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Normally when people wake up from their sleep, they expect noise or alarms to try and help them get up for the day but a young man named Dean Domino had the strangest wakeup call of his life because he was woken up to the sounds of an alarm but not a normal one and certainly not a light green tinted image box that looked like it was ripped out of a videogame.
[Greetings Dean Domino, you have awoken your Arcana which has been bestowed upon you via Earthrealms Jinsei and your family bloodline. Your Arcana is one of near limitless potential for growth as your life has now been transformed into that of a literal RPG hero.
This message serves as a tutorial for your abilities. So, let's start with the basics. Your core abilities are your Strength, Dexterity, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Wisdom and Luck.
Your main energy pools are your HP aka Hit Point pool, MP your Mana Pool, and your CP your Chi Pool. These energy pools are influenced by your stats and growth as well as growing in tandem with your overall level and perks that can be acquired through specific circumstances or become purchased through the perk screen.
Each time you level you gain 5 Stat Points and 1 Perk Point to enhance yourself. Next are your titles. Titles can grant you boosts and bonuses depending on what type of Title you have. You can only have two active titles at a time.
Next is your Alignment which informs you about how good or bad you are respectively. Some people won't associate with you based on your Alignment or how you behave. However, you can change your Alignment based on choices you make and actions you perform.
You also have skills which are a bit self-explanatory. Skills can grow and evolve when they hit a certain level of power, however some skills are better than others. An example is that despite how strong a petite fireball may become; it will never be able to kill a godlike being.
You have access to a dimensional storage space known as an Inventory which can store objects relative to your END and STR stats. The more you can lift and endure, the more space you'll have in your Inventory.
A lot of information can be called upon by mental command or verbal confirmation.
The rest you can figure out on your own, but remember your future is yours to decide. Just remember to be yourself no matter what and have fun playing the game.
Sincerely: Han Jee-Han the first Gamer and your great Ancestor!]
"What in the actual fuck is going on?" Dean asked himself as he touched what he thought was a hallucination but was shocked to feel that the screen was seemingly a solid force that gave resistance when he pressed against it until he noticed a small red 'X' in the top right corner of the screen. The moment he pressed it the screen vanished before his eyes and Dean was left with multiple questions.
"There's no way any of that was real." Dean said to himself before getting out of bed and starting his day. However, throughout his entire day he had gained several skills: Dishwashing, Cleaning, etc. And when the skills leveled up, he got faster and better at doing them.
Working in food meant that keeping things clean and prepared in a timely manner was a good thing, but Dean's mind was all over the place. When he got home from working at Big Burger, he experimentally grabbed a sharp knife and gave himself a slight cut on his hand to see what would happen and to his shock he didn't really see blood. He saw red pixels floating up from the wound and a new game screen appeared before him.
[Knife Mastery, Level: 1
You know how to use any kind of knife to possibly lethal effect and now deal 5% more damage with a knife.]
"The cut barely hurt and after a while I am seeing a tiny bit of blood leak from the cut but its mostly those red pixels. And now I almost instinctively know how to handle a knife." Dean said to himself in stark realization that his life had somehow changed, and he had become an actual RPG protagonist somehow.
Quest Alert!
Name: Prepare for Mortal Kombat
Objective 1: Increase all your stats to a decent degree before the Mortal Kombat Tournament starts!
Objective 2: Learn a fighting style!
Objective 3: Obtain an invitation to the Mortal Kombat Tournament!
Rewards: 3,000 EXP, ?
Failure: 10 EXP and increased chance of Death from unknown sources that will invade Earth!
This quest is unique and has been automatically accepted!
"Now I'm suddenly being given a random quest to compete in some tournament with the risk of me taking a dirt nap from people I don't even know if I don't compete?" Dean asked in frustration at what he was seeing in front of his eyes before he took a deep breath to try and calm down.
"On the positive side of things, I have been looking to get more physically active, and it's not like anyone is going to care about why I'm suddenly taking a martial arts class or anything." Dean said to himself while talking himself into performing the quest before he ultimately hit the yes button and accepted this newfound responsibility. "Also, I apparently have an MP pool which means I can learn magic, so maybe getting a few books about magic stuff wouldn't hurt." Dean commented before he went to bed in his room of his apartment for the night.
5/33/2024
Charlotte NC
Three months have passed since Dean first awakened to his powers and his co-workers noticed the change. Dean used to be thin with fair skin, short curly black hair on his head with blue eyes and a roundish face.
Now in the present day he is fairly defined with noticeable muscle, his black hair was tied into a short ponytail on his head, his features went from roundish to angular as he had a new confident aura about him that made him seem like he was a different person.
Dean simply focused on getting his work down while secretly thinking about ways he could possibly get stronger.
'So far, I've gained three levels from doing my basic training routine and taking my karate classes. The three skills I've purchased are HP Boost, MP Boost, and Chi Boost. Each perk increased my respective pools of energy and my skills in martial arts have been astounding since my teacher/Sensei called me a fighting prodigy.
My stats are decent and as far as magic goes, I've only been able to create three spells. Mana Ward, Fireball, and Observe. A weak shield, a weak fireball and a scrying spell that give me basic information on anything I look at. Apparently, some magic books are total junk and don't cover real magic at all. Still, I wish I knew exactly what I need to do in order to get an invitation to this weird tournament thing.' Dean thought to himself with a heavy sigh.
The workday went by fast, and Dean was one of the workers who had to stay late to clean up the restaurant. Honestly, Dean didn't mind the late nights and since he didn't have work tomorrow, he was happy enough. But Dean's attention was brought to the restaurant's doors when they suddenly opened and when he looked, he saw people who looked like gangsters, but they weren't ordinary ones. They wore the colors and symbols of the Black Dragon aka one of the worlds most wanted terrorist groups and leading the group is one of the most well-known members dressed in dark clothing underneath a heavy brown trench coat.
Jarek, Level: 29
Black Dragon Second-In-Command
"Alright, you pussies know who we are, so I'll make this quick. Dean Domino needs to lay down his life here and now, or else everyone in here is gonna be getting to fourth base with death herself." Jarek declared after he took out what looked like an actual whip from a pocket within his coat.
"Bullshit. You're going to try and kill everyone in this place anyway." Dean said as he stood up with a scowl on his face aimed at the Black Dragon leader who smirked.
"Well, ain't you a smart cookie. The Black Dragon been paid a lot of money to find and kill people like you. So, say goodnight boy scout." Jarek said before the Black Dragon members charged the workers with various weapons like bats and knives. Jarek attacked Dean with his whip while Dean quickly summoned up his protective ward that took the form of a light blue shield around his body.
The whip stood strong against the whip and with focused thought, Dean compressed its size to act more like a second skin instead of a bubble around him. So, Dean charged in and attacked Jarek with focused strikes, but Jarek blocked and parried his blows before kicking Dean back with a strong kick that cracked his ward. Jarek followed up the kick with a crack of his whip that hit Dean's face and not only knocked him back but shattered his shield.
Jarek walked closer to Dean who now sported a deep cut on his right cheek and kept a cocky smirk on his face.
"Hard to believe we got paid to kill a weakling like you. Then again you got some magic bullshit going on, so maybe I'll just harvest some organs and see if our doctors can figure out what makes you tic." Jarek said before Dean fully looked up at the man with the whip in his hands.
"Your strong and fast…But you're not smart." Dean said tauntingly before he extended his hand forward and sent his fireball spell towards the man who was surprised by the attack. The fireball was the size of a tennis ball but still had enough power to stagger the man and light his clothes on fire, causing him to scream in panic and rush towards one of the filled glass containers of water and dose himself with it.
The fire got put out and he hardly got burned, but Dean only needed the distraction. He was able to take Jarek by surprise again and hit the side of his head with a powerful side kick that rung the terrorists bell hard enough for him to get knocked to the ground and struggle to find his balance and stand back up.
Dean summoned his ward again and went to punch Jarek in the face but was quickly forced onto his back and heavily damaged by a shotgun blast hitting his chest from a Black Dragon member. If Dean hadn't summoned his ward, he would have been dead, but then again having a new massive wound on his chest along with two broken ribs wasn't fun either.
Dean felt a lot of pain from the blow and ignored the status alerts of his injuries that appeared in front of him as he looked up at the shotgun wielding Black Dragon member who towered over him and prepared to blow Dean's brains out. Dean knew that he couldn't take another direct blow like that, even with a protective ward and he certainly wasn't fast enough to outrun a shotgun blast, so his life flashed before his eyes as he prepared to meet his maker.
He closed his eyes when the gun cocked and he heard a massive booming noise, but instead of being dead, he opened his eyes and see a man in white robes standing in between him and the gunman who was now on the ground dead as lightning crackles around the mysterious figure in front of him who extended both his hands and fired two massive bolts of lightning that struck each Black Dragon member in the building before he turned to Jarek.
"Begone from this place Jarek! Your Black Dragon's won't claim this soul for blood money!" The man said in a voice full of so much bass and sternness that Dean heard the sounds of thunder ring through his ears.
Jarek wasted no time in turning tail and running away with the few surviving Black Dragon members. That were outside the building and didn't face the Thunder God's wrath.
Raiden, Level: EX
God of Lighting and Thunder/Earthrealm's Protector
"T-Thank you." Dean said nervously before slowly standing up and seeing his co-workers were all severely beaten within an inch of their lives.
"Such madness." Raiden said before he went down to the nearest bystander and coated his hands with electricity that glowed with a blue aura. The moment his electrified hands made contact with the woman; her wounds started healing.
"Whoa." Dean commented before Raiden proceeded to heal the others before addressing Dean.
"Forgive me rudeness Dean Domino, but I had to act fast in order to save the lives of your fellow man. My name is Raiden, God of Thunder and Lightning. I've come to you to enlist your help in protecting Earthrealm from danger." Raiden said before Dean glanced at his now healed but still downed co-workers.
"They came here for me. Because of what I can do."
"I'm afraid that is the case. The employer of the Black Dragon fears the possible warriors of Earthrealm and is taking all measures possible to weaken Earthrealm before the Mortal Kombat Tournament." Raiden replied in a sympathetic tone.
"Nobody is safe with me around them right now. And even if I stayed, my co-workers saw what I could do, and I can only imagine what kind of response they'd have for me the next time I came into work. So, I only know about the term Mortal Kombat and that's it's important. I don't know how I qualify to compete in it when I haven't been invited."
"The moment your Arcana awakened; you were given the chance to enter the tournament. Come with me Dean Domino and learn to master your gift and the art of Kombat at the Wu Shi Academy. It is your choice, and I won't force you." Raiden said before a new screen appeared in front of Dean's face.
Faction Selection!
Option 1: Join the White Lotus Society!
Option 2: Remain Independent!
"Raiden, I have no family or any real friends. I won't be missed if I suddenly vanished, so I'll go with you and prepare for this tournament." Dean said honestly. The choice was easy in his mind.
Learning on his own barely did anything and he could easily get attacked again while he remained in Charlotte. So, leaving was the best choice right now.
Raiden nodded his head in approval.
"Very well. Go gather your most important belongings and I will take you to the Wu Shi Academy." Raiden advised before he vanished in a bolt of lightning. Dean stayed long enough to make sure his co-workers were fully okay before he headed home where he grabbed a suitcase and filled it with his important legal documents along with clothes and other necessities.
He locked up his house and when he stepped outside, he saw Raiden appear in front of him in another bolt of lightning before offering Dean a hand. Dean took the hand of the protector of Earthrealm and both of them vanished from the city via a bolt of magical lighting that lit up the sky.
END!
A/N: Konquest Mode is back and better than ever baby. Expect a more compelling story and some classic mortal kombat shenanigans.
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