AN: I just wanted to let everyone know that I will be dropping one chapter per week on friday. I am going to probably write one or two a week when I feel like it, that way I will have chapters backlogged for you guys so if I lose the will to write I can still upload. I hope you are enjoying everything so far. I know the last chapter was mostly just discussion, but that is always what has to happen. You need a good foundation to make a good story after all :D
[Harem]
Artemis- 6
Nyx- 4
Thalia- 4
Zoe- 4
Hestia- 3
Diana- 2
Chaos- 2
Piper- 2
Calypso- 2
Vesta- 1
Athena- 1
Annabeth- 1
Aphrodite- 1
Leto- 1
Selene- 1
Rhea- 1
Hemera- 1
Lupa- 1
Last Vote Counted: Nyx's Shade
Last Time~
"Hurry! This portal will not last long. And Remember boy, doing this will have potentially dire circumstances. If anything too irregular happens it is most likely due to me tearing up the space-time continuum like this. Who knows, it could even result in your earth being connected to an entirely different dimension! So I will entrust you with dealing with the aftermath of this decision." He said over the roaring portal. I nodded and began walking towards the portal. When I was just one step away I turned to look at him.
"What should I call you?" I asked him, barely able to hear my own voice over the screaming of space.
"As I said, I have gone by many names. But you may call me Anias, A lord of creation!" He replied. I nodded and steeled my nerves. I stepped through the portal and my entire world went black.
Now~
I gasped, shooting up and smashing my head into a bunk above me. "Shit!" I cursed and held my now throbbing head. I examined the room to find myself back at Yancy Academy.
"He really sent me back.." I murmured to myself as I examined my body as well. I was 12 again, which meant this had to be just before Alecto tried to kill me. Hopefully I had a little more time before that happened. This time I wanted to be absolutely prepared for anything that will come my way. I stood up and steadied myself. I would have to get used to having such a weak body again. Hopefully I can change that soon. I felt something brush against my chest as I walked around. I couldn't keep a sad smile from showing up. The necklace Anias made for me, with the pearl Elisa found at the beach. As soon as I touched it a bright blue light lit up my vision, and a feminine voice filled my ears.
A bright blue box was in front of me with a white box outlined inside of it, and the female voice read off what the box said.
Downloading…
Downloading…
Uploading user data to server…
Acclimating the user's body to the system…
Syncing Neural processes…
Registering user profile…
Download complete…
User registration complete…
Welcome User Percy Jackson to the Yggdrasil System 1.0
The voice told me as blue boxes appeared and disappeared with each individual message.
Would you like to download the user manual into your brain? Yes/No
I clicked yes without a second of hesitation. After all, if this WAS exactly like a video game system I would need to know everything possible about how this worked. After two entire wars I learned just how valuable information is. I couldn't help but clutch my head once more as my brain was forced into overdrive. Hundreds of images flowed through my head, displaying each and every function of the system. It felt like my mind was being sent through a meat grinder for a few seconds ,then it stopped. I couldn't stop the sigh of relief from escaping after that pain. It was not as bad as the king of infidelity's bolt, but it was certainly a different kind of pain.
"Status Window" I called out quietly. Instantly a large blue box appeared in front of me.
Percy Jackson
Age: 12(29)
Rank: F
Race: Demigod
Sex: Male
Jobs:
Titles: [Son of Poseidon (S)][Regressor (T)]
Stats:
Health: 100/100 Mana: 670/670 Stamina: 70/70
Hp Regen 10/Min Mp Regen 35/Min
STR 3(+10) AGI 4(+10)
DEX 6 (+10) LCK 2
CON 10 STA 2(+5)
INT 64 WIS 35
Shop Points: 0
Drachma: 0 Cash: $0
Stat Points: 0
Skills:
Active
[Earthquake (F)(LOCKED)][Storm Creation(F)(LOCKED)][Hydrokinesis (F)]
Passive
[Aquaphilic (A)][Weapon Mastery (F)][Regression (T)]
Inventory
I sat down on my bunk and stared at the screen. I wonder what these titles are. I mean the son of Poseidon makes sense, and most of the skills make sense. I wonder if there is any way to get more information on them.. I thought to myself and clicked on the Son of Poseidon title.
[Son of Poseidon]
Rank: S
This is kind of self explanatory but it will be explained regardless. You are the Son of Poseidon, god of the seas. You are a prince of the seas and all that resides in the ocean will acknowledge you as such. Being the son of a powerful god you gain +10 to Str, Dex, Agi, and + 5 to Sta. When in water you will gain x4 Hp and Mp regen as well as granting you an extra +20 to Str, Dex, Agi, and +10 Sta, for a total of +30 to those 3. In addition, being the Son of Poseidon grants you the skills [Aquaphilic (A)][Earthquake (F)(LOCKED)][Storm Creation(F)(LOCKED)] and [Hydrokinesis (F)].
[Regressor]
Rank: T
A title only given to those who have, you guessed it, regressed back in time. This title grants the skill [Regression (T)] to the user. In addition when regression occurs all stats and skills gained will remain intact.
"I am guessing these are both extremely good titles. Especially the regressor one. From what I remember from the user manual 'T' is the absolute highest rank.. Which means the Regression skill should also be absolutely amazing." I said smiling. This is just getting better and better. It took me a long time to even be able to control my powers. But now that I have memories from 16 years in the future.. I have an immense amount of experience to draw on. My storm and earthquake powers should not be too far from being unlocked. Maybe a year at most. And with my experience with my water powers… Too many ideas are flooding into my head. I have to push them to the back of my mind though, since I am still too weak. I need to get much stronger ,much faster. As soon as that thought crossed my mind another blue box appeared next to my status screen.
System responding to user's desire…
Generating quest in response to user…
Quest created!
Quest received!
Quest: Training
Difficulty- F+ Time Limit: 24 Hours from time of acceptance
Push Ups [0/100]
Pull Ups [0/100]
Miles Ran [0/5]
Failure:
Quest will never appear again
Rewards:
1x F- Dungeon Key
1x F Rank Skill Card
Quest will always be available and there will be no consequences for failure
Will you accept? Yes/No
I scratched my chin, momentarily forgetting I no longer had facial hair. That thought alone made me sigh. I had always been proud of my facial hair. I guess that is just a guy thing though. Regardless, this quest seemed pretty beneficial for me. I clicked yes and the countdown began, though it was more than enough time to actually do the quest, so I just pushed it aside for now and looked back at the status window.
[Earthquake]
Rank: F (LOCKED)
This is a skill granted to very few children of Poseidon, while most children of gods are born with only one of two of their parent's powers, you were blessed by.. Someone.. Definitely not the fates… with all of your father's powers. One of them is the ability to create earthquakes by expelling mana from your body and into the ground. This ability will become unlocked once your body becomes strong enough to withstand the strain this ability places upon it.
Mana Cost- 1000/min Magnitude- 1 (+1 Per Rank)
[Storm Creation]
Rank: F (LOCKED)
This is a very powerful skill, on par with the ability to create earthquakes. This skill, once unlocked, will allow you to create storms on a whim. Like the earthquake skill this can only be unlocked once your body can handle the strain.
Mana Cost- 1000/min Category- 1 Hurricane (+.5 Every rank)
[Hydrokinesis]
Rank: F
A Skill granted to the majority of children of sea deities, although since your own father is powerful so is your potential with Hydrokinesis. Any and all water is under your domain, but who's to say it cannot expand further?
Mana Cost- 50/min (-5 Per Rank)
[Aquaphilic]
Rank: A
A skill granted to the majority of Poseidon's children. This skill represents the affinity of Poseidon's children with everything aquatic. This skill is responsible for giving all of Poseidon's children the boosts to their abilities inside of water, while also allowing them to communicate with horses and aquatic creatures.
[Weapon Mastery]
Rank: F
Having fought in two wars and mastered the ways of the sword you have a decent grasp over other weapons too. You can master anything related to combat much faster and you have a much greater understanding than should be normally possible.
[Regression]
Rank: T
This is an ability that violates the laws of the universe. Due to the influence of a being of near incalculable power, you have gained to ability to cheat death. Be wary though, as activating this ability too many times may draw some unwanted eyes… The byproducts of the man who sent you back tearing through space is already showing signs of appearing. Be wary, Time Traveler.
Ability activates upon death. Sends you back 24 hours in time.
Number of uses: Infinite
My jaw dropped. This skill Anias gave me… was the most broken thing probably in the entire universe. I had the ability to completely cheat death.. Meaning.. Even if I failed to save someone in the future.. I could just go back in time by killing myself. As gruesome as it sounds.. I would gladly die over and over again if it meant saving the people I care for.
"System. What is the fastest way to upgrade my skill levels and stats?" I asked out loud, praying to everyone I could think of that someone didn't walk by my dorm and hear me basically talking to myself.
There are two primary ways to raise both skill ranks, and stat points. The first way is to train them. For instance, with your daily quest it is designed to raise your Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Dexterity stats. If you wanted to raise the Hydrokinesis skill rank from F to F+ then you could manipulate water for a while. Of course there is another way. You can use your accumulated stat points to both raise your stats and your skill ranks. It required progressively more stat points to rank up skills after they cross each rank. So while it costs 20 stat points to rank your hydrokinesis from F to F+, It would be 40 to go from F+ to E-. Then it would be 40 stat points for E- to E and 40 for E to E+.
The system explained. It made sense. Since it was a balancing act. I did not mind it that much, considering I can literally time travel by killing myself. I am sure Anias created this in a way that would have as little repercussions as possible.
"Alright, then how do I get Stat points?"
There are two primary ways to attain stat points. One way is doing quests. Sometimes quests will offer them as compensation for completion. The second arguably easier way is to kill. Whether it is human, demigod, monsters, or even immortals, they all give you stat points. It is based on their rank. Since a demigod with a Rank of S would actually be stronger than a god with a rank of A. Ranks are entirely based off of an individual's power, not the race they were born in. You will get +1 stat point for every living creature under your rank by 2 and the same rank as you. Every entity above your own rank gives +1 per rank. It is based on letter rank for all entities including monsters. So even if you are fighting a monster that is E+, it will still only give you 2 Stat points. But if you defeat a monster that is a D-, you will get 3. Although, if you manage to defeat dungeon mini bosses or dungeon bosses they give you more. Mini bosses gives 2 times the amount of stat points than normal. While dungeon bosses give 5 times the amount. Of course, it is because they are both extremely difficult to face.
"Hold on. What do you mean by dungeons?" I asked, suddenly worried.
Due to the tearing of space-time by my creator, our dimension has twisted slightly. While it does not affect the flow of time it has brought us close with another dimension that was on the brink of destruction. Due to the collision of two dimensions whose space-time was ruptured they have merged slightly, giving birth to dungeons. My creator did his best to separate the two, but was unable to do that since he was unable to exert his full power on a dimension of such a large scale. In the end he managed to confine the dimensional ruptures into the labyrinth created by the son of Athena, Daedalus. Due to the extra magical energy from a dimension completely saturated with it, the labyrinth expanded and grew exponentially, resulting in more than 100 fold the amount of dungeons that would have originally appeared on earth. With the labyrinths to ignore space-time itself, many of the species of the other world are able to flourish while connected to our dimension, even if they only are fragments of their old world.
"Wait wait wait. What? Do you seriously expect me to believe that. I mean I know the guy sent me back in time, but he confined an entire dimension from attaching completely to ours? How is that even possible? What about the residents of that supposed dimension? What if they escape and wreck havoc among the mortals of this world?" I asked frantically.
I am not programmed to lie to you. I am only allowed to speak 100% truth to the user. To answer your question, the residents cannot leave the dungeon without permission. Currently only you have the way to access dungeons. Once you grow further in power, it will be possible to have others accompany you. The system told me. It was bewildering information. The fact that I had access to an entire other dimension.
"So what about that quest reward? The F rank dungeon key. Does that give me access to an F rank dungeon in the labyrinth? Also what about the residents of the dungeons? Will they always be hostile?" I asked, sighing deeply, since I had now infinitely more things to worry about.
That is not the case. The dungeon keys gained from quest rewards and other dungeons open things called 'Instant Dungeons'. They are one time dungeons only filled with hostile enemies. They could have anything from evil mech suits with hyper advanced technology that relies on mana, to demons or fallen angels. Anything you could possibly think of as hostile has a chance of appearing inside of the instant dungeons. Of course it is also limited by the rank. So in an F rank dungeon you would not see a demon lord. The monsters inside instant dungeons can only go two ranks above the dungeon's rank itself. Although the chance of monster's inside of an 'Instant Dungeon' even being one rank above the dungeon rank itself will be extremely rare. And while 'Instant Dungeons' are harder than normal dungeons, they give the exact same amount of Stat points as other dungeons. On the bright side they give much better loot.
I nodded in response. "Guess I had better do the quest then. Since I can use stat points to level up my skills and make myself stronger. It will be a good workout too. So maybe I will get a few stat points." I said standing up and going through my clothes drawer. I picked out a black T-shirt and some basketball shorts since I would be doing some heavy workouts.
"Hey System, what is the date and time?" I asked as I changed into my clothes.
Date is currently Sunday, May 1st, 2005. Time is 8:32 AM.
I slipped on some sneakers and started making my way outside. It took a couple minutes to make my way through the kids milling around, but eventually I had made my way outside. I bet Grover is either talking to Juniper or Chiron right now. Which means I have some time. He might freak out if I am gone for too long, so I should come back before dinner at 6.
"Hey System. How am I supposed to find the labyrinth dungeons?" I asked as I made my way to the back of the school, on the side where the fountain was.
I have the ability to detect the unique magic signatures of dungeons. Once we get within a one mile radius of a dungeon. I can also mark the fastest path to said dungeon in your vision. As you rank up my abilities will also improve, so I will be able to detect them from a further radius, as well as detecting more than just dungeons.
She responded. She. I can't just call her system. Since she is going to be my companion throughout my journey.
"What should I call you? I can't just keep calling you system after all." I said sitting down on the fountain and staring into the crystal clear water.
You may designate the system a name if you wish. It will be registered and I will respond to that.
She said in a monotone voice.
"Alright then, I will name you Alexandria. Or Alexa for short." I said, fairly proud of myself for the name.
Registering name Alexandria…
Name Alexandria registered. Thank you for the name master.
"Hey, no need to call me master. You are not my slave." I said, uncomfortable with being called that.
I apologize, master. It is in my programming that once you gave me a name I would refer to you as such. The AI said. I sighed, which I seemed to do a lot today, and conceded.
"Fine you win. Anyways, let's see if I can get out of here." I stood up and thrust my hand towards the water. Concentrating hard I recalled the feeling I used to get when controlling my element. A small amount of water flowed out of the fountain, probably only a few gallons. I groaned at the small amount. It would take a long time to be able to control entire lakes again like I used to. But the fact that it was a month before Alecto attacked me, and I could already do this… it made me excited. I ran up to the fence and used the water to make hand and footholds on the seven foot tall brick pole that helped keep the iron poles stable. I climbed up the water handles as fast as possible and jumped down the other side.
I decided to take a look at my mana bar to see how much it used.
Mana: 657/670
At least it did not use much. I could use that much water to attack if I used it in an intelligent way. My control would last 13 minutes. For me, that was more than enough time to do a massive amount of damage. I smiled and started running off in the direction of the Hudson river.
Somewhere at the same time~
A young naiad slept quietly. Curled up on her bed of soft seagrass. She whispered words that seemed to both make her happy and confuse her at the same time. Her beautiful blue eyes opened up and she sat up and looked around.
"Perseus… Who… Is he?" She murmured and stood up to go explore the ocean once more.
AN: Hey guys, hope you enjoyed this chapter! I hope you have an idea what the extra gift was that Anias mentioned Percy would find out later on. I already know who the first harem member will be. If you guess it correctly you will get a picture of my adorable cat, Tux. Anyways, tell me what you think of my explanation of dungeons this time. I tried to go into a little more fantasy/scifi/scientific background for it. I think it makes a lot more sense than everything I have both done and seen before in other gamer fics. I hope you look forward to the next chapters!
