"Hmm", a young man sat crosslegged, his chin resting against his hand, seemingly deep in thought as he stared into space.
The scenery surrounding him was a deep forest, inhabited by massive, thick, dark trees that he could not see the end of. In contrast to the gloomy looking trees, brilliant white snow covered them and the ground for kilometres beyond as snowflakes gently fell to the floor.
The young man was dressed in a black fur coat, underneath lay a black shirt that fit tightly around his muscles, and to match he had on black cargo's along with ordinary black sneakers that had white stripes running along the sides of them.
While to others it may have looked as if the young adult was staring into oblivion, he was actually looking at something that only he could see. It was a holographic screen displaying information.
[Skill Tree System]
[Status]
[Skill Trees]
[Quests]
[Map]
[Locked Function]
With curiosity, he decided to press the Status option, and immediately the screen flickered away replaced by a new one.
[Kaen Victoris]
[Strength- Level 5]
[Dexterity- Level 5]
[Endurance- Level 5]
[Durability- Level 5]
[Perception- Level 5]
[Current World- Demon Slayer]
Yes, this young man's name was Kaen Victoris, his original birth place was Earth, yet he was different from his fellow humans. His physical prowess far exceeded what was previously thought possible, at the age of 15 he had already displayed physical feats that no one else was capable of.
Like every other hot blooded man, he had a passion, and his particular passion was fighting. This naturally led him to become a fighter but with his unmatched physicality and his expertise over martial arts, he quickly found himself conquering every weight division, becoming the undisputed champion of all combat sports, and this was achieved at the young age of 19.
On one particular boring night, Kaen decided to go for a quick trip to his local gas station, to pick up some late night snacks. All was going pretty normal for Kaen until he exited, and suddenly saw a dark blue portal appear before him along with a holographic screen. It said only one sentence.
[Jump in if you want to fight strong people]
So, Kaen did what every other sane person would do when a blue portal pops up in front of them on their late night trip to the gas station. He devoured his chocolate bar, and gulped down his energy drink in one go, and then with a carefree grin on his face, he stepped right into the unknown, bringing him to his current situation.
A sudden blur of the screen, snapped Kaen out of his daze as his focus shifted to the screen once more.
[Starter Pack has been awarded!]
[Infinite Inventory added!]
[Reinforced Steel Sword awarded!]
[Thunder Breathing technique awarded!]
[Thunder Breathing Skill Tree has been created!]
A sudden influx of knowledge flooded Kaen's mind as information on how to access his inventory became known to him. Aside from that the new breathing technique was even more prominent in his mind.
'I want to try it straight away, but let me check these so called Skill Trees first', Kaen suppressed the urge to immediately activate his new technique and brought up his Skill Trees tab instead.
[Skill Trees]
[Strength- Level 5/10 (5 Skill Tree Points required to advance)
Dexterity- Level 5/10 (5 Skill Tree Points required to advance)
Endurance- Level 5/10 (5 STP required)
Durability- Level 5/10 ( 5 STP required)
Perception- Level 5/10 (5 STP required)
Thunder Breathing- Level 1/10 (2 STP required)
Martial Arts mastery- Level 8/10 (20 STP required)]
'I think I get the gist of it, everything becomes a skill tree for me, including my physical stats, and these "Skill Tree Points" are what I use to upgrade these Skill Trees... As for why I'm already levelled in most of my skill trees, I can only assume it's just where my previous strength scales me in this world' Kaen pondered with an amused smile on his face. It was interesting seeing your combat power displayed in numerical values and being given the option to upgrade it at will.
One thing that had confused him though was how he was meant to obtain these Skill Tree points. After all this system of his wasnt particularly informative.
Deciding to keep working his way down through the system tabs, Kaen opened the Quests tab next.
[Quests]
[Slay Demons!
Quest description: Slay the demons that plague this world!
Rewards:
1 STP for Grade 1 demons (0/549)
3 STP for Grade 2 Demons (0/90)
5 STP for Grade 3 Demons (0/6)
10 STP for Grade 4 Demons (0/6)
25 STP for Grade 5 Demons (0/1)]
'Well, that answers my question on how to get the points, but now what the hell do the different grades of Demons mean?', With one question answered and another appearing in it's place, Kaen could only sigh as he closed his quest window. For now he would assume that the higher the grade the stronger the Demon.
Finally Kaen decided to move down to the last Map feature and what greeted his eyes was a holographic map, with a feature to zoom in and out. In the middle of the map was a blue dot, which he assumed represented him. Not too far away from his blue dot was a named location. With intrigue Kaen pressed on the name and a new screen popped up.
[Taiko Village: Population- 92]
[Distance: 1.2 kilometres]
[Mark Waypoint?]
Under the displayed information we're a bunch of green dots, which once again Kaen could only assume represented the residents of that village. However what caught his attention was a red dot with a 1 in the middle of it amongst those green dots, moving from green dot to green dot, as those green dots representing the lives in the village suddenly vanished, along with it the population count decreased.
[Quest Generated: Save Taiko Village from being slaughtered by a Grade 1 Demon!
Reward: Varies depending on how many lives you saved.]
Kaen's eyes widened as he read the Quest information. Many questions popped up in his mind, but he pushed all of them to the back of his head.
Without wasting time he marked the waypoint to Taiko Village as a glowing white arrow suddenly appeared in front of him, pointing him into the direction of the village. No further words said, Kaen instantly broke into a sprint towards the village.
'Thirty minutes into this world and I'm already going to fight a demon huh?'
A frenzied look appeared in Kaen's eyes accompanied by a wild grin. His heart was already growing restless from the excitement of a new challenge.