Kage's P.O.V.
"So what the hell are we supposed to do? We are in the middle of the fucking forest in the middle of nowhere without a map anywhere in sight," Aime said her hands massaging the temple of her head. I had to admit I was enjoying seeing her try figure something out when she literally has the answer right in front of her.
"Use the inventory command, there SHOULD be something of use in there considering we pretty much started off naked." I said with a grin on my face. I already went through my inventory and found a VERY pleasant surprise. Everyone did as I said and started to go through their overfilled inventories.
"What the fuck is this shit?" Everyone said at the same time while my grin threatened to split my face. I saw that everyone was looking at me questionably.
"Well? What are you waiting for? Pick one!" I already chose what I wanted to start with. Once I chose the kit that I wanted every choice that I didn't choose disappeared. Considering there were so many different kits it is really hard to count. Good thing there was a search bar to help me.
Seeing that they were all done I replaced my grin with a smirk. "Well? What did you guys pick?"
"I got Ranger," Aime said as a boy and a pair of daggers appeared in her hands. "Where the fuck are the arrows? Also according to this I gained some skills along with it" Exasperated Aime decided to explore a little more about the gamer ability. Her knives most likely have an attack of 2-5 each.
For figuring out the amount of damage your allies weapons can deal you gained 1 INT!
I turned to Midori and Regalia. It was nice that they didn't have to be asked the question to know what I want. "Well I got Magic Knight and Midori got Dual Blades," Regalia said with some crystals in his hands. "Also what is this? According to my observe skill this says that this is fire, ice, wind, and lightning dust. Why is it called 'dust' when it is obviously a crystal?"
I put my hand up to my chin trying my best to answer the question, I only knew the plot of RWBY but I never bothered to go any deeper. "Well if my memory serves me correctly 'dust' is essentially a piece of 'nature's wrath' and 'dust' is used to replace gunpowder, coal and a large amount of fossil fuels in this world,"
I seriously hate explaining, too bad they almost never watch anime with me. I let a small pout onto my face, I really hate dealing with noobs. Too bad my friends are the noobs in this situation here.
"Anyways," I snap out of my thoughts. "What did you chose Kage?" Midori said while observing the two European Longswords in his hands. The longswords most likely have an attack about around 5-10 physical damage.
"Oh I chose the Gunner kit, chances are these are likely going to be our 'classes', with the kit we chose skills will be created for us to accompany the weapons we got. I already know how this stuff works but take time to analyze your skills then we will head out." I said taking in a teacher like pose. "If this world is what I think it is then it will be quite dangerous to go out if you don't know how to fight."
Everyone nodded and I grinned, I was very very excited to try and hunt some grim. As long it was just a Beowulf or maybe an Ursa we should be fine. I blinked before I checked the gun I was given.
"Fuck this game it didn't give me any bullets."
Midori's P.O.V.
Right now I was seriously conflicted. On one hand I have always wanted something like this but I cannot shake the feeling that this is real and not some weird dream. My brain tells me this is fake but my heart knows better, this is real my life and my three other friends have been turned into that of a game.
"[Status]" I said as a screen popped up in front of me.
Name: Midori Kusa
Age: 13
Alignment: Neutral Good
Gender: Male
Level: 0 EXP: 0/10
HP:100/100 Regen: .9 per hour
AP: [LOCKED]
SP: 50/50 .5 per second
STR: 11
AGI: 9
CON: 10
INT: 11
WIS: 12
LUK: 2
Points: 0
?: 0
?: 500
Life is now a game, does that mean that everyone that is not the gamer are actually NPC that you would find in normal games? Are they even real at all? I sighed and looked at clearing we are currently in. Even if this is a dream, even if this is fake. I will enjoy every moment of it.
[Alignment 'Neutral Good' has been changed 'Chaotic Good']
I didn't care about the window as I swiped it away. I played enough games to know what is going on. I put my head on the soft grass as blackness slowly enveloped me. Kage is going to do something that will help us. He always does, he may be a troll, but he is the one we will always depend on.
Even if he says that he was using us to entertain him we all knew that he will never let us go. In a way everyone uses each other, they all know but yet they deny it. Humans are naturally selfish, they are afraid of pain, sadness and loneliness. So they use others to help cure them of the pain, sadness and loneliness. This was how the world is, nothing we do can change it. Although the world is a shitty place, I cannot belong anywhere else.
"Fuck this game it didn't give me any bullets." Kage said and I internally smirked. The kits had a hidden difficulty on them. I naturally chose the one that had novice which was the Dual Wielding kit. Knowing Kage he didn't bother looking at the hidden label and chose gunner which most likely had an expert difficulty on it. His guns were useless without ammunition, just like Aime's bow is useless without arrows. Except with Aime she also got a pair of daggers.
I was going to have so much fun teasing Kage later, that damn fox has trolled us one too many times and now it is time for payback.
2 hours later
I felt myself awake from my small nap and opened my eyes.
You have slept on the soft grass 25% of HP and AP have been recovered
'This game I swear' I thought before I got up and shook my head. The fields were a bit messed up the nearby trees had some of the bark destroyed from what looks like a blunt force.
I looked to the left and saw Regalia and Aime on the ground panting with Kage above them a devilish grin on his face. I didn't want to know what Kage put them through so I put my head back down and closed my eyes hoping that Kage didn't notice that I was awake.
Unfortunately it seems like I have 2 points in luck for a reason as he was able to notice me if his turned head said anything. He turned his body so it faced me before jogging over to me. Inwardly I panicked a little before feeling an unnatural sense of calm.
A skill has been created through a special act.
Through trying to trick your friend into thinking you are sleeping, [Fake Sleep], has been created
Stay calm Midori, do not let the devil fox know you are awake.
"Midori, you suck at acting so get up before I decide to power strike you," The devil fox said. I couldn't see exactly what his expression was but he sounded quite serious.
"Alright, fine be that way I will count to ten and if you don't get up by then the power strike goes to your balls. Trust me when I say this my [Power Strike] is level 18 so that is a 32% chance of a critical strike with a 900% increase to my damage. If it crits you will take another 200% on top of that. So make the wiser decision here Midori and wake up."
[Detect Killer Intent] Has increased by 1!
[Detect Killer Intent] Has increased by 1!
[Detect Killer Intent] Has increased by 1!
[Detect Killer Intent] Has increased by 1!
Fuck off stupid pings! "10" I twitched a little feeling very scared.
"9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. ze-"
"Okay! Okay! I am up!" I said all the while using my hands to cover my balls. I removed my hands and looked at Kage sheepishly before I said.
"Okay so what do you need?"
"I am utterly useless without a weapon and since we are on 'Remnant' it will be dangerous to go out barehanded especially into the woods. Aime won't be as effective due to the loss of her arrows but she still has a pair of knives. You and Regalia have swords so we will count on you the most." I saw Kage point at a tree. "I want you to hit that tree as hard as you can, that should be able to get you [Power Strike]. Then I want you to use power strike again and again until it reaches at least level 15. Understand?"
I nodded quietly. Kage knew something we don't it has always been that way and slightly unsettling. However for once he sounded deadly serious, there was no humor, nor was there a mocking tone to his words. I sighed and went to a nearby tree this was going to be such a pain in the ass.
'Observe' I thought as the tree's stats appeared in front of me.
Name: Forever Fall Tree
Age: 8
Alignment: True Neutral
Gender: N/A
Level: 8 EXP: 27/365
HP: 800/800
AP: N/A
SP: N/A
STR: 0
AGI: 0
CON: 40
INT: N/A
WIS: N/A
LUK: 0
Description: A tree, and yes trees and all living organisms have stats like humans. Also can be 'tapped' for some red syrup(?)
I stared at the tree a little while longer my expression I took my fist and clenched my teeth punching hard. My fist made a cracking sound as I recoiled back nursing my injured hand.
A skill has been created through a special act
Through experiencing physical pain, [Physical Endurance], has been created.
A skill has been created through a special act
By putting more force into a strike than normal, [Power Strike], has been created
Wait a second, it said putting more force into a strike than normal. Does that mean I can create another skill by actually punching as hard as I can? Preparing my fist for another punch I breathed as I steadily put my all into a single punch. My fist went flying as it broke the bark on the tree and I saw my HP lower slightly on my UI.
A skill has been created through a special act
By putting as much force as possible into a strike, [Full Power Strike], has been created
Removing my fist I tried to ignore the pain. One day, one day I will make that stupid troll pay for putting me through this kind of thing. Well, the pain wasn't that bad due to [Gamer's Body] and [Gamer's Mind] dulling the pain and the injury. Normally my knuckles would be skinned and bleeding from striking a tree that hard but right now it was only slightly red with a dull pain.
This is going to be a long and hard road but just thinking about all the cool things I can do with this gamer ability. 'Sorry Mr. Right Hook I guess you will be working a little harder today' I thought as a swung at the tree again and again and again.
By the time it was done it was already around noon. It seems like when we were transported here it was about morning. My fist was bleeding and my HP might as well be half of what it should be. My right arm was completely numb halfway through so I switched to my left.
Since the skill was already created I spammed [Power Strike] and [Full Power Strike] again and again until my stamina was completely drained. Thankfully it regenerates by the second so it only took about 2 minutes for me to fully catch my breath.
I didn't even bother checking the skills after I got them. I probably should so I know what I am dealing with here. 'Skills' I thought as a list appeared in front of me.
Skills
[Gamer's Mind]
[Gamer's Body]
[Detect Killing Intent]
[Fake Sleep]
[Observe]
[Physical Endurance]
[Power Strike]
[Full Power Strike]
After in reading the list I pressed [Power Strike] as a window appeared in front of me. I paid it no mind as I pressed [Physical Endurance] and [Full Power Strike].
[Power Strike] - Active - Lvl 14/100 EXP: 27.5% SP cost: 17
Description: Throw a stronger than normal attack. 28% extra critical rate and 700% increased damage.
[Full Power Strike] - Active - Lvl 3/100 EXP: 18.72% SP cost: 31
Description: Punch will all of your might! 300% increased melee damage
[Physical Endurance] - Passive - 6/100 EXP: 16.52%
Description: Reduces physical damage taken by 9%
The formula for the skills seems to scale greatly. Does this mean that enemies will have a lot of defense to the point where only a max [Full Power Strike] can dent? Or will they also have something that will reduce damage greatly? I was scared, something like this just doesn't happen. An overpowered skill like this shouldn't exist. This means there is something where a [Full Powered Strike] will do barely anything.
Using your brain to assess the situation you gained 1 point in WIS!
The hell? The heck was that? What was I thinking again? Oh right. The question was however, when WILL [Full Power Strike] become ineffective? Maybe with people in the 30-40 range? Perhaps the 10-20 range? I don't know and it scares me. I turned to look at Kage who was throwing [Power Strike] at a tree left and right. I turned to my right away from Kage to find Regalia and Aime practicing on their own trees.
I looked at the sky. The sun was right in the middle of the sky so it should be about noon. I looked at the tree before using observe.
Name: Forever Fall Tree
Age: 8
Alignment: True Neutral
Gender: N/A
Level: 8 EXP: 27/365
HP: 278/800
AP: N/A
SP: N/A
STR: 0
AGI: 0
CON: 40
INT: N/A
WIS: N/A
LUK: 0
Description: A tree, and yes trees and all living organisms have stats like humans. Also can be 'tapped' for some red syrup(?). On the verge of falling over due to abuse by a [Midori Kusa]
This system is like trying to make me angry or something. I heard the grass shift softly behind me and turned around. I saw Kage there looking giddy for something.
"Did you get at least get to 15 in power strike yet?" Kage asked me a strange look in his eyes.
"No, sorry man I only got it to 14" I said feeling a bit ashamed, I spent a bit of time on [Full Power Strike] rather than [Power Strike].
"Eh close enough after we get out of this forest it should get to 15 anyways." A after we get out? Does this mean we are going to fight something?
"Anyways we are heading out now, if you look into your settings there should be a map somewhere, we are going to head south and out of this forest into a city called 'Vale' so get ready." Leave it to Kage to be informative, the bastard always seems to know what is going on. Kage might as well be an information broker.
"Okay Kage tell us what is living in these forests that require us to grind our asses on these skills?" Aime said sounding not at all tired despite all the work they did due to [Gamer's Body].
"Simple, this forest has deadly monsters that can rip a human to shreds in an instant if they are not 'trained'." Kage replied giving us a foxy smile. "Basically we would have a better chance at living if we had some abilities to help out. Since I also know where we are I could easily get us to civilization." Leave it to Kage to be able to pull shit like this off, knowing him this is most likely the world of one of the anime he has watched.
"I have a question, what do we do when we get to civilization?" I asked already knowing the answer but I will most likely get a better one from Kage. Not to mention Aime looks clueless and Regalia looks… Like he is in a poker game.
"You see the three question marks with a 500 next to it? That is most likely the currency of the place we are in right now. With a little bit of math I can translate it to US Dollars when I look at some prices." 'Kage is going into his little lecture mode again.' I thought.
"First off I am going to need some bullets to actually USE my gun and Aime is going to need some arrows, or she could learn to make her own. Regalia and you are going to brush up some skills on the sword and for Regalia chances are you will need a teacher to help you with the 'magic' of this world." Kage was deliberately leaving which world this was out. But then again we wouldn't have known anyways since I am very sure 'Beacon' is a keyword and we should know it.
This is one of the times I regret not being an otaku like Kage. At first glance Kage could easily be considered a Gary Stu but he is extremely selfish for his own desires and by desires I mean wasting time in the most trollish trying to get through life like a worthless doll whose only purpose is to be there. I smiled, at least here I have seen more real smiles in one day than I have ever seen in an entire year. This world is a world where Kage belongs, I don't know what makes this world different but I have a feeling we are about to find out soon.
We headed out into the woods of 'Forever Falls' so far there hasn't been anything interesting despite hiking for 5 minutes. Although Regalia and Kage were swiping their hands in air occasionally as if dismissing something. Quietly I used observe on them.
Name: Kage Sutoka
Age: 13
Alignment: True Neutral
Gender: Male
Level: 0 EXP 0/10
HP: 80/80 Regen: .8 per hour
AP: [LOCKED]
SP: 40/40 Regen: .4 per second
STR: 5
AGI: 12
CON: 8
INT: 13
WIS: 14
LUK: 5
Points: 0
Description: Kuro is the childhood friend of Midori and the Vasilisa twins.
Wait a second, from what I noticed the stats we began with started off with about 55 points in total but Kage's equal to 57 did all this walking seriously trained him enough for him to get some points open CON? If so then the same thing must have happened with Regalia.
Name: Regalia Vasilissa
Age: 13
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Gender: Male
Level: 0 EXP: 0/10
HP: 90/90 Regen: .9 per hour
AP: [LOCKED]
SP: 45/45 Regen: .45 per second
STR: 5
AGI: 8
CON: 9
INT: 20
WIS: 10
LUK: 5
Points: 0
Description: Regalia is close friends with Kage and Midori along with his fraternal twin sister Aime Vasilisa.
Okay so Regalia had a total of 57 stat points. But I trained moderately hard as well shouldn't I have had more? Or is it because the lower your stats are the easier they are to train? That was extremely logical after all.
Through figuring out how the stat system works you gained 1 INT!
I stared at the panel that appeared in front of me dumbfounded. 'Well I guess that is how it works then, if so then it would be best to refrain from using stat points as much as possible'
Through planning out how to use stat points you gained 1 WIS!
Fuck this game. The pings are really annoying.
Third Person P.O.V.
"Oi. Kage are you sure we are going in the right direction?" Aime asked mildly irritated from walking for so long.
"Yes I am sure, can tell which way is the right way so just trust me," Kage said his eyes were glued onto the minimap on his HUD looking at the black pointy dot that represented him, while the pointy purple, green and red dots represented Regalia, Midori and Aime respectively.
The only one actually looking at a minimap was Kage right now due to the fact that he has already watched RWBY and has knowledge of Vale. His friends however never seen it therefore their map is empty save for the places they have been to before.
Right now Kage was inwardly smirking as he looked at the icon that was marked as a skull on his map. Everyone is level 0 right now so getting them to level 1 would be beneficial. Actually, reaching level 3-5 before going into Vale would be a good idea. Since they don't know what is on his map nor can they see it he can lead them around twists and turns to into as many Grimm as possible.
Naturally he will make sure they are of reasonable level. According to his HUD the tutorial ends when they reach level 5 in which they will unlock perk points. Until then however the game will not allow Kage and his friends to start story mode. Story mode gives a VERY large amount of EXP and Lien. After a few more minutes of walking they encountered their first enemy.
Name: Young Beowolf
Age: 1
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Gender: N/A
Level: 3 EXP: 29/400
HP: 250/250
STR: 8
AGI: 17
CON: 15
INT: 0
WIS: 1
LUK: 0
Description a beowolf that has not matured yet. Most armed adults can take down this Grimm.
Kill EXP: 5+50% per level under.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING?!" yelled Aime jumping back a few feet. Kage as calm as ever said.
"A young beowolf Grimm, it is fairly weak so if we attack it together we could take it out without any problems. Especially when you guys have [Power Strike] at about level 15. Now then." Kage turned towards his friends. "Midori with your dual blades you can parry the beowolf's attack and keep it in place, after that everyone else will surround and collapse. This is basic and cannot be screwed up." Everyone nodded and watched as Kage went closer to the beowolf.
"OI JACKASS!" Everyone in Kage's party face planted on the ground as the beowolf turned to look at him. "YO MAMA SO STUPID SHE FORGOT THAT SHE AIN'T HUMAN AND GOT HERSELF KILLED!"
The beowolf roared angrily as it charged at Kage with unholy fury. Midori wasted no time as he brought out his dual blades and used them to block the beowolf's attack. Everyone quickly surrounded the beowolf before unleashing their attack.
"[Power Strike]!" Everyone yelled as their skills activated causing damage to the beowolf
-77
-28
Critical Strike!
-131
Young Beowolf
14/250
The strikes all hit in a single second and Midori seeing his chance removed one of his swords that were guarding and used and to stab the Beowolf in the stomach.
-16
The Beowolf vanished due to Midori's attack. The Beowolf didn't drop any loot but everyone got 13 exp off of that due to the amount of levels they were under. 3*50%=150% extra on top of the 5 that they got from killing it.
'It seems like there is no reduction to EXP when in a party, interesting' Kage thought staring at the spot where the Beowolf once was. Kage saw that everyone was opening up their status screens before he stopped them.
"Everyone, when we actually get stat points please refrain from using them, the more you train while your stats are lower the more total points you will have." Nobody questioned him since it was perfectly logical, they only gained points when they struggled. Nobody wanted to have 50 of some stat and then have to run 5 marathons or lift up a couple hundred pounds for a few hours just for a single stat point.
"So, what do you think?" Kage asked his party as a smirk plastered itself on his face.
"It… Was interesting to say the least, that thing died pretty fast" Regalia said with Aime and Midori nodding.
"Do not get your hopes up that much, that thing was stupidly weak. Anyways I would like to get a few more of these things dead so we have some more levels. Although considering that only gave us about 13 EXP we would have to kill at least 10 to level up to 2. And about 40 to get to 3."
"No way in hell am I going to kill over 50 of those things just for level 3 man!" Aime yelled her hands crossing into an X.
"We don't have to, we will be out of the forest before we have a chance to get at level 3. Although being level 2 will help somewhat if we get to civilization. Besides killing another 10 of these should give some decent experience as well as faster leveling on skills."
"When we get to the city we should be able to get some quests right Kage?" Midori asked looking at the quest log on his HUD.
"Yeah, we should be able to, the quests should give a decent amount of experience. Also I would recommend turning behind you." Kage replied while pointing behind them. Everyone turned around to see a Beowolf charging at them.
Name: Beowolf
Age: 13
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Gender: N/A
Level: 8 EXP: 728/2900
HP: 540/540
STR: 13
AGI: 27
CON: 19
INT: 1
WIS: 2
LUK: 2
Description: A creature of Grimm called beowolves
Kill EXP: 25+50% per level under.
"Uhh guys. I think we fucked up." Midori said sweating slightly as he slowly backed off with Aime and Regalia. Kage rolled his eyes before yelling.
"Come on! Beowolves are not known for their strength or their endurance but rather their agility! Midori, you could easily block the beowolf with your swords anytime! Besides, you forget that they have the intelligence of a baby!" Midori sweatdropped before he face palmed himself.
Everyone brought out their weapons (or in Kage's case his fists) ready for battle. The Beowulf charged at the group. Midori rushed forward when the Beowulf tried to bite them he used one of his swords to block the bite and another to block a claw.
Meanwhile Aime went behind the beowolf using [Power Strike] on the legs.
-77
-67
-87
Beowolf
309/540
The beowolf released Midori's swords as it got down on one knee. Regalia rushed to the beowolf's side before raising his sword in a stab motion. Using [Power Strike] he stabbed the sword into the beowolf's ribs and lungs inflicting critical damage.
Critical Strike!
-232
Beowolf
77/540
When the beowolf tried to strike at Regalia Kage dashed in before throwing a punch enhanced with [Power Strike] to the area that Regalia has stabbed also causing critical damage.
Critical Strike!
-56
Beowolf
21/540
It was a good thing it didn't have much armor either so the attacks were extremely lethal. Midori finally recovered enough SP from him blocking before he rushed in and put his swords in an X shape on the beowolf's neck before performing an execution style attack.
Critical Strike!
-60
The beowolf turned into black mist as it decomposed. Kage looked around to see if it dropped anything only to be disappointed. But they were still at the tutorial stage so of course the monsters wouldn't drop anything! After the fight most of the group has less than 10 SP left but since they leveled up it was completely restored.
Panel appeared in front of Kage.
Congratulations on completing the tutorial!
New area 'Vale' is now unlocked.
Easy Mode is now disabled and changed to Hard Mode!
In hard mode bounds EXP from higher level monsters will be decreased to 10% for every level below the monster you are. Now EXP will be divided evenly among your party members as well as Lien and loot. Loot will automatically transfer to the inventory of your party members in a round robin style. The party tab also has the option of item class priorities now. Drop rate of rare items increased by 20%. Grimm physical abilities will no longer be hindered due to Easy Mode.
Kage's eyes widened at that. 'So that was why the beowolf died so easily, it's reflexes and everything else was hindered so that we could actually match it!'
Since Hard Mode is activated [Gamer's Mind] will no longer block pain as effectively as before 75% reduced effectiveness.
Kage closed the window and sighed before he turned to his friends. "Okay so basically the tutorial is done easy mode is now changed to hard mode now."
"What do you mean easy mode is turned off!" Aime said looking quite shocked.
"Basically in easy mode the physical abilities of the Grimm we just killed were lowered considerably. Which means that beowolf we just killed was supposed to be much, much faster." At this Midori went a little pale, he had barely blocked the beowolf's bite and claw attack. And here Kage is telling him that it was supposed to be faster!
"You have got to be kidding me here Kage…" Midori said still a little pale. Kage shook his head before putting a rare uneasy grin on his face.
"No I am not, we'll just look on the bright side, we can get better at fighting with hard mode on. Considering all we did in the fight was have you block and we spam [Power Strike] on the bastard. With this we are going to need better strategy in battle from now on."
"I fucking hate this game, I blame you for this you damn fox." Aime said her hands rubbing her temple.
It was pretty late when I finished this but anyways make sure to review it really does help me out. Anyways this is my first time doing a gamer fic so I am having slight amounts of trouble. Also for those that are curious the formula for exp is as follows. e^1=100 e^n=e^n-1+((100*n)-100). I am also thinking of Kage being the troll he is find out a way to 'unlock' the gamer ability in Jaune, it would be amusing to see how he turns out becoming the gamer a few years before the series. Although I am planning on scrapping that. Oh right there is also a poll on my profile, make sure to vote on which you want. It is going to last for a week or two. I plan on taking it down by 3/9/16