AN: First off I'd like to thank Heroma who heroically volunteered to beta read this chapter. Disclaimer: The first chapter is a bit older and was released as a bit of a test to see if people liked the basic idea, so if you want to get a good feel for the story and higher quality writing I recommend reading chapter 2. The second chapter had a lot more time poured into it and S. law's help with a lot of the scenes. CONGRATULATIONS YOU DIED!
"Good job me! Oh and who are you?"
YOU CAN CALL ME THE SYSTEM.
"Okay, so what now, do I get to find out what happens after death or something.I was always curious about that?"
YOU WILL BE REBORN WITH THE ABILITIES OF THE GAMER.
When I was about to ask what the voice meant I heard a ping.
I immediately looked in the direction of the noise.
Skill Obtained
Gamer's spirit – Passive
Keeps the user calm
Grants immunity to mental attacks.
Skill Obtained
Gamer's body – Passive
Grants the user a game like body.
Was this what the system was talking about? I didn't get to finish my train of thought because a new text box appeared accompanied by the familiar ping sound.
Choose your name:
I don't remember my name, and I was always bad at naming. What's the most generic name I can think of?
Choose your name:
John Smith
Yeah, that's good enough for now, and hilarious to hear people say.
Choose your race:
Human | ? | ?
"Why is the only awailable race a human?"
THE OTHER RACES HAVEN'T BEEN UNLOCKED YET.
"Well that's not even a decision then."
Choose your class type:
Fighter | Mage | Thief | Ranger
Thief could be useful but I don't know where I'll end up, some world's have crazy sensory abilities. Ranger most likely means guns, bows and all sorts of ranged weaponry, the issue with that is the lack of close range options. As fun as beating people up with my bare fist would be the smarter choice is mage.
Choose your class:
Elementalist | Support | Illusionist | Summoner
Support is out immediately because I would rather not risk needing others.
Illusionist could be useful, but illusions can only do so much in a combat scenario.
With that in mind the only 2 logical options are Elementalist and Summoner.
Both have huge potential, but I think I'll take Summoner. I can only be at one place at once, summons could change that and why would I risk my life in a fight when I could have someone fight for me.
Choose your specialization:
Elemental Summoning | Necromancy | Void Calling | Demonology | Golemancy
Elemental Summoning, Necromancy and Golemancy I understand
but Void Calling and Demonology are surprises.
Demonology feels too risky to me and I don't want to deal with Demons and their trickery.
Golemancy might require resources that I won't acquire.
Necromancy usually requires corpses which are an entirely different type of difficult to get.
That leaves Elemental Summoning and Void Calling.
The only Void that could be related to summoning that I can think of off the top of my head is the one from League of Legends. Malzahar could summon creatures from the void and there were other champions related to the void like Cho'gath and Vel'koz. Both of which would make great summons.
The safer option would be Elemental Summoning, Void Calling is high risk high reward.
I should go with Elemental Summoning, but they do say nothing ventured, nothing gained, fuck it.
The Voids Call blocked with Gamer's spirit
Class Obtained
Voidcaller
You hear the call of the void. If it doesn't drive you insane you could learn to channel it's power.
Skill Obtained
Summon Voidling – Active (Lv.1)
Summons a Voidling that obeys your every command.
Max 1
Currently occupied 0/1
Cost 50 MP
Skill Obtained
Void Touch – Active (Lv.1)
Your touch infects the target with void energy.
Void energy deals damage over time and increases void based damage.
Cost 20 MP
Skill Obtained
Void Blast – Active (Lv.1)
Creates a ball of void energy that explodes on impact.
Cost 25 MP
Skill Obtained
Void Touched - Passive
The void left its mark on you.
Void creatures are less likely to attack you.
Thank god for Gamer's spirit. My new life almost ended before it began.
Roll for one positive and one negative trade?:
Y | NShould I? I really shouldn't, but the void gamble kind of paid off….
Skill Obtained Skill Obtained
General's Ambition - Passive
Doubles your maximum summon capacity.
Megalomaniac - Passive
You need power and control no matter what.
Hell yeah! I can work with that!
THE CHARACTER CREATION IS OVER BEGINNING TRANSPORTATION TO THE STARTING WORLD.
I find myself in a forest.I could only see trees around exploration can wait for now. I need to figure out what abilities I have as a Gamer.
"Okay, is there anything like a status screen?"
John Smith
Class – Void Caller (Lv.1)
Race – Human
HP – 100 (10 per minute)
MP – 100 (20 per 30 seconds)
STR – 10
VIT – 10
DEX – 10
INT – 10
WIS – 10
CHA – 10
LCK – 10
Points available – 0
Okay that's progress but what do these stats equal to? Obviously VIT is vitality, but what does 10 points in VIT mean?
STR REPRESENTS YOUR PHYSICAL FITNESS
YOUR HP IS EQUAL TO 10 TIMES YOUR VIT
AND YOUR HP REGEN IS EQUAL TO YOUR VIT.
DEX REPRESENTS HOW FAST YOU CAN MOVE, YOUR REACTION SPEED AND FINESSE.
INT REPRESENTS YOUR INTELLIGENCE
YOUR MP IS EQUAL TO 10 TIMES YOUR INT.
WIS REPRESENTS YOUR ABILITY TO UTILIZE YOUR INTELLIGENCE
YOUR MP REGEN IS 2 TIMES YOUR WIS.
CHA REPRESENTS YOUR CHARISMA.
LCK REPRESENTS YOUR LUCK.
Those aren't really detailed descriptions, but it was more than what I expected. So the stats that would benefit my class the most would be INT and WIS. CHA and LCK are different from others and feel more like out of combat stats, though that's arguable with luck but I digress. STR and DEX probably help with the Fighter and Thief class types respectively and most likely the Ranger as well.
Now what else does the Gamer give me? I have skills, stats and classes. The only other thing I can think of is an inventory. Before me a box with a lot of empty slots appeared. So that answers that, what now?
I hear a branch snapping behind me and turn around to see a huge black werewolf-like creature covered partially in white bone armor, the biggest piece being the mask over the creature's head. A beowulf.
It prepares to lunge at me. I jump to the side as the beowulf jumps to where I was standing.
I try to summon a voidling but nothing happens. "Fuck! How do I use skills?" I yell in anger. Voice activation? It's worth a shot. "Summon Voidling!" After the words leave my mouth a small spider-like monster appears next to me.
"Attack the beowulf!" I shout to my summon. "Void Touch!" synchronizing the attack with my minion. As I touch the beowulf multiple small purple lightning arcs begin to move from my hand to its body. "Status!"
John Smith
Class – Void Caller (Lv.1)
Race – Human
HP – 100 (10 per minute)
MP – 30 (20 per 30 seconds)
STR – 10
VIT – 10
DEX – 10
INT – 10
WIS – 10
CHA – 10
LCK – 10
Points available – 0
I move away from the creature and look for any signs of damage. I can't see any wounds my skill inflicted, so I look at the head of the creature on which my voidling is slashing away at the mask. To my surprise my summon is able to damage the bone mask and starts ripping apart the monster's flesh viciously. Its attacks become faster and faster due to the void energy spreading through its victims body courtesy of my void touch.
After a moment the Grimm turns to dust and disappears.
Skill Gained
Observe – Active (Lv.1)
Shows information about target
Level up.
Shit I panicked and forgot to summon the second one. "I'm not going to survive long if one regular beowulf takes so long to take down." I say while I notice something laying on the ground. "Observe."
100 Lien bill
Amount: 1
Type: Currency
That's a good amount if lien is about the same value as US dollars. That's something to figure out for later. "Status."
John Smith
Class – Void Caller (Lv.2)
Race – Human
HP – 110 (11 per minute)
MP – 50 (22 per 30 seconds)
STR – 11
VIT – 11
DEX – 11
INT – 11
WIS – 11
CHA – 11
LCK – 11
Points available – 5
Okay so stats increase by 1 per level and I get an additional 5 points I can put into anything. My best bet right now is probably either WIS or INT. I didn't get the chance to use Void Blast, but I think it will definitely be useful in the future, considering it's my only ranged option.
Speaking of skills, there is probably a way to view a list of them or something like that. "Skills." Megalomaniac - Passive
General's Ambition - Passive
Doubles your maximum summon capacity.
You need power and control no matter what.
Void Touched - Passive
The void left its mark on you.
Void creatures are less likely to attack you.
Gamer's spirit – Passive
Keeps the user calm
Grants immunity to mental attacks.
Gamer's body – Passive
Grants the user a game like body. Summon Voidling – Active (Lv.2)
Summons a Voidling that obeys your every command.
Max 4
Currently occupied 1/4
Cost 50 MP
Void Touch – Active (Lv.2)
Your touch infects the target with void energy.
Void energy deals damage over time and increases void based damage and other void based effects.
Cost 20 MP
Void Blast – Active (Lv.1)
Creates a ball of void energy that explodes on impact.
Cost 25 MP
Observe – Active (Lv.1)
Shows information about target
The skills I used have leveled up, and it seems that Summon Voidling's limit increases by 1 per level. Assuming that the maximum is level 100 then I get to double that and I have a sizable army. A voidling is about as big as a small dog and about 1.5 are needed to take care of 1 beowulf. Grimms white armor isn't a big issue to them, so they could probably kill an older grimm with enough time. Wait, I can just check its stats and calculate based on that. "Observe."
Voidling
Type: Basic
HP 50/50
MP 0/0
That's not what I expected but still not bad. Type Basic means there are other types, which I could try to summon. It's quite fast and deadly, I can't be sure how fast exactly because of the lack of stats. The fact it has an MP stat could suggest some types could use magic but that's purely speculation.
I could try summoning a different type of voidling considering the fact I have empty slots. What type could be useful? For now, I suppose a tank would help a lot considering we're both squishy.
I don't have a strong enough frontline to worry about creating a back line. A beetle type voidling could fill that role but how do I choose what gets summoned.
During the fight I was thinking about the voidling from the game so maybe imagining it is enough?
"Summon Voidling." As the words leave my mouth a small creature appears. It resembles a corrupted ironclad beetle. In terms of coloring it's gray and purple like the Basic type. "Observe."
Voidling
Type: Ironclad beetle
HP 1000/1000
MP 0/0
The experiment went great. I'm going to guess that the massive HP increase was a trade for speed and damage. I wonder how void energy interacts with it. Now let's see if that leveled up the skill. "Skills."
Summon Voidling – Active (Lv.2)
Summons a Voidling that obeys your every command.
Max 4
Currently occupied 2/4
Cost 50 MP
So skill's most likely only level up in combat. With the basics out of the way we can move onto figuring out where I am. I'll climb a tree and check the surroundings. After climbing up to the top of the tree I saw a huge tower surrounded by other buildings.
…
…
…
"Really? Right next to Beacon?" Now I know where but not when in relation to canon. I can't just go to the town and ask for a date, because those would mean nothing to me and I would come off as incredibly weird and suspicious. Beacon isn't destroyed so either I'm before it's destruction or a long time after. Wait, the Vytal Festival is an international event, so there probably is information on when it's happening somewhere.
For now, I'll try to hunt a few more grimm for lien and xp, after that I'll head to Vale.
I still have 2 slots free for summoning. Let's think this through: I have a tank and an assassin type dps, I act like a support going in once to apply void touch, after that I'll just distract and attack with void blast. I think the best option for me now would be to just get another pair of tank and dps voidlings to cover multiple targets. My capacity is too small to organize a well rounded team.
-xXx-
"Status."
John Smith
Class – Void Caller (Lv.5)
Race – Human
HP – 95 (14 per minute)
MP – 20 (28 per 30 seconds)
STR – 14
VIT – 14
DEX – 14
INT – 14
WIS – 14
CHA – 14
LCK – 14
Points available – 20
Killing a few packs of beowulfs, not bigger than three of course, got me to level 5. I got a bit beat up but that doesn't really matter and that beowulf got a lucky hit in when I was fighting the other two, still angry about that.
"Skills." Summon Voidling – Active (Lv.4)
Summons a Voidling that obeys your every command.
Max 8
Currently occupied 4/8
Cost 50 MP
Void Touch – Active (Lv.5)
Your touch infects the target with void energy.
Void energy deals damage over time and increases void based damage and other void based effects.
Cost 25 MP
Void Blast – Active (Lv.4)
Creates a ball of void energy that explodes on impact.
Cost 25 MP
Observe – Active (Lv.5)
Shows information about target
Huh no new skills so far but General's Ambition is already showing how good it truly is. I decide to walk over to a nearby pond to rest and decide how I want to distribute my summon slots.
Approaching the pond I notice my reflection. My face is different than it was before my death, I have a very defined bone structure, green eyes, light brown hair and lightly tanned skin. I have a pretty light build and I'm about 6'3 tall. I'm wearing a sleeveless black tank top, on top of which is a vest of the same colour, and black baggy trousers .
Deciding it's probably the best idea to focus on something else I review my current summons.
Two ironclad beetle's and two basics, after a bit of consideration I decide to summon two more beetle's. I should make a ranged unit, there are a couple of ways I could go about this but I'll go for a hybrid approach. I imagine fruit bat-like creatures but with a kangaroo-like sack on their lower chest area.
"Observe."
Voidling
Type: Modified fruit bat
HP 75/75
MP 10/10
The idea behind these is for them to function like bombers. They put rocks into their sack, imbue them with void energy and drop them on their enemies, after running out they could either refill or start swooping in and attacking, a hit and run tactic.
"Now to count up how much lien I got." After counting all the lien it summed up to about 900 lien, I'm not sure how much that really is but let's stay positive.
When I was about to get up and start walking towards the city I heard screaming. It sounds like a male voice. Coming from the sky? Stopping my train of thought I focus on a red and black spot that seems to be falling at me from the sky.
"Watch out!"