The Unbound (Multiverse: The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones?)
'What happens to you after a truck smashes you to death? A question I’ve asked myself a thousand times, as I read stories or watched animes involving Truck-kun. I’m sure many of you would have the same answer as me: ‘You get reincarnated silly.’ Or even those who’d say: ‘You meet an ROB and get a zillion wishes and go to your favorite world to build a harem and have cock measuring contests with everyone who looks wrong at you, DUH.’ I was surprised when I got to test it first hand. Scratch that, the only thought on my mind as I faced the enormous monstrosity, if there was any, was that I didn’t want to die, while my body thought it would magically solve the solution if I pissed and shat myself. Turns out that men shit themselves when they die, who knew?' This is a story about an ordinary man who suddenly found himself in a different world with a GAMER system! Or at least what appeared to be similar. Current World: Game of Thrones First World: The Walking Dead Second World: Game of Thrones I wish to do: Harry Potter, Danmchi, Marvel, DXD... Nothing is fixed yet, and I will be taking requests into consideration. ------------------------------------ Support me on Patreon and read up to 5 chapters ahead: patreon.com/xenongraves RELEASE RATE: I'm aiming for 10k words / week. so 1 chapter / day , with 2k words, though for now, I just post wherever I've reached. I haven't stockpiled chapters yet. ------------------------------------ Disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead. Thanks to LordValmar for the cover! ------------------------------------ This part is to help you decide if you want to read this or not. 1- Is this a HAREM story? I understand this is a deal breaker for a lot of people. So I'll avoid wasting your time. I didn't add a HAREM tag because it's not a HAREM story just yet. However, if you are ABSOLUTELY against the very idea of Harems, I suggest you avoid reading this, because as the author I am open to the possibility. However, at no point will this become a story where the MC gets any girl he wants just because he looked their way. I wish to make the interactions as human as possible. Needless to say, with the system, it might tip the scale in his favor. 2- Is the MC OP? At the start? Nope. he is as ordinary as they come. I'm trying to maintain a balance in the story. if he can speed run the world, there is no point in writing about his adventures at all if he's already a god. he will EVENTUALLY be OP, but not right off the bat. 3- Does the MC get wishes? No. If you have more questions, ask me in the comment, I'll give you an answer as soon as I can.
Chapter 5
- Xenon -
The camp was composed of RVs, cars and erected tents. Its position made it a bit difficult for the walkers to reach it, but that's it. They were mainly reliant on luck to stay alive, something I didn't appreciate very much. And it shows that once they run out of luck, they don't stand a chance, if I remember the first season's events correctly.
Do you know what the main reasons for death in the beginning of an zombie world? Dumb teammates and… kids. That's right, they seem to completely disregard the fact that they might die any second once they are out of reach, And that's exactly what I found Carl doing. His mother was looking for him as he ventured a bit away in the woods to 'play'.
"You're coming, new guy?" Daryl asked me. "These squirrels ain't gonna skin themselves, and we don't need no freeloaders here."
"Sure thing." I rolled my eyes. "But you're gonna have to teach me."
"What, you can't even skin a squirrel?" Daryl asked me in 'shock'. "What do they teach you kids these days?"
"You know, normal everyday stuff." I shrugged. "Literature, maths and all the crap you don't need when shit hits the fan."
"Tough luck." Daryl said. "You got a knife on you?" I took out my bowie, earning some whistles from his brother. "That's too big, dumbass. You're gonna skin it, it needs more… finesse. Do you have any smaller one?"
"Yeah, I've got one in my backpack." It had a 4 inch blad, which should do the job just fine for my case. It looked extremely sharp, but I doubt I could use it against a walker, not without putting myself in danger.
"That should do, now take off your backpack and sit down. I don't like repeating myself." His brother chuckled at us.
"And here I thought I'd have children before you did, Daryl…" Merle chuckled at us.
I did pay attention to what he was teaching me, I might need the skill later on so I better learn it while I could. I doubt I'd be a master at it any time soon, but at least I wouldn't be completely clueless.
He started by lifting its tail and making a cut there. He said that normally you'd be done pretty quick with them when they're fresh, but since he's been holding on to them for a while, they've gone cold.
It was a combination of using our hands to separate the fur from the skin, and whenever you hit a block, you had to use the knife to un block it. Though whenever I used mine, I got yelled out: "That's meat you're wasting boy, pay attention! That shit was tough to catch." And rightfully so, I did waste a few chunks of meat, but to be fair they weren't big or anything, but apparently 'hunters' don't like you wasting their hard earned meat. Who knew.
He caught six squirrel in total, and he'd already began skinning the third one by the time I finished mine.
"Not bad, kid. Not bad at all…" He snorted, though I'm sure he only said that to accentuate on the 'kid' part. I think he knows it annoys the shit out of me. Though to be honest, I was quite happy at the moment. Not because he praised me, fuck him, but because of the notification I got.
< Skill Gained! >
[Proficiency: Skinning. (Passive)] LVL 1
Increase your speed and precision when skinning animals.
< +2 WIS Gained! >
< 5 EXP Gained ! >
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So learning new skills increase my WIS and EXP. At least, now I figured out a way to earn more WIS points. I also know what I have to do to get to the next level.
I've earned around 6 EXP from killing the zombie and learning the skill, and observing my Status…
< Status >
Name : Xenon
Level : 1 | Progress : 30%
Race : Human
Age : 16
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Stamina (SP) : 185/200
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STR : 12
DEX : 8
DEF : 7
CHA: 14
WIL : 2
INT : 20
WIS : 9
LUK : 8
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It means I need to kill another 14 zombies if I want to move on to the next level. Speaking of which, I am not sure what earning more levels would give me. I hope it gets me more stats, at least.
The next step was cooking them, but I didn't get a part in that. I did get to meet the rest of the group though. It wasn't a large group, but it had more than enough people. However, more doesn't necessarily mean better.
Lori and Carl were quite friendly, unlike what some fanfictions would have you believe. Jacqui and Theodore were both african-american, and Glenn was Asian… You must be wondering why I brought that up? Because of the looks Merle was giving them, which immediately had me lose all respect for him. Not that I respected him much before, I've seen him in the show, and even though I wanted to believe he wasn't necessarily a bad guy, but his addiction is a liability to all of us now. Add in racism and insufferable attitude, and it's a recipe for disaster.
I still was unsure about the dynamics of their group, but I can already make a few guesses, and right now, I need to fit in. I intend to survive a very long time, and I need allies if I am to do so.