My name is Dante Lyons and I'm not from this world.
Technically I was born here, but my soul isn't from here originally. I still remember my past life as a student going to college. I had just finished my enlistment in the military and was finally going to school to earn my degree. I had a car accident and now I'm here in this fantasy world. I was reincarnated like all those novels I use to read about.
I'm only 5-years-old here but if you add up my previous life, I'm thirty.
I had thought I was going to start from the ground up but it wasn't like that. It didn't take me long to learn the language and customs at all. I guess I have to thank my skills for that. Some people thought it was odd for me to be walking and talking at such a young age. They never voiced their opinions in public since I was the first born son of a noble lord. My family actually governs Balenos and the territory around it.
I was never a rich kid in my past life. I actually had to work and even joined the military. It's quite a difference when you can just do hobbies and hone your talents freely without a worry. It's no wonder people get jealous of the upper class when they could look attractive and have special talents. The only thing expected of me is to follow in my father's footsteps. Nobody questions what I do and few understand it. Not everyone is educated in my town either but I think I'll have to change that.
When I discovered my abilities, I was surprised and amazed. I thought I was just going to live a relatively normal life but it seems I had video game powers. I played RPG's before and I automatically knew what I had stumbled into. I had a status screen, stats, a map, and I could learn about skills just from watching people. To use those skills, I had to buy them with skill points I earned from leveling up. Reading books seem to increase certain stats too.
It's incredible, but I didn't know why I had these powers.
I was able to learn about magic from reading some books my father had. My father wanted to be a mage before but it seems he lacked the aptitude for it. In the end, he had a great deal of books dealing with magic. I use to venture out and test out my powers in a forest far away from Balenos. There were a lot of monsters there and I could earn experience points easily. It was there that I met him, Demitri the Hero Killer.
Demitri had sneaked up on me and I wouldn't have noticed him if not for my map. When I open up my status screen, a map is displayed of the surrounding area. I could use the map to see places I've been before. He was a yellow dot on my map, that meant he was neutral towards me. When I saw him, he looked like the typical badass assassin you see in games. He even had a eye patch made out of wolf's fur, dude looked insane.
I had to level up my inspect skill to be able to see some of his stats. It was crazy, he had so many titles, his stats were way above anyone else but there were things he had that I couldn't see. Some of his items, titles, and skills were hidden. Talking to him, I found him to be a very righteous man. It was because of him that I found out there were other people like me around.
The Hero of the Kingdom that I heard so much about was actually a Reincarnator. If there were other reincarnated people, that meant they had similar, if not better skills than me. I was only a young kid and I was under-leveled compared to the people around me. I only leveled up and learned skills because I was bored. It was interesting and something to do, I wasn't going to save the kingdom or rule anything.
Now I needed to level up and learn more skills just to survive. "Speak softly and carry a big stick" as the saying goes. I needed to be powerful as a natural deterrent from my enemies. Not that I have any but just in case. I also need more allies and I definitely need Demitri as an ally. He's not a bad person and he's pretty strong, so I know I could trust him.
Right now I'm inside my room in Balenos. I wanted to check my stats and opened my status screen. I don't know how it works, but all I have to do is think about it and it opens. I started checking my stats and some of the skills I acquired from Demitri. I gained a new class when I learned Demitri's skills, it was called Spell Thief. Probably a mix between the magic I learned and the skills I got from him.
Dante LyonsRace:HumanClass:Spell ThiefLevel:15HP:45/45MP:150/150Strength:8+5Dexteritry:10+5Constitution:3+5Intelligence:16+5Wisdom:17+5Charisma:18+5Title: Reincarnator (+5 All Stats)