Breath filled his lungs as the smell of morning dew rushed into his nose. His eyes were opened allowing light to fill his vision, a blue sky covered the air above him with several white clouds. He pushed his body up and looked around at the green trees that surrounded him. He was in a forest.

Where am I?

I guess that won't be solved by sitting here. He stood up and walked in a random direction. There were sounds of birds all around him, filling the forest with life, each step brought him deeper into the forest.

Sounds of fighting began to echo out, you could hear the people yelling. He turned his head in the direction of the noise, he did not know whether to go to it or not. In the end he decided to run in the direction since it would not hurt to see new people, this would allow him to learn about where he is.

The sound led him to a clearing where a group of 4 where fighting what appeared to be a wolf with black fur although the wolf was far bigger than any wolf that was on earth. They were clearly losing, the wolf was agile and able to move around each human, they were not even able to touch it. The wolf was letting out swipes and bites towards each member. One was hit by a swipe and knocked back 10 meters with blood gushing out of his chest. His chest had caved in with white bones being seen through the claw marks.

"Damnit, we have to kill this motherfucker" Said one, he will be called Pawn A

"Kill it? Are you kidding me? We can't even touch the bloody thing and you want to kill it?" another that will be called Pawn B cried out.

"Focus! We will really die here!" Said the 3rd, Pawn C

Pawn A and B charged at the wolf from both sides holding their weapons slightly above their heads. They charged and swung, one at the head and the other towards the back. The wolf was not simply going to let them hit it.

It dodged to one side swiping at Pawn A in front. Pawn A panicked and swung at the paw knocking himself back 3 meters. His hands were ringing and he almost dropped his two handed sword.

The wolf was far too fast for them as they could not keep up with it at all. They were going to die fighting the wolf.

Might as well keep them alive, they can't tell me anything if they are dead. He walked to the one who was hit on the chest, the dying pawn. He picked up the longsword that sat near his body, feeling the weight in his hand.

The men only noticed him at this moment, they saw a person with pure white hair and his looks grabbed their sight and did not let them go.

"HEY! You white hair help us kill this thing and we will pay you!"(Pawn A)

"How much."

"Huh?"(Pawn A)

"How much are your lives worth?"

Pawn B moved out of the way of another bite the wolf made.

"JUST PAY HIM! We are going to die!"(Pawn B)

Pawn A grit his teeth: "I have 43 silvers on me, help us kill it and you can have it!"

"Okay I will save you."

He ran to the wolf who was looking at Thug B and swung at it, hitting the fur. The sword did not go in and only bounced off, like metal on metal.

...

Both pawns gaped at him

"What the hell do you mean save us, you are weaker than the both of us combined!"(Thug A)

His face turned red as he was embarrassed, this body held almost 0 strength and could hardly swing the sword correctly.

"Tch"

He turned and walked away, his body entering the forest.

"Hey you can't just walk away! Get back here! You can atleast be a diversion while we get away!"(Pawn A)

He continued walking into the forest. There was no point in staying there as he could not even harm the wolf if he hit it.

I need to get stronger, this body is pathetic rang out in his mind. He stopped walking around the forest after an hour as he was starting to get drained and needed food. He decided to kill a rabbit.

It was a brown rabbit that was innocently hopping around the place. A sound was made as the sword cut into the rabbit's head.

You have gained 10 exp, as per skill Champion of Umbra your exp has turned into 1 Strength

Huh?

The sword became lighter and easier to lift and each leg held a bit more strength in them. He decided to think about it later, food comes first. He started a fire using two stones and some dry moss that he found on trees.

After 30 minutes he was enjoying the flesh of a rabbit, with each bite into the tender skin filling him with stamina. He finished the rabbit put out the fire and continued wandering in the forest.

He found a stone path that split the forest in two one side going off as far as the eye can see, the other held a small carriage with two scrawny horses dragging it. He jogged up to the carriage hoping to meet someone who can give him information.

At the driver seat there was a middle aged man with tanned skin, he held a sword at his waist with a leather strap wrapping around, holding it there.

"Hello Oji-san do you know where we are?"

The oji san looked down at him and his eyes opened wide.

"Oji-san? Are you okay?"

"Oh, my bad I was surprised at your appearance. We are in the Lapis Forest."(Oji-san)

"Thank you."

He began to walk past the carriage when the oji-san called out to him.

"Hey, are you going to walk all the way to town!"(Oji-san)

"Yeah?"

"Get on the back, I will give you a lift there."(Oji-san)

"Okay, thank you."

He hopped onto the back of the carriage opening the drapes to reveal a single girl around 10 years of age.

"Hello"

"Hi there"(Girl)

He said nothing else and simply sat down laying his sword down beside him as the carriage started moving again.

After 2 hours of complete silence other than the sound of the carriage hitting rocks. He decided to ask a question.

"Hey what is that blue screen that pops up when you kill something?"

The girl was startled and did not respond at first. She had been sneaking glances at him constantly over the 2 hours but he had been completely silent up until this point.

"What, you mean the status screen?"(Girl)

"Oh! How do I make it pop up."

"Just say Status"(Girl)

"Status"

Level 1 Stats Titles Skills Experience 0 Strength: 2 Intelligence: 1 Champion of Umbra Champion of Umbra Name Niveus Agility: 1 Wisdom: 1 Friend of Umbra Gender Male Vitality: 1 Luck: 1 The One Who Tried Class Champion of Umbra HP 100/100 MP 20/20