4. Why am I ranked F?

"Okay, so, let's start with inventory." She opened up the inventory menu and a new window appeared. The only items he had were called 'Basic Shirt', 'Basic Pants' and 'Basic Shoes'. At the bottom of the window were a few words and numbers. They read 'weight: 2.5/30lbs'. "Your carry capacity is linked to your stats, which we will go into in a moment. This is what you can hold on your person at any given time, and you can't go over the limit. It's just not possible. As I am your automated companion, I can access things such as a bank from far away. As long as I can connect to the server. Though Banks always have a fee, with exceptions."

"So in other words, you're a portable access point for me to carry unlimited stuff." He said it as a statement, and not a question, giving Vixen a sly smirk. Which was immediately wiped off once he saw her glaring at him.

"Anyways." She closed the inventory and went to status. She pointed at it before opening, "Your stats will ultimately change over time as you live longer." She then opened the status menu.

A new window opened up. In front of Lance, there were words and numbers on the left. from top to bottom they read;

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Name: Rene Knight

Level: 1

Rank: F

Race: Humanoid

Class: N/A

Sub Class: N/A

Sex: Male

HP: 60

Energy: 39

Stamina: 42

Strength: 3

Dexterity: 5

Intelligence: 2

Charisma: 6

Mystic: 3

Luck: 1

Armour Rating: 0

Attack damage: 1-2

Stat Points: 0

Potential Points: 1

Experience: 0

UAC: 0

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While looking at his stats, he didn't focus on the right side. He took a glance and saw it was a male figure to the right. He quickly looked away but looked back. "WHAT THE?!?!" It was a male figure indeed, though, it was him. The sandy blonde hair, emerald eyes, it was his body that he remembered, but... "V-v-vi-vix, i-is th-that my cur-rent looks". Lance was embarrassed and shocked. the male figure was standing, with no emotions on its face, but, was completely naked. With his... Ummmm... Member hanging for all to see.

"Yes." Vixen started to smirk and smile. looking at Lance, up and down. "That is accurate to what I see right now. Hair and all. Right down to your..."

"ENOUGH, STOP, I don't need to hear you talking about my body!" Lance was losing it. Not only was his face now red with embarrassment, but he could feel his body getting hot.

"You are pleasing to see like that, is that wrong? I could put your clothes on if you're bothered that much." Vixen rubbed her chin as she continued to look Lance up and down. Purposefully lingering on his member to make him uncomfortable.

"YES! Clothes, now, please." Lance tried to cover himself, only to realize that he doesn't have a physical body and can't even see himself.

Vixen starts to pout and puff her cheeks up, "Fine". She opens the inventory and touches the clothes, then goes back to the status menu. Now the male figure is dressed in the clothes. A pair of blue jeans and a grey shirt and black sneakers. "I can see you're not gonna let me have any fun." Vixen continues to pout.

"I don't wanna know what kind of fun you want to have. Either way, can we get back on track?" Lance was feeling less embarrassed, though, in his mind, no one has ever seen him naked before today.

"Alright, let's quickly go over the stats then." Even though she seemed disappointed, she continued nonetheless.

"Your level is self-explanatory. You get stronger the more experience you get. Your rank will increase as your energy and stamina increase. Your race has benefits that increase your stats, and your race can be changed through evolution, which I'll explain when the time comes." As Vixen explained everything to Lance, she floated between each stat. "Class and Sub Class are like jobs and can be changed at any time. Though it is ill-advised to change class to a lower leveled class in a high-level area. Now for your sex, it too has bonuses, though that can't be changed easily." Vixen gave lance a wink.

'The hell I want to change my sex for?' Lance didn't want to give Vixen a chance to do anything inappropriate, "Can we continue?"

"Yes, of course". She gave him another wink and looked him up and down before continuing. "Strength is how hard you can hit with your bare hands, as well as how much you can carry and how many hits you can take. Dexterity determines health and stamina, as well as the accuracy of firearms. Intelligence is the energy and speed of learning. Charisma is your ability to talk to people as well as prices in stores, among other speech-related perks. Mystic is the ability to use magic or psychic abilities, as well as the number of energy reserves, and energy drain. And luck, well, that's basic."

"You completely missed HP, Energy, and Stamina." Lance was hoping to catch Vixen off guard and make her back peddle as if making a mistake.

All she did was smile and looked at lance, "Let us continue. Armour rating is how much you can reduce an attack by, and yours is abysmal. Attack is damage you can currently do, basically, you couldn't kill a fly right now."

"Okay, I get it. No need for insults." Now he's just depressed. Poor little Lance.

"Good, then let's keep going." Vixen looked over at the stats and was going through them. "Experience is different from what you know from games, you have to allocate it yourself. you won't level on your own. It's used to level up classes, skills, as well as a form of currency to acquire skills and classes. Universally Accepted Currency, better known as UAC, is money. much like your old system to buy things, it's the same. though a much, MUCH higher value."

"So classes have levels, and so do skills. kinda in-depth. Is there a limit or a cap?" Lance was interested now.

"Not so much a limit, more of a personal breaking point. You can, in essence, level up forever. But there are stages that you have to break through, and not many people can break through. As an example, once you reach a certain level, to break past, you'll have to fight and kill beings much more powerful than yourself. Or even in rare cases, just acquire an item. But most breakthroughs are either stats numbers, killing, or skills being so high." Vixen now seemed happier that Lance was paying attention and absorbing it.

"Ok, that makes sense. I guess if one could level forever without stopping, everyone would be gods." Lance let out a little chuckle, breathing a sigh of relief that he was not gonna have to face someone akin to a god.

"Oh no, there are beings that are gods. immortal, and ultra-powerful. Also known as Super Rank SS." Vixen wanted to make sure Lance understood that people are ultimately more powerful than him, but also give him hope to achieve that.

Though her explanation had the opposite effect. Lance turned pale at the thought of people being able to become gods. 'This is not good'.