Brand new Crib

[<War God system successfully loaded>]

I looked at the message again with a wide grin on my face after remembering the crazy turn of events that got me here.

"God that was fun, let's go on another date again sometime mr.truckinator 9000"

I giggled as i mocked the generic system in front of me out loud, could it hear me? probably not, am i still gonna be a little bitch? you bet your sweet volumptious cheeks i am!

[<Your talent rank will be chosen now>]

"My what??"

As i said that I involuntarily moved my eyes towards a pulsing question mark in the corner of the system prompt.

[<Talents range in rank from F=>S and are chosen at the start at random, the rank determines your starting resources, title and level up speed and it can never be changed>]

That prompt showed up when I simply thought of clicking the question mark.

"Ok System, we've had our differences and all but if those things mean what i think they mean surely you will be fair and just and choose it according to proper probabili-"

[<Your talent rank has been chosen>]

[<Your talent rank is `FFF`>]

"..."

This son of a bitch is sentient after all ... and extreanly petty at that, so petty that it gave me a rank even lower than it itself said was possible, understandable... but also rude.

"YES! just what i wanted! i can now overcome impossible odds and become the strongest through hard work and dedication!"

I exclaimed audibly trying to keep the immense sorrow i was feeling from leaking through my voice, you damm system won't get an ounce of satisfaction from this petty act, coincidentally I'm acting petty too but I'm not god so it's fine.

But come on, triple F? i guess I'll just stay away from the adventurer hero world saving standard path I'm probably meant to follow and live a normal life, hell maybe i can even use some of my cheat modern day knowledge to help me get filthy rich.

This isn't so bad.

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Info prompt:

<Greetings Transmigrator ID:0999986>

<You have been picked as one of 1 milion individuals chosen to participate in the Brawl of the Kings event>

<You will be given a circular patch of land 5km in radius to start in, you will have 7 days to use your skills and abilities provided to you by your title and complete the beginners trial then consolidate your control over the beginner region>

<Failure to do so will result in the penalty of :Death:>

<Additional Information, interact with the system with your thoughts, use the question mark to extract the basic information given to everyone at the start>

[<The rank of your beginning area will now be chosen based on your talent rank>]

[<The 99th ranked patch of land in the mountain grove valley has been awarded to you, Land Rank F>]

[<You will now gain your title and the abilities that come with it based on your talent rank>]

[<Congratulations you have obtained the tittle ||Acquaintance of the slimes||, this Title has the skill -slimey peace- (slimes will not attack you)>]

[<You will now be transported to the starting area>]

"..."

I was left speechless by how hard the system just fucked me over, the endless dark abyss that somehow kept my body perfectly lit faded right before my eyes and i found myself staring at my new "land".

As far as the eye could see there were cold ragged mountain peaks covered in snow, my body was perfectly healed when i awoke but that was about to last as long as your dad in bed if i don't find a way to warm up, and quick.

I took a deep breath to try and calm myself down and keep myself from coming up with the vilest slurs and insults i could possibly think of towards the system, do not give it the satisfaction Dom, you are better than that petty little shit.

Inhaling was a mistake just like the systems birth probably, my throat now stung due to the extreamly frigid thin air, i couldn't tell how high i was, well it couldn't be as high as an average college student but still if I'm higher than 8000m i will slowly asfixiate and die due to lack of oxygen.

That is if i don't die of hypothermia before then, sure my body was all fixed but the clothes i had on me were the same ones i had on during the truckening, hell they're not even repaired i just have some charred pieces of what used to be cloth clinging uselessly onto my body providing no heat retention whatsoever.

[<The condition for clearing the beginners trial of the 99th zone of the Mountain grove valleys is =complete elimination of the ice wyvern nest=, your talent is too low, further intel cannot be provided>]

'Don't frown Dom, stay calm, the entity can see you probably'

[<Starting resources - Stick x1>]

[<Starting man power - Untamed infant slime x1>]

I was digging through the snow with my palms, and squeezing big chunks of snow against my chest to compress them as that message popped up, then i heard a deafening roar from far beyond the endless bleached peaks that covered the horizon on all fronts.

Then the blue circular dome covering my starting zone rippled and as i lifted my arm to block out the sun and look at what happened i saw a faint dot getting bigger and bigger and.

"Thud"

The object crashed into the snow layer of a peak 50 meter higher then where i was right now, it was lucky and hit the snow layer which slowed its momentum enough to slowly tumble down the peak and come to a halt right in front of my feet.

It was a tiny generic looking blue slime about a forearms length in diameter and it had a tree branch stuck inside of it, it was shaking as if it was being affected by the cold, it then wobbled around a bit before touching the tip of my bare foot.

"Froom froom"

It seemingly panicked and started squirming trying to get away in any direction it could.

"Plop"

But it could not get far as it fell in the hole i was scooping my snow out off, it tried squirming to get out but the walls were already almost complete so it couldn't, thus it shimmied itself into the corner of the hole trying to make itself looks as small as possible.

"You couldn't have just spawned the little guy in?"

I ask looking at the system prompt that just announced.

[<Untamed infant slime x1 delivered, Stick x1 delivered, make the slime your subordinate by-, your talent is too low, intel restricted>]

Well my sas lasted just a moment as i then rushed to finish the pathetic attempt of an igloo i was building to conserve all the heat i could.

A couple minutes later i hurried inside the small hole i left by digging under the walls and covered it with snow behind me, i left a small 5cm wide hole for a bit of light and air and did my best to cram myself inside by bringing my knees to my chest and crumpling my body into a ball.

I just finished reinforcing the walls to be about 20cm thick which i hoped was enough to isolate my pitiful body head, i left the internal volume of the igloo as small as possible because working even with this little snow made my naked appendages loose all feeling and go numb and because the smaller the volume the easier it is to fill with the inner body heat.

I ripped off the few rags that were left from my clothes and used the charred one as insolation for my bottocks and feet where they touched the snow so my body heat wouldn't be sapped away further.

I managed to obtain a insignificant amount of intact cloth from my underwear and my Tshirt which didn't burn unlike the hoodie which was now warming my ass.

I ripped the underwear and stuck a part of it in the opening i left, the light in the crammed space dimmed but this way air should be able to still come in while heat should escape slightly slower... or so i hope.

Now that i was done awkwardly squirming inside the small space in order to remove my clothes i finally looked at the slime which was still cowering in the corner, i reached out my hand slowly as to not stagger it, it was cute and i wanted it to be my pet but also because if it became agitated the igloo could break.

I reached out slowly tho it seemed to not shiver faster, was it blind, huh, i aggresively moved my arm in an attacking motion towards it yet made sure to keep it quiet and sure enough it did not react.

'Wait can it at least hear?'

'One way to find out i suppose'

"Ehum ehum , Hamburger Cheeseburger Big Mac whopper Hamburger-"

As i was giving my all to that divine vocal performance i carefully observed the slime, it did not react again, then i moved my hand and hit a wall close to it making sure the vibrations would reach it.

"Giku giku!"

Sure enough it panickedly fleed as far away as this enclosed space would allow it to retreat away from the source of vibrations.

"GIKUUUUUU!"

It let out a shrill high pitched cry as i grabed it with both my hands, it squirmed but it was very weak and clearly exhausted as it's struggle quickly died down as it gave up it's future to fate.

"Sorry little one this might hurt."

I told it as i gripped the branch stuck inside of it and ripped it out.

"GHIKHUUUUUUUUU!!!!"

It let out the sharpest and loudest shrill yet, it squirmed so hard it managed to get it's slimy body to slip out of my grasp, it then rushed to the opposite side of the igloo, which was only 40cm away from me.

"Ghh Ghh Ghh.... Ghh ... Gh"

It tried to threateningly hiss at me unsuccessfully as it's high pitched hisses were adorable, tho it's energy quickly ran out as the hissed died down, it then went back to trembling more meekly then before.

Its sacrifice was about to save both of our lives , i ripped the stick in half and tore off some of it's bark and piled it onto the floor space in between me and jiggly boy.

My time was limited as my fingers were almost as irresponsible as trunks, i then ripped some strings coming off of my underwear that were there before due to the low quality of the fabric and placed them down too, then i got the T shirt and ripped away it's driest parts which was tough to do as my hands constantly made it wetter ... like they do to your mom hehehehe.

Sorry couldn't help it, anyway i then carefully chose what seemed to be the roundest piece of the branch and set the rest of it down and held it tightly between my feet.

"swish swish swish swish"

I quickly started grinding the round piece of branch against the rest of the branch, luckily i had plenty of experience with repetitive rubbing motions.

It took a while and i had to switch to using my wrists which gave my wrists friction burns but in the end i finally saw a wisp of smoke.

"YESS"

It's almost unheard of for amateurs to start a fire using the rubbing sticks technique but i somehow managed, my arms were sour and my muscles were aching and my breathing was very eradic, but with one last push i rubbed it as hard as i could .... heh .. he...

"Phoooooo"

"Phoooo"

i quickly added the clumped up cotton strings to the spot I've been piling up friction on for the last what seemed like forever and blew with every cubic centimeter of air i had in my lungs.

"Phoooooo"

A smal wisp of flame had formed, it was tiny, insignificant and quite pathetic but that little fire signified hope, I could make it! i am not yet doomed!