Chapter 1
Izuku Age: 6
'Unfortunately your son will never have a quirk.'
The words that destroyed him. He knew what they meant but didn't want to believe them. How could he? Before he could even talk he wanted to be a hero, but to be told he could never be one?
Feeling defeated and like an outcast more than usual he walked home, and as he passed the park, he heard shouting coming from the creek. Was that Kaachan? Creeping toward the tree line and peering through, his guess was correct. Kaachan and his lackeys were bullying a kid with horns.
Being who he is, he decided to step up.
Some things never changed. Kaachan beat him down again without a second thought, and left him in a heap after he had his fun. At least the other kid got away. Taking a moment to pick himself up and reorient his dazed head to the world he started making his way home.
Checking himself over for bruises and scrapes, he walked past the tree line back toward the main sidewalk. Rustling from the trees caught his attention and he was suddenly picked up by a pair of arms and the cry of, "I found you, I found you, I found you, I can't believe I found you!"
Forcing himself not to cry out he turned around and saw someone he'd only ever seen in videos and on TV. The vigilante, Absorbent Girl. Dressed in a swirl of different colors like a rainbow throwing up on her head, she was covered in a skin tight bodysuit and masked. Even if she was a vigilante she clearly was not cut out for stealth.
After seeing who it was and figuring out who she was, he started struggling to escape but the lady had arms of steel. 'Why is she so strong?'
"Awe, poor zuku, you got hurt. Here let me help. [Heal]." A soft white light enveloped him, he could feel the scrapes ease and the bruises fade, even through the struggling. He started trying to call out but she spoke again. "Hush you, [Calm Emotions]"
This time he saw a green light and the feeling of needing to escape subsided and his thoughts started clearing. Why was he trying to run from her? She's only ever permanently dealt with villains if they were hurting a lot of people. He wasn't a villain, or even mean. "How do you know my name? Also where are those lights coming from? I thought your power was absorbing knowledge and powers for later use?" He waited for his answer and received a full smile with a very mirthful laugh.
"Oh course you would know about me, even if I'm not a hero like All Might, I'm still a 'hero' right?" He could hear the air quotes even if her hands were occupied. "My power is much more complicated than that. I only say that to people so that they'd leave me alone about it." She lowered her voice and whispered, "Can't have villains knowing all my secrets now can I?"
Izuku thought about it for a moment and nodded, "Yeah that makes since, but you still didn't answer my first question."
She put him on his feet and kneeled down to his height, "I have a secret that allows me to know a lot about certain people. One of those people is you." She poked his chest with her pointer finger. "The only problem is that I didn't know where to find you." She gives a slight pout, "So I spent the last few years going to every park waiting for you to appear and you finally did!" She put a big smile on her face, which caused him to think.
"Wait why not just look up mom in a phone book?" He asked with a slight tilt to his head.
Her smile falters slightly as she says, with a little bit of shame, "I can't read Japanese." She takes off her mask and hood revealing her face, it was very pale with lots of freckles like him. She also had super deep green eyes and vibrant red hair. "You may call me Kat. My public quirk is Quirk Absorption." Her smile seemed to get bigger as she whispered, "My real Quirk is Gamer. Now you can't tell anyone that ok?" Izuku's eyes grew at the mention of a new Quirk. What could a quirk like that do?
"What does it-", Kat put her finger over his mouth and said, "No questions alright?" Izuku nodded against her finger.
"Alright Zuku, I have a question for you, do you want to be a hero?" He nodded. "Do you want to help people?" Another nod. "Then I ask you, will you be my heir when the time comes." Izuku tilted his head at the question and then it happened.
A blue box appeared in front of him with the question
[The person known as Kat has offered her power to you if she passes beyond the veil. Do you accept?]
"Go ahead Zuku, there is no trickery here, click yes, nod your head or say yes." So Izuku looked her in the eye with slight confusion and said 'yes' with a nod. A new box appeared.
[Congrats! You are now the heir to the Gamer quirk. The ramifications of this are not currently known and will become apparent of this later on.]
"What d-"
"[Sleep]" Izuku immediately slumped over into her arms. "Sorry little Zuku, no questions. [Memory Warp]." A faint green light enveloped Izuku's unconscious form and a blue box appeared for Kat.
[Please state the memories you would like to change and into what.]
"Erase all memories of Kat and alter the last 5 minutes into a memory of him being hurt and fainting."
[Do you wish to add a release condition?]
"Yes, when he hears my true name associated with Absorbent Girl, after my death."
[Condition added. Memory Altered and locked.]
Kat looked down at Izuku in her arms, "Sorry bud but I'm not quite ready to die or to be known just yet."
Slipping a notebook into his bag she cast, "[Hidden Meaning]". The notebook became completely blank with the exception of one line on the cover, For when you meet All Might.
Setting him back down on a nearby bench she cast, [Waking Dream], and walked away, putting her mask back on.
8 Years Later
Izuku stared out over the beach filled with trash that would soon become his own personal hell. All Might had already left and left him with his new training schedule. Having already looked through it he could tell his body was going to be pudding by the end of the first day. 'Oh well, small price to pay to become a hero.' Heading back home and going through the book again to commit it to memory he was met with a bright blue box causing him to jump back, trip over his feet and land on his backside.
With a groan he opened his eyes, the box floating in the middle of his vision.
[Terms met!
Fortunately or unfortunately the process of transference has been completed.
Welcome new Gamer, to the Gamer quirk, V. 2.0.
We recommend starting by saying 'Stats'!]
Izuku was, for a lack of better words, immensely confused. He stuck out his hand and took a swipe at it. His hand went straight through the box not even causing it to move or ripple. Not having any other ideas he said, "Stats". A new box appeared this time that was much larger and contained his name.
[Name: Izuku Midoriya
Age: 14
Level: 1
Quirks: ? (Inherited) (Locked)
Gamer (Given)
Health: 100/100
Mana: 100/100
Stamina: 100/100
Str: 10
Con: 10
Dex: 10
Agi: 10
Int: 10
Wis: 10
Cha: 10
Res: 10
Luck: 10
Points: 0
Perks: None
Qualities: None]
[If you would like more information on a given stat, you may select it at a later time at your leisure. To continue with the tutorial please say, 'Upgrades'.]
Izuku knew what most of these stats meant. He played many RPGs before. Strength was how hard you hit and how much you could carry, and Constitution was how much damage you can take and overall life. Dexterity and Agility confused him, what made them different? He tried to select them but the box wouldn't let him. 'Guess I have to check at a later time.' Intelligence was, along with Wisdom, tied to Mana. Charisma was talking and lying, and he had no idea what Res was at all, he'd never seen that in a video game before. Luck was luck obviously, but the time he had ever seen it in a video game it was only used for loot drops. This was real life though, enemies don't dissolve into pixels, so what would luck be used for?
Before he could say upgrades, a shadow appeared above him. "You okay kid?".
At that moment, he realized he was lying on the sidewalk. To other people, he was just staring at the sky. Quickly scrambling to his feet, he quickly apologized to the man for making him worry and rushed the rest of the way home with the box in front of him.
Walking through his front door, he noticed the smell of food wafting in from the kitchen. With a call, "Hi mom!", he quickly made the rest of the way to his room.
Before he could close the door his mom called back out to him. "Hi honey, dinner will be ready in about an hour."
With a call of acknowledgement, he closed the door, threw his stuff on his desk chair, and sat down on his bed. "Upgrades." A new box appeared displaying three options:
[Perks]
[Qualities]
[Quirks]
[Please say perks to continue.]
"Perks." A new box appeared displaying a drop down list of many different options. Although many of them were grayed out and filled with ?.
[Perks are supernatural and magical upgrades that can be unlocked with perk points. As the Gamer you automatically unlock Gamer's Mind and Gamer's Body. Please select them below to find out more, and say Qualities to continue.]
First selecting Gamer's Mind and then Gamer's Body, he read the descriptions for them.
[Gamer's Mind Lvl: Max
You are the Gamer, you have no time to freak out you are able to logically think through all situations regardless of emotions. You are also immune to almost all psychological effects.]
[Gamer's Body Lvl: Max
Your body is always in perfect health unless injured. You are unable to contract diseases or viruses. You are also able to, with proper rest, restore lost health and body parts. Be very careful however, if your health drops to zero you will die.]
Izuku blinked, 'I can restore lost body parts by sleeping? How would you even explain that to someone?' He decided to continue on with the tutorial and check out the other perks later on, "Qualities".
[If Perks are supernatural and magical then Qualities are the physical side, being the Gamer grants you one quality of your choice and who you are grants you an additional quality.]
[Quality added! Behind the eyes added.]
[You may select one quality of your choice at the conclusion of the tutorial. To continue say Quirks]
[Behind the eyes Lvl: 1 Xp: 0.00%
Your mind is one of your greatest attributes, and is able to perform calculations and other forms of thinking at a faster pace. Train this quality to one day be as fast or superior to even a super computer.
Increase INT by 2% per lvl of BtE.]
"Izuku! Dinner!" He jumped at the sound of his mother's voice.
That's, wow, how would you even increase something like that? Mental Math?' He stood up closing the boxes and headed to dinner.
Izuku and his mother decided to sit down on the couch and watch the news for dinner that night. Not a normal occurrence, but after Izuku broke the news of what happened today, they decided to see if he would appear on TV, much to Izuku's embarrassment. He had decided to keep the Gamer a secret for now until he knew more about it.
"Today in the middle of the marketplace a young student was taken hostage by a villain while multi-", someone had run on stage handing the news caster a piece of paper and as she read it, her eyes widened.
"Breaking news! Viewer discretion is advised!" She paused, probably to give parents a chance to change the channel. "The vigilante known as Absorbent Girl has been found dead at the hands of an unknown villain! Earlier in the evening a group of officers responded to a noise complaint coming from a warehouse and discovered the mutilated corpse. Upon running diagnostics it is now known that Absorbent Girl's true name is Katherine Hale, an immigrant from the United States. She leaves behind a husband and 2 children who are now under protective custody. We were unable to get any word from them. We will have more information within the hour please stay tuned."
As the TV cut to a commercial Izuku experienced the worst headache he had ever had, and then it faded as fast it came. He remembered her. "Mom I think I knew her."
Inko looked at her son sideways and with a little worry, "How?"
"I think she was the one that gave me that notebook. The one that said 'For when you meet All Might?' Do you remember where it is?"
Putting a finger to her chin and thinking out loud. "Probably in the box of your kid stuff. I never threw any of your hero stuff out, so probably in there. We can look for it after dinner. But why did she give it to you?"
Izuku honestly didn't know, he remembered the park but not when she slipped it in. She knew him and not just his name, but who he was. He also had the feeling she knew she would die when they met. Deciding to continue hiding the Gamer quirk he told a white lie, "After I got into a scuffle with Kaachan awhile back, she found me in the park and healed me. She gave me the notebook and told me to get it signed for her, I think she just wanted to cheer me up."
Inko smiled at that, "She sounded like a nice lady, sad to know she's gone now though. I feel bad for her kids, to not have a mom anymore, I wonder how they're coping."
A notification popped up.
[New skill created! Lying Lvl: 1 Xp: 0.5%
Whether a white lie or a lie for your life, you sometimes got to do it. Mastery of this skill may even allow you to trick a god of truth.
Lies have a 1% chance of success.]
Izuku felt bad for lying but he resolved himself to tell the truth after he figured everything out.
They continued to watch TV and ended up seeing him on TV rescuing Kaachan from the sludge villain. When the clip finally finished, showing All Might appear, his mother berated him for rushing in and hugged him for staying safe.
After dinner was finished, Izuku, with the help of his mom, went through all the hero stuff from the last 10 years to find the notebook. Which was easier said than done as even from a young age he had written about all the heroes he had seen on TV or videos. His mom was helpful but got stopped every so often as she found something that made her eyes watered in remembrance of her little boy. Twenty minutes later and 3 boxes in his mom found it, they repacked all the stuff and organized everything a bit better for the future. When he took the notebook in his hand a prompt appeared.
[You have encountered a locked object.
This object has been locked by a spell and requires a password to read.]
'What could the password be?' He looked through the notebook but every page was blank, the only thing written on it was the cover. 'For when you meet All Might.' "Maybe.." He carefully traced All Might's signature onto the cover.
[New Skill Created! Document Forging Lvl: 4 Xp: 0.40%
A signature is just a start, learn the flicks and daps off an original to even baffle the owner.
Mastery of this skill can either start a war or end one.
Believability of forged document 4%]
Izuku couldn't help but blush red, he only practiced All Might's signature a little bit. Definitely not 4 levels worth.
[Object unlocked!]
Izuku looked at the book in wonder. The words that were on the cover faded away and got replaced by the title, "The Gamer Files".
[Do you wish to add 'The Gamer Files' to your library? Yes or No?]
With an arched eyebrow he said, "Yes?" A yellow light engulfed the book. Upon dissipating the book was dissolved and a new box appeared.
[Do you wish to view your latest document?]
"Yes", a new box opened displaying the cover and a small tutorial book appeared.
[Swipe with one finger to view the next page.
Use two fingers to zoom in and out.]
'Alright, pretty basic.' Getting comfortable on his bed, he began to read.
Chapter One - Secret or no Secret
While the Gamer quirk has endless possibilities and you can, after many levels and experience, defend yourself from almost anything. You may want to keep it secret from everyone, barring your parents and the people who know your natural born quirk intimately. If you have multiple quirks it may be easier to say you 'Unlocked' more abilities through training and hard work. The option is yours but it is recommended you keep it from general knowledge as it will make you a large target.
Sticky note in the notebook-
Zuku, I suggest telling your mom, as she knows almost everything about you, All Might, as he is giving his quirk to you and knows you didn't have one before, and maybe no more than that. You will face many trials to become #1 but I know you can do it. Plus Ultra! ~Kat
Izuku decided to take the advice offered and told his mom, she took it pretty well honestly. She only had a minor freak out from a vigilante wiping his memory.
He decided to spend the time before bed finishing the tutorial and choose his quality. "Upgrades."
The blue box appeared with the 3 options. "Qualities" A new box appeared this time not being covered by a tutorial.
[Qualities - 1 quality available
You have 21 available choices.
Strength of a Hero -
Since the dawn of heroes the first power thought of was super strength.
Increase Str by 2% per level of Strength of a Hero.
Steel Gut -
Knowing how to and being able to take a hit are two different things.
Increase Con by 2% per level of Steel Gut.
Watch the Hands -
Even a bad con artist knows you need quick hands.
Increase Dex by 2% per level of Watch the Hands.
Nimble Arts -
Even cats are willing to take advice from you.
Increase Agi by 2% per level of Nimble Arts.
(Attained) Behind the Eyes
Sage of Heroes -
Even heroes need someone to turn to for advice.
Increase Wis by 2% per level of Sage of Heroes.
Golden Voice -
When you speak people will listen, as long as you are interesting.
Increase Cha by 2% per level of Golden Voice.
Steadfast Hero -
Stand firm, hold your ground and bow to no man.
Increase Res by 2% per level of Steadfast Hero.
Drop of a Rainbow -
Four leaf clovers would be lucky to have you.
Increase Luck by 2% per level of Drop of a Rainbow.
Photographic Memory -
Gain access to the archive. A collection of memories based on your life.
Lost with direction -
Gain access to 3 survival type skills that deal with wayfinding.
Muscle Malleability -
It is 25% easier to gain bonus stat points from physical exercise.
Mental Gymnastics -
It is 25% easier to gain bonus stat points from mental exercises.
Ambidextrous -
Gain the ability to use your non-dominant hand unimpeded.
Steel Bones -
Your bones become ten times more dense.
Rubber Joints -
Your tendons can stretch and take more punishment before tearing.
Insomniac - (Can be taken 2 times)
Reduced time needed to sleep by 2 hours.
Til the last breath -
Once a week you are able to go below 0 equal to 25% of your total HP.
Longevity -
Increase life span by 25%.
Hunker Down -
Increase Str, Con, and Res by 20% for 5 seconds.
Fluid Grace -
Increase Dex and Agi by 20% for 5 seconds.
Mental Overdrive -
Increase Int and Wis by 20% for 5 seconds.]
[Choose wisely Gamer.]
Izuku was blown away, even if he could only choose one there were so many good options. If these were the physical side of Upgrades he couldn't wait to unlock a perk. Now which should he choose? Muscle Malleability would be extremely nice for his upcoming training from hell, but Photographic Memory seemed interesting too. Muscle Malleability though had the best immediate gains. So he selected it.
[Quality unlocked! Muscle Malleability Level: Max
Your body knows pains and gains.
Increase bonus stat point gains from physical exercise by 25%.]
[Remaining Quality points: 0]
"Quirks!" Izuku would be lying if he said this wasn't the part he was most looking forward to.
[Quirks are the lifeblood for almost all heroes, vigilantes and villains. Obviously you have the Gamer quirk, but what else can you do?
Unlike previous upgrades, quirk upgrades are based on level of said quirk or your personal level.]
[As the 'Gamer' you automatically gain the upgrade, Observe.]
[Skill unlocked! Observe Level: 1 Xp: 0.00%
This skill allows you to see stats and possibly hidden information about objects or people.
Revealed information: Name, Age, Level.]
'That's useful. I wonder what All Might's level is?'
[Quirks: Gamer, ? (Locked)
Gamer upgrades. (Based on Personal Level)
(Unlocked) Level 1: Observe
Level 15 : Party
Level 30 : Class
Level 45 : Path
Level 60 : Profession
Level 75 : ?
Level 90 : ?
Level 100 : ?
(Locked) ? Level: 0
To Unlock this quirk you must reach level 20 and sacrifice all XP. Your level after sacrifice will be level 1, however all bonus stat points, skills, perks, and qualities will remain the same.]
While he couldn't select them, he could guess what the upgrades for Gamer were. The quirk that was locked very much intrigued him. He obviously didn't have a quirk himself but maybe it was the quirk he would have had if he did have one.
'I should really find a way to grind xp. I really want to know what the quirk is but I feel like that's a lot of xp to give up at the same time. Oh well.'
It was currently 11 PM so finding a way to grind outside was not possible. Maybe there was a way to grind non-physical stats. Intelligence was finding possibilities, while wisdom is knowing the outcome of said possibilities. Charisma was just talking and he didn't really know of a way to level it besides talking. He didn't have a lot of friends, so that was out. Res, or resilience as he figured out, was standing your ground, fighting fear and working through pain and death. So that was out. As for Luck the only real possibility he could think of was gambling but he was only 14 so that was a no go.
Intelligence first! Getting onto his computer, he started looking for free online classes. 'How to code. That sounds interesting.'
Izuku woke up the next morning at 8 am, later than he normally would but not late enough to make his mom wake him. He spent 2 hours last night learning about coding and was rewarded with not only bonus stat points but a new skill as well.
[New skill unlocked! Coding Level: 7 Xp: 32.68%
In this day and age coding can lead you through many paths. From the most basics of robotics to machines capable of space travel. The future is at your fingertips.
Coding languages known:
Python: 72% complete
Java: 33% complete ]
[Due to intense learning you have gained 4 bonus stat points to Int. You also gained 2 points to Res for working through your headache and perseverance.]
The coding halfway through started to give him a headache, but at that point he had already gained 2 stat points to Int so he was all too happy to keep working. He had to stop though, he had training with All Might in a half hour.
Getting changed, grabbing a bite to eat and saying goodbye to his mom he made his way to Dagobah Beach. Still the same trash heap it was yesterday.
"Young Midoriya, over here!"
Izuku started making his way through the trash heap and found the skeletal version of All Might. He still couldn't believe that this was All Might's true form, but nonetheless, he still respected the man to no ends.. With a hushed, "[Observe]" he looked at All Might's basic stats.
[Name: Toshinori Yagi
Age: 53
Level: ?]
[Note you encountered an individual who's level and stats far surpass your own. Level up to reveal more information about them.]
'How strong is he?' Izuku was shocked but not surprised, he hadn't had the chance to observe another hero. "Hello, Mr. Yagi!"
All Might's eyes widened, "I-I have something to tell you." Izuku was nervous, he could see the tension in All Might. "I have a quirk now."
"How is that possible, were you lying before?" It wasn't accusing, or disbelief in his voice, just surprise.
"No, when I was 6, a woman approached me and she said her name was Kat. She was Absorbent Girl, she died last night, you heard about that didn't you?" He looked up at his teacher, and saw an amazed look on his face.
"Izuku, your mission if you choose to accept is to get into UA as the #1 student, and to become able to wield my power in your own name."
[New Quest!
The New Torchbearer.
Do you accept?]
"How did you?.." Izuku trailed off, eyes wide staring at his hero.
All Might sat down on top of a metal cabinet and began. "Roughly 9 years ago I met a woman while on patrol, she attacked me and nearly fought me to a stand still. I nearly had her, then she said she knew the truth, I was shocked and angry that a villain, a villain!, knew my secret. I was about to knock her out, and she told me she'd help me with something when I questioned her, and before you ask that is not something I will tell you yet. I took her help and we became friends. We went on a few missions together and a year later she gave me a notebook, where I was only able to read the first page.
It said she was able to pass on her power and when I found my successor I should speak that sentence. After she gave it to me, she disappeared and whenever I tried to track her down she always slipped away. Then I received my injury, and I wasn't able to keep my searches up. Eventually I forgot about her and the notebook, then I saw the news broadcast and searched for the notebook and found it in a small box where I put everything I received from her. Unfortunately I didn't bring them today. I honestly thought she was a little crazy so I tried to put it out of mind. Last night I received a call from a contact of mine in the police and he told me that the handy work of her death was at the hands of the villain who gave me my injury. I think she tried to fight him."
[New Quest!
The First of Her Line!
Do you accept?]
Izuku having sat down already was lucky not standing when this appeared, he might have fallen to his knees. "Sir did she tell you anything about her quirk?"
"No, she always said she wasn't using her full potential when fighting with me, but her 'edition' of her quirk wasn't powerful enough to defeat the greatest of the villains, only stand her ground. I assume you know something about that?"
He nodded, "It's called Gamer, it turns myself and anything I interact with into a video game. When I received it, it said it was version 2.0, I assume she had Version 1.0."
All Might nodded thoughtfully. "I see, that would explain a few things but it doesn't explain how she was able to use different powers, and I'm afraid I don't know a lot about video games so I'm unable to think of your potential."
"I think if I train hard and a lot my stats will increase steadily making attaining the requirements for One for All much easier. I also can't get fatigued and as long as I'm not hurt I apparently don't need to sleep."
All Might's mouth hung open, "You're not kidding are you?"
Izuku shook his head, "Along with me pretty much turning into a game character I get upgrades to my being. Two of the free ones I received were Gamer's Body and Gamer's Mind. Gamer's Body gives me unnatural endurance and Gamer's Mind turns my emotions off when I'm overwhelmed and makes my mind a brick wall to mind readers and mental manipulation."
"Not many heroes or villains have quirks based on mental manipulation, which just makes you stronger as most people are very susceptible to them. As for your endurance this changes everything." He adopted a very hard thinking face.
2 weeks later
All Might had given him the notebook, and it was another locked object but nothing he tried had worked so far. The only note was the first page and it was exactly what All Might said. No clue like his own and no obvious hint in the message.
While the notebook was a dead end for now. He had spent the last two weeks training with All Might, and gained a steady amount of points that started making his training easier. The beach was half way cleared, most of the larger items had been moved away, with the exception of the really large items. Seriously though, who dumps a car on a beach?
He decided to check his stats while walking to the beach to start the day.
[Name: Izuku Midoriya
Age: 14
Level: 1
Quirks: ? (Inherited) (Locked)
Gamer (Given)
Health: 500/500
Mana: 200/200
Stamina: 650/650
Str: 54
Con: 56
Dex: 46
Agi: 42
Int: 22
Wis: 20
Cha: 10
Res: 65
Luck: 10
Points: 0
Perks: Gamer's Mind
Gamer's Body
Qualities: Behind the Eyes
Muscle Malleability]
His stats were coming along nicely. Although his physical stats were approaching the point where he barely gained a single point every 3 days of training. His mental stats were slow going as he only had 2-3 hours a night to dedicate to them, and Resilience had skyrocketed for keeping to the mind numbing training. While he couldn't say he was having fun, it was totally worth it.
Arriving at the beach, he was greeted with the sight of All Might, in his thin form, nursing a cup of coffee to fight off the morning chill. He waved, "Mr. Yagi!"
All Might looked up, and smiled, "Young Midoriya, how are you today?"
Sitting down next to him, he answered. "Good, I feel like I can actually be a hero, but there is something I want to ask you."
"Yes?"
"I need to earn experience from missions, and I want to try and hit level 20 as soon as possible."
"Why is that?"
Sigh. "Gamer says I have a locked quirk that I inherited, and I really want to try and get it before UA starts so I have time to practice with it."
All Might nodded along with the idea, "I can see merit in that but I don't know how I can assist you with that."
"Actually I got a quest you might be able to help with, it's about Kat." He found the quests box by accident one day. "It says find out who Kat was as a person and a hero, and gives me a hint, find the person who knew the most about her."
Putting his hand to his chin, "Well more than likely her husband, but her family is under protective custody." Putting his hand down and turning his gaze to Izuku, "What do you think I could do?"
Izuku flushed with embarrassment, finding the ground really interesting. "Maybe All Might could personally offer condolences to his friend's family? And maybe he could bring along a fan who wishes to thank them?"
All Might smiled, "Maybe, but I could face a lot of backlash from that, I'll ask but no promises and I think it's time for you to start working."
"Yes sir and thank you."
Two weeks Later
Izuku and All Might sat at a table in a conference room in the middle of a police station, waiting for Kat's family to show up.
"Is it bad I'm nervous?" Izuku asked while fidgeting.
All Might patted him on his head, "Not at all, just try to calm down a little though."
Izuku nodded and started to take a deep breath when the door opened. The people who walked in was a man, who was roughly 180 CM, followed by a little girl and a teenage girl about his age.
The little girl, who had multicolored hair, ran up to All Might's chair and started to gush about the number 1 Hero. The teenager, who had very dark black hair, sat down and leaned back. She then started to glare daggers into Izuku, making him feel on edge. Her dad walked up behind her, lightly smacked the back of her head, and said in a rather deep voice, "Stop that, you know you mother would want you to be nice."
That seemed to subdue the girl but she still shot a glare at Izuku. "Nice to meet you All Might and I believe your name is Izuku?"
"How did you know my name?"
The man sat down. "My wife told me all about you and that you might want to meet me one day." He put his hand on his daughter's shoulder and said, "She also knows and isn't very happy about it."
"Why did mom want him to have her power, it's not like I couldn't use it." She crossed her arms.
Sigh. "We've been over this Seiren, your mom gave him the power before you were born." Izuku did a double take, how old is this girl?
"Um excuse me, but could you calm down the little miss?" Looking over Izuku saw the little girl was starting to shine with different colors and was starting to get brighter and brighter.
"Akito, come here please."
"But it's All Might!" She says exasperated.
"Now."
"But."
"No, come here."
"Fine." She crossed her arms and stomped over to her father, who picked her up and put her on his lap.
"Now what can I answer for you?" The man wrapped his hands around his daughter and looked at All Might and Izuku expectantly.
"Mr. Hale, I'm curious to know how your wife knew what she did and why she never did anything with it?" All Might put his hands together and looked at the man.
"Unfortunately I don't know half of what she knew and she never told me. I apologize I'm not much help there, even my daughter Seiren doesn't know. Katherine kept her secrets under lock and key."
"It's alright, I was just curious, it's not a major concern. Izuku, my boy, go ahead."
Izuku jumped a little bit in his seat, "Uh, yeah, um, why did she choose me?"
Mr. Hale smiled and squeezed his daughter a little tighter, "She always said one of the greatest heroes to walk this planet had yet to be recognized and it would be a child who would throw themselves into any situation to help someone without thinking. She had her own reasons for choosing you but I'm afraid that was one of her other secrets, I apologize."
That's basically what All Might said when he offered One for All. "No that's more than enough, thank you. My next question is who was she?"
"Her name was Katherine Hale, when she entered a hero academy in the USA she dropped out and turned into a vigilante. She said something about the greatest evils don't deserve to live, she never killed from what I know. She just didn't agree with locking up the most depraved of villains."
Seiren spoke up and with a hard look spoke over her father, "Mom never killed, she only had her eyes on a handful of people that she deemed, 'Unfit' for life. Mr. Might knows who one of them is, and try as she might, she fell to that person. The only other I know of was out of her reach, whatever that means. In her late teens she somehow learned of you and various other things, she never said how. This is just a guess but I think she gained a premonition quirk that she never talked about."
"That leads to my last question, how did she gain other quirks?"
"Oh! I know this one!" Akito exclaimed, "She was born with a quirk stealing quirk that I forgot the name of and used Gamer to make it into..." Seiren covered her mouth and glared at her little sister.
"Don't you dare say anything about that." She turned to Izuku, "If he wants the book he has to join me on an adventure in my world." She gave a smirk and said. "Do you accept this mission?"
[New Quest!
Seiren, Daughter of the first, has offered you a book in exchange for an adventure in 'her' world.
Do you Accept?]
Izuku blinked at the box and looked at Seiren and nodded, "I accept."
Seiren's smile only grew bigger, and Akito shouted, finally freeing her mouth, "That's not fair, that's not what mom wanted!"
"Who cares, she gave me the book and I say he needs to do this, it's not like he can use it as a level one anyway." She crossed her arms and leaned back again.
"Wait how do you know my level?" Izuku asked, stunned.
"We're her kids, do you honestly think we wouldn't have some part of the Gamer in us?" She gave a deadpan look at Izuku.
'That makes sense.'
"Wait what's your level?"
"Take a look."
"[Observe.]"
[Name: Seiren Hale
Age: ?
Level: ?]
[Note you encountered an individual who's level and stats far surpass your own. Level up to reveal more information about them.]
Seiren smirked, "Oh yeah you're too weak."
"Meanie, you can look at my level!", exclaimed Akito.
"[Observe.]"
[Name: Akito Hale
Age: 6
Level: 17
Quirks: ?, and ?
Health: ?
Mana: ?
Stamina: ?
Str: ?
Con: ?
Dex: ?
Agi: ?
Int: ?
Wis: ?
Cha: ?
Res: ?
Luck: ?
Akito is a young girl and the second daughter of Katherine Hale.
Beware the power of a thief, as the best can steal your soul.]
"Why are there so many question marks? Also what's with the sentence at the bottom?"
"What level is your Observe?"
"Uh, level 1."
"How many times have you used it?"
Izuku realized he had only used it three times, "Three."
Seiren answered, "Then use it on dad and it should level up, but to answer your question, your Observe is too low level to view stats. As for the sentence, it's a warning, it becomes more clear and detailed the higher level you are and the higher level Observe is." She stood up, stretched and looked over to ask. "You ready?"
Izuku looked over at All Might who so far hadn't really spoken and just looked on in interest. His teacher just shrugged and nodded. "Um yeah sure. Just one thing. [Observe]."
[Name: Hideki Tanaka
Age: 36
Level: ?]
[Note you encountered an individual who's level and stats far surpass your own. Level up to reveal more information about them.]
[Observe has leveled up to level 2.
Observe Level: 2 XP: 0.00%
This skill allows you to see stats and possibly hidden information about objects and people.
Information revealed: Name, Age, Level, and stats.]
"Ok ready." Izuku stood and walked over to Seiren. Akito jumped off her father's lap and started asking her sister to come along.
"Dad, it's up to you."
Hideki looked between his daughters and with a sigh said. "Fine but keep her safe Sei and be back in 10 minutes."
Seiren waved her hand nonchalantly at her father. "Yeah, yeah, not like I would ever let anything happen to her." She snapped her fingers and a black portal appeared next to her.
"Let's go." And through the portal they went.
Chapter Two - Stats for Dummies
Stats are the lifeblood of all Gamers and the benchmark for the greatest heroes or villains. Gamers live and die by their stats. Strength determines your total physical power. Constitution is both your ability to take a hit and your total Hit Points, it along with Resilience also equal your total Stamina; (Con x5) + (Res x5). Dexterity determines whether an attack hits, while Agility determines your ability to dodge. Intelligence equals the power for most spells, and Wisdom determines the duration of spells/effects, while both determine your total mana pool; (Int x5) +(Wis x10). Charisma determines all social based skills. Resilience by itself determines the strength of Cha based skills on you. Luck is a universal skill that helps all other skills; (Luck/10)% which is added to all stats rounded down.
Five bonus stat points are given every level.
Attached sticky note -
Zuku if you do manage to level up early on do NOT spend your bonus stat points yet. As you probably noticed, earning stat increases are fairly easy, but when you reach higher levels and certain thresholds your rate of gain is severely hampered.
Izuku was the last through the portal and as he entered, he was greeted with what he could only describe as a nightmare realm. The horizon was nonexistent being shrouded by a black mist that went on forever and the ground in front of him was barren black rock for 30 feet then dropped off into who knows what. The only illumination was a blue sun that seemed to make the place feel more ominous.
"It's called the ShadowScape, Mom named it, and as Akito said mom was born with the quirk Absorption. She sometime before coming to Japan found someone with the quirk that took them to this place randomly and had to survive until they were brought back. Mom only ever permanently took 4 quirks in her life. The ability to travel here was one of them. Before I was born she tried mapping this place out and it seems to go on forever." She walked over to the edge and peered over into the distance.
Akito hopped up to Izuku with a smile. "Mom farmed here for most of her off time, time here goes super slow or super fast depending on where you go." She turned to her sister and asked. "So are you going to give him a map or are you going to be a butt head about that too?"
Seiren glared at her younger sister, but took a scroll out of her pocket. 'How in the world did that fit in her pocket?' The scroll itself was 3 feet long and about 4 inches thick.
She tossed it to Izuku who caught it with almost no fumbling despite the weight of the thing. "Use Observe on it."
With a small nod. "[Observe]"
[You have encountered a minimap!
Do you wish to add the minimap to your map collection?]
Izuku selected Yes and the scroll disintegrated into tiny particles that consumed his vision after a second. Trusting Akito to not let her sister permanently disable him he held in his cry of alarm. After what felt like minutes he was granted a blue text box.
[Minimap added!
Do you wish to enable the map?]
Selecting yes again his mind was filled with visions of scaling canyons, finding lost ruins, forests of monsters who whispered your greatest fears, pits of darkness that echoed with the rumbles of beings so large you should be able to see them. Then the visions faded, and he was looking out toward the horizon which while still blurry, but much further back now. "What was that?"
He looked at the sisters it was Akito that answered with a smile, "Mom made the map, and everything you saw was her adventures through here, at least to the point when she made the map."
Seiren once again took something out of her pocket, which turned out to be a lot of rope. "How are you doing that?" Izuku asked curiously.
Seiren smirked at him, "Make it a day without almost dying and I'll tell you." She took out a metal pike and started driving it into the ground with her bare hand.
'I wonder how strong she is?'
Standing up and pulling out a set of gloves, she tossed them to him. "Put those on, I'll take my sister down and we'll wait for you at the bottom."
Akito ran over to her sister, who fell over the edge. Izuku let out a panicked yell, ran over the edge to peer down. He saw the sister falling toward the bottom which was easily 300 meters down. As they were about to hit the bottom, a portal opened on the floor below them, and they disappeared. They reappeared when a second portal opened up and threw them upwards, causing them to lose their momentum and speed. As they land Akito excitedly waved to Izuku calling up to him but they're too far down to hear. Looking over to the rope that dangled over the edge, he let out a sigh and put on the gloves.
Back on Earth
"Sooo... Where did they go?", asked All Might.
With a sigh Hideki watched the portal close. "More than likely a place called the Shadowscape. Never been there myself but my wife told me stories about it. Dangerous and endless. They'll be fine." He added quickly, noticing the widening of All Might's eyes. "Seiren is more than capable of protecting herself, her sister, and Izuku."
All Might coughed into his hand, "If you don't mind me asking what are their quirks?"
"Not at all, Akito's quirk is Absorption, and Seiren's is called Dimensional Travel. They also both share the quirk Gamer Lite."
"Two quirks? While that's not unheard of it's quite rare. And for you to have two kids like that, it's amazing."
The father of two laughed. "Trust me there was nothing natural about it. After my wife gave birth to Seiren she was given a prompt, that stated she got to choose a quirk at the birth. She gave both of her kids some of her strongest abilities. Gamer Lite was the quirk they were born with, which by itself is amazing but not as strong as Gamer. Seiren was given Dimensional Travel which essentially makes her immortal as long as she doesn't get killed. When Akito was born Kat tried to give her the same thing but was unable to as the prompt stated that a quirk is not able to be selected twice. So Akito was given my wife's quirk Absorption."
"What's the difference between Gamer and Lite?"
"Lite doesn't allow the ability to learn everything like Gamer does, it also doesn't allow the person to select upgrades at level up or to level up the quirk itself. Gamer allows you to do all that and then some. From what my daughters have told me each skill they have has a percentage of how easy a skill is to learn. While some or most skills have 65 to 75%, certain skills are apparently locked as they have zero affinity to that skill. Gamer doesn't have this as it allows the user to learn any skill at 100%."
All Might nodded along thinking. "What are the weaknesses of Gamer?"
"My wife said a hero called EraserHead was able to cancel all quirks she had but the stat increases and points spent beforehand with Gamer don't disappear. If Gamer is the only reason you have access to something, then a quirk like his would be able to negate all those skills and abilities. Other than completely erasing the quirk, outlasting the Gamer in a contest of endurance will do it. Unlike you and I, who when it comes down to a last stand, are able to pull on adrenaline and willpower to keep fighting past our bodily limits, Izuku can't. When he's out of Stamina, he's out and will pass out."
All Might's eyes widened, "How would he increase his Stamina then?"
"Constitution and Resilience increase Stamina so I would focus on leveling those."
Back to ShadowScape
They were currently walking through rocky terrain and headed toward what Izuku believed was the forest in his vision. "Where are we going?"
Seiren without breaking stride or turning answered. "Forest of Despair and Nightmares".
Akito, who was walking next to him, said. "Mom used the forest to increase her Res. Your's is kind of low so we're going to try and get it up." Her smile didn't comfort Izuku.
"What can you tell me of your mom?", asked Izuku, hoping to get his mind off the impending forest.
"She was super nice, while she didn't want to be a hero, she couldn't be a villain either, because her natural attitude toward life was to be nice to everyone, as long as you didn't harm other people."
Izuku, having to look forward while she spoke, saw Seiren's fist clench and release repeatedly. 'Wonder what's on her mind.' He looked at Aki. "Another question, you are remarkably talkative and articulate for a six year old. Are you sure you're six?" Izuku had a smile on his face as he asked.
Akito giggled. "Seiren says you have to survive a day to get the answer so you have to wait." As she finished she stuck her tongue out and ran forward to be with her sister.
Izuku sighed. 'Why do I feel like I'm going to die?'
An hour later Izuku and the girls found themselves in front of a massive forest with a trail going straight through it. Seiren turned to Izuku. "Your mission is to get to the other side no matter what it takes. We'll be on the other side waiting for you. Come on Akito." The little girl puffed her cheeks and walked over to her sister and began whisper yelling at her. After a few seconds of back and forth Seiren straightened out her back, and spoke. "I am going to begrudgingly tell you a few things to help put your mind at ease. One don't worry about monsters, they don't live on this level of the Shadow Scape. Two, give any holes in the ground a wide berth as you won't be able to tell how deep they are and if you fall in one who knows how many levels you fall down. Three, if you do happen to collapse I will know and will teleport you out, Okay?" Izuku nodded, "Happy now you little She-devil?"
Akito's response was to stick out her tongue and make a face. She waved goodbye to Izuku as they walked through a portal. Turning to the forest entrance he was greeted with something moving through the shade of the trees. He felt a chill crawl through his spine, 'Monsters don't live here'. Steeling his nerves, he began to walk forward.
In. Out. In. Out. 'You can do this.' As soon as he took the first step in the forest, his body froze, and a box appeared.
[You are about to enter a Dungeon!
Training Arena – Forest of Despair and Nightmares
Allows participants to raise their RES up to 100 as long as they successfully pass the requirements.
Requirements – Make it through the other side before the time limit is up! (1:00:00.00)
Do you wish to enter?]
Selecting Yes, his body unfroze. Taking a breath in he started walking forward, and was greeted with a prompt.
[Gamer's Mind has negated the following status effect:
Whispers of Depression.]
'Well, that's useful.'
(Seiren)
"So why are you being so mean to him?"
"Mom died and gave the greatest power imaginable to some kid who she didn't even know. Why should I be nice to him?"
"But Mom said she did know him," Her sister looked down at her clasped hands. "I'm sad she's gone to you know, you didn't have the right to leave me alone when she died."
Crossing her arms and looking away she spoke softly. "I told you to come with me, you didn't need to stay behind."
"And leave dad alone? It affected him more than either of us and you want to leave him alone?" Akito's voice became more harsh.
"He's an adult, he would have been fine." She refused to turn around.
"And you spending years in this damned place was what? Helpful to you? You haven't spoken to me or dad since you got back!" Akito was standing at this point yelling at her sister.
Turning to face her sister, she saw the red rimmed eyes. "What's there to say to people who act like what mom did was fine?"
"It was what she wanted!"
"Who wants to die! She didn't need to face that villain!"
Akito sat back down and curled her legs into her chest, "You saw the prompt and her health bar just the same as I did."
How could she forget? Watching your mom's health hit zero and receiving a prompt that says 'I love you both. I tried to help the world before it knew it needed it but I was unable to do it. I'm sorry and I love you.' She'd tried to teleport to her mom seeing her health hit the red, but mom had set up a locked pocket dimension to fight the villain in. She was powerless to help her mom with a quirk that made the user and friends essentially immortal. Her sister was sobbing into her knees by now, with a small sigh she sat down next to her. Pulling her sister's head on to her lap, she began to sing.
(Play any female version of To Be With You by Mr. Big)
Her sister had calmed down half way through and promptly fell asleep. Speaking softly, mostly to herself, "Izuku I really hope you become what my mom expected of you."
While Izuku couldn't say that he was having fun, but he wasn't doing too bad if he did say so himself. The forest started with whispering and things like, 'You won't be good enough', 'You'll let him down'. Which was fine, he could honestly tell himself he probably wouldn't live up to what All Might is. It wasn't until it started getting louder and apperations started appearing that he started feeling sad but a mini Kaachan yelling insults at you ceases to be scary when an older Kaachan was so much worse. Even when an older Kacchan would appear it was just telling him the exact same thing that current Kaachan would say. The one that hurt the most was his Mom, she didn't support his dream to become a hero until he got the Gamer quirk.
Up ahead he saw a shadow starting to take form and color. 'Who's next?'
Mini-Might appears and with a solemn look on his face, he says, "I'm sorry I've decided to choose someone else to give One for All too."
'Even if All Might did say that I think I would be fine without it now. I have Gamer now, I just need to train it hard to make it decent enough to get into UA. Then it's nothing but farming and cruising through school work.'
[Name: Izuku Midoriya
Age: 14
Level: 1
Quirks: ? (Inherited) (Locked)
Gamer (Given)
Health: 720/720
Mana: 1065/1065
Stamina: 625/800
Str: 75
Con: 72
Dex: 58
Agi: 49
Int: 90 (95)
Wis: 59
Cha: 15
Res: 88
Luck: 10
Points: 0
Perks: Gamer's Mind
Gamer's Body
Qualities: Behind the Eyes
Muscle Malleability]
[Behind the Eyes Lvl: 3 Xp: 22.45%
Your mind is one of your greatest attributes, and is able to perform calculations and other forms of thinking at a faster pace. Train this quality to one day be as fast or superior to even a super computer.
Increase INT by 2% per lvl of BtE.
Current stat increase: +5 (rounded down)]
Not including today he had worked extremely hard on his Int after having cleared most of the beach. He was extremely proud of himself. He had gained several stat increases to Str and Con from climbing down the rope earlier and had even gained a new skill from being in this place.
[New Skill created! Night vision Lvl: 1 Xp: 67.3%
Darkness holds many things be they secrets or monsters. Worry not though, you have gained the ability to find such wonders, no matter the light.
Current Distance 25 ft.]
He was more than happy to take the skill, being able to see in the dark made walking through this area so much easier. He assumed he was about 70% of the way through the forest and still had over half an hour to make it to the other side. What he really needed to do was find a way to increase his stats. Not having anything left on the beach to clean and no way to work out meant little to no physical stat increases. He had asked All Might to train him in hand to hand combat but was turned down so the hero could keep his muscle form for emergencies. Maybe he should find a dojo?
As he rounded a corner a rather large pit was covering half the trail and looked like it swallowed a tree or two. Wanting to not fall into who knows where he gave it plenty of space. As he walked past, he heard talking coming from the hole. Taking a step closer but no more, he could barely make out the voice of a little kid crying out. Panic started to overtake him and as he was about to step closer, a prompt appeared out of the corner of his vision.
[Gamer's Mind has negated the following status effect:
Cry of the Deep]
His pulse slowed back down and the crying shifted into a rumbling, that sounded like metal scraping rock. Taking a few steps back and letting go of the breath he didn't realize he was holding, he thought to himself. 'Maybe I should just hurry to the exit?'
Little over fifteen minutes later Izuku found himself exiting the forest where he was greeted with two things, the first being a prompt.
[Congratulations! You have successfully cleared the Forest of Despair and Nightmares!
Even though you technically cheated you'll still be rewarded!
Rewards - +12 to Res.]
Cheated? Maybe the status when entering the forest would have made it a lot worse?
Any who, the second thing he was greeted with the sight of two sisters asleep in each other's arms. Not wanting to disturb them, he sat down and decided to play on his phone, it didn't have reception but he still had games he could play.
It was in the middle of his 6th game of solitaire that Akito started to wake, causing her sister to open her eyes and see Izuku sitting there looking at them. Her face turned a slight shade of red, and then started to shake her sister lightly. "Get up, Izuku made it out."
Sitting up and stretching, Akito rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. "So how was it?"
Putting his phone away. "Pretty easy, though I did almost jump into a hole to save what I thought was a kid, but thanks to Gamer's Mind the spell, if it was a spell, was negated."
Akito and Seiren both adopted looks of confusion, it was Seiren who spoke first, "What's Gamer's Mind?"
It was Izuku's turn to be confused, "The free Perk I got for being the Gamer?"
"Mom said she only got Gamer's Body though."
Akito looked at Seiren and said. "Maybe it Mutated?"
"What does Gamer's Mind do?"
"It makes me immune to most psychological effects."
Akito started to giggle, which turned into laughter a second later. Izuku was more confused than ever, it was Seiren though that seemed to understand and got an annoyed look on her face. Having had the time to calm down and in between sucking in air she said, "You can't send him to your hellhole anymore."
"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up ya little devil." Standing up, she walked away. "Come on."
Still giggling, Akito stood up and waited for Izuku, who scrambled to his feet and looked at her expectantly. "Seiren found a dimension that torments people's minds, as it's not a dungeon there's no point in sending you there."
Izuku sweat dropped, "So where are we going now?"
"More than likely the ruins around the bend, it's another dungeon, but this one goes down a floor so there's monsters in there." She finished with a smile and mad gleam in her eye.
"But I don't know how to fight."
Seiren stopped dead in her tracks and turned around, "Are you fucking with me? You've had this power for a little over a month and have been training with The All Might! What have you been doing?!" She went red in her face.
"Dollar for the swear jar." Spoke up Akito, who looked up at Izuku, "Also I agree with her, what have you been doing?"
Scratching the back of his head. "Hehe, picking up trash?"
He could see a vein in Seiren's head pulse, "Are you kidding me?"
"No?"
Akito started laughing again. "Cheer up Sis, now you get to punch him a bunch until he learns!"
Grabbing Izuku by the arm, she led him to a small rocky clearing. "Ok put em up."
"What?"
"Your fist!"
Taking stance and putting his hands up, Seiren groaned, walked over and fixed his posture. "Feet apart, hands balled, cover your lower face. Now punch me."
"But."
"Just do it!"
"Fine." Psyching himself up he pulled his arm back and struck out but was slapped up side the head.
"One, that's not how you throw a punch, two, don't close your eyes, and three, have you never watched a fight before?"
"Only heroes that I see occasionally."
"Let me guess they used all these special moves and fought with quirks that shot fire or made their fist 5 times larger?" It didn't take a genius to figure out she was getting more and more annoyed.
"Umm. Yeah?"
A groan, "Fine copy me." She got into the pose she made Izuku take and slowly stretched out her balled fist. "Got it?" A nod, "Go for it but slowly so I can fix it if needed."
Stretching out his arm, she nodded as his arm was fully extended, "Now retract your arm and try the left." Repeating with his non-dominant hand, he earned another nod.
"Alright now punch me." Izuku punched again and was again slapped.
"I said stop closing your eyes!" Rubbing the spot he put his arms back up, "Look me dead in the eye and hold it."
Izuku stared into her eyes, they were a dark brown, "Now punch me like you mean it."
Taking a breath in, he struck out still staring into her eyes. She caught his punch but nodded at him, "Now punch again, retract and use your other hand, retract."
Following her instructions he punched twice, which were both caught but was greeted with a prompt.
[New Skill Created! Unarmed Combat Lvl: 1 Xp: 0.00%
Anyone can throw a punch but it takes a master to attack with any part of them.
Unarmed attacks deal 20% of your total Str + Dex.
Fighting styles - Basic Boxing - 1%]
"I got a new skill!" Izuku grinned but it was immediately wiped off by the punch that hit him in the nose. "Ow".
[You've been hit!
-20 Hp]
"Don't get distracted, now fight me!"
Putting his hands up, he took a deep breath in and released it. He looked Seiren in the eye and started throwing punches at her.
An hour later
He was currently laying on his back looking up at the cold blue sun. While training with Seiren was worth it in the end, constantly getting hit in the nose or stomach really hurt. As he laid there on the ground, he went through the notifications that appeared during the spar.
[Skill Leveled Up! Unarmed Combat Lvl: 5 Xp: 43.17%
Anyone can throw a punch but it takes a master to attack with any part of them.
Unarmed attacks deal 30% of your total Str + Dex.
Fighting Styles - Basic Boxing - 82%]
[Due to an intense workout session against a superior foe you have gained the following stat increases;
Str - +12
Con - +18
Dex - +17
Agi - +13
Res - +2]
[New Skill Created! Physical Resistance Lvl: 8 Xp: 87.36%
Your body is used to getting beat up, try standing up for yourself!
Physical attacks deal -16%.]
[Name: Izuku Midoriya
Age: 14
Level: 1
Quirks: ? (Inherited) (Locked)
Gamer (Given)
Health: 64/720
Mana: 1065/1065
Stamina: 32/800
Str: 87
Con: 100
Dex: 75
Agi: 62
Int: 95 (90+5)
Wis: 59
Cha: 15
Res: 102
Luck: 10
Points: 0
Perks: Gamer's Mind
Gamer's Body
Qualities: Behind the Eyes
Muscle Malleability]
[Congratulations! You have reach 100 in Con!
The following Quality has been added:
Hardened Skin Lvl: Max
Reduce slashing attacks by 30%, blunt attacks by 10% and piercing weapons by 0%.]
'So she punches me again it gets reduced by 26%? Not bad.' Too bad his health and stamina were too low to do anything. They were slowly going back up but going to sleep would be nice. "Can we sleep?", he called out.
"Nope!" Akito answered, standing over him. "Sleeping in here would be very bad, as long as you're awake and moving monsters won't bother you on the first floor. However, if you sleep then they'll try to get you!" She stuck her arms out like they were clawed.
"But my health is super low and my stamina is almost gone!"
"Akito?", said Seiren.
"Kk!" Reaching out, she tapped him on the nose. "Boop". A yellow aura started enveloping him and he watched as his health and stamina regen at an absurd rate.
"Umm, thanks?"
"You are most welcome." She gave a bow and walked back to her sister.
Standing up and feeling 100% again Izuku asked. "Could I learn that?"
"Right now? No, in a few levels potentially, you need to unlock the perk for spell casting."
'Spell casting?' Could he see himself casting magic and flying around the battlefield. Yes, yes he could.
"Now let's get to the ruins and start clearing some enemies." A brief walk led to a declining hole in the ground that flattened at the bottom. The flat circle at the bottom had a few crumbled pillars with a large stone square receded in the middle.
"Where's the entrance?", asked Izuku.
"The stone square. When you walk on it the gamer quirk will give you a prompt about making a raid group. That's what we're gonna do." Supplied Akito.
A few seconds later Seiren was the first on the square, and after a brief pause Izuku received the following prompt,
[You have been invited to join a raid group by The Mistress of Dimensions, Seiren Hale.
Do you accept?]
Clicking yes, he asked, "Mistress of Dimensions?"
Seiren turned slightly pink in the cheeks, "I didn't choose it! Unlike you and Mom, Gamer Lite doesn't allow the user to select titles."
A new prompt appeared.
[A new gamer has joined the raid battle!
Light Thief, Akito Hale Lvl: 16.]
"Light thief?", asked Izuku. "How did you get that title?"
Akito scratched her cheek and looked embarrassed, "Last year mom and I were here and I tried using my quirk to absorb some light, obviously the only light source is the creepy moon. Apparently it didn't like me doing that and turned itself off. My body has been slowly seeping the light out ever since, hence the hair. Also the little light show earlier."
"Wait, you have your mom's Absorption quirk?"
Akito nodded her head and with a little pride said. "Only the best for mom's favorite daughters!"
Hmmm. Ok then. "So how do we enter?"
A countdown appeared in front of him and as it hit 1 Izuku was met by black nothingness and a red prompt box.
[You are now entering a Raid Dungeon with less than the recommended party and below the recommended level.
There's no way to back out, this is a warning!]
Izuku gulped, 'Why would they take me here?'
A new prompt appeared this time, still in the red color.
[Now entering Ruins of the Shadow People.
Mission - clear floor 4, to proceed to the boss.
Bonus - ?]
Izuku was then teleported to a decently sized room standing in front of a closed door, the door itself was made of a lacquered black wood and was bordered by black stone which shone from a purple scone burning on either side of the door. Turning around he saw Akito pulling a weapon from her pocket, 'How are they doing that?'.
Using observe on the dagger looking item he was greeted with a prompt.
[Spell casting Focus +5
All spells cast through this focus are 5 lvls higher than their normal counterpart.]
He then turned to Seiren, who was impassively looking at her sister. 'She did teach me how to fight so I guess she doesn't need one?'
"You good?"
A thumbs up. "Yup."
"Then let's go."
Walking over to the door and heaving it open they were met with a corridor with several doors lining the hall, each door matched the recently opened one and the hallway ended in a T junction about 15 meters back. "So technically we don't need to clear the next three floors but, with you being level 1, we're going to have to. I am not taking you into the boss room like that. So, on you get, open the door and destroy the baddie."
Izuku gulped, 'She really doesn't like me does she?'
Walking toward the first door on the right, he put his hand on the handle. "Oh don't forget to use Observe on everything starting now." Nodding his head he peeked into the door and saw what looked to be a bedroom, albeit completely destroyed and occupied by a glob of shadow.
"[Observe]."
[Shadow Slime
Level: 1
Health: 250/250
Mana: 0/0
Stamina: 150/150
Str: 50
Con: 25
Dex: 25
Agi: 30
Int: 5
Wis: 5
Cha: 1
Res: 5
Luck: 10
A shadow slime is a congealed ball of shadow. Not very intelligent and easy to destroy, these beings tend to die quickly.]
'Huh that doesn't seem too bad.' Opening the door, the slime took notice and started 'charging' him. It was pretty much rolling over itself in an effort to get to him. Walking up to the slime he took a stance and threw a punch at it, which resulted in two things. The first being a very squishy feeling that made him queasy and the other was a prompt.
[Hit landed! Dealt 48 points of damage. Remaining health 202/250.]
Pulling his arm back and swiping the window away he took two quick jabs which caused two more prompts to appear, telling him he dealt 96 damage. Swiping the windows away again, he decided to try and end it quickly. It was then that the slime took its revenge and strings of black ooze struck out and attached themselves to Izuku trying to drag him into its body. Pulling back against the force, a small green window appeared in his upper right vision.
[Str check pass!]
It disappeared a second later and Izuku struck out a few more times. He finally destroyed the thing, but 3 more prompts appeared. 'This is starting to get annoying.'
Shaking his hands free of gunk, he swiped away the three windows and was greeted with a new screen.
[Enemy Defeated!
You have defeated a single enemy in one on one combat!
Xp earned: 200
Level progress: 200/543 36.83%]
"Congrats but what were you doing? You kept swiping at the air." It was Seiren.
"Every time I hit the slime a prompt appears saying the attack landed."
"Wait you haven't discovered the settings menu yet?"
"Settings?" As he said this a box appeared displaying the following options.
[BattleLog: Disabled
Soundtrack: Disabled
Change UI
Reset UI
Spell casting Input: Speech Enabled]
"Huh, what is the battle log?"
Akito answered. "Instead of a bunch of prompts appearing with every hit you get a single prompt at the end of the fight that lists all attacks, damage dealt, and damage taken."
"Useful." Selecting it, he enabled the BattleLog. "What's the Spell Casting Input?"
"Well, some skills need to be activated and all spells need to be cast. That option is to make your spells cast verbally, physically, or mentally."
Hmmm. 'Haven't been an issue yet, so I might as well leave it.'
"Enough with the tutorial let's get a move on. Next room."
Walking over to the next room and peering in he saw another Shadow Slime but this time it was in a supply closet. Using Observe didn't grant any new information. The fight ended rather quickly now that he wasn't distracted.
[BattleLog: Enemy 1x Shadow Slime
Attacks: 6 total attacks
Damage: 6 x 48 = 288 damage
Damage taken: None
Xp earned: 200
Lvl Progress: 400/543 73.66%]
Peering into the next room, which had once been some type of bathroom, he saw a massive dog wreath in shadows sniffing at the ground. "[Observe]."
[Shadow Mastiff
Level: 3
Health: 500/500
Mana: 0/0
Stamina: 450/450
Str: 80
Con: 50
Dex: 55
Agi: 70
Int: 20
Wis: 5
Cha: 5
Res: 40
Luck: 10
A shadow Mastiff is not a real dog in any way. They are the living embodiment of darkness' hunger.]
'Ok, I'll need to dodge, this thing is a lot stronger and smarter than the slime.' Deep breath in and out, he opened the door and charged the mastiff. Landing a hit and quickly punching it again, he was forced on to the defensive as the abomination lashed out and tried for his right leg. Pulling his leg back he kicked it in its snout and punched it again. He was unlucky enough that his kick made his foot stick out a little further than planned and the thing bit down, hard. His next few punches landed rather easily as the thing was attached to him. It disintegrated after a few more hits.
[BattleLog: Enemy 1x Shadow Mastiff
Attacks:
1x Sneak Attack (Unarmed)
9x Unarmed Attacks
Damage:
96+(9x48) = 528 Damage
Damage Taken:
1 attack = 101 damage and Bleed!
Xp gain: 600
Level Progress: 1000/543 184%
Level Up!]
He could swear he heard trumpets.
[Congratulations Gamer!
You have reached Level 2!
You have gained the following:
5 Bonus Stat Points
1 Perk Point
Next Level Progress: 1000/1773 56%]
'Coooool'. Izuku felt like jumping for joy.
"Go Izuku!" Cheered Akito from behind Seiren.
"Use the perk on something that will help you immediately so that you can level faster."
He nodded at Seiren, and spoke. "Upgrades, Perks"
[Perks - 1 Perk available
You have # choices.]
(See endnotes for list.)
He wanted to select SpellCasting. His thought was that it had an immediate impact as Akito would be able to teach him at least a few spells more than likely and maybe Seiren? Who knows with that girl. "If I gained Spell Casting would you be able to teach me a few spells?"
Seiren shrugged. "Sure, Akito has a wider range of spells, while mine are more combat and summoning focused."
Selecting Spell Casting he was greeted with a prompt.
[Congratulations! You have gained access to the mysterious force known as magic!
You are now able to learn spells via mentor, book, or otherworldly being.
Learning this skill has also unlocked a new Perk tree.
The spell tab is now available!]
"Ok. I selected it, is there a restriction to what I can learn?"
"Yes and no, spells don't have a requirement to learn just to cast. So essentially you could have a spell that cures disease in everyone all at once but you wouldn't be able to cast it because it would cost too much."
"Yeah, Mom had a spell she made up after watching some type of anime that allowed her to go back in time to a save point but the mana cost was somewhere in the 200,000 per hour."
'Wonder how that would work.' He shook the thought out of his head. "So what can you teach me right now?"
"The first spell mom ever taught us." Seiren held out her hand and after a step Izuku grasped it earning himself a prompt.
[New Spell Learned! Mana Bullet Lvl: 1 Xp: 0.00%
This spell allows you to expend mana as a bullet which deals damage.
Spell damage = Int/2
Range = 10 meters.
Cost = 20 Mana.]
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Chapter 2 Done!
I hope you enjoyed it! See you next week!
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Perk List -
Blink - Having been exposed to a being who had visited multiple planes of existences, you have gained the ability to perform short range teleportation.
Call of the Void - You have survived an encounter with a being of the Void, gain the ability to Void Walk.
Copycat - You have encountered a being who can steal not only items but memories and powers! Gain the skill Perfect Mimic.
Focal Point - Having access to a minimap has allowed you to create markers on people or places to find later.
Gamer's Mind Upgrade (Bullet Time) - Slow time to a crawl and allow yourself precious seconds to plan and act.
Knight's Last Stand - Gain the ability to create a Knight's bond with an individual (3 Max).
Spell Casting - Gain the ability to learn spells. Unlocking this Perk opens the Spell Casting Perk Tree.
Shade Cloak - Having spent time in a shadow dimension you can now call upon it to cloak you in its cold embrace.
Words to Millions - Having been exposed to a being whose Cha is over 1000 you have gained the ability to use Mass Effect