[Someone has sent you a message]

[Click HERE to open]

"What the hell?"

Mikey clicks on the tab after looking at it for a few seconds.

[Hello Mikey Hunt, the 13th strongest player at the moment. I am not going to say much as this message has a limited amount of space.

I am also a player, the same as you. One of my special attributes blossomed earlier than the attributes of others. The attribute allowed me to write this message to you. I am writing this message because I need your help. I am willing to pay you if you help me. If you're interested respond back as fast as possible]

Another tab pops up.

[A new skill has been unlocked for a limited amount of time]

[You have unlocked the "Player Message" skill]

"A special attribute? What is that person talking about? Open status."

[Name: Mikey Hunt]

[Highest Achievement: Craft a Tool out of Diamonds]

[Special Attributes: Hidden(will show in few hours)]

[Skills: Player Message]

[Strenght: 15]

[Speed: 18]

[Stamina: 14]

"Oh right, I completely forgot about those. Wait, a skill, I have a skill. How am I going to use the player message skill?"

[Do you want to see a tutorial on how to use skills?]

[Yes/No]

Mikey reads the question several times before clicking yes. He was just making sure that he doesn't make the same mistake as the first time.

[In order to use a skill, you simply have to think about it. Different skills use different amount of stamina/energy in order to be used. Some skills don't require anything and work passively, all the time without any cost. Some skills are passive too, but come at a certain price. Like making you lose health over time or making you lose your hunger bar much faster. Some skills are activated manually, whenever you think about them. Some of these skills can be used over and over and some of them have cooldown. Some need certain conditions to be met first and some of them can be used whenever or wherever. When you're about to use a new skill for the first time, you will be given all details about it before you use it]

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"Hmm, alright. Let's try this out."

Mikey starts thinking about the skill, the same way he would when he wanted to open his inventory for the first time.

[Player Message]

[This skill allows you to send another message to a player, wherever they are.

The skill doesn't require you to use anything in order to send a message. The only players you can send these messages to are those who either messaged you before, or those who have this skill aswell and you personally know them.

Characters limit per message: 450

Cooldown: 30 minutes]

"How did this player message me? They don't know me personally and I haven't sent a message to them either. Hmmm."

A holographic keyboard appears in front of Mikey along with an empty tab. He starts writing and letters appear on the tab. He eventually finishes his message and taps on a button which spells "send."

[First of all I would like to ask you how did you find me and who you are. If you're willing to tell me that much I will help you. I don't want anything from you as a reward... for now.

Also, send me your coordinates. If you messaged me, then you probably know about my situation. I have almost finished building my ship]

[Your message has been sent]

"And now we wait I guess... I assume that it's going to take that person atleast half an hour to respond aswell. Considering the fact that they are using the same skill as me." Mikey sits on the deck of the ship and starts thinking. "Hold on, how did I unlock this skill in the first place? Does it have to do with that player's special attribute? Just what are these special attributes? It seems that they are pretty overpowered considering the fact that they located me so easily even though we are most likely far apart." I wonder... what will my special attributes look like? Maybe there aren't that many attributes in the first place. It should take only few hours before my attributes blossom.

Mikey spends the next two hours resting, talking to himself, looking at the sea/ocean and reading the book which has coordinates of all the nearby islands. He doesn't need to stop at any of them as he doesn't really need to resupply in any way. He is growing his crops at his own ship, food is taken care of. Same thing goes for his water source. He can literally drink water from the ocean as it isn't salty. The only reason why he would need to stop at any of the nearby islands is if he needed to gather more wood.

In theory he could grow trees at his ship the same way he is growing his crops. But he doesn't want to push his luck. That's an entire tree afterall, it's probably not safe to have it on the ship.

After planning where should he go, Mikey decided to think about the upcoming fight next. He doesn't know if it's going to be a fair fight. What kind of weapons are they going to use. Or if they have to kill eachother while fighting. He started mentally preparing himself for the fight. While meditating his focus got broken up by a sudden message.

[ATTENTION! YOUR SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES ARE BLOSSOMING!]

"Whoa! It's happening already?! Let's see... I can't wait!"

[Before your attributes blossom, let me explain what kind of attributes will you receive and everything about them]

[First of all, every player has access to ONLY TWO special attributes. No exceptions. HOWEVER, this can change as you keep exploring this world, fight and defeat terrifying monsters and collect treasure. By change I mean that you MIGHT unlock a new attribute]

[Second thing. The two attributes that you receive are directly connected to how you lived your live before coming here and after coming here. Let me explain]

[Your first attribute will be the attribute of the Past. This attribute will have to do something with how you lived your live before coming here. For example: if you used to be a great runner, you will receive an attribute that will make you run much faster or will allow you to run for much longer or something in that spirit.

Your second attribute will be the attribute of the Present. Essentially the same thing as the first one, but it will be connected to what you have done while in this world so far]

[The third thing that I am going to mention is that different attributes are focused on different things. Some of them are used for combat, some are used for intel, some are used for knowledge etc. one of the last things that you need to know is that some attributes are simply stronger than the others. Some combat attributes absolutely overwhelm other combat attributes. Same thing goes for other kinds of attributes too. And you are the only one to blame if you receive attributes that aren't strong enough. It only means that you didn't try hard enough before getting them, that's your problem not mine]

[And the last but not least, a very important information. You never know the true limits of your attributes, attributes can evolve and change, you will always have a basic idea of what your attribute does, but you will never know if there is something that you're misssing.

Make sure to pay attention to your attributes and try to use them effectively, this might help you in order to grow]