My room was filled with the noise of a keyboard being abused. There I was, playing an online video ga with my friends late at night, when a voice reached my ears.
"Heal , heal , heal !" a cry not uncommon to us.
In the screen in front of , the form of a warrior was bathed in glowing blue light.
"Gotcha... no need to scream," ca the response from our healer.
The ga we were playing was a classic isotric MMORPG released back in 2016, Redeer's Bush. As a free ga it was surprisingly among the better ones of the decade, though not exactly at the top. However, as a bonafide MMORPG, it required dedication and commitnt to experience the full ga in a satisfactory manner. That is, it took ti to "git gud", and everyone had loads of free ti due to the global pandemics that ruined the decade.
"We're about to end, start praying!" I said to the mic.
We all went silent in order to do our own rituals to increase our luck.
The mode we were playing was a staged ga mode that pushed players to survive and kill monsters quickly before a tir ran out. The difficulty increased along with the amount of players and the stages cleared. Every stage had waves of monsters you had to defeat in order for the boss to show up. Once defeated, the next stage would be available. Pretty simple.
This ti, just like any previous, the boss showed up and we ground pounded it to oblivion in less than a minute.
The corpse of a being out of my worst nightmares disappeared, replaced by a portal to end the stage. Our expectations rose. It was at the very end of the 10 stages when players were rewarded for their efforts. We were all aiming for different items that had the sa chance of dropping.
As the loading screen shifted to the map we were at previously, a pop-up mini screen showed up in my monitor.
[You've acquired a new item!]
[Mythical Weapon (2-H Spear)]
[Alma Pike]
(Attack 9675 – 14281)
(10 Sockets)
-STR 250
-Crit Rate 750
-All Skill Levels 1
-Damage to Large/Boss Monsters 40%
-Critical Hits apply a Debuff for 5 seconds
-Damage to Debuffed Enemies 25%
-Damage taken from Debuffed Enemies – 30%
...
"Wooo! Yeah baby! That's what I've been waiting for!" I scread to the top of my lungs.
I stretched my arms and legs in joy, pushing back too fast, making fall backwards. My keyboard flew away along with my mouse as a barrage of rage-fueled screeches reached my ears. As the back of my head hit the ground, I started laughing and giggling away.
"Did this bitch fall off her chair? Lmaooo!" soone said.
"Fucking classic..." another said.
I stood up while laughing and feeling a wave of satisfaction I hadn't felt in a while.
"Well... I'm off to the enchant gacha, everybody. Have fun and GG." I said as I sat on my chair again.
"Good for you Nash. Have a good one." a familiar voice said.
"You too, Lilly. Talk to you later." I said and disconnected from the group call.
I sighed as I laid back and stared at my large monitor. I opened the ga's inventory and used an item to teleport back to town. While the ga loaded, I turned to a side monitor and unpaused a stream I was watching. A cute rabbit v-tuber was playing "CraftingMines" and committing war cris once again.
I saw a few comnts saying [Geneva Suggestions kusa].
I chuckled and typed a few emotes on her live-chat and focused back on the ga. The town opened up and I went up to the blacksmith dude and interacted with the little UI that popped up, transferred bonus stats from my previous weapon to the new one, filled the gem sockets with max-level stones, ascended the thing to ten, enhanced it to plus one hundred and closed the UI.
I clicked on a scroll in my inventory and began the tortuous process of gacha enchantnt.
A small window popped up and flashed as the enchantnt took place.
[ 1.5% Block Ignore]
"... Next!" I clicked the 'enchant again' prompt in the little window.
[ 11% Threat Reduction]
"... You know you want to give it to , you little shit!"
[ 230 Magic Attack]
"Useless!"
[ 45% Threat Generation]
"..."
[ 120% Dmg Against Full Plate]
"Who uses that?!"
[ 400 Magic Resist]
"Give attack statistics at the very least..."
[ 10.2% Physical Damage]
"Too low!"
After what felt like an eternity and around 200 enchant scrolls later, I was finally starting to see an improvent in the quality of the rolls, until sothing happened that I could not ignore.
[ 45% Physical Damage]
"What? It can go that high?!"
I stared at the screen and re-read the line many tis to confirm my eyes were not playing gas on . I quickly went to my second monitor and searched the values of potential enchantnts on the official wiki.
Confirming it was neither a bug nor an exploit, I returned to the ga and prepared myself to brag about my godly roll to my clanmates. Suddenly, my sight went blurry and my hearing beca muddy. My body began to tingle all over with that sa crippling sensation you get when sitting on the toilet for too long and your legs beco numb.
"Oof! What the fuuu..." And I lost consciousness while mumbling curses to nobody in particular.
In a world far, far away – so far that humanity on earth would never co to know about it, the laws of the universe worked in a very different way from those belonging to the milky way. A force that could be called fantastic or even miraculous was a part of the inhabitants' everyday life, allowing feats that would defy nature in our eyes.
From replacing fuel and allowing combustion in almost every environnt, to allowing land-locked species to breathe underwater or fly above unreachable clouds. So would call it magic, so would call it miracles, so would call it divine powers, mystic arts, etc. No matter the na, it was undeniably there in the grasp of those willing to learn its wonders.
Such a force of nature was ever present in this world. In the trees, the soil, the bees, the water... everywhere. Its people were as varied as were the uses for such a force. The beings who were shaped by evolution were also influenced by this force since ti immorial. While the action of using such a force received many nas throughout the ages as well as the force itself, in current tis it was widely known by one na. E'er.
In such a world, in a forest drenched with E'er, a figure slowly manifested itself. At first, barely visible lines ford a vaguely human shape. The event began with a few atoms coming together and forming cells, then the cells ford tissue, specialized tissue ford organs, and, in turn, these ford systems. A creature that looked like a human was being created in the noisy symphony of the forest.
Birds chirped, trees and foliage swayed on the wind, millions of insects went about their day, water flowed noisily through streams both far and near, animals of all sizes leisurely moved around, slept, ate, etc. Life was following its natural course in this forest, ignorant of the miracle that was occurring in its midst.
The creation of life.
As the process was coming to an end, the body slowly shifted positions from a vertical – almost standing – position, to laying on its back. When it touched ground, a pulse of concentrated E'er converged on the creature. It soon gained a rhythm.
Do-don-n. Do-don-n. Do-don-n. Do-don-n. Do-don-n. Do-don-n.
Then, slowly, air began flowing on its own into the lungs.
Suu-haa. Suu-haa. Suu-haa. Suu-haa. Suu-haa. Suu-haa. Suu-haa.
Finally, a jolt ran from the top of the body's head to its feet.
Their eyes shot open.
A loud gasp escaped my lips as I ca to. It felt as if I hadn't breathed in a million years. I greedily gulped air as I reached for my throat. As my vision cleared from a world of white, and my senses caught up with waking up, I froze in place.
Green.
All I saw was green.
I blinked a few tis, and, soon enough my vision gained detail. As I kept on breathing, my nose picked up scents. I sat up as fast as I could and looked around with wide eyes. My hands dug into the soil I was sitting on. It was warm and pleasant to the touch, even as I felt greenery and a few pebbles that should cause discomfort, it felt good.
I opened my mouth and gently bit the air. The sound of my teeth was loud and crisp, instantly removing the possibility of this being a dream. The rich sll of dirt, weeds, trees, water, and sothing clean was all too real.
I could hear the wind blowing, the trees doing that tree thing when the leaves sway, a myriad of birds and flowing water.
I quickly noticed a few things. I could breathe with surprising ease. As if years of chronic smoking had vanished into the void. My lungs reached full capacity without any discomfort. That elicited a small hum of satisfaction.
My eyes could see clearly, too clearly. Never had I seen the world with such pristine definition. It was almost as if the world ran at 8k 144fps. I instinctively knew I could see better than before, and not just in details. There was a change in how fast I could see images. It truly felt as if I could see way more 'fras' per second than before. It was incredibly hard to grasp, but the simplest explanation would be that silly comparison.
As I looked around, a strange sensation began to blossom in my heart. Not in a figure of speech, it felt as if sothing physical was taking form within . As if pure instinct, I tried concentrating on this odd feeling. It was like taking over the automatic breathing chanism within my consciousness.
These comparisons need to stop.
The sensation of a bubble gently popping inside my mind overca my senses. A flood of information assaulted , but sohow, it was properly processed without causing major confusion. I sohow understood I had beco a better version of a human. Faster, stronger, more adaptable, more durable. What ca after was like a splash of cold water in a sunny day.
I sohow knew how to use a spear. Not in a sense that could be concretely seen with a skill. Just like you knew you could do a backflip, I knew I could perform various feats. As understanding dawned on , it all pointed in a direction that both excited and frightened . With this knowledge ca the realization I could 'summon' objects out of sothing similar in concept to an inventory.
This was exciting because it scread fantasy-RPG, and frightening because it was identical to a fault to my character in the ga I was playing when I lost consciousness.
I looked at my hands and balled them into fists. I felt unbelievably strong.
Then I noticed sothing that made choke and almost faint.
My chest was more or less the sa, if not a size bigger. The problem was between my legs.
"Why do I have a massive dick?!" my loud voice echoed in the forest.
I imdiately facepald.
Those were my first words after arriving in a fantasy world.
"..."
It wasn't just a penis between my legs. I could also feel my female sexual organ.
"I'm a futa?!" I facepald again.
The damage was already done. No point in despairing.
While I liked both genders, I leaned more towards n.
"But to like dick so much that I get one for myself..." I groaned. "What kind of man would have sex with a woman who has a bigger penis." I shook my head. "Not including deviants."
Truth was, it didn't feel out of place at all. Almost as if I was born with it and had it all my life. The organ was, in my opinion, quite well endowed. Even in its flaccid state, it was at least 18cm long.
"Anyway. Let's change the subject." I said to no one in particular.
I stood up with little trouble and inspected my body to check if anything else was different.
My toes dug into the warm soil with a satisfying feeling. I tensed up my legs and noticed they were sculpted as if belonging to a sports maniac. My skin was lighter than before, which I lanted. I quite liked the tan I had going. My muscles were rock solid and I happily welcod the abs I was sporting. I always liked abs.
Who doesn't? I'll fight whoever says they don't.
I didn't have a belly button but shrugged it off.
My body was uncannily hairless, which made shoot my hands up to my head, where a healthy amount of hair flowed down to my knees. I sighed in relief. Grabbing a good amount, I brought it forward to inspect it. The familiar color of gold made release a sigh. I furrowed my brows and looked up trying to see if they matched. Gold again. Nice.
I posed in victory. Genes mostly unchanged.
My arms were noticeably more muscular than before, though not in an extre fashion, more ripped than swole. My back felt right, no longer hurting when stretching or exerting force. I posed like a bodybuilder and tightened all the muscles I could strain. Nothing felt out of order. It actually felt good. There was none of that stinging after flexing muscles to their limit.
"Good bye bad posture." I muttered while posing for good asure.
Once the self was taken care of, I turned my attention to my surroundings. There was a lot of greenery which obstructed view and didn't let see more than 20 ters in any direction. Trees around grew close to one another, but sparse enough to allow the rays of the sun ruling the sky to penetrate the canopy. Unfortunately not enough to actually see the king himself. Temperature-wise it was around 20ºC if not above that. With the amount of sounds that were present, it was safe to assu no predator was around.
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