THE GAMER

by SleepyBear


Hello World Part 2

With a heavy sigh, I began to go over the options my dream was giving me one by one, eventually deciding to take option number one for no other reason than the simple fact that I wanted to be a dragon, at least for the duration of my dream.

What would man in his right mind not want to be a dragon?

I mean, imagine dreaming of being Neltharion from WOW; how badass is that?

"Dragon," I muttered.

Excellent choice! Now let us begin with the automatic customization of your character! Don't worry; this will only take a few moments!

For clarification, we will use your mind to design the ideal character for you, taking into account things like your favorite color, your preferred gender of identification, and other similar details!

So my dream and or nightmare will create the character for me, that's lazy even for me, but whatever takes me out of this void.

Character customization complete! Watch with joy your new self!

Well... I had to admit that the design was rather creative and beautiful, and considering it all came from my head, it was pretty surprising, especially when you consider my total lack of artistic talent.

Now, let's move on to the next step, the stats! You didn't think we were going to let you go without giving you a little help first, did you?

You will start with ten points to use them anywhere you want as a gift!

Well, would you look at that? My dream is being generous; perhaps it's not a nightmare after all.

STR = 15
VIT = 10
DEX = 10
INT = 5
WIS = 2
CHA = 1
LUK = 10

STAT POINTS = 10

I looked at the floating block of text in front of me with my supposed stats pondering where to use my points, as it was more than apparent that the dream would not continue until I used them.

Of all my stats, the ones that looked the worst were my intelligence, my wisdom, and my charisma. Especially my charisma, which was at the lowest possible, I assumed.

But of all the stats, raising charisma wouldn't help me at all, I mean; if I thought of this problem as a gamer, which I was, charisma was not exactly a primary stat, so to speak, since it only worked in political situations, in buying or selling items, and when the Bard wanted to fuck someone, beyond that it had little use and had no reason to be maxed.

Also, considering the fact that this was a dream, using the few points I was given in my charisma would be totally useless because for the duration of this dream, I wanted to do things more in the realm of the magical and fantastical, not have the power to fuck someone with my words.

Which left only two options, my wisdom and my intelligence.

Which if I was right, affected my mana and my mana regeneration, respectively; of course, this was just a hypothesis based on the games I had played so far, and considering this was a dream, my dream, to be precise, it had to be based on things I knew, at least I hoped so.

I stared at the floating block of text displaying my stats for a few moments, internally debating how to distribute my stats between my intelligence and my wisdom.

Eventually, deciding to allocate 3 points in wisdom and 7 in intelligence.

Wonderful!

STR = 15
VIT = 10
DEX = 10
INT = 12
WIS = 5
CHA = 1
LUK = 10

STAT POINTS = 0

You are now ready to start your new life as the gamer! so please have in mind everything is real... and your life as you knew it's forever out of your reach, so you better adapt, learn and overcome, or perish... anyways, have fun! Toodalo!

With that final ominous message, the dark void that surrounded me began to quake as if an earthquake of staggering proportions was attacking it, and only it, until eventually, everything around me began to crumble like a wall of glass shattering into a million pieces all around me, each broken piece revealing a ray of light behind it.

This continued for a few moments until there was nothing left of the darkness that once enveloped me, leaving me in the middle of nowhere.

"Well, that scared the crap out of me," I muttered, taking on my new surroundings.

Apparently, I had found myself standing in a volcanic zone, which made some sense, considering I had chosen to be a dragon, which leads me to the next question.

What did I look like?

I mean, I already knew what I looked like thanks to the picture that my dream had shown me a few moments ago, but in person? I was eager to see it.

But before that, let's see how immersive my dream was with the gamer thing and all.

"Stats," I thought, and immediately after, my stats appeared in front of me, floating in a big block of blue text.

Name = Magus Adora.
Race = Dragon.
Evolutionary State = Hatchling.
LV = 1
EXP = 0/50

STR = 15
VIT = 10
DEX = 10
INT = 12
WIS = 5
CHA = 1
LUK = 10

STAT POINTS = 0

So mental commands work, interesting; I'm liking this dream more and more.

"Skills,"

♦Gamer's Mind - Passive - LV MAX = Allows the user to calmly and logically think things through. Allows a peaceful state of mind and immunity to mental disorders.

♦Gamer's Body - Passive - LV MAX = Grants a body that allows for the user to live the real world like a game. Sleeping in a bed restores HP, MP, and all mass effects.

Fire Breath - Active - LV 1 = You breathe into your opponents the very essence of your draconic ancestry causing (105% of INT = 13 DMG per second) as Fire damage.

COST = 10 MP/S
COOLDOWN = 5 SECONDS.

♦Fire Resistance - Passive - LV 1 = The body's durability to fire increases, allowing for less damage taken. 2.5% decrease in damage taken by fire-related attacks.

♦Flight - Active/Passive - LV 1 = You can fly, how awesome is that?

Flying Movement Speed = 10MPH/ 17 KMH
Maximum Altitude = 100 Meters / 329 Foot.

Now, where the fuck am I, and where do I get a mirror.

With a sigh, I looked in every direction with a contemplative expression on my face, trying to find a path to take, but no matter where I looked, all I could see around me was burnt rocks and nothing else.

"Well, this doesn't give me many options," I muttered; I mean, left and right looked exactly the same; I guess I have no choice but to take a random path and walk around until I find something interesting.