《The Myriad's》 Chapter 1 ~ Third rate web-novel hero ... NO WAY === ??? POV === ¡°Ugh ¡­ my head is killing me¡± Slips out as a groggily sat up and took in my surroundings with blurry eyesight. The first thing I notice is a emerald sky with blue clouds, The second being the soft, bluish brown grass I was laying on. Looking around I see that I am in a roughly circular clearing of around 100 meters, a small sapling with a bluish brown stem and a few leaves of various colours. To my left are towering mountain peaks of Brown with the occasional dark brown and green patches, to my right and behind a vast stretch of forest with a multitude trees and shrubs of different colors with the majority of them being a mix of bluish brown and green with the occasional plant having sections of red and blue. Finally in front of me is a small clear blue lake that is around half the size of the clearing with a river flowing from the direction of the mounting feeding into it and another draining it slightly ahead and to the right. At the bottom of the lake are patches of green and I spot a white shape occasionally. All of this happened in a few seconds and as eyesight clears the colours fade and change to what one would expect with the sky returning to blue and grass to green. Still slightly dazed from what is happening I try and recall what has happend today. = Earlier = Tired from another day of job hunting to little success I started walking home from the nineth unsuccessful interview this week. OK so maybe i should have put more thought into my interview answers but come on, what else or you supposed to answer ¡®What do you think of X Bargin Store¡¯ other than ¡®It''s a cheap shop¡¯? Do they want you to spout nonsense about how they nobley enrich the masses by providing cheap branded goods at a reduced price. Sigh, As I start the 40 minute walk home I stare hatefully at the summer sun and curse it for making my journey home so sweaty and unpleasant. At around 20 minutes into my journey I decide my wallet must make a sacrifice and stop by a gas station to grab a drink. Walking straight to the refrigerator without even a glance at the rest of the store. I look at the selection of drinks and pause, the choice I have to make is one not to be taken lightly. I have been walking and sweating for 20 minutes so ideally a bottle of water would be a good choice, however I just had another disappointing interview so it might be better to treat myself with the more expensive bottle of p*psi. While agonising over such an important decision something happens that makes my choice irrelevant.This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. ¡°NOBODY MOVE¡± Two men can be seen entering the store, both wearing what could even be called the robbers standard with ski masks and winter gloves, one of them is a short skinny guy with a pistol out taking in the surroundings flowed by a hulk of muscle carrying a machete almost growling as he stared at the cashier, on his hip was a duffel bag. Looking round the store, there are only Me, the cashier the two robbers and a beautiful woman in the store. She looked to be around 20 with black hair tied in a loose ponytail that barely reached the lower part of her upper back with hazel coloured eyes and slightly cracked lips, she was tall for a woman at around 5 feet 10 inches with slightly tanned skin. She was wearing a sports bra and shorts that went to mid thigh. She had lean muscles that mode her look strong without taking anything away from her beauty, if anything it enhanced it. It''s probably unimportant but she was at the female hygiene section ¡­ While I was staring at the woman whose face was was slowly turning quite scary the muscular robber gentleman approached the cashier and had a very nice conversation. ¡°PUT THE MONEY IN THE BAG¡± (Muscles) ¡°S..su¡­.sure j..just dont hurt me¡± (Cashier) ¡°Wallet¡± (Skinny) Unnoticed the skinny robber gentleman approached me and asked kindly for some money, of course being the generous person I am I graciously gave him some. ¡°Ugh?¡± ¡°WALLET¡± (Skinny) ¡°Ah umm yes here¡± After my display of kindness the skinny robber gentleman was moved and stopped pointing his gun in my direction and turn his attention to woman in the totally irrelevant female hygiene section. With a lecherous charming smile the skinny robber gentleman move toward her. ¡°HURRY UP¡± (Muscles) ¡°Y..yes¡± (Cashier) Licks lips* ¡°Hello there beauty ¡± (Skinny) ¡°...¡± (Woman) ¡°Hehehe how ¡®bout you come with me and my friend here and I won''t shoot you with this gun hehehe ¡± The skinny robber gentleman with a display that would be written in history books of best pickup lines and get referenced as the how to pick up women for years to come. Of course how could I let such a woman be seduced so brazenly, with the blood rushing to my head I ¡­ =Now= ¡°No way, Did I seriously die like some third rate web-novel hero¡± Chapter 2 ~ Its Irrelevant ===??? POV=== Despairing that I died by such an overused cliche tears poured down my face as I stared at the sky ¡°Why god, WHY? How could I wait ¡­ ¡° I never actually recalled dieing in the gas station. This is kinda embarrassing, I¡¯m not sure whether to laugh or cry, screw it I¡¯ll do both. ¡°WaaaHaWaaaHaWaaaHa¡± not the most elegant of sounds but I¡¯ve done what no novel protagonist has done before. Anyway back to the past. =Earlier= So robberGentleman was threateningflirting with the woman and I was getting reading to be a stupid idiotbeauty saving hero and so. ¡°Heheh UGH cough*¡± (Skinny) The woman knees the skinny robber in the ballsrejects his advances and the proceeds to punch his face repeatedlycheer him up until he is unconsciousfalls asleep due the emotional rollercoaster. The muscle robbergentleman notices his friends predicament Ugh this whole censoring my thought this is taking too much effortrushes over to help him.The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. ¡°YOU BITCH¡± (Muscle) Muscle robber he''s a criminal and this is a shity situation deal with itrushes over with his machete ready for a overhead swing, the woman takes a step forward gives a slight jump to gain momentum and catches the muscle robber in the chin with a high kick causing his eyes to roll up and slump unconscious. The woman then proceeds to go to a corner of the store grap several cable ties. She first ties their arms behind their back then there legs together and to one of the shelves. After which she removes their masks shows there faces to the cctv camera. ¡°Hey you¡± (Woman) ¡°Yes¡± (Cashier) ¡°Call the police¡± (Woman) ¡°Yes Ma¡¯am¡± (Cashier) Stunned into silence by such a display I stare at her in a daze until *pow* my wallet hits me in the nose which results in a brief flash a white in my vision, and a not so brief period of pain while blood pours down my now bruised nose. But now I¡¯m no longer dazed and a wave of fear hits me as my brain starts functioning again. The fear lasts until ¡°i¡¯m sorry¡± the super badass and scary woman takes a one-eighty and gone is the strict, cool beauty whose aura demands obedience and is suddenly replaced with a somewhat meek, somewhat naive childhood friend type girl , which caused my brain to once again shut down. Of course it remains that way until a tissue is thrust in front of of my face. Only after taking the tissue and holding up to my nose do I look at where it came from. The woman that handed it to me has a slight blushed face and I don''t know why until I look at the Irrelevant packet she''s trying to discreetly hide, of course the true form of the tissue is Irrelevant. After a some time of awkwardness I resolve myself to remove this awkward atmosphere. After spending some more time think of what to say. Finally after a few minutes of silence. ¡°Umm ¡°You ¡­.¡± I ¡­¡± I want to cry =Now= ¡°Hahahaha past me is such a loser¡± even if it''s been less than a day since then, I think? Not important. The important thing is I¡¯m pretty sure I died because I dug a hole and buried myself. . Chapter 3 ~ What a sh*tty CHEAT === ??? POV === As you know I have found myself is some forest clearing with no idea how I got here. I¡¯m not jumping to conclusions but I¡¯m pretty sure this is another world. Since this is another world I need to decide if I want to keep my old name or give myself a new one. I always hated my old name but it''s about the only thing I have with me that my parents gave me, but it''s so normal. I think another world should have another worldly name. Hmmm how about Grimsly Shadowborn? Nope way to chuuni. Ahhh I hate names. Leaving that aside, I still don''t know how I got here. =Earlier= So after my quest to grab a drink ended up with two unconscious robbers, an irrelevant ¡®gift¡¯ and the second most awkward moment of my life is thankfully interrupted by a police siren. As both myself and the woman turn to the entrance of the store two policemen can be seen walking in. The first one to walk in is an older man around 35 with an impeccable uniform while the second is younger, around 25 with dyed hair and gives of a lazy air. ¡°Detective¡± (Older) ¡°Yo¡± (Lazy) So imagine my shock when they greet the woman who merely nods her head at them, and walks out the store while leave a few banknotes near the till on the way out. Although thinking back to her combat skills it''s not really that much of a surprise that she is a cop. It''s a shame i didn''t even manage to get her phone number, or her name, or really talk to her at all. While regretting my hesitation the lazy cop walked over to me. A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. ¡°She''s hot isn''t she¡± (Lazy) ¡°What?¡± ¡°The detective, she''s hot right¡± (Lazy) ¡°Y..yeah¡± After seeing I¡¯ve calmed down a bit, ¡°So can you tell me what you witnessed her so i can add it to the record¡± (lazy) After taking my phone number and statement I am escorted from the gas station and sent on my way. After taking a few minutes to think back to the events that happened I feel pissed since I never got my drink. Grumbling to myself and cursing to myself I proceed to walk home. Upon arriving home the first this I did was get that water I wanted. After which I changed into more comfortable clothes and turn on the PC. Finished reading the daily web novel releases I start browsing the internet in boredom when a pop-up appears on screen.
¡°Would you like to enter a New World. Press yes to enter Character creation¡±
¡°Yes/No¡±
Having nothing better to do, I clicked yes and started the character creation. Ignoring the name field for the moment I set my race to Human since my class was Battlemage and Humans had the best racial compatibility with said class. There was no attribute points to select instead I had a long list of perks, of which I could pick two. After spending ages browsing through them and only having there name to make a choice I choose ¡®Increased Awareness¡¯ and ¡®Increased recovery¡¯. Now for the actual character, after spending a few hours creating my character I am finally done. What I designed was a tall man with spiky crimson hair with almost burning crimson eyes, and slightly muscular. Finally the only thing left is to choose a name. =Now= ¡°Ahhh, how could I have been so careless¡± I knew I was slightly out of it after the robbery but how could I have let this happen. I mean come on a suspicious pop-up like that can only be one of two things, malicious software that will destroy my pc of malicious summoning that will destroy my life, the CHEAT wasn''t even that good. Chapter 4 ~ So smart === ??? POV === ¡°Ah that''s right¡± grinning to myself I stand up and rush towards the lake, still slightly disoriented I stumble a few times bur after overcoming such obstacles I reach the lake. Hesitating I slowly lean of the lake with closed eyes, gathering my resolve I look upon what I have become, the spiky crimson hair with almost burning crimson eyes, and slightly muscular build from the character creation, was not there, what I saw was my own regular appearance. ¡°WHY!!!¡± ¡°Will you shut up already¡± (???) Jumping up and almost falling into the lake I quickly turned around, the person who greeted me was ¡­ =Earlier= Finally after several hours of meticulous adjustment and correction I am finally done with my character only left with the name. Looking upon my creation I must chooses a suitable name, thinking hard to myself for a few minutes I do the only thing I can, I tab out and open up a random name generator. Click* ¡°Magma¡± Nope Click* ¡°Metgas¡± Ugh Click*Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon. ¡°Forest Dred¡± Not quite Click* Ah finally a name I can work with Inputting the name and feeling quite satisfied with the result my mouse hovers over the accept button when *bzt*. That would be the sound of my monitor, PC and every other electronic appliance in my house. ¡°NOOOOOOOO¡± A cry of despair echoes through the house as birds for miles around scatter. My cries of despair only stop trough a more urgent bodily function, namely the rumble of my stomach. With a new goal in mind I rest the house''s power fuse and look in the fridge. What greets my sight is a few slices of cheese, butter and a bottle of week old milk. Taking a second glance I come to terms with the lack of food and realize that I need to venture out once more. Exiting the store with my future meal I started walking home. Upon coming across a busy road I was left waiting to cross with a mother and child, said mother was on the phone and the child was bouncing a ball. I did something every person should do in this situation. While patting the child''s head I took the ball off them. ¡°You shouldn''t play near roads¡± A few seconds later a truck went past. After crossing the road and returning the ball I left them behind. Of course the mother was giving me the stink eye the entire time and the child was crying because I took their ball, but there are some things you need to do. After returning home I ate food and went to sleep. =Now= So after turning around guess who I saw, It was the woman from the gas station, you know the one who kicked those two robbers asses, and she did not look happy. Grabbing me by the collar and partially choking me. ¡°Where am I, who are you, what did you do to me.¡± (woman) ¡°cough* what¡± ¡°Tell me¡± (woman) ¡°Wait, I don''t know anything¡± ¡°Lier¡± (woman) So after being thrown to the ground and she forced me onto my stomach, put her foot on my back, grabbed my arm and started twisting, after a few painful moments, with me calmly explaining all I know she finally let me up ¡­ okay I cried like a little girl and after a few minutes of begging and crying did she believe me. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, are you alright?¡± (woman) ¡°Yeah i¡¯m fine¡± I wasn''t fine but I¡¯m too scared to smart enough not to say otherwise.