I turned of my computer. From what I just read, everyone spawns in the same world where everything is identical. But we can’t see nor affect each other. That must mean that it should be some type of tutorial. And when we reach higher levels, we’ll get transported to the main “World”. I mean, we can’t be alone the whole time, right? That would be extremely dull and boring.
Let’s just get some sleep. There’s about 11 hours before I can log in again. I turned the lights off, put the VR helmet on the floor , made an alarm on my iPhone 19 and hopped into bed. I feel asleep almost immediately.
About 9 hours later, I woke up. Sadly, not from my alarm. I spent the last 2 hours of waiting to be able to enter the game by wandering around in the forum of God’s domain. Most people were levels 1-5 while only a small percent was in the 6-9 levels. Right now, the highest leveled player, royal headmaster, was the sole level 9 player while the rest were level 8 and below. Most likely, he was a pro gamer who made his living on these kind of VR games.
I had also decided to make my living. I’ve heard that if you are in the top 10 percent, you can sell in-game items for real cash. Maybe it was a bit far-fetched for me to be able to make a living for myself playing games, since I didn’t have any special ability in gaming.
But nonetheless, I didn’t have a job nor did I have any other income. And since the rent wouldn’t magically disappear as my level did when I died in-game, I had to make money somehow.
I wondered if there it would trigger some kind of event if he got to level 10. Maybe he would get his class in level 10, it was rather standard for most VR games.
Anyway, the 12 hour time penalty was up and I entered the game. As I entered the game, the scenery of goblins munching on my flesh at the dinner table in the cave hall changed to the scenery of wooden houses – I was back in the city.
Since I spent a lot of time thinking when I couldn't enter the game I though about the weaknesses of the green goblins. Their eardrums were weak. That had to mean they reacted to sound a lot. But I couldn’t produce a sound able to damage them by just hitting my hard rod against the wall. The rebound would also be extremely painful.
I found old man Cai in the smith and asked him about it, he told me to find Madam Tara. Apparently she was a musician. And well, I guess that a musician knows how to produce sounds, but I doubted it would be of any help.
Either way, I followed the directions to her house and knocked on the door.
*knock* *knock*
An old lady of about sixty years or older, who I presumed were madam Tara, opened the door. “Oh young man, what can I help you with?”
I decide to answer truthfully. “Madam Tara, old man Cai told me that i could find you here. To be truthful, after fighting with goblins in the east, I found out they were very sensitive to sound attacks. I wonder if Madam Tara has any ideas how i can use this to my advantage. Since she is, after all, a musician.”
She blinked and looked at me up and down. “Oh old man Cai knows what I like.” It was as if she didn’t hear what I said. “Come in come in.”
I entered her house. Hopefully, she wouldn’t do what I thought she would.
She gestured for me to sit in one of the armchairs as she walked to the kitchen to get some tea.
After a couple of minutes, she was back and poured up some tea to me, I politely thanked her.
“So young man.” She walked to the other armchair and sat down. “You said you wanted to become a musician.”
“What?” I thought.
“No, Madam Tara.” I said. “I want to become a warrior. But for a quest, killing goblins in the east, I need to use the power of sound to damage their eardrums. It would make it easier for the me to complete old man Rector’s quest.”
“Young man.” She pondered for a while. “I might actually have something that might be of your help.”
It’s actually an old family heirloom of mine.” She explained. “Sadly, it has never come of use for me, but if it will help old man Rector, you can borrow it.”
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She walked into one of the rooms. After a few minutes she came out with a triangle of some sort. It looked like one of those instruments, what’s it called now again… Erm… Yes! I remember!
It was known as a triangle, an instrument of the percussion family. A bar of metal, usually steel, bent in a triangle shape.
“Young man, take care of it.” She handed it to me. “Don’t lose it.”
“Thank you madam Tara.” I said. “I won’t.”
“Then of you go and help old man Rector!” She said and lead me to the door.”
I thanked her properly and walked east to the rabbit field to level up to level 4. It would be hard to complete the quest without being level 4.
I inspected the triangle instrument given to me by madam Tara.
MAGICAL TRIANGLERIGHT HAND OR LEFT HANDANCIENT RELICITEM LEVEL: ?REQUIRED LEVEL: 1DAMAGE DEPENDING ON HOW HARD TRIANGLE IS HIT+ SPECIAL EFFECT: SOUND WAVES CAN CAUSE OPPONENTS EARDRUMS TO RUPTURE- SPECIAL EFFECT: CAN ONLY BE USED WITH A BLUNT RIGHT HAND OR LEFT HAND WEAPON
HOLY MACCARONI! What is this? Ancient relic? Item level unknown?
As I’ve understood so far items and “gear” (Armor, weapon etc.) are divided into different tiers. So far, I know of three colors: Grey, blue, and Ancient relic.
But since this is rather similar to wow, I expect there to be tiers between. It may look like this: Grey, white, green, blue, purple and orange. Grey would be scrap – totally useless, white would be common, green would be uncommon, blue would be rare, purple would be epic and orange would be legendary. Of course, this is only if its like world of warcraft. It might no be like that.
The only thing I can’t understand now is what an ancient relic is. The required level is 1 but the item level is unknown. Does that mean that its extremely good? Because it sure looks like it. It might be like heirlooms in world of Warcraft. But on the other hand, heirlooms in WoW levels up with you, but this doesn’t.
*Sigh*
I suppose that only time can tell and unravel the truth. Well, I could go ask madam Tara, old man cai or old man Rector. But at the same time, what use will it do? Sure, maybe they can tell me what it is but will that make the triangle better? Naah, I don’t think so.
I arrived to the rabbit field. The grey rabbits were still jumping around without a care in the world. In every other VR game that I had played, there had never been such hard early monster. Usually, rabbits would been really easy to kill, like 3-4 hits en dead. And then again, they didn’t become fckn albino rabbits trying to eat you alive with teeth. Nononon, usually they were just ordinary rabbits.
Anyway. I brought forth my metal rod and my magic triangle. It looked rather weird. But who cares about that? I gazed out at the rabbit field. Let’s test the might of this damage triangle. Damage depending on how hard it is hit? Only blunt weapons works with it? I looked at the metal rod in my hand. I smirked. If this isn’t a blunt weapon, what is?
Here it goes. with my left hand, I the triangle up in the air, like how they did with Simba in the movie “The lion king” but only with one arm that is. Then, I promptly loaded a one arm strike with the metal road in my right hand and hit the magic triangle a hard as I could.
*CLING*
A deafening and high-pitched sound erupted. I could only hear it slightly, not enough to bother nor wound me.
But the rabbits, haha, the poor rabbits.
Countless of damage numbers flew up.
I exclaimed when I saw the scene. “Whaaaaaaaoaw!”