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I suddenly gasped and air filled my empty lungs. I tried to move but I couldn't. All I could see was a white ceiling. I tried to call for help but I it was interrupted by a baby crying: me
The realization made my cry harder until a giant picked me up
It wasn't her shaking me to calm me down that stopped me, neither was it the fact that she was dressed like one of those old fashioned nurses working at orphanages.
No it was those floating blue words above her head
Isabel Howard lv6
Nurse
What the…
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When I stopped crying I she put me back on the crib and walked away.
Me? I was still trying to make sense from all this.
The last thing I remember before that weird life sized loading screen was the sad look from my family on my death bed. Yeah, I died from a disease, no cliché car crash, no dramatic mugging, just a new and dangerous virus that killed anyone unlucky enough to get it before its vaccine was created
From what I know from that manhwa called the gamer an all those fanfics I just got reborn with the gamer ability. Is this really what happened?
*ding!*
Speak of the devil
New quest
Know from the start
Objective: Do the Tutorial
Reward: Knowledge of the basics, 10xp
Y/N
I blinked at the blue box hovering above me. Oh so there is a tutorial. I raised my little baby hand and barely reached the yes icon and tapped it. It disappeared and was replaced with another one
Hello and welcome to your new life (technically afterlife)! You were one of the few lucky ones chosen to become a gamer. You can give commands trough voice commands (if you can't talk for some reason for example you were muffled it'll still work. It's the effort and intend that counts). Try it now! Say "stats".
I tried to say "Stats" but it came out as baby babbles
It disappeared and two more appeared. The one on front was the rest of the tutorial and the one behind the tutorial was the stats menu. On the right side there was a stick figure with small grey boxes covering its head, chest, hands, groin (in that one the was something that looked like a diaper) and legs. On the left side there were what looked like my stats
Name: Nima Jameson
Level: 1 (0/100)
HP: 140
MP: 150 (locked)
STR: 1
DEX: 1
VIT: 4
INT: 5
WIS: 6
LUK: 2
POINTS: 0
I'm pretty sure that those stats don't look too good. Oh look, I still have my old name
Let's see what the tutorial is saying
This is your stats menu. On the there is your avatar (if it looks like a stick figure it means you are in no condition to use objects in normal circumstance) if you open it along with your inventory you can drag items to quickly equip or unequip them. On the right there is your stats. When you level up you get five points to invest them on your stats. Be careful, once you use a stat point it never comes back. Your stats are as follows:
STRength is the amount of raw physical power. Each point of STR adds to your physical attack points and allows you to move heavier objects.
DEXterity is the overall speed of your body. You can move faster for every DEX point
VITality, also known as constitution is the overall health of your body. With more VIT points you'll have more health and better health regeneration
INTelligence shows how much knowledge of the world you have. More INT, more smarts. It also expands your mana reserve
WISdom indicates your view of the world. Higher WIS makes you better at puzzle solving. It also helps you regenerate mana faster
LUcK determines your chances in anything were the outcome is random. Quality of dropped items, winning a gamble and such things. Unless you are a gambler or a collector LUK isn't for you
To go to the next step say skills
Good to know, anyway "skills" I tried to say
Two new windows opened up. One was an empty space only filled with three squares. One looked like a muscular arm, one like a person who was focusing, and the last a blue figure with a glowing chest
This is your skills menu. Here you can manage the skills that you learned. A passive skill means that you can always use it's boost(s). An active skill means that you can only use them by activating it by your command, using them might cost energy. Say inventory.
I raised my arm again and tried to tap them but when my hand was hovering above the first one a third text box appeared
Gamer's body (passive) lv max
Grants a body that allows for the user to live the real world like a game.
So I don't need to tap the skill to see what they are. I moved to the next.
Gamer's mind (passive) lv max
Allows the user to calmly and logically think things through.
Allows peaceful state of mind.
Immunity to psychological status effects
Okay makes sense but what is the third one?
Gamer's soul (passive) lv max
Allows the user to come back if possible.
Immunity to spiritual status effects.
That's new. I don't remember reading anywhere about Gamer's soul "Inventory"
Surprise, surprise, another two windows
I won't bore you with the details, just rows of empty squares
This is your inventory where you can store objects. You can't store any living beings in there but some thing like a butterfly in a jar or a genie lamp or a deactivated golem are exceptions. Say menu
"Menu"
Two more windows.
This is your menu. You can change the settings with Options. That's it for now, if you want to know more go to Help. Close the menu to finish the tutorial
Let's see what the menu looks like.
Options
Help
Shop (locked)
Chat (locked)
I selected Options. There were settings about things like light and sounds and some other stuff. I turned BGM because it helps me to be on my mood and subtitles on because it could help at eavesdropping
WIS +1
Stats can be raised on their own? I mentally fist bumped at that.
I closed menu and gut a new blue window
Quest completed
Know from the start
+10xp
Yay! Anyway I better go to sleep before anyone comes and see me awake