All the boy felt was darkness.
Suddenly a shining bright light appeared in front of the boy, engulfing him.
"Wha-…"
The boy suddenly opened his eyes staring at a unfamiliar ceiling.
"I'm not dead?" The boy said as he touched his face.
The boy suddenly sat up from the bed he was laying on and looked around the room he was in.
His room appeared to be like that of an apartment. One bed, a mirror, a shelf, a small kitchen, and a closet.
The boy got up from the bed. He then stopped realizing something.
"Wait I feel amazing, like I was never sick in the first place!"
"I can actually move around without getting tired!"
"But…"
"Where the hell am I?" He said.
As he was looking around the room again, he saw his reflection in the mirror.
"What?"
Confused the boy walked up to the mirror and what stared back at him was a boy he didn't recognize.
"No way that's me"
He stepped close to the mirror. And what starred back at him was a boy with sharp features. His face was pale but in a healthy way. His skin was perfect, as if it never had any acne before. His head had jet black hair. And his irises were black as if it held the entirety of space in it. He also had a sharp jawline that paired well with his athletic build.
And that's when he noticed.
"Holy shit"
"I'm tall as hell"
The boy admiring himself estimated that he was at least 195cm tall.
"And my face"
"I could tell people that I was model and no one would question it."
The boy then looked at his hands. His hands were wrapped, similar to how a boxer would have had his hands wraped before a fight.
His hands were full of callouses, probably from years of training.
As the boy was still looking at his hands, a virtual panel appeared right in front of him.
"Wha-?"
The panel said the following words:
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GUIDE TO BEING THE PERFECT HERO
|Would you like to continue?|
|Y/N?|
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The boy stared at the screen for a few a seconds and said,
"Yes"
The panel then shifted into saying:
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
|one must fallow these commandments in order to become the perfect hero|
1. One shall not ignore the misfortune of others
2. One shall be kind to others
3. One shall be merciful to others
4. One shall be forgiving to others
5. One shall save the world
|failure to follow these rules will result in a punishment|
|continue?|
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"Continue" the boy said
The panel shifted once more showing the boys stats.
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STATISTICS
Name: Armin Maximus
Age: 16
Height: 196cm
Weight: 104kg
Overall Rank: F
Strength: D-
Speed: E
Endurance: F+
Agility: F
Intelligence: C
Mental resistance: G-
Core level: Bronze II
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"No way"
"No fucking way this is real"
"I think I've been transmigratted into the book I was reading! "Path of a Noble Hero" that's what it was called!
The boy stared back at his stats again
"And the best part is, I'm strong as hell, well, strong for my age at least."
"With these stats I think I might actaully be stronger than the protagonist"
The boy then looked at the name.
"Armin Maximus… the same name I had before I died."
Armin looked back at the panel.
"But this is weird? I don't remeber there being a character named Armin Maximus in the novel."
"With this guys strength he could've been a great ally for the protagonist."
"Maybe he died before the main storyline started? I'm not really sure"
Armin thought for one moment.
"So this is like those systems in the light novels"
"That's… pretty cool."
"Wait, since this is a system does that mean I have an inventory and skills?"
The second Armin said that two panels popped up in front of him.
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SKILLS
|one can gain and lose skills depending on certain events|
1. Hero's mentality:
Allows the user to think clearly during times of distress. Helps the user make quick decisions in times of need.
Duration: 10 minutes
Cool down: 30 minutes
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2. Warrior's vision:
Allows the user to see all possible combinations of attacks to prevent one's self from being harmed.
Duration: 5 minutes
Cool down: 5 hours
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3. Advanced physique:
Allows the user's body to adapt and become stronger with every injury they experience.
|skill is always on|
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4. Aura defense:
Allows the user to use one's aura as a protective layer to prevent injuries to one's self.
Duration: 10 minutes
Cool down: 24 hours
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Uniqueskill: Hero's vengeance
When in dire need of help the skill will activate causing the users stats to increase substantially allowing him/her to bring "justice" for the people.
Duration: 2 minutes
Cool down: 3 weeks
Side effect: the user will become unconscious after use of skill and will experience excruciating pain once woken
|Note: one's duration can increase and one's cooldown can decrease as his/her stats increase|
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"Interesting"
That's all Armin could say in the moment as he looked at his set of skills.
He then turned towards the inventory, where he found—
"Nothing… theres nothing in my inventory"
"Well, I didn't really expect anything anyway, so I'm not really upset about it"
Armin looked back at his stats.
"From what I remembered from the book, the rank of an individual starts at G and ends at SSS+. Additionally each rank has three stages. For example: G-, G, G+."
"And finally one's core level, the core level of a person refers to how strong and how much mana one person can have."
"If I remeber correctly each core level is named Copper, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond, obsidian, Opal, and finally Etheral"
"Like a persons rank, each core level has three stages. For example, copper I, copper II, and copper III."
"Now that I've finished recapping, how do I get this "system" out of my face?"
As soon as Armin said that the system disappeard from his sight.
"Looks like all I have to do is ask it to leave"
"…"
"What do I do now?"
"I suppose I should try and figure out where am I. I'm guessing I'm going to be intertwined with the story somehow."
"BZZZZ."
"Hmm?"
At that moment Armin felt a vibration coming from his left pocket.
He reached into it and pulled out a phone with a cracked screen.
As soon as he pulled it out and turned it on the screen unlocked.
"Seems like there's a face identification system on this Phone"
Unlocking the phone Armin went directly towards the app that had received the notification. It was the messages app.
Upon clicking on it Armin read the message he received.
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FINAL REMINDER!
Every cadet must show up at 12:00pm for the entrance exam to decide your rankings.
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Armin checked the time on his phone, it read 11:30am.
"Well I better get going then"
As he placed his phone back into his pocket he took a good look at the clothes he was wearing.
He wore a fitted black t-shirt and wore dark gray sweatpants.
"This should be good enough" he said.
Armin then put on the only sneakers that were in the apartment, the shoes were white and had branding on the side of it.
As Armin got up and walked towards the door, he received a system notification.
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NEW QUEST!!!
Place first in the entrance exam at the academy.
Reward: New skill+stat increase
|failure to complete this quest will result in punishment|
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As Armin read the quest only one word came out of his mouth.
"Shit."I