Daryl lay there face in the dirt as he ached all across his body. Pain flooded him everywhere as if he had just done a full body workout and not just chest or leg day. Nothing in his mind worked well as everything seemed to spin in his vision like he was dizzy or had one of those strange inner ear stones that gave people vertigo. With massive effort he looked forward at the boar and hoped that it was at least knocked out. That punch had felt more powerful than anything he could ever imagine happening in real life.
A message popped up in his vision, “You have dealt 410 points of damage to Boroclops. Boroclops has been defeated. You have gained the following items for defeating your opponent. 2 Boroclops hides, Boroclops tusk, Boroclops eye, Beast Gem token, and Mighty hoof have been sent to your storage unit in town. Several Raw Meat have been deposited into your inventory. Congratulations on defeating your first opponent, you have been gifted, Giant’s BBQ Spit and Grill. Minigame unlocked, ‘Cooking Challenge!’ You defeated your opponent in a single blow! You have been awarded a special Title by another member of the world, ‘One Strike Guy!’ Any attacks done without a weapon now have the special trait, Serious Strikes. This adds 10 points of damage to all unarmed attacks. For slaying a monster you’ve made 100 tennies.”
Confusion flooded Daryl’s mind as he tried to process everything that was going on. These texts floating in front of him had done so much for him and it was almost as if he barely had to read them to truly get everything it was trying to say.
Another box popped up, “You are in Stamina Crash. You have hit 0 Stamina, truly something trying at the best of times. All stamina regeneration has been paused for the next minute to show you how precious stamina is. Make sure when you are fighting multiple opponents that you do not hit Stamina Crash.”
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His arms were lead as he moved them underneath himself and started to push himself back to standing. “Cindy, where are you? Are you okay?”
Cindy ran in front of her and was clapping and jumping around, “Oh my god dad that was awesome! You ended it in a single blow! Even my most powerful spell takes several attempts to bring down a Boroclops. I’m sooo teaching you everything! The tutorial isn’t over yet!”
Daryl looked down at his tiny daughter. She was barely the size of a half forearm. She was wearing a ridiculous floppy witch hat and baggy gray robes that swished about her as she swung her arms and started to skip around in a circle around Daryl. “Why are you so small? What happened to you?”
“I’m not small dad!” Cindy stopped in front of her and stomped a single foot, “I made you a giant! Look around you’re bigger than a house!”
“How could you make me a giant? You can’t just make someone a giant. You’re not making any sense.” Daryl couldn’t bring himself to stand up as the weight of the world settled on his shoulders.
“Dad, we got Isekai’d. We are in another world! I world that looks like a video game. I was able to make you a character and summon you here. So I made you something I didn’t want to be. A physical powerhouse min-maxed monster!” She assumed a mock martial stance and started to make fake punches, “Whatchaaaa!”
“What are you even talking about? I must have hit my head too hard on a root or something and this is some sort of coma dream.”
“See I made myself a supreme mage and with my cheat skill I can defeat the demon king!” Cindy started to windmill her arms and sparks and circles of energy sparked from them. “Now with you I don’t have to run so much, you can just smack things and make them stay still so that I can pelt them with spells. Together we will save the world!!!”
“Wait… you said save the world?”