Argus

On a mountain peak, everything was calm within the misty air, only to be broke by pillar of light that shone out of nowhere, follow by sound of footsteps, and silhouette of a person walking out of the light.

It was a young man in his early 20's, wearing coarse hemp clothes, a sheathed sword hung on his waist.

"So, this is Argus World, my new world." Said the Luke in low voice.

Luke was standing there looking at the scenery while the light fading behind him.

This mountain was quite high, he had a clear view over terrain, the mountain was surrounded by lush forest spreading far and wide.

A long river was running and twisting through the forest like a snake.

This beautiful scene made daze, everything happened to him until now feels like a dream.

It all started last night while he was walking home…

A meteorite crushed on the road 100m or so away from him, the shock wave blew him off his feet.

When he stood up again he could see steam coming from a crater 2m in diameter and half-meter deep.

He hesitated for a bit, but ultimately, he decided to check it out.

While approaching heat waves was assaulted him, when he reached the crater edge, he was sweating, thankfully it was winter.

The moment he got there his eyes were glued on a finger sized blue crystal, releasing a faint glow.

Such a precious gem, how could he leave it there.

He endured the heat and went to pick up, he thought that the crystal would burning hot since it came from a meteorite, instead it was cold.

This is definitely a treasure, this is what Luke kept thinking.

Picking up such a treasure, Luke didn't dare to dawdle here any longer, rushing back home.

Once he reached there, he begun examine the stone in his hands, but something unexpected happened.

"Transmigration Stone successfully activated, automatic teleportation begins."

A mechanical voice came from the crystal, before Luke could react a blinding light shone from the crystal.

when the light disappeared, so was he.

...…..

When Luke woke up, he was floating in outer space, or that what it seems.

He was surrounded by darkness from all direction, stars were glittering in the distance.

"Welcome human, I know you have many questions to ask, I shall explain everything too you slowly."

A majestic voice came from the void, Luke turned around but there was nothing.

"Who are you? And, where Am I?" Luke asked, while trying to calm himself.

"I'm the Trial Guardian, and this is place where your Trial will start." The voice answered him.

Before Luke ask more question, the voice continued.

"The crystal you picked is a Transmigration Stone that allow people to travel through world, to be more specific, it will take to a new world called Argus."

"I shall tell more about this world after the Trial."

"Everyone must take The Trial before entering Argus for the first time, it will test many aspects like wisdom, willpower, strength and many more."

"but, why would I want to go to another world." Luke blurted out.

"HAHAHA… That is simple, because your world is going to end soon, unless you want to perish with homeland."

"WHAT THE FUCK!!!!" Luke cursed loudly,

Luke first reaction wasn't doubting, after all, this Trial Guardian is mysterious and powerful existence, he has no reason to deceive him.

Luke was shocked, confused, panicked… many emotions and thoughts were going inside him, causing him to lose his calm nature.

This is understandable, an average person might have lost his calm the moment he came here, and if he knew about the world end he would have lost his mind.

Suddenly a golden light shone on Luke, making him feel comfortable, and becoming clear headed.

Luke took a deep breath and said: "Thank you."

He was sure it was the Trial Guardian who helped him and he was grateful for that.

"No problem, now tell me, are you ready to take the trial?"

"Yes." Luke gave a resolute answer.

"Good. Don't feel pressured even if you failed the Trial, you still can enter Argus."

.......

On the mountain peak, cold breeze brushed Luke face making him sober from his daze.

"it's time to move." Luke said them he walked to the west.

As for the Trial, after it ended Luke was briefed on his new world, Argus. So, he wasn't completely clueless, but he needs to experience it for himself.

With regard to the content of the Trial, actually he can't remember, he only knows that he successfully completed, and he received this white orb as reward which was called the Lord Stone.

It will help him build a new home for himself in this mysterious world.

...…..

After descending the mountain and walking in the forest, taking more than 5 hours before reaching the river bank.

On the way had be very careful, not only against wild animal, in Argus there exist special type of beasts that have magic power.

These magic beasts are the true danger, thankfully, he had smooth journey, with encountering any danger.

Luke drank few mouthfuls of water, and washed his sweaty face, taking a rest on a rock.

"My luck is good, I didn't meet any trouble on the way."

Then suddenly something came to his mind.

With a thought of his mind an old scroll floated out of nowhere and rolled open, showing some writings with an unknown language.

This is Scroll of Self it's like 'character window' in video games, all intelligent creatures in Argus has this kind of initiate ability.

as for the language, it is Argus common language spoken by many races here.

Luke gained this initiate ability and could understand common language at the same time.

As for its content it was as follow.

Name: Luke.

Race: Human.

Class: Lord.

Sub-class: None.

Title: None.

Level: 0

EXP: 0/120.

Stats: Strength 12, Dexterity 12, Intelligence 15, Willpower 14.

Skills: [Lord's Dignity], [Scan].

As long someone played few video games he could understand all of this information.

Luke looked at his stats, it's above average which would be 10 points.

"Well, I guess it's time to start."

Luke stood up, taking a distance of 500m or so from the river, he lifted the Lord Stone, and said: "Activate."

The Lord Stone floated up in the air and spinning while releasing a strong light.

Luke had no choice but to close his eyes and wait for the process to end.

After few moments, Luke sensed that the light disappeared so he opened his eyes.

What he few made him shocked, only for few seconds though, since he picked that crystal he had been shocked to many times.

The area of 1km around Luke has been cleared of trees, bushes and those relatively big stones, what was left was smooth plain.

Luke was standing in the middle of a village shaped as 'D 'letter, 10 huts arranged in a semi-circle formation, a relatively big thatched cottage in the center, this cottage was facing three other smaller cottages lined up together.

Then Luke received a system announcement.

"You have built a settlement, receiving 1000 EXP."

"Please name your settlement."

When Luke heard about the amount of EXP he gets he felt very happy, he wanted to dance from joy.

But he must deal with a big problem, naming his settlement, Luke was always bad at naming things, but he can't screw up this time.

The name must be domineering and imposing enough.

"the settlement name is…"

"Kaylin."

"Kaylin Village has been officially established."

"you have received a title, Kaylin Village Chief."

"Kaylin Village inhabitants shall be summoned."

Several system announcements flooded him, before he could process anything, 50 persons suddenly appeared out of nowhere, these people where bit confused at first.

But as soon they spotted Luke, they all knelt on one knee and shouted.

"We pay our respect to the Lord."

Luke felt really good when these people greeted him so passionately, he understands now way people fought for rulership.

He adjusted himself, trying to look imposingly like king or something.

"You may all raise."

"follow villagers, as your lord I shall do my best to lead our small village to a bright future, but I'm still weak and my abilities are limited."

"follow villagers, I hope you can lend a hand, and give me your support, our village will be relaying on you hard work."

Luke paused for a moment here, and all the villagers shouted.

"we shall follow our lord."

Luke was pleased with these people coordination, people that been summoned are very royal as long you don't abuse them.

He didn't know specific of the summoning, he only was told, these people came from the Underworld, which meaning they are dead people being revived.

They already forgotten their past memories, except for their names, and they were giving some basic knowledge on this would, similar to what he knows.

"thank you, now let's begin, follow me."

Luke led his people to the biggest thatched cottage, it was called Village Hall, it's where the village chief lives, and also where the important meeting takes a place.

The Village Hall has very simple design, a living quarter in the back and a big hall where the villagers are gathered.

Luke was sitting on a chair while everyone was standing in front of him, by his side was a stone stele, which was called Ancestral Knowledge.

Ancestral Knowledge. Can bestow a class on people, but it was only limited to basic classes like farmer, tailor, smith and so on.

Gaining a class can allow person to receive knowledge and skills related to that class.

For example, a person who received a famer class will be able to grow corpse, like an experienced farmer, even if he never seen some farming before.

Luke can't wait for these people to gain experience slowly, that would take years.

He first used his skill [scan] on everyone, it allowed him to have some basic details on them.

And two people stood up from the rest. A man and a woman, both had abnormal stats, and an initiate skill.

A man named Derick, he was 2m tall with well-built muscles, a long hair covering parts of his face which was a bit handsome.

Name: Derick

Race: Human.

Class: None.

Title: None.

Level: 0

Stats: Strength 17, Dexterity 14, Intelligence 11, Willpower 14.

Skills: [Berserk].

He a perfect fit to be warrior

On the other hand, the woman was beautiful and charming, with a hint of seductiveness while her pair of blue eyes radiated intelligence.

Name: Lydia

Race: Human.

Class: None.

Title: None.

Level: 0

Stats: Strength 11, Dexterity 12, Intelligence 18, Willpower 13.

Skills: [Charm].

He looked at both of them, maybe he looked at Lydia a bit more, just a bit.

"Derick and Lydia, stand here, by my side."

Luke called doth of them, and as they were told, they both stood up by his side, one from the left and the other from the right.

As for the rest he chose 15 young man with strong bodies, to change their classes to Militia, this is the most basic Military class that can give a [Basic Weapon Mastery] skill.

It can't be helped the Village level is too low.

He also chose 5 man to be hunters, that gives a skill called [Wild Game] it can help in setting traps, and processing the pray.

He also chose other people to take Smith, Tailor, Carpenter, Scholar, Herbalist, Physician, Farmer. With most being farmers.

The village has some resource from food, seeds, iron ingots and other resources., enough for a short period, along with some tools and weapons.

After the others picked their classes, he let Derick and Lydia chose their own classes.

Derick obviously chose Militia, it would a waste if he didn't. As for Lydia she went for Scholar Class.

Luke was the last one to select his class, but there much to chose from, so he went with Militia as a sub-class.

As everything was done, Luke has given his people some arrangements, then dismissed them.

It was almost evening time, people went to prepare food, since it's small village, they gathered for meal, to chat and have fun.

Luke, Lydia and Derick stayed in the Village hall to discuss some plans for the future, tomorrow the village will begin bustling with activities.

While they where chatting, Luke get to know these too better, and he had new level of respect for these two.

Although, Derick looked as crude man, he was quite intelligent, so Luke decided to give him second-in-command over the Militia after him.

As for Lydia, this woman has both looks and brains, a truly capable women, Luke decided to keep her by his side as his right hand, taking care of the village in his absence.

Of course, he won't mind if things get more intimate, after all she was a beauty.

After their discussing, they went to have dinner with the rest of the villagers.

When Luke went to his room in the Village Hall, he collapsed on his bed, he was very tiered, too many things happened in a short period.

He opened his Scroll of Self, and a foolish smile plastered on his face.

Name: Luke.

Race: Human.

Class: Lord.

Sub-class: Militia.

Title: None.

Level: 4

EXP: 270/700.

Stats (4): Strength 12, Dexterity 12, Intelligence 15, Willpower 14.

Skills: [Lord's Dignity], [Scan], [Basic Weapon Mastery].

Now that he leveled up 4 times, gaining 4 free points to increase his stats, which he chose to split them on Strength and Dexterity.

Although, his not strong as Derick, but still it made him stronger.

...…..

Next morning, Luke woke up early in the morning, along with the villagers, he washed his face and ate breakfast.

Then he gathered the villager again. First, he announced Derick as the captain of the Militia, and Lydia as the village vice-chieftain.

This surprised many people, including Derick and Lydia.

But, there was no objection over this matter from the rest, so Luke begin to distribute work on them.

First, farmers must start cultivating the land, and begin growing some crops as soon as possible.

Second, hunters will begin hunting as it would the main food supply for the village, but if they met some chickens, ducks, goats…etc. they must bring it back alive to be tamed as a livestock.

Thirdly, carpenters must begin cutting wood, in preparation for future constructions, although cutting wood wasn't particularly their job.

Finally, he tasked the tailors to sew a fishing net to set it up in the river, it's an efficient way of fishing.

After everyone left for their work, Derick took his man for training, Lydia went to supervise over the village.