Josh Hammott must be hungry.

He finished training and headed to the kitchen. Upon opening the door, what stood before him was a skeleton wearing a fancy suit that seemed to fit butlers rather well. The skull was weathered, and yellow light shone for his eyes.  He clearly looked different from before.

“That is because I’m not the same Dead Skeleton as before. Or rather, the Dead Skeleton from before was not me. His name was, is, and shall ever be, Evil Ginger. He and I are both Entities created for this novel.  Both of us represent a separate part of the author. Unfortunately, Evil Ginger has more power than I. He was upset that I had a body but he did not, so he possessed me who had possessed this being. After your race was selected, he chose one of the other races and left. For now, why not have some hot chocolate and pound cake?”

And sounded different, too.

‘Where do I start first…?’

Dead Skeleton gestured to the open chair at the table for Josh to sit at. As he sat down, he questioned,

“So my race has been selected?”

“Yes, sir.”

Dead Skeleton seemed resolute to just stand at Josh’s side like a normal butler would.

“Wow, you two are really different.”

“But we both make up the same person.”

“Uhh, ok…so what is my race?”

“It seems you will become the [Were-Unicorn].

“Awww…I kind of wanted the [Golem], though…wait, I should be more worried about becoming a girl…”

At this point, Dead Skeleton bows in apology before standing straight up again to continue.

“I’m sorry, sir, but on to the topic of your Job, which will grant you one Skill and decide how to allocate your Stat Points, and your Special Skills.  The Job can be anything from [Warrior] to [Healer], from [Book Lover] to [Dungeon Crawler], and even include Unique and Strange Jobs like [King] and [Hopeless Romantic].

These are just some of the many choices the Readers have for your Job. A Job dictates where your Stat Points go whenever you level up.”

“I can level up? What are the Stats?”

“There are the Major Three Stats [Strength], [Endurance], and [Intelligence]. Each of these will influence your HP, SP, and MP respectively. Besides raising your Health Points, [Strength] also increases your damage output. [Endurance] does the same with Stamina Points and lowers received damage. [Intelligence] increases your Magic Points while increasing your thinking speed as well.

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The next Minor Three Stats include [Hit], [Agility], and [Perception]. [Hit] increases accuracy and critical chance, while [Agility] increases attack speed and reflexes. [Perception] is a strange one. It allows one to further understand their Skills and abilities. Someone who has high [Perception] will have an easier time creating new techniques with weapons, new spells for magic, and understanding the ways of the world through meditation.”

“Is meditation necessary?”

“It is if you would like to become stronger, Josh. The Special Two Stats are called [Charm] and [Luck]. I would like to believe your previous life had both of these Stats as rather high.”

“Really?”

“Truly. [Charm] increases others’ opinions of you and helping with bartering and trade. [Luck] increases drop rate of treasure and usable materials while also increasing the chance of something good happening. But that only happens when you have good [Karma].”

“What if it’s not?”

“Then the opposite happens. More chances for bad things to happen, the treasure you find might be fake or not even there, and things like the poison sack of the monster you defeated burst and ruined all of the carcass become more common. Rather unfortunate, I say.”

“Dang…wait, what about the Special Skills?”

“Yes, sir. Any skill that comes to the Readers’ mind is accepted. This includes, but is not limited to; [Appraisal], [World’s Tongue], and [Infinite Storage Space]. These are the usual three from other novels, if my memory serves correctly. They allow the user to identify items and learn more about them, speak any language of the world, and have a special inventory that is weightless, cost nothing to use, and cannot be filled. Truly amazing Skills. Any Skill chosen by the Readers will be [LV: MAX]ed.”

“Soooo…what now?”

“You can go into the training area and practice your new Race and Skills, although in this space, you can choose to stay in your current form, or choose to be your new Race already. If you ever need my help, I will be here, just call my name.”

“But it’s such an odd name.”

“It is the name my Creator gave me.”

Dead Skeleton bowed again as an apology for having a weird name.

“I-I-I meant no such d-disrespect, Master!”

“???”

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“Hello there, wonderful Readers. I am Dead Skeleton, your host for this chapter. I wish the best of luck to Josh, this story, and even my rather unbearable counterpart, Evil Ginger. But most of all, I wish YOU luck! Have a good day, and see you next time!”