3 The Diff System

The aurora borealis was dancing in the night sky. There were floating rock with long vines hanging from them high in the sky. Things that looked like pterodactyls and thinks that looked like dragons were flying in the sky. Ominous roars could be heard in the distance.

The tree was massive with some that were blue and some even odd-looking bulbous black trees. Mushrooms glowed as well as the occasional critter. Even some vines that grew up the trees gave a beautiful glow.

Radley was gobsmacked, "Where the hell am I?"

A female voice sounded off, "This is called the continent of Arcana."

He freaked out and quickly stood up. He looked around to find the source of the voice but could find nothing, "Who are you?! Where are you?! Show yourself!"

"My name is DIFF. The acronym stands for: Death is for fools."

"Where are you!?"

"I am an intelligence that uses the brain as its main processor. I am not a disease or parasite. I am like a second soul. I live within your head"

"Why? How? I should be dead!"

"For all intent and propose you did die, but you were reincarnated in this world to become a champion."

"I have no intention of becoming a champion. Nobody in their right mind does, and besides, who chose me."

"Statement unclear. You chose yourself?"

"What? Why would I choose myself? Are you going to tell me God actually exists?"

"Define the parameters of a god."

"You know, an almighty being that has the ability to bring people back from the dead? And for some reason have no wounds and be teleported to another plane of existence?"

"Processing…by that standard the island brought you here."

"Are you telling me this island is God?"

"No. The island is an incorporeal phenomenon. It just is."

"The acronym sucks by the way."

"This system will allow you the best possible chance of survival. Do you wish to enable heads up display?"

"Oh for fuck sakes, this is starting to sound more like a game. I never was good at games."

"This is based on your mind's best possible interpretation of the system. Do you wish to enable the heads up display?"

"Heard you the first time. Yeah, sure."

A display with a red bar and a blue bar showed to the top of his head. At the bottom was a thin golden bar.

"What the golden bar for?"

"It is your invigoration count. It starts glowing when more of the bar starts to glow. Currently, you are at count: One. You have the equivalent strength and speed of a normal human being."

"Do everybody have…whatever you are?"

"Negative. There is only one of my kind."

"Okay, so why was I selected."

"You were selected because of noble sacrifice."

"Yeah…I died, remember?

"Inconclusive. You are here now. Death is for fools. Are you a fool?."

"…Maybe, ask Leanne about it. I would have probably married that girl."

All his memories came rushing back, and now his best friend was dead too all because of a so-called Rapture.

"So what is my end goal here?"

"Find the source."

"What's the source?"

"Nobody knows, but it has far-reaching complications. It is affecting other universes in the multiverse."

"What...What do you mean affect the multiverse?"

"It causes disruptions in them. Mass deaths follow as a result."

"You mean the Rapture!?"

"Yes, the common term used in your universe."

This sparked a fire in his soul, "Where the hell can I find this so-called source!?"

"Current location unknown. The people on this Continent that came from the multiverse has the same goal in mind."

"So, everyone is looking for it? But how do they know what they are looking for."

"A general feeling."

"That's rather vague. So, what can you do everything besides monitoring me?"

"I can give you an enhanced perception that will reveal quest locations and directions."

"The more I think about it the more this sounds like a game."

"If that is true then this would be considered a game of life and death. Death is quite common in this world."

"So what am I to do now?"

"Quest one: Make a weapon.

Requirements: Find Neodizamate in its natural form. It must be large enough to form an axe head.

Find a good piece of Moles Ligni Vitae commonly known as the life tree. It must be large enough to hold the Niodizamate axe head.

Radley was quiet as a mouse when his heads up display showed the parameters.

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"How in god's name am I supposed to find these items!?"

"Highlighting the quickest route."

A holographic arrow popped up showing him the way. Radley was surprised by it. He followed the arrow to a rock protruding from the ground. The rock was being highlighted in an orange color as soon as he touched the rock the highlight disappeared, "Okay, that's cool."

He tried removing it but it was stuck in good. He grabbed a nearby rock and started digging around it to remove the rock. He wiggled it out with a bit of effort. The next step required him to get a piece of wood. Luckily his system highlighted a perfect piece jutting out of the face of the cliff he happened to be close by, but when he looked up he saw it was no cliff. It was a colossal tree that looked like a city could live in it. He looked up dumbfounded and could only stare with his mouth wide open.

He started crafting the crappy axe with some plant fiber he was able to rustle from some young saplings.

He used another rock to shape the head. Luckily for him, the system guided him to get the shape just right. After about an hour he was done with his axe. The Diff system chimed up, "Congratulations, first quest requirements met. Gain 10 Invo Points. Invo points stand at 10/7000 till level 2."

Wait!? That garnered him only 10 points!? What a rip off. This would take him an eternity to get to level two, "Isn't there a quicker way to level up?"

"Yes. Combat."

Of course, it was fighting. He got a feeling it wasn't going to be that straight forward.

"You wish to allocate you Diff Points."

"Diff Points?"

"You received one point for doing the quest and another for getting your first ever Diff point."

"Tell me more."