Reborn as the First Boss, Chapter 1 (Patreon)
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Chapter 1 – Settings?
“Oh, my head.”
I groaned as I pulled myself up. How much did I have to drink last night? It felt like a marching band was performing inside my skull. If T-Bone slipped me some ex again as a joke, just to get me on camera like he did at the last party, I was going to have to kill him.
Wait. T-Bone. He got hit, right? The Barbarians ambushed us, but we fought them off. Gave better than we got, too. T-Bone was hit, and then Horse was next to her, looking like…
I opened my eyes. This… was not my room. Or the hospital. Or any hotel I knew of within a hundred miles of Peekskill. Those hotels didn’t have stone walls, and they didn’t use candles and torches for lighting.
“Where the hell am I?” I spoke, but the words didn’t sound like me. Even groggy from what must have been too much booze to chase away a wild night, I knew that voice wasn’t mine. My voice didn’t sound like pure sex just talking.
I lifted a hand to try and slap some sense into myself, and stopped. Red skin? And what was with those fingernails? No way you could ride a bike with those pointy nails that looked almost like claws. You’d be breaking nails or worse all the time, and no way could you get gloves for those things. And RED SKIN???
I quickly looked around the room. Big bed, like Queen size, minimum, with sheets that felt like silk, and the high end stuff, too. Some art on the wall, fancy frames. Couple statues, looked like marble. Weapon rack. Wardrobe. Vanity table. Mirror! A full length mirror! Perfect!
Getting up, out of bed, I made my way over to the mirror, and gaped. This wasn’t my body. Sure, I kept in shape, and I was curvy in the hourglass way, not the Goodyear blimp way that people had turned the term into. But still, I didn’t look like THIS!
Red skin was only the start. Ignoring the fact that I was bare ass naked, I had abs! Like, actual, defined abs. And my tits were still a D cup, maybe more! I’d been fit, but never six-pack abs fit! And I used to be a healthy C!
I definitely had an hourglass figure, now, with hips that Playboy playmates would kill for. My hair was long, and wavy, with a reddish-black hue. My face… well, it mostly looked the same, except I was missing the scar over my right eye from that one fight in Albany. Oh, and my eyes were a glowing red.
And yeah, I definitely wasn’t human anymore. Either that, or someone had put me in for mods I didn’t even know existed. Horns curling back out of my head like a ram, batlike wings that I could actually move, and a long, sinuous tail sticking out just above my nice, round ass, and hoof feet like I was some kind of demon. A sexy demon! Fuck, I wasn’t even a dyke, and I would fuck the hell out of me!
No, I couldn’t go down that line of thought right now. Tearing my gaze away from the mirror, I moved to the wardrobe. Opening it, I saw all sorts of dresses, gowns, and robes. But one, in particular, stuck out at me.
DING!
Mhyrsha’s Magnificent Robes
Type
Armor
Rank
Uncommon
The personal robes of Mhyrsha the Enchantress. In addition to their ability to shift with her as she changes shapes, the robes provide more protection from weapons and magic than you might expect. They have also been enchanted to aid in seduction, and to increase the effectiveness of Enchantment and Illusion effects.
+20 Defense
+20 CHA
Seductress – Seduction skill is 20% more effective.
Beguiler – Illusion and Enchantment spells or abilities cast by the wearer are 20% more effective.
Soulbound – Soulbound to Mhyrsha. Cannot be lost or stolen. Cannot be worn by anyone else while she lives.
NoDrop – This item does not drop when the wearer is killed.
Unmarred – This item cleans and repairs itself over time by using ambient mana. Cannot be destroyed.
The moment I touched the robe, a blue box appeared in the air in front of me with a chiming sound. I felt my jaw drop. This… this was something out of a game! Not real life! Hell, I was only a casual gamer, since everyone needed a hobby, but even I knew that there were no VR games that were anywhere near like this. I definitely didn’t have the kind of rig that those would play on, either, even if they did.
Wait, there were stupid stories about shit like this, right? Where people died in real life, and then woke up in some world that worked like a game? Was I in some fucking, two-bit novel for nerds and weirdos? GODDAMNIT!
No, relax. I couldn’t think about that right now. I needed to figure out what was going on, so I knew just how much trouble I was in. If this was some kind of game world, then would I be able to access a menu, or stat screen?
“Status.” Nothing. “Menu.” Nope. “Character.” Uh-uh. Nothing worked. Hell, I hadn’t even found a way to close that stupid blue screen from the robe! I tried waving at it, and… it went away? Like swiping something on a touch screen? Huh, I could work with that. I tried swiping again with my hand, and another screen appeared.
DING!
Main Menu
Section
Description
Status
Display current character status.
Skills
Display current skills.
Spells
Display known spells.
Equipment
Display current Equipment. Equip Items.
Inventory
Display inventory.
Settings
Change default settings.
I was decidedly too sober for this shit, but fuck it. I wasn’t going to get out of this any quicker by ignoring reality. Might as well try and make the best of it. Hesitantly, I touched the Settings part of the screen.
DING!
Settings
Visual
Change visual settings.
Commands
Set up voice commands, gesture commands.
Audio
Change audio settings.
DING!
Audio
Volume Control
Adjust notification sound volume.
Notification Sound
Change sound for audible notifications.
Menu Sound
Toggle Menu sound Off.
Level Up Sound
Toggle Level Up sound Off.
Skill Acquisition Sound
Toggle Skill Acquisition sound Off.
Item Acquisition Sound
Toggle Item Acquisition sound Off.
The dinging was getting annoying, so I quickly went to the Audio settings, and turned off all the sounds except for Level Ups. If this was a game, I would like to know when I leveled up, at least. That settled, I looked in on the other Setting menus.
Commands was straightforward, for the most part, but I decided not to mess with them too much, beyond turning on voice commands. That could be something I did once I was more comfortable with this system. Next, I looked at the visual settings. Kept a bunch of that the same, but moved the boxes so that they didn’t pop up directly in the middle of my view, unless I called for them. If this was a game, that meant there’d be fighting, and no way was I going to get myself killed because a popup blinded me.
Status
Name:
Mhyrsha
Race
Succubus
Class:
Mind Sorceress
Profession:
Courtesan
Level:
1
XP:
0 / 1000
HP:
1500 / 1500
HP Regen:
20 per hour
MP:
3500 / 3500
MP Regen:
30 per min
SP:
1000 / 1000
SP Regen:
10 per min
Titles:
The First Boss, Enchantress, Illusionist, Seductress, Virgin’s Bane
Attributes
STR
10
INT
15
DEX
10
WIS
20
CON
15
CHA
30
Luck
10
Defense
40
Gain +5 CHA, +2 WIS, +1 INT, +1 CON per level
0 Attribute Points remaining
Gain 3 Attribute Points per level
Currency
0 CP
0 SP
0 GP
0 PP
Boons
Please Select Boons. You have 1 Least, 1 Lesser, and 1 Greater Boon slots unfilled.
Abilities
Racial Abilities:
+10 CHA, +5 INT, +5 CON
Gain +3 CHA, +1 INT, +1 CON, +1 Attribute points per level
Gain Seduction, Diplomacy, and Intimidation as racial skills
All Charisma-based skills 25% more effective.
Immunities – Immune to Corruption, Fire, Poison, and Disease
Vulnerability – Vulnerable to Holy
Hellfire – Can summon and manipulate hellfire
Wings – Able to fly with batlike wings. Must be able to extend wings to fly. Cannot carry more than a light load and maintain flight.
Sensual Recharge – Engaging in acts of passion with males can increase SP, MP and HP regeneration. More involved acts may transfer SP, MP and HP from your partner to you. Acts with females provide no benefit to you.
Shapeshifting – Able to shapeshift into any humanoid form. Attributes do not change in new form, though may gain physical qualities of the new form (lizardfolk’s scaly hide providing armor, etc.)
Class Abilities:
+10 CHA
Gain +2 CHA per level
Beguiler – Enchantment and Illusion spells are 50% more effective against helpless, unaware, or friendly targets.
Mental Fortitude – Immune to Enchantment and Illusion spells and effects from creatures at or below her level. Resistance to Enchantment and Illusion spells increases by 15%.
Minor Telepathy – Can communicate telepathically with creatures within line of sight. Communication only.
Profession Abilities:
+10 WIS
Gain +2 WIS per level
Understanding – Add WIS to INT when calculating MP.
Socialite – Social skills are 50% more effective.
Too Pretty to Hit – Add CHA to Defense
Center of Attention – Cannot use Stealth unless invisible. Creatures may need to force themselves to look away from you. May cause unwanted attention.
Skills
Racial Skills:
Class Skills:
Profession Skills:
General Skills:
4 Skill Points Remaining
That was… a lot. Like, a lot, a lot. So, Mhyrsha was my name, and I was a succubus? A literal sex demon, then. Probably why my profession was a fancy word for whore. Wonderful, guess I was going to slut my way to the top. But why did that sound familiar? Ugh, I’d figure it out eventually. What did these titles do?
The First Boss
The first obstacle in the Hero’s journey. All stats increased by 300% while in boss room.
Enchantress
All Enchantment spells and abilities are 20% more effective and cost 10% less to use.
Illusionist
All Illusion spells and abilities are 20% more effective and cost 10% less to use.
Seductress
Creatures who are attracted to her suffer a 15% penalty to resist her CHA-based skills and abilities.
Virgin’s Bane
Virgins automatically fail checks against her skills and abilities. Spells and attacks against virgins ignore Defense, and are critical hits.
What in the ever-loving fuck? This wasn’t just some normal game. That looked like a setup straight out of some kind of porn game. Wait. First boss? You mean, the schmuck that gets steamrolled by the hero immediately, and is then forgotten about? Oh, hell no. We weren’t going to be playing that game.
Something fell into place. Wait, I’d played this game before. One didn’t really think of gamers when one thought about 1% bike clubs, but people were people, and all kinds liked to ride, and liked the lifestyle. Crash was a gamer. Not one of the hardcore types, but whenever he was home he’d spend a couple hours a day on the computer, playing games. Also knew his way around computers in a more criminal way, as well, which came in handy.
That wasn’t important to my current situation, though, beyond the fact that I remember him talking about this new game he was playing. Heartlight Chronicles, I think it was. Anyways, it was decidedly not for kids, because one of the opening quests required the hero to get laid, so that they could resist the spells and snares of the evil Succubus Mhyrsha, and rescue the poor souls she’d captured for whatever reason. And there was something about a power source, that led into the rest of the game? I hadn’t really been paying attention, unfortunately.
Still, that was better than where I was before. I knew what was happening now, and I had a plan. Step 1: Loot this place of anything that looks valuable or important. Step 2: Get the fuck out of here. Step 3: Don’t die. Step 4: Profit?
It was a start, at least.