Chapter 01 – Status.

A lone, corroded suit of armor stood before a basin of water, gazing at a strange table that had appeared. Whenever it tried to grab it with one of its metallic hands, it just phased through. After a few attempts, it gave up, realizing that perhaps there were some things in this world that couldn’t be touched but only looked at.

Soon, it started focusing on the numbers and letters presented to it, unsure of their significance. It didn’t know if a higher number was better or perhaps the lower one. It also noticed the prevalence of one particular letter ‘F’. Next to it, there was a little line that it identified as meaning something lesser. This letter accompanied a series of strange numbers and was placed in a bracket next to it. The living suit of armor knew that there was some meaning to this, but it wasn’t quite sure.

This was not the only thing it could see on this screen. As it continued to stare and poke at it, a secondary one appeared on the side. There were more tables there, but they were smaller, filled with text, and separated. When looking at the first screen, it managed to decipher the letters above it, which gave it the name ‘Status Screen,’ and the words below it were supposed to be ‘Basic Attributes.’ When looking at the other screen, it got the words ‘Skill List’ from it. For the time being, it took its time to try to go through these skills it had.

There wasn’t really much to look at there as it was mostly empty. It somewhat understood the first two skills but wasn’t aware what was the problem with the last one. It was filled with question marks and even if it continued to stare at it nothing happened. Was this a good amount of skills or was it not? The memories that it absorbed were indicating that it wasn’t a good thing and after recalling his first defeat, it had to agree.

‘Who am I? Am I weak? What is my purpose here? What is this place? Why do I have to protect it?’

The creature moved past the status screen as it started asking itself more questions. It had been compelled by the strange voice to attack those beings, but now it didn’t know what to do. It had lost and was destroyed, but somehow it had returned to this world in the same form as previously. The feelings that it was going through were strange and it didn’t like what it was feeling.

‘… I am … not It … I am something … What am I? ‘

The monster started hearing a voice inside of its head and it could identify it as a sort of internal monologue. Its thoughts were becoming clearer and it was starting to comprehend that it was some sort of being. It looked at the status screen and started going through the words. It took a moment but it was able to read the classification that was presented there.

‘Am I … Damaged Corroded Bronze Armor? or not?’

There was something that didn’t fit there; it could understand what a name was, but this description felt a bit foreign. It could comprehend that a name wasn’t like that; there was a feeling associated with it, something more intimate, more familiar. The monster armor continued to read the name constantly and finally reached an epiphany.

‘Damaged Armor… Bronze Armor … Corroded Bronze Armor … Corroded Armor … Corroded? That doesn’t sound right, what is corroded?’

This new being started to ponder his existence and the meaning behind this word. Soon another word entered his mind that had a similar definition but affected a different type of metal, rust. For some reason, this resonated with its very being, and at that moment, it made a decision. The open status window started to shift around. It was as if the world had taken notice of the decision and decided to alter things according to the will of the metallic creature. The clacking and corroded body started shining in a pale light as if something had changed, and before the monster could figure it out, another window popped up in front of it.

New words appeared on the status screen which the monster now called Rusty examined thoroughly.

Name:	Rusty
Classification:	Damaged Corroded Bronze Armor [ F – ] L1
Type:	Magical/Inorganic
Hit Points [ HP ]	15/15
Magic Points [MP]	15/15
Special Points [SP]	15/15
Strength	10 [ F – ]
Agility	6 [ F – ]
Dexterity	7 [ F – ]
Constitution	10 [ F – ]
Intelligence Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author.	7 [ F – ]
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