Kali woke up and felt a breeze on her skin. Did I accidentally leave the window open last night? She thinks before opening her eyes and realising that she is outside and isn't wearing any clothes.
“Wait! Where am I‽ And more importantly WHERE ARE MY CLOTHS‽ And wait, am I bald now as well? What happened to me‽”
She focuses on her environment and sees that she seems to be in a large field surrounded by trees. She quickly realises that this isn't any place she knows about as the trees are insanely tall and have bright blue leaves. Did I go insane? Or am I no longer on earth? Always being quick to adapt to new situations, Kali concludes that she is either no longer in her right mind or is no longer on earth and decides to treat it as if she is in another world.
Once she comes to this conclusion, she hears footsteps behind her and quickly turns around to see who it is. It is the most beautiful woman that Kali had ever seen; gorgeous brown hair flowed most of the way down the woman's back, and exquisite brown eyes that seemed to pierce into Kali's soul. The woman wore a simple white summer dress that seemed to compliment the woman's figure perfectly and made her look even more alluring. Kali was so in awe of the woman's beauty that she couldn't even speak.
“Who might you be?” The woman asked, breaking Kali out of her thoughts.
“K-Kali. Where am I?” Kali stuttered, still in awe of the beautiful woman.
“This is the meadow of dreams within the Honatai kingdom, known as one of the most beautiful places on this world.”
Upon hearing this, Kali looked around and appreciated the view, it certainly was beautiful.
Suddenly, while they were both enjoying the view, Kali heard a large noise behind her and looked to see a group of giant spiders moving at an incredible speed. As soon as the woman saw them rope appeared around the spiders, tying them up, a rope dart then appeared in her hands, moving so fast that Kali could barely see it and all the spiders dropped dead.
“What were they? What did you do? What just happened?” Kali asked so quickly that she almost stumbled over her words.
“Those were swift weavers, a fairly common iron rank monster around these parts. Unfortunately they don't have an aura so they can't sense how much stronger I am than them and It's much easier for them to sneak up on me as they are harder to sense. As for what I did, I just used a couple of essence abilities and killed them all. This is fairly common knowledge, how did you not - Ohhhhhh, you’re an outworlder aren't you?”
“I don't know what an outworlder is but I’m fairly sure I'm not from this world”
“You just described an outworlder pretty well. Anyway, welcome to the world of Altior, Kali”
As the woman said this, a screen-like thing popped up in front of Kali.
Quest complete: [New world, Where this?]
Objective: find out where you are.
Reward: Dimension Essence.
A perfect cube looking like it was made out of space itself appeared in front of Kali.
Item: [Dimension Essence] (Legendary)
Manifested essence of dimensions (consumable, essence).
Requirements: Less than 4 absorbed essences.
Effect: Imbues 1 awakened dimension essence ability and 4 unawakened Dimension essence abilities.
You have absorbed 0/4 essences. Once absorbed, an essence cannot be relinquished or replaced.
You are able to absorb [Dimension Essence]. Absorb Y/N?
“Oh, do you have a quest ability? And a Dimension essence, that's quite rare and powerful.” the woman said upon seeing this.
“How did you know it was a quest system? Should I absorb the essence now? It's apparently quite rare.”
“Quest systems are quite a common ability for outworlders. As for whether you should absorb the essence, with it being Dimension it should be fine since that is a very powerful and sought after essence but in general, for an outworlder, I would recommend getting a full set first so you can fight in a way that you like. Rarity doesn't really affect the power, it's just how rare the essences are, for example two of my essences are common and one is uncommon yet I am still very powerful.”
“Shouldn't you have four essences?”
“You get three normal essences and then one confluence which is formed from your first three essences. For example I have the dart, rope, and dance essence for the master confluence.”
“If they're that important, then I will take your advice and wait till I have three essences”
“Good. Now, as an outworlder you should have some way to better understand the world, given that you have a quest system it is likely to be some sort of status screen. Try to focus on that and see if you can get it to work.”
As soon as Kali focused on trying to understand her new self and the world around her, a new screen popped up in front of her.
Kali Ryder
Race: Outworlder.
Current rank: normal.
Progression to iron rank: 0% (0/4 essences).
Attributes
[Power] (no essence): normal.
[Speed] (no essence): normal.
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[Spirit] (no essence): normal.
[Recovery] (no essence): normal.
Racial Abilities (Outworlder)
[Game System].
[Astral Affinity].
[Cheap Travel].
[Otherworldly Grace].
[Dimensional Wings].
[Outerworld Adaptability].
Essences (0/4)
No Essence [No Attribute] (0/5)
No Essence [No Attribute] (0/5)
No Essence [No Attribute] (0/5)
No Essence [No Attribute] (0/5)
Quests
Active: 2
Completed:1
“So, did it work?” The woman asked curiously.
“It did but before I tell you about it, can I know your name?”
“Hahahaha. I forgot I never told you, it's Alice, Alice Tisah” Alice laughed
Kali told Alice everything that she saw on her status screen and Alice explained everything that she did not understand such as attributes.
“So do you want to look at first, Abilities or Quests?”
“Let's look at Quests first, they won't take as long”
Active quest: [New World, New Me]
Objective: Become the student of Alice Tisah
Reward: uncommon rarity essence
Active quest: [Combat Extraordinaire]
Objective: Find the weapon that you are most suited for.
Reward: common rarity Weapon essence, iron-rank skill book
“Hmmm, my daughter is about the same age as you, if you agree to join a party with her then you can be my student”
“Sure, I don't mind”
Quest complete: [New World, New Me]
Objective: Become the student of Alice Tisah
Reward: Dance essence
Item: [Dance Essence] (Uncommon)
Manifested essence of dancing (consumable, essence).
Requirements: Less than 4 absorbed essences.
Effect: Imbues 1 awakened dance essence ability and 4 unawakened Dance essence abilities.
You have absorbed 0/4 essences. Once absorbed, an essence cannot be relinquished or replaced.
You are able to absorb [Dance Essence]. Absorb Y/N?
“Dance essence… interesting. We'll find you a weapon when we get home, but for now, do you want to look at your Racial Abilities.”
Ability: [Game System]
Allows you to view your own status as well as access an inventory, quest system, and loot dead monsters.
Ability: [Astral Affinity]
Increased resistance to dimension effects and astral forces. Dimension abilities have increased effect and transcendent damage is increased.
Ability: [Cheap travel]
All movement abilities have significantly reduced costs of both stamina and mana.
Ability: [Otherworldly grace]
Enhanced agility, spatial awareness, and control over your own body.
Ability: [Dimensional Wings]
You posses Wings that will allow you to fly in all environments for no cost, these Wings can be hidden at will
Ability: [Outerworld Adaptability]
Language adaptation.
Essence, awakening stone and skill-book absorption.
Immunity to identification and tracking effects.
Essence abilities advance more quickly
“HOW IS THAT EVEN FAIR‽” Alice shouted after hearing about Kali's Racial Abilities, “All those abilities are extremely overpowered, you basically better versions of an Elf’s [Grace] and a Human's [Human ambition]”
“They do seem very powerful, but I'm not complaining. I'm more curious about where the wings came from as they seem to be a fundamental change to my biology.”
“It's very strange, but I think it is about time we go home and you can meet my wife and daughter.” Alice says as she pulls out a summer dress exactly like her own, “Put this on, we'll get you some clothes of your own later but we can't have you walking around my house naked.”
“WHY DIDN'T YOU GIVE ME THIS EARLIER‽” Kali shouts at Alice.
“I forgot.” Alice responds looking slightly guilty.