I spend most of my free time online, reading fantasy books and watching youtube. I was also an avid reader of the SCP wiki, because a l liked the fascinating ideas behind it.
It may sound like I am anti-social, but because of a lack of social life or any friends, I would spend most of my life online--I also despaired of this world, which was common for people my age.
I still went to school, though I spent my lunches in the library, and no one would pay attention to me during classes; I would also walk home alone, since the bus fee was too much, and my parents would pay it.
Since I was bored, and it was becoming more and more dangerous where I lived, I learned Taikwondo four days a week. Just to see if I could, and because it was a good workout, I learned sword-fighting using youtube videos…Of course, this wouldn’t work if I got into a sword-fight in real life though.
Unfortunately, my home life wasn’t very good either. When I wasn’t on the internet, I would be reading--trying to avoid giving my mother any excuse to shout at me.
My father was either always working, or arguing with my mother.
If I think about it, I don’t really have any attachments to this world; only online friends, don’t particularly like my family…and have no lovers.
While reading a new book, an Ad suddenly popped up, the contents of which read:
‘Bored of reading about fantastical worlds, but living in a normal one? Well, come to a world which you can choose what you want.’
These Ads can sometimes lead to actually fun web games, and I was a little bored, so I decided to give it a try.
First selection was ‘Select A World’, some of which were: Science Fiction World, Pirate World, Fantasy World, Alternate Past…
After reading the first few options, I chose the Fantasy World without having to read any more.
There are so many, many choices--including Species, Type of Magic System, System or No System, Realistic or Not…This game has a lot of choices, which is usually a good sign.
Whenever I ran out of money for subscriptions, I would play free online games.
Moving on to the next page, I had to choose from several culture and country options--some of which were based off ones found on Earth with minor changes; of course, I chose fantasy and randomized, I didn’t want to bring in bad influences.
The next page had an interesting question--which seemed to be choosing between PvE and PvP servers: ‘Frequency of Wars’.
The options ranged from ‘All Countries Constant Wars’, to ‘World Peace: Utopia’.
I chose a option which was about midway, leaning a little bit more towards peace--I prefer PvE servers, since I much prefer fighting Monsters more than Players…who are always better than me…
It means that there may Guild or Faction wars, and no field PvP…hopefully.
The next question was whether the world would have Dungeons, or just be a ‘normal’ fantasy world. Of course, I chose that there will be Dungeons; Dungeons and Raids are some of the best parts of online games.
I also got to choose my gender, and as with all games I play: I went with my true gender.
This game has so many choices that even picking options is entertaining me, I can’t wait to see the game. It is the beginning of school holidays, and I have 6 weeks of free time.
When it came up with a list of selectable languages, I hoped that they were for random lore signs or special events, since there wasn’t English. I chose the one that reminded me of the creatures from Fallout: Brahim.
It was also the default language, but that had nothing to do with why I chose it…
Next, there was a page which gave me Bonus Points. The default seemed to be 50/100 Bonus Points, but there was the image of dice, which apparently a new, random number of Bonus Points.
I clicked it several times, and each time it was different.
Unfortunately, when it comes to things like this--I have to keep trying until I reach the highest possible number.
From what I could tell, the number of Bonus Points was generally low, between 10 - 20, though I also got quite a few single digits.
Oh?
That one was 71/100 -- and the number was green.
I noticed that the colours changed: numbers 30/100 and lower were shades of red through orange; the original 50/100 was white; and 71/100 was green.
Looking at that, I clicked again and again.
Lost in thoughts, I kept clicking and the number 8 passed by.
That was an 80/100 just now.
It was an 80/100, right?
Dammit.
By the time I had realized it, I had already clicked and the number it ended on was 19/100.
Oh well, let’s continue.
But this time, I was very careful to double-check the number before I clicked the button.
100/100.
100/100!
The number is golden--with a shine around it.
For some reason, the random number button disappears, so I can’t re-roll, even if I wanted to. Maybe the website was impressed that I was willing to spend around an hour to get this number.
While feeling satisfied, I continued on to the next page, which were Character Settings.
There were the 5 Main Stats: Strength, Endurance, Wisdom, Intelligence, and Stamina--all of which are set at 5.
I could assign my Bonus Points to them, but there were also special Skills, Resistances, Bonus Equipment--lots of places to spend my Bonus Points…and only 100 Bonus Points to spend.
Luckily though, there was a Reset button near the Accept button.
The one that interests me the most is the massive list of Bonus Equipment, ranging from minor Potions, to Legendary swords, and Resurrection Elixirs.
As a test, I assign 10 Bonus Points to Strength and then click Reset. The Bonus Point was removed--but my Bonus Points were now 99/100 (-1), with a countdown.
So, it seems that while I can reset the Bonus Points, but it seems to have a cost--just in case, I shouldn’t reset too many times--at least they weren’t permanently lost.
I increase my Main Stats to 10, lowering my available Bonus Points to 64.
Now then, it’s time to select Special Skills:
The first I chose was ‘Decrease Required Experience Points’.
Of course, this was a vital Skill, it means that my character will level up more quickly.
The second was ‘Increase Gained Experience Points’.
My Bonus Points were now decreased to 34.
It seems that each of these Skills were 15 points.
Third, I chose ‘Second Class’.
Multi-Classing is great; Runes of Magic would be my favourite game when it comes to a Multi-Classing system. Final Fantasy XIV did fairly well, but it was more of switching between classes.
I could see the option for a 3rd Class, but I chose not to, because I also wanted to get Bonus Equipment.
From the list of Bonus Equipment, I got one Resurrection Elixir--and the weapon Excalibur.
This seems to be the last page of settings, so I should be able to play as soon as this is finished.
When I clicked ‘Accept’ another popup appeared, it read:
‘Warning: You have chosen to abandon your World of Origin--it will be impossible to return unless Apotheosis is achieved. Do you wish to continue?’
Hmm?
I wonder if this is to do with the lore of the game--it sounds interesting.
Anyway, it didn’t lead to a billing screen, so I happily chose ‘Yes’.
Another popup appeared, reading:
‘Final Warning! Do you still wish to continue?’
I clicked ‘Yes’.
Suddenly, a loud ringing noise rung through my headphones, making my head spin--I suddenly felt incredibly dizzy and my eyelids fluttered shut.
Wha--
Honestly, I enjoyed your other two fix's and I can't wait to see your twist on this novel.
Thanks
Ty for starting the one I recommended I do think there is a small math issue here though
He used 1 point to reset and then used 34 points for 10 stat points?
I will look at that, thanks for pointing it out.
Nice, glad you've picked this one to do as well. For me, I thought the biggest flaws in this story was the shallowness of the characters primarily due to the main character keeping everything a secret and never really connecting with them. Also, the monotony of the battles when the interactions of the characters should definitely be where the word count goes. I mean, it's also just a poorly written power fantasy in the end, but it could have been so much better.
I kinda like whatsawhizzer's take on it, but it seems like he tries a little too hard at making everything that occurs just be so ridiculous and outside expectations that it can be difficult to enjoy. It's fun, but with how the story flows things get a little old quick.
The manga for this story is not too bad, because it makes the battles feel interesting and his cheat system exploration/experiments do not waste too much screentime.
I haven't actually read the Manga.
But my problem with the book was the system was so badly thought out--a simple level 1 requiring groups, and hours to kill; and a dungeon with my powerful monsters that were much easier. Then the idiocy of the MC who went with magic (that when MP ran out, you get depression/apathy/suicidal...which is actually an interesting concept, but wasted) when his sword made so he could kill easily, with very little danger.
Which also did make the battles boring, so I hope to fix that.
Yeah--I plan on making the MC connect with the other characters better.
As well as a few minor things like the Appraisal skill existing, yet only he can see skill slots (should be an innate blacksmith skill) so enchanting is purely luck, and breaks items.
Have to agree with you, Whatsawhizzer made a good book, but a lot more silly then the original take. The premise leave a lot to work with. Hopefully this will be as good as the other fixes.
@garretgame I hope so too.
@Tek Who is Whatsawhizzer?
@Tek He wrote My dungion life, a very similar book to slave harem. Pretty much a better version.
@garretgame Is it any good? I may give it a read. (Especially since the restrictions on my University internet blocks the site...which means that it's an interesting site.)
@Tek he posts my dungeon life rise of the slave harem even to scribble hub here. But on his site it requires subscription. I'd say it is pretty good but I lost interest in it. I liked the beginning few hundred chapters (very short chapters, he releases them in bundles of 3 6 or 7 days a week at his site) then only 1 or so per day to free site like scribble hub here. It has several fun ideas, like the dungeons being a story to solve and permanent bonuses when solved the correct way. The thing is though it feels like whizzer's main goal is to f*ck with his readers more than anything else, all his stories end up that way.
@bilinear Okay, thanks, I will take a look at it.
@Tek my biggest problem with the source was with the forced and enforced drama. Really really stupid misunderstandings, people getting upset about him having slaves in a society where slaves are normalized, etc. I actually gave up on it at the big tournament cause of that. I just couldn't.
@Blizzisme I think I gave up before that, somewhere around the dragon-newt girl--I don't even remember the Elf from the first time I read through.
Unless you are talking about the Dungeon Life Rises (book you mentioned. ) -- I haven't had the chance to read it yet.
@Tek the elf joins towards the end of the translated chapters. To summarize, Michio and his group get caught up in joining a noble they meet's assault against some Duke - for him not properly taking care of his dungeon (a crime among nobles). As a result, they kill off and enslave the surviving family members. One is the Duke's daughter (the niece even of the guy Michio is helping) or something that is the elf, and they give her to Michio because he's likely to become a noble in the future(at the time, they were near floor 50 of a dungeon - not far off from conquering a minor dungeon) and he plays a critical part in the assault. There's a lot of complaints about what happens with this character, because when they take her home she seems adamant about not wanting to sleep with Michio. He leaves on an errand and leaves everyone back at the house (including roxanne and the elf) and when he comes back the girl is practically brainwashed it seems completely changed her mind. It was really bizarre, to be honest. But par for the course in this story. Also, she wouldn't shut up about her re-entry into the world of politics. That's about all there was to her character, besides looking about as pretty as the (other) Duke's wife he was lusting after (she's her niece, after all).
@bilinear I see. Yeah, I don't remember reading that far, though one of the reviews mentioned brainwashing, and I was wondering what that was about.
@bilinear to be fair, leaving her with his loving harem for a while and coming back to find her brainwashed isn't that far out there... I imagine they were VERY persuasive.
@bilinear Im pretty sure you are describing Rupegia not My Dungeons life.
@garretgame You mean @blizzisme might have described rupegia? because my description of dungeons in my dungeon life being stories to solve is precisely my dungeon life.