Of all the things that happened to him today, standing here in front of the guild master, covered in blood shit sweat and tears, from the time that he came to this world earlier today, this hit him the hardest.
I have no mana....
I can't cast spells...
I've been summoned to the fantasy world of my dreams, and I can't use magic...
He did not even have any tears now. Now he just felt broken.
Without waiting for the guild master, Chester let himself out of the room. He walked through the main training room, into the main guild hall, past the front desk, and out the door. He stood right out side for a bit, looking up at the fighters guild sign. The sword and shield. Something he could no longer hope to attain. He stood there, looking around, at all the people passing by. some wielding weapons, and some carrying baskets of fruit. Will I just have to get a job? Get by in this world of adventure sweeping a shop floor? Even considering that just made him think of all the kinds of magical items would be sold in that store he would work at. Reminding him of his desire to live a life of adventure. Watching the people walk by. Some have magic staves with big crystals on top. Knights in heavy armor perusing magical trinkets sold at a table on the side of the street. A dwarf in light armor, with a shield slung over his back. The fire in Chester started to ignite again. I will be an adventurer. Fuck that guild master-san. Getting back into his idea of how he should speak in this world, he started to use suffixes at the end of names like he saw in his anime and manga.
Stopping a passing beast-kin, Chester asked him,
"Excuse me kind sir beast-dude, could you please tell me what guilds there are in this city?"
The tall and slender beast-man looked down at Chester, Cute little doggy ears hanging off the side of his head.
"My name is not beast dude. It's Haruff"
"Ssorry sir haruff, could you please tell me what guilds there are in this city?"
"And you are?"
"My name is Chester, I'm new to this city"
"Well, Chester, there’s the merchants guild, *thinking* the blacksmiths guild *thinking*"
Chester cut him off.
"No, I mean adventurers guilds, like the fighters guild"
"Oh, well, there’s the fighters guild, *points up at the fighters guild sign*, the mages guild, the archers guild, and the thieves guild"
Well, the fighters guild is out, and I don't have mana, so no mages guild either
Please do not even consider the thieves guild
Don't consider the thieves guild?
Chester imagined himself in a cloak with a hood over his head, hiding in the shadows at night.
I said don't consider it
Maybe top hat man is right this time. and the guild master did suggest the archers guild.
For some reason Haruff didn’t leave yet, waiting for Chester to snap out of his daydream and respond or something. So Chester asked him another question.
"Where is the archers guild?
"You make a right when you get to the main street"
"Thank you"
As Chester was walking away the beast-man called out to him
"See you around Chester"
What is a baby giant doing here in the city?
Reaching the main road, Chester thought to himself, I'll show that guild master, I'm going to be the best... Chester stopped himself mid thought. He looked around, expecting a blue box to appear. then he rephrased his thoughts. I'm going to become an adequate archer. A smile stretched across Chester’s face. Walking with a kick in his step, Illusions of grandeur didn't level up.
Walking down the main road, looking at each sign sticking out of the buildings, Chester was looking for what he assumed would be the sign for the archers guild, a bow. Soon he came to a large fountain in the middle of the road. A pool of water at the ground level, with a pillar in the middle, holding up a large bowl of water, with a stream of water shooting upwards out if it. Seeing it, Chester realized how thirsty he was. He leaned over the edge, cupped his hands, brought water to his mouth and drank. And drank. And drank. A lot of drinking. He then splashed water onto his face, and onto his short hair. And then he realized how much he needed a bath. and how much his ass itched from having sweaty shit all over it. And then, Chester had an idea.
First, he sat down by the edge of the fountain, with his feet sticking in. People were staring but Chester was too focused to notice.
embarrassment resistance has gained a level
The water was nice and cool. He slid over the edge, into the shallow water that reached most of the way up his thighs. He felt coins under his feet, at the bottom of the fountain. And without further ado, Chester squatted down, and pulled his pants down. He proceeded to splash, water all over his ass, scratching and scrubbing all the while. Oooh this feels good. As this was causing quite a scene, one of the nearby mothers, with her hands over her child’s innocent eyes, called over one of the guards.
"Excuse me, what the hell are you doing in the fountain?"
Startled, Chester stood up with a shock.
"I was uh, just, um,..."
Nervous, Chester took a step back, and lost his footing as he slipped on some coins. Apparently there was a dip in the floor of the fountain, and it got a lot deeper. Chester tried to find his footing, but plunged right into the deeper area. At first everything was OK, asides from the fact that Chester could not swim, his body of fat was pretty buoyant, and he was splashing around wildly, in an attempt to save himself.
You are panicking
The guard just stood and watched with everyone else, as Chester flailed around. In the end, his splashing did more harm than good, and Chester capsized. His body flipped over, and he found himself floating, upside down. His panicking before the top half of his body went under water did not leave him with much breath. Now he started to flail with his arms even more. Back on the surface, the guard with all the bystanders were watching a giant ass sticking out of the water, legs kicking into the air, with pants just barely holding on.
Congratulations, you have gained a skill "Float" (water)
Congratulations, you have gained a proficiency "Breath Holding" lvl 1
In the back of Chester’s mind, he could see 8 bubbles in a line, and they started to disappear one by one, starting from the end.
Chester continued to randomly swing his arms around.
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You are running out of breath
He was own to three bubbles.
The skill Breath Holding has gained a level
Within seconds, all the bubbles were gone.
You are drowning. -12 health
You are drowning. -10 health
You are drowning. -13 health
The skill Breath Holding has gained a level
You are drowning. -12 health
You are drowning. -12 health
Not being able to hold back, Chester let out the last air that was in his lungs, and his body automatically tried to breath. In and out, his lungs filled with water, pushed the water out, and filled up again.
You are drowning -10 health
every time he lost health, his vision blared red, and he felt pain all over his body.
Swimming strokes - 36/100
You are drowning - 13 health
*trying to breath, water going in and out of his lungs.
Congratulations, the skill Float (water) has gained a level!
You are drowning - 10 health
You are drowning - 11 health
You are drowning - 9 health
Swimming strokes - 48/100
The skill Breath Holding has gained a level
*trying to breath, water going in and out of his lungs.
You are drowning - 10 health
You are drowning - 10 health
You are drowning - 13 health
Swimming Strokes - 59/100
Back at the surface, two guards were now standing watch.
[guard #2] "Are you going to get him out?"
[guard #1] "I'm not going near that thing"
"We cant just let him stay there"
"What do you propose we do about it?"
"I dunno, try grabbing him with your spear or something"
The two guards just stood staring at the lower half of Chester’s body, sticking out of the water, flailing around.
You are drowning - 14 health
You are drowning - 12 health
You are drowning - 10 health
You are drowning - 10 health
*trying to breath, water going in and out of his lungs.
Swimming Strokes, 86/100
You are drowning - 9 health
You are drowning - 11 health
You are drowning - 11 health
Congratulations, you have gained a skill, Water Breathing!
He could see in the back of his mind, one of the bubbles started to fill up again, but before it was full it quickly faded away.
You are drowning - 6 health
You are drowning - 8 health
You are drowning - 4 health
Swimming Strokes - 95/100
You are drowning - 6 health
Water Breathing has gained a level!
You are drowning - 4 health
At this point, a bubble and a half filled up before they emptied, and it gave him more time in between each decrease in health.
Swimming Strokes 100/100
Congratulations, you have gained a skill, Swimming lvl 1!
You are drowning - 7 health
You are drowning - 4 health
With his newly acquired swimming skill, Chester was finally able to flip himself over. With pale blue skin, and purple lips, he grabbed onto the side of the fountain. Chester opened his mouth, and a stream of water started to pour out. The water spraying didn't stop until there were two gallons of water on the ground.
You are no longer drowning
Chester stayed there for a while, taking big gasps of air.