《The Secret Chronicler》 Prologue – A Dream Theater In 2038 a video game company, composed of people with diverse nationalities known as the Amalgam Corporation, announces in a world-famous video game exclusive trade fair something that will revolutionize not only the gaming industry in the next years to come but also the whole world: A functional virtual reality gear. They also added that a special game will also be released with it called ¡°Gaia¡¯s Universe¡±. At first the audience was doubtful about it.The company considered this situation and mentions that there are about 70 virtual gears in their booth and that they can try a trial demo of ¡°Gaia¡¯s Universe¡± there as well. People who doubted them were soon overwhelmed by gaining ¡°entrance¡± to the ¡°world¡± Amalgam created. It was very much what they could expect from a virtual reality. They can see, feel, hear, smell and of course touch the illusion in front of them. All of the users were soon greeted by a lush green landscape full of flora and fauna and from afar they can see a huge city covered by colossal walls. Except it isn¡¯t some typical animal kingdom you could meet in real life. Instead of a team of horses, a fox, normal flowers and so on there¡¯s a team of unicorns, a nine-tailed fox, gold-coated flowers and entwining forest trees. Users soon remembered again that this is a ¡°game¡± Amalgam readied for them. A VRMMORPG game. After the trial demo was over Amalgam tells them that the end product will be very different and that shouldn¡¯t expect the scenery they saw to be discovered easily since they saw ¡°Legendary¡± monsters of the game after all. The ones who ¡°played¡± the game can¡¯t hold their amazement and are excited when it will come out. Amalgam announces that they¡¯ll release their two products together on May 20 of 2041 worldwide, and the cost for the 3-months fee (100$, 99€) and the products (699$, 599€ and I won¡¯t bother anymore with the different currencies. Math is mostly my weakness) are altogether 799 $. As soon as the audience heard it they requested immediately when they could order it online. Their reaction shows just how much of an impact Amalgam¡¯s two important products have caused despite the high prices. Even with their excitement Amalgam¡¯s executive calmly explained that 6 days inside the game is equivalent to 1 hour in real life and spending and gaining real life money through this game will also be possible. They also plan that the gears to be playable while in REM-state and also implement an advanced AI capable of expanding their world while playing suited to every fan of fictional works. Probably a world where every kind of fiction, like fantasy, crime, horror, science fiction and etc., meets each other. Warning from Amalgam includes that the game won¡¯t be very user-friendly and will reward people mostly who take risks and has the skills and ability. First while the gears will have an instruction guide the game¡¯s instructions will have only information about character creation and the mentioned knowledge like penalty for dying in-game is -10% Experience for level and skills, 6 days inside and 1 hour outside, spending and gaining real life currency or being an VRMMORPG. Last but not least in-game information needs to be learned in the game. The game won¡¯t allow pictures or information videos to be recorded through external sources. Taking a photo or recording a video in-game will only be possible if certain items that have limited uses are bought with a certain currency, which means real life money. The audience can only gawk as everything is somewhat serve on a silver plate to them. 3 years has passed since their announcement to the world about their products. Excitement still fills the ones who are waiting patiently. In three days they will be finally released together: The Amalgam Gear and the game ¡°Gaia¡¯s Universe¡±. The amount of people who pre-ordered those surpassed the 2.5 million mark. Amalgam also expects the number of people who orders or buys the gear and game from stores will be about 2 million and will grow more. To advertise themselves they contacted various entertainment media to be interviewed by them in specific places and at May 19 at 3 p.m., one day before the world-wide release. It caught the attention of people who are following Amalgam¡¯s every move intently. This move was considered a wise choice since Amalgam didn¡¯t disclose any information since 3 years ago. The meeting place that took more attention than the others in Asia, Africa, North America and South America is in Europe, Germany. Specifically, it takes place in D¨¹sseldorf. The representative was somebody, who was very young to be an important person in the company. In front of the cameras with a microphone near her mouth, she introduced herself as Nora Klouthen, 25 years old. What made her more stand out was her figure, beauty and the regal air around her. It just speaks ¡°elite¡± from itself. After her introduction one of the journalists asked her. ¡°It¡¯s been 3 years since the demo of your game has been shown in MultiGames Expo. When did Amalgam started their research about virtual reality?¡± Virtual reality was still considered something unthinkable but that a video game company succeeded in doing so was much more unconceivable. ¡°Amalgam already started on it 8 years ago. At the start, progress was slow but after years they advanced further as they recruited more people whose profession can be useful when it comes to virtual reality. That is until they hit a wall. When I joined them in their project 4 years ago, they were finally able to complete it.¡± 4 years ago!!! Meaning, before the demo virtual reality was already possible and to top it off, the young woman was one of the important factors to furthering the development. ¡°But why the delay of one year!? You would have been able to profit from it immediately!!¡±, questions another journalist anxiously. ¡°Well we considered it but we also have pride when it comes to our creations. Between the time of the completion of our virtual gear and MultiGames demo, we were busy looking for any negative factors the device could have for us in the future. You could say we are considering the safety and satisfaction of our future potential customers, if he/she bought our product.¡± This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. ¡°By satisfaction, you mean the game¡¯s quality, right?¡± ¡°Of course, we meant the game. For us, as I said we have our pride when it comes to this, we just want that our customers will be satisfied with our end product.¡± As the one who asked accepted her answer a young strict-looking bespectacled one inquires almost several continuous questions. ¡°What is the reason for creating the game?¡± ¡°We want to share the whole world a wonderful experience and also we thought it would be fun as a game. I mean we are a video game company. We gain profit through anything video game-related.¡± ¡±Will the players be monitored by the company?¡± ¡°No, it¡¯s impossible to do so since the number of our customers who preordered already surpassed millions. We expect more with the release and it¡¯s an invasion of privacy if we do. We will be monitoring through our supreme AI but information that he/she will regard us will be limited.¡± ¡°Supreme AI?¡± ¡°Yes, our supreme AI is interconnected to all parts of the world. Actually wherever you are whether you¡¯re in Japan or in Spain all servers are the same.¡± ¡°First, which information will the AI relay to you? Second, how will communication work with another individual who doesn¡¯t speak your own language? And third, what kind of goal can players achieve in the game? ¡± ¡°To your first question he/she will give us information about the status of some locations and maybe about certain individuals, organizations, events and etc. and to your second question if one from Korea and from England started in the same country in-game they will be able to understand each other since the gear is translating your language through brain waves to the other individual from the other side of the world. The language of where you start in-game is translated by the game to your brain as if you always knew the language of that particular country in-game. Some countries in-game has sometimes 2 or 3 main languages and some countries that have some history sometimes have a similar language that you can understand them a little bit. Though your travel will be hindered if you want to go to another country that doesn¡¯t have the same language that your in-game country has or has a language you didn¡¯t learned yet. Eeek!! I told you too much.¡± On her last sentence the questioner smiled at Nora losing her cool by being bombarded too much questions by himself. The crowds are trying to hold their laughter as to not embarrass her. The questioner in question is amused by her situation but not before reminding her of his third question. ¡°Excuse me but what about my third question?¡± ¡°Oh! Right! I forgot! What they can achieve is living their fantasies! ¡±Living their fantasies¡­?¡± ¡°Yes and we alternatively call between our workers ¡°Gaia¡¯s Universe¡± as the ¡°World of Dreams¡±. Sort of like a dream theater. Become the hero or the villain or something along the line. However you like.¡± ¡°Interesting. Since the game will be an MMORPG¡­¡± before he continues Nora countered him first. ¡±It¡¯s a VRMMORPG!! VRMMORPG!! Hmph!!¡± being provoked too much she lost all dignity she could have saved in front of the people. ¡°Ah! Right, since the game will be a VRMMORPG, is there a story lore, should we expect some elements from various RPGs and is there a level cap and expansions at some time?¡± ¡°Yes, there is lore but you need find it out for yourself and some elements of unique RPGs like Player Killing, killing NPCs, cooking in-game ingredients are implemented in the game and won¡¯t inquire any further about it; and No, there won¡¯t be any level cap or any expansions. The time that there would be a limit would be time we close the servers of the game. The expansions will be done if certain conditions are happening in our game. The certain inhabitants of our world, I mean the unique AIs, or the world itself will do the expansion on its own with your direct or indirect influence and also the motto of our game would be ¡°Meet a new world that has no limits¡±. Amaze by her statement the bespectacled one didn¡¯t inquire further anymore. ¡°Phew¡­So¡­Do anybody still have questions?¡± Chapter 1--> Chapter 1 - Journey After seeing the conference of Nora Klouthen, it¡¯s already 6 pm and a youth who reached adulthood in German laws was running fast as he could, full with glee, to reach his train. Fortunately he barely got on before it closed its doors and went away. The particular youth¡¯s name is Amil Aschrich. Born from parents who have very mixed ancestries, his father has part European, part African and part American while his mother has a mixture of Asian and Australian ancestors. Almost every blood of the world flows in him. Although having different ancestors in Germany is now common place, he still stands out from the others. Aside from having a light dark skin, his face would be considered good looking or handsome. He considers his face average but acceptable. Beside those features he is 176 cm and his body frame is properly toned and athletic from constantly training with different kind of martial arts and sports. He unfortunately has no one he can consider a friend, with the exception of his family (Father, Mother and 3 younger siblings) and relatives, due to constant mistrust of other people and because of his unfortunate past that still plagues him. The only things that can give him comfort are reading fictional works (comics/manga/manwha, fan fiction, light novel, fantasy, sci-fi & so on), history, lexicons, encyclopedia about animals, religion, mythology, video games, news & etc. and Tv Tropes website; playing mostly ¡°retro¡± and ¡°old¡± old-school video games like Contra, Twin Bee, Pokemon games, DS Castlevanias, Metal Slug, Suikoden V, Aero Fighters, King Of Fighters series, Ikaruga, Sonic, Mario, Sunset Riders, certain MMOs, Dark Souls, Final Fantasy (Yes, including XII but not XIII), Devil May Cry 3, Dragon Quest IX & etc., and weird and interesting games like Okami, Viewtiful Joe, Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced series, Elite Beat Agents, Rhythm Paradise, Katamari Damacy, Valkyria Chronicles and so on, and when in countries where video game arcades are available Time Crisis series, Project Justice, Power Stone, Guilty Gear, MvC and etc.; hearing classical music, various rock musicians/bands (King Crimson, Rolling Stones, Yes, Queen, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Budgie, Meat Loaf and etc.) and other musicians/bands in rock sub-genres like Hard Rock/Heavy Metal (NWOBHM, Van Halen, Rainbow, 70¡¯s Unknown Hard Rock and etc.), Punk (MC5,Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Damned and etc.) and so on; writing something when bored; wandering around a whole city; watching some DVD movies and documentaries of almost every kind of thing; tinkering on some things, cooking, playing every kind of instruments, observing everything, some that would be considered as not normal or as hard work like learning blacksmithing from some relatives, office work or helping on a construction site and so on. Yes, he has so many hobbies and habits he doesn¡¯t even bother anymore to have any real friends or remember names of his former classmates at all. But then he realizes he may have everything but there is nobody he can share his interests. That¡¯s why he preordered, with the help of his parents dealing a condition with him, the Amalgam Gear that comes in purchase with game: Gaia¡¯s Universe. ¡°Meet a new world that has no limits¡±, the motto of the game said by the Amalgam Company itself. Excited to come back to his apartment at 8 pm, 7 big packages in front of his door have already arrived. He read the particular part, ¡°Addressed to Amil Aschrich.¡± ¡°Whoa!! It already arrived earlier than it should be.¡± Not being able to hold himself any longer he brought the packages inside his apartment to the very spacious living room. Amil himself rented 1/8 of the apartment so he could have some freedom. The owner of the apartment, Rainer Hokamp, about in his mid-forties is an acquaintance of Amil¡¯s parents and he is also part of the ¡°family¡± too for Amil. An uncle of sorts. Considering Amil occupied the most part of his apartment, Rainer isn¡¯t bothered by it. Rainer¡¯s daughter, Orianna is sort of childhood friend of Amil starting 13 years ago. Amil always take care of his daughter when he is not available. Love never blossomed though as Amil always looks at Orianna as a sister, not as a woman to be loved. Seeing the door of Amil being open, Rainer knocks at the door 3 times. ¡°Hello? Is anybody here?¡±He looked around to see if there is anything odd and then he enters inside and closing the door as well. Looking around again he intrudes Amil¡¯s living room and notices 7 big packages being stacked and a large odd-shaped capsule. Soon he notices Amil¡¯s presence being on the ground reading a booklet very focused. Not until he notices Rainer¡¯s presence too as well. ¡°Hehe..Hello.¡± Amil can¡¯t hold his giggling at moderate. ¡°Say, is this what you preordered last year?¡±, Rainer asked worried. ¡°Yeah and also assembling it was fortunately too easy¡±, smiled Amil. ¡°Seriously though, next time you bring something in, close the door or else thieves would use the situation.¡± ¡°Sorry, I won¡¯t forget it next time¡± answers Amil a little bit depressed. ¡°Now, Now. So, does it work?¡± ¡°Yeah, I push the on/off switch and it activated. But I didn¡¯t use it yet.¡± ¡°Say, I heard that time inside is faster. I mean 1 hour outside is 6 days inside. Don¡¯t you think you can try it out now?¡± grinned Rainer. Rainer himself was once an avid video game professional and once famous in the gaming community before settling as an apartment owner. He is practically like a grown-up Amil. Though Amil himself isn¡¯t famous. ¡±Ahh...Uncle, you just want see it in action.¡± ¡°Of course, I want see it in action. It¡¯s new video game console and very advanced for its time.¡± ¡°Well, I¡¯ll get in there and try it. And also you can also try it and while I¡¯m inside you can take a look at the video game casing and borrow its guide. And the gear allows me to have an alarm clock in-game and I set it so that I get notified when it¡¯s morning already¡± ¡°Hey, don¡¯t tell me you plan to play without sleeping!?¡± Even though Amil is already an adult Rainer still considers him a child. ¡°Uncle, relax. Don¡¯t worry. And as I said read the game guide. It says that I can still play even in REM-state. Meaning I can still sleep and play at the same time. Well, I¡¯m practically not even awake when I¡¯m playing¡± ¡°Oh, you¡¯re right.¡± As he looked at clock that that says 10:25 pm he says his little goodbye. ¡°Well, see you in about 60 days if you enter that thing precisely at 10:29 pm!!¡± As his ¡®uncle¡¯ went away with the guide, Amil mumbles in his mind. ¡°Seriously, Uncle!! How good are you in Math!!?¡± He always adjusted his own alarm to wake him up at 8:30 am. Rainer knew this because Amil always have a habit adjusting his clock at 8:30 since he was a kid. As he regained his composure, he went inside already wearing sleeping clothes with a blanket about 10:30 pm. He checked his surroundings whether everything is alright. Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. ¡°Hey!!! It¡¯s very comfortable. Thanks Amalgam!!¡± thought himself. As he closed the capsule and pushed the power button from inside, a mixture of a man¡¯s and woman¡¯s voice suddenly reached his ears. - Scanning brain waves. Complete. New User confirmed. Create a new account? He was suddenly startled by the sudden change of his surrounding into pure white, by the voice and him already standing up but it should be expected by the information of the game guide. ¡±Yes.¡± - Name your avatar. Ever since he knew of the game, he was searching for a name that suited him or liked the most since he can only create one character even though it¡¯s supposed to be a game without limits. ¡°Isaiah.¡± A biblical reference though more of a reference to a certain individual who loves humanity and inflict pain at the same time to humanity with the exception of a blond superman that he hates mostly; and always seek chaos in a part of a Japanese urbanized city. Of course he is fictional. - Would you like to add a surname? You can also think of it while in the game. Of course, Amil thought of this. He thinks that the possibility of being thought of an NPC if one added a surname to his avatar means less hassle from other players. He thought of a random name that wouldn¡¯t be odd in a fantasy world. ¡°Yes. Wolffram¡± Amil always liked very exotic sounding names. Of course it includes his real full name. - Isaiah Wolffram, select your gender from male, female or neutral. He already expected this kind of exchange. Though he is kind of disturbed by the possibility of a male player posing as a female. Female players playing as male avatars doesn¡¯t disturb him though. ¡°Male¡± - Please select your race. Suddenly, darkness envelops him and various models of races appear in front of him seemingly surrounding him. In front of him right now are a human, an elf and a dwarf. At the feet of the primary races circular lights that are leading him behind to races who have different ancestries like a Half-Human Half-Elf, a Half-Elf Half-Dwarf and a Half-Dwarf Half-Human. At the very back is a model that has characteristics of a human, an elf and a dwarf. Though you can decide how much of human, dwarf or elf blood your avatar is. Other races are still covered in a black silhouette meaning sooner or later they will be unlocked and other mixtures will be possible. How that¡¯s possible, Amil can only question. He also notes that the possibility of unlocking some races should have already happened considering how fast the time in-game is. Since he got his gear and game early because of preordering, it is also possible that most Asians and some eastern Europeans, who also preordered, already got them much earlier too and unlocking some races that are a little bit sci-fi or anything was expected. Maybe the requirements to do so are very hard. He also counted that about 105 races are still restricted. He goes behind the models just to be blocked by an invisible wall. Beyond them are more models covered in silhouette. ¡°Seriously! How huge is the game!!!?¡± Soon he decided for the most balanced. ¡°Human¡±. - Would you like to have a ¡°Random Fate Factor¡± for your avatar? He read that ¡°Random Fate Factor¡± could decide that your ¡°Human¡± is not fully a human, your ¡°Elf¡± is not fully an elf and your "Dwarf" not fully a dwarf & so on. It indicates that your avatar has an ancestor of one of those unknown races or one of the other primary races or is really not the race that it represents. With the ¡°factor¡±, you¡¯ll also appear in the game somewhere random still near your chosen starting point and something different is there for your avatar but disclosed. It¡¯s also sort of a gamble that can decide the difficulty of your own avatar. Fated to become something great or terrible or both or something along the line. A gamble he chooses for fun. ¡°Yes, I would like to have one¡± - Would you like to alter your appearance? ¡°No, I¡¯m fine with myself¡± - Please select your starting place With the models disappearing, 3 floating windows immediately appear showing a map. The map he chose displays the Zalmat Continent. When he looked at the map, there is nothing marked. ¡°Say, can I ask question?¡± - Go ahead, Isaiah. ¡°Why is there no place marked?¡± - You can choose your own starting point. In a forest, in mountains, in the sea or in a middle of nowhere. The choices are limitless. ¡°This game really wants to surpass limits huh¡±, thought Isaiah. ¡°Then can you please color the map which country is which? The AI accepted his request and the continent is now covered with various colors. Also on the colored ones have their names indicated. ¡°Let¡¯s see here¡­.Hmmm¡­. Knight Kingdom Ferium, Magician City State Albus, Island State Maharika, Merchant State Buhjer, Sea Empire Watakuni, Holy Nation Yehrem, Black Country Origa ¡­Hmm¡­Interesting. About only 13 countries are available right now and the other 22 are still restricted ¡­Ha! I know now what I¡¯ll choose.¡± For a long time professional gamers, who gets money by gaming, always thought that waiting first for the first batch of players fooling around in a new game is good to assure higher probability of surviving and gaining more advantages in the game. But the ones who receive the new game earlier than others also have many advantages because of experience. Also the time flow faster than usual in Gaia¡¯s than your usual normal game. It¡¯s like the game is a Hyperbolic Time Chamber. ¡±Eumeria Queendom, Sky City Elestus¡± - Confirmed. ¡°Warning!¡± Contact with other players from other countries will be available if the game is officially released at 10 am in their respective time zones including your own. The time outside right now is 10:31 pm. Do you wish to proceed? ¡°Didn¡¯t expect the disabled contact and I¡¯m pretty sure it will be a little bit troublesome. And Seriously!! Didn¡¯t think I took only 1 minute with the character creation. Maybe it¡¯s because I¡¯m in Narnia right now even thou I took about 2-3 hours!! HaHaHaHaHaH¡±, joked Amil out loud. He almost forgot the question the AI gave him. He answered but not before coughing:¡±*cough**cough*Yes, I wish to proceed¡± - Welcome to Gaia¡¯s Universe. We wish your journey bring you good luck and we hope you fulfill your dreams. As soon as the AI finished his/her sentence, Amil is abruptly blinded by a white, flashing light. <--Prologue Chapter 2--> Chapter 2 - The Drifters Isaiah opens his eyes. Just to see that he is falling down from a very high altitude. When he glanced at his sides, he can see darkness and the round shape of a light blue planet. The game didn¡¯t send him near the city but instead he is near space. ¡°Heeeeeey!!! Why the hell is my starting place from space!!?? Seriouslyyyy!!! Elestus is down theeere?!!!! You developers are having too much fun with the gaaaaaaaame!!!!!! Is it because of the ¡°Random Fate Factooooooor¡±!!!!???¡± Isaiah, resigning to his ¡°fate¡±, can only hope nothing worse happens as his velocity is gaining more momentum. Praying hopefully that nothing really happens. ¡°Please!!! Just be a bad dream!!! I just wanted to play the game, damn it!!¡± *Ding!
New Passive Skill ¡°Adrenaline¡± acquired
His wishes weren¡¯t heard unfortunately. A transparent crowd of people of different races, in the middle of the Elestus, are all trotting on a market. Then, they noticed Isaiah. When they noticed him he is still far away from the sunny skies. ¡°Hmm? What¡¯s that?¡± ¡±Hmph¡­The game is getting crazier and crazier¡± ¡°Ugh¡­..Now it¡¯s a meteor huh.¡± The crowd, as fast as they could, dispersed away from the very center of the place. Isaiah landed at that spot very hard as his landing wasn¡¯t especially soft and it created a little explosion that a strong breeze of wind spread to the whole surrounding. Fortunately, he got up uninjured and coughs as he is covered in dust. The group of people realized what Isaiah is. ¡°Shoot¡­ He¡¯s a player too!¡± ¡±He must have some secret quest¡­¡± ¡°How high is his level or stats¡­?¡± ¡°Wow. He looks handsome¡­¡± ¡°He probably changed himself¡­¡± Several players murmur, which aren¡¯t audible by each other, about the new existence in front of them, which is Isaiah. He rid of the dusts all over his body and looked around, wanting to know his surroundings. ¡°Hm? That¡¯s weird. How come I didn¡¯t die? Also, why are there some transparent people?¡± He is then greeted by an unknown elderly bearded man, who wears a rune-adorned suit, a bladeless silver hilt and pants suited for combat, without warning. ¡±Greetings, young man, you must be a drifter. Am I correct?¡± ¡°A drifter?¡± ¡±Yes, young man, we call people who can¡¯t interact with themselves, right now, as Drifters.¡± ¡°So it¡¯s like the word for freedmen or foreigners of this game huh¡± said Isaiah inwardly. ¡±Can I ask but what are those apparitions?¡± points Isaiah to the ghostly crowd. ¡±Hahahahahaha!!! They are your fellow drifters.¡± ¡°Huh?¡± ¡°Yes, they also came from your world. About 432 years ago, the voice of our planet once told us immortal men and women of different ages and races but comes from the same world will come from this year. She also warned us that their temperament can change very fast. If you want to know when you can interact with one of your kind, follow me.¡± ¡±Uh-huh¡­ So there are other players already. Possibly from the eastern part of the world since some have Asiatic features but some looked like Europeans. Maybe some Australians and Americans too and there are also some Africans there. It¡¯s possible too that they changed some parts of their appearance. They¡¯re also transparent and maybe I¡¯m the same too for them. Now I understand what that AI meant with not being able to interact with them. I can¡¯t hear any sound from them even though they¡¯re moving. It¡¯s like Dark Souls all over again.¡±, read Isaiah in his thoughts. Isaiah followed the elderly man. The transparent people and the residents also looked shocked as if it shouldn¡¯t be possible. But suddenly the old man stopped. ¡°Before I forget it, my name is Mythus Grey. Count of The Sky City Elestus. I am also a chronicler and one of the guardians of the history of our Queendom.¡± ¡°Oh! No wonder those people were shocked. I¡¯m somewhat getting VIP treatment. Pretty sure something smells very fishy about this¡±, thought Isaiah in his mind. His distrust almost surfaced but before it happened, he greeted back. ¡°Oh! Where are my manners! My name is Isaiah. Isaiah Wolffram.¡± He then shakes his hands with the count with a cheerful smile and without any restraint. And then¡­ *Ding!
Familiarity increased with Mythus Grey
*Ding!
Familiarity increased with Mythus Grey
*Ding!
Luck has increased by 20 Charm has increased by 20 Meeting with the Count of Elestus have increased your Fame by 20 Title ¡°Acquaintance of Mythus Grey¡± acquired
A voice tells him that his luck, charm, fame increased and he is now an acquaintance with the count. He doubts it in his thoughts:¡±How come it¡¯s so fast!? Aren¡¯t you a little bit too friendly with me!? And wait a minute...I have a Charm Stat?! And are you someone like Rodriguez the Star Sage, who¡¯ll give a unique secret class??!!¡± ¡°You know, you reminded me a bit of my son. Your manners are just like him.¡± ¡°Oh! My god! I¡¯m only saying ¡°Oh! Oh! Oh!¡± all the time in my mind right now. Is that also similar to your son, old man!?¡± screams Isaiah in his mind. They continued walking and Isaiah then asked the count:¡°Count Grey, how similar was your son to me?¡± ¡±Please, just call me Sir Grey¡± ¡°Then, Sir Grey, how similar was he to me?¡± ¡±Let¡¯s see¡­You both are a bit shameless and think too much about unrelated things¡± ¡±Ugh. Am I that easy to read?¡± ¡±No, of course not. As the count of this city, I am expected to meet other people. Over time I then knew how other people think, work and what drives them.¡± ¡°Wisdom huh¡­¡± ¡±Yes, exactly Isaiah. Without wisdom we wouldn¡¯t know how the world works.¡± ¡±Then can you please guide me around the city and then teach me how the world works?¡± ¡°Of course, I like it when the younger generation wants to expand their horizon¡± ¡±But there¡¯s a possibility that I¡¯ll outlive your son or grandchild¡± ¡°Yes, I know of it too. You ¡°Drifters¡± are a lot that can outlive us easily but in my eyes right now you¡¯re still a young man¡± After awhile they finally arrive to the southeastern part of the city where the count wanted Isaiah, a floating ancient Greek-like temple in the middle of the sky, with floating giant stone slabs as stairs. Once again, the transparent people and residents are surprised with Isaiah¡¯s not-so-normal personal guide. ¡±Isaiah, this is the place, to know the time when you can get in contact physically and communicate with your fellow drifters. Gaia, our goddess mother, placed them all over various cities and will be gone once all drifters can interact with each other. There are timers in there that show how many days are still needed and they¡¯ll be converted in hours, minutes and seconds if the time is near. Our planet also told us that you ¡®Drifters¡¯ live in various countries and are divided in certain time zones like ours. Each of those temples have different forms in each city and show Drifters their own certain time zone. We, inhabitants of this world, can¡¯t enter these temples but Drifters can. If you excuse me, I¡¯ll wait for you here on this particular spot.¡± Isaiah goes to the direction of the temple but not before turning back. ¡°Wait! Do you have some writing tools?¡± ¡°Ummm¡­Yes, I have since I still update the history of our queendom from time to time. But for what use do you want them?¡± ¡°I want to write the days when a certain group of Drifters can communicate other Drifters.¡± ¡°I have some spare tools. I¡¯ll give this special paper to you too as well but please give my replacement pen to me in one piece.¡± ¡°Hehehe..Don¡¯t worry. I fell from up there¡±, points Isaiah his finger in the sky, ¡°And I¡¯m still in one piece. Besides I¡¯m just going to the temple and go back and give you back your tools until my business is done¡±. Leaving Grey alone, he tries to climb the stairs fast. Between the stairs he is then surprised by his growling stomach and by a female voice inside his head. *Ding!
Your Satiety has decreased below 10% Eat food and drink water to fill your satiety again
He then realizes just now that this game also follows a bit the rules of reality with the exception of the voice updating him about his status. He was filled with adrenaline from sky diving and walking while talking with the count, who is an AI, all the time before, that he wasn¡¯t able to appreciate the new world. He looks around at his body, notices his dirty clothes and a large brown bag behind his back and opens it to see what¡¯s inside. ¡±Aha¡­.so instead of the usual 9 rye bread and an empty canteen, I get 3 big flatbread and a big pot-formed canteen full of water and some coins that I don¡¯t know how much worth they are . It¡¯s possible that the ¡°Random Fate Generator¡± had something to do with it. Well¡­better than rye bread that I always hear in fiction as having terrible taste.¡± After eating a bit of a flatbread, he remarks that it taste good. He also remarks how good Amalgam implemented a different variety of senses as he tried a variety of things like touching the stone plate below him, smelling the air and so on. After eating ? of a flatbread and drinking 1/8 of the water, the voice tells him his satisfaction rose and he tries to summon a pop up to see his stats by calling ¡°Show Stats¡± as he felt he is near full. But nothing shows up. He also tries with ¡°Show Menu¡± but nothing shows up as well. ¡±I¡¯ll ask the old man later about it. Wait! Do they even know about stats attribute, skill or game menu? I¡¯m pretty sure this game isn¡¯t meant to be too realistic. It¡¯s possible that there is no gameplay and story segregation like with a license board in Ivalice since Ivalice is always ruled by laws. Maybe it¡¯s like where I¡¯ll get some status plate showing my stats. Hopefully my class is still undecided¡± He reached the temple and entered it, to see that other players, still transparent to him, looking at the timers. Each of them shows different countries. Instead of hours, they show days in Gaia¡¯s time. ¡°New Zealand and a part of Russia seems to be the first one after 21 days. Next is¡­..¡±. As he skimmed through all timers a large piece of paper, which Mythus gave to Isaiah, is now filled but letters are written very small you have to squint your eyes.
[21 Days] - New Zealand, Russia [33 Days] - Australia [36 Days] - Australia [39 Days] - Korea, Japan [45 Days] - Australia, China, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia [51 Days] - Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam [69 Days] - Russia [75 Days] - Belarus, Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Ukraine, Finland [81 Days] - South Africa, Netherlands, Hungary, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, Spain, Germany, Serbia, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Croatia, Belgium, Switzerland [87 Days] - Ireland, Morocco, Portugal, UK [93 Days] - Ghana, Iceland [99 Days] - Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Canada [105 Days] - Canada, USA, Chile, Paraguay, Puerto Rico [111 Days] - Venezuela, USA, Mexico, Canada, Peru [117 Days] - El Salvador, Canada, USA, Guatemala [123 Days] - USA, Canada [129 Days] - USA [141 Days] - USA
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Intelligence increased by 2 New Active Skill ¡°Inscribe¡± acquired
Then the days, written inside the square brackets, took his attention as they glow. ¡°Ah! I forgot to ask him what so special with this paper but whatever. I¡¯ll go to him now anyway.¡± As fast as he could, he run down to the direction of place, where Mythus is without regard of his life that he could fall from the sky. In his mind it isn¡¯t that he doesn¡¯t care that he could fall it¡¯s just that he always wants to get to his goal very fast whether it¡¯s small or not. As soon as he got to Mythus, the voice updates him again. *Ding!
Stamina increased by 2 Agility increased by 2
It seems he overexerted his speed that it increased his stamina and agility but doesn¡¯t know how much his stats are right now. ¡°Well, aren¡¯t you a fast one, Isaiah. You know it was a reckless thing to do running down those stairs. I fear for your life even though you¡¯re immortal because the distance from here to down to the surface is very far away. If you were revived it would be down there and not in the city and it¡¯s pretty dangerous for a Level 0 drifter like you. You would be killed again and again. There were already 17 cases of them since. I could save only 4 of them as I checked the bodies of the others that they have severed ties to their own body. Gaia also said that they will be able to come back just in another body. But a penalty will be incurred to them that they need 30 days to come back again¡± ¡°Phew¡­Thank god I didn¡¯t fall. I would hate it to begin anew again¡± In his mind to start again at the very beginning would mean his time being consumed. He then realized that the count mentioned about him being a ¡°Level 0¡±. ¡°Sir Grey, you mentioned about me being a ¡°Level 0¡±. What does that mean?¡± ¡±Ahahahaha!! I¡¯ll tell you mostly everything you need to know tomorrow but before that we need to go to a world registration centre and you can sleep in my manor later¡± ¡±World registration centre? And why the good treatment?¡± asked Isaiah confused. ¡°Ahahaha!! As I said I¡¯ll tell everything mostly you need to know tomorrow. So for now just come with me¡±. As the count said it, Isaiah can only nod and he thinks this is much more reliable than some info from other players, who are right now vying each other. Even though his plan was to make friends it is actually second place to his actual plan from buying the gear and game: To enjoy the game itself. In the past his greed for enjoyment in every kind of games is so great it could destroy the fun of his opponents and for his teammates. It still leaves him some pain that his fellow players don¡¯t get the same thrill as him when losing or winning. Soon the transparent people have now begun to see that the Count of Elestus is guiding one player. All of them thought of making friend request to that particular person could be very profitable in the future. But the closed interaction right now doesn¡¯t allow it for them. So for now they could only follow them. The count then brings Isaiah west of the temple to a windowless structure with glass dome roof. A line of players are anxiously waiting. The building was clearly important if not they wouldn¡¯t be here and the young man in front, who blocks the entrance wears probably an expensive robe with runes on it, with grim-looking guards behind him. The man in a robe then speaks out loud, ?Sir Grey! It¡¯s a pleasure to meet you now¡±, and together with the guards bowed before him. ¡°Now, now. No need for so much formality Aldin¡± ¡°Oh! Now I know why I''m kind of fine with him. He¡¯s a little bit similar to my grandfather from my mother¡¯s side¡±, remark Isaiah in his mind. His mother¡¯s father is a kind of man who is humble and likes friendliness. Also a kind of man who appreciates his children and grandchildren. His friendliness also rubbed a bit to Isaiah but just to the people he can trust like Mythus even though he¡¯s an NPC. What¡¯s more jarring is that when Isaiah looked at Mythus much clearly he has the uncanny look of his grandfather from his mother¡¯s side. Right now Isaiah was given stares by other players when Mythus said, ?I wanted to bring this young man to register him by myself now¡±. Aldin retorts, ¡°But Sir, all of them are already waiting since 5 hours to register themselves as residents of this world and we still have one undergoing the ritual¡±. ¡°Is that so? Very well then¡±, suddenly Mythus shouts, ¡°All of you who are trying to register shall come in with a group of 10 people! I will be the supervisor and I will hasten the ritual to 30 minutes!¡± ¡±But Sir would it be alright with your mana?¡±, asked Aldin worryingly. ¡°Hmph! I may not look like it but I¡¯m quite proficient when it comes to magic and my mana pool is much larger than the mages inside¡±, said Mythus with confidence. ¡°The old man seems to have some pride when it comes to questioning to his abilities just like my grandpa. Now when I think about, he said about being a chronicler and mentioned wisdom meaning his intelligence must be high since being a chronicler would be writing new parts of the history and learns from it as well. But he gives of something like being a fighter as well. That sword hilt on him has no blade and he surprised me when he neared me like he was an assassin. He must have a secret class no doubt but what kind¡±, in Isaiah¡¯s mind many thoughts came to him. ¡°Isaiah for a while, you can look around a little bit. We will be finished for about 2 hours¡±. ¡±Actually I have no problem to wait from here outside. I plan to wait for your guidance tomorrow as you¡¯re very reliable.¡± ¡±Ahahaha! Then please wait for awhile.¡± After 2 hours Isaiah woke up from his little nap and all of the other players are gone who wanted to register except for the ones who are observing Isaiah from before and after from afar. Their disgust show because of him has the possibility of getting a special quest. ¡°Grrr!!Got ahead of us aren¡¯t you?....¡± ¡±No way will leave you alone¡­¡± ¡°We will be persistent¡­.¡± ¡±Hehehe¡­I¡¯ll stalk you till the end of the world¡­.¡± Aside their invisible hostility Mythus invites Isaiah inside. Before they got inside he told Aldin something as they got inside the doors closing by themselves. ¡±Sorry to have you wait outside, Isaiah. I supported the mages inside to accelerate the registration process for others¡± ¡°It¡¯s no problem. I need little bit of mental rest too. I¡¯ve got so many information in one day.¡± ¡°Haha! Since you¡¯re alone in the process it should probably only 20 seconds.¡± As soon as they got to the middle of the building Isaiah sees that the sun was shining down brightly through the glass roof and a tree, about the height of a child, which holds a purple orb at the top. Isaiah is then pushed to go to the tree. ¡°What should I do now?¡± ¡±Put your hand on the orb and wait. The fellow mages and I will do the rest of the procedure.¡± As he neared the leafless tree and put his hand on the orb, the surrounding mages and Mythus surrounded him. Together they made a formation and below Isaiah a large purple pentagram have appeared. The mages seems to struggle because of this but Mythus show no sign of it. After about 20 minutes the ritual was finished. Isaiah wondered why it took longer than the promised time. He sees the mages very exhausted that they can only sit down. But Mythus is still indifferent and he then spoke to Isaiah. ¡°You have now acquired your own status plate¡± ¡±Huh? What do you mean?¡± ¡±Try speaking ¡°Show Attributes¡± and you¡¯ll see.¡± Just as Mythus said Isaiah did that and an A5 window appeared.
NameIsaiah WolfframLevel
Race???0
Main ClassNoneCharisma15
Number of Subclasses0Dexterity15
Number of Titles1Luck20
Fame20Infamy0
Health150Mana170
Vitality15Intelligence17
Strength15Wisdom15
Attack15Defense0
Stamina17Charm20
Agility17Satiety20%
Number of Resistances4
¡°Heh¡­? Am I a cheat? And it seems there are some stats that I should have gained by myself and that I¡¯m not completely human¡± Seeing the expression of Isaiah Mythus speaks to him. ¡°Isaiah, I can answer your question that troubles you but first hide your plate for now and follow me to the manor.¡± Before they got out of the building the count somewhat casted a magic spell to Isaiah and to himself. The count knocks the door 3 times and opened by guards from outside. When they got outside and passed the other players, who were waiting for Isaiah, Isaiah notices that they aren¡¯t even aware that they are already gone from the building and doesn¡¯t even perceive both. As they got on the main middle road Isaiah asks Mythus. ¡±What did you do to me and yourself?¡± ¡°I just casted a magic spell that hides your true identity. Just now those drifters probably thought that we were one of the mages. The mages also changed positions from time to time to recover mana while you were napping outside.¡± ¡±Ugh..I¡¯m kinda ashamed¡­¡± ¡°Worry not Isaiah. When I was in your age I slept whenever and wherever I can¡±. ¡°Were you a former adventurer?¡± ¡°Yes, I was before until certain circumstances forced me that I was obliged to serve the queendom¡± ¡°It must be a long story huh.¡± ¡±Yes, it is a long story.¡± ¡±By the way, are pets here available? Because I see no dogs or cats or any of them.¡± ¡±Hahahaha! You¡¯ll see them soon enough.¡± *Ding!
Familiarity increased with Mythus Grey
¡°Huh? That little conversation was somewhat enough..?¡± thought Isaiah. With their direction to very north of the city, they finally arrived to their destination: The Manor of the Greys. When they got to the manor it was sunset but the count said that it should be near night by now. At the very high altitude it seems time will be a little bit confusing. At the gates of the manor the guards greeted the count with a salute, meaning the spell wore off and when they entered the house they were then greeted by about 50 maids and butlers. Isaiah was shocked by their numbers. ¡°The count must be very crucial to the city itself and much more wealthy than I thought.¡± Within Isaiah¡¯s mind he is amazed by the count and then his stomach makes loud sounds and a window appears on his side. *Ding!
Your Satiety has decreased below 10%
¡°Hahahaha!! You must be hungry since you ran fast from those stairs and that ritual took 1/2 of your satiety. Am I right?¡± ¡°Uhh¡­ Yes?¡± ¡°Hahahaha!! Then come on and eat with us!¡± ¡°With us?¡± ¡±Yes, the guards, the maids, the butlers and all of the personnel are going to eat with us too!¡± When he got to the dining room, a variety of dishes have covered the whole table. The table itself was very long that there are 100 seats but no one sat on them. Guards, maids and all of the personnel of different races (humans, elves and dwarves), all of them ate together with Isaiah as if it was a festival. Not very typical to happen in a house of a noble. As soon as they heard the count hitting a bronze mug, he speaks out loud to the others. ¡°I have an announcement to you people. I have found a successor for the title of the count¡±. All of them murmured at each other and Isaiah took their attention after awhile. Isaiah feels a little uncomfortable being stared at and at worst feels that something unexpected will happen. While pointing his finger to Isaiah, ¡°Yes, my successor is him. Isaiah Wolffram¡± *Ding!
Title ¡°The Successor of Mythus Grey¡± acquired
¡°Eh?¡± <--Chapter 1 Chapter 3--> Chapter 3 - Fortunate Son In the next day early in the morning, lying on a wood-engraved bed with a wool mattress, Isaiah has awakened from his sleep. He still feels tired though because of what Mythus said. ¡°How in the world did I became his successor?!¡± To refresh himself he gets up, takes off his sleepwear and changes to new outdoor clothes. Both his sleepwear and outdoor clothes were given to him by Mythus. When he wore his sleepwear he checked his status plate and saw an increase of his Defense stat to 20. He doesn¡¯t know though if there are additional effects since no matter how many times he looked at both clothes and waited for any window plate to appear that he gained ¡°Identify¡±, nothing showed up. He bothered to look at it because it looked expensive with intricate patterns on them. ¡°Why does it not work? Maybe that kind of skill isn¡¯t given conveniently¡± Yesterday he checked that he can remove his underwear. He also feels worried about the plausibility of needing ¡°to clean his innards¡± considering he can get hungry and saw a toilet room. He just hopes that there¡¯s a gameplay and segregation in this game that he doesn¡¯t need to go to the toilet or see any people to have the need to go there. He also hopes that the game developers won¡¯t go very far with ¡°surpassing the limits¡± motto of the game when it comes to adult themes like sexual themes, that crosses against the norm like abnormal fetishes, sexual crimes and so on. After making himself ready he takes a peek outside his room and then¡­ ¡°Good morning, young master!¡± He is suddenly startled by the greetings of the maids. He tells them that they should stop with the ¡°young master¡± but they insist in doing so. ¡±But I haven¡¯t even met him that long and I don¡¯t think I am that worthy. Besides I¡¯m a drifter that came only yesterday. I¡¯m just a Level 0¡± After what Isaiah said, a green-haired elf maid beauty, who seems to be one of the top brass of the maids talks to him. ¡±Master Isaiah, do not question the choice of our count so easily.¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± ¡°He is a man who is not shallow to choose just anybody to be the next count¡± ¡°In what does he see on me? I have no achievements to back myself up.¡± ¡°Trust the count. He choose you right. You may still have edges that are rough but over time they will be sharp. The count himself is sharp and chooses you for your still young mentality.¡± Isaiah can only grumble by the answer of the elf maid. By more thinking he asks the maid. ¡±Is it possible that I will be tested for the countship?¡± ¡°It is very likely that you will be tested. The count appreciates effort and hard work. And also he is already waiting for you in dining room for breakfast.¡± Getting to the dining room was easy but for Isaiah there is almost no space at all. Even though 4 more long tables were added just yesterday evening most are already covered by all of the personnel. Fortunately in front of the middle table at the very end of it sits the count and waves his hand to Isaiah that there¡¯s still a free seat. ¡°Isaiah, come here and sit.¡± ¡±Thank you for reserving a seat for me¡± ¡±Haha. No problem and food is waiting already¡± Isaiah helped himself to the warm food on the table. He finds them delicious but doesn¡¯t even know which ingredients or effects they have. He can only identify, mind you not as a skill, that the food is served with bread, which of course he can¡¯t ¡°Identify¡±. Mythus himself still stand out even though he wears in the dining room something you wouldn¡¯t expect for a count: commoner clothes. Nothing fancy. Only normal clothes. ¡°Sir Grey. Why are you wearing such clothes?¡± ¡°Hahahaha! Am I not allowed?¡± ¡°No, I mean is it comfortable for you?¡± ¡°Haha! It¡¯s much more comfortable to me if it lets me to have a company than no one. Anyway, is the food tasty?¡± ¡±Yes and I¡¯ve never tasted something like this before. It¡¯s amazing.¡± ¡°Hahaha! Good to hear it from you to like the food I made.¡± ¡°What? You mean you were the only one who made food for everybody?¡± ¡±Yes, one of my skills is cooking and it is at the Expert level.¡± ¡±Expert level?¡± ¡±You should know Isaiah that all classes, skills and items are ranked individually different and they can advance.¡± ¡±What about quests?¡± ¡±Of course they are also rated. It¡¯s to ensure no man will blindly accept quests and lose their lives pathetically. Though there are different ways to get quests. For example through a contract or a board forum and then meeting the contractor to get vital information of the particular quest. Anyway, we¡¯ve talk long enough and we have time enough later. Food isn¡¯t moving by itself to our mouth after all.¡± After breakfast Mythus brought Isaiah behind the manor, in his garden. It¡¯s filled with a variety of unique-looking plants but that is not the reason he brought Isaiah here. The reason is behind his garden: a large wood building. Inside the building is a hall filled with a variety of weapons, of course weapons for training, not for killing. As they got inside, Mythus mood change seriously. He then spoke to Isaiah. ¡°Isaiah, do you know the reason I chose you as my successor?¡± ¡°No, not at all. I¡¯m still wondering why you chose me. After all, I¡¯m a drifter.¡± ¡±The reason is that you are my grandson.¡± Isaiah can only open his eyes wide with surprise. ¡°Woah! Woah! Wait a minute. You¡¯re joking right?¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m serious about this. The eyes of yours are the same as my eldest daughter. I can¡¯t even believe myself when I saw your face. If my eldest daughter were to have a son, he would look just like you.¡± ¡±But how can you be so sure that I¡¯m your grandson? You didn¡¯t even mention about having a daughter. You only mentioned having a son and I don¡¯t even have memories of this world. Don¡¯t tell me you have more sons and daughters?¡± ¡°Yes, we also know that drifters lived in a different world with their memories intact. But some have predetermined body here in this world. Yes, you could say it is destiny and yes, I also have other children. Not only the son and daughter I mentioned¡± ¡±Jesus, this is just as worst as the ¡°¡­I am your father¡± shtick¡±, said Isaiah of course in his mind. Isaiah can only stare blank. In his thoughts he analyzed that maybe the gear looked beyond his present memories as he met his maternal grandfather the last time 6 years ago in real life. His grandfather, whose name is Basir Eun Chen Kurobe, still looked young for a 53 years old. He still looked liked in his early forties. Yes, his maternal grandfather got his eldest daughter, Hikaru Kurobe, at the age of 20 while his eldest daughter in turn, got her eldest child, Amil, at the age of 21. Of course his grandfather was furious about this as one of his pride, her eldest daughter, got pregnant at a young age. She had a great future ahead, he thought. She was a bit of a tomboy since she got along with boys when she was a child and her favorite hobbies are cooking, seeking worthy opponents and being master practitioner of different kinds of martial arts like his father. But then a certain man charmed his way to her and that certain man is Dmitri Aschrich, Amil¡¯s father. So as to soothe his rage Amil¡¯s grandfather together with his sons, who are between the age of 15 and 20, have come to Europe to ¡°test¡± Amil¡¯s father. Yes, Mrs. Aschrich¡¯s family side is very emotion-driven. Amil¡¯s maternal grandmother was against it but she couldn¡¯t stop them in time not to go to Germany with killing intent. They thought they had the upper hand since they are experienced, have the numbers and knowledge when it comes to fighting. But little did they expected a retaliation from just one man. The man himself, Dmitri, skillfully dodged every single attack, even from behind, with little movement and always countered whenever one left their guard open when attacking. His expression while fighting them was filled with stoicism that he wasn¡¯t even flinch by their surprise attack. Even when he was fighting them pragmatically his opponents thought he is having fun playing with them. That was from the perspective of Amil¡¯s maternal uncles. In his father¡¯s perspective though, he was really nervous with his first encounter of his soon-to-be father- and brother-in-laws. Dmitri heard from Hikaru that Eun Chen is somebody, who is strict to his children and students of his martial arts school, but also knows when enough is enough. Dmitri just didn¡¯t expect their very first meeting to be a clash of skills. Dmitri himself is also a practitioner of a variety of martial arts. But his focuses mostly on the Native American, African and European martial arts like Savate, Sambo, Boxing and so on but also deadly ones like Dambe, Systema, Okichitaw, Bakom and etc. Of course, the route Dmitri chose was a pacifistic one or else Amil wouldn¡¯t meet able meet his maternal grandfather. Amil was also taught by his maternal grandfather in martial arts, when he stayed for 3 years in Asia. But that¡¯s for another story. Back to the present, Isaiah thinks Mythus is how his grandfather would look like in 90¡¯s but not in the early 60¡¯s. His grandfather was able to rival to his father, who was forced to fight with full power, after all. Their very first meeting cemented a very close friendship that developed through their fists. His maternal uncles weren¡¯t very lucky though. Some developed a grudge and respect at the same time through their battle. Though more of a curb-stomp battle. Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. While Isaiah had flashback of the good times and the hell-training that his grandfather put him to, which traumatize him a little, Mythus coughs and questions Isaiah. ¡°Isaiah, now that you know why I chose you as my successor, do you know the reason I brought you here?¡± ¡°No, I don¡¯t. Though it looks like a training hall, filled with a variety of exotic-looking weapons.¡± ¡°The reason is to become accepted as my successor, you need to accept the class that I will offer you as a main class: The Secret Chronicler class.¡± ¡°Secret Chronicler? What is so secret about it?¡± ¡°This class is one offered by the secret god of knowledge, Wissia. He isn¡¯t acknowledged by anybody anymore since 2000 years ago. Right now I¡¯m the only one who knows of his existence. ¡± ¡±Then how did you know about his existence if nobody ever spoke about him since 2000 years ago?¡± After pondering a bit Mythus answers Isaiah¡¯s question with another question. ¡°Do you know the reason of my high mana pool?¡± ¡°What? Why are you answering with another question?¡± Mythus asks again but with serious tone. ¡°As I said¡­Do you know the reason why I have a high mana pool?¡± Isaiah was quiet taken aback by the old man who looks like an older version of his grandfather. ¡°Uhh¡­No, I do not know. I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°Hahaha! Sorry, I scared you there for a moment. The reason is that on my adventurer days, whenever I leveled up, I put the extra stat points too much on my Intelligence and Wisdom Attribute. I tried a variety of things to challenge my mind like learning foreign languages, history or about archeology, but because I focused too much on the 3 particular subjects I mentioned and my Intelligence exceeded 9000, soon I learned about his existence through a forgotten ancient civilization, that worshipped him: the Scientia culture.¡± ¡°The developers just want me say ¡°it¡¯s over 9000¡± huh. Wait a second....Over 9000?! Shit! They still got me.¡± After saying very silent of what he said, Isaiah then asks again. ¡±Did you get in contact with him? You mentioned about getting your class through him and is it worth getting the class?¡± ¡±Yes, it is since this class is a ¡°Universe¡± ranked. Meaning it is one of the powerful classes available in this world and to your former question: Yes, I met him but to meet him, you don¡¯t have the requirements yet.¡± Then Isaiah notices that the word ¡°Universe¡° is used as rank for classes. To sate his curiosity he asks. ¡°Can I ask, but how are classes ranked?¡± ¡°From the very weakest you have the ¡°Lower¡±, ¡±Middle¡± and ¡±Upper¡± classes. In between you have the ¡°Rare¡±, ¡°Unique¡± and ¡°Legend¡± classes and to the strongest class you have the ¡°Myth¡± classes, but there are also secret higher classes like the ¡°Galaxy¡± and ¡°Universe¡± classes. At the moment Wissia told me that right now I¡¯m one of the only few who possess a ¡°Universe¡± class and you should also know that the people of this world doesn¡¯t know right now how really vast the world is. But because of me being not a drifter, my time is very short and I could only write parts of the history of Eumeria. That is why Wissia also told me give it to my grandson who will come from the blue sky. So I will ask now, Isaiah. Do you have the desire to learn everything this world has to offer?¡± To his question, Isaiah can only answer with full confidence. ¡°Yes, I wish to learn everything!¡± ¡°Then, will you accept the class, The Secret Chronicler as a main class?¡± ¡°Yes, I will accept it!¡± ¡°Very well. From now on I, Mythus Grey, will grant my grandson, Isaiah Wolffram, the Secret Chronicler class.¡± The moment he completed his sentence, the floor suddenly trembles and unknown glowing sigils are appearing and surrounding Isaiah. All 13 of the sigils then shrank and went to the body of Isaiah one by one every 5 minutes. What he didn¡¯t expecting from the sigils were artificial pain that would able him to sue Amalgam. But in his mind it didn¡¯t matter if getting this kind of pain would grant him a secret class. He compares this pain to the pain he experienced in the hell training of his grandfather or his father and one of his philosophies is ¡°What doesn¡¯t kill you, makes you stronger¡±. He didn¡¯t scream even as if his very soul were torn to shreds. After 65 minutes of continuous pain, his torturous ceremony of becoming a Secret Chronicler has finally ended.
You have been granted a ¡°Universe Rank" class ¡°Secret Chronicler¡± as a main class.
[p=center]New Skills acquired:[/p] [p=center]
  • Identifying Eye
  • Analyzing Eye
  • Photographic Eye
  • Avatar Creation
  • History Journey
  • Book Creation
  • Hiding True Strength
  • Hiding True Identity
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[p=center]New Attributes acquired:[/p][p=center]
  • Willpower +25
  • Endurance +25
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¡°You really are strong and fortunate, son of my daughter. Anyway for the items, which you had before like your bag, I brought them here during your ceremony. As I told you, I will tell you everything you should know that could be vital for you in the future. Anyway I checked the content your bag has. It has 3 Master-level flatbreads with one already ? gone, a Master-level enchanted pot canteen, the Eumerian currency and the paper, that I gave to you.¡± To Isaiah, it felt like an invasion of privacy but he handled it very pragmatic. ¡°How did you know about the items?¡± ¡°Hahahaha! I thought you have the ¡°Identifying Eye¡±. That skill lets you know information of any beings, traps, skills, armors, weapons, foods, materials and items of any kind completely. ¡°Analyzing Eye¡± is also useful that it lets you analyze any situations, emotions, movements, weaknesses, strengths and levels of mobs and other living beings. If you were to have the skills ¡°Identify¡± and ¡°Analyze¡±, you would need to have the knowledge of the things I mentioned before to fully know their history and capabilities.¡± ¡°Does that mean these 2 Eye Skills I got are much potent than the other 2 Skills?¡± ¡°Exactly and the other Eye Skill ¡°Photographic Eye¡± is useful for taking information photographically. Now then I talked too much. I¡¯ll tell you about the items but about the class, you¡¯ll need to find out its benefits by yourself. Wissia told me to limit the information about the class I gave you.¡± ¡°Ah! That¡¯s unfortunate. Anyway, what about the items again?¡± ¡°Oh! You¡¯re right! First, the paper I gave you is called the ¡°All-Purpose Paper¡±. It allows you to use the paper however you like. For example you used it to write when you can interact with the certain drifters. Look at the paper. Notice something?¡±
[20 Days] - New Zealand, Russia [32 Days] - Australia [37 Days] - Australia [38 Days] - Korea, Japan [44 Days] - Australia, China, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia [50 Days] - Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam [68 Days] - Russia [74 Days] - Belarus, Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Ukraine, Finland [80 Days] - South Africa, Netherlands, Hungary, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, Spain, Germany, Serbia, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Croatia, Belgium, Switzerland [86 Days] - Ireland, Morocco, Portugal, UK [92 Days] - Ghana, Iceland [98 Days] - Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Canada [104 Days] - Canada, USA, Chile, Paraguay, Puerto Rico [110 Days] - Venezuela, USA, Mexico, Canada, Peru [116 Days] - El Salvador, Canada, USA, Guatemala [122 Days] - USA, Canada [128 Days] - USA [140 Days] - USA
When Isaiah looked at paper the numbers still glowed and all of them have one day reduced. ¡°Do you see it now? You used the paper to note how many days are still needed to interact with certain drifters. All of the days reduced one number to accommodate of what you planned on using the paper.¡± ¡°This paper is certainly very useful.¡± ¡°Yes, It is. Second, your other items are certainly very useful for you in your journey. You can check them later with your ¡°Identifying Eye¡±, to see which benefits they have since I¡¯ll send you in through numerous missions.¡± Isaiah can only respond again with a question. He knows what awaits him but he has somewhat the need to ask. ¡°Numerous missions?¡± ¡°Yes, as Verda told you. I¡¯ll test you to see if you are worthy to succeed me. The first mission I¡¯ll give you is to test if you have the aptitude of a chronicler.¡± ¡°Uhh¡­.Who is Verda?¡± ¡°The elf woman, who spoke to you personally this morning.¡± ¡°Oh! And what is this mission?¡± ¡°The mission, that I¡¯ll give you, will be appropriate of your level. As I can see from your eyes, you seem to have the eyes of a fighter and of an intellectual. Also the deciding features to be chosen by Wissia. She was also known in the past as ¡°The Hound of Knowledge¡±.¡± ¡°Why are you mentioning Wissia as a ''her''? Please be consistent.¡± ¡°Sorry, I also found out that Wissia had thousand of vessels. Wissia¡¯s vessels weren¡¯t the same as all of them were very different. Each of them had different genders and different forms and were of different races.¡± ¡°Does that mean that skill ¡°Avatar Creation¡± has something to do with Wissia?¡± ¡°Yes, well anyway, we have talked long enough. As for your first mission, I¡¯ll give your bag back with the contents inside and additionally, this notebook to you.¡±
You have acquired your ¡°Large Bag¡± back
You have acquired a ¡°Chronicler¡¯s Journal¡±
You have acquired a pair of ¡°Warrior Bracers¡±
¡°Don¡¯t tell me my first mission is collect some facts of some event?¡± ¡°Not some any event. The event is happening right now.¡± ¡°And¡­ where exactly?¡± ¡°Hehe¡­ It¡¯s on a certain place in Eumeria. I¡¯ll bring you there.¡± Before he can even react, Isaiah is suddenly covered in a blue-glowing sphere together with Mythus and then the sphere shrank till it disappeared. Both Isaiah and Mythus are also gone from within. <--Chapter 3 Chapter 4--> http://www.royalroadl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=481&t=4291 Chapter 4 - The Ripper ¡°So¡­. How did it come to this?¡± Isaiah calmly looks at the scene in front of him. As it is night in a middle of a town and foggy he can only see the bell tower of this town barely but can¡¯t exactly see the people who are in front of him are. Two people exactly. Both of them are wary of each other¡¯s presence and of Isaiah¡¯s too. The three of them wears robes and masks to hide their identity and caused so much chaos, as in crates and barrels scattered and destroyed, it is a surprise nobody got out of the surrounding houses. But from seeing how they are armed, well nobody is around to see them; one can only wonder how they did it as one carries a jackknife, the other a short sword and Isaiah is the only one without weapons at all. How it started was 13 days ago¡­.
Isaiah & Mythus were gone from the training hall through a variant of a teleportation. Well Mythus said it directly to Isaiah. They arrived to their destination as a little light ball that expanded suddenly in a very quiet forest. The sphere then loses its glow and becomes see-through. Inside of it are the aforementioned pair. The sphere then breaks into some glass splitters and the splitters immediately went inside to Mythus. ¡°Say, why was that teleportation very flashy?¡± asked Isaiah. ¡°Hahaha!! That wasn¡¯t your typical teleportation¡± puts out Mythus,¡±You know like I¡¯m in direct contact with you and teleport with me to a certain place. While we were in the sphere that I made, time stopped, for me anyways. I used that ¡°time¡± to take some things with us that could be useful to your test.¡± Isaiah is somewhat confused taking into account that Mythus can stop ¡°time¡±. ¡°Stopping time? Isn¡¯t that like very convenient? Why the hell does he need a successor then? Isn¡¯t it possible for him to have some knowledge about time and space manipulation? Is there some special reason for specifically choosing me? I mean there are others who could have the factor¡±. He can only deduce that Mythus is hiding something not only to him but to somebody. But who this ¡°somebody¡± is or are, he can only guess as he is, in fact, very new to this world, actually in a game world. For awhile now he has been wondering where they are, as it is full of trees. Meaning, they¡¯re in a forest as mentioned before. It has come to his mind to ask Mythus. ¡°Can I ask but where are we exactly in Eumeria?¡± ¡°Where we are exactly? We are in Cress Forest, known for Cress Grasses, that grows around here. Very useful for alchemists when mixing potions as it has really good healing properties.¡± ¡°Aha¡­So, what does it have to do with my first test?¡± ¡°Hahaha! Patient. Be patient. I teleported us together here or else we would stand out by appearing out of nowhere in a middle of a town and that town is southeast from here.¡± Isaiah looks around of his surroundings as they go southeastwards. He has been wondering as to why there are no threats like animals, beasts, monsters or however they are called. As if reading his mind, Mythus answers both of them. ¡°As to why there are no animals, it is because of me. I¡¯m exuding my aura with a radius of 1 km and I¡¯ll deactivate it now. Careful though, the bunch that will rush to us are very territorial.¡± Afterwards Isaiah now notices what¡¯s wrong of what Mythus casually said. He just unleashed something that would trouble him very much. He has nothing that could help to defend him from those. But his benefactor reminds him of what he received before teleportation. He takes out the bracers of his bag and equipped them immediately. Now he was ready what should come to them. ¡°Hahahaha! Well, doesn¡¯t this excite you? They should be coming in about 2 minutes. You should be enough for them. I¡¯ll be just standing on this particular spot and also they¡¯ll be only focused on you¡±, points Mythus down while smiling to Isaiah. ¡°Huh? Am I strong enough for them?¡±, grinned Isaiah. He was waiting long enough for this kind of opportunity. He wants to test whether his prowess of martial arts in real life would be effective. ¡°Hah!¡±, snorts Mythus, ¡±Don¡¯t worry in your case too much. I modified your Warrior Bracers for cases like this and also your main class grants in almost all of your attributes a +70. Hahahahaha! Don¡¯t you feel very spoiled?¡± He sees this somewhat unfortunate that he gets preferential treatment and at the same time as something good since he can get ahead of the other players and he will wring every opportunity to get as much advantage as possible in his case. His grin contorted then to a smile, that looks so evil Mythus can only chuckle. ¡°Hehehehe¡­.Hey! As I said they¡¯ll come soon in minutes. Before you fight them though touch your bag and say ¡°hide¡±. It is very impractical to fight them while having it on your back and they¡¯ll probably come from all directions.¡± Isaiah then followed his instruction. The bag is suddenly gone into thin air, it surprised him and as Mythus said, they really came minutes later. But what he didn¡¯t expect are that they would be a bunch of rabid red-eyed sharp-fanged white rabbits, with the size of dogs, showing up from surrounding trees and madly rushing at him. He finds it a little cute, very funny and at same time, exciting. ¡°Hahahahahaha!! Killer rabbits this early? Hopefully they¡¯re not from Caerbannog¡­.. Hahahahaha!¡± Nevertheless he is calmly checking how combat works. Whether they will be indicator how much health and mana points his opponent has or which level they are. None of them appears but he remembered two of the skills he learned by being bestowed of his secret class. As he finds it somewhat dumb to shout the skill names just to activate it, he recites them instead in his mind, while looking at one of the rabbits. ¡°Identifying Eye! Analyzing Eye!¡± *Ding!
White Vicious Rabbit
Level30
Health2090/2090
Mana100/100
*too lazy to put life/mana bars The reason why only the name, level, health and mana appeared is because those are the only information he wanted to know right now. He recognizes through the skills that they are White Vicious Rabbits and their levels should be something he shouldn¡¯t probably meet yet, considering he is only Level 0. Note that he doesn¡¯t know whether the skills use mana or not. ¡°Wait a minute¡­..These guys have about thirty times the amount of my level?.... Ehehehehehe¡­worthy of being inspired by that rabbit¡± While having these thoughts, Mythus is just ignored by the rabbits and they all concentrated their numbers on Isaiah. Isaiah took a fighting stance and is ready to confront them. Instead of being covered by fear, he was instead emitting a very wild bloodlust back to the rabbits. Even though he should be weaker than them, in terms of level, the rabbits are suddenly taken aback by this sudden outburst of savage killing intent. He bares his teeth to them. Because of the fear that envelopes them, they can only see a man baring sharp fangs instead. *Ding!
New Passive Skill ¡°Primal Bloodlust¡± acquired
Why is Isaiah confident in fighting them? It is because of the equipments that he was granted by Mythus, the secret class that gave almost in all of his attributes a 70+ and even though he never encountered them, he somewhat feels like he knows how to deal with them. While Mythus is ruffling his beard and saying: ¡°Oho¡­As expected¡±, like there are more secrets in Isaiah. ¡°Hmmm¡­Weird. Is it possible that both eye skills are both passive and active skills?¡± He doesn¡¯t genuinely know what his skills are capable of, as he didn¡¯t look at the details of his skills yet. Since the rabbits stayed immobile because of the intimidating feeling they got from him, he uses this to instantly attack five of the about hundred rabbits. He attacked the first rabbit, which is in front of him, on the head with a fast axe kick. The next one, which is on right side of the first, has its very long ears pulled by Isaiah. It is then used to attack the other next three, instantly killing them. Of course, the one used as a weapon was also dead. The rabbits come back to their senses when they realized what happened to the unfortunate five in front of them. One has its head smashed and one is very unfortunate to be used as a blunt weapon to kill the other unfortunate three. Their image of the man, who killed the unfortunate five, worsened as he is brandishing a dead rabbit as a weapon and the smile, which is covered in blood splatters and the demon-like laughs he lets out will probably give them nightmares. Isaiah realized that all of the rabbits are in a ¡°Paralyzing Fear¡± state through another usage of his ¡°Identifying Eye¡±. As I mentioned before, he¡¯ll wring every advantage he can get in any situation. Of course in pragmatic ways. He advocates three weapons that certain inquisitors adhere: fear, surprise and ruthless efficiency but in a very effective way. But don¡¯t forget that he added diabolical laughter and diabolical acting. Anyway continuing with his slaughter, he now left about 80 bodies in his wake in just 15 minutes. His ¡°weapon¡± is already wearing out and his whole body is now covered with blood instead of the mouths of the rabbits, that should have dealt with him. Just so you know, it doesn¡¯t clearly follow a certain fellowship that got some of their people killed by a rabbit. About 40 are now left that Isaiah counts. He considers using the ¡°no mercy¡± option on them too as well. How he dealt with the remaining 40 will be describe very bluntly: Their eyes stabbed with his fingers, ripped to shreds by his hands, using one of them as a ¡°weapon¡± again, using them as punching bags and so on. Well you won¡¯t want a very detailed description of the aforementioned facts. Afterwards Isaiah calmed himself with his ¡°diabolical acting¡± and feels refreshed. Soon he remembers that he should have leveled up tremendously since he shouldn¡¯t have been a match against those rabbits. He also notices that there was no indicator how much damage he did to them, that he¡¯ll soon experience fatigue or how much mana he used for the eye skills. He then checks his status plate. ¡°Status Plate!¡±
NameIsaiah WolfframLevel
Race???43
Main ClassSecret ChroniclerCharisma(15 +70)
Number of Subclasses0Dexterity(68 +70)
Number of Titles2Luck(70 +70)
Fame89Infamy0
Health1320/1320Mana1230/1260
Vitality(55 +70)Intelligence(56 +70)
Strength(80+70)Wisdom(40 +70)
Attack150 +30Defense147 +20
Stamina(78 +70)Charm(20 +70)
Endurance(77 +70)Willpower(57 +70)
Agility(85 +70)Satiety70%
Number of Resistances4Attribute Points235
This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it ¡°Aha¡­.Level 43 already even though the rabbits were about level 30¡­ridiculously high growth but thankfully I don¡¯t have some OCD like a certain death god¡­..New stat attribute points¡­235...Okay. That¡¯s it. It¡¯s official. I am a cheat. Hahahahaha!! I¡¯m so lucky.¡± Among the lying bloodied corpses of rabbits Mythus is then slowly approaching Isaiah calmly. Seeing his ecstatic face he laughs too. ¡°Hahaha! Well so, how was your first battle? How do you feel?¡± ¡°I feel amazing and also I leveled up tremendously. Say, is my stats growth actually normal?¡±, felt Isaiah to ask. He looked at his attributes that are uneven. ¡°Ho¡­.Good. Curiosity is also one of the numerous requirements. So to your question, yes, they are normal. It has to do with your race characteristics. But it isn¡¯t important right now. Look around you.¡± Isaiah did as told to him. He didn¡¯t expect how much of a bloodbath he caused. He changes his stance of mind immediately by checking that their bodies aren¡¯t vanishing. They don¡¯t leave any loot at all. Only their body is remaining from the executions since they didn¡¯t retaliate at all. ¡°Uhmm¡­So, did I made them extinct and how can I loot them?¡±, queried Isaiah to Mythus with a serious face. Even though he killed them without impunity he is still thinking about the profits he can gain from them. The profits! Mythus is somewhat bewildered by his attitude but not until he laughs out loud once again. ¡°Hahahahaha!!! Interesting. Well don¡¯t worry. I¡¯ll take care of them. Also the rabbits, you dealt with, were just a little brunt of their whole force. Of course your clothes will also be taken care of. They¡¯ll make you stand out very much in our destination.¡± Isaiah didn¡¯t notice how much his clothes are covered in blood and somewhat ignored that the whole bunch of rabbits that he met was only a small part of a much larger group. His clothes smelled but he stays undeterred from it. Mythus then points the palm of his right hand to the rabbits and mutters ¡°Otherworld Dimension Storage¡±. Afterwards on the palm of his right hand a sigil appeared and then the bodies of the rabbits, along with the bloodstains, are absorbed by the sigil as if it is a vacuum. ¡°How can I gain the skill that you did just now?¡±, wants Isaiah to inquire. He guessed that it was some skill that won¡¯t require something like where he needs to store his items. ¡°Hahahaha! Don¡¯t be greedy. Actually I purposely whispered it so you would get curious and you should have this skill already but you are not ready yet. And also your clothes aren¡¯t dealt with yet.¡± Instead of the palm of his right hand Mythus points his left hand palm to Isaiah. The dried blood spots are glowing with yellow color till they disappeared. Following the process, his whole clothes are also shining and seemed to have been changed by Mythus. ¡°Uhmm¡­Was there actually any need to change my clothes to something armor-like?¡± He looked at his armor-like clothes closely. He guesses that his clothes probably have leather material of very high quality. He recognizes that it is very probable to be a high class equipment set as it has designs that seems very slick, a shoulder pad on the left side, sturdy kneepads, long-armed, scale patterns on the leather pants and it has boots and gloves to offer as well. It¡¯s somewhat similar to a certain cleric-hating hyena¡¯s equipment just that it has the color pattern of pure black on the major parts and crystal-like white at the rims of the clothes. ¡°Hmm¡­¡±, while stroking his beard Mythus continues, ?Well, I revaluated the difficulty of your mission. I thought it would kill you very fast with your current equipment so I changed it.¡± Just now Isaiah realizes that there is a danger of dying in his first current mission. He thought it would be some festival or something that he needs to check out but not something that would celebrate his death. ¡°Mythus, can you inquire about the content of the mission clearly?¡± asks Isaiah with a tranquil expression. Even though he hasn¡¯t died once in the game, he doesn¡¯t want to experience it yet as he hasn¡¯t seen everything yet this world has to offer. Correction: Control and exploit everything he can! Don¡¯t worry people Isaiah isn¡¯t evil. He is just selfish when it comes to challenges. ¡°Hahahaha!! Come on. We wasted enough time already in this forest. Lets go running already¡±, ignores Mythus Isaiah. Isaiah is a bit frustrated but he can accept it. Amalgam said that only those who takes risks and has skill and ability will be rewarded so he can only comply. He follows Mythus, who seems to run a little bit too fast for a human but he can take it since he can keep up. He marvels at the advancement of his own game body. It became stronger by his fight with the rabbits. After awhile they got out of the forest and finally arrived to their destination after 40 minutes. ¡°This is our destination. The origin of Eumeria, Old Noon Town.¡± He looked around the town. Saying that it is the origin of Eumeria would not be a lie as the most buildings he sees looks much more ancient than Elestus. He compares it to Elestus City, that is in the sky faraway east-southeastwards. Even though his time was a little bit short there he memorized a bit its size, population and architecture. Even though it is called Old Noon Town the place¡¯s size is almost comparable to the half of Elestus and also the buildings from Elestus were somewhat English and Greek-like while Old Noon¡¯s are only Greek-like. What stood out amongst the buildings is the bell tower near the center of the town and great library-like building from the west. People of the town have about the same amount people as Elestus and he also sees grey apparitions, other drifters, present. He notices that when they, drifters, goes out of the town to the wilds they become invisible to him. He deduced that it¡¯s probably not the same to Mythus and other NPCs. ¡°Anyway, I¡¯ll state first the 3 conditions of your mission¡±, breaks Mythus in the trance of Isaiah. Isaiah notices that the time of his surroundings completely stopped. For instance a man and a woman holding their child stopped moving, a flying bird floating mid-air isn¡¯t flapping its wings and so on. ¡°First, I sealed your ¡°Identifying Eye¡± and ¡°Analyzing Eye¡±. Second, the time limit is about 2 weeks. Two weeks is the same as in your world and Third, deal however you like with this. Collect facts surrounding the fugitive.¡± Mythus then gives Isaiah a parchment. Isaiah checks the content. It seems to be a head bounty but identity of the wanted person is unknown.
Wanted "The Ripper" Crime: Serial Murder (19 victims, none alive) Characteristics: Victims¡¯ bodies show signs of being lobotomized Victims¡¯ wounds caused by a sharp tool Appears when it''s foggy in the evening/night Fought with 4 red and gold-stripe rankers, 1 incapacitated Difficulty Rank: City level S~ Reward/s: Captured dead: A city level -S grade weapon forged with a -C grade white metal Captured alive: A city level S grade weapon forged with a C grade black metal P.S. : Please don''t rip this off. Meet me at the town smithy of Old Noon Town. - Metalsmith Ferrari
¡°Huh? Difficulty Rank S~? Are you sure about that?¡± ¡°Hahahahaha! Don¡¯t worry! You still have enough time. Use your time well in this town. I chose this place particularly. You can pretty much learn things here which will be pretty useful in the future travels. Well then take this chance to learn everything you can. See you then.¡± And so is Isaiah left, on his own devices, for two weeks. <--Chapter 3
Author notes: - Guys, this is my first time writing a story. First time trying this and doing this for fun so don''t expect some daily, weekly or monthly. Please point out things that need to be corrected and please rate it if possible. Please point the plot holes as well. -Also I don¡¯t know if fighting against dog-sized rabbits is a fight, so please comment what I could do better. - Distracted by many things: Reading: Yuusha Gojo, Tokyo Ghoul, Kingdom, Rakuin no Monshou, Eye of Adventure etc. Video Games: DQIX, FFXII, KOFXIII, Grandia II, FF Tactics A2, Ace Attorney Apollo etc. Music: Diamond Head, Raven, Riot, Sodom, Slayer, Yes, King Crimson, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin etc.