《Black Knight》


 Prologue: The Outsider

    My name is Zander short for Lazander Smith I am what you would call an outsider, seventeen and without a single friend. I spend most of my time in libraries and other places where I can learn things, if I am not learning I craft things to pass the time.  The best thing is I have a photographic memory so I can memorize anything; I got perfect grades in school so I know I can get a scholarship however most of the people in the school hate me.


    Teachers hate me because of my father¡¯s reputation around the town; guys hate me because I am smarter than them. The girls hate me for being smart and not paying attention to them. Basically my life is shit; I have been staying in the library for the whole day because it¡¯s the schools personal fuck with Zander day. I was looking up some new ways to craft things when a blue screen showed up in front of me.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Notice!</td></tr><tr><td>Hello mortals i am sending you this message to


    give you a warning, in five minutes your world will change


    we gods have been bored with your puny lives so


    we decided to make a change we hope you survive the


    change</td></tr></tbody></table>


    I spent a few moments going through the message in my head when the loud speaker rang followed by the principles voice.


    ¡°Attention students don¡¯t pay the message any mind it was just some joke and continue with your classes.¡± (Principle)


    That is bullshit if any person with half of a brain looked at this screen they would know it wasn¡¯t a joke. I got up from my seat and blocked the door with a bench so nothing came in until everything calmed down, if panic strikes it¡¯s best to be alone.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>time is up mortals all of the following will now begin


    *Advanced technology other than weapons have been


    disabled


    *Monster spawns have been enabled


    *Climate change has begun</td></tr></tbody></table>


    ¡°What are you doing Mr. Zander?¡± (Librarian)


    Shit I forgot he was in here, I turned around and was about to speak when my face was sprayed by blood followed by the screams of the elderly mad. I watched as a crimson sword appeared from his chest, his body fell to the floor showing a creature with a bloodthirsty smirk on its face. I quickly looked around to find something to find to help me defend but the only thing I could find was the wood chair that was about to be taken to the incinerator. I made up my mind and went for it, creature cut me off and thrusted it¡¯s sword at me. I turned just enough for it to miss my body only to graze my forearm, blood dripped to the floor as I fell into the wall next to the chair.


    As I stood up the creature approached me licking its sword, I grabbed the chair and charged at it. The creature blocked the chair but it didn¡¯t stop me as I Spartan kicked it away from me, the creature dropped its sword. I didn¡¯t miss this opportunity and grabbed the sword then charged at the creature, I swung down at its head implanting the sword in the middle of its head.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Congratulations!


    You are the first to kill a monster Added 7x new skills


    Calculating attributes and knowledge


    Calculations complete</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Congratulations!


    You are the first to kill a goblin gained title Goblin killer


    and 1x skill</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Adjusting body to new world please hold</td></tr></tbody></table>


    As the last notification disappeared immense pain shot through my body and before I knew it I was on the ground convulsing trying to keep awake. Minutes in the pain faded slowly but I could still feel the pain subsiding.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Skill created: Pain Resistance 1/10</td></tr><tr><td>able to withstand pain better


    *Pain lessened by 10%</td></tr></tbody></table>


    I slowly got up and walked over to the creature to look it over; the creature was half of the size of a full grown man with four fingers, its face was extremely ugly with a pointed nose and sharpened teeth. As I looked over the creature information flooded my head.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Goblin Runt LV 1 (Deceased)</td></tr><tr><td>a stick wielding creature that loves killing and pillaging


    it kills males without mercy while it keeps females alive


    for breeding or food</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Wait the description say¡¯s it¡¯s suppose to be a stick wielding monster not a fucking sword wielding monster. I sighed at my bad luck then looked at the sword it had, a short sword that was in good shape other then the blood on it.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>short sword of the dwarfs 49/56</td></tr><tr><td>a goblin killed and stole the sword from the dwarf


    named Brit Brother of Rick, Return sword to Rick


    for a Reward</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Quest: Brothers sword</td></tr><tr><td>return the sword to the dwarf brother


    * +1,000 EXP


    Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more.*+1 Gold


    *???</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Wait there are dwarves now, hey System mind telling me where the dwarves are?


    <table><tbody><tr><td>NPC Update will be in seven days</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Alright so there is no rush, let¡¯s see if the goblin has anything on him. I searched through the corpse only to find a bent stick that smells terrible followed by a notification.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>first to loot a creature gained skill auto loot</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Auto-Loot</td></tr><tr><td>a ability to get loot from monsters automatically


    after killing it</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Alright so far I have been getting skills but does that mean I am in some sort of game world now? As I thought about it I started trying to pull up my status.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Name: Zander


    Money: 1 S 25 C


    HP 800/1,000


    MP 2,000/2,000</td><td>Titles: Goblin Killer. First player


    Race: human  LV 1</td></tr><tr><td>Strength:9</td><td>Wis:22</td></tr><tr><td>Agility: 10</td><td>int: 21</td></tr><tr><td>Luck: 9</td><td>Charm: 7</td></tr><tr><td>Stat Points: 20</td><td>Skill Points:20</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Gods eyes</td><td>Able to see the targets information, can see lies


    and illusions</td></tr><tr><td>Inventory</td><td>a space where you can store your items, gain space


    though strength or adding extra bags, able to stack


    items, 0/600 items</td></tr><tr><td>sword mastery LV 1/10</td><td>Able to use simple sword play</td></tr><tr><td>perfect memory</td><td>able to remember every detail</td></tr><tr><td>quick learner</td><td>able to learn new skills and improve them 10x faster


    than others</td></tr><tr><td>language comprehension</td><td>able to understand all languages</td></tr><tr><td>auto-loot</td><td>when you kill enemies all items are automatically


    placed in inventory</td></tr><tr><td>negotiation LV Max (Master)</td><td>Able to win most negotiations and make them


    beneficial to you</td></tr></tbody></table>


    So these are my skills well I appreciate the inventory skill since I don¡¯t want to carry everything around.  Before I go anywhere let¡¯s see if it truly is a gaming world now, I walked to the how to books and picked one of them up to see a notification pop up.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>you have found a skill book, do you wish to learn how


    to fish?


    Y/N</td></tr></tbody></table>


    I clicked yes and knowledge flowed into my mind but it wasn¡¯t limited by the old worlds fish it detailed other types of fish as well.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>learned Fishing LV 1/10</td></tr><tr><td>you are able to catch fish easier


    *Knowledge of low level fish


    *Small fish are drawn to your bait</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Well that¡¯s actually good so I can get food as long as I have a fishing hole near me. I was curious to see what it would look like when it was maxed out.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>learned Fishing LV 10/10</td></tr><tr><td>you are able to catch fish easier


    *Knowledge of all water dwelling creatures


    *all water dwelling creatures are drawn to your bait


    *able to catch all water dwelling creatures with minimal


    effort</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Wow that¡¯s a big chance, alright let¡¯s put that in my inventory for others later on along with the others so I can learn them. I walked around the library collecting every book that would be useful; as I collected books I couldn¡¯t help but feel uneasy. How did that goblin even get in here? Wait didn¡¯t that message from before say there were monster spawn points. As I thought that I heard screeching from the other side of the bookshelf, when I looked I saw a new goblin checking its comrade which was deader than a hobo¡¯s funeral. The new goblin was a few inches taller than it¡¯s friend but it wielded a stick which gave me a little hope, if I had to fight against another goblin I don¡¯t think I can win since I am already injured.


    I grabbed a lord of the rings book and threw it to the left side and distracted the goblin, once it was distracted I snuck up to it and sliced the creature¡¯s throat with my new sword. It fell to the ground as more notifications came into view mostly about the auto loot skill but I did get a sneak skill which actually really sounded cool.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Shadow step LV 1/10</td></tr><tr><td>you are not only familiar with the shadows they are


    your most trusted ally


    *In darkness enemies will not be able to detect you


    without a awareness skill but lucky for them it doesn''t


    have to be a strong skill</td></tr></tbody></table>


    It¡¯s not much now but can you even imagine what will happen when I master this skill? Ya let¡¯s celebrate after things are not trying to eat me, Well let¡¯s see if the vents are clear or not and god help me if there are any bugs.

 Chapter 1 Vents

    I crawled through the vents and each chance I got I checked out what was going on, every couple of meters or so saying I leveled up my sneak skills. The goblins have taken over most of the school and it wasn¡¯t looking good right now, so far I have only seen goblins. I climbed all the way to the gym where I saw a larger goblin giving orders with a weird bone crown, at his side was a bent steel sword. As I looked at him the information in my head started to flow once again.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Goblin Chief LV 15</td></tr><tr><td>a creature known to be extremely cruel and will do anything


    to become stronger, it is smarter than other goblins


    along with the ability to use offensive magic</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Let¡¯s stay away from him for right now I can¡¯t even imagine what that guy would do to an ordinary person. I was about to leave when I started hearing screaming followed by goblins carrying some girls, the chief ordered them to be sent into the equipment room the metal door blocked out the screams as the goblins continued scurrying around. My conscious couldn¡¯t let me leave them so I snuck through the vents into the equipment room where I found the girls sitting around with their heads down in their laps. I hated most of them since they were the bitches that bullied me but still getting raped is something I wouldn¡¯t wish onto any female not even these girls.


    I kicked the vent open startling them followed by hopeful chatter; I climbed out of the vent then got bombarded with questions however I didn¡¯t answer any of them. The only thing I told them to do is get into the vent, each one climbed into the vent but left one of the other girls when I looked closely she had her limbs broken for fighting back. I couldn¡¯t leave her so I grabbed some rope then tied her on my back; surprisingly she was extremely light I went through the room putting every weapon I could find into my inventory which surprisingly stacked up labeled blunt objects.


    After my search I climbed back into the vent while replacing the vent cover, the girls were waiting for me which resulted in me sighing about the scene. When we get out of this they will probably act like this never even happened and will betray me, the only one that I can trust for now is the injured girl since she is actually a good person even if she was powerless when it came to my situation. I decided the best choice would head to the cafeteria since it was the second most secure place in the school.


    We climbed out of the vents to see the cafeteria was barricaded; the girls just looked around as we saw each exit was blocked. After a few seconds the survivors came out from the woodwork, we were swarmed with questions while the girls put up an act to get better treatment. I didn¡¯t even bother with them as I put the injured girl down onto a table as I did this I saw the tears running down her face; she was moving her mouth but no words came out probably because she lost her voice.


    This situation reminded me of a notification I saw earlier when I killed my second goblin, I searched through my inventory and found the items I was searching for. I pulled out a red beaker followed by its information.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Medium grade Health Potion Rank ***</td></tr><tr><td>a potion that can heal  most wounds as long as it is


    not so severe, made from a skilled alchemist apprentice


    ,heals but doesn''t taste good</td></tr></tbody></table>


    So it¡¯s a rank three well let¡¯s hope this works, I held her head and put the bottle near her. I warned her about the taste before giving it to her, once the liquid was gone her body started to glow followed by her screaming which caught everyone¡¯s attention.


    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± (Teacher)


    ¡°It¡¯s that guy he has been trying to violate us since we met!¡± (Girl)


    ¡°GET AWAY FROM HER YOU BASTARD!¡± (Heroic Bastard)


    He swung at me but it was so slow I could easily stop it but I didn¡¯t avert my eyes from the girl, her body was fixing it¡¯s self before my eyes. Once the light was gone she was lying on the table unconscious breathing slightly hard but it will pass in time, I was met with another notification.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Congratulations you are the twenty seventh Human


    to use a potion on another person to heal them.


    *Calculating Damage Fixed


    *Calculating Reward range


    *Calculations Complete</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>rewarded: All-Heal Magic Beginner LV 1/10</td></tr><tr><td>this skill is rare and extremely hard to master, it has


    the potential to give you all healing spells created


    it has four skill levels each will give you a new spell


    for each level you complete</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Magic Learned</td></tr><tr><td>Lesser Heal LV 1/10</td></tr></tbody></table>


    That¡¯s interesting I can learn every healing magic created and some skills even have stages to them. Well since that is done let¡¯s deal with that bastard that punched me, I turned to look at the guy that hit me upside the head. He was one of the jocks on the football team and one of the most manipulative guys in the school; the guy was still wearing his jacket but a little bloody, his blonde hair stained crimson, in all honesty he looks like shit.


    ¡°What is your problem?¡± (Me)


    ¡°You were harming that girl!¡± (Jock)


    ¡°No I was healing her, and you if you touch me again Brad I will snap your arm like a twig.¡± (Me)


    I turned and started walking away from him while he just mumbled under his breath; I sat down in the corner keeping an eye on everyone as they talked together. One of the teachers came over to me and handed me some water, I think he was a biology teacher before this entire thing started well if he finds a specimen he might be able to help find a weakness in the monsters.


    ¡°So your name is Zander right?¡± (Teacher)


    ¡°Ya but it doesn¡¯t really matter since I will be leaving soon anyway.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Why would you do that?¡± (Teacher)


    ¡°Well first are the other survivors they will take me out the second they have a chance, second is defenses they won¡¯t last for long maybe forty-eight hours at best, finally the food problem unless you are going to eat some monsters you won¡¯t have enough to withstand this.¡± (Me)


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    ¡°I can¡¯t disagree with you on most of them but why would you think the others would cause you harm?¡± (Teacher)


    ¡°It has always been that way actually I also have a fifth reason for leaving, if I stay I will be depended on like an errand boy along with their defender since I have the strength to survive while they don¡¯t.¡± (Me)


    ¡°It can¡¯t be that bad, I am sure the army will clean this thing up in a few days.¡± (Teacher)


    ¡°Continue to think that and you will end up dead, think about it if this happened everywhere there won¡¯t be a military anymore.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Hey if you don¡¯t mind I would like to take a bottle of water with me when I go if that is alright with you, and in exchange I can help you gain the power to defend the others.¡± (Me)


    The teacher went over to the others and started talking but they left the students out of the talk like usual they are looking down on us. The teacher came back to me and agreed to my agreement; I grabbed a knife from the kitchen then taped it to the broom making a crude spear. The teacher followed me out of the cafeteria and into an empty class room near the gym, I told him to stay in the corner and wait. I went out and drew a goblin runt into the classroom, the teacher quickly slit its throat then he let out a scream of pain which drew the goblins attention. I pulled the teacher back into the vent but stayed out since I wanted to grind a little.


    The goblins rushed in while looking around for enemies, there were several of the little bastards. I silently closed the door so nothing could escape then slit nearest goblins throat, the other goblins caught on quick and started charging at me. I pull the sword out again and started to slice the goblins apart, I went for the vitals for the weaker ones while I disabled the stronger ones with small cuts on the joints.  I didn¡¯t get lucky though, I was covered in cuts and bruises but I didn¡¯t care because it wasn¡¯t life threatening.


    The last two goblins tried to do a pincher attack; I dropped to the floor resulting in the two hitting each other with their clubs. I didn¡¯t hesitate in the slightest when I brought up my sword  slicing their necks straight through just like butter, their heads fell to the ground as I looked at the scene of the five goblins surrounding me. I didn¡¯t stay there long so I went into the vent again where I found the teacher still there awake but he was looking at me like I was some sort of monster.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go back to the cafeteria and talk it¡¯s not the smartest idea to talk here with the new corpses.¡± (Me)


    The teacher didn¡¯t say anything but he did nod at me request, the trip back was slow but uneventful other then the goblins screams when they found their friends. The teacher talked with the others again while I looked through my notifications that appeared while in the vents.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>gained 4x levels</td></tr><tr><td>you have been given 40 stat and skill points</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>swordsmanship increased to level 3</td></tr><tr><td>with this you are able to use more complicated


    styles of sword play easier</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>gained skill and title Tactician</td></tr><tr><td>Title: you think of plans faster than most along with


    the ability to analyze environment faster</td></tr><tr><td>Skill: this skill let''s you device more plans along with


    better results each time it levels up the better your


    ideas become


    *Increase thinking speed


    *Increase analyzing capabilities


    *Focus Stat unlocked</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>You have brought fear to the goblin race but also


    hatred if alone goblins will cower at the sight of you


    but if a group sees you they will become enraged</td></tr></tbody></table>


    So they have warnings for this kind of thing as well but no matter I will be taking care of the goblins soon anyways so right now let¡¯s check out my stat¡¯s first.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Name: Zander


    Money: 3 S 5 C


    HP 1,000/1,000


    MP 2,000/2,000</td><td>Titles: Goblin Killer. First player


    Race: human  LV 5</td></tr><tr><td>Strength:14</td><td>Wis:40</td></tr><tr><td>Agility: 15</td><td>int: 39</td></tr><tr><td>Luck: 10</td><td>Charm: 8</td></tr><tr><td>Vit:14</td><td>Focus: 20</td></tr><tr><td>Stat Points: 60</td><td>Skill Points:50</td></tr></tbody></table>


    So I can unlock new stat¡¯s that is interesting but I am more focused on the actual value of my stat¡¯s. Okay wisdom and intelligence is ridiculously high so I shouldn¡¯t concentrate on those for now I am more worried about strength, agility, and Vit. My strength will help with power but I can make that up myself I think while agility and Vit will have a problem later on.  Okay let¡¯s put twenty in agility, Vit, And Charm since right now I think my lonely eight charm is really effecting the people around me.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Name: Zander


    Money: 3 S 5 C


    HP 1,000/1,000


    MP 2,000/2,000</td><td>Titles: Goblin Killer. First player


    Race: human  LV 5</td></tr><tr><td>Strength:14</td><td>Wis:40</td></tr><tr><td>Agility: 35</td><td>int: 39</td></tr><tr><td>Luck: 10</td><td>Charm: 28</td></tr><tr><td>Vit:34</td><td>Focus: 20</td></tr><tr><td>Stat Points: 0</td><td>Skill Points:50</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Anyway my next problem is my fighting power, I should increase my swordsmanship as fast as I can since I saw the effects of it earlier when I faced the goblins and truth be told I am a little scared to see what happens when it hit¡¯s max. I have never picked up a sword before and now it¡¯s like this, I wonder if I get a combination of weapon mastery skills it will combine into one super skill.

 chapter 2 departure

    I was waiting patiently for the others while I went over everything in the help menu, is says that the only way to stop a monster spawn in a certain location in to claim the land which I can¡¯t do or kill the boss monster which in this case would be a goblin chief. As I was thinking about all the ways to kill it the teacher from earlier came over to me again but he brought the nurse.


    ¡°Hey Zander explaining to me what is happening to me?¡± (Teacher)


    ¡°In simple terms you become a game character now go and enjoy your new life somewhere else unless you need something important.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Figures the traitors son is just like him, Mike let¡¯s go back to the others we can figure this out ourselves.¡± (Nurse)


    ¡°No right now he has the most information and I am starting to think the others are just trying to run away from reality.¡± (Mike)


    Finally someone that I can get behind, but this bitch needs to go since the beginning she has been out to get me just because of my father¡¯s greed.


    ¡°Now we are talking, I welcome a new outsider to the mix as a reward I will answer three questions before telling you to fuck off.¡± (Me)


    Both of them gave me a dirty look but Mike didn¡¯t give me any trouble so it¡¯s okay but still what do they think would happen?


    ¡°Alright, What do you know about this new System?¡± (Mike)


    ¡°Not much in truth it has all of the features of a RPG but it¡¯s more complicated than that; each attribute defines you in numeral form and you can increase it when you get enough experience, the system also judges you action and will either reward you or punish you for them.¡± (Me)


    ¡°What do you know about those creatures?¡± (Mike)


    ¡°They are goblins; they are small as children and even have their brains, however they have strength of a full grown man and that is with the runts, they will spawn at this location every five minutes unless we take out the boss monster.¡± (Me)


    ¡°I plan on handling that in a little bit to gain more experience and will leave the rest for you guy¡¯s to take care of, think of it as a reward for surviving this long.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Are you not stay here and wait for safety like the rest of us?¡± (Mike)


    ¡°No, think about it for a second there are fifteen of us and we were suppose to resupply today so food is going to run thin, also all advanced technology will be disabled so the freezer will be useless along with the frozen food in it.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Along with your food issue you have the monster problem, the goblins will be taken care of soon but what will you do about the other monsters around along with the other sentient beings that will be coming in seven days.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Final question, why do you hate everyone?¡±  (Mike)


    ¡°You should rethink your thinking; they hate me well they hate my father which is then directed onto me so it¡¯s best to stay away from them.¡± (Me)


    ¡°So why does everyone hate your father?¡± (Mike)


    ¡°He is a traitor in the army and the people in his team were killed by him, it so happens that all of them except for two of them were people of this town.¡± (Me)


    ¡°When my Dad came back from prison on the first day he put the Mayor in an Acoma, so you can see why people hate him and for the students they have been jealous of my intelligence.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Well I guess that would cause them to hate you but still we need to stick together.¡± (Mike)


    ¡°No we don¡¯t, you get stronger by killing or creating skills same as me but I won¡¯t be dying for these people.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Is there no changing your mind?¡± (Mike)


    ¡°No, Mike I gave you the tools to your survival and now it¡¯s time to choose either grow stronger yourself or be weighed down by these people, I am not saying to abandon them I am saying teach them how not to be a burden.¡± (Me)


    I stood up and walked into the kitchen leaving Mike with the nurse as he stared dazed into the wall, I grabbed the gas tank from under the stoves and then grabbed a flare in the med-kit everyone looked at me with curiosity but I didn¡¯t give them any response. I walked towards the girl that I carried her and saw she was sleeping soundly in some spare blankets; I couldn¡¯t help but give her a handicap. I passed her a steel knife I looted from one of the goblins I killed and disappeared into the vents again.


    Mike¡¯s POV


    Since all this began all hope has been lost for normal people, I was actually giving up hope a while there until one of the students came through the vents along with several others behind him. The most shocking thing was he was carrying a young girl on his back while doing it, I asked the girls what happened and they said he saved them but was trying to violate them as well.


    I don¡¯t believe their story that much because I can see in his eyes that he has no intention of doing that, since I became a teacher I have been able to pick up the intentions of people from their eyes. I was discussing things with the other staff when we heard screaming across the room, the girl the boy carried here was screaming while the boy stood over her watching her. Everyone jumped to conclusions on what was happing mainly about the boy trying to hurt the girl, when I saw what was going on I couldn¡¯t believe it. The girl¡¯s wounds were being healed instantly before my eyes along with everyone else¡¯s.


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    I ended up thinking about it constantly while the others just gave out rude comments about the boy along with rumors from before all this happened, if I could tell them to shut the hell up I would but then I would distance myself from the group which was a bad idea. I took a gamble and decided to talk to the boy in the corner of the room, we didn¡¯t talk much instead he wanted me to go hunting with him. I didn¡¯t understand until he brought a goblin in the room with us. I used the kitchen knife I brought with me and slit the goblins throat.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Notice!</td></tr><tr><td>You are the 90,000 player added to the system


    now calculating reward</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>calculation done you have received the skill Detect


    Lies and basic knife mastery</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Lie Detection</td><td>Basic Dagger Mastery LV 1/10</td></tr><tr><td>you can detect lies from other parties along with


    seeing through illusions</td><td>you can use the basics of the basics with knifes</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Title: Leech obtained</td></tr><tr><td>you are more willing to leech onto others to gain


    benefits but that won''t keep you alive in this new world


    *+10% More of a chance for a person to want to help


    you


    * Monsters will likely attack you thinking you are the


    weakest


    *To remove this title you need to become independent</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Shooting pain went through me as the blue screens showed up I was paralyzed not even able to speak. The boy put me back into the vent just in enough time to keep me from being noticed by the goblins that just arrived; I couldn¡¯t believe what I was seeing. The boy single handedly killed five goblins with only a few wounds; after he was done we headed back separated again, I told the other staff about what I just witnessed. The staff just brushed it off saying I must be delusional from what¡¯s happening and continued on with their idol talk about being rescued, I was about to go speak to the boy again when Elena the school nurse walked up to me.


    ¡°Mike stay away from that child it will only bring you bad luck.¡± (Elena)


    I can¡¯t believe this women she is suppose to be carrying towards the students and try to comfort them, why is that boy so different?


    ¡°He knows more than us and he is a lot stronger than us in many ways, we can¡¯t just wait here to be saved most likely we need to defend ourselves until this blows over which can be accomplished with the boys help.¡± (Mike)


    ¡°Just be careful on what you do from here on out.¡± (Elena)


    Is she threatening me to stay away from the boy, now this is getting out of control I need to find answers first so let¡¯s get it from the source.  I talked with the boy again and turns out most people are just punishing him for his father¡¯s crimes while the other students hate him for being smart, after he told me about his situation he went on to say he was going to make the school safe again well enough for us to survive. Before he left though he said that I need to get away from these people because it will kill me, he also said I could survive with others as long as we are willing to work for the strength we need.


    ¡°What do you thing that boy is about to do?¡± (Elena)


    ¡°He is going to help us, that boy no Zander will make the school safe enough for us to survive but that is only if we work to be strong enough to survive this new world.¡± (Mike)


    ¡°He is the son of a traitor he will probably leave us to save himself.¡± (Elena)


    ¡°Shut the hell up, Zander is only seventeen and has adapted to this new world in the matter of hours and we are still relying on people that aren¡¯t even coming at least give him a break.¡± (Mike)


    As I walked off I noticed a small knife beside the injured girl that Zander helped, I recognize the dagger from one of the goblins Zander killed.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Dagger of Innocents Durability 100/100</td></tr><tr><td>This dagger was forged by a grieving father that lost his daughter to


    monsters, he made it with a protection crystal so when the wielder is in danger it


    protects them from harm in hopes future events never happen again.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    So Zander isn¡¯t so cold hearted as I thought, I tucked the tagger under the blanket so no one will steal it. As I went to the kitchen for my rations everyone was in a commotion, turns out a propane tank and the flare gun was missing. When I heard this I could only laugh at what Zander¡¯s crazy actions but everyone else was furious about it, Zander might be right about these people but I can¡¯t leave them to die.

 Chapter 3 Goblin Genocide?

    Do you know how hard it is to sneak in a vent with a propane tank? Well I do and it¡¯s fucking hard it¡¯s taking so long to move without making noises my sneak skill has reached level ten and evolved into a better version while my shadow step is still stuck on level nine.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Advanced Sneak skill Lv 2/10</td></tr><tr><td>You have spent your time avoiding detection and


    your work has paid off, you are 30% harder to find


    against advanced level detection skills</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Shadow step LV 9/10</td></tr><tr><td>You are one with the shadows, in darkness you are


    10% harder to see and 5% harder to find with


    detection skills, 2x faster experience points


    towards sneak skills</td></tr></tbody></table>


    I wonder what shadow step will turn into after I hit level ten and the 2x growth feature to this skill is amazing, I got a 1x when it was at level five then it added another when it reached level nine. I think I understand how to level up passive skills now, the harder it is the more experience you gain same as levels however my two skills are not increasing anymore from climbing through the vents.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>For thinking of a subject in great detail you have gained +1 to Intelligence, wisdom, Perception</td></tr></tbody></table>


    So I was right when about gaining stats on my own, when I finally got to the vent overlooking the gym I saw the goblin chief sitting on a makeshift throne made from wood, the goblins were sitting around the room chatting about killing the students here while screams from more survivors drew my attention. The survivors were held in cages made from wood and table legs but could easily be broken out of, the only thing that is keeping the survivors in the cages are the guards in front of the cages. The cages are far enough away to keep the survivors safe from the blast but the problem is the projectiles after, well if they die they die I won¡¯t shed a tear for them but if they do survive I will at least tell them about the others. I open the grate of the vent and threw the propane tank towards the center, it surprised everyone in the room even the survivors. The chief saw me but before he could even call the other goblins I shot the flare into the tank exploding it on impact, it was a quick explosion but devastating for the goblins.


    I climbed down from the vent and pulled out my trusty sword, the scene was grotesque even for me. Limbs of goblins everywhere, screams of the injured echoed through my ears but it didn¡¯t stop me from continuing my assault. I sliced each goblins head off one at a time but fast enough for most to die before they could even act; I was finishing off another goblin when an arrow stuck into my shoulder. The arrow head pierced through the other end of my shoulder luckily my endurance was high so the pain wasn¡¯t as bad but it still fucking hurt. I turned around to see two goblins with bows pointed at me, they were sweating bullets as they stared at my latest victim, I flicked my sword spraying the dark green blood onto the wood floor as I locked onto my next vict I mean opponents. I picked up the body of the fallen goblin then threw it at the two archers, I charged at them before it landed so I had enough time to get to them before they recovered.  I went to the goblin the left first, it was about to release a arrow but I swung my sword severing its hand from its wrist.


    The goblin archer dropped its bow and tried to run away but I sliced its Achilles heel crippling its leg, I walked towards it and severed its head. I walked back to the other goblin and was about to severe it head when the bastard stuck an arrow into my leg, I gave a small grunt as the pain went through my body. I decided to give it a little punishment before I kill it, I chopped off each limb it had but first I cut each connecting part of it with the hands I cut its fingers off then went to its joints and cut them off and finally I cut the rest of the arm off. I did the same with the legs but with more things to cut, when that was done I finally killed it. I decided to go through the room to check for survivors since the notifications won¡¯t come unless all the monsters in the area are taken care of. As I was walking towards the chief¡¯s throne I started to hear groaning from behind it, as I approached I saw the chief was stuck under a steel beam that fell on top of it. The goblin¡¯s arm and leg were crushed while his right shoulder had a metal shard stuck in it; the goblin looked at me with hate in its eyes but then closed its eyes like it was waiting for the end. I couldn¡¯t help but respect this creature for its courage not many creatures would accept death but this one did, I knelt down beside it and grabbed its hand which caused it to open its eyes and looked at me. I nodded towards it as I brought my sword towards its throat, when I was about to kill it the damn thing started to cry which made me feel even worse but it had to be done. I separated its head from its shoulders followed by notifications.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Title: goblin genocide</td></tr><tr><td>While goblins are hated among most creatures you


    have hunted them enough to call it genocide


    *Creatures that hate goblins will ally with you


    *creatures that have good will towards goblins will hate you


    *weak willed goblins will try to appease your anger</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>leveled up 2x</td></tr><tr><td>+5 to all stats, 20 points to skill and stat points</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>torture lv 1/10</td></tr><tr><td>Know new ways to extract information,


    as the level increases the time it takes


    to extract information is decreased</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Notice!</td></tr><tr><td>You have defeated a boss monster, the area


    within five miles will be clear of goblin spawns</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Title: Knights honor</td></tr><tr><td>You have defeated a foe and showed respect even


    though they are below you


    * +15%  of a chance to turn a enemy into a ally</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Choose a reward</td></tr><tr><td>[Random skill] [Random Item] [Random Book]</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Oh now that is cool, I can choose my reward also I got a few new skills and titles, I kind of want to go cry in a corner because of the first title but the rest are alright. Well I guess I choose the book seeing how it gives knowledge along with a skill and can be reused.


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    <table><tbody><tr><td>book of learning</td></tr><tr><td>Gives you the gift of learning, it allows you to learn as


    many jobs and classes as you want but it can only be


    taught to you, once the book is used it will turn into a


    E rank skill book</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Well it¡¯s best to just accept the gift and besides I would rather have this skill to myself anyway, I learned it and the knowledge of the skill flowed into my mind like last time.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Gift of learning lv 1/5 (unable to use skill points on)</td></tr><tr><td>allows you to learn all skills even racial skills


    able to teach learned skills to comrades after they


    pledged a oath to you</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Okay I think this skill is a little OP but the drawback is it takes more effort to level things up learned along with skills being 10% weaker, so in reality it¡¯s a give and take skill but what did the book turn into?


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Daily life magic book</td></tr><tr><td>Let¡¯s a person learn all spells related to daily life magic</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Why this is considered an E grade book? Oh well let¡¯s learn it anyway, when I learned it all the knowledge of it flowed into my mind along with the reason why it is an E rank book. These books are grade on survivability so daily life magic is useless when it comes to combat unless you plan on cleaning your enemy.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>daily life spells rank 1</td></tr><tr><td>Cleanse- clean all dirt and stains from objects


    Deodorize-  eliminates all stink and replaces it with


    changing sense which change to each person¡¯s ideal smell


    Chemical create- able to make chemicals to help


    in daily life, only chemicals that are proven to help with daily life</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Well in the apocalypse this actually really convenient and I am sure women would like these more than men.  I turned around and walked towards the now broken cage which held the survivors, looks like the guards took most of the attack but some of the others look a little injured but nothing to serious. I pull the cage door off and they run out of the cage, when I was about to say something I was interrupted and yelled at.


    ¡°WHAT THE HELL YOU COULD HAVE KILLED US?!¡± (Muscle brain)


    ¡°YA IF THOSE THINGS WEREN¡¯T IN THE WAY WE COULD HAVE DIED! (MUSCLE BRAINS GIRLFRIEND)


    ¡°Hold on let him speak, I am sure he has something to tell us.¡± (Gym Teacher)


    ¡°Thanks now before I was rudely interrupted I was about to say there are survivors held up in the cafeteria, you can get there by using the vents.¡± (Me)


    The muscle brain is a 6¡¯5 giant with budging muscles which an effect of steroids, his girlfriend is one of the most attractive girls that was in the school but she was a rich snob so she has a horrible personality. The gym teacher is a middle aged man with a well-toned body but sadly he has a rat face so most people stay away from him as best as they can.


    ¡°Oh before you go a little bit of advice, when you get to the cafeteria speak to Mike.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Will do and thanks for saving us even if some of us don¡¯t seem grateful.¡± (Gym teacher)


    ¡°Well I hope we meet up again in the future, just don¡¯t die.¡± (Me)


    Class president POV


    It¡¯s been an hour since I have woken up and things have been going on way too fast for me to even understand what¡¯s going on. I remember us being captured by those creatures and then being rescued by the school outsider, after that I passed out from the pain after he gave me the weird red drink. After I woke up I got blue screens popping up around my face and a dagger that was stabbing me in the side, when I talked to the rest of the others everyone blew me off except for mike. It turns out Zander was the one that gave me the dagger to protect myself with, I wish I could do something for him but what can I do I couldn¡¯t even face the class bullies. As mike was about finished with his discoveries on this system thing we heard a explosion not too far away, everyone was terrified but mike was calm for some reason oh right didn¡¯t he say Zander took a propane tank with him?


    After a while of everyone finally relaxing we heard banging in the vents, the others grabbed anything they could and were about to smash the intruders heads in with spare mop handles. When the vent finally got kicked open we saw the rat face of the gym teacher, actually I think those creatures might be slightly more handsome than the gym teacher. He climbed out with two others but no one greeted them instead the others were starring at them like they were the enemy still, finally after a few moments of total silence Mike walked up to them and started talking with them.


    ¡°So Sam I take it Zander made it okay? (Mike)


    ¡°Ya even if he tried to blow us up in the process.¡± (Sam)


    ¡°Well knowing you I doubt a small explosion can kill you after all you were known for doing dangerous things when we were in college together.¡± (Mike)


    ¡°Your right but I never blew up a propane tank in the gym.¡± (Sam)


    ¡°No you did it in the parking lot right next to the principles Bug.¡± (Mike)


    ¡°Hahahaha you got me there Mike but all seriousness are we just going to stay here and wait for rescue to arrive?¡± (Sam)


    ¡°Well that is the rests plan for me I plan on heading out in a little bit since we can¡¯t stay here for long, the power is out and the best have is the gas stoves and the few lights that the system hasn¡¯t disabled.¡± (Mike)


    ¡°So can you tell me what is up with Zander he is different than before.¡± (Sam)


    ¡°I wouldn¡¯t know since I just talked to him today but I think that he is in his element here, after hearing some of the things about him I think it is easier for him to deal with this than everyone else since he has nobody to care for except for himself.¡± (Mike)


    ¡°if that was the case why did he save the other girls and didn¡¯t leave me behind when we were captured, it would have been easy to do along with giving me a potion and a knife to me I don¡¯t think he is thinking about himself.¡± (Class president)


    ¡°You don¡¯t understand what I am saying Shana, he has no one to tie him down and so he is doing things on his own pace and now that there are no rules he is not restraining himself what we are seeing from him is the real Zander and just like him we will see everyone¡¯s true nature eventually.¡± (Mike)


    As much as I wanted to deny what he said it was the truth for bad or worse we will see the ugly side of our race.

 chapter 4 first nights binge shopping

    It has been about five hours since I left the school and I have been collecting everything I can but I haven¡¯t gotten that for since well my space is limited in my inventory. I found at that I can use boxes to store items then stack the boxes and I can stack 99 items on top of each other, but then when I killed my second goblin chief all my effort was wasted because of the skill that dropped when I killed it.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>infinity pouch</td></tr><tr><td>able to store limitless items in a pocket dimension


    items are limited to one hundred pounds, any and


    all items will be frozen in time until received from


    pocket dimension</td></tr></tbody></table>


    I just want to crawl into a hole and die from all my wasted effort; best put some stress relieving equipment in my inventory as well. It actually feels like a normal day shopping but you have to kill goblins to get your goods, for some reason most of the surrounding area is full of goblins. As I was clearing finishing up clearing out the butchers shop I hear banging in the general store on the other side of the street, I pulled my newly acquired machete out and walked towards the building. When I got inside I saw a giant scaled cow looking creature trying to eat the plastic fruit that was on display.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>armored dragon cow</td></tr><tr><td>these armored creatures are passive animals that


    are used for farming and sometimes food when in


    harsh climates, easy to raise and eats everything expect


    for meat and fake fruit</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Wait isn¡¯t it eating fake fruit now? Oh that¡¯s why it said that, as I thought that the cow spit what it had in its mouth out and crushed it under its foot. I wonder why it doesn¡¯t have a level though, is that passive creatures are not leveled because they are not threatening?


    <table><tbody><tr><td>yes there are several creatures in the new world


    that are not aggressive and are designed to help


    players but it is the players job to figure out how to use


    them</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Thanks I guess but I won¡¯t need the armored cow any time soon but it is good to know there are creatures like this out there. Before anything I went to the freezer section and collected everything I could find along with the ice, most people might think me heartless for doing this saying I should leave some for the other survivors and to them I say I am helping them out taking this food and besides I am leaving half of the canned food in each store. Right now I have enough food to feed fifty people for a year at most, I was about to leave when I heard talking from outside. I quickly hid myself just in time to see to see two men walking in carrying a body of a dead woman.


    ¡°Hey brother are we going to eat this one too?¡± (Short man)


    ¡°Ya we are besides it¡¯s not like the police can put us back into prison for this.¡± (Bulky Man)


    As I looked closer at each of them I recognized them as the cannibal brothers that were caught last week near here. The younger brother had his blonde hair in a pony tail dressed up in a bloody police uniform, like his brother the older one was wearing a police uniform but he didn¡¯t have hair on his head but instead his muscles were bulging.


    ¡°Brother has someone come in here?¡±  (Younger brother)


    ¡°Don¡¯t know but if they did we will get them sooner or later.¡± (Older brother)


    As they said that the armored cow came walking out chewing on a can like no tomorrow and it ate the whole thing after a few more bites not even spitting out the metal. The older brother broke out in laughter as he watched the cow.


    ¡°Well brother I guess that answers your question, it¡¯s just a cow monster.¡± (Older Brother)


    Instead of leaving them let¡¯s lead them to a safer place, when I say safer place I am not worried about their safety. I pulled out a pen and paper then wrote down directions to the biggest goblin nest I have found so far, once I was done writing I through it close enough to them so they could hear it drop but far enough for it to look like their victim dropped it.


    ¡°What¡¯s this suppose to be a promise from her lover well I say we should pay him a visit and reunite them.¡± (Younger brother)


    ¡°Easy brother let¡¯s take care of our food first we don¡¯t want the monsters getting to it before we do.¡± (Older brother)


    ¡°Your right but let¡¯s hurry I don¡¯t want to lose the chance to get another prize.¡± (Younger brother)


    They really aren¡¯t human any more are they, I would take them out right now if I knew I could survive but sadly I can¡¯t. if I went for the older brother I would get shot by the younger brother and if I went for the younger brother I would get shot by the older brother so let¡¯s leave them to the goblins. After they went into the back of the store I left in a hurry. Damn it¡¯s getting dark I should probably get to somewhere safe, I cleared out a nearby house and tied an alarm trap on all the exits so I could know about any unwanted guests. The traps are just cans tied to a string; I use to do it when I went camping with my dad when I was younger he taught me some really interesting things.


    I sat at the table eating my dinner which is beef jerky and sweet tea two of my favorite snacks out there. As I was finishing up with my food a notification popped up again.


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    <table><tbody><tr><td>congratulations</td></tr><tr><td>for surviving the first night you are given one random


    skill for surviving until this point, the skill will be


    determined by how active you have been since the new


    world started, Next Reward: 50th Night</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>nightly shop</td></tr><tr><td>every night you are able to summon a shop to resupply


    or buy new skills, items are bought by money while


    skills are bought by skill points, user can give permission


    for other people to use store, store has a twenty four hour


    safe zone but once it is up anything inside will be destroyed</td></tr></tbody></table>


    now that is an interesting skill but it sucks that it is limited to the nights but what the hell let¡¯s try it. I got up and activated the shop skill, when I activated the skill bright light came through the window and a computer appeared giving me a shopping website. The first thing I did was check the skills most of these are highly priced but there are also some that are cheap, let¡¯s see how many skill points I have.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Name: Zander


    Money: 4G 10S 10C


    HP 1,000/1,000


    MP 2,000/2,000</td><td>Titles: Goblin genocide, First player, knights


    honor, tactician


    Race: human  LV 9</td></tr><tr><td>Strength:19</td><td>Wis:45</td></tr><tr><td>Agility: 40</td><td>int: 44</td></tr><tr><td>Luck: 15</td><td>Charm: 33</td></tr><tr><td>Vit:39</td><td>Focus: 25</td></tr><tr><td>Stat Points: 60</td><td>Skill Points:90</td></tr></tbody></table>


    So I have ninety points, well the higher level skills are out along with most of the medium set skills but I can still work with this. It took me a hour to pick out the skills I wanted which dropped me down to thirty skill points.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>alchemist''s wisdom (Sage Level)</td></tr><tr><td>unlocks all knowledge of plants that have been


    discovered before, plants that haven''t been discovered


    will be easier to learn about but some might be more


    difficult than others</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>elemental magic LV Max</td></tr><tr><td>all elements bend to your will but can not create


    what is not there</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Tamer Magic Lv Max</td></tr><tr><td>Able to tame any creature as long as you beat it,


    can tame creatures that are already submissive without


    fighting it</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Fast travel</td></tr><tr><td>able to fast travel anywhere that you have been


    to in moments, has a twenty four hour cool down


    time</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>enchant magic LV Max</td></tr><tr><td>able to enchant any item with affinities that you have</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Chantless</td></tr><tr><td>all chants are nullified for quick fire spells, spells


    will not weaken even after chants are nullified</td></tr></tbody></table>


    okay these should be good for now and the best part is I can buy the completely maxed out version of the skill so I only need to find ways how to use it better, in truth most of these are under ten points but the fast travel and Chantless skills were really expensive but they are really impressive skills. Now let¡¯s see the items. As I went through the items two items caught my eye which I bought instantly.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Endless water bag</td></tr><tr><td>a skin bag that holds a endless source of purified water</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>magic converting crystal (99x)</td></tr><tr><td>able to convert energy based objects into magic


    based objects that run on magic from the air</td></tr></tbody></table>


    with this I can get air conditioning back no wait I can get internet back (Yes every man needs internet porn it¡¯s a matter of life and death!!!) jokes aside though I can really change things with these however I think I spent too much for my first time at the store.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>reward for spending</td></tr><tr><td>since you spent four gold and three silver you are


    given a fifty percent discount on your next visit to


    our store</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Now that is what I like to here but still I wish I had more money to spend, wait isn¡¯t there a way to convert our paper money to the new money we use now?


    <table><tbody><tr><td>convert money (35 skill points)</td></tr><tr><td>this skill converts old world money to the new worlds


    money, can only convert one million a week</td></tr></tbody></table>


    okay I have a new goal, let¡¯s get some more money and buy more wonderful items!

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    i know you are trying to help but please don''t ask me to change my story, i made the MC hated by the town not everyone, there will be people that hate him in the future but since most of the world was killed off i don''t think people will care too much about the past, also thank you for the support on the story so far oh and please no horrible reviews not until we get past chapter ten at least. in truth the only thing i am really asking is give my story a chance

 chapter 5 NPCs Arrival

    It has been six days since I my binge shopping started and in truth I haven¡¯t spent that much for a few reasons, first is that I want to get the money converting skill and I haven¡¯t been able to level up since I hit level ten. Since six days ago I have been clearing out every store I can find along with banks that I stumble upon, in the time that I have spent wandering around the city I have only met three creatures. The first is obviously goblins since they are like cockroaches in the apocalypse, the second are the armored cows that just go around eating everything, and finally the undead which come in three versions. The undead are walkers which are slow and stupid but are strong, the runner that can run at you well more like fast shuffle and finally ghouls that are the worse out of all of them; they eat anything that was living at one point in time even other undead. Ghouls jump from one place to another along with its four legged running, its more primal than anything but the worst part is they are stealthy bastards which is a pain without an awareness skill which I had to buy along with virus resistance to keep from turning into a undead.


    Right now I am in the new development area which I made as my little one man fort; I used the steel walls that were stacked near the town all as walls to keep things out.  I used the steel walls as a way to increase my strength since I can¡¯t increase it anymore until I level up more; also I have discovered that enemies that are two levels under you don¡¯t give you any exp. There are two good things that I got out of hunting the undead wait no three, the first is my new undead title which gives me a fifty-teen percent more damage on any undead along with an five percent on them dropping rare items, the second is the easy money since I can now sell items at the store which wracked in more money, finally I got the skill purify after I killed my one hundredth ghoul.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>purify</td></tr><tr><td>able to remove any curse, curses from a god can


    only be transferred to a sacrifice</td></tr></tbody></table>


    soon the NPC¡¯s will come into this world but I don¡¯t have time to worry about that right now since a new enemy has showed up and it is not good at all.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>lesser Litch LV 35</td></tr><tr><td>a undead that is as intelligent as a human but has


    a great hatred for the living and will attack living creatures


    without a second thought, it controls undead and turn


    corpses in into undead</td></tr></tbody></table>


    as I was watching it the notification about the NPC¡¯s showing up popped up but I slid it to the corner of my vision for the moment as I continued to observe the Litch, as I was about to try and kill it through a ambush I felt a presents behind me. As I turned around I saw a giant green skinned creature wearing leather armor and a giant axe in his hands, when his eyes met mine he started to run at me about to swing his axe at me. I moved in close enough to grab the shaft of the war axe but I barely had enough strength to stop it from cutting me in two, I knew this creature was stronger than me but probably not as much as the Litch.


    ¡°Stop this before both of us die creature.¡± (Me)


    ¡°You speak orcish Human; I am surprised but no matter your tricks won¡¯t work on me.¡± (Orc?)


    ¡°Fine if you don¡¯t believe me why don¡¯t you see for yourself if you don¡¯t trust me enough that you won¡¯t look around the corner you can keep your axe at my throat the entire time, I don¡¯t care as long as you keep it down.¡± (Me)


    The orc stopped trying to cut me in two but instead put his axe to my throat as he looked at the Litch across the street.


    ¡°True that is a fearsome creature and I doubt that I can take it, Human why is there a Litch here shouldn¡¯t your people have taken care of it?¡± (Orc)


    ¡°The Litch spawned here six days ago but I have just now discovered it, and my people are trying to survive in this new world we are not prepared for this kind of thing unlike the humans you know but if you want more information we should talk somewhere else away from the creature that can kill us without a second thought.¡± (Me)


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    ¡°Agreed human.¡± (Orc)


    I led the orc back to the house that I have been using as my base but before we got to the main topic I told him about the various traps that are around the houses exits.


    ¡°Now then my name is Zander Fullbring as you can see I am a human, seven days ago the end of our world started to create a new one in which new creatures along with other sentient creatures would appear.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Along with these changes we changed as well, after killing a creature or using an item of the new worlds system we are allowed access to the system itself allowing us the ability to gain skills and stats.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Your story is amusing human but irrelevant to me how is an outsider I don¡¯t care about the world¡¯s problems, the only thing I care about is surviving and when is my next battle.¡± (Me)


    ¡°So another outsider huh well no matter I don¡¯t care what you do but know that without you becoming stronger you will not survive in our new world, you know about the monsters already but what about the other humans or sentient beings that have showed up this world is changing constantly you need ally¡¯s as well as strength I can provide you with both.¡± (Me)


    ¡°And how is that Human?¡± (Orc)


    ¡°first of all I can be your comrade and I also have a special skill that allows me to buy items and other skills every night I don¡¯t know about the skills but I can provide you with items that you will need to survive.¡± (Me)


    System can NPC¡¯s use my shop skill, and are the items I buy restricted to only me being able to use them?


    <table><tbody><tr><td>NPC''s can use the skill however it will be limited to


    their knowledge also only items that are restricted to


    you are bonded items that have been bound to you</td></tr></tbody></table>


    ¡°Alright my skill is usable on you however it will be limited to your knowledge of items and skills, I can probably find something for you to get more items and skills but you need to pay me back for the item, also while I am shopping myself you should learn these books.¡± (Me)


    I gave the orc the books I picked up in the library and book stores that I have come across, the orc gave me an annoyed look as he moved his gaze back towards the books.


    ¡°I can¡¯t read Human language Human, and besides what is the benefit to reading these books?¡± (Orc)


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to read it just open the book¡¯s cover and select yes on it so you can learn the skill from the books.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Before anything what is it that you are trying to do human?¡± (Orc)


    ¡°Survive, not just mine though I want to keep people like you and me alive and the people that will not hold us back.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Do you think you can really accomplish something like that?¡± (Orc)


    ¡°Yes I do, my first step is getting rid of that Litch which is a threat to this place but unless this land is claimed it will come back in seven days.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Sounds interesting human as long as you don¡¯t disappoint me I will stand by your side.¡± (Orc)


    We shook each other¡¯s hands as a sign of friendship also the orcs name is Rex, I just hope he stops calling me human it is really annoying after all.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>through special action you have learned secret skill:


    Contract</td></tr><tr><td>able to form contracts with sentient beings but if


    either side breaks the contract they will be punished


    accordingly</td></tr></tbody></table>


    ¡°Well that was unexpected.¡± (Me)


    ¡°What, something happen?¡± (Rex)


    ¡°I just got a secret skill called contract but it¡¯s a double edged sword seeing how if either side breaks the contract they will be punished for it.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Never heard of that skill but if you don¡¯t mind I want to get this reading done as soon as possible.¡± (Rex)


    ¡°Alright I¡¯ll be buying a few things over here.¡± (Me)


    I activated my skill and a computer appeared once again but Rex didn¡¯t even react to it, I really was hoping to see him shocked or scared but he just had a complete deadpan look on his face.

 Chapter 6 Class

    I went through the store searching for anything useful when I came upon a really good item that I have been needing since I came here.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Claimer of land Cost: 5 silver</td></tr><tr><td>a item that helps create a safe haven in hostile


    areas, claims one mile worth of land in each direction


    cannot be used again</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Since I didn¡¯t have a lot of money I just bought three of them along with some useful books that might come in handy.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Monster Encyclopedia (Basic)</td></tr><tr><td>gives information on all monsters under LV100</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Crafting arts (Sage)</td></tr><tr><td>gives knowledge of all crafting arts at legendary


    and below, hero and god crafting arts cannot be bought</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>language comprehension</td></tr><tr><td>able to understand all languages</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Basic knowledge of planet earth before the merge</td></tr><tr><td>gives basic knowledge of this planet before god fucked


    it up</td></tr></tbody></table>


    I learned all of them except for the basic knowledge and the language skill since I bought those for Rex.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>monster knowledge</td></tr><tr><td>you have learned all knowledge of monsters under


    LV100 gives small intelligence bonus</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>crafting arts</td></tr><tr><td>for learning all crafting arts limited to mortals you


    have been given crafting magic,  some spell are not


    unlocked you have mastered the previous spell before


    you unlock new spells</td></tr></tbody></table>


    So my crafting magic is just like my healing magic, well if I can level up more I can just jump through each level faster but right now I have to do it with effort which means I need to heal wounds constantly.


    ¡°So this was what your world before god changed it, no wonder your people are having trouble.¡± (Rex)


    ¡°Just remember that is just the need to know information if I can get more money I will be able to get you the more advanced versions, also now that you have the language skill you won¡¯t have a problem with my language.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Ya I guess so but what are we going to do about that Litch, we can¡¯t have it roaming around here it won¡¯t be good for the survivors that come.¡± (Rex)


    ¡°I know and that is why we are going to kill it tonight, if we can draw it to the gas station we can kill it which means one of us has to be bait.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Fuck that you do it I¡¯m not going to go run my ass off for some half baked plan you came up with on the spot.¡± (Rex)


    ¡°Unless you have the purify skill i am going to be the one that sets the trap and don¡¯t worry I have something that will help you with the ghouls but it won¡¯t give you any experience since it is a non ¨Csystem weapon.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Fine but I swear you are getting the next one.¡± (Rex)


    Rex looked worried about my plan but I didn¡¯t care this was revenge for attacking me earlier; I gave him a Hawk Type97-1 Police Shotgun. When Rex tested the shotgun out on a nearby Runner he couldn¡¯t help but give a savage smile which gave me chills down my spine. We separated right after we finished planning, the first thing I did was clear out the nearby undead then used purify on the gasoline. This was just a crazy experiment after remembering my purifying skill.


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    <table><tbody><tr><td>Holy Gasoline</td></tr><tr><td>extremely deadly to undead, can create holy fire


    when lit on fire, gas with no impurities</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Oh this is going to be fun, when I was finishing up the ground was shaking along with roars coming this way. The next thing I know Rex is running like a madman with a sea of undead, leading them was the Litch with half of its face blown off. God did Rex really try to fight the Litch, Note to self: Kick Rex¡¯s ass when you have a chance. When Rex was clear I splashed the gasoline one the undead then threw a fireball at them, when the flames hit the gasoline the gas lit up in brilliant blue flames as screams filled the air as we watched the undead burn to ask. I didn¡¯t look away from the endless screams of the undead, the undead didn¡¯t stop moving as they burned they approached slowly as they turned to ash.


    The Litch didn¡¯t scream instead it just looked at me with hate in its eyes, when I was about to walk away I heard a rough voice in my head.


    ¡°Mortal you will suffer for this, my brothers will take revenge for me and when we see each other in hell I will make you suffer so much you will wish you never crossed my path.¡± (Litch)


    ¡°It¡¯s funny I believe you but you won¡¯t see me for a long time, I have too much to do I will take your hate onto me and carry it with me until we see each other again but remember this I will not lie down and die for you.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Hahahaha I expect no less of the man that killed me the Litch prince, see you in hell mortal.¡± (Litch)


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Curse of the Litch</td></tr><tr><td>you have been cursed by one of the Litch Prince''s


    all other Litch Royalty will now hunt you to the end


    of the earth along with the Litch king be prepared


    if you die by their hand you will be forever be damned</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>5x level up</td></tr><tr><td>gained 100 stat and skill points


    10x gold received</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td>5x level up</td></tr><tr><td>gained 100 stat and skill points


    10x gold received</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>all loot has been transferred to inventory</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Title: Master Undead Hunter</td></tr><tr><td>you hunt undead as a living, gain a +40 damage


    against undead</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>for killing undead constantly the god of light has


    risen your holy affinity along with risen your darkness


    resistance</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>you have unlocked class system please select a class</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>warrior</td><td>mage</td><td>rogue</td><td>Black Knight</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Oh is the last one a secret class or something for some reason I really want to choose it, oh well it¡¯s not like it¡¯s going to kill me.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Black Knight</td></tr><tr><td>a Black Knight is a mix between a warrior, Mage,


    and Necromancer but it also has its own skills


    limited to its own. Black Knights are not good or evil


    they just are, feared among all but also respected,


    Enemies will hate you while allies will never betray you,


    be wary of your friends</td></tr></tbody></table>

 Chapter 7 New Arrivals

    As I read the notification I could only feel foreboding, but I have to say the power I have received is a big boost also I have new armor in my inventory after choosing my class. I sighed at the scene of so much ash and bone in front of me as Rex walked over to me I smacked him upside the head for being a dumbass.


    ¡°You really are an idiot if I was not ready we would be dead by now, anyway how did you draw so many undead here?¡± (Me)


    ¡°I kind of tried to fight the Litch in a one on one but it over powered me so I ran, the hoard was enraged by the disrespect I showed and so they came after me.¡± (Rex)


    ¡°Well least I leveled up, now let¡¯s claim this land before anything else spawns.¡± (Me)


    I walked the center of the development area then pulled out the Land Claimer; the item in question was a Black crystal that floated in my hand.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Do you wish to claim this land?</td></tr><tr><td>Y/N</td></tr></tbody></table>


    I clicked yes on the notification and the crystal exploded followed by notifications, yep I regret my decision.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Skill rewarded for being the first to claim land: Claim


    land</td></tr><tr><td>Able to claim land that you have cleared</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>detected safe haven, transporting NPC''s to Safe


    Haven</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><tr><td>transporting Guild Halls</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Flashes of light filled the road as people started appearing along with three buildings, almost all the people were panicked while others were wary of their surroundings. The moment the people with actual gear saw Rex and me they formed a line between us and the NPC¡¯s, they had their hands on their weapons ready to attack.


    ¡°Easy there I know it looks bad but please everyone calm down, I will explain everything to the best of my ability!¡± (Me)Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site.


    ¡°Why should we even bother, I say just leave them to fend for themselves like ourselves and maybe in a few weeks if they survive we will welcome them back.¡± (Rex)


    To Rex¡¯s remark the armed NPC¡¯s got ready to fight but instead I hit Rex up side the head and filled him in on why we need these people.


    (Rex if we do that someone else might get them and when they get strong enough they will come back here for revenge so we instead use them for ourselves and strengthen this place.) (Me)


    Rex nodded and I turned back to the crowd all of them looked worried and wondered what I was about to say.


    ¡°Okay sorry about that my partner here is a little insensitive about new people, now let me tell you this so you don¡¯t confused you won¡¯t be able to return to your old world so please find it in your selves to find a way to make this your new home.¡± (Me)


    ¡°How are you so sure that we can¡¯t go back?¡± (Random person)


    ¡°Because your world doesn¡¯t exist anymore, well in truth you are still on it but it¡¯s just fused into mine. This place is a sanctuary for those that are willing to work for a place to stay I have no place for those that don¡¯t, also in this world you need to be cautious about everything even each other.¡± (Me)


    ¡°The people in of my world think the world is ending while yours think they are being kidnapped by us, so please be on guard towards stranger even towards me and Rex. Now that is over please form a line in front of me so I can give you two things that will help you understand the new world you live in.¡± (Me)


    The NPC¡¯s were scared about everything that I said and kept looking around searching for something that wasn¡¯t there, since the guards were suspicious of us they went first. I made each of the NPC¡¯s learn the basics of the old world and language comprehension.


    Through special actions you have unlocked skill: Leadership LV 1- increases moral to allies, gives a calming aura in battle, effects will increase when level increases


    Well I am glad the system recognized my efforts but still the NPC¡¯s that l learned about the old world are looking around like they were seeing some sort of illusion.


    ¡°Is there something wrong with them, Rex you did act that way when you learned about my world but I guess I need to ask, what¡¯s wrong with them?¡± (Me)


    ¡°When I learned about your world it showed me images and explained to me what they were over and over until I understood what they were.¡± (Rex)


    ¡°Well I guess I understand now but it didn¡¯t happen to me when I learned about your world, it must be because of the large amount of information the book had about my world.¡± (Me)


    After the armed soldiers got used to the new knowledge they got the rest of the NPC¡¯s to get the knowledge then we went through their jobs which are the following.


    Soldiers: 26x


    Adventurers: 16x


    Hunters: 10x


    Farmers: 20x


    Blacksmiths: 15x


    Shop keepers: 5x


    Mages: 3x


    Unemployed: 30x


    Children: 29x


    Total: 154 People


    ¡°Okay now I need five volunteers to come with me and gather supplies, the rest will be going through and picking out homes to live in, also make a list of supplies you will need so I can provide you with them and don¡¯t worry I can get it as long as it exists.¡± (Me)


    Now that I have gotten their attention let¡¯s sweeten the deal by giving them what they want, I can¡¯t have them rebelling against me in the first few days. I also need to get some things

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 Chapter 8 Reunion

    I got three adventurers and the guard captain including Rex which that was a given, he was really enthused about going outside of my safe zone while the others were terrified about it. The adventurers were shaking in their boots as we traversed the ruins of the city, Rex and I have been the only ones that have been fighting the whole way. When we reached the Daycare there was a trail of blood leading inside which made me a little uncomfortable, when we walked in we were met with human bodies hung from the ceiling and some of them were still alive but they were skinned and dismembered. Everyone felt the effects even Rex, in the center of the room was one of the cannibals from earlier. When he turned around I could see something was wrong with him, he was disfigured with sharpened teeth and a necklace with ears hanging from it I quickly used identify on the abomination in front of me.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>wendigo LV 45</td></tr><tr><td>the remains of what was once human cursed from eating


    it''s own kin and is now forever driven by it''s hunger, all attributes


    have been increased while it''s intelligence stat turns to instinct stat


    all weapons against it is useless except for fire, cleanse the darkness</td></tr></tbody></table>


    ¡°Everyone back out immediately, Rex cover the right side I will take the left.¡± (Me)


    Rex was going to say something but stopped for some reason probably he felt that something was wrong just like me.


    Rex Pov


    What the hell is that thing? It looks like a puny human but deformed and what is it doing with these bodies no I should call them victims.


    ¡°Everyone back out immediately, Rex cover the right side I will take the left.¡± (Zander)


    I was about to tell him we could fight this thing but when I looked at his face I could see the fear in his eyes, in the short time I have seen him I have never seen him scared not even in the face of the army of undead. We were about to move when the creature completely disappeared, Zander immediately acted as he pushed me out of the way and the creatures claw embedded into Zander¡¯s shoulder. He gave a muffled grunt then head butted the creature causing it to stagger back leaving some teeth in sanders forehead, I got up and rushed out of the building only to be met with the other humans. I turned around to see Zander being thrown out of the building with scratch marks all over his body as he coughed up blood painting the ground crimson. Zander ignored the pain as he turned to me and gave me orders barely hearable but I got the picture from the few words I could hear. I jumped down the stairs and slammed the door shut followed by the creature banging on it trying to break it apart; the humans came to my aid as they helped keep it shut.


    After a few moments of us struggling against the door Zander came stumbling down the stairs, he used the railing to support himself as he raised his hand he uttered a single word that sent shivers down my spine as I stared at his cloudy eyes. We moved to the side as the door flung open flames shot out of Zander¡¯s hand and right into the creature, it let out a screech destroying our ear drums as it charged forward at Zander. I shoulder checked the creature making it slam into the wall smashing it¡¯s head open and finally killing it.


    <table><tbody><tr><td>Notice</td></tr><tr><td>For your efforts in helping to slay a elite type monster you


    have been rewarded the title: Abomination Hunter giving a


    50% damage increase against creatures considered as suchThis tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it.


    along with 60 gold coins</td></tr></tbody></table>


    That thing was an elite monster? What the hell it was stronger than the Litch if anything it would be Noble type monster! I heard a heavy thud as Zander fell to the floor panting as a puddle of blood formed under him. I helped him up and we entered the godforsaken building that was the monsters layer, I sat Zander down as he pulled out a blood red potion that he drank immediately and soon after his wounds were closed but he was still suffering from blood lose.


    Zander POV


    I was too weak, I was too goddamn weak! I need to grow stronger, I thought I could deal with anything that came my way but I was wrong if I want to survive this I need to gain strength that cannot be questioned and will not fail me. I told Rex to bring me any of the victims that were still alive, he gave me a strange look but did what I asked. I got the others to collect all the books and any materials that would be useful; when Rex was done I got up and stumbled towards the three surviving victims. I put my hand on two of them and started to heal them with my lesser heal it didn¡¯t heal much but I had it on constantly. It took me three hours to just to keep them alive then I worked on the third one which wasn¡¯t skinned just had multiple cuts and a wound where he was hung, after I healed the guy that had minor wounds I went back to the others and continued to heal them until I ran out of mana. The three adventurers carried the survivors and the guard captain helped me walk as Rex took care of any enemies that we came across, we were questioned a lot when we got back to the safe haven but we didn¡¯t answer them I need my rest anyway.


    I went to sleep for a few hours and when I woke up Rex informed me they captured three humans that were trying to enter. I walked out of the house and was led to the house the three humans were being held, when I walked in I saw four familiar faces that I haven¡¯t seen in a while.


    ¡°Zander is that you?¡± (Mike)


    ¡°Oh great the Traitors son in still alive.¡± (Bitch Nurse)


    ¡°Hey it¡¯s good to see you lad it¡¯s been a while.¡± (Sam)


    ¡°Zander I¡¯m glad you are safe.¡± (Class president)


    Rex stared at the nurse like he was going to rip her head off but I patted his shoulder signaling him it was alright.


    ¡°Well this was unexpected but I thought you would be with the others at the school.¡± (Me)


    ¡°I would be if they didn¡¯t start sacrificing people to the monsters for three days of peace.¡± (Mike)


    ¡°Damn Bastards actually wanted to sacrifice me can you believe that?¡± (Sam)


    ¡°We all were on the chopping block.¡± (Class President)


    ¡°Why are you even telling him all this?¡± (Bitch Nurse)


    ¡°Well glad you guys are alive but I have to tell you that if you plan to stay I can¡¯t guaranty that you will stay for long unless you work there is no free rides here.¡± (Me)


    ¡°I understand and if you will have me I can help out with anything in my ability.¡± (Mike)


    ¡°Alright if you understand you can join everyone else also if you have any coins I will take them and I will buy items and skill books for you of course I can convert normal money into coins.¡± (Me)


    ¡°You will probably just take our money for yourself and won¡¯t even use it!¡± (Bitch Nurse)


    ¡°Fine I need to rephrase my words, everyone except for the nurse can buy items from me until she apologizes and actually learns to treat me with respect.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Please she didn¡¯t mean it.¡± (Mike)


    ¡°Mike please don¡¯t make this difficult I am in charge of a whole community and have to take care of it but one rotten apple will ruin the whole thing, I will not restrict anyone here but you should know every action has a consequence and you need to live with that.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Come on Triss apologies and get it over with.¡± (Mike)


    ¡°I will never do that to that man¡¯s son.¡± (Triss)


    *Sigh* ¡°Food will come in a little bit and if you have anything you need write it down and give it to the guard or Rex they will hand it to me and I will get it to you as soon as I can, the house has running water and electricity so you should be comfortable here.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Zander wait!¡± (Class-President)


    ¡°What is it?¡± (Me)


    ¡°You left this dagger behind when you left, thank you for everything.¡± (Class president)


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it.¡± (Me)


    I walked outside with Rex and lit a cigarette as I stared up at the night sky. Rex walked up to me and looked like he wanted to say something.


    ¡°What is it Rex I think we have been through enough for you to speak your mind around me.¡± (Me)


    ¡°I just want to know why you didn¡¯t react to such disrespect when that woman is so weak, even for me I can tell she is extremely weak so why didn¡¯t you put her in her place.¡± (Rex)


    ¡°It¡¯s an atonement my father hurt many people and not just physical, she is my father¡¯s fianc¨¦ and he would beat her and other things when they were not in public. When my father betrayed his team she suffered a lot from even knowing him so if hating me hurt is what she needs I will accept it but if she turns everyone against me I will deal with her myself.¡± (Me)


    ¡°You are na?ve thinking she will change if you show her kindness.¡± (Rex)


    ¡°Well Rex Humans are very Na?ve creatures.¡± (Me)


    ¡°Zander you have saved my life today I will be sure to repay you one day.¡± (Rex)


    ¡°I will hold you to that just keep yourself alive until then alright.¡± (Me)