NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1: Chapter 01
Percy slowly came to as the darkness slowly drifted from his eyes. He opened his eyes to see a goat standing over his head, wait….goat?
Percy shook his head and got up slowly and then he heard Grover speak up.
"Wow, easy man. Take it slow," Grover said as he helped Percy to his feet, "what happened Percy? I heard you drop to the floor."
Percy looked at Grover and then shook his head again, "I-I'm fine G-man. I think I must have just hit my head on your bead one to many times."
Grover looked at the bed and then back at Percy slowly bringing the green eyed boy to the edge of the bed, making sure Percy didn't hurt himself again, "well I suppose we are getting a little too big for these things now."
Percy nodded and rubbed his head, "hey Grover….you wouldn't have heard any strange noises coming from this room did you?"
"Noises?"Grover asked with a raised eyebrow, "like what?"
"Like a bell, you know the kind in video games that go, 'ping!'"
Grover scratched his chin and shook his head, "no Percy, no bells ringing for me. You sure you alright man? Hearing bells ring in your head isn't really the sign that you DON'T have a head injury. We should atleast go to the nurse Percy."
Percy shook his head, "no Grover I'm fine, you just...go on. I think I'm just going to stay here for a bit."
"You sure man?"
Percy smiled and nodded, "yeah man I'm sure."
Grover nodded and eventually left to take a shower, after asking Percy a couple hundred more times whether he was fine and then finally Grover left Percy alone.
Percy frankly didn't know why Grover was so worried. It was obvious Percy didn't have a concussion or anything. Because he was sure he heard the noise before he hit his head and before he fainted. And further proof that the blue, red and brown boxes' were not all in his head was right in front of him as the brown box still wasn't gone.
Percy Jackson
Health-100/100
Mana-50/50
The Gamer
Title-None
Level-2 Exp-30/400
Race-?
STR-2
VIT-1(+2)=3
DEX-2(+2)=4
INT-1
WIS-1
LUC-3
POINTS-0
MONEY- 0$/0D
Percy still didn't know what the hell was going on. His best bet, his life had been a video game all this while and he was only now coming to realise this. Of course that sounded so stupid, like why would nothing ever happen to him…...before.
And then Percy wondered, what did the hero of the story do before the game started for them? Before some kid took control over the joystick and play hero? Did they all have regular lives? Was he a hero now?
Percy shook his head, this is getting way to meta for him, after all it can't be true. Because Percy doesn't feel like he's being controlled right now.
For thinking far beyond yourself and wondering about this new ability in a very meta like manner you now posses, you have gained 1 WIS.
Percy blinked, really? It was like that? Percy looked at his statis screen and there it was.
WIS-2
Percy was stunned, at the very least everything he did here affected the world of the game. Meaning…...was he infact a Gamer now? That would explain the title, 'The Gamer'. So this meant…..Percy could become so cool!
Percy grinned at this and quickly looked over his stats, honestly, they were pathetic. His strength was a 2, his vitality was a 1, but for some reason is a 3 now. His dexterity was the same as it was 2 now 4. The only thing going for him was his luck which was 3. And don't even get him started on his intelligence and wisdom.
Percy shook his head and waved the box away, he needed to improve this all. But then a thought came to Percy, he was being very very calm about all this, which just felt...strange. Like he was seeing all this happen to someone else, or something else.
Percy wondered why this was and called out, "skills."
Just then a box spread before and showed three symbols. Percy clicked one and a red box popped out.
A Gamer's Mind(Passive)
Allows user to calmly and logically think things through. Allows peaceful state of mind, immune to psychological status and effects.
Percy blinked, 'wow that explain it.' Percy now knew why he wasn't losing it like he used to. Heck before this he freaked out about the fact he could hold his breath almost indefinitely in the swimming pool, now he seemed far more relaxed.
Percy then went back and saw the other two skills he had;
A Gamer's Body(Passive)
Grants the user a body that allows the user to live the real world like a game.
· Skill: Physical Endurance, Lv.1 (10%)
Your Body's durability increased and you take less damage.
3% less damage from physical attacks.
Percy read and re-read all he wrote, if what this thing was saying is true then his whole world wasn't a lie. He wasn't in a video game, he was the video game…..for some reason that sounded so cliched.
Percy the looked at his states and his skills, he needed to become better faster. Unfortunately he doesn't know shit about video games other than the basics, and he has never for the life of him finished one proper video game in his entire life.
So that would mean he needed to learn from someone, someone good. Just then a 'ping' came out drawing Percy's attention to a new blue screen, it said;
Quest Alert!
Find someone to teach you about video games so you can be good at your life which is now a video game!
Rewards-
50xp
YES/NO?
Percy read it and then quickly pressed yes. He then wondered, did quest come from himself, or was there a game master out there making things up for him to do? Percy wondered about that and then tried a little experiment, he tried to make his own quest.
The first guest arrived when he was thinking about getting help, the quest was his brain thinking that over. So if he focused a new goal for himself, let's say….getting a girlfriend with the biggest rack ever, it should become a quest.
'Ping!'
You have got to be kidding me.
Quest Alert!
Get a girlfriend with the biggest rack in the world, that is 48V.
Rewards-
100xp
YES/NO?
Percy quickly pressed no and sighed to himself, okay so that did work, although it seemed someone else determined the rewards for completing his quests.