Knightly Gamer - or 'How I became a Chaotic Piece in a big scheme' (Knighthood Webcomic Gamer!SI)

My head hurts like hell and… I don't think I am in the right place.

I woke up with a start and I had all the good reasons to be worried. After all, it doesn't happen all the time for me to wake up in a prison cell from the looks of it. I blinked, eyes squinting as they adjusted to the dim light of the room. The lightbulb by the ceiling flickered from time to time and… I don't like this.

I have played many horror games like this and I don't like being the guy that gets screwed by a bad situation with no chance to back away from it. As I looked around, I also noticed one big thing I hadn't spotted. Something that, I admit, remarked how bad the migraine was as I should have seen the bright blue neon window hovering over my head.

Full Rest concluded! Your HP and MP have recovered.


Name: John Bukharin
LVL. 1
EXP: 00/20
Title: None
HP: 100/100
MP: 50/50
ATK: 5
DEF: 5
INT: 5
LCK: 7


The fuck?!

"I am the Gamer?!"

DING! Obtain 1 INT for good thinking!

Oh, that's… awfully nice. The Game is hardly that nice on Gamers, what is going on here?

Frowning, I stood up from the bed and took a better look of the room I was in. The entire place was in shambles as if no one had been around there for a long time so… how the fuck did I end up here. I could see machinery broken down on the corners, trash littering the ground and the door was… slightly open.

There was no one on the other side but… this means I have to leave because that thing wasn't going to hold any entity that could be wandering these abandoned grounds.

I drew a big one and then exhaled quietly, forcing my mind to focus on one thing at the time since I still have a window of opportunity. So, I was the Gamer- does this mean I also had skills?

"Hm, skills?"

The command was well received as a new window opened in front of me.

Skill Groups!


-Light (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Dark (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Wisdom (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Courage (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Love (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Earth (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Sky (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Fire (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Ice (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Water (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Life (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Death (Rank 0/5):
–None

-? (Rank ?):
–?


That's a big skill system. Did it work like Skyrim or something like that? I shook my head. I think I stumbled on some big shitty situation because this seems awfully big for the standard Gamer experience.

Also, something about this list feels familiar, but I am not sure what it is and… I also have a feeling I need to get going now.

Yeah, as much as thinking over my shitty situation can at least give me a degree of clarity of what was going on, I doubt I could get the answers I needed by my lacking memories.

I needed to move, I needed to get to a safer place- because there's no fucking way this place is not packing a horde of monsters I may have to murder in order to survive.

As I pushed the door open, I heard it groan just to that pitch that makes one really feel they are about to get found by that nasty sound. It was just not a good day for yours truly.

I was quickly moving around in an effort to find a map or, better, a way out of this little hellhole. The halls further confirmed I was not in a normal prison. The metallic surfaces and the few electronic doors told me this was some sort of facility.

"So, the question here, my dear non-existing friends is… why the fuck did they get me here?" I asked no one in particular, being in that sort of mindset where I had to talk or I was going to jump at the smallest noise possible. "Because this Bukharin is not… ready to get Outlast'd. Ever."

And, just like that, I stepped on something that had disguised itself as part of the ground and suddenly snapped in action the moment it felt my weight on it.

"Gurggggl!"

"Aw shit!" I jumped back, heart rate picking up as I stared at the gurgling black-colored shit-like goo that was trying to attack me. It was small, it was determined and…

I stomped it.

+5 EXP

Silence returned and I stared at the now very dead goo-monster I just killed.

"I hope this is not going to stain my shoes," I muttered dryly, annoyed to the core of this bullshit.

I am not built for this sort of horror game and I needed something to defend myself. Looking around by those reachable rooms on the sides of the hall, I found what looked to be a… pipe tube. Nothing really powerful, but it should be good enough to deal with the big goo menace.

Equipped! Pipe Tube - +5 ATK!

"Well, ain't that sweet?" I hummed to myself before I went back to the main hall and turned the corner to find… more gurgling bastards.

This time I could see them on the ground as the 'black stains' littering the floor were moving. Bracing myself, I readied the tube and started to decimate the local slime population in town. I ended up killing roughly six of those, and the overall massacre gave me a little reward.

DING! You Level Up!


Name: John Bukharin
LVL. 2
EXP: 10/25
Title: None
HP: 110/100
MP: 55/55
ATK: 11
DEF: 6
INT: 6
LCK: 9


"Good, I suppose that's going to be a thing to keep in mind," I muttered to myself. "The more I fight now, the more prepared I will be for bigger challenges."

I didn't know enough to know how to keep on grinding, but I didn't linger for long. I just had this feeling that something was watching me from afar. Which was absurd since there were no windows, and I could see nobody peeking by the corners.

Yep, I am going insane.

My stroll resumed, but it didn't take long for something to catch my attention. I stumbled on a hallway filled with skeletons with uniforms. All dead, people that had been rotting for a while here. A dreadful sight, but I frowned at the unfamiliar insignia by their upper sections, and then… there was something glowing.

A corpse was glowing with a blue hue around its edges.

Not only that, but I saw the dead figure, slumped against the wall on the opposite side, holding by his breast-pocket what looked to be a map. I slowly approached the eerie sight, thinking of a way to do this without triggering a boss battle or something like that.

I leaned slowly towards the map, my eyes darting from time to time at the skeleton in an effort to keep track of any sudden movements. My fingers were grasping the map and pulling it away from its current location when… the glow expanded and bathed me in a blinding light.

I felt my head grow lighter and then more organized as something entered my body and-

"They are breaking through! ALEC, DON'T YOU DARE BACK AWAY FROM THAT DOOR!"

Screeches and noises of guns shooting together with bladed-weapons striking around at loud monstrous entities filled my head.

"FOR THE QUEEN AND HIGH PRIME, KEEP THE CHAOS ABOMINATION UNDER CHECK! WE NEED TO SUPPRESS THEM BEFORE- GAH!"

I found myself pulled back to reality and-

"GARK!"

I turned around just in time to hit the approaching dog-like creature. Eyes wide open, the beast whimpered as I had cracked a few ribs on its deformed chest, growling at me for the attack and… Now the enemies have information on top of their heads.

Chaos-Corrupted Mutt Lv.1

"That's new," I said and soon a Game-related window appeared between me and the terrified monster.

New Skill unlocked!

-Wisdom (Rank 1/5):

–Hostile Detection - The User can naturally perceive approaching danger and provide it a proper denomination within the limits of the Game.

"Did I absorb this from the dead guy?" I turned back to the corpse and noticed it was no longer glowing. "Well, that's… good, I think. And you… please die."

The barking got to my nerves and the mutt tried to jump me but I managed to strike his skull first. One moment and he was dead.

+20 EXP

DING! You Level Up!


Name: John Bukharin
LVL. 3
EXP: 5/30
Title: None
HP: 120/120
MP: 60/60
ATK: 12
DEF: 7
INT: 7
LCK: 11


"This is just going to be a pain in the butt," I mumbled and gave a look at the map. "No way out on the floor but… a command room nearby. Let's take a look there and see what we can find for our little escape..."

I was back on track but I had so many questions like… what the hell is with this Skill system and why do I feel like I should recognize it somehow?


AN

And so it begins.


Name: John Bukharin
LVL. 3
EXP: 5/30
Title: None
HP: 120/120
MP: 60/60
ATK: 12
DEF: 7
INT: 7
LCK: 11

Equipment:
Weapon = Pipe Tube - +5 ATK

Skill Groups:

Light (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Dark (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Wisdom (Rank 1/5):
–Hostile Detection;

-Courage (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Love (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Earth (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Sky (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Fire (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Ice (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Water (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Life (Rank 0/5):
–None

-Death (Rank 0/5):
–None

-? (Rank ?):
–?