Year 2085, 10 years after the great teleportation, in the sunny weather inside the forest of Demitri a level 200 map, you can hear the sound of hacking, fighting and spells that bombared the place destroying the trees and soils on the groud. "Come on guys we are almost there the forest giant king only have a 5% hp, mage throw everything you have. Warriors raise your shield don't let the aggro switch to the mages use your provoke skills. Trebor chain stun him i will give you an attack boost" waving his hands the man who was shouting and leading the team was the handsome level 185 Cleric Pale Light. "No problem i will use my coclussive blast" activating his skill the forest giant king was stun for 5 seconds giving the mage and other damage dealer to throw everything they have. With a loud shout of the forest giant king it finally collapse reaching 0 from his hp.
"That was a tough battle, Healer heal the wounded people those with light to medium injuries drink potion immediatley to lessen the burden to healers" smiling amiably the cleric pale light look everyone and stop his eyes to trebor with a glint flash into his eyes but replace immediatley as if it was never happen. " Hey trebor brother check the loot of the forest giant king the dark gold equipment we want might drop into there we can sell it then to 25000 gold coins with 10 of us here we can earn 2500 gold" Hearing this order Trebor was greatly shook because with that money he can use it to marry the woman she love Pinky or real name was Bernadette, the priest who was treating their comrade right now with a vulpous body and fair skin, Trebor can't help himself looking at this goddess of his life, feeling the gaze of Trebor, Pinky look at him and smile lovingly, seeing this he is more determine to marry this woman he love so much.
Walking slowly to the loot that the forest giant king that drop with the luster of violet that being reflected by the sun Trebor's heart was shaken hastening his footsteps, upon crounching down and picking up a pair of gloves seeing a violet luster that was being emit in the gloves he could'nt help but scream in shock. "Th-t-this this is a violet grade gloves, we can sell this for 100,000 gold coins. We are rich now!!!"
Hearing his scream Pale Light look at the warrior who was closest to Trebor with a nod in his head the warrior unsheated his great sword and stab Trebor at the back.
Being stab at the back the joy that he felt greatly change to shock then to horror, turning his head he saw the one who stab him was his friend for 10 years Big Bear a great warrior whom he befriend after the great teleportation, being scared and lost at that time together with him, pale light and pinky they create their own team to survive in this world. Looking into big bear he saw his eyes that there is a complicated emotion, maybe guilt or regret but its all too late now. He wanted to move and take a healing potion on his inventory but the sword was coated with a paralyzing poison. Feeling his life was slowly fleeting Trebor collapse on the ground and with a great difficulty he ask " Why? why did you stab me brother? Pinky heal me please" with a pleading tone and expectation he taught that pinky will rescue him but with a maniacal laugh Pinky look at him and said " What heal you are talking about? just die already you disgusting toad" a contempt was seen on her face. Hearing this words he knew now that he was cheated by his so called friends and lover, and adding to the fact that no one even bother to say or do anything to help him only gaze of pity and sympathy. He still trying to ask why did they betray him but the paralyzing effect was still in effect. Pale Light talk as if he knew what was Trebor was thinking "We wanted to kill you a long time ago, if not for your usefulness, Pinky and i should have married each other a long time ago but we need your skill to survive when we are weak but now i as a member of radiant guild is more than enough to ensure our livelihood here hehehe. Big bear killed you because i told him if he wanted to join the radiant guild he must help me find a opportunity to kill you, the others are already paid by me, your portion in the loot will be divided among them with the condition of not saying anything that happen here. The plan was to kill you when we go deeper in the forest but with this drop equipment we can go back now and execute the plan a little earlier" hearing him say this Trebor now understood why Pale Light wanted to kill him, everything was clear now that Pinky never love him he was just used by them, thinking this he was vexed, angry and sad at the same time the friends and lover that he have for the past 10 years was nothing in their eyes only profit and betrayal.
Feeling the death was coming near a teardrop was slowly slid down on Trebor's eyes, looking their faces one last time and stopping at the faces of Pale Light and Pinky a murderous glint flash in his eyes "This cheating f*ckers for the sake of a violet grade equipment you forgo our past relationship. I wish that i would go back to time and never trust you guys again. I will build my own strength to survive to this shitty world". Saying this in his heart slowly his vision turn dark with a ringing sound.
[Do you wish to install the Shadow System?]
"Huhh!? The hell is this? Im dying already and seeing things. Whatever im dead anyway. Yes!!!".
[Installing the Shadow System 1%...2%...10%...50%...100%]
[Installation Complete]
Hearing those words Trebor completley lost any light in his vision "Kringgggg!!! Kringggggg!!! Kringggggg!!!". "What the hell is this sounds is this heaven or hell? So noisy!" Slowly opening his eyes he was greet with a wooden ceiling, glancing around he found out that he was in a room "Does heaven have a room?" feeling vexed he felt that this surrounding was familiar to him.
"This is my room on earth!!!" Blurting out this word he look at himself and touch his body if this is real. Feeling his touch he tried to pinch himself to see if this was a dream or not, the pinch hurt him and this prove that he was not dreaming. Remembering that he was stab he look his body if it was still bleeding feeling the wetness in his back and checking it if it is blood, he was relief to see that it was just a sweat, he was drench in sweat not blood. Inhaling deeply and trying to remember what happen he look around and found an cellphone. Looking at the date it was June 28, 2075 he was send back 10 years and 1 month before the great teleportation.
"The heaven must have pity me" saying this got up from his bed to cheak his condition, learning that his fine he tried to look at the mirror and seeing his face he was still shock to see that he was 20 years old again. Removing his clothes there is no single trace of muscle and scar on his body unlike when he was 30 years old he was riddled with wounds, his face have an average looks with a pale color skin. Since he is not exercising and going out regularly, he always stays inside the house, his constitution is quite weak this is one of the reason he struggle in the origin land.
Remembering the origin land the faces of his so called friends and lovers was resurface in his memory "This time i will walk in my path alone nobody would dare to cheat or harm me again" saying this in his heart he pick up his clothes and putting it back on when a notification pop out in front of him.
[Shadow System sucessfully bind]
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User Trebor race : Human
Class: ???
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Warrior, Thief, Mage, Healer
"What class do you wish to pick user?"
Seeing this Trebor was shock because he don't know why he have this shadow system. He knows this class types are, when the day of the great teleportation this was also the first question was given to them after they were transferred to the origin world, they have this status like the one in the video games that he played, with this they can see their strength, agilty, intelligence, etc. They can also distribute the points given to them every level to further strengthen their body which is great. The only downside here is when their life hits 0hp they will die, they can be ressurected to the catidral but they will lose their entire level and equipment unless the healer learns ressurection or godly potions that can ressurect them from the clutches of death.
"Why did this pop out i am not in the origin world right now?"
"Answer to the host, because you accepted the installation of the shadow system. The system allowed you to have this ability early on plus there are other things which can help the user to achieve his goal. So user what class do you want to choose?"
Shock by the sudden voice from his mind Trebor was scared the sh*t out of his life asking to the system "Are you the one who brought me back to time?"
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"Answer to the host. Yes, system felt your vitality was almost reach 0 so the system use everything to turn back where your vitality was greatest and most appropriate time for the host to achieve his goal. To become strong, but because of this the system was degraded to the lowest level, i encourage the host to strengthen himself and upgrade the system back to its peak."
Having this answer all the doubts that he felt on why and how he return back to time was answered, so this shadow system was the responsible for this. Thinking about this he only have a month time before the great teleportation he need to hurry up and get stronger now so that he would have a better starting point, having this thought in his mind his blood was boiling from the excitement that his feeling right now "I would pick the thief class"
"Thief class was selected"
"Would you like to select Character Name?"
Character name hearing this word he remember that last time he did not select his character name this was known as IGN(In Game Name) in games that he usually play. Thinking about this he name himself "Unrivaled"
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Character: Unrivaled
Level: 0
Strength: 2; Dexterity: 2; Intelligence: 2;
Physique: 2; Awareness: 2; Charisma: 2
Health: 100/100; Rage: 0/100
Defense: 2 (Defend 20%)
Attack: 3 (Hit Rate 10)
Attack Speed: 5
Resilience: 1
Magic Resistance: 0
Reflex: 2
Willpower: 0
Balance: 5
Focus: 5
Jump: 5 (Short 0.9 meters; Medium 1.5 meters; Long 3.0 meters)
Stealth: 0 (Skill Slot Empty)
Movement Speed: 5 (Weight Modifier 0)
Cloak: 5
Search: 5
Weight: 0/60 lb. (Weight Modifier 0)
Light Load: 0-20 lb. (Agile Movement)
Medium Load: 21-30 lb. (Regular Movement)
Heavy Load: 31-50 lb. (Slow Movement)
Race: (Human) Humans possess knowledge that many other races desire (Intelligence +3 every five levels).
Thief Class Trait 1: Gain a Trap Exemption Bonus every five levels.
Thief Class Trait 2: Gain +30% Attack when attacking an enemy from behind.
Human Thief: Excellent Intelligence allows Human Thieves to be proficient in employing all kinds of tools and enchanted items.
Masteries: Beginner Evasion; Beginner Dagger; Beginner Cloaking (Cloak +2); Beginner Marksman (Bow and Crossbow); Beginner Adept Hands
Seeing this he couldn't help himself remembering the past 10 years to level up himself, the endless grinding and all experience of life and death struggles he face.
"Activating the 1st shadow of the host do you wish to continue?"
"Shadow of the host? System what is this?" Hearing this for the first time confused look was flustered to the face of Trebor
"Shadow of the host is a exclusive skill of the host that granted by the system. The shadow is the exact replica of physique and class of the host, the shadow has 3 lives everyday if it dies 3 times there is a 24 hours cooldown to recreate the shadow again. Do you wish to create your first shadow?"
Hearing the explanation of the system he sucked in a cold breath "Dang this is a freaking cheat! is there a limit to how many shadow i can create?"
"There is no limit of shadow that the host can create as long as you have enough experience points you can create unlimited shadows"
Unlimited shadows this signifies that he no longer need to fight alongside with others and brave the dangers exploring high level map, with this support the path of getting stronger will be faster "Create my shadow" after saying this a dark figure slowly materialized infront of Trebor but its size was as big as an pencil eraser. "What the hell why is it so tiny?" Feeling perplexed upon his first shadow he could'nt help but ask the system.
"Answer to the host its because we are in earth not in the origin world so the shadows physique was being supress, When the host was transfered to the origin world the shadow will have the same physique to the host then. Would you like to start leveling now?"
"What i can level now?" Shock by the response of the system he even forgot the feelings he got to this tiny guy he taught immediately that it was cute
"Before answering the host would you like to know how the shadow system work to avoid unnecessary confusion?"
Feeling ashame to the system Trebor scratch his head "Yes explain in detail"
" The shadow system can help the host strengthen his combat power but the system don't provide experience point for the origin world, The experience point was for the shadow system, everytime you battle a monster the host can earn experience points, ability points, battle points and shadow points. The experience points can be use to create shadow this is the only use of the experience points so host should not be afraid of using the exp point. For the ability points it can help the user to upgrade his skills. For the battle points the user can use this to upgrade his own stats. Everytime you kill a monster you will get exp and ability points, you can get the battle points by chance and it depends on what level the monster you are attacking with 1% on the same level, increasing in 10% every level higher than the host. The other benefits is the dimentional box with a drop rate of .1% at the same level or every special time like fighting a silver grade boss at level 0 the droprate is 100%. The shadow points was different from the three, this points can be used to purchase items, skills and inheritance in the shadow shop. Does the host understand everything now?"
Hearing the explanation of the system he now understand the function of the shadow system. Completely arranging his thoutghs "Start leveling now"
[Finding suitable places for leveling]
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[Square Center Garden - Level 10 map]
"Does host wish to proceed to Square Center Garden to level"
"Yes proceed" Hearing the name square center garden he remember that it was a garden near his place. The shadow infront of him quickly move and jump outside the window.
"Host can use manual or automatic control on the shadow. You can also see what was the shadow seeing. You can select what would you do host best of luck"
Trying its function he immediately see in the perspective of the shadow, a huge grass was greeted into him
[Finding enemy]
Upon running for 3 mins the shadow found an ant.
Ant (Level 1)
HP : 50
Attack : 2
Seeing the opponent the shadow launch himself to the ant and giving it a punch, a damage value of 3 was seen floating at the head of the ant. Startled by the attack the ant raise its feet to counter attack but the shadow rolled into the other side and launch itself to punch again at the body of the ant striking twice and with a kick a damage of 3, 5 and 7. Seeing how the shadow fight Trebor was stupified, the skills of the shadow and battle sense was so low, thinking about this he immediately use the manual mode switching in the body of the shadow. Taking over the control now, Trebor use his hand to chop one of the ant legs, successfully cutting one of the ants legs he jump back immediatley to dodge the incoming attack of the ant. After dodging he launch himself to the back of the ant with a loud kick the back of the ant was exploded dealing a critical hit to it and emptying its hp.
[You have killed an ant. Plus 10 exp and ability points. 1 battle points and a dimentional box]
Seeing this notification Trebor was delighted because there is a box floating at the corpse of the ant. Taking the box and clicking the open button there is a book with a title of volpal steps in it.
Volpal Steps : A Grade Movement Technique
(Passive)
+5 movement speed and +3 reflex
(Active Skill)
Move lightly like walking in the void. Increase movement speed for 100% in 10 seconds. Cooldown : 20 seconds
"Do you wish to learn volpal steps for 1 ability points?"
Upon reading the description this description Trebor was elated with happiness he click yes, the book turn to white light and shot directly to his head. Loads of information on Volpal Steps was loaded in his brain. "System how can i equip myself with weapon? Do i need to buy in the shadow shop?"
"Answer to the host the shadow is the exact replica of the host, since the host is weaponless the shadow also don't have any weapon. If the host like to have weapon he can try to equip some weapon available to the host."
"Owww ok i thought i need to buy in the shadow shop. I have a question system is my body is safe right now if my consciousness was in the shadow?"
"Host don't need to worry himself as long as you don't leave you body for 24hrs there will be no complication to the host body"
Hearing this he sigh in relief and immediatley get back in his body, standing up he took a knife in the kitchen and equip it. Upon equiping the knife the shadow reproduce its own knife and continue fighting its second target. Seeing this that the shadow learn how to avoid and strike properly he asked the system about this
"The host don't need to be shock, the shadow was a fast learner and it can adapt quickly to circumstances. If humans have soul, shadow also have a core which help them record every battle knowledge they learn. If the shadow died 3 times the core will be destroyed and the system can recreate a new core but the experience that the shadow will be gone. If the host wish to recreate that shadow core with intact battle exp that it develops the host can pay 5 exp points to retain that shadow core"
Having a complete understanding on his shadow he let it grind to its hearts content. Remembering the short time he have, he need to have preperation for the great teleportation he needed food and better weapon but he cannot carry them using a bag only the people was teleported in the origin world the items they have was left behind. "System do i have a personal storage?"
"Yes host you have a personal storage of 100 slot"
"I should start preparing now, i will sell all my collection here and other stuff this things will not be useful in the origin world" Having this thought Trebor pickup some items that have value and walk out to the outside.