As David slumbered 4 years quickly flow by since his birth not knowing what happened or what awaits him.
In an abandoned warehouse a kid laying among the rubble finally opens his eyes taking in his surroundings and finally spokes.
Dante:are you shitting me? THIS CAN'T BE REAL!
Half an hour of cursing later...
Dante: Ok, I must collect myself. Deep breaths, it's not that bad just like last time on the streets. At least I'm not on the open street, let's collect what I can and find out where to go from here.
Dante closed his eyes and took a deep breath, just in the next second he heard a faint but strange sound.
As he opened his eyes he saw something strange jet quiet familiar sight. A blue screen just floating before him.
Dante: huh? a levitating screen like the ones in video games?
[Mission completed: Calm you're ass down!
Reward: Gamer system]
Dante: I see this was the "little something" that Ash mentioned.
As he touched the screen a new one popped up, with a massage.
[Massage and starter pack received].
[Would you like to open it]?
As Dante pressed "yes" he received the following items:
A letter named "Hey dummy." , a rune stone, a strange pill, and a strange book.
As he opened the letter it read:
"Hi dummy.
"If you read this, than you managed to calm down. That's good. Now my aid for you're new adventure is this Gamer system that I personally made for you. It will help you grow stronger and aid you to not get too lost in the world."
"This is my last bit of help for you. Use it wisely."
Dante:Well that explains this. Let's see what can this do.
As Dante glances back at the floating screen he sees six different tabs:
Stats
Map
Upgrades
Fusion
Quests
Skills
As Dante glances through the tabs, he choose to check his stats and what he sees is quiet disappointing.
[Stats:]
Dante Dragneel Uchiha
LV 1
HP: 10/10
MP: 5/15
Strength: 6
Dexterity: 4
Endurance: 5
Constitution: 4
Intelligence: 7
Attribute points: 0
Skill point: 0
Skills:
Bone dart LV I : Summon a bone dart and shoot it the target. It has average speed and low DMG.
Appraisal LV I : Gain insight on the examined target.
Traits:
Artificer prodigy
Exceptional talent
Crimson red eyes
[Evaluation: weaker than an average kid]
A single tear rolls down from Dante's eye.
Dante: Well that hurts, but to be expected.
Now let see the other stuff.
Dante spent the next half an hour or so to check out the rest of the functions of the system, the most interesting being the fusion tab.
If two or more skill reaches max LV they can be fused to create a new skill at the cost of the old ones.
Dante: Let's check the last three things.
First this book.
He uses appraisal on the strange book.
[Ashen Grimoar]
[+50 MP, no affinity, no spell incompatibility]
Dante: Nice! A Grimoar. I wonder if...no I don't think it's his. Anyway on to the next one.
The rune stone.
[Uncommon rune stone:]
[Breaking the rune stone in your palm grants you an Uncommon skill]
Dante: A skill stone. Well might as well, please be something good.
Dante squeeze his palm and brakes the stone. At that moment an energy of unknown origin enters his body. He feels that his body got revitalized and something had changed.
The next moment the system already processed what happened.
[New skill acquired: Transmute]
[The Host can change a materials form, shape or state as long as the Host knows the material and have an image of the final product in his head.]
Dante: Well, it is not bad. The strange thing is that it doesn't have a LV. Dose that mean it's already maxed? Let's try it.
Dante walked over to the part of the warehouse where the walls were mostly damaged, placing his hands on the wall he activated appraisal to understand the material than activated transmute.
In five seconds, the crumbling wall has been repaired decently. It's not brand new but it is certainly better than before.
[MP: 0/15]
Dante collapsed to the floor, exhausted from the mana loss.
Dante: It took 1/3 of my MP to use transmute.
I need more mana if I want to use it in a fight.
A loud growl breaks the silence.As he lays on the floor despite the new experience there is an old but grieve situation at hand.
Food.
After a little rest Dante using transmute he created a little holder for his Grimoar and some essentials like a cloak, biene and a scarf from the fabrics lying around to hide his identity. While preparing he found a broken mirror.
Dante: yeah, I didn't even check myself. How do I look like?
In the broken mirror he saw a kid, little bit taller than average but his physic is scrawny.
His face mostly common with not many unique features, his hair black and not really well kept reaching down to his cheeks and deep onyx black eyes.
The sun is starts to reach the horizon, it's about five or six in the afternoon. It's hue paints the sky orange.
Dante: It's time to head out and grab some grub. One or the other way.
Let's see what this world holds!
...
On a tiny road he was walking towards the center of the town. While he was walking, he kept analyzing his whereabouts and the people around him. There were many different races like Elf, Beast man, human, dwarf and so one. Most of the people were about LV 3 or 4 those who carried weapons he couldn't see there LV.
Dante: (So I can see up to 4-5 LV Higher than my own those who have significantly higher LV are marked with a skull. Possibly meaning that the challenge rating is deadly.)
About 20 minutes later he reached the town center. Than he saw it. Millwood tarven.
Dante:(Millwood tarven. So the town called Millwood, not bad. Now to get in...the front door is out of the question. They will turn me away immediately or worse they start to ask questions which I don't know and don't want to answer, so that leaves the backdoor).
Dante circled around the tarven, in the back he found the door that possibly leads to the tarven's cellar.
David:Now to get in. "he pulls on the door"
Well that's to be expected. Hmmm...I wonder.
As put his hand on the lock of the door he used the same tactic just like the one on the wall back in the warehouse. The whole lock turned into a block of solid ironbar. A slight smile formed on Dante's face.
[MP 60/65]
Dante:(The MP consumption depends not just on the area of the surface but on it's material as well. Let's keep that in mind.)
He pushed the door open and slowly and sneakily approached the creates in there.
As he made sure nobody was there, he started to fill a bag with food that he found lying around also grabbed a pair of waterskin from the shelf. He was about to leave when he heard the door open at the top of the stairs with someone approaching.
Employee: Goddamn alcoholics, finishing a whole barrel in 20 minutes. I swear, I'm not getting paid enough for this.
When heard the men, he immediately took cover among some creates hoping that he wouldn't be seen. He carefully examined the man.
The man was a LV 3 lizard folk. Two whole LV above him not to mention his size. Dante was still a kid after all.
The man approached barrels to pickup another one but he spotted something.
There were some creates open. He started to get close to the creates to check them out, Dante not too far from there was sweating profoundly.
Dante:(Need to figure out something. I need a distraction to slip away.)
Dante spotted a shelf with ceramics on it and the idea came.
He extended his pointer finger and used one of his skills.
Bone~Dart
He summoned and shoot a small bone projectile at the shelf. It was a perfect hit, the left holder of the shelf broke and all of it's passenger fell to the ground making a big mess.
The loud breaking sound caught the man's attention, as he turned around he saw what happened and the mess on the floor.
Employee:God fucking damn it!
Everything is falling apart. I told them that we need to fix the furniture at the cellar but "no" it's to expensive. For fuck's sake.
Without wasting time Dante took the chance and slipped away without anyone knowing he was ever there.
30 Minutes Later
Back in the warehouse Dante was roasting two potatoes and a piece of meat siskabab style above the campfire. As he looked through the bag he also grabbed a rope and a kitchen knife.
Dante:This should hold out for two days I think. I need to get stronger somehow but survival takes priority over training.
Tomorrow I need a real place to stay, this abandoned warehouse will fall apart sooner or later.
He lifts his food from the fire and starts to eat, meanwhile checking the map.
Dante: The map only shows the places where I have been, it doesn't show more than what I explored. I wonder if I see a map of this region, than will it update or not? Need to test it tomorrow.
After Dante finished his food, he used transmute to make hole in the floor.
He fitted it with some fabric that was lying around and crawled in spending the night somewhat warm.
But before he fell asleep, he checked out the last item he received from the system.
[Awakening elixir]
[Consuming the pill will awaken one of your racial traits to a degree and gain a boost.]
Dante:Free upgrade? Well don't mind if I Do.
Dante ate the pill but alas nothing happened.
Dante:hmm maybe takes effect slowly or maybe I nee... Ughe ... Aghaaaa!
Even before he could finish his thoughts a sharp pain striked his body violently.
After a couple minutes he lost consciousness.
... In the morning ...
As was Dante waking up he felt his body burning like hell. Aching all over he found his footing. As he stood, one strange feeling washed over him.
Somehow he felt stronger than ever.
He walked over to the mirror to see himself.
He was not scrawny as beforehand, also he seems little bit taller as well.
Than he pulled up his stats to see what changed.
LV 1
Dante Dragneel Uchiha
HP: 30/30
MP: 105/105
Strength: 8
Dexterity: 6
Endurance: 7
Constitution: 6
Intelligence: 7
Attribute points: 0
Skill point: 0
Racial progress:
[Fullbringer 20%]
Skills:
Transmute:
The Host can change a materials form, shape or state as long as the Host knows the material and have an image of the final product in his head.
Bone dart LV I :
Summon a bone dart and shoot it the target. It has average speed and low DMG.
Appraisal LV I :
Gain insight on the examined target.
Bringer light LV I:
Pull out the object's soul around you to strengthen or accelerate your self.
Fullbring LV I:
Bring out the full potential of an item you hold.
Traits:
Artificer prodigy
Exceptional talent
Crimson red eyes
[Evaluation: slightly stronger than an average kid]
Seeing this, a small smile crawled onto Dante's face. But there was no time to celebrate. Time is scarce and his resources are not endless.
It's time to move.
In the town center Dante was looking at the region's map, and as he was expecting his own was updated.
Dante:(So the town Millwood is relatively not far from a bigger town called Greenwald but the road is mainly leads through the forest. Considering what I saw till now, possibly the forest is littered with dangers like monsters. Without a weapon or means of transportation it will be difficult to cross.)
As he walked around he found some transmission carts. But there was a small problem. Money.
Dante: (10 silver to Greenwald. That's not to expensive but considering my wallet, it's a no go. I need a solution for that or find a nother way.)
As he was thinking he saw a little blacksmith along the road. It was quite small but maybe just maybe there is something useful for him in there.
As he approaches the blacksmith he spots a carts in the back arriving. He quickly hide's in a near by bush and he observes what's happening.
From the front of the caravan comes forth a surprisingly small figure and shouts.
???: Hey Marlo are you in there?
Just a second later a little bit older middle aged man comes out.
Marlo: Germalid you old dwarf bastard! How are you doing?
As the two engaged in hand shake Dante crawled little bit closer to hear there conversation.
Germalid: I'm fine, you old hammer head.
Have you got the order ready for the adventurer's guild?
Marlo: Just about to be done, it will take about an hour to finish up and load everything.
Germalid: That's good. In the meantime I will visit the tarven, the long road made me parched.
Marlo: You never change.
Germalid: No and never will. See you in an hour.
As the dwarf left and the workers started help out Marlo, a faint idea blossomed in Dante's head.
Dante:(They wouldn't notice a little bit of an extra weight in one of the crates right?)