《Fingertips》 Chapter 1 - The Crystal Chapter 1 BRRRRRIIINNNGGG! The sound of the school bell flew through the classrooms and hallways followed by the sighs and cheers of the students. A groggy face lifts from a table opening his dark jade eyes confused as to where he his. SLAM! a hand to the back is what he awakes to sending his dark black hair forwards and his face to the table ¡°WAKEY WAKEY ARTHUR!¡± a brown haired boy resounds before slapping him in the back a couple more times. ¡°Ok! I get it, now stop hitting me you twat.¡± arthur rebuttals. This rude boy here was my one and only person I call ¡°Friend¡± James Lock. An average heighted boy that excels in the physical department his personality is bright and cheerful and is adored by all the females for his looks, light brown hair and blue eyes. ¡°Hey hurry up! We might miss the weekly boss spawn¡± he declares as I put away my text books and head towards the door. What James was talking about was a MMO that we play. James being the type of person he is takes the warrior class, jumping right into battle with no fear, sword and shield in hand tanking the damage and dealing it back, while I like to take a hybrid class, sort of mage type that moves around using agility to stay clear of my opponents while shooting barrages of shortcast spells. With this combo we have been undefeated in the entire server! Defeating many of the hardest bosses and guilds that challenge us. After we split off at a three way junction near his home but far from mine, we head off to our respective houses. I sigh, having to step into my house is like dipping my foot in hell, if i don¡¯t reach my room in time. I slowly open the door trying not to make the slightest sound. I take a first step into the room closing the door just as quietly as I opened it and make a silent sprint up the stairs. The reason i¡¯m doing this is because I have an incompetent step-father that loves to drink and get physical on any occasion. It''s quite a cliche if I might say so myself. I just avoid him and my mother and get on with my life, it''s what i¡¯ve always been doing. I take the independence as a gift. Not that any of that is going to matter by tomorrow. I¡¯ve been saving up for a long time, got myself a job at a local hardware store and I¡¯ll be moving out to my new apartment. It¡¯s quite small but it¡¯s within my price range whilst being able to have enough space to move around. Comprised of 4 rooms I have a small living room that holds also my kitchen and on the other side connected by a door a single bathroom plus a bedroom. It¡¯s around 480 square feet. My room at this point is very plain. The only reason i¡¯m still here is because they are installing the internet tomorrow and I have an important weekly raid that I must attend to with James. I change clothes after a short shower and head to my desk and flip open my laptop and log on to Curse. With headset on and mic in hand I meet up with James to kill this boss. After a two hours of kiting and taunting from James I¡¯m able to pump enough damage into this dragon to be able to finish it off. My character ingame has a elemental build of fire and I maxed out my fireball to a cast time of 0.2s. This gives me the upperhand in every range battle. I say my goodbyes to James and logoff to hit the hay satisfied with ours drops a couple legendaries and a mystic. Through the darkness I sleep past the shouting coming from the downstairs. My eyes close and... Beep¡­ Beep¡­ BEEEP BEEEEP BEEEEEP! SLAM. I may of smashed my alarm a bit to hard. I get up from my bed and hit the shower. Checking the time told me that I had 40 minutes before my class would start which was at 8:30. I quickly pack all my things before leaving my room, this was probably going to be the last time I¡¯ll see it in a long time. Hopefully. Approaching the door too the house i¡¯m greeted by a woman that looked like she was in her 50¡¯s with greying hair and wrinkles you can clearly see the bags under her eyes. ¡°Goodbye dear...¡± she says holding her words ¡°Yeah...goodbye¡± I give her a hug and leave to school. I turn around to look once more from the back of my throat comes a painful swallow. My school isn¡¯t that big comprising of a main building with 100 classes a football field and a gymnasium with a pool it''s only the 3rd biggest school in the town of Landow. Opening the door to my class I make my way to my usual seat sit down and face plant to progress my usual day, a person walks into the class and sits down not before expressing a huge sigh. it was none other than our class president Sophia...I don''t actually know her last name not that I really cared¡­ She was a model student of the school. Brown luscious hair flowed past her shoulders with her defined features of her body only complimented her ¡°cute¡± face holding her light green eyes. All the guys in my class swoon over her. Suddenly she flicks her head in my direction!? Wha?! How did she know I was looking at her? Although I was caught off guard I keep a straight poker face and slowly turn my head casually to the window. Not before noticing her make a pouting face. The windows revealed ominous clouds that drifted across the sky with ever darkening colour, I smile, I love the rain, the way it sounds, the way it smells, the way it makes the world feel. Although the thought of having to run through it pisses me off¡­ CRAAAAAACLLKEE!!?!? A flash of light strikes the field in front of me and smoke raises from the ground. everyone present in the class screamed in shock and started laughing at how each of them were scared. I keep staring at where the place was hit wide eyed and at this point everyone else has begun to ignore it. From the smoke...just for a second I thought I saw a person¡­ a figure perhaps the shadow of a man? School ends and the rain is still pouring cats and dogs. Everyone is getting ready to leave with their umbrellas and coats, we were told to go home immediately in the case of lightning¡­ but I have something I have to do first, I grab my mat black jacket from my bag and pull the hoodie over my head and run towards the field. Upon reaching the site a shiny object catches my eye, a sort of crystal? The crystal looked beautiful, gleaming with shades of purple in an extended diamond shape it roared with power! I felt attracted towards it, my hand almost moved self consciously, like that feeling to get when you sit down at your computer and your hand moves to turn on the power by itself. picking up the crystal it felt really hot, like REALLY FREAKIN HO...BOOM! An explosion of white light erupted from the crystal my eyes burned as light pierced into my mind. I was propelled back 10 meters near the side of the field body spasming from the shock of the explosion. My body was burning, it felt as if it was burning my soul. Darkness.... My eyes stung from the blue light that glared at me. Watering from the extreme pain. I pry my open my lids and stare in disbelief at the sight in front of me. A perfectly square pane of almost semi-transparent blue. At the top of the words formed reading:
World Conversion process¡­ Please pick a class or create a class accordance to your unique affinity gem SSS* Grade Lightning Gem of Seth (God of thunder and chaos) Please open the class list¡­
What? I sat there staring at this screen for a good 5 minutes¡­. Create a class? What class am I supposed to make? and wtf is a Lightning Gem of Seth? Thunder and Chaos? sounds kinda grim¡­ Now, I haven''t always been the person to question things and always just gone with the flow I live my life according to what I believe. Finally something interesting to do. This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. ¡°class list?¡± I say quietly, the pane then disappeared and reappeared with a list of over 1000¡¯s classes I stare at the list intently the pane controls I moved my hand to touch the pane. It was a cross between a thin piece of plastic but still stiff enough to withstand pressure it was like using a tablet, using just my fingers to scroll up and down the list. Some classes sounded very interesting to me like the Demonlock from the description of the class it told me that it was specialized it summoning demons but lacked in many other areas, kinda like a warlock with bad stat distribution. There were also classes that look just completely stupid like really? Farmalidin? A Farmer that uses the power of the holy to imbue his crops¡­ that was it all it could do? ¡°Class creation?¡± I say unsure if it would work like last time then a pane flashes in front of me.
To create a class you must think very clearly of the type of class that you would like to have You will not be able to change class until a very later date. Mixing multiple classes is acceptable, BUT! remember that mixing many classes will affect stats and ability distribution is negative ways depending on the amount of classes mixed. Choose wisely!
I smiled. If this was how it worked I could make the class that was perfect for me. What did it say before? Please create a class based this gem? my hands shifted the gem around for a second as I thought about the class I was going to create. Smile just like a game~ The class I thought of was a battle mage, a type class with high mobility combined and high magic power, dashing around the battlefield delivering powerful attacks and keeping a distance with my speed.
Congratulations! You have created a unique class with the Lightning Gem of Seth Your classes name is¡­ Apepeka
Apepeka? what the hell type of name is that? oh well at least I think it made the class I thought of, I wonder? ¡°Status!¡± The pane in front of me changes to reveal a screen showing me a list of stats and information on me.
Name : Arthur White Race : Male
Level : 1
Class : Apepeka
Health : 100 Mana : 300 Stamina : 150 Strength : 32 Agility : 50 Vitality : 10 Dexterity : 42 Intelligence : 52 Defense : 5% Magic Defense: 3% EXP 0/100 Unallocated points : 5
Wooooooow¡­. that¡¯s handy. I quickly notice that the stats are very similar to normal MMO starting stats. Hmmm...this is good distribution I like that I have a high mana pool but¡­. why is my health so low? is 100 the base health of everyone my age? Well I guess there should probably be a way to increase it¡­ unallocated points? Does this mean I can increase my stats and it would affect me in real time? wow that would be cool. I decided to test out my theory by allocating 3 points to intelligence all I needed to do was think about adding 3 points to it and it was added. Hmmm¡­ My head does kinda feel a bit clearer, and now that i notice it, it''s dark out, how long have I been out here? I decided to head home to my new apartment. Bang! Unlocking the door lead to an explosion of confetti and a startled voice shout. ¡°Ah! what? where am I.. OH YEAH! congrats Arthur!¡± It was James. ¡°How long have you been here?¡± ¡°Uhh I arrived at four to surprise you but you took hella long¡­ IT''S 10 O¡¯CLOCK! HOLY SHIT I¡¯M LATE!¡± - James I place my bag down in the living room and head to the fridge and grab out a soda. ¡°Uhh, yeah I had something to do sorry.¡± James jumps up from his position on the couch and grabs his bag. ¡°Sorry bro I gotta bounce my parents are going to kill me!¡± he says hurriedly ¡°I¡¯ll be over tomorrow at around 12 no school so we got all day to raid and stuff¡± he says as he leaves the apartment. Sigh~ ¡°Status!¡± The pane reappears and this time I wonder if stats works then maybe¡­. ¡°Skills!¡± Nothing¡­ ¡°Skill list!¡± A pane flashes in front of me.
Skill List
Dark Lightning Arc Grade C (Active) Create Dark Lightning Grade D (Active) Dark/Lightning Manipulation Grade E (Passive) Dark Dash Grade D (Active)
? Wow thats alot for a level one. But how do I use these? And should I even¡­ I decide to test out Dark Dash. ¡°DARK DASH!¡± Nothing¡­ uhhh¡­ I think in my mind dark dash~ WHOOSH! My body flings me forwards in a mist of dark purple! I arrived at the location I was looking a distance of 6 meters in a split second! ¡°Status!¡±
Name : Arthur White Race : Male
Level : 1
Class : Apepeka
Health : 100 Mana : 300 Stamina : 150 Strength : 32 Agility : 50 Vitality : 10 Dexterity : 42 Intelligence : 52 Defense : 5% Magic Defense: 3% EXP 10/100 Unallocated points : 5
I knew it, well of course using a spell or skills would use up my mana it was a given¡­ my EXP went up by 10? hmm does this mean practicing skills awards me with EXP? nice! I only need to do this dash another 9 times to level up? My mana went down by 40 and its already going back up, although it''s quite slow about 10 mana a minute. I can only use Dark Dash another 6 times before I run out. I attempt to Dash again WHOOSH! I appear near the kitchen counter my original position. I repeat this 9 more times. Taking breaks to regen my mana A pane appears in front of me with an opaque look
Level up! Congratulations! For being the first person in the world to reach level two you have been awarded with a S grade weapon of your willing!
Of my willing? S grade¡­. do i just think of a weapon? Hmmm in Curse I don¡¯t hand a weapon but gloves that act as an outlet for my power. I picture a pair of gloves, a woven pair with the power to amplify and store my abilities. POOF! Out of nowhere a pair of gloves fall to the floor. The gloves look like they were made of leather there were fingerless and seemed to have symbols on the palm side. A sort of rune? I put on the gloves¡­.
Gloves of Lightning Propulsion +10 to all stats + 10 mana regen/s + 5 to Dexterity Able to store and release power.
¡°Status!¡±
Name : Arthur White Race : Male
Level : 2
Class : Apepeka
Health : 127 Mana : 310 Stamina : 165 Strength : 47 Agility : 65 Vitality : 25 Dexterity : 52 Intelligence : 70 Defense : 6% Magic Defense: 4% EXP 100/150 Unallocated points : 12
Perfect. Grin~ Chapter 2 Chapter 2 My first night in my new apartment was a restless one, I was too busy imagining all the possibilities! and I haven¡¯t even scratched the surface of my skill list. At this point in time Dark Dash was the only skill i¡¯ve attempted. Lightning arc and create Lightning both sounded really dangerous and there was no way in hell! I was about to shoot a bolt of lightning in my shiny new apartment. I¡¯ll need a quiet location¡­. When morning came I had new found purpose, James was coming at twelve so I had around...four hours until he arrived. I decided that it would be best to raise my mana pool by adding 10 points out of my 12 to intelligence, the rest in agility. My mana pool increased from 310 to 440 and my intelligence went to 80. Now that I have a much larger mana pool, i¡¯ll be able to dark dash a whole lot more! after two hours of dashing I had reached level four
Name : Arthur White Race : Male Level : 4 Class : Apepeka Health : 147 Mana : 440 Stamina : 185 Strength : 57 Agility : 87 Vitality : 47 Dexterity : 67 Intelligence : 80 Defense : 6.5% Magic Defense: 4.5% EXP 250/450 Unallocated points : 20
Isn¡¯t this growth kinda high? I mean it¡¯s normal for a real MMO but¡­ this¡­ this is real life! At this rate i¡¯m going to turn into some sort of god! And the message I got when I first leveled up? ¡°You are the first person IN THE WORLD!¡± does this mean this is unique to me? And why? So many questions and no one to answer¡­ Sigh~ Whelp, I might as well just enjoy it. I look over from the couch in the living room to look at my clock 11:59:30¡­ Well¡­ he did say twelve o''clock. 11:59:47¡­ 11:59:51¡­ 11:59:55¡­ 11:59:56¡­ 11:59:57¡­ 11:59:58¡­ 11:59:59¡­ 12:00:00¡­ CRASH! POOF! Without notice a pane appears in front of me¡­
Hello~ Your World Conversion Process has finished and is now ready to launch, If you have not already picked a class please pick a class or create one. Monsters will now spawn in certain locations. Forming of parties is now active as well as many other different options, if you need help with the options please refer to the guide book. Enjoy~
¡­ ¡­ BAM! My door swings open and James is standing there wide eyed mouth wide open. ¡°ARE YOU SEEING THIS?!?!?¡± He shouts at me. ¡°WTF IS GOING ON!¡±- James ¡°Ok..Calm down...I¡¯ll explain to you what I know.¡± I decided to tell james everything that happened so far except for the SSS Grade Gem and S Grade gloves. I don¡¯t know much about these items and i¡¯m not ready to reveal all my tricks yet. While I was telling him what happened to me the previous day he held a serious face the entire time, he wanted to absorb everything I told him. ¡°Well then...Might as well make a class¡± - James ¡°Yeah.. there was something about monsters?¡± I wonder if they will just be normal animals or actual MMO monsters, chaos will ensue if a Dragon starts terrorising cities and destroying towns. Imagine a Hydra fighting battleships it would be equally awesome and horrifying. ¡°Ah!¡± - James ¡°What happened?¡± ¡°Made my class!.. Its called Farmalidin¡­ ¡± - James ¡°...¡± ¡°...are you serious?¡± ¡°Nah, heh your face looked really worried¡± - James ¡°Yeah, I was about to make you leave.¡± ¡°Wha?¡±- James ¡°Anyways what¡¯s your actual class¡± I say rolling my eyes ¡°Its called Arcane Controller?¡± - James ¡°What do you do?¡± ¡°Well I use arcane magic to control my enemies and protect me and my allies, doesn¡¯t seem to have many offensive capabilities tho.¡± - James ¡°Actually sounds quite useful, now the only thing we need now is a HUD hahaha!¡± The moment the word HUD left my mouth a cluster of bars filled my view, appearing to the left and right of my vision were health, mana and stamina bars. I looked up at James and saw floating text.
James
¡°Uhh.. you ok your eyes kinda just sprung open...¡± he says worriedly. ¡°Say HUD¡± ¡°HUD?¡± he jumped back a bit from surprise. ¡°AWESOME!¡± - James ¡°Yeah, this''ll be useful¡± BOOM! ¡°AHHHH HELP ME!¡± Me and James freeze. ¡°PLEASE SAVE MEeUhUgHGH!--....¡± I leap to my feet and make a sprint to my door followed by James. What we saw next was utter chaos. Hell on Earth. In the distance roared a massive fire, smoke raised up like a hand of death. Jet planes flew over only to be taken down by some sort of bird like creature. It was massive. It was almost triple the size of the jet. Me and James head down towards the street towards the cries for help. WHAM! A body flies across our view and splatters into a wall leaving a shitty rendition of modern art. But the body was not our concern at this moment. In front of us stood a 9 ft tall statue of stone, the wings on it sides, starts to move. The statue stepped forwards with a crack.
Gargoyle Level <30>
Fuck me¡­ The only thing that runs through my mind. I turn to James ¡°RUN!¡± as we start to bolt in the other direction. James starts to sprint only to collide head first into obstacle¡­He looks up, as his eyes fill with terror and nose bleeding from the impact. This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.
Gargoyle
He falls backwards and starts to crawl away. The Gargoyle lifts its stone hands in a movement of attack like trying to swat a bug from the air. ¡°LIGHTNING ARC!¡± I SCREAM! whilst point my index in the Gargoyles direction. CRAAAAAAK! A arc of lightning flashes forwards and cuts through the Gargoyle instantaneously melting the stone on contact. The Gargoyle¡¯s top half flops back while the deer like legs stay standing. The head of the Gargoyle smashes into the rock as its faces turns towards me. Two front fangs and a pig like nose its eyes still stone. Level up! Level up! Level up! Three levels! but I dismiss it and Dark Dash towards James to pick him up. ¡°t-thanks man¡± - James ¡°Let¡¯s get the fuck outta here dude¡± I quickly reply GRAAARGG! From the corner of my eye I see an arm swing downwards I push James and Dark Dash backwards to avoid it. ¡°LIGHTNING ARC!¡± another arc strikes the target but only blast off an arm. CRAK! The level 30 had come to avenge his comrade. It turns towards me and punches forwards. I dash to the side just barely reacting in time to fire off another arc towards his face instantly melting it on impact before dashing away. I dash to James grab him and run into my apartment closing the door behind me. What the actual fuck¡­that was way too intense. I turn to James and ask him if he was ok. ¡°Do you have any abilities right now?¡± I ask him seriously. He quickly repiles telling me he has two, one was a sort of magical shield and another was using that shield to bash. ¡°Party create!¡± I say aloud remembering that they said parting is enabled.
Who would you like to add to your party?
¡°James Locke¡± ¡°Accept!¡±- James A icon popped up at the top left of my view showing a health bar next to it. Thank god it works. At least now we can keep tabs on each other. ¡°Status!¡±
Name : Arthur White Race : Male Level : 11 Class : Apepeka Health : 240 Mana : 740 Stamina : 200 Strength : 60 Agility : 97 Vitality : 50 Dexterity : 70 Intelligence : 96 Defense : 7.5% Magic Defense: 5.3% EXP 1050/1500 Unallocated points : 55
My stat growth...slowed? is this because I passed level 5? most games start to make it a lot harder to get stronger at higher levels... not that level 5 is high. I even got less points. I noticed during the fight with the Gargoyles my mana only went to half. was that because of my level up? My mana pool rose alot. I saw that Lightning arc used around 5% of my mana, that¡¯s pretty low for such a strong ability. I mean one hitting a level 21 and only two shots for a level 30¡­ are they just really weak or is it just the lightning? I really need to learn my abilities if shit like this is going to happen. ¡°Guide!¡± POOF! A book falls to the floor labeled guide. BOOM! Before I can even open the book a Gargoyle smashes into door in a straight line¡­ Right towards ¡°JAMES!¡± Before he can even turn to look at it the Gargoyle crushes him. The sound of bones cracking makes me turn away. I look back to see James with half his body crushed under a foot.
Party has been disbanded
"JAMES!" My voice thundered through the torn apartment. ¡°LIGHTNING ARC!¡± ¡°LIGHTNING ARC!¡± ¡°LIGHTNING ARC!¡± ¡°LIGHTNING ARC!¡± ¡°LIGHTNING ARC!¡± ¡°LIGHTNING ARC!¡± ¡°LIGHTNING ARC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡± My apartment lit up with stream of Lightning flying from both of my hands. ¡°FUCK YOU!!¡± ¡­ ¡­ ¡°James...¡± A tear slips down my eye, as I slowly walk towards the crushed body. His face was pushed in revealing his brain along with the legs. I fall to both knees clutching my face. My throat throbbed from pain, my eyes burned. ¡°WHY JUST WHY!??!¡± ¡°¡­¡± The sky darkens with trickles of rain. Thunder clouds loom as a storm brews. I look up from the destroyed corpse up into the clouds. A light flashes across the sky. CRASSASSCK! A strike perfectly aimed on my body. I didn''t even react... no pain was felt. The veins on my arms bulged with a new light blue tint, a surge of power from my arms to my chest. VOOOM! That day the world changed, it was no longer the peaceful world that it was. ******************************************************************** Chapter 3 As the dark roaring of the sky blocked out the distant screams, Arthur lay there unmoving, red lines tore down his face, red lines from the constant shedding of tears. A shifting of rubble near the door of his apartment. ¡°Hello?¡± A seeming friendly voice echo¡¯d in the apartment Arthur didn¡¯t move from his kneeling position. The unknown grinned and reached behind its back. Pulling out a what looked to be a Glock-17. Pointing it towards Arthur. ¡°OI, FUCK FACE! If you want to live give me everything you ha-¡± CRAK! Before the man could even finish his sentence his body had disappeared from existence, replaced by what looked like dust particles floating through the air. Arthur had flicked his finger in the direction of the person releasing an arc to the man¡¯s chest. Like a bug being flicked away. Arthur rose from his kneeling position, slowly walked towards his kitchen, stepping over debris from the Goyle. He opened the fridge and pulled out a can of cream soda. Pop Downing the entire can in a matter of seconds. ¡°Ahhhhhhhh...¡± I should leave. I pack survival necessities in my school bag. A couple sets of clean clothes, food and water, a Tant¨­ James gave me for my 17th Birthday. I take my bedsheets and place it over his body. His hand was sticking out from the sheets, I move to place it back in, upon contact a pane appears.
Would you like to absorb EXP points?
¡°....Yes¡± After a slight glow I gain a level. I stand up and leave with this newfound knowledge. If it was possible to absorb EXP, that would mean going around and murdering people is just as good, if not better than killing NPC mobs. This will be a problem in the future, it gives people a reason to kill others. I should be wary, though I doubt that many people will have already figured this out, but it won¡¯t take long. I walk down towards a quick mart that''s not as popular as other marts. I figured that it would be the best chance for food and hopefully nobody has beaten me to it. About halfway to the mart my sense tell me that a danger lurks by. My ears pick up some sort of warping sound. VOOMP! A 8¡¯5 figure appears before me. Red skin bubbles as a seeping mist flows outwards from its pores, claws extend from its elongated hands. A thin built body stands there with a human-like head. Black eyes stare down upon, a sweat builds on my forehead as I see the curved horns attached to head winding back like hair that¡¯s been gelled.
Level 80
It looks down on me like it had just seen a pile of shit. ¡°Today is a bad day for you mortal¡­ I pity your kind for they will be annihilated¡­¡± Its voice reverbs causing the surrounding area to shake. ¡°I am afraid you will have to join them.¡± The demon lifts its claws and makes a flick with his hand upwards. A motion that would be used to tell someone to begone. In an instant a dark force slices towards me, almost naturally I dash backwards out of danger just barely dodging death. The force collides with the floor penetrating 5 meters before fading away. *Gulp¡­ Better not get hit by that or it''s lights out. I reach to my side and bring out the tant¨­, unsheathing it reveals a black blade with a nice edge. I attempt to use Dark Lightning create to enchant it. Placing my hand on the blade I activate the spell. A small bolt runs from my hand onto the blade glowing with energy, it starts to bounce up and down the blade continually. I grab the handle and hold it steady, pointing it in the direction of the Demon.
Congratulations you have enchanted a weapon! Enchanting Learned! Identify Learned!
I look at the blade and quickly Identify it.
Steel Tant¨­ Enchanted - Dark Lighting Damage 50 - 120 +20 Agility
If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. ¡°Hmmmm¡­.You use a strange power mortal, I see you are more entertaining than the other worthless insects. Shall we make a deal? If you can land a single hit upon me I shall grant you one of my powers. But if you don¡¯t¡­ Well you won¡¯t find out until it happens. ¡± A deal? Well he¡¯s level 80 and i¡¯m level 13 so if I don¡¯t take this my chances of survival are probably lower. ¡°I accept¡­ ¡± Almost immediately I Dash towards him and slice with the tanto. The Demon vanishes from sight and sends me flying into a wall from behind. CRUACHK! The wall crumbles down onto me as dust covers me and my vision. Perfect. I raise my right hand pointing all five fingers in the direction I think the bastard to be. ¡°Lightning Arc¡± CRAK! ¡°ARRGH!?!¡± Rekt. I dash out of the dust followed by another dash slicing into the direction of the scream. My slice connects and like butter it cuts, leaving a trail of static and a deep cut to the chest. ¡°GUAHH!¡± I dash to the left swinging my blade before the dash. During the walk I had the test if my was a dash or a teleport. After a simple face to poll test I found out that I was just going really fast. With the momentum of the dash I aim for the leg of the Demon. Butter :). A grin creeps on my face without me noticing. The demon attempts to retaliate but the shock from the arc I sent him keeps him stunned. A massive lichtenberg figure spreads across his chest. Even if he is 67 levels above me rules of this world still apply. Lucky that Demons seem to have the physiology as humans. After his leg slides off I got for his other leg and he lands on the floor. I stand to his left kneeling down with a grin on my face. His eyes fill with fear. ¡°I would like that teleportation ability of yours, then i¡¯ll let you live¡± I say with a smile that slowly gets bigger and bigger. ¡°Y-yes!¡± A book falls to the ground, I reach down to grab it when I am prompted.
Congratulations! For subduing a Demon Lord you have received a spell of teleportation. The spell has been altered to fit you class.
I check my status and see the ability labeled Dark Warp. I stand up from the ground and point my right index at the Demon. His mouth opens but before he is able to say anything I pump 5 arcs directly into his face. The face throbs before exploding. And that is what he gets for calling humans worthless.
Congratulations! For killing a Demon Lord under level 15. As well as being the first person in the world to kill a monster above level 70. You have been given the choice of a race change. Lesser Demon Lesser Angel Lesser Reaper Lesser Dragon Lesser Colossus
...wow, a little op don¡¯t you think? And it was so easy as well. I guess i¡¯m going to have to thank Seth if I ever meet him for this SSS grade gem. hehehue. Hmmm¡­.. choices choice, all of these seem very generic except for the Colossus. The dragon sounds badass but¡­ ¡°Lesser Colossus!¡± I know that what I did was probably a stupid idea but, I don¡¯t want to be an ugly Demon. Plus from that last battle they seem real weak. Angels are not my type. Reaper sounds intriguing but i¡¯m afraid it will come with some sort of catch, like, ¡®You are now cursed with no sexual libido¡¯ From my knowledge Colossus are closely related to Titans, I wonder if I will have the ability to transform hehehe.
You are now a lesser Colossus. Transformation will apply after sleep.
ohh?~ ##################################### Tell me if there are any mistakes! thanks for reading! Chapter 4 Lesser Colossus eh? Now, it sounds cool, but is it cool? I reach into my bag to bring out the guide book, open it to the first page and read the first sentence. *To use this Guide book please search a specific subject* Wha? So this guide book is basically google¡­ ¡°Colossus!¡± I speak with hope in my voice, hope that I got a good race, and not some trash bag outcasts. The words in the book re-arrange and leave about a paragraph of text. *Beings of insurmountable strength, rivaling even the Gods. Colossus¡¯s are closely related to the old Titans, they have been in existence since the beginning of time, fighting a war against the Titans for eons. The powers a True Colossus is terrifyingly overwhelming, even for a fully matured God. Their strength is enough to smash mountains in the flick of a finger and have great attunement to the elements. They can increase size to tower over even the tallest peaks. Although the last document colossus sighting was during the war of terror they are still worshipped by many. ¡°daaummm...¡± Looks like I really hit the jackpot with this one. Even though i¡¯m still just a lesser i¡¯m pretty sure if my ancestors could flick mountains, even a slither of their power would be sweet. Maybe I should just sleep and get on with it? Nah, it would be better to get some food secured first. Then I can relax, I¡¯m still about 10 minutes away from the mart¡­ I wonder? I picture myself being on top of the mart. ¡°Dark Warp!¡± A sudden darkness finds me and I lose sight of everything for a second. I open my eyes. ¡°Holy shit.¡± I look at my mana bar and it takes half away. I was around 1 mile away from the mart so that means I can warp 2 miles max? Well the the warp was grade B so I guess there is still room for improvement. I look down from the roof and see two people running, terror in their eyes. ¡°RAAARWRR¡± A flem filled cry rings through my ears.
A 7¡¯5 tall lizard looking man carrying a spear chases after the couple. Ahhhh¡­ they are so screwed, the guy of the two raises his hand and conjures a ball of fire, it flies towards the lizard, hitting it point blank in the chest before dissipating. My god he is so weak¡­ FUUU FINE! I¡¯ll save them ffs¡­ I Warp behind the lizard and unsheath Sutr, I named him this after a Norse god, I mean why not? Once I finish enchanting my blade I teleport above the Lizard followed by a dash downwards. The sweet sound of a perfect cut. My blade decimates the lizard, like dominoes it goes down.
I look at the couple and their eyes react like they''ve seen a ghost. I look down at myself and find that i¡¯m drenched in blood, ohoho. I look up at them and with a smile. ¡°Hello! My names Arthur, what are yours?¡± I step over the dead lizard and pick up his spear. ¡°Identify¡± A pane appears.
Obsidian spear Damage 10-20 + 5 Dexterity
Meh, really weak compared to Sutr, but it does give some good range. ...why are they still just staring at me. Is there something on my face? ¡°Soooo¡­ uhh, you guys going to introduce yourselves?¡± ¡°ah, sorry w-we just¡­.my name is George, this is my girlfriend Jane¡± He stutters out. I look at George, around 6''2 brown hair brown eyes with an attractive face and he seems to be built well. His wife has blonde hair blue eyes and a nice figure, her sizes seems to be somewhere in the middle and is around the same height as George just a bit smaller. ¡°Well, It¡¯s nice you meet you¡± I say cheerfully ¡°You guys about to go into the mart?¡± ¡°Y-yes! We decided it¡¯s best to secure food incase this¡­ thing doesn¡¯t ends soon¡± ¡°Good idea, mind if I tag along?¡± I might as well help these guys out. This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.We enter the mart and find the store still stocked with food. I spend a few minutes grabbing a few cans of food and bottles of water. George does the same while whispering to Jane. Wonder what their thinking? Outside the mart I say my goodbyes. ¡°Ok, well it was nice meeting you¡± As I turn around to head off I¡¯m interrupted by George. ¡°Wait! If you don¡¯t have anywhere to go¡­ would you like to tag along with us? We¡¯re heading towards our cabin near Satbury, and I don¡¯t think i¡¯ll be able to defend us myself, we also have a car.¡± Satbury was a town 7 miles away near a big national park. I don¡¯t actually have a place to go right now¡­ I could go to my old house but I doubt anyone in that area is still alive. It¡¯s the area where the jet and flying monster went down, I may sound Morbid but it¡¯s true. ¡°Sure¡± I ¡°Great! We¡¯re just a few blocks away from my car¡± He says with a sighing relief. He turns around and starts walking, but Jane stares at me for a few seconds. I started to feel a shiver down my spine, like something was looking in my soul, examining every part of it. She turned and joined George walking off down an alleyway. What the hell? She''s so spooky! The time was 4pm and I was with my new party heading to Satbury. ¡°So George, what class are you?¡± Knowing their classes should help bring the team together. ¡°....Inferno mage¡± ¡°ooo¡­ sounds cool! what can you do?¡± ¡°Well...Fire and stuff, the description of the Class said fire mage...But more! I can apparently control fire with ease, it¡¯s actually really hard though. Imagine tensing the muscles in your forearm all the way up to your hands, then extending it forwards like grabbing hold of something. Confusing, tho it does let me shape fire anyway I want.¡± ¡°Well ain¡¯t that convenient! And what about you?¡± Nodding towards Jane. ¡°Ahh, Jane hasn''t created a class yet, she wants to wait and see what happens.¡± My ass. ¡°Oh. Wow! That really smart Jane, well we¡¯ll just have to wait and see~ what you decide to choose won¡¯t we?¡± I placed emphasis on see, I pretty sure she¡¯s playing this guy for the class thing. It¡¯s probably a class that gives her something tied to sight. I saw her twitch a little when I empathized the word see. Well, as long as she doesn¡¯t mess with me we will have a jolly good time! I fall back onto the back seat and stare out the window. The world was screwed. If it wasn¡¯t for these monsters maybe order might be restored, but its kinda hard when there¡¯s a dragon burning shit up isn''t it? We turn off the highway into a town that was still quick intact. Are monsters not spawning in this area? The Pane said certain locations, does that mean popular or key locations? If that¡¯s true then there won¡¯t be monsters here for awhile, that''s if they don¡¯t roam in a b-line here. After driving through the main road I see many shops and behind them an urban area, What seems to be a town hall although It was barricaded? ¡°I think we should leave quickly¡­. This doesn¡¯t seem right at all.¡± ¡°I know what your talking about, it¡¯s ok the turns right here.¡± he says in a concerned voice. We head into a bundle trees and arrive at a cabin near a small pond of water. The place is in an open area, surrounded by trees. The cabin has a patio with a couple of chairs next to a grill. ¡°Wah!?!¡± George jumps as his eyes fixate on the air before him. Did he just receive a pane? ¡°You ok George?¡± I ask curiously ¡°Uhh yeah, its asking me if I want to claim this area under my name.¡± ¡°Oooo, press yes! it might give you perks¡± This is probably going to be beneficial. ¡°It says that the area has been claimed and that I can start adding to it?¡± He says with a confused but at the same time excited voice. Just as I thought. ¡°Try saying area options? or something similar.¡± He goes through a list of random words until he lands on territory. Apparently he has a list of stuff such as fences, walls, towers, additional housing etc¡­ it seems that we also need to provide the materials for the upgrade. ¡°What¡¯s the cost for fences?¡± It would be a good idea to setup some form of defense, though I doubt that it will stop anything bigger than a dog. ¡°It says the cost for the fences is 20 tonnes of wood¡­ damn that a lot!¡± I guess it would make sense. Maybe it¡¯s the cost for the automation? ¡°Don¡¯t happen to have a chainsaw do you?¡± I jokingly ask ¡°Nope¡± Darn. I could try slicing a tree in half with my tanto, although I think it would end up worse for me then the tree, plus I don¡¯t really want to screw up my best offensive weapon. I followed George and Jane into the cabin, it was a two bedroom place with dark wood floors, two windows accompanying both sides of the rectangular shaped building. George and Jane set up a small dinner with the food we got for the mart, just some simple noodles but damn did they taste good. Maybe it was because of my exhaustion but after supper I said my goodnights and went right to bed. Oh, how great the nightmares will be¡­ Chapter 5 I don¡¯t always have a perfect sleep, but when I do¡­ I awoke to the chirping of the birds on the window seal of the room. They were admiring the potted plants carefully placed on the sides. The sun was just up bringing forth the warmth it has. I smile, I felt good, more than good I felt great. I wonder if there¡¯s a time limit to ¡°sleep¡± I slept for 10 hours it¡¯s now 8AM. Ah did I sleep on my hand weirdly? Looking down I see two well built arms. Not too fat not too thin, just perfect. ¡°...¡± I get up from bed and take off my shirt and pants, my entire body is perfectly built. Like i¡¯ve been working out with a perfect diet for my entire life. ¡°...¡± ¡°status..¡± Name : Arthur White Race : Lesser Colossus Level : 20 Class : Apepeka Health : 2500 Mana : 3400 Stamina : 587 Strength :742 Agility : 400 Vitality : 435 Dexterity : 245 Intelligence : 130 Defense : 20.5% Magic Defense: 7.5% EXP 12000/20500 Unallocated points : 380 ¡°HOLY SH*T¡± My stats jumped an insane amount! Strength was at 742! If this was an MMO I would be banned¡­ My class is still the same, well, I guess i¡¯m no longer human. 380 Unallocated points? damn that¡¯s a lot, I¡¯ll save it for later. Although I does seem my skill list is the same, except for one ¡°Colossus Gear¡± level E¡­E! Tapping on the skill reveals more information. Allows the user to create gear using the power of the colossus. (Can only be used by a colossus, must provide material) ¡°nice?¡± I decide to check if George and Jane are up and head to the living room. I find them both sitting down eating breakfast. Consisting of noodles¡­ again¡­ ¡°Morning!¡± I say to them both. ¡°Oh hey Art-..........¡± He stopped mid way and Jane swings her head away from me. Whats wrong? I look down to find myself in nothing but my boxers. Ah, that''s whats wrong. I quickly go back into my room to change and come back out. ¡°Sorry about that¡± ¡°Its fine, anyways you have any plans for today?¡± - George ¡°Well first we should check if your families are ok.¡± I tell them ¡°We both don¡¯t have any living relatives, so we¡¯re fine in that regard¡± ¡°Ok. Then shall we checkout what this Territory thing, I think that we should get a defensive position setup before we go into town, so we have a place to fall back to incase shit hits the fan¡± ¡°Good idea¡± After an unsatisfying bowl of noodles I set out with George, Jane stayed inside the house. ¡°So how do you plan on getting 8 tons of wood? We don''t have any tools handy, we could try to go to the hardware store, it''s near the town center so we''ll have to be quiet about it¡± ¡°That sounds like a solid plan B¡± I say confidently ¡°Plan B? What''s plan A?¡± George now confused as to where I was leading him. Around 5 minutes away from the cabin I approach a good sized oak tree. I pull my fist back in a striking motion, I swear if this doesn''t work. My fist flies towards in a blur with a resounding crunch as the tree''s bark caves in, my fist makes a clean hole through the trunk. Debre flings itself from the back of the impact ¡°Holy shit Arthur!¡± George jumped from the sight of my fist slicing through the tree, combined with the sound of the crunch I repeat this two more times until the tree falls to the floor. Timber! ¡°Okey, now how do we move it? My car can¡¯t pull a three ton tree Arthur.¡± I walk over to the tree and spread my hand around the center of the trunk. I press down to see the bark crumble beneath my fingers, with one hand I pick up the tree and lift it in the air. George looms at me dumbfounded for a few seconds before shaking his head and heading back to the cabin. I chuckle a bit before punching another tree down. Back at the cabin I place the fifth tree into the pile. ¡°Ok, George try it now¡± Jane came out of the cabin to the sounds of the logging. George taps around in the air a bit. A bright light surrounds the open space. Before dissipating and revealing a three meter tall wooden fence. It was more of a wall than a fence, planks of wood stuck out from the ground, each about four inches thick. The driveway from the town had a wooden gate across a length of five meters. We had basically have a fort now. Neat. ¡°George, What comes after the fences?¡± ¡°Umm, it says here stone walls, 250 tons of stone¡­ so unless you can pick up boulders.¡± He says in unsurprising tone. ¡°Well, we better try then shouldn¡¯t we?¡± I say cheerfully After some quick searching around, sadly I find not nearly enough stones in the area, and unless I wanna spend the rest of my life picking up pebbles I¡¯ll make due with the wood. George wrote down a list of the upgrades. *** Stone Walls - 250 tons of stone Warehouse - 25 tons of wood Workshop - 20 tons of wood + 4 tons of stone Lodging - 18 tons of wood Guard towers - 25 tons of wood + 10 tons of stone *** George pointed out that the stone walls only appeared after he had made the wood fence wall. So more options will probably be available after we build specific buildings? Just like an R(eal)T(ime)S(trategy ) game. This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. Very interesting indeed. We decide as a group to head into town to see if we can find any survivors, also to check out the hardware store and the solar store. We are going to need power sooner or later, and I don¡¯t think the grid will last any longer. We all hop into the car and head off to town. The gate only opens for people that are allowed access to the land. The first place we headed to is the barricaded town hall. The place is probably has the highest chance of having survivors. We walked up to the dark wood door, it was large, probably large enough to fit our car in there. The door seemed to be sturdy. knock, knock ,knock heh, pretty generic. Though I think it would come out as creepy, imagine if the world went to shit and you heard three knocks on your door. ¡°Hello? Anyone there~ ¡± I say with rising tone. ¡°Name!¡± an unknown voice calls out from the inside, the voice was deep but sounded frightened. ¡°Arthur, I was wondering where everyone in the town went. We¡¯re from the cabin near the pond¡± I decide to tell them our location, It would most likely make them feel more comfortable with talking to us. ¡°George?¡± the man calls out. George steps up to reply. ¡°Yeah, hey I¡¯m here with Jane¡­ who is this i¡¯m talking to?¡± ¡°It¡¯s brett¡± ¡°Brett! wow, long time no see, hows the kids doing?¡± The door clicks and the sound of a plank being moved pushes the door open. The inside is held up by medieval styles columns that go up along each side, the center of the room has tables and chairs and people sitting around them staring at us with fear. ¡°Thanks you¡± I say thoughtfully George heads off to talk to brett to catch up on things that have been happening, Jane follows. I decide to walk towards the groups of people. ¡°Hello! I¡¯m Arthur nice to meet you all~¡± I use my usual greeting, it seems to be my thing now. One of them turns to me and extends out his hand, I take it and shake ¡°John, nice to meet you to.¡± ¡°Great! Now does anyone here know anything about the system?¡± ¡°System?¡± A woman calls out ¡°Ok, I¡¯ll take that as a no, so i¡¯ve taken to naming the pane that appeared the ¡°System¡± everything that happens is very much like the video games that people play today. Although it seems to resemble a specific genre on game called MMORPGS.¡± I take a second to check if everyone got that¡­ whatever looks like they do ¡°In MMORPGS you are able to increase your game characters skills by increase their statistics. This could be how strong, fast, smart, agility and dexterity you have just to name a few. This system thing allows you to do the same things. You can allocate points that you have gotten just by the pane that appears in front of you, if you don¡¯t believe me say ¡°Status¡±¡± Once said most of the people within the group jumped back, others just looked surprised while two to three of the people stared on with unmoving eyes. ¡°Now, most of you should not have a class, if you do, please stand up and identify yourself so I can help out¡± No one stood up. ¡°ok¡­ Well a class is sort of like a profession a skill set that you have. Some examples are Mages. No, not like the magicians that do the tricks and stuff, mages that manipulate mana to control either the elements or other things. Some examples are fire mages, water mages, ice mages etc¡­ Now these classes have Subclasses, inferno mage for an example is a subclass of a fire mage. We have an inferno mage with us¡± I point over to George. ¡°Now let''s get serious¡± I lower my tone and sharpen my voice ¡°If you are going to survive in this world you are going to have to create a class¡­ I¡¯m now going to teach you how to make a class. You will first say ¡°Create class¡± then you will in your mind picture yourself with your class and that only. ¡± ¡°Now, me and George have heard the situation and have invited you all to take shelter in our fort, it¡¯s just up the road to the right near the pond, the system has allowed us to create buildings provided we have the materials, now, you''re not going to live there for free, everyone has to be able to pull their own weight. ANYONE who thinks that they can have a free ride through this is going to have a bad time, clear?¡± Most of them nodded their heads some looked like they were going to complain or say something but none of them said anything...except one¡­ to be expected I guess. The man was a burly guy with a bandana and a leather jacket, he had tattoos going up and down his arms¡­ he looked like a right dick. ¡°yeah? who says we have to do what you say, you look like a chump...¡± WHOOOSHH! I arrive right in front of him, I take my right index and place it on his forehead gently tapping his head. His eyes contort and he flies away crashing down onto the tables in the center. I don¡¯t think he¡¯s dead¡­ I think. ¡°Now, let me make this clear. First of all now one is being forced to come with us, I am merely offering shelter that is more adequate than what we have here, I also think that sticking together would be a much better idea. Working together is the only way YOU will survive.¡± No objections were seen. Satisfied I tell them to grab anything they need and get ready to leave. I head back towards George and Brett. ¡°Uhh, Arthur anything happen?¡± George asks ¡°Nope¡± I say with a smile ¡°I¡¯m going to check the stores ok? I¡¯ll meet up with you guys at the cabin in a bit¡± Time to head over to the stores to check out a couple of things. He confirms and I leave. I bring out a shoddily drawn map George made for me. The first place I head to is the Solar store. I arrive at the small store, and of course there''s some convenient place solar panels to help me in my troubles, who would''ve guessed? I head inside and grab whatever I deem necessary, a large stack of solar panels from the back, a simple charge controller. I¡¯ll come back for the Batteries because i¡¯m running out of hands, thank god for that one time I had an interest in solar and wind power. I warp near the base and walk in through the gate and place down the panels George walks up to me. ¡°So, we¡¯re going to need a lot of wood for the lodging buildings, think you can get enough before tonight? it¡¯s three now¡± ¡°We don¡¯t actually know how big a single building is right? ah, screw it i¡¯ll smash the whole forest down¡± After a long time of punching and crushing I have a good stack of 20 trunks in a triangular pile. ¡°Go for it George!¡± A blinding light envelops the open area within the gated land.