《The Apocalypse》


 Chp 0 - Prologue

    "Hey you. Hey you with glasses........come here." (???)


    I woke up in my 5x5 room searching for that voice. I keep having this repeated dreams where a Yoda-like person wanting to talk to me. Well, no more watching Star Conquest I guess.


    Oh, before I forget I''m Dale Starsky a 17 year old nerd. I am a certified VIRGIN. Why you ask that I emphasized the V word?? That is because no human being would be near to hear me bramble about how great being an otaku is. Yes, a nerd and otaku fused together to be called SCUM. ORZ........sob sob TT. Patented by my classmates. I''ll show them (Determination pose).


    Moving on, today is a special celebration. Why you ask??? Today is the so called the end of the world. Yeah, END OF THE WORLD. So, I''m just gonna chill in my room eating a sandwich. How do I know today is the END OF DAYS?? Simple just last week a notification was sprouting and it then proven to be transmitted worldwide.


    <Testing 1,2,3><Hello, Earth-217 this is Odin. Due to unforeseen circumstances by a mischievous God, Ragnarok have been officially accelerated to next week and to make matters worse this world will assimilate with Earth-217 after 1 month. It has magic and stuff. > < I know you all are afraid. As a token of apology let me give you all a gift of wisdom ''STATUS''. It lets you feel your ''stats'' in your mind but it is not a powerful tool. Just say STATUS in your mind.> <Lastly, all technology-related  have been removed. Have fun>


    I mean even a homeless guys started to put ''Repent, the end of days is nigh'' crap. Me, of course started freaking out and started ditching school ever since. God says that tech cannot be used whatsoever. Yeah, that is proven true as I was opening my handphone that the screen blanks but my stove works just fine. Maybe a more advanced tools have been disabled.


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    <Dale Starsky; Male; Level 1; Stats= Strength -10, Endurance-10, Stamina-20, Dexterity-10, Magic-10, Vitality-10> Well, looking at my stats makes me feel really pathetic.


    Welp, time to start working out I guess. I start by running around the house until my feet are wobbly.


    [DING] <Strength +2, Vitality +5, Stamina +10>


    Wow, so there is a loophole huh.Thank you GOD. By utilizing a loophole in the STATUS, we can increase it and it will never decrease. I know, I know why I didn''t share it with other people. Hello, nerd here nobody will believe me. Besides, I live alone. Yeah, I know, I know what about my friends?? They are all in some bunker Fallout-like near Mexico or something. Damn rich people. LOL.


    After doing calisthenics for 15 reps :


    <Str-35, End-20, Sta-35, Dex-20, Mag-10, Vit-20> Wow, just in one day. Unfortunately, my Mag stats unchanged cause I don''t know how to utilized it.


    Well, now we go to the present time. I guess its time already huh. Better make me a sandwich for now. Stats after 1 week :


    <Str-65, End-50, Sta-65, Dex-50, Mag-10, Vit-50>


    As I was engulfing my triple sandwich. DING!!


    <Ragnarok approaches. Multiple wormhole detected. Monsters moving to dense populated cities. Estimated level 100>


    Wow a frickin'' 100. I really should''ve utilized that loophole more. *Sigh*


    As I was lamenting on my mistakes, the door of my house was knocked. *Knock, Knock*


    "Coming, wait a minute" Dale.  *Opens the door*


    "*Gasp* It''s you ??!!! Yoda!!!" Dale


    "I need your help. And my name is not Yoda!!! It''s Odin." ????


    "Heeeeeeeh????? *Shocked*" Dale.

 Chapter 1

    "So ''slurp'' what does a Yoda want with me???" Said Dale as slurping his tea. After 10 minutes arguing with Odin at the front door Dale invites Odin into the house.


    "Haaaah, I''m too tired to argue with you kid." Odin said while sighing and wondering does he pick the short end of the stick or not.


    "Just straight to the point old man. What does a god like you want with me???" Dale said while squinting his eyes showing his impatience.


    "God??!!! Pfftt. Hahahahaha. I''m no God kid just a wandering wizard of sort. And no I did not set that blue box. That was not me." Odin said while suppressing his laughter.


    "What?? Really?? Then why you got the same name as that GOD????!!!!" Said Dale while massaging his temple.


    "Well, the reason was on the day of my birth. Well to make it short the shaman in my village got a revelation that a boy will be born that can talk with the Great Odin." Said Odin proudly while trying to stand up on the chair.


    "Shaman??? That''s interesting. Odin the god and Odin the wizard. What village are you from??" Dale said seriously to mask him feeling like listening to a commercial. You only take it on face value.


    "Yeah, I know this is hard to take right now. My village is named Gnarhorn. Yeah, yeah I''m not from this world. I wonder from another world spreading information about the fusion that is impending. To make in easier for you you can just call me Sven." Said Sven seriously while holding his hand for a handshake.


    "Haaaah. Yeah Sven that is hard to take. So what are the contents of the information??" Said Dale sighing and shaking his head.


    "Okay, here it goes. There is something evil coming here and I don''t know what. It comes in the form of something Demon Lord- like. The reason of the fusion of the worlds is to herald its arrival. Luckily, the great Odin noticed and planned accordingly. " Said Sven somberly.


    Dale shocked. He instantly falls from his chair. He keeps his emotion in check and asks, "Then what do want my help for??? I could not fight with a frickin'' Demon Lord. All I can do is make a mean sandwich for him to eat".


    "Hahahaha. That last was pretty funny. Then it comes to this, I need to you to build and manage a village or basically a safe haven for your people and prepare for its arrival because it cannot be stop. Odin only managed to delay its arrival somehow with a price." Said Sven with sad expression.


    "Delay?? How much??? What price??" Dale said while spitting bullets of questions.


    "5 years. Odin is the only god remaining and by granting the people of this world power with the same as my world Odin need to sleep for 10,000 years. Before you ask, Odin can talk to me that''s why I was named Odin Svenherald" Sven.


    "Wow, I cannot guarantee that I will do as you ask. Can you you tell me the is there a stopping point for the stats and you tell me how to increase the Magic stats???" Dale.


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    "There is a stopping point at 99 but you are different from other people because people cannot raise their stats. You my friend have Heavenly body means that it has no limit. For your Magic stats, I''ll just give you this." Said Sven while putting his right hand on top of Dale''s head.


    *Ding* <You have gained Mana Manipulation Basic Level 1>


    Dale screamed as it the information enters his brain. The feeling is like poking your head with hot needle while eating chillies. After the throbbing pain lessens, Dale feels the world mana entering through his body. He also noticed that he do not need to wear his glasses anymore as he removes them.


    He looked towards Sven and asked, "What did you do to me???". Sven answered, "I just implanted the info into your head and fix your eyes."


    "I think I have lingered longer than I suppose. Gotta warn other people too." Said Sven standing up. "Just don''t die brat. After the fusion just build yourself because you are your own man." Sven added while disappearing into thin air.


    "Wait X3, I haven''t asked does the President know about this info........" Dale lightly cursed his gamer side rather than asking important side he had forgotten to ask the question.


    "But, more importantly I can finally raised the Magic stats." Dale said as he stares at his hand with his imagination nothing can stop him. He mused quietly.


    "Let''s see ''STATUS''."


    Dale Starsky


    Male     17


    Str   65        End 50


    Dex 50        Sta  65


    Mag 15        Vit  50


    Skills


    Mana Manipulation Basic Level 1


    Enable to feel mana and manipulate it according to the user''s understanding


    <Time remaining until fusion: 2 months. Ragnarok has began stay safe and have fun>


    "Welp, now I got time for some sandwich." Dale stand up and went to the kitchen and whip himself a good sandwich without a single care in the world.

 Chapter 2

    "Aaaaaaaaahhh.....this wasn''t supposed to happen!!!!!!"Said Dale while running like the Flash.(Author: Just kidding. Just imagine people running during a stampede.) Returning to reality, Dale is now running while dodging a flurry of arrows thrown by a somewhat disfigured green fellow.


    How does this happen you ask??


    *4 hours before*


    " ''Yawn'' now that I''m full, let revisit those mana thingies. If what Sven said is true, maybe I could use cultivate it and increase my body''s durability." Dale pondered about this new information for a while. Although Dale is average as much as the next guy his knowledge as an otaku benefited him greatly.


    "Alright, let do it like this. Let''s not assume that mana is like means for a spell instead we assume it as pure energy. If my body can become like a sturdy reactor, I could generate high amount of energy. Well, no time like the present." Dale confidently tries to absorb the mana from his surrounding by focusing his senses and redirect it throughout his body. Suddenly, light shone brightly from his body.


    <You have learned Teleportation Basic Level 1. Mana Manipulation increased to Basic Level 4>


    "Wait, wha...???? Where is this place???" Dale shocked to find he is not at his comfy apartment anymore. Instead he is some sort of underground place. This place that reeks of old man''s shoes and rancid looking making Dale the introvert fall on his knees and started vomiting. His daily bullying menu does not include smelling and touching poop. Basically the place is like after diarrhea, disgustingly long and it has splatter like goo sticking everywhere.


    "Haahahaahahha......This gotta be a dream. I just fainted after trying my theory is all." Dale tries to escape from a reality using his powerful almighty skill Ultimate Rejection. Unfortunately, when Dale was using his ultimate skill, he forgot to turn off the area of effect of the skill. A green person-like heard the chanting of Dale''s skill "This is not real" nearby and moved towards the voice. When it almost about 100 meters, Dale noticed it.


    "$%#%$#^$" Said the creature while preparing to throw its spear. This creature is around 5 foot tall wearing leather armor and quiver full of spears. Yeah, green, ugly and can chuck spears at you.


    *Present time*


    "Huff, huff, I gotta do something about that fella." Dale tries to shake his tail by running more faster than he ever did before. After the green guy chucks his last spear, he stops to catch his breath. Then Dale stops and grab the spear that was gifted from that green guy.


    "Aaaaaagghhh" The green guy screamed in anger. Dale decided to end that sucker''s life before it call any more of its brethren. Slowly, Dale sucked the air to throw the spear towards the green guy. Take aim, focus and throw. The spear went straight to the green guy''s head.


    *Thud* falls


    Luckily, when Dale is taking aim the green guy is still enraged that Dale grabs on of his spears. If he is moving towards Dale while Dale is aiming, Dale is dead meat. Dale shuddered at the possibility of him dying. The green guy falls and blue blood flows from the place of the puncture. Basically, the green guy got pierced at his headshot. (Pwnd)


    <You have slain an Kobold Hunter Level 2. 16 exp gained.>


    <You gained 5 Str, 5 Sta and 5 Dex>


    "Wow, that hideous thing is a kobold?? This other world creatures really beyond imagine. Maybe next, there''s a shadow minion or something lurking at the corner." Dale salvaged the equipment from his dear departed friend Greenie and take the coins for just in case situation. Furthermore, after the howling from the Kobold, Dale opted to move far away from that place as soon possible.


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    "Yeah, although it smells like someone smeared poop at this equipment, everything is in tip top shape." Dale inspects the loot taken safe away from prying eyes. After gathering his mind, tears started flowing from his eyes.


    "Sniff x2, I have now killed. This new world really sucks. Sniff, Why didn''t they just disappear when we kill them like in the game???" Dale cries silently after he realized what he have done. Maybe that Kobold just a monster but Dale uphold a simple creed. Every life is sacred. Maybe in game when the player kill a monster, it will just disappear not in real life. The body laid there lifeless, and cold like the embrace of death.


    But Dale know the rules of the world are now changed, it''s killed or be killed. Only by being strong can he protect his creed. While Dale is wallowing in self pity, a deafening howl was heard from the direction of the Kobold''s corpse.


    "Crap, they found the body. Gotta move or else I''ll have another fit." Dale quickly get his things and started moving faster towards the other side of the howl. While Dale was moving he was assimilating mana into his skin. Dale hypothesize that he needs better understanding of his body to prevent the incident at apartment  from happening again.


    Only one thing Dale didn''t foresaw, how painful it is. Imagine, what would you feel when your skin pricked by a needle. Not that painful right, but amplify that pain by 10 fold you feel like your skin poked by a sharp knife. Yeah, imagine that pain coursing on your every surface of the skin. Yep, very painful.


    Although, the pain was, well painful it was not to knock Dale out because his won''t let him. He has a passive skill called Ultimate Consciousness that prevent him from fainting while mumbling ''I don''t wanna die'' all throughout the process. After an arduous 3 hours journey, finally the pain lessens Dale find a wall to lean to. This day is not going on his way. Mentally and physically exhausted not to mention his grumbling stomach does not seem to help.


    *Ding*


    <You have successfully assimilate your body mana. 1/4 completed. Tough skin Basic Level 1 gained.>


    Tough Skin Basic Level 1


    The skin becomes comparably tougher and can sustain more damage.


    "Wow, *wheeze* just my flesh, blood, and bones left huh. I''ll probably abstain from doing this for a while and start grinding this skill and magic for now. " Dale plopped at the wall to rest for a while. After, 1 hour of resting, Dale stands up in search of his own redemption in this urine infested underground, food.


    "Hahaha, maybe I''ll find some sandwich lying in this hellhole." Dale reassures himself there is a sandwich waiting for him while walking around finding food.


    *Meanwhile*


    Two kobolds standing on our friend''s Greenie corpse, angry looking.


    "Orgg, died, naked"????


    "Find, kill, meat"???


    This day is not going Dale''s way definitely.

 Chapter 3

    After searching around this underground-like labyrinth for food, Dale stopped for a break. Then, he noticed something scurrying near him. Dale walk slowly towards it realized its actually a spider. He took out one of the spears and spiked the spider for a couple of times.


    "Eeewww.....blearghh. So this is how it comes down huh. *Sigh**Munch* It''s a bit crunchy and gooey. *Sniff* I miss my sandwich." Sighs Dale while chewing some spider legs. He considered for a long time whether or not to eat it, but his hunger outstrips his conscience. Yeah, this guy thinks with his stomach.


    "Now that I think about it, the only monster I encountered is only that Kobold. Am I really that lucky or this just a normal underground." Dale ponders a bit before he hears some gibberish coming from his behind.


    "Crap. They''ve caught up with me !!!!" Dale started running forward but he suddenly stumbled upon a dead end. With nowhere to go, Dale resolves himself to fight where its him or them. With this place''s dim lighting, he hides himself at darker corner to prepare for the ambush. The howling and grunting sound keeps getting closer, Dale took out a spear to stick it to their faces.


    100 meter. 50 meter. 10 meter. Throw the spear at hand towards the kobolds. Hit Kobold''s 1 shoulder. Start running towards them while chucking another spear. Hit the Kobold''s 2 stomach. Avoid spear attack. Side roll. Front roll. Chuck spear to Kobold 1. Hit the neck of Kobold 1. Use the spear to finish both kobolds.


    The battle was concluded swiftly. Dale uses his Tough Skin to tank all the damage, but it involves Dale chucking his spears towards the kobolds. When the spear hits the Kobold''s 1 stomach, it makes it unable to continue the battle. Nobody could battle by holding his wounded stomach. Then the rest is easy. Just use another of Dale''s skill Ultimate Protection that lets him to tirelessly roll any direction without getting dizzy.


    After finishing up the kobold a notification appears before Dale.


    *Ding*


    <You have slain 2 Kobold Hunter Level 2. 36 exp awarded. >


    "What??? No level up. I almost died you know??!! But, finally some breather. I really need to grind some stat and skills. Hmm, before that maybe these guys brought some food??" Dale loot from these kobolds while searching for food. Luckily, one of them brought a something like a beef jerky located in its pouches.


    Dale without thinking put it in his mouth and began to chew due to his stomach growling. Although he felt gross not knowing what are the things that he ate, it is thousands better than the spider legs.


    After resting for a while, he began to grind his mana manipulation. He knows that his flimsy battle skills would be the death of him so he began to train to obtain more skills. He close his eyes while sitting to feel the flow of mana. When he touches the ground, he saw the particles that he can manipulate into anything he wanted. He then pull his hands from the ground and imagine a spear from the ground.


    *Ding*


    <Mana Manipulation leveled up to Basic Level 4. Earth Manipulation Basic Level 2 obtained.>


    "Cool, now I am an earthbender. Hahahaha.....Damn, what a small spear, I feel tired already." He feel cheated while looking at the keychain sized spear he made. Then after arduous remolding the earth magic, he finally can make a house-ish using his earth magic. He also obtained a skill named Spear Barricade that sprouts six spear that immediately impale any unsuspecting enemy. But unfortunately he could only use that skill once per day cause his Magic stat is still low.


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    "Now to increase my Stone Skin level." Using his knowledge from Earth magic he remolds his skin by supplying mana and managed to increased it by 4 levels. Although he is tempted to remold his body, it will be another time when his body is able to handle the strain like with the skin situation.


    "*Yawn* Really sleepy. I need to get me some beauty sleep. Ugh, my Teleportation skill still beyond my reach." Dale sighs and closes his eyes for his long awaited rest. Today was not very good to Dale. He teleported to some tunnel, got screwed by kobolds, eat the delicacies from the underworld (LOL), and he learnt how to kill. Some people may just kill themselves under that kind of pressure.


    *Next day*


    "Yawn, wow look at the time and luckily nothing happened last night. Well, when I look closely this place looks like the condemned mine near Farhampton. Maybe if I just imagine my house, then the teleportation will occur but I need to get stronger. So that I wouldn''t get squashed by those Lvl 100 monsters." Dale after checking the time at his wristwatch, he noticed this is the place that is on television several months ago. It was condemned cause there are no more minerals that can be mined. Knowing that this place is near his house, he decided to grind skill necessary to survive (Running away skills, LOL) before getting out of here.


    "Now, today I''ll start with Earth magic, then Tough Skin, and maybe try to obtain some Water magic cause I really need to pee." Dale planned his day without any food searching because there is still meat jerky left from the kobolds. Dale planned to be stronger because he knows that this world only accepts the strong now, not some smartass that can smooth talk his way out of this.


    ''I need to check my status first. STATUS''


    Dale Starsky


    Level 1


    Male     17


    Str    70        End 50


    Dex  55        Sta  70


    Mag 30        Vit  50


    Skills


    Mana Manipulation Basic Level 4


    Tough Skin Basic Level 4


    Earth Manipulation Basic Level 2


    "Wow, some my stats have increased without the ding sound. Now let the training starts." Dale enthusiastically start his training regime despite being a level 1.


    *Meanwhile*


    "Report, Orgg, Gnarr, Farr, where??" A


    "Dead, naked" B


    "Find, killer" A


    The wind of fortune does not blow towards Dale indeed.