"Damn, we really are a new world!"
"Brother! Language!"
"Ugh...sister I can't just put a lid on it!"
Atsui glared at me as I tried to avoid her piecing gaze. Her blue sapphire eyes were definitely not happy but what can I do! Im a year older then her, she should listen to me! Well, maybe not, I am a terrible influence.
"...whatever."
"By the way, he said we were playing a game and were given a system...System Activate!"
Nothing happened, no retina or holographic screen.
'What the hell...'
"pfft..."
"Oi! Don't laugh at me! Im trying to figure this out!"
"Ok, ok."
I tried different commands over and over but a screen never showed up. Atsui continued to giggle at my struggle which only served to make me more annoyed!
"Ah I got it!"
'Atsui, the non-gamer got it before me....how embarrassing...'
"Brother you just need to look at the bottom left, there should be a blue circle with a dot in it, see it?"
"Yea, yea I knew that."
Atsui rolled her eyes at me, "Of course you did." Which I could only smirk in response. I glanced down and saw the circle. When my eyes rested on it for a second it enlarged to a blue screen that popped up in front of me.
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[Status]
[Factions]
[Map]
[Messages]
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'Hmmmmmm.....lets look at status first.' I moved my eyes towards [Status] and it immediately switched to a new page.
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STATUS
[Name: Tatsuya Minaki]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 1]
[Experience: 0/100]
[Tier: Mortal]
[Status Points: 0]
[Health: 10/10]
[Mana: 10/10]
[Stength: 5]
[Agility: 5]
[Endurance: 5]
[Spirit: 10]
[Weapons: None]
[Equipment: None]
[Special Items: None]
[Special Abilities: None]
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Well there was a lot to think about. I looked over at Atsui and she seemed to be in deep contemplation.
"You looking at [Status]?"
"Yea but I don't understand most of it."
"Hmmmm, I will try to explain it as best as I can."
"Thanks brother."
"Mmh, so health should be obvious, if its zero I assume we die. The number for mana should be the amount of magic we can cast and if I'm not wrong spirit is our ability to control our magic indicating something like intelligence in other games I played, but boosting someones intelligence probably goes against what Mr. God was trying to achieve. Stregth is pretty self-explanatory also, how powerful our attacks our or how much we can lift. Agility is our speed, it probably takes care of reflexes and our ability to move around."
"And endurance is our stat to keep doing those things for a certain amount of time?"
I just nodded, that's what I think also. Very simple from some games we played back on Earth.
"What about the last 4? I get weapons and I figured equipment is armor and maybe necklaces, rings, or other special items we can wear?"
"Yes, that's most likely right. Special items might be things not used for attacks or defense? I'm not exactly sure until we collect said item. I assume since there is no abilities or moves tab we have to use our own skill to defend ourselves. If that's the case good thing I took kendo classes so I can protect us. But special abilities probably require mana...? It's another wait and see thing."
Atsui 'hmm'ed' as I finished my explanation. It was becoming more and more obvious that pre-existing fighting skills gave you an edge, however if someone choose to become a mage then that's thrown out the window.
"I guess tier might have to do with levels? It says we are mortals..."
I glanced at what Atsui was talking about, [Tier] seemed to be a rank of some sort. Maybe it had to do with advancements on levels. There is a lot of wait and seeing with this page.
"Lets look at the other pages."
"Mm."
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[Status]
[Factions]
[Map]
[Messages]
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Looking at the [Factions] page it showed a much smaller screen.
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[Current Faction:]
[Personal Forces:]
[Alliances:]
[Government:]
[War:]
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"Hmmm, looks like if you want to create a group or kingdom this page would be useful to you."
"Brother, should we do something like that? Wouldn't it offer more protection for us if we joined a group?"
"Right now we are alone, my guess this is for the 'late game'."
"Late game? Whats that?"
"Eh....oh right you don't play video games..."
"Brother! Explain it to me!" Atsui pouted and complained. 'Ah, she's so cute!'
"Ahem...its basically what happens in the later stages of the game. When people have more items, abilities, health, and levels. Just like us, when we get farther in levels where we can smash losers with a flick of our finger you could say we have hit the 'late game'."
"Ah! I understand. I just looked at the maps page but it just shows a dot and large black screen."
I took the time to go over to the [Maps] page to see what she meant and in the middle of my screen there was a visible circle around our position but everything else was pitch black. It seems we have to explore the world to see what it holds but I got a good glance at the terrain before we landed here.
"If you wanted to know what the world looks like I was able to get a glimpse of our location and overview of the terrain."
"Tell me! Tell me!"
"Siigghhh.....It was one big bicycle wheel in layman's terms. Five Islands, we are currently standing in the middle of the center islands with one to each cardinal direction connected together in by a land in the shape of a ring."
Atsui nodded her heads a few times letting me know what I meant. We were on top of a mountain range, if we want to eat, it won't be easy finding food. Plus we have no weapons and low stats.
"Ok! Sister?"
"Mmm, yes brother?"
Atsui gave me a sweet smile which made my heart melt. Shaking my head to get rid of those thoughts I told her the plan.
"We need to find weapons, get food, and level up. Preferably in that order. We can't level up by killing monsters with no weapons and to get food we would need to get weapons or find fruits."
Atsui contemplated before standing up.
"Yosh! Lets do it then!"
"Sweet!"
I gave her my best smile which she only looked at me awkwardly. 'My smile isn't that bad right? I tried my best!' Giving a quick sigh we set out. I figured if we can find a stream maybe we will be able to collect fish. To find a stream moving closer to the mountain face was our best move.
Although we were on a mountain high up, the trees were rather vibrant. Towering masses of trunks stood meters high and the leaves were of all different shapes and sizes. The ground was rather bare of only dirt and dead leaves as our feet crunched upon its surface.
After about 20 minutes of not encountering a single monster or animal we came upon a small pond. The crazy thing was on the other side of the pond a rather large, fat ugly looking creature sat with a wooden club laying across its legs while it rested up against a tree.
I nudged Atsui and told her to wait while I check it out and maybe kill it from the behind. Quietly moving around the pond I approached its back. It was letting out a rather loud snore.
"ZZZZzzzzzz.....hewk....zzzzzz."
The monster let out a nasty snort as snot was hanging from its nose. 'That was nasty.' As I got within a certain distance of the monster a simple status plate showed up on my screen.
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[Race: Mountain Troll]
[Level: 10]
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'Eeeeehhhhhhh? Level 10 already? Is that even high for this worlds standards for a level one to fight?'
I didn't slow down in my approach as I got right behind this hulking mass of dumb flesh.
'Well either way...hehehe...I'm gonna break you neck!'
I ready my hands around is rather large head, one in front on the forehead and another on the back and with a quick grab and twist I did the job.
'CRACK!'
"AAAARRGGHHHHHHHH!"
The monsters eyes flew open and were looking at me because his head had turned 180 degree's.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations! First kill in Filterria: 200 exp. First monster type kill: 200 exp. Monster kill (+9 levels): 450 exp!]
'My first achievement in this world was killing a monster! I belong here! Hehehe, this is going to be fun!'
[Ding!]
[You have leveled up!]
[Ding!]
[You have leveled up!]
[Ding!]
[You have leveled up!]
[Ding!]
[You have gained +15 Status Points to distribute!]
Three times! I leveled up three times! So that should make me level 4! 'Lets see where I am now!'
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STATUS
[Name: Tatsuya Minaki]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 4]
[Experience: 250/400]
[Tier: Mortal]
[Status Points: 15]
[Health: 10/10]
[Mana: 10/10]
[Stength: 5]
[Agility: 5]
[Endurance: 5]
[Spirit: 10]
[Weapons: None]
[Equipment: None]
[Special Items: None]
[Special Abilities: None]
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"Brother!"
I looked back over the pond and saw Atsui holding her hands together over her chest. Her eyes that were filled with worry made me feel slightly guilty, I didn't call out to her after I finished the Mountain Troll because I was too concentrated on my messages. She surely thought that the mountain troll screaming in agony wasn't a good sign.
"Sorry sis! I just got so excited at killing a living being with my own hands! Hehe..."
Atsui just rolled her eyes with a slightly pained expression on her face. 'Aww, don't do that to me sis! Im sorry ok!' Not that I would ever say that. I have to keep up my awesome, proud, and strong brother look!