A turn of Fate
In a calm, eerie forest with towering trees, a young man appeared from a streak of light and materialized, landing abruptly on the grass, struggling to open his eyes, a thought about the recent crash and the unbelievable events unfolded in his mind. His appearance was average, neither handsome nor ugly by modern society standards, he had black hair, brown eyes, and a short stature, but he was not very tall, it was a trait he was often made fun of.
Blinking twice he finally managed to open his eyes, a sharp fear still lingered in his eyes, followed by a sense of calm and control, he observed the silent scene around him, the air in the forest seemed alive like it could breathe, thrumming with an energy of unknown origins, it carried the scent of unfamiliar aromas, In the blue sky, a scorching sun stood tall like a giant, illuminating the new world he was transported in.
He knew that this was the beginning of a new life, far from the hell that was the modern world, where he would be able to do whatever he wanted to do, a life of freedom. This new world was a world of sword and magic, where modern technologies were alien to the inhabitants of this world. The new power given to him was supposed to be a talent that would enable him to surpass everyone in an unbelievably short time. However, ...
'System'
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Lucas Skyfall
age: 17 years old
Level 1 : 0%
Class: Scholar -E tier (Scalable)
description: You are a scholar, hungry for knowledge and able to retain a lot of information in a short amount of time, you love to read and decipher ancient texts.
Skills:
enhanced memory (E tier)
you can recall information more efficiently than the average person
language barrier (E tier)
you can understand intentions from another language
runic basis (E tier) :
a rudimentary knowledge of magical runes, you can roughly understand how runes work.
Analytical thinking ( E tier)
you can analyze and solve problems more quickly
Note Book (Special)
You can write information on it and this book will automatically display the information that you are looking for
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Lucas's eyes twitched, was he not supposed to have overpowered skills ? Why was he a scholar bullshit then, for god sake, he didn't have even a single combat skill, was he actually a human book ? Panic started to take over his head, he was naturally cool-headed but the recent events shocked him a bit, how was he supposed to survive here ? The situation also made no sense, he was on a bus traveling back to his school after a school outing, sitting comfortably on his seat then next here he was, in an unknown world where he was supposed to survive and kill his classmates, he was thinking deeply about how he should proceed, he was not used to thinking deeply, maybe it was the effect of one of his new skill. He started to think about how he got here first...
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On the highway, a school bus was traveling at standard speed toward its destination, the atmosphere inside the bus was joyful, some students were listening to music with the help of a Bluetooth speaker, and others were chatting. The students were scattered across the seats, some students were lost in their thoughts as they observed the beautiful landscape of the countryside, whereas others were laughing, others were immersed in their game as competitiveness was displayed, and some introverted students found comfort in their headphones, listening to a wide variety of music.
Lucas was chatting with his friend Noah, a burly tall red-haired young man with freckles on his face, this friend of his was telling him a tale from the week-end, nodding and smiling Lucas was lost in thought as he chatted with his only friend sometimes telling him his own experience. Lucas looked peacefully at the window, observing the cows that were eating grass like they always did, he wondered what he should do when he came back home.
The answer however would never come, as he suddenly heard a loud crashing sound, and the world turned white.
'Welcome humans' a Divine yet vivid voice took the initiative to speak after a few moments of confusion, a lot of students thought that they suddenly fell asleep as it was not uncommon in buses to do so. However, Lucas was the first to wake up from his dizziness, as it was a very familiar scene to him. Since he was an avid reader of light novels and a lot of stories started like this, there was still a doubt in his mind though as he could just be asleep.
'What a weird dream' thought lucas
"you, humans, were chosen to accomplish your goal, and you also escaped from certain death as the crash would have killed you".
After moments of silence, the ethereal voice spoke once again, and then a streak of memories and images was poured inside the mind of every student like it was a brainwashing spell. The scene of the bus crash and how it happened was displayed in everyone's mind, making everyone wake up from their stupor. They were now sure of the reality they were in.
The bus was steadily driving when a truck driving In the opposite direction crashed into the bus, killing everybody, the bush driver seemed to have seen him from afar and tried to change way but the truck seemed to have targeted the bus, crashing into it nonetheless.
'Don't worry before you died you were transported here' A few mature students already came back to their senses. One of them is called Linley and asked :
'can you tell me what happened ?' Hearing this the voice sighted and the one who asked the question was scared since it exhibited a strong aura for an instant before supressing it immediately
' I already told you guys, why are humans so smart yet so dumb ? A truck was charging toward you, crashing with the bus, killing your teacher and your bus driver at the same time, and instead of meeting death you were teleported into this space' The mysterious seemed to disdain humans, like it was a superior existence looking at ants.
'I have a mission for you' Everyone was startled but they chose to listen to what the owner of the voice had to say
"Kill each other, until only one remains" Shocks appeared on everybody's face, as they did not comprehend what it would mean, denying what was said to them.
As if to clean the confusion threatening to take over their rational mind, the voice continued
"This mission comes in the form of a battle royale, I think that a lot of you humans are familiar with this concept, it means that you will be transported to a mystic world, where you would have to kill each other, if not some areas of that world will be covered by hellfire and until only one survivor is alive, these areas will extend until the world is obligated"
The calmness of that voice contrasted sharply with its inhumane, and cruel contents, but the voice could not help but chuckle a bit as this was entirely expected that these chosen humans would not accept reality first, however 'they' have prepared everything to make them obey and satiates their desires.
" calm down everyone", a young yet vigorous voice elevated itself in the silence that followed the speech of this ancient voice. The owner of this voice was Arthur Robins, the class representative, he had golden hair and was very handsome very popular, and charismatic, it was also why he was the first to speak up and retain his cool mind.
"Can I ask a question ? " this young man muttered and gathered his courage.
"Go ahead," said the voice, with no signs of impatience and even a trace of surprise that a human recovered so quickly, not that he cared.
"In what world are we going in ?" He asked he was quite curious and also unsettled about the future.
"The world you are going in is a world of the sword of magic, where contrary to your home world, technology is not that developed, It is called Etheryon you'll have to face countless dangers to survive, wars and murder reign supreme but it is also a place full of mysteries and mythical power waiting for you"
The voice paused, describing the world the students would be in.
"Of course, you wouldn't be sent as you are right now, you'll be given classes with respective skills with a system, each one of these gifts is of unmeasurable power and has their respective strength in their field, you'll be sent in random locations in this world and you'll have to fight against your fate to survive."
a few did not manage to proceed with what they had heard 'Okay we are sent to random locations and will have overpowered power, next what ?'
"But why do we have to kill each other" a petite, timid girl voiced her thoughts, usually she was very timid, not daring to speak with people she didn't know, even less in front of a lot of people, but this time her life was in the balance, making her forget her timidness.
"This is the principle of the battle royale, we have our reasons, however let me develop how you'll proceed, as you know you'll be sent to random locations, and the system will be able to pinpoint you when another of your classmates is present near you in an area of 1000 km"
'1000 km ?'
"Don't worry this is a very small area since this world is very big, way bigger than your homeworld."
amidst the crowd, a silent black-haired young man was listening, he was named Lucas, and he was very observant, he took into account every small detail like the meaning of 'we' said by the voice which meant that this was a scheme organized by more than one of these entity. He also paid attention to the reaction of every one of his classmates, he noticed 5 of them, the first was Arthur Robins, he did not like this guy, he was always the center of attention and also one of the first to speak.
Next was the petite, timid girl, she was called Natasha, he was surprised that she would be the one to speak since she is usually very quiet.
The third was a robust and buff guy called Damian, he wore a nonchalant expression from the start like he didn't care, which made him raise an eyebrow he had a good impression of him since he was a funny and cool guy which contrasted with his appearance which made him look quite hot-headed.
The fourth was a girl, named Layla, she was very calm, and serious but contrary to others she didn't lose control of herself, restraining her from showing any reaction, she was the 'good student' who always had good grades yet also very sociable and friendly, he used to have feelings for this girl 2 years ago, in grade 11 although he was rejected.
And the last was his friend, Noah, he was usually very talkative and confident, but he seemed to have lost his colors, he seemed like a stranger, unveiling a side of his personality he had never seen before.
As for the others, they had different reactions but mostly were shocked and still comprehending and trying to understand what happened, unable to digest the events that unfolded too quickly.
as for him? He was an avid reader of light novels, eating book after book so he wasn't a stranger to this kind of situation. Of course, it still strokes him deeply as real life and fiction are not the same but he quickly became calm-minded.
"you will now receive your class and skills " the voice vibrated
a window appeared in front of everybody, Lucas's eyes narrowed when he saw his class and skills :
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Lucas Skyfall
age: 17 years old
Level 1 : 0%
Class: Scholar -E tier (Scalable)
Skills:
enhanced memory (E tier)
language barrier (E tier)
runic basis (E tier) :
Analytical thinking ( E tier)
Note book(Special)
stats : strength: 0.9
speed: 0.8
intelligence: 1.8
constitution: 1
mana: 50/50
health: 75/75
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he seemed to have a shitty class, as it was a non-combat class, furthermore, he has an E tier, he didn't know if it was the norm but his intuition told him it wasn't.
" Can you see what is in front of me " his friend Noah turned toward him pointing at what seemed an empty space,
" no, I can't, I suppose that our system windows are only visible to us" Lucas pondered then proceeded to ask a question
"What is your class, Noah?"
His friend turned enthusiastic, " I am a paladin, It is a S tier class ! And you ?"
Lucas was about to respond when he remembered that they would maybe have to kill each other in the future, would it be wise to show him his card ?
" I am a runic mage, S tier as well," he said quickly, Noah was about to ask another question when the voice spoke once again
"You'll now be teleported in 10 minutes prepare !"
the students were now panicked once again, although this time some stayed composed, they would have to face the harsh reality soon so they had to be prepared mentally.
"wait! When will we have to kill each other, and when will the deadly area appear and expend ?" A nerd called Ryan spoke up he was very knowledgeable in this domain of battle royale since he was a gamer.
"You can kill each other whenever you can, as for the deadly area, it can happen anytime, however, it will appear after a countdown on your system, the position of the area will also be revealed", this sentence exploded like a bomb.
then everyone started to talk with each other, trying to discuss the events that just happened and what they should do, groups ranging from 2 to 5 started to form each discussing an alliance, some people stayed alone while others accepted, discussing a codename to identify themselves in the new world.
'Maybe I should do the same' Lucas was wondering if he should make an alliance, sure there was a chance of being betrayed and it would probably happen however it meant that they would be stronger against other people, and there was more chance of survival if he was against one person at the end than if he had to fight against 34 people.
"Noah we should make an alliance, when we will be in the new world I will have a codename called 'Wiseman"
"Mine will be Blaze !" the two handshaked, displaying long years of friendship, only fate would be able to tell if this friendship would remain.
Then a colorful light enveloped everyone, erasing the past life of these fated students and making space for a new life, full of adversities in a new world.