Chapter 1

I groan as i lie down tired, as i've been absorbing the knowledge pack and the power details for the past two hours. I look around and see i'm in the middle of a forest, around Dadaurpa Gorge to be exact. Now that i think about it, they really nerfed the knowlegde pack, like i only got general details about the main resources and 4-stars weapons, no spcific coordinates, ugh this is gonna suck so bad. I sit up and look around, seeing my cryo vision hung around my waist, a backpack containing some supplies for a week, some clothes and a hunting knife. I can also feel the heavy mana (magic power but whatever), and its thick as hell, almost like i'm carrying a metaphysical weight around me. My body looks built like a swimmer, with dark skin and glasses. it uses mana to stick to my face, and it can fix itself too, nice work old man.

I stand up still confused, my sense of balance a little shaky, as i walk around admiring the scenery, as i walk to the lake to get some water, i hide my mana to a regular citizen's level. When i drink the water, i look around once more, i don't think i'll ever get tired of this easily. I sit down and start to contemplate what to do. I have at most a year to get used to this world, and revise the knowledge before i forget (thank God for the fast learner perk), and train to at least B-rank in stats, experience is another issue entirely. I stand up and look upwards, it's noon. It'll take a week to get to springvale and another three days to get to mondstat. 'Let's find a tree to sleep in tonight', i think as i look around. Looking around, i see the sword in the middle of the lake, but i smile and ignore it, as i'm not looking to use one at this time. As i walk towards a large tree a few hours away, i pick some sunsettia and apples and put them in the bag as i start manipulating my mana slowly. It's a little difficult, even with the fast learner perk, but it's mostly because i don't know what to do in the beginning. I mostly try to circulate it through my body slowly, and sometimes through my right hand.

As the hours pass, i get the hang of it (my inexperienced ass), and i climb the tree to relax on one of its thick branches. It's dusk already, almost dark when i relax and start to watch the fireflies as they buzz around while munching on the apples (fresh as fuck, not gonna lie), still circulating mana around my body. I got to experince some kind of body enhancement, but its slow and ineffencient, well better than nothing i guess. Seeing as it's dark, i set up some alarm traps as i got ready to doze off. I don't want to die too soon, i chuckle at my dark humor. I look around, and seeing nothing wrong, i hold my bag close and go to sleep in the cold night.