Staring at the system message in front of her, Aurelia felt anxious, but also a bit of excitement. This whole night, or rather day now, had been very confusing and scary, but something inside her felt almost… alive.
Beginning Eldrian System Tutorial:
Welcome User [Aurelia] to Eldria.
System User [Aurelia] has [limited] knowledge of the system and the land of Eldria. Full tutorial commencing…
After reading the short system message, it continued to sit there in her vision and she had the impression it was loading new information. Aurelia adjusted her body, becoming cross legged in the grass and tried focusing around the blue box in her vision. It seemed to become invisible as she tried to study the surrounding area.
Realizing she probably should have taken stock of her situation sooner, she felt a little ashamed. Aurelia might be new to this world, but that didn’t mean she should act without any self awareness. There might be a wild animal out here. Out where? Again, she had no idea.
Aurelia was sitting in a grassy meadow, a stream dividing the meadow in two. Flowers and small shrubs were interspersed throughout the meadow, and a forest of trees surrounded her on three sides. Directly to the right of her, the meadow continued down a hill and she could see what looked like a medieval village in the distance. Aurelia didn’t know if she should feel relieved or worried, as she couldn’t be sure if the villagers would be friend or foe. She imagined it would probably be best to try and finish whatever tutorial was waiting for her, before she tried to find out more about the villagers and the village.
Looking up at the sky again, the alien color threw her off. It was definitely a beautiful color, just not the sky blue of Earth. The sun was directly overhead, making her believe that it was midday, and she had a couple more hours before it got dark. She did not want to be alone when it got dark.
Aurelia wiped her sweaty palms on her pants, then froze. Slowly looking down, she realized another thing she had missed earlier. The clothes she had been wearing earlier on Earth were no longer there. Instead, she wore what looked to be brown leggings of a rougher cotton she was used to, worn leather boots, and a long-sleeved white tunic shirt that fit slim against her body because of a leather corset top that wrapped around her waist and bust. The corset laced in the front, tied off in a bow. “Huh.” Aurelia spoke out loud, her voice tender from the throwing up session she had done earlier.
A new prompt appeared in her vision, covering the one she had finished reading. Deciding questions about her clothing swap could wait for later, Aurelia resolved to try and continue her tutorial. She wanted answers.
Introduction:
The Full Tutorial will have three parts:
History of Eldria and the System:* Ongoing
Basics of the Stat Sheet
Introduction to Fighting
Beginning History-
For hundreds of millenia, the people of Eldria have been participants in the System. From the age of twelve, the age of majority, citizens of Eldria may receive access to the system. Those of Eldrian descent who find themselves in other worlds can receive access to the system once they make contact with an Eldrian native. This will initiate a tutorial for those above the age of twelve, in order to educate the new System user about the aspects of their new world, unknown to them before.
Aurelia paused in her reading. So it seemed the tutorial was only for those who had grown up outside of the system’s influence. It probably existed so those who found themselves connected to the system, with no prior knowledge of how the system worked or even of the history of Eldria, could gain a foundation in their new reality. Aurelia did not fully grasp how important this tutorial would be, but knew that it would be vital in helping her progress in Eldria and in finding a way back to Earth.
History cont:
The world of Eldria is divided into many lands, occupied by different species. Some lands are under the rule of humanoid species such as humans, elves, dwarves, beastkin, orcs, trolls, demons, angels, centaurs and others. Before the system arrived, the different species were constantly at odds, indiscriminately fighting in wars across the world. When the system came, it gave order and structure, allowing for users to gain system authority and establish territories. Regular citizens gained power and rank which allowed them to rise above their former stations and become rulers over others.
The History Tutorial will be available over the next month. Questions about common historical and system knowledge will be answered by the system up until those thirty days have passed.
Ask questions?
Continue to Stat Sheet Tutorial?
There was more than one race? Aleria couldn’t quite wrap her mind over the fact that there would be other races in this world. She was glad that the system gave her this information before she decided to step foot into the village. The shock of possibly seeing a half-bear half-human would probably be shocking even if she knew they might exist. Also, demons and angels? Aurelia wondered just how similar these creatures would mirror the stories of demons and angels from Earth. Wait, did that mean there were gods or a God? The idea of actual deity seemed… well, too much for her to imagine.
Deciding she had too much going on in her brain right now to ask a historical question, she said, “Continue.”
Beginning Stat Sheet Tutorial:
All citizens above the age of majority have access to their stat sheet. User [Aurelia]’s stat sheet is as follows:
Name: Aurelia
Age: 22
Race: Human
Rank: N/A
Class: 0/4
Level: 0
Health: 100/100
Mana: 0/120 [locked]
Stamina: 100/100
Strength: 9
Vitality: 10
Agility: 10
Endurance: 10
Wisdom: 11
Intelligence: 12
Perception: 10
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Charisma: 10
Luck: 12
Unspent Stat Points: 0
Skills: [Locked]
The stat sheet has many values important for a System User. The stat sheet shows basic information such as name, race and age, as well as the rank, class, and level of the User. The stat sheet shows the available health, mana, and stamina of the user and the value of the total capacity of each. There are also Stat levels that include Strength, Vitality, Agility, Endurance, Wisdom, Intelligence, Perception, Charisma, and Luck.
Would you like further explanation on basic stat sheet information?
From what Aurelia could tell, the stat sheet seemed similar to almost every game she had tried. She understood what health, mana, and stamina were, and could deduce what stats correlated to these pools of energy. Strength and vitality to health, agility and endurance to stamina, and wisdom and intelligence to mana. She was unsure why the mana was locked, but maybe it was because she never used mana on Earth. She decided to ask the system some follow up questions about the stat sheet.
“Why is my mana locked?”
Stat Sheet Tutorial Cont:
Mana is locked because User [Aurelia] did not have access to the system and could not unlock this pool of energy.
Would you like to unlock [Mana] now?
“Yes!”
The system window before her disappeared and she gasped as for a brief moment, her skin flashed with blue light. A warm sensation flowed through her, and she knew that feeling was her mana.
“Wow, this feels amazing!”
She wondered if her mana would have unlocked by itself later, or if she had been required to ask about it before getting that access. Wanting to have a better understanding of the stat sheet, she decided on another question and asked, “What are Skills?”
Stat Sheet Tutorial Cont:
Skills are system recognized abilities used by System Users. This includes ability to use weapons, physical ability, mental skills, magical skills, and other applicable skills. Access to System Skills allows for the user to better understand abilities and skills, helping them to progress faster and to help prevent them from forgetting the skills. Choosing a skill with no previous knowledge in that skill will cause the System to manually put information of that skill into the mind of the System User. Skills will level as the User uses the skill and progression in the skill will accelerate.
Would you like to unlock Skills?
Aurelia verbalized her assent to the question, and a new system window showed up in her vision. She read that the skills system had been unlocked and that she had five free skill points to spend. As she read, she understood that these free points would allow her to turn a skill she had learned on Earth into a System recognized skill that she could level. Under the line about the free points, a huge list of skills was laid out. She read through the skills and laughed, feeling slightly overwhelmed. There was a skill about washing dishes? As she read through the list she saw physical skills that ranged from running and jumping, to academic skills, and basic life tasks like cleaning. Knowing she could only choose five, she knew she needed to be very selective. In a world of magic and wonder, she needed skills that would give her a better advantage.
She made a mental list of skills that would be useful, and to her surprise, the system prompt responded, and a new list was created. This list showed the skills she thought seemed useful.
System Skills: 5 free points
Skill Options:
Running
Swimming
Cooking
Basic Non-Magical Healing
Writing
Scholar
Language Learning
Public Speaking
Acting
Aurelia guessed that the skills she had available were based on things she had done and what she had a good basic understanding of. Watching a video online about sword fighting probably wouldn’t mean she knew enough to gain a skill in it. From the skills on her list she was surprised at some of what was available. Running and swimming made sense, she used to run a lot in high school and was on the swim team for two years. Her summer job in high school had been lifeguarding and she had learned a lot of first aid during the training courses. So she guessed that had resulted in the skill option about basic non-magical healing. Aurelia noticed that her years of learning Spanish and French actually counted for something, as she got an option for a language learning skill. That could be really useful. Being a student also seemed to be a skill, though Aurelia wasn’t exactly sure everything that skill covered. Maybe it would help her learn new things when taught by others.
After a couple more minutes of debating over what skills would help her the best, she settled on her five choices. Mentally giving her choice, a new system prompt came up.
Congratulations! You have learned [5] new skills.
Running: skill level 5
Cooking: skill level 5
Basic Non-Magical Healing: skill level 2
Scholar: skill level 4
Language Learning: skill level 4
After she finished reading the prompt, Aurelia felt her head ache as a rush of information came into her brain. It felt like everything she had ever been taught about how to run well, how to assess a wound, and even how to properly chop a vegetable came to the forefront of her mind. It was overwhelming and she shut her eyes as she waited for the wave of information to pass. Then everything seemed to settle and she no longer felt any pain.
“Huh, that was different.” Aurelia said out loud.
She tried to recall the information she now seemed to remember and realized there was not just information from her own life, but new knowledge. She realized it was information specifically related to the world of Eldria. She recognized, for example, that not all produce from Earth existed in Eldria, and that there were new plants and animals here. From her language skill, she realized that she now knew the common language of Eldria, which was spoken by most races in order to communicate with each other.
Aurelia couldn’t quite believe just how magical these skills really were. The system had given her new information and everything seemed so seamless. She spent a couple more minutes going through the new knowledge and found that she could pull up her skill list from her stat page. Under the skills listed, she could see a progress bar representing how much experience she would need in order to unlock the next skill level. All of the progress bars for her five skills were at zero.
A warm breeze swept through the meadow, and Aurelia paused, looking around again. Remembering she was still alone in a strange world, she decided that she really needed to continue the tutorial and then find a safe place to stay.
She asked her next question to the air, “What are Classes?”
Stat Sheet Tutorial Cont:
Classes are system recognized paths to power. This includes fighting, crafting, and other forms of learning and progression. Some classes are available to everyone, but some are restricted by race, rank, and unmet conditions by the System User. Most System Users only have access to choosing one class total, with some Users having access to up to four different classes. For Users who have more than one class, they must choose one class to be their main class, with any other class obtained becoming a secondary class. Users may switch between which class is the main class in order to level other classes. At certain level benchmarks, Users will be given the opportunity to level up or change their classes.
Aurelia paused and pulled up her stat sheet again. She read the line about her class, noting that it said she had zero out of four classes available. That meant she had the option to have four different classes, while most of Eldria only had the option of one class. She didn’t know why she was different from most people, but recognized that having four classes could make her more powerful.
She asked a follow-up question to the system, “When can I choose my first class?”
Stat Sheet Tutorial Cont:
Class selection begins at level one. User [Aurelia] requires 1000 experience to access the first level. All further classes may be obtained at any point after choosing the first class.
Okay, so Aurelia needed to figure out how to gain experience so she could get levels and a class. Maybe she would be able to do that in the last portion of the tutorial. Before that, though, she had one more question about the stat sheet.
She addressed the system once more, “What does Rank mean?”
Stat Sheet Tutorial Cont:
Rank refers to ranks of authority within the system. The ranks are as follows:
* Peasant
* Knight
* Lord
* Baron
* Duke
* Prince
* King
* Emperor
Authority ranks are hereditary, meaning that the child of two peasants will only have the option to have the peasant rank. A new system user will automatically receive the highest rank available to them when rank is unlocked. Users of higher system authority will have more class opportunities and can claim territory relative to their rank.
Would you like to unlock Rank?
Aurelia said, “Yes.” and a new screen popped in her vision. Not expecting much from her rank, as she didn’t even know what rank her parents were, she was stunned to see what rank had been awarded to her.
“Princess?”