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No one fighting within 400 feet of yourself - Total control of the Quantum Field within 2 light-years of yourself.

Excuse me?

Everyone got a Skill Tree when they turned 15. Caveats certainly weren't uncommon, but such a strong caveat on every single skill, leading up to that, well...

No one fighting within 400 feet of yourself - ability to spontaneously create any material anywhere in the universe.

No one fighting within 400 feet of yourself - No one CAN fight within 400 feet of yourself, but yourself.

No one fighting within 400 feet of yourself - Go back in the Skill Tree and multiskill.

The powers kept getting more and more OP. But reading the last one, then reading the many other alternatives, I knew what to do.

I would become the most skilled being in the galaxy. Time to multiskill. After I got multiskill, though, I wanted to go for the inability to fight one. Best to keep my mutliskill skill.

Translation - all of your abilities work from at least 400 feet away.

Also - only the most insanely overpowered abilities get nerfed like that. That's like max level D&D wizard spells.

"Where is he?! We're getting slaughtered here!"

"Next time I see him, I'm going to make him regret... hey watch out!"

The attacking enemy drops to the ground suddenly, face first, with a gunshot to the back.

One by one, the other enemies rapidly drop to the ground. After a few seconds there aren't any left.

"Hey, what's that over there on that distant hill?"

"What's he holding? Is that a spectral rifle?"

"Where did that come from?"

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Part 2 🥺🙏

Essentially, you're fucking useless.

That weekend was amazing, and horrifying. I had my 15th birthday party on my birthday, as usual. Being a summer vacation baby has its advantages; it doesn't matter what day of the week it is. Since there's no school in June, I can have my birthday party on my actual birthday, AND all my friends can stay over!

But when I awoke, and my skill tree appeared, I was confused. It read, "No one fighting within 400ft; must be true before skilltree revealed."

Say what!? I live in one of the worst cities in the world! There's ALWAYS someone fighting around here!

I sighed. My family and friends heard my noise, and they all perked up, expectantly. I took a deep breath, then said, "I'm sorry; I don't know what I have. It says that no one can be fighting within 400ft in order to reveal the skilltree."

Everyone looked disappointed...that is, until my 5 year old sister shouted, "Road trip," excitedly jumping up and down.

It took only 5 seconds before everyone else was shouting similar sentiments at my parents. Five minutes later, we were all packed into the old Suburban and headed towards the city limit.

When we finally got out of the city, I saw a blip. "No fighting detected; revealing skilltree."

My eyes nearly bulged out of my sockets. "This shouldn't be possible," I thought to myself.

My sister noticed my change of expression. "What's wrong, Brother?"

I looked back at her. "I'm too powerful for my age. This makes no sense. This is like the skilltree of an 80 year old wizard. Nearly everything is unlocked. There's only one thing that isn't, and I have the skill points right here to unlock it. And see? It's labeled 'Memories.' It's like I'm supposed to..."

Mom shouted at me, "Wait! Don't unlock that here in the car! Wait until Dad pulls into this Rest Area! Then unlock it in the open field!"

I pulled my hand back, and I nodded. Momentarily, I was standing by myself in a grassy field, with my family and friends all watching from 400ft away. I accessed the skilltree again, and I used the skill points to unlock "Memories."

That's when it all came flooding back to me. The devastation to come today to our city; the profound loss I'd experienced that day; the love I'd found in the aftermath; the vows and promises I'd made soon after; the years of hard training; the monumental battles to regain territories and friends lost; the loss of my wife and my desire to avenge her; my failure to do so; and, finally, the forbidden magic I'd used to send my abilities and memories back to this day.

I collapsed to my knees; it was all too much to process in an instant. But nevertheless, I was back! I'd done the impossible! Here I was, my 15 year old self again! And this time, everyone important to me was outside the city! No one who I cared about needed to suffer this time, except...

I looked at the group of my family and friends. I'd forgotten something. My future wife wasn't here! She didn't meet me in the previous timeline until after the devastation! And since my sister was here, she wouldn't be able to save my future wife there! "Damn it all!"

My family and friends were rushing to my side, but I couldn't stay here to tell them everything just now! There wasn't enough time! So, I did the best thing I could. I rushed to my Dad; he had the Suburban keys, after all. I placed a forefinger on his forehead and implanted a simple, single command. "Wait here for 5 hours. I will return to explain everything."

With that, I activated my abilities and rocketed back to the city.

(In announcer voice:)

"Vegetable has unlocked all his abilities through a mysterious time spell, and is racing to rescue his future wife! But will he make it in time? And what is this devastation? Find out! NEXT TIME! ON DRAGON EGGS D!"