===Akuma Umare POV===
When I woke up the first thing I saw was an intricate kind of ancient-looking design on the floor. It looked like the sort that I would see in a light novel or manga. There was some sort of commotion, but I was too tired to care. I immediately lost consciousness.
By the time I had woken up, Natsuko Kaminari, and two other students were already awake.
"What happened to us?"
"I have no clue whatsoever."
"Wasn't there a crash?"
I tried to get my thoughts in order. 'I remember getting on the bus and then… Right, I died.'
I heard footsteps echoing. Multiple people entered the room. There was a girl about 13 years of age, she had white hair and was wearing a black dress, and by the looks of it, it was made from expensive materials. The designs were exquisite as well. She was followed by a number of women in maid attire.
"Greetings, heroes. My name is Eliza Christoph Zander Benedea, the third princess of the Benedea kingdom. I presume you all are most confused but rest assured, all will be explained in due time."
"E-excuse me…" A first-year boy, Eto Yuki, asked the princess a question we all were thinking. "Where are we?"
"I ask that you wait till tomorrow morning. Till then I ask that you rest yourselves."
We were led to beautiful and spacious rooms in what I surmised was a castle. And so, we rested ourselves till the next morning.
At night though, I tested something out.
"Status", I murmured.
Name: Akuma Umare
LV: 1
Race: Human
Blessing:-------------------
Title: [ OTHERWORLDER ]
[ ASSASSIN ]
HP: 100
ATK: 50
DEF: 55
MP: 75
AGI: 85
INT: 70
VIT:100
SKILL: [APPRAISE]
[SHADOW MAGIC]
[STEALTH] LV 2
[SNEAK ATTACK] LV 2
[ODORLESS] LV 2
[LIFE COVER] LV 2
[MANA COVER] LV 2
UNIQUE SKILL: [TAMER]
ULTIMATE SKILL:-----------
'W-what is this?! Are we really in a different world?! T-this is too much to take in all at once.'
I decided to wait till tomorrow as I was told to.
//The Next Day//
We had an audience with some bigshot in this world today. So we woke up early and were served with a rather bland breakfast. After eating, we freshened up and put on our clothes that were prepared for us. They weren't half bad, honestly.
"Greetings, Heroes from another world. My name is Lestin Christoph Zander Benedea IV. I am the King of the Benedea, the Kingdom of Humans."
We had entered a room not unlike the one where we were summoned to. There were carvings of two female deity-like creatures looking down on us. It was grand, a bit too extravagant to be honest, but I knew how to keep my mouth shut. And there in the middle of it sat a slightly fat man with clothes on par, if not better than the princess. On either side were knights with spears in their hands and scabbards by their waists.
"I am sure you have quite a few questions so I will answer them all in a moment. But first, I want you to place your hand on this crystal."
Natsuko did as the King asked and placed his hand on the crystal first. Then his Status Window appeared for all to see.
Name: Natsuko Kaminari
LV: 1
Race: Human
Blessing:------------------
Title: [ Hero ]
[ RULER OF JUSTICE ]
[ OTHERWORLDER ]
HP: 150
ATK: 90
DEF: 80
MP: 90
AGI: 75
INT: 90
VIT: 80
SKILL: [INSPECT]
[LIGHT MAGIC]
[LIGHTNING MAGIC]
UNIQUE SKILL: [JUSTICE]
[HERO'S CHARISMA]
ULTIMATE SKILL:-----------------
TALENT: [FORESIGHT]
"Oh my!", a woman, whose presence I was unable to sense till now, exclaimed.
"*Ahem* Forgive my sudden outburst, but I'm rather shocked. The Skill [ JUSTICE ] is a skill that is considered to be one of the strongest skills in terms of general utility."
"Umu. And a base HP of 150 is extraordinary in and of itself." (King)
Next up was Eto Yuki, a first year student.
Name: Yuki Eto
LV: 1
Race: Human
Blessing:------------------
Title: [ Otherworlder ]
[ Archer ]
HP: 65
ATK: 45
DEF: 20
MP: 60
AGI: 55
INT: 60
VIT: 80
SKILL: [ BOW DEXTERITY]
[ FIRE MAGIC ]
UNIQUE SKILL: [ TRUE SIGHT ]
ULTIMATE SKILL:--------------
TALENT: [ DETECTION ]
Then the other students followed suit.
Name: Minoru Hirayama
LV: 1
Race: Human
Blessing:------------------
Title: [ OTHERWORLDER ]
[ MAGE ]
HP: 70
ATK: 40
DEF: 30
MP: 100
AGI: 25
INT: 95
VIT: 70
SKILL: [ FIRE MAGIC ]
[ WIND MAGIC ]
[ LESSENED MP CONSUMPTION ]
[ MP REGENERATION ]
UNIQUE SKILL: [ UNHINDERED MAGIC ]
ULTIMATE SKILL:-------------------
TALENT: [ SPEEDCAST ]
Name: Miho Hirayama
LV: 1
Race: Human
Blessing:------------------
Title: [ OTHERWORLDER ]
[ MAGE ]
[ RULER OF WISDOM ]
HP: 70
ATK: 35
DEF: 40
MP: 90
AGI:70
INT: 100
VIT:70
SKILL: [ EARTH MAGIC ]
[ WATER MAGIC ]
[ DECLINED MANA CONSUMPTION ]
[ OCCULTISM ]
UNIQUE SKILL: [ WISDOM ]
ULTIMATE SKILL:--------------
TALENT: [ PERFECT MEMORY ]
Name: Mitsu Yamasaki
LV: 1
Race: Human
Blessing:------------------
Title: [ OTHERWORLDER ]
[ TACTION ]
HP: 40
ATK: 40
DEF: 20
MP: 60
AGI: 100
INT: 70
VIT: 80
SKILL: [ MAP ]
[ PREDICTION ]
[ FARSIGHT ]
[ FARTALK ]
UNIQUE SKILL: [ TACTIONER ]
ULTIMATE SKILL:-----------------------
TALENT: [ MIND ACCELERATION ]
Name: Azumi Ryuzaki
LV: 1
Race: Human
Blessing:------------------
Title: [ OTHERWORLDER ]
[ PALADIN ]
HP: 70
ATK: 70
DEF: 70
MP: 50
AGI: 60
INT: 70
VIT: 100
SKILL: [ LIGHT MAGIC ]
[ BATTLE SENSE ]
[ AURA CONTROL ]
UNIQUE SKILL: [ UNLEASH POTENTIAL ]
ULTIMATE SKILL:-----------------
TALENT: [ ENHANCED SENSES ]
Name: Kotaro Tsuda
LV: 1
Race: Human
Blessing:------------------
Title: [ OTHERWORLDER ]
[ SUMMONER ]
HP: 85
ATK: 30
DEF: 20
MP: 100
AGI: 60
INT: 80
VIT: 40
SKILL: [ SUMMONING ]
[ ANALYZE ]
[ ANIMAL TALK ]
UNIQUE SKILL: [ ENGINEER ]
ULTIMATE SKILL:---------------
TALENT: [ SIGHT ENHANCEMENT ]
Then it was finally my turn.
Name: Akuma Umare
LV: 1
Race: Human
Blessing:------------------
Title: [ OTHERWORLDER ]
[ ASSASSIN ]
HP: 100
ATK: 50
DEF: 55
MP: 75
AGI: 85
INT: 70
VIT:100
SKILL: [SHADOW MAGIC]
[STEALTH] LV 2
[SNEAK ATTACK] LV 2
[ODORLESS] LV 2
[LIFE COVER] LV 2
[MANA COVER] LV 2
UNIQUE SKILL: [TAMER]
ULTIMATE SKILL:-----------
TALENT: [ MYSTIC EYES ]
"What's this… I see", the King mused.
"Your Majesty, it appears that this batch of heroes is quite special", the woman laughed dryly.
"Now then, my daughter Eliza will teach you about this world." (King)
With that we left the audience chamber and were escorted to a drawing room, where Princess Eliza was waiting for us.
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"Greetings, Heroes. I will be incharge of your basic education for today. Please take a seat", Princess Eliza announced.
And so we did.
"Please open up your status' and take a look at all the values present there". We sat together for about an hour learning about our status windows. It was pretty much like a video game window that only you could access and see, unless someone used a skill of course.
To sum things up, it all went something like this:
LV refers to a person's Level. This value increased as you got more EXP. For every level up your stats were boosted by a certain amount.
Race refers to a person's race.
HP refers to a person's health. It went down when ill or hurt. If value hit 0 then VIT was used to calculate remaining time alive.
ATK refers to the strength possessed by an individual.
DEF refers to the amount of defensive force possessed by an individual.
MP refers to the Magic Power remained/possessed by an individual.
AGI refers to the speed of an individual.
INT refers to the individual's brain power.
VIT refers to a person's Magic Defence Power.
SKILLs were powers that affected the world via Spirit Power. Some skills used MP or HP or LV, but they usually used SP. Every being absorbed SP from their surroundings. As such, SP is infinite. Upon being summoned our bodies were recreated so that they could absorb SP and produce mana or MP.
UNIQUE SKILLs are skills that can only exist once. These are much more powerful compared to normal skills.
ULTIMATE SKILLs are the strongest skills a mortal can gain. These are in the format of ________ King, _________ or __________ God, ___________.
RACIAL SKILLs are the skills that any non-human race has. For human's this is replaced by TALENT.
TITLES are obtained by fulfilling requirements such as being named a hero or killing a certain amount of beings. Only 3 could be active at time, but could be changed freely. Titles gave certain boosts to one's Stats or granted certain Skills. The Skills could be used even if the title was dequiped.
Blessings are the powers of the gods bestowed unto a non-divine being and grant special skills and permissions, such as to use species-locked weapons, magics, skills, regardless of actual race. For this reason half-breeds were not discriminated against at all, as they can use the skills and magics of both their parts.
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"Now, let us talk about the Title [ OTHERWORLDER ]. Well… Open your Status and interact with the Title in question."
When I did so, a lot of information was instantly downloaded into my mind. What were the contents of the info? Everything I would ever need to know in this world! So what was this 3-hour lecture for?!
"Do you understand our situation now, Heroes? We are desperate to survive in this world. This desperation is what resulted in your summoning. So we ask that you help us in defeating the Demon Lord."
The Demon Lord. This time's Demon Lord is Demon Lord Kuxcaverzagat Xenigurah Plaf𐐁dios. Her LV is over 600 and her Status averages 8000000. In this world, the average LV is 10. The average Royal Guard is about LV 60. A thing to note though, in this world, LV doesn't add to your Status, it multiplies it. So, in this world, it is very much possible for one LV 100 to Solo an army of LV 80 Soldiers. So how strong is the Demon Lord? I shudder to think of the damage she could cause if she wanted to destroy the world, in fact she probably could... Actually, now that I think about it, there must be something that's stopping her from destroying the world. Opposing her might end up being a really, really bad idea. Just as I thought that, Natsuko decided to give in to her pressure.
"We'll help you out."
"Thank you and… apologies for everything. If there is anything we could do for you, please inform us."
"There is one thing you could do for us…"
"So you want to get strong enough to clear a dungeon with a small team?"
She fell into deep thought.
"Very well. We will train you in the castle grounds for the first couple of weeks, then we will send you to 'grind' EXP, as you otherworlders put it, to a dungeon near the capital."
"Thank you very much."
"It is the least we can do."
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For the next few weeks, we trained everyday. We became a lot more powerful as a result. From what I noticed, however, Natsuko was getting stronger at a much faster rate compared to the rest of us. My Status was pretty high now.
Name: Akuma Umare
LV: 34
Race: Human
Blessing:------------------
Title: [ OTHERWORLDER ]
[ ASSASSIN ]
HP: 8430
ATK: 8392
DEF: 8043
MP: 8035
AGI: 9043
INT: 5079
VIT:9704
SKILL: [SHADOW MAGIC]
[STEALTH] LV 5
[SNEAK ATTACK] LV 7
[ODORLESS] LV 6
[LIFE COVER] LV 8
[MANA COVER] LV 8
UNIQUE SKILL: [TAMER]
ULTIMATE SKILL:-----------
TALENT: [ MYSTIC EYES ] (63/500)
At first, I was confused about what the number beside my TALENT indicated, but even after I asked around, no one had any idea. But whenever I used it on someone, that number rose by 1. So it's most likely the proficiency of my TALENT.
Natsuko became pretty strong as well. I can only see a little bit now but from what I can see:
Name: Natsuko Kaminari
LV: 5?
Race: Human
Title: ???
HP: 10???
ATK: 93??
DEF:89??
MP: 11???
AGI: 50??
INT: 9???
VIT: 83??
SKILL: < Analysis Failed >
UNIQUE SKILL: < Analysis Failed >
ULTIMATE SKILL: < Analysis Failed >
TALENT: < Analysis Failed >
I can only see the first two digits in every stat point except LV and INT, not to mention the '< Analysis Failed >' message for his skills. His hero title must be responsible for his increased growth rate and better defences.
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//The Next Month//
"Nice to meetcha kiddos, I'm Roux, your guide this time."
We needed a guide for the dungeon we're gonna be raiding today. And what better guide for a dungeon than an adventurer.
So here we are in the Adventurers' Guild. We sent out a request for a C-ranked adventurer. The adventurer we got was Roux, a muscular man who looked like he was in his mid 30s was our guide. He seemed pretty powerful. But I think I could escape from him if he ends up betraying us.
After introductions, we go into the dungeon.
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~ Floor 1 - 4 ~
Floor 1 was a maze with the occasional monster. Floor 2 and 3 were more of the same. Floor 4 had a lot more monsters than maze, but in our training, we had plenty of experience fighting monsters, so I don't think we will be in any real danger at this level. There were mainly goblins, razor wolves, salamanders, and rock bears. Mainly
~ Floor 5 ~
According to Roux, we would be clearing this floor then going back to rest for the day. Floor 6 onwards starts the true challenge of dungeons and labyrinths. Exhaustion. Floor 5 was apparently a Boss Floor so the spawn rate for monsters here is very low. For context, each dungeon has a Core, which, when destroyed, ends the dungeon itself. This core regularly spawns monsters by using the Mana and SP of the surroundings. Boss Monsters are monsters which are extremely powerful in comparison to those around them. As a result, it takes a lot more Mana and SP to spawn them. This floor only had goblins, so the boss here was probably a Goblin King, an A-rank threat.
'Oh, we're back already?'
~ Floor 6 ~
Floor 6 is a maze, just like Floors 1 - 4, but unlike those floors, this one had much stronger monsters. Thanks to my [ STEALTH ] Skill, I can one-shot the monsters with [ SNEAK ATTACK ], the others however, weren't so lucky. It would take 3 students to kill a single monster. Only Natsuko and Roux could defeat a monster in a 1-on-1 fight.
On a side note, I think that I can trust Roux now. He had multiple chances to betray us and allow us to simply die but he protected us anyway.
~ Floors 7 - 9 ~
The difficulty spike of these floors is crazy. But on the bright-side, my LV had risen considerably. I'm getting a bad feeling from Floor 10. But I still want to go. Why? Why do I want to go knowing there is nothing but peril lying ahead? It's similar to before I was summoned… I am going to continue forward and figure everything out.
'What was that?! It was scary, but familiar. I-I am not going to back down. I have made my resolution.'
I kill the Lizardman and my LV increases once again.
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