“–so basically, you’ve all been integrated into the multiverse– no that is not some movie reference where you have alternate realities– it basically means that you’ve become a part of a massive string of universes that are all connected by the System and–”
Noah’s mind was reeling. This was absolute madness. The conspiracy theorists were right? Some omnipotent, all-mighty god known as the ‘System’ really had descended upon their universe to recreate it? “What the fuck,” If it’s like the rpgs… “Status window.”
Status:
Name: Noah Cho
Titles: [redacted]
Attribute: TBD
Race: [Human (G) - (lvl 0)]
Stats:
Strength: 9
Agility: 9
Endurance: 8
Vitality: 7
Perception: 10
Mana: 100/100
Skills:
[Language of the Multiverse (Unique) - lvl 1 (max)]
[You have a message from the System Moderators!]
“What. the. Fuck,”? THAT’S WHAT I SHOULD BE SAYING, NOT YOU. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT THERE’S A SECOND PERSON WHO FIGURED OUT HOW TO OPEN YOUR STATUS WINDOW??? NO ONE IS SUPPOSED TO KNOW ABOUT IT WHEN THEY’RE FIRST INTEGRATED. NO, DON’T GIVE ME THAT LOOK OF CONFUSION AND INCREDULOUSNESS, I’M THE ONE WHO’S GIVING YOU THAT LOOK! Dabi is going to be so mad about this! He’s probably going to kill me, even though Barbara is the one in charge of making sure that only a select amount of information leaks… I hope that you remember that if I end up dead, it’s your fault. May it weigh heavily on your conscience. I’m just going to go hide in a hole now. Goodbye.
[You have a message from the System Moderators!]
Sorry about Aeth. He’s just a bit of a drama queen. Or king I guess? (I DON’T KNOW EARTH TERMINOLOGY THAT WELL SO CUT ME SOME SLACK) That idiot forgot to give you your attribute. I’ll fix that now.
[Spinning [Wheel of Attributes (???)]...]
[Success.]
Gained Attribute: [Protagonist of the 100th Era Grand Story (Grand)] - You are the Protagonist of the 100th Era Grand Story! (Congratulations!) As the main character, you will be randomly subjected to various bouts of misfortune and good fortune that affect you and the people around you. Causes yourself and the people you meet and are close with to be 50% more likely to have higher rarity/unique [Attributes], [Skills], [Titles], etc. Also gives you an extra [Attribute] along [Skills], [Titles], etc, related to being the main character to start off with. This [Attribute] will evolve over time.
Gained Skill [Unreasonable Skills (Heroic)] - protagonists. The beloved characters of an author. They always have to have the most unreasonable skills! It doesn’t even make sense, how can they be so good at literally EVERYTHING?! Let’s you become better at stuff and learn things at a ridiculously unnatural pace.
[Spinning [Wheel of Attributes (???)]...]
[Success.]
Gained Attribute: [Pride of the Elements (Rare)] -
Gives you a random element and [Skills] related to that element after the element is selected.
[Spinning [Wheel of Elements (???)]
[Success.]
Attribute: [Pride of the Elements (Rare)] has evolved into [Pride of Black Fire (Heroic)]!
Gained Attribute: [Pride of Black Flames (Heroic)] - allows you to gain [Skills] related to black fire. This attribute will evolve over time.
Gained Skill: [Black Fire Manipulation (Heroic)] - an elemental [Skill] that allows you to manipulate black fire, the most destructive of flames. May your fire never go out.
I guess it was worth it to spend hours playing rpgs with Esther. Noah sighed, although, not like it helps that much to explain my [Attributes] and [Skills]. They have such wonderfully inadequate descriptions.
“We’ll be sending you to the tutorial now! Good luck!” the silver-blond haired boy who had been explaining everything winked, “hopefully you don’t die!”
Shit, I didn’t hear any of his explanations for what’s going on. “Wait–”
The boy snapped his fingers and then poof, he was gone in a puff of smoke like some kind of magician.
The world started to crumble around Noah and the other people around him just like it had earlier. Shit, what are we supposed to– the ground beneath his feet caved inwards, and just like that, he was whisked off to the tutorial.
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“Yuno…”
Yuno groaned, is someone saying my name?
“Yuno!”
Yuno’s eyes fluttered open, hovering above him was a raven-haired person he knew very well, “Noah?”
“You’re up,” Noah let out a deep breath, “I was worried you were dead or something.”
“Well I’m not. What happened?”
“You know the litrpgs that Esther had gotten you into lately? Well, apparently they’re our new reality.”
Yuno blinked, “Oh.”
“That’s really all you have to say?”
“I’m not sure what else you expected. Screaming and panicking isn’t going to do anything except kill my lungs.”
Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.
Noah chuckled, “Even when the world has been flipped upside down, you’re still the same, huh?”
“What, did you think my personality is abruptly going to change from a single sentence?”
“No, it’s just–” Noah sighed, “never mind. You should open your status window. Just say ‘status window’ and it should appear.”
“Right. That’s a thing in rpgs,” Yuno concentrated on the air in front of him, “status window.”
Status:
Name: Yuno Song
Titles: [redacted]
Attribute: TBD
Race: [Human (G) - (lvl 0)]
Stats:
Strength: 8
Agility: 9
Endurance: 7
Vitality: 7
Perception: 10
Mana: 100/100
Skills:
[Language of the Multiverse (Unique) - lvl 1 (max)]
[You have a message from the System Moderators!]
Wow, we have another person? Man, I can’t wait to see Dabi’s pissed face. Poor Aeth… wait, actually I don’t feel that bad for him. Anyways, [Attribute] for you, right. Here you go.
[Spinning [Wheel of Attributes (???)]...]
[Success.]
Gained Attribute: [Analyzer (Legendary)] - you have a logical mind that takes in your surroundings and analyzes it! (Obviously) This [Attribute] will give you skills that will allow you to gain various information about the universe around you. This attribute will evolve over time. Be careful, some of the information you might find out might not be information you were supposed to know…
Gained Skill: [Analyze (Legendary)] - allows you to see the [Status Window] of others along with some other information about them. Also functions as a higher tier version of [Identify] and will allow you to [Identify] objects as if using a high level and tier [Identify] [Skill]. This skill will also give you information about [Redacted] and [Redacted]–
The System Window glitched out for a brief second before flickering back to normal.
Gained Skill: [Analyze (Legendary)] - allows you to see the [Status Window] of others along with some other information about them. Also functions as a higher tier version of [Identify] and will allow you to [Identify] objects as if using a high level and tier [Identify] [Skill]. This skill will also give you information about divine beings, detailed knowledge of the [System], etc. Be careful about what you do with the knowledge you gain.
Well that’s totally not super ominous.
“So what [Attribute] did you get?” Noah asked.
“It’s called [Analyzer] and it lets me get information about my surroundings and other people,” Yuno explained. He stared at Noah, focusing his skill [Analyze] on him.
Character Status:
Name: Noah Cho
Titles: [Protagonist of the 100th Era Grand Story (Grand)], [Redacted]
Attributes: [Protagonist of the 100th Era Grand Story (Grand)], [Pride of Black Fire (Heroic)]
Race: [Human (G) - (lvl 0)]
Stats:
Strength: 9
Agility: 9
Endurance: 8
Vitality: 7
Perception: 10
Mana: 100/100
Skills:
[Language of the Multiverse (Unique) - lvl 1 (max)], [Black Fire Manipulation (Heroic) - lvl 1]
Character Overview (Summarized due to it being too long): the [redacted] of [redacted]. Now, after living his [redacted], he was [redacted]born, with the same name and appearance as in his [redacted] oddly enough. He’s lived a mostly ordinary life up to this point, albeit in a rich family and as a popular person, now after the integration, Noah Cho is the Protagonist of the 100th Era Grand Story.
*This character is currently feeling a mix of intrigue and an odd sense of calm despite the situation.
“It worked,” Yuno glanced over at Noah. Character? Why would it say that? Does this mean that Noah… isn’t real? Is any of this real? But how can someone I’ve practically known since I was born not be real?
“Are you okay, Yuno?” Noah put a hand on Yuno’s shoulder.
Yuno flinched away from Noah’s touch, “D-Don’t–”
*The character, Noah, has abruptly become concerned about you.
“Yuno, what’s going on?” Noah stepped closer, reaching out, “did something happen? Do you feel sick?”
“No, I’m fine,” Yuno held a hand up. It’ll be fine, even if the world flipped upside down, Noah is still the same. I shouldn’t doubt him just because some eldritch being that I don’t even know said that he’s now a character in some story.
“If you say so… [Tutorial Panel],” Noah spoke and a new glowing blue window flashed into existence, “here, you should read this. It came up while you were knocked out.”
[Tutorial M-17 Panel]
Time Remaining: 59 days, 21 hours, 34 minutes, 48 seconds
Tutorial Type: Dungeon
Tutorial Objective: Progress through the floors of the dungeon
Tutorial Information: You are currently inside the Tower of the Divine, a tutorial type dungeon specially designed for extra interaction with a wider diversity of divine beings. Your mission is to progress through the floors of the towers, gain new [Skills], [Titles], items, etc, all while showing off your power to divine beings who could potentially become your sponsor!
“Oh that’s…” Yuno chuckled, how fun. Are we toys in the games of divine beings? He glanced over at Noah, as the protagonist of that story or whatever it is, Noah will probably have a lot of attention on him.
[You are able to open the [Chatroom] early. Proceed?]
[Yes/No]
Chatroom? Wait so instead of a game, is this like a livestream? Yuno laughed outloud, unable to hold himself back, we really are just a source of entertainment for the gods.
“Yuno, are you sure you’re okay?”
“Yeah, I’m sure,” Yuno clicked the ‘yes’ button on the system window.
[[Chatroom] has been opened! Please stand by…]
[The [Saint of Freedom] has entered the chat.]
[The [Weeping Dragon] has entered the chat.]
[The [Monarch of Slimes] has entered the chat.]
[You have more unread messages. Read more? Yes/No]
[[No] has been selected.]
“So are you all able to hear what I’m saying?” Yuno asked, staring up towards the sky. Do all divine beings descend from the sky? I actually have no idea.
“Yuno, are you hallucinating? Who are you talking to?” Jade shook Yuno’s shoulders.
“Divine beings I guess. I’m not really sure how it works, it’s some kind System shenanigans I guess,” Yuno explained, “did you not get an option to open a [Chatroom]?”
“No.”
[The [Weeping Dragon] explains that because of your relation to [redacted], you’re able to break rules, which is how you opened the chat early]
[The [Bleeding Phoenix] thinks that your abilities are way too overpowered or will be in the future]
[The [Monarch of Slimes] tells the [Bleeding Phoenix] that it would be surprising if you weren’t overpowered]
[The [Silent Tiger] is more interested in Noah and believes that he has the potential to be the protagonist of this era]
[The [Tyrant of Fallen Angels] tells the [Silent Tiger] to shut up before he kicks him in the [CENSORED]]
[The [Silent Tiger] says that he’s going to tell the [Spirit Queen] if the [Tyrant of Fallen Angels] does that]
[The [Tyrant of Fallen Angels] falls silent]
Wait, so they don’t know that Noah is the protagonist? Yuno put a hand to his chin, “Can any of you tell me what the 100th Era Grand Story is?”
“Wait so did you–”
Yuno put a hand to Noah’s mouth, “Don’t say anything.”
[The [One Who Killed Death] is shocked]
[The [Saint of Freedom] grins and says that she would expect nothing less]
[The [Oracle] says that no one is allowed to say anything until the end of the tutorial]
[The [One Who is Chaos Incarnate] winks and promises that they’ll explain it at another time]
[The [Bloated] wants to know if Noah is indeed the protagonist]
[All the Teyrs yell at the [Bloated] and anyone who isn’t a member of the Teyrs to get out]
[Everyone who isn’t a Teyr has left the [Chat]]
Who are the Teyrs? Is it a good idea to tell them about Noah? Yuno wondered, “I think I’ll let Noah reveal that on his own.”
“Reveal what?” Noah demanded.
Yuno turned back to the [Chat], “is there a way for Noah to see this too?”
[The [Empress of Vampires] shrugs and says that she doesn’t know of a way to show another person unless they already have a [Chatroom] of their own]
[The [Lucky Cat] agrees with this]
[The [Stalking Wolf] thinks that you shouldn’t tell Noah about this conversation even if there was a way since it could interfere with the 100th Era Grand Story if he is indeed a protagonist]
[The [Swift Fox] says it will make a lot more sense once everything is explained]
[The [Monarch of Slimes] complains that she wants to know if Noah is the protagonist or not]
[The [One Who is Chaos Incarnate] pats the [Monarch of Slimes] on the head and says to be patient]
[The [Monarch of Slimes] is fuming and says that she’s not a child]
[The [One Who is Chaos Incarnate] says that the [Monarch of Slimes] sure looks like one]
[The [Oracle] tells the [One Who is Chaos Incarnate] to stop teasing the [Monarch of Slimes]]
[The [One Who is Chaos Incarnate] glares at the [Oracle]]
[The [Bewitching Snake] threatens to stop cuddling with the [One Who is Chaos Incarnate] if they do anything to his sister]
[The [One Who is Chaos Incarnate] pouts but reluctantly relents]
Are they divine beings or are they squabbling children…? Yuno turned to Noah and plastered on a smile, “I don’t think you need to worry too much. It’s not that important.”
[The [Spirit Queen] objects and says that it’s very important]
Yuno ignored the [Chat], “Are you ready to go?
Noah nodded, “Yes.”
