The Gamer - Rockbear Chapter 1, a manhwa/korean comics/만화 fanfic

This is my first fanfiction, so I hope you guys enjoy. Hopefully I can make a chapter every few days. I'm gonna try to release as much as I can in a short amount of time, so if you see any errors, please send me a PM. Good or bad reviews, both are welcome, as long as they are critiques. That'll help me improve my work.

Update: Added health and mana, missed that in my first draft

I have no connection and own nothing related to The Gamer

Chapter 1

Kain Rockbear had grown used to a very odd part of his life. He usually went to school, taking only enough time to take a shower and throw some clothes on, usually experiencing some difficulty in easy tasks as he had went to sleep at three in the morning the day before. During school, he would ignore most of everyone else and quickly do his studies, so as to not get yelled at by the teachers, surprisingly strict for being a low funded public school. Following that, he would avoid the bullies that typically stayed near the entrance looking for prey (like him) and start to head home. He wasn't particularly weak, but he wasn't strong enough to take on multiple people at once, something that was proven to him after experiencing it one day. Kain would then play games for the rest of the day, leading into the night, only stopping for a short time if he had to eat or do other things necessary for the human body. This was all extremely normal to him, but the blue screen in front of him saying he had gained a small amount of experience for completing his homework had not been.

Following the first few days after the blue screen had appeared in front of him, Kain had accepted it as part of his brain, figuring he was just trying to find a way to cope with how bland his life felt. That is, until he was playing a game and thought out loud the word "stats".

"What the hell is this?" murmured Kain after a screen appeared before him.

The Gamer

Kain Rockbear Lv 2 Exp 4.78%

Health: 40/40

Mana: 200/200

Vit: 4

Str: 11

Dex: 14

Int: 20

Wis: 6

Luk: 2

Points: 0

Money: 100,000 Won

This was completely new! This actually excited him, maybe it wasn't all in his head!

"What else can I do?" whispered Kain, not wanting to bother his mother, since it was very late and he had already turned his video game sound down immensely so as to not wake her.

Thinking of all the different menus of the multiple games he played, he decided on the first one to try. "Inventory."

Another screen popped up, showing a silhouette of a person, equipped with the clothes he was currently wearing, and a bunch of empty boxes. Wanting to test his new found skill, Kain grabbed another piece of clothing and pressed it against the block. Seeing it disappear into the menu, he gasped loudly. He heard his mother stir and promptly covered his mouth. Kain reached into the menu and retrieved the clothing he had just placed inside.

"This is amazing! I thought this thing was just in my head but it actually does stuff!"

Thinking of another menu, he decided to try it out. "...Skills?" A new menu appeared, showing a list, currently very empty. He vowed to changed that. He noticed that there were two current skills, so he clicked on them.

Gamer's Mind (Passive) Lv Max

Allows the Gamer to live real life as if it was a video game, keeping his mind calm even in extreme situations.

Immunity to psychological status effects

Gamer's Body (Passive) Lv Max

Grants a body that allows the Gamer to live the real world like a game.

Realizing that he was now living his life as a video game, Kain barely refrained from jumping with glee. "I'm so lucky, I can't believe this is real!" He happened to look over and notice the clock, which showed that the time was four in the morning. "Crap, I need to sleep. Not that it's going to be easy." He turned off the game, completely forgotten in the moment, and jumped into bed. Kain decided that he would direct as much time during school the next day into this new ability of his.

After Kain had arrived to school, tired as usual but much more awake feeling than he had been in a long time, he wondered what he should try next. He thought more of menus, and then thought of the most obvious one of them all.

"Options." He noticed many things, including adjusting the volume of the world around him. Testing that it actually worked, he had to restrain himself from getting excited again. He noticed some other ones that he wasn't sure what they meant, but he figured he would discover their meaning later on. He was thinking of ways to gain skills when the bell rang for his gym class to begin.

"All right class, today you're gonna be running a bunch! I won't let you slack either. If I see anyone stopping who doesn't look like they're about to pass out, you're losing credit for the day. Be happy I'll let you stop at all," shouted the gym teacher.

"Damn it, I hate running, I don't have any stamina." He had a very mild asthma, but it would easily be cured if he just worked on it more. He just didn't have the drive to work it out of him yet.

Before Kain had to run, he noticed his teacher was only level 7. He thought he would be higher, since he was extremely bulky. That's weird, thought Kain. He looked around at his classmates. Most were between level 2 and 4, with the lowest being an extremely lazy kid of his class at level 1 and the highest being a few athletes at level 5 and 6.

Through a special action, a skill has been created. [Observe]

"What?" Kain said out loud unintentially.

"I said we're running, Rockbear! Let's go!" yelled back the gym teacher.

Kain decided to explore what had happened in a little bit, but to make sure he got credit for the class, he began to run. It didn't take long to get to the point where he was completely exhausted, wheezing and wishing for just a little bit more air. After he started running again and quickly returned to that pitiful state, another pop up occurred.

Through strenuous activity, you caused your Vit to go up by 1

That one made Kain stop. He could raise his stats? That easily? He thought it'd be through some kind of quest and gaining more experience so he could put stat points into stuff after leveling up, that's how it usually worked.

He started grinning extremely widely. "I guess it's time to get rid of that asthma then." Immediately afterwords, he forced himself to keep running.

Through strenuous activity, you caused your Vit to go up by 1

He couldn't help but laugh. It was so simple, he just had to put his body to its limits! He felt as if he was about to die, but it didn't stop him. Before he could gain any more however, the class was coming to an end.

"Rockbear! That was the first time I've seen you try so hard, keep it up!" yelled out the teacher.

"Thank y-" Kain tried to finish his sentence, but suddenly his mouth was full of vomit and he quickly ran into the privacy of the bathroom before spilling his guts. Okay, maybe he shouldn't push it QUITE that far, but it was still worth it.