I thought about all the different types of skills that would benefit me that fit the world and I settled on some specific ones if they were offered. After a couple minutes of contemplating my choices, I looked up at the ROB.
"I'm ready."
I was handed the dice and it landed on three. Three choices appeared in front of me on a piece of parchment on the table with multiple sub choices for the three.
"Only three huh? Well, beggers can't be choosers. I better look at the choices." I said in contemplation.
The choices available were, Combat ability, Magical power, and Travel.
I looked through the list and made a choice based on the list while also hoping to ask for something additional for the choices.
"I have made my choices."
"So for my first cheat, I chose Ambidextrous Combat Mastery which will give me the capability to seamlessly dual wield swords and more, as no one in the world has that skill that I know of." I stated as it was a decent selection from what was offered.
"For my second cheat, I chose Curse Affliction and I hoped I could request that when afflicted with a curse, I keep only the benefits of whatever curse I receive and not the downsides and i can choose the downsides."
"That is fine. I will deal with the issue if it arises."
"Lastly I chose the Personalized Pirate Ship and i want to have the fastest ship in the world and be it's one and only captain unless I deam otherwise."
"Awesome, I am actually really excited right now. Afterall, who wouldn't want to be transported into another world with cheats."
Right as the ROB finished his last word, a portal made of water appeared beneath me and I instinctively held my breath as I fell through.
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When I woke up I found myself in a relatively small room that felt like it was moving and I was lying on an uncomfortable bed. Well, it was uncomfortable compared to what I was used to.
Just as I was wondering where the hell I was, I felt a searing pain in my head as I clutched my head while writhing in pain. It felt like my brain was being ripped open.
By the time the pain faded, I had new memories in my mind and was slowly going through them. I was lucky that I didn't have to live as a baby as my new body seemed to be on 'Autopilot' which according to the ROB who imparted the knowledge in my head, meant that about 90% of my soul was in the body and the rest of my soul inhabited the body at the age of 18.
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I had been able to keep my name and was born to Jennifer and Francis Dark as Dante Dark. My father was a swordsmen from a far land and had a unique dual wielding style of sword fighting which was effectiveas he was naturally ambidextrous. This was a part of my history to facilitate my ambidextrous combat mastery cheat
He taught me everything he knew and I also learned single blade sword fighting and was able to incorporate my own style to the forms I was taught. My father was also a sailor and taught me much about life on the seas.
My mother was an interesting case as she had actually mastered a form of dual gun fighting techniques that she taught me as she was an expert gunslinger.
Her teachings of how to shoot with varying guns was also incorporated into my single and dual sword fighting styles as I would include quick shots from my pistol throughout my swings and had a specific technique to shoot my gun amidst my sword fighting.
They had died when I was 16 and for the last 2 years I had actually been working aboard a pirate ship as I learned the art of piracy as well.
I was surprised to find a young Captain Jack Sparrow on board but he seemed to be older than he was when he encountered Captain Salazar I'd say probably about 5-8 years older. He was in his mid to late 20s by my guess.
Myself and Jack got along quite well as we were some of the youngest members aboard the ship even though he was the Captain and I was just a deck hand at first.
The dynamic between us changed after one interaction we had with another group of pirates aboard a ship called the Sea Wolf. Jack got to see first hand my skills with my blades and gave me a promotion of sorts.
I was just below his soon to be traitorous 1st mate, and had a hand in many of his schemes. 2 more years have passed and we have recently heard tell of the treasure of Cortez, and have set out to find the Isla De Muerta using Jack's magic compass.
Now, as much as I liked Jack, if I wanted the curse yo be able to make use of my Curse Affliction cheat, I had to go along with the mutiny that Barbossa proposed and despite knowing what would happen I would even let them take out Bootstrap Bill.
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I wasn't worried about the curse as I realized how I worded my request to the ROB was that I would determine the downsides.
I planned to make the downsides as the forever thirsty, starving, and lustful.
And I chose the downside of my curse being removed by the ritual or the Trident that breaks all curses of the sea. This meant that I kept the undying and immortal aspects of the curse and could live like a normal human for the most part
The curse could still be removed from everyone else, but I would keep the curse which would be more like a gift for me although I'd have to stay out of the moonlight after the curse was broken to ensure no one would know I was still cursed.
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We pillaged and pilfered from Isla De Muerta to Tortuga and ransacked any vessels we found.
One such merchent vessel contained a specific person that I had to ensure the survival of to make sure the future didn't change too much. As the fires raged and the vessel sunk, I grabbed young will and thrust him upon a rather large floating piece of wreckage and watched from the very edge of the ship as we were leaving, leaning off the stern as I saw young Elizabeth on the British ship.
She looked at me in shock as I gave her a two finger salute with a slight nod of my head as my figure and the ship's disappeared into the fog.
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(8 Years Later)
'Gasp!'
An older Elizabeth had just woken up after a dream about 8 years ago and the ship she saw and the pirate hanging from it, as he seemed to be waiting for confirmation of something but what could it be?