Chapter 2: Curse the blue orb

Ohhh Ohhhhh no. Please don’t tell me that I got sent to another world. That can't happen right? No it just happened to my best friend like a week ago so it’s completely possible. Ahhhh, I’m freaking out. 

First let’s make sure I'm still in the game and what the blue orb said was just a slogan or something, tea I'm sure that’s what it was and the magic circle looking thing was just part of the details to make this fun. Yup that’s right it's all in good fun, after all the logout button is right… 

“@%^#$%.”[Enrique] 

No logout button, plus my words seem to be incomprehensible. All's right with the world, Not! Why!? This is a terrible situation, I chose the weakest creature. Even the ever mob character, goblin, can beat me with relative ease. So let's omit the rest of me freaking out for a good three hours. during those three hours I noticed a couple of things first I'm in a forest. 

And it’s no small forest either the trees are at least three thousand times my size also this appears to not only be a forest but a mountain forest, meaning only God knows how high up I could be. How did I notice this you so politely ask, well it’s simple there area large slopes leading both up and down. Now the only question is why I'm missing a crucial skill. 

Why can’t i have a gamer mind skill, it would help if something suppressed my emotions. I mean you read novels and comics where the main character is distressed over having his or her emotions forcibly changed but the upside is that he or she always realizes that it was that skill that kept him or her sane. 

I don’t have that! I’m going to go insane! Wait don’t panic again that would be detrimental, calm thoughts. Now I have to figure out what I can do and not waste any more time. There was supposed to be a tutorial maybe that’s still on the table if this world functions like the game, to figure that out first let’s try it out. ‘Hep’ ‘Tutorial’ nope nothing. 

Well then I guess I’m going to die. I mean normally this is when I make a resolution to build a harem or become the demon king but that’s not possible. 

This isn’t something where I have insane cheat abilities or can survive regardless of what happens after all plot armor isn’t a thing in real life. But giving up at the start would be to terrifying, humans are a very adaptive species, well I'm no longer human but I was. 

And fear of death can be a great motivator for anyone. So first let's think about my skills first there’s archery, I don’t have a bow or arrows so that’s out. 

Next is summoning, I don’t know how to use it but maybe something will come to me in a while. Then there’s identify let’s see about that one. ‘Identify’ while chanting in my head I looked at a nearby tree. 

Dark forest treeA tree that grows in the dark forest. It has been growing in this spot for hundreds of years to reach a great hight.

Oh it works then that should be fairly simple to use and the last skill I have is show magic. But for these things you need to know the chant and well it’s something I don’t know. The only thing I can think of is hope that identify works on the various skills then maybe I'll get more info than just the simple explanation of what the skill is. ‘Identify’ 

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SummoningA system of magic that brings creatures that one has previously contracted to you. the skill contract is necessary to summon creatures.

Noooo! Why does it work that way? Why would you give me a skill that doesn’t work without having another separate skill? Contract, I need to make a contract with something or someone to be able to summon them. 

Well I understand that it’s reasonable and it’s not like magic can just creat thing out of thin air if the law of conservation of mass is applied but still. No wait calm down, my last hope is shadow magic. 

While I don’t think it can kill anything, considering what the blue orb said, it can still help me hide. Right around the time I began to calm down once more I heard footsteps, and not the light kind, these were heavy from something big. 

Not to far from where I stood was a gigantic lizard, with obsidian black scales and a large build it was a bereft match for a western dragon. Ohh you cruel cruel orb, who sends the weakest creature to a dragon’s territory. 

So you were just asking me to die is that right? Well played. Well enough of my delusions time to hide. The only thing I'm praying for is that the dragon sees me as insignificant and goes along it’s path and does whatever dragons do. 

I’m sure it’s not hungry enough to eat me considering how small I am. While shivering in fright as it is the normal reaction to being in front of a dragon I waited for it to pass. Sadly that was not to be. While it was walking it turned it’s head to look at me as if staring right into my soul. 

Not being able to stand the pressure from such a thing I did what any brave warrior would do… I passed out. When I awoke I was in a large cave thinking that the dragon had collected me for winter storage I almost freaked out again but stopped when I saw it staring at me once more. 

‘@%&%$ #%*%#$ %^&$## %^^#$%^’ [???] 

Suddenly a strange voice resounded in my head, while I couldn’t understand the words it sounded like a perfect soothing melody. 

‘Child you are much to over stressed, worry not I am here on a request from a friend. I am to give you something of a tutorial.’[???] 

Somehow now understanding the words I faced the dragon, thinking that the words it just said were impossible, it was going to be my tutorial? Then shouldn’t I have gone without one maybe then I could have appeared in a safe zone. But then again having the help of a dragon isn’t bad as long I don’t anger it. OMG did I get the gamer mind skill? Nope still incomparably afraid. Curse you blue orb for not thinking about my mental health. 

‘Child my name is Adelinda, I am the first of the noble dragons. And I shall teach you to survive. In return after I have taught you some things you will do me a favor.’ [Adelinda] 

I don’t know what I can do for a dragon but that's fine as long as I don’t get eaten. 

“Okay that’s seems fair… But how are you going to do that?” [Enrique] 

Yes, I thought so but what I say is no longer gibberish. I can now understand the words I say despite knowing i’m no longer speaking Spanish. Well this is a different world after all you can’t expect them to use the same language. 

‘Hmm well shield you seem to have some poor skills but that can be worked on after you tell me what you would like to know then I will teach you as I see fit, because I will be repaid in various ways name some things you wish to learn then we will work on them.’ [Adelinda] 

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Nice I get to choose, then I have to recommend things I've always wanted to do and things that have hidden cheats. 

“Then I would like to learn the contract skill to complement my summoning skill as well as support magic and the spells for the shadow magic I have.” [Enrique] 

Yes support magic has a hidden cheat. What is it you ask. It’s the fact that the spells will act in accordance to what they are a strengthening spell should still be a strengthening spell. Why is that important? Well to put it simply, it’s my shadow magic affinity. 

Even if I were to learn something like explosion magic it would still be a shadow like explosion and I can't be sure it would actually do anything. Now with support magic I would still strengthen myself and more importantly my summoned creatures. Summoning is also important because I'm no good in a fight. 

I've fought before with others, I've even done some martial arts training and archery training in order to better prepare for a vrmmorpg but this and that are different. I’m no longer willing to stand in front of something and fight to the death. 

It’s understandable right, how many people would really take up a sword and run towards something that could kill them when you’ve lived a life of peace. So with those things I should be able to consider myself a rearguard and fight from a safe distance behind a wall of summoned creatures. With that I can be at peace. 

‘Child those are fine and I will also share some knowledge with you for the next two weeks. Prepare yourself.” [Adelinda] 

With that the explanation of the world began. In this world everything seems to run on a game like system that is man gaged by whatever God you fall under. Depending on what God you fall under there will be different ways for someone to gain “exp” for leveling up. 

Being a monster I was born under the Titan God of Chaos the only condition he gave for monsters to level up is to kill other creatures personally regardless of how I just need to be the one to kill things. Because of that it seems that I can't just ask summoned creatures to go out and kill things for me while I sit back and gain exp. I can however have them fight until my opponent is almost dead and reap the rewards. 

Because there are various gods humans will have various leveling conditions but I was not told because it is currently irrelevant to the current me. Also because I have low stat points unlike a dragon or some great species I was told to focus on leveling my skills. 

Because although there is no auto correction if I learned something like level nine contract skill then I would in theory be able to have high monsters serve under me. Skill level is directly perforation all on what I know and can actually do so even if I were to somehow be able to cast the final spell of the shadow magic system if I don’t have the necessary mana it would not show the skill at a maxed out level. 

But having skills is not entirely useless and just there for show. Adelinda was somewhat mad when I suggested that. They do in fact make you somewhat stronger. The difference from someone who has and someone who doesn't have a particular skill is supposed to be at least a third in power difference, this power boost is supposed to be given by the gods. 

It like someone with a high axe skill picking up a sword would not get the boost. In the same way if I just happen to have enough mana to cast a fire spell and know the chant it would be weaker than someone that worked for the fire magic skill. 

Skills are obtained through knowledge and hard work, so to learn the support magic skill and contract skill I’ll have to use it a bunch of times until it feels natural. I naturally thought to tell Adelinda to teach me all the skills she could especially the skills that dragons knew but didn’t. Instead I'll focus on a couple of skills and specialize. 

It’s already a fact that I am weak compared to almost anything else out there so becoming a jack of all trades master of none would be detrimental. Still one close quarter combat skill would be nice something that could save me in case of an emergency. 

For that I asked Adelinda for advice and she suggested staff arts or a whip, although I didn’t understand the whip thinking about a certain explorer made me chose it. So with that I was also told not to try and increase the number of skills I have any further because of my race and the short time I have. At first I was wondering what she meant by short time, and thinking that maybe dragons lived long lives I let it go. 

But after a while it had been bothering me and I asked about it. It turns out I was right and dragons especially ones as strong as her don’t die unless killed. Unfortunately I was also told that a shadow imp dies of old age after ten years. 

This sent me into another hour of freaking out until I felt hunger and ate something raw that the dragon had kindly provided before I was told to go to sleep. But before that I checked my status once just to see if anything had changed, I mean I can understand the language somehow or other so maybe I've gained something.

[table=black]

[tr]StatusNAMERaceShadow ImpStat points:0Exp: 0/10Level1AtributeShadowStrength2Intelligence7Endurance4Agility6skillsShadow magiclv.1Use magic to manipulate shadows.[tr]Archerylv.1Use a bow with some skill.Summeninglv.1Sommen creatures of your atribute.Identifylv.maxIdentify anything around you.

(does not work on anyone more then five levels above you)[/table]

[table=black]Because the Titan God of Chaose has recognized you as a monster you can now gain levels and exp under his watch. He has also recognized you and given you the ability to speak the general language of monsters.[/table]

(Author's note: so this is my second chapter if anything is up do tell me and I'll see. I just wanted to leave a note. Thanks for reading)