'What am I supposed to do now ?'
Rawer was a little lost, of course he downloaded part of the manual named -How to be an Eirnen ? - but it was a lot more complicated than just reading a simple book. When you're confronted with an entire new environment, the first sensation an average human would feel is probably fear ... end that's what is happening to Rawer right now. He was submerged by an overwhelming sensation that constricted his entire soul, incapable of thinking clearly.
Titania : "H..... Hell..... Hello, ar.... Hey, are yo..... Hey Rawer listen to my voic....... RAWER" slapping Rawer's face.
Rawer : "..."
Titania : "Are you listening now ?"
Rawer : "..." shaking his head
Titania : "It's probably fear, I'm not sure because I'm deprived of this type of feelings, but for the previous entries I operated it seems to be pretty standard. Most people can't fight it so the best solution we have is a physical stimulus. Sorry that I had to hurt you." worrying that it could upset me.
Rawer : "..."
Titania : "Seems like you're experiencing fears aftereffects now."
Rawer then sighed making a thoughtful face before looking more closely at the new grey windows that popped before him, there was two.
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Warning !
* You're now affected by fear.
* Intelligence : -5
* Charisma : -4
* Time remaining : 2 min
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Warning !
* Due to a state of panic your Charisma is to low, it will result in an inability to speak.
* You're are now unable to speak until Charisma rises again.
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During the period of time fears aftereffects took to wear off, Titania had a strange behavior. She had her mind completely switched, the gorgeous woman was now dressed as a leather like police officer with a whipping the air.
Titania : "It's to increase your tolerance to fear aftereffects."
-:- I'm not going to explain it in details, but it implies various objects with complex forms, a lot of constraint and some sort of octopus like creature. Maybe in a side story will I explain how it was done, time will give us the answer. -:-
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New stat acquired
* Due to repetitive experience of fear you developed a new stat.
* New acquired stat : Bravery
* Bravery +10
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New skill acquired
* Due to your resistance to sexual harassment you obtained a new skill.
* Skill : stone mind [lesser]
* added to the passive skills.
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Information
* Skill information :
Each skill start from level 1 to level 10.
At level 10, the skill will be upgraded to a more advanced state.
Skill goes from Lesser to God as described behind :
- Lesser
- Intermediary
- Advance
- Master
- Sage
- God
* Stat information :
Each stat can grow indefinitely.
At some point it will implement new specialized stats and grow less and less rapidly.
Stats can also add new skills for you to use.
Be aware that your stats can't go below 0, but new stats can be added to offset the loss. This is not a systematic behavior.
Note that any stat is permanent and cannot be removed by any means.
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Rawer : "I think I need to thank you Titania, your method worked."
Titania : "No reason for that, I have experience with new players and it proved to be the most effective way to do it."
Rawer : "Okay ... so what's next ?"
Titania : "Oh yes, the configuration .... You need to pick a location to start your journey. you have two possible choice at the moment because of the early stage of discovery the continent is in right now. There is two cities, one specialized in non-magical features, with a lot of warriors and craftsmen. The other city is based on magical secrets, so it has mostly magic users, alchemists and artists living in. Each town belong to a nation but I'm not allowed to give you detailed information about any of the two, because the aren't aware of each other at the time we speak. On the other hand I can explain benefits and drawbacks of using magic or not using it."
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Rawer : "... I'm aware of the assets of magic and made my choice before coming, i will choose the magical based one. What's the name of my new living territory ?"
Titania : "You will have all essential information in a few minutes. You will now be teleported to your new play ground, enjoy human life." smiling.
Rawer's view blurred and then everything was white, except for a grey window with orange letters written.
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Teleportation in progress ...
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Then the white light started fading away, leaving a majestic scenery in is stead. A huge castle was standing right before his eyes. He was standing in a place filed with a lot of human's appearing out of nowhere preceded by some strange blueish fog with little flash of lights. He thought this was the teleportation process.
Looking around he saw some stalls all around with people urging to buy their goods and a fountain placed in the center of the plaza seemed to attract the new players like cheese attract flies. There also were stables on the southeastern corner, the pace being surrounded by a path flanked on one side by the stalls and on the other by buildings hosting some tidy shops in the lower levels and probably apartments on the upper levels.
The most outstanding feature of the town was the material used in it's architecture, it looked like the entire city was molded in one piece of metallic alloy with what seemed like magic imbued devices embedded in some location like in the case of a magical shops in the middle of the western flank of the plaza that said :
<< Enigma magica | Magical tools >>
That's toward were Rawer started to walk, attracted by the luminescent banner which seemed to say "come to me !". Passing by the front door you end up in front of a long counter with a strange looking man standing behind it.
Strange man : "Hello sir, how may I helppp you ?"
Rawer : "Hi, could you tell me more about this place please?"
Strange man : "Gladly sir, you're currently in my humble store Enigma magica, we currently sell a large variety of articles used in all kinds of magical arts. It goes from the simple wand and tunic used during apprenticeship to staff and robes used by Archmage and the like."
Rawer : "Thanks for the information but in all honesty I'm more interested about some information on the city around your store."
Strange man : "Oh in this the only information I can give you is that you're currently in Ligien, the city of magic, capital of the Leginen kingdom, cradle of metal magic. The first thing to do for newcomers like yourself is to find the novice settlement and start your training in the discipline of your choice. It is neither an obligation, neither a necessity but most of you newcomers are starting that way."
A new window appeared in front of Rawer.
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New quest !
You have received new information about this word, a new quest is now available as described behind.
First step in this world
Difficulty : 6
Information : There is a multitude of master in every corner of this world, make your choice and start your journey.
Requirements : Find a master that accept you as an apprentice by giving you a class.
Rewards : 3 silver coins, apprentice mark, increase of stat points in accordance to your new class, a starting set of equipment.
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At the same time, the doorbell rang.
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