A Good Leader?

When Elo woke up again, it felt like he had been asleep for years. His whole body hurt and all he saw was a bright, withe light.

Once his eyes got used to the bright light, he realised that he was lying on a clearing next to a small stream. He could hear the water running and felt a light breeze.

But the magic of the moment was ruined when he suddenly heard footsteps. When he looked to his side, he saw a young woman, who was looking at him in a strange way.

She had long brown hair and wore nothing but a tight white t-shirt and black hot pans. All in all, she just looked like the normal women you would find everywhere.

Only when he stood up, the woman reacted.

"Hi, I am Lara, do you know where the next city is?"

"No sorry, I just arrived here."

Only after he said it, he realised how dumb that sounded.

-"Damn, that doesn't make any sense. How could I explain why I am lying in the grass if I just got here? I would have to know at least where the next city is."-

Elo could feel his heart racing while cold sweat was running down his back.

-"I have just arrived, and I have already blown my cover. How are people going to react when they realise that I don´t know anything about this world?"-

But before Elo could say or do anything else, the girls face filled with joy.

"So I am not the only one who got transported here? Were you also in this grey room before you got here?"

Elo was astonished.

-"How can she trust me enough to tell me something like this? And how can she be sure that we got here the same way? I mean she is right but…"-

When he looked down, he suddenly realised why the woman thought they came here the same way. He was also wearing a tight t-shirt and black hot pans.

When she saw his face, she tried to hold back her laughter, which failed miserably.

He turned beet red until the woman stopped laughing.

-"How am I supposed to survive in this new world with hot pans? Besides, I thought Charisma would help me with social interactions… I guess it´s not enough."-

He remembered all the times he got bossed around by his companions just because he hadn´t been able to speak up for himself.

-"I don´t want something like this to ever happen again in this new world! That´s why I decided to improve my Charisma stat!"-

"Ok, let´s get serious again. I have picked a skill that increases all your stats by one if I am your leader. This will help greatly with surviving in this unknown area. So, do you want to follow me?"

Elo was pleased. It was much easier for him to speak to other people than before. Previously he had never liked talking to people, ever since his parents died.

-"So the Charisma stat is improving my social abilities."-

"I guess that seems pretty helpful. Ok, lest´s do this!"

"Ding"

A holographic screen appeared in front of him.

"Lara is now following you.

[Team] 2/10"

Elo was stunned, not because of the screen in front of him but rather because he also saw a screen in front of Lara. He had thought that only oneself could see his own screens, but it looked like he could also see the displays that belonged to other humans in this world.

"Do you also have a skill?"

Luckily playing games had become pretty standard and almost everybody had played them back in his old world, so he wouldn't have to explain how games worked to anybody.

"Yes, I have picked the skill [Hunter in the shadows]. It seems that it´s less likely for animals to spot me with this skill."

"Oh, that's great, then we don't have to worry about food so much… at least as long as you can punch a deer to death."

Lara was about to answer when the suddenly heard leaves russeting on the left side of Elo. A big yellow rabbit with mean eyes came out of the bushes.

Elo was about to warn Lara when the rabbit jumped at her and bid her in the arm with two big, sharp locking front teeth.

She screamed more out of surprise then because of the inflicted damage.

Elo had undergone years of military training, so when he heard the scream, he jumped at the rabbit and punched it in the face. The rabbit screamed in pain and jumped back. It was a high-pitched scream that sounded way to human-like for a rabbit.

But Elo didn't care; he had killed several hundred people while he was in the army and had seen and heard far worse.

But bevor he could go after the rabbit once more, Lara kicked the bunny so hard, it flew until it hit a big tree on the border of the clearing.

"Ill Rabbit (pathetic) has been defeated.

The resources are transferred to the leader of the team."

"You resaved:

-1 rabbit flesh

-1 soul gem (rare)"

"That f*cker bid me! I do not only have to punch a deer to death, but I need to punch a monster deer to death if I want to eat something in this damn forest!

And anyway, why did you get all the loot?"

"Calm down, I will, of course, share all the loot with you, and we have something to eat for now. By killing the rabbit, we got his meat, and it will be enough for both of us."

One of the things he said was right; the rabbit meat was enough for two.

-"What could this soul gem be?"-

A screen appeared in front of Elo once again.

"Soul Gem (rare)

A gem that contains the soul of a defeated opponent.

If you have enough soul gems, you can increase your level by 1.

Can be stored in your inventory."

-"That seems to be interesting; I´m going to keep this one for myself."-

"Yes, meat is great, and everything and I would even be able to cook it, but we have no fire, how would we cook anything?"

"That's no problem, I´m gonna build a fire, and you cook."

Elo had learned how to make a fire, but he was a horrible cook. He gave the rabbit meat to Lara and went into the forest to get the resources he needed to build a fire.

**

He got the materials without anything terrible happening. About an hour after he went into the forest, the fire was burning and Lara started cooking.

As he was about to relax for the first time in this new world, he suddenly felt something hard in his pans. When he took it out, he realised it was…

…a red stone, what did you think?

-"What is that?"-

"Power stone (very rare)

The red equivalent of the soul gem.

Gifted by joe7119"

-"Wow, whoever this joe is he must be a really nice guy to just give something like this to me."-

As Elo was thinking, he once again heard footsteps. When he turned around, he saw a well-built young man who was stepping on the clearing.