As soon as I entered the cave I could spot an unusual object that has never been in here before and with no way for it to get here.
it was a ship, a broken ship with tears and holes that cover most of it and it looked really primitive
(if you need a reference just think of the ship lift and zoro used before and after meeting nami but ruffed up), this weird scene caused me to think of something weird
"[I found you!!!]" for a weird reason this ship reminded him of his dream the dream that has already forgotten about, the dream that made him come here in the first place.
'normally I would've gone back home and informed one of my parents but why...why do I feel the need to check the ship?, and why did seeing it remind me of my dream?'
In all honesty he couldn't understand why and how this ship made him remember, the only relation it had to his dream is that is it's a ship and ship go on water, but for that to be the only reason he found it weird.
"I better check it my self"
as I got closer to the ship a weird sense of familiarity was getting a hold of me, and a phrase kept repeating on my mind [I found you!!!]
[I found you!!!]
[I found you!!!]
...
as soon as i touched the ship a blinding light engulfed the whole cave that was filled with darkness seconds ago, forcing me jump back and cover my eyes, after a few seconds I felt the light disappeared so I opened my eyes and to my surprise I couldn't find the ship anymore, it's as if it wasn't there to begin with.
and in the middle of all of these confusing events that are unfolding infront of my eyes I heard a weird sound in my head yet again, it was the same sound that kept yelling [I found you!!!] but this time it was saying something different.
and just when I started to focus and try to understand the situation a game like screen appeared before my eyes causing me to lose focus and get surprised and jumpscared yet again.
'today was getting weirder and weirder' I said to my self, but even so for a weird reason even though I was scared I didn't try to run away.
so I gathered all the courage I had and looked at the screen before that was emitting a small amount of light
[new user found!]
[initiating system installation!]
[1%...13%...29%...80%...99%...98%]
"wait what!!! how did it go back what in the world is happening"
[100%]
"oh I guess it must have been a glitch or something"
[magical ship system has been installed and synchronized with new user successfully]
"well that's good, atleast nothing bad happened...wait, why I'm I acting like all of this is no big deal?"
"I just found a ship randomly in this cave that come to on regular basis!, I didn't run away!, and went and touched it!!, and when I did it flash banged me all most blinding me!!, and now this weird game UI saying that I am the new user of a magical ship system magically popped out of nowhere!!!, AND I LET ALL OF THAT HAPPEN WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE!!!"
'today isn't really my day'
and just when I thought that the screen disappeared and out popped a new bigger
[🔔]
[<1/3>]
[name]: [Hiro yates]
[age]: [14]
[equipped title]:
[health]: [130]
[sp]: [60]
[vitality]: [13] (1=10hp 1=5mp)
[strength]: [11]
[intelligence]: [17]
[agility]: [14]
[dexterity]: [12]
[defense]: [15]
[<2/3>]
[skills]:
[<3/3>]
[titles]:
"huh!, this looks like an RPG character sheet"
while yes the planet that hiro is from is far ahead than earth in terms of science and all it's at the same level in terms of entertainment and there, with games with similar genres from those of earth (he doesn't know what earth is but I'm just saying this to give you a better picture of this planet's state).
but unlike earth thanks to the technological advances of this planet they were able to make capsules that make the player feel what's inside the game with things like pain and heat and cold and the taste of food all being possible to be felt in the game.
and there are sites on the internet on this planet were authors write and publish webnovels and one of the most popular genres is labyrinth explorers finding an item or getting a game like system that allows them to become the strongest in the world and build a huge harem.
'so it's something like that?' I didn't spend much time on the internet but I read a few stories like this when I had time and while some were entertaining some were dumb were a main character that is scumy person or a waste of a human being got super powers to overthrow the whole world randomly while not deserving the least bit of it.
while yes I understand the purpose behind these stories because they are power fantasy that the readers self interest into, my problem isn't with that aspect but the unfortunate results that these stories bring, because these stories exist alot of people who aren't strong enoigh or prepared and mature enough to go labyrinth exploring thinking they can make it in life just by dumb luck and unfortunately lose their lives in the end.
I don't blame those authors they are just making a living and I don't blame those readers since if they really wanted to do that it's their choice and they must of have circumstances that lead to that.
it's just that it happens a lot that it makes me feel bad, the numbers might be small and speed out through out the planet but it still makes me feel bad.
but now is certainly not the time to think about that, now is the time to focus on what just happened, because all those figments of fiction that I read were a reality, a reality that doesn't want to leave my face.
and once again just when I voted my composer back and tried to check my stats, for the fourth time this day I got surprised as the screen showing my stats disappeared different ones popped out showing drowning in information, 'I will just call them notifications from now on'.
[you acquired the
as soon as I read that message I felt a tingling sensation in oth my right eye and my right hand.
by since it wasn't painful or anything I just moved on with the rest of the notifications.
[do to the properties of the
[do to the properties of the
[the sub-title function has been added to the users system].
[this function allows the user to equip other titles beside the
[the titles list has been updated].
[the skills list has been updated].
[the system's UI (user interface for those uncultured plebs) has been updated]
"well...holy molly, was that alot of info to take in".
after reading through the big walls of text that were thrown at me curiosity got me good and made me want to check my stats.
while yes I didn't read alot of those webtoon novels and while I didn't play alot of RPGs in my capsule I still got the jist from most of them, so I think I know how to get my status screen, I just need to think of it appearing and it will show up...at least I hope.
so i did that and jsut when i thought of the status screen to show up it instantly did
[<1/3>]
[name]: [Hiro Yates]
[age]: [14]
[equipped title]:
[sub-title]:
[health]: [130]
[sp]: [60]
[vitality]: [13] (1=10hp 1=5mp)
[strength]: [11]
[intelligence]: [17]
[agility]: [14]
[dexterity]: [12]
[defense]: [15]
"I have no idea how to compare my stats to other people, while it seems my stats are high that's without powering my body with crystals".
"so I don't know how I would fare against them".
"and while yes scientists proved that the energy that the Crystals in labyrinths and those that were brought out emit energy, that not only makes the humans on this planet stronger than what their bodies allow them, it also allows crops to grow faster and somewhat hinders alot of pollution form spreading, it's not as effective if applied directly to the person".
this left me thinking for a while but I put those thought at the back of my head as now I will check the other screens
[<2/3>]
[skills]:
when I saw these two skills I emidiatly knew that I can press on them to show me their description, and so I did just that, I first pressed the
[this skill gives the user a body befitting of the magical ship's captain]
[it gives a special eye to the captain allowing to see things beyond what he used to see and if trained enough it will show him what is even beyond]
as soon as I finished reading that part I heard a sound in my head followed by a bell icon in the top right of the UI shaking and and a red circle with a white number 2 on it to appear.
I left it for now because I wanted to check the rest of the soil's description.
[it also engraves the ship logo on the captain's hand]
[both the eye and the mark can be toggled off separately]
[toggle the captain's eye] [
[toggle the ship's mark] [
I was very thankful when I saw that because after reading the skill description I was worried how I'm gonna explain the change in my eye and hand to mom and dad, but now I can change later before I go home.
after exiting from the description with just a thought I noticed a new skill there but I pressed on the one that was already there first.
[this skill allowsthe user to summon the magical ship]
[and ship's model and material that it's made of and durability and functions depend on the skill level]
[the skill gains exp when the captain does]
[current ship's functions: useless]
"so that's why it disappeared"
I thought to myself maybe I should test the skill but I decided not to because it's useless to do so now.
after closing that I checked the bell Icon.
after clicking on another screen appeared
[do to the properties of the
after reading that I decided to sit down besides the water.
I removed my shoes and socks and then dipped my feet in the water.
"well...I am going to have to sit here and relax for a minute and process this whole situation"
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(almost 2k words chapter, I'm surprised I was able to write that much but with the system and all I think that easy...now that i think about it is that why this genre is popular is it because thanks to the system authors can write long chapters without having t-)
(don't forget to add to library and vote if you can)