After the next few days, I finished upgrading sneak attack. The new description was as follows:

  Sneak Attack: A classic Rogue skill, that increases damage dealt by 10% of an opponent’s health, or 100 damage, whichever is higher (?)

  Impressive. This skill sounds utterly broken, and yet there is still another tier above it? That is kind of insane, but at least I have it!

  Afterwards, I checked my map once again to check my quest progress. I had killed all of the monsters in this tile, so I decided to go north. After all, this is where my map ended, and I was curious to see what would happen if I went past it. I started walking north. And walking. Finally, I saw something. It was a strange shimmer in the air. I decided to keep going, and after a while, I slammed into it with the force of a thousand suns, and shattered my nose

  -4 HP

  Well no duh system, geez. Stumbling over, I quickly used my shirt to absorb some of the blood. Unfortunately, I’m no medical expert, so I have no idea what I’m supposed to do when my nose is broken, so I do what I normally do when I get a bloody nose, and stick a cloth in it, hoping to stop the bleeding. Well that sucked, I thought as I sat there, trying to withstand the pain.

  I then started heading west, In hopes I could find some more high-leveled opponents. After a few hours of wandering through the forest, I noticed something. My nose felt fine! I quickly checked my status sheet and found my hp back at full. It seems my natural regen was quite high, huh?

  Shortly after this discovery, I found a deer with red eyes, clearly one of my targets. I sneak attack it for 102 damage, then it stands there, seemingly trying to guilt me out of attacking it. Fortunately, nothing actually happened, so I stabbed it, and killed it.

  +47 hp

  I check my map and realize that that was the only monster in this part of the woods, so I decide to go south, towards a farm. The next day, I began my journey south, and, after a long while of walking, arrived. Once I arrived there, I asked the farmer if I could help him out with today, but strangely, he just chuckled and politely said no. I decide to go west, where I encounter a boar, which I instakilled, and got 2 hp from.

  I then travelled north, and found a shabby village. The village had a few small houses made out of mud. The strangest thing about this village was that I heard some kind of singing and dancing going on inside one of the huts. I started walking closer to the noise, when a bunch of small green… Goblins. Ok this is definitely a video game. Anyhow, the goblins jumped out of the door, and started shaking their hands facing a seemingly random direction.

  What the actual heck.

  Were those goblins just doing a musical number?? Just after like, 5 seconds of hand shaking, like 25 of them just started leaving. The other 5 just started yapping in a language I don’t know.

  What is wrong with this world?

  I start looking around the town and trying to find out the exact population of the town, and realize there are only ~35 goblins in this village. So more than 80% of the total town was at that musical. I shiver at the thought. I decide that I will deal with this problem in the morning, and I go to bed in the woods.

  The next day, I looked for a goblin with no one around, so I could get a good gauge on how strong the goblin village was. I found the goblin I was looking for pretty fast, and I quickly sneak attacked it. I dealt 103 damage, and in retaliation, the goblin hit me for 18 damage. I then realized that if i could re enter stealth, I could easily kill him. I hide behind a building to regain my bonus, and then follow the goblin until the sneak attack is completely refreshed. I sneak attack him again for 100 damage, and then stealth once more. Unfortunately, the goblin rushed to the nearest healer goblin, and started healing, so I slaughtered the healer and reentered stealth.

  The goblin, terrified, ran out of the shack after seeing that, and freaking hired a friend to keep an eye on him while he recovers. They went to an open field in order to see me when I was coming. In an attempt to distract the guard while I finished the goblin off, I threw my 5$ on the ground near him to try to get him to move. I watched in great annoyance as the goblin went over and picked up the money, while watching, without giving me an opening. I try to sneak attack anyway, but sadly, the goblin saw me, and I don’t get my sneak attack bonus, but I still do 51 damage with 2 stabs.

  The guard then attacked me, and I used swift escape to get away, because I was really low. Afterwards, I heal to get back to maximum HP. The next day, I go back to the village and see two goblin children by a nearby river. I stab one of them and toss the younger one in the river, gaining 5 maximum hp in the process. I hid the other corpse in the river as well.

  — — — — — —

  The next morning after arriving at the building, I noticed a perfectly flat table, that would be perfect for a few smithing supplies. I put my kiln in the corner, and start making a more proper forge in the corner. I go outside only to, to my surprise, find the elf I had seen back at the weird forest before I burned it down.

  A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.

  (Ehhehehhe.)

  I look at her, and think why the heck would you go through all this physical effort to build 3 whole houses, but not have a building-related class? I realize that she might not know about the system, so I tell her “Say the word system”. Satisfied, I walk away to find some smooth rocks for a forge.

  I hear her mumbling “system” as I walk away.

  Anyhow, I found some rocks and made a small area to set on fire in the house. The next day, I decided I would put that project on hold until I had a hammer to actually make my tools into shape.

  I make a mold for a smithing hammer, and then use my remaining iron (pyrite) to make it.

  After that, I went into the woods to find a cave, and looked for some Novaculite, a rock commonly used as a whetstone, and quickly found a small chunk of it, which I grabbed.

  The next day, I decided to make some golems. I knew from some past DnD knowledge, that a golem is like a bunch of mud with magic in it, so I attempt to make a mana manipulation skill. It takes the entire day to figure it out, but I succeed.

  Mana manipulation (basic): Allows the creation of golems, and allows limited usage of mana outside of body, and increases effectiveness of inside-body mana usage. Upgradeable

  The next day, I decide to make some kind of quest board, to tell that other person who lives here to get me stuff. I use some wood and a chunk of charcoal I used in my forge and write a simple message: MONSTER CORES: 1 set of armor

  I spend the rest of the day learning how to make golems, and end up making three of them. It turns out the trick is to use mana manipulation on a bunch of mud, you don’t need to sculpt a humanoid form or anything, which I learned the hard way after spending a total of 2 hours trying to make a perfect humanoid mud blob. Oh well.

  — — — — — —

  I wake the next morning feeling wonderful. I leave my hut to go on a walk, or something of that sort, and quickly realize that something is off. I look through the house and the blacksmith and notice somebody face down, passed out on the floor. Unnerved, I stumble backwards and start slowly backing away.

  I leave the village to go on a walk, hoping that that guy would leave. Thankfully, It was a nice day, and there were no issues during my walk around the forest. I steel myself for the daunting task of having to deal with that guy who was in the blacksmith. As I enter the clearing where I built the huts, The guy walks up to me and says four words. “Say the word system”

  Um… okay?

  I do what the stranger says and say the word “system,” but nothing happens. That was strange.

  Confused, I went back to my house and sat down. I pull out my map, and think that maybe I should go to the town and get some kind of professionally made tools. I start walking that direction. About halfway through the journey, I stumble across a river, and fortunately, there is a bridge nearby, which I can use to cross. I arrive at town the next day, after having had to sleep on the freaking ground overnight. Ugh.

  Now in the town, I ask a civilian to tell me about the “system,” still being confused about what that guy said earlier. They then start yapping about how if you say the word status, you get an accurate description of quite a few boring nonsense. Curious, I say it.

  Name: Stelle

  Race: Elf

  Class: N/A

  Sub-Class: N/A

  Hp: 10/10

  Inventory: Map, ?

  Equipment: Rudimentary axe (fragile)

  Status Effects: N/A

  Skills: 2

  Recently Gained Skills:

  Inspect: a common skill used to get a description of an item, enemy, or more. Can also be used on status to get more information on things.

  Precise Cut: Allows for cutting or carving you do to be surprisingly accurate, even if you have poor tools for the situation (?)

  Well that skill is probably why my axe worked so well. I had a brief mental breakdown as I realized that I was probably not on earth anymore, and– WAIT. SINCE WHEN WAS I AN ELF?????

  At least my name was still normal, but it was crazy that I’m for sure not on earth anymore. I wonder if those other people I saw at the tree when I woke up are also from earth. I asked the civilian who was looking at me quite oddly this whole time if there were any buildings of note. She said “Yeah, we have three key buildings. There’s an adventurer’s guild, a general store, and a blacksmith.” First off, what the heck is the “adventurer’s guild?” I asked the civilian where this “adventurer’s guild" was, and headed that way.

  Arriving at the building, I spot a board with a bunch of papers on it. There was a little stamp on each one saying “Recommended level.”

  Looking at all the levels, I realize that I have no idea what my level is, so I am probably at level one. This is probably like a video game, and me leveling up will increase my hp, and 10 feels like a starting point for that. Deeming myself too low level, I leave the guild. I clearly need experience, and, having played a lot of minecraft, this is most easily done by killing monsters.

  I walk south from the town, and look for monsters. I assume they will be easily distinct from wildlife, and I find a rabbit that has red eyes. Well that’s freaky. I walk up to it, and due to not having a weapon, punch it in the face really hard. The rabbit, looking made, bites me.

  1 damage taken!

  Well that's probably not ideal. I remember I have an axe, so I grab it, and swing it at the rabbit. The rabbit bites me again, which deals 2 damage. I use my axe and swing a lethal blow, aiming for its head.

  6 HP gained!

  That's odd. I gained Hp, and not Xp? Quickly checking my status, I find my hp stat being 13/16. Interesting. I start walking home, going the way I came. Finally arriving at home, I passed out on the “bed.”

  The next few days are spent making some sheets of really bad paper, because writing is a hobby of mine, and a wooden pickaxe, because if minecraft ever told me anything, its that wood is durable enough to break stone.