When I open my eyes what I see is not my room. It is a verdant forest filled with oversized plants. The sound of birds and bugs enter my ears. I can feel that the air is different. I immediately dive under the cover of a tree. I am not an unexperienced person. I've read about many scenarios like the one I am in right now. Just to confirm, I think of the word 'Status'. As expected, a sort of hologram pops up in front of my eyes.
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Name: Alex Cooper
Level: 1
Race: Human
Titles: Transmigrator, Anomaly
Body: First Tier
Mental Realm: First Tier
Magic Core: First Tier
Soul: First Tier
Stats:
{Physical Power: 1
{Physical Control: 1
{Mental Power: 1
{Mental Control: 1
{Magic Power: 1
{Magic Control: 1
{Soul Power: 1
{Soul Control: 1
Skills: Physical Resistance (Level 1), Soul Resistance (Level 1), Magic Resistance (Level 1)
Status: Vigilant, Adapting,
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Hmm...
So I am in a different world.
Even though I said that I have read a lot of books on this topic I have never seen a status screen like this one before. It seems to be more balanced than the others though. It looks like I have some skills. Don't know how I got those. Let's see if I can check them.
Physical Resistance (Level 1): Resistance against physical attacks.
Soul Resistance (Level 1):Resistance against soul attacks.
Magic Resistance (Level 1):Resistance against magic attacks.
It looks like someone copy pasted the descriptions. But I get the idea. What about the titles?
Transmigrator: You are not originally from this world. Your source is not easily traced. Observation skills are weaker against you.
Anomaly: You are a being not meant to be here. The worlds plans do not involve you. All beings of the world will automatically start as hostile to you. The more you change the world the stronger you get.
I don't like the sound of the hostility thing but other than that titles sure do have their uses.
What about status?
Vigilant: You are vigilant of the surrounding environment.
Adapting: You are unfamiliar with Venari. Thus you will need some time to adapt. Your control over yourself is not in the optimum state. While in a state of adapting your experince gain is increased.
Could be worse. I can hardly feel the difference between Earth and this world. Apparently it is called Venari.
Now, since I am in an unfamiliar environment I should focus on survival. And survival in a fantasy world means gaining skills and increasing levels to get stronger. Now how can I gain skills without making too much noise. I don't want to gain any attention afterall.
Ok. I will start with mental skills since the only thing they require is thought.
I start by doing basic math calculations; like adding, substracting, multiplying and dividing.
After about two minutes a small panel pops up.
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You have obtained the skill 'Calculation(Level 1)'.
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Yes!!!
So it really does work like that. Now that I hve this info, I start visualizing my old world in my head. First, my room. There is my bed right next to the window. Next to my bed is a bookcase and next to that is my closet. In front of the closet is my desk. The door is next to the desk. When I exit my room I enter the corridor which connects to all the other rooms... After I exit the house...
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You have obtained the skill 'Visualisation(Level 1)'.
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In this manner I keep obtaining skills like 'Accelerated Thoughts', 'Logical Thinking', 'Strengthened Memory' and more. One interesting skill that I was able to obtain is 'Paralel Thoughts'. It popped up when I tried thinking of multiple things at once and I must say, this is one of the most useful skills I have obtained since I came here. Now my status screen looks like this:
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Name: Alex Cooper
Level: 1
Race: Human
Titles: Transmigrator, Anomaly
Body: First Tier
Mental Realm: First Tier
Magic Core: First Tier
Soul: First Tier
Stats:
{Physical Power: 1
{Physical Control: 1
{Mental Power: 1
{Mental Control: 1
{Magic Power: 1
{Magic Control: 1
{Soul Power: 1
{Soul Control: 1
Skills: Physical Resistance(Level 1), Soul Resistance(Level 1), Magic Resistance(Level 1), Calculation(Level 4), Visualisation(Level 3), Accelerated Thoughts(Level 2), Logical Thinking(Level 2), Strengthened Memory(Level 1), Rational Thoughts(Level 2)
Status: Vigilant, Adapting
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I would keep going but something critical comes up. I feel hungry and thirsty. In my opinion the after transmigrating into a world like this where obtaining skills is easy, hunger and thirst are the biggest dangers.
Since I am unfamiliar with the environment eating fruits or any plant based product is a big no. They could be poisonous after all. I will have to hunt an animal to appease my hunger.
So I leave my safe zone under the cover of the tree and start wandering around. Thankfully I have a dark green shirt and black pants on so I am somewhat camouflaged by the plants.
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I have walked for a couple of minutes and I finally see a prey to hunt. It's a cute little rabbit munching on what seems to be an apple, a blue one.
Now how should I do this? I could just jump on it but it will just hear me and jump away. I'll just throw a rock at it. I am fairly confident in my rock throwing skills. A perk of practicing on earth. I could hit a bottle of water from a hundred meters away. However I'm not sure if I can be as accurate because of the 'adapting' status.
Well, here goes nothing. I gather a few rocks the size of half my palm. I hold three in my left hand and one in my right. I raise my right hand and aim. Right when I was going to throw the rock, the rabbit's ear twitches. It raises it's head and looks around. I stay completely still. A couple of tense seconds later the rabbit keeps eating the apple. Now's my chance. I immediately throw the rock in my right hand and instinctively realize that I'll miss. I threw it too hard and it went over the rabbit's head. I guess the weakening effect of 'adapting' isn't that much huh. Well, now I have a general idea of how much strength I should use.
The rock hits the bushes ahead of the rabbit. The poor animal mistakes it for a predator and jumps away from the bush... right in my direction.
'Heh.'
I rapidly throw the other three rocks. The rabbit dodged the first rock, but that was my intention anyway. I threw the first rock to be easily dodged and the rabbit fell into my trap. The second and third rock accurately hit the rabbbit.
'SQUEAL'
The rabbit was hit in the stomache and one of the hind legs. I don't get out of my hiding spot just yet. I grab the rocks on the floor and keep throwing them at the rabbit. The rabbit's squeal can be heard in the air. After a few more throws;
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You have slain a 'Rabbit'.
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You have gained the skill Throwing(Level 1)
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'Phew.'
I let out a sigh of relief. I will not make a mistake of approaching a prey that hasn't died yet. Anyway, It's time to feast.