1 Prologue
In a dark corner of the universe, a light flickered with eminence. The light looked like a small sparkling wisp yet from close. It was stupendously large, the white light was nothing but a big castle with eye-blinding beauty. And inside the castle, three colossal thrones were rampant. Each throne faced towards an empty center, yet the unusually enormous thrones were nothing compared to the beings lounging on them.
The air was crackling with intense energy, and the three of them couldn't seem to stop arguing.
The man, who was faceless and entirely red, yelled, "How long must we have to keep guarding this tiny place? It's been an eternity!" Despite his aggressive tone and the bloodlust in his voice, the other two figures remained unfazed.
"The orders are to look after this universe, we can't go against them. It's our fate to rot here watching them make the same mistakes again and again." The second figure said, the sadness evident in his voice. He was made of pure white light that was impossible to look at.
"What do you think?"
The second figure turned to the third, who was a deep void of darkness. The third figure was silent for a moment, appearing lost in thought."
"There he goes again, making more baggage to handle." The pure red figure said.
The white figure said, "Leave him alone, he's creating another dimension. Don't interrupt him."
He was right, the third figure had an intriguing hobby. He had an interest in the stories generated by the ones he protect in the whole universe. Whichever story he liked, he formed them into realities.
"Let's wait one last time, lets hope for the best a little longer, we can only do that…." The second figure said with calmness. The third figure finally looked at him as if understanding what he was going for.
Their duty was to safeguard everything within the universe from external threats, nothing more.
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[Welcome to the planes of Aemerion!]
[You have been transported from your inhabitant planet to play this game!]
[The planes of Aemerion is hundreds of times bigger than your planet and every specie from your universe has been shifted here.]
[The rules are simple! All you have to do is grow strong and survive in the world! But beware! All the outer species like you are a beacon of danger! Everything will attack you with the intention to kill!]
[You can know about your skills by just thinking about it! All the best to all!]
This was what Lucas saw in front of his eyes when he mysteriously appeared in a dense forest.
Before he had a chance to react, he was suddenly overwhelmed by waves of vomiting. The intense retching lasted for several minutes until he finally passed out from exhaustion.
A few moments later, his eyes opened again, everything was blurry as he just woke up.
"Fuck…" He couldn't understand what happened to him.
Thus, his only recourse was to survey his surroundings for any danger and to read the text that was displayed in front of the left side of his eye.
The floating texts were very abrupt, they didn't tell much but also said enough. Lucas was still in the dark about many things, but all he could think about was the warning about the dangers
'This all feels like a dream…. Hm… Think about the skills they say…' Lucas thought. The little drive of knowing about it made some new texts appear before him.
[Configuring skills and statistics…]
[Congratulations! Found a rare skill!]
Lucas was excited. The dots kept appearing and disappearing as if loading.
'Rare skill? It feels like something good, I don't understand much… have all the people come here? Wait! What about my parents?.'
Soon, realization hit Lucas. With all the panic and stress from the unbelievable situation, he had forgotten about his family.
He was in his room playing on his gaming console when the incident occurred. His parents were in the kitchen, and his older sister was studying at the university.
[Configuration complete!]
Many texts displayed in front of him, he was going to read them through when suddenly...
RUSTLE RUSTLE
His gaze shifted to a bush a few meters away from him, causing a sudden jolt to run through his body. The words 'danger' from the floating text came to mind, and he felt the urge to run, but his legs wouldn't cooperate. They felt like jelly, making even standing seem like a daunting task.
The bush rustled again, Lucas's heart was pounding heavily, his heartbeat had become so fast and loud that it resounded in his veins around the brain.
RUSTLE
A head bulged out of the bush, Lucas looked at it with an astonished look. His fear went away and he stood straight again.
SQUEAK!
'..A fucking bunny…' Lucas felt embarrassed to death, he was relieved that no one else saw this scene.
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Brown Rabbit
Sex- Male
Level 0
Origin- Planet Earth
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"What the fuck?" Lucas couldn't believe it. When he thought about what breed of bunny it was or if it was dangerous for him, these texts came in front of him making the prior ones disappear.
The bunny jumped up in fright when Lucas spoke, it went running in fear.
Lucas sighed and thought about his skills again.
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Lucas Garde
Sex- Male
Level 0
Origin- Planet Earth
Exp- 0/1
Strength- 5
Intelligence- 7
Stamina- 3
Dexterity- 11
Mana- 9
Skills- Shelter Generation(rare- level 1), punch(extremely common-level 1)
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'Shelter generation? What's that?' he thought while frowning.
In confusion, he clicked on the skill name which made another text appear in front of him.
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Shelter Generation
Rare-Level 1
The ability to generate a shelter is a rare skill. When activated, it allows the user to create a small shelter in the location of their choice. The shelter can be upgraded as the user's skill level increases. However, the combat value of this skill is low.
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Lucas couldn't believe it. He had to read it through twice and finally, he sat on the ground and placed his hand on his chin.
"Sigh… if this is not a dream… I'm fucked!" He exclaimed loudly. He looked around with vigilance.
The forest was a dense and lush place, full of tall trees that seemed to reach for the sky. Lucas was unaware of any type of flora present in his current location, and his lack of knowledge extended to Earth as well.
'What if I want to use this 'shelter generation skill'?' Lucas thought and when he clicked on it, the description explaining the skill appeared again. But it was soon answered on its own.
When Lucas thought of using the skill, a transparent layout came in front of him which made his eyes wide in surprise.
It felt natural to Lucas, so natural that it was like breathing air. The transparent layout in front of him was around 5 meters. The trees, bushes, and plants inside that area were unfazed by the transparent layout.
[The shelter can be successfully constructed here…
Configuring material needed…
Wood- 25 (can be extracted from inside the layout)
Stone- 15 (can be extracted from inside the layout)
Build the shelter?
YES NO ]
'Can be extracted from inside the layout?' Lucas thought, he looked inside the transparent layout, 5 meters was not that big and Lucas could see the whole thing without a worry.
'Wait…. These trees inside and that stone boulder… is it using them for building it?' Lucas had many questions.
He was having a hard time to even take this as reality. He didn't waste time and clicked on the option 'YES' in the floating text.
The layout shone and extended vertically, Lucas had a hard time adjusting to the light. All the stuff that was once inside the layout vanished in the light. It was hard for Lucas to stare at it.
CRACK! CREAK! THUMP!
"S-Shit! It's too loud!" Lucas exclaimed in panic. The noises emanating from the layout were loud and erratic, ranging from the sound of trees being felled to incomprehensible, random sounds.
Krr!!
A growl came from behind him, Lucas jumped in surprise and looked back. There it was, a small silhouette, coming toward him with vigilance.
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Vixenox
Sex- male
Level 1
Origin- Planet Sandalian
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The description of the creature came in front of his eyes at the left top corner. The creature was the size of a cat. It looked to be a feline too. The fur on its body was dirty Grey just like a rat's. Yet, With its jaws agape, Lucas observed the numerous, sharp, and canine-like protrusions that filled its mouth, hardly deserving to be called teeth.
The Vixenox was coming slowly toward Lucas, its face was crouched downward like someone from the cat family trying to pounce on their prey.
Krra!!
The small Vixenox pounced on Lucas, it was in the air, only a few seconds away from attacking him.
Lucas instinctively dodged the cat on the right. His reflexes were honed by exercising regularly. It was his hobby to train his body till it couldn't get up anymore. Many found Lucas a little weird in this criteria but it helped well in this type of situation.
The Vixenox looked at Lucas again, malice evident in its small eyes.
"You really are coming at me for the kill, huh…" Lucas said as his voice went cold. He had always been the sweet kind in front of his family but deep down he knew how he was. Controlling that innocent drive to fight had been very hard to suppress for him all his life. But now, after looking around and finding no one aside from him and that damn Vixenox.
An ear to ear grin formed on his face, he went in a fighting stance while looking at the creature. The Vixenox found a change in the prey's attitude but it didn't stop it to pounce at him again.
It ran toward Lucas again yet this time, there was no hesitation from his side. He waited for the creature to get in his range and at the right moment, he kicked forward with his feet's tip. He was barefooted.
Lucas took the Vixenox by surprise, his feet hit the creature's neck hard and it was pushed back.
"Yes!" Lucas cheered, he was happy to connect the attack. His fist hit on something for the first time in his whole life. He couldn't control himself and went sprinting at the creature.
The Vixenox found that the tables had turned and went on guard growling continuously for intimidation, alas, Lucas was built differently. When the damn cat was still dizzy from the neck attack that made its brain shake, another kick came to the side of its gut.
A slight whimper came out of its small mouth. Lucas came out of his trance and looked at the pitiful creature with worry. It was the first time he hit someone and that too something like a cat, it felt inhumane.
But it was too late, the Vixenox did not have a good constitution. Its body was small and weak.
The only power it had was its claws and canines, yet it could not use it against Lucas due to the lack of reach.
[+5 EXP]
[Congratulations for leveling up for the first time!]
[+1 Stamina, +1 strength, +1 dexterity, +1 Mana, +1 intelligence]
[ +3 free points]
Just as Lucas was about to take action against the creature, he received notifications that confirmed his worst fear: the damage he had hoped to prevent had already been inflicted.
The Vixenox was dead on the ground.
[Skill 'unarmed combat(extremely common- level 1) gained]
Lucas saw the blood coming out of the Vixenox's mouth, the images of his feet hitting the creature's small body flashed again and again. He had the urge to puke again and it happened, yet there was nothing to come out. His stomach was already empty.
'Sigh… calm down, Lucas. You need to survive and be with your family again… calm down.' Lucas thought and clenched his hands tightly. He had developed a tendency to pacify himself from a small age without involving his family in any situation, wanting to spare them any unnecessary concern.
It was his mistake that the creature came, he made a lot of noise with his skill which was not good for his overall survival.
[Shelter construction completed.]
