Fire the artillery!
Schook! Schook! The whistling sounds pierced the air before— BOOM! BOOM!
"Keep firing! We can't lose any ground—this is a fight for our very lives! DON'T LET UP!" My voice cracked as I shouted the commands.
The symphony of bullets echoed through the surroundings pelting the ground we stood upon... Until a lone shuttle's engine cut through the chaos and with it the bullet's stopped, silence pervaded the air and if felt as if time began to slow... And then it released its payload, the heavy object whistling as it plummeted toward the ground until it hit the ground and Then came the deafening explosion—a sound so pure and devastating it had no echo, yet it echoed on and on endlessly in my ears.
A light brighter than the sun itself burst forth, followed by a wave of destruction that consumed everything in its path. My world transformed in stages: first, my hearing vanished, leaving me in a soundless world. Then my vision went white, bleached by the white screen in my eye's, unknown to me my eye's a hollow foggy white. Finally came the heat—an inferno that charred my skin and boiled my insides. My screams emerged as mere whimpers in the face of such absolute devastation.
Yet even as I died this gruesome death, my goal's my desire's laid buried in my heart. My hope for strength, for power to overcome Catastrophe's.. No not catastrophes, these we're Challenges, this desire only grew stronger. But time waits for no one, and death's warm embrace left me with no strength to contest. As life's shackles fell away, an all-consuming darkness presented itself.
Within this endless void stood a being—indiscernible by sight or sound, yet its presence seemed to hold that very terrifying darkness at bay. Or..? perhaps that very darkness was part of the being itself? The very void trembled at the moment It spoke.
"Another has made it through the barrier," it spoke, its voice both everywhere and nowhere. "Damn those false gods... How dare they meddle in the lives of mortals?" The being's attention focused on me.
"You, mortal... Due to these circumstances and the repercussions of those elder deities' actions, you've been granted one request. You'll live again in a world of my choosing, though your request will have some limitations. What will it be, mortal?"
Without hesitation, I said what I wanted, an ability from a Manga I read a while back: "Could you give me the gamer system with the ability to travel through the multiverse?"
"Hmm, that's a mighty fine request," the being mused. "I'll allow it, though I'll tweak the gamer system to a small degree. As for your world..." There was a pause. "Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken—or as you might know it, 'That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.' You'll arrive about five years before Rimuru shows up."
"Thank you so much!" I couldn't contain my excitement, my voice trembling with anticipation.
The world shifted, and suddenly I found myself in a breathtaking landscape. Clear river water cascaded down gentle hills, flowing over vibrant grass. Above, a beautiful blue sky stretched endlessly, dotted with pristine, cotton-candy clouds. Morning dew soaked my feet as they sank into the soft earth. I took a deep breath, savoring the pure air filling my lungs. Thankfully, I had been granted simple clothing—a comfortable pair of pants and a shirt along with an okay set of shoes.
After taking a moment to appreciate my surroundings, I focused on accessing the gamer system.
"Status Window!"
A translucent blue panel materialized before me, displaying my statistics and attributes:
[ Status ]
Name: Tamanaka Nanino
Class: The Gamer
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Title: First Gamer of This World
Effect: Increases EXP gain by 10%
Tier: 2 (Mana Capable)
Status: [Healthy]
Level: 1
HP: [450/450]
MP: [540/540]
EXP: [0/100]
Attributes:
Strength (STR): [9]
Vitality (VIT): [13]
Agility (AGI): [12]
Intelligence (INT): [16]
Wisdom (WIS): [9]
Luck (LUK): [15]
Free Stat Points: [0]
Skills:
Gamer's Mind (LvMax): Allows the user to calmly and logically think things through. Grants peaceful state of mind and immunity to psychological status effects.
Gamer's Body (LvMax): Grants a body that allows the user to live the real world like a game. Sleeping in a bed restores HP, MP, and removes all status effects.
(New) Observe (Lv1): A skill to observe and gather information about people or objects. Higher levels provide more detailed information.
[ End of Status ]
After l took a good look over my statues noticing my skills and stats, I was happy with it a small smile painted across my face, I also noticed the function I asked for to be able to jump around the multiverse along with my inventory and such so after that instead of doing anything reckless as of now, I knew I'd need to try and gain some skill's, heck I had some plan's on what world's I wanted to visit after I gathered enough Strength...
With that Thought I also looked at that Tier Colum, it Seems like an added feature from that ROB I guess he did say he would change it a little... I just wonder how it works, I pressed on it the blue holographic interface and it luckily came up with a small description...
[ - Tier System / Universal rank index ]
This Tier system otherwise recognized as the universal Rank index measures the strength and impact you can make on said worlds up to whole or multiple universes measuring your strength till godhood...
[ End of Description ]
- You've unlocked Tier two's affect (Mana Capable – granting you a 5% boost to Exp Gain when using skills that handle mana and other form's of energy similar
Wow so that how's it works huh... That's a cool way to measure strength and with the added title it's a good boost to mana related skill's and even more like lifeforce and Chi... I'll have to see what other way's it can help..
Overlooking that thought, I decided learning on how to use mana... I only spent a couple of moment's trying to use any magic, my palm facing me trying to see if I could manipulate it into a ball or even see a slight spark and before I knew it I ended up with a face full of mana bolt by mistake...
-10Hp
Ow dang it...
[ - Acquired Passive Skill Mana Manipulation - Allows the user the ability to control and manipulate the Energy known as mana grants a 1% deduction in the mana cost of all skill's every 5 level's ]
[ - Acquired the Active skill mana bolt - A basic magic attack that condenses mana into a projectile and fires it at the target, deal's damage proportional to the caster's INT and skill level, consumes 35 Mana does 15 Damage... ]
Oh.. so, this skill's does 15 damage.. But I only got hit for 10, It's couldn't have been a skill that lessened Magic Damage, after thinking it over a moment I remembered the affect's of intelligence affecting not only Mana Capacity, Regeneration but also Magic resistance having looked at the description of the stat, now that confirmed it, thinking about it most skill's in this world did function of magic so I'll have to focus on that..
Well with that I'll grind a couple more skills before I decide to head out it's still mourning and if I did encounter any monster's I'd need to defend myself at the least so after that I grinded for a couple of hours..
Casting Spell's at stone's, tree's or just letting the casual flimsy spell dance and disspate in the air like a blue wisp..
After a couple hour's I found my self out of mana and to tired to wait till's I would regenerate the rest, the sun was just about to set just about to set, here's the list of skill's and skill level's that I gained....
[ - Mana Shield Lv3 (Active - 3.63%) - One of the most basic defense skills using mana. Handling the energy called mana has existed for a long time, and mana shield is one among many. cost is 30Mp and 50 MP every additional minute ]
[ - Mana Skin Lv4 (Active – 4.65%) - One of the most basic skills that most augmenting mages learn this skill Harden's your skin to a small degree though with proficiency and level your skin's strength and durability can be comparable titanium and its initial Cost's 25Mp while 30 every minute... ]
[ - Mana Enhanced perception lv3 (Passive – 2.23) - Through the empowerment of your mana when using your sense's your Perception as a whole has evolved ]
[ - Meditation lv2 (Passive/active - 3.89%) - Meditation is a skill that allows the user to enter a deep state of mental focus and relaxation. In this state This skill allows the user to regenerate 5Mp and 10Hp per second and will grow depending on skill level... ]