You like it partner?
Jaune couldn't even comprehend what he was reading right now, so he just stood there his jaw hanging open. After a minute or so Jaune finally started to move and tried to touch the blue box.
Hey partner, you okay? You're scaring me right now
'I-I-I'm just trying to understand. Why? Why give me something this great?'
Jaune waited for an answer, but when he didn't get one he just collapsed to his bed and started thinking about his future. Since he was the only male in the Remnant to have an aura, how will things be shaped? What would happen to him if someone found it out? Worse, what would happen to his family if someone find out? He needed to keep this a secret, at least until he got powerful enough to protect his family and himself.
Partner- no, Jaune. You wanna know why we choose you? Why you're the chosen one? Because you're strong. I'm not talking about muscles –since you don't have them-, I'm talking about your heart. You never give up, because you have something to fight for. You never lose your way, because your heart always guides you. You have the sense of justice in you. You have what it takes. Don't ever forget this, alright?
Jaune shed a tear while reading the text. Atleast knowing that someone will be with him in this journey filled him with determination.
'So, tell me more about this unique skills partner.' Our scrawny blonde asked
Heh, sure thing partner! You see, Unique skills are kind of like semblances, but much more better. The strongest unique skill is Predator, then Mimic, you have them both. To get an unique skill you have to be a part of THE GAME. So when you get a member in your party, they will get an unique skill too. But since you have the Unique Skills Predator and Mimic, they wont be able to get them. Understand?
'Yes, I get it, but I have a question. How many Unique Skills are there?' Asked Jaune
No one knows
'What do you mean no one knows? Aren't you THE GAME?!' A dumbfounded Jaune shouted in his mind.
No partner, a new unique skill shows up everyday, so we can't exactly keep the number of them. The strongest unique skills known are yours, but it could always change
'Oh, I get it now. So, the tutorial is over now?'
Not exactly~
'What do you mean by 'not exactly'?' Thought Jaune
You remember Janette's old sword? Go and get it, we're gonna go hunting tonight
"WHAT!?" Shouted Jaune, then shut his mouth by putting his hands on it. Atleast his parents said that they will go to a friend and leave him at home alone. Jaune remembered this, looked around nervously and exhaled loudly.
Your reactions gets better everytime
"Sh-Shut up!" Yelled a flustred Jaune. After THE GAME stopped his teasing, he sneaked to Janettes room and started looking around. After looking at some drawers and seeing some things he shouldn't see, he finally founds his elder sister old sword.
Why don't you give it a name? If I remember it right your sister never named this sword.
"You're right, she never did." Muttered Jaune "I think I will name it 'Primus Sanguis'"
Hmm, nice name partner. I think it translates to 'First Blood', am I right?
"You're right. So, my father said that they will be home at 23.30, so we have 7 hours before they come home, should we head out?" Asked Jaune.
Not now, first we should look at status page
"Oh shit you're right!" Shouted Jaune 'Status'
Jaune Arc
Title: Every Man's Dream
Level: 6
XP: 0/500
HP: 1100/1100
MP: 1000/1000
AP: 2500/2500
Str: 10(7)
Dex: 10(7)
Vit: 5
Int: 26
Wis: 13
Luk: 5
Chr: 10
Stat Points: 25
[The Chosen One: +5 to a chosen stat every level, Ability to communicate with ? And THE GAME]
[Arc Heritage: +40% to Aura, Ability to use ? at it's full potential, Ability to use ?]
[Scrawny Genius: +2 to Int every level, -3 to Str and Vit until the Scrawny perk goes away]
"FUCK! I forgot to assign my ' The Chosen One' perk to a stat!" Jaune shouted, then took a long breath and gave it out. "Okay, at least it gave my five stats equal amounts of points, and holy shit look at my Int! That scrawny genius perk really remunerates it's name!"
For Jaune, he felt like he knew a lot more things. It was like his knowledge just got wider and bigger.
'I should assign my stat points.' Thought Jaune "Hmm, maybe I should focus on Str and Dex first, since I need some muscle to fight Grimm. By the way GAME, can you tell me when I can get rid of Scrawny perk?"
Sure, partner. You will get rid of Scrawny perk when you raise your Str and Dex to 30, then the 'Scrawny Genius' perk will be changed into 'Thin Genius' which will gave you only –2 Str and –1 Dex.
"Then what will I have to do to get rid of the Thin perk?"
You will have to raise your Str and Dex to 50. After that you will only be "Genius" which has no downsides
"Hmm... I think I have a plan for my stats"
Really partner? Shoot it then
"First I should increase my Luk and Vit to ten. Then I will spread rest of my points between my Int and Str, so my mana and aura capacity will increase along with my muscle mass. I was planning to set the perk 'The Chosen One' to either to Wis or Int but now I'm thinking that I will leave it unassigned since it will keep my stats balanced. So, what do you think?"
[You have gained 1 Int point because of your future planning]
Nice thinking partner, you're getting those Int points like they were golds at the side of the road!
Jaune flushed and mumbled a little 'thank you'.
Now! Let's assign these points and go hunting!
"Okay, okay. You're too excited just for hunting."
Yes I a-Wait a minute don't you say you were thinking about animal hunting!
"Yes, what else could we... Oh shit! You're talking about Grimm?!"
YES
"But I don't have any training! Are you trying to kill me?!"
What's a better training then getting experience? Now, ASSIGN THOSE FUCKING STAT POINTS!
"Yes, sir!"
I can't hear you!
"YES, SIR" Shouted Jaune, then thought 'Status' and assigned his point according to his plan
Jaune Arc
Title: Every Man's Dream
Level: 6
XP: 0/500
HP: 1100/1100
MP: 1000/1000
AP: 2500/2500
Str: 18(15)
Dex: 10(7)
Vit: 10
Int: 34
Wis: 13
Luk: 10
Chr: 10
Stat Points: 0
[The Chosen One: +5 to a chosen stat every level, Ability to communicate with ? And THE GAME]
[Arc Heritage: +40% to Aura, Ability to use ? at it's full potential, Ability to use ?]
[Scrawny Genius: +2 to Int every level, -3 to Str and Vit until the Scrawny perk goes away]
"Okay I think everything is rea-" Before Jaune could finish his sentence, a light covered his body that started tearing his muscle fibers and making stronger ones. After 5 seconds or so, the light faded and showed him in a much more bigger body, he was still somewhat scrawny but not as before. Jaune looked himself on a mirror and thought how blessed he was. After admiring his new body some more, he finally head out to forest.
FINALLY!
'Hey! I was admiring my new body!'
For a FUCKING HOUR?!
'Hey, you can't blame me! I just got a new body that not sucks as much!'
You know what, let's just end this argument here and go hunt some Grimm
'Ye-Yeah let's just h-hunt some G-Grimm' Thought Jaune with desperation. After spending half an hour getting into dangerous parts of the forest, they finally heard a noise. Jaune took a defensive stance and get ready for an attack. From the bushes a black creature emerged. It looked like a wolf with a bone mask. It had yellow eyes and red markings on its mask, bones emerged from various parts of its body, basically it looked like very messed up wolf.
Watch out partner, it looks like a Beowolf
"Wh-what should I do!?" Jaune shouted/asked
First observe it
"O-okay!" Jaune agreed 'Observe'.
Beowolf
Title: The Little Wolf (When equipped grants the user +10 Str and Vit)
Level: 15
HP: 2500/2500
Str: 55(65)
Dex: 34
Vit: 35(45)
Int: 2
Wis: 1
Luk: 1
Chr: 0
"Now what?!" Jaune was getting more nervous every second, and to him THE GAME was not helping.
What do you see in it's stats?
"I see that it has the power to crush me any second!"
You're right, but stop being so tense and look at this seriously, your life is at stake here. Now look again and find a stat to exploit.
Jaune's 'Gamer's Mind' skill activated itself. Even if it did not help him to calm down, it did help to take this seriously and make up a plan in his mind
"I-I see that I can't take it on just by my physical strength or my non-existent sword skills, so I should use tricks to take it down, right?"
[You have gained 1 Int point because of your strategic thinking]
Yes, now make up a plan to survive. I believe in you partner
Even if Jaune was shaking with fear he managed to put up a smile after THE GAME's words. Right now, he was dedicated to kill this beast and start his adventure.
Quest: First Blood with "Primus Sanguis"
Objectives: Kill the Beowolf
Bonus Objectives: Don't take any damage while killing the Beowolf
Rewards: 2000 XP, 1000 Lien, ?
Bonus Reward: 3000 XP
Jaune took a deep breath and got into a more confident attacking stance.
'If I try to block its attacks, I will just fail and get mauled by its claws.'
The Beowolf started running to him
'But if I can use the terrain to my advantage-'
Jaune jumped sideways and dodged the Beowolf bearly. The Beowolf was not that lucky. When Jaune jumped sideways, the beast couldn't stop and headbutted a tree.
'-maybe I can win.'
The fight was intense, Jaune was dodging nearly every attack with his calculations, but he got some nasty hits too. The first one, he got cocky and tried to provoke the beast while it was down, and he lowered his guard while doing so. He was lucky that he got only with a three claw wounds on his left arm.
The second mistake was because he miscalculated the dodge time. But he was getting more and more Dex points, so he was able to dodge in time with only getting his t-shirt torn.
The third mistake was because he extended the fight more than he should. The beast was getting more and more intelligent with every mistake it made. When he tried to dodge, the beast extended its arms sideways and managed to scratch his right leg. After that, Jaune knew that he should finish off this fight quickly as possible.
"*Huff* I *Huff* should go *Cough* to GYM" Jaune was getting more tired every second, but he knew that he couldn't even stand where he was for a second or the beast will maul him with its claws. Jaune looked at the Beowolf's HP
Beowolf
Title: The Little Wolf (When equipped grants the user +10 Str and Vit)
Level: 15
HP: 437/2500
'Okay, I will have to fight it with my sword now. Because I'm pretty sure it will not fall for that trick again' Jaune draw his sword and rushed towards to the Beowolf. Beowolf's instincts warned it that something was coming from behind. The beast turned and started running towards to Jaune. While running an idea popped out inside Jaune's head. He turned right and started running towards to a tree. The Beowolf fallowed him but it was not aware that it was fallowing it's death. When Jaune reached to the tree, he used his momentum for his favour and made a backflip and jumped over the Beowolf. The beast hit it's head to the tree and fall behind. Jaune landed to it's stomach and impaled its throat. After some silent seconds, the Grimm started fading to ash and Jaune's mind finally started to catch up.
"H-Holy s-shit, I did it... I DID IT!"
Fuck yeah! You did a good job partner, and even I was left speechless to that last attack you did! By the way you would like to read this!
[Predator activated, the enemy "Beowolf" have been killed. You have gained the skill "Mighty Roar"! You have gained the skill (Track)! You have learned the skill (Lunge)! You have learned the skill (Bone Armor)! You can now Mimic "Beowolf"!]
[You have gained 374 XP, 50 Lien, 2x"Beowolf fur" and a bottle of "Beowolf Blood" as a loot]
[You have made a new skill, (Dodging)!]
[Dodging (Passive/Normal): The one who is both quick on both the body and the mind, has the ability to escape from all situations. Dodging is a normal type skill, so it won't cost any MP or AP Level 14; XP ]
[Your Int has gone up by 2 because of your constant planning and accurate thinking]
[Your Dex has gone up by 8 because of your constant mobility]
Quest: First Blood with "Primus Sanguis"
Objectives: Kill the Beowolf [x]
Bonus Objectives: Don't take any damage while killing the Beowolf [-]
Rewards: 2000 XP, 1000 Lien, Got the skill book "Grimm Rage"
Bonus Reward: 3000 XP
[You have leveled up! You have leveled up! You have leveled up! You have leveled up!]
[You have gained 10 points on Wis because of your unassigned "The Chosen One" perk]
[You have gained 5 points on Vit because of your unassigned "The Chosen One" perk]
[You have gained 5 poins on Chr because of your unassigned "The Chosen One" perk]
"Oh my Oum... I just got my first kill and now I'm gettin-" Before Jaune could finish his sentence, another light covered his body, but this was different. When the light faded, he felt like a fog dispersed inside his brain. He felt more wiser, like he knew how to respond to everything. But the best part was the feeling of a vastly increased magic in his veins. He felt the power.
He was burning
He was freezing
He never felt greater in his life.
Until he heard a noise coming from the bushes. When he turned his head, he was expecting another normal "Beowolf". But instead, he got something much worser.
An Alpha "Beowolf"
He readied his stance and waited for an attack, but something much more interesting came to his mind
"Unique Skill, Mimic: Beowolf!"
After he shouted these words, a black smoke emerged from his body. After the smoke dispersed, at where Jaune was standing was no longer Jaune, it was a Beowolf