Tires tread on his corpse as he floated in a black ether. Eons passed. Light pierced the dark cocoon and, his head sprang up from hard rock. Stagnant air bellowed into his chest as the echoes of running water crept past his ears. In frantic terror, his eyes darted in all directions until they saw a soft glow -- a shining green pool. His ragged throat cried for a drink. He crawled towards the light, the sounds of his hoarse grunts echoing into the cave. His face slapped the stream, and a powerful thirst drove him to drink. He did so until his belly distended over his waist.
Content for the moment, his mind began to wonder. Where was He? He sat up and thought hard. Out of a deep psychic fog, the name Yuuya came to him. Then other impressions slithered into awareness. The ocean, walking barefoot in the sand, Mother asking questions in Japanese and Father giving answers in English. The office in San Diego. Bullies. Black eyes. Falling.
The images seemed to slip out of his grasp whenever he tried to focus on them. He could recite the alphabet, mathematical formulas, the periodic table, and so on. However, no matter how intently he meditated on them, facts about his life seemed to hide behind frosted glass.
He started searching through his clothes for clues. In his right pocket, he found a cellphone and a folding-knife. He turned on the phone.
<As a thank you for taking on these labors, we have upgraded your phone!
As our emissary, you will need a guide. Therefore, we thought it would be a good idea to have everything you need to know in one easy to reach place! Also, do not worry about recharging your phone... Like ever.>
An arrow pointed to where the battery percentage would be, but instead, there was an infinity sign.
Yuuya raised his eyebrows and, his mouth came ajar.
He continued examining his device. He discovered there were only five apps and one page: Phone, Maps, User Profile, Calendar, and App Maker. At the very top was a search bar with translucent text which read: Query.
He paused to think and decided his best option would be to check his map. The app used a green arrow to show the current location. He could see the pool and the parameter of the cave. He zoomed out and discovered he was in the center of a maze of catacombs. The more he zoomed out, the more complex the catacombs became. His chest felt tight as his breathing became shallow. He rested on his side and closed his eyes.
After calming down he decided to use the search bar. Lost for words and getting frustrated, he thumbed in: The way out of here. A green line shot from his location on the map, charting a long winding path for him and gave an approximate time until arrival: 8 hours.
A smile crept across Yuuya's face.
Checking the other apps, he found no contacts, missed calls, or outgoing calls. However, in User Profile, he discovered a little 3d avatar -- of himself. It wore his exact clothes, but each article had a health bar. A caption box shot up from an icon in the screen corner that read:
<Tips!
Check user status for more detailed information!>
So he did.
[Yuuya]
HEALTH: 43
STRENGTH: 35
AGILITY:88
STAMINA:112
INTELLECT:31
WISDOM:12
MANA: 13
[Titles]
World Stryder, Light Footed, He Who Was Called Up.
Skills
True Pugilism LVL. 3 * Click for Details
Parkour LVL. 8 * Click for Details
Leg Power LVL. 9 *Click for Details
"Wait. For real?"
In another world! (gone violent)
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Log 1:
Out here walking for a few hours. Decided to sit myself down. Made a journal with the app maker on my phone to help me not forget stuff. I’ve seen this scenario a dozen times in light novels(Japanese nerd-books with anime covers, titties, and action). Usually, the guy in the story dies, and some god tells him to save a fantasy world from a demon-lord. I got a status screen, and the message on my phone said something about accepting labor(Hercules anyone?). My first rational thought was this was some kinda prank. However, the thing that made a believer outta me was seeing a spider several times bigger than my head. I somehow managed not to scream when I saw it(which caused me to get Fear Resistance Lvl. 1… haha). Unfortunately for me, lil dude started running at me. I freaked. I screamed, ran at it and then I kicked it so hard its whole body crunched up. Leg Power is real.
P.s. These little monsters are rancid.
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Yuuya scraped spider innards from his shoe while it's rotten-egg stench filled his nostrils.
"Good--ness! This is foul!"
That was the third spider he had killed. His phone vibrated in his pocket. He pulled it out and checked the notification.
<Level Up!>
<Leg Power. 9. ↪ Leg Power. 10>
<The Camera has been unlocked!
Your camera can be used to identify anything>
"Well, that might come in handy."
Yuuya used his new tool to identify the corpse of the spider.
[Cookie Cutter Spider]
<Ugly as sin. Non-venomous. Powerful jaws tunnel into flesh to take chunks of meat.>
Yuuya's expression darkened.
"Well… glad I didn't let it near me."
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