You've obtained!
{Resource Gatherer} = It gives you a 35% bonus to gathering resources around the world, whether trees, caves, mobs, or etc. However, if you die, you'll lose this buff forever.
{Summoning the Summoners} = Summon fictional characters from all video games, even the powerful ones. They'll obey you and follow your lead. But after you summon them, you have to wait a year cooldown before you can summon again.
{King of Mods} = This world is filled with plenty of mods you know of. With a variety of tools to help your journey, more bosses to fight, magic, and lots more to come.
{System Foreign} = Like in any other game, you'll get a system—but better. It's an overhaul of the Minecraft inventory that makes you stronger, but every time you level up, the more EXP you'll need for each level.
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After reading this, I sat down on the ground and faced the horizon as the sun set. My eyes locked on it, a cold sensation prickling my skin from the breeze. "Well, this shit happened..." I let out a sigh and lay back on the tall grass, which touched my skin and brushed it calmly. The sky changed quickly with the clock, and the world around me was full of blocks.
Wondering why I ended up here in the first place? Well, I died—hit by a truck. I know, it's a kinda generic way to go, the same scenario as in so many others. Fortunately, an unknown god—who didn't have a physical form—gave me a second chance and isekai'd me into this world: the world of blocks, Minecraft. Thankfully, I still had my knowledge of the game and how it works. Unfortunately, the god didn't give me any more information on why I was here; I only heard its silence. Kinda sucks, but it is what it is.
"Alright, just like any old Let's Play Minecraft—my main objective is to kill the Ender Dragon. Oh, wait..." Then I remembered what I'd obtained after waking up. I opened the chat log and checked what I'd gotten. "Resource Gatherer? Alright, this buff is kinda overpowered, but I like to speedrun things. King of Mods? Now that's what I like." As I scrolled down, I saw two things that surprised me. "System Foreign? So they overhauled the Minecraft inventory into some kind of RPG system. And Summoning the Summoners? Don't know why the god gave this to me, but I'm not complaining. Must be nice to have someone to interact with."
After reading the chat log, I began punching trees and collecting wood as quickly as possible. I made a pickaxe, went mining for some cobblestone and coal, then killed three nearby sheep to get three wools and craft a sleeping bag as the sun went down.
The next morning, without wasting time, I upgraded my wooden tools to stone ones and headed out on a mining expedition. Lucky and unlucky—I found an overhauled abandoned mine full of dangerous mobs. It was so dangerous that it nearly killed me, but I survived with just one heart. I took as much iron as possible from the mines while avoiding the mobs in the shadows. Those zombies were easy to kill, skeletons were freaking sniping me from a distance, and spiders made my skin crawl the first time I saw one—that thing was huge, and it could walk like a real spider. And then there were different mobs from the mods: some were easy to avoid, and some nearly killed me. Either way, I managed to escape and gather the resources I needed.
I crafted five furnaces, placed them on the ground, and smelted nearly five stacks of iron. I had to wait for it to finish as I started chopping some nearby wood. I broke all the grass to get different seeds for future farming and killed some wild animals for food. Thankfully, there was Cooking for Blockheads, so I could cook whatever foods I wanted.
The next day, I ran through forests, deserts, and all sorts of different biomes, just to find the perfect spot to build a base. After about five hours of searching, I finally set eyes on it.
In the center of a surrounding dark woods forest was a well-rounded flat area, right next to a large river that connected to the sea. On the other side of the river loomed a massive mountain reaching for the sky. Not only that, but there were also large cave systems at the bottom of the mountain—in hopes of plenty of ores down there.
I wiped the sweat from my brow and smiled at the scenery. "Phew, looks like I hit the jackpot!" I walked down the hill, heading toward the flat central area. Once I reached it, I set up camp: a crafting table, furnaces, and a campfire. Cracking my fingers, I pulled out my iron axe, pickaxe, and shovel, then began building the base.
I dug down six blocks to make a basement for a storage room, then placed more blocks on the upper site. I built it in two stories: one as a garage and the other as a room for me. After building until nighttime, the base just looked like a single large tower. It was only temporary, after all.
"Alright, not bad. I'm almost out of resources to build it, but it already feels like home. Now, let's take my stuff from outside to inside." I broke down all the usable blocks and brought them in. Then I decorated the room a little for a more authentic feel.
I let out a yawn as I placed my bed and turned in for the night, ready to sleep for tomorrow. Lots of things to do.
The Next Day...
Sitting on the bed while looking at the summoning skill, I scrolled through all the characters from different games. I was thinking about wanting to bring one into this world. As I scrolled to see which characters I needed, my eyes went wide, and I got a little bit excited.
"Hohoho, this sure is interesting!"
I tapped it, and a system message showed up in the chat log.
Congratulations!
{You have bought your first companion: Alcina Dimitrescu!}
I smiled as a tall figure appeared in an engulfing light before it faded away. There she was: the tall woman with pale skin, wearing a Victorian-era outfit and a big black hat.
Alcina Dimitrescu from Resident Evil Village had come to life. She started with a heavy breath before opening her eyes. She looked around, confused, but when she set her eyes on me, she smiled as she walked toward me. I could already tell she was taller than me, but that was okay—because I like tall women.
"So you're the one who summoned me~ Are you perhaps my master?"
I chuckled nervously. "You could say that, but calling me 'master' is a little too much. You can call me Ian. For now, we're companions. We've got a lot of journey ahead, Lady Dimitrescu." I smiled as I reached out my hand to shake hers.
She smiled and accepted it. "Then I look forward to it, Ian~"