Starting up
Alex with a small present box in his hand opened the box and saw multiple things appear in his vision.
Skill gained: toy creation.
Small psychic affinity gained.
Please choose starter plushie.
Alex was a bit shocked he had not expected much much less three things that are useful he was thinking that he might get a few potions but no he actually got something good and he decided to take a look at the new stuff in order he got them.
Skills
Toy creation: the ability to make plushies or dolls with mana and different materials influenced by material and creators imagination.
Looking at the skill Alex was impressed he was worried he had to either learn how to make them or buy them but this skill will save him time and money which is always appreciated.
Looking at the second thing he was suprised can anyone just gain a affinity so he asked the only one nearby the system.
"System is it normal to gain affinties like i just got?"
It is possible to awaken a new affinity either by material or pure luck but the way you got one is needed for your plushies to communicate with you and eachother.
Well that seems answered so he does not need to hide future affinties he could just lie besides no would get hurt if he just lied about saying he awakened a new affinity.
He looked at the third reward it was to choose a plushies he would start with he looked at his options which was three and it reminded him of a game he played.
Looking at the options he saw a teddy bear, a plush moose and a porcelain doll.
He took one good look and choose the teddy bear for a few reasons.
1 while the moose might be a good tank he does not see a moose killing a monster and its quite tall to so it would be seen easily.
2 the procelain doll seems easy to break and he does not want that either he is in a forest who knows when he finds a town or something.
So the teddy bear appeared in his hands when a promt appeared infront of him.
Do you want to make a mental pathway with the teddy bear?
"Yes do it." Alex was not aware how it feels so he braiced for pain but he felt just a bit dizzy but no pain which is nice.
A new promt appeared infront of Alex this time saying that the pathway was a success.
Please enter the name you want to give your plushie for the plushie to come to life.
Alex had not thought of a name for a bear so after a little thinking he he decided on the Japanese name for a bear which is kuma it also means bravery and courage so he entered it.
As soon as he entered to name the bear which had been in his hand started looking around before looking back at Alex.
(Oh hi it seems like we are not in town so i take it we will fight our way there?) That was slightly unsettling but the bear had a pretty low voice especially since its a plush but a new problem appeared.
(Sure if we find something to fight but i dont have weapons and i am not sure where a town is or where we exactly are.) The bear nodded and although the bear was only 14 inches when standing it weighted not a lot but there was no scale so Alex does not know how much the bear weighs but it could easily climb onto his shoulder and sit on his shoulder without a problem.
Alex decided to look what the system had to offer hoping for a map but it only seemed to have a inventory and a place where Alex could see his stats.
Name: Alex Mintz
Age: 18
Race: human
Hp:100
Mp:100
Affinity: plushies, psychic (small)
Agility:80
Stamina:150
Strength:65
Mental strength:80
Defense:90
Intellect: 100
Skills: toy creation
Looking at his stats he had no idea if this was average but he atleast knows that his strength is probably below average but without someone else to compare to he won't know he also saw there was a page where Kuma's stats are so he took a look
Name: Kuma
Race: teddy bear (evolution possible)
Hp:100
Mp:100
Affinity: earth
Agility:95
Stamina:100
Strength:125
Defense:85
Intellect:95
Skills: claw, earthquake, earth claw
Comparing the two Alex noticed a few different things like Kuma has no mental strength but then again he is a plushie and he as no idea if Kuma's stats where normal but Kuma seemed to be able to evolve which was weird but Alex won't complain if its good.
He also noticed that his affinity that was psychic was small but his plush affinity had no thing behind it same goes for Kuma's earth affinity so he just assumed that the first affinity is either fixed or big enough that there is no need to put something behind it.
Finally done with looking at the system which he figured out that he could control it with his mind he decided to start walking in a random direction hoping to either find a trail or a town or village.
While walking he had a conversation with Kuma about what weapons Alex should pick Kuma told him to either pick a axe or daggers.
After a while of walking something finally come into view but it was not a town or village.
It was a monster a very big mantis.
F rank monster gaint mantis.
While it was nice of the system to tell him the rank the name was not needed Alex could see it was a mantis from a mile away.
(Finally time to fight.) He told Alex as he jumped of his shoulder that seemed to have alerted to mantis and it made its move leaping towards Kuma who ducked and punched it up which gave the mantis a bit of extra air.
The mantis looked suprised maybe even hurt but its hard to tell what was not hard to tell was that the mantis decided to go after Alex and leaped towards him.
The mantis not learning from his mistake was easily dodged by Alex.
It wanted to jump again but a brown streak made of earth just hit its head which made it bleed.
The mantis had forgotten about Kuma and the bear took the time to make a earth claw and hit it right where it wanted to the mantis now bleeding from the side of its head tried to jump again to attack but turns out the earth claw to the head might have made it dizzy so the mantis landed a bit short.
When Kuma saw it landed short he actives hus claw skill which gave him actual bear claws and hit the mantis head.
The mantis collapsed onto the ground bleeding badly from the head and Kuma put it out its misery with a quick claw to the brain.
Alex who was now watching Kuma stand on the giant mantis with a happy expression was amazed at how easily Kuma killed it although it was F rank and Alex had no weapon he had thought it would be a hard fight but it turns out it was a easy fight.
(Should we take it with us?) Kuma asked when the mental pathway was made Kuma got a bit of Alex's knowledge and was wondering if they could sell it for money.
(It does not hurt to take it i mean we are poor after all) Alex told him which was true he had no money and got no money when he opened to the present box either so if they could get a bit of money he won't turn it down.
So Alex dragged to dead mantis behind them and Kuma went back to Alex's shoulder.
After a bit they found a trail and decided that walking on the trail would be faster they were less likely to encounter monsters but it would be faster to walk in the trail then next to it.
After about half a hour of walking they found a small town and went to the gate.
At the gate a guard was keeping watch he saw Alex's approach and also saw the mantis he was dragging behind him he thought that it could be a adventurer but he never saw Alex.
"Stop and identify yourself please?" Asked the guard.
Alex stopped walking "my name is Alex is that good enough?" As soon as the guard heard it his expression changed to a tired one.
"No anyone could say a random name can i see your ID or adventures card." The guard told him.
Now that was a problem he had no ID or card so how was he going to get in.
"I dont have a ID or adventures card i woke up and got robbed so i have nothing i was planning on registering to be a adventurer."
Ofcourse he did not get robbed but the guard does not know that so the guard took a look and nodded for Alex to come in the boy did indeed look like he had nothing except the teddy bear and the clothes he had on.
With that out the way Alex stepped into the town and looked around for the guild sure hi might not know if its a guild but in the novels he used to read it was always a guild so he looked for something like that.