Author’s Note: Chapter will be in POV, since there is no narrator all thoughts are just simple text whereas dialogue will be as before, Character: “purple hat”
Chapters will be released at the very least 1 per day, the length will be closer to this chapter rather than the prologue. Chapters will get longer as later chapters will start including other side characters of importance and i don’t want to decrease the MC POV as a result.
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Present Time:
**Moondog Inn, Sandro’s POV**
Not sure what a Moondog is but given how nice this place looks for its price i can’t imagine it is anything but a love lovely dog with brown and piercing white moon eyes. The floors are a well taken care of wooden red, the calming atmosphere completely uncharacteristic given the reasonable price, not a classic ‘event’ in sight.
I’m now waiting quieting a table as i enjoy a food very similar to duck while at the same time hoping it's not some hideous monster that that most certainly exists in a game like this. I can only wait till everyone starts going sleep before i put my leveling plan in action. As i stare at my room key i can only feel something is off.
Nooooo!
The realization that i have absolutely no way to get through the locks in people’s room after they go to sleep just struck me. I'm starting to think my wisdom being listed at 5 wasn’t just for show, though if i could think that doesn’t that mean my wisdom is high, or is that high intelligence? Nope too complicated, time for a change of plan.
Walking up to the bar i try to stay as close as possible to where the customer will be checking in, this way i can hide under their beds once i figure out which room my target will be in.
A group of 3 men walk up to the counter, all cultivators around the age 40, all 3 being between Qi realm 2-3/9. The man in front is wearing leather armor with blue greyish color with an odd furry scaly look i can’t even describe. I focus my ears making sure to catch their room numbers.
Furry Scaly Man: “Oi manager you got any rooms left!”
A bald man from whom i earlier purchased a room from at a silver a night walks out with a sorry look on his face, probably trying to avoid any issues.
Bald Man: “Sorry lads only got 1 room left but i can get me boys to bring up two extra cots free of charge”
Contrary to what years of reading taught me the 3 men happily accept and head out to a table. Needless to say i’m pretty disappointed, come on NPCs where’s my quest to save the manager’s daughter from being ravaged by 3 brutes and the beautiful exp that goes with it?
Hearing the room number from the manager i make my way upstairs hoping that the room is unlocked. Lady Luck is on my side. Entering the 15x15 room, i noticed the lack of windows and a dark ‘looks like cedar’ floor matching the overall build of the inn. Activating Conceal Presence ahead of time i hide under the bed preparing for the slaughter.
4 Hours Later:
45 Bottles of beer of on the wall, take one down pass it around, 44 bottles of beer on the wall…………….
FUCK, they’re still not coming up. My only consolation is that they’ll probably be drunk, but worst case scenario they actually did act like proper NPC thugs and ended up being killed. i’ll stay for 99 more bottles of beer.
hmm , to think of it couldn’t i actually just have passed my time looking for new skills to use the in future. haaaaaa, leveling wisdom as soon as possible.
Choose Skill
Not too many useful options, probably having to do with my level, definitely want some sort of skill to run faster, there’s no guarantee i can keep playing after game over, especially if i die so early on i might get kicked out.
Skill: Wind Control: WindWeaver: Channeling Qi this skill allows the user to alter the wind around him lowering air resistance and creating an air current that allows a .1(Level) speed increase. Speed increase lowers as realms advance. Qi Cost: 5(Level) per second
Explosive speed was what i was looking for but i can’t expect too much at the lowest realm. Looks like focusing points on agility combined with this skill will be my lifeline. Can’t wait for those level up skill points, now hurry up get upstairs my beautiful furry scaly exp farm.
The door slams open as i hear footstep walking in the room, the one in the lead slamming down onto the bed i’m under. Here it comes the moment i’ve been...
HOLY SHIT.. i….i..can’t breath at all furry scaly man just threw up right at the edge of the bed…..noooooooo don’t come closer please i beg of you. Stifling the entirety of my urges i can only watch with tears in my eyes as part of the disgusting mess slowly moves and touches my arm.
30 Minutes Later:
No matter what happens my only regret in life is that furry scaly man will never know the reason i looked at him with such fury as i plunged my Soul Dagger into the base of the skull. While holding a rag over his mouth i can only stand still in panic at the gurgling noises he's making. Now thanking my alien overseers for programming him and his friends to drink so much. A blue soul like entity flows out of the man, part of it going to me and a smaller part going to my dagger.
I repeat the process twice more and am met with the beautiful blue screens and some unexpected gains.
Qi Realm 3/9 killed: Exp gained = 33
Qi Realm 3/9 killed: Exp gained = 33
Qi Realm 2/9 killed: Exp gained = 21
Achievement Gained: Beginner Assassin: kill a target without anyone noticing. Exp gained = 10
Achievement Gained: Intermediate Assassin: kill a target without anyone noticing at least 3 levels above you. Exp gained = 100. Beguiling Cloak added to inventory
Achievement Gained: Triple Kill: kill three targets within 10 seconds that are either of equal or greater strength. Exp gained = 100
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System Notice: All achievements may be repeated after entering the next realm
Damn that couldn’t have gone better, except the whole throwing up right after admiring the blue screens. I’m kinda of worried now, watching the blood pour and the the look of their eyes as the light left them, thinking that maybe this isn’t game, maybe my cultivation technique is just...
never mind that's just silly sorry for doubting you alien overlords. Of course they could make a game this realistic.
Warning: Now that the user has reached a level where exp is sufficiently gathered, Dantian will need to be created and filled with Qi before user explodes, please find a safe place and use command “Level Up” once in a safe area. Process will take 1 hour
I rush back to my room and lock the door. Sitting down on my bed in the only way possible, a classic meditation pose, i chant Level Up in my head and i…..
Fuckfuckfuckfuckshitshitshit…...it...hurts so fucking much its like a worm in my intestines decided it was time for a new home and while twisting them as it packed all its clothes and traveling necessities before bursting out of my chest.
1 hour later:
Waking up feeling a euphoria i can’t describe immediately use Status
4 Days Before Sandro was brought to planet Etheria in the Purple Star Realm:
**Earth, Unknown POV**
I’ve been running for what feel like eons, i have finally decided to do what all others consider unthinkable and headed towards a forbidden realm. After so many years of curiosity i finally understand the real meaning behind forbidden, THERE'S NO QI. and not only is there no Qi its quickly flowing out of my body, it took the entirety of my will to prevent my cultivation from dropping any further than it already is.
I used up such a large portion of my Qi coming here and even more of my precious medicines running away as far as i know i have no way to leave now… wait i’m becoming hungry? I haven’t felt hunger since i was a small desolate fox hunting in the forests outside my clan’s cave. Dammit i have to..
As my consciousness fades i spot a man walking towards giving a look filled with so much curiosity and wonder i can only think of him as a small boy, it's been awhile since someone like him looked at me with anything but disdain or lust.
Unknown: “please….i..can’t……..
Present Time:
**Moondog Inn, Sandro POV**
Status
Player Name: Sandro
Evil Qi: 450/450Level: Qi Realm: 3/9
Exp: 297/300Stat Points: 10+15+20
Skill Points: 3+3+3Strength: 12Intellgience: 18Agility: 9Wisdom: 5Vitality: 14Reaction Speed: 14SkillsEquipmentIdentify: Level 1Inventory: Level 1Chest: Beginner Tunic,
Beguilement Cloak
(+1 level to all stealth skillsLegs: Beginner LeggingsAlter Stats and Skills: Level MaxChose Skill: Level MaxFeet: Beginner ShoesWeapon 1: Soul Dagger(Level 2, 8/10)Conceal Presence: Level 3WindWeaver: Level 0EmptyEmpty
Hmm 450 Qi, 45 stats points, 9 skill points… wait EVIL Qi??? Aren’t those type of people always targeted and hunted down? Is it because i got exp from people? No no that's not fair eventually you’d have to kill people in a game filled with cultivators.
Fucking blue screen
….there goes my dreams of entering a school and becoming the number 1 disciple, though now that i think about that it’d be a terrible idea with how fast i can raise my cultivation. Way too many stupid things today, first things first stat points going into wisdom!
Alter Stats and Skills
Huh… there's no option to increase wisdom or intelligence, well fuck
Well then let's go full survivability and look at any new skills available in the list, maybe evil qi unlocked some special ones
Choose Skill
Drain Vitality: Drains a target's Vitality using your own Qi to heal wounds and improve own Vitality permanently. 2(Level)Vitality drained per second. .10(Level) Meter Distance. 5 to 1 improvement ratio. QI Cost: 50 Evil Qi per second
Oh man that's perfect, let's put the stats in
Alter Stats and Skills
There we go….Status
Player Name: Sandro
Evil Qi: 450/450Level: Qi Realm: 3/9
Exp: 297/300Stat Points: 0
Skill Points: 0Strength: 20Intellgience: 18Agility: 34Wisdom: 5Vitality: 20Reaction Speed: 20SkillsIdentify: Level 1Inventory: Level 1Drain Vitality: Level 1EmptyAlter Stats and Skills: Level MaxChose Skill: Level MaxEmptyEmptyConceal Presence: Level 9WindWeaver: Level 2EmptyEmpty
Hmm no matter how i add it up i doubt i’ll reach the guards status with 2 more levels….oh no… the game actually expects me to train, but this isn’t a movie i can’t just fade to black and say 3 months later i’m the champion.
NO i refuse. If there is a drain vitality there will have to be other drains later on at higher levels… yes this is the only choice the alien overlords would never be so cruel to deny this simple pleasure.
Next Morning:
I end up talking with the manager about any martial schools in the area and i actually find out there's quite a large one to the south of the city and the reason why the city is so crowded is that they’re recruiting both servants and students.
Oh man a real school arc i’m so...and i just remembered i can’t join a school. I’ll get my revenge you self righteous NPCs who discriminate, probably, against those with Evil Qi, it's not time for the school arc it's time for the school hunting arc!