Slowly opening my eyes, it doesn't take long to realize that something feels off. The last thing I remember is falling asleep in my gaming chair. The first thing I notice is that I'm no longer in my gaming chair. In fact, I'm no longer in my room. At least I don't think I am. I can't actually see anything. I would think I've gone blind except that I seem to be inside something. Struggling against whatever it is seems hopeless at first but eventually it starts to give way. With some more struggle I'm eventually able to at least get my head out. The sight that greets me is a forest with the largest plants I have ever seen. Before I can fully take in the view though a blue box appears in front of my face.
Congratulations to the host for successfully taking the first step.
Before I even had time to process What just happened a second box appeared.
Name Thomas Race Micro Turtle Size 3cm Level 0 Experience 0/10 Health 100/100 Attack 3 Defense 7 Speed 1 Skills None Talents None
At first, I'm startled. After reading the information though some things are starting to make since. The plants aren't huge I'm just extremely small. Also, it seems that I've been isekai'd. Why a turtle though? Why not something cool like a dungeon core, or a dragon? Heck I'd even settle for a tiger or a wolf. A turtle though. Worse yet not even a giant turtle. I'm practically small enough to hide behind a blade of grass. What can a turtle even do anyway besides hide in its shell? Nothing I can do now but try and make the best of it, I guess. After a few more seconds I manage to figure out how to at least close those annoying boxes with a though.
After I finish crawling out of what I now Know is my eggshell I start to look around and try to figure out where to go from here. Not that I can go too far at a blistering pace of half a kilometer per day. I know turtles are slow, but this is ridiculous. At this point I'll die of old age before I make it out of this forest. Oh well, nothing I can do now but pick a direction and start walking. With no real reason to pick any particular direction I decide to just start walking the direction I'm already facing. Looking around I have to admit if I were human sized it would probably be a pleasant forest environment. At this scale though it's absolutely terrifying.
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A large part of the first day is spent wondering around just taking in the sights and trying to create a mental map of the terrain. Eventually I manage to find what looks like a path. It's a simple stone path but it was clearly made by someone intelligent. Using the path as a landmark I start to make my way ... somewhere. I'm not dumb enough to walk out in the open but at the same time this path must lead somewhere. There are a few close calls, but I manage to stay out of trouble. I'm not an idiot though. The fact that I now have stats, which includes a level, means that I will have to fight sooner or later. I'd just rather not fight a titan, relatively speaking. Not to mention the fact that I was just reborn today.
Right as the sun is setting, I notice something that looks to be in my weight class so to speak.
Name Nano Chameleon level 1 Health 100/100 attack 5 defense 3 speed 4
Setting aside the fact that its name and race appear to be the same thing. There were no skills or talents mention which hopefully means it doesn't have any. As long as I can neutralize its speed, I should be able to win. At any rate if the worst happens, he shouldn't be able to break through my defense if the stats are anything to go by. A few levels from now those few points of difference might not matter but right now based on my years of gaming experience those two points of difference should make this fight at worst a draw. Besides I already have a plan. First, I try sneaking up on it and manage to get surprisingly close. Largely due to the fact that it was sunbathing and had lowered its guard. When it noticed my approach, it stood up and came over towards me. By this time, I had already pulled my head into my shell except for a tiny slit to see out of by that time. The nano chameleon didn't seem to be sure what to do since it couldn't go for my neck. When I saw it going for the slit I left in my defense I launched my head out of my shell. This startled the nano chameleon for a second, causing it to instinctively dodge backwards. By the time it halted its forward momentum and started to move back I had just enough time to bite its neck. It wasn't a deep bite, and I wasn't able to latch on like I intended. Judging by the amount of blood though I managed to puncture something important. By the time It realized something was wrong its speed had already slowed down considerably due to loss of blood. Eventually it died. I was hiding in my shell at this time, but I know it died because a blue box appeared in my face.
Defeated Nano Chameleon received experience 2