I wake up in the same place I slept at yesterday, so I get up and stretch my body and look around. I don't notice anything different, which means that the door thing the system said hasn't appeared yet.
Looks like I woke up at a perfect time then, huh. System, can you give me some information before I enter the Abyss?
Oh? Interesting. This Creator guy gave me help for some reason. Well not that I will complain, since it will help me live longer like this.
Being able to increase the level of one of my skills every 5 levels will be very useful. The amount of XP doubling per level annoys me a bit though, but it is bearable I guess.
Ho~ Bonus packs huh. Level 10 won't be hard to get so I wonder what I will get from it. The system did say each pack will give something useful, so I might get a skill or spell, I guess.
That will be very useful! Like this I won't need to worry too much about fighting beasts stronger than me by too much, since I would be able to see the level of the beast.
Just like the system said, a big white door suddenly appeared in the center of the room. Although a big white door seems out of place in this dark room, I don't mind and walk into the door, which blinds me with a bright white light.
By the time the white light fades away and I can see again, I notice that the area around me is completely different. The once small black room, is now a large black cave. I can't see clearly at all, as it is way too dark, so I squint my eyes a bit and see a little bit further than before, but thats it.
Oh oh! It is brighter now! I guess I really can create skills. This is so useful haha. I look around me and notice that there is a bunch of rocks and plants in the cave like area I am in. I hear a bit of movement towards my right, so I look over and see something that looks like I rat beside a rock.
It really is a rat... Oh well. Why does it only have 75 health even though it is level 2? Maybe it's a beast thing. I take out my dagger and slowly walk towards the rat while trying to make as little noise as possible. I manage to get about half a meter behind it before it seems like it notices something, so I instantly jump at it whilst aiming my dagger at it's neck, hoping to hit it.
The rat turns around and sees me near it and attempts to run off, but it is too late. My dagger pierces it's neck, and I see a -100 appear above it's head, and it just slowly drops onto the ground. I release the breath I was holding and look at the system notification things.
I really expected this to be more like a game than real life... I guess that won't happen huh. Well this is better, this means that I can kill those stronger than me if I manage to hit them in a vital, similar to this rat. System, is it possible for me to see what the skill Sneak does?
That simple, huh. Sneak Info.
Though it is not overpowered, it is a very good skill to start with. I should be able to sneak up on most beasts around here and kill them easier with this. I don't feel tired at all either, so I guess having infinite stamina means I don't need to sleep either. I guess that is good, since sleeping in a place like this is just stupid.
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I look at the rat corpse and decide to just leave it there since I have enough food to last me a week, and I have no need for it. I check my XP and it says Level 1: 8/25 XP, so I can easily check how much more I need to level up like this. I wipe the blood on my dagger off using the rat skin and continue to walk around slowly to see if I can hear anything.
I walk for about 10 minutes before I hear anything, so I crouch behind a nearby rock and look in the direction I heard something, and notice something like a cat.
I look at it closer and I can see that it is eating a rat and is distracted by it's meal, so I decide to sneak up on it like I did with the rat before. Thanks to the Sneak skill, it is a lot easier for me to sneak up on it that it would be before. I get about a meter away from it before the cat suddenly turns around and jumps at me, which makes me panic a little, allowing it to bite my left arm.
I nearly scream out in pain but manage to stop myself since I don't know if there are any beasts around currently. I grit my teeth and punch the cat with my right hand, flinging it off of my left arm, dealing a -12 to it. I move the dagger to my right hand instead, and watch the cat carefully this time.
The cat gets up and shakes it's body a bit, maybe it got confused from my punch. It looks towards me again and crouches down for another jump, and then it jumps at me, aiming towards my neck. I barely manage to dodge the scratch towards my neck, and I slash my dagger towards it in retaliation. The cat attempts to dodge it, but since it is midair it can't, and my dagger manages to enter into it's head. I pull out the dagger from the cats head after making sure it is dead, and I simply go and sit behind a big rock.
I just sigh and put 1 point into strength and agility, which lets me feel a bit better. I look at my arm and notice the bite mark, which is currently bleeding. I just cut a small part of my shirt near the bottom and tie it around my arm, making a makeshift bandage. At least it won't get worse than it is now, and my vitality should heal it eventually. System, how long do you think I will need for my wound to heal?
6 hours huh~ That's pretty long. Well maybe it is short. If this was back on Earth, I would probably need a day or two at the least for a wound like this. Let's check my status, I guess.
It shows the total XP beside my level now, which is cool, I guess. I look at my injured arm and let out a sigh, before getting up and continue walking around. Though I am wounded, it is nothing important. I can still use my right arm, and my left arm just hurts. I walk around for 5 minutes before I find another rat, and I decide to test out my magic this time.
I point my right hand towards the rat, and whisper "Fireball" which shoots out a ball of fire that is about the size of a fist. The fireball hits the rat right in the middle of it's back, dealing -60, which leaves it at 30. I run up to the screaming rat and stab my dagger into it's back, and it quickly dies.
I gained 12 Xp which brought me up to 15/50. I notice that using a single fireball took 15 mana from me, so I can only use it 7 times total before I pass out from mana exhaustion. I guess it will be easier for me to kill beasts by shooting out a fireball first, since it will catch them offguard and distract them, giving me enough time to run up to them.
I walk around for 15 minutes and find 2 rats fighting eachother, so I look closer at them so I can appraise them properly.
Huh. I guess that the health on beasts is just random. It makes sense I guess, since it isn't a game where everything is programed and copied. I skulk around and watch the two rats biting and scratching eachother until they both have low health, so I send out a fireball at one and rush at the other.
By the time the fireball hit one of the rats, I was already beside the other. I stab my dagger towards the rat, who doesn't react at all, which lets my dagger easily stab it's neck. I look towards the other rat and get ready to attack it, but I realise that it is already dead from my fireball.
Now my XP is at 33/50, close to hitting level 3. I continue walking and walk for around an hour without finding anything when a BEEP suddenly sounds in my head, nearly making me jump.
What? Why did my Sneak suddenly level up? System, why did my Sneak skill suddenly level up?
So that's why. I actually got scared by my skill leveling up haha. If I keep using my fireball, does that mean it will level up soon? Well, I will find out when it does. I roam around for another 15 minutes before I find something similar to a snake.
The snake looks like it is sleeping, so I get within 5 meters of it before using my magic. "Fireball" I send a fireball at it and wait for it to explode onto the snake. I deal -75 to the snake with my fireball, so I run towrads it while it is confused and stab the dagger into it's body, dealing -50 to it, which barely kills it.
Woah, snakes give good XP. I put 1 point into strength and agility again, before I sit behind a rock and check my status out.