It was the worst day of my life on the day the Tutorial was announced and started. I was fired from my job, behind on my payments, and almost broke. That and how uninteresting life was for me was why I was excited at what the Tutorial could do for me.
After the announcement faded form my vision, I suddenly found myself floating in a void with a single blue box floating in front of me.
[Character evaluation started]
[Say or think "Status to continue"]
This was something I had always dreamed about. In the past I was a huge fan of anime, manga, and comics, especially the system apocalypse genre.
"STATUS"
[Name: Helios Altena]
[Species: Human]
[Titles: Prodigy (Living Stone), Blessed by CREATION]
[Class: None] [Subclass: None]
[Level: 0] [Exp: 0/100]
[Hp: 80] [Mp: 240]
[Strength: 8]
[Stamina: 10]
[Constitution: 8]
[Dexterity: 7]
[Intelligence: 18]
[Wisdom: 24]
[Luck: 9]
[Traits: Living Stone Affinity]
[Status effects: None]
"This is awesome. SYSTEM what does blessed by CREATION do?"
[You only have three questions. Do you confirm that this is your first question?]
"Wow, that actually worked. Yes, I confirm that it is my first question is."
[Description: You have been blessed by the Concept CREATION.]
[Effects: it is 20% easier to create, learn how to create, gain creation-based skills and traits, it also has a 10% chance to elevate a creation's rank by one.]
"That is really nice, I can definitely abuse that" Helios mumbled, "What are things I should know that will help me in the Tutorial and after."
[You only have two questions. Do you confirm that this is your second question?]
"Yes, I do, tell me everything."
[Due to the generalization of the question the answer will be condensed into 7 main categories.]
[The categories will be: Species, Titles, Class/Subclass, Level/Rarity, Traits, The Tutorial, and The Treaty]
[Species: This is the representation of what you are. Due to various reasons this can change.]
[Titles: This is a Listing of your various achievements that the SYSTEM deemed worthy to list]
[Class/Subclass: At level 5 you will be given a list of the many different classes available to you. A class will, depending on the rarity, give different bonuses to different activities, attributes, and more. A subclass will allow you to branch out of your chosen path, and if you meet the necessary requirements merge with your main class. (A subclass cannot exceed the current rarity of your chosen class.)]
[Levels/Rarity: Levels are the way the SYSTEM allows living creatures to grow. Rarity is a tier ranking system that determines the grade of the thing in question. The rarities are: trash, common, uncommon, lower rare, rare, upper rare, epic, unique, legendary, mythic, and divine.]
[Traits: Every 5 levels you will be able to pick a trait. An example of a trait would be Ambidextrous which would allow you to use both arms as if they were your dominant arm.]
[The Tutorial: The Tutorial is a simulation that will allow you to develop your Class/Subclass's path.]
[The Treaty: The Treaty was an agreement between OBLIVION and The Five Concepts. After both sides had realized that the conflict was unsustainable, they decided that a change was needed. Due to this the SYSTEM was created to regulate the conflict between the two sides. The event was later called the Treaty.]
"Wow, that is a lot to take in."
"So, how will the Tutorial allow me to create my path?"
[Is that your final question?]
"Yes, it is."
[First you will be required to choose two words and one direction that describe what path you want to take.]
[Next the SYSTEM will create the environment that best complements the path.]
"That was less info than I expected."
[State the two words and direction that describe your path. Example: Strength, Defense, and Warrior]
"Huh, it is going to be very hard to decide on the words, but the direction is easy."
"What if... no, this is my future progression I'm thinking about... I'm just going to do it because I can't think of anything better."
"My choices are creation, affinity, and summoner."
[Choices accepted: creation, living stone, summoner.]
"WHAT... No, I wanted a creation affinity."
[Deciding on rarity...]
[Legendary rarity selected]
"At least it wasn't divine. I don't think I could live through that." Helios mumbled.
[Rathar's Legacy selected]
[Upon entering the Tutorial, you will be given a basic survival kit, current gear upgraded to common, and a path specific skill book.]
[Commencing Tutorial. The Tutorial will end in three months. Good Luck.]
After all the messages stopped the void around me started to reveal a cave. It was 10 feet in diameter with a door set into the wall and a chest in the middle.
"This cave seems to be the safe zone, at least that's what I hope it is." Helios sighed, "First things first, I need to see what I got."
The skill book looked like it had seen better days. It was an old, seemingly worn-out manual on the basics of using mana to summon or create a minion. "This is strange. It doesn't explain how to sense mana let alone use it."
"You don't even know how to use mana! You are boring."
Helios whipped around towards the source of the sound. Sitting on the now open door was a small insectoid fairy.
"What are you!" Helios shouted after falling on his but from turning so fast.
"Shouldn't you already know? I'm a dungeon fairy." She sighed "The first source of entertainment I've had in a while and he's already seeming dumb."
'She doesn't seem to know why I am here. I wonder why? She also said that she is a dungeon fairy, so I probably am in or at the start of a dungeon.'
"So, where are we?" Helios inquired, "I seem to not remember how I got here."
"So, you don't remember how you got here? Your no fun, I was going to ask you that. I thought that my plan was working even better than expected if an adventurer got sent in."
"What do you mean by that? You make it sound as if I'm not supposed to be here."
"Wow, you are either the world's best actor and have come to trick the Dungeon. Or you got sent here by the SYSTEM. "
"What do you know about that?" Helios asked. He had thought that the world was a simulation, but that assumption might be wrong.
She seemed to ignore what he just asked and continued to grill him for answers. "Tell me what happened, or I will find a more exciting use for with you."
Upon hearing what she said, he knew that He would die if he tried to lie. The fairy seemed to know much more than she was letting on and was hiding many things from him.
It was then that he let it sink in that his portion of the Tutorial was legendary difficulty.
"So that is what it meant. I can get killed right at the start."
Little did he know this is only the beginning.