As I finished stepping through the entrance, I saw Jones behind a few of the monarch’s men at that which I was surprised as why would they be by a E rank gate maybe there was some wanted criminal nearby but as I started walking forward the monarch’s men stopped me.
“Oliver Stering the Monarch has deemed you useless to his plan and wishes you death, your friend has been told of this for a while and any resistance will be futile as classless trash should not be left to live and take our precious resources.” Said one of the officers
“What do you mean I haven’t done anything wrong why am I being pu…” I said before my head was cut off I didn’t even register I died for a second but I still was thinking I checked my status as though that would do anything
Oliver Stering
HP:0/0
SP:0/0
MP:140/170
Stats:
Intelligence:23
Mana: 17
Skills:
Wind magic(Advanced)
???(Usable)
Time seemed to slow as I finished checking my status, the skill I stopped paying mind to years ago was usable? As I tried to use it my mana went down by one
Oliver Stering
MP: 139/140
Then my head reattached to my body but instead of everyone being shocked time seemed to go backwards it kept going backwards but at a pace that would be four to five times faster than when time went forward it sped up time went backwards faster and faster until it stopped time stopped again I was in a familiar building billions of children saw and hated though went to everyday.
It was a school not any school but the one I attended before the system arrived and it wasn’t like those you replay your whole life in seven seconds thing no I was there physically present able to move my body to my will though it felt really weak. I patted my pockets to see if I had a phone I id I took it out to see the date it was 12/6/2026 the last day of school before summer and thank goodness school was already over as I could see it was 4pm I started walking around its been so long and I don’t have any idea where I live
I checked my phone’s map to see if I have a pin called home and to my luck I did I clicked there pin and followed the directions given by the app and I found myself at my old house I opened the door surprised not seeing it locked as I walked in I was greeted by to faces I haven’t seen in a long time my parents I was on the verge of tears though I held them back to make it seem believable I just went to school and that was the only thing I did.
After lunch and a few chats with my parents I walked to my room and I tried to call out my status “{Status}” it didn’t respond which I found weird, but I remembered the reason the system has yet to arrive, I didn’t continue calling it out like a crazy person and just decided to browse the internet.
Last time the system arrived nobody believed it so many weren’t prepared for when the dungeons came and a lot of people who went through the tutorial thought themselves the main character and died early on in the tutorial as well as early stats for people were their physical and mental strength and once the system arrived it became harder to naturally level stats so I should start training to get my stats up maybe I should get a gym membership
1 Month Later
I am a good bit stronger then when I came back though right now I probably have the strength of a high-level F rank, but will that be enough as even the strongest of men died during the tutorial, I guess I’ll have to figure that out later and train more.
1 Month Later
It’s the day before the system arrives, I trained as much as I could in that time but it’s also the last day before school starts that was the main reason I din’t go through the tutorial as I thought school was more important at the time. Though that is all in a different timeline.
“Morning Mom” I said to greet my mom
“Morning how’d you sleep” my mom asked
“I slept great but there is one more day till school and then i’m off”I replied with
“Anyway, are you gonna continue your little trainings after school starts.”my mom asked
“Of course I will, why would I work hard to only give up the moment school starts” I stated with confidence even though I wouldn’t be on the planet for longer than a day more “well im going to my room to continue training see you later”
The Next Day
It’s time the day the system arrives, I am prepared as much as possible with only two months to prepare. Now its just a waiting game though I won't need to wait for long.
Before I can continue thinking my status opens
Oliver Stering
CLASS:
LEVEL:1
HP:100/100
SP:230/230
MP:170/170
STATS:
STRENGHT:21
DEXTERITY:16
ENDURANCE:23
VITALITY:10
INTELLIGENCE:27
MANA:17
FREE STAT POINTS:
SKILLS:
Basic Swordsmanship
Wind magic (Advanced)
Fate’s hand (Legendary)
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You have been given a chance to participate in the tutorial do you accept
[YES][NO]
I see a familiar screen I check my stats to see how good they are they are quite impressive and will help me survive the tutorial as i look at the other screen the announcement I see I was given the chance to participate again but this time I’m choosing [YES] as I mentally accept the prompt I get a feeling of vertigo while a white light envelopes me.
As I feel solid ground under my feet and the white light vanish all I see is a dull grey room that seemingly looks endless lit by torches hanging on 4 grey columns that look like they go up forever but before I could look for more details people start appearing one then two then four and it goes on till the room is filled with hundreds of people they all started panicking not expecting the teleportation but before they all started calming down a figure comes out to greet everyone. It starts talking but I pay attention to my status instead, as I read over I notice my new skill and the lack of the mystery skill from before [Fate’s Hand] I read it’s summary to get a better idea on it.
[Fate’s Hand]
The countless paths set in stone are no longer as solid as they should be. You are someone who will change Fate’s path
*This skill will notify the user when fate changes*
*???*
Nice to know what the skill is now though why did it have to have more mystery to the skill well lets hope that it will be useful pretty soon. I start to tune in to what the figure is saying but it turns out it already finished explaining mostly everything.
“Now with the introduction over please choose the diffuculty for the tutorial, though the difficulty you chose will not change others tutorial.” Says the figure before everyone pays attention to their status.
{Please choose a diffuculty}
[Easy] [Normal] [Hard]
Without any hesitation I choose hard as I confirm my decision I’m transported to a new room though it is close to barren compared to earlier but it keeps the same design from the earlier room, there is one new addition to the room though there is a large display one of the system not like a TV
[Hard Difficulty]
Players 27/27
As I look at the screen it starts increasing but no one is coming to the room, maybe the first part of the tutorial is solo. Before I start contemplating my desicion of choosing hard a notification pops up
[Starter pack]
Thank you for choosing the hard difficulty you will be given a choice of three starter packs suited to your abilities please carefully as hard difficulty are the only ones with this opportunity
{1#} Swordsman Set (D-rank set)
F-rank Health potion 3x
D-rank Short or Long Sword
F-rank Stamina potion 3x
Days worth of rations 5x
10L of water
{2#} Magic Set (C-rank set)
F-rank Mana potion 5x
F-rank Health potion 3x
Mana manipulation (Basic)
Basic knowledge about magic
D-rank Tome
D-rank dagger
Days worth of rations 5x
10L of water
{3#}Wind mage Set ( C-rank )
F-rank Mana potion 5x
F-rank Health potion 3x
Basic knowledge about Wind magic
C-rank Tome of wind magic
D-rank dagger
Days worth of rations 5x
10L of water
As I finish reading over the Sets I have my eye on the last two as for when the system fully arrived and I figured out magic was very complex I hated myself for not choosing to accept the tutorial but know I’m being given the chance to properly learn how to use magic but two of the Sets use magic and they both have their ups and downs as if I choose the magic set it will let me control mana and will give me a D-rank Tome which will help me out a lot as it isn’t bound to an element and will let be more of a jack of all trades and its d-rank which means I’ll be able to use it till level 150 and then it’ll stop growing in power with me but yet it’s almost impossible for me to upgrade or find a better one as an unbound Tome are so rare a D-rank could sell for millions maybe even billions.
Both sets may be C-rank the D-rank Tome is incredibly rare but the Tome of wind magic is still decently Common but not as much as fire or water Tomes. One massive downside for the Wind mage set is that I’ll most likely be stuck using only wind magic till B-rank which is a long way from now. Plus getting the magic set will let me learn more magic then just wind. After a long time thinking about it I choose set {2#} as I confrim the decision all the items appear in front of me as well as a new skill and the fundamentals of magic
[Skill Gained]
Mana manipulation (basic)
[System Access]
1 —> 2
{new features}
Small inventory
Skill upgrade system
System shop
As I look at the new notifications I’m shocked by the last one i have improved system access is that why the people who went through the tutorials became so strong. No it helped their progress the rest was their conviction as I try test the the small inventory space it seems I got around 5 cubic meters which seems more than small. I store all my items in my inventory but I still have an excess amount of space.
As I look around to see how I start the tutorial I see a door, nothing extravagant but like a regular door one you’d see in your house the amount of players in the tutorial is also shown above the door as I look at it it says
[Hard Difficulty]
Players 43/57
Seems a few people died while I was looking at my options but since I have nothing else to do here I migth as well start the tutorial as I walk up to the door I get a notification
[Warning]
Once you walk through the door there is no going back and the tutorial will officially begin
I take no heed to the warning and walk through the door. As I finish walking through the door I see an empty plane and I look behind to see if the door was still there and it wasn’t it vanished, I turned back to my surroundings and I checked for any notifications.
[Tutorial Quest]
Survive the great plain for a week
Difficulty: b+
Rewards: depends on performance
As I finish reading I think why would the the sets give us 5 days worth of rations if we need to survive a week they probably want to test us for our survival skills or well it’s a tutorial and they need to train us for the basics. I take out my tome to see if there is any spells I got. I have three spells at my disposal right now but they all have decently high mana requirements for my level
Mana bolt lvl1
Shoot a bolt of mana at your enemy’s to hurt them
Rank: F
Damage: E
Mana usage: B (60 Mana)
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Ember lvl1
Shoot a small flame
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Rank: F
Damage: E-
Mana usage: C (50 mana)
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Wind blade
Make a blade of wind that flies to your enemy
Rank: E
Damage: D-
Mana Usage: A+ (150 Mana)
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I get up to start exploring the great plain but I don’t understand what’s so great about it its just a plain. Behind me I hear a low growl I look back to see a wolf there doesn’t seem to be anything special about it its just a wolf.
Well this is the perfect time to practice using magician take out my tome and start prepping [Mana bolt] I fell the pull on my core as the spell starts to formwhen the spell is fully formed I put it to the side as the wolf lunges at me I take a few steps to the right as the wolf lands I launch the Bolt it strikes its side and I take a step back pull my dagger out of my inventory and get into a fighting stance. The wolf is no longer looking at me as easy prey, the wolf is now more wary. I take out my tome and prep [Ember] this time, it takes a bit more effort than [Mana bolt] probably because I don’t have a good affinity with fire but I finish the spell anyway, I throw it at the wolf but he dodges it. [Ember] seems to be slower than [Mana bolt].
I hold my dagge tight in my hand as the wolf lunges at me again I run forward and duck down, when the wolf is above me I cut through his stomach which severely injures the wolf it starts bleeding and it slows down massively, it tires run away but I chase after it and when I catch up to it I stab its back it yelps it trips on its paws and I stab its head in the moment of vulnerability and it dies.
[Level up]
I allocate three of the free Stat points into mana and the other two into intelligence. Earn I finish that I hear a few growls coming from my left as I trun my head I see a small group of wolves and think that this is gonna be a long week.