(??? Pov)

I was panting heavily, running as fast as my legs could carry my body as I bobbed and weaved my way through bushes and trees, all while trying my best to avoid the beast who was chasing me.

"Rrrreeeeeeee!!!!!"

Its terrifying scream gave my heart a fright, which made me pick up speed. "Almost there! Just a few more feet till I reach it!!" I screamed as I checked my compass to see how much further I was from my destination. Soon, I break out of the forest into an open area, where I saw my target not two feet away. "Almost...there!" I turned my head to look back, daring to see how close the beast was, only to see that it was right behind me before leaping toward me. The world slowed down as I stared at its blood red eyes and snow white fur, it's long floppy ears, and buck teeth. "Am I really gonna die to an overgrown rabbit!?"

And this is where I should stop. Hey there. I'm the guy who you just tuned in on. I'll tell you my name in a minute, so please wait. This will be the extremely rare time I will break the fourth wall to do this. Now, as you can see from the name of this chapter, this is my prologue. But don't worry, I promise you that I won't make it too long and filled with exposition; just some small cliff notes on my life, then I'll fill you in on my journey to this point. So, with all that in mind, let's rewind the clock back to where my story all began.

In a dimly lit hotel room, two drunken lovers laid together in bed as the man slowly prepared himself to insert his member into the woman's-

Whoa whoa whoa!! Not this far back! Fast-forward!! Fast-forward!!!"

In a delivery room, a doctor was preparing to deliver a newborn child. "Alright, miss, I need you to take deep breaths and prepare to push!"

Ahhhhh!!!! No no, keep going! Keep going forward!!!"

In the dead of night in a small town, a baby cries at the footsteps of an orphanage.

Keep...oh wait, this is actually the right spot. Phew. That's better. So, yeah, that baby crying on the ground alone there is me. Yeah, turns out I was an accident. The woman who gave birth to me decided to dump me at an orphanage without a name or note. I know it's a really generic beginning, but then again, what's even original in these modern times that hasn't been beaten to death?

The porch light to the orphanage turned on as the sound of locks clicking could be heard before the door opened, revealing a man with black hair and a beard, dressed in his pajamas. The man looked down in surprise as he saw the baby crying on the cold floor before rushing over to pick it up and taking it inside for warmth.

That’s the owner of the orphanage, Father Uther, he was the one who took me in, obviously.

So that's how my story begins. Now let's fast-forward five years.

(Five years later)

Ok, I'm gonna stop using these bold words. I’ll be narrating from my past perspective now since there won't be any dialogue from this point until later.

Ah. Better. Ahem, let's continue.

It was the day of my fifth birthday at the orphanage, and as a custom in said orphanage, I was going to pick my first name. When a child is brought to the orphanage without a name, they are given the choice to wait till their fifth birthday to choose their own, or they could let Father Uther choose for them, otherwise you were called “boy” or “girl”. I decided that I wanted to choose my name and went with one that was easy to remember: Arthur.

Now, I bet you're expecting me to tell you all how horrible my life was in the orphanage and how crappy a life it was to endure. Well, that's the funny thing; it wasn't. Keep in mind that the orphanage wasn't dirt poor with us barely scraping to get by, but we weren't living the high life either. It was all in the middle with food in our bellies, a roof over our heads, clothes on our backs, and attending school. It was all thanks to Father Uther, who actually isn't a Father of a church. We just call him that since he is like a father to us.

Okay, that's enough on that. Let's continue so we can get to the good stuff, shall we?

Life at the orphanage was pretty nice, being well known throughout England for having the most polite and well-behaved children for any parents looking to adopt. In some cases, people outside of the country have even come by to adopt a kid or two. But that wasn't the case for me. For some unknown reason, I never once caught the attention of any of the couples who come to the orphanage to adopt, not even so much as a sideways glance in my general direction. I wasn't really sure why. I was a pretty normal kid. I had golden yellow hair and bright blue eyes, was well-behaved, and very smart. I honestly thought I was an adorable-looking kid back then. But I never got adopted.

So after a while, whenever we hear that a family is looking to swing by to adopt someone, I usually walk over to the library we had there to read books. I say library, but I mean like the kinds you would see in a little preschool class that had bean bag chairs. It was in the same room where couples come in to look at the children, so I wasn't isolating myself, just staying out of the way.

Now let's cut to thirteen year later.

(Thirteen years later)

I had just turned eighteen, which means I was now considered an adult and able to go out into the world on my own. Father Uther told me that I didn't have to leave the orphanage, saying I was more than welcome to stay if I wanted, but I wished to live my life outside of the orphanage and be my own person. He was sad about it, but told me that he was proud of my decision and he had already planned something for this. First, he had given me a large sum of money. Apparently, it's been over thirty years since the last eighteen year old orphans had left like me, only then, he left with nothing because the orphanage couldn't offer much. So Father Uther prepared for this possible moment, and had been putting money away in a savings account. He didn't give me all that was in the account, given it was also used for extreme emergencies, but it was enough to help me get started. Next, he gave me a list of people in town who he knew were hiring that I could apply for. And finally, the last and most important thing before I left; the last custom of the orphanage. Because I hadn't been adopted into a family to take up their family name, I was now allowed to choose my own last name. Father Uther had told me to think long and hard about the last name I would choose, but little did he know that when I turned seventeen one year from this moment, I had already made my decision. Just like in the old fairytale of a boy who was poor, an orphan who was thought very little of, changed his destiny by drawing a sword embedded in a stone, and became king of England. I had chosen the last name Pendragon. So now, I was Arthur Pendragon.

Father Uther had found my choice rather amusing since he would always see me read the books of King Arthur and his knights of the round table, saying that it was a fitting name. He went off to make it official by getting my I.D. and other essentials before I could go out into the world.

And that was two years ago. Now it's time for the real journey to begin. So, let's go back to seven hours before you had first showed up, I'll let my past self take the wheel and wait for you to meet me back at the point I paused at. Enjoy!

(Seven hours earlier)

Taking the keys from my pocket, I unlocked the door to my tiny apartment and walked inside from the bitter cold. "Ahhh. Another day, another pound in my pocket." I yawned, finishing another hard day of work. After I locked my door and took off my work uniform to slip into my casual clothes, I made my way over to my room. It wasn’t anything special, just a bed and a dresser in the corner. But what was special was next to the side of my bed: my top of the line gaming PC. I had saved a lot of money to buy that beauty, but it was the only nonessential luxury I had. I didn't have cable TV or a smartphone, but I had the internet and my PC, which was just as good since there is practically nothing but reruns on cable, and I could use YouTube and subscriptions to streaming networks. I, much like any young adult in this modern age, had a love for anime and gaming, hence the PC.

"Alright, time to see what's new." I said whilst rubbing my hands together as I booted up my PC and opened up my Funimation app. I scrolled through the recently updated list and saw that none of the shows I was waiting for had updated. "Bugger. Oh well. I guess I can watch an old episode to tie me off." I looked through my queue and selected one of my favorite animes: “The Rising of the Shield Hero”.

As I watched the episode where the four heroes take on an island grinding experience, I often wondered what it would be like to be an adventurer, to go out into a world, fight evil monsters and save people, and wield magic and badass weapons. Unfortunately, our world isn't that cool or amazing. Sometimes, I feel like I was born into the wrong world and that I should be living an adventure of my own. Sadly, the only way to experience such wonders is through video games.

"Speaking of which." I closed the app after the episode ended and booted up my “Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization” game. It was a pretty close thing to the anime, with my only complaint being that most of the monsters look exactly the same, just with different color palettes.

As I was finishing up another boss battle, with no losses of players yet again like a pro, I got a notification on my monitor that said I had an email. I quickly saved my game since I was planning on calling it a night, but decided to look at the email.

Opening my mailbox, I saw that the letter had no name or an address from who sent it. Now this could be just some dumb spam mail or a possible virus, but since I had a pretty good firewall and malware protection, I decided to tempt fate and clicked the open icon.

Do you wish your life could be more exciting? That you were born into the wrong world, one that was filled with wonder and excitement around every corner?

What if I told you there was a world that you could go to, where you can live out your wildest fantasies, and set forth on your own adventure?

I was utterly baffled and confused. This letter had practically read my mind on what I was thinking. I noticed that my mouth became incredibly dry and my heart was racing. I was honestly scared for a moment, but a quick shake of my head cast those fears aside. I took a moment to breathe, then moved my hands to reply, grinning as I typed. "I'd say your nuts, but sounds like a place I wouldn't hesitate to go to." I clicked the send button and waited before another letter popped up, opening it immediately.

Are you sure about that? Because I can make that a reality within the blink of an eye. So, I'll ask again: would you like to go to that world?

Yes or No

I had thought this was one of those weird advertisements for a link to an app game you had to download off the internet, so I didn't give it much thought when I moved the mouse so that the cursor clicked on the "yes" box.

Without any warning, all the lights in my room and my monitor went completely dark, leaving me in pitch black darkness. "Bloody hell!!" I screamed, thinking I just had a powerful outage before I saw something pop up on my screen in red writing.

I look forward to seeing your story unfold.

The screen flashed, blinding me temporarily, and the next thing I knew, I felt my body falling with wind whipping my body. "Ahhhhhh!!!" I screamed in terror as I could see myself falling towards what looked like an island. The ground was coming in fast and I closed my eyes the second I was a mere inch from the ground.

My mind was in a complete daze, my head throbbing as I laid on my back. Most of my body was in pain, but it didn't feel like anything was broken. 'That's a relief.'

"What the heck is that thing?"

"Is it a monster?"

"Can't be. It's in the safe zone."

"So, then it's something from Equestria?"

"Never seen anything like it before. Maybe it's from somewhere we've seen before."

"Kinda looks like a hairless minotaur who lost his horns."

I heard voices all around me, but I was still in too much pain from my fall to really care what they were saying. Something I also noticed, even with my eyes closed, was that it was incredibly bright and I could feel the warmth of sunlight. Which was confusing since, last I checked, it was night time. 'Maybe I fell unconscious and now it's day time?'

Something long like a cane started to poke my shoulder, nudging me. "Hey, you dead buddy?" One of the voices asked, getting a groan out of me. "Yeah, he's alive. Hey, buddy, wake up. It's not a good idea to sleep in a busy area."

I groaned again as whoever was poking my shoulder wouldn't stop. "Ahh, fine. I'm up, I'm up." Raising both my legs up and bringing them down, I used the momentum to raise my upper body into a sitting position. I let out a loud yawn as I tried to wipe the sleep from my eyes, still feeling the massive headache. "God, my head hurts like hell. I'm gonna need four hundred ibuprofen after that fall." Then I heard the sound of something twinkling, and then my body felt all fuzzy and light. The pain in my head was completely gone. "Hey, my headache is gone."

"Yeah, you're welcome kid. And since you’re a newbie, I won’t charge ya for the first aid." A different voice spoke up from behind me.

"I'm not sure what you mean, but if you're the reason my headache is gone, then tha-" As I was turning around to face whoever it was that was talking, I felt my words die in my throat at what I was seeing. I was expecting to see another human being standing behind me, but what I got instead were what looked to be multicolored equine humanoids. They stood on two feet, wore strange clothing, and had equine-like features, those being ears at the top of their heads, and a slight muzzle. And as mentioned, they were multicolor, more specifically pastel colors from their fur to their manes. After staring for another good while, I noticed that one had a horn protruding from her (if the feminine look compared to the other two was any indication that it was a she) head. One guy had some wings sprouting out of his back. The third didn't have either wings or a horn, but stood two feet taller than the other two, and had a build that a bodybuilder would envy.

I was understandably frightened as I started quickly crawling backwards away from the anthropomorphic horses, only to slam the back of my head into something hard, which was then followed by a voice.

Attention, time until use of gate remaining: 29d: 17h: 35min.

I turned around while rubbing my head to see what it was that I had slammed into, and there, at about nine feet tall, was a stone gate. "Well that answers that question." I heard footsteps and saw a looming shadow over me. I slowly looked up to see the stallion with no extra appendages standing above me. I was around 5'9, whereas he looked to be 6'8 at best, easily dwarfing me. He leaned down, grabbed both my shoulders, then lifted me up till I was standing on my feet. "So, you are the newest rookie, huh?"

"Uhhh…I guess…Where am I, exactly?" I asked while still in shock by how easily he picked me up.

The three stared at one another before the stallion before me quirked his brow. "Well, you’re on the Deadly Archipelago. An adventurer's dreams come true, where fame and riches awaits you…Any of this ringing any bells, kid?"

I was just standing there dumbfounded. Had the email I was sent really telling the truth? Am I in another world?

If I was a normal person, my first and initial reaction would be to freak out and panic while curled up in the fetal position. However, I wasn't normal. I realized that I had gotten my wish and felt my lips curl up into a wide grin, about to shout with joy. "So, this really is a place where you can become an adventurer?" I asked while holding back my excitement, to which the three nodded. "With monsters, hidden treasures, and dungeons?" My voice was slowly getting higher. When I saw the group hesitantly nod, I felt like my chest was about to burst with joy. "Where do I start!?" I asked with a bit more enthusiasm, causing the pony peoples’ ears to fold in.

"Whoa, buddy, relax. You're gonna cause us to go deaf." He pointed over to a town, which I hadn't noticed until now. "There’s a guild in town. You’ll see a sign with two swords over a piece of paper. If you go there, they can get you started with registering and the gear you’ll need." And with that, I was on my merry way as I headed off into the town to start my new adventure.

I strolled into the town and saw lots of those pony hybrids walking around, but as I traveled deeper in, I started to notice that there were not just ponies, but griffins, minotaurs, and even a zebra. The weird thing was that all of the creatures here seemed almost cartoonish. Not just them, but the world, including myself for that matter. I didn't give it much thought, seeing as I was in a world with pastel-colored creatures.

After walking for a good a minute, I spotted the sign with the two swords over a piece of paper and made my way inside. Once inside, I saw that on the far right was a large billboard with tons of pieces of paper tacked on it with plenty of creatures looking at them, no doubt the quest board. At the far left were a few tables where some of the creatures were sitting down, chatting amongst each other, some of which were polishing their weapons. I also saw some stairs that led to a second floor. At the far end of the building were a set of desks with some mares filling out some papers. 'And those must be the receptionists who can help me sign up.'

As I strolled over, one of the mares behind the desk took notice of me and gave me a curious look as she tilted her head to the side. She had a light peach coat with a blonde mane done in a ponytail, and she had golden eyes that were really alluring. Once I was close enough, I gave a small bow, to which she quickly returned after snapping out of her daze. "Hello, is this where I would register to join? I wish to become an adventurer."

"Umm, yes, this is where you register. But umm…" She leans over her desk to look me over. "May I ask what species are you? Are you some kind of subspecies of minotaur?"

'Guess they’ve never seen a human before. Hmmm...Well, no point in beating around the bush.' I cleared my throat a bit. "No, my species are known as humans."

She seemed content with my answer as she leaned back into her chair and shuffled through some papers before sliding one over to me. "Well then, if you can please fill out this form for me, we can get you registered for an adventurer tag." Said form was fairly straightforward and thankfully written in English. The basics were my name, age, race, and class of fighter. Once I had filled out everything, I slid the paper back to her and watched as she looked it over."Hmmm...Okay, everything seems to be in order." She pulled open a drawer and reached inside, pulling out what looked like a military dog tag and slid it over to me. "This will serve as your guild identification to other adventurers. The highest rank is platinum, followed by gold, however, as it stands, the highest that we have so far are silver ranked adventurers. Because you are starting out, you are porcelain rank." She then turned my attention to the board I saw earlier on. "That is the quest board, where you can take one of the many quests that are posted. Since you are a porcelain rank you will have to take quest that are equal or lower then your rank, but if you prove yourself out on the field you'll be able to raise your rank."

'Huh? Well rules are rules.' I shrugged my shoulders, took the tag, and prepared to leave.

"Wait. Before you go, I have one question for you?"

"What's that?" I asked as I turned to her.

"Well, um, I noticed that you aren't wearing any armor, nor do you have any weapons on you. By any chance, do you have some at home?"

'Well shit…I can't exactly become an adventurer without any of those, now can I?' My current attire was nothing but a red polo T-shirt, blue jean pants, and black boots.

She could probably see the look of worry that was written on my face and let out a small sigh. She opened her desk drawer and started to write something on a piece of paper, then slipped it into an envelope, and moved a candle over it to let some of the wax drip down before grabbing a stamp to push down on the wax. She then handed me the letter. "Here. Take this to the town blacksmith and he will take care of the rest. The shop isn't too far from here: when you leave the guild hall, just go left and keep going till you see a sign with an anvil."

"Oh. Um, thanks." I bowed again, took the letter, then made my way out of the guild hall and followed her directions.

As I walked down the road to where the blacksmith shop was supposed to be, I got a good look at the town as I walked. The buildings were all designed like those from medieval times, which gave the atmosphere a rather pleasant feeling.

Eventually, I managed to find the shop I was looking for and walked inside. Inside was an absolute dream for me; weapons and armor were hung along the walls, even counters lined with different kinds of sword, axes, spears, you name it. I walked over to the counter, where there was an open doorway that probably leads to the back. "Hello? Is anyone here?" I called out.

"Hang on! I'm finishing something up back here!!" A deep voice boomed from the other side of the doorway. And not soon after, I could feel something stomping its way toward me, the sound of each step echoed the closer they got. Eventually, a hulking mass of muscles squeezed it's way through the doorway. Standing at about eight feet tall, with light brown fur, a bald head, and a dark brown goatee. He looked down at me with a puzzled look and a quirked brow. "So, what's your name little guy?"

My mouth was practically open and closing like a bass out of water. "Uhh...A-Arthur. And you, sir?"

"I am known by many names: Mountain Slayer, Thunder Lion, The Chocolate Ax, but you may call me...' He paused as he leaned down. "Tiffany."

"...Tiffany, huh?...That's a pretty masculine name."

"Shouldn't be. It's a mare's name."

"Kay. I don't know how to talk to you."

"Good, then you can stop gawking and tell me why you’re here?"

I tried to pull out the letter that I had put in my pocket on the way here. When I got it out, I managed to fumble it around a bit since I was still intimated by the hulking blacksmith before me. The stallion reached over, took the letter, and proceeded to open it. I watched as he pulled out the letter inside and watched his eyes move side to side as he looked through the letter. "Hmm. So you're a new adventurer, but you don't have any gear?" He asked as he looked back at me, which kind of made me shrink under his gaze as I gave a brief nod.

For a while, he just stood there staring at me intently before I noticed the corner of lips slightly twitch, forming into a smile, and then suddenly, he was laughing. "Hahahah! Are you kidding me!?" He leaned over the counter while clenching his side as he continued to laugh heartily. "Oh my Celestia! This is just too funny! Hahahah!!!!"

'Well, it's not like I had enough money back in my world to actually buy real armor and weapons that would just lay around my apartment. Besides, I never thought I'd be sent to another world like this.' I thought bitterly as I just stood there, waiting for him to stop laughing.

That took all of three minutes before he was finally able to stand up properly. "I'm sorry, kid. It's just I never heard of someone coming to the Deadly Archipelago who didn't think to bring any weapons or armor with them." He took a minute to wipe the tears out of his eyes, then leaned on the counter with one arm. "So, before we continue, I gotta ask you one thing kid. What made you want to become an adventurer in the first place?"

I was rather confused by this question brought up out of the blue. For what reason does he want to know that? He was staring at me intently again as he waited for my answer. Of course, I didn't really need to think about it much, since it was blatantly obvious. "Well duh, to go on adventures and experience new things." There was an awkward silence as he stared at me for a few moments, before once again, he started to laugh. "Hey, what's so funny about that!?"

"N-Not damn thing." He said between breaths as he calmed himself down. "It's just been so long since I've heard any creature say something like that."

I wasn't sure what he meant by that, nor did I have any clue why he found that worth laughing over, but I just shrugged it off. "So, why did the guild send me here to give you that letter?"

"Oh, they wanted me to help you get started by giving you some starter equipment." He cleared his throat and took a moment to compose himself. "Before I give you any equipment, I'll need to see what your stats are to get a good idea of what kind of gear to give you."

I couldn't help but tilt my head to that. "My stats? I'm sorry, but I don't follow?"

He seemed rather surprised by this. "Wait, are you telling me that you haven't looked at your stats since you got here?" I shook my head, considering I had no idea what he was talking about. He groaned while holding his face, mumbling something under his breath that I couldn't make out. "Okay. I guess since you're new, you wouldn't know how to do it, so I guess I can give you some advice. First, take your index and middle finger, press them together, and bring them down in a straight line in front of you." I wasn't sure why he wanted me to do that, but I did so, and almost immediately, a little screen popped up.

Name: Arthur Pendragon

Race: Human

Age:19

Gender: Male

Stats Lv 1

HP 100 STR 20
SP 50 END 60
DEF 20 LUC 5
AGI 100

Affinity: ???

"What the heck is all this?!" I shouted in utter confusion.

"Those would be your stats. When you enter the Deadly Archipelago, your physical attributes are converted into stats." He moved his hand over and turned the little screen towards him. I could see him cringe a bit as he looked it over. "Geez. This really all you've got? Either this thing is malfunctioning or your race isn't that strong of a species."

Well, he wasn't wrong about that, given that our kind uses technology to help support our weaknesses. And even the strongest humans can't match up to some animals in the animal kingdom. Something then just occurred to me. "Wait, stats? Am I in some kind of video game or something?"

"Are you saying you don't know where you are?" I shook my head, the only thing I knew was I was in some place called the Deadly Archipelago. "So not only are you unprepared with equipment, but also you have no idea where you are? What part of Equestria did you come from anyway?"

"Equestria? Where on earth is that?" I asked, getting a rather surprised reaction out of Tiff.

"Okay...Before I get an aneurysm, let’s go over something. How did you get here, and where did you come from?" He asked while pinching the bridge of his nose.

"That might be a bit of a long story." I added

"Try me." He said flatly while propping himself up on one arm.

"And that's how I got here." I had just finished giving Tiff the cliffnotes of my life story and how I ended up where I am now.

Needless to say, he was rather surprised if the hanging jaw and wide eyes were any indication. "W-well, I’ve got to say that's one heck of a story kid."

"Thanks. Now, can you tell me about where I am? You mentioned both Equestria and the Deadly Archipelago. Are they one in the same or two different places? And why do I have stats like I'm in a video game?"

He took a minute to shake out of his shocked state. "Uh, right. So, first, Equestria is the name of the country where myself, as well as all other adventurers, are from."

He gave me a quick rundown of his world’s history. He told me about the three tribes of ponies, the alicorns, cutie marks, and other nations besides the ponies. "Now, for the Deadly Archipelago. About two years ago, the whole world felt like it was shaking, and no creature knew why. We thought it was a world-wide earthquake and that it might have been the end of the world. But it lasted for only a minute before it had finally stopped. Thankfully, there weren't any casualties, or massive tears in the earth. All seemed normal until a group of sailors came to the capital reporting some strange islands had suddenly popped out of nowhere a couple hundred miles off the coast."

"Wait, these islands just appeared out of thin air?"

He nodded. "That's right, but here is where the strange stuff starts. When the princesses heard about these islands, they decided to send a team of explorers and researchers to go to the islands to investigate. However, when the ships and air fleets approached the islands at a certain distance, the winds and tides almost turned into a hurricane, forcing everypony away and preventing them from moving forward. For a while, it seemed that no creature could venture onto the islands. But then the gates started to show up."

"The gates? You mean like the one I bumped into earlier? "

"Bingo. Three days after the islands popped up, these weird gates started showing up in all the major cities and countries. At first, we had no idea where they would lead to until some writing started showing up on the gates, saying that they were portals to the islands, and that beyond them lies riches and powers that were beyond our wildest dreams. This caught the princesses off guard, but they didn't want to let something like this injure their subjects, so they themselves tried to go through the portals to make sure it was safe. But to everypony's surprise, the gates wouldn't allow them to enter."

"The princesses weren't allowed to pass through? That seems rather strange. Did anyone find out why they couldn't pass through?"

"Nope. And this raised some red flags for them, so they decided to hold a meeting with the other leaders of Equestria. The princesses wanted to convince the other races that no creature should go through those gates, having no idea what danger laid beyond them. Sadly, the other leaders didn't take too kindly to that suggestion, saying that we ponies were trying to make it so they wouldn't go through so that we could and collect all the riches for ourselves. And much to the princesses’ surprise, even their own subjects didn't agree with them. They were overruled and had to allow things to unfold."

"So, then what happened?" I asked, wanting to gather as much knowledge as I can about this new world.

“Since they had been overruled, the princesses decided it would be best to learn all they could from these mystery islands. So they sent a research team along with fifty of their best guards. In total, the group count was seventy. The plan was for them to travel through the gate and return in four days, however, things don't always go as planned. The team didn't return as scheduled, which left the princesses worried. To make matters worse, they couldn't get a hold of them, even with magic letters." Magic letters were basically the equivalent to an instant message in this world since all mail was delivered by hand. "You remember when you said you bumped into the gate earlier?" I nodded. "Did anything pop up, or heard something talk?"

"Now that you mention it, I do remember a voice that said something about days, hours, and minutes." I then thought about the time that popped up. "Are you telling me that they had to wait a whole month before they could return back home?"

He nodded grimly. "Of the seventy that had deployed, only fifteen of them had returned."

"But isn't this area a safe zone? That means that nothing could attack them, right?"

"Well, you're half right. The town is built within a safe zone, but back then, there wasn't a town here. Just empty space. And because the research team had only packed enough rations to last them five days max, they were forced to venture out of the safe zone. The other problem was that, at the time, they had no idea how these islands worked."

"Are you referring to the stats you mentioned before?" I asked as I was getting an idea of what happened.

"Right again. They had no idea that these islands worked like something out of an arcade game. Monsters give you experience points when you kill them, and they can drop items. Dungeons are filled with treasures and rare items. But what's more crazy is how these islands can even change your very nature."

I cocked my head back. "What do you mean ‘change your nature’?" I looked him over and didn't see anything out of the ordinary, at least from what I can tell of an anthropomorphic pony.

"You remember when I said that unicorns were the only ones who could cast magic spells?" I nodded and watched as he moved his hand out with his palms facing upwards. "Fireball." Was all he said before a ball of fire suddenly appeared in the palm of his hands. "Here, even an earth pony like myself can now cast magic." I was completely baffled by what I was seeing. Tiff told me that earth ponies weren't devoid of magic and that it was mostly the kind that can affect plant life or give them great strength, but this wasn't either of those two. "So the laws of nature can change here for any creature.

"But enough about that. Let's get down to business." He pulled my stats closer to him and examined it. "Unfortunately, your stats are low, even for someone at Lv 1, although your agility and endurance are the highest among them. Why is that?"

"Oh. Back in my world during my high school years, I was part of the track and field team, and whenever I had free time, I did a lot of parkour."

"Hmm, is that so? Then we need to give you armor that will boost your defense while also leaving your agility unaffected...hmm." He stroked his chin as he put a lot of thought into what I need. "Okay, I think I know what I can give you that's within reason. Wait here."

So I did. I looked around the shop and all the different weapons and platemail armor. I took a moment to look at my stats again. It was rather strange to see my physical attributes put into numbers like this. I wasn't sure if the stats besides my agility and endurance were what was considered average for a human. I did go to the gym once in a while and kept myself in good shape. 'The way this whole status and menu screen looks is like the one from SAO, though not as detailed.'

I was taking being dropped into a whole new world rather well. I'm sure any other person would be panicking and trying to find a way back home to their own world. But since I didn't really have much going for me back home, I guess I had nothing to lose and all to gain.

The sound of hoofsteps pulled me out of deep thought as Tiff came back in, carrying a large wooden box that he set down on the counter. "Alright, kiddo. I think these should be good for your first set of equipment." I watched as he pulled out the individual items out and set them out on the counter. "Since your highest stats are in agility, I decided that leather armor would be the best choice for you. It's strong enough to take some hits and it’s easy for you to move around in." On the counter, I saw a vest, some fingerless gloves that would also cover past my wrists, and armor that would cover my hips and thighs.

"Next is your weapons. I think the best choice for you would be a buckler and a short sword since they're both fairly light and can still provide you with some great offense and defense." The short sword was a double edge blade, the buckler around the size of a large frisbee. "Well? Go on and try them on, and while you do that, I'll give a crash course on what you need to know."

I started with the waist armor first since it looked like it would be the easiest to put on. "Now then, you should have an item inventory that you can store items you get from quests or monster drops. There should be an icon of a pack near your stats. Tap on that when you want to look through your items." I nodded to let him know I was listening while I moved to putting the vest on now. "Next, much like the item icon, you should have an icon that looks like a checklist. That will be your skill list, which you can acquire by leveling up or stumbling onto magic scrolls. There are few types of skills: magical, physical, and weapon, all of which cost SP to use." I moved on to the gloves next. "The further you travel from town, the stronger the monsters will get, so you should be fine if you don't venture off too far."

Finally, I slide my left arm through the straps of the buckler and tightened them to keep it from moving. I then attached the sheath of the sword to the left side of my hip. "These feel really nice. They practically don't weigh a thing, but did they really improve my defense?"

The blacksmith smiled. "Take a look at your stats now, kid."

I shrugged and opened my stats menu like before and took a look again, and to my surprise, they had increased.

Stats Lv 1

HP 180 SP 50
ATK 50 DEF 62
M.ATK 10 M.DEF 10
STR 40 AGI 100
END 60 LUC 5

"They didn't go up by much, but something is better than nothing, right?" I moved around to test the armour out, and much to my delight, it didn't seem to limit my mobility at all.

"Now for something a little extra." I turned to Tiff and watched as he grabbed six vials filled with a red liquid, setting them on the table. "These are potions that will help restore your HP when you're in a pinch." Next, he pulled out a golden compass and set it next to the potions. "And this is an atlas compass." Just as I was about to open my mouth, he held up a finger. "Before you ask, an atlas compass is basically a map that shows you where you have been, and sometimes where you need to go for quest missions."

'Something like this could make questing really easy.' However, I wasn't stupid enough not to see that something like that isn't something cheap. "So what's the catch?"

Tiffany let out a fake, exaggerated gasp as he held a hand to his chest, which looked incredibly silly coming from someone as tough-looking as him. "What? That’s kinda cold, kiddo. Here I am offering you a rare item from the bottom of my heart, and all you can say is, ‘What's the catch?’" He said, sounding like I hurt his feelings, to which I responded by raising my left eyebrow. "Okay, you got me. I'll give you the compass and potions if you help me with a request."

"A request? You mean like a quest mission?"

"That's right. You see, I need some items that a certain monster drops, and unfortunately, I have a lot of orders that still need working on, otherwise I would have gone out and done it myself." He reached his hand into his leather apron and pulled out a small brown book, which was about the size of a smartphone. "This here is an adventurer journal. It takes any information you've obtained and puts it into here. That includes the monsters you will encounter on your adventures." He motions for me to come closer as he looks through his book. "Ah, here we go. This is the monster I need you to hunt."

I leaned over and took a look at what kind of creature he was talking about. And to my slight disappointment, I saw what looked like a rabbit. "Bunnies? Are you kidding me?"

"They're not just bunnies. Those are called Almiraj, and they are what I need for you to hunt. I need two things from them: their skin to make more leather armor, and the stone hatchets they use."

I was a little surprised that those cute little bunnies could use weapons. "Wait, why would you want their stone hatchets? I wouldn't think they would be any use for an adventurer."

"Well, you're right that they wouldn't be good for a fight, but that's not what they are for. The stones they use for their weapons can be broken down to use for smithing." He then moved his finger down to tap on the words next to the image. "Now, keep in mind the fur pelts will always drop after you kill one, but the odds of getting one of their hatchets are a one-in-five chance. And I need thirty pelts and twenty hatchets."

"Hmmm. This seems like it would be a good starter quest. And since you were kind enough to give me the compass and potions, then I'd be happy to do it." He smiled, then he pulled up a screen and turned it to me.

Tiffany's request

30 Almiraj pelts
20 Almiraj stone hatchets

Do you accept

X O

I tapped on the red circle and accepted the quest. I then heard a small beeping noise come from the compass. I took it in my hand and watched as a three-dimensional map of the entire town appeared, then far off outside from the town was a red cursor pointing to a location I hadn't been to yet.

"That red cursor is where you will find the Almiraj. If you lose track of how many you collected, you can check the quest progression on your menu."

"Alright. I guess I better get going, then."I pick up the potions and watched as they disappear.

+5 Potion to inventory

'This is gonna take some getting used to.'

As I made my way through the town, I noticed that I was getting a lot of stares, probably due to the fact I'm the only human here. I saw ponies, griffins, and minotaurs, all of which were anthropomorphic.

As I walked out of town, I decided to look through my menu to get a feel for it. I looked through my skills list and saw that most of the spaces were blank. But after a few seconds of scrolling, I spotted a skill.

Flash Step
SP cost 10
Cover a small distance in the blink of an eye.

"Hmm. Flash Step...Sounds kinda cool. I wonder how I can get it to work?" I closed the menu and took a look at my surroundings. Ahead of me was a straight path with no foliage to trip me. I took my sword and drew a line in the ground, then stood behind it as I got into a runner stance. "Flash Step!!" For a split second, it felt like my skin was being pushed back and the world around me blurred before coming to a quick halt. The moment I stopped moving, I felt as though I was gonna fall over, but I quickly put my right foot forward to balance myself. I had to catch my breath as I felt my heart racing from the sudden shock. Looking back, I saw that I had moved three feet away from the line that I drew in the dirt. "Three feet. That's not bad."

I looked at the top left corner of my vision and saw that I had lost ten SP of my max fifty. I was concerned since I didn't have any potions to recover it, but to my surprise, I watched as it slowly started to refill itself. "Sweet! So SP refills over time? Hmmm. I wonder if it's the same for HP?" I had to keep this in mind should I take any damage. I pulled out my compass and saw that the red marker wasn't too far away. Luckily, my location is indicated by a blue arrow that turned as I did, so I knew which direction I was going in.

As I walked through the woods, I saw that the trees here didn't seem all that different from back home. The only difference was that the trees here seemed more vibrant. That wasn't the only thing that was different from home; the air seemed even fresher and cleaner.

SNAP!!

Almost as if it was on instinct, I quickly drew my sword and held my shield up, getting into a defensive position. My eyes focused on the bush where I heard the snapping sound came from. The bush started to rustle again and I mentally prepared myself for whatever may come out. I didn't have to wait long as a head poked out. However, instead of it being some wild monster, it turned out to be a bunny with white fur and red eyes. Its nose twitched a bit and looked at me before slowly bringing the rest of its body out, which was the size of any normal size bunny from my world. It walked on all fours and sniffed the ground as it came closer, and soon after, two more came from the same bush. They seemed to be just like any other normal bunnies. 'Are these really the monsters I'm supposed to hunt? Can you even call them monsters?' I then noticed that there was a health bar over each one of them with the name "Almiraj" above the HP bars. The rabbits stood up on their hind legs with their front paws behind their backs as they looked up at me, tilting their heads and letting out a sort of chirping noise.

'Aww. Do I really have to kill these guys? They're so cute."

But just as I was reconsidering taking this quest, the Almiraj pulled some stone hatchets from behind their backs and leapt into the air toward me with their weapons aimed at me.

'...Okay, less cute!!' Just before the evil little bunnies could get any closer, I quickly jumped back, only barely evading their little hatchets. "Okay you little buggers. I was gonna leave you alone, but now I'm gonna make you three into a mincemeat pie!!" I pushed off my back leg and lunged forward, slashing my sword at the bunny in the middle. I cut it in half, bringing its HP to zero, and watched it evaporate into thin air.

+1 Rabbit Pelt
+1 Rabbit Meat
Exp +2

As I regained my footing after cutting down the middle rabbit, the one off to my left charged forward, hatchet ready to come down. I quickly position my shield to intercept and thrust it forward, smashing into the rabbit's face and causing it to stagger. Not wanting to waste this chance, I quickly turned my body and thrust my sword into its belly, watching as it disappeared like the first.

+1 Rabbit Pelt
+1 Rabbit Meat
Exp +2

Before I could revel in my success for my combo move, I felt a stinging sensation on my right forearm. I looked over to see a cut on my arm made by the last Almiraj. I looked over to it, seeing that it was now sweating bullets and let out a loud gulp. "You done goofed, buddy." I pulled my right leg back and swung it forward as hard as I could into the little bunny, sending him flying into a nearby tree and watched it's body disappear.

+1 Rabbit Pelt
+1 Rabbit Meat
+1 Stone Hatchet
Exp +2

"So after killing three of those things, I only got one hatchet. Damn. That means I'm gonna have to kill more than twenty of these things if I want to complete the quest. No wonder Tiff had a hard time getting other adventurers to take this quest; the drop rate is low and the exp you earn from killing one is so small." I let out a long sigh and shrugged my shoulders. "Well, this is at least a good way to get used to fighting. Now all I have to do is get this cut cl-" To my surprise, the cut that I got earlier was no longer there, or any sign that I had been injured. Not even a scar. "Did it heal already?" Glancing up at my HP bar, I saw that only a small sliver of it was missing, and even that was slowly refilling. "Hmmm. So cuts heal at a fast rate, but the HP restores slowly. I wonder if there’s any items here that can help increase the speed of that?" While I was deep in thought, the sound of bushes rustling in the distance caught my attention. I turned to face the direction in which the sound came from and carefully made my way to follow it.

I stalked my way through the dense foliage as I followed the sound that was now up ahead. Poking my head out from the bushes, I saw in the distance four more Almiraj in the open. "Bingo, four more of those little buggers. Now then, how to go about killing them? Hmmm…" As I shifted my legs to get into a more comfortable position, my foot accidentally kicked a small stone against another, which got the Almirajs’ to turn in my direction, causing me to freeze in place. For a moment, I thought that they were about to charge toward me and I'd have to fight, but to my surprise, they didn't move a step.

"Wait, could it be?" I picked up one of the stones by my feet and carefully chucked it toward a bush that was closest to the bunny monsters. The response was immediate as they pulled out their weapons and turned to the bush where the stone had landed. "Looks like aggro is a thing here. Which means I could use this to my advantage." I took a long look at the surroundings and prepared my plan of action.

First, I picked up one more stone and tried to gauge the distance between me and my targets. 'Looks to be about seven feet away. I need to draw them in closer if I want this work.' I pulled my arm back and tossed the first stone at a tree that was about four feet from the demon bunnies. Just as planned, they quickly charged toward the tree, expecting an adventurer. 'And now they're within the strike zone!!" Pushing off my right leg, I lunged forward, my sword held high as I used my skill. 'Flash Step!!' In the blink of an eye, I was standing right in front of the cotton tailed vermin. They had no time to defend themselves as I swung my sword horizontally, easily cutting through all four in a single slash.

+1 Rabbit Pelt
+1 Rabbit Meat
+1 Stone Hatchet
Exp +2

+1 Rabbit Pelt
+1 Rabbit Meat
+1 Stone Hatchet
Exp +2

+1 Rabbit Pelt
+1 Rabbit Meat
Exp +2

+1 Rabbit Pelt
+1 Rabbit Meat
Exp +2

"Well, I got two of the hatchets this time, and out of four, that's a fairly good start." While I was happy that I had received more of the key items I needed for my quest, I couldn't help but let out a long groan. "But this is gonna take a long time to get this quest done."

For the next two hours, I searched through the forest hunting down as many Almiraj as I could find. The work was tedious and hard, but I was slowly getting the hang of it. What's more, my fighting skills were improving quite a bit. Every kill I made was done with precision and my movements were getting sharper the more I hunted. I wasn't sure if it was some kind of latent potential that I had and never knew of or that being on these islands was causing these sudden improvements. Either way, I was liking it and getting stronger with every fight.

With another slash of my blade, I had cut off the head of another Almiraj, and before I had a chance to see if I had gotten another hatchet, something popped in my field of vision.

Leveled Up!!!

Stats Lv 2

HP 210 SP 70
ATK 80 DEF 85
M.ATK 40 M.DEF 20
STR 60 AGI 125
END 90 LUC 5

"Well shit, would you look at that. I finally leveled up. And it only took me killing thirty of those long-eared devils to do it." I looked over my stats and saw that they hadn't gone up as much as I had wanted. "I guess something is better than nothing at all."

After admiring my new stats, I clenched and unclenched my hand a couple of times to see if something, anything felt different. 'Hmm. I don't feel stronger, or at least any different than normal.' I sheath my sword, moved my hands into a boxing stance, and tried to throw a few punches. And much to my surprise, the speed that my punch I threw was incredibly fast. Granted, it wasn’t enough to be considered superhuman, but maybe on par with a pro boxer. 'Maybe it's because by normal human standards, my strength was below average.'

I turn my attention over to a nearby tree and walk over to it. 'My defense and endurance got bumped up, so maybe...' Pulling my arm back, I clenched my fist and shot it forward, mentally preparing myself for the pain. When my fist collided with the tree, some of the bark scattered and left a small dent in the thick trunk. "Holy shit…I didn't feel a thing!" I took a look at my knuckles and saw there weren't any traces of bark or wood chippings. My knuckles weren't even red, like I never hit the tree at all.

"This is awesome! If I keep leveling up, I'm bound to get stronger. You know, fighting against those little demon bunnies doesn't sound too pointless now." And no sooner did I finish uttering that sentence, a group of Almiraj jumped out from some bushes nine feet to my right. This time, there were at least ten instead of three. "I guess this must be what's considered a horde. Well bring it on, ya wee little ankle biters! I'm itching to try out my new strength!"

As the Almiraj started to charge toward me, I quickly gripped my sword's handle, ready to draw it. But just as I was about to pull it out, the weirdest thing happened. The ground beneath the white-furred devils disappeared into a pit. I watched as they all fell down screaming, which were quickly silenced a few seconds afterwards.

"What in the world?" Curiosity got the better of me as I carefully and slowly made my way over to where I had seen them fall. To my surprise, I saw that they were inside a pit trap filled with spikes. "Tsh, that's bloody brutal." I almost felt guilty for the poor bastards...almost. When I leaned over to look down at them to see what would happen, their bodies disappeared.

+10 Rabbit Pelt
+10 Rabbit Meat
+4 Stone Hatchet
Exp +20

"Wait...I get the experience points AND the items they drop? Shit. Looks like I lucked out today." When I took a few steps away from the pit trap, I noticed that it was quickly covered in grass again, almost like it was never there to begin with.

"Hmm...I wonder." I pulled my sword out and ever so carefully tapped where the hole was. No sooner did the tip of my blade touch the grass, it quickly vanished and revealed the pit trap again. "A natural pit trap, huh?" Reaching into my pocket, I pulled out my atlas compass and flipped it open to see if my hunch was right. Sure enough, on the map, there was a little image of a creature falling into a pit. "So it's like Monster Hunter? I guess I'd better be more careful where I step."

I opened my menu to check my quest progression. "Let's see how much of this quest is left."

Tiffany's request

30/30 Almiraj pelts
20/20 Almiraj stone hatchets

Return to Tiffany to complete quest.

"...oh. I guess I already got everything I need. Wow, today really is my lucky day." I couldn't help but let out a laugh in amusement and joy after finally completing my very first quest. Well, almost complete. "I guess I should head back to Tiff's if I want to really consider this a done deal…or I could maybe stick around and see about leveling up one more time." Though I know that I could just go back, complete the quest, and be done with it, I couldn't resist the temptation of trying out my newfound strength. "Just one more monster to see what I can do."

"Help! It's gonna kill us!!" A male voice called out from within the forest, getting my attention.

"This demon rabbit is gonna eat us!!" Another male voice called out.

"Wait, did they say rabbit? Heh, they're screaming over a little bunny? Well, seeing as I'm looking for a fight to test my strength, then I suppose I can try my luck against this so-called demon bunny." I quickly rushed over to where I heard the screams coming from.

I followed the screams to another clearing about half a mile west. I tried to pinpoint where the screams were coming from exactly, when… "Ahhhhhhh!!" Three earth ponies came running out from the bushes like they had a fire lit under their bums.

Two of the stallions were roughly about a foot taller than me, while the third was easily three feet taller. He had light tan fur, a black mane that, and a mustache that was connected to his sideburns. He was also incredibly muscular, even more so than Tiff, his outfit made him look like a barbarian since it looked like it was made out of brown fur. "Run, kid! That rabbit’s got a temper a mile wide!"

The three adventures ran so fast, they left a trail of dust behind, which unfortunately blinded me temporarily. "What's the big deal about some dumb old rabbit?" I coughed while trying to fan the dust away. Then I heard the sound of heavy footsteps coming from behind me and the sound of something snorting through its nose. Looking back, I could see that a rabbit with large fangs protruding from its mouth, snow white fur, and blood red eyes was standing behind me. Unlike the Almiraj, this rabbit stood five feet taller than me, and looked pissed as all hell.

Before I had any chance to regret my earlier comment, the beast lunged forward, swiping its paw at me and sent me flying back until I slammed into a nearby tree. The impact knocked the wind out of me and I saw that my HP had dropped down by seventy-five percent, leaving my heath bar in the red. "RRRRRREEEEEEE!!!" I heard the beast scream, which made my skin crawl. I got to my feet as fast as I could and started running as fast as I could. As I ran, I could hear the rabbit's feet thumping as it gave chase to me.

As I ran, I opened my menu, quickly took out a potion, and drank it, bringing up my health, but it wasn’t enough as it brought me back to barely half health. As I tried to drink another potion, the demon bunny popped right to my side and swung its paw at me. I was quick enough to jump to my side so I wouldn't take the full blow, but in the process, it smacked my potion out of my hands. "SHIT!"

I turned on my heels and bolted toward a group of trees, hoping to gain some distance. I bobbed and weaved my way around each tree, hearing the beast smashing its way through them as it gave chase, but my plan was sorta working as I managed to get some space between us. I took this opportunity to grab another potion and quickly drank it, bringing my HP to half. I tried to take another one, but in my haste, the bottle was knocked out of my hand by a low hanging tree branch. "Dammit, I only have one left!" I quickly downed my last potion, now putting me at seventy-five percent health. "Not that it matters, because if that over-sized rodent hits me again, I'm done for!"

I could still hear it roar and the vibrations of its paws stomping against the ground, and to make matters worse, I was starting to tire out. 'Dammit I can't keep outrunning that thing! I need a plan to either ditch it or kill it fast!' Pulling out my compass, I quickly opened it to see that I wasn't too far off from the town, but at the rate I was going, my stamina and strength would be spent before I could make it. 'Fucking damn it!! Isn't there anything I can do!?' I could hear the rabbit's steps getting louder and the sound of it grunting as it ran. My whole life flashed before my eyes. I could see my childhood spent at the orphanage, the days of hard labor I spent at work, all the way up to not just a few minutes ago when I saw that pit trap...wait! "That's it!" Glancing down at my map, I saw that the pitfall trap wasn't too far. That was it; my salvation and last chance for survival.

I looked where the trap was and quickly changed direction so that I was running toward it. When I looked back to see if the beast was still following me, I saw that it leapt up in the air and was about to come down on me with its fangs out, ready to dig into my flesh. Before it could impale me with its razor sharp fangs, I quickly sidestepped, causing it to crash into a nearby tree. "That's it, you stupid rabbit! Come and get me!!" It roared as it picked itself up and charged for me, now looking pissed beyond description. "Why do I keep taunting the creatures that want to kill me!?"

I was panting heavily, running as fast as my legs could carry my body as I bobbed and weaved my way through bushes and trees, all while trying my best to avoid the beast who was chasing me.

"Rrrreeeeeeee!!!!!"

Its terrifying scream gave my heart a fright, which made me pick up the speed. "Almost there! Just a few more feet till I reach it!" I screamed as I checked my compass to see how much further I was from my destination. Soon, I broke out of the forest and into an open area, where I saw my target not two feet away. "Almost...there!" I turned my head to look back, daring to see how close the beast was, only to see that it was right behind me before leaping toward me. The world slowed down as I stared at its blood red eyes and snow white fur, it's long floppy ears, and buck teeth. "Am I really gonna die to an overgrown rabbit!?"

Well, it looks like you're all caught up. Don't worry, I won't be doing these often like I mentioned earlier. But now let's continue, shall we? Oh, I'm so excited! I wonder what's gonna happen...I mean, I don't need to wonder since it's my story, but you guys don't know what's gonna happen next, so….yeah, I'll shut up now. Enjoy.

"Flash Step!!" Just as its fangs were about to sink into my flesh, my body quickly accelerated, moving me out of harm's way and past the pitfall trap. I turned to look back in time to see the beast trigger the trap, its body falling down into the pit where I could hear the spikes impaling its body, forcing a pain-filled screech from it before ultimately dying down.

I waited a few seconds, waiting to see if anything else might happen. When nothing happened, I slowly crept my way over to the edge of the trap and peered down to see that the beast was indeed dead. After a few seconds of waiting, the body disappeared.

Leveled Up!!!

Stats Lv 5

HP 510 SP 200
ATK 110 DEF 130
M.ATK 60 M.DEF 50
STR 90 AGI 150
END 120 LUC 5

+1 Demon rabbit pelt
+1 Lucky rabbit's foot
+1000 bits
+1000 EXP

I just stood there in shock and awe as I leveled three times, but more so that I actually survived. I was so relieved that my legs gave out from under me and fell flat on my ass. For a while, I sat there, trying to take it all in. "Well…this has been one hell of a first day in my new life." I chuckled as I felt more alive than I've ever felt.

Author's Note

Hey there guys I hope you enjoyed this chapter. First special thanks to my editor Codex92 for helping me edit this story and stay strong and to keep writing.

Now as mentioned in the long discreption this is my first time trying to write a story like this and believe me when I say it was long and hard.(Bow chicka bow wow.)

Now I mentioned some anime characters and weapons will make appearances in this story. You may know some, but there might be some you don't.

Here at the end of my author's note I'll help you better understand what some of them look like.

Tiffany is actually Agil from Sao abridged. I went with Tiffany purely for thr joke and and I'm sticking to it X3

The three characters you saw running away from the demon rabbit are Zonge.

And his two companions. Shusaku Shirakawa.

And Manabu Sakamaki
These three are from the anime Toriko.

So if you guys want to make suggestions on what I can add or improve on when it comes to the stats and rules you've seen so far please leave a comment down bellow.

Also yes I know that if an orphan doesn't have a name when they are brought to the orphanage they are given certain names, but this is a fanfiction. Please don't take it too seriously.

Well that wraps things up here. Hope to hear from your guys soon