Jake finally awoke to a splitting headache," What the hell happened" Jake said. Looking down he saw that his hands were full of blood and the boulder he was sitting on was a little squishy.

Finally having his memories come back to him Jake jumped off the now dead warthog and managed to take one of his daggers with him, in a stance ready to fight. Jake realized that the warthog was actually dead and now that he took the time to get his bearings also realized it was starting to get dark.

"How long was I out for?" Jake said, "Well at least I have food sorted for awhile" as Jake walked up to the warthog and looked for his other dagger, finally finding it still stabbed deep into the hog he attempted to pull it out with much struggle.

Jake decided he needed to hurry as blood from the warthog might attract predators like in the documentaries he's watched back on earth. He willed for the warthog to go into his inventory and luckily it did, he looked at where the hog was lying before and realized he didn't have to expend resources to put things in and take things out of his inventory.

There was something that caught his eye lying what would have been underneath the warthog he found a pair of gloves, using identify he took a quick look.

Gloves of the Asper Warthog (normal)

Gloves that have holes for the fingers to go through, a common feature for hunters and anyone who uses a bow, provides comfort and warmth to the hands and doesn't affect hand movement.

+1 Strength

+2 Agility

"Well that's convenient.." Jake said quickly, equipping his new gloves. "Now for water and shelter.. hmm there are tracks from the warthog going to the left.. do I follow and hope to find water or pick a direction again.. let's go the warthog route see if I can find anything but try not to grab attention of the animals."

Jake bent down and attempted to wipe his daggers against the grass to get rid of the blood that was on them, unfortunately that didn't work to well but it was enough for now.. as he wasn't sure if rust was a thing in the tutorial and did not want to find out with his only weapons breaking.

Figuring he had nothing else to do he slowly started his journey following the tracks of the warthog and picking up any sticks and twigs he could find. After an hour of walking the sun was really getting low now and his visibility was going down. He finally found what looked like a plain with a mountain in the distance.

Making his way to the mountain while trying to stay low to the ground in the plain. *Hopefully there's a ledge or a cave in that mountain or else I'm going to have to try to sleep in a tree tonight, last thing I want is a warthog sitting on me..*

Lucky Jake did find a cave but unluckily there was another hog out the front of it. There also was a thundering sound in the area *So there must be water or a waterfall somewhere around here..I don't think I'll be able to kill it without alerting any that's in the cave if there is any.. but I need a shelter as soon as possible.*

Jake steeled himself ready to try and get this cave for himself when all of a sudden an eagle the size of a car came down and swiped the warthog up in its claws as it flew away. Jake instantly dropped to the ground worried he may be next. Not moving for 5 minutes keeping an eye on the cave and the sky. Luckily there was no movement at least that he could see with the dark fast approaching.

Jake figured he had enough time to check out the cave and start a fire hopefully before it got too dark.

Entering the cave as quietly as possible he looked and saw that the cave wasn't too deep; it was only about 4 meters long and 2 meters wide, big enough to hide comfortably. There was nothing in the cave other than some twigs and what looked like moss growing on one side of the cave.

Slowly Jake made his way inside still looking to see if there was anything else he could see in the cave and luckily there wasn't. He slowly sat down and sighed *Well at least I have shelter and food.. water is the next thing I need but it's too dark to go out now.. I just hope I won't need it until I find that waterfall.*

Making himself get up he walked towards the entrance of the cave and pulled out the twigs and sticks he had been collecting on his journey. Making a small file he grabbed one of his daggers out of his inventory and tried to make a spark against the floor of the cave and the twigs, it seemed to have worked after a while which was a plus he now had a fire be it a small one. He slowly added more wood to the fire to keep it from going out and walked a bit out of the cave keeping his eyes peeled for any movement.

Jake willed for the warthog to come out of his inventory and it appeared next to him still quiet fresh. *Hm so the inventory keeps things fresh at least I think so.. it still looks to be bleeding which is good.. now comes the hard part..*

Steeling himself to be prepared Jake took his daggers and attempted to disassemble the boar keeping what he can in his inventory. Blood and parts of the hog vanished as soon as he cut some off. Trying not to think about it, Jake accidentally cut a bit too deep and ended up opening what looked like the stomach of the warthog and a pungent smell spread out. Dry heaving and throwing up he did his best to get the rest of the meat he could before throwing everything back into his inventory and wiping his hands and dagger that now have blood on them on the grass to try and clean them the best he could.

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Making his way to the fire that was still alight he put some more sticks on it and let it grow slightly more. Grabbing a stick and skewering some of the meat he sat it hanging above the fire and waited for the meat to cook. *God I'm thirsty and hungry* he thought.

Finally he managed to hold out until the food was cooked and cooled a little as he took a bite and it was actually delicious, almost like bacon from earth. Having his full he decided that warthogs were worth the trouble with how amazing their meat tasted like.

Finding a spot to lie down he decided it was time to sleep, making sure that the fire will still be going for a while so he resigned himself to go to bed.

SMACK

Jake smacked his forehead, *I have a system and I haven't even checked it out what am I doing!!*He quickly brought up his status and notifications.

DING!

Congratulations on your first kill! You have unlocked the XP (experience Points) bar.

DING!

Congratulations on levelling!

Jake Steel

Titles: Earth's Tutorial Attendee, Champion of Lelantus

Health 100/100

Stamina 125/125

Mana 10/10

XP (20/200

Combat: Rogue

Level 1

Profession: None

Level 0

Stats:

Strength 1 (+1) - 2(+1)

Agility 3 (+5) - 5 (+5)

Intellect 1 - 2

Stamina 2 (+2) - 3 (+2)

Secondary stats:

Luck 3 - 4

Resistances 0.5

Abilities:

Stealth (Ungradable)

Skills:

Identify (basic)

Dagger proficiency (Basic)

Fire Making

Butcher

*Awesome! I levelled up! It's just like an RPG! And it seems like you can get skills from doing tasks.. Anyway, time for bed. I need to find some water tomorrow.* Jake checked his fire and made sure to keep his daggers close as he tried to drift off to sleep.

-Somewhere in a desert-

Zach had always been the quiet kid, the one who didn't look for trouble but at the same time knew a bit of underhanded tricks and some martial arts from his pain of a family.

*God that scorpion really took a bit of effort to kill..*

DING

Congratulations you have been picked by the Shadow as a champion you have been granted the starter item of Shadow's champion. Please check your inventory for said item.

*What the fuck is Shadow and why did he pick me?..*

Checking his inventory Zach saw a peddle the same as Jake had. Zach brought out the pebble and inspected it.

Gift of Shadow (ungradable)

A gift from Shadow the god of darkness for his chosen champion.

Use gift of Shadow?

Yes/No

Zach picked yes and a bright light took over the area. In Zach's hands was a red potion and he received a skill.

Zach identified the potion first.

Potion of healing (basic)

Heals minor cuts and bruises. +50 health

Zach decided to drink the potion to try and stop the bleeding from the stab from the Scorpions stinger and felt a warm feeling enter his body. His wound on his shoulder started to slowly close but was still really painful.

Next he looked at his skill that he got from shadow.

Martial arts of Shadow (divine)

You have been gifted the martial arts of Shadow. Become a hunter of the night to slay your foes before they are aware of you. Be aware due to this being a divine skill and a gift you are not able to upgrade this through normal means.

*Ok that's cool I guess but I already had a martial art from ea…* Zach though. All of a sudden he had a splitting headache and keeled over.

*What the hell is going on!* Zach felt his head was splitting before he passed out on the sand of the desert.