Exploring ruins.
115 could be seen walking through the forest following the compass his system was interfacing to him after about ten hours heading north-west 115 spotted a giant pillar in the distance
‘I have been out this way before, I'm pretty sure, and have no memory of that pillar being there…’ 115 thought while walking up to the pillar.
Looking at it closer, 115 reached his hand out and touched it. When his hand made contact with it, a prompt appeared in his vision.
‘Does the subject wish to enter the ancient ruin?’
‘Yes’
‘No’
After reading the prompt, 115 looked intrigued and asked the system a question before going in.
“System, What can I expect going into this?”
‘The subject can expect monsters to be inside that will allow you to gain xp as well as items and maybe even something rare as to what exactly is inside the subject will have to find out himself.’
Listening to what the system said, 115 decided to head in without hesitancy. He had always been someone who did not hesitate to do things, and he was not going to start now.
‘Yes’
After saying yes, a portal appeared to the left of the pillar, and without waiting much longer, he stepped through.
‘Welcome to the ruins of Katar’ was the first thing 115 heard. After that, he felt heat blaring down on him.
Looking around, he saw nothing but desert and some massive temples about 10 miles ahead.
Taking a second to get his bearings, 115 took a deep breath and started walking toward the temple. While on alert, the system already said he should expect monsters.
After walking for about 5 minutes, 115 felt the sand beneath him rumble before it exploded upwards.
115 quickly leaped to the side with a roll before looking at what had just tried to attack him, and he could only make out the shape as a bunch of sand was in the air from where it burst out from the ground.
From the looks of it, the thing that attacked him was big and long. He could make out two glowing yellow eyes through the sand and dust, but before he could make out anything else from his attacker, it lunged at him again.
This time, though, 115 decided to counterattack, and after swiftly dodging, he threw a punch at the left side of the giant things Boddie.
To 115’s surprise, though, the thing flew back about 10 feet from him after the hit.
‘Am I that strong, or is the thing just weak?’ he thought, making his way over to it, still ready to move out of the way in case it was faking it.
Looking down at the thing now, he could tell it was some kind of giant worm. It had two mandibles of sorts at the front of it, coming out of its mouth, but that was about its only notable feature other than its eyes.
115 saw where he had punched it and could tell it was him being too strong, as the worm's body caved inward where he had hit it. Surprisingly, though, it was still alive, glaring at him.
‘I should probably try and understand my strengths and abilities better. Something tells me I should not be this strong.’
Opening up the stat menu, he retook a look to see if anything stood out or something that could explain his strength. One problem though he had a feeling it was his bloodline or titles causing it as he could see everything else just fine besides his name.
“System, what are the average stats for someone my level?” he asked to establish a baseline for comparison.
‘Responding to the subject, the average stats of a human at level 1 can be expected to be around 50 or so in each stat while health and mana are at 100, respectively.’
Listening to the response of system 115, he now understood why he had beat the worm so easily. It only made sense, given that his strength was about five times the average.
After a few moments of thought, 115 looked at the still-alive worm before deciding to kill it and move on.
115 ruthlessly stomped on its head, causing blood to fly everywhere, not the best decision as now he had blood all over him.
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“Fuck.” 115 thought will, laminating at his dumb decision.
‘Subject killed “Desert Sandworm” lvl 2 +100xp
Moving on, 115 continued on his way to the temple, and not long after, he was already standing in front of it. On his way over, he had killed another 10 of those sandworms, getting him another 1000 xp making him level
‘Name: [redacted] (115)’
Level: - 5
Race: [redacted]
Title: [redacted] [redacted]’
‘Age: 200 years’
‘Bloodline: [redacted]’
Class: N/A (Reach level 10 to select a class)
stats:
Health:500 —> 510
Mana:1000 —> 1010
Strength:250 —> 265
Agility:250 —> 265
Defense:200 —> 210
Intelligence:1000 —> 1015
Perception:200 —> 210
Willpower:200 —> 210
Skills: Mana breathing (Inferior)
Free points:0
After disturbing any stats he had gotten along with the boost from leveling, his stats went up a bit, with the ones increasing the most being his intelligence, strength, and agility.
Turning his attention to the temple, 115 walked towards something that had grabbed his attention earlier: the writing on one of the temple's walls. As he inspected the writing, a prompt popped up.
‘Ancient writing of the Katar empire’ - subjects' proficiency in the language has increased. (find more writing to increase it further)
After reading it, he looked back at the writing and noticed he could recognize the symbols somewhat, but not enough to make anything out.
‘Alright, let's head inside enough messing around,’ 115 thought before promptly heading into the temple.
Walking through the entrance 115 saw a prompt appear.
‘Holy temple of Katar’
Side objective - defeat the 3 Katarin high priests. (rewards: katarin holy water, priests praying necklace)
Main objective - defeat the Katarin king (rewards: kings amulet, kings staff of ancients, ??)
After reviewing the objectives, 115 looked at his surroundings. Torches dimly lit the temple walls. Looking around, he could see two rooms and assumed one was for the king and the other for the priests.
Looking at the room on the left, he walks over and looks in. Inside, he can see three men on their knees, seemingly praying.
Inspecting them a prompt appears.
Cruel Priest of Katar - level 5
Demonized priest of Katar: - level 7
Holy priest of Katar: - level 9
115 loops around and tries to look for a way to catch them off guard. While he thinks winning a 3v1 would not be so bad, he’d rather not make a dumb choice.
After waiting for a bit, one of the priests stands up and makes their way over to an altar of sorts. They start to mess with it, giving 115 the chance to sneak up on him.
Getting as close as he can without being detected, 115 punches forward and slams the guy in the back of the head, sending the priest flying forward and killing him instantly.
The other priests immediately looked up and saw their dead companion on the floor, and looks of anger adorned their faces.
Jumping into action, the demon priest pounces on 115 and tries to slash him with some type of claw skill while the holy priest stands back and starts shooting beams of light at him.
Narrowingly dodging one of the light blasts 115 and a claw 115 counters the demon and attacks, punching the demon priest in the stomach before throwing another at his head.
Somehow, though, the demon manages to dodge the second punch and retreats to the other priest, now seemingly more cautious than before.
The holy priest continued to cast light beams at 115. Seeing this, he figured it was best to get rid of him first. Lunging in his direction, he was cut off by the demon priest, who jumped in front after seeing 115 change targets.
Unbothered, 115 continued on his path while dodging the beams. Once he was upon the demon priest, he threw a punch, causing the demon priest to throw his arms up to guard.
Right before the punch landed, 115 sidestepped with insane speed and flew past the demon priest, and attacked the holy one, instantly killing him.
Looking back, he saw that the demon priest looked shocked and angry. 115 smirked and continued his assault.
*PING* Subject has defeated the three priests of Katar +3000xp
Earned: 3x katarin holy water, 3x priests praying necklace
Subject has reached level 9.
Seeing the notifications finally end, he decided to take a look at the rewards he had gotten.
Katarin holy water - (Can be used to cure illnesses and can also mend light wounds)
Priests praying beads- (Can be worn around the neck and cause the user to have increased mana regeneration)
Putting the bead around his neck, 115 instantly felt a refreshing rush through his body, and after sitting there for a few moments, he realized something.
‘Where am I going to put the holy water?’ 115 had nothing to store the water in, and carrying it on him while fighting was not a good idea.
Before he could think further, the system pinged him.
‘Subject can put up to 30 items in the system storage that is not living.’
Convenient 115 thought before storing the water.
‘Alright, time to fight the king, hopefully, the rewards are better this time,’ he thought before promptly heading in that direction.