1 First step, Challenge accepted!
"*sigh* Never crossed in my mind that one day I'll also living in this very same world as my favorite game."
"it's been a week since I crossed over, I can't keep like this forever, I don't want to just stay idly by and become cannon fodder, I need to get stronger and ASAP!"
Ray stood by the balcony, watching his garden that full of greenery and also servants of his current family, some of them are tending the plants, while others stand by to watching over for an intruder.
This is his family's, du Gladio, summer villa, or he prefers to say manor, because of it's exaggerated size compared to his own former house, even though he also could be said live a luxurious life in his previous life. Du Gladio's villa situated near the Shore, several hundred kilometers south of the royal capital, Arma royal capital, of Armis kingdom.
...
*knock knock*
"come in"
(???) "good morning young lord, I was gonna wake you up, it seems that wasn't necessary after all as you are already awakened, shall we begin your training session per your request?"
A middle-aged man with handsome looking face, bare-chested, with a body full of battle scars, and fearsome aura as if shouting "GIVE ME MORE ENEMIES!", grinning towards Ray
"Well good morning Zed, let's get started then, but please wait at the training ground, I'll get changed in a while and catch you up later after breakfast," said Ray.
"As you wish young lord," Zed said while bowing to Ray then went to the training ground
After using three days since he has gotten here and getting used to his current circumstances. Ray asking his 'grandfather', Arthurian du gladius, the current Duke and former general to train him to become a strong knight, then his grandpa told him to train under his uncle zed as his instructor and learn to drill the basic again and again to solidifying his physical foundation and technique.
"*sigh* Unfortunately grandpa can't train me by himself, why the king summoned him anyway."
'Stats window' he said in his mind. Then a series of information appeared before his eyes.
Name : Rayford du Gladius
Race : Human / Elf
Attributes:
strength - 15
Dexterity - 16
Constitution - 13
Intelligence - 13
Wisdom - 13
Charisma - 18
Life Class: Noble rank 5 (900/1500)
Battle class : Knight apprentice (40/50)
Health points : 52/52
Exp (experience points) : 230 (Noble) [unused] / 0 (knight apprentice) [unused]
SP (Skill points) : None
AP (Ability points) : None
Class skills:
- Noble (Earl):
Dignity - 31
Management - 42
Perception - 37
Diplomacy - 22
Accounting - 20
Horsemanship - 27
- Knight Apprentice
Swordsmanship - 17
Shield-wielding - 15
spearmanship - 16
...
'The former body's owner sure is lazy ass rich pampered boy, even with powerful backing and all the resources he still has this kind of level prowess. and fortunately, it seems when my soul fused with this body, the skills got tuned with my capability even though it's still low especially Management skills.'
When he woke up in this body, apparently the former owner is dead because some kind of illness(?) and after that his soul come over to taking over the body. He was quite bewildered when some memories start to appear in his head. And after sorting those memories he comes to several conclusion :
Firstly, This is not his former 'earth' and he transmigrated to a body which has the same name as his own beside the family name and this world is exactly the same as his former world GAME, yes GAME, the "Feinan Continent" that he played with so much passion. It didn't exaggerate if he says he plays this game with his sweat and blood, sweat from his hard work in game and blood to convince his parents to let him play this game in his early days.
Second, he wasn't dreaming like he was hoping to and everything is real, every single person here is a living being and not just part of computer programs. He is the second son of a duke in some remote kingdom, furthermore, his own father is already dead when he was 2 years old while his mom died not long after even though she was an elf that has a very long life span.
Third, his own older brother and grandpa doting and pampering him WAY TOO MUCH. For example, when he asks for learning to hunt in the forest, his grandpa brings him a whole LEGION OF ARMY to escort him, how he's going to hunt? easy, the soldiers catch the pray first then immobilize it, after that he shoots his arrows until it got hit... irony, isn't it?
fourth, he is in trouble, very very deep trouble...
If his memories serve him right, today is exactly seven years before the "Great Calamity" began. Soon, this tranquil and peaceful world he is in would be playground for all kind of Gods, they would work together to destroy the damn universal magic pool and would take advantage of this world's 'fertile' land and spread their own religion bit by bit, most of the wizard that hasn't reach legendary level at that time would drop one rank (5 levels). The rule of the wizard in Feinan would be over. A new era will come and the rest of the other classes would begin to rise.
"Oh, you... the fourth tablet why you have to be inside the universal magic pool? can't you grow at the other places? like below the world tree, inside wormholes or in the void or something..." Ray feels a headache coming as he organizing his thoughts.
Fortunately for him, this body has good foundation despite its crappy abilities and status, he has a knight apprentice class and not some random other class and especially not wizard which not suit his play style, every single skill has its own purposes, he was very happy when first seeing his battle class and skill list because he has apprentice knight class and swordsmanship, spearmanship, and horsemanship as battle skills.
As one of the eleven only legend level player and also guild master of the number one guild in game that housing and nurturing three legend level players, "The Glorious Phantasm", he was very familiar with this world's situation, even though seven years doesn't sound like a lot of time to prepare for great calamity, it was enough for him to amass enough power and force to surviving this ordeal.
It should be known that back in the game he was the first player that stepping into a legendary level player, he stepping into the legendary realm from "Buster Knight" into "Crimson Gallant knight". Only the upper echelon of his guild and few of his close friend knew that the first time he began and got excited to make his own guild and accomplishing many seemingly impossible feat started because of that few words from his friends, "Do you dare?", and when those two words come out of his mouth, that's when the legend began.
And those words are...
"Challenge accepted!"
