpha of the group. "Porter? like, carry around your shit?" I said trying to confirm my knowledge from Fantasy MMO.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. "Exactly, you are smarter than I thought lad." Gallom the goblin said while taking down his hood showing his face to reveal a huge nose and a scarred face. Okay, I am in no position to beat them right now Sendo thought using analyze on himself. The pain he felt across his body seemed to have faded. ¡ºName: Sendo The Great Race: Human Legendary Skills: Hacking Level 1 (0/20)¡» Sendo The Great? This was my username for Fantasy MMO. If I knew this would be my name I would have just chosen Sendo. All I have is my hacker skill I need to stick with this group until I slowly take their skills and am able to overthrow them. "Here ya go," Gathor said handing me a filled backpack. I put the backpack on and was shocked by the weight of the thing. No wonder they want a porter. If I remember correctly I can steal skills from people who are alive with a 20% chance. I thought of activating the skill and tried to steal Gathor''s blood lust skill. I closed my eyes and I could see thousands of green characters of data being transferred to me. I was stealing it! A split second later the characters changed to a red color and my eyes opened. ¡ºNormal Skill Steal Failed: Cool Down 1 Day¡» That was my new skill? I have never seen anything like that before, it was like I was stealing the very data that made up the orc. I need to learn more about my skill. A one-day cooldown? I have to remember to try this every day. The group started walking into the forest moving their hands signaling me to follow. The first thing we came across was a skunk like a creature. I analyzed it as soon as we saw it. ¡ºRace: Skick Skills: Stealth Level 1 (5/20) Strong Appetite Level 2 (20/50)¡» A second later the goblin knocked an arrow and shot the Skick. The leader orc drew his spear and stabbed the Skick in the head, just before the blow landed I was able to activate the hacking skill. I saw the green characters again and this time the characters flowed towards me at lightning speed. ¡ºBefore Death Skill Steal Success:¡» ¡ºSkill Strong Appetite gained.¡» After the notification disappeared the Skick was dead. "Nice one boys," the cook said with a fat grin on his face. It worked, I stole the skill. Once again finding the process in doing so, awesome. ¡ºSkill Name: Strong Appetite Summary: This skill allows the user to eat anything he pleases, the higher level the skill the faster it is to digest anything eaten without consequence and make the taste somewhat bearable.¡» I see that I only get one skill per steal. However, I remember that if I consume the dead creature I should get all the skills it possessed. This goes hand and hand with my new skill. I wonder if I can get abilities from eating plants and whatever my new skill will let me. I analyzed myself once again. ¡ºName: Sendo The Great Race: Human Skills: Strong Appetite Level 2 (20/50) Legendary Skills: Hacking Level 1 (6/20)¡» 6/20 on my hacking skill? This must mean that I gain one point for a failed steal and 5 for a successful one, I will need to test this further. The group started walking away leaving the Skick where it died. "Hey, do you mind if I eat this?" I questioned praying for the chance to test my theory. "They taste like shit, but if you are that hungry go ahead just keep up." One of the orcs said in shock at my request. I grabbed the body of the animal and started stuffing it into my face while following them behind. I struggled to eat it but it didn''t taste that bad despite it being raw. This must be due to my new skill. After a whole ten minutes, I finally finished the body. I ate every ounce of it including the fur. It felt like I was absorbing the data this time. Instead of stealing it. ¡ºAfter Death Steal Success:¡» ¡ºSkill Stealth gained.¡» It worked. My plan would work. I will gain as many skills as I can from stealing the skills from the creatures we hunt. if lucks on my side I would also steal some skills from the orcs and goblin. Then my victory should be ensured, I can take all their remaining skills, becoming free and with a bunch of new skills at my disposal. I had no time to think about how I got here or why I''m here. I can do all that crap after I free myself. We continue to travel through the forest towards the orcs camp. I thought the group was treating me better than I thought they would. That was until we arrived at the camp.