There were a few interesting facts about myself:
1. My full name's Camille Zana
2. I studied architecture in high school
3. I don't like furry beasts.
Facts ended there because of a furry beast I needed to take care of.
Anyway, what would you guys do if a blood red ape with razor sharp teeth appeared on top of a tree and looked down upon you as you woke up?
I imagine most of us would piss their pants and then die when that thing jumped down on them. I guess I was an exception. It just continued to stare at me. Like I was an insect not even worth wasting time on.
"Girrrrl." the ape growled at me.
"Oh shit, it can talk. Who would've expected that." I accidentally spoke out loud.
"You arre who?"
"Yes sir, my name's Cam! May I ask for your name your highness?" I replied with the utmost respect I learned from reading knight novels.
"Highness? We don't deserve a name. Lowly level 1s like me and the others of my family." It jumped down from the treetops. "Why are you so small ape girl?" it towered me at two and a half meters.
For reference, I was 1.64m tall.
"L-Level 1 you say-" I stuttered when I heard this guy had a family. "W-Where's your family your highness?"
"Floor, higher. I was chosen to protect the forrest!" it punched itself in the torso and yelled into the skies.
"I see!" I smiled and took a step back. Hoping he wouldn't notice.
"Rugga?" it was confused probably. "Why are you going away from me?"
"A-Am I now?" I grabbed the arrows in my quiver and tried one last resort. "Barrage never indicated I needed a bow to use it. If I did then the system wouldn't offer me a gun." I glanced at the arrows in my hand.
"What arrre those?" he lowered himself to my eye level and looked me up and down.
"Needles my lord. For acupuncture!"
"Acupuncture?"
"Yes my lord! Like this!" I grinned and threw all three of my arrows at the damn ape with [Barrage] active. "My MP is gone..." I commented and took out my knife.
You got lucky! Your attacks have done a critical strike. You've dealt 180 physical damage!
You've dealt a fatal attack! [Barrage] gains double experience! 64% experience gained!
"Y-You thought I would die to this?" the ape rose from up from the ground in a berserk mode and yelled at me as he threw his fists at a speed unimaginable to man.
"You should just stay dead! Enchant!" i pressed my hand onto the ape in my adrenaline rush and used something I would never use in a fight. I enchanted the ape, and obviously, it failed. But the chaotic mana from failing muddled the ape's thoughts even further and he finally fell and died like how every ape should.
"Never again."
Your use of [Enchant] had unlocked a new class for you! [Vitality Enchanter] unlocked!
Level up bonuses if you switch: DEX +1 per level, STR +1 per level, INT +3 per level, WIS +2 per level, VIT +1 per level
Vitality Enchanters have 7 skill slots instead of the 5 skill slots Rangers have.
You can change classes at a church in any town besides the level 0 one.
This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.
"A 7-stat increase per level instead of my 4-stat one does sound nice..." I thought about and decided not to switch. The 3 dexterity and 1 strength I gained every level was fairly nice,even though I still didn't level up.
"Show me my experience." I opened up my experience bar and a shining green bar almost filled to the top appeared. "-84%, that's quite good. What were the objectives I needed to clear to advance further?"
I looked the objectives up inside the system and noticed I cleared two of them already. Only one was left.
"I cleared a quest and killed a higher levelled beast. Now I only need to find an upgrade to my current weapon-" I pondered about it for a moment and then took my bow which was lying on the ground. "This will work right?" I used [Enchant] on it 13 times in a row before it finally decided to work.
Fatal Wooden Bow (Common)
Durability: 2/15
Attack Power: 3-15 Physical Damage
Crit Chance: 1.1%
Crit Multiplier: 1.6x
Description: A common bow enchanted near the death place of a great beast. It is fairly common nevertheless.
"Does the location matter as well?" I asked myself and another screen popped up saying I cleared the zone.
The Twilight Forest(Lvl.0) zone has been cleared. Do you wish to go to the level 0 town? Y/N?
"Duh! Of course, do I want to go to town. But wait a second. I need to skin the ape from its fur. I guess it costs something since it's level 1." I answered and made the system wait for my decision.
After skinning the ape my [Skinning] skill gained 6% of experience due to the sheer size of that fur.
I clad myself in the fur from the beast because it couldn't fit into my quiver and entered the level 0 town.
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"What's that thing?" A woman near whispered a question to her partner.
"A newbie it seems." The blond guy behind her answered so clearly I heard him from 20 meters away.
"Does she know she's covered in blood?" the woman asked.
"What kind of question even is that Eve?" the blond guy frowned and stepped up to me as I was gazing at the town I got teleported into.
"Hello there! My name's Abe, I am kind of a big deal around here. May I ask you if you're a newbie?"
"Isn't it obvious?" I replied and took a better look at his face. It was fairly handsome. But I could've seen it fairly clearly that he felt disgusted from looking at me. "What do you want?"
"I saw that fur on your back and wanted to ask you if you were selling it?" I knew it! He wanted my precious fur!
"No sorry, I plan on making something with it."
"You're a tailor?! Why did you pick a tailoring class when you started out?!" Oh god, he's irritating.
"Listen here, boy. Or man. Your questions make me sick. If you want answers then take me to the closest inn and pay me for a meal."
"Deal, only if you sell me the fur."
"How about some rabbit furs I got?"
"How many?" he seemed to be up for it. Maybe I could have a deal with him.
"Around 20 of them I guess."
"What shape are they in. Item level?" Oh god, do his questions ever stop? He just needed to take the damn furs for the lowest price for gods sake.
"Fairly undamaged, and what do you mean by item level? Is that important?" I asked him, clearly confused by his questions.
"Item levels determine the quality of the weapons and the amount of mana they can take when enchanting with essences." He explained with a smile on his damn face.
"How do I check that?" I asked.
"The item level is usually the same level as the enemy it dropped of. Common mobs drop only items at the same level as them while some rare mobs can drop 1 level higher items."
"Level 0 materials then. Do you want them?"
"If the quality is as you say then I'll take them for the price of 2 copper per 1 fur."
"That's 40 copper coins then. Here are the furs." I took out the small furs from the rabbits I got and gave them to him.
"Here are your coins." he threw a bag with exactly 40 coins in it.
"How did you count the coins so quickly?" I asked.
"System assist technology, it can count them for you. It makes trading a lot easier. You unlock it when you reach level 1. Don't tell me you still haven't reached level 1?! No wonder you ask so many questions. You should've stayed in whatever zone you were in and grinded to level 1 before coming here."
"Why?"
"Level 0 zones are impossible to return to. They are considered the rarest zone levels in the Towers."
"Ah, makes no sense but whatever. Anyway, I have one more question." I lowered my head and smiled while he couldn't see my face. "What the hell is with your eyes?"
"Ah, I see it finally worked on you. I couldn't believe myself when a mere tailor managed to avoid the Vastay race's [Eyes of Corruption]" he smirked and placed his hands on me. I smirked inside my mind and let him touch me. "Now give me the damn fur you noob." he gripped my shoulder with inhumane strength.
"What if I told you no?" I pulled my face up and whispered into his ears. "Your damn powers have no effect on someone who has seen ghosts."
"W-What?! You're telling me you don't see the apparitions? What kind of tailor are you?"
"Fuck off already you damn beauty bird boy. Damn appearance confused me for this whole time. You really thought your damn feathers are hidden with that wig? Your claws hidden with those boots? Get away from me you damn bird boy or I'll break your brittle bones like- like-"
"?" he released his grip and looked at me with his eyes wide.
"Oh just fuck off!" I yelled at him.
"You forgot what you wanted to say, didn't you?"
"Shut up."
"'Kay, thanks for the furs anyway, damn noobs." he grunted and went back to his Eve girl or whatever. At least that girl didn't hide her race. Were they brother and sister?
"Ugh... My head hurts." I almost fell from my headache but soon my senses returned to normal. "Huh? Wait a minute. Didn't we agree that he will buy me a meal? Fuck I got scammed..." I spoke to myself and went to find an inn.