When I woke up today, I did not expect to see myself staring at a weird RPG window in an unfamiliar room on an uncomfortable bed.
Name: ??? Race: Albino elf Level: 0(0%) Class: N/A HP: 95/95 MP: 95/95 Stamina: 95/95 Stomach: 65/95 HP Regen: 0.6/hour MP Regen: 4.0/hour Stamina Regen: 7.9/hour
Titles: Slave
Strength 10(9.5) Speed 10(9.5) Dexterity 10(9.5) Endurance 10(9.5) Mana 10(9.5) Vitality 10(9.5) Unused stat points: 0
Skills: N/A
Traits: Mana Core Perfect: You have a perfect man core as a result gain 10 MP per stat point in Mana
Just as I finished looking at the screen I heard a booming voice.
“GET UP”
My body starts moving on it's own like going through a daily routine. I notice I’m in a dorm like room, with children who are the same height as me. They all have short blonde hair and pointed ears. I follow them out a doorway, I call it a doorway but there aren't any actual doors. Well at least it was modern open concept type construction.
Wait a minute if I'm the same size as them does that mean I'm a child too?!?
As we leave the dorms we end up out side. There is a space that looks like a baseball field, sand shaped like a square and the outside of the square is grass. We are lined up on the one side of it. To our left side is a rack full of long thick poles on the right are what I would assume are wooden swords.
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I decide to do the wait and see approach to understand what's going on. Speaking out randomly, sounds confusing plus embarrassing. It doesn't help that speaking in front of people is a fear of mine. After I inspected the spears and swords I realize that a man is in front of us. He has long blonde hair is quite a bit taller than us, has pointed ears and looks like royalty to be honest. When he speaks his voice sounds deeper then it should be for his body type and size.
“As you worthless shits know you are all property of the Ásvaldr Merchant Company. You will be trained to use spears, swords and horses so that you may guard the caravan you are assigned to. Since you all have been sold to the Company as slaves you have no rights. Now everyone go over to the left a grab a pole then return to your positions.”
I simply comply with his orders. Right now I'm stressed out by what the hell is going on. After we all grab poles we line back up the man/Instructor? Is still standing in the same spot.
He points at one of the kids
“You come over here”
He then points to me
“You too get over here”
I start walking over immediately it's almost as if I am compelled to do as he says. Me and the other child end up facing each other with the Instructor on the left and the other children/slaves? On the right.
“Now fight each other on my mark with the spears on my mark. The match ends when one of you has less then 50 HP”
Wait what? You want us to fight? What the fuck? My opponent is like ten years old!
“GO!”
Before I can even do anything the kid across from me tries to hit me with his pole arm by swinging it like a baseball bat. I duck on reflex. His pole goes flying over head. Well fuck it if he's going to swing at me like that them I’m gonna fight back. Using my spear like an actual spear I lunge forward with my spear with both hand and hit him right in the chest.
10 Damage!
New Skill!
Polearm Mastery: damage with polearms increased by 1%.
The second I got the skill I simply knew how to hold the spear correctly and how to do the most damage I could with it. The other kid who I hit with my pole let go of his pole as the blow made him lose grip of it. Since it still had momentum from when he tried to hit me it went right towards the instructor who simply caught it.
“Stop.”
I did as the instructor ordered who then threw the pole back to the other kid.
“Go.”
The kid this time is more cautious, not surprising since he is probably is going to bruise from the hit I gave him. I'm really wondering why the kid isn't crying most ten year old kids would have started crying from a hit that hard. The kid lunges forward much like I did when I hit him. I step to the right and turn my right shoulder back dodging his attack I then stop holding my pole with two hands keeping it in my left hand. After getting his barrings from the failed lunge he once again waits several moments before lunging again. I once again side step right. The difference this time is that my right hand isn't holding onto the pole. Before he can recover I grab his pole and tug, making him fall face first into the dirt. I then grab my pole with two hands and swing down. I aimed for his back however he started getting up at the same time causing me to hit right on the back of his neck.
10 Damage!
Critical attack damage x2!
Power swing damage x2!
Total Damage 40!
More than 30% of opponents total HP down in one hit! Stunned!
“Match over!”