"Welcome~"
That is the first I heard after closing my eyes just for a moment, they were stunned by the word, because there was no one in my room and had no device on, I only understood it when I reopened my eyes, what is glimpsed is not my room, if not a place, which seems higher than the clouds, divine appearance, similar to the ancient Greek structures, in the impressive place were seen thousands of people, maybe tens of thousands, and a being dissonant of this environment, was watching us from above, with a red tuxedo and a white mask with a big smile, he had no eyes, but he did not expect us to adapt to the environment, I tried to release a sound, only to realize that nothing came out of my mouth, at this moment I wondered if I had died or maybe it was a dream, because I never imagined being in a place like this, something like the novels I read before.
"Perhaps you are a little surprised dear mortals~"
That playful tone came out of his voice, after steadying myself a bit, I realized that it sounded somewhat dismissive, as if he was looking at nothing but ants.
"But, it will be explained to you in a moment~"
At that moment a large screen appeared, it looked futuristic, like a hologram, but at the same time it seemed somewhat mystical, it seemed dissonant with what I normally saw, but still it didn't feel unnatural, it was a very strange feeling.
"Your planet, it was destroyed, that's what happened, a small universal dissonance exploded your sector, pff ha ha..."
His last laugh was heard very faintly, it almost seemed like he was laughing at our misfortune, at that moment thousands of people went crazy, the initial shock of appearing here was fading away and was replaced with skepticism, they couldn't believe it, but they couldn't demand either, no one could speak in the first place, countless people tried to open their mouths only to let out empty whimpers.
"But don't worry, your pathetic existence has been saved, by those who are beyond divine, they felt a little pity, because you died so pathetically...without knowing that you killed them, pff, ha, ha, pff, hahahahahahaha"
Then, it was heard, his laughter was louder than before, apparently he found this situation amusing, as if an anthill had been destroyed for fun.
"Well, since my duty is to explain what will proceed with you listen carefully, I will not repeat it again, so be prepared."
This moment was unexpected, many people were still in panic, and did not listen well to the indication, but, I was attentive, I did not care if it was real, a dream, my delusions or a lie, any information would serve me, anyway if it was a dream I lose nothing, if it turns out that this was a truth, it would benefit me a lot.
"You are about to enter one of the innumerable planes, something that in all the pathetic existence of your race whether future or past you would probably never achieve, you could say you are lucky to be chosen by those beyond the divine, you will be given an easier way to familiarize yourself with your next planes, the key word to open it is "Status Screen" it is a small system similar to what you call RPG, I will tell you its basic functions, the rest you will have to discover for yourselves, on this screen will come your name, attributes, traits, and your new race, oh, don't worry, you will only become variations of humans, or probably stay with your same race, it is unlikely that you will become a completely different race from your original race, well, even though it may not seem surprising, humans are a common race in the various planes, so don't get your hopes up if you find more humans, they probably don't come directly from your dimension, don't think they are so special, well, now let's go on, you have been chosen by those who have been chosen by those who have been chosen by those who have been chosen by those who have been chosen by those who have been chosen by those who have been chosen by you, since you have been chosen by those beyond the divine, we will give you a small welcome gift, it can be something not very useful, or maybe with that object you will become the next protagonists of the era, everything will depend on your little luck, well, that is the communication that I was asked to send you, since I consider myself a good guy, I will give you an extra piece of advice. ... forget all the social and natural rules of your former world, they are probably useless, fight, learn, conspire and survive and something more important than your very existence and everything you achieve... remember to amuse that which is beyond divine...".
At that moment the strange restriction in my voice was gone, but it was too late to ask a question, because that dark place reappeared, and a second later I was again in a completely different place, I was in what looked like a hut of wood and straw, was a little inclined and the floor was mud, I had shoes, that more than shoes looked like a cloth wrapped with a ribbon so that it would not come off my feet, my old clothes had apparently disappeared and now I was wearing a shirt that looked dirty, it was badly spun, just like my new pants that looked like the same material, I was surprised by the new environment, but I did not have time to go over it, I started to pronounce the words that the subject had told us.
"Status Screen."
At that moment a screen lit up in front of me.
Status Screen
Name: Lin
Title: None
Alienation: Quiet Lazy
Race: Mana-Sensitive Human
Trait: Magic Obsessive
Strength: 02
Stamina: 03
Stamina: 02
Agility: 04
Dexterity: 06
Intelligence: 09
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Magic: 12
Luck: 8
I thought that after opening the system I don't know, it would pop up something like *You have activated god of war system*, or *x2000 multiplication system*, but apparently nothing popped up, maybe it's because I'm not chinese? Anyway, no time for regrets, after opening the status screen and reading everything, a voice appeared.
[You have been given a "Welcome Gift" say "Open Welcome Gift" to display the contents inside].
I didn't wait any longer, I just hoped I didn't get shit, so I just said the word "Open Welcome Gift" came out of my mouth with a little shout.
[You have opened your welcome gift, wait a moment, the system will choose where to put it].
After a few seconds, a faint light appeared next to the small wooden table that was inside the hut, I quickly went to the side of the table and there was a big box, about half the length of the table and tall enough to reach my knee, without further waiting, I opened it and inside there were only books, not that I want to deny it, but I was a little disappointed, I was expecting something like a shiny ring with an old man or a beautiful woman of divine appearance that tells me it was an ancient sealed god or a miniature magic tower, I don't know, at least a legendary sword used by a certain British king or Gandalf's staff, sadly my whining was not heard by the heavens, and I started to see the titles of the books.
[Introduction to the theory of basic magic]
[Introduction to Basic Array Theory]
[Introduction to the theory of basic alchemy]
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And the long list of books went on and on, I suspect that the box could even be a dimensional space that is so much talked about in the web novels because the books were thick and it seemed that there were too many to be contained in that chest, I did not look for all of them, and only took the ones at the beginning, They were all books of basic theory, of things related to magic, at that moment I did not feel so disappointed, because my race was that of a human sensitive to mana, I even felt that I had a bit of luck, at least I did not get the worst garbage, in my concentration on what I should do, I was not so focused on the outside and was surprised that someone opened the door, when suddenly a series of implanted memories came into my head, probably the guy or those Beyond Divine Beings put them there, in this place I was part of a tribe, this plane is still in a tribal era where the kingdoms seemed scarce, or almost nonexistent, I considered it more than a disadvantage, an excellent luck, because probably did not exist the powers already established with centuries of accumulation of knowledge or wealth.
Clack!
"Hey Lin, my dad said let's go eat, apparently he caught a red boar, your favorite."
When, I left my drift, I looked again at the door, now I could quote unquote remember who was the person in front of the door, it was was was Helia, she was a girl with black hair and brown skin, she certainly looked like a pretty girl for the time, and she was around 17 years old if I'm not mistaken, without more to say, she was what could be referred to as my best friend and almost an adopted sister as her father took me in after the death of both my parents from this world, At this moment I did not know what to feel about her because even though I had memories of her I refused to believe them as true because I knew that they were only memories artificially implanted, so I felt more than anything I felt uncomfortable, unfortunately I had to answer and leave my doubts about these memories for later or in a dark space of my mind to be forgotten.
"Wait a moment Helia, I'm coming."
I said as fast as I could, it almost sounded like a stutter, but at the very least I hoped it was understandable.
Apparently she had understood, but still she approached me, probably out of curiosity of the box behind me, right away without me noticing, she was already on top of the box looking at the books.
"What's this Lin, I've never seen one before" she was saying as she grabbed one of the books.
That simple, but innocent question reminded me of my current situation and world, in this world civilization is still not advanced enough, the writings were still made in clay and many tribes did not even have a written language, things as primitive as writing paper made of animal skin had barely been made because it was too expensive, spending the precious leather for things like writing was not very viable because it had greater utility in the creation of armor or various utilities such as canteens.
At that moment I tried to stop her but she had already opened the book.
"It looks like a language, but, it is not ours, where did you find this, how is it possible that the letters are so small, so even and beautiful, and even more, how can I write on such a thin base, it seems that I could tear it with just a little force, Lin, tell me where did you find this?"
It was at that precise moment that I remembered a more important fact, our tribe, could be considered a scholar tribe, if I am not mistaken, most of our tribe was not physically remarkable enough to trap big monsters, in fact in this sector of the lands of the continent or so I think it will be, we are in a medium grade tribe at best, and that is thanks to the ingenuity we have to create traps and plans to trap animals, it would not be a joke to say that we are probably the most advanced tribe in the sector in that aspect, as to why we do not practice things like ranching or farming, is because we do not have a rich enough environment to be able to cultivate because all the areas near the beginning of the rivers are occupied by large tribal forces and animal husbandry is excessively expensive at this time, as the tribe barely manages to meet the needs of us and also the animals are too fierce and powerful to be able to enclose them in wooden fences, they would need a long period of domestication and guards to watch them not to cause accidents, plus probably stone fences to be able to resist the powerful blows of the animals if a revolt occurs, an expense which probably only the large tribes can achieve, just being able to settle and find a place instead of living a nomadic life is already considered lucky in these times.
"It's something I found while exploring around, it looks like a different language but I understand it, after studying it a bit, now, could you please stop gripping the book so tightly, I'm afraid it will tear"
"It's so interesting, why didn't you tell me about this, it looks like so much fun."
"Okay, but please don't tell anyone else yet, I'm afraid I won't be able to finish studying them."
At that moment I was nervous, I was afraid they would confiscate my gift, besides one like the theory of magic, as I was sure it was my ticket to start in this world and if they suddenly confiscated it I might just vomit blood.
"Easy, easy little mouse, I won't tell anyone, but you'll have to include me in your plans, okey."
At that moment he winked at me, I sighed in relief, for that was a sign that I wasn't going to tell anyone.
"Well anyway, you have to go eat, so you'd better put that away, or hide it, if it wasn't me coming in you'd have to give a long explanation of how you found that chest."
Without more to say, he went out the door and closed it, at that moment I settled my thoughts and realized that it might have been too risky a simple fact as opening my gift without preparation, taking a deep breath, I proceeded to move the chest to a corner of the small hut and cover the chest with some cloth. After moving it I felt a little tired, it seemed that this body was weaker than my previous body and that worried me, this was with hundreds of diseases where anything could kill me made me nervous, even more because I barely had some knowledge of medicine, plus I did not know exactly how to quantify the statistics to my person so I was even more afraid, but unfortunately I had to go out and see this new world in which I will probably be for a long time, I slowly approached the door with the slight sound of my steps and then I opened it, the light shot in my face and I could not see anything, I was anxious for this new world and felt a tingling in my body, I do not know if it was because of fear or excitement, but I had to adapt somehow, no? ...