Damien Atlas, a 40 year old bachelor, sat at his deck, in his cudical, on the 9th floor of the building belonging to Home Security Technologies. "IT Specialist" was the title given to him by the company. Damien was stuck in a bad job, that paid him barely enough to pay for his piece of junk car and 4th floor walk up studio apartment in a bad part of the city.
His bosses regularly threw him under the bus, whenever there was a problem or delay. He worked 7 days a week and close to 20 hours a day. When he was "off" he couldn't sleep or rest because of worry and dread on what the next day would bring. In essence Damien was working himself to an early grave.
Today was just another day, nothing special and nothing to look foward to. Then he got a notification of a new email. Seeing the short title, Island Lord Suvival, he thought it was a prank or scan but was also very bored that he opened it to have something to do.
Congratulations Island Lord on participating in our survival program. Please complete the following questions and send us your answers.
1 - Name? Damien Atlas
2- Goals? To start a new challenge
3- I want . . ? A companion or friend to share in this new challenge
4- Warrior, hunter or mage? Warrior-mage, as Damien imagined a warrior with a sword in one hand and a fire-ball in the other
Last- What personal perk do you want? A list of different perks was displayed including, fast learner, tuff skin, analytical mind, etc. After browsing for a bit he choose, weightless a perk that negates the weight of items being carried either in hand or in a pack. Perfect for gathering and scavenging.
Which that he was finished with the question and sent the email off the whoever or whatever had emailed him in the first place.
Not ever a second later a reply was shown in his email folder. Opening it showed the following.
Congratulations Lord Damien you are the 1st to respond to our message and complete the questions and you will receive a 1st to do prize when you arrive on the island. Thank you for participating in the Island Lord Suvival program, good luck and God's speed.
After reading the email he suddenly felt extremely tired and decided to take a short power nap, he was out like a light before his head hit the desk.....
"Damien wake up...Damien...Damien...D wake up this isn't the time or place for a nap." A gruff but oddly familiar voice pulled Damien from his sleep.
After opening his eyes to a tropical beach and coconut trees as far as he could see, he jolted up and swore.
"What the f%$@ is going on I swear I was just at my desk." Damien said aloud
"I can give you an explanation to that, but first I am Samson or Sam for short and I am your A.I. assistant/companion. You are currently on you Island as you are the lord and leader of this Island. We need to complete your status and register this Island and I'll explain things as we do that."
"Okay an explanation, you are a survivor participating in the Island Lord Suvival program, you have been assigned this Island to rule and care for, to develop a Island country and defend it as needed. From time to time you will need to participate in tasks, quests and challenges issued by the A.I. system that oversees this planet. The 1st task you have been give is the register this Island and complete your status update." Sam spoke calmly but quickly.
A blue screen popped up in front of Damiens eyes with a list of need info.
1 Island name? Atlas Island
Basic Damien thought.
2 Alignment? Neutral
"Light, dark or neutral, meaning you Island is allied to the good guys aka light, the bad guys aka dark or the middle man aka neutral." Sam explained.
3 Initial size? 100 square miles
Big enough to grow but not too big as to not be able to control and defend.
4 Choose 3 Initial resources?
And a list was provided, after skimming through Damien choose, a fresh water resource, a mine resource and a forest resource. Fresh water, metal and gems to trade and grow and the forest will provide a lot of different resorces.
5 Create a Guild or join a guild?
Create a guild, Weight of the World, as homage to the titan Atlas who carries the world on his shoulders and who his family is named for. Flag of green background with a depiction of Atlas with the world on his shoulders in silver in the center.
The screen then changed to show Damiens status and a question about using his stat and skill pts. After looking over his stats he choose to not use his points for now as later there could be a need for them, and pressed the complete button.
Ding . . . Congratulations you are the first lord to complete this task, receiving 20 E and S pts., 4 T1 treasure chests, 2 beginners boxes, 2 tamers boxes and 2 S. gear boxes.
Ding . . . As 1st to respond to our message, receiving 10 E and S pts., 2 T1 treasure chests, 2 F and W boxes, 2 U stone boxes and 2 R stones.
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Damien was shocked looking at all the loot in front of him.
"Open the beginners boxes first, inside is T1 gear and weapons and a pack." Sam suggested.
Opening beginners box:
1- 8 assorted gear items
2- 4 ass. Weapon items
3-2 ass pack items
4- 4 ass. One-time use spells
5- 2 ass. Mount Beasts
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Instead of being shocked Damien just went in and grabbed the first gear orb, which turned into a T1 cloth cap, then the subsequent orbs turned into T1 cloth vest, shorts, shoes, hooded cape, gauntlets, gloves and a rope belt. Next was the weapon orbs,with just 3orbs, left hand was a T1 Firestone iron ring, right hand was a T1 short sword and as back-up weapon a 2 handed long sword sheathed on his back. The last orb was left for now. The 2 pack orbs gave a T1 rucksack pack with 20 storage spaces and a belt pouch with 10 storage spaces. Damien skipped the spells and went on to the 2 mount beasts and got T1 riding horse, which he named Bolt as he was brown all except a lightning bolt shaped white mark on hes head, he had a saddle, saddle blanket and reins on, and a pack horse which he named the Muss after Jake the Muss in one of his favorite movies, Once We're Warriors. Muss had a pack saddle, a saddle blanket, 2 big saddle bags and his lead. Each of those saddle bags had 50 storage spaces inside.
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Opening a food and water box:
1- 10= 12 Oz bottled water
2- 8= cup of noodles, shrimp flavor
3- 6= 12 Oz ass. flavors drinks
4- 8= 12 Oz bag of beef jerky, teriyaki flavor
5- 4= cooking and eating set
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Damien put the whole lot into his rucksack, before moving on to the survival gear box.
Opening survival gear box:
1- 4= ass. Tools
2- 6= ass. Fishing gear
3- 8= ass. Fire gear
4- 2= ass. Shelter gear
5- 2= ass. Sleeping gear
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Opening the tool orbs gave a camp axe, a bowie knife, a hand saw and a folding shovel. The fishing gear orbs next, a snorkel and mask, a 3 pronged spear, a full wet suit, a set of flippers, a bamboo fishing pole and a small box of line and lures. A fire gear orb that gave a bottle of 20 storm proof matches and a shelter and sleeping orb later he had a one person tent and a sleeping bag.
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Feeling good about the stuff he had gotten, Damien decided to leave the rest for now and explore his island
"Today, only monsters and other enemy that do show up will be equal to your level. So I recommend that you just let your Exp. accumulate. I do recommend you use your Unique Skill on your sword to give to a boost." Sam told Damien as they got ready to set off.
Activating U skill, Flip for it, choosing iron short sword, quality and heads . . . And won receiving a T3 Black Steel short sword with silver cross guard, black leather handle and rounded coin shaped pummel.
Damien admired his new sword and got a new notification.
Ding . . . 1st lord to possess a T3 item, receiving 20 E and S pts., 2 T1 treasure chests, 2 weapon boxes, 2 potion boxes and 2 pill boxes
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Damien and Sam both figured they were ready to set out exploring. As there weren't any rodes yet he had to lead both the horses, for now anyway.
Sam used his scan perk almost on a constant basis to map, watch for any enemy and find items. He directed Damien to follow the beach, heading south-ish.
Along what Damien had named Coconut Beach, after the trees that were abundant here, Damien collected a load of drift wood, old coconuts and young coconuts by throwing a stone into a cluster of nuts in a tree. 20 coconut husks, 20 yound coconuts, 20 > 6 ft drift wood poles, 20 < 3 ft drift wood logs and 20 6 ft long coconut leaf stalks.
Ding . . . Collected a resource of food and drink, scavenger a resource for fire and building, receiving, 100 E and S pts. and 10 T1 treasure chests.
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Toward the end of Coconut beach Damien found a treasure chest under a pile of drift debris.
Ding . . . Found a T1 treasure chest, receiving 10 E and S pts. and 2 T1 treasure chests.
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Damien's Blessing of Fortuna was turning out to be crazy OP. Double all monster drops, double all E and S pts. and loot received by the system, and double all items found in treasure chests and boxes. Max the Luc stat.
Continuing south along the beach soon became reef and tide pools. And on the cliff above was a lone mountain. While searching the reef Damien sew quite a few edible creatures like sea urchins, sea weeds, crabs and others.
Ding . . . Congratulations of discovering a major resource, a barrier reef and tide pools, receiving, 50 E and S pts., 2 fisherman's boxes and 2 T1 treasure chests
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Back at the beach the horses were waiting because they couldn't walk on the reef. They then walked up the cliff along the trees to inspect the mountain. The area around the mountain was clear and towards the center there was a cave.
Damien approached the cave cautiously as it could make for a perfect base camp. Sam's scans didn't show anything bad but one does not let ones guard down. Inside the cave there was nothing but a pile of dead leaves. The cave was 10x10x10 ft in all, the opening was about 8 ft wide and 10 ft high.
For now it was lunch time so Damien decided to go through a few treasure chests to get a cooking area set up.
Opening a T1 treasure chest:
1- 6 = 1 gal of bottled water
2- 12 = ass. Foot long sub-sandwich
3- 2 = ass. Gear
4- 16 = ass. Weapon
5- 16 = ass. BP
6- 10 = ass. AB
7- 12 = ass. Skill
8- 14 = ass. Job box
9- 2 = potion box
10- 14 = U stone boxes
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Sam explained that BP are blue prints that outline how to build an item, along with the needed resources and instructions on the how to. AB are auto build BPs that cost S pts. and resources that lower the cost a little, raw resources a smaller amount and processed resources more so. Job boxes contain items linked to specific job, like woodsman or blacksmith. U stones are used to upgrade items, each tier needing a required amount.
Opening a T1 treasure chest:
1 - 8 = 1 gal of bottled water
2 - 2 = Hot cakes and sausage breakfast
3 - 6 = ass. Gear
4 - 6 = ass. Weapon
5 - 4 = ass. BP
6 - 6 = ass. AB
7 - 6 = ass. Spells
8 - 4 = ass. Job box
9 - 8 = pill boxes
10 - 6 = resource box
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The first thing he did was use a few AB's to build a wood door securing the cave, a bed frame, a chair and a WSS inside the cave. Then right outside the entrance he built a fire-pit, a bench, a table and small chest. The cost totaled 50 S pts.
Ding . . . Congratulations on securing a home, bed, a fire, a source of heat to cook, and a storage space, receiving, 50 E and S pts., 2 Builders boxes and 2 T1 treasure chests.
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After a lunch of a sub sandwich and some water, Damien then gave the two horses water by cutting the top off the gallon water bottle. They were quite content to graze on the grassy field around the cave. Then Damien unsaddled both, stored their gear inside the WSS and emptied his packs into the cave before leaving to explore.
West to the other side of the mountain, where that side of the reef and tide pools ended and became beach again there was a sizable cove, following the sand until he reached about the center, he received a notification.
Ding . . . Congratulations on discovering a major resource, Treasure chest cove, where everyday a treasure chest is hidden for you to find, receiving, 20 E and S pts. and 2 T1 treasure chests, as today's chest.
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Following the southern end of the Island to find a large mangrove forest and a large mangrove mud flats.
Ding . . . Congratulations on discovering a major resource, the mangrove forest and mud flats, receiving, 20 E and S pts., 2 trappers boxes, 2 gatherers boxes and 2 T1 treasure chests.
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Damien wanted to find the source of the fresh water that feed the mangrove forest and mud flats. A small and powerful steam let to a small but very deep pond.
"Damien get the he'll out of there, the Island boss monster is sleeping on the bottom of that pond, a T2 Giga Croc at lvl. 25, it's a spacial affinity monster." Sam aggressively told Damien as he was still at lvl. 0
Ding . . . Congratulations on discovering the island boss monster, receiving, 10 E and S pts. and 2 T1 treasure chests.
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The stream lead toward the north, so Damien continued to follow the stream, this lead to a small falls. Damien went around the right side of the falls up the side of the hill and found the sauce of the fresh water. A medium sized spring feeding a medium sized lake.
Ding . . . Congratulations on discovering a major resource, receiving, 20 E and S pts., 2 S gear boxes and 2 T1 treasure chests.
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By now the sun was setting and the Island is getting dark. Damien started to head back to his camp, but Sam stopped him.
"I'm getting a reading of a mine nearby, we should go check it out." Sam told Damien.
So with that advice Damien headed in the direction Sam gave. A few minutes later.
"Hold on Damien, there are goblins outside the mine entrance, 10 lvl.0 goblins. They also seem to have found a lvl 0 fire fox, a T2 monster, but it seemed to be hurt and poisoned." Sam told him.
Sam then told him how to exert his Dom stat to enslave the goblins and the how to tame the fire fox. After a few minutes of talking to Sam and asking questions he walked out to the entrance and exerted his Dom and enslaved the 10 lvl 0 goblins before drawing his sword and using the tip to prick the tip of his finger and placing a drop of blood on the fire foxes head. With that he tamed his first monster.
Ding . . . Congratulations on successfully enslaving 10 lvl 0 goblins and taming a lvl 0 fire fox a T2 monster, receiving, 120 E and S pts., 2 tamers boxes, 2 job skills boxes, 2 gear boxes, 2 weapon boxes and 2 T1 treasure chests
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Now they really need to get back to camp, so Damien directed the goblins to follow him and called the fire fox into his tamed space. Soon they were back at camp, Damien pulled out 10 of the fish he had speared earlier, lit the fire and instructions the goblins to cook their food. Needing more gear he opened a few boxes.
Opening a cooking and eating gear box:
1- 2 = 1 gal. Pot and lid
2- 6 = utensil set: fork,spoon and knife
3- 6 = plate, bowl and cup set
4- 8 = cutting board and knife
5- 4 = large cooking utensil
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Sam had made a few suggestions for Damien to do before bed. First leveling up, then skill upgrade, then update the goblins and last go through more of the treasure chests.
Damien had accumulated 450 E pts. which meant lvl 10 with 175 E pts. left, Sam had told him to not go over 10 until he had established himself more. Next he used a skill pt. to upgrade the Flip For It skill, so now Damien could use it 2 more times a day.
Ding . . . Congratulations on reaching lvl 5 and lvl 10, you are the 1st Lord to reach this level, as reward for reaching lvl 5 the daily check-in and system store T1, for lvl 10 Lords store T1 and the chat rooms, 150 E and S pts., 2 T1 treasure chests, 2 50% off of one purchase from the S. Store, 2 recruiting stone and 2 T2 treasure chests
Activating U skill, Flip For It, choose his fire stone ring, quality and heads . . . And won a T3 Firestone Magik and silver ring.
Damien saved the other one for after going through a few treasure chests.
Opening gear box, x 2:
108 - ass. Gear
Opening weapon box, x 2:
161 - ass. Weapons
Opening job skill box, x 2:
170 - ass. Skills
Opening tamers box, x 2:
1 - 4 = ass. Mons. hearts and brains
2 - 10 = monsters egg
3 - 7 = ass. Mons. Cores
4 - 6 = ass. Mons. Hides
5 - 6 = ass. Mons. Parts
6 - 7 = ass. Mons. Gear
7 - 6 = ass. Mons. Sleeping system
8 - 7 = ass. Mons. Weapon
9 - 10 = ass. mons. meat box
10 - 5 = ass. Mons. Claws and teeth
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The 10 goblins were, Axel, Bot, Cul, Dyn, Eko, Fut, Gav, Hex, Ink and Jin. 6 were given a bow and arrow, cloth headband, cloth vest, shorts and shoes, they were then given bow and arrow weapon skill, hunting, tracking, trapping, herbology and animal husbandry. Bot and Jin who were the only female goblins were given a knife, a dress and shoes, knife weapon skill and cooking, gathering, herbology, animal husbandry and gardening. The last 2, Axel and Hex, were given a sword and shield with the weapon skills, a cloth cap, vest, shorts and shoes, then they were given combat tactics and shield wall tactics skill.
The hunters were tasked with guard duty in pairs, 3 hrs each. The rest were told to take a area inside of the cave, they slept in a kind of dog pile.
Activating U skill, Flip For It, choose a T1 monsters egg, quality and heads . . . and won a T3 Dire Wolf egg.
Ding . . . Congratulations for being the 1st to receive a T3 monsters egg, receiving, 50 R and S pts., 2 tamers box, 2 mons. meat box, 2 mons. core boxes and 2 T1 treasure chest.
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System Store T1:
1. 2 pk of 1 litter of bottled water
Available 5/5, Cost 5 S pts.
2. Steak, egg, and cheese burrito breakfast
Available 5/5, Cost 5 S pts.
3. Camp protection crystal, T1
Available 5/5, Cost 10 S pts.
4. Storage Space Gear Upgrade Orb
Available 5/5, Cost 25 S pts.
5. Portable Shower and Toilet Set
Available 5/5, Cost 10 S pts.
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Damien didn't need the water or food so pass, but the camp protection crystal, portable shower and toilet and storage space upgrade orb, all seemed very attractive, so he brought the lot costing 225 S pts. He the changed his mind and also purchased the water and food for 50 more S pts.
Lastly Damien opened a pill box.
Pill Box T1:
1. 9 - Str pills
2. 5 - End pills
3. 7 - Int pills
4. 5 - Agi pills
5. 5 - Dex pills
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Damien then took the daily limit of 5 stat pills, 2 Str, 2 End and 1 Int, receiving 17 Str pts., 13 End pts. And 9 Int pts.
With Damien done with the tasks he had set himself, settled into his sleeping bag to go to sleep.