"Everything further can be answered by your systems. If not, then you must become strong enough to find the answers yourselves. Good luck!" the melodious voice of Grace rang out as all 10 figures disappeared instantly.
The first thing he could sense was the fresh smell of grass as his figure appeared on a patch of it. His face was planted into the ground as his body was spread out behind him, seemingly as if he had just been dropped onto the ground and left there. Slowly getting up from the ground with a simple push up, Kai looked around his surroundings groggily as if he had just woken up. He seemed to be in a forest of sorts, surrounded by grass, trees and flowers. After spending a few seconds gaining his bearings, Kai immediately thought of all the novels and games he had seen before and quickly came to a conclusion, saying the words "Status" aloud.
STATUS| |SKILLS| |QUESTS| |MAP| |EQUIPMENT| |DOMINION| |TITLES| |---|
Immediately a holographic screen appeared before him with a number of tabs on the top. The first four were a golden colour the same as the holographic screen but the rest were greyed out. Kai then clicked on the |STATUS| tab and immediately a figure of himself appeared before him with a list of numbers below it.
STATUS|
Name: Kai (changeable)
Age: 20 years
Gender: Male
Level: 1 EXP: 0/10
Health: 220/220 (average earth male:150) (average W-97351 male: 300)
Strength: 17 (average earth male:10) (average W-97351 male:30)
Vitality: 20 (average earth male:10) (average W-97351 male:30)
Dexterity: 9 (average earth male:10) (average W-97351 male:30)
Mana: 15 (average earth male:10) (average W-97351 male:30)
Wisdom: 19 (average earth male:10) (average W-97351 male:10)
"Hmm, so the average person on this planet is 3 times as strong but they have the same mental level as earth. If this is a primitive world that needs our intellect and experience then it must be fairly undeveloped." Kai thought to himself as he clicked on the next tab along, the |SKILLS| tab.
SKILLS|
[Breathing-72] [Eating-64] [Walking-61] [Sleeping-61] [Excreting-58] [Thinking-50] [Learning-47] [Hand-to-hand combat-37] [Gun wielding-30] [Language-27] [Training-25] [Dagger wielding-20] [Memory-17] [Cooking-14] [Fire starting-6] [Navigation-2] [Emperor's Eyes-0] [Emperor's Right-0] [Emperor's Blessing-0] [Crafting-0] [Forging-0] [Repair-0] [Sharpening-0]
Looking at them, some of them were due to his background in the military while some were just regular human skills required to live. The end had skills that had 0 proficiency so Kai figured these were his skills given by his role. Sitting on a log nearby, he starting reading through the detailed descriptions of the skills.
[Emperor's Eyes-0: An upgraded version of the basic appraisal skill as a result of the role [Emperor of Fire and War]. Can be used to see level, description, weakness and manufacturing process (if applicable) of an item or being. Can also be used to see through illusions and whether a being is lying to the user or not.]
[Emperor's Right-0: +500% EXP gain, +500% proficiency gain, all weapon types and occupations can be accessed as Emperor.]
[Emperor's Blessing-0: Those who are targeted by the skill will receive a +200% stat buff, be able to communicate with the user via telepathy, the user will be able to track targets on the |MAP| function and the user will gain 10% of all EXP gained by target.]
[Crafting-0: An enhanced version of the blacksmith skill [Crafting]. Once a product is completed, they will give corresponding stat points. Once a product is completed, can be automatically constructed by consumption of resources through the system. However, the quality of the product will be at the same level as the completed product.]
[Forging-0: An enhanced version of the blacksmith skill [Forging]. Once a product is completed, they will give corresponding stat points. Once a product is completed, can be automatically constructed by consumption of resources through the system. However, the quality of the product will be at the same level as the completed product.]
[Repair-0: An enhanced version of the blacksmith skill [Repair].]
[Sharpening-0: An enhanced version of the blacksmith skill [Sharpening].]
Kai was overwhelmed! These skills were quite overpowered when he thought about it. The Emperors blessing in particular seemed too good to be true as he could instantly double his forces powers while gaining 10% of their EXP. At first that wouldn't be much but once he gets 100 people working for him, or 1000? 10,000? 100,000? It seemed like the system was basically forcing him to become an emperor to fully level up like crazy. The next think he noticed was the statements under the crafting and forging skills, the automatic crafting! He wasn't quite sure how it worked but he new that it was probably just as overpowered as the other skills since it had been absorbed from the [Blacksmith King] system and then upgraded by his [Emperor] system. The next tab was most likely going to be the most crucial though as Kai finally switched to the |QUEST| tab.
QUESTS|
[Main Quests]:
1)Create or Lord over a village. Rewards: Unlock Charisma stat, gain +50 to all attributes, unlock the |DOMINION| and |TITLES| tabs.
[Side Quests]:
1)Craft a weapon. Reward: Hint for finding nearest people.
2)Reach 100 proficiency in following skills:
Hand to hand combat -> Gain +10 strength, hand to hand combat guide book. (37/100)
Sword wielding-> Gain +10 strength, sword wielding guide book. (0/100)
Spear wielding-> Gain +10 strength, spear wielding guide book. (0/100)
Dagger wielding-> Gain +10 strength, Dagger wielding guide book. (20/100)
Shield wielding-> Gain +10 vitality, shield wielding guide book. (0/100)
Bow wielding-> Gain +10 dexterity, Bow wielding guide book. (0/100)
Axe wielding-> Gain +10 strength, Axe wielding guide book. (0/100)
Hammer wielding-> Gain +10 strength, Hammer wielding guide book. (0/100)
Whip wielding-> Gain +10 dexterity, Whip wielding guide book. (0/100)
Hidden Weapon wielding-> Gain +10 dexterity, Hidden Weapon wielding guide book. (0/100)
The long list of quests didn't affect Kai's mind set at all as he began gathering materials immediately. The first sub quest said create a weapon but it wasn't specific on what it wanted so Kai deemed that he had to try until something passed the test. Crafting a weapon was also his first idea as he was in the middle of unknown woods and had no idea what could pop up at any moment. It would be foolish of him if he died to a low tier mob before ever becoming strong enough to achieve his ambitions. His ambitions of lazing around all day!
Kai was an orphan who grew up in the system, bouncing between homes and houses, never really finding any place he belonged. So when he reached of age, he enrolled in the military and rapidly throttled through the ranks. He was seen as a genius in combat and barrelled his way up to being a special forces soldier who was key in taking down notorious terrorists and criminals. That being said, he didn't care much for his work or any of the intense training he had gone through as he much preferred sitting alone and reading his novels in peace. Too bad that life wasn't that easy so he had to work for his food and living arrangements. His plans for this world was to become emperor as he sat back and let his subjects gain experience for him! Otherwise why would he have such a skill like [Emperor's Blessing], right?
Kai had quickly found a tough branch that had fallen near him and then he searched for a few sharp rocks. After acquiring the rocks, he promptly began to sharpen the tip of one end of the branch, making it into a makeshift spear type weapon. However, that wasn't able to satisfy the system. He did notice that his crafting proficiency had already gone up by 3 just for that. Calculating for a second, that should have been 0.6 if he hadn't had the [Emperor's Right] skill. He then checked out the "spear" he had made with his [Emperor's Eyes] skill.
[Pointy Stick: stick that has been sharpened slightly on the end. Can not be considered sharp. No better than stabbing with a sharp nail from a finger.]
Kai's began laughing at his crappy pointy stick as he got up and starting searching through the forest. It seemed like it would take him some time to craft a viable spear to complete the quest so he decided to sharpen it while looking for fruits and herbs in the area to eat. He knew that his bonus for proficiencies would do him wonders in increasing his strength rapidly so he started spamming his [Emperor's Eyes] skill on anything around him, he also began to try and memorise all of the names of different grass, herbs and trees and all of the functions as he explored as he knew upgrading his memory skill and learning skill would probably be a great help for the future. After a few dozen minutes of searching, he finally found some edible fruits. The fruits were shaped like a Y and were pink.
[Pink Y fruit (unnamed): can be eaten, raw or cooked. No side effects.]
So far most of what he had found either had side effects or were simply poisonous to begin with. Kai started harvesting the fruit and gathering them on a large stone near him. Sitting down on the same stone, he began eating. The fruit tasted like an apple but with the texture of an orange, leaving a strange sensation in his mind as it didn't quite add up for him. After downing two fruits, he continued sharpening the stick and was soon surprised by a notification.