This was so not right. Ichigo Kurosaki clenched his eyes shut, his right hand lifted to his right arm pinching his arm to the unfortunate point that it drew blood concreting the reality of it all. How the hell could this not be a dream?

Here he stood, in the same outfit he had fallen unconscious in yet his surroundings were clearly not the same; after all he had collapsed into his bed after a long day of working with Ikumi at the Unagiya shop. Yet here he stood amidst some kind of wasteland, or Dragon Valley as the writing in his vision was reading. There was a clear resemblance between what he was seeing now and what he knew the American Grand Canyon to look like. Yeah, one of the many reasons Ichigo had believed this to be a dream. Then there were the four slots at the lower right hand corner of his vision with two different icons, and then another icon for [Menu] was stationed up in the right hand corner of his vision, wherever he turned his head that was where the two displays stayed.

Since the events that transpired seventeen months ago, Ichigo wasn't surprised at his odd dreams, in fact he was use to them but this was just something else, it felt more real than any of his other dreams to the point he was beyond questioning, this was somehow real. Deciding to deal with what was in front of him, he had to figure out what this was all about now since he was in this situation.

Raising his hand he pressed the [Menu] icon in the lower left hand corner of his vision only for his finger to go straight through the holographic type icon. Scowling at not being able to press it, he focused on the button and it lit up, the sudden appearance of the transparent window appearing before him startled him somewhat but he now focused on this new development.

The menu that appeared before him was divided into several tabs for [INFO], [MAP], [Unit Management], [Storage], [Exchange], and [Log], as well as [Status], [Equipment], [Magic] and [Skill]. Ichigo seeing all this set his infamous scowl into place. Everything he was looking at, the mechanic of the system before him, just everything about this screamed the obvious at him.

"How the hell did I get stuck in a damn video game?" He breathed out. He had never been much into gaming but knew the basics at least.

About to raise his hand up before remembering it wouldn't work he focused on the icon for [Status], it glowed before opening up a new window once more. Ichigo didn't really know what to be expecting but he was hoping to have a little bit better stats. He was Level [1] his HP and MP along with all his other base attributes were [10]. Without being an expert gamer he could tell he was the bottom of the barrel right now. Continuing on down through the window he got another shock.

[Age: 27 Years Old]… Ichigo blinked, he sure as hell wasn't twenty seven, he was still seventeen last he checked.

[Job Type: None]

[Affiliation: None]

Underneath this was the shape of a person, it showed what Ichigo was wearing in different slots. A white jacket with a black undershirt along with white pants and sneakers, his attire before having woken up here. In the storage, there was his wallet, mobile phone and a small bento box which Ichigo recalled seeing on his desk next to his bed before he had fallen asleep, clearly Yuzu had made him a late dinner and left it for him where he could find it.

Looking further down the page he noticed that both [Magic] and [Skill] sections were completely blank. However there were ten skill points to be used, however he had nowhere to point them because he didn't have any skills or magic. Rubbing his brow, this was more and more like a game as he went along.

Deciding to at least see his appearance since the game saying he was twenty seven, he pulled out his phone from his pants pocket and raised the camera up taking a photo of himself before looking back at the screen. He definitely didn't look seventeen anymore. His hair was considerably shorter than what he was use to and he had the matured appearance of an adult something he was not accustomed to seeing. Despite the sudden change in appearance his clothes still fit.

Seeing nothing else of use Ichigo sighed before moving onto the map. A small screen popped up asking if he wanted to set the radar to basic indicator. Figuring whatever it was could be turned off later he went ahead with it. With that a small general summary appeared.

[Radar searches for enemies on the area, and adds color-coding to enemies and neutral units.]

"Not bad." Ichigo mused at least he wouldn't suddenly come under an ambush with this. "Wait, isn't that cheating?" He exclaimed aloud before shaking his head. Glancing at the map it was clear that he was the small white dot, around him in a small parameter was lit up while the remainder of the map remained a dull grey showing the area he hadn't explored.

Really any Noob could figure that much out.

However as he looked over the map, his eyes were drawn down to the four slots in the left hand corner. As his eyes focused over them, labels arose to identify what they were.

In the first slot was [All Map Exploration] Ichigo frowned slight, it was definitely some kind of cheat but it was probably best if he used it right? This would at least give him some knowledge of the area, something he was severely lacking at the moment. Deciding that there would be no harm he used [All Map Exploration].

Immediately the map lite up showing the surrounding geographic view of the hundred meter radius around him. Then at the north east side of the map there was a red blur. Using the magnify button he zoomed out of the surrounding hundred meter radius giving him a much larger view of Dragon's Valley. Red dots filled half of the map.

Looking in the direction of the enemy's he let a scowl come to his face. Going off of what he had seen on his map with the radar and what he was seeing now, the massive hord that was approaching was labeled as [Reptilian Tribe Elites], a literal status screen had appeared atop of them as he looked in their direction. From his map he learned that there were three hundred of them with levels averaging fifty. It was sure as hell wasn't a kind of force a barehanded Level 1 player could win against.

The Lizard Tribe or whatever they were called had stopped down in the valley below some hundred meters away. From their distance Ichigo couldn't make out much more than silhouettes riding some kind of creature. Judging by their strange silhouettes, they're weren't riding horses, but he couldn't figure out much more than that.

"Just my luck, level 1 with an army of whatever heading straight towards me." He sighed while pinching the bridge of his nose. He didn't even have a weapon on him and he doubted he could beat that many unarmed. His eyes subtly lowered to the remaining three slots beside the now darkened [All Map Exploration].

[Meteor Shower] the celestial annihilation.

"Damn, I don't have much choice here." Ichigo scowled as he approached the edge of the cliff to get a better view of the enemy that was still approaching.

With their quick speed they had already gotten close enough for Ichigo to make out their appearance. What they're riding on weren't horses, but some kind of Velociraptor-like creature; also, the warrior riding it wasn't human, but a lizardman just like the title above them indicated.

"●●●●●●●●! ●●●●●●●●●●! ●●●●●●●!" The leader of the Lizard Men shouted and there was no way in hell Ichigo was able to understand the language. Ichigo was certain that the leader knew where he was considering he was looking right at him and spoke, maybe to try and communicate maybe?

However the Lizard Man wasn't patient and drew his bow and with speed Ichigo wasn't expecting drew an arrow and let it loose. Even at this distance the Lizard Men had skill considering that the arrow grazed past his cheek. The wound stung and a trail of blood ran down from the torn flesh. Not expecting them to be within range already Ichigo was surprised by the suddenness of the attack and ducked behind a rock to hide himself away from the onslaught of arrows that rained down around him.

Instinctively he reached over his shoulder in search of the weapon that was no longer there but his hand gripped nothing. All he had now was to use the [Meteor Shower].

He focused on it before the first icon went dark, he waited not knowing what to expect thinking something wrong he tried for the second, the icon simply went dark once more. His scowl increased as he focused on the third and last. The same thing happened once more and Ichigo cursed beneath his breath. He was stuck here in a rain of arrows with no escape. How the hell was he supposed to get out of this one?

But as the arrows stopped he felt heat and a bright light from the sky. As he looked up his jaw dropped at what he was seeing rain down from above. This couldn't be possible, right? He had seen a lot in his seventeen, not twenty seven years. But a meteor shower that he had somehow conjured, was not one of them.

Ichigo found it hard to recall what transpired after the first Meteor hit. Without a doubt he had been thrown from the cliff face or more so that it had collapsed beneath him and he had fallen down into the valley below amidst the chaos that was the impact zone of the Meteor Strikes. He had a strange recall of hundreds of small little screens filling up the corner of his vision but couldn't figure out what they all were having been to distracted at the time.

Now here he lay, covered in an immense layer of dirt that it was hard to breathe beneath it. Pushing himself out Ichigo let out a small cough fit, shaking himself off from the dust he let out a groan. It looked as though that [Meteor Strike] had a warm up timer… would have been good to know before he had used them all up and almost killed himself!

As Ichigo rested on his knees trying to catch his breath he neared movement approach, looking up his eyes widened at the figure stumbling through the dust cloud towards him. Groaning, heaving been hit with a massive dust cloud himself, Ichigo got to his feat slightly unsteady before the silhouette through the dust threw something towards Ichigo. As the object passed through the dust, Ichigo snatched it out of the hair, surprised to find that the figure had thrown him a sword. Ichigo was more stunned to find that anybody had survived that, but by the radar that was still in his vision this was clearly the only survivor of the [Meteor Shower].

The reptilian humanoid was in bad shape, bleeding all over dyeing the tattered blue armor that managed to avoid disintegrating until now in a bright red. As the Lizard Man approached he was glaring at Ichigo the entire time without breaking eye contact. The Lizard Man was using his spear as a crutch as he moved forward limping because of its wounded leg, Ichigo pitied him slightly. Ichigo didn't know the Lizard Man's circumstances, for all Ichigo knew he could have been in their territory and he had just obliterated everything when they were just trying to defend themselves, Ichigo didn't know. He didn't deserve to have a meteor shower rained down on him. Despite being so beat up, Ichigo respected the will to fight in his eyes.

"I'm guessing you'd rather die in battle then by falling rocks, am I right?" Ichigo questioned grabbing the scabbard of the broad sword, drawing it with a hiss tossing the scabbard away, it flinging across the ground some ways away. This Lizard Man was a warrior and despite everything that happened, Ichigo wasn't going to just let him take his life. If he wanted a fight, then he was going to get one. Despite the realism of everything surrounding Ichigo, the thing that killed it was the health bar that was displayed at the top-left of the Lizard Man's head which was quite low, he had obviously taken some damage in the [Meteor Shower], and there was also his status beneath. This was too much like a game.

[Lizard Man, Level: 50]

"●●●●!" Once more the strange language of the Lizard Man fell on deaf ears as Ichigo readied his newly acquired blade in a familiar way. When was the last time he had held a sword in battle? A few months now but it felt like only yesterday. It was much smaller than what he was use to but it would do him well enough for now, testing its weight as he spun it in his hand he slipped into a fighting stance. The Lizard Man seeing that Ichigo was ready gave a small smirk and raised his spear up, pointing it towards the orange haired new comer to this world. It was clear that the Level 50 meant something, he would be skilled.

"●●●●!" The Lizard Man shouted once more and rushed forward, despite its leg injury thrusting forward with its spear. The Lizard Man had reach, but Ichigo's body had the advantage of speed, he wasn't injured, or not to the point of physical pain. He had a few aches from the fall but that was it. Slashing across, his new blade sliced through the wood of the spear and he rushed forward, the Lizard Man dropped the spear and attempted to slash at him with its claws. Using the flat side of his blade Ichigo blocked the first strike feeling the Lizard Man's strength behind the blow, but he didn't let that phase him as he reared back with his left hand, cocking a fist and punching the Lizard Man in the face, the scales felt all too real. The Lizard Man stumbled back, with its wounded leg it was unable to hold itself up and fell backwards into the dirt. Crouching down Ichigo reached out for the spear and rose to his feet as the Lizard Man scrambled to his feet, using its tail to help hold him up right.

Even the punch that Ichigo had used had lowered the already low health bar almost to zero; it wouldn't be more than one more attack that would lead to the Lizard Man's death. Tossing the spear to the Lizard Man he caught it. While shorter than what it had been at the start, it could still be used as a weapon. The Lizard Man nodded to Ichigo who smiled lightly, the Lizard Man had respect for him as well it seems. But Ichigo knew that this Lizard Man wouldn't stop fighting and that meant that Ichigo would have to kill it. Readying himself to do exactly that, the Lizard Man charged forward with another war cry. Ichigo could see all the opening's presented in the weakened defense. Deciding not to let the creature suffer much longer Ichigo gripped the blade with both hands and swung. The blade crashed through the spear making it splinter and carried on into the Lizard Man's torso. The Lizard Man fell against Ichigo limp blood oozing out of the wound and over Ichigo's hand and onto his clothes. All the while Ichigo watched the reaming HP drop to zero.

"●●●●● ●●●…." The last words were lost on Ichigo as the creature began to disappear. With a sigh Ichigo looked down to his blood soaked hands, still holding the sword the Lizard Man had tossed to him, still covered in the same crimson. His clothing was just as bad.

Finding a nearby boulder Ichigo walked over to it, intent to take a moments rest and try to figure things out. He had finished working with Miss Ikumi, come home completely exhausted and collapsed without dinner. Then he woke up in a strange place with his vision being filled with that of a game interface, an army of reptilian monsters attacked him only for him to unleash an onslaught of meteor's down upon them, one survived and he fought to the death with him.

That sums up the last hour or so of his life.