Death is sudden, it is quick, it is ruthless, death waits on no one. I knew this for a long time, but I never expected it to come for me at the early age of 18. The only good thing about it so far has been the death itself, it was quick and not quite painless, everything hurt like hell for a second before it happened.

Anyways that's enough of that, death is depressing why even think of it? I'm already dead after all. What more can it do, kill me again? That'd be like death squared. Though it actually may be able to, ever since I died…. How long ago was it now? I can't even tell and I'm not pulling a Dr. Stone and counting seconds, too much effort for me, I'm dead, this is supposed to be relaxing. Where was I? Ah yes the death squared, well ever since I died I've felt this pulling sensation and it's so very tempting but I know that if I give in that's a rap on good old Ethan. Everything that makes me well, me will be gone like a factory reset and, honestly? Nah, simple as that.

It's been getting stronger throughout the time I've been here, if of course time even exists here because as far as I know dying could bring you somewhere beyond time and space. Honestly being here has been boring, yet relaxing, odd I know. Though there is only so much to think over with only 18 years of memories, I don't have any regrets, I lived everyday like it was my last. I tried to help others and be a good person and expand my skill set and just be the best me. The only reason I haven't gone crazy of boredom is the will I'm using to keep myself from going towards the pull.

Speaking of which, it just went away, weird, that's never happened before.

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'Uhh, what?'

Hello there User, I am Admin Zeus. I am here today to help you begin your life as a gamer.

'Umm cool, but uhh one problem, I have no idea what you mean by just about all of that? I was a gamer already, hell I 100% Skyrim, Pokemon Sword, and had 100s of hours on games like Apex legends with my friends. So could you clarify please?"

Ah yes, My apologies User, I am Admin Zeus I am an administrator that helps run the Game you will be playing if you accept, This game was created by God, I again am Zeus a God created by him to help run the system, for show of extreme will power you have been selected to use our system.

'Cool, Cool, That's uhh, unexpected, can't say I don't like the idea though. Do you mind telling me what would've happened if I went towards the pull?'

Ahh Of course, you see beyond there is reincarnation, which is what you would've been granted as you were a good person and died young. Though through your reluctance to reincarnate we chose you as a host for our system. It is what people in your world would call an RPG, similar to Skyrim or something of the sort. Any further questions?

'Uh not really, well actually, it's kinda off topic but, was 9/11 an inside job? I gotta know if those conspiracy theorists were right?"

No, it was not an inside job, that money that disappeared went away because of embezzlement happening deep inside the government. So since that's all let's move on to Avatar creation.

'Huh alright then, can my last body be my template? I'm not really gonna change much.'

Done

A body of a young adult appearing 18 appeared before him, a respectable 6'1 in height with a well built body and tanned body, with brown hair and brown eyes. 'Ah here we are, me, now where is the slider, here it is now let's drag that out to… let's go 9 inches and a girth of 15cm. Alright I'm set'

…Seriously? You only changed your dick size?

'HEY, don't act like I'm a weirdo for doing it, any guy would do the same.'

… You hold a good point. I'd probably do the same if I was in your position. Though at least you didn't do anything cringy like give yourself red eyes or something and white hair.

'Hey I have standandards, anyways I'm done. What's next up?'

Next you must pick a name

'Alright, well I'm keeping my name Ethan, it'd feel weird being called something else.'

Alright Ethan, a good name.

Now is onto Skills and Stats, would you like to carry over your skills and stats from your last life or would you like to start fresh? If you chose to start fresh you'd be granted 3 random skills and given points to distribute between stats.

'I'd like to carry over skills and stats please Zues'

[Carry over Initializing]

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Stats:

Strength: 18 (every one point equates to ten pounds you can carry, As you could max out at 180 pounds lifted this is your current strength)

Agility: 12 (every point in agility equals to 0.5 of a mile every 10 minutes so you can run at 6 mph)

Dexterity: 15 (Your dexterity is your reaction times and processing speed, because you played many games such as Call Of Duty and Rainbow six siege you have above average reaction and processing speed)

Vitality: 14 (You were a healthy young male with no health problems or genetic conditions, through a healthy lifestyle and exercising often you have above average regenerative capabilities)

Endurance: 15(You had good endurance, through much pain and a lot of gain you have a fairly above average health)

Intelligence: 18 (You were a smart young man taking accelerated classes through your time at school and put your all into learning new ideas and things)

Wisdom: 20 (You were a very cultured guy, reading books like Sun Tzu's "The Art Of War" and the complete tale of King Aurthur, you knew of the lessons of old and learned the meanings and ways to not repeat the failings of old)

Charisma: 12 (You were a funny guy who cracked jokes when possible, while hit or miss you were certainly memorable and likable yet it was a stretch to call you popular)

Luck: 30(You were a lucky dude throughout your life dodging things that could kill you from left to right, the only reason you died so young was because you were ballsy as fuck, like bro you walked toward dogs that were trying to maul you and won)

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Huh well that makes sense I guess, though that side not with Charisma felt a bit like a callout but I won't take offense as its a 1000% the truth.

Decent Stats Ethan, it sounds like you lived an interesting life, I might have to read up on it later, Anyways overall your above average now your no olympian athlete that's for sure or no Elon Musk, you still were fairly good all around. Now let's take a look at the Skills you've carried over shall we?

[Skill List Begin]

Note: Skills usually have a 6 rank system with Novice, Apprentice, Adept, Expert, Master, and Savant each going from 1-100 excluding Savant which has no levels, though some special skills may not follow this rule

Archery - Adept 45/100 (You Practiced Archery almost once a week for 5 years with your grandpa, you are very experienced in the subject and with some more practice over time you will surely grow to unbelieveable levels of skill)

Observation - Adept 20/100 (Since you started going on walks at a young age you have stayed more aware of your surroundings, This skill allows you to be more aware of things surrounding)

Cooking - Expert 20/100 (With your dad being a manager at a steakhouse he made you learn the ways of the chef, when turning 16 and becoming a chef at a local restaurant also helped increase your skill in cooking)

Language Comprehension(English) - Master 80/100 (Having been a native English speaker you are an expert at the language, you make little to no spelling mistakes and enjoy reading many books in your offtime have helped this skill grow)

Boxing(Personal Variant) - Adept 40/100 (Having been taught a mix of boxing, Hapkido, and personal knowledge of other ways of fighting mixed together in your own personal style you are still working on making this a credible way of fighting)

Hand Eye Coordination - Adept 20/100 (Since playing games on console at the ripe age of 6 you've been constantly playing and this has evolved into hand-eye coordination skills)

Weapon Knowledge - Adept 60/100 (You've learned about many exotic weapons such as the chakram or the sai, you've also learned of ways to maintain weapons with this you have an good knowledge of weapons of many types, though still in its fledgling stages you are sure to grow to unmatched knowledge in the future)

Math - Expert 5/100 (You are well versed in math, though while algebra comes easy to your, geometry is your worst enemy, Surely through practice you will be able to increase your math skills)

Science - Adept 2/100 (Most of what was taught to you in science just went through one ear and out the other, you enjoyed certain parts of it but majority of it wasn't of much interest though your knowledge is still a fledgling through research and studying you can surely increase it)

Welding - Apprentice 6/100 (Though you did not learn much of this art, you still learned much from your dad, and before you died you even had thoughts of going to college for this, hopefully through much rigorous effort you will complete your knowledge on this for of art)

Blacksmithing - Novice 10/100 (Thought never having done it yourself you have watched shows like Forged in Fire which has taught you a small bit about the actual smithing process you may one day in a distant future, master this art)

Survival - Adept 10/100 (You have learned the way of survival at an adept level, you know how to survive in the forest and while not on the level of some of the people on the show Alone, you are still knowledgeable)

First Aid - Novice 30/100 (You know the barebones of first aid, like of the disinfect and clean a wound and such, though your knowledge and skill at it is lacking, you will eventually reach a level of unrivaled first aid that would put every Paramedic team to shame)

Investigation - Apprentice 20/100 (Through a few real life experiences and a few Cop shows you have some knowledge on how to investigate something though nowhere near a professionals level you can reach it someday)

Interrogation - Apprentice 15/100 (Though not very experienced in the art of interrogation you have seen some and have executed some yourself, though nowhere near the likes professionals do)

[End Of Skills]

Ah again a respectable variety of skills though some need a lot of work you have potential Ethan.

'Heh thanks but was the description as to why necessary? I mean I already knew why I had most of those except blacksmithing.'

Not to worry, that only appears the first time you get a skill, from now on skills you have will not have any side notes with exceptions being certain skills and upon getting new ones.

'Ok, well then what's next?'

Next up we have perks, you will be given one perk point every time you level up 10 times. So every 10 levels you gain one perk point. Though you will be given one free random power roll when you're ready

Roll?

[Yes] [No]

'Alright sure I guess, no reason not to roll.'

[Yes]

Rolling…

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Power Gained!

You have gained the power [Flight]

Flight - Novice 1/100

You have gained the ability to fly, though while now its a stretch to call you a novice, you may one day be able to fly through space faster than the speed of light. Though those days are still far away, as of now you can only hover 1 foot above the ground and fly at a speed of 2mph. For every 10 minutes this skill drains 10 mana.

'Meh power could be better but it could be worse, quick question though, how do I get more powers? Also what is mana, I haven't seen anything else on it yet.'

Just think status again and it will show you it and your health. Mana is what is used in many powers and skills that may involve magic if you ever gain any, its amount is based on your Intelligence and its regen is based on your Wisdom. To answer the other question you gain one random power every 20 levels.

'Ok, well then [Status]'

[Status Start]

Name: Ethan

Age: 18

Level: 1

XP: 0/100

Health: 150/150

Health Regen: 7 every minute

Mana: 180/180

Mana Regen: 10 every minute

[Status End]

'Ok makes sense, though why does it seem you're purposely excluding some things from me?'

That's because I am, though I can give you a quick run over some more of the features if you wish, but this will only be a quick overview the rest you need to find out on your own.

'Seems kinda like a dick move to exclude information but this is your system, I'll take the quick run through before we move on'

First off, if you think [Stats] You will be shown your stats, If you think [Status] you will be shown your status, fairly obvious. Now if you think [Quests] it will show what quests you have, currently you have none. Next you have [Map] It is a map of where you've traveled. Just think about it and you see a map, fair warning if you haven't been somewhere it will be grayed out. Then you have [Inventory] in which you can hold 18 different items each slot can hold up to 180 pounds. Finally, Skills and Perks, just think [Skills] and it will show all your skills including powers and if you think [Perks] then your perk list will show up. If you think [Help] it will contact me, if you think [Settings] you can modify certain game features. Now that the impromptu tutorial is over let's move on to the world you will be living in.

'World? Cool so I can go wherever I pick then?'

No, not yet at least. First you will be sent to a Starter world, your basic fantasy world like in Konosuba, Shield Hero, and Wise Man's grandchild. Upon completion of the win conditions you will be allowed to go to a new world, you will then have the world you were in previously be locked and paused, it will be as you left it and you will not be able to return till you beat the next world you goto.

'So, I don't get to pick where I go'

No

'Damn it, oh well. Is that it?'

Yes, you will be brought to your new world when ready

[New world]

[Goto?] [Stay?]

[Goto] Picked, transportation to a new world now.

Chapter End

Hey guys, I'm Falcon and this is my first story so thanks for reading. Ima keep it a buck with you guys, the quality of this is gonna be pretty sucky as this is my first time writing dialog and such in this manner, that's part of why I'm writing this. I hope by doing this it will boost my writing skills. Anyways thanks for reading this chapter, can't promise much on when I'm gonna update. I don't have a schedule as I'm very bad with deadlines and such so don't expect a new chapter every week or something, anyways thanks again for reading!