Chapter 1: Bullshitting and Training
"What." is exactly what I expected from the Arc Matriarch.
"I was walking home when suddenly I hear the horn of a truck from my left. As soon as I turn to look all I see is a flash of bright light a lot of fucking pain then next thing I know is that I'm falling out of the sky into a potentially Grimm infested forest." I say with partially fake annoyance. I didn't have to fake it much as that's really what happened with my death.
She looks at me sceptically but from my annoyance, she most likely sees that I have no reason to lie as she has the upper hand.
Through special actions, you have gained the skills [Charged Jump], [Bullshitting]!
[The [Gamer] has been updated! It now includes a [Rank] system for your skills! You can read up on the [Rank] system in the [Help] menu!]
[Bullshitting] -Lvl.1/100- [Passive] Cost: None
[Rank: Amateur]
The art of using lies, half-truths or just plain shit out your mouth is a very rarely mastered skill. Through using this skill the Gamer will be able to make people believe him easier and act out emotions like a pro. You might someday be able to talk yourself out of any situation.
[Charged Jump] -Lvl.1/50- [Passive] Cost: 500 SP
[Rank: Amateur]
As the name says the Gamer charges his jump with SP or rather tenses the muscles more than normal to put more strength into a jump so you can reach greater heights.
Current height: 10 feet
'Okay?'
[Quest Complete!]
You now receive 1000 EXP, 1 skill book and 5000 lien in your [Inventory]!
You have Leveled Up! You now have 30 Stat points to spend!
'Well, at least I got something out of this.'
"Kid" I blinked as I hear the woman's-Alexandria's voice then turn to her.
"What?" I ask as I finally get up and dust myself off.
"You were spacing out," she said as I realized that I was. I need to be more aware of my surroundings or at least make a spell to pick up the slack until I can do it myself. While magic is awesome I don't want to rely on it too much in case something happens to cancel out any/all of my powers then I'm screwed. I should probably learn multiple CQC and weapon styles to be unpredictable as well as level up my stats so that I can get maximum effectiveness out of my broken system and any/all buffs.
Due to your thinking ahead into the future, acknowledging possible future and present weaknesses as well as thinking of maximizing all advantages in full you have risen your WIS by 4!
I flinch as I feel hard steel against my cheek. I look ahead of me again to see Alexandria looking towards me annoyed. She had her black hair down reaching the middle of her back with blue eyes and a black headband on her forehead. Weirdly enough she was only wearing a black sundress(contradicting outfit I know) that barely covered her cleavage with black boots that reached her thighs. Fairly beautiful but Porn/Hentai has spoiled what would probably be a very entrancing sight if I had not watched them. Goddamnit! I forever have been tainted/spoiled of the sight of hot women. (Damn teenage hormones!)
*snap*
"Damn kid, did you hit your head something? If you keep spacing out like that I'll have to have you checked," she said still holding her sword in my face.
"Well, how would you feel if you just woke up in a Grimm infested forest with nothing but the clothes on your back with no weapons what so ever?" I said no emotion lacing my voice thanks to the steady use of [Gamers Mind].
It wasn't shown in the webcomic and I've only seen it on fanfiction but it seems I am capable of controlling it to a certain extent such as using it to control my emotions to such a degree that makes me seem like an emotionless robot. It's a good way to freak people out.
She flinched a little bit, no doubt taken back by my emotionless tone. I guess any person would feel a little weirded out to hear a kid talk like I did. Especially from her title, it seems she's already birthed all eight of her 'canon' children so she's most likely picturing her kids in my place. *sigh* Typical dramatic moms.
"Sorry I shouldn't have snapped at you for that. You were only looking out for the safety of your family and I do look suspicious with all the black and the red eyes." I said using my [Bullshitting] skill to seem genuine which incidentally levelled it up to 5. That nearly made me burst out in laughter at her naivety and I had to disguise it as a cough which caused [Bullshitting] to level up to 6. Okay, so it's one those skills. The comedic ones which are easy to level up because of how unbelievably funny they are. Since it's useful I think it's okay to have it then.
"It's okay. I probably should have guessed that earlier," she said with a small smile.
"Still, I apologize for my outburst," I said as I finally got up off the ground.
"You wouldn't know where I am, would you? Because I've got nowhere to stay and only have around 1,000 Lien left in my pocket. I'm pretty sure my mom's gone and my dad's a douche so he won't even let me live with him and my sister's gone too so if you could point me towards a motel or something? I could probably pay rent by working there." I said using [Bullshitting] to make myself look a little desperate and afraid. I don't need a place to stay as with [Gamer's Mind] and [Gamer's Body] I don't need to sleep or eat. I could probably spend all my night's training so that I can power level myself into Godhood. People underestimate what someone with the Gamer power could do with nearly unlimited time and no attachments. I'll just show them.
"I know some people that would be glad to take you in but I think if it's better if we go into my house to sort this out better," she said as she turns around and walked to the house behind her.
It was large having about 2 floors with a myriad of windows and a plain-looking door as the entrance, well back entrance seeing as how she said earlier it was her backyard.
Walking closely behind I had to shake my head as I found my eyes wondering her wonderful form. Damn teenage hormones thank God I can control myself thanks to [Gamer's Mind]. Plus she's married as well as older than me, she wouldn't be interested in me what so ever.
Following inside the house I see that I must have interrupted something because as soon as I step inside I'm assaulted with glares from everyone except Alexandria and from who else the White Knight himself Jaune Arc. This proves it. I was a little sceptical at first but now seeing him in front of me has wiped away all my doubts. I'm really in Remnant and there's most likely no going home for me.
"Sorry I took so long. I went to check what the noise around back was and found this." Alexandria said casually as seven blonde girls, as well as a blonde-haired man, glared at me while Jaune looked at me confused.
"Yo, sorry if I was interrupting something," I said casually as I leaned against a wall next to the door returning their glares with an apologetic look and some apathy thanks to the [Bullshitting] skill. I looked at their titles closely. All except Jaune were just '?' marks. Jaune was at 10 though and had about 100 in [Aura](this means he has about 30,000 AP) so that explains the huge amount of Aura in Canon.
Jeanne Arc
The First Crescent Moon
Lvl.?
Rose Arc
The Second Crescent Moon
Lvl. ?
Crimson Arc
The Third Crescent Moon
Lvl. ?
Morgana Arc
The Fourth Crescent Moon
Lvl. ?
Cordelia Arc
The Fifth Crescent Moon
Lvl. ?
Violet Arc
The Sixth Crescent Moon
Lvl. ?
Noir Arc
The Seventh Crescent Moon
Lvl. ?
Jaune Arc
The Eighth Crescent Moon
Lvl. 10
"Holy shit what the fuck are you guys!? Bunnies!? I mean come on 8 kids!? Were you trying to complete some mystic prophecy or something if you tried that many times and only had 1 boy!?" I shouted after looking at them all closely. All the Arc sisters seem to be only a year apart except Violet and Noir who are twins. They also seem to look exactly alike which kind off gives me the creeps since they're all adults and all their boyfriends probably get confused.
The father who I can see is named Jonas Arc titled Knight of the Golden Crescent Moon is smirking. I want to give him the universal 'Fuck you' sign otherwise known as the middle finger but it seems inappropriate for the situation.
...
Meh, he ain't worth it.
"No, but we wanted a boy." He(Jonas) said amused. Oh, you find this funny you blue-eyed motherfucker? Well, your just lucky your wife has Aura or else she would have died from the stress of having so many kids.
"Hmm," I hummed not really believing shit of what he just said but putting it away in the back of my mind under the 'None of my business' pile.
"Well let's begin by introducing ourselves. I'm Alexandria Arc, this is my husband Jonas, My daughters Jeanne, Rose, Crimson, Morgana, Cordelia, Violet, and Noir. The last one is our son Jaune." She said bringing me back out of my thoughts.
"My name is Alduin. Just Alduin, no last name. Nice to meet' cha." I said nonchalantly. Oh my god, why do I sound and feel like an asshole talking like this?
"Your parents named you after the World-Eater?" Jeanne replies looking more wary of me now. Oh, Lord don't tell me that this is a parallel version of Remnant where the original Alduin came here or some shit like that. They were already not very trusting of me.
"Yeah," I said internally cursing myself for picking the name.
Due to telling the Arc family what your name represents you have gained slight distrust! -50 rep with the Arc family except for Jaune Arc who you have gained +75 rep with granting you the relationship [Mysterious]!
So apparently names have a certain weight in Remnant. Is this the 'canon' Remnant or an AU? Wait doesn't matter now what was I going to do? Oh, right!
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~One Week Later~-{Forest}
Well, good stuff and bad stuff happened in my first week. Well, first Alexandria and Jonas decided I could stay with them as long I did some chores for them which was freaking ALL of them. Seriously, the only one who can cook is Jaune and Jonas with all the girls being natural disasters in the kitchen as well as being useless at chores. Jeanne tried to wash the dishes. Key word being tried as Jonas, Jaune and I had to run around catching dishes flying out of the dishwasher. I mean, come on who fucking forgets to close the fucking dishwasher!? I managed to raise my DEX and VIT to 10 each thanks to those murderous things. Who the fuck has metal plates anyway!?
It was left to Jaune and me as Jonas goes on a lot of missions and Jaune can barely handle all his mother and sisters' shenanigans. Yeah, you heard that right MOTHER and sisters. While Alexandria acts serious when called for it. But she normally acts like a child. And that's saying something as I'm supposed to be the kid here.
I didn't just do chores all the time though. Thanks to both the Gamer skills I don't need to sleep or eat. I would do the chores early in the morning then used my new [Meditate] skill that I got on my first night here to try and awaken my different energies. Didn't work though at least I found out something interesting.
I found a couple of skill books around the house most were domestic like cookbooks but I found one combat skill, [Sword Proficiency]. I didn't want anyone asking about missing books so I tried reading it to see if I could get anything out of it. I got 5 WIS that raised it to 14 and 5 INTs which also raised that stat to 10. Fortunately, it worked and I found out a new way to raise my skills without actually absorbing a book and training.
Reading them.
Now you might be thinking 'What?' that's not how the Gamer works right? But answer me this? Did the first Gamer Han-Jee-Han ever explore this? No, he didn't! Every time he got a skill book he would either immediately absorb it or put it away until he reached the stat requirement.
It turns out that you can level skills from skill books by just reading the book but it's not immediate. You have to process the information and understand it first but since I've been reading the book over and over I levelled my INT to 15 and WIS to 15 also by the middle of the week as well as managing to get [Sword Proficiency] to level 50 in the same amount of time. That seems like a lot right well it is technically to everyone else but not to me. Remember the Ranks system? Well, I found out since I'm a multiversal traveller my skills are ranked on a Multiversal scale. The ranks are:
[Amateur]
[Beginner]
[Intermediate]
[Adept]
[Advanced]
[Master]
[Grand Master]
[Legendary]
[Godly]
[Primordial]
A lot of Ranks huh? Well, here's another shocker. Even the best fighters like Ozpin or Cinder are still only high [Adept] level in all their skills. How do I know this? Well, the Game told me of course. The thing is there are a lot of worlds superior to this one and as such the system scales to those standards because eventually whether I want it or not I'll have to leave this world. When I found out about this I spent more time meditating levelling it up to 10 which turned its level one 3% increase in recovery of health, stamina, and energy to 30% per minute. I can't wait for it to rank up so I can continue levelling it as the max of its old rank will become its base recovery at level one of its new rank! Meaning when it reaches 300% at level 100 of [Amateur], then when it ranks up to level 1[Beginner] it will still be 300%! This is the most OP system ever! (Still in Amateur level for all except Gamer skills though :P )
Now back to what I was going to monologue about! The earlier mentioned was only half of the week. For the rest of the week, I would use any training tools they had so that I could up my stats. I couldn't up Aura or Reiatsu yet as for when I looked on how to raise them in the help menu it said all I had to do was keep exhausting my reserves repeatedly to raise them which I couldn't do as they're locked. I didn't want to use any stat points as they were precious and I couldn't just go out to train as Alexandria and Jonas still have the [Slight Distrust] rep with me so I'm usually cooped up in the house with Jaune whom everyone but me seems overprotective of. I resolved that today was when I would see if I could get the [ID Create] so that I can train up Jaune and myself as I told him to meet me in the backyard around 10 am. It's time I got serious in my preparations.
Sitting in a grass-covered clearing outside the village walls with the sounds of wildlife around me, I sat in a meditative position with my hand pointed upwards in front of my face. Through all the meditation I managed to identify my Mana a bit. I never drew it outside my body as I don't know if any Huntsmen can sense it, but I would still sometimes nudge it just to keep it flowing.
Still, on the ground, I concentrated on following the instructions I remembered from the Gamer. When I thought I got it I raised my hand above my head and let it burst out. The next thing I know is that it's eerily quiet.
Through a special action, you have created the skill [ID Create]!
[ID Create]-Lvl.1/100-(Active) MP cost: 500 MP [EXP 0.5%]
Used to create instant dungeons. Stronger instant dungeons may be created at higher levels.
Currently available ID list:
Empty ID
And now to exit this desolate place.
Through a special action, you have created the skill [ID Escape]!
I spent the next 10 minutes spamming it till it reached level 3 and then checked to see what changed.
[ID Create]-Lvl.3/100-(Active) MP cost: 500 MP [EXP 54%]
Used to create instant dungeons. Stronger instant dungeons may be created at higher levels.
Currently available ID list:
Empty ID: Monsters: None
Monsters: Zombies
Monsters: Beowulf
'So they give me the standard Gamer version and the Remnant version IDs.' I thought as I used [ID Escape] to leave the dungeon which levelled it up to level 4.
"Hey, Al!" a voice called out as I turned around to see Jaune running towards my location.
"Hey, Jaune. Glad you could make it." I say apathetically as he stopped a few meters in front of me. I looked to see his SP was empty. How much did he run to get it empty? Though I could most likely run for eternity with my SP regen and that the [Running] skill is now level 19 which takes 310 SP per minute but since I regenerate about 1500 SP per minute now it's kind of cheating.
"What did you call me out here?" he said as he finally got his breathing under control.
"Sit and we'll talk," I said as I lead him out to under a large shady tree and sat down patting in front of me silently informing him to sit in front of me. It was kind of weird since he's taller than me but it's okay.
"Now Jaune tell me what do you know about Huntsman?" I asked
"Well I know they hunt Grimm, are very strong, use Dust and have fantastic weapons but that's about it. My family never really wanted me to pursue the life of a Huntsman, they say I'm not very fit for it. They don't even let me train." he said solemnly.
Well, it looks like it was one of those worlds. Jaune is a late bloomer and as such his family gives up on training him. He probably would be on the same level as the other first years of Beacon if they just kept trying. Though there is also the possibility that whatever style they tried to teach him just wasn't fit for him.
I don't believe the theory that I heard a lot back home about Jaune being a kinetic learner. I mean he must have practised at some point and would have most likely been stronger in canon if he had been a kinetic learner.
*poke*
"What was that for?" I asked as I looked at the intruder of my monologue.
"You were spacing out," he said. I've been spacing out a lot this week I have to-
*poke*
"What?" I asked irritably
"You were doing it again," he said with a smug grin. Must...resist...urge...to punch...face!
"Sorry, I was thinking about something. Back on topic though, what if I told you there was a way to become strong enough to be prepared to take the last-minute battle exam so you could get into...say Beacon?" I said. He flinched as I said Beacon meaning he probably already forged his transcripts or was thinking of doing it. I already checked the timeline a bit with my new scroll and saw that it was 6 months before Beacon so we have more than enough time to get strong enough.
"I know a way that we can grow stronger in time for the test well it's actually just me but I can make it work for you too so that way we can both become stronger," I said as I folded my arms and looked him in the eyes to convey a friendly but serious atmosphere around me.
"What is it?" he asked with a curious but shocked look as he saw that I was indeed not bullshitting him.
"Wait one second," I say as I closed my eyes for dramatic effect.
'Create Party.' I thought as a mechanical female voice responded to me in my head.
Party has been created! What would you like to name it?
'The first step of Godhood'
Are you sure you want to name your party 'First step of Godhood'?
'Yes.'
Opening my eyes I said softly "Invite Jaune Arc to 'The first step of Godhood'"
As the screen appeared in front of him I watched as his face contorted into shock then confusion then into shock again.
*Slap!*
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" he cried out as I looked away innocently then turned back to him having a cheeky smirk on my face not that he saw it through my face mask.
"You were spacing out and I don't like cheeky brats," I said cheekily as he just glared then looked back to the screen.
"What's this?" He asked me
"Do you know what an RPG is? And if you tell me it's DRPG I. Will. Cut you. Understand?" I said glaring as I've gotten annoyed with nearly EVERYTHING having 'Dust' in the name. I mean they even fucking have curse words with it and some even pray to the things! At first, when I heard any of Jaune's family curse like that it was funny but now it's just so DAMN ANNOYING!
*Ping*!
You have gained the skill [Intimidate]!
'Not now!' I thought irritably.
"Yeah I know them," he said trying to shrink into himself away from me out of fright. Why I haven't gotten a body reading skill for being able to tell this stuff is weird.
"Well, this ability I can live my life like those games. I level up, get loot, able to make and destroy dungeons and I also have Stat points to put into different stats like strength or intelligence. This is the party system which allows me to give other people a lesser set of my powers until I expel them from the party." I said as he got an excited look on his face.
I look at him seriously though bringing him out of his fantasies.
"I'm trusting you with a very important secret Jaune. No one can know that I have this. I'm not one to normally share secrets like this in fact if it were up to me I would have helped you out without it but that would take too long we have 6 months left to get you into Beacon as well as up to par with your peers so I don't have much of a choice. I see potential in you Jaune. You're gonna be something great someday I just know it." I said looking into his eyes to see that he was surprised and...happy? I didn't think it would be that bad. But it seems the way how his family saw him as a fragile piece of glass seemed have made him lose confidence in himself.
'I'll help you Jaune. You were my favourite character for a reason but now that I know, seen and felt that you're real I can say that besides my family and Gaia your my most favourite person in the world. You're a good person. You have a nice dream and have the guts to follow it from what I've seen. I'll help you out. While Pyrrah was never my most liked character/person I'll still help you woo her just to make you happy.' I thought with determination I never knew I had. This dude has and will be dealt with quite a bit of shit in his life. Maybe not as much as others but still quite a bit. I hope- NO! I KNOW that I can and will help him!
"Let's do this." He said to me with determination.
I just smirked and said "I knew I had the right decision to choose you Arc now press that damn yes button. Now on to training. First I need to inform you of some of the minor things I know a hunter needs."
After joining my party I went on to explaining Aura and its importance as well as semblances. When I was finished Jaune went on to ask me about the system of the Gamer Ability to which I responded to what I know. It seems that all the other pools of energy showed up on his Stat page as N/A probably because he didn't have anything but Aura in the first place. Then Jaune mentioned something that made me want to hit myself.
"Why don't you try to use your Mana to awaken your Aura? It'll probably have a reaction that will help us out," he said his face plastered with confusion.
"Ya' know...I never thought of that." I said simply as I got into a meditative state and moved Mana around my body. Okay, let's see if I can do this. I began to flood every part of my body with Mana to see if I got a reaction but still nothing I pushed out more until I heard a small gasp and open my eyes to see a shocked Jaune looking at me. I looked down to see a Black 'glow' as you would call it. So my Mana is black? Weird, all Gamers I've read about have red or blue but never any other colour.
Looking back at Jaune who eyed my Mana in interest I poked him in the forehead and sent about 500 MP into him concentrating on trying to awaken the 'hidden power within'. Which incidentally caused him to be blasted back a bit.(*Ping!*) I didn't worry since his health only went down by ten but what happened next surprised me as a white Aura appeared around his body forcing out my Mana towards me which I luckily caught in both hands but the force behind it pushed me a few feet back.
Holding the Mana ball I tried absorbing it back into me which got me a skill named [Absorb] but I paid it no heed as Jaune finally got back up looking no worse for wear except an annoyed look.
"Looks like it worked now it's my turn to awaken my Aura," I said as I moved back to my previous spot as did Jaune who was still glowing. I put a hand on his shoulder and used my new skill which fortunately worked.
*Ping!*
You have awakened the manifestation of your soul [Aura]!
You have gained the skill [Aura]!
[Aura -Lvl.1/100- Passive/Active](Toggle: On/Off)
Aura the manifestation of the soul and the light in the darkness that is the world. Man, born from Dust discovered it and managed to weaponize it but they have barely scratched the surface of its power.
Grants:
20% increase to all physical stats
10% increase to WIS and INT
*Whistle*
That's a nice boost for level one.
"What do we do now?" Jaune said bringing me out of my thoughts.
Taking out the two xiphoi I got in the tutorial out of my [Inventory] I threw one to Jaune who caught it clumsily.
"Right now? We train till you get the [Sword Proficiency] skill then we level it up till you reach my level then? We grind!" I said as I charged at him. We have 6 months and I don't want to waste a second more. It's time this world learn the power of a Gamer.
END
Here's the normal level expectancy in Remnant:
Human Civilians: 1-8
Faunus Civilians: 1-10
Trained Human(not full-fledged huntsman):10-18/19
Trained Faunus(same as above):10-20
Huntsman/Huntress in training(First year): 30-40
Huntsman/Huntress in training(Second year): 40-50
Huntsman/Huntress in training(Third year): 50-60
Huntsman/Huntress in training(Fourth year): 60-70
Newbie Hunter/Huntress:70-80
Veteran Hunter/Huntress: 80-90
The likes of Ozpin/Qrow/Goodwitch and Cinder: 100-150
Salem:?