So Guys,
This is the fic that I'm writing to replace my Gamer God fic. Hopefully this will be alot better than my previous fic, but no promises.
So anyways, let's get started.
I'm pretty sure my last thoughts were 'so this is it, huh?' and honestly, I'm fine with that. You may be wondering what the hell I'm going on about, and it's simple. I died. Well, I was dying, before I was teleported to this weird ass room that I'm in now.
How did I die? Do I hear you asking? No? Yes? Ahh, I'll tell you anyways. Truth is, my death was a massive let down, I was one of countless sacrifices to the great Truck~Kun, God of Isekai and Lord Of The Trucks.
If you couldn't tell, I was hit by a truck. No I didn't sacrifice myself by pushing some kid and/or old lady out of the way, no I did not die because Truck~Kun hit me because it was speeding.
No I died, because I didn't look both ways when I crossed the road. Yup, it's as simple as that, I was distracted by my phone as I was scrolling through Instagram listening to some My Chemical Romance and the next thing I know, KABLAM, Truck~Kun slammed straight into me effectively killing me on impact.
So no, I'm not some hero, who died saving somebody, and I'm not some villain who died in a petty form of revenge from a past victim of theirs, no i'm just a pretty average guy who died an untimely death that nobody will care about.
Id introduce myself, but honestly, I can't remember shit about who I was, literally, I don't remember my name, my family, my appearance, what school I went to, anything, but for some weird ass reason I retained the knowledge I'd gathered.
For instance I remembered that Augustus the first emperor of Rome was born in 63 BCE, and died in 14 BCE, but I have no idea how old I am.
The only positive thing about this entire situation is that, whatever the fuck I'm doing here and whomever the fuck brought me here, probably has an explanation for all of this.
"You are correct, young one." the room shook as a deep voice, filled with power boomed, making me have to regain my balance at the sheer magnitude of its presence. "You May Refer To Me As Cat"
Honestly, my thought process went from being scared at the Entity, confused at what the fucks going on, questioning at what the fuck was happening and then my thoughts finally forced their way from my head and into actual words as the first thing I said was "Well that's a weird name." and honestly, It's the most embarrassing moment of my life, well, for as much of it as I can remember anyways.
Luckily, the... God? Didn't do anything, leading me to believe that this was either some kind of pre-recorded message type thing, or they just didn't care about what I said. Both likely options, as why would a god waste its time talking to a 'mere mortal' and if that wasn't the case, why would it care what a 'mere mortal' said about it.
Finally however, my thoughts were interrupted by... Cat... Speaking again.
"You May find my name to be strange, it is not the first time and it is not the last time I have been told that. I do not care." This was leading me to believe that maybe the God was here in person, my dreams were crushed however, at its next line of Dialogue. "As you may have guessed, I am not here I'm person. This is because, at the moment of you hearing this, I am most likely to be dead."
As strange as it was, my mind shattered a small bit. This seemingly Omnipotent God died, and I doubt it would be explained to me how. But. It. Died...
... At least it proves to me that this is all pre-recorded, the God probably expected this to happen and probably implemented some way for this room to know when it should hit play again. Calming myself a moment, the God's powerful voice once again washed over me, forcing me to keep my balance yet again.
"If you have not only entered this room but survived. Congratulations, you have the potential to become my successor, The Next God Of All." my breath hitched, the god wanted a... Successor, the fuck?! "You may be wondering as to why I need a successor. The truth of the matter is more complicated than normal, and it is that I both do and do not need a successor. I have the capabilities to live for an endless stream of time, far longer than your mortal brain could comprehend, but I have grown bored in life and have chosen to fade from it, and because you are hearing this message, you may become my successor as the next God of All"
It... Didn't explain a lot, but yet it did, jeez did this God have to be full of contradictions?! Taking a moment to just breathe i decided to think about the meaning behind this. For some random reason, unknown to me, this God, Cat, has decided to fade from existence, with fading being the concept of death for a deity, and because he decided to fade he has a need for a successor, which must mean that I fit some sort of parameters for what this God wants his successor to be like.
There's also the fact he frequently states 'may' instead of 'will' proving that he's not omniscient as he would know if i were to become his successor, as well as giving away the information that others will have the opportunity to become his successor, meaning that i might have competition 'alive' currently whom have also came to the same fate as I.
Or, that's what I think anyways
"You would be incorrect in assuming that other mortals with the capabilities of becoming my successor are active, I have made it so that only one mortal has the chance to become my successor at a time, and if they fail they will be returned to their respective worlds afterlife and another candidate will be selected"
"My time is up now, Candidate, however the room will take care of your needs until the time for you to leave. Good Luck and Safe Travels."
Before I could comprehend anything, a pressure that had been in the room since my arrival disappeared and I was left alone, but I was not left to my thoughts for long, as the room shifted in design, going from a once empty white room to having a small podium in front of me, a book laying open and flat on it with words appearing from seemingly nowhere
Watching the writing appear in the book was strange, as the letters kept shifting through thousands of different characters before settling on the English alphabet, allowing me to read its contents.
Now that this has been summoned you are given the option to continue on your journey and attempt to become the next God of All or Return to your respective afterlife with your memories of this event wiped
Continue/Exit
The answer was simple, I placed my finger on continue,as Yoda once said 'Do or Do Not, there is no try'. If I continue I have everything to gain and little to lose, sure if i fail i'll be sent back to the afterlife but i'll have at least tried, if I just gave up before doing anything then I'll have lost out on everything.
You have chosen to continue.
Welcome to the Game of Life, Candidate
To become the next God of All you will have to gain the power necessary to do so through your own means and merit.
To do this, you will be given access to the power of the Gamer, using the system to track your strength and become as powerful as possible.
Not only this, you will be given the ability to transverse the multiverse created by the Previous God of All, Cat.
Before you enter Character Creation and Are given the ability to look through your stats, please select a starter world, from the list below:
Harry Potter
Twilight
My Hero Academia
Naruto
One Piece
Fairy Tail
Seven Deadly Sins
Percy Jackson Series
Bleach
Ranma
Dragon Ball
Sword Art Online
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Highschool of the Dead
Highschool DxD
Charlotte
Accel World
Familiar of Zero
My Youth Romantic Comedy is Ruined As Expected
Tales of Demons and Gods
The world displayed weren't the best, mainly because I could remember the names of the worlds given, but of all of them, there were only a few I could remember the ploty about, leading me to believe that i haven't read and/or watched them, from all of the ones I can remember though, they all had some weird power levels.
Naruto had Madara as well as a shit ton of people who could kill me without even trying that hard. My Hero Academia, while not as bad as some of the others, still have people who could kill me before the challenge even started, Shigaraki and All For One spring to mind. Fairy Tail has Zeref and literally everyone else, same with Dragon Ball, Highschool DxD and Percy Jackson, while the ones similar to My Hero Academia, like Twilight, Harry Potter and Sword Art Online would only allow me to gain levels slowly and with specific circumstances lining up, not being screwed over by the ministry, being a vampire, shifter or other type of monster in the Twilight Universe and actually having a copy of Sword Art Online, because if I didn't then i was automatically screwed then wasn't it.
The other ones I don't have any memories of, leaving me to decide what to do, do i go for a world which has extremely powerful beings or do I go for a world that has a few but leave it up to chance. Of me becoming powerful. Thinking it over, I knew which one i was going to pick as I quickly placed my finger over the line that contained the world of 'Percy Jackson'
My reasoning for this world was based off of the idea that the game would actively try to help me fit into the story, which was why I wasn't worried about not being a wizard or having a quirk, or ki, etc and because of that, I figured I'd be a demigod, which would automatically boost my starter stats, as well as give me natural skills, though, the only thing that's a risk is who my Godly parent is, because as far as I can tell, the game is merciful enough to give me a way into the direct plot, but it not as much to allow me to have control over my own stats and skills.
You have selected the world of Percy Jackson and The Olympians
As you may have figured out, you will automatically be placed into the plot, as such, your Species will automatically be assigned as Demigod.
In this universe, Mortals have a default Sats between 5 and 10, unless they have actively increased their stats. An example of a mortal having higher than active stats could be Steven Hawkings whom would have a higher than average Intelligence stat.
Demigods have stats that average between 5 and 20, but children of certain Gods will have higher than average stats. A child of Ares would have higher than average strength stats
Children of the Big Three, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, as well as Demi-Titans, average between 5 and 25.
Children of Primordial Deities average between 15 and 50
Note that this does not include skills, as demigods possessing Powers may be more powerful than their stats imply, e.g. Percy Jackson, Nico Di Angelo and Thalia Grace.
Now that your world and species has been selected, the gamer system has been implemented. To open your Stats either say or think Status.
At least it proved my theory correct, as it made no mention on who my godly parent is and didn't offer me a choice of who i want it to be, although, because the system has chosen my godly parent, my stats may give me a hint as to whom it is.
Level - 1
Species - Demi-God
Mentor - None
Alignment - Neutral
HP - 700/700 (175/30 Seconds)
MP - 500/500 (125/30 Seconds)
Strength - 25
Endurance - 35
Dexterity - 30
Intelligence - 25
Wisdom - 25
Charisma - 25
Luck - 15
Points - 0
Money - 1,000
If anything this proves to me that I could potentially be a child of one of the big three, a demi-titan or a demi-primordial, with the former two making me be the child of a god/titan that improves my dexterity and endurance. Though, I also noticed that I didn't have a name yet, which is… upsetting, to say the least, though, the next thing to appear in the book was a pen and the word 'What do you wish to be called.'
This took a moment of deliberation, before I settled on naming myself, simply, Sliver. There was no real reason for the name, but it was something simple.
Once my name was entered into the system the book and podium disappeared from the room, leaving it baron once again, before a text box appeared before me.
Congratulations on finishing the tutorial, when you awake in the new world you will be given further messages before the game officially begins
Transporting you in 5…
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And then, everything faded to black