"Do not march or precipitate your attack. The Saracens are like a torrent which is dangerous to stem … Be patient till they have loaded themselves with the encumbrances of wealth." - Charles Martel
The First Day
"This is your captain speaking, we will soon be landing in Tours, France." A speaker said in the airplane, as our descent began.
My life as an exchange student would begin today, I had told myself. I never would have expected what would actually happen.
A loud banging sound came from the back of the plane as I whipped my head to look towards where it came from. A light flashed through my eyes as if I had been flash banged in a game, but real life
What is this?..
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My red stained hands forced me up from my seat as I looked at the person lying dead in the chair next to me. I gagged as I walked away from the dead people lying in the chairs. My throat burned from the acid as I threw up from seeing another dead passenger with a large metal scrap piercing their body.
“What happened?” I asked myself as I picked at the small glass shards stuck in my skin.
Welcome to the tutorial!
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What does it mean, tutorial? The only times you see those words is when you play a game. This is real life. I rubbed my eyes thinking the board would disappear, but it didn’t. I tapped continue going along with what I think is my hallucinations.
You are currently in the land of Tours. There is currently nobody who lays claim to Tours. You can see where you currently are under navigation in the menu.
<- Go Back
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What a fun dream, I want to tell myself, but I can't. If it was a dream my knee wouldn't sting from the small cuts in my skin.
You can open the menu by saying it aloud.
<- Go Back
Continue ->
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"Menu." I said to myself as I watched a board similar to the tutorial boards show up.
Navigation
Status
Inventory
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Hoh… This seems similar to rpg games I've played… but where are the quests?
The required death count has been reached. The next box will explain everything unlocked at this time.
<- Go Back
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What? What does it mean the required death count?
Navigation - Gives you the ability to see where you are, along with ability to see a world map. The map can show you all the counties of the world, that you have been to. You are currently in the county of Tours, France.
Status - Shows your different levels of power in different aspects. Everybody starts at one in every aspect. With every level up you will be given a random stat increase by one.
Inventory - Can hold anything from the system or any artifacts.
<- Go Back
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I tapped continue, still processing everything that was happening.
One more thing to mention and you are finished with the tutorial.
Artifacts - Artifacts are historical items from the past. With the system broken ones and intact ones alike, have been repaired, enhanced with more power, and will give you boosts in stats along with some having abilities. Due to the system's command of erasing everything man-made, the artifacts will be hidden and placed widely across the world. You can only find artifacts of a certain civilization in the land they once resided within. Unless for another reason they have overlapped with a different civilizations ground. The artifacts are based in tiers of one to seven, seven being the highest.
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Then I'll only find French artifacts here? Well, better than being in America…
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Nox cupped his hands together as he dipped them into the water and drank from his cupped hands. He looked at the star-less sky, and the moon as he laid on his back in the grass, beside the river he just drank from. The grass quivered from the blowing of the wind as Nox's stomach rumbled.
"I may have been in the boy scouts, but I wish I had been in the girl scouts for a year to learn how to make those cookies." He said to himself.
Nox stood up as he went back over to the river once again to get a drink of water. With cupped hands they fell to the bottom of the river as he drank from the water that tasted different. Nox spat it out as he looked at his cut finger, before shining and raising it up towards the Moonlight.
"How did I cut my hand?" He asked himself as he slowly and carefully felt around the river where he cut his hand.
The blade touched against his, finger as he dug into the soil with his hands and carefully pulled up the sword with his pointer finger and thumb. Five stars on the blade shone in the moonlight as Nox pulled out the sword.
Congratulations! You have acquired the first tier ? artifact in the land of Tours!
Congratulations! You have acquired the first tier ? artifact in the land of France!
You will soon be awarded two random stat points, to your status.
"What?" Nox said to himself.
You have acquired the Sword of Saint Catherine!
"All battles are first won or lost, in the mind." - Joan of Arc