Chapter 2 - Another
As the metal sunk deeper into the back of his head Darren heard her say.
"Who are you?"
Darren was scared and so he replied..
"I'm just lost, I'm not stealing anything, I swear!
A soft chuckle came from her as she removed whatever it was from the back of his neck.
"That happens in the forest of the lost"
Darren was now getting calmer and his body relaxed just a little.
"I guess that's why it's called that. Thanks for not attacking me. Do you know a way out?"
" There are two ways access to teleportation magic or a powerful magic compass"
She walked past him and he saw that she was holding a long metal stick with a star on the tip painted gold.
(Is... she some kind of wizard?) "Well... teleportation definitely is out of the question. Would you happen to know where I can get the compass?"
She looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
" You would have to see the village enchanter obviously, only an idiot would enter this forest without one."
She was beginning to think there was more to this guy. Was he some overly powerful figure? To enter the forest of the lost without weapons or armor that would just be...stupid.
(Is she being this haughty with me just because I'm new? Jeez)
"Village Enchanter, huh? Well I dont see any villages in here. Just trees and monsters trying to eat me. That is... till I met you."
Her suspicion grew a little in that moment.
"Your not from the village? Where are you from?"
(Crap!)
"From... outside. Either way, where would I find it? This village..."
"I can teleport you there for a small fee of course"
"A fee? How much is this 'fee?'"
"Just a few gold coins." she said as she observed his reaction. Something wasn't right here.
"G-gold? (Play it cool, it's just like a rpg) Don't you have anything else you can ask me? Everyone always asks me for gold." He was trying to play it smug but that facade wouldn't last.
She seemed to ponder something for a bit. "Ok I'll hire your services to kill a few goblins for me." As she said this she thought to herself (He's either a cocky noble or a powerful magician...seems kinda frail to be either of them)
"Goblins? Alright, where are they? Or will I be killing them after we travel?"
"Bring me back the goblins and I'll teleport you to the village its that simple"
"So I gotta find them myself? Fine then, that should be alright(WHAT AM I DOING?!!)"
"Ok..." she wears a smug grin and she tosses him a ring
[You have acquired Storage Ring]
[Would you like to absorb Storage Ring?]
(P-probably not)
Her eyes never left him as she sat on what appeared to be nothing.
" Hm, I guess I'll get them them."
He put it on and walked off towards the forest, while looking at the ring.
(Storage? Like an inventory?)
[Yes]
(Neat)
(All of them, she says. Real helpful. At least they're just goblins. It should be too difficult...) He went to grab a branch but as he did he heard a familiar sound.
'Slish Slosh'
He turned around quickly.
[Lvl 1 Monster Detected]
Another of those 'liquid' creatures was inching his way. He kicked dirt at it which caused it to begin to shoot acid in his direction.
" Ah?! What the hell? This thing again... wait..."
He held his hand out towards the 'liquid creature' and he tried to store the creature in the ring, after a second the system tab appeared again.
[You have stored Slime's Acid in Storage Ring]
The liquid inside the slime had disappeared but it was slowly refilling. Darren ran forward to hit it with the branch before it could refill. As he hit the slime there was a sound like the breaking of glass.
[You have defeated a slime]
(That... sounds like a good thing)
[You are now Lvl 1]
(Wait... I was level zero?!)
[You have acquired 5 Stat Points]
( I guess I can afford to use that word thing without worrying)
[Would you like to absorb slime core?]
Darren considered it for a bit.
(You know what... why not?)
"Let's do it!"
[Absorbing...]
[You have acquired 1 Stat Point]
"Huh, cool.So... now that I can do that... where are those Goblins hiding out?"
He walked around for a bit scanning the area before he saw tracks that seem to lead into a cave.
(That should be it)
[Lvl 3 Monster Detected]
[Lvl 3 Monster Detected]
He spotted two goblins at the entrance. One seemed to be leaning back against the wall grumbling and the other seemed to be ignoring him. Darren hid behind a stalagmite before they could notice.
Darren tossed a rock so it hit the wall away from him...it falls before reaching and rolls on the ground but it still got there attention
(Come on... take the bait...)
Darren realized that they seemed to be arguing.They each push each other towards the source of the sound but the other kept backing away.They began to punch and scratch at each other.
(Wait... what?)
Darren takes a quick look at his stats
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Name: Darren
Title: [The Cursed]
Level: 1
Health: 3/3
Power: 0
Speed:2
Defense:0
Sense:0
Energy: 5/5
Energy Regen: 0.1 per hour
Health Regen: 2 HP per hour
Stat Points: 14
[Skills]
*Skill Create
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Darren slowly snuck past the Goblins, stopping when he's right behind them
They were too busy fighting themselves to notice his sudden appearance.
(Well, this is as lucky as I'm going to get.)
He pulled back his arms as far as possible and he cracked the branch against the both of their heads
Whack!
They stopped their brawl and both turned to him holding their heads.Their eyes filled with anger,they lunge at Darren.
(Ah, crap.)
Jumping back, he released the slime acid at them.It splashed into the eyes of one of the goblins and he fell to the ground holding his face and rolling.The other goblin looks to his comrade and then back to Darren
(That seemed to work)
"Graaak!"
Darren kicked at it and his foot hit the goblin in the face.It gets pushed back a bit
"Grafsgah!!"
(This is taking MUCH longer than I thought!!)
Darren swung the branch again once again aiming for the head but is left empty-handed as the goblin yanks it out of his hand.Now armed with a weapon it grew a sinister smile
"Gala"
(Crap!)
He backed away and behind that goblin he saw the other one who was crawling around randomly and screaming
"Ah, what now?! I cant die again!"
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Brian woke to a bright light, and after moments had passed, it was revealed to him to be the afternoon sky. But that couldn't be right. He wasn't outside last he remembered. Wait, where was he? Looking around, he could see he was in an open field, just at the edge of a forest that he didn't remember at all. Though he didn't know what happened, he felt... at peace. Where on earth was he? Or was this even earth in the first place?
"Wait" He looked around "Wait" He looked around again
He looked at himself.
"I'm not dead"
A glowing green screen appears floating slightly above and on the screen reads:
"Woah...but this means...I've been Isekai'ed! Mr Screen can you show me my stats please"
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Name: Brian Pierce
Title:
Level: 1
Health: 10/10
Power:1
Speed:1
Defense:1
Sense: 3
Energy: 8/8
Energy Regen: 1 per hour
Health Regen: 0.5 HP per hour
-Analysis
* Enchant Item
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"Collateral Damage?"
Mr Screen remained stationary,before highlighting the name as his title.
"What does collateral damage mean?"
(Yeah...hold on...that's not right. That means this place doesn't get reincarnators often huh. If they did I would have gotten the title Reincarnator or even...hero)
"Oh yeah every reincarnator I've read about gets it. What does Enchant Item do?"
"Interesting"
He picked up a branch and started walking towards the village.He used analysis on the branch.
(The more I use it the more likely it is to level up)
He attempted to enchant it so it can extend and retract.
"It got longer awesome!!"
(But...that also means that it counted the extension and retraction as two enchantments..So I can only do one enchantment at a time)
"Now for test number two"
He attempted to enchant it with nature magic.
The stick flourishes to the point leaves and vines begin to grow on it, the once dead branch is alive again.
(So I might still need to learn magic on my own...This still has it's uses. Now to test out projectile enchantments)
A smile came across his face as he picked up a rock and used analysis on it
"Enchant Rock to Blast Rock!!" He then threw it into the forest and coverex his ears.
The rock hit the ground and caused a small crackle, like a sparkler. It didn't seem like it'd due a lot of damage, but it could burn some small beast.He went and was about to pick up the rock but it was still sizzling.
He tried to use the skill to attack the rock to the end of the stick " Enchant Lightning Rod!" (Please work,Please work, please work)
A large amount of bright energy sparked out of the stick and then, suddenly, a stone-tipped spear of wood and stone appeared in his hand in the shape of a lightning bolt
His eyes lit up and he said before walking "A new world a new me"