The Beginning
I grunted with disapproval when my hair stuck to my forehead with the rain. Realising my apartment was still 7 blocks away I decide to pick up the pace wanting to escape the rain soon.
My name is James but most people call me Jimmy, I'm nineteen years old i have short ginger hair light blue eyes and a handsome enough face that gets me by. My cheeky grin will either make you love me or think of me as annoying. Although I'm friendly and quite goofy if you get on my bad side I'll just kick the shit out of you. Now I'm no martial artist but I'm 6'6 and do a bit of boxing so...
However quickly I wish to be out of this rain, myself and my Nike tracksuit are still getting drenched. With it being 11 o'clock and pouring buckets I haven't seen another human since I left the gym. 11 o'clock is very late for me to not be home by, but I stuck around the gym a bit longer today because of a really sexy new girl. She was about my age and had a banging pair of tits. Whilst i was day dreaming about a girl who's name I didn't even know I rounded a corner to see a blue screen in front of me. Giving a little shout I jumped back and squinted through the rain at the mysterious blue screen that looked straight from a video game. Realising that the screen has writing on I squint harder and begin to read a message that every human in the world was currently reading.
HELLO HUMANS!
I AM THE BEING KNOWN AS GOD I AM AN EXISTENCE WHICH YOU HUMANS HAVE SQUABBLED OVER FOR YEARS. I AM THE CREATOR OF THIS WORLD. AND KNOW I AM CHANGING IT, YOU HUMANS HAVE GROWN SOFT AT THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN AND I HAVE DECIDED TO KNOCK YOU OF YOUR THRONE. I AM IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM WHICH WILL ALLOW YOU HUMANS TO LEVEL UP AND BETTER YOURSELVES BUT IT WILL ALSO LET MONSTERS DO THE SAME. ALL TECHNOLOGY WILL BE TURNED OF AND YOU ALL WILL HAVE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR SAFETY. SOME OF YOU WILL NOT SURVIVE BUT THOSE THAT DO WILL SURELY BECOME GREAT.
Whilst I read this message from God my breathing steadily became more and more rapid. While you might not have guessed it from my appearance I'm an avid reader and overall nerd reading fictions like this where my favourite pastime. With my extensive knowledge I predicted what happens next, the blue screen disappears and about two metres in front of me a purple hole appears on the cracked pavement. Scrambling out of the hole came a disgusting creature. Its skin was a dark green, it was about 5'2 it was as skinny as an anorexic person and only wore a loincloth. It had a round head with pointed ears and a crooked nose it's slanted eyes with yellow irises that matched its set of grinning yellow teeth a sharp a swords. Speaking of swords the creature I figured was a goblin held a rusted machete like sword. Instantly jumping into action i lunged at the creature that was still checking out its surroundings. Gambling on the fact the goblin was male I sent a kick towards its loincloth, from the following scream of agony I'm assuming it was. The goblin collapsed to the floor and curled into a fetal position. With one stamp to the side of the goblins head it went limp, not taking chances I picked up the machete the goblin dropped and plunged it into the creatures throat. As the blade sunk into its soft fleshy neck I struck an artery and blood squirted out onto my face, recoiling and closing my eyes I jumped back. After backing away I wiped my face and opened my eyes, suddenly a wave of nausea hit me and bile rose in my throat as I looked into the dead face of the goblin. I managed to swallow it before I was sick, however bad I felt I needed to move on to the relative safety of my apartment.
As I was sprinting away from the grim scene I kept the weapon tight in my hand. Unsurprisingly two new blue screens appeared in my vision.
-CONGRATULATIONS YOU KILLED A LEVEL3 GOBLIN SCOUT 78XP GAINED 22XP NEEDED TILL LEVEL 2-
-FOR BEING THE FIRST HUMAN TO KILL A MONSTER YOU RECEIVE THE TITLE 'SURVIVOR' FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT YOUR STATUS SCREEN-
I swipe the screens away with a flick of my hand and continue running home. While running I consider my next moves. Screams ring through the night and I can picture the people behind them being slain by the creatures from the portals.
Finally I see my small apartment building. People are streaming into the streets now and out there doors come monsters, zombies, goblins, wolves and I think I saw a minotaur. The streets where filled with screaming people within minutes and bodies where everywhere. It was as if the time had changed to midday, luckily no more monsters attacked me on my way home. However all around me people where being slain by the creatures, if not a single goblin a pack of ravenous wolves. Barrelling through the doors of my building at top speed I ignored everything around me and charged up the stairs. My room is on the 7th floor and while I was charging up the stone steps I reached the 4th floor and bumped into a bit of trouble.
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On the platform of the 4th floor there lay the mangled body of a middle aged women, and with vigour to wolves where chewing her to bits. "Fuck." That was the only thing I could bring myself to say when the two humongous black wolves turned their blood covered muzzles in my direction. Crouching slightly I pointed the machete in front of me and prepared myself for the coming conflict. The wolves slowly and deliberately paced toward me. As they moved toward me I noticed a red bar above their heads and above the red bar words that read DIRE WOLF LEVEL 5.
With me being level 1 this was probably a bad idea, but they blocked the way and I was never one to run from conflict. Even though I was level 1 I work out 7 days a week so with that and my size I am ridiculously strong. And although I'm large I am surprisingly quick so I can handle myself.
After I complete my inner monologue the wolves are only 3 meters away. The small platform of the stairwell doesn't allow the wolves to spread out much so they are both in front of me. The right wolf lunges toward my throat but I sidestep to the right and slash at its side. The rusty blade barely hurts the wolf but the wall that was behind me does stun the wolf as its face rammed into it with momentum. As I go to attack the stunned wolf I feel a sharp pain in my right leg. Crying out I punch the other wolf that is thrashing its head tearing into my leg. I punch the wolf twice before it lets go and the second it does I smash the blade of the machete into its forehead with all my strength. The wolf goes limp and I try to remove the blade from its face, it's stuck as I'm doing this the other beast jumps and sinks its teeth into my left arm. Adrenaline is coursing through my body which lets me ignore the pain, lifting my arm I smash it and the wolf into the wall. Grunting the beast refuses to let go, but when my right hand sinks into its stomach its jaws relax and the wolf falls to the floor whimpering. I stomp on the beast head countless times before I feel something give and the life fades from the creature.
As the adrenaline leaves my body with my back to the wall I sink to the floor and receive the know familiar blue screen notifications.
-YOU HAVE SLAIN TWO LEVEL 5 DIRE WOLVES AND GAINED 284 XP-
-YOU HAVE LEVELD UP TO LEVEL 2 CONGRATULATIONS-
-YOU HAVE LEVELD UP TO LEVEL 3 CONGRATULATIONS-
-248 XP NEEDED TILL LEVEL 4-
-YOU HAVE 10 UNUSED STAT POINTS-
After reading the notifications and taking a half minute rest i rise and ignoring the pain in my leg and arm, I continue to floor 7. I encounter no more monsters but hear screams from the 5th floor. Finally I stand in front of my apartment door, letting myself in whilst cautiously listening for monsters. I close the door behind me and after a quick scan I figured there where no monsters In my two room apartment. The other room is just a sink shower and toilet. My main room has a large bed a small kitchen area 1 big wardrobe and a desk with my computer and monitor. Removing my clothes I open a cupboard in the kitchen area I fumble about and find a small first aid kit. I clean and bandage my wounds, it's not a professional job but it'll do.
Moving to the wardrobe I use the remnants of my strength to move it in front of the door. I collapse onto my bed but cannot close sleep as the last hour flashed before my eyes. Sitting up and hitting myself in the head I exclaim "you retard James the status screen." In my head I think the word 'status'.
A familiar blue screen appeared in front of my face.
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Name: James Coleman
Race: Human
Age: 19
Level:3
HP:72/100 SP:67/120 MP:100/100
Effects:Bleeding (Treated will disappear in 10 min)
Stats:
Strength:15 Agility:12 Dexterity:10
Intelligence:10 Endurance:12
Constitution:10 Wisdom:10
Unused stat points:10
Skills:
Titles:
Survivor
XP to next level 248
Help?
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After going through my status screen in my head I mentally click help. In my head I hear a voice .
'This is the system what would you like to know?'
Mentally I reply. 'What is the meaning of all the stats?'
'Strength: determines how much damage you deal and how much weight you can carry.
Agility: determines how fast you can move and how fast you can strike.
Dexterity: determines how precise you are and increases critical hit chance.
Intelligence: determines ones mana pool each point added increases the pool by 10.
Endurance: determines stamina each point added increases stamina by 10.
Constitution: determines health each point added increases health by 10.
Wisdom: determines damage and or duration of spells.'
'What does my title survivor do?'
'Survivor: gained by the first human to kill a monster. Current benefits: when the owner of the title has there health run out will give a health boost of 50.
This title can evolve future benefits are classified.'
Ok eerrrrmmm 'explain skills.'
'Skills are either passive or active, passive skills are always being used and give benefits to the user, active skills require either mana or stamina. Active skills have levels and after being used enough level up and gain benefits. Skills are acquired either through skill books or by repeatedly doing the skill.'
After that boat load of information my head is pounding I have just enough time before dosing of to mentally order. '3 points to strength 2 to agility 3 to endurance and 2 to constitution.'
Then my eyes close and the world blackens.
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