“Bin Tokki! You stay safe got it? If you see a creep, just give him the old round house kick.” an old man laughed.
“Master, I’m not a baby anymore, I’ve been going the same route home for 8 years and I’ve met no one on the way.”
A seventeen-year-old girl puckered her lips and pouted, wearing a dobok with a brown belt. She had dark brown hair in a ponytail and lifted her bags. She often left the classroom the latest of any student as she helps clean up the room and begs for more private lessons from the old man.
“It’s just… you’ve grown up so fast, why I remember when you were five you kicked me in the groin.” The old man reminisced.
“I met you for the first time when I was 9…”
“They grow up so fast” letting out a sigh, “but hurry now it’s turning winter soon and its only getting darker, tell your father I said hi.”
“Alright bye master! I’ll see you tomorrow!”
I wonder what mom is making today. Hopefully kimchi or curry, maybe we might even eat out today after dad comes home. Huh… Cute.
Tokki watched as two children played with a ball in the playground, one boy and one girl, with their mothers chatting on a nearby bench. The ball gently rolled and bounced towards her.
“Uh hallo miss, can you pass the ball back please?”
“sure” Tokki replied full of smiles.
After the girl retrieved said ball back, they continued to play. Tokki continued to walk towards her destination (home).
“Ah, come back dear”
Tokki turned back only to see a mother running towards her child who was running towards the street to catch the ball that had bounced over. Before Tokki could even think she immediately ran towards the child, however Truck-kun was approaching menacingly.
As both the girl and the child were faced with a barreling Truck-kun the girl’s brain moved at a rapid pace. Her life flashes in mere moments, she remembers how she is in the track team, how her master praised her amazing kicks, her parents’ lovely faces and finally her younger brother’s birthday that was coming up. Running on auto pilot, her body made the correct decision to nobly sacrifice the least important thing between her and the kid. She yanked the kid out of the way before the ball got flattened. The girl, having just realized what she had done, started freaking out and panicking. The mother thanked the girl profusely and was holding onto her child for dear life.
OMG WHAT DID I JUST DO, I SAVED A CHILD? ME? I CAN’T BELIEVE I DID IT, ALL THOSE YEARS PAID OFF!
In a daze the girl replied, “no worries ma’am just doing my job” and walked away in a daze.
I deserve to treat myself to a bucket of ice cream, I. AM. THE. MAN. WOOOOHOOOOOOooooooh… where am I? I’m not lost this just doesn’t look like the neighborhood at al-- WHAT THE--
A black silhouette of a human brushed slightly again the girl as she fearfully looked, trembling and walking backwards she bumped into another silhouette and panicked.
Calm down I’m just hallucinating after I saved that child, or did I die while saving that child, am I dead is this real I can’t be dead no no this can’t be happening eeck
“ATTENTION HUMAN BEING, I AM THE GODDESS LINQUAL AND YOU HAVE JUST DIED TO A TRUCK CRASHING INTO YOU.”
All the silhouettes looked at the goddess with varying gazes, from shock to excitement. The goddess had her face hidden behind a heavy shadow, wore a pure white kimono and wielding a katana.
Wait I didn’t die though I saved that kid and lived
“LUCKILY FOR YOU, BEFORE YOUR SOUL WAS WIPED, I SAVED YOUR SOULS AND WILL GRANT YOU NEW LIVES, FREE FROM THE LIMITATION OF MANKIND.”
Hold on isn’t this just blatant kidnapping? You mean you took my soul from my body???
“HOWEVER, BEFORE YOU COULD LIVE PEACFULLY I NEED YOU TO SAVE THE WORLD OF TERASTIN FROM THE EVIL DEMON LORD WHO HAS DEFEATED THE PREVIOUS HERO AND IS THREATING TO DESTROY MANKIND. THANKFULLY DUE TO HIS DRAWBACKS HE WAS SEALED FOR TWENTY YEARS HOWEVER YOU HAVE ANOTHER TWENTY YEARS BEFORE HE AWAKEN FROM HIS SLUMBER BUT AS YOU ARE PITIFUL HUMANS WHO COULDN’T EVEN SURVIVE A TRUCK RUNNING OVER YOU, I WILL GRANT YOU A PORTION OF MY POWER CALLED A SYSTEM, IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO THESE ‘VIDEOGAMES’. THE POWER TO LEVEL UP AND RECEIVE EXP FROM YOUR ENEMIES. THE POWER TO CHOOSE YOUR FATE IN WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU WANT TO TAKE IT TO. THE POWER TO MAKE THESE ‘HAREMS’."
Wait so not only did you purposely kill us you want me to work for you using this unknown ability to do your work? I need an explanation and not this propaganda you’re spouting.
“ALTHOUGH YOU LIVED A SHORT LIFE, MAY YOUR NEW ONE BE BRIGHTER” the goddess concluded.
Hey, wait a minute answer my questions, ANSWER MEEEEE---
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[Chain Quest: Defeat the Demon Lord]
[Creation of avatar in process]
Avatar? Where am I? I can clearly see a white glowing orb in front of me but other than that there is nothing around.
[Please spin the wheel of life]
Wow there are so many different races it all and so compact too, it looks like a color wheel, I wonder what I’ll get, SPIN!
[Randomizing species]
C’mon gimme something cool, like a dragon or a griffon, maybe a high elf?
[Selection complete: Rabbit]
…
1. A) You got me hyped up for no reason and B) where is my fantasy species? Am I just an ordinary rabbit?
[Instructions: Every twenty levels the user may evolve reaching a maximum of a hundred levels.
All users are provided with an inventory accessible by saying or thinking the word inventory for its purpose.
Furthermore, all users have an interface accessible to view the users or random species stats accessible by saying or thinking the word stats for its purpose.]
This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.
So, this world is like a video game? I’m all game for this but I’m a bunny, how am I supposed to get strong enough to beat a demon lord let alone advance? Hopefully I get amazing evolution paths, stats!
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[Name: Bin Tokki]
[Species: Rabbit]
[Level: 0]-10 exp till next level-
[Please allocate: 20 points]
HP: 6/6
[Strength: 2]
[Vitality: 3]
[intelligence: 15]
[Agility: 5]
[Charm: 10]
[Luck: 7]
[Innate ability: Swiftness]
[Skills: {Burrow lvl1} {hop lvl1}]
[A small, soft, and adorable mammal typically prey for larger animals such as foxes, wolves, humans, etc.]
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Prey for humans… Anyways my stats are horrible I could die if someone blew wind at me! Allocate 6 to vitality and strength… I guess 5 and seeing as my agility is the highest stat, I’m going to assume that is important so dump the rest in agility. No use in magic when I have no clue about that and the other two aren’t viable for my survival.
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[Name: Bin Tokki]
[Species: Rabbit]
[Level: 0]-10 exp till next level-
HP: 18/18
[Strength: 7]
[Vitality: 9]
[Intelligence: 15]
[Agility: 14]
[Charm: 10]
[Luck: 7]
[Innate ability: Swiftness]
[Skills: {Burrow lvl1} {hop lvl1}]
[A small, soft, and adorable mammal typically prey for larger animals such as foxes, wolves, humans, etc.]
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Newfound power surged into my body, I felt as though I could lift hundreds of pebbles, could run a marathon, and would even beat Usain bolt in a foot race. Until all that power left me and I just feel like a stronger bunny.
[Avatar complete]
I wake up to see a cloudy sky with the sun shining near the west or east(?) of the sky. I hear birds chirping, see a few trees, a few bushes, a large rock, and a bunny imprint in the ground. It looks like I was raised directly from the ground.
So, it’s just going put me out there, no guide? No Paimon as emergency food?
*growl*
AH what was that? … oh, it was just my tummy, speak of the devil
*ding*
[Quest: Find berries -5 exp-]
So little? Well, I guess it’s good enough for getting food
Hopping around it took a while to find anything interesting, I found a puddle of water and looked at my reflection. White fuzzy fur, two large, brown-tipped, and oval ears, and a cotton ball on my rear end.
Aw I really am adorable, the cutest bunny ever, anyone with a soul would bow down to my magnificent self… is this narcissism? It is I should stop, better focus on the mission
Eventually I found a large river and followed it up stream, hopping and hoping to find some edible plant growing nearby. Curiously I wondered what my innate ability did.
[Answer: Increase agility X% according to users level, current bonus: 0%]
At last, my effort was rewarded, and I found some blue berries with yellow spots on them, they smelt(?) edible to me so I ate them, and they were yummy.
[Reward: 5 exp] [Quest: seek shelter -10 exp-]
I look up and notice the sky darkening with the sun running away. I quickly ate as much as I could and stuffed some berries into my inventory. Just in case I couldn’t find food in the future and went into the forest. I stayed somewhat near the river as it was my only landmark, and I didn’t want to wander aimlessly and tried to find a tree with roots that could let me fit in. Luckily, I found one, who had a squirrel as an owner but as a firm believer in survival of the fittest I honored this squirrel’s sacrifice.
[Reward: 10 exp] [level 0->1]
After evicting the previous owner, I settled down and started complementing my situation. The reason being that I am an incredibly calm person who would not shake in fear of the unknown. As my master would say ‘assess the situation, assess the target’ meaning I must calmly understand my situation and work towards my goal. So far, I was kidnapped beyond my power so there was nothing I could do however from what the goddess said, my goal is to defeat the demon lord and survive. Getting stronger is what I strived for so basically, I need to abuse this system and get as strong as I can so I can get home, but how do I abuse this system? Oh well another thought another day, let’s hit the hay.
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*ding*
[Quest: survive your first encounter with a predator -50 exp-]
I groggily blink my eyes looking at the system like it grew a second head.
Waut? AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! IT’S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT GIVE ME MY BEAUTY SLEEP!
I emerged from the hole in the ground and hopped as quickly as my legs could carry me, I turn back and see a shadow of an animal with glowing vertical pupils. It was a fox, a stinky ugly fox that wants to eat me. I looked at the fox and its checked its stats.
[Name: unnamed]
[Species: hound fox]
[Level: 3]
HP: 16/16
[Strength: 11]
[Vitality: 8]
[Intelligence: 6]
[Agility: 12]
[Charm: 12]
[Luck: 4]
EHHHHH it has more CHARM than ME? No matter, I can outrun this fox, I have speed 14 while it is at a mere 12, I got this.
Left, right, down, left again, left one more time, sharp right.
After a while even if I managed to outrun it, the fox always found where I hid leaving me on the run. I guess that the fox found me by smell. I have a brilliant idea, I remembered those movies where the hero would avoid blood hounds by jumping into the water. I continued hopping, and looked for the river but as my path turned into a line towards the river, the fox intercepted me baring its fangs.
FOOLISH, do you not know what bunnies are known for?
With a massive leap, I soared over the fox and entered the river, however the fox followed me into it.
*snarl*
Oops, I forgot in the movies the dogs are tracking the people not directly in their way, how could I forget that it has eyes?
I desperately continue to swim in the wide river, the fox hot on my heels. I was never any good at swimming in my past life but now with a new body its even worst. The fox caught up and was snapping its fangs at me, just brushing against my legs.
If I’m going down IM TAKING YOU WITH ME! HAI-YA!
I kick the fox in its snout creating a little bit of distance.
Suddenly I felt as though swimming had gotten easier, and I swam towards the other side with great effort.
I dragged my tired body to the edge of the water and with one leap I made it out of the water. But the fox was still pursuing me and I had a mischievous idea.
Come closers Mr. Fox... Thaaaats right closer… PAY BACK!
As the fox reached the edge of the river, I kicked him in the snout. The fox was slightly dazed but continued pushing forward.
SIDE KICK
*thump*
AXE KICK
*thump*
ROUNDHOUSE
*thump*
[Reward: 50 exp] [Level 1->2]
Sighing heavily, I looked at the fox’s limp body flow alongside the river and turned to the forest to find a new house for the night. Evicting Mr. Chipmunk, I kept one eye open and tried to fall asleep for the night.
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Stats
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[Name: Bin Tokki]
[Species: Rabbit]
[Level: 2]-5 exp till next level-
[Please allocate: 10 points]
HP:18/18
[Strength: 7]
[Vitality: 9]
[Intelligence: 15]
[Agility: 14]
[Charm: 10]
[Luck: 7]
[Innate ability: Swiftness]
[Skills: {Burrow lvl1} {hop lvl2} {swimming lvl1}]
[A small, soft, and adorable mammal typically prey for larger animals such as foxes, wolves, humans, etc.]
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I decided to add 5 to my vitality and 5 to my agility seeing as the speed made a difference and I’m still to fragile for my own taste.
Now that I think about it, what do these stats mean?
[Answer:
Strength refers to power one can exert: physical force, carrying, and resistance to blunt attacks.
Vitality refers to stamina, endurance, health, and health regeneration enhancement.
Intelligence refers to one’s thinking speed, focus, magic strength, and mana regen.
Agility refers to reaction speed, dexterity, movement speed, and precision.
Charm refers to one’s persuasiveness and appearance.
Luck refers to chances such as loot chests, critical hits, and fortunate encounters.]
Thank you for the information! So, putting the math my health is currently at 42, meaning that when my vitality was at level 9, it doubled and equaled my health but once it passed over the 10 threshold it tripled instead. So, following this trend I can look forward to quadrupling my health at vit 20. I’m not to sure about the other stats because I don’t exactly have any comparison, but I was slightly faster than the fox so… I have no idea; I don’t know how fast foxes run.
Procrastinating understanding what the stats truly meant I decided to explore the forest, and I couldn’t appreciate it before due to more pressing matters, but this world really is beautiful. Each tree is so vibrant, and the emerald green grass just makes me want to drool.
Wait what why does the grass look delicious, oh no no no I’m not going to be a cow and mow the lawn, I still have dignity, focus fOCUs! I should’ve saved some points for intelligence if I knew. Oh god do I have some sort of time limit that makes me revert into a wild animal?
Avoiding my existential crisis like how I avoid homework, I decided to try and activate another quest as I’m so close to level 3. Before I realize it the skies has darkened a bit.
“Ba da buh BAM, THE MAJESTIC I, HAVE CHOSEN YOU AS MY MOUNT!”
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