《Survivor》 The Beginning The Beginning I grunted with disapproval when my hair stuck to my forehead with the rain. Realising my apartment was still 7 blocks away I decide to pick up the pace wanting to escape the rain soon. My name is James but most people call me Jimmy, I''m nineteen years old i have short ginger hair light blue eyes and a handsome enough face that gets me by. My cheeky grin will either make you love me or think of me as annoying. Although I''m friendly and quite goofy if you get on my bad side I''ll just kick the shit out of you. Now I''m no martial artist but I''m 6''6 and do a bit of boxing so... However quickly I wish to be out of this rain, myself and my Nike tracksuit are still getting drenched. With it being 11 o''clock and pouring buckets I haven''t seen another human since I left the gym. 11 o''clock is very late for me to not be home by, but I stuck around the gym a bit longer today because of a really sexy new girl. She was about my age and had a banging pair of tits. Whilst i was day dreaming about a girl who''s name I didn''t even know I rounded a corner to see a blue screen in front of me. Giving a little shout I jumped back and squinted through the rain at the mysterious blue screen that looked straight from a video game. Realising that the screen has writing on I squint harder and begin to read a message that every human in the world was currently reading. HELLO HUMANS! I AM THE BEING KNOWN AS GOD I AM AN EXISTENCE WHICH YOU HUMANS HAVE SQUABBLED OVER FOR YEARS. I AM THE CREATOR OF THIS WORLD. AND KNOW I AM CHANGING IT, YOU HUMANS HAVE GROWN SOFT AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN AND I HAVE DECIDED TO KNOCK YOU OF YOUR THRONE. I AM IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM WHICH WILL ALLOW YOU HUMANS TO LEVEL UP AND BETTER YOURSELVES BUT IT WILL ALSO LET MONSTERS DO THE SAME. ALL TECHNOLOGY WILL BE TURNED OF AND YOU ALL WILL HAVE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR SAFETY. SOME OF YOU WILL NOT SURVIVE BUT THOSE THAT DO WILL SURELY BECOME GREAT. Whilst I read this message from God my breathing steadily became more and more rapid. While you might not have guessed it from my appearance I''m an avid reader and overall nerd reading fictions like this where my favourite pastime. With my extensive knowledge I predicted what happens next, the blue screen disappears and about two metres in front of me a purple hole appears on the cracked pavement. Scrambling out of the hole came a disgusting creature. Its skin was a dark green, it was about 5''2 it was as skinny as an anorexic person and only wore a loincloth. It had a round head with pointed ears and a crooked nose it''s slanted eyes with yellow irises that matched its set of grinning yellow teeth a sharp a swords. Speaking of swords the creature I figured was a goblin held a rusted machete like sword. Instantly jumping into action i lunged at the creature that was still checking out its surroundings. Gambling on the fact the goblin was male I sent a kick towards its loincloth, from the following scream of agony I''m assuming it was. The goblin collapsed to the floor and curled into a fetal position. With one stamp to the side of the goblins head it went limp, not taking chances I picked up the machete the goblin dropped and plunged it into the creatures throat. As the blade sunk into its soft fleshy neck I struck an artery and blood squirted out onto my face, recoiling and closing my eyes I jumped back. After backing away I wiped my face and opened my eyes, suddenly a wave of nausea hit me and bile rose in my throat as I looked into the dead face of the goblin. I managed to swallow it before I was sick, however bad I felt I needed to move on to the relative safety of my apartment. As I was sprinting away from the grim scene I kept the weapon tight in my hand. Unsurprisingly two new blue screens appeared in my vision. -CONGRATULATIONS YOU KILLED A LEVEL3 GOBLIN SCOUT 78XP GAINED 22XP NEEDED TILL LEVEL 2- -FOR BEING THE FIRST HUMAN TO KILL A MONSTER YOU RECEIVE THE TITLE ''SURVIVOR'' FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT YOUR STATUS SCREEN- I swipe the screens away with a flick of my hand and continue running home. While running I consider my next moves. Screams ring through the night and I can picture the people behind them being slain by the creatures from the portals. Finally I see my small apartment building. People are streaming into the streets now and out there doors come monsters, zombies, goblins, wolves and I think I saw a minotaur. The streets where filled with screaming people within minutes and bodies where everywhere. It was as if the time had changed to midday, luckily no more monsters attacked me on my way home. However all around me people where being slain by the creatures, if not a single goblin a pack of ravenous wolves. Barrelling through the doors of my building at top speed I ignored everything around me and charged up the stairs. My room is on the 7th floor and while I was charging up the stone steps I reached the 4th floor and bumped into a bit of trouble.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. On the platform of the 4th floor there lay the mangled body of a middle aged women, and with vigour to wolves where chewing her to bits. "Fuck." That was the only thing I could bring myself to say when the two humongous black wolves turned their blood covered muzzles in my direction. Crouching slightly I pointed the machete in front of me and prepared myself for the coming conflict. The wolves slowly and deliberately paced toward me. As they moved toward me I noticed a red bar above their heads and above the red bar words that read DIRE WOLF LEVEL 5. With me being level 1 this was probably a bad idea, but they blocked the way and I was never one to run from conflict. Even though I was level 1 I work out 7 days a week so with that and my size I am ridiculously strong. And although I''m large I am surprisingly quick so I can handle myself. After I complete my inner monologue the wolves are only 3 meters away. The small platform of the stairwell doesn''t allow the wolves to spread out much so they are both in front of me. The right wolf lunges toward my throat but I sidestep to the right and slash at its side. The rusty blade barely hurts the wolf but the wall that was behind me does stun the wolf as its face rammed into it with momentum. As I go to attack the stunned wolf I feel a sharp pain in my right leg. Crying out I punch the other wolf that is thrashing its head tearing into my leg. I punch the wolf twice before it lets go and the second it does I smash the blade of the machete into its forehead with all my strength. The wolf goes limp and I try to remove the blade from its face, it''s stuck as I''m doing this the other beast jumps and sinks its teeth into my left arm. Adrenaline is coursing through my body which lets me ignore the pain, lifting my arm I smash it and the wolf into the wall. Grunting the beast refuses to let go, but when my right hand sinks into its stomach its jaws relax and the wolf falls to the floor whimpering. I stomp on the beast head countless times before I feel something give and the life fades from the creature. As the adrenaline leaves my body with my back to the wall I sink to the floor and receive the know familiar blue screen notifications. -YOU HAVE SLAIN TWO LEVEL 5 DIRE WOLVES AND GAINED 284 XP- -YOU HAVE LEVELD UP TO LEVEL 2 CONGRATULATIONS- -YOU HAVE LEVELD UP TO LEVEL 3 CONGRATULATIONS- -248 XP NEEDED TILL LEVEL 4- -YOU HAVE 10 UNUSED STAT POINTS- After reading the notifications and taking a half minute rest i rise and ignoring the pain in my leg and arm, I continue to floor 7. I encounter no more monsters but hear screams from the 5th floor. Finally I stand in front of my apartment door, letting myself in whilst cautiously listening for monsters. I close the door behind me and after a quick scan I figured there where no monsters In my two room apartment. The other room is just a sink shower and toilet. My main room has a large bed a small kitchen area 1 big wardrobe and a desk with my computer and monitor. Removing my clothes I open a cupboard in the kitchen area I fumble about and find a small first aid kit. I clean and bandage my wounds, it''s not a professional job but it''ll do. Moving to the wardrobe I use the remnants of my strength to move it in front of the door. I collapse onto my bed but cannot close sleep as the last hour flashed before my eyes. Sitting up and hitting myself in the head I exclaim "you retard James the status screen." In my head I think the word ''status''. A familiar blue screen appeared in front of my face. ---------- Name: James Coleman Race: Human Age: 19 Level:3 HP:72/100 SP:67/120 MP:100/100 Effects:Bleeding (Treated will disappear in 10 min) Stats: Strength:15 Agility:12 Dexterity:10 Intelligence:10 Endurance:12 Constitution:10 Wisdom:10 Unused stat points:10 Skills: Titles: Survivor XP to next level 248 Help? ---------- After going through my status screen in my head I mentally click help. In my head I hear a voice . ''This is the system what would you like to know?'' Mentally I reply. ''What is the meaning of all the stats?'' ''Strength: determines how much damage you deal and how much weight you can carry. Agility: determines how fast you can move and how fast you can strike. Dexterity: determines how precise you are and increases critical hit chance. Intelligence: determines ones mana pool each point added increases the pool by 10. Endurance: determines stamina each point added increases stamina by 10. Constitution: determines health each point added increases health by 10. Wisdom: determines damage and or duration of spells.'' ''What does my title survivor do?'' ''Survivor: gained by the first human to kill a monster. Current benefits: when the owner of the title has there health run out will give a health boost of 50. This title can evolve future benefits are classified.'' Ok eerrrrmmm ''explain skills.'' ''Skills are either passive or active, passive skills are always being used and give benefits to the user, active skills require either mana or stamina. Active skills have levels and after being used enough level up and gain benefits. Skills are acquired either through skill books or by repeatedly doing the skill.'' After that boat load of information my head is pounding I have just enough time before dosing of to mentally order. ''3 points to strength 2 to agility 3 to endurance and 2 to constitution.'' Then my eyes close and the world blackens. ------ Hope you enjoyed! :) Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Opening my eyes is a difficult feat as sunlight shines through my one window and burns them. After my mind is cleared of its fog I remember the events of last night. With a sigh I quickly accept my new reality and move on. I remove my bandages and check my wounds, I think in this new world my healing is superior as the wounds already look like year old scars. Opening my status I quickly check it. ---------- Name: James Coleman Race: Human Age: 19 Level: 3 HP:120/120 SP:150/150 MP:100/100 Effects:Rested (increased stamina recovery for 1 hour) Stats: Strength:18 Agility:14 Dexterity:10 Intelligence:10 Endurance:15 Constitution:12 Wisdom:10 Unused stat points: Skills: Titles: Survivor XP to next level 248 Help? ---------- Reading through all the changes I notice I am full recovered and rested. Walking over to the wardrobe which now covers my door I open it and take out some clothes. A pair of black Nike air max 90s some loose fitting grey adidas pants a long sleeve top and a Nike puffer jacket. It was winter even though the sun was out it was undoubtedly cold. Putting on the clothes I grab a bag and start to get my kit together. I put in two bottles of water and all my tinned food in the big pocket. I also grab a lighter and my first aid kit. After that I get a kitchen knife and modify a regular brown leather belt into a utility belt like thing. It is strapped across my shoulder and chest, it holds my two biggest sharpest kitchen knives. Whilst I was doing all this I stared at the kitchen knives and thought to myself... Suddenly a notification appeared. ---------- Kitchen Knives Quality: Basic Damage: 3-5 Durability: 5/5 ---------- That''s good to know, i guess. Also while doing all this I got two more notifications. --------- You have gained the skill knife mastery PASSIVE Beginner level 1 Add 5% damage to all knife weapons ---------- You have gained the skill tinkerer PASSIVE Beginner level 1 Weaker than a crafter but can make useful things with the materials around them. +5% durability to all hand made items. ---------- Useful skills, looking at the belt In my mind I see that it is a ''modified leather belt with 5/5 durability.'' Deciding that it is time to leave my apartment in search of other survivors I leave all my tech behind as it won''t work anyway. From the position of the sun outside my window I guess it is just before midday. After pushing the wardrobe out of the way I slowly pull my door open. Peeking my face out all I hear is dead silence. I see some doors on my floor are either open or of their hinges. At the end of the hallway I see a fire axe behind a pane of glass, grinning I slowly and cautiously approach this new weapon with one of my knives in hand In case of danger. With a solid looking piece of wood from one of the broken doors, I slowly smash the glass. After every hit i cringe with the noise but finally I reach the axe. I put my knife in the belt across my chest and grasp the axe handle with both hands. I grip it tightly and inspect my new weapon. ---------- Fire Axe Quality: Good Damage: 10-15 Durability: 10/10 ---------- After inspecting the axe I turn right and go down the stairs. There are no incidents till I reach the floor where I killed the two wolves the night before. I stare at the grim corpses one with a machete in the other with a caved in skull. Whilst staring at the corpses a notification prompts me to look up. ---------- Would you like to loot these corpses? YES NO ---------- Mentally tapping yes the corpses are surrounded by a golden light and they disappear. In their stead is two black wolf hides and one green vial. Picking up the two pelts I place them in my backpack, I take more care with the green vial and whilst I had my suspicions as to what it was it was confirmed by a ''ding'' and the blue screen. ---------- Weak stamina potion Restores 20 stamina when consumed ---------- Flicking the screen away I once more cautiously walk down the steps. My feet made no noise as I approached the ground floor once I got there I poked my head around the corner then quickly pulled back. There appeared to be 3 goblins in the main foyer. They where facing away from me so I dared another peak, they still weren''t looking my way I take this chance to observe them one looked exactly the same as the first goblin I saw. The others on the other hand where slightly larger maybe 5''6 and more muscled, they also had some leather chest piece on.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. One of them was behind the counter tossing things about, while the scout was shaking the vending machine and the last warrior gazed out the shattered glass doors. Above each of their heads I saw, Goblin Scout Level 3 and 2 Goblin Warrior Level 5s. I pull back into the doorway and consider my battle strategy, I''ll go for the desk warrior first then quickly get vending scout after that I''ll 1 v 1 door guard. Reassuring my two handed grip on the axe I take a breath and quickly charge round the corner. Reaching near enough the desk I quickly vault it and kick the shocked goblin warrior in the face. Knocking the creature to the ground with my kick, I bring the axe above my head and sink it into the goblins chest destroying its ribs lungs and who knows what else. That goblin is dead but know the others are aware of my presence, I jump over the desk again and sprint to the goblin scout. The idiotic creature is bending to pick up its weapon from the floor where it left it so it could shake the vending machine. Vending scout grasps the handle of its weapon but its to late. My axe blade is already in its bald skull I hit brain and shift my grip to pull the weapon out. Turning to face the last warrior I see the goblin is about 3 meters away. Door warrior has his weapon in hand it is the same old rusty machete. Staring into the monsters eyes I give a monstrous roar, take 2 steps forward and jump to the right to avoid the monsters lunge the goblin is now about half the axes length away from me. Dropping my weapon I dive into the green skinned creatures side, I get the creature in a half bear hug with my right hand gripping the wrist that holds the machete. Whit all my strength I squeeze the goblins wrist forcing it to drop its weapon. With it now defenceless I use my arm to get it in a choke hold and after a minute of struggle and it scratching my forearm and tricep, it finally stops struggling going limp. -------- CONGRATULATIONS YOU KILLED A LEVEL 5 GOBLIN WARRIOR 98 XP GAINED CONGRATULATIONS YOU KILLED A LEVEL 3 GOBLIN SCOUT 46 XP GAINED CONGRATULATIONS YOU KILLED A LEVEL 5 GOBLIN WARRIOR 98 XP GAINED ---------- I sigh and drop the limp goblin warrior. Staring at the corpse I wait for the screen. ---------- WOULD YOU LIKE TO LOOT LEVEL 5 GOBLIN WARRIOR? YES NO ---------- Mentally tapping yes I wait for the golden glow. After the body disappears what is left is a leather scrap, a loincloth and the rusty machete. I take the scrap of leather then move to the other bodies the other warrior has the same drops and all I take is the leather again. I take nothing from the scout as all it drops is its loincloth and the machete. Once I''ve looted the corpses I go grab my axe take a sip of water then I''m ready to go. Looking through the shattered glass doors I take in the situation. Corpses litter the streets monster and humans alike, but mostly human. Thinking what my next move should be, I decide to try and find other survivors. Hopefully my friends will have survived and we can meet up. I do not worry for my family as they are all long dead. Well my dad was just never there and my mother died of cancer when I was 3. My emotions are numb to that hole situation. Anyway, my quick survey of the streets outside led me to think that no living monsters roamed about. Taking a deep breath I sprint into the open and towards an alley across the road. Bile once again rises in my throat as the smell of the corpses hits me. Pushing through the nausea I force myself to crouch slightly and cautiously make my way through the alleys. My current destination is the local Walmart. There I can get some new supplies and see if there are any other survivors. Luckily there were no monsters in the alleys although i saw plenty of them on the streets I passed. I saw quite a few level 15 Minotaurs, thank god they weren''t the first monsters I encountered. They were on average 7'' tall and biceps the size of boulders. They carried large two handed axes, their legs were like large goat legs with shaggy brown fur, large human like torsos and the head of a bull. After about 15 minutes of navigating the alleys I see the Walmart. The carpark is across the road, and its flooded with monsters. Viciously the monsters tear into the corpses of humans who they slew. Watching the supermarket I try to find the best way to enter. After about 2 minutes the carpark which has about 50 monsters in mostly level 4-6 zombies and level 5 wolves gets distracted by a screaming noise. The scream comes from the part of the carpark farthest from me, while all the monsters are distracted I sprint for the right side of the market. Quickly scaling a medium sized brick wall I drop into to the back area of the market where the trucks are and where they bring the stock into the shop. Scanning the area I dropped down into, I notice there are 2 bodies here but they are both monster corpses, both being goblin scouts. Finishing my brief survey of the area I move off to the big shutter doors that lead into the back area of the store. Grasping the handle at the bottom I use my leg muscles to stand up straight taking the door up with me. The door lifting created a sound that made me want to die its screeching surely rung out for miles. Taking careful steps I walk into the back storage room of the store. A massive grin forms on my lips when I see the goodies in this storage area. From food and drink to sports equipment all is here. I instantly knew that all my current equipment was about to be replaced. Walmart truly is number 1! Running over to the camping and hunting storage areas I can''t help but jump with joy. Stripping down I replace my current clothes with some black leather army boots, some camo pants with more pockets than I thought possible and a normal top with a thick camo jacket. I also stuffed a balaclava in my pocket. Dropping my bag I grabbed a camping backpack which could probably fit twice as much stuff as mine. Putting my food and water in this new bag I also replaced my weapons. Grabbing two hunting knives and a Bowie knife to replace my kitchen knives. I took the best looking crossbow and scope with a fuck ton of bolts. And deciding I like my axe I kept it but I''ll also take a tomahawk for fun. Now I look like some kind of freaking army guy with a shit ton of equipment. After my raid I stood in the back area of the store checking out my new goodies. ---------- Steel Bowie knife Quality:Good Damage:5-8 Durability:7/7 ---------- Hunting knife Quality:Good Damage:4-6 Durability:6/6 Bonuses:5% faster when skinning prey ---------- High power crossbow Quality:Great Damage:15-50 Durability10/10 Bonuses:Compatible with the sneak skill ---------- Steel tomahawk Quality:Good Damage:5-8 Durability:8/8 ---------- Camo clothing set Quality:Good Defence:+5(+7) Durability15/15 Bonuses:For wearing full set +2 more defence ---------- Once I appraised my equipment with a satisfied nod I turned around, and shat my pants. Behind me stood a 7''2 level 15 Minotaur. "FUCK!!!"