The beginning of the end and the end of the beginning
I'm feeling slightly dizzy. This is strange, since I don't wake up from sleep like this. My eyes are trying their hardest to open but for some reason, they won't.
I assume that its because I need to face those bullies again today at school, and my body is simply reacting against waking up. But wait, its not just this. Its like I'm laying down on hard ground and not my soft and comfortable bed.
This causes me to open my eyes and immediately the bright rays of sun is shown in my vision, making me more confused than I was. Besides that, I hear, people?! Wait, how is this even possible? I quickly get up and see a bunch of people who are either laying down or wondering around in a state of panic.
Most of them were in their pajamas and because of that, I quickly grasp the situation.
I doubted at first that it was a dream, but after pinching my cheek and feeling my surroundings, I thought otherwise.
It can't be explained in any other aspect beside kidnapping. But the place that I'm in now looks like the middle of a forest with barrier like walls surrounding the area we are at.
Why? Is the only question repeating in my mind as I remember my family.
"Wait, could it be that they can be here as well?"
With that in mind, I jump up and begin desperately searching for any member of my family. But after going around the whole area I didn't find any traces of them. I did see and hear how panicked and desperate people were to know what's going on and I could even see some who were trying to make a hole or find a way out of the barrier.
But amongst the people I saw, there was one girl who stood out to me. There wasn't an ounce of despair or fear on her face. She was just sitting on the ground and staring at the floor. She had white hair and looked somewhat younger than me. I don't want to get involved with her for some reason.
There is no point in panicking in this situation. I sit on the floor near the barrier wall where there weren't a lot of people and start to think. First of all, I need to get a full grasp of what situation I'm in right know. Like my first opinion, Its most likely some sort of kidnapping. Since most of the people including me are in their pajamas, I can assume that everyone or most of the majority here were kidnapped during sleep.
I also can reach the conclusion that the people here were not specifically chosen, since there are a variety of people for example old, young, teen, middle aged, Asian, European and so on.
Now, the important question is, why are we brought here? I don't exactly know but I bet Its not your simple kidnapping. I mean, I doubt some simple group or criminal organization can kidnapp so many people from their beds while being asleep and drag them here. There are so many things to discuss but I don't want to overuse my brain in the morning.
I guess I should talk to the people he_
[System Massage]
Welcome all players.
I know this is sudden for most of you.
For starters, I am the goddess sirius, the one who is mainly governing this world.
All you need to know now is that you are all currently in the tutorial section.
The tutorial has three main events that you need to complete. The first event will begin shortly.
Regarding your status and abilities, you either can think status screen in your mind or say it out loud for the said screen to appear in front of you.
Everyone gets a special title to themselves.
Also, you can make yourself grow by defeating monsters and committing various actions.
I have but one request of you, please survive.
[End of message]
Yep, I kind of saw this one coming. I'm one of the individuals who read stories similar to this, so the moment I saw the massage screen, my suspicion was confirmed.
It stated that the first tutorial event is going to start soon so I need to grasp the necessary information quickly.
With that in mind, I think of my status screen appearing and load and behold, it did.
[Status Screen]
Full name: Leon Simon Walker
Level: 1
Race: Human
Age: 16
Class: Unknown HP: 4/4 MP: 6/6
STR: 1 DEX: 1
DEF: 1 INT: 1
Will: 10 Clarity: 11
MAG: 1 MAG DEF: 1
Title: 3-time loop player
Skills:
3-time loop Lv.MAX: Allows only Leon Walker to loop back three times during each event. Cause of loop: Death. Don't worry, I'm not going to let you die.
Appraisal Lv.MAX: Skill granted by the title "3-time loop player". Allows user to see all players status screen.
Hide stats Lv.1: Skill granted by the title " 3-time loop player". Allows user to hide his/her stats from other individuals. Current number of stats that are able to be hid: 2
This isn't good, this isn't good at all. Most of my stats are one and my HP is very low, making me be an easy target to kill. I need to find a way to raise them quickly.
But look on the bright side, I have two max level skills granted to me by the title "3-time loop player". One of them is the 3-time loop skill which lets me loop to the beginning of every event three times. But there is a big problem, if I want to loop, I have to die. Huh, this is very bad indeed. Well the good thing is that I have three chances for each event so that's somewhat of a good news. About the last line, it obviously has me confused. I mean, who is this and why did they tell me this. I think the whole system is governed by the goddesses in this world so it could possibly be from one of them, but why? why would they give this to me and how do they even know me? unfortunately, I can't answer these questions right now and to be honest, its not the time to think about those things. I should put my head in the game and think of solutions to survive and find my family. I just hope for them to be alright.
The next skill is the basic appraisal skill that let's you see other people's stats, but the difference here is that its max level, which let's me observe all of other individuals stats. This is pretty helpful, thank you my sweet title!
The last skill granted by the title is hide stats. You can tell what it does just by the name. Unlike the other two, this isn't max level, so I need to raise it somehow so no one can see my ability to loop back to each event three times after death.
With the current level of the skill, I hide my title and the loop skill.
Alright, the first thing I should do is to find allies since doing this alone will be a pain and pretty dangerous.
I started walking around and using my appraisal skill to find hidden gems to be my partner. I don't have a choice, even if I have to betray or manipulate someone, I have to do it in other to survive.
After looking at a few individuals, I didn't see anything special, but I found out that most of the stats of the people that i checked are 1, and their special abilities are neither max level or good.
I keep checking, and then I reached the white haired girl I mentioned earlier. I activate my skills and check her stats..., wait WHAT?!
[Status screen]
Full name: Silvia Mariana Silverlane
Level: 1
Race: Human
Age: 15
Class: Unknown. HP: 30/30 MP: 20/20
STR: 12 DEX: 12
DEF: 12 INT: 10
Will: 4 Clarity: 4
MAG: 19 MAG DEF: 16
Title: The domination goddess
Skills:
Absolute domination Lv.1: The skill granted by the title "The domination goddess". Allows only Silvia Silverlane to grasp full domination of a specific location chosen by the user. As the level goes up, the area affected and the influence will increase.
Appraisal Lv.1: Allows user to see other people's stats. As the level goes up, the amount of stats seen will increase.
Sense Lv.1: Skill granted by the title "The domination goddess". User can sense anything in a 4 meter radius. As the level goes up, the radius doubles.
Holy crap, these stats are really something aren't they? This is it, I need to get her on my side ASAP.
As it looks, her will and clarity is really low. Poor girl, she has probably gone through a lot. Don't worry, I'll be sure to comfort you a lot, Silvia.
I walk up to her. She's still in her old posture and hasn't even moved and inch. With a slight hesitation, I started to talk with her.
"Um, excuse me."
She gets slightly surprised and looks at me. She's kinda pretty.
"Y_Yes?"
" I was just wondering why you were sitting on your own like that looking to the ground? I noticed it sometime after waking up."
"O_Oh, I'm sorry, I_I just can't anymore."
"Hey, hey no need to apologize, are you okay?"
"N_no, I'm not. I can't live like this anymore. Even if I'm brought here, I just can't find motivation to go on."
"I see. Well, from your words, clearly something bad has happened to you on Earth, right?"
" Yes, that's right. Y_You see, I was from a noble family in America, I was born in England and raised in USA. Although I was a noble, I wasn't even comparable to my big sister in terms of looks and education, and couldn't get a marriage partner because of my shyness, so they all insulted me and made me do most of the house work. I_"
I quickly hug her.
" It's OK, I can tell what happened to you. I know reality is unfair. I somewhat know your pain. That's why, if no one trusts you, I will."
I know these are sudden words, but I know that she's not one of those manipulative people because of her mental stats. I really meant what I said to her. At first, I didn't think much of her but now after knowing her past, I consider her as my friend. Don't worry Silvia, I'll definitely raise you to be the strongest dominator in the world.
She doesn't say anything and starts crying, holding me tightly and saying:
"Please, help me."
Over and over again so I respond :
"It's okay, I'll help you." While patting her head.
After saying that, she calmed down and falls asleep on my chest, so I'll let it be like that for a while for her to get her mentality back.
It starts from here, I swear I'm going to survive this and find my family. Wait for me Mom, Dad and Luis. I'll definitely find you.
And thus, my journey to reach the end begins from here.