John arrived in a strange place a clearing with a lake in the middle. The lake was about one mile long and 200 feet deep.
There was a sun and clouds, but strangely, the rest of the forest was surrounded by a thick mist.
There was also a simple wooden cabin.
As John stood up to explore his surroundings, he heard a robotic voice speaking to him:
"Hello, host. I am the Dimensional Lord System, at your service. I was created to help you become the greatest Dimensional Lord in the entire multiverse."
John wasn't stupid. The drop of blood, the teleportation, the system he immediately understood that his grandfather had discovered something extraordinary.
John: "System, where am I?"
System: "You are in your own dimension, host. A dimension belonging only to you."
John: "System, why is there mist at the edge of the forest? Is it dangerous?"
System: "Not at all. This mist is here because you have not yet unlocked the entire universe. Indeed, when we speak of a dimension, it means there is an entire universe to unlock and even more beyond that."
John: "System, why me?"
System: "Because you have simply inherited the legacy of the Dimensional Lord, host."
John continued to talk with the system and realized that he was now like a dimensional merchant, able to buy and sell objects to increase his rank, earn points, and grow stronger in order to unlock his own universe and beyond.
In his universe, John was like a god. He could not die or fall ill, and once he mastered more points, he would even be able to turn back time or bring people back to life.
John's status:
Level 0 – Agility: 7, Endurance: 5, Intelligence: 12
Creature ranks went from 0 up to 100 and were divided into tiers: None, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, etc.
John understood that there were other lords, other creatures from different universes whose only purpose was to become stronger and perhaps even devour him. There now existed mana, leveling up, dungeons, interdimensional missions… It was difficult to accept at first, because at any moment John could die and lose everything.
John's first goal as a lord was now to make money. Indeed, even the lord of a dimension could not escape the power of the dollar.
By earning money and developing his dimension, John would gain points, and with those points, he could unlock powers and different skills.
The system had a shop, and inside it there was absolutely everything: Super Saiyan genes? Sharingan? Devil Fruits? John could even summon characters from novels.
John: "System, isn't there a newbie gift pack?"
System: "Yes, host. Here is your gift pack."
+1,000,000 points
One level-0 genetic serum (+10 Endurance and Agility)
+20 stat points
The first thing John did was inject himself with the serum, and then allocate all his points into Intelligence.
John now had a space and 1,000,000 points.
John: "What would be the best way to make money?"
John now had access not only to the shop but also to a list of missions that lords could undertake.
I don't need superpowers, nor a super companion I only need super intelligence, like Jarvis from Iron Man.
And indeed, that kind of intelligence was for sale… for 999,999 points.