Finally, the tutorial ends

Chapter 40

Monday, December 9, 2013

??? am

(Ivan's POV)

I open my eyes to find myself on a boat. I look around and get a queasy feeling in my stomach. I haven't had a dream in a while. I don't really notice when I'm in a dream either. I look out onto the water. There was no land to be seen. I turn around, my eyes widen as I see how big the deck of the boat was. There was a pool in the middle along with some tables and a bar nearby. Is this a yacht? I walk over to the pool. What's the point of having a pool on a boat, just swim in the ocean.

I suddenly get the feeling that someone was watching me.

I frantically look around trying to find anyone else with me on the boat. I try to pull out Retribution, instead I get a dead feeling in my hands. I try to fly up into the air, my body shivered as nothing happened. I look around and notice a pair of chairs that overlooked the sea. Were they before? I suddenly have an urge to sit down on them. I walk over to the pair and sit on one of them. The sun hit my shined directly in my face. I cover my eyes, it suddenly got a little bit darker. The heat still felt the same.

I lower my arms and notice another person on the chairs with me. My eyes widen as I see a familiar top hat along with a tuxedo. My body starts shaking as Nuxiel looked in my direction.

"Hello." He said in a deep voice. Please be a dream.

"H-h-ey." Nuxiel sat up with and swung his legs over the chair. His knees came up to his chest. His wings were no where to be seen. He cleared his throat before talking.

"Do you still want to help me kill the gods?" My body tensed as he spoke.

"Y-yes." He gave a slight nod.

"Good, the first thing I need you to do is to gain the respect and trust of most of the demigods in the camp." I silently nod my head. I feel my stomach start to churn as Nuxiel got up. My head swayed from side to side as the boat rocked with each wave. "Do you like the ocean?"

"I gu-" I rush over to the side of the boat and lean over the railing. I feel my stomach empty as vomit came out my mouth. Nuxiel snapped his fingers. The scene quickly changed to the inside of an airplane. I stomach immediately felt better. It felt more natural being in plane than on a boat.

"I'm guessing you don't like the ocean. How about space?"

"Sp-space is okay."

"Mmm." I get into one of the chairs on the plane. I lean back in the chair as Nuxiel sat right next to me. There was a air of silence of a bit before he finally spoke.

"So which god is your parent?" He said with his voice breaking. I was about to ask why, but I had a feeling I shouldn't.

"Fūjin." I think I notice his eyes tear up the second as I said this.

"Oh." He said as his eyes go back to normal. He sighed as he got up. "It's time for you to go now, I'll talk to you some other time. You still know what to do, right?" I nod and stand up.

"Just g-get the respect at camp, right?" He nodded as he held up his finger and tapped my forehead.

I vision blurred as the world around me started to shift. I fall onto my back as the my vision turned to black.

7:02 am

My body jolts awake. I quickly swing my legs out of my bed and frantically look around. I found myself back in my room. A box suddenly appeared in front of my face telling me I already accepted a quest.

Gain the respect and trust of the camp!

Rewards:

10 million xp

500 million points

500 million dollars

New perk

Able to do anything in camp without question

New title

I guess it wasn't a dream.

I look at the medical tape on my arms and sigh. My skin itched as moved my fingers. That asshole Wayne burned off my skin, my skin will never look the same. I feel myself about to tear up as I walked to the bathroom. I pull out a roll of medical tape and some lotion Alice gave me for the burns.

I take off my medical tape, I gasp as I saw the skin underneath the tape was normal. I quickly cut off the skin with the wind. My skin was back to normal, no sign that it was even damaged. II smile as I take off all the tape. The cold air hit my skin as the tape was removed. I smell food being cooked as I took off my clothes. Smells like eggs.

I take a quick shower and walk back out into my room. I walk into the resting area and see Goldie cooking. How does an animal know how to cook? I notice a plate full berries and eggs. I walk past the kitchen and begin making my way towards the stairs. I hear someone tap on the island behind me. I turn around to see Goldie pointing at the plate.

"I made breakfast."

"Cool."

"It's for you." She said before turning around and cooking again. I stare at the plate. It's better than nothing I guess. I sit down at the island and pull out a fork from my Inventory. It didn't take me a long time to finish it. I get up and walk towards the stairs.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." Before I could walk off I heard Goldie tap the counter. I turn around to see a plastic bag in her hand. "I also made lunch."

12:00 pm

I sit down at one of the lunch tables in the corner and look around the cafeteria. I take out the plastic bag I got from Goldie and put it on the table. Inside the bag was a turkey sandwich and a bottle of milk inside. It looked way better than the school lunch. I happily bite into the sandwich and stare blankly into space. I notice a familiar color of hair sit by my side. I glance to my side and see the freckles sadly digging through her lunchbox. What was her name again? Swiss? I stare blankly into space after a second of staring. I wonder why she wasn't sitting at her usual spot?

I catch a glimpse of the girl staring at me in the corner of her eye. I ignore her as she started eating rice. The second I was done eating I reach under the desk and take out the second Percy Jackson book.

"You like that?" The girl said.

"Like what?"

"The Percy Jackson books."

"Yeah,why?" I say kind of annoyed. Let me read.

"Really? I couldn't understand the first book." How?

"What did you not understand? It was pretty easy to understand."

"I didn't know the mythology." I clench my jaw as I roll my eyes.

"There's a glossary in the back! It literally explains the mythology in the back!"

"Reading isn't my strongest subject."

"It's easy to understand though!" She let out a sigh as focused on eating her food. I drank milk as I read.

"Where's Alice and Michael anyway?" I tense up as she asked the question. How do I answer that?

"At school."

"What school do they go to?"

"Some other school. I don't know the name."

"Mhm."

3:04 pm

I walk out of the school with my head down.

How Am'I supposed to make the camp respect me? There's so many people there, how Am'I even going to stand out. Should I try being friendly? No, people won't pay attention to me like that anyway. What does gaining the respect of someone mean anyway?

My feet move on their own. Somehow I find myself back at my old home, Walmart.

"Shit wrong place." I turn around wide eyed. Dominique was staring at me with a blank expression in his car. I quickly walk past his car. He quickly drives over to me.

"Where are you going?" I stay silent as I keep on walking. "Are you still mad about the alcohol thing?" I stop dead in my tracks.

"What alcohol thing."

"I meant to give you water, I accidentally gave you beer.

"Beer wouldn't make me pass out instantly."

"It's a very strong beer."

"How strong?"

"Stronger than vodka."

"Either way, why did I end up on the other side of Chicago!"

"I needed you to meet some people. It went really, really badly when you got there."

"How do you mess up water, with beer?"

"They come in a water bottle, they're both clear. You would mess them up to." I sigh. He doesn't seem like the person to drug me. Maybe it really was on accident.

"Okay fine I forgive you, I still have to go somewhere." He nodded as he took out a business card. He flicked his hand and the card flew into my chest. I catch it midair. The business card was about some gun store down in Magebourne.

"Come visit me anytime."

I silently nod and walk off.

3:35 pm

I walk into my mansion? House? I think it's a mansion. As I walk to my room I see Goldie putting on her shoes with a water bottle by her feet. She had a tank top on along with some sweat pants. Before I could walk past her she called for me.

"Ivan!" I turn around to respond.

"Yeah?"

"Do you still have that key for that tinier place?"

"What place?" It took me awhile to figure out what she was talking about. "You mean the place that we're living in before here?" She nodded her head up and down quickly. I take the key out of my Inventory and toss it to her.

"You wanna come?"

"What are you gonna do?"

"Just a light jog." Should I go? It's not like I got anything to do. I could go to camp. But I really don't want to.

"Sure." I say as I shrug. Once she was done putting on her shoes she sprung up on her feet. She bounced a couple of times on the balls of her feet. She reached up high into the air. I heard her arms crack loudly. I wait patiently for her as she was stretching.

"Ready?"

5:32 pm

My feet stomped on the ground as I tried to keep up with Goldie. I struggled to breathe with each step, my body slowly leaned to the right every second. I held my sides as I felt pressure building up. Goldie somehow seemed fine. I stumble over my feet,I lose my balance and being to fall. Before I could hit the ground I catch myself with the wind and fly behind Goldie. Why didn't I think of this earlier? Goldie peeked over her shoulder. She turned to jog backwards while staring me in the eye.

"What are you doing."

"R-resting."

"It's cheating."

"How?"

"We're supposed to be jogging."

"I just got a little tired."

"Drop down." I roll my eyes as I drop to the ground. I stumble for a bit before thankfully catching my balance again. I take a deep breath as I quickly became out of breath. Goldie went up and down my body. "You'll be fine," she said as she turned around.

We jogged by Sombra. Sombra was happily eating some grass while laying on the ground. Sombra's so lucky. He doesn't have to do anything. I held my chest as it became harder and harder to breathe. My legs begged me to give out.

I take in a deep breath and breathe out. Air rushed into my lungs as the muscles in my legs suddenly become numb to the pain. My sides burn a little bit but no too much. I begin running normally. I somehow catch up to Goldie. She glanced in my direction for a second.

We ran for a little bit more before she stopped. She grabbed her leg and pulled it to her butt. She leaned forward a bit before doing the same to her other leg. I bounced on my feet. Sweat poured off my face . Goldie kicked at the dirt to reveal some Egyptian symbols. She stepped on the symbols and snapped her fingers. A bright green light suddenly came from the symbols. I easily the symbols and step on them. I snap my fingers. My Mp bar quickly went down while my Stamina bar went up.

New skill unlocked!

Lvl1(0%) Stamina regen- As long as you're on the Egyptian hieroglyphs you will trade Mp for Stamina. 80 Mp per use. 20 stamina restored per use.

Oh cool. I kick at the symbols until they were gone. It's a nice skill. But it costs way too much. I stretched as another box appeared.

New perk!

Runner's high- This perk will only activate when your stamina bar runs out. When activated, you will gain +75 Dex and 50 Vit along with a full bar of stamina along with an 200 points of stamina. Stamina bar usage will decrease by 50%. Perk will only last 30 minutes unless it's still needed.

How did I get this perk? It's good a perk though. Probably one of my best ones. I don't really run out of Stamina. Not as good as Copy Cat or Sixth Sense, maybe my third best one?

Thanks to exercising your stats increased!

+20 Dex

+15 Vit

I felt Goldie's gaze on the back of my neck. I turn around to face Goldie. She had a puzzled look on her face. She kicked at the dirt only to reveal Egyptian hieroglyphs.

"Make this." She said as she pointed at the hieroglyphs. I make them below my feet. Before I could snap my fingers, a silky, long thread suddenly came out from the symbols. The silk wrapped around my arms and body. I tried resisting against the thread, the thread tightened my chest as I struggled to get out. Goldie bursted out laughing. She walked over to me and ripped the silk.

Lvl1(03%) Spider's Silk- A substance similar to silk will sprout from the surface of the trap.

A new skill already? Cool.