“Ehem... Welcome Heroes. I am the King Gustav XII the rightful ruler of the kingdom of Askonia.”
“Yep and I am some dude that got who knows where by who knows how...” looking around I noticed a few more persons beside king and few guards... well obviously some strange lady in purple robes, probably his wife... or lover. Then some kid on a wolf, probably his son. And some guys in a school uniform? Oh few girls too... there are like five males and three females with modern clothings, more or less... and one looks like he is a historical reenactor...
“Um... where are we?”
“What happened?”
“Doggy!” okay that one wasn't expected. It's a boy... funny...
“Kids... you could at least hear that crowned dude out.” they looked at me quite strange.
“Ano... who are you?”
“You care? Call me...” what name should I tell them? “Kuro.”
“Kuro-san... where are we? What happened?”
“World war 3 happened. I suppose it's post nuclear hallucination...”
“World war 3? what do you mean?”
“Flashes and panic? Remember?”
“No... I was going out to the concert-”
“Say what date that was?”
“... 2011. August. Why?”
“2026, November. Others?”
“1994.”
“2001.”
“1854.”
“And for real?”
“1854. I have my passport right here.” that dude got some sort of a scroll.
“So we are from different timelines? Oh what countries are you from? I am from USA.” right... like I will tell them about my birthplace...
“USA? I am from Gleven Republic.”
“What? You mean that we are from different universes?”
“Seems like it.”
“The King-”
“Shut up baldy!” looking around I thought about my future actions.
“I'm not bald! I'm shaved!” he has a complex about his hair?
“I will call you 47 then.”
“I'm only in the mid thirties!”
“I don't have Appraisal, so your statement is invalid.” at that words the baldy... 47 dropped to his knees.
“My youthful charm...”
While the baldy was covered in self pity some chubby guy in glasses asked.
“You say you are from 2026, right? Was there aliens, robots, mechas?”
“Yeah I'm from 2026, but to your questions... aliens are unknown, as we found a planet where they could live, by the way the first space colony was on the moon. Robots are reality, though they are more like drones. Proper AI is hard to create. At least the one that can converse with others, and follow orders, as they tend to be quite rebellious. Mechas? We didn't even get a power armor and you want mechas? As I remember there was a prototype exoskeleton, but it was on early development. Oh and space combat was a no-go. Too much resources needed just for one ship.”
“*Cough* I welcome you heroes! We are in-”
“What robots were created?”
“Oh regular. Some flying ones, more like a miniature jet, some on tracks, some were spider types. I even was on testing of bipedal, but... let's just say that bipedal robots are lame.”
“What are robots?” the guy with scroll asked.
“Seriously now, are you-”
“WILL YOU LET ME FINISH MY GREETING SPEECH?!”
““...””
“Khm... Welcome Heroes to the kingdom of Askonia. I am the King Gustav XII.” he finished?
“What do you mean heroes?”
“You were chosen by the gods to defeat the Demon Lord-”
“I'm atheist.”
“Me too.”
“I'm Christian.”
“Muslim.”
“Chaos follower.”
“CODEX.”
“D&D.”
“Guys that are the game religion, no?”
“The great goddess of light-”
“Hey! Light is useless! Follow the darkness. They have cookies!”
“And pies!”
“Just say [Status] and see your blessings.”
“Yeah right... [Status]” huh? Blue screen?
OK... Sure... um... how do I do it? Concentrate...
This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.
So it's sort of a game? Sure I would like to learn everything.
Ehm... can you explain what is [Basic Knowledge]?
Eh... can I learn it on my own?
… OK... I'll buy it. Better have info.
Sweet... oh right what does it do anyway?
How do I get points?
There are no Yes/No?
You're quite funny do you know that?
Sure... continue tutorial.
All to luck. I will max out it first.
Eh? You could at least told me that before.
… did you just-
Hey, why does it sound like a regular F2P game? You won't demand money from me will you?
Oh and the ratio?
Right...
So the masteries... I will take [Psychics]
Oh cool. How do I use them?
Oh any other tutorial?
OK. Say are you my assistant now?
Pleasure to be working with you.
Oh... sure. Now that I think about it... aren't the real world suspended?
How do I-
““[Status]””
“Hey what the?”
“Blue screen?”
“Why does it has to be a blue screen?”
… They don't have processing power?
Hey you can talk to me while outside the [Status]?
Can I get some other skills that would let you act as an battle assistant?
… I'll buy it later.
Long chapter... mostly because of SYSTEM explanation (congrats on gaining [Basic Knowledge] by the way).
Oh and a bit about masteries. They usually have the skills inside them called [Powers], but to use them you need to concentrate and use quite a lot of mana/stamina, sometimes health, while Skills are more like Fire-and-Forget type, meaning you only need to think about the skill and *clicks the fingers* you got some really cool stuff with quite a discount too. Some powers can be evolved into skills, while some are combining different powers. For example: [Camouflage] and [Sneak] produce [Hide] skill at the Basic, while at level Competent it adds [Assassinate] skill
