I float through the water completely out of breath just below the waterfall once I’m certain the wall of guardians isn’t leaving the cave. I look up and see the guardians pacing back and forth in the cave not daring to step out into the sunlight, I don’t know if it's because they can’t leave the cave or they can’t come into contact with sunlight, and at this point, I don’t care. I raise both hands and give the wall of guardians the double middle fingers and as I do I notice my left arm is still a little charred from the king guardians' attack.
“That fucking asshole,” I say while lowering my hands back into the cool water “this water feels nice on my burnt skin, but it makes me wish I had some aloe vera”. I float through the water for roughly 30 minutes enjoying the cold water on my skin and every once in a while, I’ll glance at my stats window waiting until all my stats have recovered. After a few more moments of floating through the water is when I have fully recovered but looking at my arm it now looks like I have a really bad sunburn vs. it being charred.
STATS:
Name: Miles Egan
Health: 11/11
MP: 13/13
Stamina: 16/16
Status:
Burn
***BURN***
Any Fire damage you receive is now doubled until your body naturally recovers/drink a burn potion to expedite your recovery.
“I wonder how long this will take to fully be healed,” I say while I start to swim towards the shore. Once I get out of the water it finally dawns on me that I am naked from the waist up.
“Oh man, what happened to my shirt and coat,” I say while opening my inventory.
Inventory:
[PJ Shirt] – Destroyed
[YA BASIC CASIO WRISTWATCH] – Destroyed
[Ape Coat] – Destroyed
***NOTICE***
Repairing destroyed crafted items requires half of the crafting materials of the original requirement.
***NOTICE***
Repaired equipment only receives half of the durability that is applied permanently
(Example: Ape Coat Durability 150/150, Repaired Ape Coat 75/75, Repaired+1 Ape Coat 38/38….so on and so forth)
***NOTICE***
[PJ Shirt] and [YA BASIC CASIO WRISTWATCH] cannot be repaired due to these items not being in this world.
“Are you kidding me it’s a shirt what do you mean it's not of this world, are you telling me people don’t wear shirts here?” I say out loud.
“I don’t have enough materials to create a new coat, so my best bet would just to stick with the repaired coat,” I say while tapping on the destroyed ape coat.
Would you like to repair the [Ape Coat] for 1 Ape Hide and 1 Binding
Yes/No
“Yes, I don’t see myself going around bare-chested looking like I’m George of the Jungle shout out to my main man Brendon Fraser,” I say while clicking on the yes icon. As soon as I clicked the yes icon instead of seeing the usual bright glow of my crafting system going to work, my system screen started to glow a sickly orange color.
Repairing [Ape Coat] time till completion 00:15:00……00:14:59……00:14:58
“Well beggars can’t be choosers,” I say as I shrug “I guess it gives me time to look over the rest of the pop-up screens that I received while escaping the waterfall cave”.
“Let's start with the loot,” I say while opening the first set of minimized pop-ups.
[Undead Bone] x44 has been added to your inventory.
[Undead flesh] x11 has been added to your inventory.
[Steel Saber] x11 has been added to your inventory.
[Flintlock Pistol] x11 has been added to your inventory.
[Leather Boots] x11 has been added to your inventory.
176 [Copper Coins] have been added to your inventory.
33 [Silver Coin] has been added to your inventory.
[Will of the Guardian] x11 has been added to your inventory.
[Antidote] x 22 has been added to your inventory.
“Nice, but seriously what am I supposed to do with all these leather boots,” I say while shrugging “I guess if nothing else if I ever find a way to get off this island I can try to find a place to sell them”.
“On to the next pop-ups,” I say while closing the loot pop-up and opening up the next pop-up screen.
***1/1 HP Marked Monster has been consumed***
+2 Added to HP Stat
***2/2 HP Marked Monster has been consumed***
+2 Added to HP Stat
***1/2 MP Marked Monster has been consumed***
***1/1 Stamina Marked Monster has been consumed***
+2 Added to Stamina Stat
***2/2 Stamina Marked Monster has been consumed***
+2 Added to Stamina Stat
***1/1 ATK Marked Monster has been consumed***
+2 Added to ATK Stat
***1/1 DEF Marked Monster has been consumed***
+2 Added to DEF Stat
***1/1 RES Marked Monster has been consumed***
+2 Added to RES Stat
***1/2 RES Marked Monster has been consumed***
“Oh man that’s awesome, I need to find out what makes a monster a marked monster and to definitely find more marked ones to get more power this is an incredible feeling,” I say while making a fist and a smile on my face.
“Next I should see what my stats are now with all these big jumps in stats, it's really hard to track all at once,” I say while opening my status screen
STATS:
Name: Miles Egan
Class: Waste of Skin
Health: 15/15
MP: 13/13
Stamina: 20/20
ATK: 13
DEF: 10(+2)(+3)
INT: 8
RES: 7(+1)(+1)
HIT: 11
SPD: 12(+2)
New Skill Acquired:
[Armor-Plated Skin]
New Skill Acquired:
[Less Sleep]
***Armor Plated Skin***
MP Cost: 1 per body part or 5 for the entire body
Skill Cooldown: N/A
Ability Duration: 30 Minutes
Due to DEF stat exceeding +10 thresholds.
You have gained the ability to turn your body to be as strong as steel, oh, and yeah you also double your current DEF stat. This is not a voice command skill, just think about where you want the skill to go.
“Oh man that sounds cool maybe if had this skill in that cave I wouldn’t have gotten bit so much by those bastards,” I say while rubbing my shoulder where the last guardian bit me.
“Alright let’s test this thing out,” I say while closing my eyes. I let my mind go blank and will myself to think about what it would be like to have armored-plated skin on my right hand. Within a few minutes of me constantly focusing on my hand, I finally felt the skin on my hand become tighter than its ever been. I opened my eyes fully expecting my hand to be steal platted or at least change to a gray color but to my surprise, it just looked like a regular hand.
“What a rip off I wanted to look like iron man,” I said while looking at my hand “Maybe I didn’t do it right but then why would my hand feel tight”. I poke at my hand and to my shock, my hand fells like it's was made of steel and not of flesh. Feeling this, I walked right up to the closest tree I could find and punched it as hard as I could. I felt no pain whatsoever when I hit the tree and looking over the tree, I noticed that a big chunk was taken out as well.
“This is great it’s not only great for defense but also if I ever need to fight bare-handed,” I said to myself while poking at my hand again.
“On to the next skill,” I say with excitement.
***Less Sleep***
Due to Stamina stat exceeding +20 thresholds
Passive skill. Now you don’t need to sleep as much woohoo for you. Now for every hour you sleep, you feel like you slept for two hours.
“Aww man, I love to sleep however I prefer a bed and not the hard floor,” I say while thinking back to my bed that I had back home.
Repairing [Ape Coat] time till completion 00:03:13……00:03:12……00:03:11
“A couple more minutes and my coat will be done, but for now there is one last thing I need to get out of the way”
Quest Complete:
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[GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!!!!]
Would you like to receive your quest rewards:
Yes/No
“Woohoo three skills in one day it must be my birthday,” I say while clicking the yes icon.
New Skill Acquired:
[Recycling]
***Recycling***
Go Green!!!! Recycling gives you the ability to take items that you have obtained or crafted and break them down back to half of their core materials.
“Oh man that’s useful now I can break down some of those leather boots and steel sabers and hopefully be able to craft some new items with the new materials,” I say while switching to my inventory skill. I click on one of the steel sabers icons and as soon as I do I receive a pop-up screen.
Would you like to recycle [Steel Saber]?
Yes/No
“Of course I do that’s why I clicked on it,” I say while murmuring to myself and clicking the yes icon.
***ERROR***
Can’t craft new items while the repairing process is in effect.
“Dammit now I have to wait, I guess I can go through my inventory and see what sounds good to recycle,” I say while opening my inventory. I scroll through all my items and decide on the few items I think would produce some items I haven’t seen yet. I pull item after item from my inventory, and I lay them in front of me. The items I have chosen to recycle are one steel saber, one flintlock pistol, a pair of leather boots, one will of the guardian, and lastly one antidote.
“I think this will be a good start,” I say to myself while looking down at the items I pulled out.
***DING***
Repair complete
“Finally,” I say while putting on my new repaired coat “It sure looks the same but it’s a real shame that the durability was reduced”.
“I still feel weird without a shirt on though,” I say while picking up the steel saber.
Would you like to recycle [Steel Saber]?
Yes/No
“Let’s give this one more try,” I say while tapping the yes icon. The steel saber glows a bright blue color then shrinks to the size of a cell phone and floats into my system screen.
Recycling [Steel Saber] time till completion 168:00:00……167:59:59……167:59:58
“Are you fucking kidding me what is that like a week?” I say while balling up my fists.
Recycling [Steel Saber] time till completion 00:00:03……00:00:02……00:00:01
No, I’m just screwing with you!!!
“Ha Ha Ha very funny,” I say while unclenching my fist “You know Alexa probably would have had this done already”
ALEXA IS A HOE WHY DON’T YOU CALL HER UP AND HAVE HER STORE ALL YOUR SHIT!!!!
“Alright, Alright I’m sorry don't go off the deep end,” I say while rubbing the back of my head.
[Steel Ore] has been added to your inventory.
***Notice***
New items can be crafted.
Steel Saber:
1/2 Steel Ore
58/1 Basic Wood
Steel Axe:
1/3 Steel Ore
58/2 Basic Wood
16/1 Binding
Steel Knife:
1/1 Steel Ore
58/1 Basic Wood
Steel Spear:
1/1 Steel Ore
67/1 Basic Wood
16/1 Binding
Flintlock Pistol:
1/4 Steel Ore
58/3 Basic Wood
Flintlock Ammo x5:
1/1 Steel Ore
“Yes now I’m out of the stone age,” I say with a chuckle “On to the next item to be recycled”. I reach out and take the pair of leather boots.
Would you like to recycle [Leather Boots]?
Yes/No
I click on the yes icon and as soon as I d it repeats the same process of the steel saber by glowing blue and shrinking.
[Leather] has been added to your inventory.
***Notice***
New items can be crafted.
Leather Hat:
1/1 Leather
16/1 Binding
Leather Coat:
1/2 Leather
16/2 Binding
Leather Pants:
1/2 Leather
0/1 Binding
Leather Shoes
1/2 Leather
16/2 Binding
Steel Helmet
1/2 Steel Ore
16/2 Binding
1/2 Leather
Steel Chest Piece
1/5 Steel Ore
16/2 Binding
1/3 Leather
Ivory Ferocious Bee-Scream Armor:
1/5 Steel Ore
16/2 Binding
1/3 Leather
1/1 Bee Exoskeleton
Steel Plated Leggings:
1/2 Steel Ore
1/2 Leather
0/1 Binding
Steel Toed Boots:
1/2 Steel Ore
1/2 Leather
16/2 Binding
“Oh man I don’t know what to craft first,” I say while rubbing my hands together “But let's not get ahead of ourselves I still have a couple of items I need to recycle. I pick up the last two items I need to recycle the will of the guardian and the vial of the antidote.
Would you like to recycle [Will of the Guardian]?
Yes/No
Would you like to recycle [Antidote]?
Yes/No
I click on the yes icon of both pop-up screens and once again both items glow blue and shrink.
***ERROR***
Will of the guardian is already a base material can’t be recycled returning to inventory.
[Magic Fluid] has been added to your inventory.
[Poison Element] has been added to your inventory.
***Notice***
New items can be crafted.
Antidote:
1/2 Magic Fluid
1/2 Poison Element
Rage Potion:
1/2 Magic Fluid
5/2 Monster Blood
Lessor Intelligence Potion:
1/3 Magic Fluid
2/2 Honey
Core Intelligence Potion:
1/15 Magic Fluid
2/15 Honey
Core Stamina Potion:
1/15 Magic Fluid
15/15 Tree sap
Decay Potion:
1/4 Magic Fluid
21/4 Undead Flesh
“Awesome, I should open up a Walgreens, I can see it now come one come all get your antidotes and something called a decay potion don’t get it in your eyes though,” I say with a chuckle.
“Now that I know what I’m working with I should recycle some of the other bulk items that I have that I probably won’t need,” I say while sorting out my bulk items.
After about 20 minutes I have all my stuff broken down, and all in all, I recycled 27 antidotes, 16 leather boots, 14 steel sabers, and 9 flintlock pistols.
[Magic Fluid] x27 has been added to your inventory.
[Poison Element] x27 has been added to your inventory.
[Leather] x16 has been added to your inventory.
[Steel Ore] x32 has been added to your inventory.
[Basic Wood] x9 has been added to your inventory.
“Two swords, Two guns, and five antidotes that seems good enough and I didn’t need the leather shoes since I got these cool ape shoes,” I say while standing on one foot and extending my other foot to show off my ape shoes.
“Now what to make first,” I say while rubbing my chin for a few moments until I snap my fingers together “I know what I still have that bee saber recipe that i could try out what was it again”. I scroll past to my crafting screen and i click on the bee saber icon.
Bee Saber:
6/2 Bee Claws
33/2 Steel Ore
"That's right, I should make two of those one for each hand and then i got some ideas on some other items I can craft," I say as I stroke my chin. Within a few minutes of me crafting item after item, I have exhausted my resources for now.
“They look so pretty,” I say while staring at my newly crafted items.
[Bee saber] x2 has been added to your inventory.
[Ivory Ferocious Bee-Scream Armor] has been added to your inventory.
[Steel Axe] x4 has been added to your inventory.
[Steel Knife] x4 has been added to your inventory.
[Steel Spear] x4 has been added to your inventory.
[Rage Potion] x2 has been added to your inventory.
[Lessor Intelligence Potion] has been added to your inventory.
[Core Stamina potion] has been added to your inventory.
[Decay Potion] has been added to your inventory.
[Flintlock ammo] x20 has been added to your inventory.
“I feel like Aladdin, I should probably start singing it’s a whole new world,” I say as I examine each new item.
Bee saber:
+10ATK, +1DEF, +6 Slash Damage, +6 Poison DMG Durability 160/160
1-Handed sword made of the stinger of an Ivory Ferocious Bee-Scream.
“This thing looks dangerous,” I say while picking up the bee saber. The bee saber has a thick handle with a very thin hand guard. The blade itself is black with a slight purple shine and about 3 feet in length with jagged edges almost like a saw blade. I store both blades back into my inventory and move on to the next item.
Ivory Ferocious Bee-Scream Armor:
+9DEF, +6RES,+25% Resistance to poison, gain flight skill for 60 seconds 200/200 Durability.
Armor Ability cool down 15min.
Chest piece of a fused Steel Chest Piece and the body of an Ivory Ferocious Bee-Scream Armor.
“Oh……….my……….god……….” I say slowly and rubbing my eyes upon reading the stats of the armor “did it say flight”. My hands almost shake as I pick up the armor to examine it closely. The armor looks like it would cover from the collarbone down to the middle of my stomach. The armor is brown with three yellow lines going diagonally across it and on the back has two dark holes on it filling almost the entire backside of it.
“I’ll have fun with you later on,” I say while storing it in my inventory “Your up my new steel weapons”
Steel Axe:
+6 ATK, +3 Axe DMG, 60/60 Durability
1-Handed axe made out of steel.
Steel Knife:
+4ATK, 30/30 Durability
Knife made out of Steel.
Steel Spear:
+8ATK, +6HIT, 60/60 Durability
Spear made out of Steel.
“Now this is an axe,” I say while holding my brand-new steel axe “I’m no longer equivalent to a caveman”. The steel axe is heavy in my hand and is about the same height as my stone axe however this axe looks more like a real axe like one that you would see in a video game rather than a caveman's stone club. The steel spear and steel knife are also similar in design to the steel axe.
“Now that my new weapons and armor are squared away now it's time for the potions,” I say while picking up the rage potion.
Rage Potion:
Doubles all stats for 15 minutes, but users' stats will be reduced to half of their original stats after the time limit has expired for 1 hour.
“This could be interesting but ill probably only get to use it once during a fight,” I say swirling the vial around. The vial of potion was black and had a consistency of hot tar.
Lessor Intelligence Potion
+5 INT stat for 1 hour.
“It’s nice but nothing to write home about, plus I don’t even know what my INT stat does other than make me a little smarter,” I say while swirling the cloudy liquid around.
Core Stamina potion
Permanent +2 to stamina stat.
“Oh man I got to chug this right away” I immediately uncork the bottle of yellow liquid. The bottle is about the size of a 16.9 oz water bottle.
“My god please please please don’t let this taste like piss,” I say while putting the bottle to my lips and swallowing the yellow liquid. To my excitement, it tastes just like lemon-flavored Gatorade.
“That’s appropriate a stamina potion would taste just like a sports drink,” I say wiping my mouth off. I feel the coolness of the potion go down my throat and into my stomach and there I feel a coolness rush through my entire body in waves for about 2 minutes and then slowly fade away.
“Yowzah that’ll wake you up in the morning,” I say while jumping up and down to test out my boost in my stamina stat.
Decay Potion:
The user is granted the use of the decay ability for 1hr.
***DECAY***
MP Cost: 15
Skill Cooldown: N/A
Ability Duration: N/A
You gain the touch of death; your target will experience pain worse than anybody can imagine. If the resistance of the target is 20 and below the target will wither away and turn to dust. If the resistance of the target is above 20 the target will suffer great pain but will naturally heal on its own.
“Damn that sounds gnarly I would hate to be on the receiving end of that,” I say while storing all my new items in my inventory.
“It’s getting late I should probably make it back to my camp,” I say while slipping on my new Ivory Ferocious Bee-Scream Armor.
“Walking is for suckers, and I think it's about time I test this new flight ability,” I say with a smile on my face.