Before Gunther could walk very far, a green box suddenly appeared in his vision.
Welcome to Elovar, Gunther
It seems like you managed to survive your first couple of hours here
We have been having a bit of a discussion about what to do with you. Since you’re not from here, there have been some issues while trying to grant you a class. But because we also didn’t just want to let you die, we’ve come up with a solution. Let us first give you a bit of information about how this world works.
As you’ve already heard, everyone on this world has a Class, they start with a standard Racial Class. For example, a newborn human will start with the class Human. As you progress in life and decide who it is you want to be, your class changes and the divinity of your Branch will take you in and guide you. Say you really like swords, when you’ve become proficient enough, you could get the class ‘Swordsman’ or ‘Swordswoman’ of course. The god of swords will then grant you some kind of sword skill that he think will fit you and guide you on your path to sword mastery. All your sword skills would be more powerful and you would level them faster than someone without the Class. When you progress further, you might decide you want to specialise in greatswords and, when you reach the requirements, you get the option to advance your class to ‘greatswordsman’. As you might've guessed already, there are countless variation of every Class, they are coupled together in Branches, such as for example Swordsmanship.
Here’s the problem though, in order to gain a Class, you have to ‘bond’ with the divinity of the Branch the class belongs to. You however, seem incapable of forming such a bond. We don’t know why this is the case, but the problem remains, you’ll have to stay without a Class.
Your inability to form a ‘bond’ with a divinity isn’t the only anomaly we found concerning you. The second problem we have found is that your soul appears to be unable to draw in mana, this would normally mean you wouldn’t be able to cast spells either. This is just a minor problem however and is easily fixed. Don’t expect us to help you out another time though, we are only doing this to make sure the karmic balance isn’t too heavily disrupted by your arrival here. Also don’t expect us to send you more messages this way as we usually don’t care enough to busy ourselves with one specific mortal.
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Congratulations! You’ve gained the Class: error! no Class found
* As you have no Class level-ups are disabled
* As you have no Class advancements are disabled
* As you have no Class stat boosts are disabled
* As you have no Class skill boosts are disabled
* As you have no Class no stat points are awarded
* As you have no Class no skills are awarded
‘Oh great, this doesn’t look like anything is fixed at all…’ Gunther thought grumpily, after having read the whole info-dump *ahem* notification. Almost as if it had been waiting for that exact thought, another screen appeared, blue this time.
Achievement gained: So pathetic even the gods pity him
As you entered this world with so little potential the divinities themselves took an interest, you’ve earned yourself some boons. I hope you feel good about yourself now.
Mana channels formed (divine quality)
* You now have the ability to absorb, refine and use mana
* You can now use mana more easily because of your divine quality mana channels
* Your body can adapt better because of the incredibly pure mana running through it
* You can now increase your stats by exerting yourself beyond their normal limits
* Your skill growth is slightly increased because of your body’s adaptability
‘Oh great, I got one of those snarky systems, didn’t I. Why couldn’t it just be some mindless robot?’
The box was almost immediately followed by a whole lot of smaller blue messages, interrupting further thoughts about the subject.
Passive skill gained: Mana Refining tier Max
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Special skill: This skill was developed through divine means, therefore it can’t increase in level, but instead has a tier that can be raised if specific conditions are met.
Your mana channels are of such a high quality, they automatically refine whatever mana you absorb to its purest state.
Current tier:
* Immunity to mana corruption
* Pure mana
Next tier:
This skill is already maxed out
Passive skill gained: Adaptability tier 1
Special skill: This skill was developed through divine means, therefore it can’t increase in level, but instead has a tier that can be raised if specific conditions are met.
Your body absorbs part of the mana flowing through your channels and because the mana is so pure, it has gained the ability to adapt in whatever way is needed.
Current Tier:
* Gain stat points by exerting your stats beyond their usual limits
* Skill levels increase slightly faster
Higher Tiers:
We won’t tell you yet, you’ll have to see for yourself when you unlock them
Active skill gained: Mana manipulation lv 10
You are able to manipulate the energy of the world in its most simple form: mana
Because of your high quality mana channels, this skill starts at a higher level and will increase in level faster than usual up to a certain level.
Mana is 10% easier to control
‘Well, that certainly could have been worse, though the idea of them messing with my soul isn't all that nice.’ Gunther thought ‘I guess I’ll be able to learn way more skills than everyone else, since I’m not forced to follow one specific branch. Although my individual skills might be worse compared to those of the people who actually have a related Class, I’ll just have to make up for it with a wider range of skills. Even if my fire related skills will most certainly be worse than those of someone like a fire mage, that won’t matter much if I’m up against someone who focuses on ice. If I would then meet that fire mage, I just have to use water based abilities. This might just work! If I survive for long enough to even learn those skills that is…’
Gunther decided now was not the time to worry about skills and all that just jet, he would first need some place where he could sleep relatively safely. Thinking it would be the best if his future home was at least close to the river, he walked in its direction. While he was walking he remembered one of his new skills mentioned something about stat points and realised he had no idea what his stat points looked like.
‘Let’s see, stats?’ He thought, emphasising the word ‘stats’. As soon as he thought the word, a blue screen popped up. “Handy…” he mumbled and began to inspect what seemed to be his character sheet.
Gunther Baker
Active skills:
Mana Manipulation lv 10
Passive skills:
Mana Refining tier max
Adaptability tier 1
Stats:
HP: 45/45
HP regen: 0.36/min
MP: 90/90
MP regen: 0.9/min
Strength: 8
Constitution: 9
Agility: 12
Intelligence: 14
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 9
Achievements:
So pathetic even the gods pity him
‘Looking at this, I’m guessing 10 is the average of a human from Earth. Still, that achievement is pretty mean. The stats seem about right though, never been good at sports and all, though I guess that’s gonna change now that I’m able to increase my stats somewhat easily. It is kind of strange that my physical stats seem to be about the same as those of my old body, even though this certainly is not that body...’ He thought, deciding to ignore that last observation and grinning a bit at the thought he wouldn’t absolutely suck at sports anymore relatively soon.
While he was getting closer to the river, Gunther noticed the trees were getting progressively larger. It was almost like the trees didn’t have a maximum size and just kept growing as long as there was enough water in the ground. When he finally reached the river, the trees were so large that one of them probably contained enough wood to build an entire house.
‘Actually, using one of these trees as a house isn’t the worst idea.’ he thought, whilst filling the waterskin he got from William. He also drank a bit from the stream and was surprised at how good it tasted. It was difficult to describe what was so different, it just tasted more alive, he supposed.
‘Maybe it’s because of all the magic of this world, or it is simply less polluted than on Earth.’ He pondered. It was strange how such a little thing made such a large difference, but it was the taste of the water that really made him realise he wasn’t on Earth anymore. Gunther suddenly felt rather homesick. Sure, he didn’t have a lot of friends, but those he did have, he would really miss. He also realised they must be mourning his death right now, as he was pretty sure he had indeed died back on Earth, and even if he didn't, a sudden disappearance wasn't much better.
‘This is something they never tell you about in all those stories on the internet,’ he thought ‘all you read is how amazing those other worlds and new powers are. Never do they speak about the feeling of being all alone in a place you don’t know with no apparent way to get home.’
Before he could get too stuck in his thoughts however, Gunther did what he always did when he felt a bit down; He got to work.