Alexia Knight
I soon find myself in a strange room. Just a single large white cube with so sort of unknown material that I can't identify making up the walls, floor, and ceiling. And before I can so much as wonder where I am, a System Notification appears in my vision.
System Reset has occurred.
All users' levels have been reset to 1, their classes removed, and all of their skills removed along with any Legendary Feats that were not their selected Legendary Feat.
I wince before quickly checking my status.
Na: Alexia Knight
Species: Human(T1)
Level: 1
Class: N/A
Health: 10/10
Mana: 10/10
VIT: 1
DEX: 1
STR: 1
MAG: 1
N: 1
Racial Skills
Active Skills
Passive Skills
General Skills
That's painful to see, even if I knew it would happen. Not as painful knowing everyone else is in the sa boat though.
A System ssage, a personalized version of a notification for ssages from the System to a specific user, appears in my vision in the place of the notification as I close out of my status.
[Tutorial now comncing.]
I frown at that, only to physically jump when soone appears in front of . Soone I very much recognize even if they look very different when not poked full of tubes.
"Hello, new user! This is a mory of , The System's Architect, that I placed inside of the System itself!" the System's Creator says with a smile, speaking out loud this ti as he stares at with his creepy eyes. "I don't think I'll be explaining much, especially since this is just a reset and not an initialization. So let's get on with the basics, shall we?"
I wait for him to continue, but he doesn't. So I tilt my head slightly as I mutter, "Sure?"
"Great!" he exclaims, making realize that he's more than just a hologram or a fake. He can actually interact with . Although probably in a limited manner. "To begin, let's give you a rundown of the stats!"
[Health represents a user's overall life energy, which will rejuvenate their body should they take injury and contains their overall strength and power. If a user should ever completely run out of this, their body will quickly begin to lose any enhancents they have from their level eventually bringing them down to the sa strength as a level 1 until it is restored.]
[VIT stands for Vitality, and it's the representation of a user's overall physical health. This also includes their body's speed at which it can use health to rejuvenate itself, the speed they regenerate their health, and the amount of health their body has in the first place.]
[DEX stands for Dexterity, and it's the representation of a user's overall maneuverability and flexibility. The speed at which they can move. The flexibility that they can move with. And how fast they can react to sothing or soone.]
[STR stands for Strength, and it's the representation of how strong a user is. How much force they can put out, and how much force they can take back. The overall durability of their body.]
[MAG stands for Magic and represents the amount of mana a user can have, the speed it regenerates, and the strength of their mana.]
[N stands for the strength of a user's mind, both figuratively and literally. The speed at which a user can think, the clarity that they can think with, and the overall defense of their mind against offensive ntal attacks.]
Nothing I didn't already know.
"Continue," I tell the mory.
The mory seems to understand that I already know this stuff as they shrug and comnt, "I know, I know, sorry for wasting your ti telling you things you already know. But it's protocol, so I don't have a choice. So here's the rundown of skills. It's not as long, so don't worry."
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[Everyone can have twenty total skills slotted at a ti. Five Active Class skills, five Passive Class skills, and ten General Skills.]
[Everyone gets one Class skill every five levels until they reach Tier 2, and they can switch out their active and passive skills at a System Terminal located at the center of every Safe Zone.]
"Next," I tell him with my arms crossed.
"Now this part you will probably be interested in," the mory says with a smile, seemingly growing more and more like a normal person every ti they speak and less like a mory. "Next up is the Class Selection Process!"
[Class Selection Process Beginning…]
[Please choose your class from the following opt-]
[Warning. User's Legendary Feat 'The Reaping' has interfered with the Class Selection Process.]
[Recalculating Class Options…]
I blink, simply staring at the words in confusion.
Huh?
The mory in front of glitches out for a mont before frowning at and stating, "So you're the one who did in, huh? Interesting choice."
I alternate my gaze between the mory who I don't think is a mory anymore and the words flashing in the corner of my vision.
"Yes, you're right," the mory says, reading my mind just like the original did. "I am not a mory anymore. The Reaper protocol that you just activated on accident has summoned one of the various clones I left in hibernation. Clones that aren't strong enough to live past ten minutes each outside of hibernation. Not without the original providing them energy."
I blink at that.
"Wait, so that ans you're going to die after this?" I ask, surprise by this turn of events.
He nods, only for his eyes to widen slightly as he says, "Looks like it's done."
[Recalculation Complete. Please choose your class from the following options. If you would like to stall your Class Selection till a later mont in ti, you must simply speak the word, 'Stall,' and it- Error. Stalling is not an option for user Alexia Knight. Please choose your class from the following options.]
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Quantum Reaper
Description: You have reaped the life of the System's creator, the Quantum Architect, and have been blessed by him upon his death.
Stats Per Level: 1 VIT, 1 DEX, 1 STR, 2 MAG, 2 N
Requirents: User must be of the Quantum Reaper species.
Confirm
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I stare at the words, not sure which I should be more shocked about. The fact that I am being offered an epic rarity Class, the third highest rarity in existence and the highest rarity possible for a Tier 1 being, or the fact that I only have one Class option despite it telling to choose a class.
There isn't exactly much to choose from. Especially considering that requirent.
Then again, most people don't have a Legendary Feat locking them into choosing only a single Class.
Also, in hindsight, epic is to be expected when you have a Legendary Feat.
"Go ahead and choose your class from the options available!" the clone says with a smile on his face, making my eye twitch in irritation.
"There's only one option," I state the obvious.
His smile just grows wider.
I'm really starting to hate this guy.
"Even though I don't fit the requirents for the Class?" I point out, but he just continues smiling.
I look at him for a few seconds before sighing and ntally selecting confirm. And as soon as I do so, I feel a burning sensation spread all across my body along with a sense of weakness leaving unable to control my legs, making drop down to the floor. And while I'm eting face first with the floor, another System ssage appears in my vision.
[User does not fit the requiren-]
[Warning. User's Legendary Feat 'The Reaping' has interfered with the Class Selection Process.]
[User's species is now changing from Human to Quantum Reaper…]
"Oh," I mutter, only for the pain to get significantly worse. And soon I can hear my own voice screaming as faint purple lights of varying shade shine from my skin and eyes, illuminating the white room, and making it look more purple than white.
The pain continues for several seconds before it finally begins to fade, leaving lying on my back covered in sweat.
[Congratulations, your species has changed from the Class B Species Human to the Class S Species Quantum Reaper. Rejoice.]
I try to sit up, only to find that the floor is a lot more comfortable when a strong wave of vertigo hits in the attempt. Then I hear the clone's voice, "Yeah, I wouldn't do that if I were you. Just stay down there while we finish the rest of this tutorial. You should be fine by the end of it."
"I hate you," I state out loud, my voice coming out weak and slightly scratchy before I clear my throat.
"Nah, you don't," he says while kneeling next to . "You know as well as I do that most humans would sell their own kidney just to upgrade their species and I just handed it to you. Or, my original did."
I don't say anything in response, but I do manage to roll over and turn my gaze to stare up at the ceiling.
"Alrighty, onto the next matter!" he continues, standing up again. "Your new racial skill!"
[*New Racial Skill* – Quantum Body: Reduces physical damage dealt to the user by 80% and increases magic damage dealt to the user by 50%.]
My eyes widen at that, and I find myself letting out a whistle of appreciation.
"Of course, there's the matter of your first Active skill as well," he says, still with an annoying grin on his face.
[*New Active Skill* – Quantum Bolt: Releases a bolt of pure quantum energy at a target. This bolt will rip apart the target on a quantum level. Skill is automatically slotted due to free open slots.]
Okay, yeah, this class is totally worth it. Even if it doesn't involve my sword.
Although, reaper or not, I'm not getting a scythe.
The clone snorts at that and says, "Right. I forgot that you were from Earth. Or what used to be Earth."
Earth? What's that?
"Nevermind," he says while waving his arm. "Aside from ntioning that there will be so small changes to the System, I'd say that's about all for my little introduction. You have another five minutes before you're evicted from this room and sent to the tutorial where you will compete with others for points that you can use to get so rewards after the tutorial."
I glance at him again to find his eyes looking at the wall for no apparent reason before he turns to and says, "One last suggestion. You should check your status, because a quantum being does not have health or mana. Instead they have Soul, which is basically a combination of the two."
Then he vanishes in a glitchy flash of purple light without so much as a goodbye.
Wait a second, no health or mana?
I quickly open my status to check.
Na: Alexia Knight
Species: Quantum Reaper(T1)
Level: 1
Class: Quantum Reaper
Soul: 25/25
VIT: 1
DEX: 1
STR: 1
MAG: 1
N: 1
Racial Skills
Active Skills
Passive Skills
General Skills
Huh. It's true.
I close out of my status again to stare up at the ceiling.
This has been a strange day.
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