Chapter 2
Edited! o7
Chapter Two - Stats for Dummies
Stats are the lifeblood of all Gamers and the benchmark for the greatest heroes or villains. Gamers live and die by their stats. Strength determines your total physical power. Constitution is both your ability to take a hit and your total Hit Points, it along with Resilience also equal your total Stamina; (Con x5) + (Res x5). Dexterity determines whether an attack hits, while Agility determines your ability to dodge. Intelligence equals the power for most spells, and Wisdom determines the duration of spells/effects, while both determine your total mana pool; (Int x5) +(Wis x10). Charisma determines all social based skills. Resilience by itself determines the strength of Cha based skills on you. Luck is a universal skill that helps all other skills; (Luck/10)% which is added to all stats rounded down.
Five bonus stat points are given every level.
Attached sticky note -
Zuku if you do manage to level up early on do NOT spend your bonus stat points yet. As you probably noticed, earning stat increases are fairly easy, but when you reach higher levels and certain thresholds your rate of gain is severely hampered.
Izuku was the last through the portal and as he entered, he was greeted with what he could only describe as a nightmare realm. The horizon was nonexistent being shrouded by a black mist that went on forever and the ground in front of him was barren black rock for 30 feet then dropped off into who knows what. The only illumination was a blue sun that seemed to make the place feel more ominous.
"It's called the ShadowScape, Mom named it, and as Akito said mom was born with the quirk Absorption. She sometime before coming to Japan found someone with the quirk that took them to this place randomly and had to survive until they were brought back. Mom only ever permanently took 4 quirks in her life. The ability to travel here was one of them. Before I was born she tried mapping this place out and it seems to go on forever." She walked over to the edge and peered over into the distance.
Akito hopped up to Izuku with a smile. "Mom farmed here for most of her off time, time here goes super slow or super fast depending on where you go." She turned to her sister and asked. "So are you going to give him a map or are you going to be a butt head about that too?"
Seiren glared at her younger sister, but took a scroll out of her pocket. 'How in the world did that fit in her pocket?' The scroll itself was 3 feet long and about 4 inches thick.
She tossed it to Izuku who caught it with almost no fumbling despite the weight of the thing. "Use Observe on it."
With a small nod. "[Observe]"
[You have encountered a minimap!
Do you wish to add the minimap to your map collection?]
Izuku selected Yes and the scroll disintegrated into tiny particles that consumed his vision after a second. Trusting Akito to not let her sister permanently disable him he held in his cry of alarm. After what felt like minutes he was granted a blue text box.
[Minimap added!
Do you wish to enable the map?]
Selecting yes again his mind was filled with visions of scaling canyons, finding lost ruins, forests of monsters who whispered your greatest fears, pits of darkness that echoed with the rumbles of beings so large you should be able to see them. Then the visions faded, and he was looking out toward the horizon which while still blurry, but much further back now. "What was that?"
He looked at the sisters it was Akito that answered with a smile, "Mom made the map, and everything you saw was her adventures through here, at least to the point when she made the map."
Seiren once again took something out of her pocket, which turned out to be a lot of rope. "How are you doing that?" Izuku asked curiously.
Seiren smirked at him, "Make it a day without almost dying and I'll tell you." She took out a metal pike and started driving it into the ground with her bare hand.
'I wonder how strong she is?'
Standing up and pulling out a set of gloves, she tossed them to him. "Put those on, I'll take my sister down and we'll wait for you at the bottom."
Akito ran over to her sister, who fell over the edge. Izuku let out a panicked yell, ran over the edge to peer down. He saw the sister falling toward the bottom which was easily 300 meters down. As they were about to hit the bottom, a portal opened on the floor below them, and they disappeared. They reappeared when a second portal opened up and threw them upwards, causing them to lose their momentum and speed. As they land Akito excitedly waved to Izuku calling up to him but they're too far down to hear. Looking over to the rope that dangled over the edge, he let out a sigh and put on the gloves.
Back on Earth
"Sooo... Where did they go?", asked All Might.
With a sigh Hideki watched the portal close. "More than likely a place called the Shadowscape. Never been there myself but my wife told me stories about it. Dangerous and endless. They'll be fine." He added quickly, noticing the widening of All Might's eyes. "Seiren is more than capable of protecting herself, her sister, and Izuku."
All Might coughed into his hand, "If you don't mind me asking what are their quirks?"
"Not at all, Akito's quirk is Absorption, and Seiren's is called Dimensional Travel. They also both share the quirk Gamer Lite."
"Two quirks? While that's not unheard of it's quite rare. And for you to have two kids like that, it's amazing."
The father of two laughed. "Trust me there was nothing natural about it. After my wife gave birth to Seiren she was given a prompt, that stated she got to choose a quirk at the birth. She gave both of her kids some of her strongest abilities. Gamer Lite was the quirk they were born with, which by itself is amazing but not as strong as Gamer. Seiren was given Dimensional Travel which essentially makes her immortal as long as she doesn't get killed. When Akito was born Kat tried to give her the same thing but was unable to as the prompt stated that a quirk is not able to be selected twice. So Akito was given my wife's quirk Absorption."
"What's the difference between Gamer and Lite?"
"Lite doesn't allow the ability to learn everything like Gamer does, it also doesn't allow the person to select upgrades at level up or to level up the quirk itself. Gamer allows you to do all that and then some. From what my daughters have told me each skill they have has a percentage of how easy a skill is to learn. While some or most skills have 65 to 75%, certain skills are apparently locked as they have zero affinity to that skill. Gamer doesn't have this as it allows the user to learn any skill at 100%."
All Might nodded along thinking. "What are the weaknesses of Gamer?"
"My wife said a hero called EraserHead was able to cancel all quirks she had but the stat increases and points spent beforehand with Gamer don't disappear. If Gamer is the only reason you have access to something, then a quirk like his would be able to negate all those skills and abilities. Other than completely erasing the quirk, outlasting the Gamer in a contest of endurance will do it. Unlike you and I, who when it comes down to a last stand, are able to pull on adrenaline and willpower to keep fighting past our bodily limits, Izuku can't. When he's out of Stamina, he's out and will pass out."
All Might's eyes widened, "How would he increase his Stamina then?"
"Constitution and Resilience increase Stamina so I would focus on leveling those."
Back to ShadowScape
They were currently walking through rocky terrain and headed toward what Izuku believed was the forest in his vision. "Where are we going?"
Seiren without breaking stride or turning answered. "Forest of Despair and Nightmares".
Akito, who was walking next to him, said. "Mom used the forest to increase her Res. Your's is kind of low so we're going to try and get it up." Her smile didn't comfort Izuku.
"What can you tell me of your mom?", asked Izuku, hoping to get his mind off the impending forest.
"She was super nice, while she didn't want to be a hero, she couldn't be a villain either, because her natural attitude toward life was to be nice to everyone, as long as you didn't harm other people."
Izuku, having to look forward while she spoke, saw Seiren's fist clench and release repeatedly. 'Wonder what's on her mind.' He looked at Aki. "Another question, you are remarkably talkative and articulate for a six year old. Are you sure you're six?" Izuku had a smile on his face as he asked.
Akito giggled. "Seiren says you have to survive a day to get the answer so you have to wait." As she finished she stuck her tongue out and ran forward to be with her sister.
Izuku sighed. 'Why do I feel like I'm going to die?'
An hour later Izuku and the girls found themselves in front of a massive forest with a trail going straight through it. Seiren turned to Izuku. "Your mission is to get to the other side no matter what it takes. We'll be on the other side waiting for you. Come on Akito." The little girl puffed her cheeks and walked over to her sister and began whisper yelling at her. After a few seconds of back and forth Seiren straightened out her back, and spoke. "I am going to begrudgingly tell you a few things to help put your mind at ease. One don't worry about monsters, they don't live on this level of the Shadow Scape. Two, give any holes in the ground a wide berth as you won't be able to tell how deep they are and if you fall in one who knows how many levels you fall down. Three, if you do happen to collapse I will know and will teleport you out, Okay?" Izuku nodded, "Happy now you little She-devil?"
Akito's response was to stick out her tongue and make a face. She waved goodbye to Izuku as they walked through a portal. Turning to the forest entrance he was greeted with something moving through the shade of the trees. He felt a chill crawl through his spine, 'Monsters don't live here'. Steeling his nerves, he began to walk forward.
In. Out. In. Out. 'You can do this.' As soon as he took the first step in the forest, his body froze, and a box appeared.
[You are about to enter a Dungeon!
Training Arena – Forest of Despair and Nightmares
Allows participants to raise their RES up to 100 as long as they successfully pass the requirements.
Requirements – Make it through the other side before the time limit is up! (1:00:00.00)
Do you wish to enter?]
Selecting Yes, his body unfroze. Taking a breath in he started walking forward, and was greeted with a prompt.
[Gamer's Mind has negated the following status effect:
Whispers of Depression.]
'Well, that's useful.'
(Seiren)
"So why are you being so mean to him?"
"Mom died and gave the greatest power imaginable to some kid who she didn't even know. Why should I be nice to him?"
"But Mom said she did know him," Her sister looked down at her clasped hands. "I'm sad she's gone to you know, you didn't have the right to leave me alone when she died."
Crossing her arms and looking away she spoke softly. "I told you to come with me, you didn't need to stay behind."
"And leave dad alone? It affected him more than either of us and you want to leave him alone?" Akito's voice became more harsh.
"He's an adult, he would have been fine." She refused to turn around.
"And you spending years in this damned place was what? Helpful to you? You haven't spoken to me or dad since you got back!" Akito was standing at this point yelling at her sister.
Turning to face her sister, she saw the red rimmed eyes. "What's there to say to people who act like what mom did was fine?"
"It was what she wanted!"
"Who wants to die! She didn't need to face that villain!"
Akito sat back down and curled her legs into her chest, "You saw the prompt and her health bar just the same as I did."
How could she forget? Watching your mom's health hit zero and receiving a prompt that says 'I love you both. I tried to help the world before it knew it needed it but I was unable to do it. I'm sorry and I love you.' She'd tried to teleport to her mom seeing her health hit the red, but mom had set up a locked pocket dimension to fight the villain in. She was powerless to help her mom with a quirk that made the user and friends essentially immortal. Her sister was sobbing into her knees by now, with a small sigh she sat down next to her. Pulling her sister's head on to her lap, she began to sing.
(Play any female version of To Be With You by Mr. Big)
Her sister had calmed down half way through and promptly fell asleep. Speaking softly, mostly to herself, "Izuku I really hope you become what my mom expected of you."
While Izuku couldn't say that he was having fun, but he wasn't doing too bad if he did say so himself. The forest started with whispering and things like, 'You won't be good enough', 'You'll let him down'. Which was fine, he could honestly tell himself he probably wouldn't live up to what All Might is. It wasn't until it started getting louder and apperations started appearing that he started feeling sad but a mini Kaachan yelling insults at you ceases to be scary when an older Kaachan was so much worse. Even when an older Kacchan would appear it was just telling him the exact same thing that current Kaachan would say. The one that hurt the most was his Mom, she didn't support his dream to become a hero until he got the Gamer quirk.
Up ahead he saw a shadow starting to take form and color. 'Who's next?'
Mini-Might appears and with a solemn look on his face, he says, "I'm sorry I've decided to choose someone else to give One for All too."
'Even if All Might did say that I think I would be fine without it now. I have Gamer now, I just need to train it hard to make it decent enough to get into UA. Then it's nothing but farming and cruising through school work.'
[Name: Izuku Midoriya
Age: 14
Level: 1
Quirks: ? (Inherited) (Locked)
Gamer (Given)
Health: 720/720
Mana: 1065/1065
Stamina: 625/800
Str: 75
Con: 72
Dex: 58
Agi: 49
Int: 90 (95)
Wis: 59
Cha: 15
Res: 88
Luck: 10
Points: 0
Perks: Gamer's Mind
Gamer's Body
Qualities: Behind the Eyes
Muscle Malleability]
[Behind the Eyes Lvl: 3 Xp: 22.45%
Your mind is one of your greatest attributes, and is able to perform calculations and other forms of thinking at a faster pace. Train this quality to one day be as fast or superior to even a super computer.
Increase INT by 2% per lvl of BtE.
Current stat increase: +5 (rounded down)]
Not including today he had worked extremely hard on his Int after having cleared most of the beach. He was extremely proud of himself. He had gained several stat increases to Str and Con from climbing down the rope earlier and had even gained a new skill from being in this place.
[New Skill created! Night vision Lvl: 1 Xp: 67.3%
Darkness holds many things be they secrets or monsters. Worry not though, you have gained the ability to find such wonders, no matter the light.
Current Distance 25 ft.]
He was more than happy to take the skill, being able to see in the dark made walking through this area so much easier. He assumed he was about 70% of the way through the forest and still had over half an hour to make it to the other side. What he really needed to do was find a way to increase his stats. Not having anything left on the beach to clean and no way to work out meant little to no physical stat increases. He had asked All Might to train him in hand to hand combat but was turned down so the hero could keep his muscle form for emergencies. Maybe he should find a dojo?
As he rounded a corner a rather large pit was covering half the trail and looked like it swallowed a tree or two. Wanting to not fall into who knows where he gave it plenty of space. As he walked past, he heard talking coming from the hole. Taking a step closer but no more, he could barely make out the voice of a little kid crying out. Panic started to overtake him and as he was about to step closer, a prompt appeared out of the corner of his vision.
[Gamer's Mind has negated the following status effect:
Cry of the Deep]
His pulse slowed back down and the crying shifted into a rumbling, that sounded like metal scraping rock. Taking a few steps back and letting go of the breath he didn't realize he was holding, he thought to himself. 'Maybe I should just hurry to the exit?'
Little over fifteen minutes later Izuku found himself exiting the forest where he was greeted with two things, the first being a prompt.
[Congratulations! You have successfully cleared the Forest of Despair and Nightmares!
Even though you technically cheated you'll still be rewarded!
Rewards - +12 to Res.]
Cheated? Maybe the status when entering the forest would have made it a lot worse?
Any who, the second thing he was greeted with the sight of two sisters asleep in each other's arms. Not wanting to disturb them, he sat down and decided to play on his phone, it didn't have reception but he still had games he could play.
It was in the middle of his 6th game of solitaire that Akito started to wake, causing her sister to open her eyes and see Izuku sitting there looking at them. Her face turned a slight shade of red, and then started to shake her sister lightly. "Get up, Izuku made it out."
Sitting up and stretching, Akito rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. "So how was it?"
Putting his phone away. "Pretty easy, though I did almost jump into a hole to save what I thought was a kid, but thanks to Gamer's Mind the spell, if it was a spell, was negated."
Akito and Seiren both adopted looks of confusion, it was Seiren who spoke first, "What's Gamer's Mind?"
It was Izuku's turn to be confused, "The free Perk I got for being the Gamer?"
"Mom said she only got Gamer's Body though."
Akito looked at Seiren and said. "Maybe it Mutated?"
"What does Gamer's Mind do?"
"It makes me immune to most psychological effects."
Akito started to giggle, which turned into laughter a second later. Izuku was more confused than ever, it was Seiren though that seemed to understand and got an annoyed look on her face. Having had the time to calm down and in between sucking in air she said, "You can't send him to your hellhole anymore."
"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up ya little devil." Standing up, she walked away. "Come on."
Still giggling, Akito stood up and waited for Izuku, who scrambled to his feet and looked at her expectantly. "Seiren found a dimension that torments people's minds, as it's not a dungeon there's no point in sending you there."
Izuku sweat dropped, "So where are we going now?"
"More than likely the ruins around the bend, it's another dungeon, but this one goes down a floor so there's monsters in there." She finished with a smile and mad gleam in her eye.
"But I don't know how to fight."
Seiren stopped dead in her tracks and turned around, "Are you fucking with me? You've had this power for a little over a month and have been training with The All Might! What have you been doing?!" She went red in her face.
"Dollar for the swear jar." Spoke up Akito, who looked up at Izuku, "Also I agree with her, what have you been doing?"
Scratching the back of his head. "Hehe, picking up trash?"
He could see a vein in Seiren's head pulse, "Are you kidding me?"
"No?"
Akito started laughing again. "Cheer up Sis, now you get to punch him a bunch until he learns!"
Grabbing Izuku by the arm, she led him to a small rocky clearing. "Ok put em up."
"What?"
"Your fist!"
Taking stance and putting his hands up, Seiren groaned, walked over and fixed his posture. "Feet apart, hands balled, cover your lower face. Now punch me."
"But."
"Just do it!"
"Fine." Psyching himself up he pulled his arm back and struck out but was slapped up side the head.
"One, that's not how you throw a punch, two, don't close your eyes, and three, have you never watched a fight before?"
"Only heroes that I see occasionally."
"Let me guess they used all these special moves and fought with quirks that shot fire or made their fist 5 times larger?" It didn't take a genius to figure out she was getting more and more annoyed.
"Umm. Yeah?"
A groan, "Fine copy me." She got into the pose she made Izuku take and slowly stretched out her balled fist. "Got it?" A nod, "Go for it but slowly so I can fix it if needed."
Stretching out his arm, she nodded as his arm was fully extended, "Now retract your arm and try the left." Repeating with his non-dominant hand, he earned another nod.
"Alright now punch me." Izuku punched again and was again slapped.
"I said stop closing your eyes!" Rubbing the spot he put his arms back up, "Look me dead in the eye and hold it."
Izuku stared into her eyes, they were a dark brown, "Now punch me like you mean it."
Taking a breath in, he struck out still staring into her eyes. She caught his punch but nodded at him, "Now punch again, retract and use your other hand, retract."
Following her instructions he punched twice, which were both caught but was greeted with a prompt.
[New Skill Created! Unarmed Combat Lvl: 1 Xp: 0.00%
Anyone can throw a punch but it takes a master to attack with any part of them.
Unarmed attacks deal 20% of your total Str + Dex.
Fighting styles - Basic Boxing - 1%]
"I got a new skill!" Izuku grinned but it was immediately wiped off by the punch that hit him in the nose. "Ow".
[You've been hit!
-20 Hp]
"Don't get distracted, now fight me!"
Putting his hands up, he took a deep breath in and released it. He looked Seiren in the eye and started throwing punches at her.
An hour later
He was currently laying on his back looking up at the cold blue sun. While training with Seiren was worth it in the end, constantly getting hit in the nose or stomach really hurt. As he laid there on the ground, he went through the notifications that appeared during the spar.
[Skill Leveled Up! Unarmed Combat Lvl: 5 Xp: 43.17%
Anyone can throw a punch but it takes a master to attack with any part of them.
Unarmed attacks deal 30% of your total Str + Dex.
Fighting Styles - Basic Boxing - 82%]
[Due to an intense workout session against a superior foe you have gained the following stat increases;
Str - +12
Con - +18
Dex - +17
Agi - +13
Res - +2]
[New Skill Created! Physical Resistance Lvl: 8 Xp: 87.36%
Your body is used to getting beat up, try standing up for yourself!
Physical attacks deal -16%.]
[Name: Izuku Midoriya
Age: 14
Level: 1
Quirks: ? (Inherited) (Locked)
Gamer (Given)
Health: 64/720
Mana: 1065/1065
Stamina: 32/800
Str: 87
Con: 100
Dex: 75
Agi: 62
Int: 95 (90+5)
Wis: 59
Cha: 15
Res: 102
Luck: 10
Points: 0
Perks: Gamer's Mind
Gamer's Body
Qualities: Behind the Eyes
Muscle Malleability]
[Congratulations! You have reach 100 in Con!
The following Quality has been added:
Hardened Skin Lvl: Max
Reduce slashing attacks by 30%, blunt attacks by 10% and piercing weapons by 0%.]
'So she punches me again it gets reduced by 26%? Not bad.' Too bad his health and stamina were too low to do anything. They were slowly going back up but going to sleep would be nice. "Can we sleep?", he called out.
"Nope!" Akito answered, standing over him. "Sleeping in here would be very bad, as long as you're awake and moving monsters won't bother you on the first floor. However, if you sleep then they'll try to get you!" She stuck her arms out like they were clawed.
"But my health is super low and my stamina is almost gone!"
"Akito?", said Seiren.
"Kk!" Reaching out, she tapped him on the nose. "Boop". A yellow aura started enveloping him and he watched as his health and stamina regen at an absurd rate.
"Umm, thanks?"
"You are most welcome." She gave a bow and walked back to her sister.
Standing up and feeling 100% again Izuku asked. "Could I learn that?"
"Right now? No, in a few levels potentially, you need to unlock the perk for spell casting."
'Spell casting?' Could he see himself casting magic and flying around the battlefield. Yes, yes he could.
"Now let's get to the ruins and start clearing some enemies." A brief walk led to a declining hole in the ground that flattened at the bottom. The flat circle at the bottom had a few crumbled pillars with a large stone square receded in the middle.
"Where's the entrance?", asked Izuku.
"The stone square. When you walk on it the gamer quirk will give you a prompt about making a raid group. That's what we're gonna do." Supplied Akito.
A few seconds later Seiren was the first on the square, and after a brief pause Izuku received the following prompt,
[You have been invited to join a raid group by The Mistress of Dimensions, Seiren Hale.
Do you accept?]
Clicking yes, he asked, "Mistress of Dimensions?"
Seiren turned slightly pink in the cheeks, "I didn't choose it! Unlike you and Mom, Gamer Lite doesn't allow the user to select titles."
A new prompt appeared.
[A new gamer has joined the raid battle!
Light Thief, Akito Hale Lvl: 16.]
"Light thief?", asked Izuku. "How did you get that title?"
Akito scratched her cheek and looked embarrassed, "Last year mom and I were here and I tried using my quirk to absorb some light, obviously the only light source is the creepy moon. Apparently it didn't like me doing that and turned itself off. My body has been slowly seeping the light out ever since, hence the hair. Also the little light show earlier."
"Wait, you have your mom's Absorption quirk?"
Akito nodded her head and with a little pride said. "Only the best for mom's favorite daughters!"
Hmmm. Ok then. "So how do we enter?"
A countdown appeared in front of him and as it hit 1 Izuku was met by black nothingness and a red prompt box.
[You are now entering a Raid Dungeon with less than the recommended party and below the recommended level.
There's no way to back out, this is a warning!]
Izuku gulped, 'Why would they take me here?'
A new prompt appeared this time, still in the red color.
[Now entering Ruins of the Shadow People.
Mission - clear floor 4, to proceed to the boss.
Bonus - ?]
Izuku was then teleported to a decently sized room standing in front of a closed door, the door itself was made of a lacquered black wood and was bordered by black stone which shone from a purple scone burning on either side of the door. Turning around he saw Akito pulling a weapon from her pocket, 'How are they doing that?'.
Using observe on the dagger looking item he was greeted with a prompt.
[Spell casting Focus +5
All spells cast through this focus are 5 lvls higher than their normal counterpart.]
He then turned to Seiren, who was impassively looking at her sister. 'She did teach me how to fight so I guess she doesn't need one?'
"You good?"
A thumbs up. "Yup."
"Then let's go."
Walking over to the door and heaving it open they were met with a corridor with several doors lining the hall, each door matched the recently opened one and the hallway ended in a T junction about 15 meters back. "So technically we don't need to clear the next three floors but, with you being level 1, we're going to have to. I am not taking you into the boss room like that. So, on you get, open the door and destroy the baddie."
Izuku gulped, 'She really doesn't like me does she?'
Walking toward the first door on the right, he put his hand on the handle. "Oh don't forget to use Observe on everything starting now." Nodding his head he peeked into the door and saw what looked to be a bedroom, albeit completely destroyed and occupied by a glob of shadow.
"[Observe]."
[Shadow Slime
Level: 1
Health: 250/250
Mana: 0/0
Stamina: 150/150
Str: 50
Con: 25
Dex: 25
Agi: 30
Int: 5
Wis: 5
Cha: 1
Res: 5
Luck: 10
A shadow slime is a congealed ball of shadow. Not very intelligent and easy to destroy, these beings tend to die quickly.]
'Huh that doesn't seem too bad.' Opening the door, the slime took notice and started 'charging' him. It was pretty much rolling over itself in an effort to get to him. Walking up to the slime he took a stance and threw a punch at it, which resulted in two things. The first being a very squishy feeling that made him queasy and the other was a prompt.
[Hit landed! Dealt 48 points of damage. Remaining health 202/250.]
Pulling his arm back and swiping the window away he took two quick jabs which caused two more prompts to appear, telling him he dealt 96 damage. Swiping the windows away again, he decided to try and end it quickly. It was then that the slime took its revenge and strings of black ooze struck out and attached themselves to Izuku trying to drag him into its body. Pulling back against the force, a small green window appeared in his upper right vision.
[Str check pass!]
It disappeared a second later and Izuku struck out a few more times. He finally destroyed the thing, but 3 more prompts appeared. 'This is starting to get annoying.'
Shaking his hands free of gunk, he swiped away the three windows and was greeted with a new screen.
[Enemy Defeated!
You have defeated a single enemy in one on one combat!
Xp earned: 200
Level progress: 200/543 36.83%]
"Congrats but what were you doing? You kept swiping at the air." It was Seiren.
"Every time I hit the slime a prompt appears saying the attack landed."
"Wait you haven't discovered the settings menu yet?"
"Settings?" As he said this a box appeared displaying the following options.
[BattleLog: Disabled
Soundtrack: Disabled
Change UI
Reset UI
Spell casting Input: Speech Enabled]
"Huh, what is the battle log?"
Akito answered. "Instead of a bunch of prompts appearing with every hit you get a single prompt at the end of the fight that lists all attacks, damage dealt, and damage taken."
"Useful." Selecting it, he enabled the BattleLog. "What's the Spell Casting Input?"
"Well, some skills need to be activated and all spells need to be cast. That option is to make your spells cast verbally, physically, or mentally."
Hmmm. 'Haven't been an issue yet, so I might as well leave it.'
"Enough with the tutorial let's get a move on. Next room."
Walking over to the next room and peering in he saw another Shadow Slime but this time it was in a supply closet. Using Observe didn't grant any new information. The fight ended rather quickly now that he wasn't distracted.
[BattleLog: Enemy 1x Shadow Slime
Attacks: 6 total attacks
Damage: 6 x 48 = 288 damage
Damage taken: None
Xp earned: 200
Lvl Progress: 400/543 73.66%]
Peering into the next room, which had once been some type of bathroom, he saw a massive dog wreath in shadows sniffing at the ground. "[Observe]."
[Shadow Mastiff
Level: 3
Health: 500/500
Mana: 0/0
Stamina: 450/450
Str: 80
Con: 50
Dex: 55
Agi: 70
Int: 20
Wis: 5
Cha: 5
Res: 40
Luck: 10
A shadow Mastiff is not a real dog in any way. They are the living embodiment of darkness' hunger.]
'Ok, I'll need to dodge, this thing is a lot stronger and smarter than the slime.' Deep breath in and out, he opened the door and charged the mastiff. Landing a hit and quickly punching it again, he was forced on to the defensive as the abomination lashed out and tried for his right leg. Pulling his leg back he kicked it in its snout and punched it again. He was unlucky enough that his kick made his foot stick out a little further than planned and the thing bit down, hard. His next few punches landed rather easily as the thing was attached to him. It disintegrated after a few more hits.
[BattleLog: Enemy 1x Shadow Mastiff
Attacks:
1x Sneak Attack (Unarmed)
9x Unarmed Attacks
Damage:
96+(9x48) = 528 Damage
Damage Taken:
1 attack = 101 damage and Bleed!
Xp gain: 600
Level Progress: 1000/543 184%
Level Up!]
He could swear he heard trumpets.
[Congratulations Gamer!
You have reached Level 2!
You have gained the following:
5 Bonus Stat Points
1 Perk Point
Next Level Progress: 1000/1773 56%]
'Coooool'. Izuku felt like jumping for joy.
"Go Izuku!" Cheered Akito from behind Seiren.
"Use the perk on something that will help you immediately so that you can level faster."
He nodded at Seiren, and spoke. "Upgrades, Perks"
[Perks - 1 Perk available
You have # choices.]
(See endnotes for list.)
He wanted to select SpellCasting. His thought was that it had an immediate impact as Akito would be able to teach him at least a few spells more than likely and maybe Seiren? Who knows with that girl. "If I gained Spell Casting would you be able to teach me a few spells?"
Seiren shrugged. "Sure, Akito has a wider range of spells, while mine are more combat and summoning focused."
Selecting Spell Casting he was greeted with a prompt.
[Congratulations! You have gained access to the mysterious force known as magic!
You are now able to learn spells via mentor, book, or otherworldly being.
Learning this skill has also unlocked a new Perk tree.
The spell tab is now available!]
"Ok. I selected it, is there a restriction to what I can learn?"
"Yes and no, spells don't have a requirement to learn just to cast. So essentially you could have a spell that cures disease in everyone all at once but you wouldn't be able to cast it because it would cost too much."
"Yeah, Mom had a spell she made up after watching some type of anime that allowed her to go back in time to a save point but the mana cost was somewhere in the 200,000 per hour."
'Wonder how that would work.' He shook the thought out of his head. "So what can you teach me right now?"
"The first spell mom ever taught us." Seiren held out her hand and after a step Izuku grasped it earning himself a prompt.
[New Spell Learned! Mana Bullet Lvl: 1 Xp: 0.00%
This spell allows you to expend mana as a bullet which deals damage.
Spell damage = Int/2
Range = 10 meters.
Cost = 20 Mana.]
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Chapter 2 Done!
I hope you enjoyed it! See you next week!
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Perk List -
Blink - Having been exposed to a being who had visited multiple planes of existences, you have gained the ability to perform short range teleportation.
Call of the Void - You have survived an encounter with a being of the Void, gain the ability to Void Walk.
Copycat - You have encountered a being who can steal not only items but memories and powers! Gain the skill Perfect Mimic.
Focal Point - Having access to a minimap has allowed you to create markers on people or places to find later.
Gamer's Mind Upgrade (Bullet Time) - Slow time to a crawl and allow yourself precious seconds to plan and act.
Knight's Last Stand - Gain the ability to create a Knight's bond with an individual (3 Max).
Spell Casting - Gain the ability to learn spells. Unlocking this Perk opens the Spell Casting Perk Tree.
Shade Cloak - Having spent time in a shadow dimension you can now call upon it to cloak you in its cold embrace.
Words to Millions - Having been exposed to a being whose Cha is over 1000 you have gained the ability to use Mass Effect