This is another story I wrote down in a fit of inspiration after the huge influx of gamer fics that I read. I thought I'd give it a go myself, though this was awhile ago. This one has 2 chapterse, so hopefully it will give you all something to read while I figure out how to continue Ashes to Ashes.

Summary: It was certainly strange, finding his life as a Video Game, and he wondered just why he had this power. But this was his chance to become a Huntsman, and he wouldn't waste it. He is Jaune Arc, and the world would be Eclipsed by his legend.


I: The Game

["The Gamer" Jaune Arc]
Level 8

As fifteen year old Jaune stared at those words in the mirror of the bathroom, he wondered if this was sort of hallucination. It didn't make any sense after all, that he was seeing his own name in the mirror along with some sort of title and a Level.

"That's it, no more video games before bed," Jaune muttered to himself, before shaking his head. "Oh who am I kidding? Video games are too awesome to just stop…"

Sighing, Jaune walked back into his room, pinching the bridge of his nose. "It was just you seeing things Jaune," he told himself as he sat down on his bed, and began to look around for his clock. "Now what time is it?" he wondered aloud, before suddenly, numbers popped up in front of his face.

[08:43]

"...I'm just hallucinating," he told himself, laughing nervously as he opened the draw remembering he kept his scroll there. "After all, there's absolutely no way that-" he was cut off as he saw the time on the scroll. It was the same as the number on the screen in front of him right now.

Jaune swallowed slowly. "Okay…" he mumbled. "Maybe there IS some sort of truth. B-but if this were a game, there'd be some sort of tutorial righ-"

[Would you like to view the Tutorial?]
Yes/No

He stared blankly at the window and rubbed his eyes slowly before staring at it again. "…Of course," he sighed. "I guess I might as well check…no harm in doing that…r-right?" he gulped a little at the possible prospect, before he slowly reached out and hit the 'Yes.' As soon as he did, the screen vanished and a new window appeared before his eyes.

[Welcome to the Game! As you have probably noticed,you have been seeing strange windows, and when you make little requests windows pop up with a solution of sorts! The reason for this is that your life has become a video game! Why you ask? Well, now that's something you'll just have to discover for yourself! During this tutorial, you shall be taught the basic functions and principles of The Game, though how you play it is up to you.]

"That's…actually fairly straight forward," Jaune mumbled. "Though it didn't have to be a jerk! I'd love to know where I got this weird power…" The dialogue box promptly ignored him and continued.

[Let's start off nice and easy! The kind of game you are playing is known as an RPG, which means you have various stats, a title system, a name, along with a race and your name. You may view all of these by simply saying the word 'Status,' and you may also view the current amount of money you have! Well what are you waiting for? Go ahead and try it out!]

Jaune raised an eyebrow. "This game is kinda childish…eh what the heck. Status!" As soon as he said that, a new window opened up in front of him, showing just what the game said it would.

[Status]

Name: Jaune Arc
Main Title: The Gamer
Sub Title: None
Race: Human
Level: 8 (0/1600)
HP: 950/950
AP: 0/0
Strength: 4
Dexterity: 2
Vitality: 6
Intelligence: 2
Wisdom: 3
Charisma: 0
Luck: 3
Stat Points: 24
Lien: 5

Jaune's jaw dropped as he looked at his stats. "Why the heck is my Charisma zero!? And my Intelligence is two!? What's AP!? Am I really that dumb!?"

[By understanding your own faults, your Intelligence has increased by 1!]

The blonde's eye twitched violently as he saw that window pop up. "…You're just messing with me now aren't you?" he demanded, at which the game once again chose to ignore him and continue with the tutorial, much to his irritation.

[You will now be given a description of each stat, and how they may benefit you!

Strength - The stat that represents a person's physical power. Used to determine how strong they are, and aids in reducing damage when blocking.

Dexterity - The stat that represents a person's physical nimbleness. Used to determine fine motor skills, reaction time, and aiming.

Vitality - The stat that represents a character's overall health, and how well their growth is, and can be increased by enduring incredibly powerful blows. As you gain points to this stat, your health is slightly increases.

1 VIT = 25 HP

Intelligence - The stat representing how smart a character is. Used to show how skilled a person is, how quickly they learn, how fast they can solve problems, and so on. Increasing this stat also helps increase your overall AP.

1 INT = 25 AP

Wisdom - The stat representing a person's intuition and street-smarts. Used to determine a character's perception, willpower, and decision-making skills.

Charisma - The stat representing a person's force of personality. Used to determine how well someone can influence others by speeches, diplomacy, fear, lying. This stat also affects your looks to a mild degree, enhancing how you are seen in the eyes of other people.

Luck - This stat represents the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life. Used to determine your chances of problems arising during events, gambling, card games, and so on. It also increases the chance of getting higher ranked items from enemy drops, and the chances of getting a critical hit.

Stats can be increased manually by performing things that would increase your stats outside of the game. For example, reading a book might increase intelligence, or lifting weights will increase your strength.

Also, different titles will give you different benefits. Your current title "The Gamer" will increase the amount of experience you and your skills get until level 20, after which it shall only help increase the level of non-combat active skills.

As you level in the game, you shall gain 100 HP and 50 AP for every level you gain, as well as three stat points per level.]

Jaune read through each of the stats slowly to be sure he understood them. "So…in other words, I guess what I'll want to increase first is my Intelligence and my Wisdom, so I can learn more and make good choices with the rest of my stats…right?"

[By coming up with a good plan for your future, your Wisdom has increased by 1!]

He immediately covered his eyes and groaned. "Yeah, this is definitely messing with me now. Whatever just…hurry and move on, please."

[Next up, your skills and abilities! You can gain various skills throughout the game, some good, some bad, and everything in between! Each skill has a level to show your mastery at it, Level MAX being the highest you can possibly reach. You may view this at any time by saying 'Skill List.']

He rolled his eyes a little as he read through that. A bit simplistic, but he guessed he understood at least. "Skill List!"

[Skills]

[Gamer's Body (Passive) - Level MAX]

Allows the user's life to be lived as a video game (user will receive no real damage from attacks, will only feel pain depending on the power of the attack.) Sleeping in various environments will restore a different amount of HP, AP, and status effects. Sleeping in a bed restores HP, AP to their full amount, and removes all Status effects.

[Gamer's Mind (Passive) - Level MAX]

Allows the user to think things through calmly and logically. Allows a peaceful state of mind, and makes user immune to psychological status effects.

[Cooking (Passive) - Level 8 (83.42%)]

Determines how good the user can make food. The higher the level, the better you can cook. Can be increased by successfully making food, the amount of experience gained depends on the level of food being cooked.
Increases chance to successfully make a Level 1 Meal by 88%. Increases chance to successfully make a Level 2 Meal by 32%
1% chance to have a crazy idea for a meal.

[Swordsmanship (Passive) - Level 1 (53.64%)]

Determines how well the user can wield a sword. The higher the level, the better with a sword you are. You can increase this by training with your sword, or levelling Sword Skills.
Increases damage from Sword Skills by 1%. Increases experience gained to Sword Skills by 1%.

[Unarmed Combat (Passive) - Level 3 (19.71%)]

A skill for determining how well you can fight without a weapon. Can be levelled by training with no weapon, or levelling up Unarmed Skills.
Increases damage from Unarmed Skills by 3%. Increases experience gained to Unarmed Skills by 3%.

Jaune frowned lightly as he looked at his skills. He didn't have many skills, he'd have to change that in future. At least his cooking wasn't too bad…probably. But his swordsmanship was atrocious! He'd have to really start training to fix that…

"Gamer's mind," he mumbled as he stared at the skill. "That must be what's making me not freak out about this so much. A normal person would have screamed, or panicked. But with Gamer's Mind, I'll be able to think calmly…that's good. And Gamer's Body will let me shake off things like broken bones in a day, which is useful."

Shaking his head, he watched as another window popped up in front of his face.

[Not a lot of skills, huh? But that's to be expected, you are just starting out the game! To help you out, you will be granted a new Skill!]

[You have gained the Skill 'Observe.']

He blinked as the new skill appeared on his list, and he hurried, quickly reading through it to see just what it did.

[Observe (Active) - Level 1 (00.00%)

A skill to observe the target's information. The higher the level, the more information you see. If the level of the target is at least twenty levels higher, you can only see their name. Can be levelled through repeated use.
Level 1: Can see the target's Max HP, Max MP, and limited information.]

"Huh, that's pretty useful," Jaune mumbled. "But twenty levels higher? That's a pretty specific thing…though even that's kinda useful, but because it means they are at least 20 levels higher than I am. So right now…twenty-eight."

[By seeing the full use of a skill, your Intelligence has increased by 1!]

[By determining how to use even the faults of a skill, your Wisdom has increased by 1!]

"This game is mean," Jaune groaned out, leaning back on his bed, before another dialogue box appeared in front of him.

[There are more systems you can access, however you must reach certain level requirements to be able to reach them, so we will skip past them and come back when you reach the requirements. For now, it is time we begin your first quest!]

Jaune blinked, tilting his head. "Wha-"

"Jaune!" he heard his mother call him, and his gaze shifted to the door in confusion. "Could you wake up your sisters while I cook breakfast?" as soon as she said that, a new box appeared in front of him.

[Quest: Awaken the family!]

Description: Wake up your seven sisters before your mother finishes cooking dinner! This is a recurring quest. Time Limit: 10 Minutes.

First time Reward:
-500 Exp
-New Skill Book
-Accessory Item

Completion Reward:
-100 Exp
-Reputation increase with Emilia Arc
-Reputation increase with Jonathan Arc

Failure:
-10 Exp
-Reputation decrease with Emilia Arc
-Reputation decrease with Jonathan Arc

Accept? Yes/No

Jaune blinked in surprise at the sight of the quest, and he hesitantly hit 'yes' all while one thought ran through his mind.

Did…did the game just control my mother to give me this quest?

Frowning, he shook his head. He had time to think about that later. For now, he had a quest to complete, though he'd be keeping a careful eye on the game from now on. He wouldn't let it control his mother, or any member of his family like that!

Slowly climbing out of bed, he decided he'd better start with his oldest sister, Cecilia. She was the least likely to be angry at him for waking her up. Walking to her door- painted green- he knocked on it twice. "Cecilia! Time to wake up, mom's making breakfast!"

He waited and heard a light groan from inside. "Thanks Jaune," his sister's voice came. "I'll be done in a minute."

Smiling, Jaune turned and headed to the next door. He hoped Alice wouldn't cause too many problems.

~~Eclipse~~

[Quest Complete!]

You gained 600 Exp!
You gained the Skill Book "Aura: The Light of Our Souls!"
You gained the accessory "Sun Pendant!"
Your reputation increased with Emilia Arc!
Your reputation increased with Jonathan Arc!

Skill Book has been transferred to Inventory
"Sun Pendant" has been transferred to Inventory

Jaune sat at the table with his seven sisters and his father, while now nursing a black eye, and his youngest sister profusely apologising. Jaune was glad his Vitality was at six, or he might have taken that a lot worse.

[Due to enduring much pain, you have obtained the skill 'Pain Tolerance!']

[Due to enduring a powerful blow, you have obtained the skill 'Physical Endurance!']

Oh this game was just trying to make him angry now, he just knew it! At least the two skills he'd just obtained were useful.

"I'm so sorry Jauney!" his youngest sister, Alice continued to apologise.

"It's fine," Jaune told her. Though that was a lie, it was most certainly not fine, but he wouldn't tell her otherwise.

[You have developed the skill 'Lying' through a special act!]

[Your Skill 'Lying' has levelled up!]

He didn't want to feel guilty, why would the game do this to him? Damn it, now he felt like an ass. Though he guessed it would be a somewhat useful skill…

[By deciding a good choice for the future, your Wis-]

He ignored the box, wishing he would just swipe it away right now but he couldn't, not with his family here in font of him. They'd think he was crazy!

"All done," his mother said as she walked into the room, setting down a large plate of bacon. "Everyone dig in!"

The group nodded and thanked her for the meal, before they began to eat. It was, as usual, delicious. His mother was an amazing cook, no doubt about it.

Like that, a light bulb went off in his head and he shifted his gaze to his mother and mumbled, "Observe." He was rewarded with a new screen appearing in front of him.

["The Flash" Emilia Arc]
Level ?
HP: ?/?
AP: ?/?
Information: ?

Jaune's eyes widened slightly, though he wasn't too surprised. She was older and had more experience, so it was no surprise she was at least Level 28.

Taking a breath, Jaune finished off his Bacon and reached for just a bit more, while settling his game on his youngest sister and once more using Observe.

["The Youngest" Alice Arc]
Level 17
HP: 3200/3200
AP: 4650/4650
Information: The youngest child of Emilia and Jonathan Arc

What the hell!? His little sister was nearly 10 levels higher than he was, and had over double his HP! Plus her AP was bloody huge! That was just…that quite frankly wasn't fair!

['Observe' has levelled up! You may now use 'Observe' on Objects]

…Well that certainly helped up for this just a little bit. Jaune knew he'd be using Observe quite a bit, it was far too good a skill to NOT use it.

Wait, inventory? Responding to his thoughts, the game seemed happy to explain.

[Ah, noticed that little titbit of information? Took you a little while, but you did get there! Long story short, you have an Inventory that may store any item in there! Well, not any item. There are some things you cannot store in your inventory, and you cannot put people in their either. Items will say if they cannot be put in your inventory in their description. Go ahead and grab that Skill Book!]

Jaune's eyes brightened and he was about to summon his inventory, but he stopped as he realised he was around his family. And he really didn't want to explain this ability to them, they'd probably just laugh at him or call him a liar. No, he'd need definite proof of this power's existence first.

And so he held back, it was better he kept this ability to himself for now, at least until he could prove it's existence.

[Due to making a good decision regarding the game , your Wisdom has increased by-]

Jaune promptly ignored the notification and finished his breakfast. He stood up once he was done. "Thank you for the meal, mom," he said to her with a smile, before he turned and began to leave, before the voice of his older sister Olivia stopped him.

"Are you going upstairs to play those stupid games of yours again?" she demanded.

Slowly, ever so slowly, Jaune looked back at her with pure rage in his expression. Normally this wouldn't affect him, but he was very stressed at the moment with the idea of his mind becoming a video game, despite the help of gamer's mind. He was almost trying to channel his rage at her, a snarl on his lips. "You don't know a thing about me," he told her in an angry tone before he marched upstairs.

[A skill has been created through a special act! You have gained the Skill 'Killing Intent!']

As Jaune slammed the door to his room closed and locked it, he felt his anger drain away at the sight of him having learned a new skill. Curious, he opened up his skill list and read about the skill.

[Killing Intent (Active) - Level 1 (00.00%)]

A skill used to convey your desire to kill onto other people, can sometimes cause them to hallucinate. Can be levelled up by using it
100% chance to intimidate people of lower levels. 50% chance to intimidate people of the same level. 10% chance to intimidate people of higher levels. Costs 10 AP per minute.
Range: 10 meters

Jaune paled a little at the implication of this skill. Had he…wanted to kill his sister? Surely not. No, he definitely he didn't, he was just mad.

Taking a breath, he moved all the windows that popped up during breakfast away and mumbled, "Inventory…" As soon as he spoke the words, a new window opened in front of him, mostly empty, save for his new accessory and Skill Book.

Reaching out hesitantly, he tapped the Skill Book and it suddenly appeared in his hands. Curious, he cast Observe on it to learn more about it.

[Skill Book: "Aura: The Light of Our Souls"]
A book describing what aura is, it's uses, how it was first discovered, and how to unlock it in another person. Using this Skill Book will grant the Skill 'Aura.' Skill Book may only be used once.

Jaune's eyes widened as he read that. He didn't know what this aura was, but he guessed it was what made huntsman…well, as strong as they were. Eager, he opened the book to start reading, only to be surprised as a new window popped up.

[Do you want to learn "Aura: The Light of Our Souls?"]
Accept? Yes/No

Gulping, Jaune lightly tapped the 'Yes' button. Immediately, the book burst into a shimmering blue light that flew into Jaune, filling his mind with knowledge he didn't know before, as a shining white glow surrounded his body. A new window popped up, and he also noticed he now had AP.

[You have learned the Skill 'Aura!']

AP: 400/400

As soon as that text popped up, another window appeared, furthering the tutorial.

[And just like that you've learned your first Skill from a Skill Book! Impressive, right? Throughout your quest, you will find a variety of Skill Books. Keep in mind some Skill Books require you to fulfil certain conditions before you may learn them. Why don't you go ahead and check our your new skill?]

Grinning widely, Jaune opened up his Skill List and scrolled down until he found his new skill, though he also decided to read the 'lying' skill he'd gained earlier and had skipped over when he opened up his skill list a short while ago.

[Lying (Passive) - Level 1 (00.00%)]

A skill used to determine how well you can tell a lie. Can be levelled up by lying successfully.
10% chance your lie is successful, becomes less successful the more extravagant your lie

[Aura (Passive & Active) - Level 1 (00.00%)]

The light within the souls of man that gives them great power, but also makes the demonic beats known as Grimm more attracted to them. It is used for various means, though its main function is acting as a shield to protect the body. This can be levelled up through meditation.
Passively increases Strength by 30%. Passively increases Dexterity by 30%. Passively increases Vitality by 40%. Cost of unlocking another person's Aura: 90% of Max AP. Increases AP by 100 per level to Aura.

The blonde's jaw promptly dropped as he read about just how powerful Aura was. Just passive at Level 1 increased all his physical stats by such a high amount, he could hardly believe it! He grinned widely, this gave him a huge advantage!

He blinked as another dialogue box popped up in front of him, and he hurried to read it.

[Now that you know about Skill Books, its time to teach you about Perks! At Level 1 you start with a single Perk point. Every 20 Levels you gain, you get 1 more Perk point. These perks may be used to gain Special Skills that you cannot gain through other means. Keep in mind some Perks require prerequisites, and it is also possible that some quests will give you perks that you cannot obtain through the perk system. You may access the Perk Menu by simply saying 'Perks.' Go ahead and try it out!]

Nodding slowly as he read the text, Jaune said the word, "Perks," and watched as the new menu appeared in front of him.

[Perks]

Current amount of Perk Points: 1

[Blood of the Beast]

By utilising the blood of Faunus, you may turn your own body into one at will. Is not limited to one, can be any kind of faunus as long as you have drunk at least one drop of their blood. (Requires to have consumed at least one drop of faunus Blood. Costs one Perk Point)

[Tricks of Speed]

Quick as a flash, you're so fast that its hard to actually touch you sometimes! This skill allows you to be able to do things such as run up walls, and dash at incredible speeds. At a high enough level, you can even jump in mid-air and move so fast you might as well be teleporting behind your opponent! (Requires base Dexterity at 150. Costs one Perk Point.)

Jaune quickly stopped reading after the second perk, his jaw dropping. These perks were incredible, though it seemed like he needed his stats to be at quite a high level for some of them, so he would probably be better off working on those first. He closed the perk window and another popped up in front of him.

[And that concludes the basic tutorial! From here on out, you shall mostly be on your own. When you unlock another function in the game, a small tutorial shall be given on how to use it! If you require any assistance, you may review these things by saying 'Help' and selecting one of the options! Enjoy the game!]

[For completing the tutorial, you have received the Sub Title: "Sun Child"]

Smiling, Jaune closed the final tutorial dialogue box. "This is amazing," he said in awe, and he quickly opened up his status, wanting to check out this new title and his stats after the tutorial.

[Status]

Name: Jaune Arc
Main Title: The Gamer
Sub Title: None
Race: Human
Level: 8 (600/1600)
HP: 950/950
AP: 500/500
Strength: 4 + (30%)= 5.2
Dexterity: 2 + (30%)= 2.6
Vitality: 6 + (40%)= 8.4
Intelligence: 4
Wisdom: 7
Charisma: 0
Luck: 3
Stat Points: 24
Lien: 5

Scratching the back of his head, Jaune frowned as he looked over his stats. Taking a deep breath, he already knew what he had to do. First, he put three points into his Wisdom to round it off at then he put six points into his Intelligence, three into his Vitality, and put three into both Strength and Dexterity. He put the remaining six points into Charisma.

Hitting the confirm button, his eyes widened as he felt the changes in his body. He could feel muscle forming, his body feeling just a bit lighter and more agile, along with his body getting tougher. He could feel his mind sharpen and become clearer than before. He looked over his new stats.

[Status]

Name: Jaune Arc
Main Title: The Gamer
Sub Title: None
Race: Human
Level: 8 (600/1600)
HP: 1025/1025
AP: 650/650
Strength: 7 + (30%)= 9.1
Dexterity: 5 + (30%)= 6.5
Vitality: 9 + (40%)= 13.6
Intelligence: 10
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 6
Luck: 3
Stat Points: 0
Lien: 5

He grinned a little as he saw his stats were a bit more balanced, that would definitely help him in the long run. At that point, a thought occurred to him. He could use more stat points when he got them, but wouldn't it be better to raise it manually?

Deciding that this would be the best idea, he got down and began to do push ups. After the tenth push up, a notification appeared before his eyes.

[By training your body, your Strength has gone up by 1!]

He smiled happily at that, but frowned. Ten push ups meant that he was a lot weaker than he'd originally thought. Deciding that needed to be rectified, he began to do push ups like crazy, determined to go until he dropped to the ground. As he did, notifications continued to pop up in front of him.

[By training your body, your Strength has gone up by 1!]

[By training your body, your Strength has gone up by 1!]

[By training your body, your Strength has gone up by 1!]

Jaune collapsed after the 35th push up and the last notification box, panting lightly as he felt tired. Soon enough, another notification box popped up in front of him, only this one didn't deliver good news.

[By pushing your body too hard, you have gained the Status Effect 'Exhaustion(Low).' Time remaining: 30m]

Frowning a little, he climbed onto his bed and lay back. Okay, it seemed that training TOO hard would cause status effects like this, and make it harder to work out. Deciding to not push his body too far, he hummed as he thought about what to do. Strength was good, but perhaps he should go about raising his intelligence? It might help him learn things faster, plus more AP.

But how would he go about doing that? Tilting his head in thought, he decided that reading books that he hadn't read before would likely help him raise that stat.

Slowly getting up, he headed downstairs and called back, "I'm going out for awhile," before he headed out the door and closed it behind him, heading towards the local Library. He hoped that comics would raise his Intelligence…

~~Eclipse~~

Comic books didn't increase his Intelligence, which he realised after the fifth comic, but it did give him a new skill called 'Reading' which helped him in reading books faster.

Setting down the comic with a slight pout on his face, he headed over to the non-fiction section and grabbed a book on the history of the past. He'd always loved stories like that, stories about great heroes and warriors always got him excited and got his eyes to light up with joy.

As he walked back to a table to read, he stopped as he saw what appeared to be a section dedicated to martial arts techniques. He knew his Unarmed Skill was at three, so it couldn't hurt to see what martial arts he could learn, right?

Walking along, he read them all based on the spine of the book, before he saw what appeared to be a scroll, indicating the martial art was very old. Reaching out, he grabbed the scroll, only to jump back in surprise as a text box opened up in front of him.

[You have obtained the Skill Book "Hēi Lóng's Two Thousand Years!"]

Would you like to learn this skill? Yes/No

Jaune's eyes widened in shock, and he quickly mashed the 'Yes' button without even thinking of the consequences. Luckily for him, a new window popped up in front of him.

[Prerequisites not met!]
Requires: 20 base Strength, 30 base Dexterity.

He frowned lightly as he read that. That meant he was quite a ways away from being able to learn the martial art. Suddenly his eyes widened as he realised what he'd been about to do. He looked around for any cameras or people, but the Library was rather empty at the moment.

He looked around slowly, and hesitated. There was no cameras that were able to see him, and he gulped. Well this…is just going to waste, sitting here. Th-they won't notice it's gone…right?

Looking around and feeling himself being wrecked by guilt, he slowly opened up his inventory and slipped the scroll into it. He pulled his hand out to see it sitting there, along with a new dialogue box that told him of a new skill.

[Through a special act, you have created the skill 'Stealing!']

Jaune slouched a little, not at all proud of this new skill. But he steeled himself, it was all for the sake of becoming a Huntsman. He walked out to a table and sat down, opening up the history book and he began to read, being sure to take in every detail so he could up his Intelligence stat.

[By widening your knowledge, your Intelligence has increased by 1!]

[Reading's Level increased by 1!]

[Reading's Level increased by 1!]

[Reading's Level increased by 1!]

[By widening your knowledge, your Intelligence has increased by 1!]

It took 3 hours, but by the time he finished the book, he had managed to increase his Reading to Level 6 (the previous 3 levels having come from comic books), and increased his Intelligence to twelve. With a smile, he returned the book and began to run home as fast as he could,, since it was a ten minute walk from his house to the Library, he decided he should hurry. He blinked in surprise as two notifications popped up.

[Through a Special Act, you have created the skill 'Sprint']

[You have pushed your speed to the limit, increasing your Dexterity by 1!]

A wide grin came across his lips as he continued to run faster and faster, trying to push his speed to the limit and increase his dexterity. After all, he wanted to learn that martial art, and that required thirty dexterity.

Two more notifications told him his Dexterity had gone up by the time he got home, along with him being told he'd gotten a single level to Sprint.

Walking into the house, he yelled, "I'm home!" in return, he received a chorus of welcomes from his family, except Olivia who gave him a glare. He just ignored it and headed up to his room.

As soon as he walked in, he opened up his status and looked over it, though what he saw surprised him slightly.

[Status]

Name: Jaune Arc
Main Title: The Gamer
Sub Title: None
Race: Human
Level: 8 (1280/1600)
HP: 1025/1025
AP: 700/700
Strength: 11 + (30%)= 14.3
Dexterity: 8 + (30%)= 10.4
Vitality: 9 + (40%)= 13.6
Intelligence: 12
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 6
Luck: 3
Stat Points: 0
Lien: 5

"Why did my experience go up?" he wondered allowed, frowning as he tried to think of just why that happened. He gently brushed his status to the side, but didn't close it, and then opened his Skill List and carefully looked through his skills.

Then it suddenly hit him, his eyes widening. "Oh, that's it! Whenever I level a skill, I get experience, and I also seem to get experience for making the skill in the first place! I guess I didn't get any for Killing Intent because it was the tutorial or something…"

[By deducting how the experience system works, your Intelligence has gone up by 1!]

He waved the notification aside and frowned lightly since that kind of sucked. He wanted that exp for learning how to use Killing Intent, dang it! But regardless, he pressed on. Deciding he should learn more about the titles, he tapped his 'The Gamer' title to see just what it did.

[Main Titles]

"The Gamer"

The title that shows you are the gamer and live your life as a video game!
Doubles experience gained up to Level 20. Doubles skill experience up to Level 20. Increases skill experience by 1.5x after Level 20.

Jaune nodded slowly as he read that, since it made sense. It was sort of like an experience booster, and the game likely expected him to have more titles by the time he reached Level twenty, which did make perfect sense. He hoped he got some great titles in the future, a small smile appearing on his lips at the thought. He quickly shook his head and tapped on 'Sub Title,' since he recalled the game giving him one.

[Sub Titles]

"Sun Child"

Blessed by the light, the sun shall guide your path through your journey. But be wary, the path of the Sun can easily be strayed from to the path of darkness.
Increases Strength, Wisdom, and Charisma by 10%

Blinking slowly at the title, he was somewhat confused by it. It was a rather ominous description for the title, but it seemed to be pretty good as it increased three of his stats. With that in mind, he equipped it, knowing it would be a great help to him until he got some better Sub Titles to use.

He then re-opened his inventory and took out the 'Sun Pendant' he'd received from the tutorial. It was a beautiful thing, with a simple white chain as the necklace, and the pendant itself being a small white orb with several ambers embed into it, making it have a sun-like pattern. It brought a smile to his face just looking at it.. He cast Observe to see just what it did.

[Sun Pendant]

A simple thing, but beautiful in its elegance. It is said to bring joy and hope to those who see it.
Increases Strength, Wisdom, and Charisma by 5%.

Smiling at the description and its effects, Jaune looked back to his inventory space, only to notice there was also a screen beside it that showed him as he was, with several arrows pointing to areas on his body, and showing the clothing he was wearing in boxes. Several boxes were empty, indicating that's where other things were meant to go.

"Oh I see," Jaune chuckled. The inventory was also his equip menu. He slipped the pendant back into his inventory and dragged it onto the box pointing to his neck. As soon as he dropped it onto the box, it appeared around his neck. He quickly tucked it under his shirt, best not have his family asking questions where he got this stuff. They might think he stole it.

Jaune stretched, hearing his bones crack and groan lightly as he did so. He wondered if he was strong enough to face a Grimm now? With nearly all his physical stats being at 10, he felt like he might be able to face a low level Grimm. It appeared the game wanted to know too, as a new quest appeared in front of him.

[Quest: Against The Darkness!]

Description: There is a time in every Huntsman's life when they must fight against the darkness, a creature of Grimm. And now it is your turn. Head to the forest and kill at least one Grimm!

Reward: 1000 Exp

Failure: Death

Accept? Yes/No

A gulp echoed throughout the room. That was…a very hefty price for failure, but it made sense. If he failed, he would die, there was no question about that. He hesitated for only a moment before he reached out and accepted the quest. He knew that this would be dangerous…still, he'd do his best! He couldn't risk dying so soon!

Slowly standing up, he headed downstairs and grabbed Crocea Mors, slipping it onto his waist. He looked at his mother as she began to cook lunch. "Mom, I'm going out again. I don't know when I'll be back, so do you think you could save me some food, please?"

Emilia Arc looked towards her son and gave him a smile. "Sure thing. Where are you going?"

"Just out to do some training," he told her. "If I want to pass the Beacon entrance exam, I'll need to make sure my skills are good." It wasn't a lie, technically speaking this was training, but it just wasn't the whole truth. He didn't know how his mother would react to him saying he was going out to fight Grimm.

His mother observed him carefully, and for a moment he thought she realised that he'd only told her a half truth. But eventually she just smiled and turned away, "Okay, stay safe Jaune."

All Jaune could do was nod and bow his head as he left the house. His family lived not quite in Vale, just on its outskirts, near a large forest. He walked towards that forest, infested with so many Grimm that one might think it was a breeding ground for them. That was where he'd face his first Grimm. But he wouldn't go too deep into the woods, he didn't want to get in over his head fighting Grimm.

Stopping just outside the forest, he looked over it slowly. This was his last chance to turn back, he knew it. Once he stepped into that forest, he was going to have to stay in there until he killed at least one Grimm. But he couldn't stop here. He'd come this far, and it was time he got out there. He pulled Crocea Mors out of its sheath, and turned the sheath into a shield, holding it tightly. Taking a deep breath, he forged on into the woods.