The Everyday Gamer
Chapter Two
Waking up, I got out of bed to go clean my teeth. I was halfway through cleaning my teeth when I realised something.
…I had no reflection.
It took me a moment to register this, then I accidently swallowed a small amount of the tooth paste in my mouth before spitting the rest into the sink.
I blinked a couples, moving around and putting my hand on the glass, my reflection was gone.
I began to panic as I opened my [Profile window], and what I found shocked me.
Name: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
User Name: Angel of Light Darkness
Class: Gamer
Sub-Class: Dicer
Title: True Tri-Force Master.
Race/Species: Vampire.
Age: 1 - 120
Gender: Male
Alignment: Neutral Good
Allied: None
Status: Asthma – increases effects of negative environment effects
Albinism – increase sensitivity to light and unable to focus on far away items. (Base Perception greatly lowered)
Level: 4
Exp: 45.1%
HP: 400 (2000)
MP: 200 (1000)
(STR)Strength: 20 (100)
(DEX)Dexterity: 20 (94)
(END)Endurance: 20 (92)
(AGI)Agility: 20 (108)
(VIT)Vitality: 20 (80)
(PER)Perception: 25 (117.5)
(INT)Intelligence: 20 (110)
(WIS)Wisdom: 20 (100.8)
(MAG)Magic: 20 (80.8)
(CHA)Charm: 20 (104)
(LUC)Luck: 20 (80)
Unspent Points: 16
Non-Rolled Dice: 21
Money: £100
Ah oh, the thing AUTO-CHANGES my Physiology!
Um, let's see [Change Physiology: Human]
A window appeared at the edge of my vision.
PING!
Physiology has been reset to human.
As soon as the window disappears, my reflection reappears.
I breathe a sigh of relief as I finish brushing my teeth.
Note to self: only use [Gamer's Absorption] in an [Instant Dungeon], so any 'changes' won't draw anyone's attention.
Do I have [ID Create]?
I checked my skill quickly.
Damnit! How could I forget about the most fundamental skill a Gamer needs.
PING!
You have realised you are missing an important skill.
Create [ID Create] and [ID Escape].
Reward: [ID Create] and [ID Escape]
Exp: 100
1x Dice
Failure: no skill gain for 24 hours.
I'm not sure if the Gamer ability is trying to help me or mock me right now…
Well, time to make [ID Create]…
…
…
Damn it! I forgot how to make it.
I smack my forehead as I made my way to my laptop, I start up my browser and went to webtoons.
It took me a few minutes to find the right chapter, after that I got the info I needed and closed the browser.
PING!
By a special action, a new skill has been created.
[Research] Passive/Active Lvl 1 exp 0.00%
Increases the user's ability to gather information and provides a subconscious instinct on where the information can be found.
Passively: increases INT by 1% per level.
Active: increases WIS by 1% per level.
I could feel my eye twitch; this skills were coming too easily.
I began to get the needed skills, I raise my hand up as I began to realise mana.
PING!
By a special action, a new skill has been created.
[Mana Manipulation] Passive Lvl Max
Allows the use of Mana for various purposes.
The higher your INT and WIS the more efficient skills related to [Mana Manipulation] will be.
By a special action; a new skill has been created.
[ID Create] Active Lvl 1 EXP 0,00%
Allows the user to create instant dungeons.
Higher levels will unlock new instant dungeons.
Current size: 1 mile radius.
I took a moment to listen to the world around me; all was quiet around with the only sound being my own breathing.
Ok, this is starting to creep me out slightly.
Raise hand again, release Mana, replace idea of creating an instant dungeon to escaping one, and…
PING!
By a special action, a new skill has been created.
[ID Escape] Active Lvl 1 exp 0.00%
Allows the user to escape from an instant dungeon.
{WARNING! May fail under certain circumstances.
There we go.
PING!
Create [ID Create] and [ID Escape] Completed!
Rewards gained: [ID Create] and [ID Escape]
Exp: 100
1x Dice.
Now then, time to start grinding again.
I use [ID Create] again after I pick up a new game.
I sit down on a nearby chair as I look at the game to activate [Gamer's Absorption].
'Tekken 6 for the PSP'
PING!
[Would you like to use Gamer's Absorption on this game?]
(Yes) (No)
Tapping (Yes), I felt knowledge and power enter my being.
New Title Earned!
Battle Awareness Earned!
Mishima Style Fighting Karate Earned!
Kazama Style Traditional Martial Arts Earned!
General Karate Earned!
Shorinji Kempo Karate Earned!
Tekken Forces Martial Arts Earned!
High Mobility Combat using thrusters Earned!
Brute Force Earned!
Ancient Assassination Arts Earned!
Free Style Street Fighting Earned!
Baji Quan Earned!
Freestyle Karate Earned!
Advanced Manji Ninjutsu Earned!
Xin Yi Liu He Quan Earned!
Boxing Earned!
Commando Sambo Earned!
Commando Wrestling Earned!
Ninjutsu Earned!
Modified Judo Martial Arts Earned!
Heihachi-style Improved Kuma Shinken Earned!
Modified Koppojutsu Assassination Arts Earned!
Improvised Martial Arts Mimicry Earned!
Jeet Kune Do Earned!
Baguazhang Martial Arts Earned!
Piguaquan Martial Arts Earned!
Wu Xing Martial Arts Earned!
Zui Quan Martial Arts Earned!
Pro-Wrestling ("catch" style) Earned!
Sumo Earned!
God Fist Style Chinese Martial Arts Earned!
Capoeira Earned!
Vale Tudo Earned!
Kickboxing Earned!
Muay Thai Earned!
Taekwondo Earned!
Pro-Wrestling ("shoot" style) Earned!
Devil Physiology Earned!
Bear Physiology Earned!
Cyborg Physiology Earned!
Android Physiology Earned!
Advance Robot, Android and Cyborg Knowledge Earned!
Items Earned! Sent to inventory.
Martial Art Dungeon has been added!
Tekken Dungeon has been added!
Tekken Forces has been added to Instant Dungeon(s)
NANCY-MI847J has been added to Instant Dungeon(s)
Azazel has been added to Instant Dungeon(s)
I took a moment to blink…
I could get enemies out of this as well!
PING!
What now?
By learning a wide range of different fighting styles, a new skill has been created by combining them all.
[Universal Unarmed Martial Art Mastery] Passive / Active Lvl 70
Well, that's makes things a lot simpler.
I use [Observe] on the new skills.
Title: Uncrown King of the Iron Fist.
This title is automatic equipped when the user is entered into martial arts competitions.
Imposes both respect and fear into opponents.
Grants a 25% bonus to STR, DEX, END, AGI, VIT and PER when equipped.
All attacks become non-lethal.
Battle Awareness Passive Lvl 20 exp 0.00%
Grants the user the ability to sense everything around them, to keep track of enemy movements and what items can be used as reliable weapons, in the heat of battle.
Passively increases PER by 40%
[Devil Physiology] Active/Passive lvl max
This ability grants the user the power to transform into a devil at will.
Though you gain their strengths, you'll also gain their weaknesses.
(WARNING! You may notice an increase in mischievous thoughts)
[Bear Physiology] Active/Passive lvl max
This ability grants the user the power to transform into a bear at will.
Though you gain their strengths, you'll also gain their weaknesses.
[Cyborg Physiology] Active/Passive lvl max
This ability grants the user the power to transform into a cyborg at will.
Though you gain their strengths, you'll also gain their weaknesses.
[Android Physiology] Active/Passive lvl max
This ability grants the user the power to transform into an android at will.
Though you gain their strengths, you'll also gain their weaknesses.
[Universal Unarmed Martial Art Mastery] Passive / Active Lvl 70
By learning a wide range of unarmed martial arts you have attained a feat few people have every achieved. This skill will allow you to gain a novice level of skill in any martial arts you see once and greatly increases the speed you progress through new martial arts.
Passively: increases STR, DEX, END, AGI, VIT, PER, INT, WIS, CHA by 70%
Passively: increases LUC by 7%
Active: doubles STR, DEX, END, AGI, VIT, PER when fighting unarmed.
So broken… so much POWER!
What should I do now? I can do whatever I want and no one-
Wait.
I look myself over, dark blue skin, horns.
Yep, devil physiology.
I took a few deep breaths as I regained control of my thoughts, as I noticed the room suddenly got warmer. I look down at my arms to see them covered in fur.
Bear Physiology now.
As I looked at my arms, I saw the fur retract as I felt weird metal components suddenly appear in my body.
Cyborg Physiology now, why the hell do I notice my body change when becoming a cyborg but not when I turn into a vampire, devil or a bear!?
I slapped my own forehead, when I did I heard a metallic clank.
Already knowing what it's going to say I open my [Profile window].
Yep, Android.
I return to my original human form; as I stood up I unleashed a number of punches and kicks, changing my fighting style after 2 to 5 punches or kicks.
I bring up my [ID Create] skill to look at my [list of Instant Dungeons].
[Martial Art Dungeon}
Creates an ID where the user can train in a top class dojo.
All Martial Art related skills level twice as fast.
The user can summon enemies they have fought before for a match. (CAN SUMMON ONLY 1 BEING)
[Tekken Dungeon}
This Instant Dungeon changes every time you enter it; which includes but not limited to rooftops. City streets, jungles, labs, etc.
There are two main features for this ID.
You may battle the tekken forces throughout the whole area of the ID
Battle famous fighters one on one in a King of Iron Fist tournament.
I grinned as I looked at the Tekken Dungeon.
This could work.
I was about to shatter my current Instant Dungeon when a thought struck me, why destroy and create a new one if I could just change my current one?
I raised my hand into the air as I focus on shift my empty ID for the Tekken forces ID.
PING!
Through a special action, a skill has been created.
[ID Shift] Active lvl 1 exp 0.00%
Allows the user to change the current Instant Dungeon to different one of the users choosing.
May fail under special circumstances.
Will have to use Mana to change another person's Instant Dungeon, higher level enemy ID's will have the user use more Mana to change it.
I look around my new surrounds, the area was an inner city that looked like it just went through a very violent riot or an attack by army forces.
Looking around, I see a tekken forces solider walk out of an abandoned pet store with an assault rifle in their hands.
That made me pause, I came here expecting to fight them in hand to hand combat not hand to gun combat.
How strong is one tekken force solider anyway?
[Observe]
Tekken Forces, Grunt.
Level 20
HP 3500/3500
MP 40/40
STR 100
DEX 50
END 120
AGI 80
VIT 100
INT 60
WIS 40
CHA 30
LUC 8
Pretty strong apparently! I'm way over my head here, I'll leave and train in the Zombie ID for a while before I -
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
I ducked and rolled behind some nearby rumble to avoid the gun fire.
Okay now, do I fight an enemy nearly 4 times my current level or flee.
More gun fire hit the rumble.
Aw, screw it.
I jump over the rumble and ran to the grunt. They continued to fire their assault rifle at me, but I managed to dodge most of the bullets while those that did hit left only shallow cuts.
-10HP -10HP -10HP -10HP -10HP -10HP -10HP
I tackle the solider in their mid-section, knocking them over. I than start hammering away at their head with all the power I can put into my punches.
-300HP CRITICAL HIT!
-300HP CRITICAL HIT!
-300HP CRITICAL HIT!
-300HP CRITICAL HIT!
-300HP CRITICAL HIT!
-300HP CRITICAL HIT!
-300HP CRITICAL HIT!
-300HP CRITICAL HIT!
-300HP CRITICAL HIT!
-300HP CRITICAL HIT!
The grunt hit me in the side of the head (-300HP) to knock me back, they then rolled away to increase the distance between us. However, they left their assault rifle right beside me. I picked it up and fired it at the grunt.
I shout them for about 30 seconds before they went down.
[Observe]
Tekken Forces, Grunt.
Level 20
HP 1/3500
MP 40/40
STR 100
DEX 50
END 120
AGI 80
VIT 100
INT 60
WIS 40
CHA 30
LUC 8
I shot them one last time before they disappeared in a flash of light, leaving behind their arm guards, some money and a handful of stones.
LEVEL UP!
LEVEL UP!
LEVEL UP!
LEVEL UP!
LEVEL UP!
LEVEL UP!
I picked up one of the stones.
[Observe]
[Soul Stone (Tiny)]
A tiny crystallised fragment of a fallen foes soul.
Can be used to increase the effect of offensive, defensive or support magic abilities by 5%.
Can be used to enhance items or craft special soul items.
I smirk at the information as my vision turns a shade of light red, accompanied by the sound of beeping.
I look to my right to see the source of the beeping was a grenade right beside me, as the beeping got quicker my vision got redder.
This isn't good.
I poured as much mana into my legs as I can before I jump away from the grenade, thanks to my mana enhanced legs I managed to jump to the rooftop of a nearby building just as the grenade goes off.
Luckily for me, the grenade caused enough dust to be blown into the air that the other enemies didn't see me escape.
I lean against a nearby wall before I slide down it to sit, I took a few minutes to catch my breath.
PING!
Through a special action a new skill has been created.
[Dodge] Passive level 1 exp 0.00%
The ability to dodge incoming attacks.
Passively increases AGI and PER by 1%
Decreases the damage taken from AoE skills by 2%
Through a special action a new skill has been created.
[Dash] Passive/Active level 1 exp 0.00%
The ability to run at high speed
Passively increases DEX, END, AGI and VIT by 1%
Actively increases AGI by 10%
Through a special action a new skill has been created.
[Evasive Dashing] Passive/Active level 1 exp 0.00%
A skill that makes use of both Dash and Dodge to close the distance between enemies while under attack.
Passively Increases END, PER, INT, WIS and LUC by 2%
Actively increases VIT, END, AGI and LUC by 10%
Through a special action a new skill has been created.
[Lunge] Active Level 1 Exp 0.00%
Enhances the user's ability to lunge.
10% increase to AGI and END when lunging.
5% to stun enemies.
Through a special action a new skill has been created.
[Power Strike] Active Level 1 exp 00.0%
To give your next attack that little extra.
Actively increases STR, AGI and PER by 50%
Through a special action a new skill has been created.
[Relentless Assault] Active level 1 exp 0.00%
Allows the user to attack a target constantly.
The first few hits cannot be interrupted or blocked. Afterwards, the damage dealt will begin to multiple the longer Relentless Assault continues.
5% chance of inflicting Bleeding effect
5% chance of inflicting Stun effect
5% chance of inflicting Confusion effect
Attacks cannot be interrupted or blocked for the first 10 hits.
Damage multiples for every extra 10 hit perform successfully. (10hits=x2, 20hits=x3, 30 hits=x4, etc.)
Through a special action a new skill has been created.
[Mana Jump] Active level 1 exp 0.00%
By focusing mana into the user's legs they are able to jump up to 100 times their normal jump height.
Actively increases AGI and DEX by 10000%
Through a special action a new skill has been created.
[Disengage] Passive/Active Level 1 exp 0.00%
The ability to successfully leave combat and reach safety.
Passively increases STR, DEX, END, AGI, VIT, PER, INT, WIS, MAG, CHA and LUC by 10%
Actively doubles LUC when fleeing.
Fortunately, by the time I finished reading all of the suddenly appearing windows I had already regained my breath.
[Profile]
Name: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
User Name: Angel of Light Darkness
Class: Gamer
Sub-Class: Dicer
Title: True Tri-Force Master.
Race/Species: Human
Age: 1 - 120
Gender: Male
Alignment: Neutral Good
Allied: None
Status: Asthma – increases effects of negative environment effects
Albinism – increase sensitivity to light and unable to focus on far away items. (Base Perception greatly lowered)
Level: 10 [+] [+]
Exp: 80.75%
HP: 4630/5000
MP: 2500
(STR)Strength: 20 (158)
(DEX)Dexterity: 20 (150.2)
(END)Endurance: 20 (142.6)
(AGI)Agility: 20 (164.4)
(VIT)Vitality: 20 (136.2)
(PER)Perception: 25 (186)
(INT)Intelligence: 20 (187.4)
(WIS)Wisdom: 20 (177.2)
(MAG)Magic: 20 (122.8)
(CHA)Charm: 20 (160)
(LUC)Luck: 20 (123.8)
Unspent Points: 46
Non-Rolled Dice: 60
Money: £100
Overall increase in stats, and a drop in HP, aside; what's with the plus signs?
I tapped one of the plus signs and I heard I noise I wasn't used to.
'DENIED'
To access this feature, please leave current [Instant Dungeon].
This power comes with sound effects too!?
I look at the message as I got back to my feet. Should I leave the [Instant Dungeon] right now?
I could always do it later, and I still own those two tekken soldiers a little payback for throwing a grenade at me.
As I leaned over the edge of the building, looking down at the two tekken force grunts from earlier, I heard a sound near me.
Something that sounded a little too much like rotating blades, looking up I saw a heavy armed helicopter with rockets and machine guns attached.
I have a bad feeling about this…
PING!
Through a special action a new skill has been created.
[Sense Danger] Passive Lvl 1 exp 0.00%
A survival natural instinct.
Allows the user to sense when something bad will happen.
Higher level will give earlier warning.
Passively increases PER by 10%
(The world is full of danger, it is wise to know when you need to cut your losses and get the hell out of dodge)
Thank you, Gamer Ability. I'll take your advice to heart.
I raise both my arms to show I surrender, which didn't help since they just launch two MISSLES at me!
"[ID ESCAPE]!"
In an instant, the world around me shatters and once there was a ruined city there was now in my bedroom.
I let out a sigh "zombies next time…"
When I had a moment to think and I realised two important things:
I still hadn't gotten my breakfast
I left the loot behind!
Smacking my own forehead, I sigh as I made my way to get my breakfast.
While I got my breakfast, a family member comments about how I slept-in.
When I finished my breakfast, I realised I still wore what I went to bed last night and hadn't changed.
I really need to get my head together…
8 hours later…
After spending time with my family, friends and doing productive stuff. I went back to my room to continue were I left off earlier.
Those weird plus signs.
I open my profile window again and tap one of the plus signs.
The screen changes to show a list of something, I didn't get time to read any of it before a new message come up.
PING!
Would you like to begin the expansion tutorial?
Y (Yes) N (No)
Expansion? Tapping yes a message appeared.
Welcome Gamer to the Expansion Menu!
The Expansion Menu is where you can unlock special upgrades for the Gamer Ability and make your gaming life easier.
To purchase this special upgrades require Expansion Points [+], 1 Expansion Point is gained every 5 levels. However, you can trade 25 Stat Points and £1.000.000 to buy one.
Tap the upgrade you want to buy and select yes to confirm. Try it on the Highlighted upgrade; don't worry this one is free.
I look at the highlighted upgrade.
{[?-?]}
A free secret upgrade, this could either be really good or turn out horrible bad. Well, nothing ventured nothing gained.
{[?-?]}
Y (Yes) N (No)
I tapped yes and a new message popped up.
To view any of your purchased upgrades, please go to the [Expanded List].
This completes the expansion tutorial, an extra [+] has been added to your current amount.
When the message ended I turned my attention back to the [Expansion Menu], when I looked at it I saw three tabs {All} {Essential} {Optional}
Tapping the {Essential}, my mind halted as I saw one item for purchase.
[Omnilingualism]
Well, talk about an omni-beneficial Upgrade.
I look at the price and see it costs 3 [+]'s. totally worth it. I bought the upgrade.
PING!
By making a wise decision, your WIS has gone up by 1!
Thank you Gamer Ability.
I open up the [Expanded List] to check out my new skill.
[Omnilingualism] System Expansion Upgrade
Language Barriers? What Language Barriers.
With this skill, the user is ability to speak, write and general understand all languages so fluently some might think you grew up with it and then went to university to student it.
(Games are wonderful things. There are so many different genres from the colourful platformer, to the grizzly first person shooter. From a magic fantasy adventure to forget your worries to realistic modern story reminding you of the world you live in and so many more. They have the power to bring people together from all walks of life and many different origins, so it's important to understand many different tongues.
We are one, we are legion and we are Gamers)
Ignoring the last bit of the description of [Omnilingualism], I was smirking like a madman. If this skill worked like I hoped I could play any game, watch any shows or listen to any music without worrying about understanding the words.
Going over to my laptop, I went online and found a raw anime video (Anime video without subtitles or translated)
And it worked! Everything they said, I understood. They still spoke Japanese, but I could understand as easily as English.
I smile, happy with today progress I shut down my computer and prepared to go to bed. It was around when I removed my shirt when I noticed something was wrong.
Everything was far too quiet, I look around my room and noticed everything was greyed out.
I began to panic and opened my [profile window] to see if I was under any status effects, when it didn't say anything my panic increased. While in my panic, a thought came to me. A reason why this was happening.
I opened the [Expanded List] and when I saw what the secret Expansion Upgrade was, my heart sank.
"[Jump-Chain]" I faintly noticed a figure behind me "I'm SO screwed right now, aren't I?"
Name: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
User Name: Angel of Light Darkness
Class: Gamer
Sub-Class: Dicer
Title: True Tri-Force Master.
Race/Species: Human
Age: 1 - 120
Gender: Male
Alignment: Neutral Good
Allied: None
Status: Asthma – increases effects of negative environment effects
Albinism – increase sensitivity to light and unable to focus on far away items. (Base Perception greatly lowered)
Level: 10
Exp: 80.75%
HP: 4630/5000
MP: 2500
(STR)Strength: 20 (158)
(DEX)Dexterity: 20 (150.2)
(END)Endurance: 20 (142.6)
(AGI)Agility: 20 (164.4)
(VIT)Vitality: 20 (136.2)
(PER)Perception: 25 (200.7)
(INT)Intelligence: 20 (187.4)
(WIS)Wisdom: 21 (186.06)
(MAG)Magic: 20 (122.8)
(CHA)Charm: 20 (160)
(LUC)Luck: 20 (123.8)
Unspent Points: 46
Non-Rolled Dice: 60
Money: £100