1 Beginning of the Journey
A car was rushing at me while walking home. He was making out with a guy or was it a girl. Well whatever, I don't care, doesn't change the fact that I'm dead now. My body feels weird like cool water like a bath or bathing in a hot spring. I don't know this sensation but it feels nice, it's warm.
"Woah, where am I?" I said. "You are in the world of Gods, my child." A mysterious voice came into his head. "Who are you?" I said in a questionable voice. "I am a goddess. I'm sad to see you have died due to another god's mistake but I will take care of you." The goddess said.
"Oh, ok" I said.
"You are not worried?"
"Well, it doesn't matter if I died or not, no one was waiting for me at home. I had lost everything anyway so I was hoping of dying soon."
"Wow. Look who has trauma. HAHAHAHA! Just kidding. Well, it doesn't really matter."
"Okay, so what do I do?"
We talked for a long time about my life and then I asked a question. "So do I go and do a special mission and then some sort of weird power that is probably too weird for the world?" I asked.
"Well, you do go into another world but the only thing that is weird about you is a skill called "Absorb". But you will be in pain for a while because of that recoil, and you are going to need to do something for me." The Goddess said with a joyful face.
"It is fine as long as I have some cool power that is powerful. So what do I need to do for you"
"It is to gather the 9 relics of the world of Logfa."
"Woah, but anything can be a relic in the world, as long as it is old?"
"Well, yes but they are ancient relics. The relics of the 9 great God weapons of the world. People have tried to find them but have failed."
"Cool. So do I get some equipment?"
"No, there is no equipment for you but all you need to do is face challenges for you to be able to find the relics."
"Ok, so can I start now?"
"Sure, but be careful."
"Ok"
So my adventure starts here I guess. It looks so beautiful here. I wonder where the closest town is? Well, might as well look at my stats.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name: Shindo / Race: Human / Age:29
Lv: 1 / Sp: 20 / Jb:15 / MP: 150/150
Skill: Ex Poison Decompose, Absorb, World Language, Basic Elements,
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Skil Name: Ex Poison Decompose Duration: Infinite Next upgrade: 1M SP
Ability: Able to decompose poison to make it edible/drinkable. Turns into dust in the palm after usage.
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Skill Name: Absorb Duration: ???
Ability: Able to absorb anything and gain their stats. Feel immense pain but the pain will subside after 30 mins.
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Skill Name: Language Comprehension Duration: Infinite
Ability: Able to speak/write any language except ancient languages.
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Skill Name: Basic Elements Duration: When active
Ability: Able to use the basic 4 magic elements. Fire, Air, Earth, and Water.
Mp Consumption: 1 Mp per 1 min of the magic element usage.
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These are all useful skills to use. I should probably look for the main road. After a long search, I had finally found a road. I should probably get some sleep but I am starving. Well, I will see what Sp does. A screen popped up with a bunch of things on it. This is awesome. I can get some skills with Sp. I should probably look for something useful. Oh cool, there are martial arts. "You have chosen Martial Arts. The cost of "Martial Arts" is 15 Sp. Would you like to purchase this?" Yes. "Adding to your skill list … Added to your skill list. Please check your status screen." Ok.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name: Shindo / Race: Human / Age:29
Lv: 1 / Sp: 5 / Jb:15 / MP: 150/150
Skill: Ex Poison Decompose, Absorb, World Language, Basic Elements, Martial Arts,
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Cool. Now that I have martial arts I should hunt some monsters to eat. There were no monsters near me and I had to search for at least 1 hour to search for one bunny. Finally, I found something. Is that a rabbit? I thought rabbits didn't have any horns. Well, I guess this is a different world so logic in my world should not be compared to here. I should activate my martial arts skill. "Skill "Martial Arts" has been activated." Good. Now it's time to hunt some horned bunnies. It took 30 minutes to kill one bunny. But finally, I caught the bunny to have it for dinner. Well, how do I make a fire out of nothing? Oh, wait. I have magic. "Skill: "Basic Element" has been activated." Cool, but that voice is starting to get annoying. "You are the only one that is annoying." What? Did it just talk to me? *Silence* I guess I was only imagining. Guess I am going crazy from being so alone. Time to cook some delicious dinner. It took a while for me but I managed to create a pan out of wood and rocks to cook on. Finally, I have something to cook on, but I should get some food in for the night and then start my trip in the morning. When I woke up, I found myself in a situation. I probably got kidnapped and got dropped off on the plains. Or I probably sleepwalked. Dang, now I have to go and find the road again. "Not so fast, little kid." A strange man said to me, "What do you mean." I said. "Well, we are the Shadow. I am the leader, Bipo, and we have just kidnapped you. So where is your loot?" Bipo said. "Ay, you agreed that I was the leader, Bipo." Grunt 1 said. "No, I am pretty sure that I am the leader." Grunt 2 said.
"Well, I am going to go now."
"Not so fast, kid. Give me your loot."
"Ay, I am doing the talking Bipo"
"NO! You aren't, little maggot."
Well, I am going to go now since they are just going to continue to argue about who is going to be the leader. H..m..m? What should I do to hunt for food today? I started to go and look for my breakfast. Maybe, some rabbits? No, they are too hard to catch. Oh, I know I should go hunt wolves since I have martial arts now.
"I AM THE LEADER, NOW SHUT UP AND LET ME DO THE TALKING BECAUSE YOU TWO HAVENT LEARNED A SINGLE THING WHEN YOU WERE BORN FROM YOUR POOR MOTHER!!!"
"DON'T TALK ABOUT OUR MOTHER LIKE THAT, AT LEAST MY MOTHER DIDN'T ABANDON ME!!"
"YEAH!!! SO I SHOULDN"T BE THE LEADER!
"Dang I can hear them 1 mile away. I guess I should start booking it for the town."
"HEY, HEY, lower your voice, the guards might catch us again, and I don't want to through the effort of breaking us out again.
"Fine"
"Uhh, guys where did the kid go? Grunt 2 said.
"Hey, where did the kid go?"
"That is what Sabgrot said, you dummy"
"Yeah, just like what Maggot said"
Well, I am at least far from the weirdo group that they made. Oh, some Wolves!
When I was in front of these 3 wolves, I was afraid. But I activated martial arts. "'Martial Arts' has not been activated. Low on stamina, please get some rest."
"Dang it. But I still have my mana" I said.
"Basic Element has not activated due to mana restriction."
"What is happening"
"Due to a strange force field, you are lacking in stamina and mana, so you are unable to activate some abilities."
"Ok last resort, ABSORB!"
"Skill obtained: Claw Art 2, Poison Bite 2, Howl"
"AHHHHH, DANG THIS HURTS SO MUCH!!"
30 minutes later.
"Whuu, I almost passed out because of the pain. Luckily I have not encountered any monsters while in pain."
"Exp gained 40. You have also gained the ability 'Pain Resistance'"
"Cool, what does it do?"
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Name: Pain Resistance Duration: 60 seconds
Details: Pain will be reduced when it is inflicted on you but if the skill that you have is inflicting mental pain on you "Pain Resistance" shall not work.
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"Woah, that does not help at all but I should probably rest."
1 day later. When I got up after an entire day's sleep, I was then just walking in one line until I found a road. Then I thought "Maybe I should go back into the forest until I am strong enough to join a guild in this world. I mean since I am in a fantasy world you might as well think there is a guild." After a few days of grinding.
"Wow, I did a pretty decent job for a guy who started 3 days ago.
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Name: Shindo / Race: Human / Age: 29
Lv: 5 / Sp:85 / Jp:95 / MP:700/700
Skills: Ex Poison Decompose, Absorb, World Language, Basic Element, Martial Arts 2, Claw Art 2, Poison Bite 2, Howl, Pain Resistance.
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"System, can I delete skills for Sp?"
"Yes you can"
"Ok then Delete 'Claw Art 2' please."
" Gaining 30 Sp due to effect of deleting specimen 'Claw Art 2' please check you window screen"
"Cool, I got 30 Sp for having a level 2 claw art. That is nice."
I had kept 'Poison Bite 2' because I would probably need it in the future.
"I wonder how much pocket dimension there is?"
"The cost of 'Pocket Dimension' is 50 Sp. Would you like to get 'Pocket Dimension'?"
"Yes"
"Adding skill 'Pocket Dimension' to your skillset. Taking 50 Sp from your profile…. Complete"
"Nice now I can store stuff in here."
"System, how big is 'Pocket Dimension'?"
"Skill 'Pocket Dimension' is at Lv. 1 right now it is about 30 feet wide and 10 inches long."
"Cool, that is plenty of room for all the cloth and horns I have."
When I went outside of the forest and went inside the road. I saw a group of goblins fighting a carriage with defenseless people inside.
"Cool, a fight ready for me outside of the forest."
"'Martial Arts 2' has been activated"
"Ha!"
All of the goblins went down in a single blow.
"Strange, that was weird?"
"Oh my, who saved us?" The people in the carriage said.
"Sorry, Ma'am and Sir are you okay?"
"Yes, but how did you do that?" They wondered
Woah I wonder.
"I was just testing my strength."
"Thank you so much for saving us. Please take this as gratitude"
30 gold pieces were given to me.
"No this is too much"
"No, no, you deserve it there is nothing in this world of how grateful we are." The couple said with a smile.
"Ok thank you I will be on my way. Also, where is the closest town?"
"It is down this street it would take about 30 minutes to walk. The city's name is Jeresa."
"Thank you."
"Goodbye and have a great trip."
"You too, nice sir."
When I arrived at the town he checked out his stats.
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Name: Shindo / Race: Human / Age:29
Lv: 25 / Sp:175 / Jp:195 / Mp: 20000/20000
Skills: Ex Poison Decompose, Absorb, World Language, Basic Element 9, Martial Art 9, Poison Bite 2, Howl, Pain Resistance, Pocket Dimension 2
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"Woah what is wrong with my status screen? I'm going to check my status screen again."
It showed the same thing.
"System, please tell me what is wrong."
"Inside of the forest, I told you there was a strange force field. It was blocking all of your skills except for 'Absorb'. So all of the Exp was quadrupled because of the monsters being so strong. But since you left the forest the "curse" will no longer affect you even if you come back."
"Woah"
I headed to the guild. It was a big building so the building was pretty easy to find.
"Woah, such a big building."
"Hello, what can I help you with?" A woman at the front desk said.
"I would like to sign up to be an adventurer."
"Ok. Please wait before we set up a test for you."
"Ok."
I was waiting for the test so I was just looking around. After 1 hour they asked me to come to the testing room.
"Hello, nice to meet you again. The test will begin until you are ready."
"I'm ready."
"Ok, you will be fighting our instructor who is now a C-rank adventurer."
"Ok, cool"
"Now you may enter now."
Ok, after I beat him I can have my dream job, becoming an adventurer.
"Hey, are you the guy that I am testing?" The big man said.
"Yeah"
"Ok"
He started with a swing of an arm and I dodged it.
"Nice dodge, I am Dragnork"
"Cool"
Then I activated 'Martial Arts 9. 'Martial Arts 9' Activated. Then Dragnork started to get serious. He started using 'Iron Body'. Then I went at him until I did something.
"I call upon the flames and burst into the sky, fly with all your might and burn everything into ash. 'FLAMING HOWL'"
"Dang this kid can use magic but this ain't Lv. 1 magic though. This is Lv. 8. Dang it 'Crash Course'"
Dronork used 'Crash Course' which allows the body to harden and then ram into something. If 'Flaming Howl' hit Dragnork then he would have been seriously injured.
"Hah, damn this kid's flames are hot as hell. 'Flame Resistance Activated'."
"I wish upon my spirit to fly with all your might and blow on the. O great wind fly, blow, I shall bow down to you and grant you my body. 'Wind Splicers'. 'Dual Cast'. God's weapon I call out and fight with wind and fire, call upon my soul and cast my spirit and soul. 'Fire Impact' and combine into Lightning Splicer Impact!''
"Damn it."
Dragnork was then knocked into the wall and his entire body was bleeding out. The attack did not manage to destroy anything but Dragnork's body. Lightning Splicer Impact's power is powerful but it can't destroy the surrounding area. Lightning isn't a basic element, so I had to combine them to make the element, as I combined fire and wind. Here are the groupings to combine.
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Fire+Wind=Lightning Earth+Water=Wood Fire+Earth=Metal
Wind+Water=Frost Wind+Earth=Sand Water+Fire=Life
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Those were the combinations of the elements. I was only able to get lightning because of how simple it was. I had dual cast as a skill because the forest made me absorb so many times. So that made me think while I was in pain for 30 minutes. But back to the fight.
"HA! HA! Not a bad kid but let me show you something much better."
"Hm?"
"Oh, Earth king I command you to fight with me and make my body stronger, I, the Dragnork, of the Gelin Clan shall lend you my body to make me invincible as you. I call upon the EARTH KING, DRAQULARK!"
I was seriously injured but I wanted to push on to test my limits.
"Hm, Nice attack but I won't lose. I want it to become an adventure." His body is now engulfed in magic molecules. "I shall fight, fire and wind come forth and I command you to aid me in this battle. I allow you to engulf my body in lightning to make me the invincible armor and allow me to fight further, Raarag…..."
I fainted. Then when I was awake, I felt a strange light shine on me. When I woke up. I felt like I was brand new.
"Huh? Where am I?"
"You are in the Infirmary, you little rascal."
"May I know your name? I don't like talking to strangers."
"Rude. But, I am Shifver, and I am the guild master of this guild."
"Oh, you are the guild master!" I bowed down with all my gratitude.
"No, no you shall sit down. You need to rest because of how Dragnork hit you with his ultimate spell."
"Ultimate Spell?"
"Weren't you about to use one?"
"No, the only spells I know how to use are 'Wind Splicers' and 'Fire Howl' that is the only thing I know how to use." I pretended I didn't know.
"Huh, but you were using Lv.10 Lightning Impact and you were chanting something about commanding the fire and wind to engulf you."
"No, the only thing I remember is that I was using 'Wind Splicers' and getting knocked out." As I tell lies again.
"Hmm, Strange but you passed the test because Dragnork passed out bleeding."
"Ok, but how did he lose?"
"None of your concern."
"Fine."
Then when I went to the front desk and got my guild card, I was excited. After that, I went to a shrine to pray to the goddess who sent me here. But, after that, I went to train in the wild plains. I had fought 20 goblins, 30 horned rabbits, and 5 Silver Boars. I had carved it myself but I did not have a good enough carving skill to just carve it excellently to get a lot of money so I only did the goblins because of how cheap they are.
"That should be enough for now. Time to go back to the guild."
When I went back to the guild I was selling all of the materials that I had gotten in the past few days including the one in the forest.
"Wow, we will be back in a couple of hours. Since you have not carved some of them we will be deducting that from your payment. Is that ok?"
"Yes, Ma'am"
While I was waiting I was just looking around town and found that the town was very cheerful. Even the slightest playing would make the kids happy. Back on "Earth", kids would be so bored and mad about doing nothing but playing tag and playing on their phones. When I was looking I was starting to feel grateful for the things I got back on "Earth". But, after I saw that, I started looking around town for shops and found a blacksmith.
"Hello, young fellow, you have been looking around for quite some time. Would you like to come to my blacksmith to check out my gear?"
"Sure, but what type of weapons do you have to sell to me?"
"Anything from swords to scythes. Anything meant for adventures. We even sell katanas from ancient recipes. Katanas are so hard to make so we make them extra pricey."
"Ok, and may I know your name, Mr. Blacksmith"
"My name is Scralo Edrod, but you can just call me Scral."
"Cool, Scral, do you have any light armor that I can move quickly in and daggers."
"Yeah, but let's head to the shop"
"Ok"
I was following Scral, he went through a maze through the backstreets of the building, and I started to get suspicious of him, but I thought to myself. I'm going to wait, but if he does anything more suspicious than making me walk through a maze in the backstreets then I'm going to eliminate him.
"We are here, young fellow, here is the small shop that I had set up."
"Cool, but you said you make any type of weapons all I see are long swords and chainmail armor.
"Well, I just display those so that people who come here think they have the guts to complain, but some people buy the things off the shelf since they have the knight class."
"Cool, so you make it for that certain customer and then give them it when you're done."
"Yeah, basically."
"So, you are saying you make armor for free whenever you like that person?"
"No. Well, I guess? No, I don't, you almost got me there."
"But I guess I will tell you what I want. I want armor that will feel comfortable and move really well when I am fighting. I also want daggers that can take control of magic particles and are sharp. I also want a katana, I know the real price of a katana when I see it. So you can't trick me when it is just an ordinary katana."
"Fine, that would probably come out to 1 Million gold, and would take about a month to make."
"You're kidding. Armor, katana and 2 daggers don't come out that much."
"Yeah, they do when they are very good, and to have good material."
I could not fight back with that statement, but I still thought that was a ridiculous price.
After, I saw that blacksmith I came back to the guild to redeem the gold I had gotten for killing the monsters.
"Here are your, 230,000 gold"
Then, I started to fight a lot more monsters than usual so that I could pay that million for that armor I wanted. After a couple of days, I found myself inside the forest again, and when I checked my status screen I found them the same as the last time I was there. 5 Darkness Rock Wolves and 2 Fire Claw bears greeted me when I came."
"Dang it, I hate when I have to use this skill, 'Absorb' area terrain."
What I meant was that instead of having to do it on each and every single monster, I can just use 'Absorb area terrain', to absorb every monster around me. It took me a while before I could learn it.
"Skills gained: Fire Claw 5, Earth Magic 3, Darkness Magic 2. Converting skills 'Earth Magic 3' and 'Darkness Magic 2' into 'Basic Element 9'. Requirement met upgrading 'Basic Element 10' into 'Mastery Element 1'. Removing 'Basic Element 10' and converting in Sp. Sp gained is 40. 'Fire Claw 5' is now converting into Sp. Sp gained 10."
"Wow, I guess I am getting less Sp now. Well, I should check my stats now."
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Name: Shindo / Race: Human / Age:29
Lv: 32 / Sp:245 / Jp:215 / Mp: 5000/5000
Skills: Absorb, Absorb Area Terrain, World Language, Martial Arts 9, Mastery Element 1, Dual Cast, Pain Resistance 5, Howl 3, Poison Bite 4, Pocket Dimension 3
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Wow, that is a lot of Sp, so I might as well spend it. Well, I want Identify and Mental Pain Resistance.
Adding 'Identify' and 'Mental Pain Resistance', the purchase price is 100 Sp. Are you okay with that?
Yes
Adding 'Identify' and 'Mental Pain Resistance', … Completed Purchase. Would you like anything else?
Yes, please, but I don't want something. It is a question.
Ask as many questions as you like.
Well, I would like to know if I can use Sp for my stats as well.
Yes, you can and the exchange cost would be 1 for 1 stat point is that okay.
Yes, and you can divide it however you like.
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Name: Shindo / Race: Human / Age:29
Lv: 32 / Sp:145 / Jp:215 / Mp: 2500/2500
Skills: Absorb, Absorb Area Terrain, World Language, Martial Arts 9, Mastery Element 1, Dual Cast, Pain Resistance 5, Howl 3, Poison Bite 4, Pocket Dimension 3, Identify, Mental Pain Resistance
Strength: 205 / Speed:211
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You will need to upgrade the system if you would like to see more of your stats.
"Ok"
After that, I went back to the city. When I had gotten back, I saw that there was a problem in the front gate.
"Hey, I said that I need to get in to see the mayor!"
"Well, I said that you have illegal products in your wagon so get out of the line"
"No." The tester said while he pulled out his dagger.
"Hah." I rushed towards the tester and pinned him down on the floor.
"Thank you, sir, who are you?" The guard said.
"I am Shindo, I was just going back into town."
"Ok, you can go in."
When I went inside the guild, I felt a strange sensation, as if someone was watching me. But, I thought I was imagining it. But I walked into the library and found some books that can help him find the 9 relics. The books were called 'Fiery God Sword', and 'Wind God Bracelets', but that was all he found. It was pretty obvious that one of the 9 relics is a flame katana. But the Wind God Bracelets. But it didn't specify what the relic was. Maybe it is a spirit or something like a bracelet. You may be correct. But how are you talking to me so freely? …
"Hm, your back already. How was your quest?" The GM sneaked up on me (gm stands for guild master)
"Woah, why did you sneak up on me? I would've attacked you if not for your reputation."
"Wow, didn't expect you to say that. But, yeah I like to sneak up on people because I want to see their reaction." The GM smiled generously.
"Well, I was wondering if you could tell me what the 'Wind God Brackels' is?
"I don't know much either but I know that I can tell you this. 'Wind God Bracelets' are very powerful with spells, or so I have heard."
I was very concerned about that but I was then sent off on my adventure after I got my money from the guild. The total I got was 31,000 gold and I was only able to afford the katana. But I set off into my adventure for the Fiery Flame Katana.
