Feyre
"I'm going to become even stronger than that horrible Dire Wolf." That's what I'd said and that's what I'd meant. The only problem was that I had no idea how. The question plagued me for some time, sure, I could try and fight the wolves again, but even though I had levelled up so much, I didn't get any stat bonuses except from my Titles. I sighed and looked out into the horizon. "Alone again, huh? Guess it was just meant to be. Hah..." I exhaled and plopped myself back onto the rock I was on, staring at the blue and grey swirling above me.
"Wait... Grey?" I jumped up right as the rain started. Cursing whatever god or goddess controlled the rain in this world I searched for a shelter. Water mixed with blood, working in tandem to trickle down me and to the ground. It was tempting, the urge to run to the cover of the trees. However, I knew that once the rain stopped I would have to deal with the wolves again. So I came to a decision and ran towards the mountain in order to escape the onslaught of water and cold.
Simultaneous to my cursing of the god or goddess which controlled the rain I sent out a thank you to the god or goddess of luck. A cave, wide and spacious, quite unlike the usual caves near where I lived on Earth. I got into it and instantly collapsed, my injuries on my thighs and shins dragging me to the ground as they caused my legs to buckle. I had barely opened my eyes when I saw a System Notification.
[System]
[Dungeon Notice: You have entered Tier 5 Dungeon [Dire Wolves' Lair], Quest [Kill the Dire Wolves 1/2 or Clear the Lair 1/1].]
[Notice: Since you are the only living party member in the dungeon and are [Classless], System Quest difficulty tier has increased to [Improbable]. Quest rewards will be scaled to the difficulty of the Quest.]
[Quest: [Clear the Lair] completed. Rewards being given out.]
[Transmission: The Status currently has an [Error], Rewards changed. (Sorry kiddo, should be slightly better now. I am working on it, should only be a couple days now.)]
[Option: [Sub-Class] is now available. Five items have been awarded as an [Apology] from [REDACTED].]
My jaw must have hit the ground, not only had I entered a dungeon, but it was the Dire Wolf's one... and there were originally two. I read further, ignoring the already completed quest. "Transmission? Is there some sort of God of the System? Fix your stupid Stats!" I quickly broke out into agonising coughs, the exertion from shouting causing my injuries to throb. "Oww..." I carried on reading. "Apology accepted I guess... Not much else I can do..." I quickly opened my status.
[System Status - Error: 0x80070570]
[Name: Feyre Agrifiti]
[Race: [Error]] (Evolution Available!)
[Race Level: 33 (125/165)]
[Title: Venator]*
[Health Power: 11/45]
[True Mana Capacity: [Error]]
[Class: [Error]]
[Sub-Class: N/A] (Sub-Class Available!)*
[Stats]
[Strength: [Error](+2)]
[Speed: [Error](+2]
[Mana Control: [Error]]
[Mana Capacity: [Error]]
[Intuition: [Error]]
[Charisma: [Error]]
[Vitality: [Error](+2)]
[Skills]
[Identify]*
[Acting]*
It was a major improvement. Also, I recognised the error code. I couldn't quite place it but I knew it was an error code from Earth. Then I wondered if it would even mean the same. Shrugging, I lay back. "Weren't there items I was meant to get?" As I spoke a slight popping sound came from behind me, further into the cave. Laying there was three clothes, perfectly pristine, as well as a ring and a vial of some weird, vile looking, viscous green liquid. Golden threads swirled inside it like veins of purity in amongst corruption. "Does [Identify] work on inanimate objects?"
[System]
[Use Skill: Identify? Y/N]
[Notice: Option to set Identify to stop requesting when it comes to Inanimate objects.]
The answer was yes. Yes it did. "Yes, always use the skill if I try to use it on inanimate objects." I stared at the green vial and then looked at the results of [Identify].
[System]
[Target Status: Vial of Vastly Superior Healing.]
[Extra Information: The weakest potion created by the Gods. Just a small sip restores Health Power to maximum, also giving a 10% resistance to damage for 5 hours.]
Again, my jaw dropped. Quickly scrambling over I unscrewed the cap and took a sip. The effect was almost instantaneous, a warm feeling flooded through me as the gooey liquid crawled down my throat. It tasted indescribably bad. There was nothing on earth that I had tasted that was like this. I shuddered and screwed the lid back on, putting the vial in an empty pouch on Lucius' old belt. I turned and look at the pile of clothes, the blue tunic caught my eye first. "[Identify] that please."
[System]
[Target Status: Enchanted Blue Tunic.]
[Extra Information: It is enchanted with [Self Repair], [Form Fitting], and a [Slight Wearer Damage Resistance]. This will work as long as it has a mana source. All effects are Passive.]
I smiled widely because this was quite good. I was tempted to put it on straight away but waited until I had used [Identify] on the other two pieces and the ring.
[System]
[Target Status: Enchanted Tan Trousers.]
[Extra Information: It is enchanted with [Self Repair], [Form Fitting], and a [Slight Wearer Damage Resistance]. This will work as long as it has a mana source. All effects are Passive.]
[System]
[Target Status: Tanned Black Leather Boots.]
[Extra Information: It is enchanted with [Self Repair], [Form Fitting], and [Comfortability]. This will work as long as it has a mana source. All effects are Passive.]
So the trousers were almost a direct copy of the tunic but trousers instead, obviously. Those boots called to me, a lot. Bear foot through a forest wasn't so bad when I was on a path that the mercenaries had cleared but after Lucius had tried to... Anyway, I had wanted some footwear and now I had it. Finally, I moved onto the ring. It was mostly smooth, similar colour to sterling silver and had a single engraving that looked like a box. "[Identify]"
[System]
[Target Status: Ring of Infinite Storage.]
[Extra Information: Hey, Kiddo. I pulled some strings to get this made, definitely not a normal thing but I really screwed up on the Status thing so I thought I'd give you a boost. Enjoy, DO NOT TELL ANYONE ABOUT THIS, AND IF YOU MUST TELL THEM IT'S YOUR HIDDEN CLASS THAT MEANS YOU CAN ACCESS ANOTHER DIMENSION! (DON'T UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES MENTION IT WAS A GIFT FROM ME!!! (Unless it can get you out of a really bad spot, I know how fanatic people can get)) Anyway, it will be [Soul bound] to you so don't worry too much about thieves. To use it just think or say "Storage". - [REDACTED].]
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"That was nice of him... Wonder what I can do with it... Do the laws of physics apply? What's the range? I have so many questions!" I grin like a giddy kid and put the ring on. "Storage!" A screen opens in front of me, it reminds me of the inventory in CraftWorlder, nine little boxes or inventory spaces along. However, unlike in CraftWorlder which has 4 rows, I could seemingly scroll forever. I instantly started experimenting.
First, I put the clothes into the storage. Then, I attempted to call them out at different places. The first attempt was just to have them folded neatly in my hand. The next trial was trying to get them to just appear on me, as I would wear them. It worked mostly, but the tunic replaced the shift I was wearing which ended up in the storage. I smiled, proceeding to put all the new clothes on with the storage. I decided to put the vial in the storage in a slot not near any others, in case my experimenting caused some negative affects.
The next experiment was to do with momentum and reach. I started off by seeing how far away I could be before I could no longer put it in storage. I worked out after a bit of testing (Placing something down and then walking backwards) that I could put anything within 10 strides into my storage without even having to try and that if it was withing 15 strides I'd struggle a bit but maybe manage it. I whooped out of joy as I worked this out. "Who said science wasn't fun!? Not I! Hahaha!"
My final test was technically a part of my penultimate test but I didn't care. This was so science-y and fun that it was it's own test. I put a small rock I found into the storage and then willed it to exit from behind me as fast as possible. This led to the rock being flung as fast as a baseball and arcing to hit the far wall. "Yes! Thank you System gods! You are absolutely legendary!" I cheered and started testing to see how many I could launch at once. Ten, that's how many I could launch before it became too difficult to control and I lost a lot of the power behind them.
After my fun I decided to go back to my Status. I had seen some things that looked interesting. Sub-Class was one of those interesting things. I mentally pressed on the "Sub-Class Available!" notification and a torrent of available classes bombarded me.
[System]
[Available Sub-Classes]
[Berserker]
[Wade through the battlefield, fuelled by emotion and strength. You would gain a bonus of +3 to STR, SPD, and VIT every level. You would gain a bonus of +1 to INT every level.]
[Warrior]
[Become a force to be reckoned with, perhaps you will be the one who leads everyone to victory. You would gain a bonus of +2 to STR, SPD, INT, and VIT every level. You would gain a bonus of +1 to Cha and MCY every level.]
[Mage]
[Magic is a tool, you are the wielder. Sling spells and dominate any battle with magic and wits alike. You would gain a bonus of +4 to MCL and MCY every level. You would gain a bonus of +1 to VIT and SPD every level.]
[Wizard]
[Devote yourself to the study of magicks and rituals, you aren't very versatile but you're damn good at what you do. You would gain a bonus of +6 to MCL every level. You would gain a bonus of +4 to MCY every level.]
[Rogue]
[Slip through the cracks in the defences and pillage, steal, scout, ans assassinate the enemy. To be out of sight, that's a good night. You would gain a bonus of +3 to SPD, CHA and VIT every level. You would gain a bonus of +1 to STR every level.]
[Tanker]
[You are the wall that defends your allies. Without you they are squishy and vulnerable, so be their shield. You would gain a bonus of +7 to VIT every level. You would gain a bonus of +2 to STR every level. You would gain a bonus of +1 to MCY every level.]
[Archer]
[One arrow is all it takes. Of course that means multiple arrows are even better. Rain death upon your foes. You would gain a bonus of +4 to STR and VIT every level. You would gain a bonus of +2 to SPD every level.]
[Artistic Blade]
[Death is an art, blood is the paint and your blade is the brush. You are a whirlwind of death and fear incarnate. You would gain a bonus of +5 to SPD and STR every level. You would gain a bonus of +2 to INT and VIT every level. You would gain a bonus of +1 to CHA every level]
[The Last Otherworlder]
[Your kind is rare. Even rarer now that it was hunted to extinction for the powerful artefacts that can be made from your organs. Revenge is best served cold, and it has been centuries. You would get a bonus of +4 to STR, SPD, VIT, INT, and MCY every level.]
[Lycanphobe]
[You hate all forms of mangy mutts. It is your life goal to eradicate every single mutt from this world. You would get a bonus of +5 to every stat every level. You will only get experience from Doglike Monsters or Sapients.]
[Wayfaring Knight]
[You owe allegiance to yourself and your own. Your tongue is quick and so is your blade. Mental magicks have no effect on you and you have your own code that you follow. Beware the blade that knows no master, unpredictability is your game. You would get a bonus of +4 to INT every level. You would get a bonus of +3 to MCY every level. You would get a bonus of +2 to STR, SPD, and VIT every level. You would get a bonus of +1 to INT and MCL every level.]
[Weapons Master]
[Swearing loyalty to your liege lord comes with great boons. Your unlimited access to the armoury has not been wasted. Your are proficient in all weapons you come across and you've come across a lot. A one person army in terms of supply and skill both, you rule the battlefields. You would get a bonus of +3 to STR, SPD, INT, VIT, and CHA.]
[Shunter]
[Hermilion, God of Travel has blessed you. For him and now you moving between the realms is nothing, you send people to places and they often don't return. You are a menace on the battlefield and whole armies have ended up at the bottom of the ocean for annoying the wrong shunter. You would get a bonus of +5 to MCL, MCY, and INT.]
[Shifter]
[Tiamil, Goddess of Deception and Acting has recognised your efforts. You are one being and a multitude of personalities, not to mention magical affinity. You're the perfect spy and saboteur. Whole kingdoms have fallen to shifters before and they are often hunted by Internal Security in many kingdoms. Most shifters are either Drutari or swear allegiance to the Drutari. You would get a bonus of +4 to MCL and MCY. You would get a bonus of +3 to CHA and INT. You would get a bonus of +1 to SPD.]
[Soldier of Science]
[Science made a call to arms and you have answered. Sure, science in Eurani means something very different to on Earth... but who cares? Experiment with all the magicks and skills. You might even accidentally cause the premature heat death of the universe. You would get a bonus of +5 to all stats every level.]
[Saintess of the System]
[You lucky thing you, the System itself has chosen you to carry out its divine will (If you want to). The world would bow to you, but your free will would become the System's :). It's not a bad deal, the System is a benevolent ruler. You would get +10 to all stats every level plus and extra stat called Divinity which would get +20 every level.]
[Ashen Lady]
[The Ashen Court recognises your elegance and has sent an offering. A true noble can command armies and the court. You can do all that plus command the powers of ash. There's so much potential here and yet and Ashen Lady is always scorned by those outside of the court. You would get a bonus of +5 to MCL, MCY, VIT, INT and CHA every level.]
Every single one of those classes looked insane, especially after the more basic ones were over. The main problem was that all of them meant swearing fealty to something or at least an affiliation with something. I didn't want that. I wanted freedom. I wanted to be me. So I looked over the available options once more and chose. "I have decided my Sub-Class. I will be a..."
