after anna opened the door and hil entered the room she closed the door and hil started to inspect the room. there was everything he asked for: on the left side of the room there was the forging station which contained the forge, a water bucket, an anvil, a weapons rack, the blacksmith's tools and a training dummy made of wood. on the right side there was a small bedroll and a little coffee table.
'oo nice' hil thought this place will be able to let him show off his talents. hil trained for years to get his skills in blacksmithing but he compares himself to his master which makes him underestimate himself.
hil started to work. he still didnt know what weapon he should make but he still wanted to see if everything is going smoothly. hil took the hammer and some scraps of iron and looked around for a weapon pattern.
*sigh* 'i guess i got to work a bit more without that' hil was disappointed since he didnt want to waste so much energy for some iron tools.
"well better just get it done" hil sighed.
hil put the iron scraps in the furnace and waited for it to become hot enough so he can shape it with the hammer. after a few minutes hil took out the iron, with his bare hands.
"AAAARRRGGGHHH. AHHH I FORGOT" hil screamed in pain as he took the white hot iron from the furnace. the iron piece fell from his hand and his flesh was burnt. hil ran to the water bucket and drowned his arm there.
"ouch. i forgot they cant. i forgot they cant touch hot stuff'" hil mumbled to himself while trying to cool down his hand.
after some time hil's hand cooled down and he went back to work. after an hour there was a sword in his hand. the sword was very basic; it wasnt longer than a human's arm, it was about 7cm thick, and about 10cm wide. it wasnt long enough to be called a longsword and wasnt big enough to call it a broadsword so the sword hil held after an hour of reshaping, reheating and sharping was:
"just a basic sword, perfect for me" hil announced quietly. "well not as good as edge but meh, itll do for now, never liked those heavy-ass axes or those damned clubs, swinging them around like some barbarians. ptooy" he spitted on the ground. "well better test it now, good thing they gave me that dummy".
before hil could move from his spot, a bright square-shaped glowing screen filled with letters appeared.
"what the flipping duckling in my damned house?" hil gasped.
[luni and stone guard]
there was a void-black head at the left side of the sentence tilting from side to side with a 2 frame animation like he was gesturing a "no" and at the right side there was the same tilting head but that one was colored with a stony grey.
[introducing]
the words were stretched on the screen and glowed brightly before disappearing and reappearing.
[the system!]
"oh no what those idiots did now" hil sighed.
[mind for a little tutorial to get you started?]
"well sure why not. what do i do to start it?" hil replied to the screen.
[well its basically works with voice but you can also touch stuff and think about what you want to do with them and itll happen]
"but if i can just think what i want to do which is easier, why there are extra ways?"
[well you asked]
"ah right, ehm. so uh, activate tutorial?"
[yep, sure.]
the words disappeared and new words and pictures appeared. the screen was filled with words and looked like a menu from some video game.
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user: hil | lvl: 1856 | race: dem,@$!)uman
strength: 750
agility: 650
stamina: 500
mana: 10000 / 10000
souls: 0
ability: undying, edge, sword master, animate, soul thief, the tamer, ancient devil's art, creature of the night, demonic energy, mana corruption, summoner, master of contracts, reality alteration, the between traveler, soul slicer, necromancer...
skills: undying purity, undying mind, undying soul, call, flow, overflow, sword master's cry, animate, reanimate, steal, dragon tamer, corrupt, awakening, demonic aura, corrupt mana, disturb mana, summon, greater contract, binding contract, stats alteration, alter mind, travel, open portal, self slice, rise, revive...
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the skills section was too long and hil lost interest after ~6 skills, "i know what i can do, no need to know it again" he said.
[wow, erm. i thought the rebirth would remove all- well most of your stuff. how come you still have it all? meh, i dont care ill remove them. you actually got to start once again, you know.]
and with that the screen glowed brighter than the sun, almost blinding hil and the light almost escaped from the room. after seconds the words reappeared again but now...
"HI WHAT THE FUCK" hil roared.
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user: hil | lvl: 1 | race: dem,@$!)uman
strength: 10
agility: 10
stamina: 5
mana: 10 / 10
souls: 0
ability: undying, edge, animate, soul thief, the tamer, ancient devil's art, creature of the night, master of contracts.
skills: undying purity, undying mind, undying soul, call, flow, overflow, reanimate, dragon tamer, corrupt, awakening, greater contract, binding contract...
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"WHAT DID YOU DO" hil roared again.
[well uh, looks like i failed.]
"OF COURSE YOU DID WHERES MY STUFF" hil kept shouting at the screen
[well, first, calm down and choose an ability to keep. only one hil, we got to keep it fair. you will get your contract, edge and your night thing since its a part of you but aside from that you have to choose only 1 ability to keep]
"fine, since i already tamed something i guess ill go with {the tamer} this time" hil replied with a hint of sadness in his voice.
[alright, thanks for not causing a scene, by the way, you should check your message menu.]
"hm? how do i do that? i just think about that?" hil said with confusion.
[yes just as i told you, everything you want will happen if you can access it and think about that.]
"well erm..." hil tried to think about the words on the screen turning into the word "messages" and suddenly the letters glowed and changed into:
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messages: 2 new messages.
[skill: roar{lvl: 1} acquired]
[skill: smithing{lvl: 1} acquired]
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"huh? what did i do to get these?" hil asked with confusion.
[obviously, you have to do the same thing lots of times or acquire some scroll or something like that]
"then whats that roar?" hil asked with a hint of anger.
[you shouted at me so much earlier so you deserved that :) ]
"haha, funny. what does it do" hil asked the screen.
[ . . . ]
"ah right, thinking." hil replied.
as hil thought about the new skills the words on the screen glowed once again and changed into:
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skill: roar {level: 1}, (active)
this skill allows you to shout with a terrifying voice and weaken or/and intimidate living creatures.
!: this skill doesnt work on the undead
!: this skill isnt effective when the target is stronger than the user by more than {5} levels
!: this skill is more effective against untamed beasts and creatures with low intelligence
!: this skill is ineffective against the dragon-born race
!: costs: 10 mana
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skill: smithing {level: 1}, (passive)
with this skill the weapons you create by yourself get a 5% boost to their quality and you can create weapons and tools 0.1%-5% faster
!: this skill becomes ineffective the higher the quality of the materials
!: this skill only takes an effect if the creation was made from only raw materials
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"alright and how do i use the {roar} thing?"
[ . . . ]
"yep, thinking, of course i knew it, haha. i just wanted to check if u remember that"
hil thought about the roar and the effects of it. he didnt really understood so he just shouted.
[skill: {roar} has been used]
[! your mana is completely empty !]
after hil got those messages his voice came out of his mouth but this time, hil could see his voice. his voice was spectral and colorless but it still was visible and had a shape of a cone.
"gah im feeling drained. well so what are those souls thing under my stats?"
[oh, you have to kill someone for that]