《[Runist]》 Chapter One Chapter One [Rob¡¯s POV] ¡°See you on Wednesday Rob¡± said Alice. ¡°See you¡± Rob stepped outside and took a deep breath. ¡°I hate this job¡± He calls for a taxi and waits a few minutes for it to arrive. ¡° ¡°Where to?¡± ¡°All the way down to 534 Thornton¡± ¡°That¡¯s halfway across the city, it ain¡¯t gonna be cheap¡± He gets in the car and in about 15 minutes or so he gets out and pays. He steps inside and climbs up the steps to his door. He fumbles his keys for a bit until he gets the right one and unlocks the door. He walks in, closes the door behind them and immediately goes to his bed and collapses on it. ¡°I¡¯ll clean up tomorrow, after all it will be the weekend¡± He falls dead asleep, never to wake up again. Or at least in this world. ¡°Where am I?¡± [Rob] ¡°You are on the planet Garoth, young soul¡± [???] ¡°Who are you?¡± [Rob] ¡°I¡¯m commonly referred to as the System¡± [System] ¡°What?¡± [Rob] ¡°The people here have access to me, or the system. This allows for more civilised forms of comparing one¡¯s power to others.¡± [System] ¡°Why do that?¡± [Rob] ¡°I simply got bored and decided to do something interesting¡± [System] ¡°Wow¡­¡­.¡± [Rob] ¡°Anyway, I¡¯m going to send you onto the surface no- [System] ¡°No¡± [Rob] ¡°Why not?¡± [System] ¡°I think you¡¯re just a child and don¡¯t care what people think¡± [Rob] ¡°And why do you think that?!?!?!?!¡± [System] ¡°Hahahahahaaaa¡­. You¡¯re really gullible to immediately think I meant it, I mean, for someone as powerful as you? I just wanted to see your reaction¡± [Rob] ¡°You! You dare?!?!?! With the power of the gods, I curse you! May I never see you again!¡± [System] I get a weird sensation as System fades away. That was interesting to say the least. I feel a bit tired. Not like I¡¯m going anywhere. I lay down and try and rest a bit. Sometime later¡­ I wake up. I¡¯m now at the edge of a pond, in a forest, with the water lapping at my feet. I get up to this.
System Launch
You have gotten to the age of 13, Loading¡­. Welcome to the System! Say ¡°Help¡± or ¡°System¡± and the help Menu will appear. Say ¡°Status¡± and your Status Menu will appear.
Well that¡¯s a good thing. At least the System still works for me even if she didn¡¯t want to see ever again. She won¡¯t but I will! HAHAHAHAHHA! I don¡¯t know why I¡¯m laughing. I walk around a bit and see that the panel moves around with me, and if I look in the reflection on the water, I see that when I turn, it turns with me. If I ever find civilization, I now know not to open anything private in public as other people can see it. ¡°Status¡±
System username: Cipher Displayed Title: Master of Runes
Age: 19 [Permanent] Lifespan: Error - Error
Level: 1 Experience to next level: 100
Class: Runist Secondary class: Empty
Health: Error/Error Titles
Mana: 7,777,777,777 Master of Runes
Stamina: Error/Error Cursed by the System
Health Regeneration: Error per second Reincarnator
Mana Regeneration: 33,333,333 per second
Stamina Regeneration: Error per second
Strength: 10,000 Intelligence: 777,777,777.7 [Locked]
Vitality: Error Wisdom: 333,333,333 [Locked]
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Agility: Error Faith: -1,000,000,000
[Skills] [Equipment]
Heh. Guess I¡¯m pretty strong, but I don¡¯t have a comparison nor do I know what my strength right now. Guess I¡¯ll have to do some training to check the limits. Wait a second. Cipher? Why is that my name? Meh, guess I¡¯m Cipher now. ----------------------------------------------------------------- A few months later¡­ ¡°Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!¡± I¡¯m running from the new boss of the forest here, he¡¯s a bit stronger than me at the moment but I just have to make it back to my training clearing, I have a few rudimentary traps set up for security at night, didn¡¯t think they would be used like this. I¡®ve leveled up a few times and gotten to level 13 in the past few months, I¡¯ve been mostly training my body and magic. Yes, magic. I found out about a month ago when I was looking through my stat page when I focused on one of my titles and a description popped up.
Master of Runes [Title]
  • +1000% rune damage stats per level
  • -1000% rune mana cost per level
  • Grants skill Runic Command Line System
  • If user has class Runist, 7,000 points to all stats per level.
I focused again on the words ¡°Runic Command Line System¡±
Runic Command Line System [Skill]
The Runic Command Line System or RCLS for short, is a system where the user can use runes like lines of program. Activate by saying ¡°Open command line¡± or ¡°Open RCLS¡± then say the combination of runes/traits/preset commands. Say ¡°Close command line or ¡°Close RCLS¡± to deactivate. Specially created for Cipher, Runist
¡°Open RCLS¡± [Open] ¡°Summon Preset {Iceball}¡± A iceball appears in my hand and I throw it at the giant wolf following me. ¡°Preset {Iceball}¡± ¡°Preset {Iceball}¡± ¡°Preset {Iceball}¡± ¡°Preset {Iceball}¡± The wolf, slowed down and annoyed from this barrage, lunges and misses by inches. I make it to the clearing and spin around, and utter the words ¡°Preset {Absolute Zero}¡± The grass around me immediately freezes in motion with the rest following soon after. The wolf cries out in surprise as his paws freeze to the grass. He shakes himself trying to get free as the frost spreads up his legs and trap him. It slows as it gets higher up on his body and stops before it covers his head. I made this preset especially for trapping animals because I was too slow to catch the weaker animals at first. Now that I¡¯m much faster, I just use it to capture things that I think are interesting. Seems this is a weak monster compared to me, but I don¡¯t know the standard stats of a human. For all I know there could be homeless stronger than me. I say ¡°So you think you can beat me? That was a mistake¡± to the wolf and he whines. ¡°Hey, wanna be my mount?¡± I don¡¯t know why I said that, but he seemed to be a loner like me. He barked happily. ¡°Cancel previous command line¡± ¡°Close RCLS¡± [Closed] The ice crawled back down his legs and melted on the ground. He ran over and gave me a big lick. ¡°Well this is a big change in personality from before. Just a minute ago you wanted to kill me¡± I run and jump off his hind leg onto his back. ¡°Wait, before I ride you, I should name you¡± I think for a bit until ¡°Let¡¯s go Arcturus!¡± Yeah. That¡¯s his name now. We ran for a few hours and the trees started to thin out until we came out at the forest edge. I looked out on a large shimmering ocean and take a deep breath in. ¡°Well, at least I have the time to make a boat if I want to cross the ocean. I should probably make camp before the sun goes down though.¡± The next morning¡­ I wake up and get to my feet. I stretch a bit then head to a nearby cliff to do some training. ¡°Open RCLS¡± [Open] ¡°Summon Preset {Training Rulers}¡± A twenty foot long ruler appears standing up and and a 100 foot long ruler on the ground, hanging off the edge. I take a step back, then start running and at where the ground falls off I jump. I land a few hundred feet below, exactly 100 feet from where I started. With this exercise, I¡¯m training my precision with larger and larger forces. I do this a few more times and then start jumping exactly twenty feet. After an hour of switching between the two exercises, I stop and desummon the rulers. I head back down to my camp, and summon a sword for practicing. My only way to see if I¡¯m improving at my sword skills is with the sword mastery skill.
Sword Mastery [Skill]
This skill helps show your progress in the sword and also boosts your attacks. Skill Progress: Expert Lvl 37, 23% to next level
I get the skill up to Expert Level 38 with about four hours of practice. I sigh, desummon the sword and lay down. ¡°Summon item Hammock¡± A hammock appears draped over my hands and put it down gently on the sand. ¡°Close RCLS¡± [Closed] I run over to the forest, grip two trees, pull them out of the ground, run back, and throw them down. I take sometime to dig two deep holes and put the trees in. I then stomp on the sand around them, compacting the sand. I take my hammock and string it up ten feet off the ground. ¡°Now I can get a good night¡¯s sleep. Come to think of it, why didn¡¯t I just summon a bed? Meh, doesn¡¯t matter now.¡± I get in and just relax for a bit. ¡°Ahhh¡­. this is the life¡­.¡± I take a nap, just swinging in the wind, ten feet off the ground. My life has changed so much over the past few months. I was just an ordinary programmer and now I could be the most powerful person on the continent. But who cares about the past? I¡¯m here right now and that¡¯s all that matters. Wonder if my body is still on my bed¡­ oh yeah it should. I have the title Reincarnator. That means I died and came back in this world. That¡¯s pretty cool. I don¡¯t feel anything, just happiness that I now have the power to do anything I want. I¡¯m going to build a house tomorrow. Then maybe build a boat if I still have some hours of daylight left. Let¡¯s worry about that tomorrow. The next day ¡°Open RCLS¡± [Open] ¡°Make Preset¡± [Waiting] ¡°Summon item wood plank {Tag [Permanent]}¡± [Preset made. Name?] ¡°Building Plank¡± [Preset finished] The reason for the Permanent tag is so I can¡¯t desummon it. Don¡¯t know why I would desummon it, but that prevents it. ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± ¡°Summon Preset {Building Plank}¡± I repeat this process until I have a giant stack of planks. ¡°Summon item Hammer¡± ¡°Summon item Box of Nails¡± ¡°Summon item Carpentry Skill Book¡± A few hours later and a couple new skills later, I have a small cabin on the sea with a small dock. Now for the finishing touches. ¡°Summon item Carving Skill Book¡± ¡°Summon item Block of Wood¡± ¡°Summon item Carving Knife¡± I carve a very detailed lion¡¯s head and stick it on top of the door. That took me a few minutes. I could have done it in seconds but I want it to be the best thing I can make right now, with my own hands. It¡¯s still around noon so I¡¯ll take some time off for a nap in my hammock. This has been a productive day. ¡°Close RCLS¡± [Closed] Three weeks later. I wake up, do my daily training and take a look out at the horizon. A new habit of mine. Seems like it paid off. There¡¯s a few ships out there. At least I¡¯m not the only person on the planet. Oh, maybe they''re pirates and I¡¯ll have to kill them all. I¡¯m fine with blood since I spent the first month hunting for my food then cooking it before I realized I could just summon cooked food. ¡°Open RCLS¡± [Open] ¡°Summon item Perfect Water Manipulation Skill Book¡± A book plops into my hands. I quickly read it and learn the new skill.
Perfect Water Manipulation [Skill]
Does what the title suggests, gives complete control over water and other liquids that have water in them. Skill Progress: N/A
A rush of information enters my head as I clutch it in pain. I take a few seconds to get over it and get back up. I walk down to the water¡¯s edge and will some water to float around in a blobby shape in front of me. I mind-push it away and it has a hole blown through it so it looks more like a donut. I spin it really fast then throw it like a baseball. It flies toward the ship with incredible speed. I will it to explode short of the leader so no one gets hurt accidentally. I might though, I haven¡¯t really tested my magic except for summoning. I mean, I am now level 25, and my growth every level is stupidly large, when I was level 1, I could lift up a tree in one hand and not sweat a drop. This encounter will be a good point in establishing how powerful I am in the world. Chapter Two [Ship Leader POV] Why did something have to already be at the planned landing site? I mean, the chances of it happening were more that 1 out of 3 but still. Hopefully no one dies from the beast. I¡¯ll move the landing site to farther down the coast, hopefully whatever it is won¡¯t come after us. God, I hope it doesn¡¯t. We¡¯ll still have to get to the treasure somehow though. If everything goes well, we get the treasure and back to Faeon alive. [Cipher POV] The ships started to head farther down the coast. I left the house a few days ago, I ride on Arcturus for an hour a day and then set up camp for the night. Arcturus is much faster than these ships, so I don¡¯t need to ride for long. I estimate they should land in a few hours. No way to tell for sure. I could just use my [Flight] skill/spell thing to fly over but I don¡¯t want to scare them. 5 hours later¡­ The ships landed! They¡¯re on a small beach and also sent out a scouting party to see if the area is safe for the night. At least, that¡¯s what I assume was the purpose of that party. I¡¯m slowly walking toward them and they should notice me about now¡­ ¡°Hey! Who are you?¡± [Leader] ¡°My name is Cipher.¡± [Cipher] ¡°What are you doing out here?¡± [Leader] ¡°I¡¯ve been here for about seven months or so. You?¡± [Cipher] ¡°Seven months? By yourself? You must be level 3000!¡± [Leader] ¡°Nah, just level 27. But nevermind that. Why are you here?¡± [Cipher] At this point Cipher was debating to just kill the dude and fly in a random direction. With Arcturus of course. ¡°What?!?!? Level 27?!?!? How are you even alive?!?!? Oh sorry, we are here to find a treasure for our king. Don¡¯t even think of taking it from us. We all are over level 100 so don¡¯t try to mess with us.¡± [Leader] ¡°Don¡¯t worry. I won¡¯t try and take it. Also, as a side question, what is your highest stat?¡± [Cipher] ¡°........¡± [Leader] ¡°It¡¯s fine if you don¡¯t want to say it, I just don¡¯t know exactly how strong I am.¡± [Cipher] ¡°My highest stat is Strength, with 900 points in it!¡± [Leader] ¡°And how would you rate yourself in power? I¡¯m interested.¡± [Cipher] ¡°I¡¯m stronger than any civilian, that¡¯s for sure! I am the Royal High Knight¡¯s personal trainer, so between the top and the middle, but closer to the middle¡± [Leader] Cipher thought for a bit. He could easily kill this man. But should he? Not for something weak like humanity, he lost that when he reincarnated. His body was different from many other human he had ever seen. No, it was because this man might be useful in the future. He decided not to. ¡°Do you mind if I come on your ship back to wherever you came from.¡± [Cipher] ¡°Sure, but first tell me your highest stat.¡± [Leader] Cipher invoked a spell he learnt before this, just in case. ¡°{Silent Barrier}¡± [Cipher] ¡°What was that for?¡± [Leader] ¡°What I¡¯m about to tell you is bigger than anything you¡¯ve done with your worthless little life. My highest stat is Intelligence.¡± [Cipher] ¡°So? That doesn¡¯t warrant a silent barrier.¡± [Leader] ¡°I have 777,777,777 points in it.¡± [Cipher] Those few words shut him up. He looks shocked, then sad, then angry. ¡°Don¡¯t you lie to me child. You know that isn¡¯t true.¡± [Leader] ¡°Status¡±
System username: Cipher Displayed Title: Master of Runes
Age: 19 [Permanent] Lifespan: Error - Error
Level: 27 Experience to next level: 340523
Class: Runist Secondary class: Lord of Water
Health: Error/Error Titles
Mana: 7,777,777,777 Master of Runes
Stamina: Error/Error Cursed by the System
Health Regeneration: Error per second Lord of Water
Mana Regeneration: 33,333,333 per secondThis tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Reincarnator
Stamina Regeneration: Error per second Beast Tamer
Strength: 270,000 Intelligence: 777,777,777.7 [Locked]
Vitality: Error Wisdom: 333,333,333 [Locked]
Endurance: Error Luck: 270,000
Agility: Error Faith: -1,000,000,000 [Locked]
[Skills] [Equipment]
¡°Wha¡­¡­¡± [Leader] The sight blows his mind. ¡°Now, this cannot be shared with anyone. OK?¡± [Cipher] ¡°Dear god¡­ How is this even possible? Are you using a status screen faker?¡± [Leader] ¡°What¡¯s that? Well, thanks for the info, I guess. So, is that a yes to coming with you?¡± [Cipher] ¡°Yeah, but we need to find the treasure.¡± [Leader] ¡°What¡¯s it look like?¡± [Cipher] ¡°A golden ring, with some runes running along the band.¡± [Leader] ¡°Oh, you mean this?¡± [Cipher] I take the trash ring I found six months ago around my finger. ¡°Yes! Can I have it?¡± [Leader] ¡°Sure, the Intelligence bonus on this thing is worthless to me.¡± [Cipher] He grabs for it but I spin away and continue. ¡°How much will you pay me for it?¡± [Cipher] ¡°50,000 gold.¡± [Leader] His answer is at least semi-truth. ¡°How much will it sell for in a auction house? I¡¯m guessing five times as much.¡± [Cipher] ¡°Close. But right now, we¡¯ll give you 100,000 gold for it.¡± [Leader] ¡°Meh, good enough.¡± [Cipher] He tosses me a very big bag and I throw him the ring. ¡°Pleasure doing business with you¡± I walk back to the treeline. ¡°Come on out Arcturus¡± He happily trots out and gives me a big lick. ¡°Holy Khamis what is that?¡± [Leader] ¡°He¡¯s my mount pet thing!¡± [Cipher] ¡°Really? That? Fine, we have room.¡± [Leader] ¡°Arcturus, lay down!¡± [Cipher] He lays down and I curl up next to him. This has been a good day. I mumble into Arcturus¡¯ fur ¡°Open RCLS¡± [Open] ¡°Summon item Bed with Sheets¡± A bed lands in my arms as I put it down next to Arcturus, close the RCLS and fall asleep. [Ship Leader POV] Thank god I didn¡¯t piss him off. There¡¯s nothing that can fake a status screen but he believed me. Either way, he¡¯s dangerous. Hope he doesn¡¯t find out I cheated him. That ring could have sold for millions and he sells it for 10,000. He must really have forgotten civilization to be that giving. I like him though. Think I¡¯ll go with him when this mission ends. A soldier bursts in. ¡°Sir, the new guy summoned a bed and took a nap! Should I kill him?¡± [Soldier] ¡°No, you idiot! The dagger will bounce right off! The king will have your head either way!¡± [Leader] ¡°Really? He¡¯s that dangerous? I mean, no disrespect and all, but he¡¯s only level 27. I can take him.¡± [Soldier] ¡°Tell everyone that if they touch him, they lose their heads.¡± [Leader] He leaves, scared half to death. His leader is not to be messed with, never mind the 400 level difference. The next day¡­ [Cipher POV] What¡¯s this? Everyone¡¯s staying away from me? Nevermind, don¡¯t need them. I run and jump as high as I can and realize I can jump over the entire camp with only a one meter run distance. I spend the rest of the morning jumping back and forth, as the rest of the camp wakes up, gets out of their tents and openly gape in awe of the speed I¡¯m going. I could go faster, but it will just end up like the time a month ago when I tried to go faster than the speed of sound. I ran for five miles then threw up. It¡¯s just so disorienting. I land on the sea side of the camp then mind grab some water and start playing with it. I form it into a sword and grab it. I swing it around a bit and then try something new. I tried cooling down the water into ice. I could make a preset for this, but even saying Summon Preset {Iceblade} takes time. The temperature fluctuates a bit before slightly lowering as the water starts to freeze over. The process continues until the blade is frozen solid. I grab the hilt, not feeling the temperature due to my infinite endurance. I swing it around a bit, getting a feel for both the blade and the structure of the blade so I can recreate it faster next time. I destroy the blade and repeat the process until I can do it in about a second. To be fair, the blade is razor sharp, has runes along the length and has a fairly detailed crossguard. ¡°Open RCLS¡± [Open] ¡°Add {Tag [Permanent]} to held item in {Left Hand}¡± [Tag added] Great! Now my sword is unsummonable and hopefully won¡¯t melt! ¡°Summon Preset {Fireball}¡± The fireball hovers above my hand as I move my blade over it. No drops fall off, so that means it¡¯s good! I spend another few minutes adding tags to make this a blade of legends! Now it¡¯s unbreakable, permanent, soul bound and razor sharp. All that soulbound does is make the item unusable by anyone except for me and makes it impossible to steal. Not much added I know, but I¡¯m still learning how to use the RCLS. I make a simple sheath for it and harness so it can fit on my clothes. Ahh, being able to summon anything is great! I swing it around some more, then realize something. I can still manipulate it with my skill, even if I can¡¯t make it all disappear in one go. ¡°Close RCLS¡± [Closed] I walk back to camp, happy with my progress. ¡°Hey, do you know where the leader is?¡± [Cipher] ¡°N-no, b-but he s-s-should be in t-there¡± [Soldier] I walk past him into the tent he indicated. ¡°Hello there, Cipher. What do you need?¡± [Leader] ¡°Nothing much, just wondering if you have some leather that I can work with. Also, what¡¯s your name? I feel a bit weird just calling you Leader.¡± [Cipher] ¡°We have quite a lot of leather, it¡¯s in the big tent in the middle of camp, as for my name, it¡¯s Farlon.¡± [Farlon] ¡°Thanks! I¡¯ll be back if I need anything else.¡± As I walk out I notice some people looking at me with their hands on their swords. I pay them no more attention and keep on walking. ¡°Open RCLS¡± [Open] ¡°Summon item Leather Working {Mastered} Skill Book¡± The book lands in my open hands and I read it. I feel a small spike of pain as I continue walking to the storage tent. I go through the flap and look around for the leather. I spot it and rush over. ¡°Summon item Leather Working Tool Set¡± I catch the wooden box out of the air and open it. A panel appears.
Notice!
Because you have the skill [Leather Working] Mastered and you own/owned a box of mastercraft tools, you now have access to [Leather Design Mode] Open by saying ¡°Open LDM¡±
Well that¡¯s helpful. I sit down and lean against one of the crates. I stick my hand in the opened leather crate and take a deep breath. ¡°Open LDM¡± The world fades to black and I feel, well, different. I look down at my hands and see a menu on each. ¡°Oh, so it¡¯s more like those new VR art programs¡± I find the button to open schematics and a little search bar shows up. I type in leather hilt wrap. A few simple wraps show up and I pick the one that uses the least material. I look to see if I can summon my new sword in here. I use my water manipulation to pull it toward me and ta-da! My sword appears in my hand and I size the wrap to tightly fit around it. I then go back to the search bar and look up simple leather sheath. I immediately pick the first one I see. It¡¯s perfect. It uses buttons to help keep it together. Instead, I can use my ice sheath but thin it out, wrap the leather around that, then grow buttons from the sheath to keep the leather on. I make a ice outline of my sword and start the leather process. After about an hour, I''m finished. It''s beautiful. I search up leather long sword back harness and find one that fits. I hit create and a panel pops up saying I can exit LDM now. "Exit LDM" My eyes slide open as I take in the world again. I step outside to see the soldiers packing up camp. I walk over to Farlon. "Why are we packing up?" [Cipher] "We only came here for the treasure, the ring, so now we¡¯re leaving. Would prefer to have everyone make it back to Faeon.¡± [Farlon] ¡°Faeon? Where¡¯s that?¡± [Cipher] ¡°Ah, it¡¯s where we came from, the strongest continent! The Kingdom of Aegis is the main kingdom, with other small kingdoms spread throughout.¡± [Farlon] ¡°Great, should be fun. Is there anything I need to do to help?¡± [Cipher] Cipher felt a need to help, after all, he had been doing nothing but using their supplies. ¡°Nah, should be done in half an hour, we¡¯ll set sail then.¡± [Farlon] I looked around, noticed a group of soldiers trying to lift 10 crates at once. They had a good idea, putting them all on one platform.I walk over and grab onto an edge and lift the whole thing up. It''s decently heavy, some of the crates must have metal in them. The group faints from just the sight. I walk over to one of the more empty ships and gently put it down, move the crates off, and go back for more. The entire moving process speeds up so in five minutes, I run out of crates to move. Farlon isn''t impressed while the soldiers are jealous. "Leader probably gave him a item that boosts his strength. I could take him" [Soldier] "Good job, Cipher. Let''s go, shall we?" [Farlon]" Chapter Three "Come on Arcturus!" [Cipher] He comes bounding out of the woods. He sprints toward me and gives me a full body lick. Must have been missing me. I walk toward the last ship I finished loading and told him to lay down. I made a curve with the boxes so he had a shelter for his back. I summoned another bed and put it down. I grabbed out some of my old nails and nailed down the feet of the bed so it wouldn''t slide. "Tap me if you need anything. I won''t wake up for a while." [Cipher] I pull back the covers and lay down. I don''t actually need the sleep but it can''t hurt and it''s important to keep up appearances. I can''t be 80 levels below the soldiers and not need any sleep. [Soldier POV] Finally! That good-for-nothing level 27 is asleep! No matter how good your items may be, there is no substitute for a level difference of over 50! High strength is worthless when you can''t use it! I''ll kill him! He just lazes around with great items and only helps when it''s not needed! He must be a noble that lied about the time he spent here in the Hallowed Forest. I''m sneaking around the crates now. I slowly pull out my dagger, to not make any noise. I softly walk toward his bed. I swing. What? The dagger bounced off his neck! There''s only a small cut on the side that''s started to bleed. I fall backwards in horror. The dog opens his eyes and sees me. "Uh, good doggie?" [Soldier] He barks loudly and jumps toward me. [Cipher POV] I woke up to Arcturus jumping at a soldier and ripping his legs off. The blood sprays everywhere giving Arcturus a image of a hellhound. ¡°Arcturus stop! Stop!¡± [Cipher] He looks ashamed and spits out a leg. Farlon runs in. ¡°What¡¯s going on here! Cipher I better have an explanation for this!¡± [Farlon] ¡°It seems like he tried to kill me, Arcturus heard him and attacked.¡± [Cipher] ¡°What do you mean tried to kill you?¡± [Farlon] I tilt my neck so he can see the shallow cut and then hold up the soldier¡¯s arm that¡¯s holding the dagger. ¡°Fine, fine, it was in self defense. But next time this happens, you leave the ship! OK?¡± [Farlon] ¡°Sure.¡± [Cipher] He storms off muttering about all the paperwork he¡¯ll have to do when we land. I look around at everyone then lay back down in bed. ¡°Arcturus, lay down again.¡± One week later¡­ [Cipher POV] Nothing happened over the past week, no attempts on my life, no attacks on the ship. Overall, pretty good. Arcturus has been getting thinner so I made a cooked steak preset. He was happy with that. I got a new spell called Miniaturize. What Miniaturize does is actually quite simple. It shrinks the target for an hour if you don¡¯t more anymore mana in. Bigger the target, the bigger the amount of mana needed for the hour. I can shrink Arcturus to the size of a regular dog. So, I can still go into cities and not crush anyone under his paws of death! Probably for the better. ¡°Land ho!¡± [Soldier] ¡°Fantastic! Should be only a few more hours then!¡± [Farlon] I desummon the bed and pick up the nails that clink to the floor. I walk around the ship a bit and then fly over to the ship next to us. I land softly to not attract attention. I talk a bit then fly back. I should probably know these people. Might never see them again, but I have nothing else to do. Oh, wait! I can detail my sheath! Should be fun. I lay down and close my eyes. ¡°Open LDM¡± My sword materializes on a pedestal. I pick it up and summon a metal spike. I heat it over a fire and then start the detailing. I¡¯m no expert, I just have an assisting skill and great tools. Might be doing this wrong, but screw it! I¡¯ll do what I want! I start a head of a dragon near where the crossguard would be if it¡¯s sheathed. I finish it off in half an hour and then start the flames coming out of the mouth. I also add some leather caps on the bottom to make sure it doesn¡¯t come undone. After I finish, I summon up some ice and inlay it in the new grooves. I add the tags permanent, unbreakable and soulbound to the sheath as well as the back harness. I have a idea and exit LDM and summon both the skill book and tools for Tailoring. As expected, I get a notice telling me I now have access to the TDM, or Tailor Design Mode. I open that up and find a nice set of formal wear and a few different sets of clothes for adventuring. Wait a second. Where did I get the leather for the caps? Maybe the LDM can use the RCLS for materials. So I can make the clothes now. Great! I exit the TDM to see my sword laying next to me and my clothes draped over my hands. I open the RCLS, summon a traveling bag and close the RCLS. I pack my new clothes in carefully and strap my sword on my back. I run around a bit to get used to it. Man, I have so many things right now to keep track of. Arcturus, the whole system thing, the RCLS, TDM, LDM and now even appearances to the entire crew. I ask Farlon for the estimated time of arrival and he just laughs and points behind me. I turn in confusion and see the pier not fifty feet away. The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°Here, Cipher. Use this if you ever need help. He hands me a token and I put it in my inventory. I fly over and set down lightly. ¡°Hope to see you around Farlon¡± [Cipher] He gasps as he tries to comprehend that fact that I just flew. I start walking to the castle in the distance. Then realize I can, in fact, fly. I hover over the ground as I speed up to the speed of sound. At this speed, I reach the castle in a few seconds. I slow down and throw up. ¡°Oh god¡­ Never doing that again just to save time.¡± [Cipher] I stumble a bit as I regain my balance. I straighten up and equip my set of formal clothes. I activate one of my passive skills, Grace. Really just makes me walk better. I walk up to tone the guards and ask him if I can enter. ¡°No outsiders allowed, no matter how good they look. If you were legitimate, you would have a letter of acceptance and the king would already be here waiting.¡± [Royal Guard] ¡°Really? Good structure here, but please can I enter? I don¡¯t want to hurt you.¡± [Cipher] ¡°Hurt me? Me? Boy I don¡¯t think you know what levels are. You¡¯re level 27, and I¡¯m level 200. Think!¡± [Royal Guard] ¡°Well, you didn¡¯t let me through, so sorry in advance.¡± [Cipher] I wave my hand and ice spikes appear around his neck, arms, legs, and torso. ¡°I¡¯ll be off then.¡± [Cipher] I start hovering and fly through the arch and blow a hole in the doors for me to enter the room, since I doubt the guards below would let me through. After I make it past I desummon the ice spikes. ¡°Who are you?¡± [King] He draws his sword and points it at me. ¡°Well, two can play at that game!¡± [Cipher] I pull my sword out of my sheath slowly, and then point it at the ground. ¡°I did not come here to fight, merely to learn about this continent. If you would put away your sword oh knight, I would be happy to converse.¡± [Cipher] He hesitates and then drops the sword. ¡°What was your name again? I can¡¯t seem to remember.¡± [King] ¡°I never said it, but as the guest I¡¯ll introduce myself first. My name is Cipher.¡± [Cipher] ¡°Aeon. What item did you use to break the doors? They were tested to resist level 400¡¯s for an hour and you¡¯re only level 27.¡± [King Aeon] ¡°I didn¡¯t use a item. No door has ever met me and lived. Except if it was my door. Anyways, do you know who Farlon is? He told me to use this if I ever needed help.¡± [Cipher] I pull out the token and show him. ¡°That¡­ that¡¯s his token! He¡¯s only ever given them out to his apprentices and now you show up holding one not even knowing what it means? Who are you?¡± [King Aeon] ¡°Cipher¡± [Cipher] [King Aeon¡¯s POV] I try to put on a comfortable face, but behind the mask, I¡¯m sweating. This level 27 broke through level 400 doors in a second, flew in, and then pulls out my old master¡¯s token just like that! Ok Aeon, breathe. Here we go. ¡°So, do you need anything? You don¡¯t need to pay for the doors, if that¡¯s a worry to you.¡± [King Aeon] ¡°No, I broke it, so it¡¯s only fair that pay for it.¡± [Cipher] ¡°Really? The price for each door is 30,000 gold each, so 60,000 in total.¡± [King Aeon] ¡°Oh, that¡¯s it? Here you go then.¡± [Cipher] He tosses me a full bag and when I catch it I fall down from the sheer weight. I open the mouth of the bag and see exactly 60,000 gold. This man is not to be messed with. He just threw me enough to buy a mansion and more just like that. Even I¡®m not that rich. ¡°Sooo, can I have a smallish home for a month or two, after that I¡¯m going to explore the rest of the world.¡± [Cipher] ¡°Sure! We have one just down the road you walked down!¡± [King Aeon] ¡°No, not that mansion. I want a smallish, two floor house with a basement, in the more poor part of the city.¡± [Cipher] ¡°What! You want that?!?!? Ok, fine. Come by tomorrow and I¡¯ll show you the property.¡± [King Aeon] ¡°Great, see you later.¡± [Cipher] He flies out the hole and toward the nearby lake. Ok. Let¡¯s take stock of things. I¡¯m alive, which is good. He asked for a cheap property, only 50 gold at the most. He paid for the doors. My wife, Natalie, comes out of the hallway to my left and lets out a small scream. ¡°Aeon, you better explain the hole at the top of the doors!¡± [Queen Natalie] ¡°A level 27 broke through in half a second, paid 60,000 gold for the doors, then asked for the most simple house in the commoner area.¡± [King Aeon] ¡°What? Is that even possible? Is it a woman? Can I kill them?¡± [Queen Natalie] ¡°I know, yes, it is, no he¡¯s male and no you can¡¯t kill him. He has my old master¡¯s token. We don¡¯t mess with him, he doesn¡¯t mess with us. Simple as that.¡± [King Aeon] I walk back to my room, wondering if Cipher is looking to get an apprentice. I know my daughter is a mage. He¡¯s one too. Now, let¡¯s find that house. [Cipher POV] It¡¯s been exactly a day after he said he would find me a house. I fly over and this time land in front of the doors. I pull out the token and the two guards get noticeably shocked and then pull open the doors. ¡°Ah, the mysterious Cipher. I¡¯m pretty sure you¡¯re here for the house.¡± [King Aeon] ¡°Mysterious? No, I only arrived here a day and a half ago. And yes, I am here for the house. Shall we head off?¡± [Cipher] ¡°Give me a second. Don¡¯t take this the wrong way, but will you take my daughter as your apprentice? She is quite good with 400 intelligence and 200 wisdom. She has the rest of the stats up to 50 so she is quite the fighter. She¡¯s leaning more to the battlemage side and you seem perfect for the job.¡± [King Aeon] ¡°Sure, I can get to know her on the walk to the house. An apprentice always sounded cool.¡± [Cipher] ¡°Walk?¡± [King Aeon] ¡°Can either of you fly? Thought not.¡± [Cipher] ¡°Come out of your room and meet your new master Lyra!¡± [King Aeon] A girl slowly trudges out of the hallway and looks up at me. ¡°How much is he paying you?¡± [Princess Lyra] ¡°Nothing. Just thought having an apprentice for a while would be fun.¡± [Cipher] ¡°Really? Is he lying daddy? [Princess Lyra] ¡°No, my sweet. He broke through the doors and showed me Farlon¡¯s token. He paid for the doors, so it¡¯s all good¡± [King Aeon] ¡°Him? Not to be mean or anything, but isn¡¯t he a little skinny for a level 500?¡± [Princess Lyra] ¡°Why does everyone think I¡¯m level 500? I¡¯m only level 30, sorry for the disappointment.¡± [Cipher] She starts laughing so hard she¡¯s crying. ¡°Sure you are! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Wait a second. No way. You are only level 30¡­.. Daddy are you sure about this? I¡¯m over 100 levels above him! This will never work out!¡± [Princess Lyra] ¡°Then let¡¯s fight. If you win, I¡¯ll be your servant. If I win, you¡¯ll be my apprentice. Sound fair?¡± [Cipher] ¡°You¡¯re on! See you in a hour in the arena!¡± [Princess Lyra] She runs off, probably to get her equipment. I just smile. ¡°Open RCLS¡± [Open] Chapter Four

¡°Open RCLS¡± [Open] ¡°Summon item Light Chainmail {Tag Flexible} {Tag Unbreakable} {Tag Permanent} {Tag Weightless} {Tag Soulbound}¡± A set of chainmail appears in the air and just floats around until I grab it. I equip it through the system and move around. ¡°Close RCLS¡± [Closed] ¡°Open TDM¡± The blackness surrounds me as I hit the search bar and start typing away. I find a decent wizard¡¯s robe. I change the color to black then find this cool clear thread that I sew into the fabric in angled lines. I look at the description and find out the thread reduces mana cost when you channel the mana through the robe by 30%, so it¡¯s probably expensive. I add some personal touches, like a hood. I think for a second about what else I could add. I could add some armor to the robe, wait. I summon my new shiny armor, cut open the robe and shove it in. I then start sewing every single bit to the fabric. When I¡¯m done, it¡¯s classified by the system as robe/hidden armor. ¡°Exit TDM¡± I spin around as the robe flutters behind me. ¡°Hey Aeon, where¡¯s the arena? I¡¯m new in town.¡± [Cipher] ¡°What? Oh yes, yes. I¡¯ll take you there and after the fight I¡¯ll take you to the house.¡± [King Aeon] ¡°Great, let¡¯s set off then.¡± [Cipher] We walk out the doors and into the afternoon sun. The commoners start bowing to the king but hesitate before bowing to me as well. I wave them off. ¡°I¡¯m just a commoner like you, no need to bow.¡± I continue walking on as they try to register what I just said. We make it to the arena in twenty minutes and walk right through the gate. I see Lyra wearing some light leather and holding a sword. I draw mine and hold it by my side. She notices me and yells. ¡°He¡¯s here! Start the match!¡± [Princess Lyra] She rushes toward me and I dodge, but when she misses she throws a fireball at my exposed back. The robe takes the blow and not a thread is out of place. ¡°Playtime¡¯s over, kids!¡± [Cipher] I run with all my speed so to the bystanders, I¡¯m teleporting. I dash behind Lyra, land an uppercut and then kick her into the wall. She crumples to the ground as healers rush to her side. I wait a few minutes as she gets up and stands straight. ¡°Magic only!¡± [Lyra] I smile. This is where my real strength is. ¡°Open RCLS¡± [Open] ¡°Cast Preset {Aura of Runes}¡± Runes start swirling around me as the area gets colder. ¡°Cast Preset {Runic Domain}¡± The arena gets even colder until Lyra casts a fireball to stay warm. She sends many more after me but the closer they get, the more they dissipate. I run toward her as I summon ice spikes out of the air and surround her. I stop them after they pierce the armor and a bit of skin. The ones around her arms and legs go in a bit farther and impale them. ¡°Cast Preset {Null Domain}¡± The runes stop floating around and the temperature returns to normal. The ice spikes shatter as the healers, looking exhausted from before, come running back over. I stand around as the healers mutter spells under their breath. A few minutes pass and then the healers stand back up. ¡°She¡¯s alright!¡± [Healer] ¡°Yes! I thank the gods for this!¡± [King Aeon] ¡°So, when can she start being my apprentice? There¡¯s also the house you promised. It¡¯s getting a bit late, Aeon.¡± [Cipher] ¡°Yes, yes. Give me a second. You almost killed my daughter.¡± [King Aeon] ¡°No I didn¡¯t. I only made the spikes go in a few inches, and that was only the arms and legs!¡± [Cipher] Lyra gets to her feet and then immediately bows. ¡°This apprentice greets her master!¡± [Lyra] ¡°That eager? No need to be so formal. Cipher is just fine. By the way, what¡¯s your exact level?¡± [Cipher] ¡°This one is level 139, mas- Cipher!¡± [Lyra] ¡°Half decent. Some basic rules. Don¡¯t speak in the third person. Don¡¯t call yourself ¡®This one¡¯ or anything like that. If you think I made a wrong call, correct me. I won¡¯t punish you for speaking up. Finally, put that dagger away, Lyra, it won¡¯t do you any good. Let¡¯s go see that house, Aeon.¡± [Cipher] ¡°Sure, follow me.¡± [King Aeon] We walk down a cobbled street for a while until the buildings start to get simpler and functional. We stop at a corner house that¡¯s made completely out of stone. ¡°Welcome home!¡± [King Aeon] He opens the wooden door and waves me in. We walk into a simple room, with some windows, a table, a few chairs, and two doors. Exactly what I wanted. We walk through the door on the right to a lawn with a pond and a well. ¡°Well, this is all I could get away with.¡± [King Aeon] We go back inside and to the other door. It opens to a hallway with steps at the end. We walk up and see a blank room with windows. I love it. If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. ¡°How much will it be?¡± [Cipher] ¡°Nothing. It was the least I could do, after all, you did pay for the doors, accepted my daughter as your apprentice and amazed me with your skill in magic.¡± [King Aeon] ¡°How much, Aeon?¡± [Cipher] ¡°Guess you¡¯re dead set on it. 50 gold.¡± [King Aeon] ¡°Here, might be a bit more than that.¡± [Cipher] I hand him a bag with 100 gold in it, feeling a bit guilty hurting his daughter in front of him. He frowns for a second and walks out the door looking confused. ¡°Now then, Lyra, if you would please sit down?¡± [Cipher] She sits down, looking a bit nervous. I lean in and caress her face and as I draw away take the badly hidden dagger from her hand. ¡°Let¡¯s not play any games here. You know what, here. Take this dagger back and stab me. Anywhere.¡± [Cipher] She smiles and stabs me in the neck. Just like before with the soldier, the dagger bounces off leaving only a tiny cut in my skin. She falls back, just like the soldier. Amazing how alike the two times are almost the same. ¡°Wha.. What are you?!?!?!?!¡± [Lyra] ¡°Your master¡± [Cipher] ¡°P-p-please d-don¡¯t h-hurt me¡­.¡± [Lyra] ¡°Nah, I wouldn¡¯t do that. This is way too much fun!¡± [Cipher] At this point I¡¯m grinning. She tried to attack me twice now, failed, and now is scared half to death. ¡°Let¡¯s go see the extent of your magic abilities, shall we?¡± [Cipher] We head outside, with Lyra trailing behind with her head down. ¡°I¡¯m nothing compared to you, why take me on? There are so many other people better than me in magic!¡± [Lyra] ¡°You¡¯re special. You have something I can¡¯t quite put my finger on. Anyway, let¡¯s see that magic.¡± [Cipher] She breathes deeply then casts a fireball. She keeps on casting them until she is surrounded by a cage of fire. She pulls it together into a shield and a sword. She takes a stance, points the sword at me and charges. I mind-grab some water from the pond and surround her shield as I take out my sword and cross blades. The water around the shield starts evaporating but I just grap those tiny particles of water and bring them back in. It isn¡¯t called Perfect Water Manipulation for nothing. The shield finally is extinguished and I can concentrate on the sword fight. We go back and forth for a minute or two until I get bored and put more force behind my blow and shatter Lyra¡¯s blade. The steel shards go flying into the side of my house and embed themselves in the stone. I create two short swords and throw her one. This pattern of us fighting then me easily beating her continues until the sun starts to go down. At this point, Lyra is so exhausted she can¡¯t even stand. I pick her up and drop her on one of the chairs inside. I close the door and sit down in the other chair. ¡°So, what level is your weapons mastery skill at?¡± [Cipher] ¡°Advanced Level 13 with 54% progress to the next level!¡± [Lyra] ¡°That¡¯s it? Mine¡¯s already at Master Level 39 with 24% progress to the next level. Meh, guess you¡¯re close to the maximum level if you only use a sword.¡± [Cipher] ¡°I tried using other weapons but couldn¡¯t get it to work. What weapons do you use?¡± [Lyra] ¡°I can use the spear, quarterstaff, short swords, broadsword, longsword, daggers and the bow.¡± [Cipher] ¡°All that? Wow, as expected from my new master.¡± [Lyra] ¡°Well, let¡¯s sleep tonight. May be the last time this year you sleep for more than five hours, so sleep well, Lyra!¡± [Cipher] Two months later¡­ [Lyra¡¯s POV] Oh god! Has it been a rough two months! He wasn¡¯t lying about not sleeping well! I usually get four hours of sleep, then practice with the sword for two hours, then the staff, then with a crossbow and then with my fire magic. I can¡¯t say anything against the results though. My level has gone up by 50 and my skills have all gone up 75 to 100 levels! That¡¯s more than I got in a year in a dungeon! One thing that Cipher has found out is he can view my status as my master, so there¡¯s no hiding skills or stats. Everything that¡¯s below his standards, we spend a day working on. My stats are now all at or over 1,000 thanks to his stupidly hard training and elixirs, that can regenerate all of my health, mana and stamina in seconds! He¡¯s the best master ever! [Cipher¡¯s POV] It¡¯s been two months since Lyra became my apprentice in that arena battle. She¡¯s still continuing to be my apprentice after all this time. I¡¯m starting to like her. She¡¯s about my age now, seeing that I¡¯m immortal. My age is permanent (For those who don¡¯t get this, I updated the chapter one & two status screens to display his age and lifespan. Lifespan only gives an estimate to die from old age) so the age difference is not a problem. She¡¯s cute, and won¡¯t have any problems with aging since I can just summon up a immortality potion. Why does she have to be that cute? Breathe, Cipher. What are you going to do for the next month or two? We could go somewhere that has monsters and stuff like that, but where I was for the first seven months, the Hallowed Forest, is too low of a difficulty for her now. Guess it''s time to go the third continent, Gordan. Yeah, that sounds right. I walk outside where Lyra is practicing her newest skill, {Flaming Obliteration}. It surrounds her weapon with an aura of flame. At Novice, the flames got hotter and a golden tinge. At Intermediate, the flames were pure gold and got the added effect of being able to cleanse the souls of the things it killed. Really only useful for demonic things, which we haven¡¯t encountered yet. At Advanced, where Lyra is currently at, the flames went white, and have the heat of a volcano. Her getting the skill is probably because both her fire manipulation and fire magic mastery skill both hitting Master level. "Hey there, Cipher!" [Lyra] "Hi Lyra! I was thinking about heading over to Gordan for a few months so... do you want to come with me?" [Cipher] "Great! I will always be by your side, because you make even watching grass grow fun!" [Lyra] Yes! She agreed! "So, do you want to go now or when?" [Cipher] "Now, because it''s only the morning and leaving now would mean more time in Gordan today." [Lyra] "{Flight} {Air Barrier}" [Cipher] I lift off the ground with an almost invisible shell of air around me. I pick up Lyra and spin her on my back. I go up to about a kilometer up and then speed off towards Gordan at Mach 7. The air barrier protects Lyra from the wind and me, because I don''t like being cold. Also the wind would most likely rip Lyra to shreds. Not a good thing. We fly for a few minutes and slow down to the speed of sound as we close in on the shore of Gordan. We slow down again as the distance shortens to about 100 miles. We land softly on the sand and I dismiss the magic. We walk up the beach and through the trees for a while. We come out near a small village and the guards notice us. ¡°Who are you?¡± [Guard] ¡°Mere travellers from Faeon, might we know the village name?¡± [Cipher] ¡°Faeon? The port¡¯s a hundred miles that way! Did you walk the entire way here and not know the village name?¡± [Guard] ¡°Oh, we flew over. That¡¯s Lyra, my apprentice. I¡¯m Cipher. Pleasure to meet you, sorry I didn¡¯t get your name.¡± [Cipher] ¡°Flew? Boy, you must be mentally challenged, there¡¯s no wa¡­.¡± [Guard] I start hovering as he drops off, not believing his eyes. This is fun. I might go on a big rampage in a few thousand years. But, that would force me into hiding so no one would notice me as the same person. Otherwise, they would all run in fear and that¡¯s no fun. Decisions, decisions, decisions! ¡°Well, we¡¯ll be on our way then.¡± [Cipher] I pick up Lyra as I slowly fly above the trees and go more inland. During the training back on Faeon, I summoned a skill that allows me to touch a map then instantly memorize the whole thing. If I find a better map, the parts that are worse that the new ones are forgotten. I hug Lyra a bit harder than I need to as we slow down and land in a city. This, this is life. No one can tell you what to do, and you can do anything. So much has happened since I reincarnated on this world. Finding Arcturus, meeting Farlon, meeting the king and princess of Faeon, getting Lyra as an apprentice, and now flying over a ocean for a little three month training camp. I don¡¯t miss my old life, in fact, I prefer this one. ¡°We should set up camp here for the night, Lyra.¡± [Cipher] It takes a few hours, but we end up with a tent and¡­ that¡¯s it. We should really work on our focus. Lyra just played with her fire manipulation, while I tried to set up a tent, by trial and error. She¡¯s nice, but also lazy. Basically me, but female. The next day¡­ We woke up at sunrise, which is pretty late, for us at least. ¡°Let¡¯s get to training, shall we?¡± [Cipher] ¡°Already? I thought this was a fun trip where we didn¡¯t train!¡± [Lyra] ¡°You were wrong! Three hours trying to make a sculpture with fire manipulation, then five hours of sparring, then four hours of increasing your new skill, {Flaming Obliteration}¡± [Cipher] ¡°Fine, but tomorrow we take a break. It is the weekend, after all.¡± [Lyra] ¡°Sounds reasonable.¡± [Cipher] We spend the rest of the day training, and as the sun goes down, we start a fire and just sit down, watching the sunset. ¡°I want to spend the rest of my life with you, Cipher.¡± [Lyra] ¡°And why is that, Lyra?¡± [Cipher] ¡°I don¡¯t know why, but I, I, I love you!¡± [Lyra] She blushes as she tries to hide her face. ¡°Then the feeling is mutual¡± [Cipher] She blushes even more as I scoot next to her. She looks at me, blushes again and hides her face. We just sit there, as she slowly starts to lean against me. I wrap my arm around her as I close my eyes and lay down. It¡¯s been a long day.