Chapter 1 - Forest of The Lost
[Darren died]
Darren awoke to a forest, its brilliant colors and the subtle sweet scents that hit his nose relieves him a little...but just a little. Where the hell was he?
He tried calling for help and as he did a blue floating translucent tab appeared in front of him. And these words appeared on it:
[What would you like help with?]
Darren reached forward and tried to touch it and when his hand went through it he simply asked where he was.
[You are currently in the Forest of the lost]
" What's going on? What am I even talking to?"
[You have been reincarnated and I am the Paradox System]
Darren goes to ask about the paradox system but then freaks out. "Wait I Died?!!"
[Darren]
[Cause of death: Internal Combustion]
[ It seems a certain demon had taken a liking to you and would watch you from across the dimensions. She had always watched you quietly without interfering since her energy wasn't that powerful however when you were about to be confessed to, she witnessed it and her energy went awry, her anger and jealousy travelled past the veil and blew you up and the girl and the other person who was close by died]
"...what?" He stared at it for a while but the message didn't change. When it did change it said:
[Accessing info....]
"Uhh...what's going on?"
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Name: Darren
Title: [The Cursed]
Level: Unspecified
Health: 1/1
Power: 0
Speed:0
Defense:0
Sense:0
Energy:5
Energy Regen: 0.1 per hour
Health Regen: 2 HP per hour
Skill points: 10
[Skills]
-Skill Create
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His eyes widened. "C-Cursed?" A nervous laugh came from him. "I'm dreaming aren't I?"
[You are currently awake. You will require rest in 10 hours 34 minutes and 16 seconds]
Darren sat down on the ground not knowing what to do. His eyes had a look of loss in them.
"Am... Am I really dead?"
[You were.]
The words that appeared didn't give him any comfort, he was still in an unfamiliar place with no idea where to go.
" But why am I here? What am I meant to do now?"
[You have been reincarnated. You were reincarnated by Miltene the goddess of love and she has gifted you with a unique skill in order to survive in this world.]
"Why? What skill?"
[Miltene was angry that you had died because of the very thing that gave her power. The skill- Skill create allows the user to create a skill by entering a word ]
He went into thought for a second.
"I don't have to say it right now do I?"
[Skill Create uses skill points that could otherwise be used to up your stats so be careful]
"Skill points... so it's like a video game. This should be... alright. Where is Miltene?"
[Miltene is in the celestial world]
Darren concluded that it was probably too far away and decided to ask where the nearest city was.
[That information is unavailable while in The Forest of the Lost]
"OK then...how do I get out?"
[That information is unavailable]
Darren let out a sigh. What was he supposed to do now? He looked around the forest in search of a path or marking and his eyes landed on an ominous pink fog. It was unsettling despite its color. He began to back away from it slightly scared.
"Wh-What is that?"
[That information is unavailable]
And then he heard it. It sounded like water..a sloshing sound came from a creature nearby.Its body looked like a bubble filled with water and in the center of that bubble was a red orb.
[Lvl 1 monster detected]
He picked up a stick and whacked the creature with it. As he hits it with a stick its body ripples with the force of the blow and the water inside it seems to bubble and then a hole seemed to appear in the side of the bubble.It then launched a shot of the water out to towards him. Something tells him he could die if he were to get hit by it. He jumped away.
"I gotta get out of Here"
And so he ran, he kept running until he saw the tab appear again.
[Would you like to add points to stats or create a skill?]
He immediately added 2 points to speed.
He ran until he was tired but he was still in the forest. An eerie feeling passed over him as a dragon flies overhead.
"Is that a dragon?! This place really is dangerous!" Darren exclaimed as he stopped running.He squeezed himself under tree. The dragon's loud roar shook the trees and the slab appeared again.
[Danger Lvl ??? Monster Detected]
Darren stayed silent until the warning faded away. He looked out towards the forest hopefully trying to find a way out.
"Am I going to be stuck here forever?"
He decided to continue going in that direction but then a warning appeared again.
[Lvl 1 Monster Detected ]
"AGAIN?!"
Now upset he threw a rock at it.
It hits the slime and the slime rolled over and shot out some acid in his general direction but it fell short.
He tried to make the tab appear again.
"Does whatever skill I get have to follow the rules?"
[Skills are open and skill power varies]
Darren angrily talks to the tab thing [CREATE SKILL: OUT]
[Generating skill: OUT
Skill points required 5
Confirm?]
"5? Are you kidding me?!"
He looked around again and he spotted it..a house?!! He ran towards it and inside it was a bunch of books and fruit. It was made of old wood but the veins of blue energy that travelled around the inside of the structure that were giving off a faint glow was more eye-catching than the books in the corner.
"What kind of place is this?"
He heard a female voice behind him say. " Its old but its my home" He could feel something metallic and cold on the back of his neck. A thought crossed his mind.
'I'm gonna die again aren't I?'