{Why are you complaining? It's not Orcs,}
Upon peering inside, the first thing to catch his eye was the unending, undead, horde.
Skeletons walked through the city bartering for various things. There were black knights riding on various animals formed from clouds. "Wait their are people here!" Ashtyn ran to the nearest alive human.
"What's going on? Why are their so many dead monsters here? Why aren't they attacking?" Ashtyn shot one question after another.
The man was a tall and lean figure roughly 6 feet tall. He wore a black overcoat with scarlet red threading. His black hair was slicked back and his face was nothing less than perfect.
As he turned towards Ashtyn, a wide smile adorned his face. One further outlined by two large fangs protruding from his mouth.
"No… You're…. a…" Ashtyn began stuttering as he slowly backed away from what could only be a vampire.
HAHA
The vampire began laughing loudly as he pointed at Ashtyn. "We got us a newcomer,"
As all eyes turned to stare at Ashtyn, an Orc made its way towards him. It was a slightly pale green color, and where its right hand should have been, was a bone dripping blood. It approached Ashtyn quickly as it reached down to grab him. "I'm Hungry!"
This was the last thing Ashtyn saw before passing out.
…
Upon waking up a few minutes later, Ashtyn found himself staring up at the pitch-black clouds in the sky. As he moved his body to get up, a man appeared in his vision chuckling for some unknown reason. This was the vampire.
"Don't eat me!" Ashtyn screamed as he tried to back away only to bump into a weird shaped wall.
The Orc was standing behind him, blood slowly dripping down from his arm.
"Okay calm down, my name is Lestat. Yes I am a Vampire. If you were alive most of us would be clamoring to eat you. Unfortunately, you have died, as has everyone here. Welcome to nightmare city," The vampire gestured around him hoping to ease Ashtyn into it.
"I'm really dead?" In disbelief Ashtyn looked at his hands trying to find any proof to show he really was dead.
"Honestly, I was surprised," Lestat continued speaking, "I have no idea what kind of undead you are. I thought maybe you were an ugly vampire, but you have no fangs. I've never seen you're kind before,"
{Welcome to Nightmare City, what an edgy name, right? As you've found yourself in an unfamiliar place I've created some missions to help you along. To bring them up just say missions in your head. You also have a status screen and a few other lists you'll have to figure out yourself. Have fun, and like I said before, congratulations on your death}
'Missions'
{Missions:
Information is Key- Gather as much information as you can on your new world within 24 hours. The amount of information correlates the rewards received.
Time Limit; 24 hours
Reward; ???
Finding a Plot of land- Find a large area outside of the city to build your store. You didn't forget I'm a Magic Store System did you? Once you find a plot of land the system will analyze it to see if it's a reliable place to build your store. Of course, no monsters aloud in your store; so make sure to clear the plot.
Time Limit; 48 hours
Reward; Random E class undead monster.
Survival of the Fittest- In a land of Magic and Swords the strong make the rules. We can't have our storeowner dying so make sure to keep your body physically fit. Do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 20 pull ups, and run 1 mile.
Time Limit; 24 hours
Reward; Random Gene booster pill}
'What happens if I don't complete the missions on time?' Ashtyn asked in his head.
{If host doesn't complete the missions in time, the system has come up with a fun punishment to encourage the host to do better}
'That doesn't sound terrible, but I'd prefer to get the rewards so I'll do my best to complete the missions'
'What if I don't want to be a storeowner? What's to stop me from living a life of my choosing in this new world?'
{Death is the only outcome for the host upon deciding to abandon his duties}
'Extreme but, I'll accept it for now. I'll gather information for 2 hours first, then do the workout, as they have the shortest time limit. Depending on the information gathered, I'll either move on to the last mission or continue looking for more information until the time frame is up. The last one sounds like it'll be the most difficult as I have to clear the area of monsters, but I did walk all the way to the city without coming across any so I should be fine.'
'Status'
{Status
Ashtyn
Lvl 1 Mortal Undead
Hp: 10/10 (Baseline human)
Mana: 1/1 (negligible magic affinity)
(For the following, baseline humans on average have 10)
Strength: 13
Stamina: 14
Agility: 8
Intelligence: 9
Charisma: 5}
'While I personally believe my Charisma is way higher than this, my other stats seem about right. What other screens can I look at though? In Novels they sometimes have a skill screen. Skills'
Upon calling out skills in his head a long list of skills appeared in Ashtyn's vision. With many of the major skills, branching out into many sub-skills. Among the many skills shown a few of the major ones that caught Ashtyn's eye were, Blacksmith Novice, Beast Contracts, Necromancy, Robotics, and Automation.
Each of the skills were greyed out with a price tag listed next to them. Only the price was in System points. The only skill not greyed out was Blacksmith Novice, although Ashtyn should be considered higher than a novice.
Robotics and Automation had a few major skills on the skill tree that had to be bought before unlocking them; like Electronics and Computer Engineering.
'Hey system why is Electronics greyed out? I should be a novice at the very least.'
{You're knowledge is not up to the systems standards}
'How do I get system points?'
{Completing various missions or selling items in the shop may reward system points}
"Hello… Are you okay? You've been staring into space for a while now." Lestat began waving his hand in front of Ashtyn's' face.
"Oh… yes I'm fine thank you for your help. Do you know where I might be able to find more information about this current area?" Might as well use this chance to get started on the missions.