"So, what you are trying to say is there's a status window that only you can see?" asked Peter.
"Yeah" replied Kid.
"And it gives you quests that, if you complete you will receive various abilities?"
"Yup"
"And then you can use those abilities to complete new quests"
"Yup"
"So isn't it like a pyramid scheme" exclaimed Peter.
"Yup…wait what? How is it a pyramid scheme?" asked the kid confused.
"Yo narrator could you like shut up for five fucking seconds?"
Bro Peter, if I don't describe what you guys are doing, then readers might feel confused. It is a webnovel and not a webtoon.
"Bro we are outside the novel"
Oh yeah, you're right, but I don't know why it feels like I should still narrate.
"Whatever"
"Yo kid so listen" said peter but was immediately interrupted by the kid.
"Could you and narrator just call me Vince? I am not a kid I am 20 years old?" said the kid whose name is Vince now, I guess.
"Wait, you can hear the narrator?"
"Yeah"
"Anyways, Vince stop acting as a surrogate for audience, nobody is interested in your age, I am 25 by the way"
*Sighs* Peter you are worse than the kid.
"So as I was explaining about my system…"
"No, it's quite alright, everybody and their dog knows what a goddamn system is, I just wasn't aware such a pyramid scheme existed in reality" explained Peter.
"How is it a pyramid scheme?" asked Vince quite frustrated.
"Look, you see there are plenty of people who pursue their degrees in English language?"
"Yeah, go on"
"Well, then they become English teachers themselves and teach English to other students, then some of them pursue English language as a major and then become English teachers themselves and the cycle goes on. It is kinda like that" explained Peter
Well it kind of makes sense Peter.
"No it doesn't and we don't have time for this kind of useless chatter, you are here for a reason" said Vince seemingly firm.
"Yeah-Yeah now you gonna act like those NPCs" said Peter looking bored.
"Mr. Narrator, you seem kind of smarter than this dude, make him understand this unusual situation"
Good observation, Vince but what is unusual.
"Smarter than me my ass, yo there's an omniscient narrator around us, there's me who has run away from his novel world to real one and then there's a kid with a fucking quest window! If this isn't unusual, then Mrs. Narrator must have some serious skills"
What…there is no Mrs. Narrator and also there was one other voice that explained you raising your fist in chapter 1!!!
"Bro you are some lame ass narrator, just how often did you break fourth walls huh?"
"Look, guys let me explain our situation first, we will have plenty of time to bicker later"
Alright Vince, "Alright Vince"
"My Grandfather was a clairvoyant with premonition abilities with a success rate of 100%, he predicted that, there is a dimensional rift in universe, that is causing too many universes and timelines to collide and either merge or dissolve, if merged then it is because of the faction of authors, if it dissolves then it is because of faction of divines, that leads to the formation of two types of universes."
We listened to Vince attentively, it seemed important enough to be a part of some huge lore I guess.
"Narrator bro, Vince is explaining some real awesome stuff, if you interrupt it with your narration once more, I will kill you"
Not possible but alright.
"Anyways, Divines are the heavenly beings that humans of ancient civilizations used to worship and Authors are the humans who through their sheer, devotion and ancient meditative techniques achieved the status and power, similar to Divines."
"So was my universe being controlled by the faction of authors?" asked Peter.
"Yes, authors when they take over a universe, convert its timeline to a novel like story, one devoid of free will and then when the story ends, the characters cease to exist, the life source of those characters are consumed by authors at the end of the story, to create a new universe, where humans don't remember divines and their history, where they just live under the regime of Author" explained Peter.
"Isn't that kinda good? I mean that way no wars or tragedy would take place?"
"Then, Peter what about you? Are you happy of being converted to a fictional character from a normal human?"
"Nah, this kinda sucks, then probably my uncle died because the author wanted so?" asked Peter.
"Yes, there are 7 such authors, and 15 divines who are fighting amongst each other"
"So Authors are villains?"
"The more the humans worship their creators, the stronger they become, but eventually, humans started creating each other on their own, while I am not sure about the Gods of other religions, I am sure of the existence of divines, if the faction members ever fight, then, Divines either use natural calamities to wipe author's novel universe, or Authors use their manifestation powers to merge their universes"
"But aren't there like infinite universes?" asked Peter
"That's true, but neither divines nor authors are God, these are just cosmically strong phonies playing with our lives" explained Vince.
The mood and atmosphere suddenly went grim.
"So, the black ocean me and narrator crossed was the work of a divine?"
"Yeah Peter"
"And my Uncle died because of a fucking Author?"
"Yes, I am sorry about your uncle though" expressed Vince
"Well I am sorry about your grandpa" said Peter.
"Yo what the hell? He isn't dead." Yelled Vince
"Wait, then where is he? Can we like not get some more information from him?" asked Peter
"Well, he has gone on a conquest to save the world on his own, we must help him" replied Vince
"Damn, your grandpa is so cool" exclaimed Peter.
Cool my ass, Vince's grandpa is on a luxury tour with his new girlfriend.
"Wait what? How do you know?" yelled Vince looking at the roof of his room.
How stupid do you think I am? I am a narrator, there's no privacy among people as long as I am here, I can read everyone's thoughts, mwahahahahahahah.
"Well his grandpa is still cool though"
"Thanks Peter"
"For selfishly using our lives, for the death of my uncle I Peter Gallagher, declare the war against divines and authors."
"I still don't know why my system has provided me with so much information about these two factions, but it seems to be helping for now, so I will just roll with it"
"So, what do we do for now?" asked Peter but I was curious too.
"Well, I do have a quest that we must complete in next 143 hours"
"Could you just tell me the time in days?"
"No, do it yourself"
"Fine, I will just read it in comments later, what's the quest though?"
"Nothing much, we just need to capture a mercenary fleet near Bermuda triangle" said Vince
"How many soldiers are in the fleet?" asked Peter
"I don't know probably about 1724"
That's too specific for a guess work.
"Well that's easy peasy, I fought way more men in my planet" said Peter proudly.
Well you were the main character there Peter, you had plot armor.
"Whatever, I will do it, let's leave now"
"Peter, even with my system, my cards and their abilities, it is still a risky job, let's formulate a plan first."
"Meh, planning is boring, system is for losers anyways who can't do shit on their own, I don't need a system to fight a few men"
"That's not just a few men…"
"Shut up I am all the plan you need"
Oh man.