John's P.O.V
The moon was high in the sky, and Daniel was looking after Sora and Nox, my falcon, so I had free roam of the forest. Moving between trees Naruto-style was tiring, but also a good way to train, if what Daniel said was true. Nonetheless, I wasn't only planning to train my stats that night.
In fact, I had my Mana shield and Reinforcement up, and an arrow at the ready. Yep, I was hunting. As one would guess, Daniel was way stronger than me, so I wanted to reach his level. Thankfully, I knew how to make IDs, so I had chosen to take some time and train.
With Falcon's eye I spotted my first preys for the night: a small bunch of apes. Pulling back the string of my bow, I aimed at the biggest one, and let it go. The arrow soared in a straight line, and hit the ape right in the chest, the fragments hitting also some of the others.
+150 Xp!
Yes, fragments. In fact, I had been working on a good amount or new arrows. In that moment I had: piercing, explosive, poisonous, fragmentation, narcotic and berserk arrows. The last two were born after a little discussion, in which both Daniel and I agreed that we needed also some stealth skills. Thus, I worked on shrinking some arrows and using them as darts, and from there we copied a little 'Assassin's creed 4' with the effects. Useful as they were, they didn't seem to get much use lately. Thankfully, all the different variations fell under a single skill, so it didn't even matter:
Conjuration (active & passive) Lv: 14 (98.7%)
Conjuration is the art of creating items out of pure mana. The size of the item depends on the quantity of mana used.
Available conjurations:
- Arrows: 15 Mp/s (each)
- Darts: 5 Mp/s (each)
Thus, all my arrows and darts shot contributed. And, as for the modifications:
Alteration (active & passive) Lv: 15 (14.8%)
Alteration is the art of modifying the attributes of an object trough mana. Multiple modifications can be applied, but the strain stacks up.
Available alterations:
- Explosive: 5 Mp/s
- Piercing: 2 Mp/s
- Poisonous: 2 Mp/s (poison lasts 00:02:15)
- Fragmented: 5 Mp/s (max fragments: 11)
- Narcotic: 7 Mp/s (sleep lasts 00:04:45)
- Berserker: 10 Mp/s (rage lasts 00:03:30)
My Alteration was a level higher because I wanted to try it on things I hadn't conjured, but let's get back on track.
The uninjured apes panicked, and began looking around frantically, trying to spot me. I wasn't in the mood to get found out, so a couple explosions did the trick.
+50 Xp!
+50 Xp!
+45 Xp!
+50 Xp!
+45 Xp!
+45 Xp!
I was about to leave, when I noticed one of the apes was still twitching. A quick piercing arrow later, and it was dead.
+50 Xp!
Half an hour later, I was getting stronger quite easily, and my level had risen a little, both from the apes and the team quest.
John Romano
The Gamer
G:14.734
Lv: 17 (95/30.000)
Hp: 1860/1860 (+20.2/s)
Mp: 1880/1880 (+21.0/s)
STR: 17 (21.2)
DEX: 23 (28.7)
VIT: 16 (20)
INT: 19
WIS: 22
LUK: 18
Stat points: 17
Alignment: neutral good
Affiliation: No game no life
My physical stats had risen a little, as Daniel made me train for a couple of days also in the old-fashioned way. Not that I complained, of course. Still, between taking care of Sora and Nox, we really didn't have much time left. Thus, we had resorted to training only one at a time, me during the night and Daniel in the day.
I kept at it for some more, but at dawn I had to stop and return to the base. Breaking into a sprint, I moved towards the glade at record speed, gaining another DEX point for it.
In the middle of the clearing, I found Daniel sitting in front of the remnants of a campfire, holding a bundle of feathers and one of scales, both enveloped in a Rouge's cloak each.
Daniel...was tired, for lack of a better term. His eyes were lost in the void, his shoulders were slumped…everything of him screamed 'please, no more!'. Thankfully for him, I approached to start my turn and asked quietly: "So, how did it go?"
He looked at me with a mixture of boredom and exasperation, and said in an even voice: "My arms are so tired of holding these two that my STR rose. By two levels. I wish I was kidding."
I winced a little at that, and took the little ones from his arms.
"C'mon, go. It's your turn to have fun. I'll stay here."
He immediately rose up to his feet, and booked it. Looking in the spot he occupied, I was only left with a cloud of dust, which obviously found its way in my lungs. My hacking woke up Sora and Nox, which started stirring in my arms. A minute later, they were completely awake, and the second afterwards I had to put them down.
The kids stared at me expectantly, and I knew exactly what they wanted. Thus, I opened my Inventory and pulled out two fishes I had put away last evening. Daniel was smart enough to build a fishing rod, thus we had ensured a source of food for the kids. Daniel also managed to bring some fruit and vegetables, somehow, so that they could have some variety. Nox preferred meat, but would eat some greenery here and there, while Sora was more neutral towards what he ate.
I did ask Daniel where he got that stuff, but all he would say would be: "One day I'll show you. For now, don't worry about it." Thus, I stopped even asking, and just went with it.
A week had passed since the two little buggers hatched, and their growth rate was absolutely astounding! At three days old, Nox started molting for the first time, and his tuft had already given space to mature feathers. Sora, instead, had his scales harden within 24 hours of his hatching, and could sneeze small amounts of smoke already. We attributed that to Spirit bind, as technically if your familiar was a baby it wouldn't be much help, would it?
Nonetheless, what was more disconcerting was that they already had both the intelligence of an eight year old, along with the super growth. And of course, they had reached the 'Why?' age. This time, they were actually quieter than normal. I was about to inquire on that, when Nox spoke up.
"Dad? Can I ask you something?"
I gave the little falcon a smile, even tough he was already almost the size of a full-grown normal falcon, and said: "Sure, kid. Ask away."
He was fidgeting a little, but shook his head and replied:
"Where does uncle Daniel go every day, and where do you go every night?"
I sighed. We were both expecting one of them to ask that, but not so fast. I had no idea how to answer that without sounding crazy, and normally Daniel would deal with their questions. This time, though, we had to be there both.
I sent a message to Daniel, telling him to come back, and sat cross-legged in front of Nox and Sora. They both were still waiting for an answer, but I chose to simply stall, and retort with another question: "So, tell me. What made you want to ask that right now?"
That time, Sora explained: "Well, whenever dad is gone, I can see numbers on the corner of my vision, and there's this weird blue square that appears in front of me saying: 'Level up!' and it's very weird, and when Nox wakes up there's a huge bunch of them in front of him everytime, so… can you explain that?" He finished breathing in a huge gulp of air, obviously winded from his tirade.
I chuckled a little, and retorted: "Yes, I can explain that. But first, I think we should wait for Daniel to get back, as he knows more about this than I do…" In that moment, Daniel popped out of the treeline. "And speaking of, there he is."
Then, I relayed everything to him, and he started explaining about the System to the kids. To make it short, everytime either of us would gain Xp, our own familiar would gain the same amount of Xp, thus eventually leveling up too. Supposedly, they could also increase their stats by training, and we got to testing that too. Running around isn't easy for a wyvern, but in the end Sora got 1 VIT, so there was that.
Daniel had agreed to teach them the basics of magic, so that they could make their own skills, and neither of us was disappointed. Nox seemed to favor shadow-based skills, while Sora was more of an elementalist, like Daniel. His favorite seemed to be electricity, at the moment, tough.
All of that took around two or three hours, after which they had lunch, and we all had a good look at their stats, as they had quite a lot of points to spend and wanted to see whether they should use them or leave them for the moment.
Nox Romano
Astral falcon (male)
Lv: 9 (80/500 Xp)
Hp: 950/950 (+10.0/s)
Mp: 980/980 (+10.4/s)
STR: 4
DEX: 7
VIT: 5
INT: 8
WIS: 6
LUK: 9
Stat points: 40
Alignment: neutral good
Affiliation: No game no life
Sora Samuels
Wyvern (male)
Lv: 9 (375/500 Xp)
Hp: 960/960 (+10.2/s)
Mp: 970/970 (+10.1/s)
STR: 5
DEX: 4
VIT: 6
INT: 7
WIS: 4
LUK: 8
Stat points: 40
Alignment: lawful neutral
Affiliation: No game no life
From what they said, Sora wanted to be a tank-type, with some emphasis on his INT, so he could use a couple strong spells just in case. Nox, instead, was more of a rouge-type, very fast, very smart, with a good amount of illusions, and some offensive spells to get out of a pickle.
Our team was becoming more and more like a true rpg team. We had the DPS, Daniel, the support, me, and two future rouge and tank. Maybe, just maybe, we could have gotten out of the forest and started visiting the new world around us finally.
/time skip/
Two days after all that ordeal, we were getting ready to visit the dragon village, finally. We had all grown a little, me and Daniel having a level of 20 and 22 respectively, and the kids had 14 for Sora and 13 for Nox.
The way towards the edge of the forest was quite nice, but when we caught sight of the village we remained a tad confused. While we had been away, a wall had been built around the small village. It wasn't extremely big, mind you. Around four to five meters tall if I had to guess. Nonetheless, we needed a way to get in, thus Daniel and I tried to come up with a plan.
Unfortunately, Sora wasn't going to wait, anymore and rushed to the gate. There, he was stopped by two guards, who started questioning him. I couldn't really hear what they were saying, but they didn't seem too hostile.
Sora's P.O.V.
Finally we were there! The dragon village that dad spoke so much about! I was so excited to see it, that I forgot the first rule dad told us: don't get away from the group. So, I rushed out towards the big door, but two mean guys stopped me before I could get in. They looked a little like me, but they wore armor all over and had four legs, and their wings were on their backs, and their scales were different colors from mine.
The one on the left spoke up: "Identify yourself, hatchling."
'He used some very weird words. A little like dad, if I had to compare them.' The other one, must have understood that I didn't get it, as he translated for me:
"He asked what your name was, little one."
'Oh, so that was what he meant! Why do adults have to make everything confusing?' Anyway, I smiled and said: "My name is Sora! And you are?"
The nice one, who was green, said: "I'm Lytos. This guy right here," and he pointed to the other one, who was red, "is Blaze. Now, do you mind if I ask a question?"
I shook my head, and waited for his question.
"Alright then. Just what are you? You're obviously not a dragon."
"I'm a wyvern!"
I didn't know why, but they looked shocked when I said that. 'Maybe it isn't a good thing to be a wyvern? Maybe they don't like wyverns? Maybe-'
"Everyone thought wyverns didn't exist anymore! It has been over a hundred years since a wyvern has been seen! This is unbelievable!"
'So that's why! But why didn't dad tell me that wyverns were so rare?' While the two dragons were freaking out, I saw dad motioning for me to get there. 'Uh-oh. I'm in trouble, aren't I?' I then turned to the guards, and managed to get their attention again.
"Look, it's nice meeting you and all, but I really have to go. Dad's probably mad right now that I left him and the others behind, sooo… I've got to go!"
And with that, I ran towards dad. That is, as much as I could run, which was more like crawling actually. Still, when I reached dad, he didn't look happy.
"Sora, what did I tell you? You shouldn't rush off like this, I have reasons for giving you rules, you know." He covered his forehead with his hand, and sighed. "Just… please, don't get away from us again. I don't want you to risk getting in trouble. Do you understand?"
I nodded my head vigorously, and said: "Yes, I understand. I'm sorry, dad. I won't do it again." Then I gave him my best apologetic look.
He shook his head, and sighed. "Remember that I do these things because I care, alright? I'm not mad, just worried." Then, he smiled a little. "Now, as you already broke the ice with the guards, we might as well go and introduce ourselves, should we?"
Uncle John shrugged, and followed dad out of the woods. Nox and I exchanged a look, and tagged along. The two guards looked confused when they saw all of us, but we all kinda expected it. Dad did say that it might happen, after all.
Once we had all reached the gate, dad started speaking:
"A good day to you, my friends. My name is Daniel, and I'd believe I'm the impromptu leader of this group… right?" he looked at uncle John, who nodded to him. "Yes, so. I believe you have heard of the rumor about a weird being lurking around the village some time ago, right?" Both the guards nodded, so dad kept going: " That being was me. Now, as you can see, the group grew a little, and we had enough of staying in the forest, so we thought to visit this place. But, as you can tell, the door is closed. Would you mind opening for us?"
The two looked at each other, and then Lytos said: "We can't do that without authorization from the higher ups, so unless someone guarantees for you, then you-"
Lytos was cut off from Blaze: "I will guarantee for them. This… Daniel fellow saved my daughter a month ago, along with her best friend. I admit that I don't really know about the others, but I'm willing to trust them for the time being."
Dad bowed a little to Blaze, and said to him: "Thank you, Blaze. I'll make sure your trust isn't misplaced."
Lytos shrugged, and flew up on the wall. A couple seconds later, the door made a big noise and it opened slowly. We all followed Mr. Blaze inside, while he was talking with dad about some thing or the other. I wasn't really paying attention. What I did pay attention to was our surroundings. Everything was so new! I could see dragons almost everywhere, and it was a little confusing, but I liked it!
After some time, we stopped in front of a building, and Mr. Blaze motioned for us to get inside. We all complied, and he shut the door behind us. He guided us to a room with a big table, and gestured for us to sit down. Dad sat in front of Mr. Blaze, I was at his left, uncle John sat at his right, and Nox was perched on my chair, for whatever reason.
Mr. Blaze was staring at dad quietly, and he did the same. Finally, dad spoke: "I believe we all know just why you brought us here, so let's get to the point. What is it that you want to know?"
Mr. Blaze was quiet for a second, then he decided to answer: "Quick and direct to the point. Very well. My first questions would be: who and what are you, and then what is it that brought you to our village?"
"Fair enough," Dad said, nodding. "as I said before, I am Daniel, and this," He pointed to uncle John. "is John. We are 'humans', or 'human' if you want to indicate only one. Then we have Sora," And he pointed at me. "who is a wyvern, and my son. Finally, we have Nox. He is an 'Astral flacon', and is John's son."
"For what brought us here…" Dad continued, "Well, we have been living in the forest at the edge of the village for some time now. You can understand that such a place is not very good for raising children," And he gestured towards me and Nox again. "Thus, we agreed that a change in scenery would do us good, so we chose to try and get a house here. Is that sufficient?" He concluded, crossing his arms and keeping a straight face.
Mr. Blaze nodded, and said in a friendlier tone: "There is more I am curious about, but it should be sufficient for now. I can spot a lie when I see one, and you have been honest. That, or you are one very good liar." He then shook his head, chuckling a little. "Nonetheless, if you want to stay you need to know our rules. I can lend you my copy, if you want. Ancestors know I've learned them perfectly at this point."
We all kept talking like that for some time, but then Mr. Blaze said he had to return to his post, so he was gonna call a friend of his to help us find a house. The friend he spoke about was a blue dragon. He was very big, and he looked kinda surprised to see uncle John, but said nothing about it. When Mr. Blaze left, dad finally spoke:
"Well then, sir Frost. I would enjoy exchanging pleasantries, but I believe you have already met one of us, and I know of you already, so why don't we skip all of this and get to business?" He then clapped his hands in front of himself, and continued: "Houses. Do you know any good ones that are empty as of now?"
I saw Mr. Frost get ready to speak, but he paused before saying anything.
And so did everything else.
Daniel's P.O.V.
Welcome to the shop menu!
Here you can buy all sorts of stuff, as long as long as you know of a shop that sells it, or can make it for you. Remember that all purchases made on order take time to be completed. You can see how much time you have to wait in the 'Orders' menu!
For now, as you can see, you can only buy houses, and as you'd be expecting, they will cost you a pretty penny. But don't worry! Since it's your first house, you will receive a 25% discount!
P.S. with all purchases, the shopkeeper in question will believe that you placed an order, and when you will receive it they will believe you picked it up yourself.
P.P.S. the time stop is a one-time thing.
'Definitely didn't expect that.' I thought. 'But I guess it does have its uses. Now, what to choose…' Thus, I started skimming trough the different possibilities. There weren't that many, so I eliminated them one by one, until I found one that seemed good enough for us: 4 rooms, 2 bathrooms, not too far from the outer wall, and well within our budget. Buying it would leave us with 8K total, but it was good enough. Hopefully.
Nonetheless, I accepted the purchase, and everything returned to normal. I looked up to Frost, and saw him nodding.
"Very well. If you are content with that, I will guide you there. Let's go." Then he started walking in a seemingly random direction, and we followed him. The others were giving me questioning glances, but I told them through a message that I would explain later.
A couple minutes later, we stopped in front of a building with light brown walls, two floors tall and a classic flat roof. I was already planning to get supplies in order to change the roof, though. 'I don't really enjoy that style.' Frost led us in, and I was quite surprised that the place already had some basic furnishing. Nothing fancy, but it was enough for the moment. It even had a cellar of all things! Not that it would matter much, as our Inventory could keep everything fresh, no matter how long it stayed in storage.
Once our little tour ended, and we agreed on the deal, Frost walked us to the village's council hall, so that we could fill out the paperwork. It was all pretty similar to human bureaucracy, so I'll spare you the details. Nonetheless, once that was done, we picked up the key, making the house finally ours.
Once we were outside, my stomach made itself known, along with the rest of out wacky family following along. Looking up, I realized it was already late for lunch, so I turned towards Frost, who was sporting an amused smile, and asked:
"So, you know anywhere good to have some lunch?"
Xeno's back! Know you guys were waiting for a long time, but…
Bah, I won't even apologize, you know anyway it's all excuses! The fact is that I kept switching from this chapter to the one for my other story, and I couldn't decide what to write, and then I just gave up for a while! Now, I'm writing this at 12:47 am and I don't even care that it's not really long, read this, and I'll whip something else up for the 21st. In the meantime, you could check put my other story. It's a Steven Universe one, just so you know, and it isn't a Gamer story.
Shameless self-publishing aside, we're almost at 3K views! Bloody awesome work, people! Take some cookies!
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Ahem, anyway, as always I don't own 'The legend of Spyro', I do own Daniel, Sora, Zilan, Seth, Pyra, Tundra, Star, Frost, Blaze, Lytos. Giux owns John and Nox.
Buh-bye!
Oh, and before you ask, there won't be anymore Gamers in the story other than who is now.