"Uuuurgh I feel like shiit!" The sweat ridden feverish man takes a quick glance at the ankle of the foot he is holding, his eyes, cheeks and nose filled with tears of pain, only to see a really red, disgusting, swollen ball of pus and skin that looks about ready to burst "Ouugh, that's, I wanna throw up...but it's been an hour already and there is nothing more to throw up." The man takes a hand and carefully feels the swollen mess only to instantly recoil in pain. "Fuhuhuuuck, it hurts so fucking bhaad!"
About three hours after waking up.
"Bing!" The man, barely conscious and still grinding his teeth together in pain, looks at the notification with baggy and cloudy eyes. (Again huuh, why can't you just let me diee, whyy, f-fuucckk, what horrible crime did I commit to deserve this you...you...fuck) The man, though barely able to, reads the notifications he'd been getting during these three long hours and just now.
(So to summarize: Infection resistance up II < IV,
Infection damage reduction up I < III,
Infection spread speed reduction up I < II,
oh, and also Pain tolerance up I < II,
ah, that's what helped with the pain a bit just then, too bad it'll all only work to drag out this hell. I'm already almost paralyzed from all the pain, I can't do this bullshit, hunger and thirst are starting to catch up too, every muscle aches from overuse and I can't even pass out because I keep getting these fucking ups just as I'm about to, literally all I can do is wait and see what happens.) "haaaaaaarg!" Such groans of pain and frustration could be heard for hours, all the way outside the cave, even scaring off some small rodents passing by.
And finally around six hours after waking up
"Bing!" "Aahh, haah, finallyyh." the heavily panting man who has just gone through an incredibly agonizing ordeal, smiles at the prospect of his survival. (Nothing but worse and worse, faster and faster. At one point almost my entire leg, up over my knee, red and swollen, like how my ankle was, like in lava...but finally calming down, I'm not a dead man, not a dead man. I'm not dead) "Wow, h-how, that was, t-that was, ha haha hahahahahaaa, how the fuck am I still alive!" the delirious man kept quietly chuckling to himself until he passed out from sheer relief.
Four hours have come and gone since then and the man has just awakened from his well-deserved bit of rest, cupping his face with his arms just thinking, sorting out his thoughts, and holding back tears of relief. (One hell of a way to wake up, huh... I'd imagine that shit was at least as bad as what giving birth feels like, probably lasted as long too) "Holy fucking shit...oh, right, the... the stuff, let's see here.
Gained knack: Improved immune system I,
Gained knack: Improved health regeneration I,
Gained knack: Pain resistance I,
Gained knack: Stress resistance I,
Gained knack: Fear resistance I,
Infection resistance up II < V,
Infection damage reduction up I < IV,
Infection spread speed reduction up I < IV,
Pain tolerance up II < IV,
Stress tolerance up II < III,
Infection Immunity up I < II,
Fear tolerance up I < II,
Mental strength increase 10 < 30,
Mental defense increase 15 < 25,
Physical defense increase 10 < 20,
Endurance increase 8 < 18,
Luck increase 40 < 45.
Whoa-ho, That's a lot! Note to self: never again with this bullshit, so you better clean all wounds with clean water and add some form of disinfectant you daft cunt!"
After about an hour more of calming down, during which the remaining pains the man was in have severely decreased, but not quite to the point where it could be Ignored. The man could now walk around again, even though his ankle is still swollen and putting any weight on it still hurts, It's bearable.
The man sits down on the leaves meant to be his bed and pulls out some of the lizard meat he had leftover from yesterday and starts eating away "I'm so damn thirsty, it's been like a full day since I drank anything, well after this I'll visit the stream"
(By the way, I haven't looked at my stats, the Discovery list thing or that skill tree thing even once yet, other than quickly checking what they were, back when looking for the options menu, by the way, of course the big fucking gear icon covered button is the options menu, and it took me four tries to find it...why the fuck am I build like this. Haahh~, anyways, the other four buttons are still untouched territory so I should also check them out as soon as possible.)
The man opens up the notification screen and taps the button that opens his status. Another game screen appears next to the notifications screen and the man, expecting something a bit more simple, ends up seeing a whole bunch of shit that he wasn't expecting.
-Name: __- -Level: 10- -Occupation: __-
-Race: Otherworldly Human-
-Age: 0+18 years-
-Gender: Male-
-Height: 215cm-
-Weight: 121kg-
[—More—]
–Max Health Points: 180– –Health Regen: 0,000021+0,000166/sec–
—Health Bar— 36/180
–Max Stamina: 170– –Stamina Regen: 0,0375/sec–
—Stamina Bar— 62/170
–Max Mana Points: 1– –Mana Regen: 0/sec–
—Mana Bar— 1/1
[—Other Energy Points—]
[—Other Energy Regens—]
[—Other Energy Bars—]
–Karma Counter: -2– [Max +100k, Min -100k]
[—Main Jobs—] [—Extra Jobs—]
[—Titles—] [—Special Titles—]
[—Mutations—] [—Special Mutations—]
[—Buffs/Debuffs—] [—Blessings/Curses—]
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–Distributable Combat Points: 220– [2+18/lvl]
-Physical Strength: 17- -Physical Defence: 20-
-Mental Strenght: 28- -Mental Defence: 25-
-Spirit Power: 3- -Spirit Defence: 1-
-Magic Power: 0- -Magic Defence: 1-
[—Other Strenghts—] [—Other Defences—]
–Distributable Skill Points: 330– [1+2+27/lvl]
-Speed: 17- -Agility: 16- -Perception: 10-
-Dexterity: 10- -Endurance: 18-
-Intelligence: 15- -Stealth: 16-
-Charisma: 10- -Luck: 45- -Wisdom: 17-
[—Unique Skill Enhancers—]
-Current mental state: Tired & Lightheaded-
-Current main feelings: Curiosity & Confusion-
-Characteristics: Ruthless, Reckless, Liar, Kind, Lustful, Greedy, Selfish, Picky, Reliable, Mischievous, Trustworthy When it Counts, Selective Workaholic, Unforgiving, Irritable, Hygienic, Trauma-Induced germophobe, Lucky-
-Tendencies: Talking to self, self-talk, Troublemaker, Kill first questions later-
-Alignment: [ERROR: insufficient Data]-
[— Ability & Skill List + Info —]
[— Contracts + Contract Info —]
—Overall Unmodified Combat Power: 14,9—
[— Personal Info —]
[— Additional Info —]
[— More Detailed Info —]
"Alright, mmhm, yup, HOW the FUCK did I gain 41 cm in height, all my bodily proportions are the same aren't they? And what's with the blank name!" The man seems to stop and silently stares into nothingness for an uncomfortable amount of time, then with trembling hands, proceeds to shove a free hand into his makeshift underwear to hastily feel around and see if things are as they should be. (Yeah nope never mind, actually, it's bigger, like way bigger, ohhoho, hell yea! oh...wait if I'm that much taller... then, all the length estimates I've made so far were all way off, huh...)
"Let's ignore that for now... I should probably distribute all the points if I want to stay alive." and so, The man takes some time to carefully distribute all of the points he'd amassed till now.
"Ohohh, I'm so not gonna be able to keep track of all this:
–Max Health Points: 680– –Health Regen: 0,000079+0,000166/sec–
—Health Bar— 37/680
–Max Stamina: 820– –Stamina Regen: 0,141666/sec–
—Stamina Bar— 190/820
–Max Mana Points: 235– –Mana Regen: 0,0059/sec–
—Mana Bar— 6/235
–Distributable Combat Points: 0– [2+18/lvl]
-Physical Strength: 48- -Physical Defence: 60-
-Mental Strenght: 28- -Mental Defence: 25-
-Spirit Power: 24- -Spirit Defence: 50-
-Magic Power: 30- -Magic Defence: 50-
–Distributable Skill Points: 0– [1+2+27/lvl]
-Speed: 97- -Agility: 96- -Perception: 90-
-Dexterity: 50- -Endurance: 68-
-Intelligence: 15- -Stealth: 16-
-Charisma: 10- -Luck: 45- -Wisdom: 17-
—Overall Unmodified Combat Power: 45,5—
"Ok, that should do it, at least for now, what else was there...ah, right, the hidden lists." and so, the man proceed to read through all of the hidden lists shown by pressing [—These—]
"OK, so...the height & penis enlargement are caused by this {True Incubus}'s Blessing that I got from...god knows where" (It also greatly improves my looks, sexual performance, orgasm volume, sex drive, gives cross-breeding, hyper-speed sperm generation & one size fits all. The generation pretty much means I don't run out of fun juice, the one size fits all means that there is some weird... size-changing magic going on that allows my member to fit any hole perfectly no matter how big or small, I even have a bit of control over it too. Cross breeding allows me to impregnate any sentient female among...other things...) "So all in all this blessing basically makes me a hentai protagonist then...I am forever indebted to whoever is responsible for this wonderful blessing!"
After giving that little speech with the most serious voice he could muster and bowing to nothingness in the dark of the cave, the man gets startled as if he'd heard something.
"Hm,hm,hmmm?" the man looks up and around for a bit but after coming up empty, he gave up and cleaned his ears with the tips of his fingers. (That was weird...whatever... my sleep-deprived fever hazed mind is most likely just fucking with me, anyways, back to it.) The man sat back down to read the rest of the blessings/curses list and their explanations.
(I get 10 times more distributable points than what I normally would and I can gain up to 80 times the experience, and never lower than 8 times the experience, than what I normally would, all depending on the difficulty of what it took to gain that Exp, I also gain 25-100 times the affinity rate for all abilities, and as a nice upgrade I gain 5 times the stats from my growth AND I also have a small increase in life-expectancy... all because of a thing called {1}'s Welcome Gift, which is also listed as a blessing. There's also this {1}'s Final Farewell Gift that Gives me this thing called Alleviated Adaptability, Which basically makes me more capable of going with the flow...It kinda makes sense now that I think about it, since I made peace and sorted out my thoughts so damn fast regarding the fact that...well I almost fucking died for one and also that I'm even here, in this world of Swords and FUCkking MAgICK!!?)
"I mean...Thanks? I guess I don't need to be worried about having a mental brake-down or a panic attack in the middle of a forest surveilled by massive birbs. Anyway, this means I have permanent 8x Exp and if I decide to kill a god at level 10 and succeed I'm guaranteed 80x Exp, also a permanent 25-100x level up rate for all abilities and such, 5x growth rate when it comes to gaining stats from, for example, lifting weights or jogging...Would be nice to know how much that increase in life expectancy is though. And also a Final Farewell & a Welcome gift... from the same guy...like...ok???"
Next up, the man checked what the discovery list was, and just as it says, it is a list of everything thing the man has discovered and all his accumulated knowledge regarding this world and it comes with a handy little thing called a map that shows everywhere the man has been. "Yup, that's a lifesaver."
Lastly... the skill tree... "This thing tells me all the things I can unlock/unseal with every level up, basically extra stats & abilities that are unlocked by leveling up... and oh boy is it a lot of broken, unbalanced shit." (It also shows me in the progress bar that the max level is 1000+¹⁰⁰⁰ since it shows unlockable things all the way up to that. Below that it shows a list of all the abilities I have and what is required to level it up, what other abilities they can awaken or branch into. I got this full system assistance gift from reaching level 0... Well I...guess I have an ultimate goal now?)
While looking through all the four screens and the notification screen to see if he'd missed anything, the man's stomach gives him an angry growl for neglecting it for so long. "...Aright! Time to hunt some food and get a drink"
The man gets up and walks out of the cave, iron sword in hand... again picking up all the important-looking stuff like herbs & sparkly rocks on the way. "I wonder how much stuff my inventory can hold"
...two hours later, the man has finally found his prey. (Come here little piggy) The man had found an Ork that was dragging a fresh human body by a noose around the corpse's neck... (my guess is that this guy hung himself and this pig-faced fatso found him hanging...lucky me the dead guy seems to be around 190cm tall so his clothes will probably fit)
The man takes a rock the size of his fist from his inventory and hurls it toward the ork as hard as his arms let him all the while activating his Bull's eye skill. Getting hit by the rock at the right side of its head, the ork falls flat on its face, knocked out cold.
"Ah, still breathing huh... let's fix that," The man, somewhat cautiously walks over to the ork and stabs it in the back of its neck a couple of times, killing it on the fourth as the blade goes all the way through and into the grassy ground. "bing!"
"A level up?"
(lvl 11 and Exp 21/284, the needed exp for a level up is skyrocketing huh, finally some clothes though.)
The man proceeds to store the pig, its makeshift cleaver and the clothes of the poor dude in an almost excited way and starts walking back towards the cave after taking some 30 minutes to bury the human corpse.
"Actually, I haven't tried out what I'm capable of yet, so... might as well sprint...oh wow...ah, damn, oh shiit!" as the man started running and getting used to the roughly 3 times faster running speed, he noticed a bit of a problem, he had to consciously adjust the speed at which his legs moved to where it matched the strength of his legs and he noticed this problem just now, during the short moments during which, both his feet were off the ground and he found himself moving his leading leg way too early, causing him to almost trip a whole bunch of times until finally, he ran headfirst into what looked like a green-hued birch tree, damn near breaking his nose in the collision.
Around 25 minutes of trying to get used to the speed later, the man found himself back at the cave but he had forgotten just one thing..."Fuuck, I Forgot to hunt EDIBLE meat"
The man reluctantly turned around and charged back into the forest, but this time in the opposite direction of where he just came back from, swearing at his own idiocy...
The man spent the rest of the day hunting for food and as the sky started to darken, he began making his way back towards the cave.
"Alright, two bunnies with a sharp, knife-like horn made of bone sticking out between their long floppy ears, a parrot-like thing but its beak opens four ways and the inside of its beak is full of tiny razor-sharp edges. Lastly, a huge nearly goblin-sized frog that has small fleshy grater-like hooks at the tip of its tongue, that the man found out the scary way as he saw it literally rip off tree bark from a tree behind the man when it missed him during their short fight.
"Time to finally go eat." the man sets up a fire that he only manages to light up barely before nightfall, despite his prior experience. Once he was cooking, he realized how truly hungry he was and decided to eat everything he caught. After Eating, he fucked around with his speed, strength and his control over them. Then when he felt satisfied with the results of his little control training, he went to bed, but only after putting on the clothes that the one dead guy had been wearing, after all, the clothes had already somewhat dried off next to the fire from their time in the stream.
"Bing!" "Hnnnot again... haaa s-sh-hit." already teary-eyed at knowing what's coming, the man reads his popups.
(Gained knack: Poison damage reduction I,
Gained knack: Poison tolerance I,
Gained knack: Poison resistance I
Gained knack: Venom damage reduction I,
Gained knack: Venom tolerance I,
Gained knack: Venom resistance I,
Gained knack: Digestive system damage reduction I,
Gained knack: Digestive system damage resistance I.
Digestive system tolerance up III < IV.)
The next morning, the man found out that, surprise surprise, he did indeed get food poisoning from one of the animals he'd eaten. Not only that, he was also ACTUALLY poisoned, then to top it all off, something venomous had apparently stung him during the night while he was asleep...
"fffFFFFFFFFUUUUUU-"
...
"-lessing basically makes me a hentai protagonist then...I am forever indebted to whoever is responsible for this wonderful blessing!"
"{Khaa-hahaha haa~, oh you're most welcome, youngest!..WHAT??? how the-? oh it was just that bug he heard, whew~}"