Hoodlum in Another World

Everything was black. I don't remember how I got here. I don't even know where I am. "You have died". Huh? A screen popped up with those words. "How did I die?" I asked the screen. "Invalid request" the screen responded. "What are you?" I asked. "I am your personal interface" the screen responded. "Who made you?" I asked. "Invalid request" it responded. "You are now entering another world, please wait a moment" the screen said. I simply watched as the darkness thickened and even the screen became invisible. Then I opened my eyes. I was laying down in a field of grass. I got up and looked around. I heard the sound of water flowing nearby, so I walked towards it and saw a small stream. I looked into it to see my reflection. I was a black male of about 20 years. Looking upstream, I saw a forest, and downstream, something looked like a village in the distance. "Interface, are you here?" I asked as I looked around. "I am here" the blue screen popped up out of nowhere. "Where am I?" I asked. "Invalid request" it replied. "What do you know?" I asked. "Your name, health status, rank, title, age, and stats" it said. "I can also store information of infinite volumes" it added. "So you can read books?" I asked. "No" it responded. "So how do you store information?" I asked. "I automatically keep a record of everything you say, do and everywhere you go. So if you were to read a book aloud, I would record every word" It said. I wasn't sure if I could believe this interface, so I decided to test it. "Okay, display everything I have said today". "Ok" it responded, then line after line, the following began to pop up. "How did I die?" "What are you?" "Who made you?" "Interface, are you here?" "Where am I?" "What do you know?" "So you can read books?" "So how do you store information?" "Okay, display everything I have said today" Turns out it's true. That's going to be very useful. "Tell me my name, health status, rank, title, age, and stats" I said. Name: Hansel Greenwood Health status: fine Rank: commoner Title: Hoodlum Age: 20 Stats Level: 1 HP: 10 MP: 5 Strength: 5 Dexterity: 5 Constitution: 5 Intelligence: 10 Wisdom: 5 Charisma: 0 Luck: 1 Perception: 1 "How did I become a hoodlum?" I asked. "Invalid request" it responded. I decided that this interface has no other information to give me other than what it displayed earlier so I stopped asking any more questions and decided to walk towards the village. On arriving the village, I noticed many farms and blacksmiths. So I decided to approach a farmer for a job. "Good morning sir" I Greeted. "Greeting has surprised farmer. Charisma +1" came the notification. The surprised farmer looked up at me, taking a break from the work in his farm. " Good morning, What do you want?" He asked. "My name is Hansel Greenwood, may I please get a job on your farm? I need to earn money to eat" I humbly requested. "Can you handle a hoe?" He asked. "Yes I can, but I just need a little guidance". I responded. The farmer showed me how to till the ground with the hoe and I began to work immediately. It was the mid morning when I started, and I kept at it till evening, only taking a break around noon to eat some corn the farmer gave me. At around 4pm in the evening, a small group of people began to approach the farm. "Who the hell are you?" One of them asked me. "Hoodlum skill - Free Madness - has been activated by rudeness" the notification came. I stood up and turned to face them, trying to be as calm as possible. "My name is..." I tried to respond. "f**k you and f**k your stupid name! Get the hell out of here" the one in front shouted. The next notification came "Free Madness is active, strength and constitution have been temporarily doubled until the rude person is taught a lesson." I could literally feel the increase in strength as I stood there, but being a naturally calm person, I still didn't react. I guess the weird skill "free madness" is one of the perks of the Hoodlum title. "Old man, how many times have we told you to get the f**k off this farm?" They roared at the old man who was my employer. "But this land belonged to my family for hundreds of years, I can't just let it go because a rich noble wants to forcibly take it from me. He won't even buy it at a good price. I won't leave this land, you would have to kill me first." He said as he stood his ground. "Then say hello to Jesus when you get to heaven, because that's where you're going when we're done with you" the leader said as he clenched his fists. "Step away from the old man" I said as I approached them, hoe in hand. "Or what?" The leader asked as he turned around. "Or you become fertilizer" I said. The leader looked at the men with him, four of them, and they rushed at me. I turned the hoe in my right hand and smashed it into the head of the first one, he went blank immediately as he collapsed, blood staining the hoe. The next one avoided the swing of my hoe and tackled me to the ground. The loss of balance left the hoe flying out of my hand as the man who tackled me gave me a punch to the face. "HP: 9" Holy s**t! Nine more hits and I'm dead. I panicked. "Berserk mode activated" I threw a punch at the guy who tackled me, and he went flying. Two more were at my side, one with a cutlass, the other with a club. The cutlass swung through the air, going for my neck. I ducked, pulled him at his legs. As he fell, the one with the club swung down on my back. "HP: 8" Without responding to the one behind me, I punched the one on the floor, the one with the matchet, straight in the face, knocking him out. The man behind me landed two heavy blows. "HP: 7" "HP: 6" I picked the cutlass of the one I had just knocked out, got up, and swung the cutlass into the descending club. The impact made the cutlass merge with the club. I pulled the club out of his hand with the cutlass and threw both aside. He threw a punch, but I dodged and gave him an uppercut to his belly. He fell to his knees and I gave him a kick to the head. He was out. "Bunch of idiots" the leader lamented as he approached, drawing out a sword. He took a swing at me and I managed to dodge. I turned and ran. "Hahaha, running away so quickly?" He laughed until he realized. I didn't run in retreat, I ran to get my weapons. I picked up the hoe and detached the cutlass from the club. Then I slowly approached the leader. "You should have run when you had the chance" he said. Bang! The farmer hit the leader at the back of his head with a shovel. "What the f**k!" He shouted as he turned, forgetting about me for an instant. He attempted to take a swing at the farmer when he heard something. Crack! That was the sound of his spine being damaged by my punch. He fell to the ground in pain and I knocked him out with a final punch. "Enemies defeated" "Berserk mode deactivated" "Free Madness deactivated" "You have leveled up" "Level: 2" "You have learned a new skill" "Farm violence " The five men lay unconscious as I was left there, breathing hard. "Thank you so much young man" the old man said. "You're welcome " I responded. I took their unconscious Bodies to the way side after taking their weapons. I rested for a while and then continued my work. "HP: 7" "HP: 8" Turns out my health renews itself when I rest and when I eat. The farmer gave me a room to stay in his farm, so I stayed there. Went to the farm with him and when the work was done, I exercised and trained. The next week, the group of miscreants returned again, this time as a ten man team, all with swords or cutlasses. I saw them coming from afar and told the old man to go hide somewhere. I brought out the cutlass and hoe in my possession. "You have equiped a cutlass" "Cutlass control skill activated" "You have equipped a hoe" "Mass harvest skill activated" I got the mass harvest skill after spending days harvesting yams. I thought about the possibility of these men returning and made a decision. The next time I see them, I would actually kill them. They approached the farm, and once they sighted me, they charged at me without warning. I was prepared to harvest the heads of men. The first one swung his sword, I swerved to the side and harvested his head with the edge of my hoe. The rest of them charging forward were stunned. Did I just take off a man's head with a hoe? "You have attacked an enemy on the farm" "Farm violence activated" "All stats are increased by 1 when fighting on a farm" Still looking at the head of his comrade which was swerving in the air, his own head joined as I severed his neck with the cutlass in my other hand. One came from behind and stabbed me with his sword. "HP: 33" "You are bleeding, you will lose 1 HP per second" "HP:32" "You have been attacked" "Free Madness activated" "Berserk mode activated" "HP:31" I held the sword protruding from my front, preventing him from pulling it out as I kicked him. I pulled out the blade and switched to a cutlass and sword duo. In berserk mode, coupled with Free Madness, the rest didn't stand a chance, I slaughtered them. Slicing and dicing like pork. "Enemies defeated" "Berserk mode deactivated" "Free Madness deactivated" "You have leveled up" "Level: 3" "You have learned a new skill" "Human Harvesting: you stats increase by 1 when fighting humans" Human Harvesting sounds a bit dark, but, why can I say. I took all the bodies and buried them in an 8 feet grave. Took all their clothes, washed them, and packed them up for sale. Then I took their weapons, cleaned them and also packed them up for sale. I guess selling weapons as a farmer might be suspicious, so I just kept them in a*****e room. I took all their money too and I continued my farm work.