A dark cave. The crunch of a lone pair of steps...A young(?) man wrapped in a tattted cloak, singed by the burn of some firebreathing monster. Made his way upwards. The few Adventurers passing him quickly scooted away.
The figure smelled badly and he was muttering to himself...
"Alright...so hear me out. It's not that I time skipped for no reason. It's just knowing how smart and overexposed to tropes you readers are if i revealed that chapter as is, pretty sure it would unravel the whole, as flimsy as it is, overarching plot."
"Now you might ask why I'm saying this in well this way. Well it's because my power is so OP I had to nerf myself. I know, I know. Really seems stupid. But like...It would be boring. One shotting everything. Where's the excitement? So I decided to nerf myself. Mind you, you'll see later just how Op i am even with the nerf. For now my skill has allowed me to break the 4th wall. Unfortunately doesn't factor time dilation and difference in dimension."
"So now another questi-"
*Smack*
A labrador sized Ant was sent into the rocky wall.
"-on you might be wondering. Is why the weird dialogue or pov. Author-san why are you being shameless with your self insert!!"
[The Author In this story the MC isn't the Author of the Story you are reading. I want to clarify this is sort of inceptiony. The MC is an author in his own reality.]
"Well I've written enough garbage that i know that since I've been effectively isekai'd, someone is watching and I'm now a character in someone elses story."
The figure made his way ever closer to the surface. The story starts here and a bunch of stupidity to follow. Why'd I accept Being a Narrator.
"Anywhoo, I assume this but i don't really know if my skill has reached you. Later when you see it you'll be like "OMG" with the emoji and everything. But like, it's limited also by a buncha implied stuff so I'm nigh Omnipotent but not omniscient or omnipresent. Well maybe a little omniscient. So I'm monologuing, is that how it's spelled?, for my own sanity. It's pretty lonely not being near people who get your references...Ah. Here we are."
The figure passed the Dungeon entrance, pushing his hood off, his mako blue eyes squinted at the sun.
"...Who knew being an anime character meant i could stare at the sun..."