Reborn After A Death March

Chapter 1

Where am I? The last thing I remember, I was waiting for my train home, and now... now I am standing in some cave with water dripping from the ceiling and a dreadfully cold breeze. I should be on my train home by now. I can remember closing my eyes as I yawned just as the train pulled into the station. I probable just fell asleep on the train. I have been working hard recently, and the company I am working for has had me doing a death march to finish my current project. It will not be the first time something like this has happened, but at least this time, one of my friends and work collages was riding the train with me, so no one should try anything with my sleeping body. But if this is a dream, it is not like anything I have dreamt of before.

I am in a cold cave with dripping water and little light, like I said before. It feels too real to be a dream, but what else can I be? Looking around, I cannot see anything or anyone, but something does catch my attention. I really must be dreaming as I see a game like menu in my vision with a clock displaying the time as six in the morning and a list of four options Status, Storage, Skills and Map. Might as well start with the map and figure out where I am. Unfortunately, my map is useless and only shows the room where I am with everything else listed as unexplored. It is not nice to give someone such a helpful ability only to make it useless. Next, I check the Status Option.

<Name: Kura Suou>

<Age: 15>

<Gender: Female>

<Level: 1>

<Affiliation: None>

<Job: None>

<Class: Commoner>

<Title: None>

<Bounty: None>

<Health Points: 10>

<Magic Points: 10>

<Stamina: 10>

<Strength: 10>

<Dexterity: 10>

<Intelligence: 10>

<Hunger: 100%>

<Thirst: 100%>

<Injuries: None>

<Current Status: Healthy>

It got my name wrong. It should have been written Suou Kura with my last name first, but for some reason, it wrote it in a western way. Still, it looks like I am an average newbie level one character. I cannot help but sigh as I feel disappointed with my current stats. If this were a dream, then why could I not have been dreaming of an overpowered character. I take a deep breath and shake my head. There is no need to get worked up over it, so I should just move on. The next thing I check is the skills section.

<Unique Skills: Menu (Allows to check self-status, assign skill points, displays time and a map of areas visited can be displayed), Storage (Can store an unlimited amount of none living items) and Revival (The Ability to come back to life. Will return at the place where you last slept).>

<Academic Skills: Appraisal Level 1 (Can appraise items for information about them).>

That is better. The unique skills are what you would expect from a game, but unlimited storage space is too much. Appraisal is an ordinary skill, but I am curious why that is the only skill that comes with a level. Maybe unique skills do not level up? It does not matter. When I wake up, I will forget about this dream anyway. I am not expecting much, but I might as well end things up by checking on my storage, but as expected, there is nothing there. Still, I should not let it get me down. If this is a dream, there are surely only better things to come. Moving forward, I spot only one way in and out of the cave I am in and walk towards it. Unfortunately for me, the ground beneath my feet choices that moment to give out.