Author's corner: I hate my life. Tables are a terrible idea. Why didn't you guys vote for aliens? Mostly an information chapter about the world and rpg system, it's still kinda long but blame that on the tables!

Legend

" " = people talking

italics = people thinking

* * = sounds

' ' = people talking within telepathy

CAPS = Power usage

Book 2: Chapter 1: Eh? Hero Quests?

Eventually the summoning circle does its job and Nick finds himself in the generic castle setting one might find in any light novel where a hero got summoned. But instead of finding a King or a bunch of other Nobles, Nick only saw an old guy wearing a priests garb with a shocked look on his face.

First Nick accesses the situation and notices that he is the only one awake and standing on his feet as the three children that came with him are all sprawled on the ground like a bunch of noobs that have never teleported before. It only takes a second for Nick to realize that since they were kids and clearly not supers, they probably haven’t ever teleported before *SIGH*. Before Nick could muse any further the old guy finally speaks.

“IT WORKED! It only took 15 years but the hero summoning finally worked! Now we are saved!” –Old Priest

With that he instantly ran out of the room leaving Nick puzzled as he was expected a much more generic greeting with a King and his beautiful daughter and a bunch of other useless side characters. Nick then took this moment to make sure his “companions” were okay before looking around the room. It took him a second but he finally realized that the room was dark and only being lit by a few candles over an intricate summoning diagram. If he was a betting man, he would bet that this room was long since abandoned. It was during these musings that a bunch of footsteps could be heard running towards him. This put Nick on guard but only a little as after dealing with aliens he highly doubted there was a threat here.

Eventually the room lit up like a concert hall with magic globes all across the ceiling and other surfaces, and before Nick knew it, he was surrounded by what appeared to be guards, priests, and even nobles. At the stage area he even noticed and older gentlemen that could only be described as Kingly and standing next to him was a middle aged woman who even though getting older was still a perfect 10 in just about anyone’s book. Of course none of these things took more than a cursory glance from Nick as standing near the middle aged woman was an extremely beautiful girl that looked around 20 and had long dark purple hair and eyes that were actually glowing which must be magic. She was only 5”3’ with a large C cup but her exotic features transcended time! Nick was already hooked. But before he could speak and attempt to woo the Princess the King spoke up as his three companions were also alert by this time.

“Greetings heroes! After 15 years our prayers have been answered and we will finally be saved from the oppression of the demon king!” –King

“Don’t get ahead of yourself, they still have to accept the right to be heroes, the ritual only got them here, they still are just normal people until they accept the quest.” –Old Priest

“Thank you for reminding me High Priest Buni, I guess now is the time to introduce ourselves. I am King DeMonte and this is my wife the Queen DeMonte and our daughter Princess Tiffany DeMonte.” –King DeMonte

Finally seeing his chance Nick devised the greatest introductions. Sadly he spent more than a breath to devise it and was beat to the punch. He forgot how truly generic these things can be at times.

“Greetings great King. My name is Yuusha Hiro and these are my companions Rei Aya and Hyu Hina. Where we are from our family names come first and then our given name. So you can simply call me Hiro.” –Yuusha Hiro

“Oh this is great, we have a genuine hero whose name even sounds like hero! But who is the third person dressed in the weird outfit?” –King DeMonte

“My name is Nick Cage and also come from the same world as these three. Only in my world I am a superhero that has even saved the world a few times.” –Nick

*DING*

Title Unlocked: Superhero

What the what what? And why do I feel different? I need more information on this world! –Nick

“Eep! It’s Thee Nick Cage! I can’t believe we got summoned with a genuine superhero!” –Hyu Hina

“Wait! If we summoned a hero from the other world then we are surely to win this war and defeat the Demon King once and for all!” –High Priest Buni

Still boggling over the new title, Nick forgot to attempt to seduce the princess and was more wondering how the whole title thing worked. He has read about all the rpg worlds so this wasn’t a huge shock. The real shock was gaining a title that already referred to him, he needed more information on this specific world! Hopefully there is a library that he can read leader.

“If it is a Demon King that needs to be defeated then we will all help you! Bad guys must be eradicated and how can Demons be good?” –Yuusha Hiro

“No no, it isn’t that simple. Only the Demon King must be defeated, the rest of the Demons are under his tyrannical rule and are not bad people, well they aren’t any worse than humans, demihumans, elves or dwarves etc…” –King DeMonte

“So what is this quest? We will agree, but we need the details first.” –Nick

“Yes yes of course the summoning ritual isn’t complete without the quest. King DeMonte it is your job to give the quest official and make them Heroes.” –High Priest Buni

“Excellent. The quest is simple. Take the mantle of Hero and slay the Demon King. Remember only the Demon King is your target, the others are not part of the quest!” –King DeMonte

*DING*

Quest Unlocked!Slay the Demon King

Accept? Y/N

“”””Yes!”””” –Nick, Hiro, Aya, Hina

*DING*

Quest Accepted!

Title Unlocked: Hero

With that message Nick felt shackles on his soul and power in his body. Unsure what that means he just ignored it as a quirt in the system and just went along with it.

“Excellent! Now that we have heroes we have a chance! Maids! Make sure rooms are set up for the four heroes, tomorrow they begin their training! But first let’s see everyone’s stats!” –King DeMonte

“Good idea. Heroes please come up here and stand in the middle then say show status to all as that should cover every one in the room. Show status is the standard command to see it privately as well in case you are wondering, and if any part does not make sense you can simply say show details and the item on the status that is unclear to you.” –High Priest Buni

Standing like the righteous hero that he is. Hiro walks to the center first, quickly followed by his harem.

“Show status to all!” –Hiro

*DING*

STATUS WINDOW!Name:Yuusha HiroAge:17Race:HumanAlignment:NeutralLevel:1Mana:1000Titles:Hero, Righteous HeroStrength:100Vitality:100Dexterity:100Concentration:100Intelligence:100Wisdom:100Unlocked Affinities:Light

Hum… It appears you keep one major defining title from your previous life. Need more info! –Nick

“Ooh a true hero starting with the max stats for level 1 human! Next!” –High Priest Buni

“Show status to all!” –Aya

*DING*

STATUS WINDOW!Name:Rei AyaAge:17Race:HumanAlignment:NeutralLevel:1Mana:1000Titles:Hero, KuudereStrength:100Vitality:100Dexterity:100Concentration:100Intelligence:100Wisdom:100Unlocked Affinities:Light

“Yes these batches of heroes are the best! Next!” –High Priest Buni

“Show status to all!” –Hina

*DING*

STATUS WINDOW!Name:Hyu HinaAge:16Race:HumanAlignment:NeutralLevel:1Mana:1000Titles:Hero, DandereStrength:100Vitality:100Dexterity:100Concentration:100Intelligence:100Wisdom:100Unlocked Affinities:Light

This is one scary group! Look at those titles! –Nick

“Wow three for three! Now to see what a true heroes stats look like!” –High Priest Buni

“*SIGH* Show status to all.” –Nick

*DING*

STATUS WINDOW!Name:Nick CageAge:32Race:Evolved HumanAlignment:NeutralLevel:1Aura:5.0Titles:Superhero, HeroStrength:2000Vitality:2000Dexterity:2000Concentration:2000Intelligence:2000Wisdom:2000Unlocked Affinities:Light

*SILENCE*

Finally to break the silence Nick spoke out.

“Are we done here?” –Nick

“Well uhh yea. This is all for today so you can go to your room or whatever and start training tomorrow…” –High Priest Buni

“In that case, is there anyone who can show me to the library?” –Nick

Of course Nick is looking dead at Princess Tiffany as he asks this.

“I can do it.” –Tiffany

And before anyone could protest she grabs Nick by the hand and drags him off to the library.

Nick knowing how crazy his curse can be had to make sure before he made another move whether or not this girl was even being affected by it since the curse is notorious for only working on those with immortal lifespans.

“Thank you Princess for bringing me to the library but can I ask you a few questions before you leave?” –Nick

“You can ask me anything you want, even if it’s me I will give it!” –Tiffany

“My status shocked people, why? And what is your status if you don’t mind telling me.” –Nick

“Max stats for a level 1 human is 100 in each category, but you said something about being a superhero and your race says evolved human so it was a huge shock to see someone equivalent to a level 200 hero! You are already as strong as the Demon King most likely. And Yes I will show you my status just to give you an idea. Also humans max at level 100 normally and 200 once they gain immortality which for mages is when their mana reaches 100,000. Show status to Nick!” –Tiffany

*DING*

STATUS WINDOW!Name:Tiffany DeMonteAge:28Race:HumanAlignment:GoodLevel:200Mana:110,000Titles:Princess, Untouchable BeautyStrength:1000Vitality:1000Dexterity:1000Concentration:1000Intelligence:1000Wisdom:1000Unlocked Affinities:Light, Dark, Fire, Wind, Earth, Water, Lightning

“Wow so you are maxed out! So I take it even at max level your regular stats are capped at 1000? Why is that?” –Nick

“It is because stats only go up with levels and my Princess title gives me +5 to all stats per level with a cap of 1000 regardless of levels beyond that. But I had to train my mana core to break through the level 100 barrier which is why I look 21 since I was 21 when I did that so my aging stopped. My father is lazy and refuses to train his core and my mother broke through in her 30s so that is why she looks the way she does.” –Tiffany

“So titles are that important. What else can you tell me about my status window before you leave?” –Nick

“Though you probably don’t have any yet, you can check your skill list by saying show skills and also any traits you were born with by saying show traits. Also the stat caps are based on race so be sure to show details on your race when you get a chance as even if your titles give you more than the 2000 you have at level 200, you most likely won’t see an increase from levels. Is there anything else you need or want… maybe me?” –Tiffany

“Hum… I suppose since I know where the library is, now is a good time for you to show me to my room yes?” –Nick

“Yes, I think that will be a good idea.” –Tiffany

Controlling himself was harder than he thought, but after hearing about Tiffany’s mother being an immortal human Nick knew he had to lock down the human wife portion of his curse before something really bad happened. Thus Nick did not stop Tiffany at all from not only taking him to his room, but also locking it and pinning him to his bed while kissing him.

“Mmmmmmm, I have been waiting to do this since the moment I saw you!” –Tiffany

With that a switch went off on Nick and his control was completely lost. Using his telekinesis for no other reason than to make sure he could, he took off the princesses dress and noticed she wasn’t wearing a bra and only had on old fashioned drawers which somehow were even sexier than lingerie at that moment.

Noticing her dress disappear, Tiffany stopped and took her drawers off. Nick at this point had already unleashed the beast with the mental command that undead the area on his costume. Seeing this She didn’t waste even a minute straddling him and positioning his member to her opening. Feeling more than wet enough, Tiffany slammed herself down with a loud grunt of pain and drips of blood.

Still unfazed she started working herself up and down on Nick’s rod without any hint of stopping. After an hour and many orgasms later she finally calmed down after Nick finally unleashed his load into her.

“Mmmmmm I needed that. But what is this link I feel?” –Tiffany

“Shit forgot you knew magic. So we are now linked as husband and wife, and back on my world I have three other wives so you should probably notice a link to them as well…” –Nick

“Well, not the way I expected to get married, but I don’t care! Though it is probably best to keep that a secret until after you finish the quest. Ooh my surname changed too, this is interesting!” –Tiffany

“Status windows sure are convenient… NOT! Don’t let anyone see your status please!” –Nick

“Don’t worry, why would anyone check it? I’m the strongest human in the kingdom after all!” –Tiffany

“Well I’m going to the library now so clean up and sneak out of here after I leave please!” –Nick

“Okay…” –Tiffany

After a few minutes Nick finally finds himself in the library. Though now it is much later into the night and not many lights are on. Fortunately he can see in the dark so he doesn’t care. Using telekinesis he is able to open multiple books at a time and flip their pages. With this method it only took him 3 hours to read the 10,000 books in the library.

Finally! I have all the knowledge I need about this place. First thing first, let’s see what all the crap in my status window meant. –Nick

“Show details title hero.” –Nick

*DING*

Title: HeroDescription: This title given to those who have gone through the Hero Summoning and completed the ritual to gain the Kingdoms quest.

Effects: Heroes gain +10 to all stats per level.

Heroes have no physical limits and can do and learn anything.

Heroes learn new skills nearly instantly, they just have to know the skill they want and try to learn it.

Heroes are unable to progress the skills learned in this method by training.

Heroes gain 10 skill points per level.

Heroes also level 4x faster than normal.

Unlocks the Light affinity.

Note: Level is locked to race.

Yes I found it! The cheats!!!! With this I can learn a skill that will help me have a breakthrough on my Aura then all I have to do is level up and I can put skill points in it! –Nick

“Show details title superhero.” –Nick

*DING*

Title: SuperheroDescription: This title given to an evolved human who is a superhero.

Effects: Mana is removed.

All skills that use mana are activated through Aura.

Aura never runs out as only mental stamina can keep it up.

More cheats! Now I don’t have to worry about mana running out, and if I can gain a skill that splits my brain even more I can probably gain infinite mana, especially if I can gain a mental stamina regeneration buff! I love this world, definitely a great idea to come here instead of chasing the world for aliens that may or may not help me! –Nick

“Show details race evolved human!” –Nick

*DING*

Race: Evolved HumanDescription: The evolved form of the Human race that has no real limits, only bottlenecks.

Effects: Stat is limited to Aura and caps at 2000 for Aura under 5.0.

Level cap like all humans is 200.

NOOOOO, where are the cheats? This only gave me information that if I had before coming here I could have just trained harder to evolve! Oh well, doesn’t matter, I have enough cheats! –Nick

“Hum… what should I learn next. I already read that alignment is based on your actions and will change accordingly so nothing to see there at neutral, my name and age don’t have meaning and I don’t have any other titles. I guess I should see what all those stats do… Show details on all stats!” –Nick

*DING*

StrengthDescription: Strength measures how strong you are where 1 strength is equivalent to 5kg of power.

VitalityDescription: Vitality measures physical defense at the rate of 1 vitality will stop 1 strength of damage before bonuses, it also effects physical stamina

DexterityDescription: Dexterity measures both speed and flexibility where 1 dexterity while allow one to run at 1 m/s

ConcentrationDescription: Concentration measures mental fortitude and magical defense at the rate of 1 concentration will stop 1 intelligence of magical damage, it also effects mental stamina

IntelligenceDescription: Intelligence measures how strong spells are where 1 intelligence is equivalent to 5kg of force, it also increases maximum mana by 10 per point

WisdomDescription: Wisdom measures how fast spells are as well as how fast spells are casted at the rate of 1 wisdom will make spell projectiles move at 1 m/s

Interesting. I guess this is the limit of a Superman before Aura. Odd that stats do not show things like willpower and other things like how wise one is or how fast their brain works. Apparently the magic system here cannot improve those things so they are left out. I guess innate stats still matter and simply do not show up. –Nick

Now it’s time to learn some skills! I don’t care about magic but I do know levels matter so first I need to find some monsters to kill. Off to the nearest monster infested forest I go! –Nick

With that Nick went back to his room and locked the door. Then he opened his window and started to fly away memorizing where his window was located so he could easily come back. Looking around he recalls from his recent foray into the library that there is really only one large land mass that is divided into three by natural barriers. With the barriers separating the north from the middle and the middle from the south, with the north one being a mountain range and the other being a large mass of water. One where the Demons control, then in the way is the human lands then on the other side only touching the human lands is the free area where it’s mostly trees and tree villages. All races live there but it’s mainly for the tree huggers, of course there is a huge forest on the way to the Demon lands so Elves and other Fae live there as well so it’s not like they are immune to the war of the Demons.

Realizing how ridiculous it is for a planet I only have 1 landmass that is about the size of Africa, Nick flew straight up to the outer atmosphere to see what he was dealing with. What he saw made him rethink everything he knew about the universe. It was clear he was not in the same universe as before since the solar system of this planet was way too similar to the solar system back home to be a coincidence. Except instead of being on Earth he is now on Jupiter! Trying to figure out what that means he realized there are two Suns but only the normal one is in the normal solar system. One Yellow sun that provides heat and light and one blue sun that just produces less light meaning who knows when true dark will ever occur.

The next thing that threw him for a loop is the sheer size of the oceans. He also realized immediately why the people here only thing there is one continent. There is no way to travel to the other continents without leaving the atmosphere. The ocean waves at the lowest go 100 meters high and the hurricanes go all the way to the upper atmosphere making flying impossible! But sure enough there are other lands that he could not only see but conceivably go to if he felt like it.

Saving his exploration for another day, Nick flew back down to the castle and surveyed the city which is his new temporary home. The center part of the city was about 25 square km and appeared to be the Noble district with layers separating it from the other districts. The entire city was about 250 square km and had who knew how many people as Nick didn’t read any of the books on useless information like that.

With sightseeing out of the way Nick flew to the closet area with monsters which have different tiers. Regular monsters which are just strong animals that prey on others to gain experience and level up. Then Magical Beasts which are mutated with magic and can do magic themselves eventually gaining sentience if they level high enough or increase their magic to an adequate level. Not wanting to deal with Magical Beasts he settled on regular monsters as he was going to set out to learn the most useful skill in any RPG. Analyze aka Identify aka Observe!

Great! There is a monster. It looks like some type of bear only he’s 5 meters tall! Now in the books I read, to learn the observe skill I just need to look at the monster with the intent to learn it and hope for the best. –Nick

With that Nick stood on a branch and started to stair intently at the bear while screaming words like identify, analyze or observe over and over.

*DING*

Skill Unlocked: Observe

Success! –Nick

“Observe.” –Nick

*DING*

Monstrous Bear: Level 37

Wow that son of a bitch is level 37. He looks like a weak bear. Also why can’t I see his stats? –Nick

“Show details skill observe.” –Nick

*DING*

Skill: Observe (Level 1)Description: This skill allows you to see the name and level of regular monsters and animals. Magical beasts and sentient creatures cannot be seen at this skill level.

Well fuck. Guess I’m glad I started on monsters as I may not even have gained the skill otherwise! –Nick

With that thought Nick decided he might as well kill the bear to see what that 4x rate of growth his hero title will give him. He also realized he needed at least 100 skill points to gain all the necessary skills he will need in this world.

“Time to die!” –Nick

Nick then rushes to the bear and punches it in the face making its head explode. Then oddly enough the body of the monster turned into a bunch of white particles and disappeared leaving behind a pelt.

*DING*

Congratulations! You have gained a level x11!

Congratulations! You have unlocked stat points!

Woot! I gained enough levels in one kill! Now I can go to sleep and call it a day. –Nick

With that Nick picks up the pelt to see what it is.

“Observe!” –Nick

*CRICKETS*

Hum… I guess observe doesn’t work on items. Time to learn identify! –Nick

After shouting identify while focusing on the bear pelt for a whole minute he finally got the notification he was looking for.

*DING*

Skill Unlocked: Identify

*DING*

Skill Merge: Identify and Observe

Skill Unlocked: Analyze

Sweet! Got the skill that can do both, well I think it can. –Nick

“Analyze!” –Nick

*DING*

Bear PeltDescription: This is a common quality pelt.

“Well that seems useless. Show details skill analyze.” –Nick

*DING*

Skill Analyze (level 1)Description: All purpose skill that eventually let one know about everything. Currently only able to see info on the most basic of creatures and items.

that seems weak, let’s pump it up to max level. Ahh, it seems 10 is the max level so 9 points per skill, that’s good to know. –Nick

“Show details skill analyze.” –Nick

*DING*

Skill Analyze (level 10)Description: All purpose skill that will let you know the truth of all things.

Excellent! Now I know two important things. One skills cost 9 to make them godly and two, skills can merge to become something greater. This gives me great ideas but they can wait until tomorrow. –Nick

With that Nick flew back to his room and unlocked his door in case anyone made a midnight visit. But before he went to sleep he made sure to check his status one last time.

“Show status!” –Nick

*DING*

STATUS WINDOW!Name:Nick CageAge:32Race:Evolved HumanAlignment:NeutralLevel:12Aura:5.0Titles:Superhero, HeroStrength:2000Vitality:2000Dexterity:2000Concentration:2000Intelligence:2000Wisdom:2000Unlocked Affinities:LightStat Points:111

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I still hate my life. These chapters take 3x as long to write! Note that Nick will not be wasting time fighting small fry or any level grinding at all as he is a cheat character and is super lazy. He also forgot to check details on everything last chapter and will be surprised when he finally does. Also better descriptions on the different races will come as Nick gets involved with them and/or cares about them.