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Capítulo 5: Chapter 5 - The Auction

'ID Create!' Micro thought. 'ID Escape!'

He had been at this for about an hour now. After talking about their levels and dividing up the money received from the Legion Zombie, his two friend went to bed and were currently in bed (In Spike's case) and on one of the roll out sleep mats (Sugar). Micro decided to stay up grinding his abilities until he felt tired. It was only after a while he realized...he wasn't getting tired. Made sense. Most game characters don't need to. So it left him with plenty of time to grind and think.

When they got back he had Sugar and Spike look at their stats. The actually did have bonus points, but only for the levels gained when partied up. Micro assumed that any points they would've had were auto assigned when not in the party.

After viewing the stats they were best at as well as some flaws he saw during the fight, Micro figured out the best things for his friends to do. Since Sugar was probably going to avoid fighting, he should focus on DEX while increasing VIT a bit to be able to take hits a bit more. Their other friend was more complicated.

Spike was pretty high in strength already, but seemed to run out of his magic relatively fast. His fire breath was a powerful weapon though, and Spike said that if he focused on only boosting that, if they met someone it didn't work so well against, such as other Draco Kin or worse, a true dragon, he would be screwed.

In the end, they agreed he should try to be a mixed attacker. Additionally, they agreed increasing LUK, while not a priority, was something they should add at least some points to. One point per level.

After they took care of their points, Micro disbanded the party and pulled out the book he got and cast Observe on it.

Skill Book: Life Drain

A book that grants the ability Life Drain

Would you like to learn Life Drain?

Yes/No

After getting over the shock of being able to gain abilities like that (it wasn't hard after realizing how games do this sort of thing to) he decided to hit yes. The book vanished in a burst of light as Micro felt knowledge enter his head as a screen popped up.

Skill Learned!

Life Drain (Lv1)

Active (MP Cost: 1 Per Second)

Absorbs the health of a target and adds it to the user's own life force.

Life Drain Rate: 1HP Per Second

He was happy to have a skill that could heal him rather than just use food and those potions the Legion Zombie dropped. Though that eventually lead to the thought that was mainly keeping him awake.

'What should I do with my stats…' since gaining his ability, he went up 10 levels. He already noticed it took longer to go up each time, so he wouldn't be able to just spend all his time grinding and be all powerful. After they decided to put a point to luck for each level, he dropped 10 points into LUK. Subtract the three he threw into VIT and he had 37 points left.

'STR would be nice,' Micro thought as the image of him punching something and it turning to dust played through his head. 'But I may be able to get that through normal actions very easily. My INT is already high, but if I want to be a long ranged attacker I could boost that or WIS to give me more regeneration.'

He quickly dismissed INT after that, deciding regeneration was more important than just having high amounts of MP. And since they were starting school soon his INT would probably increase naturally.

"Why can't I decide!" He shouted after entering an ID. One of the screens he had gotten used to seeing popped up appeared and he was happy to see it.

ID Create has Leveled Up!

ID Create (Lv 3)

Create your own space for training or just relaxing.

Current Dungeon List

-Empty

-Zombie

He was pleasantly surprised when he saw another message attached to the screen.

By unlocking your first enemy filled dungeon, you have gained a new feature!

Memory Dungeoneering!

This ability lets you pull from memories of previous fights, or even shows you've seen and create dungeons filled with those types of enemies.

Note: The level of difficulty of these dungeons scales with your knowledge of the enemies as well as your own level and desire for challenge. Be careful when using this feature to prevent summoning something too powerful.

"So in other words don't get myself killed," he muttered with a dark chuckle.

"Indeed," a voice said behind him. Micro spun while pulling the bat out of his inventory at the same time, readying himself for battle.

A man stood their in a ridiculous hodge podge of an outfit. He world a rainbow striped suit coat with what looked to be a tie dye shirt underneath. A pair of khaki shorts over a pair of ripped up jeans covered his legs while on one foot he had a sandal with a polka dotted sock and on his other foot was a bright red converse. The man himself was tall and gaunt with heterochromia eyes. One was yellow, the other bright red. His hair was black and gray and was done in a wild style. Micro looked above his head.

Discord

(Chaos Auctioneer)

Lv?

"Easy there slugger," the man chuckled. "I'm not here to fight. I actually came here to give you this."

With that the man snapped his fingers and a laptop appeared in his hand. Micro looked at it for a second before eyeing the man cautiously. Someone so powerful he couldn't see the level of?

"Thanks, but I already have a laptop." The man chuckled.

"True, but this laptop is special. It has one specific feature you won't find on any normal laptop. This one is specifically made to connect to the Chaos Auction." Micro raised an eyebrow at that and the man saw he had to explain, which he took to with glee. "You see, the Chaos Auction is a special multiversal store of sorts where you can purchase multiple different items that you could never find in this reality."

"Wait, multiverse?" Micro questioned. "Like the theory that every choice leads to another timeline being created where that choice was made, or that all realms of fiction are actual realities where what we see on the show or in a book actually is happening?"

"Both actually!" The man said excitedly. "There's one where you were born a girl."

A snap of the fingers and suddenly Micro felt his hair grow longer and looked down to see his chest was now an ample C-cup. He went crimson when he reached down and discovered a very important part of him was missing.

"Or one where superheroes and mutants run around."

Another snap and Micro found himself encased in a red and gold robotic suit while the man before him looked like the Joker.

"Oops," he said. "Mixing universes here. There's even one where people can live in pineapples under the sea!"

Now the man appeared to be made of sponge while Micro was looking down at two tentacles in place of his hands. Finally the man snapped one last time and they were back to normal, Micro panting as Gamer's Mind worked overtime to calm him down. He looked up and saw Discord was handing him the laptop again. Seeing as how this guy is clearly powerful enough to end him without any theatrics… what was wrong with trusting him with this.

"How did you know to bring this to me?" He asked as he took it. It was a chaotic swirl of color. Reds, blue, etc. He would ask how he got in the ID but it was probably something similar to how he entered Spike's when he confronted Garble and Fume.

….that buzz was almost as annoying as the basic pop up screen. Also was it just him or was it taking more of these deductions to get that.

"We at the Auction have our ways," Discord said with a chuckle. "Well. I shall take my leave."

The weird man walked over to the ID version of the closet, opened it, and walked on in. Micro stare for a moment before just shaking his head. After what he already saw, he wasn't shocked anymore.

One last ID Escape and he was sitting on a chair in the corner of the room and opened up the laptop. He checked his money and still couldn't believe what he was seeing.

$513

And that was just from killing the zombies. Granted a bit over half that was from the Legion Zombie, but considering how once they figured out how to beat it they took it down easily (and he figured he could probably take it down solo if he had to), that was still a lot. If he factored in not splitting the money on any solo dungeons...

"Let's see what this Auction has to offer…"

Morning

Spike woke up just in time to see Micro appear in a flash of light.

"Training up your Create ID?" Spike asked as he pulled himself up. "Have you been up all night?"

"Don't actually need sleep anymore apparently," Micro said. "And I finished training ID Create for now since I got the Zombie ID, as well as an interesting custom one. I'll explain later."

"Sounds interesting," Spike muttered groggily. "So what were you doing this whole time?"

"Oh, I was fighting Zombies."

It took a second for Spike to register that.

"What!?"

"Yeah. I gained two levels to. My restoration rate is now 4% even without my boost from the title I received."

"Could you guys be quiet?" Sugar groaned. "I wanted to sleep in on my last day before school starts."

Micro nodded and walked out basically forcing Spike to follow him. When they shut the door, Spike turned to him.

"What the heck were you thinking?!" He demanded. "We nearly got killed when we were together facing that thing and you went in solo?!"

"Correction," Micro said calmly. "That happened when we fought the Legion Zombie, and that was only when we were distracted. I actually figured out a trick until I get stronger and can take it down solo." He wisely left out the fact that he thought he could probably do that already.

Spike sighed and motioned for Micro to continue.

"Well you remember how the Legion only showed up after I defeated well over 50 zombies. Well I just left the dungeon a bit before that just re entered it. Kept grinding and collecting money until now so I have about…" checked his screen. "A little below $2000."

"$2000," Spike gasped. Then something occurred to him. "Why the sudden desire to get money?"

"Well while you were asleep I received a visit from this one guy from something called the Chaos Auction and he gave me this laptop…"

"Did you say Chaos Auction?" Spike was suddenly serious. When Micro nodded, shocked at the change in his friend's attitude. "Trust me Micro, they are dangerous people. You don't want to get involved with them."

"Not like I tried to," the Gamer shrugged. "But they have some pretty impressive resources and I need as many advantages as I can. If I can purchase good items from them, I will use it."

He saw his friend try to come up with an argument but he gave up.

"Just...be careful. There are some extremely powerful people out there even outside the Auction. They wouldn't hesitate to try and capture you for your skills. Some might even feel threatened by you and try to remove you from being a threat."

"I'll keep that in mind," Micro said, his mind going to the Dragon Fangs. "So...breakfast?"

His friend couldn't help but smile at that.

"Yeah. Breakfast sounds good."

{Written by Twistedphoenix1}

{Edited by SpedaHooves/KenKanekiTheCat/Me}


Capítulo 6: Chapter 6 - Gaming Skills

After a hearty breakfast (which healed what little damage Micro still had after using his Life Drain skill, something wisely didn't mention to Spike) Sugar came down and had his. Spike's mom was both worried and happy about the situation.

"I'm so happy Spike finally has others he can tell his secret to. I just wish it didn't have to happen because of…" she trailed off.

"Don't worry Ms. Drago," Micro said. "If not for what happened, we wouldn't have discovered half the stuff we did about my strange new ability."

She nodded, having been told by Spike about the powers of the Gamer. She was shocked of course but after a brief demonstration she agree it was best he used it to his advantage now. Though she was hesitant to agree with Micro about not telling his mom about this.

"She will worry too much," Micro said. "If I tell her, she will police me and make sure I never do anything with it again. Not to mention she might reveal the truth about you in the belief that you and Spike had something to do with this."

"...Fine," Ms. Drago agreed. "But at least try to be careful."

Micro smiled and nodded before the three boys talked about what they were going to do today.

"Last day before school," Sugar said. "I vote video games and snacks."

"That sounds good to me to," Spike added. "After the insanity yesterday I think we could all use a break like that. What do you think Micro?"

Micro was a bit hesitant. On one hand he wanted to train, but on the other he didn't want to let that consume his life and he especially didn't want to alienate his friends. Besides, since he didn't have to sleep, he had a whole bunch of time open to him to spend progressing in his ability.

"Sure," he said smiling.

A few hours later

"Look out!" Spike shouted as Micro jumped over one of the flying demons. Sugar got hit and Mugman's spirit started floating away. There were too many things on screen to dodge so Micro couldn't reach him in time to parry. It was just Micro and Cuphead against the devil now.

The boys had been trying to beat the game all summer. They cleared normal mode and had finally made it to the devil on expert. Micro found himself doing a lot better at the game this time around since with Gamer's Mind he wasn't panicking and making stupid mistakes. His friends shouting on the other hand.

"Jump now!" Sugar cried. Micro did manage to jump and smoke bomb dodge out of the way of an attack right when a voice announced

KNOCKOUT!

The three best friends cheered loudly as they finally finished the game.

"Man that game really tests you," Sugar said.

"I'm just glad we finally got it done," Spike agreed. Micro just stared at the screen that popped up in front of him.

You have completed the game

Cuphead

Do you want to sacrifice your save file in order to gain a skill/weapon?

Yes/No

'Is this for real?' He thought. He could gain abilities just by completing video games. His finger hovered over the yes button when he looked up at his friends and realized something. If they saw him do this, then anytime he suggests doing something with them, they would think it was just to gain more power or skills. Would...would he lose his friends?

Micro sighed and pressed No. Even if they did understand he would still feel like he was using them. He refused to do that. Though he did have a collection of games to try this with when he got home.

He felt the buzz of a notification and pulled up that screen.

For thinking of others first, you gained 1 CHA.

"So," Micro said. "Looks like it's starting to get late."

"Yeah," Sugar said. "Why does time fly when you want it to just go slowly?" Spike and Micro laughed at that as they bid each other goodnight and started off on their ways home.

"Hey mom!" Micro called as he entered the house. "I'm back from Spike's!"

"Just in time for dinner!" His mom called and he went into the kitchen. He briefly looked up to see his mom's level and was somewhat surprised to see it decently high.

Software Spark

(Mother)

Lv34

It briefly made him wonder if his mom had any experiences he didn't know about that would increase her level, but then he just chalked it up to her having lived longer.

"So how was the game?" His mom asked. Micro remembered the bluff he told her about staying at Spike's to play a game.

"Definitely interesting. Though we still have a bit to figure out about it."

Skill Level Up!

Bluff (Lv2)

From half truths to outright lies, this is your ability to trick/deceive people. Whether for the greater good or personal gain is up to you.

Chance of Success Determined by: LV of Skill+CHA-Intensity of the Bluff

'Thanks for the reminder game,' he thought dryly.

"Well don't let yourself become too obsessed with it with classes coming up." She finished setting up the table and placed his food in front of him. A quick use of Observe to get a bit of experience in that skill and he dug in despite not feeling hungry at all. Another aspect of his ability he guessed. Thankfully it didn't prevent him from eating otherwise he couldn't enjoy such delicious food.

As they are he idly used Observe on different objects around the kitchen. It was ridiculously hard to level up Observe. He used it so many times already and it only went up twice, and neither of those gave any bonuses to what he learned from Observe. He thought for a second and used it on his mom.

Software Spark

(Mother)

Lv 34

Stats: (not high enough level in Observe)

Software Spark is the single mother of Micro Chip. After she lost her husband she dedicated herself to making their son into someone they would both be proud of.

Micro had to look away as his eyes began to water. He briefly thought about how useful this part of Observe could be.

"So," his mom started. "You ready for tomorrow?"

"Of course!" Micro said. "I can't wait to start."

"Well make sure you get your rest. Remember, just because you moved your room to your lab downstairs doesn't mean you get to stay up all night working on your projects or playing games."

Micro chuckled, though he felt a bit guilty at the fact he pretty much was planning to do just that.

After eating and wishing his mom goodnight, Micro went down into his lab when suddenly two screens popped up.

You have entered your lab! You will receive the following bonuses while in here.

-Double growth rate of crafting skills

-Double success rate of experiments and crafting of higher level items

-Increase growth rate of INT stat

By entering a familiar area, you remembered a skill!

Crafting (Lv 56)

You like making things don't you? This is your ability to create different items.

-Success rate for items of higher level than skill= Lv of skill+Knowledge of the type of item-complexity of item

"Well….that's convenient." He went over to his tv and game cases before booting up his PS4. "Let's see what abilities I can get."

It was then he discovered both an annoyance, and a cheat in the system.

The annoyance. The ability to get skills from games only seemed to apply to games he beat while having the gamer ability. This was very annoying because he had wanted to get an ability from Mortal Kombat X, but a screen popped up.

You have not completed this game since unlocking this feature.

The cheat on the other hand, it didn't seem to matter if he had already played most of the game before. It only mattered if he beat the game. Case and point, he was playing the last few moments of Until Dawn. He wasn't expecting anything major from it, it was just the one he knew he was only a few minutes from the end.

"Yes! Got everyone out."

As the credits rolled, he briefly looked up some skills on the Chaos Auction. He was considering looking into weapons, but if he was correct, he could probably make his own with a high crafting skill once he got the materials. There was also a servant section but he was avoiding that for the simple fact that he didn't want a servant.

At first he was extremely concerned about the fact people could buy servants, but he was shocked to find an FAQ on the sight. One of the first questions people asked was "How could you possibly allow this?! This is slavery!" The answer was very surprising.

We at the Chaos Auction know the fact that slavery is a terrible thing. That is why have set many rules in place meant to prevent this. Those you see listed are willing servants who have chosen to offer their services. We also have strict rules in place for what orders a servant is required to follow. If a servant signs up to be a maid, they are only required to do those duties. They wouldn't have to perform any...other orders and any boss who tries to force the issue will be targeted by our enforcers.

Despite this, that was not something he wanted to involve himself in. He did find one however…

Skill Book

Kage Bushin No Jutsu

Realm of Origin: Naruto Universe

Price: $2500

If it worked how he thought it did, that could help him a lot when it came to both stat, skill, and game grinding. Though he would need to get a bit more money first.

You have completed the game

Until Dawn

Do you want to sacrifice your save file in order to gain a skill/weapon?

Yes/No

He immediately hit yes. Data began flowing from the tv screen into his body.

Skill Learned!

Fear (Lv1)

Active (MP Cost: 1 per second)

Cause your target to have increased anxiety and be fearful when you are nearby

Not the best but definitely could be useful. He had other games that could help, but all of them had a while to go before the end and he also wanted to get more money for the Kage Bushin.

"Well…" He thought. "The Kage Bushin would help me a lot in speeding things up. And considering the ease I can get things done in the Zombie Dungeon, I should be fine for a bit with my basic skills. So I guess it's time to grind some money!"

With that he disappeared into an instant dungeon for the rest of the night.

{Written by Twistedphoenix1}

{Edited by SpedaHooves/KenKanekiTheCat/Me}


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