《The Tragic Tale of a Zombie Survivalist》Clever Tutorial Taker 2/3
Advertisement
This one is a little short compared to the previous one, but there are still some major stuff contained inside. Again, if something doesn’t seem right, let me know!
========================================================
“So I mentioned before that I would return to the monitor updates. Now that you are a Lord BOSS, anything you do will be put onto the broadcast.”
“What? That’s not fair!”
“In exchange, now whenever someone completes a hidden Mission, Special Mission, earned a Title, or killed a high Bounty, they will automatically appear as well.”
“So I won’t have a Daily Tragic Show?”
“No, that will still be there. It’s to help the ‘players’ track your movements. But there will also be a Daily Top 10. This will show the best people in the Region each day, based on kills, Abilities, and even equipment.”
“Am I on there?”
“Yep. First place.”
“Wow…So do you get anything from being in the Top 10?”
“Yes. Now you earned the Summon function on the monitor. After becoming a Noble, you earned 5 armor set tickets and 5 weapon tickets.”
“Umm…those better not be like those Gacha lottery things.”
“They are indeed. You use ticket and you will receive a random item corresponding to the ticket type. In the Summon area, you can receive anything from weapons to armor, or animals to Abilities, or even companions or resources.”
“Wow.”
“Yep. These tickets can be purchased using GP.”
“Gacha Points?”
“No, moron. God Points. You can even purchase them using your real money.”
“Not this shit! Micro transactions are a menace!”
“But now you can make use of all that money. $100 = 1 GP!”
“What kind of fucked up ratio is that? Isn’t it usually the other way around?!”
“Not here. Hmm, who gets the tickets?”
“What do you mean? Can’t I just use the tickets and give the others their armor?”
“You idiot! If you give them the tickets, they can unlock the Summon and Inventory functions as well!”
Advertisement
“Eh? I have an Inventory?”
“Yep. Any ‘game’ related items can be stored here, so no trying to sneak mac and cheese away.”
“Aww…mac and cheese whenever and wherever I wanted…”
“Hey, pay attention. Don’t go to sleep!”
Huh? When did I get on the bed? Oh well, it feels great. NNnnnnngh…aah…
“Whatever. I have an idea, we’ll make this a little game. At the end of this tutorial, I will give you a test! Can’t help but make sure you are paying attention! And if you fail…hehehe! I will take one of your Skills away!”
“WHAT?! You can’t do that! Can you?”
“Haha! Got you up, didn’t it?”
“Shit. Fine.”
I adjust myself so my back is propped against the wall. Navi is still just laying around, but she continues to move and wrap herself up in the blanket.
“So we went over your Race and Job, how you came to be a Noble, the Summon and Inventory functions…and I may have touched on the Units function. We’ll continue there. Units are the things that you control. This can be tamed pets, minions from an Ability, or won in the Summon function. Now, about your zombies.”
“What?”
“Most have become really intelligent but you’re treating them the exact same ways as the others.”
She took a little difficulty to unwrap herself from the blanket before daintily walking over onto my outstretched leg.
“You are using the loopholes against the rules. In most cases, this isn’t bad, but why not play according to the rules?”
“Huh? What rules?”
“You found out the function of not telling them something they don’t want to do. How else could you take this information?”
“Tell them to do something they want to do?”
“Exactly! If you learn what your Units want, they can perform better.”
“Really? Sounds like the same way to treat normal people.”
“Exactly. That’s why I want you to release all of them from their restraints.”
Advertisement
“WHAT?! They’ll kill each other! That’s a dumb idea!”
“No, because they retain their information. They hold the memories of their previous lives.”
“Even more so. No way am I releasing those bandits!”
“Now, now. Trust me.”
“Fine. But they are coming here. I don’t want anyone else to get hurt.”
It took several minutes while I waited for the 18th zombie appeared before me. The room was crowded and some were in the hall. I gave a reluctant look to Navi before releasing the rules I placed on them.
They just stood there. Hmm…I forgot they only act whenever I command them too. It was the basic rule. I feel stupid. Navi just smirked at me.
“Now what?”
Navi had moved to my shoulder and was nestling in that little nook in my shoulder. She was warm.
“Tell them to ‘Say whatever whenever they want.”
“Great. Now I will have to deal with expressionless weirdos.”
I told them all, but they still just stood there.
“You can talk now, you know?”
Reese was the one who stepped forward. He had turned into a Skeleton Mage complete with his old business suit. He definitely looked like an old style mafia member. All he needed was the hat and a tommy gun. The inside of his skull was on fire, making him look like some cleaned up Night Rider. Bad ass.
“Sir, we didn’t want to interrupt Your Lordship.”
“What’s with that way of talking? Don’t you guys hate me?”
This time, the boss from the Amigos, Amigo Leader, walked forward. He was entirely red, and looked every bit like a thug would, but red. Maybe I should call him Red Amigo. I saw the other two Amigos were blue and green. These guys aren’t Rangers, what the fuck? If I had to describe them, they looked like the different colored but same monster. You know, when you fight an enemy but when you go to a different place, they are still there, but stronger and a different color.
“Naw, we kind of mellowed out. We don’t find being angry to be very productive.”
“Navi, what happened to them?”
“They take on a similar personality as the one who leads them. It’s really funny to see minions using each other to remain lazy.”
“They’re all lazy?! But what about training?”
“Don’t worry, Your Lordship. We will make sure the people are safe.”
“Why is Red Amigo so casual to me, yet Reese here is so polite?”
“They still retain their speech patterns. Cool, huh?”
“This is getting weird. What are the Amigos, anyway? What are Haunters?”
“They are zombies that focus on strength instead of speed or technique. Just think of them as next Level zombies.”
“Wouldn’t that be something like Mummy, or Walking Corpse?”
“This isn’t DQ, idiot. No matter how badly you want it to be.”
“Oh. Okay. So I have three Haunters, one Skeleton Mage, one Ice Specter, one Thunder Phantom, one Shadow, one Ogre, one Fallen, two Ghouls, three Revenants, and four Skeletons. Hey, what are the requirements to Level up into these guys?”
“Ae you asking for them, or wondering about your own?”
“My own…”
“Because you would rather have your minions do things for you, you became a lazy Undead Leader, a Lich. A Lich’s Job is usually Necromancy, so that’s where you got the Spell from.”
“But why do I look this good?”
“Because you aren’t.”
“Eh?”
“You aren’t. You are still short and wide.”
“But I’m ripped! Look at my muscles!”
“Oh, you mean the energy you expended to evolve? Yeah, nothing much. Don’t think you automatically look like a hunk.”
“Aren’t Liches supposed to be…bones?”
“Nope. They are just Undead of their previous race. They don’t have to be bones.”
“Then why did you say Rebecca would want to…with me if she saw my face?”
“It was for her.”
“I don’t follow.”
“I lied. She didn’t want you to see her.”
“But I saw her while she was sleeping. Why worry?”
“She doesn’t know that. And I didn’t tell her. Oops.”
“Whatever. So what about the Domain function?”
“Aha! The major part! Your approval rating and castle building!”
Advertisement
Azarinth Healer
A new world with nearly unlimited possibilities. A status, classes, magic and monsters. Sounds good? Well, for Ilea it didn't come quite as expected as for some other protagonists, nor was there a king or god to welcome her. The grand quest? Well, she might figure that out someday but for now, a new world with new food is prize enough. Her fists at the ready, she's prepared to punch and get punched, however long it takes and however many limbs she might have to regrow. A story I've started writing now quite a while ago. Transported to another world, somewhat standard fantasy setting with my beginner attempts to make it dark but funny. There are Litrpg elements here but I do hope it's not too heavy and annoying. The fights should be interesting and aren't just numbers vs numbers. Contrary to the title the protagonist will be quite an offensive fighter. Ilea Spears is your average sarcastic kick-boxing fast food worker and soon to be student. She will be transported to another world rather conventionally and will be confronted with survival in the wild. Give it a shot and let me know what you think. My experience is incredibly lacking. If you find yourself hating it early on, do convey your anger in a detailed comment or review :) I want to get better but without any feedback it's simply quite difficult. Quick heads up: Around chapter 120 there are a bunch of longer PoV changes that I discontinued again shortly after. The Arc around chapters 150-200 is darker than the rest and the themes shift quite a bit. Just know that it goes back to what you've come to know after that section. Thank you for reading. Quick update June 2019: Many complaints regarding the formatting, specifically spacing in conversations and of course the usage of the present tense in the first 36 chapters have been addressed. I'm of course learning by the day but compared to how it was before it should be an improvement at least. Chapters usually around 3k words Cover art by Kevin Catalan
8 4704Weaponsmith : [A crafting litRPG]
[I accidentally got engaged to the evil owl-goddess who is obsessed with the number-three and now I have to make weapons for our new adventuring guild] In an era in which ancient gods live in the world’s cities together with their mortal followers, forming tight-knit guilds and powerful temples, the disfigured ash-caster and blacksmith Hineni has lived his entire life as a reclusive outcast. Hidden away behind layers of clothing and just as many walls and doors, he only ever leaves the house in the dead of night, so that neither the gods or anyone else can ever see him. However, on one of these night-tide outings, he finds that has gained the unwanted attention of what is seemingly a perfectly normal owl and through his unwitting efforts at simply filling his nights with acts of personal meaning, he ends up promising himself to a creature that is perhaps even less versed in human ways than he himself is; a mysterious, odd owl-goddess that nobody seems to have ever heard of, Obscura. Hineni, having had no greater purpose in life until now, finds himself willing to accept this turn of events and dedicates himself to creating a brand new adventuring guild, under the watchful eyes of the ancient entity Obscura, who has only one, clear, proclaimed goal - - To hunt the BIG FROG! BIG FROG! BIG! [litRPG] [Soft romance] [Crafting] [Base/Guild-building] [Pact with a diety] [Slice of life] (Updates every Wednesday / Saturday)
8 822Star Wars Episode 7: A Corpse Through Which the Force Speaks
The fall of the Empire heralds dark times for humanity. As the New Republic concedes much of the galaxy to alien rule, a group of special forces stormtroopers must find a way to survive the "new normal". This fanfiction sets an alternate course of events in response to general dissatisfaction with the sequel trilogy. In terms of continuity, this story only takes into account the events of the first six movies and Rogue One. Please note: This story comes from the school of thought that the purpose of art is to provoke thought, rather than distract us from reality. I hope that the disturbing parts of this story do just that! This story is COMPLETE.
8 244Spiral of Light
Spiral of Light is a pulp fiction novel set in a futuristic grimdark world that is beset by magic, monsters and evil. This character driven story follows Centurion Moloch as he journeys across the world of Maja in his duty to protect the citizens of the Republic. New Chapters on Sunday Original Story art by VoliverB
8 114NeoRealm - Staring back into the Future
The only places I have posted the story and allow it to exist are on RoyalRoad, Scribblehub, and my Patreon. Jason has just turned 18 and will be finally be able to play The biggest VR game out there, NeoRealm. Using a bit of knowledge from his past (life) he wants to start his adult life with a bang. Taking the road less traveled will sound quiant compare to where he wants to go. ~NeoRealm~ the most realistic VR game to date. A Fantasy world which even after years of exploration is still mostly unknown. Want to experience the mysteries of the Arcane? Become one of the many types of Magic Users and work to improve your ranking till you can move mountains, or just flatten them if you prefer. Do you just desire to wield sheer physical power? Then train your melee skills beyond all others and decimate towns with a single swing. Or maybe you just want to know what its like to be a cat person. We have those too. Come on in and join us at 5x the speed of boring old reality (you heard us right, not your average everyday 4x time compression!). *WARNING - limited to those age 18 and up, we are not responsible for any minor losing their grasp on reality, sanity, or species
8 134Me and my Autism
Hello! My name is Josefine, and i'm from Denmark. I have Autism. My kindergarten teachers found me acting differently than the other children when i was a child, so they told my parents, and they got someone to check me, and then they found out i have Autism. I was only 2-3 years old (wich makes me really lucky, since it's mostly boys who gets Autism) and today, i'm 15 years old! Some days ago, i decided to make small comics and drawing based around my Autism. They show how i feel and see the world. This might not be what every Autism Person experience, since we're all different from each other. I hope you'll enjoy reading this! ♥
8 71