WELCOME TO NEW AETHERIA!
You are a high human blessed with incomplete immortality. You may never grow old. However, you may still die in this world. You only have one life so be careful of the choices you make human. You are not invincible...yet anyways.
You are dropped near the kingdom of Thessaschus (spelled as tesakus), a human settlement near the coast of Ocean port, northwest of the southern continent known as the desolated land of the heavenly beasts. Only a tenth of this continent is explored and only a tenth of that are inhabitable. The beings that dwell here are ferocious and high leveled the farther you travel, with some entities already half-step to deity-hood.
There are 5 continents scattered, filled with many races. The humans have 2 languages, the Ancient conscript, a dead language, and the common tongue. The Gods of this world are forbidden to meddle with the interests of the humans as well as other demi-humans. This world is like an advanced virtual reality game with rules pertaining to such. You are to survive and live in this world. The human kingdoms are already alerted by the Gods pertaining to the descent of you, high humans. They will treat you fairly and provide you with assistance so that you may become stronger until you ascend to Godhood. However be wary of the kingdoms as they may use you for their own schemes and interests. Regardless, you are expected to follow their rules and regulations while inside their territory unless you want to suffer severe consequences.
Other information may be accessed from their archives. You can choose a class at level 20 and their advancement at level 60 and 100. You can choose an additional subclass immediately depending on the availability and requirements of the said subclass. Build sufficient accomplishments and there will come a time where the creator will grant you with one wish, with anything you desire. Survive until then.
+10 fame +5 to all major stats +3 luck (you will need it!)
To view your attributes, simply think loudly the word “STATUS”
Congratulations! You are the first person to learn a skill.
Due to this, you will be given +5 to all major stats.
You have learned the cloaked skill
“Thousand Tongues”
Skill type: Passive {forbidden skill} {concealed}
Skill Class: S
You will be able to understand the common language of the Humans in this world as well as Demihumans, animals and monsters. Ancient languages from tome scripts and scrolls will now be easily comprehended. This skill is masked and cannot be seen by Deities and Gods. Be careful when using this skill in front of other people.
Sub skills:
“Communicate”
“Identify”
“Instantaneous Reading”
“Runic comprehension”
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+50 wisdom and intelligence, +10 luck
Congratulations, you are the first person to learn multiple skills, and a legendary one at that!. Due to this, you will be given additional +5 to all major stats
You have been blessed by the Gods!
You have acquired an interspatial storage ring, a map of the kingdom of Thessaschus, the mark of half immortality, Class blessings, upper and lower garments, boots and a weapon of your choice.
You may choose your weapon. Choose from 6 knives, 2 daggers, a sword, a halberd, a shield, a spear, a bow with 2 quivers of arrows, a long staff, a mace or an axe.
You may choose 4 blessed trait from the following: (be mindful to correlate your selected traits with the profession you want to select when you reach the 20th level)
Arcane blessing (int. corrector +1 int per lvl)
Lesser herculean strength (str. corrector +0.5 str per lvl)
Lesser blessing of Deft (agi corrector +0.5 agi per lvl)
Gaia’s lesser blessing (vit. corrector +0.5 vit per lvl)
Lesser blessing of lightning (increased affinity and resistance to lightning magic and skills)
Lesser blessing of hearth (increased affinity and resistance to earth magic and skills)
Lesser blessing of wind (increased affinity and resistance to wind magic and skills)
Lesser blessing of fire (increased affinity and resistance to fire magic and skills)
Lesser blessing of water (increased affinity and resistance to water magic and skills)
Lesser blessing of light (increased affinity and resistance to light magic and skills)
Lesser blessing of darkness (increased affinity and resistance to darkness magic and skills)
Craftlore (increase in skill rate, efficiency, growth, production and mastery of skills especially for non-combative professions)
Lesser Stealth (Grants misdirection, lesser presence and ability to meld to surroundings)
Low light vision (improved eyesight in dark places)
Atlantis’ blessing (Grants ability to breath underwater)
Ouroboros’ lesser blessing (increased affinity and resistance to poison)
Increased sense control (slight increase of control and coordination of your body senses)
Lesser Telepathy (ability to communicate using only the mind within a few meters of the user)
Lesser Limit Break (grant slight increase in power when the user is close to his breaking point)
Enchanted voice (grant user breath taking voice when singing, increase affinity and resistance to charm magic)
The Ambidextrous (equal control of both hands)
Blessing of Synthesis and Fragmentation (Amalgamation and fragmentation of properties. may be useful for alterations in non-combative production classes especially in skill alchemy.)
Ambition (increase in leadership skills, persuasion, efficiency, loyalty of followers and power)
Goddess of war’s blessing (slight increase of skill growth, efficiency/ damage of selected weapon mastery and bladed weapon skills)
Death God’s Revival (have one more extra life. When you die, you will be given a second chance to live but you will lose half of your accumulated power. Cooldown: 1 year)
Danger perception
Curse of the Lycan (become a beast at night with power depending on lunar positioning, with the full moon gaining 100% increase in power)
Tome of ten tame tongues (ability to understand up to 10 languages of different races of demi humans)
Angelic wings (gained the ability to fly for a few minutes)
Bestial tongue (gain ability to communicate with small animals)
Sacrifice (you will have a chance to give life to others in exchange for your own)
Hand of Divinity (heal a third of the target’s HP using a tenth of your mana can target anyone as long as you can see them no cooldown.)
Interspatial storage ring
Item: uncommon, Durability 500/500
Binds to user, can only be dropped in death
50 storage slots
You have acquired an unidentified mysterious compass
??? compass [Quest item]
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Indestructible, untradeable, cannot be dropped.
A compass that leads…well, nowhere. It seems to be broken and unusable.
You are suffering from ‘skill burnout’ due to increased influx of knowledge from the skill “Thousand tongues”. Pain will lessen after a few seconds of rest.
Endurance +10
You received a quest!
You received a quest!
You received a quest!
DEMONIC FREEDOM! [Rank: A]
Duration: indefinite
Help the Grand Duke, Ostheroth, the thousand tongues to be freed from his mortal imprisonment!
Reward: ???
AH AH AH AH STAYING ALIVE STAYING ALIVE! [Rank: E]
Survive the onslaught!
Someone is attempting to destroy the descended high humans by opening small portals and unleashing the Hellspawns. Quickly regroup to your designated capital to survive the fallen one’s purging. Goodluck!
Reward: 1 Gold
WISH FOR THE STARS [Rank S]
Help your fellow humans defend their lands from the conquests of the Demon lords. Grow strong by any means necessary and survive the coming of Great Evil.
Reward: 1 wish granted by the creator
Requirements:
Survive
Destroy at least 1 Demon lord
Become a Deity
Reach at least half of the max level.
Protect the humans, at least let a few human country survive
Attain rank of Grand Master in at least 3 skills
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
I woke up oblivious to my surroundings as endless excruciating pain assaulted my every being. Clinical signs of hypovolemic shock or something similar along with a nauseating feeling were evident in my miniscule electrified movements.
The feeling of a void in the center of my head was felt, forming and vacuuming my organs like a blackhole making an impression of indescribable agony.
My brain felt like a Rubik’s cube being played, with the parts being randomized as they twist and turn, creating nauseous discomfort. Matched with a loud continuous ringing you hear when someone explodes a fire cracker near your ear making me almost deaf. Eventually the pain lessened as I muster all my might to find my bearings, opening my eyes, unfurrowing my brows and blinking away the remnant ache and the goddamn motion sickness that refuses to stop spinning.
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Am I blind?
Dozens of luminescent blue boxes with words covered my vision as I try to swipe them away realizing that I also cannot breath.
I find myself covered in white fiber cocoon with gel-like liquid with the same appearance and consistency of egg whites. Panicking, I thrashed, wailed, and flailed my limbs destroying the catacomb like prison I found myself in.
I was greeted by the bright waning light of the moon, enough to illuminate the grand darkness of this new world, brightening the forest full of trees with green luster like aura, beautiful beyond compa-
“BLEEERGH!”
Lookie, there goes my dinner…along with that awful nauseating feeling.
Wiping away the debris wrapping my face and my body, I started observing where that idiot of a guide discarded me. I perceived myself to be near the clearing of a wide forest with gigantic trees of green neon blacklight but without leaves and with thousands of white cocoons like the ones covering me, littered in the ground all over the forest floor. The forest trees were sparse, not dense at all that goes for miles.
Logic dictates that when you see countless stars in the sky outlining the darkness all over the place led me to the conclusion that it is night time in this world.
Thank the heavens for the presence of the big ass moon and the trees lighting everything up. I quickly maneuvered from my sitting position confirming the soundness of my naked body. I noticed I have very long dark brown hair-wait,
Yep, speaking of noticing, I am currently naked. Darn it Ostheroth! Did you strip me before throwing me headfirst to god knows where?!
Sighing, I looked around and noticed that silence permeates these woods and based on the number of cocoon that I assume were infested with people sent in this world with me, it is still safe as I notice movements from the cocoons.
They are starting to wake up.
Well there is no point of continuing my sightseeing escapades. Based on my knowledge on virtual reality games the boxes I shoved to the side of my periphery are prompts.
Hmmm, best to check them fast before anything else. For the devil knows those are more important than my uncovered butt that right now is suffering from the freezing bitch slap the wind oh so generously provides.
Checking and swiping the notification prompts one by one, I found out that the pain I felt was not really from a fall but a backlash from skill accumulation, a skill granted to me by my favorite buddy. DAMN SON! My smile grew more evident as the time passes by as I interestingly read through the boxes. I was ahead of everyone else by 10 stat points by being the first one to learn a skill. My fury for that cloaked reaper vanished in an instant.
“Status!”
Name?
“June…June Heistman”
Please allocate stat points to your liking. Arrange them to reflect your play style. Choose your blessed traits as well as your favored weapon. Equip your Clothes from your storage ring.to view the items, think out loud the word “INVENTORY”
June Heistman
Level 1
Str. 5 Agi. 5 Dex. 5 Lck. 0 STM: 40
Int. 5 Vit. 5 Def: 1 HP: 50
Wis. 5 End. 0 Atk: 3 MP: 50
Unallocated points: 30, +15 to Mj. Stats + 50 to Int and Wis +13 Lck + 10 End
“Fiddle~ fiddle~ fiddleeee~ swipe swipe swiiiipe~”
I hummed inaudibly as I swiped the air. I saw others doing the same thing but I don’t see their box prompts. Hmm so only I can see my own huh.
June Heistman
Level 1
Str. 20 Agi. 50 Dex. 20 Lck. 13 STM: 220
Int. 70 Vit. 20 Def: 54 HP: 200
Wis. 70 End. 10 Atk: 12 MP: 200
Unallocated points: 0
Revival
Blessing of Synthesis and Fragmentation
Increased sense control
Craftlore
I see, things are simple enough when you have experience in playing rpg games.
I glimpsed at the awakened peeps from my peripheral side making the same gestures as I do. They barely made any noise as they mimic us, the early birds. It was kinda hard at first to focus on doing mah thing and making sure my little private doesn’t salute to the major boobies of naked girls while I peep on them. Too bad they all dressed far too hastily to leisurely enjoy the view.
*sigh*
The freezing wind of the evening eventually dried me up as I equipped the simple brown garments and boots from my ring. Oh look at that, the daggers I equipped came with sheaths attached to a belt. Hmph, only a few points added to the attack and my clothes don’t give no shit for protection either. I need to find a town sooner and craft me some quality gears.
Nonetheless,
Not only do my stats outrank the others, they are way too overpowered for a level one! I chose some crafting skill and revival for my trait blessing. I have my special reasons for picking my traits. Don’t judge yet people, hehehe you’re about to witness a legend being born later.
Soon, everyone start having conversations with each other. I on the other hand was busy studying the map while thinking that something is wrong. I feel that I am forgetting something.
Something really important
Ostheroth’s face resurfaced in my mind as I measure the distance from where I’m sitting to where I’m supposed to go. The capital was approximately a few hours from here. Marking the trail to the ocean port, I felt my trait of increased senses kicking to gear as miniscule vibrations on the ground are felt by some of us who picked the same skill.
Then it clicked.
Shit.
“EVERYONE RUN! QUICKLY HEAD SOUTH FROM HERE! THE QUEST WILL BE FUCKING US IN A MOMENTS NOTICE! GROUP YOURSELVES AND RUN TO THE CAPITAL! THE HELLSPAWNS ARE CHARGING FROM THE WEST AND THEY WILL BE HERE IN A FEW MINUTES!”
I screamed my lungs out as I pointed to the direction of the capital. Commotion evidently provoked the silence that once held the peace of the night as chaotic tumult ensued, gripping everyone in fear and anxiety. Due west, torch fires can be seen and all understood what’s happening. Based on the Quest box, we are being hunted. Only a handful remained calmed, literally can be counted by hand.
The old geezer monk that took me and fed me from the previous world used to say that I was an excellent judge of character. I just wish he knows what he’s talking about. I really don’t want to trust my life with some coward undependable amateurs. That would be a foolish way to die.
I barked once again and pointed at those people I deemed useful. . I am also quite sure they were looking intrigued, staring at each other (and me) as they size everyone up. They are the ones I saw without fear in their eyes, calmly smiling or looking indifferent while everyone thrashes about while scream-running with great abandonment of pride as a high human.
I don’t want to die without a fight, so I took control.
“YOU!”
“YOU!”
“YOU!”
“YOU!”
“YOU!”
“YOU!”
“YOU!”
“YOU!”
“YOU!”
“YOU!”
“AND YOU! THE ELEVEN OF YOU COME WITH ME! I HAVE A PLAN! LISTEN FIRST! LEAVE IF YOU’RE NOT INTERESTED!”
Not stopping to catch my breath, I continued.
“WE’LL START RUNNING BACKWARDS, FACING THE HORDE! THE FOUR OF YOU, I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW TO USE THOSE BOWS ASSUMING IT’S THE WEAPONS YOU PICKED. RUN SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF US! WE WILL INTECEPT THOSE THAT WILL ATTACK YOU WHILE YOU COVER FIRE FOR US DEFENDERS. CONSERVE YOUR ARROWS AND ONLY FIRE TO THE ENEMIES IN THE PROXIMITY OR ONES ATTACKING THE VANGUARDS! PICK TWO MELEE FIGHTERS TO PRIORITIZE IN PROVIDING COVERFIRE! PICK NOW!! NO USE RALLYING UP THE OTHERS THEY’RE TOO SCARED TO DO SHIT!”
“You’re the one who started shouting, causing panic here and ther-”
One of them, a pretty little redhead female rebuked me but stopped when I didn’t bother slowing the pace of my voice. She then deftly organized the three ranged units and assigned them with whomever to cover. The other people started copying us and formed their own forces as well.
“YOU TWO BIG HANDSOME GUYS WITH THE HALBERDS! BOTH OF YOU LOOK REALLY STRONG! WE’LL DO A SPADE FORMATION WHILE MOVING BACKWARDS AND YOU GUYS ARE THE SPADE’S TIP! FIGHT IN THE FRONT WITH BACKS AGAINST EACH OTHER WHILE HOLDING YOUR FORMATION!! MOVE BACKWARDS WHILE FIGHTING AND DECIMATE EVERYTHING IN YOUR WAY!”
“Aye. You look like you know what you’re doing. Count me in.”
“That’s more I like it! I love to fight unhindered, so the frontline is mine!”
“THE FOUR OF YOU WITH SHIELDS AND SWORDS WILL FLANK THE MUSCLE BROTHERS FORMING THE WALLS OF THE SPADE! PREVENT THE MONSTERS FROM PASSING YOU BY AND HURTING THE RANGED UNITS! ME AND THIS GLOOMY DUDE WITH KNIVES ARE THE VERSATILE FORCES! WE WILL SWOOP IN AND OUT OF THE FORMATION TO EASE THE PRESSURE OF THE SHIELD UNITS AND KILL THE ONES THAT INFILTRATES INSIDE THE SPADE! THOSE WHO DISAGREE SPEAK NOW AND STOP WASTING TIME! I HAVEN’T HAD SEX YET WITH THE LADIES FROM THIS WORLD SO I DON’T WANT TO DIE TODAY!”
You have unlocked the leadership stat!
Leadership +3
All of them laughed in regards to my last comment but no one voiced their dissatisfaction. Everywhere people formed parties while running towards the capital. I immediately invited the eleven people in my party. I sigh in relief as I cut my long flowing hair and looked into the horizon where an army is swiftly approaching. People followed my example and cut theirs as well with reasons that long hair would hinder them while fighting.
For those of you who were asking, the cocoons that held us earlier were mixed with impurities from our bodies. It cured the others from their nearsightedness and diseases from the past life, destroyed our fats, added extra height and muscle for others, and made our body and faces more slim, beautiful and chiseled. After the metamorphosis we emerged like perfect reflections of ourselves. All of us emerged with overflowing and irritatingly long hair twice as tall as us.
Now where was I? Ah yes.
I can already see from a distance the monstrosities bolting towards us while holding all kinds of weapons and sporting leather armors. They looked like goblins, only red. 4 feet tall with two short horns protruding in their bald heads, they were armed with sharp teeth and fur covered tails with their lower half covered with thick fur as well, resembling the lover half of goats if goats walk bipedal. These little demonlings must be the hellspawns that numbered in the thousands. The ground vibrations increased as the sound of their little warhorns were heard in all corners of the forest followed by the resonant beat of the drums a few hundred 10 feet tall, troll like creatures were carrying.
“FOOOOORM RANKS! SPADE FORMATION NOW! WE’LL RETREAT WHILE HOLDING THE FORMATION! DON’T MAKE FOR THE FOREST CLEARING! WE GO EAST BOUND! NOOOOW!”
“Wait what?! What the hell are you doing?! The capital is south you moron! All the others are heading south!” (said gloomy dude)
“EXACTLY! THAT’S WHY WE GO EAST! THE BEASTS ARE HUNTING THE WHOLE HERD NOT SOME STRAY SHEEP! WE’LL GET MASSACRED IF WE GO WITH THEM! I FEEL THAT WE WONT HAVE ENOUGH STAMINA TO OUTRUN THOSE BASTARDS FOR TOO LONG!”
All of them looked at me like I’m some messiah about to save them from their doom. I never noticed it before but the monks really influenced the way I say things. Maybe high amount of wisdom in my stats helped me say those cheesy lines of mine. Anyway my logic was foolproof so they went along with it.
“LOOK! SEE THE GLOWING LINES OF THE EASTERN HORIZON? SAME WITH EARTH, THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST! DAWN IS SOON APPROACHING AND I THINK THESE CRITTERS DON’T LIKE SUNLIGHT VERY MUCH! IT WILL GIVE US THE EDGE WE NEED LATER.”
“Stop shouting, we get it! Move your ass before they overrun us with numbers”
“Sorry Red.”
“WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST CALLED ME?!”
“SHHHH!”
“Ugh”
Laughing, we sprinted with the cover of the trees as aid, hopefully reducing our visibility. I was right, that red-haired girl really has a short fuse. My prediction was right on point as well. The majority of the hellspawns focused on the large group of fleeing humans. A few hundred went for us. My blood is being pumped harder as adrenaline surged within my body, sharpening my senses further. The fight we were expecting is about to come. I wonder if my past trainings bore fruit.
Let’s find out, shall we? J
*end of first chapter*
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