《New Earth System》 Prologue-Day 0 Year 2020 Earth was once again on the brink of another World War and probably the last. One reason to many added gun powder to the bomb wich was under all our feet, from political, economycal, religious and beyond. Despite its technological development and people becoming more knowledgeable and enlightened as a race they were still the descendants of old warmongers the pridefull blood called time and time again for bloodshed like history hass shown repeatedly. An entity called by the people of this planet God looked disappointed as his most evolved creations faced extinction once again. God: This time maybe even I can''t alter this fate... ???: Hey! What''s the long face for? God: Haaah... What are you doing here there is still time until the Meeting. ???: Don''t be such a sourpuss The Great Me came all this way to see how my bff doing. You have been quiet lately. God: Take the stuff you asked for and leave I''m busy now. Not missing his friend unusul mood the stranger got concerned and knew immediately the cause. ???: Well I''m all for Earth goodies, my stockpile of games, movies, manga and novels has started to look kinda small. But that is for later, those pesky humans are causing trouble again I see such a weird bunch on every world. So what is this time that got you in such a bad mood. God: Another World War is brewing... ???: Such a suicidal race as always. Can''t you alter the events somehow I know you hate interfering, but drastic times calls for drastic measures. God: Tried .. several times, but the timelines are rigid. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation.???: What?!! Really? They are fucked! Ah! Sorry.. God: Don''t be I have been to overprotective and this is the result. ???: Hey! Hey! Don''t do that, blaming yourself, they had a paradise and now look at the planet an overpopulated, polluted rock. They have a lot of good parts, but that doesn''t exempt them to take responsibility for their actions. God: Hahaha! You do get serious sometimes. ???: What''s that supposed to mean? Know what forget that. So any ideas? God: Besides letting fate run its course... none, that''s why I''m been quiet lately. ???: Oh! Oh! I got a great idea how about the "System" they love games so they have a chance of survival. Don''t make that face a lot of worlds survived it and prospered. God: Let me see ... ???: So does the fate change? God: Yeah, but it is going to be Hell for some time. ???: If it works then do it who knows what their fate is going to be later. God: OK! You''re right, but I''m going to make some of my own changes for them at least with this everyone will have a better chance. ???: You love them to much, but let me have a look I''ve been to some of the system worlds unlike some other workaholics. God: Thanks... ???: Stop that it is weird.. After a bit of work the entities looked satisfied at each other. God: Well that''s it! ???: That was fun! God: Here goes nothing! Start "System"! ???: Hahahahaha You crack me up man! Little do the humans know that what is to come was to save their kind from themselves. No good deed goes unpunished-Day 0.5 New Star City was a desert a few years back, but now it was a booming metropolis full of sky scrapers. The cause of this great change was a meteor shower that upon impact revealed a hidden cave system which was full of precious metals and stones leading to a modern gold rush that fulled the extreme rapid growth rate of this new "Jewell of the Desert" as it was called by its inhabitants. In this city were almost every soul that came here were after even tiniest bit of wealth legally or not, mostly not, was also a young man which took his arrival here as an opportunity to get rich, but having no luck so far... Turururururururururururu!!! ?: What?! What the hell was that?! (Fuck he changed my ringtone again!) ?: Oh! Hey Jack! How are you man? Jack: Fuck you Chris! You hear me? Fuck you! This is the third time you changed the ringtone of my phone, a machine gun ! Really?! Chris: Ah!... Sorry man, forgot about it don''t worry it only rings like that for me. Jack: Is that supposed to make a difference?! (This fucker!!!) Chris: Sorry man! How many times you I have to say it. Jake: Make it quick, what do you want? Calling me at this hour you know I just finished a 12 hour shift. Chris: Well... you know Akemi ... Jake: No! Chris: Come on man ! What do you want from me ? Jake: Nothing! Bye! Chris: Wait! Wait! She has a birthday party coming up soon man, I''m sure I can fix you up with one of her hot friends remember blue eyes. You know the one. Come on! (This fuker!) Jack: OK...But you better pay me for this shift also. Chris: Deal! I already told the "Captain". Thanks man! He was an asshole sometimes, but the fucker was the best wing man ever and one of my best''s friends...actually the only one since I came here now that I think about it. I got up only after a 3 hours sleep, took a quick shower, a bite to eat and left my apartment. Shortly after 3 subway stations and 10 minutes the place which eats most of my time since I came here greeted me imposingly. The "New Star Mall" 3rd biggest building in the world this behemoth was one of the simbols of wealth that made this city known world wide, it''s 4 conored star design made it unmistakable among other constructions that appeared like mushrooms after rain in this city. Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon. As soon as I entered my coworker greeted me, more exactly one of my bosses. ?: Hey Silvers! Talked with Chris, so you are substituting for him again? Jack: Hey "Captain"! Yeah he is paying me extra besides the salary so more money doesn''t hurts. Captain: Well you''re with me and Ron, west sector, ground floor, the shift starts at 00:00 so you''re free until then. (Serious as always I see...) Jack: Ok! See you there. The "Captain" was just a nickname of course because he was to serious and was on the police force before he was kicked out for not following orders or so the rumor goes, but considering how dirty the cops are in this city that most likely was bullshit, despite all his faults he was a great guy and a semi-good boss. After changing in my uniform what the mirror reflected was just an average 21 white guy, black hair, brown eyes, a bit shorter than average, not fat, skinny or muscular the only feature that standed out was my eyes which looked scary to most people, but I liked them it kept a lot of annoying pitpocketers or other money hungry "creatures" that hunted the streets away from me and got me this job. A security guard wasn''t the best job one could have but damn it had a lot of perks from free stuff, discounts, flexible schedule and a pretty good pay compared to other places run by the greedy people. All seemed normal, most of the shops were closed, still a few were a bit behind and then as soon as I arrived in my sector I got a feeling... (What the hell!!!) My heart started beating faster, my muscles tensed, I looked left and right everything seemed normal!? Everything changed in a second!!! Screams&Blood-Day 1 Captain: Hey Silvers! Hey what''s with that face? ?: Ahahahaha! Did you eat Chinese food with Mexican again?Not a good combo I... (Jack: What the hell is going on?!) Captain and Ron were saying something, but I couldn''t hear them, the sound of my heart beating cancelled it out. I knew this feeling,the same feeling when shit went wrong it always felt like this, still never ... Ding-Ding-Ding Milliseconds after the clock in the center rang, announcing midnight...
New Earth System Online
Random abilities granted
Extra abilities for those in danger zones
(What the Hell is this?!)
Entered "Star Mall Grand Dungeon"
First Floor "Creepy Crawlies Nest"
(Jack: Am I going crazy?!) They suddenly disappeared, into thin air, after reading them... I thought the lack of sleep finally took its tool on me. Looking around Ron and Captain also stared into thin air for a moment, then if this wasn''t freaky enough shadows rosed from the floor like a mix of tar, tentacles and hair, they came together and moved until finally each reviling a creature more hideous than the other... Ron: Is this a prank? Hey who is doing this? As the fat Irish broke the silence, that previously froze the room, screams started, his being the first and the last in his lifetime. The closest dog sized furry spider juped him and tore into his belly devouring with a ferocity that I have only see on lion documentaries. Before I even realized my body moved in one direction, the panic room in our sector, every sector had one due to a hostage situation that happened overseas a few years back now it was required by law. Pang-Pang-Pang I took a glace to my right, as I kept running, Captain took a pistol out and fired at one of the creatures. (How did he get that in here?) We didn''t have proper guns and the metal detectors made it virtually impossible to sneak one in, but that didn''t matter right now because he only got to fire 3 shots before being torn apart by 2 giant rats. Finally I arrived at the door after running between creatures, the only thing that helped me was he fact they fought one another. Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. ?: Hand print accepted... Please... Jack: Weird Spatial Plants38905! Weird Spatial Plants38905! ?: Password accepted.. psht... The door opened no a second sooner because a lizard the size of a Komodo dragon tried to take a bite out of my leg. Jack: Mother Fucker! Die! Die! Die already damn it!!! Five times it took me to close the steel door on its neck to kill it and ensure my safety. The bloody head twitch a few times closing and opening its mouth before dissipating in a black smoke-like way as it appeared, leaving behind 5 shiny coins...
You have entered a safe zone
Congratulations!!! You have reached level 3!
Jack: Is this a fucking joke?! Yelling at nobody in particular, I fell on my butt like a puppet that got its strings cut, looking at my hands they still shook with vigour, the adrenaline strongly coursed through my veins, even though I was save now... (was I?) I got up in a second and looked around in every nook and cranny, fortunately I was the only thing alive in here...and hopefully not the only human alive in this entire mall. Jack: Fuuuu...Calm down! Calm the fucking down... A couple of minutes later my mind and body calmed down enough, I checked the monitors they were still working, but only for the first floor... the scenes depicted paintings of hell, corpses upon corpses of creatures, devouring aa killing each other still in trance like frenzy. It made my sick only just watching.. the scene of my two coworkers flashed again in my mind and that made me immediately puke everything I had in my stomach. (I was so lucky!) That was the only thing that raced trough my mind, how small were the chances on making it out in one piece from that onslaught. From the supplies here I took a water bottle, cleaned my mouth and drank a few gulps before returning my gaze to the screens once again. Soon after a few minutes, I discover some interesting things, they only killed those who were of different kind, spiders killed rats,lizards killed beetls and so on. All were the size ranging between an average dog and tiger, another weird characteristic they all shared was the hideous mutated look, they barely resembled the animals on our planet. From what I''ve seen each had their own way of fighting and they''re are in total 8 kinds: rat, lizard, beetle, spider, frog, centipede, snake and the most surprising was something that looked like a ... slime. Jack: You got to be kidding me...
Please rate and comment :-) Power-Day 1.5 00:38 The bloodbath finally ended, I stood glued to the monitors. Firstly to see if I find a human and secondly to absorb as many informations as possible, about these weird creatures. No luck in seeing a living human...just a body part or two among the corpses of those creatures, hopefully some were as lucky as me and survived. But the second part proved to more fruitful, but also disgusting. After slaughtering one another, the creatures separated into four groups and dragged as many of the corpses as they could. (Seems what they kill doesn''t dissipate.) Three groupsps seemed logical, but one stood out. The group in the North sector was formed out of insectoids, the one in the East exclusively of giant rats, in the South sectoror were the reptilians and in my sector were the slimes with the frogs. (What did the last group have in common?...besides being slimy.) The functioning cameras prove to be a great strategic asset. I could now locate where the majority of creatures and where their lairs were. ( Need to make a map later ! ). The structure of the building, of a four cornored star, seemed to be a perfect for the creatures to delimit territories. The previous violence was now replaced with building nests, licking wounds and resting. (Now what I should do?) No internet, no signal on my smartphone or the satellite phone I found here and the radio wasn''t any helpful. I took a risk and opened the steel door and took a few steps outside with the devices, but no success. While making a quick inventory of the stuff in here...I remembered the messages I saw earlier! As a gamer, fan of fantastical and sci-fi, my mind expeled the dark cloud that was looming over me before and now was in overdrive. Jack: ...abilities..."Interface!","Menu!","Character!"...!!!! Finally the last word had an effect!
Jack Silvers
Level:3Experience:75%
Abilities:Accel; Growth x 3; Down the Rabbit Hole
9 status points
I was frozen in time, looking at something that can only be described as weird and awesome at the same time. Driven by curiosity, I touched each word, the feeling was similar to a flimsy sheet of plastic. No reaction until "Accel"...
Accel
Rarity:RareType:Physical-Active
Random ability granted by the system. Can double the overall speed of the user, consuming the user stamina at the same rate as normal. Usable in short bursts of 1 minute each with a 2 minute cool down.
If you discover this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. It hit me like a lightning bolt. This is the reason I survived. I thought that the situation made me run so fast, being pumped full of adrenaline, but in realty it was a combination of the two. (I need to test this now!) After putting my smartphone on record and positioning it, I started filming myself. Doing a bit of shadow-boxing was my first idea. Father thought me a few moves and punches when I was little, not much of a fighter or athlete for that matter, but this was something that gave me confidence and something I practiced a few minutes in the mirror everyday. Like breathing air, my body moved naturally and fluidly then I thought "Accel!". Now I felt something like a surge and kept going at an amazing speed it felt longer than a minute, then suddenly I felt slow...and I stopped looking at my hands. Jack: Wow... Only these words could describe this feeling. Not waiting a second more I looked at my video. At first it was a normal one-two, an uppercut a bit of swaying, then it came... the speed. I looked like an action hero, that speed was something comparable to World Champions. (What about the rest?!) Immediately I checked the others.
Growth x 3
Rarity:EpicType:Special-Passive
Extra ability granted for being in a dungeon at the system activation. Tripels status points, skills growth,abilities growth and magic growth.
Jack: This is what they call OP,but not to much help at the moment...now let''s see the one with strange name.
Down the Rabbit Hole
Rarity:EpicType:Psionic-Active
Extra ability granted for being in a grand dungeon at the system activation. Psionic ability of the teleportation branch.
I was surprised by "Accel", but when I tried the last one I was left speechless... I played with it until a headache made me pass out, I probably had a big smile on my face.
Please rate and comment! ? Announcement (Longer Chapters) Have any thoughts about this? Please give your opinion! Mr. Bones-Day 2 Jack: Ugh... (This is one brutal headache!) Slowly getting up from the cold floor, I noticed that I had dried blood on me. A little panicked I used my phone camera and found out it was from my nose and eyes. By the date I was out more than a day and a half (08:25). Washing myself a bit everything looked normal, the only weird feeling was a lingering headache and a great thirst, quenched only afte 3 bottles of water. After rummaging in the medical supplies found some aspirins, took 2 of those. Sat down on one of the metal chairs, besides the desk in front of the monitors and started eating while looking at the screens. Not the tastiest food I ever had, but they were emergency supplies. God knows for how long they have been stored here. My relaxed state came to an abrupt end. The time I was out things changed yet again. The creatures were slightly different, nests were build out of everything you could find in the mall. But the most surprising thing was a small stand in the middle of the mall with shining signs "Dungeon Shop" and "Safe Zone"... run by a skeleton. Jack: Why am I even surprised ?!!(I have to check that place out, but before that I have some unfinished business.) Calling " Character " again I was greeted by the same window as yesterday, then I touched status points and a new blue winow made its appearance. [tr][tr]
Status Window
Name:Jack SilversAlignment:Neutral
Level:3Class:Locked
Race:HumanGender:Male
Titles
None
Health:99%Psionic energy:100%
Stamina:100%Mana:locked
Agility:12Vitality:10
Cerebral speed:15Cerebral power:21
Mental resistance:25Luck:10
9 status points
Abilities:
Accel;Growth x 3;Down the Rabbit HoleSkills:
Boxing:Level 1Magic:
none
Stats will be unlocked by difrent actions the same with skills, magics or abilities.
( So a migraine is 1% of "health"...) Each stat has a short explanation upon accessing it with a simple touch or thought, as I found out yesterday. I distribute my points equally between cerebral speed, power and mental resistance, bringing them 18, 24 and 28 respectively, with the hope that yesterday episode doesn''t repeat itself. After that I started getting my gear in order for a small trip to the "new shop". Besides my uniform and boots I had a taser, a pair of cuffs, an expendable baton and a pepper spray. They were effective against a human, hopefully they can at least help out a bit. Nothing really in the direction of a real wapond in the panic room, besides my abilities as I discovered in the experiments yesterday. I knew that help was probably not coming, so it was up to me to figure things out from here on. I was very tempted to use my new ability to escape the dungeon, by teleporting out, but yesterdays message hunted my mind...worst case scenario I could instantly die or be cursed in the best case scenario. For now this plan of escape was put on hold. Jack: Slow and steady... No reason to rush, an advantage of the Apocalypse... ahahahaaaa... Shaking my head and dark thoughts away, I activated "Down the Rabbit Hole". Opening an elongated black circle, which swirled in a hypnotic way, you could see traces of beautiful blue nuances if you looked closely. The other was opened successfully outside the room as a monitor showed. There was no hesitation in exiting this way. I was pretty familiar with how the psionic ability worked, my "accident" that happened yesterday was due to pushing the limits. Fourtunatly my recklessness was rewarded with a lot of ways of how to use the power, but also when to stop. If I followed a few rules I could use this ability without any negative effects on me. As I exited, now I was pretty close to the shop, in neutral territory, I assumed so because no lair was build in the centre of the mall. Deciding to confront a few creatures on my way there I set my sights on the "outcasts" as I called them, they were mutilated and wounded creatures feeding and fighting over the scraps of yesterdays carnage, they were chased out of the territories most likely. On this blood stained floor, and breathing this nauseating air that could only be described as the smell of death I started my hunt. My first target was a giant rat, which was missing half a face and an entire back leg. Jack: OK here I go! I took my baton out, with the pepper spray for any eventuality and activated my psionic ability. A hole opened in front of me and at the same time in the distance one opened underneath the rat, sucking him in until he was half between the two positions in space and time. The rat looked at me and I looked at him, before he could do something else I forcefully closed the holes quick. The shrinking black circles divided the creature in two killing it instantly. In the fraction of a few seconds one of the creatures I feared meet its end. The same as the lizard yesterday it dissapired leaving behind 7 coins and...
Congratulations!!! You have reached Level 6!
(So this guy was higher level than the lizard from yesterday.) This kill attracted a lot of unwanted attention from the creatures. Quickly I distributed my points between cerebral speed, power and mental resistance. Jack: Come on!!! The yell was not my best idea, triggered by a mix of adrenaline and fear. To my surprise half of the outcasts ran away while half ran towards me responding to my provocation. The second target was the largest one, a centipede, the third and fourth were snakes, their forms made it easy to use my ability on them. Eliminating next an beetle, two lizards and a one legged frog, I was left with an annoying jumping spider that got closer and closer. The creepy creature had some way of avoiding my ability with extreme precision and I had no desire to turn this into close combat, but things don''t always go as smoothly as you want them. Jack: Fuck!!! If it dosen''t work on you... Opening a hole at my back I teleported in the opposed direction, by walking backwards. After turning around I saw the outcast confused, but I noticed something else. Didn''t take long for it to find me, but by that time I used the psionic ability teleporting above the spider and dropping on its already cracked exoskeleton. A disgusting sound reverberated in the area, at the same time the creature twitched a few times before dissapiring leaving behind some coins, a sword and some gooey substance on my boots. That was a stupid way to teleport.( Walking backwards?!) I had a much better way, but the pressure exerted by those 8 eyes caused me to make an error.
Congratulations!!! You have reached level 14!
"Class" has been unlocked!
No Classes avaible
Truthfully I was amazed. What levels did these creatures have?! I tried checking, but no luck so far the same with the coins and the loot I received a short sword, a knife and an orb. Quite easy to collect using my ability, truly versatile. For the moment I decided to save my stat points and got back to the original task at hand. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. I looked around and no signs of any creatures, thus I proceed walking to the dungeon shop. All in all, I felt pleased with myself for coming out of this without a scratch. The shop seemed like any other, a bit on the small side to be more precise. The standing skeleton with glowing blue eyes was extremely surreal. On guard I approached slowly, this was a big risk, but one I was willing to take given my options so far. In all honesty he looked less scary thant those mutated animals, still weirder by far. (How do those bones stick to one another ?!) As I got in arm distance of the shop I was greeted by a message.
You have entered a safe zone.
Before another torrent of questions assaulted my mind the silence was broken, by the skeleton. Skeleton: Welcome.. to Star Mall Grand Dungeon Shop..for being the first to visit you have a 50% discount.. my name is Granzutzs''oghr Balgorin Azustefu''ions the fifth...With what can I help you .. today? The greeting took me of guard also his weird way of speaking, plus... that name ...(How the Fuck!!! do you expect me to pronounce it?!?!?) Currently I''m trying to not piss of the walking skeleton, but he isn''t making this any easier. Jack: Hello I''m Jack. Currently I have a difficulty pronouncing your name can I address you in a different way? Skeleton:......You can call me Mr. Bones, that is my nickname... ( What a poker face!!! Having no actual face and that weird voice made him difficult to read. Was he angry?! Did he say Mr. Bones, in a sarcastic way?! I can''t fucking tell! ) Jack: Thank you Mr. Bones! I hope you don''t mind the inconvenience. Mr. Bones: No problem..happens all the time.. (Then why the long silence before?!)No good I''m getting off track here. Jack: So what do you sell here Mr Bones? Mr. Bones: Look to your left...that is the current stock. A list appeared on the wall, in English, with different things including their pictures and prices, also my discount was showed. It was long and I could move it up and down by touching two arrows. There were to many unknowns, but some were like in classic RPGs like: mana potions, swords, scrolls, while others had a sci-fi fell to them like: laser pistols, space suit. To many choices, not enough money probably also... Jack: Can you tell me about the new currency? After showing him the two types of coins I have, he gave me an explanation. Long story short: By the way I had 3 gold coins and 59 silver coins and 0 copper ones. Surprising fact Grand Dungeons are to high level to drop copper coins I don''t know if I should be happy or sad about this... Finding this well of information I started a session of Q&A. Some were answered without a problem while the majority were: "I''m not allowed to answer.", " I can''t answer.","I''m forbidden to answer.", these were extremely fishy. While a small amount of questions were given even weirder answers: "To early of a stage to answer.","Not the minimum required level to answer.","You can''t comprehend yet."... simply put the last one was an insult. Most of the answers he could give was about his stock, safety zones and the best about the creatures on the first floor. For now I kinda run out of questions and his answers, mostly zero, were kind of depressing. Jack: Do you have any advice for me? This was the last question and hopefully I would get something good. I left one gold coin on the counter. This was risk, but a calculated one that was rewarded most of the time in games and unfortunately also in reality. I put my hopes on Mr.Bones greed...hook, line and sinker. He took it without an ounce of hesitation and pulled out a bag. Taking a few objects out he lined them on the counter, not one of those were on the list as I looked to my left. Mr. Bones: Every shop has a few special items.. they are extremely rare drops ..and even harder to find them in other shops.. if not impossible.. the shop owner can disclose them only if he wants. ( JackPot!!!) Mr. Bones: From your left to right.. :
  1. "unlocking potin"-grade epic-can unlock mana, psionic ability or an advance form of physical energy.. If you have a minimum.. latent talent ..takes usually a day. 2 gold coins
  2. " Arzaudian dagger"-grade rare- catalyst for casting magic and short ranged weapond.. can auto-repair by inserting mana. 5 gold coins
  3. " Arzaudian Mage Tome"-grade rare- basic magic guide to get familiar to magic and mana. 10 gold coins
  4. " Arzaudian Battle Mage Tome"-grade epic- pure mana spells used by the elite magic squad of the Arzaudian Empire. 25 gold coins
  5. " Geraso Divination Compass"-grade rare- can show positions of anything it''s master wishes.. needs to be constantly infused with mana during the use, .. doesn''t work in strongly warded areas. 10 gold coins
(Magic...Hell Yeah!!!) Jack: For now I''ll take the unlocking potion, two medium health regeneration potions and can you please appraise these 3 items. Mr.Bones: 2 gold coins.. and 43 silvers.. verify the products.. He touched the items then showed me 3 windows, then another 3 for the items I bought.
Steel Short Sword
Rarity:CommonState:Perfectly New
A simple, sturdy steel short-sword. Nothing in particular special.
Fang knife
RarityUncommonState:New
Knife made from the fang of a danger beast lighter than iron, but it''s slashing, piercing and durability dosen''t fall behind iron.
Swordsmanship Skill Orb
Rarity:Common
Grants the basic knowledge of swordsmanship.
Medium Regeneration Potion
Rarity:CommonQuality:High
Can regenerate light internal damage, fractures and also external wounds.
Medium Regeneration Potion
Rarity:CommonQuality:High
Can regenerate light internal damage, fractures and also external wounds.
Unlocking Potion
Rarity:EpicQuality:Extremely High
Item which unlocks latent potential. Different effects for each subject. No negative effect can occur when consuming this potion. Needs around 24 hours to take effect.
Jack: Thanks ! How do I use the orb? Mr Bones: Just break it ..in your hand.. After that I said my farewells and teleported back to the panic room. I planed to hunt a little, but the outcasts were in hiding and I wasn''t ready to face the creatures... yet. Seeing I didn''t have anything else better to do I decided to train. Took the unlocking potion, tasted a bit fruity and broke the orb.
You have acquired Swordsmanship Level 1
Instantly forms and moves entered my mind. The rest of the day I spend training with the short-sword together with "Accel". But my mind was on magic...even with all the bad news I got today this simple thought filled me with energy. ( Being in this dungeon may be a blessing in disguise, considering what I heard from Mr.Bones today.)
Please rate and comment! If you see any mistakes please point them out. :-) Money and humans-Day 3 The first part is a bit of character building. So if you want to get to the story you can skip it :-)
The Ocean... How long has it been a year, maybe two...three?...don''t exactly remember. Now all that didn''t matter, because I was here. Smelling the salty air, feeling the breeze, the cold refreshing water splashig on my legs and the sun no longer scorching me like in that accursed desert, but warming me.. Everything was perfect because she was here...long raven hair, slightly tanned skin which made her shine, gracious features that made models and actress pale in comparison. Her every gesture was elegant to the point of calling her an renessaince masterpiece. Still the spell she which binded me was her icy gaze. Those blue eyes that meet with mine and hypnotised me. They didn''t flinch or cower, but took them head on...and accept them even liked them. Most people fear them, others scorn, envy or even wish for them, few are those and far between which see beneath them and accept them...me. But she was the only one which truly liked them....then and even now...
Booooom!!! Jack: What the Hell!? Is fucking going on?!?! The floor on which I was sleeping shock. I got on my feet and looked around and everything seemed fine, but my ears told me the opposite. Roars, scriches, crunches and other disgustings noises came from outside my room. After inspecting the screens I was shocked to see the creatures more changed than before and unfortunately more powerful. Now the four way battlefield was more organised, clearly showing signs of intelligence and I could easily pinpoint which creatures were responsible for this great change. Few of the creature at the back of their force were now humanoid in shape which was extremely disturbing. If this was not enough, some of them were using something than can only be explained as magic...I though I will have the lead in this department, but they surprised me with their sudden evolution. I took the silence for granted I thought they were to busy building their nests, lairs and multiplying. So I left the attack for when I would have grown stronger, but I could have taken a few out... ( Crying over spilled milk won''t help me now. Wait...) Looking at the situation from another perspective the chaos ensued by the battle is going to be the perfect cover for stealing some experience. From what I learned yesterday from Mr.Bones was that the creatures which first appeared were classified as danger beasts, when they can use magic or abilities their class is raised to mana beast and those which materialize a mana core inside are classified as monsters. Another fun fact, all humanoid shaped types are mostly monsters. As I was deciding on a action plan some windows showed me some much expected information:
Mana has been unlocked! Currently stabilizing...
+10 cerebral power; + 10 cerebral speed; + 10 mental resistance
You have aquired psionic power Telepathy!
The messages stopped and I was grinning ear to ear. Yesterday windows after training paeled in comparison. During my sword practice I unlocked 3 stats, but didn''t gaing to many points:+1strength,+2 dexterity and +3 endurance. (Let''s see....)
Telepathy
Rarity:CommonType:Psionic-Active
Latent psionic power artificially unlocked. Telepathy breaks the barriers of languages, words and even species in some cases. Depending on how it is used, the power can bring peaceful comunications or invisible wars.
With a simple thought I knew how to activate it, like my other psionic ability. But who to use it on... I picked a humanoid ratman and connect. Like bringing a line unstedy from my brain to his, which was a kinda difficult I connected... (Ratman:..bzttt Kill! Kill! Eat the fresh meat!...bzth drink that warm blood..More! More! Not enough!..ahahahahahh) I broke the connection immediately and puked all the contents of my stomach. ( Such a vile creature, not only words, but images and other senses linked between us.. it was so sickening ... so horrible.)I''m not doing this anytime soon. Did a quick cleaning with "Down the Rabbit Hole" , this was such an useful and versatile ability unlike the other one...maybe with a human it will be different, hopefully. Feeling a rage towards these vile creatures, I started taking them out one by one, starting with that fucking ratman! As the ratman was charging into battle, I opened a hole in its front, due to the kinetic energy he couldn''t stop, as always half way through the dark hole and I closed it. The precision of this power was amazing. From the safety of my room I started taking the ones who seemed special and collecting the loot. At the same time keeping an eye on my status window, when psionic energy went below 10% adverse effects started appearing like when I tested it''s limit. A specific "tiiiiiiiiiiing" sound and bleeding from my nose and eyes. The level up windows showed up when I took breaks to recover my psionic energy, the recovery rate was fluctuating, below 50% was slow, but above skyrocketed. The only creature which my ability had no effect on was the slime, well I found from Mr. Bones unless you destroy the center, the way to kill them was through fire or magic. The creatures morning mini-war came to an end, shortly after their most powerful pieces were taken out by me. Even after all that fighting and my one-sided slaughter the numbers of their forces were still in the hundreds...
Congratulations! You have reached level 39!
You have acquired the title "Assassin"!
" Stealth " skill acquired!
Class " Psionic-Assassin" is now available
Jack: Whoa! Such a cool sounding Class, but it is unfortunate.... I found out from Mr. Bones to carefully pick my Class, because it can have negative effects, besides positive ones so for now I''ll wait until I find a hybrid one...he said they were hard to get, but not impossible. I checked my my new title and skill:
Assassin
Title granted to those which swing the Death Scythe of the Grim Ripper, bringing death without being noticed and without any difficulty against stronger foes.
Stealth
Rarity:UncommonType:Physical-Active
Level:1
Basic skill for those which are familiar with convert actions. Skill gained due to acquiring the title "Assassin". In stealth mode you meld in the background by hidding your presence and movement.
When I activated "Stealth" a torrent of information flooded my mind and knew how to move, breath and hide my presence which was really a strange almost alien feeling. It was extremely difficult to stay long in this state, it was tiring. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. Another look to the screens, showed that the creatures retreated leaving a mess behind... speaking of dirt. I needed a change of clothes, I''ve been cleaning myself with water, but now I felt the need to change clothes, they smelled of the sweat from yesterdays training. Going to the stores wasn''t the best idea. Those places changed a lot during these 3 days. The insectoids constructed hive like structures from a cheratin material, web and what they found in their territory. The frogs and slimes made themselves a swamp. Water, plants and all that...from were these came from?!...probably some kind of magic. The rats place looked like a hamster cage plus holes. A lot of things thorn to shreds laying everywhere. The reptilians were the less creative, just destroying and melting things... The only place where I could think of obtaining some undamaged goods was the basement... but that place didn''t inspired me safety considering the situation. Looking at the pile of loot I decided to visit Mr.Bones after I have a bite to eat, deliver a "gift" to the monsters and wash myself...my water supply is dwindling. The battle was more draining than I first thought, so I took a nap to recover my energy, waking up in the afternoon. When I woke up...
"Alert" psionic-ability awakened!
Mana has stabilized.
(Hmmm...the first message is a bit different. Why?!) [tr]
Alert
Rarity:rareType:Psionic-PassivePsionic power of the precognition branch. A latent power that finished its awakening with artificial help. This power warns its possessor of mortal danger a few moments before the end. A way to cheat death for those that live a dangerous life.
( Finished awakening?! Was I going to develop this power along my life...well I had a weird 6th sense, but to think...Wait?! We''re there others psionic powered people before the System?!)(...were there real magicians?!) This revelation came as a great shock... (How was such information kept secret?!) A lot of conspiracy theories came to mind. (This is no jocking matter!) (What was going on outside?) The expectations I had before changed again. Maybe Mr. Bones will shed some light on this subject. For now I took my shirt off me and collect my loot inside. Made a dark hole above me, which sucked me inside trowing me out of the floor in front of the dungeon shop. POV Mr. Bones Day 1 ( No one seems around..How long is going to be.. until someone comes here..) Granzutzs''oghr Balgorin Azustefu''ions the fifth: Hex that stupid God..and his punishment..sealing my power..well not all.. 150 solar full cycles of this.. ( Me a Great Lych feared in many worlds..subject to this..shit.) Day 2 (Hmm.. I sensed something, but the dungeon wasn''t opened?!) A black mass suddenly eats half of a danger beast. ( Not magic?! maybe a race ability, never heard of such a race???) A human walks towards me with two funny waponds. ( So it was a psionic ability.. probably given by the System.. they have a kind God.) GBA 5th: Welcome....( Nostalgia hits me .. seeing my original race, maybe this world won''t be so boring..) -later: (A bit paranoid, but .. a good head on his shoulders.. in every world I have been, humans always were the most adaptable ones...) (Will this dungeon break him, kill him..or make him a monster...hehehe) Day 3 ( The dungeon dwellers were active today..amusing.. at least some action...him again ..this is another psionic ability..Oh! Angry little shit aren''t you..what did that rat do?) All around mana beasts and monsters were.. killed systematically, simply ignoring the danger beasts. No mercy or hesitation detected in the attack..( I smell some anger..) Jack: Hello Mr.Bones! (Serious today aren''t you .. weird human .. Hmmm... more powerful today...heheheh...the potion did its job.) POV Jack Silvers Jack: Hello Mr.Bones! Mr.Bones:.......Hello Jack..with what can I help you today? (Jack: That pause again. Does he hate the nickname?! Annoying as always his way of speaking.) His answers regarding psionic abilities, weren''t to satisfying. He did say that humans can develop these powers, but the requirements are different in each world so maybe they were, maybe there weren''t powered people with psionic abilities before the System. When it came to magic the story was different, the mana in our world before the system was in an extremely difficult state to manipulate or to affect its soroundings. So our world could not give birth to any magician. But if a wizard, or a some powerful magical being, made his way here before the system, he could use that difficult mana. The answers only raised more questions so I dropped the subject and got down to business. Giving him the loot to appraise and made some purchases. Some were quite interesting like: mana potions, psionic potions, skill orbs, but the most interesting were stats cubes which could unlock stats and also give you points. The loot this time was quite good in some aspects. But when it came to weapons, not so much. I kept two long swords, a claymore, a dagger, a spear all made of steel and a mage staff. The rest were knives, spears, arrows, daggers and swords made out of iron, bones or fangs inferior to steel without anything special to them so I sold them to Mr.Bones. After the appraisals and selling I still had a lot of money 55 gold coins and 2851 silver coins...I was a bit rich huhuhuhuhuhuhu. Of course I bought all the special items he showed me yesterday and a few things which are going to help me get stronger and make my life easier, some of the high end stuff. And the cherry on top, a laser pistol. I was tempted to buy a light saber, but until swordsmanship isn''t higher I won''t risk...I don''t want to die by accident... that would be just embarrassing after all of this. By the end of my purchase....I had 17 silvers. Still the things in my arms were worth it. Quickly bid my farewell to Mr.Bones and teleported to my room. Jack: Time to grow stronger! POV ???1 ???1: Hey man! Hey do you hear me!? Come here quick there is one alive in a Grand Dungeon!!! ???2: Quit your jokes and get back to work, we still have a lot of things to do. Fooling around every chance you get. All that are in Grand Dungeons die on the first day, you know the odds of surviving that?! ???3: I can''t believe it! He is right ! How long has it been since it happened?! ???2: What?!..These humans sure are persistent... ???1: If I''m not wrong hmmm....the ones who survived being stuck in a Grand Dungeon on the first day, 5 worlds back, were also a group of humans... ???2: Yeah..well the God is a bit on the soft side in this world. ???3: In my opinion He is better than that mad guy from the last world, he basically did an apocalypse by using us, I hate that guy... ???1: I''m with you ???3 that bastard had more than a few screws loose. ???4: What are you guys doing!!! Get back to work!!! We need to finish the adjustments and move to the next. We are on a schedule people. Two males and a female got back to work after being scared to death by their Boss. A few seconds later... ???1: Fucking shrew... she moves like a ghost, but looks like a troll. ???3: pft..hahahaha.. ???2: On this I agree with you. So a little wager to make this a bit interesting. 5 Adamantium coins on 2nd floor. ???3: I guess 5 on 3rd floor. ???1: 5 on Conquering! After all he is my fellow human. Let''s get everyone on this wager I''m going to make a killing. Unknown to JACK he has become the subject of a highest bet in the Solar system.
Please rate, comment and point any mistakes :-) Ready....and action or not ?!-Day 4
Status Window
Name:Jack SilversAlignment:Neutral
Level:39Class:Available
Race:HumanGender:Male
Titles
Assassin
Health:100%Psionic energy:100%
Mana:100%Aura:100%
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Strenght:14Agility:16
Dexterity:12Magic power:11
Life force:20Endurance:15
Cerebral speed:26Cerebral power:23
Mental resistance:35Luck:15
Magical resistance:5Physical resistance:18
108 status points
Special ability:
Growth x 3
Psionic ability:
Down the Rabbit Hole
Physical ability:
Accel
Psionic powers:
Telepathy; Alert
Skills:
Boxing:Level 3Mana sense:Level 1
Swordsmanship:Level 2Mana manipulation:Level 1
Stealth:Level 1Mana materialization:Level 1
Dagger arts:Level 1Night Vision:Level 1
Magic:
Arzaudian basic attack spells:Slicer: Level 1Piercer: Level 1Crusher: Level 1
Arzaudian basic defense spells:Shield: Level 1Sphere Shield: Level 1Lure ball: Level 1
Elemental affinities:
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Jack: Status! A big grin was plastered on my face, seeing my new status window. I felt that my evolution was quick, but from what I found out in the tomes, the best places to practice magic were mana spots, dungeons of course being one of such places. (Fun fact dungeons had an Instant-Learn option for magic tomes which gave you a fucking annoying headache.) Growth x 3 of course had a hand in this, I have no delusions of being one in 100, a special or talented person. The drops from the monsters and mana beasts also helped a lot. Most stats were unlocked by my loot, tiny, little, precious, glowing cubes of power. Still when Mr.Bones asked about monster parts that dropped left me with a bitter taste. Yesterday I was to worked up, about learning magic, but now on a fresh mind, that mistake hurt like a bitch. I simply ignored the body parts and meat...I''m not mentally prepared to eat these creatures when I know there is food in this mall. As a gamer I''m ashamed letting monsters stealing such precious crafting materials. Yesterdays half a day and almost an all nighter took me too new heights. My training session was an eventful one. With me consuming half of my stock of potions to recover and heal. Magic was too awesome... now it felt like an extension of myself like always it has been there. I could feel the mana in the air and in my veins, but I needed to complete concentrate and not to move. I was like a little kid playing with a new toy, even though I could cast only 6 spells they were amazing. Today I''ll see how they work on monsters. Also need to pay Mr.Bones a quick visit today. That mana elemental affinity test, I bought yesterday didn''t work. And this whole Aura thing, I got the message when I was practicing magic, but no description like it was the most obvious thing. It felt really annoying. Took the dark simple looking pistol, had no sci-fi feeling to it just a chunk of metal...but an awesome one. The dagger on the other hand, screamed of fantasy, a bluish metal with a few weird engravings...maybe some kind of magic runes. Blue stones on the spine of the blade and some small ones on the hilt. I teleported in front of the shop, no monster in sight.... strange were are the outcasts? Now that isn''t important. Jack: Good morning Mr.Bones! Mr.Bones: ...Morning Jake...you are early...what can I do for you today? Jack: I need help with a few things. How to say this?... I used the scroll with the elemental affinity test, but in my status only showed questions marks.( I almost said it didn''t work, but a change did occur.) The weird light-like fire danced for a few seconds in his eye sockets...(seemes he does have some tells....) Mr.Bones: That was an basic elemental test..most living beings tend to have an basic primary affinity ..hmmm...come back later I will make a more comprehensive test..for free since the product didn''t work..shop policy.. Again more questions came up in my head, but seeing him getting to work I remembered the other thing I came about. Jack: Also what can you tell me about Aura. Mr.Bones:..more specific.. Jack: It replaced my stamina, I don''t know much else besides that. Mr.Bones: Have you practiced.. a form of martial arts.. daily in your life? Jack: N- Does a few minutes a day count?! Mr.Bones: Yes...haah this is. OK listen.. Aura depends on your mind set..when you were practicing martial arts..It comes in a lot of variations.. Aura is still stamina..but combined with a part of your mana, life force and even a minuscule part of your soul. It is greatly affected by your..state of mind and state of spirit... Not much of on expert on this...but I know you have to let it develop naturally... just keep practicing martial arts..if you like to make something more of this... (This was greater than I expected?!.. How? Why? I don''t even know were to begin asking. Is this a good thing or bad?..) Mr.Bones: Don''t over think it human..get better at magic and things will come along naturally.. monsters manifest this and control it.. even with their puny brains. Now go!.. come..back later. I have work to do. Said my farewells and left. For now I decided to practice magic and not annoy my only source of information. My mana reservoir isn''t to large at the moment, but it is growing nicely. During my breaks I saw that my smartphone battery was at 23% I didn''t charge it, before coming to work. I need a charger and a lot of things. Nedeed to make a trip to that warehouse, shops are crawling with those things so they are out of the question for now. Hope downstairs things are better, but I''m not the most optimistic person. After increasing my arsenal, I felt confident enough to go in the underground warehouse, the storing space was huge so I was going to find clothes and other necessities...like better food than canned meat and fruits, they were too disgusting to eat repeatedly. In the afternoon, I saw that Mr.Bones finished and now was reading his usual book. I truly wonder what does a skeleton read about?! Once the greetings are over he brought out some strange things. I was expecting another scroll. Mr.Bones: Hold this and infuse it with mana.. stop when I tell you. I took the glass mini piramid he gave me and did as told, then the discs he put in the round container full of water started spinning. It took some time...my mana was half depleted. Mr.Bones: Enoug...Jack.. I couldn''t tell a bit of what he was seeing there??? The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. Jack: So? Mr. Bones: You have..the basic elemental affinities small at the moment.. with practice that won''t be a problem..The result that came earlier announced....that your affinity is rare, but it couldn''t pin point which one exactly....hmmmm... (Jack: This guy is killing me!!! Come on already!) Mr.Bones: You affinity is.. energy.. Jack: Like electricity or energy in general?! Mr.Bones: All kinds ..of energy: electricity, heat, kinetic, life force, soul even mana and many more...quite interesting never seen someone have this as his primary affinity.... very interesting...... Jack: Is this good or bad?! Mr.Bones: Neither.... but it is better than the common affinities...and more interesting..........hmmmmm....could?....hmmmm....but?.....hmmm....if?.............. He was in his own world...did I break Mr. Bones.?!..I said my farewell and left, he barely responded. Hope I can get some more answers from him tomorrow. Until then the affinity matter is on hold. When I arrived in my room I got ready for a quick shopping expedition in the underground warehouse. I took another look at my equipment, everything seemed in order. A ring which could hold 10 objects on my left hand: 2 high health regeneration potions, 2 medium mana regeneration potions, 2 medium aura regeneration potions, 2 medium psionic regeneration potions, 1 highly corrosion acid potion and 1 high antidote potion. The last one was quite expensive. Another ring to my right with a spear, long sword, magic staff, dagger, great sword, Geraso compass, pepper spray, cuffs, baton and taser. And lastly on me I had the laser pistol which could shot 100 times, but had the recharging rate of 1/minute plus the Arzaudian dagger. And in my pocket there was 1 cube the size of an small fist which could hold 10 tons in 100 different sections. The price of the item box was 200 gold...even I could hardly believe it such a small object could hold such mass, but magic, laser pistols...I kinda believe in everything now. A fall through the floor later I was in the warehouse... everything looked normal, perfectly normal. Like nothing changed these passed few days. Jack: Isn''t this my lucky day?
Warning! You have entered Hidden Floor! Leaving without destroying the Floor Boss is punishable by Death!
Jack: Fuck you ! Fuck you! Ahhhhhh....This day is getting better and better! Fuuuuuuuck!!!!! Lucky day my.... Took me a while to calm down... Well getting stuck there, here...Is getting kinda annoying. But at least my yell didn''t attract the Floor Boss even my psionic ability Alert wasn''t warning me. First thing on my list is the generator. My trip was short and uneventful, the generator was not functioning, so the electricity came either from the city electrical grid or the dungeon. Second on my list is the guard post. Seeing the state of things, I had some hopes. The other panic rooms on my floor were empty, maybe someone here made it...Someone was here, but the blood and destruction in the soroundings painted a clear picture. Took out the Geraso compass. Jack: Human...not pointing anywhere.... haaah....Floor Boss. Third on my list were supplies, but it seems...my priorities changed. Carefully I went in the direction my compass pointed using "Down the Rabbit Hole" and for maximum visibility I stayed on top the tallest shelves. I found something... (What the fuck is that?!) A huge mass of dirty white fur, that just snored besides the refrigeration room, with a few bones around. Because it was curled up I can''t even guess what it is? I was extremely tempted to burn it, but the risk was to great in this closed space, the supplies, the ventilation, the sprinkler system to many unknown factors which only could blow up in my face. Another problem was the size of the monster. Last time I opened a hole even near the size necessary to surround half of it, I passed out. Not the best experiences I ever had. I need to keep my status points from when I will find a Class. As a gamer I knew how important these points are on the long run, more so now in real life. My magic was still to weak, it barely cuts and penetrates aluminum as my experiments on my chair revealed. So my only choices are the laser pistol and "Down the Rabbit Hole". Jack: OK furball let me see what you are?...hmmm maybe it is a better way to do this. My first though was to shoot it and see what happens, but even though I was itching to use my laser gun in combat I wasn''t stupid enough to die by rushing things. So for now it was an waiting game. Using my compass I found some better tasting food, a video camera, a normal phone charger and a hand-crancked USB charger that I can use in this situation. The rest will be after I kill that behemoth. Using a camera zoom I was a bit of distance away from the Floor Boss, but still keeping a close watch on him. Hours passed by without any change...then it moved. I was quite relaxed finally after having to eat something else than that emergency food, it was no steak still some fresh vegetables and fruits went a long way. Everything changed in the second the monster woke up. My psionic power Alert warned me, I had to concentrate to turn it off and activate Stealth. The temperature plummeted extremely quickly...how powerful was this monster?! The underground warehouse was tall as a 3 story building, but the monster could not stand up in this place. Massive was an understatement... The monster was a primate, it''s feet were like a gorilla also his overall body structure. Had four arms, the lower ones were less muscular, but longer. Four rows of eyes, black sharp nails and fangs...no more like tusks protruding out of his mouth. This creature was basically taken out of a nightmare or horror movie... ( How the fuck I kill this?! Take one limb at a time...) While I was frozen the creature moved. With one of its longer arms searched in the refrigeration room, pulled out some pig and cow carcasses and started eating leisurely, sitting on his ass. Jack: This fucker!!! *whisper* His whole attitude annoyed me. While I was scared for my life he was having a fucking snack. This went on for what seemed like an eternity for me, but my phone told me otherwise just 7 minutes. The mutated gorilla monster stretched and yawned... Jack: Now or never! I opened a dimensional hole were he was resting his head. It all happened in a few seconds, his had fell slightly backwards, but before he could take it out I forcefully closed the hole...for the first time I sensed a resistance. He managed to pull most of his head out... But not all of it. My attack failed, he was alive. I quickly took a few potions to restore myself...He acted strange, touching his now visible brain then smelling and licking his hand. I prepared mentally for the worst outcome. Not wasting any time I followed with the next attack. Opened another portal above his head and poured the acid...He didn''t reacted...Why?! (Ah!!! I forgot the brain doesn''t have pain receptors. ) He looked my way roared so hard that I felt the air pressure and a foul smell of his breath. The warehouse shook like an earthquake was happening right now. Opened another portal and got ready to shot my laser gun, my hands were shaking like crazy, that roar affected me somehow. But the battle was already over...fortunately. The monster fell face forword after a few steps. Turning into black smoke which went into the ground. At the same time I fell on my butt relieved. My heart was beating so hard and fast, that I wouldn''t be surprised if it jumped out of my chest in this instant. Jack: Haaaaah.....that was scary as hell!
Floor Boss "Rank 2 Level 60-Giant Sloth Yeti" has been destroyed. Restrictions upon floor has been lifted.
Warning! Monsters will start spawning here in 24 hours!
You have gained title "First Giant slayer"! Due to being the first to single handedly defeat a giant monster on your planet.
You are first on your planet to clear a hidden floor solo in a Grand Dungeon on your planet!
Classes "Adventurer", "Dungeon Explorer" and "Monster Slayer" are now available!
For your achievement you are rewarded with 50 status points!
Congratulations!!! You have reached level 47!
Jack: Maybe today really is my lucky day?! Hahahahahahah...!!! I was truly gald to be alive.
Please rate and comment! If you see any mistakes, do point them out.:-) Ideas for a Class and a Pet (Not a chapter) I have some ideas for a hybrid class, but I want some more I haven''t decided on one yet. In the near future I also want to add a pet. The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. So if any one wishes to help, please write your choices. Every idea is welcomed and appreciated!