It takes me more than a few minutes to comb through everything that's here, my brain becoming mushy in the process… Where's Zel when you need her?! I wonder if there's any brain combining magic so she can do all the thinking for me… sigh… I'm feeling kind of lonely on the couch, I miss my puppy… But I’ve got to do what I can to be big and strong!
First the level up, I pull up my interface and remember I never touched the stats from level 13
Status Interface
Name: LilMoo
Level: 14
Race: Minotaur
Gender: Female, She/Her
Max Health: 205
Max Mana: 194
Max Stamina: 224
Points remaining: 10
Strength: 16 (20)
Dexterity: 6 (14)
Constitution: 8 (13)
Intelligence: 10 (13)
Wisdom: 20 (25)
Charisma: 1 (4)
Luck: 50 (53)
{ 5995/10000 exp until next level }
I'm so so close to getting to use the body growth ability! I might be able to make Zel quiver in want just from getting bigger mmmnn… Not the time! No horny thoughts in the orphanage, bad moo! I distance my thoughts from my cute puppy and throw all my points into Constitution, putting its base amount up to 18. My health shoots up another 50 points and I feel my entire body harden, I feel like a solid rock at this point. I could take a hit or 2 easy now!
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< Requisite met - 15 Constitution 15 Wisdom - learnt Mental Fortitude - Passive >
Able to shrug off some situations that would normally drive people to panic and fear.
‘No need to fear young pups. If we die we die, but at least we die fighting!’ - The last warrior of the village of the sundown wolves, he died protecting it with a smile on his face against massive odds’
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Where the fuck was that before?! I mean I basically already have that shit! Ugh… fuck… idk maybe it will help… We are going into nightmares after all… I'm just glad it's not my nightmares… That would be an instant party wipe.
I Inspect each piece of loot or title, going one by one through the seemingly endless list. At least I knew what the crystal fragments were for, that's easy! And there's the renown, I'm pretty sure there's a part in my interface that shows that stuff.
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< Guild Identification Card Rank E >
A Rank E Guild Card Issued by the Silver City Guild
‘Identification that allows you to more easily enter other kingdoms and access resources not normally obtained. A rectangular card seeming to be made out of an obsidian material. A large E is carved into its surface as well as a basic descriptor of you. There are lines engraved on one section for guild identification when scanning is required.
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< Arachne Fang (Dagger) - one-handed>
Damage
10-12 Piercing Damage
Effects
30% Chance to poison when damaging living creatures.
30% Chance to Paralyze when damaging living creatures.
Poison will do 2 damage every tick and last 20 seconds, will stack.
Paralyze lasts for 1 second, creatures will get immunity to this attack for 10 seconds after Paralyze ends.
‘A curved dagger made of a large sharpened tooth, the hilt seems to be made of bone, perhaps from the same creature?... But alas it must be a fake… A spider should not have teeth like this and does not even have bones! You must be crazy to think you can pass it off as such! Get out of my shop! - Mister Tagrad, shop keeper of ‘weapons and things’
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< Title ‘Killer of a True’ - Rare>
Effect
Deals 5% increased damage when attacking True Beings
Title can upgrade.
‘A stunning accomplishment, most will never glimpse a True much less kill one. Not just for want of killing one, but the strike against your soul which the First of their kind will track you down.’
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< Title ‘Truth Seeker’ >
Effect
You will be recognised, by some in the world, as one with a thirst to know more. This may or may not be a good thing. Not all beings want the world's secrets uncovered.
‘I grant you this title as one who has seen under the veil of the world, just… try not to spread it, it may only grant you a knife in the back or poison in your tea… I would know hah! - Grand Sage of the Alliance, ’may his blessing be granted unto those even in his death’
This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.
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< The last words and Testament of Ariandel, 56th Daughter of the First Arachne (Book) >
Rare book
‘A small diary written by one of the daughters of the First Arachne, her words get more and more chaotic as the diary continues, until all that's left is pain’
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< Guild Uniform for official Military Engagements [SIlver City version] (Cosmetic) - Body>
Regional Cosmetic
‘A uniform that is presented to those of Rank E and above, for their efforts. This is used for battlefield conquests and games between the nations to encourage rivalry. It is also used at the great wall as well, to mark where your corpse should be sent once you are killed, as the coloring will make it easier to identify the body.
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Okay… okayokayokay! So… apart from the levels and nice things, I got a dagger that with my stats and previous passives just… automatically applies poison and paralyzes basically! That's so goddamn broken! Is that why it went to me? The game just knew how brutal that would be… Wait, does it work with my bone ability?... I activate it and feel it in my hands… ahh only the hilt counts. I mean it's broken enough as it is! I can't go around breaking everything… tsk.
Reading the ‘Killer of a True’ I'm slightly scared. The fact that there's a mark on my ‘soul’ is kinda messed up. Does that mean if we ever find them they are going to go crazy to make sure we are dead?... I can only assume that a First is almost god-like… and from what we now know possibly spider-shit crazy! I shiver thinking about the fact that this knowledge will only spur on Keeks to find them. They probably won't even read it, so as long as we don't mention it, we will be safe! heh.
I'm not super into PvP with the whole against other regions thing but I know Keeks would love to go on a killing spree. Zel would be super up for it as well, she would be able to do some AOE damage… If I get my body growth, maybe I could freak some people out and turn some gay heads with how big I am… heh Maybe I'll become even more famous than Keeks! It looks like we might be asked to man the great walls? Might be the best way to start making our way into that messed up foggy area on the map?
Ohhhh we could buy a boat! I bet Keeks would be so excited! And we can go to other regions now if we wanted… I guess we need to make a decision on what we actually want to do in game, since we have kinda reached the end of our current goal… We became guild members so we could check out quests, we could travel to another region and see what all the other people get to see… Hell, we could get a boat and find adventure where it takes us, although that might just mean the bottom of the ocean, with all our money gone from our destroyed boat! That's gonna be a hard one to say no to Keeks on.
Zel would just be happy going anywhere I am… making sure to throw in as much lore finding as possible! After all, we still have to figure out the special Token of the Ustlav Royalty that we have… still no idea where we would even take it since that kingdom is just gone.
The book… while interesting, really doesn't interest me specifically! I flip through it quickly and realize it starts out with how much she wants the celestial moth lady… and then just ends in page after page about how hungry she is, how much she just wants to devour them… It’s just cruel… I might have to leave this one to Zel to go through, if she hasn't already devoured it herself.
I get up from the seat and let the helpers at the Orphanage know that I’m heading out and that I will see the kids tonight. I wander into the light, the sun starting to set. I've been wasting so much time just trying to wrap my mind around numbers and texts, my headache growing larger by the second… I need to punch something! That always makes me feel better hmmph!
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Nearly an hour later of being lost I find myself in front of a dojo, a big sign in wood across the entrance spouting words of ultimate conviction.
< The greatest martial artist in all of Iselgurd, Undefeated champion across the land! >
Below it is a smaller sign.
< 10000 Gold per lesson with the greatest martial artist that ever lived!! >
< No beggars! >
Wow… I don't know whether to be impressed or embarrassed by such a sign, the confidence and absurdity it radiates are off the charts, it's even more absurd than Keeks! As I'm standing in front of it, a large chubby man scrambles out while screaming behind him. “What bullshit is this! Greatest martial artist my ass! Yer not worth the time old lady! I'm taking my money elsewhere!” He’s fuming, his face red with embarrassment.
I look through the door and see an older human woman in a Gi, she is drinking tea calmly with her legs out lazily, her hair is tied back tight in a bun. In her other hand is a book, the title is in big block letters, it reads ‘Horny teacher teaches a lesson she won't forget!’ She seems absolutely absorbed in what I can only imagine is the book's lusty insides.
So much for getting taught… I don't have that much and even then… is she really what the sign says she is? It's impossible to tell in a game, hah! She could be really that or just a sham.
I wander inside anyway… it couldn't hurt to just talk to her… right?...