"Uh, are you two okay?"
The woman flinched and quickly bowed.
"I'm sorry for not realizing who you are!"
"Can you please explain why you're bowing?"
I tried to get an explanation but she just flinched.
"I'm sorry if I have offended you! I'll make it up to you!"
'So, she's not going to listen to me?'
I gave up on trying to get an explanation.
"You can do whatever you want with me just have mercy on my child!"
"You, stop talking."
If I couldn't get an answer while being lenient.
The woman flinched and stared at the ground.
"Hey kid, please explain what's going on."
I would be more forceful.
The boy flinched and while staring at the ground started explaining.
"A-as y-you k-k-know. P-people w-w-with m-mana t-t-"
*Sigh.*
I sighed.
They both went silent.
"So to summarize, people that can use mana are scary?"
The boy nodded silently.
'What in the world did they do?'
"Alright, why are they feared?"
I asked the woman.
"...."
She stayed silent.
'I guess she's worried about me doing something if she says it.'
"Don't worry, speak freely."
She closed her eyes and looked away.
"Because, t-they like to abuse their powers. Some even v-violate others j-just because they feel like it."
I nodded and asked another question.
"How do you learn to cultivate mana?"
The woman flinched shook quite a bit and answered.
"Y-you a-are t-thought by a mage or learn via s-special b-books."
I nodded.
'I guess that's true but.'
I sighed.
"I'm tired of this. Can you guys stop being so wary of me? It's driving me insane."
The woman looked at me surprised.
"Honestly, you act like I'm interrogating you, seriously! And at this point it seems that I am!"
I scratched my head in annoyance.
"Sorry?"
The woman who was now confused apologized.
"Don't worry about it. Anyway what are your names?"
The woman now stunned silently looked at me.
"Uhm, m-my name is Jacob, I'm fourteen."
I nodded and looked at the woman.
"Ah! I'm Laura, I'm Jacob's mother."
I introduced myself.
"My name is Sira, Sira Katsumi, I'm a traveling swordsman."
I introduced myself as a traveling swordsman.
'I don't think they would doubt me right?'
I doubted my own story but decided to go with it.
"So that's why he told you to teach him..."
The woman named Laura sighed lightly, glanced at Jacob and looked at me seriously.
"If it's possible I would like you to teach Jacob swordsmanship."
Jacob looked surprised and so was I.
'Is this the same person from five seconds ago?'
"I knew for quite a while that Jacob went outside without permission. I didn't do anything because nothing dangerous happened but."
Laura sighed and continued.
"I think now that if I continue letting him roam around, he'll get into an accident and I'll regret not doing anything."
Jacob shook his head.
"No, I'm being careful. I'm sure nothing dangerous would happen."
"But what if something dangerous did happen!? How could I live with myself!?"
Jacob flinched and looked away.
'Should I be here?'
"So, please teach him to at least defend himself."
Laura bowed towards me.
"Alright, I can do that."
I nodded.
'I should probably get some information on this world as well.'
"Oh, can I stay here while I train Jacob? I kinda don't have a place to sleep."
"Yes of course! I doubt it will be to your standards but we'll do our best."
Now I had a place to sleep.
I walked outside and looked around.
'The sun is going down. Friend list.'
[Friend list]
Alius
I clicked on the name and a chat window appeared.
[Private chat: Quint-Martial,Puncher]
Quint: So, where are you?
Martial, Puncher: Uh, I'm in a place called Westray. Where are you?
Quint: A village called Onryx.
Quint: So, do you have a plan on where to meet up or when?
Martial, Puncher: I'm not sure. What about in one month?
Quint: What about your subscription?
Martial, Puncher: Don't worry, one month in constellation time is equal to 365 days.
Quint: Alright, let's try to meet up in one month.
Martial, Puncher: see ya in a month
Quint: Cya
'Wow, so one month is 365 days huh?'
I closed the system window and stretched.
"I guess I'll sleep on a tree for now."
I checked their home before and saw that there were only three rooms.
One bedroom, a kitchen that barely had anything and a bathroom.
'I wouldn't want to bother them.'
I know I asked to sleep here but I suddenly felt guilty.
I casually left the village to go to the forest.
"Huh? Where are you going miss? The sun is going down and it's not safe at night."
A guard warned me and I just walked past him.
"I'll be fine."
I casually continued my stroll, and after ten minutes I arrived at the forest.
'Wow, it looks quite menacing.'
The forest was dark and gloomy. I feel like It would suck me up if I stared for too long.
I sighed lightly and started walking into the forest.
*Rustle..*
The leaves rustled quietly in the moonlight.
For a moment the forest look incredibly beautiful.
"Woah."
I walked forward while looking around.
The moonlight reflected beautiful flowers and pierced through the leaves.
I continued walking forward.
*Rustle...*
The leaves rustled once again and the moonlight could no longer pierce the leaves of the trees. Darkness consumed the forest, as if a light switch was turned off.
'Oh, there's a comfy looking tree.'
I slowly climbed up a tree and sat down on a thick branch.
My eyelids felt heavy. My first night in an ownerless world was a peaceful one as I slowly drifted into sleep.
*******
Meanwhile in Westray.
Alius just entered the ownerless world.
[Welcome to Avatar!]
[Would you like to view the tutorial?]
[Y/N]
'Huhuhu, just as I remembered.'
[(N)]
He grinned at the world and checked his own body.
Character: Naoki Kichiro/ Alius (Simplified)
Active title: [Master martial artist(Heroic)]
Class: none
Lv: 1
stats: [STR: F+] [VIT: G+] [AGI: F-] [INT: G-]
Authority: [Singularity punch(SSS-)]
Skills: [Sealed] [Singularity punch(none)]
Equipment: Enhanced sleek gloves(S+)
Coins: 2100
Gender: male
Height: 198 cm. /6.49 feet.
Weight: lb. 250/ 113 kg.
Age: 23
Appearance: Yellow hair, red eyes
Now he was your average hot buff guy that you could see in webtoons.
'Anyway, where am I?'
He briefly looked around and quickly noticed a slime.
"Huhu, let's test my strength."
Alius quickly jumped towards the slime and punched.
*Bam!*
The slime's core broke and it became a wet gelatinous mixture on the ground.
[You have killed a slime(G)!]
[Gained have gained experience!]
[Developing skill...]
*Slosh!*
He shook his wrist a bit.
'Still weak, but at least I can kill a slime.'
Alius was satisfied.
'Now let's grind.'
He quickly ran into a nearby forest.
That day there was a shortage of slime in the forest.
'Nice, I'm now level nine.'
character: Naoki Kichiro/ Alius (Simplified)
Class: none
Lv: 9
Title: martial artist
Stats: [STR: E-] [VIT: F] [AGI: F+] [INT: G]
Skills: [Power punch(F+)], [quick steps(F+)]
Items: broken slime core(F-) 37x
"Just one more level then I'll get my class."
Avatar was basically a power fantasy type game.
Instead of simply reading or watching through a screen you could experience it yourself. The feeling of being overpowered.
You started at level 1 but because of your experience you could quickly level up your "character," or "avatar."
And as a bonus you yourself also became stronger.
Alius had some previous experience, so he quickly sped through the "early game".
"Now, time for goblins."
He quickly went deeper into the forest grinning.
'Oh? There it is.'
He quickly found a small goblin camp.
He approached slowly.
Through the main entrance.
"Grah!!!"
A goblin scout quickly yelled.
*Do, do dodoooooooo!!!!!!*
A horn was blown and a loud sound reverberated through the forest.
"Wow, that's obnoxiously loud."
[Equipping: Enhanced sleek gloves(S+) ]
Alius scratched his ear and cracked his fingers as he equipped his gloves.
The energy of the gloves seeped into his body and his grin grew wider.
"Time to finish this round of grinding."
"Grah!!"
Goblins quickly approached holding poorly made stone tools.
Before the goblins could hit him Alius ran towards the goblins.
*Boom!*
[You have killed a goblin(F)]
[You have gained experience!]
When he hit a goblin it blew up into many pieces.
The goblins stopped in shook.
"Grah?"
"Haha, wow they're still as overpowered as ever."
Alius briefly admired his gloves before punching another goblin.
*Boom!*
[You have killed a goblin(F)]
[You have gained experience!]
[You are in continuous combat!]
[Messages will now be hidden!]
"Small fries."
*Boom!*
*Boom!*
The goblins were mercilessly obliterated.
One of the goblins that had a bow pulled itself together and pulled the bowstring.
*Twang!*
Alius hearing the bowstring quickly ducked under the arrow.
"Grah!?"
"Nice try."
*Boom!*
*Twang!*
*Twang!*
*Twang!*
Suddenly many more arrows were shot.
Alius backed away and ducked.
"I still can't perfectly dodge those but I can still kill you guys."
Alius ran towards the small group of goblins.
"Grah!!"
One of the goblins valiantly took out a poorly made dagger and ran at Alius.
*Boom!*
That same goblin died tragically in battle.
After three more minutes Alius stopped moving his fists.
"Huff, I guess I need to do some physical training."
He was sitting on top of many goblin corpses.
[You have killed 24 goblins!]
[Calculating experience...]
[You have leveled up 4 times!]
[Skills: [Power punch(F+)], [quick steps(F+) have leveled up!]
[You are over level 10!]
[You can now choose a class]
[Martial artist(Recommended!)] [Swordsman] [mage] [spearman] more....
'As always, martial artist.'
[You are now a martial artist!]
[You have gained the class exclusive skill: martial law(C)]
'I finally got this skill.'
[Passive skill: martial law(C)]
Effect: increases damage by 5% and defense by 5%when announcing your name and occupation to your enemy.
Description: A martial artist respects the people he's fighting. To show that respect they bow and announce their name.
'Now that I think about it, I accidently got consumed in the fight against Kazumi and announced my name, even though my skills were sealed.'
Alius sighed and saw someone approaching.
It was a man in his thirties with a sword on his waist.
"Hmm? Hello there."
"W-what happened here?"
The man was too surprised and ended up ignoring Alius.
"Hello?"
"Who did this? It must be at least a B rank adventurer. Yeah, that's the only answer!"
Alius sighed.
'I've seen a few like him.'
Those that make assumptions without looking at the evidence.
The quick way to get their attention was.
*Clap!*
Alius clapped loudly.
"Hello there. Do you have any business with me?"
Showing strength or interrupting them.
The man noticed Alius sitting on a pile a goblin corpses and flinched.
"Wh- what the h-hell?!"
"Geez, I finally got your attention."
The man backed away slowly but Alius quickly ran to the man.
"Where is the nearest town or city?"
The man quickly realizing he couldn't run answered quickly.
"W-Westray! From here it's where the sun falls!"
Alius looked towards the sun.
'Westray? Ha, and the sun falls to the west. What a fitting name.'
"Thanks."
Alius thanked the man and headed west.
On the way Alius checked his profile
character: Naoki Kichiro/ Alius (Simplified)
Class: Martial artist
Lv: 13
Title: martial artist
Stats: [STR: E] [VIT: F+] [AGI: E-] [INT: G]
Skills: [Power punch(F+)], [quick steps(F+)], [martial law(C)]
Items: broken slime core(F-) 37x Goblin ears(F) 50x
"I should probably circulate my ki soon."
Alius looked dissatisfied but continued until he reached a wall.
'Now, where is the entrance?'
He quickly found the entrance.
In front of the entrance were five guards and a long line people.
"Alright, you can come in."
All of them seemed to be travelers because almost all of them had large backpacks.
Alius got in line and waited for about ten minutes.
"Alright, do you have an ID?"
Alius shook his head.
*Sigh.*
The guard sighed and tapped the table he was sitting at.
"Alright the, immediate payment is necessary. About three silver should be enough."
*Yawwnn.*
The guard yawned and Alius opened his inventory.
"I don't know the conversion rate. Is this enough?"
Alius took out everything he had.
[Dropping: broken slime core(F-) 37x Goblin ears(F) 50x]
A total of 37 broken slime cores and 50 goblin ears.
The guard was surprised and stood up.
"Alright, how many are here?"
The guard keeping his composure asked.
"37 slime cores and 50 goblin ears."
Alius answered quickly.
The guard nodded and gave Alius some coins in a pouch.
"That's your change. Five silver and twenty five copper."
Alius nodded and approached the gate.
"Oh, did you hear about the loose humanoid monster? I heard it got a bounty of two gold."
Alius overheard two people whispering as he entered the city.
'Oh, I should probably register as an adventurer.'