The short descent to his building’s lobby had Jason panting. Not that it was strenuous, but that he was nervous. He had absolutely no clue what to expect. Ugly goblins? Huge rats? Nasty spiders? He was nervous. Jason exited his building to see chaos in the streets. There were very few people, most of them seemed to be barricaded inside, but there were several hordes of human-shaped things that were in groups roaming around and groaning at the few people running around.
Jason slowly snuck across the street, behind cars abandoned in the road and found his first target. A lone creature facing away from him. It stood just above Jason’s height, around six and a half feet tall. It wore only a leather kilt and held what was effectively a glorified stick. Before attacking, Jason took a breath and tried out another idea. “Inspect.”
Skill Unlocked! Inspect
Level 1 - 5%
Ogre Warrior - Level 1
An ogre. Strong, slow, and dumb. Shouldn’t be too hard to kill. With that, Jason willed a knife from his inventory, opting to save his gun for something more powerful. While the ogre’s head was still turned, Jason struck. He stabbed it in the neck, and a spurt of thick green ooze hit him right in the face.
“What the fuck is that!” Jason yelled spitting out as much of the stuff as possible. He even resorted to licking a clean part of his shirt to get the taste out. “Bleh. Note to self, don’t drink ogre juice.”
By the time Jason finished reeling from his first attack, the ogre had turned around to react. It took a wide swing of its “weapon” at Jason’s head which took barely a nod to dodge. Jason slashed the monster in the stomach, and that was it for the ogre. It fell to the floor with a thud.
For defeating 1x Ogre Warrior - Level 1, you are awarded +30 XP.
Don’t forget to loot your kill.
Quest Updated: Zone of Safety
Kill a total of 250 level’s worth of creatures. 1/250
Time Remaining: 22 hours, 59 minutes, 57 seconds.
“Officially one hour into this new…” Jason hesitated, “Reality, I guess,” Jason let this fact sink in — the world will never be the same. A group of 4 ogres approached Jason while he was distracted. He was only alerted to their presence by one of them tripping over the curb. Jason took a deep breath to calm himself. “Come at me uglies!”
Of the four, two of the ogres had a weapon like the first. One of the ogres was bigger than the rest and had a rusty, bronze short sword as its weapon. It also had a leather chest piece for protection. It was clearly a more powerful version of its siblings.
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Ogre Warrior - Level 3
“That’s one strong fucker,” Jason grunted as he swung at the lead ogre, missing the neck but getting a good hit on its shoulder. The other three advanced, and one hit him center mass, knocking Jason back with its startling blow. “Shit. Time to take this seriously.” He drew a second, smaller knife and threw it at the weaponless ogre, hitting it head-on and knocking it to the ground.
The two lackey ogres ran at Jason who dodged both attacks, and landed a slice on the leg to one of the two ogres. Bouncing off his momentum, he struck the creature in the neck, killing it instantly. As the other readied himself, Jason went in for a kick, knocking it to the ground. The large ogre approached, sword held lazily at the ready, Jason took his biggest knife and crossed blades with the abomination.
After a series of back and forth strikes, the ogre landed a nasty cut on Jason’s arm. Emboldened by his injury, Jason advanced, eventually getting the better of the ogre and knocking its sword out of its grip. He finished it off with a strike to the heart.
By now, the ogre with a knife in its shoulder was stirring, and his ally ran at Jason. With another dodge, Jason managed to grab the creature and throw it to the floor, shattering the ogre’s skull on impact. To finish the fight, Jason pulled the knife out of the shoulder of the near-dead ogre and stabbed it in the neck, putting it out of its misery.
For defeating 3x Ogre Warrior - Level 1 and 1x Ogre Warrior Level 3, you are awarded +190 XP.
Quest Updated: Zone of Safety
Kill a total of 250 level’s worth of creatures. 5/250
Time Remaining: 22 hours, 48 minutes, 33 seconds.
Skill Unlocked! Bladed Weapons
Level 2 - 47%
Skill Unlocked! Melee Combat
Level 1 - 88%
Level Up!
You are now Level 2. View your status screen for more information.
“Only 245 damned levels to go, I gotta pick up the pace. No sleep for me tonight I guess. Let me assign some of my stats. Huh, looks like I got 5 this time…” Jason trailed off. I gotta buff up my DEX a little more, even though I don’t need to be too fast for these ogres, I feel like I’m lacking too much. I’ll bring DEX up to 10, which I assume must be some sort of average or milestone, and throw the rest into CHA because a 6 is just embarrassing.
Name: Jason Taylor Age: 24 Race: Human Level: 2 - 120/300 XP Class: N/A Titles: HP 163/195 Mana 143/143 Free Points: 0 STR 12 INT 14 CON 13 CHA 9 DEX 10 LCK 10 Skills: Inspect - 1 (13%) Bladed Weapons - 2 (47%) Melee Combat - 1 (88%)
That hit took more out of me than I thought I guess. I should rest for a second to recover. As Jason slid to the concrete of the street, he was greeted by the delightful sight of 5 dead ogres. Upon seeing them, he exclaimed, “Loot!” having remembered the system’s tip from earlier, and naturally in the process, looted the creatures of their items.
3x Wooden clubs
1x Copper short sword
4x Lesser Ogre Cores
1x Common Ogre Core
Quite the haul. I wonder what the cores are used for?
Ogre Core - Common
Cores come in several shapes, sizes, rarities, and types. Don’t lose them.
Jason threw the cores and sword into his inventory, along with his now cleaned and recovered knives. He kept the clubs, if nothing else as firewood, reasoning he could always toss them later.
Time is slowly passing on my quest. I need to get a move on with this. Time to grind!
Quest: Zone of Safety
Kill a total of 250 level’s worth of creatures. 5/250
Time Remaining: 22 hours, 43 minutes, 58 seconds.