Hey guys, and welcome back to Re:Gamer.

And to the Guest who said this Ruto was opposite of Naruto...

Fuck you, that's how.

On a more serious note though, let me ask you this: are you the same as the character you play in games? Taking Team Fortress 2, for example. I am a Korean that loves to play with words. There's nothing like that in there. There's no Asian, period. Pyro's ambiguity doesn't count here.

Crusader Kings II, which is where I got a lot of trait ideas from, don't reflect my personality completely. People call me humble, but I never choose humble for one of my character's traits. I choose proud and genius.

The point of this story is to live a life as a video game. A system that allows one to choose their own personality is the pinnacle of a RPG character. You dismissed it, so go and fuck yourself kid.

Besides, the character history may be from Naruto, but is Naruto a troll or a imp? No? Then why are you asking this in the first place.

For the rest of you who gave me constructive commentary instead of just giving me a middle finger or a dismissive scoff, go on ahead and enjoy the story.

Day 35:

In the morning, I took six "brave" imps and began their training while Shirou used the hatchets I made to cut down the trees in and around our camp.

In the afternoon, we both came together and worked on our forge. I estimated that it would take less than a week to start up a rudimentary forge.

Day 36:

Uneventful. Aside from my own LvL Up.

Day 37:

Again, it was uneventful. But, the small guys did get some LvL Up's on there part. One of them reached LvL 18 today.

Day 40:

Finally, one of the imps evolved. Just like me, he had ended up as a troll, but he was slightly shorter than me and had smaller tusk than I did. He had dark green hair and dark green skin, a perfect combination for a forest dweller. His stat was inferior to both Shirou's stat and mine, though it was still higher than some of the average wildlife here and many of the bullywugs in the swamp valleys below. Actually, he was also that of a different "species" according to his [Observe]; the now-troll was a Forest Troll. It was actually interesting that the troll in question had surprised Ruto a bit.

It had to do with few facts.

First of all, I knew that "special characters" like myself and Shirou were stronger than regular "people" in general.

Second, it spoke of troll's hardiness as a race. Big, after all, does not mean strong. Dwarves for example are one of the smallest races to regularly interact with other races who are taller than them on average.

And what do they do for a living? Mining. One of the most physically strenuous jobs that any flesh and blood being could have for a life profession.

Remember, they are shorter than most races.

But of course, most of this knowledge was that of fantasy games whose laws and rules from my previous world that need not necessarily match that of my current world.

So to learn that trolls have so far outweighed the bullywugs in physical prowess has soothed my stressed mind. It had been something I had been wondering for a long time.

Third, despite the fact that I could see the race of others, I could not see my own. That was strange in and of itself.

And lastly, it seemed to me that trolls were did well in the forests despite their tall stature. Instinctively, the now-troll seemed to grasp the landscape of the forest better as well as how to hunt. Perhaps the last part had more to do with troll's racial trait [Beast Slaying].

But at the end of the day, I was happy for one purpose.

This new troll -whose name I had learned to be Yan- will take over the logging, and Shirou and I will finish the forge for the afternoon operations. After that, I will finally learn the two new skills that looked simply too tempting to not have.

"Uhh, boss, what do I do?" he asked me after the noon break. He still took part in the hunting with other imps as he needed to get used to his body. Whether it was because of this world's laws of nature or species special trait, Yan did adapt quickly to my demand, which was good.

"You had your fill?" I asked him.

He nodded vigorously.

I had taken into the factor that with increased size, Yan would need more food just as Shirou and I had needed more food. As such, I had used [Observe] on bushes, and gathered as much berries as I could on top of the meat the hunters of this colony -aka me, Shirou, Yan, and the imps who volunteered (they got more meat for their serving).

"Good. Then go to Shirou. He'll tell you what to do for today."

Day 42:

It was finished.

By the gods, the Forge was finally finished.

It took us more than a week to get it done, but was it worth it.

It was a makeshift forge at best, and we all knew it. However, the simple fact that we had accomplished one of the first aspects of a civilization with our own hands in this rugged wilderness was something ... profound.

Shirou was the one who spent most time on it, and had been built to suit himself more than not, not that I minded. I was unlikely to use it much unless I really wanted something. I could do that much later anyways. My current priority was setting up our shelter, meaning the wooden fortress.

So far, we had done that pretty well too. We had cleared out approximately a three hundred square meters worth of space. I intended to quadruple that before we begin setting up the wooden walls.

But we would need more people for the manual labor required for construction.

But few of the imps who were not with us training decided to gather berries by small parties. It was good that they were doing something for themselves.

Day 43:

"Okay," Shirou said as we sat down in our private clearing with the forge to my right and his left. "Before I begin to teach you about Projection, I have to explain to you the magic of my world."

I was interested in that. And I doubted it would take me long to learn it.

"Sure. I don't mind."

"The world I came from ... was kind of bitter. Magic was slowly losing its potential while the normal people around us were slowly making headway into things that only magecraft could have done just few decades before. Not only that, Gaia was attempting to kill us. It went far as to create these dangerous creatures called the True Ancestors, beings who fed on human blood as a result of their ... imperfect creation, should I say.

"Vampires?"

"Calling them vampire would be like calling a dust mite a tarantula. A single Ancestor is capable of wiping cities out within hours, small nations if they really wanted to. And unlike us, Gaia provided them with all the prana necessary and didn't interfere in their magecraft. In fact, because they were part of Gaia itself, the planet, they were able to enact Marble Phantasm. It's the ability of a True Ancestor to connect their will to nature, to interfere on probabilities, and to transfigure the surrounding world at will according to their vision of the world.

"And unlike them, us magi were just that; humans with special extra powers. We possessed something called magic circuits-"

"Hey, that sounds like a chakra network."

"Chakra?"

"Oh yeah. Uhh... I was never good at studying, so I'll have to sum it up. It's basically a mixture of physical and spiritual energy. It's something every single living being possesses without exception, but one can only use it if they were trained from young age."

"I wonder what my world would have been like with chakra."

"Probably bad. My home was filled with violence was war from the start to the end."

"Guess not then. Moving on.

"Magic Circuit is something that connects one's soul to their power, and powers our magecraft. We use the magic generated by our soul to power our magecraft, which is the artificial reenactment of a miracle... or something like that.

"Projection, or Gradation Air, which is the formal name, is one such magecraft. It produces tangible objects with our magical energy, and as such, it does not last forever."

"Huh, that's complicated. Sort of."

Shirou shrugged. "I was considered to not be the best of the magi. In fact, I would say that I was at the bottom of the spectrum, even if I did create my own magecraft."

"What did you make?"

"Tracing. It's my own version of Projection that incorporates Structural Analysis."

There was a bit of silence before I understood everything. "Okay, then let's get started on Projection. What do I do?"

"You just draw out your energy and shape it."

I blinked.

"That's it?"

"You won't be saying that once you successfully finish your first real projection."

Day 44:

I decided to hunt by myself today. Well, it was a mix of reconnaissance and hunting in one. I left the morning training of the imps to Yan and Shirou. Hopefully, no one will get hurt.

My LvL was now at 37. It was not high as I could have made it with decent opponents, but I had done my best with what I had. It seemed that one of the bigger settlements, especially the one I attacked, had dissolved into anarchy after I left. Now, there were much less bullywugs in the area than before.

Security had also been lax as a result, and I knew that I could easily hunt there.

And that was the reconnaissance part of this expedition: to see if bullywugs were that thoroughly occupying and patrolling the valleys.

I also came here to practice [Projection] and [Structural Analysis]. Yesterday, Shirou had taught me the basics of [Projection] that he learned from his friend -in past life- and I worked on it all day long. It took me seven hours, but once I was done with it, I no longer needed to carry around my weapons at the cost of my mana, which was useless until now anyway.

Apparently, [Structural Analysis] was so similar to [Observe] that it added to [Observe]'s capabilities, allowing me to see the makeup of objects.

I traveled slowly by foot on the forest floor, and watched as the trees in the mountains start to grow taller as I made my way down.

By the time my foot touched the swamp, the canopies had risen by thrice compared to what I was used to in the mountains. But by no means was this place open. There were shrubs and bushes everywhere, concentrated in areas where sunlight penetrated the canopy above. There were puddles everywhere, and there were large tracts of mud. Moss, in particular, was everywhere.

I pulled out my bow and arrow, whose quality was of Normal, and readied myself for any kind of confrontation.

One of the new skills I had learned was the [Sonar]. I got really curious with how bats in one of the mountain caves looked in the deep darkness of the caves. So I used [Observe] on them until I found the information.

Sounds, apparently. I tried to mimic it, and did very poorly for five days. Everyone stared at me as if I had finally gone crazy, not if I had.

I shrugged it off. At least I explained it to Shirou, who seemed to understand what I was trying to do.

Instead of looking at me as if I was crazy, he gave me stares of pity.

Ouch.

But I managed it yesterday in the dark.

It was still LvL 1, but it allowed me to map out a very vague 3D map of the world around me. The current range was set at 5 meters. So no melee ambush can get me ... I hoped.

But I was actively using it, and hopefully, its LvL will rise up pretty fast.

crunch

The footstep was soft, and it was not mine; I was standing still ever since I entered the swamp.

It was also outside of my [Sonar]'s range, which meant that I had no idea who and where the sound was coming from outside of general direction ... which was directly in front of me.

crunch crunch crunch

...Wide feet, multiple landings, suggesting it was at least quad-pedal in nature.

Crunches were from leaves and twigs, suggesting it was using only land for travel so far.

I crouched down low.

It was passing by where I was, so I made myself small as possible.

...

Could it smell me?

I nocked the arrow on the string, and pulled it back just slightly.

Then it appeared in my [Sonar].

It was long like a lizard, but it stood at a five feet at its shoulder, making it almost as tall as me should it raise its head. It had three pairs of legs, each of which were powerfully muscled.

It was looking for something, but I was covered by the numerous bushes and shrubs that it could not see me.

"[Observe]."

Young Basilisk (LvL 45)

HP: 550

STR: 100
DEX: 47
AGI: 38
END: 55
INT: 10
WIS: 7
CHA: 6

Description:
Basilisks are one of the most dangerous creatures inhabit the swamp. They feed on anything and everything that comes across their path. Like their cousin Komodo Dragons, Basilisks carry pools of bacteria in their mouth that will guarantee infection with a single bite.

And it was fucking powerful. Holy shit, 100 strength? How much damage was that? And it was faster than me! And it would infect me? That was in no way good.

...

But... But...

If I killed this thing, how much EXP would I gain? For a single fight, could I even gain multiple LvLs like before? It was obviously beyond my status, but could I?

I pondered for a bit before I made my choice.

I pulled my arrow back, infusing bit of magic, and fired.

I watched in slow-motion as the arrow flew from my bow, jerking side to side as it flew.

Then time resumed normally, and I heard a thwack! The basilisk twisted around itself, jerking its head side to side trying to find who hurt it. The arrow had struck the scales in its neck, and it bled little.

-40 Physical Damage

Ping!

New Skill!
Archery [LvL 1]
Headshot is too easy. Eyeball shot, it is!
*+1% of Critically Striking per LvL
*+1 arrow shot without sacrificing accuracy every 15 LvL
*+(your DEX - target's DEX*2) + DEX - 10% per (Archery LvL)*0.1 kilometer
*Double EXP gain for Archery if kills are made with Headshots or Neckshots
*Triple EXP for Archery if kills are made with Eyeshots

I dismissed it without skimming over it properly. All I got was that my archery was better than before. Really, the shot I made several nights ago was complete shot in the blind. Perhaps I had a lot of luck... something I have yet to see in this world's status screens.

I quickly pulled out another arrow, nocked it, and let it loose.

The second arrow ripped through bushes, and struck the basilisk on the thigh.

Young Basilisk (HP: 520/550)

"Well, damn," I muttered. My arrows did only 10 damage to it without me getting striking anything soft.

In hindsight, I should not have spoken anything.

The basilisk honed in on my voice, and charged at me.

I became more alert immediately, and I climbed up the tree right next to me without hesitation. The basilisk slammed into the base of the tree, and it shook. Unfortunately for the basilisk, it also stunned itself in its wild charge.

I took this point to tightly wrap my legs around the tree trunk while holding out my bow and nocking the arrow. I aimed for its eye, and fired.

It missed, but it did get its jaw.

It snapped out of its stun, and screeched at me.

I stuck my tongue out in return.

I fired another shot, but this time, the basilisk dodged.

Then it body slammed the tree, and it shook. A lot.

My grip slipped, and I felt myself fall. Without hesitation, I stopped nocking, letting the arrow go free to wherever it will, and latched unto the tree with both of my arms.

The basilisk slammed into the tree several more times before it gave up and walked away ... or would have had I not shot it again, this time on its back.

It let out a roar and went back to slamming itself in the tree.

I [Observe]d.

Young Basilisk: 510/550

This was going to take a while.

I had gotten it down to 260 HP before it decided to cut its losses and fled.

I quickly got down and chased after it, landing arrows after arrows as long as it was within my range. But more than half of the arrows I made with [Projection] missed or struck tree trunks and other obstacles. Thankfully, I would never run out of mundane arrows, as Shirou called them, because they only cost 1.5 MP to make.

The basilisk jumped out of a dense growth, and fell down a small hill.

I quickly chased after it, but the moment I jumped out of the bushes, my eyes widened.

It was a village.

With bullywugs.

Watching me.

...Didn't know there was a bullywug village so close.

"Shit."

"CRRRAAHHHH!"

That sounded like "get him!"

"Crap."

Character Status by the end of Day 40

Naruto [Imp Ruto] [Troll Ruto]
LvL 37
The Gamer

HP: 168.5 (+1.5 HP per hour regen)
Mana: 590 (+5.9 per minute regen)

STR: 81
DEX: 38
AGI: 35
END: 38
INT: 59
WIS: 60
CHA: 20
Unused Points: 166

Spirit: 35
Magic: 24
Power: 24

Traits Taken + Earned:
Ambitious, Quick, Genius, Weak, Cynical, Stressed, Content, Teacher[Neutral] (Unavailable), Power Overwhelming

Focus:
Growing

Racial Traits:
Beast Slaying (max)
Troll Blood (max)

Skills:
Archery (LvL 1)
Ambush (LvL 7)
Baiting (LvL 21)
Blade Mastery (LvL 4)
Charging (LvL 7)
Clairvoyance (LvL 1)
Crafting (LvL 2)
Fishing (LvL 6)
Intimidation (LvL 7)
Leadership (LvL 7)
Listening (LvL 12)
Observe (LvL 40) + Structural Analysis
Physical Durability (LvL 1)
Projection (LvL 2)
Running (LvL 14)
Sonar (LvL 2)
Throwing (LvL 10)
Trapping (LvL 19)